Fandom Library, Wednesday, September 4th

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

The library was on some kind of origami kick. At least, she was assuming it was the library? There were origami how-to books scattered across the table, crumpled up sheets of origami paper from attempts that didn't quite work out, and even a few interesting finished pieces. Arden was charmed right up until she saw a bunch of books huddled on the safety of the circulation desk, their pages also folded into the beginning of shapes.

"All right!" she called across the library, not fussed about whether or not she was making too much noise for a library, this was important. "We do not use other library materials for origami paper! Not books, not magazines, not periodicals, not things I'm forgetting off the top of my head! Origami paper only!"

She wasn't sure if it was gremlins or the very stacks themselves that sighed and grumbled at her announcement, but she didn't care. Not since she was going to have to spend the rest of the afternoon attempting to unfold and flatten pages in much-abused books.

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Forgive the brief bit of yelling.

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While she grumbles about treatment of books.

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[slothbabyproductions]

Having missed any kind of context of the situation or Arden's shouting, Kamala had entered the library with her usual Squishy offering and discovered said origami.

"Oooo! These are fantastic!" Kamala said examining the finished pieces. "Who was doing this?"

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Either something in the library or the library itself, and I don't care how good the origami is--" It was genuinely excellent, let's be real here "--if any more books are used, we're gonna have a problem!"

Yes, that was kind of...strongly spoken to the library at large.

But then she was putting down her aggravation at her job and giving Kamala a smile. "Hey, Kams," she greeted, reaching for the Gift of Squishy. "What's up?"

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[slothbabyproductions]

Kamala, who had no idea about the idiosyncrasies of the library, looked around the library to see who Arden was yelling at and then just shrugged. "Just getting into the swing of the first week of school," she admitted. "Trying to pick up the vibe. Make new friends. Drink my weight in squishies."

She did eat a vegetable yesterday, Arden. Don't panic.

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"When was the last time you ate a vegetable and was it on pizza?" Arden asked anyway, because she couldn't read narrative. "Also, making new friends? Did we get new kids?"

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[slothbabyproductions]

"No new kids but that doesn't mean I can't make new friends. Or at least better friends," Kamala replied. "And I totally had a potato yesterday."

It was french fries. Shhh.

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"Were they fries?" Arden deadpanned.

Look, sometimes she didn't have to read narrative. She just had to read Kamala.

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[slothbabyproductions]

"I prefer to think of them as thinly sliced potatoes with a tomato relish," Kamala said primly. "And there was also lettuce on my sandwich."

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Lettuce has almost no nutritional value," Arden sighed. "Sometime this week I'm gonna cook something with at least one vegetable and you're gonna eat it and then next time I talk to your parents, I'll tell them that, yes, you're eating vegetables, I've seen you. Deal?"

And this was why Arden was going to be the second favorite, just you watch.

"Who are you making better friends with?"

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[slothbabyproductions]

"Okay, so yesterday I found out that Lydia's sister was once a cat," Kamala said heading into ramble mode. "And I thought to myself that if I were a better friend or better adopted little sibling, I should know these things about the people I talk with on a regular basis. This is what friendly people should do! Right? So, this is me determined to be a better friend with people. Also? Were you ever a cat? I think I need to know this as your bestie."

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Oh yeah," Arden said, nodding. "Kitty. Something about how Lydia wished she were a sister or something and her little baby magic made it happen. It's real complicated."

She could also tell your about Lydia's so-called seal "friend," but that would involve more yelling.

"And no, not a cat," she added with a soft laugh. "Not even one time. Remember, I'm sorta a bird, if you squint."

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[slothbabyproductions]

“Right, right, right,” Kamala said with some nodding, but see I should have known that about Lydia. So clearly I need to work at this.”

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[napking]

Gray slouched into the library carrying a stack of cardstock that might be shedding glitter. Look, he thought all arts and crafts projects required glitter. Blame his classes. "Hey, Arden," he said. He had heard the yelling, so he added, "I can come back?"

