Library; Wedneday [ 09/12 ]

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If there was anything in this world that might convince Adah to start walking upright and proper, she was thinking it would probably be this place. She'd done a quick tour around the library, collecting this book and that until she couldn't hold any more and couldn't keep going back and forth between the desk and the shelves without ending up a curled ball of pain on the floor. And since the Eel supposedly might slither in today, that would be no good. No good at all.

All at good, no. Good, no, be would that.

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First Period -- 09/12

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The collecting and coveting of the books happens here; Adah still won't be difficult to catch as she limps with determination from shelf to shelf.

Second Period -- 09/12

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Carefully fortified at the desk behind armfuls of literature to attempt to catch up on, Adah feels she may have found her paradise.

Even if she was actually looking at a modern biology textbook, finding it even more interesting than the millions upon billions of pages of fiction she still had to go through.

Re: Second Period -- 09/12

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Lee found his way into library sometime after his only class of the day, bag over one shoulder and book in his left hand.

Not being able to help himself, he took a long look around the library when he entered.

Re: Second Period -- 09/12

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Adah had started reading the chapter on fungi backwards; she wanted to know more about a certain type, more than what they had given, and approaching it this way to discover something else was easier for her than getting up for another book. Her eyes shifted from the page slightly, though, spotting movement, spotting the Eel drifting toward the shelves and she hid her private little smile, slumped slightly in her chair as if to bury herself behind the book, as if, for some reason, that would be good enough to hide her, although she didn't terribly want to actually hide.

Re: Second Period -- 09/12

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After scanning a few of the books on the nearest shelf (not that the authors or titles meant anything to him), he drifted closer to the main desk.

"Good book?" Lee asked in greeting as he approached.

Re: Second Period -- 09/12

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The top of Adah's head bobbed a little in a nod. Her lips pressed together nervously as she tilted the book forward, turning it over to display a page on conidium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conidiophore), which she liked because of how it resembled a flower in a strange sort of way, appearing upside down to the Eel with how she held it. Present in the air at all times; they might be surrounded by conidophores right now and not even know it.

Third Period -- 09/12

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Tapping a pen thoughtfully on the desk, Adah realized she's missing her Japanese class right now. She is trying to write a letter explaining to the teacher why, and if she will actually continue taking the class. Mobility between the library and the classroom was problematic. Maybe she'd have to talk to him about working something out.

Well, talk in a relative sense.

Lunch -- 09/12

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As Adah picked slowly at a sandwich, she marveled over how anyone could actually miss fufu, but the pallet was a strangely adaptable thing sometimes.

Re: Lunch -- 09/12

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On her way to Emma Frost's class, just after she'd eaten, River made a stop at the library. She didn't visit it that often, unsure now what to do with all the knowledge it contained that clung to her mind. The reason she stopped by today was more to visit the library aide, who should feel safe as there was to be no dancing in a library.

She entered quietly, the amount of books striking her with awe as usual.

Re: Lunch -- 09/12

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While voices were expected to be quiet in a library, the same did not apply to minds, and there was a good chance that Adah shouldn't have read those biology books beforehand because now she was distracted, considering her food, and going through a litany of what possible diseases she might contract because of it. She loved the names of parasites; they didn't lend themselves easily to palindromes, but they were still lyrical, but unwieldy. But there was always Loa loa filariasis, Sis aira lif aol aol. Loa loa! Cadeau, Cadeau! African eye worm, a wonderfully, chillingly descriptive name.

No eye worms here in this sandwich. This world was much to sanitary. Adah didn't notice River coming in.

Re: Lunch -- 09/12

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Libraries were never quiet to River. The books might not speak themselves, but minds certainly did, voicing the contents of books. Adah's poetry of parasites was different though, like Adah's mind generally was, to River at least. It drew River towards the desk, where she dug an apple out of her pocket - she had planned that gift - and held it close to her ear. "No worms in here either," she said, listening for a moment. She placed the fruit in front of Adah, pushing it closer with the tip of her finger.

