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[ladiesss]

Who: Krista & YOU
Broadcast: Video!
Action: For all library visitors!
When: NOW?

[the fleet's resident, soft-spoken teen goth shows up on screen... backed by several bookcases filled with books! and maybe a couch back there. she waves, awkwardly.]

Uh, hey guys. Good news, the Bishop's library actually made it through the whole space-fight thing pretty well. The electronic tracking system is still down, but that's why people invented pencils and stuff.

[she gives the camera a funny look.] --No, actually, I'm pretty sure it's... the other way around. ... So nevermind.

[she holds up a very... charred-looking book. it had a red cover, once.]

The bad news is that "The Romantic History of the Galactiplastic Sector 9" totally bit it. So, uh. If there was a waiting list, we're gonna have to put this one on hold for a while. Alternatively, if anyone would like to play a little funeral tune, now's the time.

[she just. drops it flat on the floor. it's dead to her.]

So, um, for everyone who doesn't know... Me and a bunch of other people around here have been putting together a little library in the spare room on the Bishop... The ship's still kind of a mess from the fight, but anyone's welcome to come in and read or check out books, or whatever. We take donations and basically whatever stuff people bring us.

And we've got beanbags. And little lights that go "wowowo..." [accompanied with a little finger-wiggle and a totally straight face.] So if you're into that. This might be your jam.

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[alternatively, if anyone comes to visit the library--it's a personnel room that's been outfitted with lots of bookcases, a couch, a table covered in archival materials, and several beanbags that you can drag around and sit in...

the collection is still small, but there's a little something for everybody! fiction, nonfiction, history, magic, charts, maps, comic books, whatever. Krista's around, probably putting books back on a shelf.]

Comments

[openhands]

Were this the ideal, I would not have those people on these ships. They shouldn't be on the front line like that.

[She's stern and forceful in giving her opinion on the matter, but it is coming from a place of concern. They don't have the skills necessary to protect themselves. The helpless should not have to help themselves.]

But... [She sighs and shakes her head a little.] You may wish to speak to Commander Cullen Rutherford, if you have not already. He does not have experience with...space ships, [still such a weird, weird concept] but he is an excellent military strategist and I have watched him turn clueless recruits into good soldiers. His input may be of use to you.

[ino]

I agree, but unfortunately that's pretty much out of our hands.

[ A sigh ]

Commander Cullen, huh? What ship is he on?

[openhands]

I believe he said he was aboard the Huntress when we last spoke.

[ino]

Cool, I'll send him a message then.

[ Why does that name sound so familiar, tho ... ]

Oh. Wait. The really pretty one? [ She squints at Cassandra. ] Do you know a Dorian?

[openhands]

I do. Unless he's done something, then no. I've never heard of him.

[ino]

[ That gets a laugh ]

He's one of my communications people.

Atroma sure likes your world, huh?

[openhands]

So it would seem. I can't tell if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

[ino]

[ She shrugs ]

It sounds like all of you are at least allies in some way, so I guess it can't be that bad, right?

[openhands]

Not all, but yes. Most of them, I could consider as much.