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thisavrou_log2015-10-11 04:50 pm
tearmeanewone) wrote in thisavrou_log2015-10-11 04:50 pm
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[OPEN] People Can Lose Their Lives in Libraries
Who: Elizabeth DeWitt, 100 Books, and You
When: October 8th - 15th
Where: The NEW AND... NOT QUITE SHINY YET Library
What: Head Librarian Elizabeth has shelves, desks, and books. Now she just needs to figure out where all of it should go...
Warnings:Sexy Librarian
'Good morning everyone. Exciting news for those of us bibliophiles (and the individual who needs information from a book every once in a while), I've been informed the rooms that will house the Moira's collection are ready to be turned into an actual library. All he necessary parts-- shelving, chairs, tables, and books-- have been delivered, so it's only a matter of time before I have everything organized.
'But I don't see a reason for anyone who's been itching to read something to go without while I catalog everything. If you're interested in looking through what parts of the collection have been delivered so far, anyone is welcome. The Library is located on the same deck as the Mess Hall, past the gardens. Any questions, feel free to contact me, Elizabeth DeWitt, on my personal MID. Thank you!'
Thank goodness, she'd recorded that message and broadcasted it before she'd started moving things.
After she'd updated the network with the existence of the library, Elizabeth had started moving shelves against the walls. It was slow going and in a matter of minutes Elizabeth had sweat through her work suit. Well, it wasn't as though she hadn't known this endeavor would take elbow grease. No whining, it wasn't her style-- Elizabeth just rolled up her sleeves and put her back into it. One shelf at a time, one foot at a time if she had to. And once the she had the shelves in place, then she had a box of books waiting for her.
((OOC: Elizabeth will be setting up the library all week! Currently the collection is about 100 books, she gets another 100 every week until Than's collection has been moved entirely. The first two days (8th and 9th) she'll be struggling with shelves and looking anxiously at the boxes piling up, on the 10th she'll get all the tables and chairs in place and start sorting the books in the boxes, the 11th through the 15th she'll be in sorting and cataloging hell (yes, she's handwriting all the cards in the catalog-- what else would she do, after all?). She's very dedicated to it, anytime anybody comes in, it's clear she's been working hard. Maybe even forgetting to take a break for lunch...))
When: October 8th - 15th
Where: The NEW AND... NOT QUITE SHINY YET Library
What: Head Librarian Elizabeth has shelves, desks, and books. Now she just needs to figure out where all of it should go...
Warnings:
'Good morning everyone. Exciting news for those of us bibliophiles (and the individual who needs information from a book every once in a while), I've been informed the rooms that will house the Moira's collection are ready to be turned into an actual library. All he necessary parts-- shelving, chairs, tables, and books-- have been delivered, so it's only a matter of time before I have everything organized.
'But I don't see a reason for anyone who's been itching to read something to go without while I catalog everything. If you're interested in looking through what parts of the collection have been delivered so far, anyone is welcome. The Library is located on the same deck as the Mess Hall, past the gardens. Any questions, feel free to contact me, Elizabeth DeWitt, on my personal MID. Thank you!'
Thank goodness, she'd recorded that message and broadcasted it before she'd started moving things.
After she'd updated the network with the existence of the library, Elizabeth had started moving shelves against the walls. It was slow going and in a matter of minutes Elizabeth had sweat through her work suit. Well, it wasn't as though she hadn't known this endeavor would take elbow grease. No whining, it wasn't her style-- Elizabeth just rolled up her sleeves and put her back into it. One shelf at a time, one foot at a time if she had to. And once the she had the shelves in place, then she had a box of books waiting for her.
((OOC: Elizabeth will be setting up the library all week! Currently the collection is about 100 books, she gets another 100 every week until Than's collection has been moved entirely. The first two days (8th and 9th) she'll be struggling with shelves and looking anxiously at the boxes piling up, on the 10th she'll get all the tables and chairs in place and start sorting the books in the boxes, the 11th through the 15th she'll be in sorting and cataloging hell (yes, she's handwriting all the cards in the catalog-- what else would she do, after all?). She's very dedicated to it, anytime anybody comes in, it's clear she's been working hard. Maybe even forgetting to take a break for lunch...))
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It wasn’t just that the technology had existed in her world - it technically had existed in his as well - but it sounded like it still existed. Like it existed and there were people who knew how it worked and how to use it. It’s hard not to ask her a thousand questions, right then and there but he restrains himself, settling instead on just one.
“You’ve used it then? Actually gone through a portal?”
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He shakes his head slowly, as if he could rid himself of the sheer intrusiveness of the question. Shifting uncomfortably, he taps the spine of the book with a finger absently.
"I...had a chance to go through a portal once. I didn't. It would have changed my life, but I couldn't. I think I regret it sometimes. Meeting anyone who might know what that's like is well. It doesn't happen every day."
He's not sure why he chose to mention this, when he'd kept it very purposefully to himself even with people he knew well and trusted better. Maybe he needed to offer an explanation for his prying, prove that it wasn't just absent curiosity gone too far.
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But she understands his explanation. She's not offended or upset, but Elizabeth can't help but smile sadly. "I wouldn't regret it. Sometimes, changing your life, or stepping through a 'portal' to satisfy something you think you need, has consequences you can't foresee. And I know that sounds like a load of cautionary malarkey, but... it happened to me.
"I went through a portal to punish someone who hurt me-- and I didn't realize that by doing that, dozens of little girls were kidnapped and used by a terrible man in his power grab. And the worst part was I thought I could live with those consequences because my life would be better."