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central_librarymods) wrote2016-12-31 06:38 pm
Test Drive Meme
Test Drive Meme
You are in The Central Library… anything can happen here. In fact, the possible can become actuality while you stay here. Things are always changing. Some for the better, some for the worst… it really all depends on one thing. You.
Take a look around, visit the worlds through the book portals, and slowly bring it back to life. The more you do, the better life will get. But be wary, not everything is a fun story and not everything is harmless. Sometimes you will have your life at stake and others you will simply have to enjoy your stay.
You can use RNG to pick a scenario below… or you can pick your own! Whatever delights your fancy and makes you feel at home within the walls of The Central Library.
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1. Arrival – You wake up in the main hall. The reception desk is behind you and you know you heard someone whispering “Save us” in your ear… but where are you? The hall gleams and there are many doors amongst the shelves of books. It is rather huge and a walkway circles a second floor… where are you? Well… you might want to ask.
2. 2. Market Place – The Central Library has turned the large conference room into an open gateway to a market place. It shifts and changes along with the Library, but food is always available to those living there as long as the portal is open. But for the rest….
Did someone count three bricks up and two across, and then tap them three times? Someone in the Library must have stumbled on that combination since the portal has opened up to Diagon Alley. Enjoy your visit to a truly magical shopping destination but remember not to be too obvious if you’re a Muggle!
3. Gotta Catch'em All! In... Space? - Pokemon are wonderful pets and companions used to help around the house or in battling competitions. Their uses are endless! But... it seems they have managed to escape from their world and end up in the most unlikely of places. In space. The Enterprise is over run and the crew is trying really hard to round them up. Not to mention the mass infestation on the Deathstar. But their hosts are not so kind. As guests of the Library, you are armed with a fully detailed Pokedex and multiple pokeballs guaranteed to catch what you aim for. But be careful. Don't get caught yourself!
4. Non-Fiction Immersion – Under the sea… well, not quite. Notice the strange puddles and ponds that ‘decorate’ the Library floors. They’re now habitats for the Library’s new aquatic unwelcome guests. Octopi, alligators, kraken, seals and many other water-loving creatures can be found in and near these water hazards. Watch out for random flying fish; they hurt if they hit you.
5. Fiction Invasion – Sometimes things slip through. Little things or big things. After all, monsters do hide in the dark corners and in some sections of the grand structure. But this time… the problem is small, small size that is. Pixies have invaded. They are troublesome things… they love to cause problems and make life a little miserable. You need to catch them before they steal you blind… and possibly cause you too much mischief. You may need a net… but please, try not to kill them.
6. Cleaning is Necessary – You are stuck here, you might want to make it home. Being in such disrepair, it needs a little love and care. I’m sure the janitor’s closets have some tools… Ones that have a life of their own they are rather testy about where they go and the cleaning supplies have a life of their own. (Think The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and the servants in Beauty and the Beast).
7. A posse ad esse – Anything is possible. This is your Wild Card. Have fun with it!
Arrival
If someone wanted him to save them, he was pretty sure they'd picked the wrong guy for the job.
He was barefoot, dressed in the white shirt and pants he'd been provided with during his medical check up before stasis, but at least he wasn't too far away when he heard a familiar voice. He rounded a corner, a little on the slow side because he was still compensating for his missing arm, and saw--
"Steve?"
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So he started closing the distance between them. "Last time I saw you, you were going back into stasis." Which made even less sense than Steve waking up here, because at least this time Steve didn't have to get thawed out. Bucky, on the other hand...
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He shook his head. "I was." Maybe that had made him a sitting duck for whatever was going on here, but Steve would have been able to fight back if they'd been kidnapped. "That's the last thing I remember." And now he was here, and he felt off balance and a little vulnerable.
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"Are you okay?" he asked, because he should have sooner. He took a moment to look Bucky over, to make sure there weren't any new injuries, nothing that needed looking after.
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He nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine." As fine as he could be, all things considered. He was sore from the fight with Tony, but nothing new had happened. "Do you have any idea what's going on?"
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"Have you found anything yet?" Bucky seemed like he might have been off exploring.
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He shook his head. "I woke up and heard your voice." This was as far as he'd made it.
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"Then I guess we should head out and explore together." Safety in numbers. Not letting Bucky out of his sight was a just a bonus.
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And he couldn't blame Steve for being worried; it wasn't like it was an unfounded concern. He'd tried to kill Steve at least twice by now.
"Right." He nodded. He wasn't inclined to let Steve out of his sight either until they figured out what was going on. Even if Bucky considered himself a potential threat still.
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Instinctively, he looked up. As if he expected that someone had thrown shoes up on the top shelf. It might be the kind of thing that had happened to him a lot as a kid, after all. "Maybe they have a lost and found somewhere."
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Steve nodded and gave Bucky a warm smile as he turned towards the main desk again, walking around it and snooping around for a box. Finding none, he straightened up with a shrug. "I guess we'll have to take turns wearing mine," he decided, and sat down in the chair.
To start pulling his shoes off. "Shoes or socks first, Buck?" He figured socks would at least provide a little protection.
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"You don't-- I'll be fine, Steve. I've done worse than walk barefoot in a library."
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He tossed his shoes over the desk at Bucky. "Pull 'em on. I'll wear the socks for a while first."
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"Fine." He gestured in Steve's direction with the dangling shoe. "Get up." So he could have the chair. He couldn't put them on while standing, and sitting on the floor wouldn't help much.
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He got off the chair with a grin, stepping aside and gesturing at it, as if he were a servant. "Your chair, Sergeant." Were you prepared for teasing, Bucky? Because the teasing was never going to end and Steve wasn't even sorry.
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He waved the shoes in Steve's direction again, like he was thinking of saying something about Steve teasing him, but didn't. Instead, he sat himself down the chair and started putting on the shoes one handed. The only problem was, he couldn't tie the laces.
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He caught them, didn't he? No need to have a bruised ego when the pride was still intact. Steve grinned when the shoes were swung at him, and waited until Bucky had the shoes on to kneel down and tie the laces off. "Which hallway looks like fun?" he asked, as he started on the second shoe. "Might as well try to enjoy ourselves a little," at least until a threat presented itself.
He had the distinct impression that they were waiting for the other shoe to drop. If you could forgive the pun.
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"That way?" he suggested, gesturing down one of the halls.
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He straightened up once Bucky's shoes were tied and looked in the direction Bucky gestured. "Okay," he said lightly and started heading that way, peering around for anything dangerous. Or interesting. He could go for some interesting, or even some boring. Maybe this could all just be a dream.