[Open] A Library is Not a Luxury

[tearmeanewone]

Who: Elizabeth DeWitt, Ginko, Solas, Leonard Snart, and Library Fans Shipwide
When: After the Emirimess
Where: The Library
What: Elizabeth welcomes her new assistants! Also library mingling, petting Robbie and Rosie, go wild guys.
Warnings: SEVERE LEVELS OF LITERATURE

((What it says on the tin-- it's an open library post! :D If you actually want Elizabeth somewhere, let me know, otherwise party-style it up~))

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THE FIRST STAFF MEETING [Closed to Elizabeth, Ginko, Solas, and Snart]

[tearmeanewone]

[This couldn't have come at a better time. The collection is getting larger, there are more people on the Moira, it's harder for Elizabeth to keep up and still manage to eat three meals a day. When she hears she can expect not just one assistant, but three, she's very excited.]

[After sending the three of them a message to meet at the library in the morning, she waits for them to arrive. She even brought coffee and tea! And, of course, overall she's far too enthused to be meeting the new additions to what's essentially become her home.]

[notyetsore]

[Ginko still isn't quite familiar with the layout of the ship, so it takes him some effort to find the library. Before too long, though, a small, white-haired boy of about twelve walks into the library, looking around like he's still half-worried he's in the wrong place.]

Uh... hi. I was told I'm supposed to be a library assistant?

[tearmeanewone]

[Elizabeth is already thrilled to see someone new coming into the library, but once he identifies himself she looks even more excited. The first one has arrived!]

Yes! Yes, come in! [She gestures to one of the four comfy chairs she's dragged into the center of the main room, and moving to walk with him over to the little gathering spot she's created.] I'm Elizabeth, I've been the only librarian here for a few months, I'm so glad to finally be working with someone.

[notyetsore]

[He looks a little startled at how excited she is, but follows without protest or pause to the chairs.]

My name is Ginko... I just got here. [He frowns a bit - that was kind of obvious already, wasn't it.] I, uh... I hope I can do a good job.

[Is that what he's supposed to say here??]

[tearmeanewone]

Nice to meet you Ginko. [She smiles encouragingly and sits down herself.]

I'm sure you'll do fine-- and if you have any questions after I go through the basics, you can always ask. Do you want some uh... [She bites her lip. She hadn't thought that one of her assistants would be too young for coffee.] Tea?

[notyetsore]

[He nods, a little hesitantly. Just ask. Right. Better to get it out of the way now than have to bring it up when she might be busy or something, anyway.]

Um... yeah, sure. Thanks.

[tearmeanewone]

Great! [Elizabeth pulls over the kettle and hits the switch.] It's electric-- I'm still getting used to this, but it's incredibly handy. Did you have these where you're from?

[a_shadow]

[ Tex comes to the library the day after the refugees came on board. Many of them are young, and easily bored, and they ought to have something to do in the time while they're in transport. And as a certified teacher on board and someone with a soft spot for children, Tex can't help but come here and grab a few selections for them to enjoy.

She approaches Elizabeth at the desk. ]

Where's the kids' section?

[tearmeanewone]

Ah, this way-- [Elizabeth comes out from behind her desk and walks over towards one of the lower shelves in the main room.]

We don't have too much, unfortunately, but we have a few things... [She crouches down to pull them off the shelf and offer them to the other.]

[a_shadow]

[ She inspects them as they're handed to her. ]

I don't suppose I expected to see anything familiar. Seems like a few of these are good for a range of ages though.

[tearmeanewone]

A range? [Elizabeth tilts her head.] Are you planning something that requires a variety of things?

[a_shadow]

There are some children with the refugees. I'm just trying to help keep them entertained until we drop them off. Might as well see if they can learn something while we're at it.

[tearmeanewone]

Oh-- that's a great idea! I might have some things for more advanced readers over here...

[Elizabeth stands up and heads to another shelf.] I don't think I've seen you in here before. Is this your first time in the library?

[armoured]

[Al has been wandering for part of each day since he got here, just trying to orient himself and figure out where everything is. He's seen a lot of interesting things already, but this takes the cake.

IT'S A LIBRARY! This is seriously like a theme park for an Elric, and he lights up with genuine enthusiasm when he sees all the books. Massive metal feet make a clattering racket as he jogs inside and starts taking down books at random.

He is soon sat cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by piles of books laid out in a circle around him. It's not neat, there are discarded books literally everywhere, and he may have made piles which are easy to trip over.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.]

[tearmeanewone]

[Elizabeth looks up from her shelving, frowning slightly when she hears what sounds like a suit of armor racing through her stacks.]

