ELFLOCK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE

[peckishmods]

elflock public library book sale

what's up?

Elflock Falls’s Public Library gets a lot of book donations every year. Residents move, estates give away remaining possessions and some people just buy books and donate them, so the library is never short on tomes. Other things, though? Yes. Frequently. To close the gap a little, every year Elflock Falls Public Library opens up the basement and has itself a sale to clear space and raise money for the library’s many other features ⁠— adult and child literacy programs, night classes, occupational assistance, translation services, the list goes on. Here, you can get some truly interesting texts for rock bottom prices. Even if you’re not the reading type, you never know what weird junk you’ll find sorting through boxes and boxes of books. Not to mention it’s kind of cool snooping through an almost two-hundred-year-old library basement.

It's cloudy and cool but otherwise lovely today. Late fall hangs heavily in the air, the crisp smell of autumn leaves carried on chilly breezes. In all but the most heavily shaded spots, the snow's gone. There's a food stand in the plaza outside serving up a variety of home-cooked fare including the controversial-even-in-West-Virginia West Virginia style hot dog. No food in the 'brary, please!

visuals!

volunteer slots!

Tybalt and Uriah know what they're about. They head straight up into the encyclopedia section and find a nice secluded spot to make out. Unfortunately, the library itself has other plans and the shelves keep moving to expose them to passersby.

Trudy gets lost in the labyrinthine second floor well into the evening and needs to be rescued by Head Librarian Santos.

You're supposed to be quiet! This is a library! [CHARACTER D] gets shushed, but it's not them making all that noise. A high pitched cry of "TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSST!!!" echoes through the library as a magically propelled shoe rockets right by [CHARACTER D]'s feet and disappears between the stacks. How did THAT get in here?

how this works!

📚Fill out this form and post it to the BOOK BUYING header below:

<b>NAME:</b> Who’s hunting? <b>SECTION:</b> pick one: REFERENCE, FICTION, NON-FICTION, CHILDREN’S, ODDITIES, or SURPRISE ME <b>SOMETHING SPECIFIC:</b> If you’re looking for a specific book or specific topic, mention it here and we might narrow your search. Want something pulpy? Looking for more information on muscheron? Trying to find a copy of the 1978 Hogwarts Year Book? <b>ANYTHING ELSE?:</b>
📚 What are the sections?

• REFERENCE: Academic textbooks, encyclopedias, cook books, language books
• FICTION: does what it says on the tin. Prose. Short stories and novels. This is a VERY broad section so if you’re looking for something specific in ANY way you should make note in the “SOMETHING SPECIFIC” part of the form.
• NON-FICTION: essays, biographies, histories.
• CHILDREN’S: children’s books.
• ODDITIES: particularly strange books, magical books, etc.

📚 We will give you between one and four books. Please reply stating if you decided to buy any.

📚 The database of books being RNGed is predominantly fun flavor — real titles have been mixed in with fake books. There are a small handful of pre-written items that could be useful in ongoing plots, but getting a plot relevant or metaplot item is not the goal and is not guaranteed.

📚 Feel free to be as specific as you want with what you're looking for. We may give you exactly what you need. ;)

📚 Other things being sold at the library sale include: vinyl records, a bit of visual media (VHS tapes, DVDs), old book carts and extra shelves

locations!

📚 BOOK BUYING: If you're browsing books, post your form here!

📚 IN THE LIBRARY: Elflock Falls’s public library is two very magical floors of books, books and more books. The interior is an eclectic hodgepodge of old and new, with some parts dating back nearly two-hundred years! While the entrance and circulation area are relatively modern, farther into the heart of the first floor, where the main librarian’s desk is, the floor is heavily worn stone. There are a few computers set up with internet access, a bright and colorful children's section, and twisting rows of books on both floors. The second floor is a bit more maze-like than the more open and welcoming first, which is illuminated by a sky light in the atrium. Being a magical library, everything here has a bit of personality: books might bite, shelves shift, the card catalog is desperate to be helpful, and the staircases sometimes shift while you're on them. It's warm in here. Everything smells of books and paper and dust.

📚 THE LIBRARY BASEMENT: Have you ever wanted to go shopping in a dungeon? If so, you're in luck. The library basement is a creepy network of narrow and dimly lit hallways and countless doors leading to a variety of equally eerie rooms: book binding, book processing, the rare books collection, the depository, storage, storage and more storage, and a few meeting rooms. Several storage rooms have been...sort of cleaned up for the book sale. Poke through shelves and poorly sorted boxes to hunt for weird goodies, or just disappear into one of the creepy old side rooms, never to be seen again!

