The Library Is Still Closed (Sort Of)

[janet_fraiser]

Janet is sitting, alone, in the library, with a very determined expression on her face. Books are spread out across all the desks as she sorts them for re-shelving, and the toppled bookshelf (or two) from yesterday has not been righted yet.

She may have, however, forgotten to lock the door.


OOC: In other words, the library is technically closed, but the room is open for interaction and people to come and try to find out what happened.

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[leeadama.livejournal.com]

Lee opens the door and looks in. "Hey Janet -- what's going on here?"

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth looks past Lee. "Uh, yeah, I second that question."

[janet_fraiser]

"Apparently there was a freak electrical storm in the library early yesterday morning," said Janet, frantically tryin. "I saw the tail end of it, and then spent half of yesterday cleaning up in here."

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth moved to dump her bag by one of the desks. "Okay, what needs doing"

[janet_fraiser]

Here.

[janet_fraiser]

"I'm reshelving the books that were knocked down yesterday," says Janet. "Actually, I'm sorting them for reshelving."

[leeadama.livejournal.com]

"Do you need help?" Lee asks.

[janet_fraiser]

"The books are mostly sorted," said Janet. "Could you help me get the bookshelves back upright, though? It's only a couple."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Charlie stuck in his head in the door, hoping to catch Janet. "Hey Janet. You got a sec? Just got a question."

[janet_fraiser]

"Of course," said Janet, putting down the books she'd been carrying and turning toward the door. "What do you need?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

He lowered his voice. "Do you know anyone who's good at math that might consider tutoring me? I kinda had a blank in class today that made me realize I haven't done some of this stuff for over 20 years." He looked a little uncomfortable.

[janet_fraiser]

"Oh, lots of people," said Janet, keeping her tone upbeat. "I could, or Sam. Maybe John? Crichton, I mean. I heard from Sam that Shep is good at math too."

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

((I'm considering showing up, if you want me about.))

[janet_fraiser]

((Go for it! It's open to anyone!)0

[janet_fraiser]

((BTW, let me know how you want to play this. Because if he starts freaking out about where Methos is, and if Janet's seen him, it seems that Janet figuring out that the Doctor knows what's up with him isn't too far out of the realm of possibility. In which case she'd drag him into the back office and--after suitably fun drama and angst--let him know he's just fine, if dumped in the Dean's closet. Does that work for you?))

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

(([smiles] Well, as you know, the Doc's a perceptive guy. 'Electrical storm' will not be a suitable explanation. So yeah, that works just fine.))

[janet_fraiser]

((Oh, no, he's one of the people at the school that Janet would have a very, very difficult time fooling. Darn those perceptive people!))

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor can still smell smoke as he leaves his office. It's almost imperceptible, but it's definitely there...he gets a sinking feeling in his hearts as he follows the scent to the library.

The door, amazingly, is unlocked. He peers around the corner.]

Dear god.

[janet_fraiser]

Janet sees the Doctor enter the library and watches him stand there in shock.

"Freak electrical storm," she says, glancing up at the ceiling and wincing at the scorch marks. "Unfortunately, I'm not a meteorologist and therefore can't tell you what would cause that." But I sure as hell am looking it up the next chance I get.

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor's eyes travel up to the ceiling. Then he looks back down at Janet, voice conveying his scepticism.] Freak electrical storm. On the inside of a building. I see.

[He crosses his arms and speaks very, very quietly.] Where's Adam?

[janet_fraiser]

"Apparently there are several very well-documented cases of it," says Janet blandly. There had to be, if there were more of whatever kind of person Methos was. "It's not a common occurrence, but it's not exactly unheard of either." I hope.

Janet looks curiously at the Doctor. Does he know anything? "He's not here right now. Would you like to leave a note for him?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Frasier?" Parker looks gobsmacked, stands in the middle of the library, and just turns around, looking. "What the hell happened?"

[janet_fraiser]

Janet takes a deep breath. "Freak electrical storm," she says. "Yesterday morning." She glances around. "It's mostly cleaned up by now."

"Believe it or not."



OOC: Freak indoor electrical storm! Worst Highlander excuse ever! Bwah!

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker just shakes her head. "Around this place, if I don't believe it, it will *kill* me. Freak electrical storm noted." She picked up a few books and began to reshelve them. "Where is our Fearless Leader when we need help with this? He always skates out."

[janet_fraiser]

"And sometimes even if you do believe it, it'll kill you."

Rover picked him up for violating the weapons ban and killing the thousand year old child that was going to kill him otherwise.

Janet doesn't say that. "Sloughing all the hard work off on us, of course." She sighs. "Lee and Liz were in earlier, but Liz had afternoon classes and Lee was glaring at Anders with a lot of subtext involved so he got caught up in the macho posing and forgot about shelving."