fandomhigh | Library, Monday [2/19]

Still here, with books.

Rikku waved to - man, she couldn't remember his name, but he was TA for one of her classes, right? She was pretty sure, anyway. And heck, she was nosy.

"Heya! What are you reading?"

Lucas looked up, wide-eyed. "That depends on which book you're referring to."

"Any of them!" Rikku hopped down next to him. "Are they, like, engineering ones? Those are the best."

"Well, some are about the history of Fandom, some others are on quantum mechanics and temporal mechanics - time travel."

"Ooooh, really?!" She gasped. "I didn't know machina let you travel through time! Is that how all the people from the past got here?"

"I...really don't know," Lucas admitted. "But I'm trying to find out. I think I found a portal that could allow time travel, so I'm trying to figure out how it works."

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Sokka walked out of the stacks carrying a few books on chinchillas, with a chinchilla on top, gnawing away at the corner of the top book.

He spotted Lucas and crept up behind his classmate all sneaky-like.

"Enjoy your date on Friday?" he asked suddenly and loudly from behind Lucas's left shoulder.

Lucas, being a normal teenage boy and not a super-sensitive ninja, jumped at the noise. He looked up at Sokka, not quite glaring, but getting there. "Sokka," he greeted. "Yeah, I did. Katara was a good date." He was past the nervousness and onto the standard 'provoke the brother' stance now.

"Good." Sokka grinned widely and patted Lucas on the shoulder. "Watch your back, though. Lay one finger on her, and... she'll mess you up."

He sighed confidently and strutted a bit. "Yup. I'd watch my temper around her, too, if I were you -- ow!"

Suddenly, he was no longer focused on Lucas. "Oooh, does someone want attention, yes he does, yes he doooes." He burbled and cooed to the chinchilla for a few moments while scratching it behind its ears, and then looked back at Lucas.

"Sooo.... what in the world is that?" he asked, nodding at the stack of books and notes.

Considering Sokka didn't even know about the geomagnetic pole, Lucas figured it was safe enough to tell him what was going on. "I'm learning as much as I can about temporal anomalies in Fandom history to see if there's some kind of pattern to them showing up. I figure it might explain why there are so many different people from different times and places. It's like Fandom is a focal point for tears in the space-time continuum."

Sokka blinked at him. "Yeah, riiiight," he said dryly. "There's something maaaagic" -- here there be spooky hand gestures -- "about Fandom that rips holes in the fabric of the universe and pulls us through. Sure, that's..." He paused. "That's actually a pretty good theory. What'd ya find?"

He'd been expecting mockery, which he received, but for Sokka to actually ask like he was interested? Kinda cool. Especially since he was starting to like Sokka's sister and wanted to get on his good side. "I found one of the tears. It's come back twice now and I've managed to get some readings on it. I think if I can experiment with it, I can figure out how it works."

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After helping Dawn make spaghetti, Katara wandered down to the library to find another English book.

She saw Lucas and waved, not wanting to interrupt him too much.

Lucas grinned and waved back in an awkward, dorky fashion. He silently pointed out the free chair nearby.

Katara looked down at her 'basic reading of English' book and set it down carefully in a carrel before coming over to slide into the free chair. "Hi," she said, feeling particularly awkward herself.

"Hi. How are you?"

"In DAMM class today? We learned about the legend of the giant squid man," Katara shook her head, grinning. "We have the craziest teacher ever. How are you?"

When he thought Lucas wasn't looking, Sokka gestured at him and mouthed to Katara "he's a keeper."

Katara stared at him. And then facepalmed a lot.

While down in the library looking at books, Will noticed that guy from the Common Room the other night also down here looking at books.

"Hey, you! It's Lucas, right?"

"That's me. Hey Will. Uh, what brings you here?"

She grimaced. "I don't think I'm doing that well in Forensic Science, so I'm hoping that the library has some kind of study guide to help me pass. You?"

"Researching time travel. If you want we can maybe pair up in Forensic Science next time."

"Sounds good to me! ~~The mun~~ I can never seem to talk to all the special guest victims in time during class. I'll look for you in class on Wednesday."

She looked over at Lucas' books with interest. "Oh, cool, time travel! For some class, or in movies, or for real, or what?"