[...nah, that couldn't be it. It's...]

[...alright she can't think of anything it could possibly be, so she wanders over to investigate. Sure enough, there's a suit of armor sitting in the middle of a stack of books, and Elizabeth nearly jumps when she comes upon the sight.]

[armoured]

[He was engrossed in a textbook about biochemistry, but there's also a copy of Rapunzel at his feet, as well as Flamel's Codex. He only looks up when he sees the shadow fall over the page.]

Hi!

[He lifts on hand in a wave. His voice is quiet, as befits a library, but it's also bursting with enthusiasm.]

Am I in your way, did you want one of these? I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself, there are so many here that I've never seen before.

[tearmeanewone]

[...that's a young man's voice coming out of that adult-sized suit of armor.]

[...this is arguably stranger than a dragon, but the enthusiasm is going a long way to snapping her out of her stunned state.]

Oh, no, please-- [Elizabeth smiles and crouches down next to him.] --take as much time as you need. Were you looking for anything else or... did you manage to find just about everything? [She says with a laugh, indicating the piles.]

[armoured]

I guess I did take down a lot, huh?

[He can't help but laugh along with her, though a little more sheepishly.]

I'm not looking for anything in particular, I just wanted to see what there was. I've been in so many libraries where I'm from, but I never imagined I'd be in a place like this, so-- I guess I went a little bit crazy.

[tearmeanewone]

I know-- I don't think one immediately considers that there might be a library on a space ship, but I'm glad it exists. If anything, it can be a familiar kind of place for some people.

[She picks up the copy of Rapunzel and smiles.] This came in about two weeks ago from the Ingress. I think you're the first person to pull it off the shelf.

[Closed to Elizabeth]

[whoami]

Sam had actually never been inside the library on the ship before. He hadn't purposefully avoided it or anything, he just happened to find other places. But now that he was here he couldn't figure out why he'd waited to check it out

The engine room wasn't very conducive to sleeping, but the upside to being down there was almost none would follow you. This place seemed very conducive to sleeping, but the downside of the library is a very nosy librarian.

[tearmeanewone]

Very nosy.

Though really, even if she wasn't terminally curious, Elizabeth reasons that anybody would be curious as to why someone had spent the night locked into the library sleeping in one of the comfy chairs.

"Hey," she says quietly, leaning over and gently putting a hand on his shoulder. Maybe even shaking him a little if he doesn't respond. "Are you okay?"

[whoami]

Sam had a single blanket and his pillow, so he was okay. Plus the chairs in the library are really comfortable.

But at the touch of the shoulder Sam went 0-60 in seconds, flat. He was asleep when Elizabeth came in, he was asleep as she approached, he was asleep right up until she touched him. Then just as suddenly he's awake anquickly sitting up so he'll at least be able to get at his disk if he has to.

Yeah that's the other thing. As the blanket falls down, the fact that Sam is wearing his Grid-suit is kind of obvious. Sorry, Elizabeth, but you have a glowing space hobo in your library.

"Yeah, no, wait I mean yeah."

He did just wake up.

[tearmeanewone]

He'd looked just like a member of the Moira on first glance, but the kneejerk reaction makes Elizabeth jump back and pull her large book over her shoulder. She's ready to throw it if things get out of hand.

Instead he's just... glowing. Elizabeth stares at that development in bewilderment before reassessing her commitment to hitting this man with an encyclopedia if she has to.

"Yes you're okay?" Elizabeth asks for clarification. "Because you seem pretty jumpy to me."

[whoami]

"Sorry about that. M'not used to somebody grabbing me to wake me up."

Sam yawned and rubbed his eyes with middle and ring fingers.

"...wait, aren't you here here kind of early?"

Usually no one notices Sam leaving. But then again usually no one locks him in at night. Still it left the question of why Sam was not up with plenty of time to pack. fiddling with his MID's clock Sam let a very embarrassed sigh.

"Or, y'know, I could totally forget to set my alarm."

Ugh, okay. This was officially embarrassing.

[tearmeanewone]

All this talk of alarms and Elizabeth getting to the library early is painting a very odd picture for her.

"It's alright," she says, putting the book back in her arms. "I'm guilty of falling asleep in here too, honestly. When I was first getting everything together, I think I fell asleep with a dictionary for a pillow. I can't exactly fault you for it.

"Did you, ah, want me to come back after you've slept a bit more, or...?" The library is supposed to be a safe-haven for people, Elizabeth tries to keep it that way. If he feels safe enough to sleep here, far be it from her to tell him he can't.