River glanced back as Richard spoke. "Oh yeah..." Then let her voice trail off as if she had almost caught interest in their homework. She shelved fairy poetry and walking along the shelf. 

"The new teacher... I think this is his first job, he's young and... nervous." 

She returned to the shelf and stopped to inspect a book attractively bound with purple and mauve leather. She pulled from the shelf: [i]'The Book of Poison & Passion. Conjugal Concoctions: for lovers past, present, and passing on.'[/i] 

In the book there were a number of options to help... [i]end [/i]a relationship. Forgetting potions, poisoning (of course), and certainly more subtle means, such as to turn eager eyes elsewhere...

There was also one for [i]tracking[/i] a lover, to see if they were betraying you. River made a mental note of this page. If they had someone they wanted to follow or keep tabs on, this could be useful.

She couldn't help but thumb through the section for...[i] fostering successful relationships. [/i]Some potions made her frown with ethical angst, while others made her blush, she noted two or three others in this section that might be... Useful... for the [i]investigation[/i], of course! 

She moved along, [i]'Elemental Emblems', 'Forged and Forgotten, a History of Ancient Arms and Alchemy.'[/i] In both these books, there were a few passages on imbuing and altering magic items. Apparently once a magick item was settled, it was very difficult to change it's properties, yet possible. Maybe there was something in here that could be applied to changing the memories of the portraits.

She kept browsing [i]'In Defense of Daemonology', 'Embalam, Curse, Libate', 'The Hidden Power of Retrograde.' [/i]Titles and titles shifted past her eyes. 

She stopped again at [i]'Drawing with the Right Side of the Wand.'[/i] An art book! She pulled it off the shelf. "Hey, Richard... I think Caelum would like this one." She said loud enough to be heard but not loud enough to interrupt their conversation with Clowers. "Or maybe she's already read it." It looked like a beginner's book, and, Cae's work was fairly advanced. She opened it up. She didn't really understand how paintings were made and animated. Something like... Charms and Transfiguration mashed up... 
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'Portraits of the Darkness Disguised.'[/i] She noticed, occupied the next space. It was a larger book, as an art book should be, it's spine had enough room for a mini-portrait. One glare from Vlad-The-Impaler made her swallow hard, and, not wish to look at the rest of the book at all. She put down the drawing book moving along quickly to get away from Vlad. [i]'Small Charms for Great Harm.'[/i] Nosing through for something that might be of use...