Library [1.15]

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Tea?  Check.  Gulliver?  Check.  Library in the right spot?  Check. 

Armed and ready to face the books, Anemone opened the library.

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Re: 3rd Period

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He shook his head.

"I work at the bookshop, though. I know how to handle books."

He wanted to assure her he wouldn't damage them.

Re: 3rd Period

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"The bookshop probably has nothing on the library," she joked, sweeping her arm in a wide circle. "Books are cataloged by the Dewey Decimal System, and the library itself is a semi-sentient living thing. Special Collections is only accessible if you have a note from the Librarian, and it IS a fully-sentient malicious section. You don't want to go in there."

"Oh, and watch your step. I've had issues with wee knights and an ostrich in here before."

Re: 3rd Period

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Dot. Dot. Dot.

"All right."

When the weird piles, it makes it a lot easier to roll with it.

"What's the Dewey Decimal System?"

...knowing him, as it was an organizational system, he'd really really like it.

Re: 3rd Period

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When the weird piles up, it's so much easier to handle. It just sort of settles into a pleasant numbness.

"It's a cataloging system," she explained, holding up the piece of paper. "Rather than group things by author or title or size or color, it's by subject. Psychology books are all grouped under the '100' section."

"See this number here?" She pointed at the string of numbers she had jotted down under one title. "153.12 OXF. So we go to the 150's, and just browse along the numbers until we find it. It's easy."

Re: 3rd Period

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He really really liked it.

"That's... that's actually rather brilliant."

Re: 3rd Period

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"I don't know why or how they made the system, but it works pretty well. You can just browse up and down the aisle, and find what you need!" Anemone ran her fingers lightly along the spines of the books as she walked. "I never owned more than a few books, so the idea of there being so many is still really strange."

Re: 3rd Period

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"I've never owned any before I came here. I wasn't allowed to read anything important."