Go talk to the librarian
From Create Your Own Story
Emily talks to the librarian, who agrees to meet her in the garden cafe outside of library. “Ohh, very interesting...you find out that the W in front of the number means that it belonged to a woman, a member of the RCAF Women’s Division. And although we know this woman's service number, the Department of National Defence won't release any information unless you are a family member. Japanese woman friend of librarian (museum custodian). She knew some of the women in the division back in the day.
music light classical, birds/water etc.
Images: garden
Characters Emily, librarian
Do you:
Scene 2b) Librarian/ garden scene
Lights up. Cue music. Enter LIBRARIAN. She is a local Canadian, aged 28. Very light-hearted, bubbly, and easily excitable. She carries several mystery books close to her. She dances and (poorly) sings to the music. While she is dancing, EMILY enters, watching from a distance. Eventually, she notices EMILY and, startled as well as slightly embarrassed, she addresses her.
Librarian: Oh! Hello there! [Begins to colect the books]
Emily: Hi. Are you the libarian here?
Librarian: Yes! I, ehm, was just comparing the weight of these books, by, ehm, swinging them about….in my arms…and vocalizing the, ehm...yes...is there something I can help you with?
Emily: I was hoping to use the library database to look through some newspaper articles. Specifically personal ads that may have been published after 1940.
Librarian: What a range! You’ll be posted up in front of the monitor for ages before you find anything that may be helpful. Is there anything I may help you with? Perhaps a clue that may narrow down your search?
Emily: My uncle recently passed away and…
Librarian: [With growing excitement and less to Emily] You suspect foul play? Checking to see if the papers may lead you to a suspect? Have you been to the scene of the crime? We can dust for fingerprints! I have my own Junior Detective Kit! Finally! I’ll show them...too jumpy to be a detective. HA! I laugh in the face of danger.
She laughs and knocks over a book which causes her to shriek with fear.
Librarian: [Composing herself] Ehm...well, you were saying?
Emily: Yes, my uncle passed and while I was cleaning out his cabin, I found…
Librarian: [cutting her off] A gun!
Emily: No a…
Librarian: [Again interrupting] A secret underground tunnel!
Emily: [A lit more impatient] No, I found…
Librarian: [Again as before] A severed human head with its lips sewn shut!
Emily: A bracelet.
Librarian: Oh, ehm. Yes, of course. May I see it?
Emily shows her the bracelet.
Librarian: I’ve seen one of these before! Down at the World War 2 exhibit at the museum. If I remember correctly, it’s a charm used for identification. I don’t know what the markings mean, but if I were to use my deductive resoning I’d say that they indicate
