Public Library

[Lermanicus]

Shelby settles down in a easy chair, wiggles and maneuvers a bit to get comfortable. After the accident even sitting is less pleasurable. She reads through today's edition of the Bee. The library was not as busy as it normally is.

Maye thats why she noticed. Because there was nothing unusual about his appearance — quite the contrary. A studious man in his mid-forties, wearing a blue blazer and khaki pants, he could have been mistaken for half the scholars who walk through the college library's doors. He was a withdrawn, slight-framed person with a biggish nose, smallish chin, reddish hair and mustache. Yet the man kept looking over his shoulder and flashing her "surreptitious" looks. Her suspicions soon deepened. The in Shelby's peripheral vision it appears that he just tore a page from the book he is reading. Looking directly at him now he is sitting there reading as if nothing happened... "Did he tear the page out?" you wonder.



There is a loud giggle from the couple followed by hush giggles as they try to rein in their overtures.

[Aeolus]

A slow day. Emily hated those. It tempted those who had nothing but bullshit up there. Her hand felt her pocket, where she kept a pack of cigarettes - she didn't smoke (at least not cigs), but it was one of the better hiding places for a joint. She considered lighting it up; the library was empty enough, but her sense of duty defeated her addiction.
Instead she got up and decided to take a look around to make the time until she can go home pass quicker.

[Lermanicus]

The man never looks up as you pass. His hand partially covers the front of the mustard yellow cloth hard cover. He appears to have not started the book to long ago, as he is close to the front of it. The book's current open pages show no sign of tearing.

gle Boy
Grotto

That was the top right corner, it would seem to be a title.

ood

That is in the bottom right corner.

[Lermanicus]

Emily sees a rather plain college aged girl, she would of been of no note if she did not have such a pronounced limp. She seems headed to the front of the library.

The young couple seem to have settled down and actually started to work on what appears to be a research project.

There is a rather large plaque on the wall near Emily honoring the late Melvil Dewey.

[Lermanicus]

Encyclopedic Knowledge

Mortal ST for Shelby rolls 6 to Encyclopedic Knowledge (10 Again)
6, 8, 1, 8, 3, 5
2 successes

She had read somewhere:
"The covers of modern hardback books are of thick cardboard. Until the mid-20th century, those of mass-produced books were covered in cloth."

This was a cloth covered book and the with the font it all indicate a pre WWII children's adventure book.

[Aeolus]

Yep, slow day indeed. Emily wondered whether she should just pick up a book and kill some time with her new interest (it's been organic chemnistry for a few weeks now), but that limping girl might need help.

"Aw come on girl, that'll be your good deed for today.." she muttered in a sarcastic tone, before she more or less enthusiastically made her way to the limping girl.