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Somewhere, Navaan was proud of her contribution.

"So long as you're not here to use pages in books to practice origami, you're safe!" Arden called back. "Hey, Gray, what's up?"

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[napking]

"Wasn't planning on it," he assured her. "Although I do make a mean crane, now that you mention it..." He shook that off. "Since you're going to be visiting soon, I thought I should introduce you to my brothers." He flashed a grin at her. "Don't worry, there won't be a quiz." The quiz was meeting his family. "This is just so you have a better idea what you're dealing with and aren't just like, 'There are so many of you and you're all so tall.'" Except Gray, of course.

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"Oh, yeah!" Arden said, briefly forgetting that she had already been told to avoid two of them and focusing on the part where there were new people to hopefully convince she was pleasant and nice and likable.

Look, she was a recovering people pleaser but we all had relapses, okay?

"Are they all tall?"

Look, the 'is he cute or is he just tall?' dilemma is real.

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[napking]

Technically, she had been told to avoid Galen. Daman was self-avoiding, but Gray would get to that in his presentation.

"All of the Nephilim are tall," Gray sighed. "We get it from the--fallen--angels. Daman's on the short side and he's six feet."

And then there was Gray.

"Here, we'll start with an easy one," Gray said, brandishing a photo of an incredibly gorgeous blond man whose eyes had been, Gray knew, photoshopped to look hazel. The card was edged in blue glitter. "A hint: I stole this off one of his hookup app profiles."

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Maybe it was the exact color of Miss Lambe's eyes! Would that make Lydia any happier?

And if they did just happen to be sort of a blue-green that changed with the light, whatever. That color could belong to anybody. It was just a very pretty mix of colors!

"...Oh," Arden said quietly, eyes very big. "Oh. Um. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I know who that is. Hi Bellamy. He's. Uh. Oh no."

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[napking]

"He's Lust," Gray said, with the absolute lack of care for that fact that came with having Bellamy for your brother for the past however many thousand years. "He will flirt with you, unless that makes you uncomfortable in which case he will shut it down. Fun fact, though, Lust is kind of unique? You're probably thinking about, like, sexy lust, but sometimes it flips and he's bloodlust." Bellamy was a lover and a fighter! "But we won't be in battle so that doesn't matter." He was just rambling. "Next contestant."

Next was a guy with bright red hair, green eyes, and a bunch of piercings. Ears, eyebrows, lip, nose. Basically everywhere he could stick some metal His card was edged in gold glitter. "Okay, so he's been to the island but I think it was before you were here. This is Castor." Gray jiggled the card. "Can you guess his sin?" Or remember what Raiden said?

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Well, yes, Arden had been thinking about sexy lust, because had Gray seen his brother? And she hated to admit it, but there was also something kind of hot about the other kind, just in that competence is really sexy and--

OH LOOK IT'S A DIFFERENT BROTHER. SHE WAS GOING TO LOOK AT HIM NOW.

Gold star for Arden. "Castor, he's..." Give her a second, Gray, you rattled her.

Gray is Sloth, Raiden is Gluttony, Daman is Envy, Galen is Wrath, Bellamy is stupidly hot. Five down, two to go, meaning Castor is...

"Greed, right?" she checked. She'd been leaning that way, but the gold glitter made her think she was right. She could also see Pride, in like a counterculture way, but she was going to go with her gut instinct.

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[napking]

"Ding ding ding!" Gray confirmed. "So, what you need to know about Castor is that he's kiiiind of a klepto. He sees it, Greed wants it, it ends up in his pockets without him even really thinking about what he's doing. So you'll want to go through your stuff before we head home, and if anything's missing Al can make Cas give it back."

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"O-oh!" Arden said, brows contracting. "I'm not sure I'll have anything he wants? Like, none of my jewelry is even good jewelry, it's all cheap shit from, like, Claire's and the Walmart we looted."

Talk to the Librarian

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Who she was assuming wasn't behind this origami craze?

OOC

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John might not be, but my best friend certainly provided the inspiration for it!