Fandom High Library [4/16]

[talentforlying]

"You lot can march back to your shelves," John said to the children's books that had set themselves up as a display just inside the front door. "The wee rugrats have gone home for the year, thank fuck."

And once again, he had not had a single one calling him 'Da,' so he was rather pleased with himself. That, and there was paperwork in-process for at least one more minion, so there'd be an extra pair of hands around. Maybe he'd get lucky, and get one or two more.

The library was open, sign on the door, and the Librarian was In.

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Re: Talk to the Librarian

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

From the slight fidget and the way Arden was suddenly fascinated by the pattern on the whatever patterned thing was closest, Constantine's instincts might have, once again, been entirely correct.

"Are you looking to be informed so you can take steps to protect the Library and the other staffers from unanticipated dangers?" she asked slowly. "In case the potential threat to one staffer extends beyond to the rest, or do you want to know about anything?"

You know just clarifying, no reason!

Re: Talk to the Librarian

[talentforlying]

"Depends. Sometimes I just like turning plonkers into frogs," he replied with a wink. "'S usually good for their egos."

"But 's my job to be aware. A threat to one staffer can quickly become a threat to the library, and the rest of the staff, if it's used as leverage. I have all the knowledge of the universe inside Special Collections. Every dream, every secret, every spell, everything that ever has been or ever will be. It might not be easy to find, but its there, and there's people who would jump at the chance to get their claws into some of the tomes I've got locked away."

He fished around in his pockets for a cigarette, before taking one out and tucking it behind his ear. "And in general, I don't fuck with people who fuck with kids. If there's someone I need to pre-emptively ban, it's easier to do it up-front."

Re: Talk to the Librarian

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Arden spent a few minutes mulling something over and, as Constantine was likely able to clock, choosing her words very carefully. "I ran away from home because my legal guardian informed me that I was indebted to her for the decade I spent under her care and I was going to become responsible for paying those debts off once I turned eighteen. I'm pretty sure she's looking for me and I know two people from home already know where I am, so she might show up sometime. But I don't think that would spread past me because her involving anyone else in our...dispute...would probably get her in trouble with the, ah, local authorities."

Which was a good explanation of what Arden was running from, even if it didn't come close to what she was hiding from.

Re: Talk to the Librarian

[talentforlying]

"Fuck authorities, and fuck her," Constantine said cheerfully. "Hang on, sunshine."

He vanished into his office for a moment, before re-emerging with a piece of parchment that...shifted, oddly, if you looked at it too hard, and a pen.

"Right, as part of your advance compensation for the position, beyond the twenty dollars an hour I pay, you may write the name of this person on that parchment, and then burn it under the next full moon. It will alert me if she attempts to enter the library, and I will come handle it from there." He held them out. "This is a fucking sanctuary. I'll have none of her nonsense in here."

Re: Talk to the Librarian

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"...Does it have to be her real name?" she asked. "Or will the name I know her by work? Because, um. I'm pretty sure that's not the name she was born with."

If she'd been born. Nobody knew what Callista was. She wasn't an elf, a fae, a vampire, a were, a djinn, a witch, an elemental or anything else anyone recognized.

Re: Talk to the Librarian

[talentforlying]

"True name is best, especially if she's fae or demonic, but the name you know her by will most likely work just fine, especially if she's used it long enough it has started to become part of how she perceives herself," he replied. "--and I tell you now, free and clear, even if you do not stay on past the four shifts, the spell will remain until you ask me to break it."

Everyone needed a sanctuary. Some more than others.

Re: Talk to the Librarian

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"She's not fae," Arden said immediately. And then gives him a big eyed look because she sounded far too certain of that when she was supposed to be pretending she was a totally normal human with no knowledge of the supernatural. "I mean...umm..." And then she shrugged and gave up. "I don't know anything about demons. I don't think so? But nobody knows what she is."