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ᴅʀɪғᴛᴇʀ ([personal profile] hyperlit) wrote in [community profile] lifeaftr2019-03-26 07:06 pm

i'm looking for an easy thing [ OPEN MINGLE ]

Who: Anyone and everyone! Who wants to look at books?
What: BOOKVALANCHE
When: Let's say from the 25th and onward for simplicity
Where: The Storyteller's Temple, in addition to the library that's finally getting some much-needed attention
Warnings: Mark anything that comes up!



The library is finally getting some renovations! Between some new bookshelves (hope someone here is good at hauling) and a veritable cascade of all sorts of books and supplies, an awful lot needs to be transferred from the Temple to the heretofore unused library, and any help anyone has to offer is much appreciated!

But, of course, there's also so very much to go through for your own perusal. Just look at all this! Coloring books, puzzle books, stories of all sorts, comic books, fashion magazines, all sorts of survival texts...you name it.

This all needs to be put away and stored in those neat little waterproofing book protectors - shelves need to be moved, supplies need to be secured, and someone should probably take inventory. But also...there's a lot of fresh new reading material on an island that previously had none.

Isn't that worth looking over?
postictal: (im going to punch you in the taint)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-04 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a very brief moment in which Tim suspects that it is exactly the kind of book she's hoping it'll be, and he closes his eyes in preparation for...whatever comes next. He's heard a pair of kids reading fanfiction about Sans aloud for all to hear, and even he doesn't want this.]

[Thank fuck this isn't the case.]


I think most of this stuff is...for helping us survive. Instructions about how to do basic stuff you'd need to live on an island like this one.
technicallytechnically: (and you dont have to keep it quiet)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-04-04 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
People need love to survive too!

[She looks genuinely huffy about... not getting her smut fiction.

But then she slips the knot how-to book into her bright pink haversack anyway. No reason. Really.
]

Besides, there is actually a lot of education in some romance books. They have a lot of history sometimes, and um... chemistry... if you don't know how to read then they can teach you that... geography... anatomy...
postictal: (tim pretends he doesn't give any shits)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-04 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Some people do.

[Tim's pretty sure he's not one of those people. At least - not in that regard.]

Yeah, so there's a lot of kids here I'm not sure need to be reading that stuff anyway. [He'd suggest she put all that shit on the top shelves, but...he feels like if he were to suggest it, she'd do the exact opposite, so, no, he's not going to say that at all.]
technicallytechnically: (high in the sky)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-04-04 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jester rolls her eyes because Someone wasn't brought up with the concept of avoiding the topic of sex around children. She grew up in a very high-class brothel with an agoraphobic mother who also happened to be a world-famous sex worker, alright.]

That doesn't mean it shouldn't exist. I probably wouldn't put it in the kid's section.

If that bunny person even gave us any.
postictal: (top 5 gayest hardcore breakdowns)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-04 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
You put coloring books in the cooking section. I'm not going to base anything off of whatever your organization system is.

[Whether that was on purpose or not, it doesn't inspire confidence. All right.]

You'd have to look around more, then. I didn't make this request, so I don't know what was included. Or what people were asking for. You know you could always ask the Storyteller yourself.
technicallytechnically: (to the great unknown)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-04-04 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess I could... But I don't know if that'd be good, you know?

[Which is the only warning Tim gets before Jester goes into Overshare Mode.]

'Cause my guy is the Traveler, and I don't know if he's like, friends with the Storyteller, or if they know each other at all, or if he'll get really jealous, and I think he's already kinda mad at me? I think the Storyteller might be giving him gossip that might not be true?? And I guess the Storyteller would like books since that's their name and all, but I don't know if I became friends with them, if the Traveler would be like, hey, I thought I was your friend, what gives Jester.
postictal: (look at all this bullshit)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-04 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It's...telling stories so you get stuff. I don't - is religion a monogamy?

[He was never religious. He knows of religion, sure - you can't grow up in Alabama without a heavy dose of that good old Christian indoctrination going on in the background, on billboards, on television, buzzing in his ears whenever he tries to take his mind off it.]

[But the very literal and verifiable representation of gods? That's new.]


I'm pretty sure your...Traveler isn't here, anyway. If he's a god. Is he?
technicallytechnically: (oh if only their eyes could see)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-04-04 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[AMAZING HOW ONE CLUELESS PERSON CAN INSTANTLY SAY THE ONE SENTENCE SHE MOST FEARS WITHIN MINUTES OF MEETING HER. Overshare Hour has: backfired.

Jester's response is... a bout of giggles. If it weren't for her expression, they'd sound perfectly genuine.
]

Oh, don't be dumb, of course he's here. He's the Traveler. He's been everywhere! Too many places to tell me about! He can go wherever he wants!
postictal: (i'll punch a baby i don't give a fuck)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-04 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well, get used to that not being the case.

[He slides another book onto a designated place on a corresponding shelf, and shrugs tiredly.]

If he was, I'm guessing you wouldn't be stuck here. Plenty of things that should be possible shouldn't, and the other way around. [Hopefully some measure of his...resigned calm will feed into what he's pretty sure is nascent panic.]
technicallytechnically: (anything you want to do it)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-04-04 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maybe that logic would've worked on Jester had she not, at one point, felt completely abandoned by the Traveler when she was kidnapped by slavers and kept confined and tortured. He can be anywhere he wants. That just doesn't always include... intervening the way she maybe expects.

But she was released eventually. And she met with him again. And she'd forgiven him.

But the thing about gods being very much real, also means eventually learning they're very much fallible.
]

Well, maybe he doesn't feel like sending me back home, or maybe he can't because of the Storyteller—you don't know anything about him. Maybe he doesn't even know I'm here yet! I bet I just need to keep doing things and then eventually he'll notice!
postictal: (u like eating so much??? eat shit)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-05 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Uh-huh.

