Library, 8/28

[agentthepaper]

Not being able to stay away one more minute, Yomiko had collected the library key from the office skeletons, narrowly avoiding freaking out all over the place. Really, skeletons? What kind of place was this? She unlocked the library and peeked inside. "Hello? Is anybody...oohhhhh..."

And then she was off, wandering through the stacks like a kid in a candy store.

((The library is open! Come meet the new librarian. No OCD, as it is still summer, la.))

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[agentthepaper]

"English...?" Yomiko looked confused. How could someone not know what language they were speaking. "Do you need help translating English to Chinese or Chinese to English? Either way, it'll be 495." Why yes, Yomiko has the Dewey Decimal system memorized. Library of Congress, too.

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"I need help translating the characters from Chinese to English," Zuko replied, because while he spoke English, he couldn't actually read it.

[agentthepaper]

"All right, you'll want a Chinese-to-English dictionary. Let me see...495...I think I saw them over there, on the left. Just bring whatever you want to me at the front desk, and I'll check them out for you. And if you need any help, just call."

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"I can manage," Zuko said, disappearing to the left.

It took a moment however before he actually got to 495 as he ended up looking at 465 which didn't have any familiar characters at all. When he finally realised his mistake, he pulled out what Pippi had written down the previous day.

Finally there, locating the right dictionary wasn't easy either. Most of the ones he picked up had a writing that looked similar but wasn't quite what he was used to. Finally, he located one that was classical chinese and he breathed a sigh of relief as this was exactly like his own writing.

He picked it up and made his way back to the front of the library. Here was to hoping that he actually picked up a Classical Chinese - English one.

[agentthepaper]

"Did you find what you were looking for?" Yomiko asked brightly when she saw him coming. He had a book in his hand, so she assumed the answer was yes, but it was the form of the thing.

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"I believe so," he said as he held it out. "It is English?" he asked her.

[agentthepaper]

"Yes, that's English. Good job." Yomiko took the book from him and checked it out, tucking a bookmark into the front cover. "Good luck, Zuko. I'm Ms. Readman."

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

Zuko gave her a small bow for some reason he didn't quite understand himself. "How long can I keep the book?"

[agentthepaper]

Yomiko smiled at the bow. She'd gotten the impression American students wouldn't be formal...but then, he wasn't American, was he? "A week, but if you're not done with it then, just come back and you can check it back out for another week. And so on and so forth."

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"Hopefully it won't come to that," Zuko said with more confidence than was warranted as it was doubtful he was going to master this in a week.

[agentthepaper]

"I'm sure you'll be fine. Good luck with it!"

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

He nodded his goodbye before heading out of the library.