Welcome Log ⬡ 02

[liburuzaina]

	Welcome to The Library! Welcome, everyone, to the Library! As you wander your way in, wake up at a desk, or descend an elevator, the library's ambiance is, well... the same as it always is. Comforting-but-not. Warm-but-cold. Empty-but-populated. And, as always, there are certain things going on that just might make settling in a little easier. Information Desk ⬡ Maps At the Information Desk, there will be a large stack of looseleaf graph paper and a surplus of pencils, to more easily enable anyone who wishes to draw their own map of the library. The pencils will only be able to write on blank paper given to characters by library activities, and not on any of the books. ⬡ Stationery Next to the graph paper, there will be a stack of blank notebooks and a haphazard pile of pens. The pens will only be able to write in the notebooks, on characters' personal belongings, and on skin. All three of these items are semi-limited; somehow characters will only be able to make one stack of items as tall as they are once they've been removed from the desk. Notebooks and pens will be provided in assorted colors in shades of blue, purple, white (and grey) and teal. Cafe Menu ⬡ Seasonal Menu ⬡ Slow-cooked Mac and Cheese ⬡ Butter Chicken ⬡ Apricot and Brie Stuffed Chicken Breast With Roasted Potatoes ⬡ Rainbow Vegetarian Pad Thai With Peanuts and Basil ⬡ Chocolate Cream Pie ⬡ Classic Cheesecake ⬡ Champagne Cupcakes ⬡ Moscato Cupcakes ⬡ Champagne ⬡ Mulled Wine ⬡ Irish Coffee ⬡ Chestnut Praline Latte ⬡ Usual Menu The Cafe menu will also showcase more typical cafe fare, from teas and coffees, to standard hot chocolates, to pastries, donuts, and sandwiches. The Search Bar will also bring up whatever else characters could possibly want. Sunrise Room ⬡ Seasonal Showings As always, movies playing at any given time are randomized, but this month there is a higher chance of movies playing with themes of new beginnings. First Floor Restrooms ⬡ Seasonal Showers This month, all complimentary toiletries will be either vanilla, blueberry pancake, or cedar scented. Ocean Floor 4 ⬡ Room 4575 Located in room 4575 on Ocean Floor 4 will be a large table with an inordinate amount of self-help books, revolving around themes of "New Year, New You" and "New Year’s Resolution Ideas And How To Achieve Each Of Them." Alongside the books will be a stack of worksheets, asking questions about characters' goals and "resolutions" - all appearing to be photocopied haphazardly from a different book entirely. It would appear as though the intent was for there to be a somewhat therapeutic book club meeting, focused on improving oneself. In practice, the room itself somehow has taken on a somewhat oppressive air, as though there's someone staring at you and judging your life choices, even if you're alone in the room.

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😔 endure

[illequipped]

[If other people jumped off a bridge-- jk, Emil almost understands this logic, because old stupid books are just money in a different shape, and clearly the two of them need a hoard of those... just not on his stomach!! Jesus, Lalli.]

They're supposed to be here, unlike us... [This, as he gingerly lifts the cover of this Garfield monstrosity with morbid curiosity; what could this hideous cartoon cat be cooking, exactly? He must know. But also,] You could have put them in one of those lockers we got.

[Instead of on his stomach, this is the implication. Again! He sighs and scoots to sit up properly, books in his lap, cracking open the I Spy one instead and holding it up so Lalli can also peruse it. Hmm!

Well, it looks like pictures of the sorts of places they stomped around in various abandoned towns, only pre-abandonment? Trashed and messy, but not old... Double hmm.]

I have no idea what this is for.

[ilves]

[He is but a simple scout! He came; he saw; he dutifully reported back, and now it is Emil's job to make sense of his Findings. It certainly isn't his fault that Emil's stomach is the perfect makeshift table? Suffer, buddy, because as Lalli once again folds his arms, he promptly sets his chin atop them, making it crystal clear that he has no intention to a) help or b) move. He is, as ever, content to watch.

And Emil is, as ever, kind enough(?) to oblige him. Very kind of him! Lalli doesn't even need to shift about to get a good view of the contents of this book; he is free to remain precisely where he is, only canting his head the slightest bit as he takes in the odd assortment of... stuff. Things.]

Hrmh.

[Or: Lalli doesn't know, either, but Lalli studies the, like, two sentences at the bottom of the page? I spy seems pretty straightforward, so... this list of stuff, the first of which is a snake...

...Okay, well. That sure is a snake in the corner, curled up beneath a chair; maybe it is time to move once more, aka stretch a hand over Emil's shoulder to tap the relevant part of the picture.]

You find things? It's easy. [And Lalli is very smart, thank you.] People like books like this?

[He is, oh, mildly intrigued, it's true, but he wouldn't fuckin' know.]

[illequipped]

[Look, Emil burns things for a living, he's a bad person to task with anything like Findings, especially important ones... Though these are Crap Books full of weird pictures, so maybe he can't totally screw this one up. Except for, like, not reading the one line of text on this whole page, leaving him to squint down at it and frown...]

Oh.

[Hmm. Stupid. But now he has to find every one of these things before Lalli can, and the snake doesn't count!!]

I guess so. ["Skeleton" is on this list, though, so,] Whyyy would somebody keep a skeleton in their messy house?

[Don't look for the skeleton... if he tilts the book ever so slightly down so that his shirt covers the list of items, that's totally an accident...]