Library [9-2]

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Wesley was more than a little bit excited for his first library shift. Anything that let him be a huge nerd and sit around with books all day was okay with him. So he sat. Kind of bouncing a little bit because yay books! 

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[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"What is Special Collections, anyway?" Wes asked. "I know that students require permission to access it, but I'm not quite clear on what sorts of books are there, exactly."

Re: Talk to Wesley

[one-who-goes.livejournal.com]

"Mostly it's a collection of rarities," Henry began vaguely, easing into things. "Things that are too unusual or valuable for a bunch of teenagers to get their grotty fingerprints all over willy-nilly. There's some erotica" -- and please, let Wesley not be the type to blush at that -- "a decent collection of spellbooks, a couple things marked as being about people here at school that are back there to protect their privacy. But the thing that makes it special isn't really the books. It's everything else."

Re: Talk to Wesley

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Wes was definitely the type to blush at that, thank you very much, and blush he did. But as for the rest of it -

"It sounds rather like my own personal library, to be honest. Er, with the exception of the erotica, of course. But my collection consists largely of rarities and research materials as well."

"What do you mean by 'everything else?'"

Re: Talk to Wesley

[one-who-goes.livejournal.com]

"The first time I went in there," Henry explained precisely, "the books flew off the shelves to attack me. A couple months later, we used it to trap a mad scientist trying to take over the island. In July a teacher got lost in there and it took him a week to find his way out. He said there were midgets. That kind of 'everything else.'"

Re: Talk to Wesley

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Wesley stared. "That's, er. Unnerving. I think I'll avoid that area for now."

Re: Talk to Wesley

[one-who-goes.livejournal.com]

"That's usually my plan," Henry said. "It's not that bad to everyone. We used to have an aide, Anemone, who had worked here so long that it was used to her. Or that was her theory, anyhow. Anyhow, it's not dangerous if you stay out."

Re: Talk to Wesley

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"Well, thank you for the advice," Wes said with a smile. "Any other tips that might be valuable?"

Re: Talk to Wesley

[one-who-goes.livejournal.com]

Henry considered it. Deeply.

"Make coffee before I get here and I'll let you get away with about anything," he said. "If nobody's in here, I don't mind music. Most music. No Joni Mitchell. That's about it -- I'll teach you everything else as you go."

Re: Talk to Wesley

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Wes grinned. "I'm not much of a music person, so you don't have to worry about that. As for the coffee, I personally prefer tea, so there'll be all that much more for you," he laughed.

Re: Talk to Wesley

[one-who-goes.livejournal.com]

"Then it sounds like we'll work together just fine," Henry confirmed with a chuckle. "You're a book collector yourself, you said?"

Re: Talk to Wesley

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"As much as I can, yes," Wesley replied. "I have access to a number of quite well-stocked libraries at home, and they rather sparked my interest in books, so I started collecting. Er, not from the libraries, of course," he added hastily.

Re: Talk to Wesley

[one-who-goes.livejournal.com]

"Thanks for clarifying," Henry smiled. "Unauthorized collecting would be the one thing I might actually fire someone for."