Library [11/06]

[furnaceface]

And that was that, then. No more Halloween decorations, no more eerie sounds playing in the background. No more plotting tricks to take the place of treats in Jonothon's absence of a lower jaw.

And reading to do, for class, because he had been entirely out of sorts on Monday and he had to read up on Buddhism to make up for the utter daze he'd been during Lady Ghanima's lecture.

At least he was in the proper place for it.

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Morning [11/06]

[furnaceface]

This was the portion of the day reserved for Jonothon scrounging up every possible piece of information he could find on Buddhism, yes. It could take a while for him to poke through the small mountain of books beside him, today.

Re: Morning [11/06]

[longislandiceme]

After class, Bobby had headed back to his room to get some work done on a very important project. Unfortunately, the wireless connection in Bobby's room was being weird, so he'd packed up his laptop and headed to the library in the hopes that that would work out better.

He had important work to do after all.

He had crops to harvest.

"What! No! Cats, why do you keep disappearing when I try and rotate you?" he exclaimed in frustration. Clearly, somebody needed to relearn the concept of libraries as quiet spaces.

Re: Morning [11/06]

[furnaceface]

Don't mind Jono. He had to put down his studying and stare at Bobby, now.

//What the bloody hell are yer doin' over there, Drake?//

Cats? Seriously?

Re: Morning [11/06]

[longislandiceme]

"Farming," Bobby said, because that explained so much. "On Facebook." That might clear things up, sure... if you happened to be from 2009.

Re: Morning [11/06]

[furnaceface]

Which Jono was so very... Not.

//Yer farming.// He was going to repeat this slowly, to be certain that sense was being made, now. //On... a book. Face? Face with a book? Wot?//

Sense was clearly not being made.

Re: Morning [11/06]

[longislandiceme]

"Facebook. It's, um, a website? Where you post stuff about your day or weird videos or play silly games and stuff. And like, it's supposed to be so you can keep in touch with all your friends or whatever. But mostly I just play Farmville," he shrugged.

Re: Morning [11/06]

[furnaceface]

Okay. Jonothon was fairly certain that this was starting to make some faint glimmer of sense, if he squinted at it sideways.

//It's a videogame, then?//

Re: Morning [11/06]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Once Sookie had gathered up her...really, really good books (several had Fabio on the cover! Shirtless! With windblown hair!), she noticed Bobby and his frustration. "You look busy," she said cheerfully, peeking over his shoulder.

Re: Morning [11/06]

[longislandiceme]

"This is like... well, I guess it actually *is* herding cats. Only digitally instead of like, in real life. Not that I've ever herded cats in real life," he said, making a face at the screen.

Re: Morning [11/06]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

She peered at the screen. "Aww, look at the kitties! Oh, oh, I love the little sheep! Look! They're like clouds with legs and blinky eyes!"

Re: Morning [11/06]

[longislandiceme]

"The turtles are my favorite," Bobby admitted. That status totally had nothing to do with the fact that they were cute turtles. At all.

Re: Morning [11/06]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"They're adorable," she agreed, all but bouncing. "Oh! Oh, the pigs. Look at the little piggies!"

Re: Morning [11/06]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

With nothing else today, morning found Sookie wandering into the library to replenish her romance novel supply.

She had finished up all the Dusk series -- which had been awful, in her opinion -- and was now looking for something better. Preferably with more sex and less stupidness, but she wasn't going to say that aloud.

She waved at the guy behind the desk as she turned in her books. "Morning!"

Re: Morning [11/06]

[furnaceface]

Jono gave her a nod and a bit of a wave in turn as he set down his studying and moved to gather the books she was bringing in. Dear lord, it was those ones about the sparklepires.

//Morning, gel. Did yer enjoy the... er... th'reading material?//

Such as it was?

Re: Morning [11/06]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie's eyes went wide with a little start. "Oh, hey! You're telepathic too!" Why did this actually surprise her...ever, anymore? "Um, and no, I didn't. It...sucked. No pun intended."

Re: Morning [11/06]

[furnaceface]

//I'm telepathic, and yer've got a decent sense of taste, then,// Jono decided, almost amused at her outburst for a moment there. //I'm also beginning to wonder if there's anybody on the island who isn't telepathic.//

He had a small list, now. It baffled him.

//Th'name's Jonothon, by the way.//

Re: Morning [11/06]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

For fun, she decided to try projecting back at him mentally instead of just speaking out loud. It was always amusing to try that.

//I'm Sookie. And there's a fair amount of us, here! I was surprise, too. Are we normal where you're from? 'Cause far as I know, I'm the only one at home.//

Noon [11/06]

[furnaceface]

He doesn't eat. He's here. Reading.

A lot.

Who knew that these Buddhist philosophies could be so interesting?

Afternoon [11/06]

[furnaceface]

And now, it was time to put all of the books away again.

Why was it always so much more tricky to put things away properly than it was to pull armloads of them from the shelves, anyhow?

Re: Afternoon [11/06]

[living_endless]

"Hi. I brought you a poem," Didi announced as she arrived in the library after her class.

And she had, too, and would slide it across the counter to him. It read:

In the library
Jono sits among the books
Death asks him something

... look, it was 5-7-5, and she was Death, not Creation. Hopefully her smile would make it read better ... even if this wasn't entirely likely to be the sunniest visit, not after her chat with Raven.

Re: Afternoon [11/06]

[furnaceface]

And Jonothon gave her a bit of a smiling expression as he leaned over to read over the poem. And a bit more of a smile as he answered her.

//Then he reads her words, looks at her curiously, so, what's on yer mind?//

It was totally a haiku. Without the fancy formatting.

Re: Afternoon [11/06]

[living_endless]

Yeah, she wasn't going to keep up the 5-7-5. She twisted her hair to the side, let it fall, and exhaled.

"So ... I talked to Raven before class," she said, pleasantly enough. "Can you think of anything that might have happened with her that maybe didn't come up last time we talked?"

Like, say, if she'd kissed him? This would be a good time to tell her.

Re: Afternoon [11/06]

[furnaceface]

Jono actually did have to think on that, for all of, oh, half a second. There weren't many things that might have happened with Raven that he hadn't brought up, after all.

//... Oh.// His eyebrows furrowed a little, and his gaze fell to the desk again. //Christ, luv, I didn't even think. It wasn't real when she kissed me, so once the whole mess where I thought I loved her was out of th'way, I just brushed it away with th'rest.//

Which doesn't excuse you not saying anything before, Jono, no.

Re: Afternoon [11/06]

[living_endless]

"It wasn't real," Didi said, halfway agreeing. "I know that. It was a spell, and ... if I'd thought of it I would have kissed her that night."

Which didn't excuse him not saying anything, again, but she figured he was smart enough to know that.

OOC [11/06]

[furnaceface]

Today is another case of the Revenge Of The Weird Work Shift. If you want a thread, that's awesome, but I won't be on until the evening to catch pings.

At least I'm off tomorrow? Sweet freedom!

Also, I didn't get a chance to use this icon on Halloween and that makes me sad.