Library | Saturday

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There was no being late when Griff had hardly slept the night before - common rooms had that effect. Sure, he'd been to the library before, but it was different to be the only person there.

Excellent.

Rather than doing the smart thing of familiarizing himself with the desk and the systems, Griff went into the stacks and started pulling books. He had reading to do.

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Re: Afternoon

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It was alright, Griff was insanely tan for January - he didn't judge.

"Did you have an appointment?" Griff was trying to clean up and some guy was coming in now. So typical to this whole job thing they'd thrust on him.

Re: Afternoon

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Henry blinked and woukld have wondered if he'd somehow gone back to the wrong year, except the library looked almost the same as it had the day before.

"Henry DeTamble," he repeated more slowly and a touch more loudly. "The librarian? I don't normally work Saturdays but I'm trying to meet the rest of the staff. Hi."

Re: Afternoon

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"Oh, sorry!" Griff was a little embarrassed not to have known his boss' name, but it wasn't like he'd really been all that thorough in his job acceptance. "I'm Griffin O'Conner - your Saturday aide it seems."

Re: Afternoon

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"Griffin, hi," Henry said. "How's it been in here? Busy day? Quiet day? Looks like you were working."

Re: Afternoon

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"Really quiet. I've, uh, created most of the work myself, digging into the stacks for stuff." He really hoped that was an okay thing to do now that he'd already done it.

Re: Afternoon

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"That's why we have books." From Henry's tone and expression, no, he didn't mind. "Find anything interesting?"

... also, he was kind of nosy.

Re: Afternoon

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"I was actually pulling as many traditionally banned books as I could find," he said, looking pleased with himself. "I like reading what people say not to."

Re: Afternoon

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"Lots of sex, lots of bad words, lots of things that make you think..." Henry mused as his hand went to his chin. "We should put together a display of those books, unless you want to take them all home yourself."

Re: Afternoon

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"I can always snag 'em one at a time," Griff replied, not wanting to seem like the book pack rat he was. "Might be other people in town in need of a little more thinking."

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"There always are," Henry said, and made a decision. "If you want it, that could be your special project for quiet Saturdays. Build and read your way through a permanent Banned Books display for the front of the library. Interested?"

Re: Afternoon

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"Absolutely!" Griff could discover and plow through as my banned books as he could find. "It'll give me something for the lulls between people." Or all the time. When there were none.

Re: Afternoon

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"That sounds like a plan," Henry remarked. "Want me to help you close up shop? I'm sure you have better things to do with your weekend than staying at work forever."

Re: Afternoon

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"Actually, I'm good. I work faster alone and I kind of don't have much to do at all." Other than find a place to sleep since he still wasn't going back to his room.

Re: Afternoon

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"I'm not going to make an employee work less," Henry said, seeming inclined to head out himself. "If anything does come up, my cell phone number's on my desk."

For all the good that would do today, yes.