August 16, 2014 - Assistant Librarian
August 16, 2014 - Assistant Librarian
Alt Title: Day 16 - Assistant Librarian Blair
Author: mmooch
Chapter Summary: **For the 2014 LiveJournal’s Twisted Shorts FaD** challenge. Buffy’s told about some needed staff positions.
Chapter Crossover: Stargate SG1; The Sentinel; Marvel Comics
Rating: FR-13.
Word count: 651
Challenge: for the livejournal 2014 August Fic-a-Day Challenge.
Disclaimer: BtVS/AtS characters belong to Joss Whedon/Mutant Enemy. Stargate SG-1 character belongs to Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright / SyFy Channel. HP characters belong to JK Rowling. Marvel Comics characters belong to Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Marvel Comics. The Sentinel characters belong to UPN, Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo. I claim no rights to any copyrighted material. Please do not copy or take this story without my permission.
Hogwarts Library
“So what am I doing in the library?” Buffy asked her assistant, Walter, in slight annoyance. She was on her way to taste-test some of the foods that Eliot was planning to teach the students how to make the Muggle way, and didn’t want to be late.
He gave her a small, sheepish smile and said, “I was told that in order to make you aware of the need, you had to see what they were talking about. That meant coming here.”
Her newest acquisition, Blair, came out of the office with the librarian, Madame Irma Pince, a dour-looking woman who seemed offended that there were people in her library. She had just begun a couple years prior, but she already was as protective of the books here as a mother bear was with her cubs.
“Did you know there are tens of thousands of books in this library?” Blair began his speech.
Buffy shook her head, “Nope, can’t say that I did. Doesn’t surprise me, though. Look at the size of this place!”
“Exactly!” Blair exclaimed. “And you only have one librarian on staff right now!”
“You don’t have any help?” Buffy asked Madame Pince in shock. “Not even some students looking for extracurricular credit or something?”
Madame Pince looked scandalized at the idea. “Allow the students to handle the books more than necessary?!”
Buffy turned back to Blair, assuming he had a solution the woman could live with. “What’s your point?”
“I would love a chance to study these books, and since you haven’t told me about a different position you had for me here, I thought maybe I could be Irma’s assistant,” Blair said, ignoring the twitch on Madame Pince’s face when he called her by her first name.
“And this is acceptable with you, Madame Pince?” Buffy checked with the other woman.
“It is…adequate,” she allowed. “Mr. Sandburg has told me about his training as an anthropologist, so he understands how to handle delicate objects properly.”
“Then it’s fine with me,” Buffy agreed easily. “But I do have one rule for you, Mr. Sandburg…until Madame Pince gives you permission to call her by her first name, you will address her formally. Understand?”
He thought it was cold, but he’d abide for as long as it took to crack the ice around the librarian’s personality. “Understood, and I will.”
Buffy nodded and offered him some friendliness, “When we aren’t with the student, you may call me Buffy. Otherwise, it has to be Headmistress Buffy. The previous Headmaster was called Professor Dumbledore, but since I’m not and have never been a professor, it would be wrong of me to use that title. Let me know if you need anything else,” she added to both of them before leaving the library.
Staff lounge
A few days later, the staff was discussing an article in the Daily Prophet, and a loud discussion broke out about acceptable behavior by wizards and witches. It didn’t really matter what the topic was, but it ended with Agatha Harkness pinning Buffy with a look.
“Perhaps it would be prudent for Hogwarts to provide a class on the proper attitude to have when using magic,” she suggested/ordered.
Buffy could tell it was more of an order than a suggestion, but since she agreed, she wasn’t about to make a fuss. “Are you thinking about an Ethics course?”
Agatha nodded. “Precisely. After the students take their OWLS, then we could make Ethics a mandatory course for the last two years of their schooling. For their first five years, it could just be incorporated into their lessons for other subjects.”
“I like the idea. Are you willing to be the professor?” Buffy asked.
“Until somebody more appropriate can be found,” Agatha responded after thinking it over a few minutes.
Buffy snorted. “I think it would be hard to find somebody better for the job than you.”
A/N: Sorry about the briefness of this; I’m fighting a pounding headache tonight that refuses to go away.
