Library, 5/29

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It's a Monday. And a holiday. Work? Bah.

Yet here Tyler is, sitting behind the desk at the Fandom High Library paging through Slaughterhouse-5 Killingfloor-6. The library is open for business.

[OOC: Open. No OCD threads 'cause it's summer, yo.]

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[smartestone]

It's Monday, which means the library is open, which means Hermione is here. She gives a little smile to the person at the desk that she hasn't met yet.

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Tyler nods a greeting to the girl. "Need help with anything?"

[smartestone]

"No, thank you. I'm beginning to learn my way around," she says. "I haven't seen you here before, are you new?"

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"I guess," Tyler said. "I started at the beginning of May. This is my first day of library duty."

He closed his book and set it aside.

"So you spend a lot of time here?"

[smartestone]

"I've been here every day it's been open so far," she says, because anyone in a library probably won't judge her for that. "I'm Hermione."

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"Tyler," Tyler said. "I kind of got drafted into this. You might know it better than I do."

[smartestone]

"Drafted how?" she wonders.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler gave her a blank stare. He was getting kind of sick of this story.

"Did you hear about an explosion in the third-floor common room?" he asked. "That was me. Apparently a week in the clinic wasn't enough punishment."

He glanced around guiltily. "Though it could be way worse."

[smartestone]

Hermione may look a little surprised that anyone who works here could consider the library as punishment. She almost asks him to please not blow up the books, but doesn't. "It's a good library," she tells him. "You'll be fine."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn walked into the library, a bit surprised by the size, and headed over to the guy behind the desk. "Excuse me, but where is the preternatural book section?"

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A momentary look of panic crossed Tyler's face. "Is preternatural the same as supernatural?"

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"Yes," Dawn nodded.

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Tyler nodded and tapped at the keyboard. "I think most of what you can check out is on that shelf, to the left, though some stuff is scattered. Are you looking for anything in particular, or just everything weird?"

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Dawn realized a bit belatedly that she was talking to one of the enemy. Better to keep things as vague as possible. "Um, just general Fandom weirdness."

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"Ohkaaaay," Tyler drawled.

He pointed. "That shelf. And the actual books with spells are locked up, and I don't know how to get to them yet. You need to ask Rory."

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"Oh, that's okay, I don't need spells," Dawn assured him, heading over to the shelf and beginning to browse through the titles, pulling interesting-looking books down from the shelves.

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly showed up not too long after that. "Sorry I'm late."

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"You're new," Elizabeth said, glancing at him curiously as she entered the library.

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"I'm almost 16," Tyler said mock-indignantly. "But, yeah, it's my first day."

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Elizabeth grinned. "Sorry; didn't mean to be rude. I guess I just got used to seeing the previous library attendants around," she said.

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"It's okay," Tyler said. "Were there a lot of them? Rory is the only one I know."

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"There were," Elizabeth thought for a moment. "Five of them by the end of term. A couple are on vacation at the moment."

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"Ah," Tyler said. "We have two right now. But we're only open Mondays and Wednesdays, so it works."

He smiled at Elizabeth. "I'm Tyler, by the way."

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"I'm just glad it's open at all," Elizabeth admitted.

"I'm Elizabeth. It's nice to meet you, Tyler."

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"Nice to meet you too," Tyler said politely. "Let me know if you need help."