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[theshabbiestofmen]

[Remus looks pale and has awfully dark circles under his eyes, as per usual, and there's a fresh pink scar along the bridge of his nose-- but that can hardly be seen, because right now Remus is too busy flailing his hands around everywhere. He's in the media library, tucked between two stacks, far too many datapads surrounding him.]

Have you all seen this? Have you all seen this? Look at it! Oh, Merlin, I've never seen such literature-- and it's so extensive! I can't even choose, there's far too many-- Sirius Black, you are in trouble when I see you if you knew about this and kept it from me--

[He pushes his fingers through his hair. It ends up sticking up, but that's all right; he's too busy glancing down and scrabbling through the pile of datapads surrounding him.]

Like-- oh, look at this, it's this one story of a-- well, I can't hardly understand it, it's not of a human life, but I think it's a royal hierarchy on this one planet-- and oh, oh, there was one I found where it was entirely about time travel, and going to the future of a planet, and how he dealt with being a thousand years in the future-- oh, they're all so wonderful, I only wish I had more time--

[He glances up at the camera, manic and delighted-- but, because he's Remus, he bites his lip and tries to calm down a little.]

I can't understand why I'm the only person in here. There has to be at least one other person on this ship who'll be pleased by this public service announcement.

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[entrapments]

Disgustingly loveable and surrounded by space-books.

I guess there are worse things you could post with.

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[theshabbiestofmen]

I-- what?

[He blinks at her, thrown off by lovable.]

Um. I-- ah, yes, certainly. I mean, with all the, ah, posts about death and airlocks and such, I rather figured it was time for something nice.

locked remus + isaac + sirius (SO BEGRUDGINGLY INCLUDED..)

[altercate]

[ this is your pack, derek hale. this is your pack. ]

How are you feeling?

locked remus + isaac + sirius (GOOD FOR YOU DEREK WAY TO BE DIPLOMATIC)

[theshabbiestofmen]

Oh, fine. I'm all right. Just a bit sore, you know. Thank you for asking.

[His smile goes a little smaller.]

And thank you for helping me.

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[ringbearer]

[ this whole thing makes him laugh. so that's what he does, and it's a rare thing. ]

I thought I was the only one fond of reading.

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[theshabbiestofmen]

[He beams at Frodo, utterly pleased by that.]

Oh, heavens no. I think books might be the best things in the world-- although chocolate comes in a close second.

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[beneficence]

you're not the only one in here
well
okay you're probably not the only one in here

which library is it? because there's more than one

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[theshabbiestofmen]

There's more than one? And is that a hint I can find a companion if I look hard enough? I'm sorry if I interrupted your reading with my post.

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[darkholme]

[ oh my god, you nerd. Raven's not going on video because she looks a little hellish, but she can't not call him out on his nerdery. she's laughing before she can even say anything. ]

I always figured nerds had this kind of nerd-sense that helped them find the library in any establishment.

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[theshabbiestofmen]

Liking books, Raven, is not the same as being a nerd. And we don't have a sense, incidentally, we usually simply end up wandering and avoiding people who want to sign us up for athletic events until we find it.

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[hostage]

Wow. Nerdgasm over there.

[Not so alone after all, maybe, although Jesse's several rows down by the chemistry reference datapads. He seems to have finished browsing, however, because he has several tucked under his arm. And that's plenty for him. Now he's shuffling over to see what has Remus so worked up.]

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[theshabbiestofmen]

[WOW what a brilliant shade of red Remus has gone. He scrambles to his feet, gathering datapads in his arms.]

Ah-- not quite. Just, er, rather pleased by my finds. Um. Hi. Sorry. Did I interrupt?

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[mathematically]

I don't think anyone can actually be as pleased as you look right now over it.

[ ...lydia, like your own kind of glee about books and finally actually settling down in a media library isn't a reason you're over communicating over text right now. ]

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[theshabbiestofmen]

Well, apparently so! Really, though, I don't understand why more people aren't as excited.

