Higurashi aftermath

[sharpasafawkes]

[IN OUR LAST EPISODE Shaun and Cesare had a little trip down to the labs, if by "trip" we mean "a magical adventure full of torture-filled antics". Needless to say there's one historian laid up in a hospital bed, more or less asleep and bandaged like you wouldn't believe.]

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[sharpasafawkes]

One of the older ones... right, you know that leather-bound one that's about twice the normal size? Gilt lettering on the spine, now which one was it...

[maleborgia]

*justttt waiting for Shaun to figure it out. not going to put the effort in to remembering all those books in the cabin whose names he totally memorized*

[sharpasafawkes]

[Finally says the name! He rambled off a few other ones that got burnt too...]

[maleborgia]

*OH. OH WOW THIS IS AWKWARD. KIND OF DESTROYED ALL OF THOSE.*

Oh...

[sharpasafawkes]

God if I get that russian fella, he'll roast me over a spit...

[maleborgia]

I will take care of it.

[sharpasafawkes]

So you say, but I bet you've never had to deal with a cross Russian before.

[maleborgia]

I grew up in Rome. I'll manage.

[sharpasafawkes]

... you've never had to hear about their history much, did you?

[maleborgia]

I have heard a bit and I have read a bit. Regardless, I can handle myself.

[sharpasafawkes]

All right, but you don't want to hear my eulogy.

[Library up ahead~]

[maleborgia]

*THIS CAN ONLY END WELL

entering library, looking around for someone who works there*

[sharpasafawkes]

[Avoid the Russian, avoid the Russian...

Oh hell, the Russian spotted us.]

[maleborgia]

*speaking for Shaun, stating basically that these books were unfortunately destroyed by Camp so they are unable to be returned*

[sharpasafawkes]

[That "Really..." might have come along with a slight narrowing of the eyes and all calm gestures. To anybody not trained in the fine language of cocky, unsafe bastards it might not seem like much, but for those that are...]

[maleborgia]

*tch, how annoying :|*

I would of course be willing to repay you for the trouble of procuring their replacement.

[sharpasafawkes]

[God that's an unsettling smile, and cesare might feel shaun shrinking back a bit.

This would be a very to-the-point message about how money is worthless, but labor...]

[maleborgia]

*ignoring shaun.

negotiations about how many hours each book is worth?*

[sharpasafawkes]

[Quite a bit of negotiating actually, since some of them didn't even have an elecric copy yet...]

[maleborgia]

*that argument would work better if he had been aware that so many books did have an electric copy. still arguing about this.*

[sharpasafawkes]

["We could settle this quite fairly, just let me keep the bird."]

[maleborgia]

*oh, gdi both of you :||| *

The bird? Hardly an ordinary trade for a library fee.

[sharpasafawkes]

[Heee doesn't seem to care much, just saying he could use a bird and that the bartering system is alive and well here]

[maleborgia]

Unfortunately the bird is another citizen of Camp and I am hardly at liberty to include him among my available assets.

[sharpasafawkes]

["Oh? Is he the debtholder? That will be fine too..."]