Cleptophobia

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

[outside of the library]

My personal copy of Ulysses has gone missing from the library. Has anyone happened to see it? It has some sentimental value.

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[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I'd say that. I wouldn't put it past him, though he seems relatively harmless.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

{Laughs}

Still, it's not good for a boy to do such dishonorable things!

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

When I see him again, I'll ask him. [of course, Crane's a lying liar who lies, because he'd never put his personal copy of any book in this library, but work with him here] There's little I can do but look at him sternly, of course.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Well, it's just not that threatening from certain people! Like, I would imagine a stern look from myself would be quite a bit scarier. Not that I would, I would think. A stern face is more suited for battle, for I. I have no hand in petty crimes.

god he's so cute why doesn't Scarecrow agree with me ):

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

[Dr Crane's soft laugh]

Yes, I imagine you could terrify far better than I could ever manage.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Of no offense, of course! I've met many a many whose looks don't quite match the truth of them.

{He scratches at his beard absently. He's oblivious, just lucky :D}

In fact, I would say that I'm battling a few men like that now! That Caster, for example, quite the odd fellow!

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

[like a nerd, he mishears and jumps to a mythological reference]

As in Castor and Pollux?

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

{Laughs}

Not quite! It's one of the Servant classes, the one for magicians of legend. I believe that this one is Bluebeard! I know little of him, but the name is familiar.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

The legends of Bluebeard are of a man who killed his wives and kept them all in one room that all were forbidden to enter. When one of his wives looked into that room, he tried to kill her, but she was fortunate enough to have brothers that killed him, first.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Hmm, that would fit, then! Did he have an infatuation with Joan of Arc? He seems to be mistaken that Saber is her, but I don't know if she is even eligible or not!

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

[a pause]

Bluebeard is a character from a fairytale. I suppose the legend may have had basis in someone from that time period, but if so, I don't know anything about it.

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Hm, then perhaps it's merely another alias. It's of no surprise! It is bad for some to have their true identities learned. I care little! It makes the fight fairer!

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Why would people choose to hide who they are?

[oikoumene.livejournal.com]

Well, if you consider a legend like King Arthur, a well versed Servant already knows their strengths and weaknesses! Or even myself! But I'm confident in my abilities.