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 Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:45 am
Greloren found himself wandering about Gaia for a while before appearing before a library he hadn't even known existed. The sign read 'Royal Library of Alexandria', which meant absolutely nothing to the half-elf other than it was a library. Which meant books. And he worked with books. Sure, he mostly worked with old, dusty, boring books... but, well, this seemed like a nice place.
The little box pocketed for the moment (as he had no idea who he was supposed to be giving this too, but the library sounded good!), Greloren headed inside. The desk appeared to be empty, but a little bell with a sign sat on the counter. "Ring bell for assistance..." Greloren read the sign aloud, smiling. This was going to be easy!
DING~ went the little bell.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:03 am
DING! ... DING DING DING! With a grumble, Professor Aziza, librarian extraordinaire, historian of unimaginable aptitude, and in the end, glorified errand girl, stuck her head out of a nearby rack of books.
Groaning to herself, Aziza smoothed out her skirt and tucked a few fly-away hairs back into her severe bun. Stalking up to the desk, she eyed the man up and down. "Can I help you, sir?" The man was weird by her standards but compared to the things that came through the library looking for Dr. Smith or that Nara person, he was remarkably normal. More or less.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:08 am
Greloren turned as a lady addressed him. She looked grumpy and not like someone who would be good with a kid. He pulled the little box out of his pocket though. "Yeah... I'm supposed to give this to someone..." He showed the little box to the librarian, though hesitant to give it over to her. Maybe she'd know someone who would like it.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:16 am
Aziza glared at the man for a good long while. She was *not* an errand girl! With a sniff she ignored the package and pointed towards the depths of the library. "The offices are that way. All deliveries go there."
Turning to head back to the shelves, Aziza called over her shoulder, "Next time, deliveries go through the back!" Honestly!? How was she ever going to get work done if she had to baby each delivery boy through the proper procedure?
Happily, her pile of books to be shelved was still waiting for her and no one had the audacity to add to it. People these days..
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:19 am
Greloren blinked as the woman got really upity and rude with him. How dare she! Sighing, the half-elf pocketed the box once again and headed down the hallway to the offices. He had to hide a chuckle at the "deliveries through the back" comment. Get your mind out of the gutter, Greloren.
He hated being the errand boy just as much as Aziza hated it. It wasn't his choice! Sighing once again, the man found an office and knocked on the door. He just hoped someone was in there.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:30 am
"Come in!" came a frazzled voice. Nara was frantically hunting through Dr. Smith's office. On hand was balancing a stack of books about to fall over, and the other was clutching a torn piece of paper. Her foot was pressed against a cabinate drawer about to spill all over the floor and a statue balanced precariously against her shoulder.
The entire office looked like a tornado had hit it, so it wasn't quite apparent what difference keeping things from falling would make. There was already a huge mess to begin with.
Nara grumbled as she started to inch towards the door. An ominous shifting of weight quickly convinced her to stay where she was and hope the person at the door let him or herself in. And quickly.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:33 am
Greloren heard the voice and slowly opened the door, feeling right at home as he did. This place looked like his apartment! Well, okay, his apartment was messier. But still. "Oh! Let me help!" The half-elf quickly rushed over to where Nara was attempting to balance multiple items at once.
He lifted the statue first, setting it back to rights before focusing on the stack of books, starting to straighten them.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:49 am
"Thanks," Nara said, finally getting a chance straightening up. The drawer went back into the cabinet with a shove of her foot. It started to pop out again, but another kick knocked it back into place. Moving next to the man, she divided the stack in half, plopping several of the books on the floor.
She glared balefully at the messy office, before turning to the half-elf with a grateful smile. "I'm Nara, Dr. Smith's assistant. Can I help you with something?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:51 am
"No problem." Greloren stepped back as Nara worked on the stack of books. "I'm Greloren and..." he pulled the little box out of his pocket again. "I'm supposed to be delivering this." He held the box out towards the woman, hoping she'd take it.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:54 am
Nara blinked before getting a devilish grin. "Ohhhhh? Does Dr. Smith have a lady friend then?" she asked, taking the box from Greloren.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:58 am
"Well... uh..." It dawned upon the half-elf what the box looked like and a blush crept up onto his face. It was technically given to him by a woman. "It's actually for you." He finally managed to answer. Now, did he beat a retreat now or at least help this woman out a bit more than he had been helped? "It's from a shop... Balcombe Curiousities." There, at least she'd know where to go to get more info. That evil blue-haired lady could deal with the rest of it.
"I, uh, better go. Gotta go pick up my kid."
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:10 pm
Frantically Nara tried to remember what day it was. Valentine's was already passed, not her birthday or anniversary (of any significant days). Mystified and a little worried she shook her head as the delivery man stuttered about leaving.
"Of-of course. Sorry," Nara shook her head, before digging in her pocket. Pulling out some cash, she held it out to Greloren. You tipped for deliveries, right? "Thank you for the delivery, and for the help earlier."
"I don't suppose Iian said anything about what it was for? Did he?" she added on after a moment, somewhat nervously. Weren't men the one's who forgot dates?
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:13 pm
Now she was giving him money?! A small part of him wanted to take it, but he couldn't. He just shook his head. "No, uh, I was just told to bring it." Why had he gotten tricked into this?! And who was Iian? The girl's boyfriend?? Perhaps...
"I really should go..." With that, Greloren headed for the door, ready to bolt on out of there!
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:23 pm
"Thank you!" Nara called as the man booked it out the door. Flopping down in Dr. Smith's chair the woman tugged the package closer to her. Turning it around and around, Nara inspected the strange gift.
"Wonder what it is...?" she murmured to herself. Leaning back, Nara opened the gift, lifting out the object inside with no small amount of confusion.
"Cards??"
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