Re: Lunch -- 09/12

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Adah looked up, blinking in surprise because she really had entirely missed River coming into the library, and she stared, just a little bit, while her brain worked hard to shift gears. Of course there weren't; the apples here were too unnatural, and they tasted too heavily of things that killed what would try to kill us if given half the chance. But she liked fruit better than sandwiches; she'd grown too unaccustomed to meat that wasn't stringy chicken, so she gave River a light smile and a thought of thanks as the fingers of her left hand crept along the desk, twitching out to pull the apple slowly from where River started to push. She grinned a little wryly.

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages.

Cabbages, their head, and apples, men's ripen to merely afire...

Fourth Period -- 09/12

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Forget how many stories she's missed in the last forty five years. Adah was discovering with fascination how many viruses had still been undiscovered.

Re: Fourth Period -- 09/12

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After fortifying herself after an upsetting Feminism class-- because while Susan B. Anthony was very admirable, Professor Deadpool was sometimes very rattling-- Evie went to the Library with Project in mind.

For once, though, she had no idea where to start. She studied the girl reading behind the desk, but didn't want to interrupt her reading right away, so wandered into the non-fiction stacks, and spent a frustrating quarter hour not finding her target.

Finally, she gave up, and approached the Library Desk, giving a little cough to draw the newest library aide's attention. "Ahem. Excuse me?"

Re: Fourth Period -- 09/12

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Hearing a voice, Adah reluctantly dragged her eyes away from reading about how the cryptococcosis virus, fascinated by its tumbling repeatitive symbols and thinking of all sorts of dark connections with its name and the fact that one contracted it by inhaling infected soil. She blinked a few times to gain her bearings, adjusting harshly to the transfer of the world of the words to the world of what was. And then she placidly waited, eyes on the girl expectantly.

Re: Fourth Period -- 09/12

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"Terribly sorry to interrupt you," Evie said, meaning it, knowing how engrossing a good book could be, and yet left with few options. "This won't take a moment. I hope. You are the library aide, yes? And, do you know how to use the computer? Or, failing that-- do you know what the Dewey Decimal number for hair dye would be?" Evie turned pink, and twisted her fingers together.

Re: Fourth Period -- 09/12

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If the girl had asked about Emily Dickenson (No Snekcidy Lime!) or the symptoms of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, Adah would be able to have the Dewey Decimal for her in a heartbeat. Hair dye, on the other hand....

Adah frowned at the girl for a moment, feeling almost like a quest for something like that, something that Rachel could have answered, was an insult to this great momument of learning, but, at least it was an attempt to learn something? She looked over toward the old card filing system...she had given up trying to learn to use the computer, mostly because how could she be expected to work the little black cursor device when she couldn't use her right hand?...and gave it a nod. Surely, the answer would be there...

Fifth Period -- 09/12

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Even if there aren't any fifth period classes; Adah wouldn't want to leave, anyway.

Re: Fifth Period -- 09/12

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Anathema came into the library, fully intent on reading as much of it as possible before the end of the year.

Re: Fifth Period -- 09/12

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Adah peeked over the edge of the book Lee had given her as someone entered the library, hoping they would either fail to see her in her little book fortress and go about their own business, or that, if they did need something, that it was simple.

Re: Fifth Period -- 09/12

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Anathema spotted Adah under her book fortress, and came over. "Hi, I'm Anathema."

Re: Fifth Period -- 09/12

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Still armed with last night's mathematical theory book, Hermione headed into the library. Ron thought she spent so much time here anyway, she might as well take the studying out of her room.

Re: Fifth Period -- 09/12

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Apparently, the fifth period, not being a class period on Wednesdays, was a popular hour. Well, more popular than the other and Adah looked at Hermione as she entered the library with more curiosity than a willingness to help her with anything. A quick glance toward what the girl was armed with, however, made Adah feel like she wouldn't be needing assistance at all. Good.

Re: Fifth Period -- 09/12

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Hermione was set on heading for her favorite table, but she couldn't not at least introduce herself. That would be rude. "Hi," she said. "I haven't seen you in here before. Are you new?"

OOC -- 09/12

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Posted up early for more chances to SP. Unfortunately, I'm going to bed very soonish, and then got stuck with working from 9;00 am to 6;00 pm tomorrow.

WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY?