✏ ( oo1 ) | dictated ; action | even if you're little you can do a lot

[revolter]

[ As some people may have noticed, a few colorful ads have been hanged about the castle, mainly in the most crowded areas. Now you may hear the voice of the girl who hanged them, as she'll read the content of one. ]

Needed: a teacher.

To teach one of the following subjects!

Math; mostly including algebra and geometry, geography, history, literature and poetry, foreign languages of any kind, law.

I know there are people from many worlds in the castle and would appreciate learning of other worlds and their cultures, not just my own.

My name is Matilda Womrwood, I am six and half years old and can be found in the library. I would be very grateful for any help at all.

[ maybe she wrote down that little speech.

action; Matilda can be found sitting in an armchair in the library, surrounded by books of various subjects. Some of them are study books, others are novels. Currently, she's reading Hamlet. ]

Comments

dictated;

[nukeoleptic]

[ Jade's tone is sleepy, warm. She has pretty clearly just recently awoken from a nap. ]

Do you still need a math teacher?

dictated;

[revolter]

Yes, please, if you can.

[ a beat. ]

I'm sorry for waking you.

[nukeoleptic]

It's okay. I woke myself up, honest.

[ Jade's voice is warm, pleased. ]

I can come to the library, if you'd like.

[deductiongeek]

That's an interesting list of subjects. Have you learned anything about them before?

[Count Conan officially intrigued. He knew what kind of level most kids around their (supposed) ages were at. (He'd had to suffer through enough of them back home.) Was Matilda really a kid? Or was she more like himself?]

[revolter]

Miss Honey gave me some books about algebra and geography and the others I taught myself. I read some history books and law books at the library.

[ because unlike most kids who only ever read what interested them most, Matilda took interest in everything and anything. ]

-- Except for the languages. Those I'd just want to learn.

[deductiongeek]

Oh? That's pretty impressive. Most kids aren't interested in things like that.

dictated

[thehangedrose]

Geometry and algebra? Foreign languages?

[Whoah, this is just...he's been with a little girl who didn't know a lot of big words back home, and yet this girl was several years younger than her and somehow wanted to learn things like geography and literature.]

Aren't you a little young to learn stuff like that?

dictated

[revolter]

I don't think so.

[ she hums in thought. ]

My teacher gave me algebra and geometry. The rest I read books about in the library. Except for languages, I never tried learning those. I think I'd like to try.

dictated

[thehangedrose]

Well, alright then...I mean, that's some really good initiative there, it is.

[Garry do you even know if she knows what the word "initiative" means, I MEAN REALLY.]

What kind of books have you read?

[onlyanapple]

Well, it all depends on if you want to be taught how history actually was or what they teach you in history books.

It's not always the same thing.

[revolter]

[ she thinks long and hard before responding. ]

I think I'd like to learn both.

voice

[foolreversed]

[if he weren't on his loss Adachi would only really comment on her age but...]

A teacher...? Well, I'm a police officer but I used to be part of an elite school...

...they really don't provide teachers here for children as young as yourself?

voice

[revolter]

I don't think so. I asked but there's no school and I never found out anything about teachers.

[silentrunning]

[Hi there, Matilda. Have a tall girl in odd boots, jeans and a t-shirt just wandering into the library, herself as it's her favorite hang-out spot. But upon hearing what Matilda's reading, she drifts over. She's kind of shy so it takes her a couple minutes to get up her nerve.]

"I'm afraid I don't know too much of any one subject. But I'd happily impart what knowledge I do have. And I like to read too. Is that a good book?"

[She's not freaking out at a six-year-old girl reading at all. She's just happy for a fellow bookworm.]

[revolter]

It's beautiful. It's a play but I love it; it's Hamlet by William Shakespeare, have you heard of him?

[legacydeck]

You seem well-read for a six and a half year old. I can't make any guarantees about my teaching skills, but it would be an understatement to say I consider myself something of a scholar.

[revolter]

I just...love to read. I always did.

[ her voice grows more hopeful at his words. ]

Then - you will try? I promise, I won't be too much of a trouble.

Sorry for the late. action

[inafadingcrown]

[It's not at all unusual to find Galadriel in the library. Today, though, instead of reading a book, she finds herself watching a very small child. A very intelligent small child, by the looks of things. Eventually, she sets aside her book and turns her full attention to the girl.]

That is quite a collection you have gathered, little one.

hush now. action

[revolter]

[ She looks up, takes in her appearance for a moment before offering her book to mask the fact that she is staring. ]

They're all wonderful. I have As You Like It down there but Hamlet is my favorite so far.

i'm not late!!

[bronwe]

I could recite poems for you, though they aren't the grand sort of verses by any measure.

I'm not either!

[revolter]

I love poetry.

[ she sounds excited, very excited. Maybe you made her day, too, Frodo. ]

I read a few books at the library before I came here. But a lot of them were sad. I'll try to remember happy ones, too.

action because OMG squee

[theabjectauthor]

[Lemony is in the process of searching for a few books of his own. he rounds a corner of the stacks, a sizeable pile of mysteries and other assorted books already in his arms, intent on finding himself a nice comfortable chair, and stops]

Good evening. I'm sorry to interrupt, but might I join you?

:D

[revolter]

[ she lifts her head from Hamlet, studies him for a moment before nodding. Perhaps she's a bit shy. ]

What are you reading?

Dictated

[molotov]

Romance languages, or do you care to learn something better?

[Like Russian.]

Dictated

[revolter]

I'd love to learn anything.

[ and then she adds: ]

What makes a language better than another one?