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[wise_maiden]

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[A quiet and rainy Sunday makes it a good day for furthering research, as she has been taking a quite a few projects to herself lately, notably concerning herbs and healing, among other things. The study of other worlds, gathering certain details. Buried in books, making notes. Not much progress, even if it's been a few weeks at this.

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[onlykissesgirls]

[A head pokes curiously in the flower shop. She really, really is excited to be here, yet at the same time if there's a guy around she'll flee. So quietly she scans the area. No males in here at the moment, right?]

[wise_maiden]

[At the moment, the shop seems relatively empty, though there is the sound of some movement in the back as Raine walks around to check on the numerous plants that survived in the shop during the colder months. She doesn't notice the intrusion just yet, being involved in what she's doing.]

[onlykissesgirls]

[Okay, the coast seems clear. The blue haired girl makes her way to fully enter the shop. A smile plays on her face as she looks at all the blooming flowers. A sight she's missed since arriving here. She goes right for the first potted plant to admire its petals.]

[wise_maiden]

[Eventually Raine comes around the front again, and this time notices the unfamiliar young woman.] ... Good afternoon. May I help you?

[gardenerofgaia]

Ohhh, you got here before me. [Aerith smiles as she enters the flower shop, sliding her own umbrella closed.] How's it looking today?

[wise_maiden]

So I did. [She smiles warmly at the woman's entrance.] They mostly seem to be doing well right now, though I suspect a quite few are missing the sunlight.

[corrinesbell]

[Raine! Raine! Being out in the rain did not make Sheena sick! ...She feels victorious about that.

And she is also at the library. Raine did advise her about that. And at first opportunity Sheena will peek over Raine's shoulder to try and see what she's reading, exactly]

[wise_maiden]

[Raine has various books set around the desk. The one she's holding in front of her is a listing of all sorts of herbal remedies, and her notes next to them are compiled lists of those from various worlds and the ones that have been found in Luceti. And then there are some books about vampires, and curse-breaking, and old books of a historical nature. A very odd collection. She's so mired in concentration that she does not respond to Sheena's approach just yet.]

[corrinesbell]

[after a quick glance down at Raine's notes, Sheena (assuming, as she does, that Raine already knows she's there) points to a random name among them]

What's that have to do with vampires?

[wise_maiden]

[She doesn't get startled, exactly, but she should have been paying attention to that presence.]

That's what I'm trying to work out. There are so many different kinds of vampires. To think that the ones in our world were more legend if not. Demons from the underworld.

[hippocraticly]

[ McCoy has been spending most of sunday afternoon in the library. it's been a while since he thumbed through the medical section and he's sitting at one of the desks, a book opened out in front of him and a thermos of coffee to his right side, next to a pile he has yet to get started on. ]

[wise_maiden]

[Raine doesn't see him at first, since she's been focusing mostly at her own desk. But eventually she will have to get some books from that particular section, so she crosses the room to do so.

When she passes by a certain desk, she stops in front of it to greet the person there. She knocks lightly on the wood--soft enough just for an attention-grab. Hopefully.]

[hippocraticly]

[ absorbed on the page with the anatomy of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, the rapping against the table draws his attention away from the diagram and he looks up at the person responsible and instantly feels his mouth go dry. ]

Er.. good afternoon.

[wise_maiden]

Good afternoon. I didn't expect to see you here today.

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[goggle_syndrome]

[This might come as a surprise to her, but she's most likely to run into Taichi at the library. ...granted, it's not as though he's studying. In fact, he's reading comic books. Don't mind him sitting in a corner giggling to himself every now and then.]

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[wise_maiden]

[That's a familiar little laugh. Raine keeps working for a while, but eventually--since she's been reminded that taking breaks is in fact, something she should do, she convenienently makes her way toward the source of those suspicious little noises.

Now the question is, how long before he notices?]

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[goggle_syndrome]

[Probably not very long. He doesn't turn around or anything to see who it is, but he does snort a bit.]

Hey. D'ya mind? You're blocking my light.

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[wise_maiden]

Oh? My apologies. [She'll walk around to look at him from the other way around.]