Library [9.8]

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At first glance, anyone wandering into the library would see what appeared to be a large plush lying abandoned on the front desk, and no library aide in sight.

Until you realized the plush was watching you, and it had a sign: "Gulliver eats book thieves. Ring bell for service."

Anemone, for her part, was busy carting out all the dead flowers from the weekend and dumping them in the trash, along with the more wilted streamers. The ones that were still alive she placed into new vases and set about the library, but anything that looked sad or droopy was gone.

The library was open, but those with pollen allergies may want to beware.

[The OCD forgot today was Tuesday, and decided not to come to work.]

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[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula entered with the books she borrowed. She had made a bad impression the other day and that was in no way how one would win allies.

"Hello."

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"One moment!" Anemone appeared, arms full of flowers. "Oh. Did you need more books already?"

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"Yes," she answered, very pleasant. "But first I'll return the books I borrowed last week."

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"Okay then," Anemone said pleasantly, wandering towards the desk so she could check the books in, shooing Gulliver off the table. "We'll get these returned, and then find new ones for you."

She could so play nice. Dominic would be proud.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula eyed the creature. She'd seen stranger back home.

"I would be most obliged," Azula returned, looking like the soul of diplomacy.

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Anemone grabbed the barcode scanner, quickly zapping each of the books.

"Were these helpful at all?" she asked. "I mean, most of the classes don't have much reading, which is good, but some teachers are insane with the handouts."

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"A little but Fiona has volunteered to teach me more of the language, which is also helpful." Azula leaned against the counter. "Now I find myself curious about this place called Asia. I am often mistaken for someone in that region and I wish to know how similar my culture is to this Asia."

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"Asia is big! Like, takes up a good fourth of the planet-big," Anemone said, scrunching up her nose. "Um, we'll get you books on Japan and China, since that's what most people think of as 'Asia', but there's also Hong Kong and Thailand and the Philippines and the Mongolian areas..."

Someone had been working on her geography. She still couldn't manage all fifty states, but she had a better vague idea on the concept of 'countries'.

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"That is a lot." In her world there were only four nations. "I'll take China and Japan since that's the one I frequently hear right after people say 'Asia'."

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Anemone nodded, heading towards the Children's Non-Fiction section. They had pictures! Pictures were awesome.

"I mean, they're going to be books based on an American perspective of Asia, which means it's not completely accurate, but it'll help with understanding what your classmates are thinking," she said, pulling (http://www.amazon.com/Japan-Z-Jeff-Reynolds/dp/0516250728/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252514239&sr=1-5) some (http://www.amazon.com/Japan-Culture-Lands-Peoples-Cultures/dp/0778796663/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252514261&sr=1-14) titles (http://www.amazon.com/Japan-People-Lands-Peoples-Cultures/dp/0778793761/ref=pd_sim_b_1) for (http://www.amazon.com/China-Land-Lands-Peoples-Cultures/dp/0778796671/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b) her (http://www.amazon.com/China-People-Lands-Peoples-Cultures/dp/077879668X/ref=pd_sim_b_2). "And there's photographs, too, in these books, so you can see what the countries look like."

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The pictures were awesome!

"I am amazed how real the illustrations are," Azula remarked, flipping pages.