1 (LATEST INTRO...)

[acuity]

action, at Mayfield public library.

[ a girl is frowning as she surveys the titles. if you're around in the library, she'll probably be coming up to you with a copy of Cooking For Spoiled Princess Brats Dummies in her hands, looking more than a little annoyed. ]

This is the local library, right? Is the selection of books here really this... limited?

action, at 308 miller (with Blu Spy).

[ it takes her a while to muster up the courage to return home. people are supposed to revive if they die here, though. everything should be fine. she inhales and opens the door, glancing inside with caution. ]

I'm back...

Comments

Library

[returntosender]

Ah-yeah. The books here aren't... really extensive. [Trust him he's tried countless times to find something substantial on the history and mechanics of Mayfield with no results.]

[acuity]

I can see that. But... it's supposed to be a library...

[ said in the voice of someone who practically lives in them 8( ]

[returntosender]

It might be easier if we were older...[Not really spoken to her directly, since he's browsing the shelves as well.]

[acuity]

Why would that make a difference? With a selection like this...

[returntosender]

Oh, sorry.

It's because somehow this town has a way to filtering the books depending on what we are... At least that's what I've heard.

[acuity]

Is that so? That's rather hard to believe... but, we should test it out!

[returntosender]

Mm? ["We"?]

You, want me to help??

[acuity]

Don't you want to see if it's true?

[returntosender]

Well, yeah, I just...

Uhm, I don't mind going along. What should we look for first?

[acuity]

[ ... taking a long hard critical look at the shelves and shelves of cooking/cleaning books in front of her >8| ]

Anything that doesn't have to do with housework, perhaps.

[returntosender]

[Hope looks at the shelves with contemplation.]

I don't see any books on housework... I see a few on mechanics, war novels, and then just comics.

[acuity]

[ a look of puzzled surprise. ]

Really? Where would these be?

[returntosender]

Right here. [He holds out a book he took off the shelf for her to see.]

[acuity]

[ checking it out!... Mechanics for Dummies, well that's at least a little more interesting 8|a ]

So this would be the filtering system in action...

[returntosender]

Probably... why don't you try taking one off the shelf and see what happens?

[acuity]

[ LET'S DO THAT, then. she picks one out at random, looks at the cover, looking pretty disappointed. ]

Almost all of them are like this.

[returntosender]

...Weird. [Hope takes out another book from the shelf. The cover greatly different from Dawns.]

This is the one I got.

[acuity]

[ ... staring at the place where he'd pulled that out of. ]

Let's try an experiment. What's the title of the book next to it?

[returntosender]

"Casino Royale: A James Bond Novel". What do you see?

[acuity]

[ she takes it out to see!

... 8( the cover makes her sadface a little. she misses her Rapidash firepony. ]

[returntosender]

I don't think we're gonna have much more luck...Is something wrong?

[acuity]

It's... nothing important. I was just reminded of a friend back home...