Bulletin Post: 01

[dovedive]

[ There was a new paper pinned to the bulletin board. The handwriting was very nice and cursive too. ]

Idle hands make fretful minds and who among us really wants to sit still? [Not him, that's for sure. He is losing his mind not having something to do.]

I am offering up my services to anyone who may be seeking help, from the small requests to the large ones. I'm fast; I'm strong; I can fly as well. Do you need something lifted or a book from a high shelf? I'll help with perfect precision.

If there's anyone you can count on to help, you can count on me, Nice. Have no fear~☆



- Nice
奈斯

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[kallig]

[Nox's handwriting is... Sloppy is one word for it. Caught somewhere between 'researcher jotting down personal notes' and 'doctor writing prescriptions'. It's legible though. Barely.]

I suspect most of us want to do things on our own because of the aforementioned idleness.

The sitting around twiddling our thumbs part of this situation is quite unbearable.


That said, I won't say no thank you to some help getting books off of high shelves.
I do have my own set of powers that would let me just yank them down, but I'd rather not use mystical powers for my mundane needs all the time.

- Lord Nox

[dovedive]

So, you have mystical powers, huh? I've seen a lot of powersets in my life, but something like that is a bit new to me. I imagine using powers like that for mundane things would be pretty tiring after a while.

Say the word and the top shelf will be yours, Lord Nox.

- Nice
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[kallig]

The usage itself is fairly effortless but something about manipulating the energy that binds all living things together because a book happened to be sitting a bit too high up, you know?

Feels just a tad disrespectful.

Honestly I may also need help with any shelf above... Let's be generous say the third.

But I suppose my being pint-sized may be an unexpected boon for you since you won't be running out of work to do any time soon?

- Lord Nox

[dovedive]

I suppose in that regard, it'll make finding you a lot easier. I won't have to quietly shout through the library "Who's the one who needed a boost??"

Honestly, for agreeing I think you might be doing me more of a service than I am you.

Can I ask- if it's not prying, are you hoping to find something in these books or is it more like a healthy thirst of knowledge?

- Nice
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[kallig]

It also helps that I am blue. Makes me rather hard to miss.

I imagine we're all rather restless. I think looking for a healthy outlet for it is a good thing.


In all honesty, I suppose the reading is my own way of coping with being here.
Back home it is my job to collect the scattered knowledge of my people. Relics and writings lost over millennia waiting to be found and added back into our history.

Whatever knowledge lies within the books here isn't going to be that.
But it's close enough to a familiar activity and it keeps my mind occupied.

I fear that if I allow my mind to stay idle I may start walking backwards and speaking in tongues so whatever works, no?

- Lord Nox

[dovedive]

[ Blue, huh? It surprises him a little, and makes him all that more curious.]

I was a little curious if you might be a researcher of some kind. The way you write, it reminded me of the way some colleague of mine would write back home. That's a pretty important job... I'm sure a lot of people treasure your help back home. And if you're feeling as restless as me, there's no doubt those of us here will enjoy any findings you find as well.

Even if your findings only lead to unfinished poetry or fairy tales.

- Nice
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[kallig]

The way I write or the actual sloppy handwriting?


I mostly consider myself a scholar and archaeologist if we're being technical about it.

Though individuals with my particular skill set are expected to fill many roles in the society I'm from- describing me as a religious leader and politician wouldn't be incorrect either. But I do like researcher quite a lot.


Is it correct of me to assume that your own role back home might have involved helping people?

Given that you appear to have a handy little catchphrase for it and everything?

- Lord Nox

[dovedive]

Don't worry, I've seen much worse.

[ So he was someone of great importance back home. He figured that must be so with the name "Lord Nox" but even through writing, this man seemed so calm. He never would have guessed it. ]

You would be assuming correctly. It's sort of a habit that isn't very easy to turn off, the catch phrase and posing I mean- not that you could see a pose, but regardless. Back home we have heroes and agencies that they work under and my agency is known to be a little cheesy.

- Nice
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[kallig]

Perhaps I should pencil in practice my penmanship to my suddenly very open schedule.


I understand.
'A life lived' and all that. I suspect I'd be hard pressed to turn off the researcher voice too.

Heroes contracted through agencies? That sounds equal parts fascinating and strange to me. May I ask how that works?


I can see why an agency might gravitate towards a little bit of cheesiness though.
Familiar to most and I'd imagine it does a lot to lower tension too.
Hard to get upset when someone just shot off a one-liner and struck a pose, hm?

- Lord Nox

[awreck]

[ When Wreck comes across the advertisement on the bulletin board, he can tell it's from Nice by the handwriting alone. Even if he couldn't, it reads like such a stereotypical Treeman ad that it hurts.

