Library [08/15]

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Rory hurried into the library bright and early, and settled herself behind the desk with her laptop.

She spent a little time looking up sonnets, since it had been awhile since she'd read her favorites anyway, then left that open in a tab.

If anyone came along, you see, she could switch to it quickly from the Wendy the Werewolf Stalker fic she was reading.

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[smartestone]

Hermione comes in fairly early, looking very focused, if tired. "Hi," she greets Rory. "Do you have any books on defense against the dark arts here?"

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"Defense against the dark arts?" Rory repeated. "Any specific area? Vampires, demons, evil spirits...?"

[smartestone]

"I'm looking mainly for a way to defend against spells. How to learn counterjinxes and hexes, things like that," she clarifies.

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Rory bit her lip, looking apologetic. "Anything with spells like that - or, um, hexes - would be in SC. But if you're just looking at theory, stuff like that would be in the stacks."

She rolled her chair over to the computer and in a few keystrokes, nodded. "Theory and informational books are over that way in the 540's," she told Hermione.

[smartestone]

She really doubts that she could get a note for the books if she explained that she was trying to get a friend to start an underground DADA group at her old school in another country. "It's a start," she says, looking over in that direction. "Thank you."

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"You could ask a teacher for a note," Rory suggested. "And no problem. Why are you looking up this stuff anyway?"

[smartestone]

She frowns, and says carefully, "There's a situation at home that I really should be there for and can't. So since I can't, I think I should at least do what I can to help from here. That means research."

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In time-honored Scooby tradition, Dawn skipped class to research whatever was going on with Dean. The irony here, of course, being that the class she was skipping was on how to be a Scooby. Somehow she figured Xander would understand.

She'd had a little luck with the knife, but hadn't been able to decipher the symbols on the blade from the internet. So here she was looking up and down the stacks for the creepy, spooky book section. "Symbols...invisibility spells..."

Dawn and her armful of books went back to one of the tables. She opened the books, beginning with the most general first, taking notes occasionally on a long legal pad.

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Rory watched Dawn from behind her desk, and after giving the other girl a moment, went over to where she was working. "Need help finding anything? Or researching?"

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Dawn blinked a few times as her eyes focused on Rory instead of the book she'd been reading. "Um, is there anything on specific curses? There's kind of a thing that I need to help fix. Oh, and hi, Rory," she said, finally remembering her manners.

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"Hi," Rory said, raising her brows and leaning against the table. "Like, curses in theory, or actual curses themselves? Because the latter is in SC."

She gave Dawn a searching glance. "Is everything okay?"

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"Like actual curses," Dawn said, sticking a pencil behind her ponytail holder for safekeeping while she checked her notes. "Probably gypsy or voodoo."

"Not really," Dawn answered sadly. "I just hope it can be fixed."

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"Yeah, you're going to need a teacher's note," Rory said apologetically. She tried to think of what could be going on. "Did something happen? Is anyone hurt?"

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"I don't know if there's time for that," Dawn said, then fudged the truth a little. "Dean's missing."

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Sam had to smile when he found Dawn exactly where he hoped and expected she'd be. Having someone he could count on to help and to do research was a new concept, but he was certainly learning exactly how invaluable it made Dawn. "Hey," he said quietly, looking at the scattered books with great appreciation.

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"Hey," she said, a bit distracted after her conversation with Rory. She now had three pencils in her hair for safekeeping. "Do you or Dean have any enemies?"

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"Enemies?" Sam replied, thinking about that honestly for a moment. "I don't know. I think most of the people and things who would have a reason to dislike us have that reason because we've hunted them down and destroyed them."

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"Hmmm," Dawn tapped an eraser off her bottom lip. "You never leave anyone alive? Are there clubs or tribes or groups of these people and things, maybe?" She asked, thinking of how Angel had been cursed by Jenny Calender's ancestors.

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Dean, who had got distracted looking at Rory and how she seemed to be more faded than Sammy or Alec, finally made it over to the table. He glanced at Dawn, then did a double take and stared.

"Hey Sam? Does Dawn look all green and glowy to you or is it just me?"

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Alec wandered into the library after Sam, but he lingered a bit near the door as if he didn't quite know what to do with himself in a place filled with books.

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Rory blinked, and then said, "Hi, Alec?"

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Turning to face her, Alec grinned widely with the faintest evidence of relief. "Rory. How's it going?"

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"Good," she said slowly. "Can I help you find something?"

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He shrugged slightly. "I've never been to a library," he said, glancing to where Sam and Dawn were talking before smiling at Rory again. "But I don't have anything particular in mind."

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Rory just stared for a moment.

"Never been to a library?" she repeated, clearly shocked and offended by this revelation. "Why not?"