Episode 4 ‡ Slipping Away [Video/Action]

[chatwithdeath]

[If there's one good thing about working as a librarian, it's being able to read while you wait for people to checkout. At least, that's what it seems like in the video feed. Naomi is sitting at the checkout desk, reading a black book. From the title, it could possibly be a crime drama.]

... I advise against trying to sneak out with that book.

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[Action] I WILL HAVE ACTUAL CR WITH THESE TWO DAMMIT.

[wingsofsilver]

[Calmly placing three books on fiction on the counter to check out. He doesn't even bother glancing at the crisped alien.]

[Action] WE DO. FFFFF IS HE GOING TO FIND OUT!?

[chatwithdeath]

[She walks back over to her place behind the counter and... pauses for a moment when she realizes it's Gin.]

... [Naomi takes the book and runs it through the scanner]

Re: [Action] HE SHOULD. ... BUT HOW!?

[wingsofsilver]

[Blinks at her pause and has one of his own before...]

[Oh yeah, this chick. The one who got caught by that book.]

... how are you? [No, that didn't just sound as awkward as you might think it did. It sounded far more awkward than that.]

Re: [Action] I... DON'T KNOW??

[chatwithdeath]

[The book finishes scanning and she hands it back]

Hm? Oh... fine. [This is... weird.]

[note_atem]

Do people steal from there often?

[Something about this doesn't make sense to him.]

[chatwithdeath]

No. It's only like this because someone apparently stole a book a while ago.

[note_atem]

But that's... the library, isn't it?

[chatwithdeath]

Yes, but the books here are one of a kind... or so I'm told. Either way, the head librarian wasn't too happy about it.