ELFLOCK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE

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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.

📚 OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

Comments

Winter Shops, Eddy Lurks

[damnnearkilledem]

"A girl's gotta eat," she replies without thinking, and then ducks her face behind her book pile to hide how stupid she feels for blurting something weird. For a few seconds, radiating enough embarrassment to be picked up by a geiger counter.

One hand out, she accepts the book. "Sorry about that," Winter goes on, peeking over her book stack once more, curious. "So, are you like just hangin' out cuz you're l-lost down here forever and have given up all hope?"

Winter Shops, Eddy Lurks

[quidditched]

Eddy fixes a bewildered look on Winter as he attempts to decipher what the connection is between eating and the pile of books she's carrying. Most things seem to provoke that maybe-confused-maybe-in-pain expression out of him. He should really recognize the signs of embarrassment better given how often he's there himself, but then she's breezing forward, bringing his thoughts back to where they'd been lost all day.

A long exhale and a grimace. "Something like that," he agrees, ever uncomfortable taking up too much space, even in his friends' lives. Closing his own book, which he normally would be very interested in, he pushes to his feet and slides half of Winter's stack into his own arms. "Don't worry about it. Lot of books."

Winter Shops, Eddy Lurks

[damnnearkilledem]

Eddy exudes the sort of awkward tension that Winter, herself, imagines she radiates always. Perennially uncomfortable, even in spaces where he shouldn't be. That's not a judgment. More like a glimpse in a mirror. Winter relates. She commiserates. Today, that tension seems especially pronounced, deep and sharp-angled in an unpleasant way. Winter wonders what's wrong, but is afraid to press further.

Instead, she opts for trying to lend support. Distract. "Lucky for you, I'm an excellent navigator," she says, stammering only a little and glad to have the carrying assistance. "We'll be out of here in no time." Probably. "And/or have a cool adventure. Certainly we'll make it to our next shifts, at least."