fandomhigh | The Library is Open (03/30)

Rory was still reading Pride and Prejudice, looking a bit smug. And tired.

Rory wondered why it was that she really liked a story about a book-loving girl who ended up with a kind of arrogant guy.

She figured it was just Austen's writing.

And she's gone off to Campaigning, yay!

Closed so the aides can eat in peace if they so choose.

Rory's reshelving, because sometimes work needs to actually be done.

Zero came in, threw down her bookbag, and started banging her head against the desk.

Anyone else who happened to be present might want to ask her about that or make her stop or something.

And...now she's doodling.

And since Paleo is canceled, she's sweeping the library.

Parker's back here with her lunch, obtained from the NPC Deli: caviar on little crackers, gouda cheese, white grapes, crudites with strawberry jam, shrimp on toasties, and mini-gooseberry tartlets.

She might share if you ask nice.

Peter stopped in the library late in the day, thinking about something. "Hey, Rory. Getting a lot of work done?"

"Uh huh," Rory said, carefully pulling her Campaigning work over the doodles.

"Good stealth work, there. Very sneaky," Peter said.

"Anyway, I actually came into the library for research purposes for once. I was wondering if I could get your help with something class-related."

"Sure," Rory said, nodding. "I don't know how helpful I personally can be, but I can help you find stuff definitely."

"Thanks. For my journalism class, I'm going to be looking to Professor Skeeter's writing for inspiration to make my own writing better." Peter somehow managed to say that with a straight face. "Unfortunately, The Daily Prophet doesn't have internet archives, so I was wondering if we might have some stuff from a magical, otherdimensionly newspaper somewhere in the library," Peter explained. "Any help you could give would be great."

Rory started laughing.

"Okay, no, seriously," she said, giggling. "We both know that isn't true. Unless you're suddenly delusional."

"There's a little bit of truth in everything," Peter said. "Like the fact that I've seen the error in my ways when it comes to antagonizing Professor Skeeter."

He lowered his voice briefly. "The main error was not being sneaky enough. But I really am going to be following her style. I'm sure it'll make a impact by the end of the semester." There may have been a wink. "So, can you help me?"

Rory arched one brow. "Yup. Give me a sec to figure out where back issues of the Prophet would be."

She rolled her chair over to the computer and typed in a few keywords. When she got a result, she scribbled it down on a scrap of paper and headed towards the stacks, beckoning Peter along.

"Okay, should be back in here," she mused as she led the way into stacks and stacks of newspapers of all kinds, obviously from various dimensions. "What year are we looking at? Do you know?"

Sam, who had wandered in with a cup of coffee, looking for someone to talk to. "Zero? You okay?"

She stopped banging her head on the desk long enough to say, "Oh, hi, Sam." And then the headdesking continued.

"It won't make the aggravation stop," Sam said, "you need to slam their head into the desk to make that happen."

Zero stopped. "I am. I gave the Creature Languages students the wrong vocab sheets. They were about candygrams. How are candygrams supposed t'stop a shark bitin' your squalling leg off??"

Zero did not ask, but one of Parker's mini-gooseberry tartlets might have disappeared while she wasn't looking.

Parker may have cocked an eyebrow... and left another one out. Just dangling. Just outside of her reach. Supposedly.

Sam didn't let herself think about why there were vocab sheets for Creature Languages about candygrams, or she'd be slamming her head into the desk next to Zero.

"Maybe the sharks will be so distracted by all the sugar and the fact that humans are speaking to them that they'll be amused and leave them alone?"

"I hope so. Squall, Professor Dream's going to fire me." Headdesky.

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