Ayden doing some research

Ayden, intrigued by the story told by this Bel woman and the unmistakably unnatural nature of what he saw, is compelled to look into the history of the Fountain in Rollins College. He wants to know what has happened at this fountain in the past, and what 'events' might have been capable of souring one, as Bel put it.

His first avenue is, of course, the UCF library. No small amount of information can be had about the histories of the universities there. Alternately, there is the Rollins College library, and city hall's public records. If necessary, he could even take a trip to the local newspaper offices and request to look through their back-date microfilms.

Just for yuks, however, he'll do a quick search through the lists maintained by his theorist associates, just to see if anything pops up.

Rollins has the beautiful and antiquated Olin Library, complete with a rare-book room into which Ayden is able to finegle his way. It's a wonderful space, and temptation calls to just spend DAYS there - but Ayden's mind is a-purpose.

And with the purpose comes the discovery of a book about the history of Rollins, one much more in-depth than the pretty picture books and pamphlets in the Admissions Office. It details some remarkable things about the campus and does, indeed, make brief mention of the fountain.

It was donated by a woman - Katerina Rerecich - a patroness of Winter Park in the late 1800's. She not only paid for the fountain's construction, but she actually donated the tiles that adorned the stone. No one knows where she found the tiling, but they were so lovely and finely-crafted that they were used without question. The fountain orignally even had a name - Le Fontainbleu. The name was eventually forgotten by the students and faculty.

"Rerecich... That's an interesting name..."

Ayden will be looking through the local records for references to the Rerecich family; deeds of any properties owned, death certificates, any correspondences donated to local historical societies, etc. (An interesting point; the UCF Library Special collections branch has the original registers of the only mortuaries in the greater Orlando area dating back to the mid 1800's).

Also, taking advantage of the Christmas and now the Spring breaks, Ayden is taking some time to peruse around the site at Rollins College; Old letters, diaries donated to the library, or anything that else that might have mentioned who worked on the actual building of the fountain. If it was given a name, then there is likely an artisan who wanted to take credit for it.