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]

[longislandiceme]

"Um, kind of, I guess? It's, you have a little farm and you plant crops, and harvest them, and keep animals..." it didn't sound that exciting when describing it, sure, but somehow it hooked you. Somehow.

Re: Morning [11/06]

[furnaceface]

This was Jono's best 'that sounds like the stupidest game I have ever heard of' face. It was impressive, wasn't it?

Impressive enough that he was now making his way around the counter to investigate whatever was on the screen of Bobby's tiny little computer-thing for himself.

...

//Are those cows pink?//

Re: Morning [11/06]

[longislandiceme]

"Uh huh!" Bobby nodded. "And look!" he called up the Market screen and bought a green alien cow. "Alien cows!" Best ever.

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]

[longislandiceme]

"With their wiggly pig noses!" Yup. Totally not affected by the cuteness.

Re: Morning [11/06]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"What is this?" she asked curiously.

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.//

Re: Morning [11/06]

[furnaceface]

//We're... not unheard of, where I'm from,// Jono replied, blinking a little at the voice being projected back at him. //Not exactly all over th'place, either. But most of us don't exactly broadcast what we are, if we can avoid it, so there are probably more than just th'ones I know about.//

Jonothon... couldn't exactly avoid it, no.

Re: Morning [11/06]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

//Yeah, I'd never met anyone like me 'til I got here,// Sookie replied, grinning. //Just a bunch of vampires, and it's always neat to meet someone else who can do it. And you weren't even all that secretive about it!//

Re: Morning [11/06]

[furnaceface]

//I've got better things t'be secretive about,// Jono replied, lifting a shoulder almost awkwardly at that. //This is my voice, luv, so I can't really afford not to use it.//

It wasn't as though he knew sign language, after all. And even if he did, British sign language wouldn't do him a hell of a lot of good in America anyhow.