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

[hyperlit]

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?

Comments

[hyperlit]

[He can speak.]

[The Drifter relaxes almost instantly, their hand falling away as they straighten up and cock their head to one side. Most things that mean them harm do not waste time on pleasantries, and so the Drifter no longer expects such a thing from him.]

[In the very same manner they asked about flying:]

can read?

[petrifiedshadow]

[ Starflight watched Drifter's hand for a few more moments, but eventually relaxed himself. Though the question caught him off guard. ]

Of course I can read! It would be silly if I couldn't! That's why I want to help get all these books put away.

[ He looked a little put out, shuffling in the doorway. Only baby hatchlings and RainWings couldn't read, and he was certainly neither. ]

[hyperlit]

some cannot

[...Drifter how would Starflight be answering you if he couldn't.]

can write?

[DRIFTER ARE YOU PLAYING 20 QUESTIONS]

[petrifiedshadow]

[ Starflight frowned. ]

Yes, I can write.

...can you write?

[hyperlit]

yes

[They're...technically not writing now, but they can, yes.]

your species:
unknown

[petrifiedshadow]

Oh, I'm a dragon. A NightWing.

[ He didn't bother showing his wings again and the pattern of star-like silver scales, considering he just had. It seemed redundant. ]

Are you some sort of scavenger? I didn't know they had blue skin.

[hyperlit]

not a scavenger
a drifter

[Though...there are certainly similarities between the two. More derogatory views of a drifter's ways would consider them scavengers, in a sense. They pick through old ruins and dead bodies, and salvage equipment and broken history from that which is long-dead.]

[By definition: something of a scavenger.]

[petrifiedshadow]

Hm.

[ Perhaps a 'drifter' was a different tribe of scavenger? Like the difference between an IceWing and NightWing. He would have to give this more thought. ]

Do you have a name?

[hyperlit]

[...well, yes. Sort of. It's more of a title, really.]

drifter

[You see? Drifter, the drifter.]

you?

[petrifiedshadow]

[ Well, that was...straightforward. ]

My name is Starflight.

[ Starflight, the NightWing, which was not much more original than 'Drifter, the drifter', once you broke it down. ]

It's nice to meet you.

[hyperlit]

[The Drifter inclines their head, which is the closest one gets to a "likewise" with them. A wordy creature the Drifter is not, despite their fascination with words and history at large.]

required storage of history

[petrifiedshadow]

[ Starflight tilted his head, parsing that Drifter said ]

"Storage of History"? You mean the library? Are there a lot of history scrolls here?

Or books I guess, I haven't seen any scrolls yet.

[hyperlit]

will be

[That's why they started this endeavor in the first place - and finally got the resources to do something about it.]