Library Open 11/22

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Does anyone need last-minute books for homework over the holiday?

ETA: Link drop for use by Radio People if desired. *loves on Janet-mun for thinking of it*

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Crosses, yes. And we can raid the cafeteria for the garlic. If it isn't cooked yet, the Chef can't mess it up. I hope." Parker grins, then looks intrigued. "Well, we *did*. We finally found a really obscure translation, but wow, it would've been nice to have you here last week. Or a month earlier. Or, you know, two months ago...."

[romanywitch]

"You found a translation of a Romany document?" asks Jenny disbelievingly. Then she realizes what Parker must be talking about, given how few written texts her people have--and why she's here. "You mean the Rituals of the Undead? Talk about obscure."

"Cooked garlic doesn't work so well for spells," says Jenny. "A nice marinara sauce, maybe, but that doesn't keep vampires away."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Most of it wasn't here, in this world, it was a couple dimensions over. Did you know we have extra-dimensional internet?" Parker asks. "It's great for finding out information, not so great for verifying it, though. And trying to get anything mailed here is a bitch."

She looks briefly embarassed, then adds, "I don't understand half of it, but my friend Broots set up my computer to work on it. And yeah, it was the Rituals of the Undead. Mr. Phale, in town, had a copy of a book that had that one in it. I think it was the *only* one in the whole shop, everything else was just anthropology on Gypsies. Or Romany. Well, both. I'm not clear on the difference, and neither were most of the anthropologists."

[romanywitch]

"Extra-dimensional internet?" asks Jenny. "Oh, yeah, I knew. Now there's a job benefit."

Jenny grins. "Yeah, I know. Poor saps. They just keep trying and trying. So this Mr. Phale. How's he able to get his hands on one of the rarest, most obscure texts out there?" One that no one outside the clan was supposed to be in possession of.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Uhhhh...." Parker looks cautious. "He's kind of -- different. Yes. Not human, to start, and anything else I'd say, you probably wouldn't believe. But I think he's a really good guy. He has a lot of contacts." She frowns. "Be careful of his buddy Crowley though. That guy gives me the creeps."

[romanywitch]

Jenny shrugs and shakes her head, looking bemused. "Not human? Okay, then. I guess I have to meet him for myself. The shop's in town, you say?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Yes. Phale's Books. It's right next to Championship Vinyl." Parker's wince is very minute. "He doesn't keep very regular hours, but he's open most days well into the evening. Also? Great muffins."