central_librarymods | April Event - A Day in the Life of…

A Day in the Life of…

Not every day is a huge adventure. In fact, some days are just like all the others. Granted, life in The Library is not exactly ‘normal’, but there are days just like any other. Which means the small tasks still needs to be done. Pick a job, carry out your life… What is your everyday life like in The Central Library?

1. You have started a job or trade and help out in any way you can. Maybe you are teaching defense. Maybe you are simply learning it. You will need it! After all, just because there is nothing big happening doesn’t mean there might not be something like a bugbear waiting around the corner you’ll need to kill.

2. The books are scattering like roaches when you turn the light on! It’s horrible! They seem to find their current nesting spots on their shelves unsuitable! It needs to be cleaned up and the books need to be put back where they belong. Mind you… they are skittish and they will run from you!

3. People need to eat around here… are you a good cook? Some really aren’t… so why not help out with dinner? Nothing like planning for a… sort of… family meal. If you can’t cook, go to the market and find ingredients. Doing a little shopping is a nice way to pass the day.

4. Maybe you are the dodging work type. Maybe you really didn’t want to clean shelves or work. Well! There are always the baths or having tea in one of the atriums. (You could always play some pranks on the other patrons as well. It’s all in fun and getting to know each other, of course.)

5. Is work and cooking too mild for you? Training is simply not needed, you say? Then go hunting for monsters in the darker places of the Library. Just be careful not to wander too far… it’s easy to get lost in the darkness.

6. With the arrival of great pets comes great responsibility! And the need for pet-sitters who are willing to make sure they’re all happy and healthy. Walk the dogs! Play with the cats! Watch out for the ducks! And keep them out of trouble if you can.

7. Wild card! Feel free to come up with something else to fill up your day and have fun (or not!).

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The Cat sauntered along a shelf, watching Nita's progress. Occasionally his tail brushed through the dust that had accumulated on the would, sending little clouds swirling in his wake. His eyes flattened when one of the books scuttled away from Nita. This could not continue.

"The books will not bite, but they are quick. And they must not be damaged in any way."

Having the Cat come up behind her almost tricked her into thinking one of the cats from Grand Central had come to visit - but the voice was different.

"Yeah, I know. I've dealt with moving books before, but they weren't nearly this skittish!"

It was a bit snappy of her to say, true, but she was working hard at the learning curve on this! It was the sort of off-handed comment she'd made when trying to get the koi off her back, back when she was just starting to really get into training her visionary talent.

"Gotta be calm dealing with these, I think..."

That was something she'd had to learn at home, too; even when they weren't books, sometimes things would run and hide from you if you didn't look perfectly nonthreatening - or felt that way.

Nita breathed, calming herself. Too much tension would ruin it.

"You might not know how important these books are." Crouching down, he let out a faint growl at the books. They froze momentarily at the sound of a Librarian's voice. They knew where they were supposed to be and that the Non Fiction Librarian was not pleased with their antics. "They must never be damaged or..."

He left the rest unsaid, waiting to see if Nita would ask for more information.

Watching her, the Cat relaxed minutely. She was being clever, acting calm so that the books would quit trying to escape. It might actually work. "Many of the things here are harmless if you stay out of the areas that are filled with darkness and shadows. The books are simply confused, not knowing their proper place and agitated by the changes in the Library."

"... Or the worlds they represent are harmed in kind?" Nita finished.

Nita nodded at the Cat's next words.

"I can imagine that," she said. "A sort of panic, when things inexplicably go wrong..."

Nita couldn't say she was unfamiliar with that.

She approached the nearest book in small, subtle movements, her body language not betraying her more tulmultuous thoughts.

She'd done enough "looking in" to how things were in the Library to get a sense of what the books were. Sub-dimensional containers, or perhaps outright kernels; representations of the worlds they contained, or portals to them. Definitely important - and the fact that there were so few here to maintain them worried her.

April Event - A Day in the Life of…

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