[Said with a tone that clearly implies he thinks she should probably give up now and save herself the headache, buuuuut...]

Well, you can...keep telling yourself that, if you want. I'm not gonna stop you. [He's not going to convince her, either. That's way more trouble than it's worth, especially since he doesn't know her.]

You gotta name?
technicallytechnically: (simply look around and view it)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-04-07 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, maybe she will. But the moment he asks her name, she seems content to set aside any talk of whether or not the Traveler is still with her. In fact, her mood picks up noticeably as she brightly steps closer to thrust her hand in offer of handshake.]

Oh! Hi, I'm Jester!
postictal: (i'll punch a baby i don't give a fuck)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-07 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Not for nothing, Jester, but he's going to check your hand to make sure there aren't any whoopee cushions or joy buzzers in there before shaking it. He's had his dealings with a wisecracking skeleton, and that was enough for him to learn what to expect from certain archetypes.]

Tim.

[Jester. He'd go so far to say that the name suits her.]
technicallytechnically: (living there well be free)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-04-11 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Thanks, she picked it herself.

And listen, if whoopee cushions or joy buzzers were a more common thing in her world, you wouldn't be unwise to check. But also, Jester is offended at the notion. She's perfectly innocent. She's never once covered her hand in honey before a handshake.
]

Tim! Hey, what's that thing behind you??
postictal: (behind you)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-11 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[That catches him the way nothing else in this conversation has - though maybe not in the way Jester would expect. He goes still for half a minute, his breath catching in his throat, and an old feeling stirs at the corners of his eyes. Don't turn around.]

[So he doesn't turn around. He just freezes.]

[It's a veritable battle to keep his voice steady when he answers.]


What do you mean.
technicallytechnically: (is your cup half full or empty)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-04-14 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, the freezing is... unexpected. He suddenly looks deathly serious. She didn't mean to scare him.

So she tries to do damage control. Her hands come up and she gestures frantically that no, it's okay, everything's fine.
]

Oh, I mean, it's nothing dangerous, it's just something really cool, like uhh, I think it's a... really funny bird?? Its feathers are doing something soooo crazy, you've got to see how crazy this bird is.

[She's practically forgotten what the hell she was even going to do while his back was turned, now, so we're really flying by the seat of our pants here.]
postictal: (how many stinkeyes can tim have)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-15 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
...right.

[God, why'd his shoulders get so tense? When did they get so tense? His back is too stiff, his fists curled at his sides, and...]

[Breathe.]

[He breathes. Slow, easy, simple. It doesn't make any of it go away, but the knee-jerk klaxons no longer thrum away in his skull, and it's clearer now that she's just trying to recover something that he made weird. Quit making things weird, Tim. Jesus.]


A bird. In the library.
technicallytechnically: (and all that will come in between)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-04-15 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's part of why it's so crazy!! How did that guy get in here!! Man!! Wait, maybe they're one of those talking birds, like they're actually a person that got brought here and not just one of the local, uh, wildlife? That would explain a lot, 'cause this bird person looks really cool.

[He's not looking! She's hyping this up so much! What must she sacrifice to get one man to look over his shoulder!

Okay, obviously she's just not selling it enough.
]

HOLY SHIT, THE BIRD JUST STARTED POOPING ALL OVER THE BOOKS!!!

[Nailed it.]
postictal: (im Tired)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-15 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Tim's...still not looking. He's just staring at her, faintly bemused, his frown darkening increasingly the longer she goes on. The escalation would've been forced even if it weren't obviously a backpedal from earlier.]

[It's not really clear what she's trying here, so eventually Tim just...sighs.]


If you want me to stop talking to you, you can just say so.
technicallytechnically: (give me one good honest kiss)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-05-09 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Jester... immediately deflates. She didn't mean to hurt his feelings!!]

No! I like talking to you! You're super nice and you have, uh, good sideburns? I just wanted you to turn around so I could... put a dick on the shelf.

[Tonally, the way she admits it is absolutely not the way those actual words should ever be said. She offers no explanation for what she means by "put a dick on the shelf". But she apparently takes it very, very seriously, by how disheartened she is now.]
postictal: (jay was just waiting that whole time)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-05-09 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow. It's actually been years since anyone brought up his sideburns, and they used to be his defining trait and everything. He stares at her for a moment, frowning.]

Like...a fake one, or a real one?

[If it's a fake one, that's fine, that makes more sense. If it's a real one that's somehow been detached from its owner, Tim is going to have questions.]
technicallytechnically: (were walking a tightrope)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-05-22 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
Both, technically? Like, technically it's a fake dick, because it's not from a person? But also my paint makes things real, technically.

[It doesn't make them Flesh, which she neglects to mention. Her magic paint is essentially a 3D printer.]
postictal: (gdi jay)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-05-22 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Please don't put any dicks on the shelf.

[He doesn't own this place, but he's going to have to try and find whoever technically owns it just so he can be like, hey, let me give you a handy sign of rules and have one of those be: don't put dicks on the shelf.]

There's a ton of kids here, for one. Might get awkward.
technicallytechnically: (and that none of the stars)

[personal profile] technicallytechnically 2019-06-06 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Jester raises her eyebrows and makes a face very akin to Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell.]

Kids know what dicks look like.

[Just take it from her. She didn't always look like this. Once, she was even smaller.]
postictal: (i did not want this and still do not)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-06-06 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
Not all of them.

[He does not want to have to answer any questions Ren might have, okay? And if she asks any of them to his face, he's redirecting her to the elves.]

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