[Location - Sunnydale High Library]

[beenthroughhell]

Tara has been spending more and more time in the Sunnydale library.  For one thing, Giles is there, and she's always glad to see him.  And, of course, the collection on magic is even more impressive than she'd guessed it had been.  She's doing research for herself, and for Piper and DG as well

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[rubinuslapis]

Ruby saunters in, having stumbled on the library while exploring. She's a modern girl, all cell phones and iPods, sure. But there's something to be said about the comfort of text printed on paper, even to a murdering bitch of a demon. Now's not the time for that face, however and she puts on what she intends to be a nice smile when she spots Tara.

"Looks like I hit Taxon's hotspot, huh? There isn't a cover charge, I hope."

[beenthroughhell]

She looks up, and smiles back just a little. Shyly, she says, "Anyone can come in. I-I mean, it's not mine, but I'm sure Mr. Giles doesn't mind."

[rubinuslapis]

"Mr. Giles, huh? Librarian extraordinaire?" She makes her way up one of the little staircases to peruse the stacks. Her voice raises as she disappears behind one of them. "Nice selection! Good to see it's not your typical library."

[beenthroughhell]

"Not quite, no. Are you looking for anything particular?"

[demonmagnetism]

Xander had decided to pay a visit to the library, with the notion of talking to Giles about plans of action for dealing with Angelus. Ones that involved staking, and ones which he knew Giles would probably share his opinion on, where Buffy undoubtedly wouldn't. ...well, if she weren't currently kidnapped, but he's not aware of that yet.

Thus, he comes strolling in, and is pleasantly surprised to find Tara there.

"Hey Tara," he smiles (perhaps a little wan and strained), as he approaches the table, noticing the pile of books. "Research mode?"

[beenthroughhell]

She looks up and returns the smile, quiet and maybe a bit worried herself. "Kind of. From what Dawn said, there's not much to be done about glitches. But I told a couple people I'd try to help them learn a little more about magic, so..." She holds up the book. "Here we are."

She puts the book back down. "How are things with you?"

[demonmagnetism]

"For the record, Giles keeps all the very best stuff on the upper floor, right in the back rows. Away from prying eyes. Not that anybody ever came in here, except us, but..." He offers helpfully, gesturing vaguely upwards, and taking a seat at the table, with something of a sigh.

"Things... have been better. The whole Angelus situation has everybody good and insane. Dawn's still beating herself up over that spell, and my supportive boyfriend routine is rusty at best."

Hmm, does Tara know about that yet? Oh well.

[beenthroughhell]

She does now! But she's more concerned with Dawn's state than anything, and she's noticed people carefully not mentioning Anya (or Willow), so she lets it be for the moment.

"Poor Dawnie. It took the suggestion of setting Angelus' hair on fire to get her to crack a smile."

[eaturbreakfast]

Sam is still recovering from the whole tripping over a bomb incident so he's kind of restricted from things like working out and target practice. That leaves the library so Sam hits it. He's trying to figure out what Ruby's point in training him is, how he's going to be able to do with his brain what she says he will and what demon blood actually does to him. That's a long list so he goes into the library, skirting around the walls and gathering up a nice stack of books on telekinesis, psychics, demons and blood diseases. He walks around to find Tara at the table which brings a smile to his face.

"Hey," he greets her as he puts his stack of books on the edge of the table. "Mind sharing table space with me?" He's still bruised and scraped up, moving a bit slower and more awkwardly than usual.

[beenthroughhell]

She smiles, happy to see him up and about, if a bit worse for the wear. "Not at all. How are you?"

[eaturbreakfast]

He sits down in the chair, shuffling his books a bit into two stacks.

"I'm alright. Still sore but it could have been a lot worse. You made it through alright I see."

[beenthroughhell]

"More or less. Too bad the people don't heal as fast as the buildings seem to." The regenerating buildings actually weird her out a little, so making light of it is akin to whistling in the dark.