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TEST DRIVE MEME #2
Welcome to the Library
Those who are new awake in the stacks.
You’re not sure when you fell asleep, and the memories of the last things you were doing are hazy at best. But now you’re here, and all you can see is books in every direction, the bookshelves teetering high enough above you to reach to the sky.
A helpful sign points you in the direction of the main circulation desk, and even if you try to ignore it and go in any other direction, the desk is where you will find yourself. A figure sits behind the desk, not even looking up as they sort through books and other media; they look, to your character, to be the exact picture of what they expect a Librarian to be.
Trying to ask the Librarian a question will get them shushed, but they’ll point down a hallway to the side, leading to a kitchenette and what appears to be a dorm room, where they’ll find they’re not alone in this strange place. But once they’ve looked away, when they look back, the Librarian is gone.
The Lobby
Those who are already familiar with the Library will see the Lobby change for the second time. It’s not paper plate UFOs and metal walls this time. Instead there are cheerful garlands strung about, and a stack of books shaped into a Christmas tree taking pride of place. The Help Desk is closed, the ‘Back in 5’ sign once again a bald-faced lie, but there is a menorah sat behind in the window, conveniently just out of reach of anyone who tries to get it. The candles are lit in a… somewhat sporadic fashion, the correct order but with no rhyme or reason to what ‘night’ is being represented. Either time is strange here, whoever’s in charge of it doesn’t know what day it is either, or they simply don’t care. Or some mix of the three.
Those two particular winter holidays are not the only ones represented either; characters will find a smattering of decorations or festive accessories from a great number of holidays, from their own worlds and beyond. There is what looks like a cabinet with instructions to pick your fortune from one of the many drawers. For some reason, there are a number of what looks like a child’s toy ponies placed on and around the cabinet. There are also some posters declaring in bold, decidedly upsetting typeset: “THE GOD-EMPEROR WISHES YOU A FESTIVE SANGUINALIA!” complete with a picture of a certain Library resident in all his feathered, shining glory. (The poster is not remotely shiny, but there are helpful accent lines to show that he should be shining.) And, for some reason, there is also a giant straw goat in the garden now, surrounded by festive strings of lights. Please do not set it on fire.
The Kitchens
It seems the decorations are not the only thing in the holiday spirit. The kitchens, usually bereft of anything but the most basic foodstuffs, are now full to the brim with a variety of holiday foods. There is always a tureen with hot mulled wine and a try of sweet pastries near by it, there’s ham and latkes in the fridge to be heated up, jelly doughnuts, moon cakes, pies, and an assortment of other delicious things. If your character would expect to find a certain thing within the stash, they do, regardless of how niche it may be. Christmas chili? Of course there’s christmas chili!
Oh, and that mulled wine isn’t the only alcohol around either- champagne, sake, hard cider… again, anything anyone might expect to find. Just try not to overdo it too much, alright? Everyone still has to sleep in the same room, and the Assistants aren’t going to show up to hold your hair back.
Crafts and More
What good are holidays without crafts? The Maker’s Space has been specially supplied with anything you might need to make your festive crafts- this includes everything you’d need for a gingerbread construction! (You’d think this would be in the kitchen, but don’t kid yourself- those things are not for eating.) There’s strips of colorful paper rings and instructions on how to make your own, little things of clay and paint and directions on how to craft your own dreidel, ’stained glass’ paper lanterns, and more. Oh, and glitter. Obviously there is a lot of glitter available.
There are also snow globe kits, mostly generic winter themes- trees, presents, and the like. Strangely enough, however, when they’re complete and shaken, they’ll show a memory from the person who shook it- a memory of a holiday, or snow, or generally something that invokes the feeling of the season- light, and hope, and togetherness. It’s fragmented, almost stop-motion in between the falling bits of ‘snow,’ but once it has settled the normal, basic scene inside returns.
Those who are new awake in the stacks.
You’re not sure when you fell asleep, and the memories of the last things you were doing are hazy at best. But now you’re here, and all you can see is books in every direction, the bookshelves teetering high enough above you to reach to the sky.
A helpful sign points you in the direction of the main circulation desk, and even if you try to ignore it and go in any other direction, the desk is where you will find yourself. A figure sits behind the desk, not even looking up as they sort through books and other media; they look, to your character, to be the exact picture of what they expect a Librarian to be.
Trying to ask the Librarian a question will get them shushed, but they’ll point down a hallway to the side, leading to a kitchenette and what appears to be a dorm room, where they’ll find they’re not alone in this strange place. But once they’ve looked away, when they look back, the Librarian is gone.
The Lobby
Those who are already familiar with the Library will see the Lobby change for the second time. It’s not paper plate UFOs and metal walls this time. Instead there are cheerful garlands strung about, and a stack of books shaped into a Christmas tree taking pride of place. The Help Desk is closed, the ‘Back in 5’ sign once again a bald-faced lie, but there is a menorah sat behind in the window, conveniently just out of reach of anyone who tries to get it. The candles are lit in a… somewhat sporadic fashion, the correct order but with no rhyme or reason to what ‘night’ is being represented. Either time is strange here, whoever’s in charge of it doesn’t know what day it is either, or they simply don’t care. Or some mix of the three.
