Library, Sunday

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Elsa had arrived to the library bright and early, hoping that the doors would be open already. And they were, sort of, though the extremely pale boy who had opened them a minute before her arrival seemed... anxious, in a way that she knew all too well. He'd asked her if she thought there were going to be many people about, and had only grown more anxious when her answer was an explanation about how there might be a few stopping by to research what was going on around the island lately, yes.

She'd taken pity on him, explaining that her family had an extensive library back home and she knew her way around one, inside-out, and if he needed to be somewhere away from people - his anxious muttering about it being not safe for him to be here seemed to confirm that much - then she would be perfectly happy to set things up for the researchers today.

There was a moment of silence before the usual Sunday boy nodded almost desperately, and then scurried off looking for someone named 'Sholeh.'

Elsa blinked after him for a moment, gave her shoulders a small shrug, and then set to work sorting out more books from the stacks that she thought might have anything to do with people magically becoming other people.

... Now, if only she knew how to work the coffee machine.

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For the generic, non-researchy things!

Research!

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

There are books here, of course! Hopefully some of them will have clues of some sort to help fix what was going on, here.

... You'd probably have to provide your own coffee, though.

Re: Research!

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

Elsa was going to be over here if anybody needed her, or even if anybody didn't, going through the last of the magic books that she'd borrowed from the Magic Box before starting in on the books she'd taken from the shelves here at the library.

She'd given up on making coffee for people and didn't want to let herself into the librarian's office for the kettle to put on tea. She'd feel worse about that, except that she hadn't really come in today expecting the usual aide to take off running.

Re: Research!

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"So." Dinah wandered in a bit late in the day, with a distinctly thoughtful look on her face. "I understand people are investigating some of the Island's weirdness here. Any progress?"

Re: Research!

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Elsa glanced up at the young woman that had approached her, gave her a faint, almost rueful smile, and then shook her head.

"Not a bit," she admitted. "It seems as though every time we think we have some sort of lead, there's just some sort of inconsistency that throws us all right back to square one. Which... is impressive, really, considering just how much that's going on these days isn't particularly consistent in the first place."

At this point, one might think any theory was probably a sound one, in some reality or other.

Re: Research!

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah's shoulders miiight have relaxed a little bit at that news. "That's a shame," she said, looking thoughtful. "Is there anything I can do? That isn't research. Really, not my thing." She smiled slightly. "I'm Dinah, by the way."

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[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

Relaxing after finding out that the island could be staying messed up for the foreseeable future? Dinah got a bit of a curious look at that, but Elsa wasn't going to question it. Not yet, anyway.

"I'm Elsa," she replied. "And... I suppose if you knew how to get the coffee machine to make coffee, that would be helpful? I haven't the faintest idea how to make it work."

It wasn't for her, of course. Elsa was really a tea person at heart.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

That got a somewhat more genuine smile out of Dinah. Mostly for memories of fellow students who'd been bewildered by technology back in the day.

"No problem. Point me to it, I can probably get it to make cocoa too, if it's not too old."

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[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

And that got Elsa to smile a little, as well.

"Cocoa?" Arendelle's most regal little chocoholic, right here. "I didn't know they could be used to make cocoa. It's right over there, by the aide's desk. I... might have to learn how to make one work, after all."

Priorities, Elsa.

"... Once everything is back to normal."

Re: Research!

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Sure." Dinah grinned a little more, and went over to check the coffee maker. Yup, it looked like you could, possibly, put a cocoa cup in there to make that too. Coffee first, though. "One of my favorites, cocoa. With little marshmallows. I'll have to check around here to see if there are any. So, how long have you been in Fandom?"

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"Only a few months," Elsa replied, watching Dinah curiously. "I came here at the beginning of this semester. You know, I had been warned that the island was prone to doing some strange things, but I didn't think it would go so far as to start replacing people..."

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"So, anything?" Joker asked. "Those books have any spells that will just tell us the answer?"

Re: Research!

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

"I wish they did," Elsa sighed. "I'm beginning to feel as though I made a mistake, not bringing an armload of books about divination. But then, looking through books and casting spells isn't exactly my speciality, either."

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[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's gotta be somebody's specialty," Joker replied. "And sooner or later they might even actually show up. In the meantime.... Oh, crap. Did I actually tell you about the weather machine, yet? Please tell me I remembered to tell people about the weather machine."

Re: Research!

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

Here was Elsa's moment to give Joker a long, slow blink.

"What in the world is a weather machine?"

That would be a no, then.

Re: Research!

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's..." Joker frowned. "To be honest, I don't actually have any idea. I'm assuming it's a machine that makes weather, somehow, which isn't something that should actually work but, hey, Fandom." He shrugged. "The point is, two ladies came in on Friday and said they broke it and then lost it, and that somehow caused all of this mess. So... look for something about that in the books?" Joker gave her a look that was pained, apologetic, and thoroughly confused all at once. "I think one of the ladies might have been the sheriff," he added. "Maybe they were both the sheriff?"

Re: Research!

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

"I've... given up trying to figure out the way the people in charge work around here," Elsa decided. It was funny, all things considered. "Did they say why either of them thought for even an instant that breaking and losing a machine that makes weather on an island like this, and then not telling anyone about it, was somehow a good idea?"

That just seemed like inviting trouble, to Elsa.

Re: Research!

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"Because they are horrible, horrible people and they suck," Joker answered.

"...Actually, they did tell people about it, and also they only just now realized it might have been related, and also also they locked it in a safe and only realized it was missing when they went to check on it. Soooo... probably not as deserving of yelling-at as you're thinking. Still pretty bad, though."

He sighed. "And after all the boatloads of nothing I came up with all week, I've now been looking up info on this doohickey, and still came up with nothing. Sometimes, I really hate this place."

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Elsa sighed and gave her head a shake.

"Still pretty bad, but at least they did what they could," she conceded. "Maybe what I should be doing is looking over the island's history, instead of these magic books. There are a lot of things about this place that I don't know, and only part of that is because I'm still so new here."

Most of it was because she was still a bit of a shut-in who didn't talk to people, too.

"We have no idea where it might have gotten off to? It just... vanished one day?"

Re: Research!

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Riley hadn't been able to make it to the library during the week but he was there now, laptop open and fingers tapping away.

Of course, he didn't really know what he was looking for but he felt the need to do something.

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[never-dull.livejournal.com]

Hannibal showed up again today to try and see if there was anything useful to be found. He nodded politely at the apparent student librarian today and started looking for books.

He brought his own coffee.

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[wantstostudy.livejournal.com]

Jaina was finally starting to feel acclimated to her new-ish surroundings - she had warm non-toga clothes and felt like she knew her way around all the different parts of the island - but coming into the library felt more like going home than being in her Fandom. She wandered through the shelves for a while before coming back to one of the tables with a stack of books. Some of them might have been helpful in their current strange situation, but some just looked like they'd be fun to read.

Re: Research!

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

So, how exactly did one a) find a broken weather machine that vanished from a locked safe, or b) figure out how it was doing what it was doing and stop it? Joker went with c) examine any and all books on the history and nature of Fandom to see what they said about a weather machine.

What was even more disappointing than how little the books said about weather machines was how few of those books there were. Joker had to fight the urge to just bang his forehead against the desk in frustration. That would be a bad idea.

Librarian's Office!

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If he's about, he might be in here!

OOC!

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Your regularly scheduled library aide is currently paranoid and Not Completely Okay. Have an ice princess, instead?