The Lamentable Library Log

[theabjectauthor]

Who: The Ghost Of Lemony Snicket ... AND YOU
What: Certainly not any productive studying, sorry if that's what you came to do...
When: Throughout the weekend
Where: Hogwarts' library, of course!
Rating: U for Unsuitable For Anyone, Ever. Also: Unfortunate.

The children's author E.B. White once wrote in a letter to the children of the town of Troy: "A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your questions answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people — people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book".

Unfortunately for the library of Hogwarts, there is one person who is hiding between the stacks of its books, and he has, most assuredly, not managed to stay alive. Anyone who has forgone the weekend trip down to Hogsmeade, or was somehow unable to attend, and finds themselves in the library for any reason or another today, will find themselves not entirely alone.

You may be reading, you may simply be sitting at one of the window seats staring wistfully out and wishing you could be elsewhere ... but somewhere nearby, you may catch the sound of someone weeping.

Or, perhaps, as you're wandering the stacks and attempt to pick a book off the shelf, it refuses to budge, and another book floats out to hover beside you, instead.

Whatever the circumstance, the Library Ghost is with you.

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[schrodingersghost]

[There was only one reason Danny ever came to visit the library. Because the ghost there was so fun to bother.

Once he could find him, that is. Right now the ghost was searching through the library for the library ghost.]

[xss]

It's that weeping that catches Chihiro's attention as she's trying to study. She can't just ignore it though. Being sensitive herself makes her feel bad when other people are crying and makes her want to help them.

So, once she's sure that is weeping she's hearing, she picks up her notebooks and goes in search of the source of it all.

"Hello...? Is everything all right...?"

[pastina]

It's really not a surprise that, while he should have been in some class or another, Italy has found himself in the wrong place entirely. He really has no idea about the concept of school, seeing as he's never gone to one.

Still, libraries are interesting, and the one here is so very big! He's a little nervous at how easily he's become lost, but that's okay, because look at all the books! Maybe there was a storybook, and magic storybooks have to be interesting, right? Since he's too short to reach anything higher than the first two shelves, that's where he focuses his attention. The book with the glittery gold letters on the spine looks good!

Italy grabs with both hands and tugs, but the book - won't - move!

"Uuuugh! Why aren't you moving, Mister Book? I want to read you!!"

[strangewonders]

With no classes to teach (not that he was very good at actually teaching, granted)Howl had nowhere better to be than the library. Socializing was something he enjoyed, but he hadn't grown up surrounded by magic the way most of his colleagues had, and so he'd never really felt like he fit in properly.

That was okay. He liked books. And books liked him. Usually, anyway. The volume he was attempting to extract from the shelves at this exact moment, however, seemed rather determined to stay right where it was despite his best efforts.

He scowled and shook a chastising finger at it. "Don't make me fetch a crowbar. I will, you know."

[youfallback]

[Carolina is once again in the library. Between practices, she's usually here with her nose in a book, studying to be the best goddamn wizard around mostly to get her father's attention. This night, she's got a few hours of studying planned, so she's got her books cracked and a long piece of parchment to get started. Clearly, it's the perfect time to bother her Mr. Ghost!]

[silentrunning]

[Chell's in the library, sitting in a window seat with a book, tucked in nicely and comfortably when she does in fact hear someone weeping... Or at least she thinks...that's what it is. So she lays down the book, open next to her, and speaks up.]

H-hello?