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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!
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Steve is standing a few feet away, leaning casually against a one of the bookshelves. Biting his lip, he tries to hold back the laughter, but the shaking of his shoulders is a give away. He really shouldn't be laughing, considering that he's just in as much danger of being accosted by aquatic creatures, but there's something about a hardened assassin being beamed in the face by a fish that really tickles the funny bone.
"Maybe we should leave this part of the library before we get an encor-" And that's when one of those earlier tentacles wraps around Steve's ankle and pulls. The blond man lists forward in surprise.
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He was about to agree with Steve that they should move to a safer section when the tentacle grabbed Steve. That was the opposite of funny, especially if it was attached to something big that didn't know how to play nice. Bucky just hoped it would be too big to fit through the puddle.
Reflexively, he grabbed Steve by the arm, keeping him upright and trying to tug him away from the creature that had a hold on him. "I think it beat you to it."
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But it's hard to retain his earlier mirth for long with a tentacle wrapped tightly around his ankle, trying to pull him down into a puddle half his size. He grabs onto the hand around his arm with his opposite hand, looking for support as he leans heavily into his friend's side and uses his free leg to stomp on the tentacle. "Just what we need, a tentacled sea creature who doesn't understand sarcasm."
With the third stomp the tentacle finally releases its hold on Steve with a suddenness that has him leaning his entire weight into Bucky. The rules of gravity being what they are means this can only end badly.
Hopefully they don't topple over into a puddle...
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He was ready to yank Steve away if he had to, but he was relieved that Steve managed to get free on his own. That relief lasted until he realized that he was not prepared to support all of Steve's weight. He lost his balance and went down, grimacing when he landed on his left shoulder. He never let go of Steve, though, just in case, even though they didn't land in another puddle.
"Are you okay?" he asked as soon as he got his breath back.