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Unfinished Library Mod & NPC Account ([personal profile] libraryassistants) wrote in [community profile] unfinishedlibrary2026-01-09 07:42 pm

for all the world's a stage - LIBRARY LOG

Who: The Editors
What: The Library changes once again...
When: January 9- January 22
Where: The Library
Content warnings: Please put them in the comment headers!

The Assistants have vanished into their backroom once again, leaving only the increasingly unbelievable “Back In 5” sign on the Help Desk, but at least they have attempted to impart some knowledge on the Editors before departing (or… attempted to do anything but, depending who you ask). The customary tea cart with drinks and increasingly stale biscuits is parked in its usual spot, though it seems that the quality of the tea at least has improved some. (Still waiting on coffee improvement.)

There’s a new crafting setup in the Maker Space, a table with an iron and machine for making vinyl designs, along with the instructions on how to use it, and a stack of t-shirts in various sizes. Usually there’s something in the correct size, but, well, mistakes happen. While this addition to clothing is a boon, there is the problem that the t-shirts can’t be taken out of the room until some sort of design is put on them. Get creative! Show off your style! Or maybe just steal one of the shirts that are there for display purposes. It’s fine, the Library can make more.

In the second week as the Library begins to change once more, the Lobby’s wooden floor shines with extra polish. The walls make an odd creaking sound as they shift, warping into brick covered with velvet drapings in a rich, dark red. Gold thread twinkles in the stitches, a sense of opulence woven through. The sound of ballroom music drifts by and, while in the Lobby, characters will be taken by the unusual impulse to dance.

Outside, in the Garden, the day/night cycle has paused firmly on a cloudless night. A full moon hangs in the air - literally. About the size of a basketball, it follows the first person who enters the Garden; hovering a couple of meters above their head. A white aura spreads from them, powered by the moon, and those who are caught in its light will find themselves unable to speak anything but the truth.

When the person to whom the moon is attached leaves the garden, the moon and its aura will leave them; and the moon will attach to the next person to enter instead.

On the circulation desk, there is a sign: “This Week’s Recommended Reading: Twilight!” The accompanying sign up sheet waits next to it for those wishing to check it out- though some will receive the movie instead of the book, with no particular rhyme or reason to it. Periodically someone might also receive something else entirely. Whoops? The Assistants at least will fix that quickly. Richard will be embarrassed, while Phillip will be trying not to cackle.

While not advertised, various iterations of different stories will be available throughout the Library. In particular, someone seems to have left the projector in one of the meeting rooms running, with a variety of different recorded plays. These range from professional productions, to parodies, to what appear to be high schoolers (of which one production features a sixteen year old version of Phillip running around being an absolutely nuisance.
icanhearscreams: (disdain)

[personal profile] icanhearscreams 2026-01-15 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Nope." He shakes his head. "You'd kill your version of earth if you ran away and didn't participate in it. If you lost, your version of Earth got destroyed, too."
shakenit: (you and no one else)

[personal profile] shakenit 2026-01-15 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
"That's a really unfair thing to ask of you."

But then, so is the time loop.
icanhearscreams: (listening)

[personal profile] icanhearscreams 2026-01-15 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
"To be fair, the others didn't know what they were getting into. I did, and I chose to do it." But yes, it's still unfair as hell.
shakenit: (Default)

[personal profile] shakenit 2026-01-15 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
"It's just more unfair to ask it of people who don't know the stakes. But I guess the kinds of forces that like setting up those problems don't really care about the opinions of the people they drag into it."
icanhearscreams: (fight for them.)

[personal profile] icanhearscreams 2026-01-15 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course they don't." He huffs and shakes his head. "But since when was the world fair?"
shakenit: (you and no one else)

[personal profile] shakenit 2026-01-15 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Since never, I know."

If it were fair, the Phantom Thieves wouldn't have been needed in the first place. If it were fair, Akechi-san wouldn't be suffering the consequences of his father's abandonment of his mother. (If it were fair, Kasumi would be the one here to do this--)
icanhearscreams: (determined)

[personal profile] icanhearscreams 2026-01-15 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"There's no use in wondering what if this, what if that. There are other versions of the world out there, yes. But they're not you, so they don't matter, do they?"

If there was another Jun out there like there had been another Machi, would he be happy? It doesn't affect him, so he's tried to stop worrying about it.
shakenit: (Default)

[personal profile] shakenit 2026-01-15 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe not, but that doesn't mean not wondering is simple."
icanhearscreams: (ehhhh...)

[personal profile] icanhearscreams 2026-01-16 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course it doesn't." He rolls his eyes as if she were stupid. "I'm not saying it is. But it's something to remind yourself of, at least."