Instead of giving the ad any attention, he instead combs through the living facilities to see if he can find Nice in person first. Given that Mr. Perfect is incapable of relaxing for two seconds, he tries for the "gym" first. ]

[dovedive]

[ Wow Excuse you??? Lin Ling's the one that normally writes those ads, Don't compare him to him!!! Wreck would be absolutely correct where he might find Nice though. It was impossible for him to rest for too long. When Wreck enters the "gym" he'll find Nice doing some stretches on the floor with his journal nearby. ]

[awreck]

[ IT REEKS OF TREEMAN.

Wreck is surprised to find him so easily. On one hand, he's glad he still knows Nice well enough to track him down. On the other hand, he wishes Nice would have been in the dormitory and resting.

He lingers by the entrance, his attention caught by a pathetic 3kg weight before he can approach Nice. Someone did call this a gym, right? What's someone going to do with that? ]

[dovedive]

[ It was quiet in the gym. Nice was the only one around at the moment. Nice stretched out is legs as far as he could then turned his head toward the doorway with a raised eyebrow. Somehow he could just feel someone staring at him, eyes on his back. ]

Did you come to lift some 'heavy weights'?

[awreck]

No. I came to talk to you.

[ Wreck plucks the sad little weight off the floor, then tosses it in the air. As it descends, he disrupts its appearance so that it looks stretched out and blocky, each jutting block varying in levels of height. After he catches the abomination, he unceremoniously tosses the weight toward Nice for him to catch. ]

[dovedive]

[ There was the tiniest of smiles forming on his lips when Wreck decides to change the weights sitting in the gym. Since he was facing him, he could easily catch the weight, turning it over in his hands a few times. ]

So your powers can still affect things like this, huh?

[awreck]

[ The weight takes on a rather glitchy appearance as Wreck approaches him, and a few seconds later the weight returns to its normal appearance. ]

I guess so. The best place I can test my powers is out in the Garden. If I do too much in here, I'll risk damaging the books, and I'd rather not find out what the consequences of that might be.

So? What are you up to? Hm?

[dovedive]

[ Nice makes a soft 'oomph' sort of sound when the weight returns to normal. He pulls out of his stretching form and rolls the weight off to the side so it was out of the way. ]

I'd say stretching, but the look on your face tells me you want some sort of specific answer.

[aetherialshackles]

[Erich's handwriting is incredibly... clean looking. The kind of writing you expect someone to have when they're used to share their writings with others on the regular.]

Your offer is quite appreciated, yet I fear things tend to get rather... small for me when I'm around others, so I fear I would be able to grab anything on high shelves myself if you were to come close by.

Your initiative is laudable, though.

I would be more interested in hearing about your flying ability. The variety of species present in this place is fascinating and I am a rather curious person.

- Erich

[The library 'adapts' midway between a normal person's height and his giant one, after all...]

[dovedive]

[ Species?? He was thrown off by that for a moment. Many different types of people have appeared in this library so it made sense, but still! ]

Thank you. It just doesn't feel right to sit idly by and do nothing while I'm here, as I'm sure you understand.

As for the flight, is there anything you're most interested in?

- Nice
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[aetherialshackles]

[It's just... Erich stands out. Being the local giant, three times tall as a 'normal' person, it's difficult for him not to be curious of all those different 'little people'. He doesn't mean anything negative using the word 'species' mind you.]

I can relate to the feeling. I used to have quite the intense life, for one reason or another, and merely wandering around this place without any schedule or goal is... something I'm not quite used to.

It's mere curiosity, I swear. How do you propel your flight? Do you have wings? Are you manipulating the aether around you?

[dovedive]

I can show you if you'd like. Though if you're as tall as you're hinting, we might need to attempt going to the garden space. No wings though, and the way it works is a little more confusion I think.

[aetherialshackles]

I would love to see that.

And if we're heading to the garden... this may also help us gather further info. All items that change in size are inside the library and definitely not alive. Furniture, books... but there is flora and fauna outside, I wonder if anything will change in that sense.

[dovedive]

You know-

I hadn't actually considered something like that. I figured the library changing made sense with whatever weird magic this place must have, but now I wonder how the "outside" will react too...

[aetherialshackles]

We are mostly organic lifeforms from what I've seen and the world seems to adapt to us, I wonder if fellow organic lifeforms will have some form of influence on our situation.

I've seen gardens before, there were arboreal enclosures where I worked, and I can say most plants I've seen so far were what I would consider the 'correct size'... it will be interesting to document if anything changes.

[dovedive]

Then it looks like we both found our first subject to keep from being "idle". With the way you've spoken, it's very doubtful that I'm near your height so it'll possibly bring an interesting set of data to our investigations. I only ask that you try out the door to the garden first. It's... really strange to think what is supposed to be an inanimate object has feelings, but I truly believe something is at play and that door hardly wants to open to the garden for me.