FEBRUARY INTRO MINGLE

[asgardmods]

Who: Newbies and anyone who wishes to greet them!
What: Getting used to the city
When: Days 397 and forward
Where: Anywhere in town!
Rating: PG-13 tops! If it gets worse, move to a private log please.

[Please include your location and the IC day (ex. Day 397 - this can be found in the schedule) in your top-level comment or your subject line when starting a thread! It can be any welcome hall, major attraction, or just out an about in any district. For newbies making a top-level thread, you may include your character's name/canon/house in your subject line if you'd like, to make housemates easy to find! :) If a God is needed or wanted, please ping the mods and depending on availability we might be able to throw them in where asked.

Also, keep an eye on the event schedule for February! If you're ICly introing during an event, make sure you take that into account. Thank you!

Have fun!]

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September / Odin, the Great Library / D400

[quantumtangled]

[One early morning arrival has already found the most fascinating thing he thinks he possibly could--the library. He's leafing through books at a rapid pace, either the world's fastest reader or pretending to be. Every single subject seems to interest him and he shows no signs of stopping for hours. He doesn't leave any books out of place, of course, that would be rude.]

[This really is the most exciting thing that's happened to him in years, not that it shows much at all in his body language or expression. Forget finding his room or a place to eat, can he live in the library?]

/SMASHES IN

[digophelia]

[She likes to travel, what can she say?

Or keeping her mind preoccupied on less... stranger things. To stretch her legs. And just procrastinate on returning to her own district. The last time she was here, Rapunzel and Alice had tried to find what they could on the life tree to no avail.

He could have been a statue at first. Although statues don't exactly seem that colorful. How he's going through the books has Alice at the very least glancing over.]

[quantumtangled]

[It's possible he's only looking at the illustrations, not reading. Even at his pace, there's so many more books to go. Her staring at him is noted and dismissed, because surely he's not doing anything off limits, it's a public library.]

[digophelia]

[More or less because of her curiosity often beckons her, she is going to be kind enough to check in.

Kind, as in, being a little too much of a nuisance for her own good.]

... Are you lost?

[quantumtangled]

No.

[Lost just doesn't happen to him. He remembers every street he passes.]

[comeonthensexy]

[ Wandering along a shelf, dragging his fingers across the spines of the books. Might be looking for one in particular. Aaand bumping straight into September. Because looking where you're going is for losers. ]

Oh!

[quantumtangled]

[Too absorbed in reading to get out of the way, he's there to get in everyone's way.]

[Looking up, endlessly curious, and making room for the Doctor to pass.] My apologies.

[comeonthensexy]

No worries.

[ Not like it was his fault or anything.

He sidles around with every intention of continuing, but stops when he sees what September is reading. Instead, he stops there, basically leaning against September's back, and raises a hand to point at the book. ]

I was looking for that.

[ Or at least now that he's seen it, he wants it. ]

[quantumtangled]

[Oh. Well, then--he keeps up his insane reading pace.]

I am almost finished.

[In fact, if he keeps the Doctor talking a few minutes, he will be. Then he'll hand it over. No fuss.]

[littlesoul]

[She comes to the Great Library because it's comforting. Surrounding herself with knowledge has always been something she looked forward to and being able to do it here, to ground herself within books and words, is something she was eager to do.

She's settled on the top of a bookshelf, her body curled up in a ball as she watches people move through the library It's seeing the person she does not recognize that she shifts her body, peering down at him with curious eyes.]

Are you new?

[quantumtangled]

[He looks... up. In his own way, he's as curious as she is. Humans, always doing things that only seem purposeless at first glance, like climbing bookshelves.]

Yes, I am new.

[littlesoul]

[She offers a slight wave when his eyes meet her.] The library is a good place to be for new people. So many books to get lost in, to learn from.

[quantumtangled]

The library is the place to begin.

[A vague sort of agreement, like it's a fact. Of course, he's always open for corrections.]

[sexyoldgirl]

[Another day in the library, another day of new arrivals. She thought she might actually avoid most of them if she hid in here but that doesn't seem to be the case. Though new arrivals in the library couldn't possibly be so bad. Especially not one that was flipping through the books so quickly.

Which makes the TARDIS move in closer to observe him.]

Are you reading or just browsing?

[quantumtangled]

[He doesn't actually pause and look up. This book must be extra interesting, and he doesn't quite understand he's being rude.]

I am reading.

[sexyoldgirl]

[Quite alright, really. The TARDIS isn't one to be offended easily.]

Is it interesting? [She doesn't doubt him for a minute. Time Lords had the capability of reading at speeds faster than a human.]

[quantumtangled]

[It's a history book of another world, so...]

Very much so.

[He could seem a lot more interested, honestly.]

[artifacetious]

[ Claudia's been spending more time in the library since the journal incident, researching the history of Asgard. She hasn't found much (just as predicted) but it's something to keep busy outside of the workshop, and she's made a habit of curling up in a snuggly armchair to read on her off days.

It's difficult to miss the newcomer, with how fast he's flipping through the books. As he works his way down the shelves towards her she gets more and more curious -- is he reading or skimming or just being really weird? ]

They've got a card catalog here, y'know.

[quantumtangled]

[Weird is a concept he doesn't understand. There may be someone out there patient or crazy enough to sit him down with flowcharts and diagrams to explain it, but that person is far far away.]

[He fails to get her point.]

Yes, I am aware.

[artifacetious]

So... if you're looking for something, you can find it that way.

[quantumtangled]

This is what I was looking for.

[And the one before this. And the one before that... so on and so on.]

D400

[eyesofwonder]

[North has been keeping himself very occupied the last few days. Between everything that was happening outside and having a wealth of knowledge inside here to explore, it was more than an easy task to keep North's hands busy. Although he himself was not sure if any of this information will ever be useful, it might be. This was enough to convince North to learn all he can.

He was certainly living up to the task. In North's hands was a high stack of books he had pulled from the shelves. Their subjects were a diverse group: ranging from titles about the Gods themselves, Giants, to locations outside of Asgard. The stack was also quite heavy. Though North didn't have any difficulty holding them, it did unfortunately make it harder to move through the aisles.

Still, North should have been able to avoid bumping into a man practically speed-reading through the books, right? Wrong. At just the moment North was carefully moving around, the stack started to tip slightly. Quickly, North walked a little forward to straighten out the leaning tower. Unfortunately, it also meant North colliding into September a tad. And of course, a few books also decided to fall to the ground thanks to the newest movement. Nice save, huh?]

Ah! So sorry, my friend. Was not my intention.

[quantumtangled]

[Just an hour ago, outside the land of Asgard, he would have been able to catch those books. Now he can't even get out of the way, and North dwarfs him height-wise and... belly-wise.]

[He picks up the fallen books, helpfully, putting his aside.]

Would you like a cart?

[eyesofwonder]

No. That will be not nec- [It takes North all of a second to realize that maybe the man has a point. Compared to what North usually gets into, carrying those books is laughably easy for his strength. But...Well, he wouldn't have almost covered the man in books had he not pushed it.

Instead, North nods and helps pick up some of the books with a small chuckle.]

Ha! Thank you for your help my friend. Yes, yes. That would be best idea now I think.

[quantumtangled]

[Excuse September for being nosy and reading over the book titles, quickly. The same sorts of things he's interested in, he approves.]

There is one two aisles over. Are you a new arrival?

[No pause between these two different sentences. His mind works fast.]