Library [Thursdsay 12/02]

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

William had not yet given in to the urge to try coffee in place of tea. He was, however, going to avoid hot chocolate for the next while after last night's severe case of the hiccups following drinking the thermos Kuukaku had sent out to him.

In retrospect, he really should have anticipated something like that.

In any case, the library was open if slightly sleepy.

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Re: Talk to William! [12/02]

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully looked concerned, then pointed to the scroll. "Can we take this with us?"

Crack! "Okay, I definitely heard that-- could you just translate what it says there?"

Re: Talk to William! [12/02]

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"I really wouldn't advise removing anything," William said, before taking the scroll and reading what it said: "Jeanne de Flores has been the, ah, destroyer of many powerful men, and finds laughter in granting wishes which depend on the stupidity of the wisher. Only by unrolling the carpet may you have three wishes... to your own danger." The translation was a bit awkward, given the differences between Parisian French and joual, but the gist remained the same.

Re: Talk to William! [12/02]

[notmyownage]

"Mulder unrolled her carpet? That's kinda dirty."

Claudia was irrepressible. She jumped when another noise sounded, this time much closer. Dammit, why hadn't she brought her drill?

Re: Talk to William! [12/02]

[eyebrowgoesup]

Spock supposed the carpet in question could have not been sanitary, but he didn't see what that had to do with anything. He opened his mouth to ask, then thought better of it. "Are you certain we are alone in here?"

Re: Talk to William! [12/02]

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"No," William admitted. "I'm certain there's no one else in here who came by way of the library proper." There was a slight difference there, you see.

Re: Talk to William! [12/02]

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully was fighting the disappointment at finding something -- totally unhelpful, or at least, confirming that there wasn't any help on most fronts-- so she wasn't quite paying enough attention to give that a real answer.

"Sometimes Mulder's stupid. I mean, Bambi Berenbaum alone--"

And then one of the bookcases at the end swung sideways, blocking off the row of books at one end with a resounding thump.

"...um?"

Re: Talk to William! [12/02]

[notmyownage]

Claudia spun to look, then again to look back the other direction. "Okay, that doesn't seem good." In her experience, when someone blocked one route out, it was to make sure the ambush could get you from the other side.

Kids in Minneapolis could be mean, at times.

Re: Talk to William! [12/02]

[eyebrowgoesup]

"Fascinating," Spock said. "The furniture seems able to spontaneously relocate."

...what?

Re: Talk to William! [12/02]

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"It's as if the room itself is trying to herd us in a specific direction..." William mused.

Re: Talk to William! [12/02]

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Yes, it's terrific, let's go," Scully said, grabbing the scroll and heading for the one open area.

A bookcase swung to close off most of that corridor, herding them just as William had said. Scully sped up, calling over her shoulder, "Do you think climbing the shelves will get us out of here?"

Re: Talk to William! [12/02]

[notmyownage]

"My vote is to give it a shot. I so don't want to know what it's herding us towards." She turned to the nearest shelf, grabbed on, and started pulling herself up.