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Library [04/25]

Children, children everywhere.

Again. Only, this time it seemed to be other residents of the island, instead of their possible future offspring, which somehow made Jono quite thrilled that it hadn't touched him. The last thing he needed was to be five years old again. He hadn't been much of a fan of it the first time around.

That said, it was entirely possible that he was going to entertain himself today by pulling out the children's books once again.

... And possibly flipping through a few that he vaguely remembered from his own childhood. Shut up.

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Come in, read books, poke at the computers! Leave a mess for Jono to clean up!

Who is likely to eye you warily and attempt to shoo you off. Probably not terribly convincingly.

If and when he pings in!

This course or this one?

THEY ARE BOTH AWESOME, I CANNOT DECIDE.

Edited 2010-04-25 11:50 (UTC)

A small boy -- all ears, eyes and energy from the looks of him -- came in and jabbed a finger at a computer near Jono. "Whassat?"

... look, it was 1970 last time he checked. He didn't know everything.

//It's a bloody annoying waste of time, mostly,// Jono replied, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow at the boy, idly wondering who in the world he was. //But yer can play games on it, which makes it almost alright.//

Henry mashed a few random buttons, which didn't do much of anything. "Show me?" he requested. "I wanna play games."

... Henry, the word is please.

And now, Jono was officially out of his league on two counts. Children and computers, and he was mentally kicking himself for flapping his gob about games.

... More or less.

//It's not hard,// he reasoned, waving vaguely at the whole... computer... thing. //Yer move that thing around so th'arrow on th'screen moves, and then yer hit th'button on the picture until th'game starts.//

Mouse, monitor, icon, Jono.

A wee black-haired girl with a red gem stuck to her forehead -- no doubt giving away her identity immediately -- silently appeared in the library. "Hello," she said, peering up at Jono.

Jono blinked. And then blinked some more.

Well, at least she was cute when she was tiny.

//Hullo, gel,// he replied, reaching up and scratching the back of his head awkwardly. //Can I help yer with anything, Raven?//

"I need a book," Raven said, Quite Solemnly. "This library does not work like the Library of Azarath. I cannot think of what book I want and find it."

//I can imagine how that would be a bit on the inconvenient side,// Jono allowed, taking a moment to look amused at the girl's predicament.

You had to take amusement where you could find it, when you were Jono.

//What book would that be, luv?//

Henry frowned, but, painstakingly, went to do what he was told. "When I'm big I'm going to have lots and lots of these," he decided.

He wasn't sure what it was, still, but it seemed to be cool and that was worth something.

"A book on human culture and slang," Raven said. "Someone used words I do not understand." She glanced over at the shelves. "And if it is up high I will need assistance retrieving it."

Wee!Raven says that logically you should take 3D animation first, then 3D game animation specifically should follow. ;)

//I'm certain you will, mate,// Jono agreed, watching the boy navigate the desktop as though he knew what in the world he was doing. //I imagine games'll be better once yer grow up, too.//

He had no idea, really.

//I could start up th'one I play sometimes. It's about farming.//

... And now Jono was using unpaid labour in order to harvest the milk from his cows on Facebook, yes.

Jono considered this situation for a moment, and then he gave his shoulders a shrug and set down the book that he was reading. The one about the boy who ran away and became the king of the monsters.

No, he'd never wished he could do the same as a child, why?

//Follow me, then,// he replied, making his way down an aisle that looked somewhat promising. //Dare I ask what words they were usin', gel?//

"Maybe?" Henry sounded doubtful. "I never see these when I go to the future."

At age 7, Henry wasn't so great with secrecy, no. He also wasn't so great with paying attention to detail during time travel.

"Show me the farming, this isn't doing aaaaaaanything." Possibly because he was clicking the mouse in completely random locations.

Raven followed after Jono. "Fucking," she said. "And shit."

Those words should never come out of her mouth. It was wrong.

//Go to th'future, hm?// Jono gave the boy a sideways look for a moment, and then leaned over to take the mouse so that he could open up the internet. //Yer time-travel often, do yer?//

Jono stopped dead in his tracks and just gaped at her. As best as a boy with now lower jaw possibly could gape.

//Er...//

And now he was going to facepalm. It was an epic facepalm, indeed.

"I do not like to be ignorant," Raven said. "He would not tell me what the words meant, so I told him I would ask another or look in a book."

//There's a saying,// Jono hedged, //about ignorance being bliss, luv. Perhaps in this one circumstance, yer might want to take that to heart?//

Look, it was worth a shot.

"Sometimes," Henry said, more interested in the progress of the Internet-opening than in what he was saying. "My dad used to say I was makin' it up for attention" -- there was some sullenness in his voice at that -- "but then I went 'way right in front of him and now he just takes me to doctors all the time. I don't see why. I'm not sick, it's kind of interesting."

"There is also a saying," Raven countered, "that knowledge is power."

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