From: howemuchtrouble	Date: February 2nd, 2011 03:50 am (UTC)		(Link)

"No problem," he answered easily and released her so that they could continue on towards the library. Though he walked a little faster than before, knowing her eagerness to get to delving into research.

Keegan picked up where she had left off in the discussion, before she tripped. "Anyway. Pendragon said that normal spells do affect it, so we don't just have a patronus charm to rely on. And she said it was mostly related to a lethifold, not that it was. So the usual habitat for them is a bit of a moot point."

	From: cabotine	Date: February 2nd, 2011 03:59 am (UTC)		(Link)

"That's true... but then if it's related to a lethifold... what do you think the other parts are? If we can figure that out then maybe you could have knowledge of a weakness of some kind. Or something. I'll know more later after hitting the books. I may stay at the library tonight..."

In truth, Rowan was more than a little scared about this whole thing with it being in her own dorm. What if it had a nest in the eves? What if there was one in her room right now? What if it came through the ventilation or the laundry and could get into her room while she was sleeping? Not that she was sleeping much. Walking faster with him toward their destination, she thought quickly about some ideas for things to look up. "So whose team are you on?"

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: February 2nd, 2011 04:12 am (UTC)		(Link)

He shrugged a little bit and headed to the building that housed their destination. "I have no idea what the other parts are. It can shapeshift to look like a cloak, has sharp teeth, it flies instead of glides, and ambushes from above." That was about all he could recall in terms of detail on the thing.

"I'm with Ciaran and Professor Baer." He would have preferred to go with Fortis, their house head, but Baer wasn't a bad deal at all. A good guy and one of the two teachers on campus that had useful insight on the creatures seeing as that was his area of expertise.

	From: cabotine	Date: February 2nd, 2011 04:36 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Shapeshift, sharp teeth, more of an overt predatory instinct, seems stronger than the original. Hmmm...." If one were to be looking at Rowan's face, it would almost be apparent that there were multiple gears turning in her mind with that information. "That's something to go on. I can probably cross-reference those things with creatures."

Nearing the library building now, Rowan looked up and increased her pace. All that knowledge just a short distance away almost pulled her in of its own accord. "Well, Professor Baer will be useful for this, certainly. I would assume Professor Fortis would be there. Is the Headmistress leading a group?"

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: February 2nd, 2011 04:46 am (UTC)		(Link)

Keegan walked a little faster to keep up with her quickening pace. It seemed she was more than eager to get in there and get to work. He didn't even bother trying to get ahead of her to get the door, letting her enter before he continued to speak.

"Fortis is going, yes. Pendragon isn't, or at least not with any students. She didn't mention anything but I think the groundskeepers might help, and maybe other members of faculty." He gave a small shrug and followed her inside.

	From: cabotine	Date: February 6th, 2011 04:54 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Letting herself in tot he building and heading unerringly past the front desk (with a smile of recognition from the librarian) and to the section she had gotten the book she was holding from. Her voice dropped in volume slightly as she entered the library, because well... this was a library after all.

"I'm sure that yeah, they would have other members of faculty and staff out looking as well. It makes sense, after all. Ok, so then let me..." Heading over to a few shelves, her eyes scanning the spines of the books as she went, Rowan pulled three books from the shelves and brought them over to a table.

"Do me a favor? Just open all these to the lethifold listing. I'll read them later. So what do you think is going on? I mean, random creatures all over the place all of the sudden? What is all this?"

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: February 6th, 2011 06:20 pm (UTC)		(Link)

He followed Rowan into the building, idly putting his hands in the front pockets of his jeans as they walked past the front desk. She probably knew to find the books she wanted, so he just followed along behind. This was her realm of expertise, not his.

Keegan took a seat beside her when she picked a table and pulled over the books she retrieved. "Damned if I know," he answered as he opened the first one and began to find the listing she was looking for. "Could be things that came from other places. Could be someone fucking around on campus. Could be that these things have been here a while and have started acting more forward, so we've noticed them."

	From: cabotine	Date: February 7th, 2011 06:27 pm (UTC)		(Link)

She opened her notebook, grabbed a pen and jotted down a few page references and ideas. "I don't want to take forever at this, since I know this is not the world's most fun activity but... I just need to get this out of my head to work on later." She knew that extra work and time spent in the library was not exactly high on Keegan's priority list, but for her own sanity she needed to run over some information quickly.

Writing down from what she scanned from the pages he had opened to for her, she got detailed information about Lethifolds, and about possible cross-breeding with other animals, magical or Muggle. After a few minutes of writing and murmuring things to herself, Rowan looked up.

"Ok, I think this is all I need for right now. If this is someone fucking around... then they've been planning this for a while. If they came from other places, then why here? If they've been here and are acting more forward, then what drove them to do that, you know? I'll try and figure this out..."

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: February 11th, 2011 11:29 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Once he had all the books opened to the right places, he sat back in the chair and watched her work. It was a better thing to do than turn at stare at all the books. Keegan liked books, sure. But ones to read for entertainment and not really the educational kind. Horror and fantasy, not fact and theory.

"Of course you will," he said with a nod, "Figuring things out is what you do. I'll walk you back to your dorm?" With all the information she had, he just figured she'd want to start working on things soon.