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Library, Wednesday [05/16]

With the area properly cleared and safe for people to walk through, Thursday opened the library. She pushed the door open and looked inside. The grimace on her face said it all.

While the structure was intact and (after a cursory look inside) Special Collections was seemingly undisturbed, the main library itself was in shambles. Every single book was off the shelves. Some of the shelves were flat on the ground. Chairs were on their sides or up-ended. The computers looked worse for wear.

They had some work ahead of them, that was for sure. It didn't help that the power was seemingly out.

"Best get to it then," she said to herself and moved to pick up a chair.

[OOC: While we're not looking for any new library aides until Fall, feel free to come by the library when it's opened by one of the current aides and help clean and reshelve. Please follow the instructions given by the librarian and the aides.]

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Thursday decided to start with stacking chairs off to the side.

Aravis had woken and dressed bright and early, and made her way up to the school to the library.

"Good morning?" she called softly, peering at the debris.

"Hello!" Thursday called. "Mind your feet. It's a little dark in here and there are things everywhere." She hadn't had her coffee yet, she wasn't very eloquent.

"I see that," Aravis remarked. "Is it always like this?"

"Usually it's quite organised. The school blew up the weekend before last and I haven't been able to get in here since to see the damage. I'm Thursday Next, the new librarian. Are you a new student?" She didn't know everyone, but she thought she could at least recognise them.

Aravis nodded. "Aravis Tarkheena," she said, dropping a quick curtsy. "Delighted to meet you. I intended to do some research, but...it appears quite impossible. Do you need some help?"

"If you don't mind shifting things out of the way. But research, you said? What were you looking for?"

"Do you know what steroids are?" Aravis asked. "Apparently they're a type of drug, but it came up in conversation, and I should like to know more about their effects." This would not happen if people simply told her things. "I am not of this world and had never heard of them."

"Steroids are drugs, yes. They enhance the physical characteristics of a person. I'm sure there's a book on the subject, but until we get this all sorted out you might be best trying one of the encyclopaedias for an overview. Those are easy enough to find. The clinic in town might also be able to help you with the medical side of things."

"I was just curious," Aravis said. "I don't really require any sort of extensive knowledge." She knelt and picked up one of the large volumes that Thursday had indicated, and found the 'S' section.

She flipped through, past wildly unfamiliar words, until she found the entry she believed to be correct. She scanned the article, reading softly to herself. "A steroid is a terp...I've no thought as to what that might mean. Aha! Cumulative steroid use can result in decreased size of --"

Aravis shut the book very quickly, her eyes wide and her cheeks red. She carefully replaced it, and said, "I think perhaps I've seen enough of that particular volume. Where can I help?"

"I think we need to get these chairs and tables out of the way first so we can have some room to resort all the books later."

Aravis obligingly lifted a chair and set it aside before carefully righting a table.

She stayed quiet, still just slightly mortified about what she'd just read.

"Did you find what you needed?"

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Ami had no workshop until later, and she had been meaning to stop by and see how the library fared. Entering she looked around with a bit of a dismay, until she spotted the person cleaning up. "Need any help?"

"All the help I can get. If we can get the chairs and tables out of the way, that would be a good start."

Ami nodded. "Just moving them to the sides?" she asked, as she started following Thursday's example.

Thursday nodded. "If we can clear this area, we can use it to organise the books before they go back on the shelves."

"Got it. Is this all from the school blowing up? And um, are you the new librarian?"

"It is and I am. I would've liked to start on this sooner, but the area wasn't stable enough. Everything is fine as is now though so we should be open a few times a week now."

"Oh good. I am not sure how long i could last without a library, you know?" Ami grinned. "The bookstore is good and all, but no comparison really. Oh, and welcome to the new job. I think i have seen you before though, were you teaching last term?"

"The last two semesters, yes. Villains and Villainy last semester, Literature in Action the semester before that. Teaching isn't exactly my forte, so when the opportunity to take the librarian position came up, I accepted."

"Oh i heard about the Villains class. But i am not sure from who now." Ami said chagrined. "Oh, i am sorry, i am being horribly rude. I am Ami." She extended her hand.

"Not at all. I'm Thursday Next," she replied, shaking Ami's hand. "You're welcome to stick around and lend a hand. I suspect we won't be in much shape to be a quiet space for reading for a while yet."

"Sometimes, it is all about the proximity to the books" Ami said, continuing her work clearing up the room. "I don't have a workshop until after lunch so i can stick around."

"Glad to have your help."

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