Shub looked around for a spot and went to a table that was nearby a window, the perfect place for natural light to shine through. She motioned Lily over and opened one of the books.
When Virgil got the books, he immediately started to scan them to mark them as returned. Once they were registered, he the took the books to their shelves and placed the books neatly among the others.Shinku was slightly relieved when she heard the Librarian. She assumed she could just leave it there at the counter. Shinku tried separating it into two stacks in order to prevent the stack from toppling over.
After she did that, Shinku went into the corner and looked for the book on Dangerous Abilities she saw the other day.
Shub moved the book in front of Lily since, it was her ability, not Shub's. So looking at this information would mean nothing for her. No benefit. Shub just rested in the chair and closed her eyes. "It's been awhile since I could have a chat with a human. Virgil doesn't count, since I always see him."
Lily flipped through the book, just kind of reading over it. She wasn't really looking too deeply into it, she didn't like heavily analyzing books. Instead, she just kind of enjoyed it. She could go through it a second time and figure out the deeper stuff later. She heard Shub's voice and looked up. "Why's that?" she asked, tilting her head to the side. She looked back down at the book again while she waited for Shub's answer.
"Well, how often do you find it normal for a human to communicate with a spirit like this? Especially when they come from some cursed book, full of other spirits. Specifically, evil spirits? Any human would avoid that sort of contact." She explained as she just sank into her chair. She was obviously too relaxed, as if that book barely had any breathing room or anything. She was really just hanging loose. She closed her eyes and let out an exhale. She then opened them again and looked at Lily. "Find what you were looking for~?"
"I don't think you're that bad," Lily said, tilting her head. She was still innocent, despite the video that was shown to her. She looked at the book again. "I might check this out," she admitted, closing it. "I found enough," she said. It was a little vague, but that was fine, she didn't really understand her power anyways, this just got her closer to it. She placed the book in her lap, next to her notebook, looking at Shub and smiling.
Shub smiled back and shrugged. "I see." She said thinking that Lily wasn't that kind of student. She thought of her as a nose to the grindstone type, but she wasn't really. She then stretched her arms a little bit, her legs doing so as well. She thought about Lily's statement saying that she wasn't that bad. She'd show her true self, but she didn't want to shatter Lily's innocence yet. In fact, she'd like to let her elaborate on what she said. Just to make herself feel a bit more good. "When you said I wasn't that bad, what did you mean?"
Lily nodded, turning her book over in her hands. It was a habit of hers. She heard Shub’s question and paused for a second. “Well, you helped me find some books, and you offered to wipe my memory of the video.” She said. “You didn’t have to do any of that, but you still did!” She finished, smiling. Lily could maybe be described as too trusting, but she hadn’t been backstabbed before, so she barely knew that was a thing.
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Shub giggled and looked down a bit, and smiled. Lily was too nice. She was then caught by surprise when she felt someone come close to them unexpectedly. "Oh..?" Was the only expression she could muster out. She looked at Arlo who was coming over to them and asked what they were reading. Shub just simply answered with a smile. "She was reading some stuff related to her ability. I was just helping her." Shub said. "A-And this is a library. You should be a little bit more quiet. The librarian might come over, you know?" Shub said quietly with a giggle.Arlo exited his classrooom and yawned. Afternoon classes always tired him out. It didn't help that he already knew the stuff they were teaching as his parents had schooled him in preparation. He looked around the hallways for anyone he recognized, and since he couldn't find anyone he looked down at his map. He wanted to find if there was a place where he could train his reaction speed like a ball court pr something. Not finding any place like a gym, he decided to go to the Library to check out some books, because if he's going to have this much free time, he might as well read.
Arlo looked down at the map and walked through the twisting hallways to eventually find his way to the library. He entered and inhaled, breathing in the smells of old parchment mixed with newly printed paper. It gave off sort of a home vibe. He looked around the library and soon saw Lily sitting at one of the tables with another girl. Arlo called out to Lily and waved while walking towards them. He was excited to have luckily found someone he knew in the twisting of of the school. He soon came to the table and sat down across from Lily.
"Watcha reading?" He asked, looking at the cover of the book.
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Shub could tell that Arlo had some sort of interest in her, only in a curious way of the usual game she played with the humans. Could they guess what she was? She just offered a smile as she watched the two converse.
Lily’s smile only grew when she heard Shub’s giggle. She looked over at Arlo with a bit of surprise, but nodded when Shub gave an explanation. She looked over at Shub again. She seemed a little more giggilish now, not that there was a problem with that, Lily was just a little surprised. “What brings you here?” She asked Arlo, tilting her head.
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CasualTea
Virgil looked up and heard Victor's question. He pointed to one of the shelves and spoke. "Check the higher shelves and it's probably all the way at the end of the aisle." He said before going back to work on his computer.
Shub looked between the two and shrugged. "Well, if you need someone to throw knives at you, I suppose I could do that. And I could still hang out with you two. You get training done, we'll still have our circle of three. Seems like a win-win, doesn't it?" Shub offered with a smile. Of course, she'd probably have to get permission from Virgil, but most likely she'll get to go help Arlo train. She didn't seem to be malicious after all so it should be alright. Right?
Lily nodded, but she paused with confusion. “What do you need?” She asked, looking at Arlo. She saw him looking at Shub and opened her mouth, as if to say something. Nothing came out. Instead, she just waited for Arlo to explain himself. It probably wasn’t anything severe, that’s what Lily was hoping.