Tomorrow…Assistant Healer(s)
Alt Title: Day 16 - Assistant Librarian Blair
Author: mmooch
Chapter Summary: **For the 2014 LiveJournal’s Twisted Shorts FaD** challenge. Buffy’s told about some needed staff positions.
Chapter Crossover: Stargate SG1; The Sentinel; Marvel Comics
Rating: FR-13.
Word count: 651
Challenge: for the livejournal 2014 August Fic-a-Day Challenge.
Disclaimer: BtVS/AtS characters belong to Joss Whedon/Mutant Enemy. Stargate SG-1 character belongs to Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright / SyFy Channel. HP characters belong to JK Rowling. Marvel Comics characters belong to Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Marvel Comics. The Sentinel characters belong to UPN, Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo. I claim no rights to any copyrighted material. Please do not copy or take this story without my permission.
Hogwarts Library
“So what am I doing in the library?” Buffy asked her assistant, Walter, in slight annoyance. She was on her way to taste-test some of the foods that Eliot was planning to teach the students how to make the Muggle way, and didn’t want to be late.
He gave her a small, sheepish smile and said, “I was told that in order to make you aware of the need, you had to see what they were talking about. That meant coming here.”
Her newest acquisition, Blair, came out of the office with the librarian, Madame Irma Pince, a dour-looking woman who seemed offended that there were people in her library. She had just begun a couple years prior, but she already was as protective of the books here as a mother bear was with her cubs.
“Did you know there are tens of thousands of books in this library?” Blair began his speech.
Buffy shook her head, “Nope, can’t say that I did. Doesn’t surprise me, though. Look at the size of this place!”
“Exactly!” Blair exclaimed. “And you only have one librarian on staff right now!”
“You don’t have any help?” Buffy asked Madame Pince in shock. “Not even some students looking for extracurricular credit or something?”
Madame Pince looked scandalized at the idea. “Allow the students to handle the books more than necessary?!”
Buffy turned back to Blair, assuming he had a solution the woman could live with. “What’s your point?”
“I would love a chance to study these books, and since you haven’t told me about a different position you had for me here, I thought maybe I could be Irma’s assistant,” Blair said, ignoring the twitch on Madame Pince’s face when he called her by her first name.
“And this is acceptable with you, Madame Pince?” Buffy checked with the other woman.
“It is…adequate,” she allowed. “Mr. Sandburg has told me about his training as an anthropologist, so he understands how to handle delicate objects properly.”
“Then it’s fine with me,” Buffy agreed easily. “But I do have one rule for you, Mr. Sandburg…until Madame Pince gives you permission to call her by her first name, you will address her formally. Understand?”
He thought it was cold, but he’d abide for as long as it took to crack the ice around the librarian’s personality. “Understood, and I will.”
Buffy nodded and offered him some friendliness, “When we aren’t with the student, you may call me Buffy. Otherwise, it has to be Headmistress Buffy. The previous Headmaster was called Professor Dumbledore, but since I’m not and have never been a professor, it would be wrong of me to use that title. Let me know if you need anything else,” she added to both of them before leaving the library.
Staff lounge
A few days later, the staff was discussing an article in the Daily Prophet, and a loud discussion broke out about acceptable behavior by wizards and witches. It didn’t really matter what the topic was, but it ended with Agatha Harkness pinning Buffy with a look.
“Perhaps it would be prudent for Hogwarts to provide a class on the proper attitude to have when using magic,” she suggested/ordered.
Buffy could tell it was more of an order than a suggestion, but since she agreed, she wasn’t about to make a fuss. “Are you thinking about an Ethics course?”
Agatha nodded. “Precisely. After the students take their OWLS, then we could make Ethics a mandatory course for the last two years of their schooling. For their first five years, it could just be incorporated into their lessons for other subjects.”
“I like the idea. Are you willing to be the professor?” Buffy asked.
“Until somebody more appropriate can be found,” Agatha responded after thinking it over a few minutes.
Buffy snorted. “I think it would be hard to find somebody better for the job than you.”
A/N: Sorry about the briefness of this; I’m fighting a pounding headache tonight that refuses to go away.
Tomorrow…Assistant Healer(s)