standingonmyneck: (no bouncy hair)
Daria Morgendorffer ([personal profile] standingonmyneck) wrote2020-09-01 03:34 pm

FOREST COVERED: IC CONTACT

"If this is a prank call, then hang up and know that someone is always watching. For all other calls, remain on the line to spout out your word vomit. You have thirty seconds."

[Mail | Physical | Voice]
ringrust: (18)

[personal profile] ringrust 2017-02-19 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
And I have been told I'm 'catty.' [EYEBROWS.GIF.]

Hold on- I'll be back soon. [He hold the paper up and begins his quest to the appropriate section. Might as well just get it all over and done with now... or at the very least say he gave it a shot before losing his patience for it.

. . .

He's actually there for quite some time. What they really need is a self-help book for newbies to the idea of self-help... So many different topics and opinions, how the hell is he even supposed to know what'll work? There's no way he's going to take a big pile back and go through them one by one. Besides, that'd attract too much attention from Luna, probably. Hell, just being in this section is risky enough.

When he does return, it's only with two books, both of which he presents face-down, staring hard at the counter.

It's not the end of the world to try. He just has to keep that in mind. Even if his ears are already burning from how vulnerable something so simple makes him feel.
]
ringrust: (39)

[personal profile] ringrust 2017-02-19 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[When he realized that hidiing the covers was futile he watched her face like a hawk instead, completely ready to confront any pitiful looks or sneers or knowing smirks head-on. But what he got was just... respectful neutrality. Which actually only made him more antsy.

He'd already shared so much more of himself with her in just the past week than he had with his closest friends over the course of years. It was stupid as hell, but he was trusting in her. Hopefully going through with this at all was enough to let her know what a huge chance he was presenting her with. He initially meant to leave this place empty-handed, damn it!

But if they helped, great. If they didn't, nothing would change, right? Those odds were at least ones he could live with.

He took the books and tucked them into the crook of his arm.
]

Great... uh, thanks. I really do appreciate it.

[The help? The lack of judgment? The offer of friendship in general? He'd let her decide.]
ringrust: (64)

[personal profile] ringrust 2017-02-19 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, things were going well so far. With apologies out of the way, the best way to keep this momentum going was just to fall back into the usual rhythm... right?

He made a gesture with the paper and nodded.
]

Monday, then.

[Don't bring a lunch.

Heee's outta here.
]
ringrust: (75)

White Day BEFORE I FORGET

[personal profile] ringrust 2017-03-11 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[On the 14th a mysterious gift has appeared on the librarian's desk.

Nothing fancy, just a small decorative jar of water holding a bundle of pussy willow branches tied with a white ribbon. What? They're fuzzy. Everyone loves fuzzy things.
]
needscounciling: (44)

quickest mail possible

[personal profile] needscounciling 2017-03-27 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
Riye,

I'm apologize if this seems sudden, but did Mallory visited the library after I ended my shift today? I haven't at all seen him this morning, nor did Ethan saw him today.

Reply as soon as possible.

- Luna
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (i'm cracking eggs of wisdom)

Mail!!

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-04-02 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[If Riye wanted to wake up and see something horrible, well, today's the day. There's a piece of paper-a mixture of terrible drawings and magazine cut outs, waiting for her. There's also a note that reads:]

Here's the rough draft! It's got everything. Action, love, mushrooms and a chocobo.
needscounciling: (56)

definitely several days of hunting despite short messages

[personal profile] needscounciling 2017-04-02 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I see, then.

Do you have to be anywhere currently?
needscounciling: (09)

we're all very calm and rational right now

[personal profile] needscounciling 2017-04-02 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Just outside of the living quarters.
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (just throw me in the trash)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-04-04 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
That's right! No book cover can defeat me.

[It's horrible though. Don't ever use it.]

So how did the story turn out?
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (he's deep in my soul)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-04-11 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
It wouldn't be a very good museum if they threw things out.

But hey, congratulations on finishing! I'm sure people will like it.
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (is your cat making too much noise?)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-04-11 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Then I'll be sure to go by and read it sometime!
dumber: (pic#)

[personal profile] dumber 2017-04-17 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ By the time Ethan's worked up a schedule for himself, everything goes to hell. What nice. What good. A day or two after his run in with a fist very well leaving his nose in a minor fracture (that didn't need any placing, thank God), Ethan walks about with a bruise to show for, by now a lovely mesh of purple and the beginnings of yellow just under the eye and stretching to the nose.

He didn't forget about Miss Riye, as he had never, arriving at the library on the same day every week. One hour reading and some kanji— perhaps today he had been a few minutes tardier than most days (he wasn't all that punctual to start), arriving with quickened steps into the building and gliding awkwardly to the table that awaited him, notebook in hand. ]


H-hey, sorry I'm late, Miss Riye, the farm's pretty busy lately— [ He clatters a chair, takes a seat— and with a quiet oh, he reaches behind him to drag his bag sideways, fish through it and—

Teacher gets a jar of strawberry jam, placed right by her. Fresh from the farm. ]
dumber: (pic#)

:)

[personal profile] dumber 2017-04-17 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Setting his notebook in front of him, Ethan adjusts his seating, finally meeting her eyes as she takes the jam. The farmers have so many, and sometimes they need the extra coins for themselves, their better form of pay being the product of their labor. The strawberries were coming by the dozen this season, and soon enough the pears would be ripe as well, not to mention all the vegetables. But fruits were usually the stars of their sales, and Ethan would get more than enough of a share when coins weren't plentiful (he didn't mind it one bit, but he had so much fruits and jam by now it would be a waste to have it spoil).

He doesn't associate the question with the punch mark noted on his face, trying to smile and shrugging his shoulders. He did pull a lot of genuine "I don't get it"s and "what's this word again"? There's some progress, but some. Ethan didn't learn so quickly by the books. ]


Promise I'll try and get as much as I can. [ Which was perhaps lodged at 30%. He points to the jar. ] That's from the farm! They're overloading with strawberries— that one's really good, It's Mr. Oyu's family receipt.

[ He meant recipe, but. ]

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