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Sholeh had come into work today humming. Even Professor Priest's lecture on demons hadn't been able to shake her good mood. Her birthday had been wonderful, Po being out with Yeul had meant there was time for her sisters to come out and enjoy their brownies, and the book she'd borrowed to read had been an excellent choice. In short, nothing could ruin her excellent mood.

Or so she thought until she walked into the library and saw water sheeting down from the ceiling. Panicking, she yanked off her petticoats, trying to sop up the water before it ruined any of the books. A few seconds later, the waterfall stopped and Sholeh nearly went limp with relief when she saw that it had missed all of the nearby books.

She'd no more thought that than another downpour started, this time next to the circulation desk.

That set up the pattern for the afternoon. Water would start cascading from the ceiling, Sholeh would dash over and try to soak it up, it would stop, she'd relax for a bit, and then the flooding would start somewhere else.

At least the books were spared?

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Just watch out for puddles, okay?

It would be very polite if you neglected to point out she was in her underwear. It's not like the library had TOWELS.

Edited 2013-01-23 20:04 (UTC)

Ulrik had stopped by J,GoB to pick up something particularly special, given Sholeh's recent birthday and all. Underneath the pastry shop box, he was also carrying a wrapped box, because birthdays meant presents.

"Happy belated- GAH!" Ulrik managed to dive out of the way of a downpour just in time to avoid the disaster that would have been soggy lemon-strawberry cake.

Sholeh just sighed and proceeded to mop up the water with what had once been a very nice blue dress and was now just a sodden mess. "Watch out," she warned. "It's also very cold."

It's like the library was just messing with her on purpose now.

"That sounds unpleasant," Ulrik noted. "Are you cold?" he asked, concerned. He was very pointedly not mentioning the fact that she was in her underwear, yes.

Which was very kind of him. Right now, Sholeh was too irritated with the library to realize that anyway. "Rather," she growled, sounding a little more like Zeela. Once you got past their surface differences, the sisters shared a fair bit of similarity. "Mostly because I am damp and it is freezing out and the library seems to think this is all some stupid game."

She shoved her skirt around the puddle for a moment, then relented. "I'm sorry, Ulrik. I don't mean to snap at you. I'm just grumpy."

"Understandably," he said, shrugging out of his sweater and handing it over. "I brought cake, perhaps that might cheer you up, some?"

Sholeh took the sweater with gratitude and then hastily drew it on when she finally remembered what it was she was covering up. "Thank you," she said, giving him a wan smile. "For the sweater and the cake. And now I feel extra bad for the way I snapped at you."

Because Ulrik had been so hurt, Sholeh, truly.

"I've more siblings than I have fingers," Ulrik pointed out. "I've learned to withstand the occasional tongue-lashing. And I wanted to get you something to celebrate your birthday, as I'm pretty sure the occassion is supposed to warrant people giving you presents, and yesterday it rather seemed to be the other way around."

"You brought me a birthday cake?" Sholeh asked, a little incredulous. He was the first person she wasn't immediately related to who had ever given her a birthday gift. She was very touched. "Thank you so much for thinking of me! But you know you didn't have to, right? I was just happy to get to share with people!"

"I wanted to, though!" Ulrik assured her. "I've never really had the sort of friends I could buy gifts for, before." And Baldur wasn't really a friend so much as a sidekick, really. "The cake isn't all, either," there was also the matter of the wrapped package he'd brought.

"There's more?" Sholeh asked, deciding to go with delighted rather than embarrassed. If Ulrik really wanted to buy her a present because he'd never bought one before, she wasn't going to ruin it for him by making a fuss. "Ulrik, I don't know what to say! I mean, besides thank you, of course."

"Thank you will suffice," Ulrik grinned. "I would've procured gifts for your sisters, as well, just to be fair, but I realized that might be a bit presumptuous of me, given that I haven't truly gotten to know them yet." Although he'd briefly considered buying something from the clothing shop for Zhahar, because he could at times be something of a smartass. The package for Sholeh, however, was perhaps not surprisingly about the size and shape of a book (http://www.amazon.com/Lies-My-Teacher-Told-Everything/dp/0743296281), wrapped a little messily in brightly coloured paper.

"Thank you!" Sholeh gushed as she pulled off the wrapping paper and looked at the book inside. "Ooooh, this is wonderful! I've been doing some reading about this place, just to try to catch up and this will challenge some of what I read!"

Those shining eyes meant every exclamation point, Ulrik. Every single one.

"And you brought gifts for Zeela and Zhahar, too? That's so incredibly thoughtful! We can't thank you enough."

"Well," he said, looking a little sheepish. "It's more like I meant to? But then I realized I didn't quite know enough about what either of them would like." But give him some time and he'd be sure to come up with something!

"Oh, no, please don't feel beholden!" Sholeh assured him. "They don't expect anything! None of us did. I just didn't hear you correctly because ~~reading is hard while also squeeing on Twitter~~ I was flipping through the book already and was only half-paying attention. I'm sorry!"

If he's in.

Yeah for method-RP.

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