Crystal

[armd]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Mobius and Abby
RECIPIENT: Youse
NOTES: Gentle reminder from your friendly librarians. ITT: Pedant behaviour and idle threats of violence

[There's a small moment of taking a breath, with a sound and tone like a tired schoolteacher.]

I'd like to remind people of some basic library etiquette. The library is for everyone. Don't be loud, rowdy, or obnoxious while in there. If you make a mess, clean it up. Don't run. Don't leave candles burning after you're done with them. Don't reshelve books yourself. Popular books can have waitlists, and said list will be followed, and no, you cannot skip places unless someone decides they don't actually want it after all.

If you must bring food and drink into the library, say for a long research session, [Viktor, Stephen,] be careful about it. Don't eat over a book and get crumbs and jam and grease stains all over the texts. If you spill your ale over it and it comes back in an unacceptable condition, you're getting charged for it. There are old maps, scrolls, tomes, and the like in the library that are invaluable to us, so be mindful of how you handle them. And, accidents happen. If you damage a book, just be upfront about it. A lot of it can be mended, like broken spines, loose covers, and more.

Dog-ears are annoying; bookmarks exist.

[There's a lean forward.]

Do not. write. in. the books.

[And a lean back.]

If you don't return your overdue books, I'll break your arm.

She's joking.

I'm not. Try it.

Abby—

[The crystal clicks off.]

Comments

[favoriteanalyst]

Sturdy ones, maybe some scrap leather, nice decoration, Riftwatchers can get them for free or maybe just a discount price. Sell to the public.

[icasm]

Yes! Some Kirkwall specific motifs could also pull the interest of locals and those traveling here.

[favoriteanalyst]

Good, I'll give you the job of figuring out what the design should be and commissioning people to print it. [bc he was obviously fishing for another job right? right]

[icasm]

[ Do you hear that noise? It's the sigh of a person who is being roped into something that they practically signed themselves up for. ]

Of course, of course. But you'll need to provide me with a budget.

[favoriteanalyst]

What if I say once we start selling it'll pay for itself? [That's not how this works...]

[icasm]

I would say that no printer worth their materials would accept that as prepayment.

[sprent]

If it's connected to Riftwatch's external reputation and image I could pitch it to my Division head for you.

[icasm]

...that isn't a terrible idea, thank you Gela.

Who is heading Diplomacy these days?

[sprent]

Derrica is. Do you know her?