Those two particular winter holidays are not the only ones represented either; characters will find a smattering of decorations or festive accessories from a great number of holidays, from their own worlds and beyond. There is what looks like a cabinet with instructions to pick your fortune from one of the many drawers. For some reason, there are a number of what looks like a child’s toy ponies placed on and around the cabinet. There are also some posters declaring in bold, decidedly upsetting typeset: “THE GOD-EMPEROR WISHES YOU A FESTIVE SANGUINALIA!” complete with a picture of a certain Library resident in all his feathered, shining glory. (The poster is not remotely shiny, but there are helpful accent lines to show that he should be shining.) And, for some reason, there is also a giant straw goat in the garden now, surrounded by festive strings of lights. Please do not set it on fire.
The Kitchens
It seems the decorations are not the only thing in the holiday spirit. The kitchens, usually bereft of anything but the most basic foodstuffs, are now full to the brim with a variety of holiday foods. There is always a tureen with hot mulled wine and a try of sweet pastries near by it, there’s ham and latkes in the fridge to be heated up, jelly doughnuts, moon cakes, pies, and an assortment of other delicious things. If your character would expect to find a certain thing within the stash, they do, regardless of how niche it may be. Christmas chili? Of course there’s christmas chili!
Oh, and that mulled wine isn’t the only alcohol around either- champagne, sake, hard cider… again, anything anyone might expect to find. Just try not to overdo it too much, alright? Everyone still has to sleep in the same room, and the Assistants aren’t going to show up to hold your hair back.
Crafts and More
What good are holidays without crafts? The Maker’s Space has been specially supplied with anything you might need to make your festive crafts- this includes everything you’d need for a gingerbread construction! (You’d think this would be in the kitchen, but don’t kid yourself- those things are not for eating.) There’s strips of colorful paper rings and instructions on how to make your own, little things of clay and paint and directions on how to craft your own dreidel, ’stained glass’ paper lanterns, and more. Oh, and glitter. Obviously there is a lot of glitter available.
There are also snow globe kits, mostly generic winter themes- trees, presents, and the like. Strangely enough, however, when they’re complete and shaken, they’ll show a memory from the person who shook it- a memory of a holiday, or snow, or generally something that invokes the feeling of the season- light, and hope, and togetherness. It’s fragmented, almost stop-motion in between the falling bits of ‘snow,’ but once it has settled the normal, basic scene inside returns.
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"Good," a firm nod about it being disconnected for time. Then it meant he was free NOT to worry about them. They wouldn't have need to do something insanely irrational, foolish, unnecessary, and quite
possiblyprobably realm-breaking.He already misses them (obviously, hence this conversation) but they do drive him crazy too. And actually, yeah, it IS pretty fun for him to frolic in a library carefree and not have to worry about them breaking the universe or even just... setting his OWN library on fire. Again.
There's a slight hunch to Lucifer's shoulders about the other still-actually angels showing up, but he nods, and forcibly loosens the knots in the shoulders. "Of course." He has no idea what Michael would make of this. Or him. Probably try to tackle Lucifer in a hug, punch him, and start all over again, and have even more to say than Lucifer's nonstop chatter. Simeon as a writer himself, (the greatest writer of all time!!! - a mini "Levi" voice chimes loudly in Lucifer's head) would be the most obvious choice, if Lucifer was a strange strange person who created this library and added people to it. "Yare yare," he drags a gloved palm down his face. "Well, Simeon was already in Devildom as an exchange student. So it's not like I haven't had those discussions with him already." Lucifer tries to avoid those discussions, but he has had them. "The only reason Michael had to send a representative, was there was no way Father would let him down into Hell, off the hook that easily."
As for El'Johnson, and Night Haunter's other siblings, Lucifer tilts his head. Lord Diavolo says constantly how he admires/envies Lucifer and his siblings. Lonely prince. And while Lucifer admittedly never feels the same, (envying Diavolo, not even for the really adoring relationship Diavolo had with the Demon King: his father, nor for the castle -- way too much work and hassle, and they have to deal with TOURIST GROUPS. Oh hell no. Lucifer would so much rather have a scary haunted mansion EVEN DEMONS feared, thank you very much) clearly Night Haunter's issue isn't for lack of siblings. It's also weird to think of not having to be Father's best, first, brightest general, keeping everyone in line, and now the not quite reverse; but independent version of... whatever his siblings and him counted as.
He's never sat down and THOUGHT about family in a human perspective before. Like, yes, obviously Father wanted him and all the angels to set an example for humanity, (part of where Lilith messed up, perhaps? Not that Lucifer will dare touch on that mentally EVER) but God the Father was so different from humans, Lucifer can BARELY reconcile the mental image, even with the intense amount of overthinking he does everything.
