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[bookplate]

Interesting place you've got here. Thank you for the [...] warm welcome.

[DM: BRODERICK BEST]

Dear Dr Best,

I have been informed that you are the former Head Librarian at this institution and the current Head of Knowledge. I am the Head Librarian at Quest Fellowship and will be visiting for the next little while. Please do let me know if it would be possible to inspect peruse your facilities. I've read some of your work, and am interested to hear your thoughts and experiences within this iteration of the Society thus far.

Sincerely,
Elliott Woodhouse, BA, MLIS, PhD
Head Librarian
Quest Fellowship

Comments

Broderelliott

[bookplate]

Very well. Please do let me know when you are available. My schedule appears to be wide open for as long as we're here. I have no reason to be circumspect. I've dedicated my life to knowledge, and as such, it would be hypocritical of me to gatekeep any of it. [...] For example, and this will sound ridiculous, I can tell you that our current Head of Knowledge is six foxes in a trenchcoat for reasons unknown. (I am not crazy; you will see for yourself once you meet them.)

We were pen pals, mostly. I advised her on how to set up your library more efficiently, but it sounds like she didn't do a very good job of it. I mean, I do not wish to speak ill of the (likely) dead, but I thought that her passion for libraries would made up for her oft-shoddy spellwork, or at least I'd hoped so. I apologise if I've inadvertently contributed to any poorly-implemented magical library-related headaches.

Broderelliott

[abracadavers]

I'm sorry, foxes in a trench coat?

You apologize a lot, have you noticed that?

Broderelliott

[bookplate]

Yes, they communicate via hivemind. Very unsettling.

Yes, well. I'm English.

Broderelliott

[abracadavers]

Jesus Christ. It just so happens that our previous Head of Knowledge, was in fact, a bag of raccoons.

Hm. I'm Welsh.

Broderelliott

[bookplate]

[...] Well, this just furthers my theory.

Now I must apologise for the existence of England, but in my defense, I am neither a patriot nor a monarchist.

Broderelliott

[abracadavers]

This suggests a larger conspiracy, you realize.

Two very excellent things to recommend you, among the already numerous judging by your passion for knowledge. You can't help where you were born, so I'll try not to hold it against you.

Broderelliott

[bookplate]

Baudelaire is convinced that Scantlebury is copying everything he does to annoy him, could be a copycat recruitment.

I appreciate that, thank you. We can't all be lucky enough to be born in Wales.

Broderelliott

[abracadavers]

That's childish and unimaginative enough to be true. Then I suppose I was hired to be you [...] I'm not sure if I should be livid the man thinks Wales and England are interchangeable.

Exactly, I must remind myself when the patience is growing thin. [...] You're good people.

Broderelliott

[bookplate]

He's never seemed like a very [...] thoughtful man. He probably looked for someone with good hair and a sweater vest and called it a day.

Thank you, you seem to me to be good people as well.

Broderelliott

[abracadavers]

Let me buy you that drink.

Broderelliott

[bookplate]

See you at the Boneyard? I'm the skinny wanker in tweed, you can't miss me.