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Mercy was busy with a front display today. She'd managed to block off an hour before she'd had to get home to study, so she would have to move quickly in order to get the job done before she had to go home. But the BookWyrm had become one of her many secondary "homes." When she wasn't spending time with Delilah at her place or back at the dorm with Hafwen, Mercy invariably found herself inside the book store.

Not as a customer though.

She'd taken to "volunteering" her time to Ms. Jessie after the whole attempted shoplifting fiasco as not only a way to pay off the price of the book she'd attempted to take - but as a way to show Ms. Jessie she really did care about the books. She really did wonder how Ms. Jessie stayed on top of everything. She was starting to question weather the older woman slept at all.

Still, her back was turned to the doors, so she was relying on her hearing to greet any customers when they came in. She was still in her Crystal Academy uniform however - having not stopped off at her dorm to change before making her way over to the store.

Jessie was sitting in the back of the store surrounded by books. It was time for her to go through the romance section and pull out some of the older books. It was rather painful for her to do so since she really wanted each book to go to a home but she needed to clear out the older books in each section every so often to make room for new books. To make her heart happy though she tended to offer those books to her staff for a deep discount, keep any she is interested in, and then donates the rest to the library and other charities that use the books.

She was contemplating a stack of particularly steamy bodice rippers when the tinkle of the front door bell had her looking up. Since the romance was all the way in the back and blocked by the travel section Jessie couldn't see who had just come in but since Mercy was up there she wasn't too worried. The young lady had proven herself to be quite helpful when it came to the store and she was great company when the shop was quiet and empty. Maybe she would like the books? Jessie contemplated the stack before she scooped them up and headed towards the front, humming as she went.

Jessie paused once to straighten the little model of a horse and buggy that had tipped over. She needed to find a better book end since apparently her travel books were a little too heavy for such a lightweight trinket. The brunette eyed the section and wondered if reordering the section would be a good idea. With a mental shrug she continued on her way once more only to come to a stop when she saw a young man wondering around, "Oh hello, you must have been the bell. If you have any questions, need help, or just want company, just give a shout. Try not to get lost, its a little crazy in here but if you do just remember the door is by art... just look for the giant paint brush hanging off the ceiling." She nodded in the direction of the front.

One of the best things Jessie found with her eclectic decorations is people did get lost but they didn't seem to mind very much. After all who would get mad being lost surrounded by plants in the plant section or plastic food in the cooking area. The stars in astronomy even glow but sadly no one really knew that since you couldn't see it when the lights were on. "Oh," She had just thought of something, "Hey Mercy! What day is it?" Halloween was coming and she didn't want to be late putting up the directions. Jessie would have to find the correct box first however which would be quite a challenge.

Taking note of the first one to speak he nodded his head once. He understood a greeting when given one and bowed his head some, he didn't do a full bow as it wasn't a normal thing here and this was fairly casual as well. After the greeting she seemed intent, unknowingly, to confuse him as more words poured from her lips. Some words, here and there, he understood but altogether he wasn't sure on what she was saying. Help he knew was offered and he heard the word lost as well, something he hoped he didn't become, door and art he also said and nodded as she motioned to the front of the shop. He didn't understand why she was pointing to the door, or the front of the store, but he didn't think to say or ask about it.

When the other person started to speak up, offering help, he nodded once more/ He had been looking around, trying to find the section he needed, and finally he was ready to seek help and hope he could find it in either of the women here.

"English?" he asked, hoping that would get the message across. he needed to work on his English, to better his skills, and with how heavy his accent was he hoped it would get the message across better than words ever could. Looking around, raising a hand, he motioned about before turning his dark eyes on Mercy and gave her a questioning look.

Well, the stacking could wait, Mercy supposed. She waited patiently for Ms. Jessie to finish querying the man, and when she was called upon, she quickly moved to him and gave him a small curtsey. "I'm Mercy, if you'd just follow me!"

She spun quickly - actually quite pleased that she was still wearing her Crystal Uniform. Most of her other shoes weren't as easy to turn in and required more forethought.

Turning to look over her shoulder and make sure he was following, Mercy quickly led the man to the shelves that Ms. Jessie had suggested. "Here you go! English Translations!" She motioned at the stacks with a hand, standing to the side so as to not get in his way.

"Can I help you find anything else?"

Mercy had to think on that for a moment, and quickly moved to the shelf herself, looking along the line of books, she quickly found the Korean to English section (it wasn't very large) and started to look at the options. After a few minutes of debate, she picked up the one she figured would be best, and handed it to him.

"This should suit your needs!" She said with a smile. A smile that started to falter when he asked if they had any books in Korean. This caused her to hold up one finger and run to the end of the stacks peeking around it.

"Ms. Jesse! Do we have any books in Korean?"

The one book offered him was opened, even as the female darted off to the end of the isle and peeked around it. Flipping the pages he did find it to be what he needed, hopefully anyway. He hoped it would help him with his needs, as they were rather extensive. He had a lot to learn and he wanted to do whatever he could, use whatever resources he could, to try and help himself. He didn't want to just rely on his school and the help they offered, they weren't there when he needed help with homework or other things. He needed help for more than just school.

Walking up behind the girl, Mercy, he peeked around also before stepping into sight of the shops other worker. The book he'd been given was held down at his left side. he would be taking this book. he'd also grabbed another which was also held by the same hand at his left side.

Looking surprised as the other worker was now dashing off, to who knows where, he was surprised and concerned buy the sounds he soon heard from above them. Concerned eyes found Mercy and silently questioned if the other woman was alright. But it seemed he needn't wait for an answer as the woman did return and seemed, as his eyes looked her over, unharmed. She also had a book in her hands that she was holding up with some bright look upon her face. Looking over it he read the title with ease and found himself smiling. Maybe not his usual type but it was something and he took it slowly, the words she said, the last ones, he understood.

"You want to...learn...Korean?" He asked her slowly, his words over pronounced and choppy as he carefully spoke each one, giving thought to them before they left his lips. "I can help." He was more than willing to help, though it might be a bit odd, who better to help if that was what she'd indeed said; and he was fairly certain she had. Adding the book to the other two, slowly, he was happy to have a new book to add to his collection.

Mercy followed but remained silent. After all this was between the customer and Ms. Jessie and therefore she had no reason to interject into the conversation. Still, she had never taken Ms. Jessie to be one to learn other languages but then again - it made a strange kind of sense to her.

Ms. Jessie loved books and books fostered learning therefore Ms. Jessie loved to learn. Easy-peasy.

Mercy kept her hands behind her back as she stood and waited to be directed to do something.

"Then it's a deal." Jessie smiled and politely took his book selections. It was just a matter of a moments before she rang him up, with an discount since the trade of the book for the lessons wasn't quite even, and was slipping the books into a plastic bag. She grabbed one of the business cards she kept in one of the many drawers in the counters. It had the store name, email, number, and address on one side with a dragon reading a book on the backside. "Here is the store card. Just give me a call when you get a chance and we can discuss times for the lessons."

The brunette smiled at Mercy. Jessie hoped the young girl would take him up on his offer since it was always a good idea to learn a different language. "We can even have the lessons here if you want to learn too Mercy."