fandomhigh | Library, Wednesday, All Day

Today when Sholeh entered the library (still a little awed that she got to work here), there were no books waiting for her on the desk. No magazines, no periodicals, nothing. Perhaps the odd books laying about for her shift and Evan's had been someone's idea of a joke? Or perhaps that had just been their welcome, and now that it was her second shift, the books didn't feel the need to bestir themselves for a second time.

Sholeh's hypotheses lasted all of fifteen minutes, the time it took her to check over the library and ensure all was in order. She had just settled down behind the desk when she heard the first thump. It took her a few minutes to locate the source of the noise, but she saw a book lying on the floor in the middle of the crafts section. While she was shelving that, a book on crocheting fell over a shelf away. And as she was picking that one up, a Tatting for Teens!= took that opportunity to fling itself to the floor.

That set the tone for the day. Every twenty minutes or so, a bunch of books would go tumbling to the ground, causing Sholeh to have to put her book down and pick them up again. Every single book that pitched itself forward was from the handicrafts section and they were all books that were geared towards a younger audience, usually with the words 'Hip,' 'Fun,' and 'Cool' on the cover.

"All right," Sholeh said to the library, "I get it! Knitting isn't just for old ladies in rockers anymore!"

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She might be a little impatient today. But at the books, not you.

And once again, Ulrik was there with food around lunchtime. Burgers and shakes, this time around.

... It was entirely possible he intended on making this a tradition, yes. What? He enjoyed her company.

"Are you all right?" he questioned. "You look a little cross."

It was a tradition Sholeh could appreciate, yes! A good friend with exciting stories and food; what could be better?

"The books are acting up," Sholeh informed him, either not realizing or not caring how ridiculous that claim was. "I should probably just camp out in the crafts section, but I'm refusing to give them that satisfaction."

"...When you say 'acting up', what precisely do you mean?" Ulrik asked, more than a little confused. Perhaps this was one of those 'lost in translation' things?

"The craft books are mad that Evan and I insinuated that things like knitting and stuff are for grandmas," Sholeh said in complete earnestness. "And all morning they've been throwing down books about crafts being for adolescents and being very exciting and such."

"The craft books are mad," Ulrik repeated slowly, as if perhaps he was wondering if they weren't the only mad ones about...

but she seemed so earnest, and. Well. Sane. "You speak as if they've personalities of their own. Is this another 'Fandom thing'?"

"Well, I've never dealt with recalcitrant books before coming here," Sholeh said, shaking her head at him. "But the books here like to pull pranks and things. I'd seen things my first semester here that made me curious, but I hadn't actually believed it until last week, when fashion magazines kept leaving themselves open on the counter for Evan."

Ulrik couldn't help the chuckle as that sunk in. "I wonder what those from my world who consider the Americans practitioners of witchcraft would think of this place," he mused out loud. The French, especially, would probably explode if they witnessed any of Fandom's whimsy first-hand.

"I don't think my mothers would approve much if they knew about everything that goes on here," Sholeh said with a shake of her head. "I think they would just be annoyed by the books, though, because that's just not how books are supposed to be."

Or scared, more likely, that the magic books might bring more attention to Sholeh and her sisters.

She's probably off putting books back again.

I would so read Tatting for Teens.

Initially, I might have read it as Tattooing for Teens, and I was concerned.

I read it as "tattling". I think tattooing might be better, at least it involves creativity?

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