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[doggedly]

[merlin's beard NO but it's too late for an intervention, he's already gushing and making stacks of books-that-aren't-books, this is an all too dark and familiar road--]

Who the hell showed you that!

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[theshabbiestofmen]

I found it on my own, and I'm not leaving, and the least you can do to make it up to me is bring me meals.

[voice] stop being such a hermione

[jurisimpudent]

[His voice is somewhat uncertain.]

...Apologies. People forget you...don't know everything you knew before.

[voice] JOIN HIM MILES

[theshabbiestofmen]

It's more than all right. I don't expect them to, after all.

[Even this uncomfortable subject can't deter his enthusiasm.]

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[growling]

[ AW YEAH BOOKS Josh is totally thrilled, but it's mostly doused by a heavy helping of skepticism over the entertainment value of the royal hierarchies of foreign planets. Reading Dune once was enough, thanks. ]

How's the history selection? [ He would ask for sci-fi, but he's pretty sure future space history is the same thing from his perspective. ]

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[theshabbiestofmen]

I haven't gotten there yet, to be honest, but I expect it's just as extensive and fantastic as everything else.

[abrahamic]

Dude, you are such a nerd.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Hardly. Simply enthusiastic.

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[stimulations]

You may simply have bad timing, if it's empty. I've seen several people coming and going from various of them around the ship. We can't all spend all of our time in there.

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[theshabbiestofmen]

I hardly see why not. It's fantastic. I might change my rooms to here.

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[mingus]

[ Wow that sounds like a fantastic library and man, he could read so much but-- blind.

Hahaha, he's blind and doesn't that send him into a shitty mood as he assumes that since it's a library and therefore books it's not braille or digital, so he can't read it. Ha. Fuck his life.

But he's not one to sit around and hate himself over his handicap. No, instead he'll just press the feed for video, slap on a smile, and shift on his bed so the video shows him sitting up against the wall with the communicator in his lap. ]

A library, huh? Sounds all sorts of fancy. Tell me, are you enjoying the scent of dusty tomes? The feel of the paper beneath your hand? The look of a fresh language to learn? I bet it's fantastic.

[ Okay so maybe he's a tiny bit masochistic. ]

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[theshabbiestofmen]

Not so much yet. I'm only on the datapad books, but I hear there's another sort, the more proper-- er-- traditional types. Although I do miss all that, there's nothing quite like a fresh book in your hands, is there?

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[spitfiery]

[ maybe she ought to have opted to use the text option. it's rather hard to communicate whilst trying to stifle a whole lot of giggling. ]

—I haven't seen anyone look so enthused about books since Taffy Erskine discovered the Wren Library. Are you quite all right there?

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[theshabbiestofmen]

Oh, I'm wonderful. I don't think I've been more all right since I arrived here.

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[grandseigneur]

Fascinating.

They do not seem to be the sort of books I am familiar with.

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[theshabbiestofmen]

Myself either, to be honest, but that just makes them all the more wonderful. What sorts of books are you familiar with?

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[talkstoengines]

Well aren't you a cutie! Don't they have libraries where you come from?

I ain't much of a reader but I do love a good story.

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[theshabbiestofmen]

Oh, they have lovely libraries; my school has an immense one. But I've never had access to so many things I've never read before.

What sorts of stories are your favorites?

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[did]

Don't know that it's exactly new, son, [ Gordon notes, though his tone of voice is hardly one of reproach. ] As far as looking through the whole of it goes, well. Lucky it seems like we've got all the time in the world now, I guess.

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[theshabbiestofmen]

Well, new to me, at least.

[His pleased smile is still quite easy to hear.]

I don't think even that much time will be enough. I've never seen a library so vast-- and oh, there's more than one.

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[meal]

[This video made her giggle. Sob.]

There is a smaller library with books of paper, as well.

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[theshabbiestofmen]

Oh, believe me, that's next on my list.