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Ame growled in frustration. She now had a stack of books, whose height reached higher than her. She had books on old greek philosphy, books on mythological creatures. She even had a book on seahorses, hoping it would somehow mention nymphs and their aging process.

So far, she had found nothing and it was making her angry. She snatched up the pile, wobbling slightly from the weight and made her way back to the return bin, which had grown in size since she had been there.

Ame then noticed Lancaster and Cat. Cat appeared to be crying. She had a book in her hands and tears rolling down her cheeks. Ame blinked sadly. Why was she crying?

Lancaster looked pained. He was holding his head, staring intensly at his book. Ame figured he had found something he didn't want to see. But what? She was curious.

Tsuki was no where to be found, probably off reading a book. Ame continued to watch her friends. What was worng?

Cat noticed that Ame was watching her with a worried look on her face. Cat tilted her head and motioned for Ame to sit next to .her.

She gave Ame the Book of Mudora. "Perhaps you can find the answer in this book. I am sure it has aging processes and whatnot..." Cat said in a shakey voice.

She looked toward Ame again. "It is an old book with very old ways. You are sure to find it, for it is as old as time itself." Cat hugged her knees. She couldn't tell Ame, for it would taint her pure mind. And she had no clue what Lancaster would do if she told him.

She zoned into space as more horrible images came into her mind.

Im confuzzled

Tsuki was still in her cat form basically walking along the rows of the library aisles. She simply found one book, on kendo it intrested her, it was a book based on kendo, only a few years passed and it seemed kendo has vanished around the world. It didn't matter the more things that are rare were mroe valuable. She just slowly trotted down an aisle looking at the furstrated group of friends of hers. She sighed, maybe there might be a way for her to help. Since she did seem like the 'Helper' of the group.

Yep confuzed still

Lancaster looked at Cat smiling sweetly to her. My dear, I'm not sick just a bit of dust got stuck in my throat from that dirty, moldy old tomb." It was true, this was rooted to something much deeper. He worried about it only for a second as the color returned to his face. He brushed his hair back his bright eyes looking. But what was this? One could sware his eyes had changed? No, thats impossible, it would have to be just their imgination.

"As for you my dear, you seem troubled, the marks of tears line that lovely face. Please do not worry about me. I was only worried about the...illness that took my parents away from me when I was a child. Yes, I had tried everything to help them but this book showed to me that there was nothing I could do and I never realized the pain they were in while I tried to keep them on this plane of existance." He smiled sweetly looking at the other girls sweet and happy as ever. "I am just happy I now know I could not do anymore than I had already done."

Lancaster smiled and tilted his head, his soft hair falling over to one side as he stared at the pathway the tears had taken on her face then looking at Cat with an 'oh really?' look on his face. He wouldn't press the question of her tears any farther than he had.

"Oh? What kind of problem is it? I mean I do not know everything there is in this world or others but I will do my best to help a friend, in need. Seeing a smile return to that face will be all the reward I'll ever need." He leaned in his chair winking being a 'cool guy' again.
"Please, my dear kitten, tell me what troubles you so?"

And once again, Bijou followed the crowd. She was happy about her workout in the courtyard, but the group seemed to be moving very fast. She sat down on a huge armchair and waited for a reaction. She took a deep breath and stared

But soon enough, She got bored. She sighed and slid down into a more comfortable position. She had withdrawn her wings when they entered the library, but she felt like they still needed excersize. She looked at the many people who had joined their group, since yesterday at least. It had originally started out with just she and Lancaster. And then it was Lancaster, Tsuki and Ame. Then she re-joined the group. Then Cat. They seemed to be a big party. Many people to lose. Luckily, the campus wasn't quite so dangerous as some of the area's she had heard of Off Campus. Of course, she had heard stories about the many dangerous things that had happened on campus. But they were just stories. And stories changed, over time. The most outrageous story she had heard was about a giant rachisu (over 150 feet tall!) that had attacked the school. Some students or some teachers, she couldn't remember which, had fought off the beast. Untill it exploded. Then she had heard stories about a feast of apple cider tasting innards.

She laughed silently and looked at the shelves. The first book to catch her mind was called "Emotional Magic: Ins and Outs". The perfect book for her. Her eyes gleamed and she reached for the book. It was a large, 400 page blue bound book with gold lettering. She read the book silently and learned more about her lesser used power. She had never known that she could use others emotions too. To weaken them. That was high level magic, though. Not something she would have been able to use. Then she learned about the use of different emotions, for example: Using happiness to make a weapon more potent. Not something she would have thought of. Using envy to poison something. that would be usefull in a fight. She read for what seemed like hours. But not 10 minutes had passed by. She sighed and closed the book. Then she sank into her chair some more. It was wonderful. She loved it here.

Ame sighed, staring at the page once again,Cat had given it to her. Yet, it was the same information that all the other books had given her.

Nymphs age extremely slowly, and because of this they are almost considered immortal. Between the ages of birthday and 28 when a nymph reaches adulthood, they grow ten years slowly than a human. For example, if a nymph is 13 she has the body and mind of a three year old. After twenty-eight, the aging process slowlys down to twenty years. Thus, nymphs age more in their childhood then in their adulthood

Ame read this information. She felt as if she could quote it. She probably could. She knew all of this. She knew how it worked. What she didn't know is why she was getting all weird.

And to top it off, Lancaster seemed sick. He kept coughing. Cat seemed bothered as well. Ame felt bad for both of them, and wished that they would feel better, whatever was bothering them.

She handed the page back to Cat, feeling bad about interrupting since she was told it was rude to do so. "I'm sorry Cat, this has information on how nymphs age. But not what is happening to me"

She noticed how Cat looked a bit sad about this, like the book had failed her. Bijou was there also, reading and looking merry. Ame wondererd how long it would take until the merry band of travelers were all happy.

((Whoo! Hmm, whatever Ame has like her aging thing is rare, like not in book rare. And uhm....wow. Good job guys! I mean seriously, especially to you Cat. You were gone for a week and then you just jumped right back in there! And Ryoko and Mis, great job giving personality to your characters. And Max, its awesome you can play a female character thats so..female. I guess. I mean, you do it well. BAH! Sorry. I'm done!))