Library [3.14]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal wasn't alone when he opened the library this morning. Altra was walking ahead of him, Evey was walking beside him, and he was grateful for their company.

He made sure Evey was happily settled in the stacks with a pile of books and a cup of tea, then set about opening the library.

[ooc: Evey modded with permission]

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First Period [3.14]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Altra was prowling around the library, obviously on guard.

Karal was straightening up, making sure everything was in order.

Re: First Period [3.14]

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Angels aren't the only ones that can move quickly when unwatched. A bag of lunch (coddled eggs, spiced and soured beef, and seasoned carrots) was left just inside the library doors, the only mark of a 'perpetrator' the sound of the closing door right after it appeared.

Second Period [3.14]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

He couldn't sit still, so Karal was reshelving things, making sure books that were finished with went away, and books that might be needed were available.

Re: Second Period [3.14]

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

Karal was hardly the only one having difficulty keeping still, so at some point there was an Evey at his side, looking just as restless. "Can I help with anything?"

Re: Second Period [3.14]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

He was just putting the last of his current pile on the shelf. Seeing as they were hidden from view by a number of shelves, he reached out to slip his arm around her waist. "You could help me reshelve books? There's a stack next to the counter."

Re: Second Period [3.14]

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

Evey's hand in turn slipped up to gently touch his shoulder, trying to soothe as she could. "That doesn't sound terribly difficult," she said lightly.

Re: Second Period [3.14]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Once you master the intricacies of the Dewey Decimal system, everything else simply falls into place." Karal turned his head to kiss her temple, smiling a little against her skin. "You're not too bored?"

Re: Second Period [3.14]

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"Hardly," she promised, leaning into him. "But I don't like feeling helpless or useless."

Re: Second Period [3.14]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"I know. Which is why I'm going to ask you to help me reshelve those, and then look through the shelves, and the catalogue, for any books that might be useful. We can put them out for the other researchers, to help speed the process." Karal held her a little closer. "There is one other thing you could do before that, though, if you don't mind."

Third Period [3.14]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal was at a table engrossed in a book. He was almost one hundred percent certain it was useless, but still, he persevered.

Re: Third Period [3.14]

[practicaldevice.livejournal.com]

Anathema had a stack of books from which she was diligently taking notes.

Lunch [3.14]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

He wasn't hungry, and the library was closed, so he was sitting with Altra, patting the Firecat while they stared out the window.

Afternoon [3.14]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

More shelving and reshelving and unshelving.

Researcher's Area [all day]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

There were pens and paper and books, and a library aide who appeared and disappeared, sometimes settling to read, sometimes whisking away books that were obviously no longer required.

Re: Researcher's Area [all day]

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka was there early, poring over books -- completely random ones, since that seemed to help, yesterday.

He was also simultaneously using a pencil to do one-handed battle with a horde of pi-rats who were intent on stealing his books. Ahhhh, multitasking!

Re: Researcher's Area [all day]

[gkar-lastkhari.livejournal.com]

G’Kar snagged a few books, made a few photocopies, then took off with his work in hand. He’d spotted something unusual (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/2597186.html) on his way to the library and it left a cold feeling in the pit of his stomach.

Re: Third Period [3.14]

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone waved at Karal as she slipped in quietly, back for another day of research.

Re: Third Period [3.14]

[by137.livejournal.com]

Not wanting to interrupt anyone else's research (well...except hers, clearly), and since he found himself pretty much capable of doing little more than staring at things and wondering why he wasn't any good at this sort of thing, A.J. decided to take a break and flick a small ball of paper toward Anemone, because he was there and he could say hi and maybe see how she was doing with all this.

Re: Third Period [3.14]

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone had been trying to bribe one of the Pi-rats into finding her a new book when she was mysteriously hit by a paper ball. Only not so mysteriously, because she could back-track the trajectory pretty easily.

"Bored," she announced, abandoning her research to flop down next to A.J. "I think my brain is leaking out my ears."

Re: Third Period [3.14]

[by137.livejournal.com]

A.J. gave Anemone a small, tight lipped sort of smile as he tilted his head in a way to better inspect her ears. "Look unleaked so far to me," he offered. "Hard to tell with all that hair there, though." The smile grew a bit. "But I hear you. Don't even really know what to look for."

Re: Third Period [3.14]

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"I should have you braid my hair, keep it back so that the brains doesn't get tangled in it," she joked. "Right now I'm sorting stuff into two piles, trash and not-trash. It's dull, but someone needs to do it."

Re: Researcher's Area [all day]

[by137.livejournal.com]

A.J. really had his doubts that he could be any help at all, but he figured it would hurt to try, heading down to the library with the doubtful worry clear in his face and he boggled over where he could even start.

Re: Researcher's Area [all day]

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

Cable was here, at various times of the day, much like previously; if there was anything particularily frustrated about his walk, well, the only person who could reasonably have commented upon it was currently stuck in the past.

He wasn't thinking about this. Mostly, he was trying to shake off the feeling of being akin to a caged tiger right now.

Re: Researcher's Area [all day]

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

Eventually, Adah managed to limp her crippled butt into the library, although she was still yawning. As mentally salvaging as her recuperating plans had been last night and this morning, they actually did little to make up for yesterday's lack of sleep. Still, there were book to be read and information to attempt to collect, so being tired didn't matter. She could thrive on this in the way that some automobiles could thrive on fumes.

OOC

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

The world, it shall not end.

It just goes on and on my friend.

Researcher's area at the bottom because I like being difficult.