📚 OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY: It's chilly, but pleasant enough in the sun. You can grab some local greasy spoon goodies at the temporary food stand that's been set up outside. There's space to sit both on the plaza and in the grass, and—Lord, there's some guy here spray painted silver pretending to be a living statue. Does he...realize this is less cool for wizards? He should've put on an Elmo costume or something.

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Comments

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[peckishmods]

hi y'all welcome to jenny's self indulgent i wanted a space to do scenes in a library ic/ooc where you can also get some really dumbfuck books rnged for you

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[crowhop]

somebody save my mushroom son

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[wrencredible]

dfgsdhkfg OH
god

that's so good

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[notpoison]

His adventure never ends.

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[peckishmods]

I love him.

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[lockit]

ramona feels no sympathy for this thief, but i want someone to save him

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[wrencredible]

oh, this is so self-indulgent in the most beautiful way.

i know what at least ONE of my children is gonna be looking for 👀

this is very mood and i definitely want to do lots of stuff when i wake up more

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[notpoison]

THIS IS SUPER CUTE I LOVE IT, would love to do some sceeeenes.

Laszlo was a dramatic asshole last night but he's here to creep for something that sounds dangerous and/or illegal. He will definitely be in the basement if someone would like to join him.

Uriah actually likes reading a lot so he's here to stock up on new reading material, but might detour to do a flirt. Who DOESN'T love making out in a library?

Val is less of a nerd than my boys but there's got to be some cool books on divination or crystals around here.

And actually? A or B for Uriah if anyone wants a piece of him.

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[peckishmods]

Uriah just waiting by the encyclopedias for someone to drop by

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[teratophilia]

armani feels laszlo shut him out last night and is therefore going to be extra clingy today until he's sure laszlo isn't mad and still loves him

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[tristfully]

When I’m done washing my hair I’m gonna snag a Uriah open spot!

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[quodpotted]

Wyatt is here for those hot dogs.

Trudy is VERY EXCITED. Gonna spend all day here. In fact, can I have C for her?

Willow will also be poking around looking for romance novels

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[peckishmods]

Gertrude.

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[damnnearkilledem]

OKAY.

Jupiter came for the hot dogs, might go looking for weird shit stuffed in books.

Winter stole a shopping cart from the Dis 'n' Dat and will be using it to cart the 500 books she buys back to her dorm room.

Hawthorne is going looking for old Potions manuals. Maybe weird art books. Catch him getting locked in a random room in the library basement.

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[gold_digger]

UGH I'm getting all kinds of nostalgic feelings of going to these with my mom. It was like $10 or something per paper bag and it was however many books you could fit in said bag

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[andpoke]

Ooooh THIS IS SO CUTE?!
Audrey is super interested in this and will be Heavily Researching
With hot dog breaks

Chanel reads books and will stop and peruse and also watch out for her Boys juuuust a lil more today. OH AND IT IS TODAY:::: She stuck herself with Muffliato and can’t hear a damn thing so if you’d like to thread with an increasingly frustrated childe, she’s yours and probably I’ll throw up an open laaater

And my youngest son, destroyer of worlds, has never read a book in his life and would only come here if peer pressured
But it would only rly have to be light peer pressure so leeeeeet me know if you want him

DO WANT SCENES

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[ohwormhole]

Fred needs to start tormenting her meditation partner c:

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[negligently]

Would you be interested in doubling down on the trash

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[princeofcat]

I will be good and request this in the right place, A for Trashbalt please

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[lionellovelace]

this is cute!

lionel is definitely here, on the hunt for some great poetry, but a little annoyed that there are so many people. libraries are HIS space.

felicity is here too, looking some centaur lit and eating hotdogs.

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[negligently]

Would anyone like to walk in on Tybalt and Uriah trying to do a kiss for a very bad scene???

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[wrencredible]

i lied when i said i was gonna wake up more and now i'm gonna pass out, but all three of mine are lurking around and available for scenes (tomorrow) if anyone wants them, or i will try to do some opens when i am not dead. ♥

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[ecchymotic]

i still have a copy of 'the confessions of saint augustine' that had newspaper clippings from the son of sam murders tucked in it from when my college library was chucking things. i had many questions then. i still have many questions now.

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[peckishmods]

stupid video i can't stop laughing at

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[tristfully]

This is the most aesthetically Viola event that I ever could have dreamed of and she got the very best books and I am going to make 50 opens for her debut but ... slowly... because I am a slow writer...

Tony is also here. Probably eating hotdogs outside, mostly.