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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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...?"

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"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.

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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?"

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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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Rory bit her lip again. "Is everything okay? Anything I can help with? I mean, that you can talk about."

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"I'm not actually sure," she admits. "Unless you know anything about the subject?"

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"I...know not to read from books aloud without knowing what they are, and that befriending evil vampires is a bad idea," Rory admitted. "So no, not a lot. Oh, also? Coffee works as a weapon against a lot of bad stuff. But there are tons of people on campus who know more about that than I do."

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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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Hermione looks interested. "Can you tell me who? Or is that personal?"

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"Anyone from Sunnydale," Rory said. "So...Willow, Dawn, Xander, Cordy, Buffy when she's back. They're all really smart about this stuff."

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"I may have to talk with them," Hermione says slowly. "Thank you, it means a lot."

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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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"Sure," Rory said with a small smile. "Hey, I've been here almost a year. Might as well share the stuf I've learned."

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"I appreciate the help," she smiles back. "I'm going to go see if I can't find anything."

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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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"Shout if you get lost or anything," Rory said with a little wave, turning back to her laptop.

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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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"I will." And Hermione heads to find her books.

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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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Rory blinked. "That's right, I heard that on the radio. But...you know Becky." She rolled her eyes. "What happened? I assume this is a supernatural kind of missing and not just that he decided to go on a little excursion by himself."