Fandom Library, Wednesday, February 4th

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Arden couldn't skip two weeks of work, even though she felt 'bitten by a gremlin' was a really good excuse for missing one, and so she was back behind the circulation desk today. With a book. And determinedly ignoring everything the gremlins did, so long as they were doing it more than five feet away from her. See if the little jerks got any attention from her for awhile.

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Re: Talk to the Aide

[not_a_haint]

"Part of livin' in the Devil's Cradle was that we were hidden from anyone lookin' for us. I s'pect that's part o' why I was sent here for schoolin'. Course at th' time I just thought it was as far from th' center o' power they could get me on the map. But I think...I dunno if it was Miss Ellie, Miss Marcie or...I think she was Miss Dooley...whoever it was signed me up for this I think they knew they were sendin' me off th' map."

Re: Talk to the Aide

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Miss Dooley?" Arden asked. "Isn't that your last name?"

Re: Talk to the Aide

[not_a_haint]

Well, in for a penny and all that. "It is now. I was born Caleb Gibson, then I was Cowboy Absher for a while an' Miss Ellie still calls me Cowboy in her letters. A few months before I turned 18 a woman came with Mr. Bartholomew t' see me. She asked me how I was gettin' on, if I'd given any thought as t' where I would go when it was time for me t' move on, then she left. When I got th' admissions paperwork for Fandom, I was put down as Caleb Dooley. I'm only guessin' that was her name."

Re: Talk to the Aide

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Or maybe she just made one up on the spot if it was to help cover your trail from cults and stuff," Arden mused. "Finch isn't my real last name, either. I was Arden Doe until I was seven and then I was told to pick a last name that I liked. I like birds, so...Arden Finch it is."

Re: Talk to the Aide

[not_a_haint]

"Also a possibility. Either way I kinda like it. It's much better than the fake name I chose for myself in Mr. Constanine's class. Rockston." he grimaced.

Re: Talk to the Aide

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Okay, Arden did have to giggle at that. "Taken by surprise and it was the first thing you thought of?" she asked.

And took a drink before she could mention that it was better than the name Cowboy.

Re: Talk to the Aide

[not_a_haint]

In his defense, he hadn't chosen the name Cowboy, but he hadn't argued with it either.

"There was a pulp hero Floyd's friend Shane loved t' read about named Dirk Rockbone." he chuckled. "That popped immediately t' mind an' I'm pleased t' say I thought better of that. So someday I may be tryin' t' pass myself off as Derrick Rockston."

Re: Talk to the Aide

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"That does sound very fake," she told him, still laughing. "Like, that's a name straight out of a sports romance novel. I assume your playboy alter ego plays hockey or soccer and doesn't believe in love?"

Re: Talk to the Aide

[not_a_haint]

"Fortunately I also thought t' get credentials as Caleb Dooley. I kinda pictured Derrick more as the treasure huntin' youngest son of a rich family, who just ain't met that certain special someone yet." The treasure hunting part was true at the time, the rich family part he'd come up with later. "I'm also takin' creative writin'."