Library, Wednesday [05/16]

[no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com]

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.]

Comments

Re: First Period

[no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com]

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

Re: First Period

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"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."

Re: First Period

[no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com]

"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."

Re: First Period

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"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?"

Re: First Period

[no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com]

"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."

Re: First Period

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

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.

Re: First Period

[no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com]

"Did you find what you needed?"

Re: First Period

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"...yes."

Aravis was not having a good morning.

Re: First Period

[no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com]

Thursday wasn't sure about the tone, but let it drop. "If there's anything else you need, we should be open a few times a week."