fandomhigh | Library, Thursday (July 14)

Cosette actually made it in to the library on time, which was a bit of a surprise given how lost she'd gotten early in the morning in the hedge maze she just couldn't help wanting to explore.

And then she'd slipped on the streets -- which appeared to be made of soap now -- and gone bouncing down them like a rubber ball, high arcing bounces complete with silly sound effects. She appreciated not actually being hurt by the incident . . . that is, once she had reassembled herself after shattering into hundreds of tiny pieces on impact and getting swept up by a self-operating dustpan and broom.

But she was here now! This had all been quite entertaining yesterday, but now it was getting to be quite a --

A piano came plummeting out of thin air as she pushed open the library doors, squashing her flat, and it was a few seconds before a very flat Cosette slid out of the edge of the impact crater, fluttered to the floor, then popped back into three-dimensional form again.

-- a hassle, she finally managed to think, swatting cartoon birds away from her still slightly dizzy head. It was getting to be a dreadfully inconvenient hassle.

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Sam had come to the library pretty early, so he wasn't aware of anything happening with Zoe and Grace, just the smell of books and the frustration of not really knowing where to start looking for answers to whatever was currently going on. Thankfully, Bob mentioning Pinkie Pie gave him a bit of direction, and he turned to one of the computers instead.

"Hey," he said, glancing around after some searching, "Pinkie's from Equestria, right?"

"Yes," Hanna said, from where she was looking up Things Effecting Deer. "She took us on a trip there for one of her classes (http://fandomhigh.livejournal.com/3895234.html)," she said. "Why?"

"Well, I was looking through old news reports from Fandom, to see if this sort of thing's happened before, and I found this," Sam said, tilting the screen so Hanna could see it. "It was in the school paper in 1902: 'The Fandom High Library threw a going away party for its longtime aide, Miss Vivian Wattana. Many had assumed that Miss Wattana would continue on as the new librarian of Fandom High, but instead she plans to travel to a distant world, Equestria, where she will be taking part in a cultural exchange program. Starswirl the Bearded, an Equestrian magical luminary, has agreed to take her on as an apprentice in the magical arts. Miss Wattana is enthused about the opportunity to study both the magic of Equestria and the culture, promising to send copies of her notes back to the Fandom library where they can be archived as primary anthropological resources. In her speech last night to the staff and friends who attended her going away party, she credited wrangling books in Fandom's library for igniting her interest in interdimensional magic and cultures.

We here at Fandom High wish Miss Wattana the very best with her endeavors and look forward to hearing more about them when she returns. Now, in the Dorms, Enkidu was caught...'"

Sam got quiet as he skimmed the rest of the article, and shook his head. "There's nothing else about this lady in there, but I'm wondering if she really did send stuff back to Fandom."

"it's a place to start." Hanna frowned and said, "Archives? Would that be deeper in the library? Should we ask Mr. Constantine for help?"

"That might be a good idea. I just hope they're not in Special Collections," Sam said, making a face at the thought of going in there.

"I've... heard things, about that part of the Library." Hanna gave the bookshelves around them a nervous glance, then lowered her voice. "Is it true that some students disappeared in there and never came out?"

"No, I doubt that's happened," Sam said, since he didn't want to scare her. "It's definitely creepy and I wouldn't recommend going in there unless it's absolutely necessary but... we don't leave folks behind, you know?"

That made sense, and Hanna calmed down a bit. "This week has made me jumpy. But yes, I know." She sighed. "I'll be here tomorrow too. If I'm still me and can hold a book, I mean."

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