Maybe?
Ugh, okay, he has to think about humans more to figure this out. Solomon. Solomon's ideas of family were the most fucked up Lucifer can imagine. A sort of 'gotta catch 'em all' of wives, and demon pacts, and while Solomon was more protective of his (sole) apprentice, Lucifer's not sure Solomon ever knew his father (King David, which is a whole other can of worms Lucifer wishes to avoid) and was not at all terribly interested in ruling his kingdom. Solomon is, as far as Lucifer is concerned, the opposite of Diavolo. So maybe Solomon had big family, but it was probably more like Night Haunter than Lucifer bar none.
..... And oh look at that. He has now exhausted his options of humans. Oops?
No no, surely there's like... human media where he's seen family dynamics. It's not always demon films they watch. Hmm..... HMMMMMM. He's SURE he's seen a family sitcom or two. Either set in England or America. Something with Asmo, but not the fashion/reality tv/catty snarky ragging on each other dramas of drag queens and infighting??? Maybe? But for the life of him, Lucifer can only remember: horror movies with Mammon and Beelz (Beelz will watch anything to be with the others, Mammon hates horror so everyone likes to watch him scream), anime or fantasy with Levi, noir, classics, artsy, well-written stuff with Simeon, and detective mysteries with Satan who watched even more of it on his own or with the others, since Lucifer usually lacked time, and he and Satan got along worse than cats and dogs. He should look up some family sitcom stuff to tell Lord Diavolo about. It would probably be his favorite, especially since Lord Diavolo just likes watching Lucifer and his family for some reason.
"To be perfectly honest," Lucifer doesn't lie, this is a superlative statement to give humans bracing, because they usually expect him to lie, so when he says something even HE knows is outrageous, he wants to crater expectations if only on this one thing. "I hadn't really thought about it before." It was too in his face. Everywhere. Done by existing, not needing to think about to do. "Demons don't do family, really. Even the Demon King, once my brothers and I fell, he appointed us avatars of sins -- a very big deal in Devildom, but then retired to the depths. I think he was less worried about his son, the Prince, now that we were around. Most demons don't work well together. And then before that, angels and Father were all I ever knew. Which was an even bigger, even stricter family dynamic -- and even more unlike the rest of creation." One God, a ridiculous amount of angels, and Lucifer's job was to lead them all. Now it's Michael's headache, and that keeps Michael from being Lucifer's ongoing headache... most days. The unsolicited advice days (which Lucifer always takes, but yes it burns him a little) existed, but still...
"I take it you are a military family?" A beat. "By which I mean, you are all officially in some sort of capacity as soldiers?" Sire, Dam, Imperium makes him thing of the Roman Empire, names are no sign of professions, law, order, no religion, not much for books. It was unlike anything Lucifer knew of, so he's intensely curious, but trying not be abrasive and probing. Not that Night Haunter was dressed anything like a soldier, but a scout maybe? He'd previously just assumed Night Haunter had come directly from a battlefield, especially given Mei's world/timeline, but now he realizes they probably have nothing in common either. Curious-er and curious-er. Not for the first time, he wishes he had Levi around, IRONICALLY. As much as Leviathan would rather hide in his room than ever talk to ANYONE EVER face to face, he knew all the fictional stories about other worlds and things Lucifer never bothered with because they were immaterial at the time. A slight pinch of his eyebrows with gloved fingers. "Maybe not. I had thought you a scout. Especially with the name, but you said yourself, the names don't correlate to professions." And maybe Lucifer was thinking too much of heaven's dynamics again.
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He is definitely not dressed like a soldier. Not when his only clothes are a pair of ragged dark pants that have seen better days and a black-feathered cloak as grimy as the rest of him. The only reason any of it is remarkable is because it actually fits him and he definitely won't fit into human standard clothes. But there's something bemused in his expression at them being called a military family, one that keeps him thoughtful and quiet for a moment thinking how best to answer it. "You could say that, yes."
His gaze returns to the posters again. "I could, I suppose, if I had to, perform the role of a scout. Reconnaissance isn't what we are for however. Our names are not indicative of our positions, either in the Imperium or in our own legions. Now we are here, and merely editors, tasked with finishing books. Ah, the glory."
There's no glory at all!
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Culture... right! Yes. Night Haunter is stubbornly atheistic. lololol as Levi would also say. Entertaining, Lucifer thinks. He's amused.
There's definitely something about the latter statements that Lucifer knows are off, but he can't quite put a finger on it so he's silent, for now.
"Editing, or writing?" To be fair, the prior? Probably Lucifer's forte. Depending on how it went. Well, we say 'forte' like there are things that aren't. -- There are, but fat chance he'll admit it.
"Most ah..." oh how to phrase. "Long-lived beings?" close enough??? The joke with atheism continues! "Do find the greatest glory in the longevity of art past a mortal's otherwise much shorter lifespan." A shrug. "Not that peoples focused on war understand that." Or they do, and wage wars on art. Whatever.