δέκα; [dicated]

[lioneyed]

[When Thamuris opens up the journal he sounds a bit, well, shaken. Literally in this case.]

I think... the library is mostly intact, but a lot of the books came off the shelves. And a few of the standing ones tipped over against the walls. I'm going to make sure nobody got buried under the books.

Blessed Tetrachs, this is going to take forever to pick up...



[OOC: open for action replies from people in the library, if they want]

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[radiantwingedone]

Lots of books.

[ Duke has this to say about his loss. It seems to make a difference on a hangover-

But he starts carefully shifting about. He's debating if its worth anything more than his dignity to stay on hands and knees so he doesn't step on books... ]

[lioneyed]

Quite. Are you all right?

[radiantwingedone]

.... Still have a headache.

[ It might have been helped by the books falling all over the place.

No he's just going to sit here for the time being. ]

Will fix it in a moment. Are any shelves nearby fallen over?

[lioneyed]

There's... one maybe two feet away. I was afraid the one right next to use was going to go, but it just wobbled a little.

[radiantwingedone]

... I can start getting it upright, if something isn't leaning on it from the other side...

[ And he rubs at his head, checking to see how much of the ache was from books and how much was from drinking. He'll get a spell working a moment later, working the ache a way. ]

... Your head hurts?

[Dictated]

[lightbranded]

[Will was in a different corner of the library.]

It seems like there are quite a few of us here. But I haven't found anyone badly hurt yet.

[Dictated]

[lioneyed]

I guess that's not terribly surprising - it's a big place.

Perhaps we should find somewhere we'll all be safe if there are more aftershocks.

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[lightbranded]

Someone mentioned the gardens over the journal. I think everyone is gathering there.

[lioneyed]

Oh, that sounds good - provided the doors aren't blocked with books, anyway....

[Dictated]

[strangewonders]

...then I didn't imagine my room falling on my head?

[If he sounds a bit out of it, well. There was a lot of stuff in that room, none of it earthquake-proof. Hangovers and minor head injuries are such a great combination]

[Dictated]

[lioneyed]

Oh dear. No, I'd say not.

Are you all right?

[Dictated]

[strangewonders]

Nothing broken.

[His head hurts like hell, but it had before the room started shaking, so it's hard to tell if that means anything]

Any idea what that was?

[Dictated]

[lioneyed]

I think it was an earthquake.

[ichy]

Do you need assistance?

[lioneyed]

Not right now - we may need a lot of people to put books away when it's safe to come in, though.

Unless the Castle... puts them away itself.

[ichy]

If it does not, I volunteer.

[lioneyed]

That's very kind of you - though if the damage is worse elsewhere, they'll probably need help first.

[kethedammit]

Need any help?

[lioneyed]

Not at the moment. Are you fine?

[kethedammit]

Yeah. I mean, I fell on my ass, but that ain't no new news.

[lioneyed]

I think you weren't the only one finding themselves rather unexpectedly on the floor. I'm glad you're fine, though.

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[princelyspirit]

[Geeze, what a mess...Utena sighs and picks up a book, when she sees Thamuris. The poor guy looks almost as worn down as the library.]

Uh, hey there. I don't mean to bug you, but do you know where all of this goes? [Holds up the book - a volume of old stories and fables. The kind of stuff that's supposed to teach kids good morals and whatnot] Nobody seems too banged up - as far as I know - so I figure I should help pick up a little while I'm here.

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[lioneyed]

[He blinks, caught off-guard for a moment, and then looks at the book the young woman is holding up]

Ah... I think there were at least three different filing systems in here, so I'm... not entirely sure, actually.

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[princelyspirit]

Wait, three? Geeze, and I thought one was bad enough...

[sighs, and stoops down to pick up more books from the floor, holding them in her arms]

But it's a little late to complain now, though. So! I guess that we should just shove these guys in the nearest shelf, and hope for the best? [Half-joking, there]

[lioneyed]

[He laughs a little]

Back home, I think each archive had their own filing system - the archivists got dreadfully fussy about it. Though most of those weren't quite this big.