#hedgedroses

[archivistthad]

Closed Event Starter: @hedgedroses​

Location: Mapleview Public Library

Thaddeus was internally panicking although he was trying his best to not let the expression show on his face as two watery eyes looked up at him. The archivist really didn’t know how to handle upset children when their parents were not around. It wasn’t that Thad disliked children but he was realistic about his strengths and weaknesses and knew that teacher was not a career for him. He could deal with children in small doses and was quietly thankful that most of the people who he dealt with in the archives were teenagers or older.

The festival in town though meant that the library was playing host to craft tables and everyone who worked there were doing their part. He decided to supervise the ornament crafting station during a time that he felt would not have as many people dropping by. For the most part he was right, but that also meant that apparently he was the closest adult for the young girl to turn to when she realized that she had misplaced her parents. He was looking around to see if he could spot the missing adults before he noticed that tears were starting to well up in the kid’s eyes.

“I-- Hey now. It will be okay. We will find them. How long ago did you last see them?”

[archivistthad]

Closed: @hedgedroses​

Location: Mapleview Elementary School

Thaddeus glanced at his watch as he stood outside the doors of the elementary school, trying to figure out if Julien’s free period had started yet or not. His friend had made sure to tell him when he would be available to visit during a school day and it conveniently lined up to when Thad liked to take his lunch. Normally he would not go far from the library when it was time for the midday meal but the archivist had not seen Jules for a few days and he missed him. It also wasn’t fair that Julien came to visit him at the library quite frequently but he had yet to return the favor. Something he was planning on rectifying soon.

He shifted his bag onto his shoulder and walked into the school when he heard the bell announcing that the next period had started. With stop by the office to see if he needed a visitors badge or something along those lines and some verbal directions to the music room he began making his way through the halls to go see his friend. As he walked he noticed all the artwork with varying degrees of skill on the walls and it struck him just how small some of the furniture seemed. Something that shouldn’t have surprised him in retrospect.

Once he found the music room and noticed the door was ajar, he peered inside and noticed that Jules was sitting at his desk, working on something. Thad knocked quietly and stuck his head in the door. “Excuse me, Mr. Rosenthal? Am I interrupting anything?”