Library, Sunday

[unusual_sith]

There were new students today, and they might need the library - Lana knew it was one of the first places she might have come to - so Lana made sure to open up and herd some of the more useful books into a display in the front. Titles like The Multiverse and You and Fandom History, along with a number of current Earth magazines were waiting to be read.

Meanwhile, Lana was cataloguing the rest, trying to keep them on the shelves for scanning.

The library was open!

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[notfinishedyet]

"Enola Holmes," she said politely as she looked over the keyboard and the strange contraption it was attached to. She was quite aware of what a typewriter was but this was the first time she actually saw a keyboard of any kind. "A pleasure to meet you as well."

Doing two finger typing she typed in the name of gazette she used on a regular basis to communicate with her mother. "There. I've typed it in but I'm afraid I'm not sure what to do next. I apologize, as you might have gathered I'm not from this time at all."

[unusual_sith]

"Ah, don't worry," Lana assured her. "I'm from another planet entirely." Despite the fact she also sounded British. "You'll get used to it. Right now, press that key marked 'Enter'. That will send your request to the database, and it'll display the results on the screen."

[notfinishedyet]

Enola hit the labeled "Enter" key and let out a laugh of surprise. "Oh! It changed. Let's see. It says something about a microfiche. That sounds interesting."

[unusual_sith]

"Right - those are over here." Lana glanced at the catalogue to make sure she had the spelling and year right, then led the way to the microfiche machines.

"These are for reading cards of data." She found the right drawer and started rifling through it for the one Enola wanted. "Each of these holds one or several issues, depending on the periodical you're looking for. Then the machine magnifies it so you can read it properly."

She found the Gazette. "If you need more of that title, they're all here, see?" She pulled out the right card.

[notfinishedyet]

Enola took the card and gazed at it in amazement, holding it up to the light. "Fantastic thing the future," she said looking at the instructions on the machine. "I've seen things in the last 24 hours that I never expected."

[unusual_sith]

This all seemed rather old-fashioned to Lana, but it would probably be mean to say so.

"I think that's true of everyone when we first come here," she said instead. "What's been the strangest so far for you?"

[notfinishedyet]

"That's actually hard to pinpoint," Enola noted with some amusement. "The invisible bus, and yes I know the irony of what I'm about to say, was quite an eye opener. And apparently my big sibling is 7 but looks fourteen can teleport and do magic."

She paused a bit there.

"I have a feeling if I stop to think about it I may get overwhelmed."

[unusual_sith]

"Invisible bus?" Lana asked. "That would be new to me, too. It was very visible when I came here. Who's your big sibling?"

[notfinishedyet]

"Illyana Rasputin. She seems to be a very rebellious spirit," Enola said with a small smile. "I rather like that."

[unusual_sith]

"Oh!" Lana grinned. "I do like Illyana. We've had a few classes together, and share similar views about dealing with people being willfully stupid." Namely, smack, tell off, and/or kill them, depending.

"What classes have you got to start?"

[notfinishedyet]

“The willfully stupid. I like that phrase. I will add that to my lexicon,” she said with a grin. “There are many people who deserve such a title.”

Like Five. Who needed a good smack.

“For classes I’m taking the one for career development, CLUE and performing arts. I believe they were chosen for me to prepare myself for my chosen vocation.”