Library is Open, 3/28

[swerval_zero]

Zero opened up the library and took up a place behind the desk. She's in a very good mood this morning for some reason.

((OOC: I have to go AFK for a while, so Zero may be nonresponsive. Hopefully some other aides will be along to help you.))

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Re: Third Period

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth grinned, and offered a couple of helpful so handwavey suggestions to Parker in English, before switching to Russian. "//I don't recall a goat-kissing cherry tree in any of his works, but it has been a while since I've read him. Personally, I prefer Pushkin//"

Re: Third Period

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"//I will try him, then.// This has been the longest semester ever. Next Fall? Three classes, no independent studies. I already have enough credits to graduate anyway." Parker sighed, then studied Elizabeth. "You actually look like I feel, some days." She frowned. "Are you still having nightmares?"

Re: Third Period

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth sighed. "Slept badly last night. Charlie and I had... well. Not a fight. A discussion. A not very pleasant one."

Re: Third Period

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Oh, man. I'm sorry." She cocked her head, and bit her lower lip. "Colorado stuff, or relationship stuff? Or neither?"

Re: Third Period

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Both really. Relationship stuff linked back to Colorado," Elizabeth replied. "We've been avoiding each other since the beginning of term."

Re: Third Period

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker shook her head. "Is there anything I can do? I'll listen, if it'll help, when we're not somewhere public. And I had no idea-- people come and go around here so much, I didn't notice you guys weren't around each other."

Re: Third Period

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Thanks, Parker," Elizabeth gave her a small smile. "I might take you up on that. And if it all goes south, then I'll be looking for people to drink with!"

Re: Third Period

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Hey, you know me. Always up for a bitch session with good alcohol." Parker grinned. "Pushkin, hunh?"

Re: Third Period

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"You'll be first on my list," Elizabeth promised. "Yeah, most of his work loses something in the translations to English, so a lot of his verse isn't really known to English readers. I've got a couple of his books if you wanted to borrow one or two. His book of Fairy Tales is probably a good thing to start you off on."

Re: Third Period

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker's smile widened. "I love fairy tales. Although the Hans Christian Anderson ones tend to be soppy, I've noticed."

Re: Third Period

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"These are slightly different to the Hans Christian Anderson ones," Elizabeth said. "To start with, they're in verse."

Re: Third Period

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker cocked her head. "I have a mixed history with verse. Shakespeare... I blame Shakespeare for many things." She grinned.

Re: Third Period

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"At least Pushkin's is understandable. Well, if you speak Russian obviously."

Re: Third Period

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"That's something. I just wish my accent didn't limp along screaming, 'hi, American who's studied too many Romance languages, can not make tongue do this' as much as it does." Parker made a face, then looked thoughtful. "Have you been to Russia?"

Re: Third Period

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth laughed slightly. "Give it time and it'll come," she said confidently. "I've spent some time there, yeah. I did the touristy thing after I," she paused and automatically checked the area. "Graduated from high school. And I've been back a couple of times with work."

Re: Third Period

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I might be going to Moscow, for part of next year, after I graduate. Depends on my grades and what my father is doing." Parker made a face. "Thus, Russian. A language of pessimists and verbally double-jointed obsessives."

Re: Third Period

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"I quite liked Moscow. There's lots to see there, although try and get out of the city to see some more of the conversation," Elizabeth said. "It's a beautiful language and the most widely used Slavic one."