[text] @langit; library? [open]

[arsarcanum]

i dunno if anyone else is staying in the library but i'm gonna set up there for a few days
sorry if i'm invading someone else's territory
i'll leave as soon as i can get somewhere permanent to stay

[ just a friendly heads up to any library denizens! sorry angel. ]

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[arsarcanum]

i did ask! if it's gonna be more than a few days, i'll let the librarian know
i know how this works, i can do a few favors for them

is there something i shouldn't be messing with in there?
i just don't want to freeze! i'm not a book thief or anything

[vampirella]

( if the librarian isn't put out by this putz in their presence, Carmilla will maybe let go of being offended on their behalf. barely, though. )

the librarian likes to keep the place in order. make sure nobody messes with the books and put them back if you use them, is my advice.

fair enough on freezing but i'm not sure how warm the library is going to be, it wasn't made for residency. any particular reason the floor of the library is more enticing than the floor of the invincible?

[arsarcanum]

[ He isn't out for approval, but he will breathe a sigh of relief. He isn't trying to be a burden! He just would like to be alone, at least for now. ]

i'm not gonna touch them, promise! i got a lot of reading homework on the tablet anyway. [ He's fresh off the boat, after all! Nothing like reading up on this world they're trying to save to put him right to sleep.

As for her other points... Huh. Far be it for him to say that it seems like she's worried. Maybe she doesn't want a corpse in the library? That'd definitely stink up the place.

But, uh. Well, he does have a real answer for that, but he's pretty sure that this network stranger wasn't asking for his life story. ]

to answer your question... stranger danger?
otherwise i plead the fifth!

[vampirella]

( she's worried, but not really about him. more proactively and incredibly zealously protective of the Librarian. she knows she'd find some punk dragging a cot into her space pretty annoying. the Librarian can't actually tell him off because they're more or less nonverbal.

being too softspoken is not something anyone has ever accused Carm of, however, so she's happy to complain for the Librarian by proxy. )

i'm not sure that social anxiety is a good excuse for crashing in a public space, but sure.
that said, if the librarian tells you to hit the bricks, i'd do it. i wouldn't want to be on their bad side.

[arsarcanum]

[ Ah, yeah, social anxiety! Yes, that's the one problem Sora has. Yes! Totally! Definitely! He will not argue with you, network person! ]

i won't bother the librarian! they're cool
do you know what they like? if i stay more than a few days i'm down with paying rent and cleaning
i wanna pay them in what they want tho

[vampirella]

sounds like a conversation to have with the librarian, not with me.
but for the record, they like snacks.

[arsarcanum]

snacks?
snacks i can do
once i get the hang of this ocarina i'll be all over that :)

[vampirella]

good luck with that. contract negotiations are a pain in the ass even when both of you speak the same language.

[arsarcanum]

i mean, not to be nosy, but it sounds like you're talking from experience?

[vampirella]

speaking from experience that binding contracts are annoying and always have fine print? sure. there's a free piece of advice for you.

( granted most of her contracts involve black magic and her crazy mother, and not real estate, but it's still good advice. )

[arsarcanum]

aren't contracts just another kind of promise?
i'm pretty good with those
fine print included

[vampirella]

of course you are. i bet you extoll the virtues of love and friendship, too, when you aren't too busy trying to solve all your problems with positivity

( the poor Librarian was stuck with this sunshine child... Carm feels for them. . . . . )

[arsarcanum]

[ If only she knew. ]

lol yup! sometimes it even works :)

seriously though i don't believe anything's free
is there something you want for the advice?
like i don't think you have like uh what's it called
an ulterior motive?
i just don't want to owe people on my first week here

[vampirella]

i can genuinely say no part of me presumed any ulterior motives

that one's free, kid. bug the librarian too much and maybe i'll change my mind.

[arsarcanum]

is the librarian like that
i've had friends who wanted to be left alone a lot
it's cool
i just have to save it all up for when i meet them so i can be like
BAM
a month of good vibes all in one go
then i can save up for the next month!

[ He's being very, very serious. ]

[vampirella]

i can tell just through text that you've never entertained this concept, but here goes:

some people don't want good vibes ever, and certainly not a month's worth in one sitting

[arsarcanum]

[ He has a feeling he's speaking to one of these people. This has never, ever stopped him. ]

somehow i have trouble believing that
like good vibes are one thing but most people want to be liked right
and some people don't want to be liked by anyone but one person
and some people want to like themselves
people want good vibes! they just can be picky about it
i happen to give them out for free :)

[vampirella]

( god save the Librarian, hopefully they have a lot more patience than Carm does. this conversation is killing her. )

what happened to nothing's free, sunshine?

just do me a favor and keep all your good vibes away from me, and don't bug the librarian, and we'll be fine.

[arsarcanum]

[ Hey, if they save the world and die in the progress, Carmilla will get to enjoy another two whole years of this! Or suffer. Sora thinks it's a matter of perspective. ]

i get a pass because i can't stop being like this
it's too hard

can't promise the first thing, can promise the second thing
i mean, i hope we meet someday? you sound like you could use a friend :)

[ Is he doing this on purpose? Is he? IS HE?? ]

[vampirella]

( can the world eaters bump up their world ending schedule, that sounds terrible. especially because she loves the library and this child of peace and joy is bumping around in there trying to brighten her day is going to give her hives. )

spare me. save your limited charms for the librarian, they're the one that has to put up with you.

[arsarcanum]

hey, limited charm's better than none
and it's worked for me so far! maybe you just have different tastes?
nothing wrong with that
different strokes

[ He is also veeery carefully not going to mention that she keeps replying? Logically, something must be making her come back? Is that not the definition of charm? Those are just the facts, Jack. ]

[vampirella]

( yeah, well, don't read into it too much sora. she's really bored in Beacon. that said, she doesn't have anything else to say, and leaves him on read.

his charms only get him so far with grumpy vampire girls, but, honestly farther than you could have expected!!! all in all, a success!!!!! social link unlocked! )

[arsarcanum]

[ I AM THOU
THOU ART I
THOU HAST ACQUIRED A NEW VOW

IT SHALL GRANT THEE POWER TO FUCK UP WITH FEWER CONSEQUENCES
YEE'HAWST



thanks @ elvira ur a peach]