Subj: [ffml] [MW] The World's COOLEST Librarian
Date: 99-12-12 22:12:22 EST
From: agover@midmich.cc.mi.us (Aaron Gover)
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Chærií followed Ash out onto a balcony where just a week ago,
the High Priestess had raised the spirits of her people. Now the only
thing she was raising was daisies.
They stood silently for several minutes watching the hordes of
Pikachu ravage the rubble of the city and attempt to break into the
inner keep of the castle.
"So," Ash finally said, "wheres the Necronomicon now?"
"I don't know where it is." However, seeing his expression,
Chærií quickly added "But I know where we can find out."
"Oh?" he asked, lost in thought, "Where is that?"
"The Ancient Library. If they don't have a book, They'll know
where to find it."
"Well, sounds pretty simple, lady."
"You know, I *have* a name. It's 'Chærií'."
"Yeah.. Yeah.. Okay, Chærií. How do we get to this Ancient
Library, Chærií?"
"Its just a few days walk south of here. The real problem
will be getting out of the city and past the Pikachu."
Ash folded his arms and turned to look at her.
"Hey, you just leave that to me, babe. You worry about the
book, I'll worry about getting us out of the city." With a wink, he
left the room."
Chærií sighed and shook her head, and then went to pack for the
trip.
* * *
The next morning at dawn, Ash sat in the driver's seat of his
car, revving the engine.
"C'mon!!! We're going now!" he yelled at the upper-floor window where
Chærií was getting ready.
Chærií finally came down, sleepy eyed and mumbling. She had the
depressed Jeala in tow.
Ash positioned the car at the closed portcullis. He leaned out the
window and spoke to the guards who were ready to open it.
"Okay, you grunts, after we leave, don't open that door until we come
back. Got it?"
The soldiers tensed up in expectation of combat, and the two assigned
to the gate opened the doors. The path to the open outer gate was clear.
Ash stepped on the gas and they shot out into the smoldering city.
As he made his way to the outskirts of the city, he began to encounter
Pikachu. Foolishly, they would jump in front of his car and quickly
become part of the road.
"This is your captain speaking," intoned Ash, mimicking an intercom.
"We seem to be experiencing some turbulence. Please keep your seatbelts
on and your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times."
Chærií stared at him like he had gone mad, and Jeala simply stared into
space.
He drove on in silence. One of the pikachu splattered against the
windshield and he had to turn on the windshield wipers.
They eventually got out of the city, and Chærií pointed him in the
direction of the Ancient Library.
* * *
"So what's this place like?" Ash asked Chærií as they headed up thewalk
to the ancient library.
"Oh, well, when I studied here in my youth--
"Youth?! You can't be a day over twenty." interjected Ash,
incredulously.
Chærií just chuckled.
"I'm quite a bit older than that, Ash. However, I'm not about to tell
you just how much older. A lady has to have some secrets, don't you
know. Anyhow, where was I... Oh yes... When I studied here in my youth
it was a very quiet and sacrosanct place."
As if on cue, a man was flung out of an open second-story window,
landing not a foot from Jeala, dazed but unhurt.
Jeala regarded the man with mild disintrest.
"That'll teach you not to keep books overdue, ya bastard!" a loud voice
bellowed out the window.
"It looks like things have changed," Ash remarked dryly, "since your
youth, that is."
They continued into the library. Inside, they found a large green man
at the counter, and loud music with organs and electric guitar blaring.
"We need to speak to the head librarian." Chærií addressed the man.
The man replied "What?!", obviously straining to hear over the music.
"We need to speak to the head librarian!"
"WHAT?! I can't hear you!!"
"WE NEED TO SPEAK TO THE HEAD LIBRARIAN."
"HUH?!"
"LISTEN, IS IT POSSIBLE TO TURN THE MUSIC DOWN?!"
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU! I'LL HAVE TO GET THE HEAD LIBRARIAN TO TURN THE
MUSIC DOWN! I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!!" With that, he disappeared into the
back office.
Within a few moments, the music faded into the background and an even
larger man in Red armor appeared alongside the large green man.
"Hello, Im the head librarian, Gilgamesh. I think you've met Ekindu, my
assistant. What can I do for you?" he inquired politely. Chærií
recognized his voice as that of the person who had hurled the delinquent
book-borrower from the window.
"Well," began Chærií, "We need to find a copy of the 'Necronomicon ex
Mortis.'"
"Okay," said Gilgamesh, moving to a shiny brand-new computer terminal a
little ways down the counter, "It should only take a few seconds to pull
up on our computer."
"Uh, Chærií, I thought you people didn't have computers?" Ash inquired.
Instantly, the terminal disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Ash found himself at the recieving end of four icy stares.
"Hey," he exlaimed, backing away. "I was only asking."
"That happens every time!" moaned Gilgamesh. "Oh well, I suppose we'll
have to check the physical records in the back. We'll have an answer in
about an hour. Feel free to browse until then."
The three travellers broke up, Chærií and Ash heading to the
periodicals and Jeala walking off to look at the art gallery.
* * *
"So, Ash," Chærií was enquiring, "why did you keep saying 'not
again!!!' last night."
Ash grunted.
"Well, you see, this is the third time something like this has
happened..."
"Third time?! Really?"
Ash filled her in on the details of the necronomicon, his adventures at
the small cabin in Tennesee, and the subsequent adventures and battles
in medieval europe.
"Wow. I can see how you'd be getting a little sick of this stuff by
now. I'm sorry we've been so much trouble. We'll send you home as soon
as possible."
Chærií and Ash stood in silence for a few minutes. Chærií finally
understood why Ash was so upset. This wasn't his battle. Who was she to
think she could just snatch people out of thin air to deal with their
problems. She began to cry.
"Aw, what did I say?" Ash asked Chærií, putting his good left arm
around her shoulders.
"Oh, its not you..." she said, sniffling. "Its just everything -- the
entire city of Toroia was destroyed and all I could do was watch! The
same with Toroia castle! The same with the High Priestess! And... the
same with Jeala's fiancée."
"Her Fiancée? When did this happen?"
"Right before you arrived. He was in the final guards that held the
pikachu away while we summoned you."
Ash sighed, finally understanding.
"Jeez, all this just to get me, huh? God sure has a mean sense of humor
sometimes, doesn't he?" He chuckled grimly.
"Yeah..." sniffled Chærií, "And you're not even that great of a joke."
Ash looked at Chærií like she was insane. She began to giggle, in spite
of her fears and worries. Pretty soon, they were both laughing.
* * *
Jeala stood looking at a statue of two lovers, remembering her own
happiness, which had been shattered because of that asshole...
"Excuse me?" a voice startled her. She wheeled on the person. It was
that asshole, Ash.
She regarded him for a moment, and then began to walk off.
"Hey! I'm trying to talk to you here!" he started after her.
She stopped. Not turning toward him, she spoke to him.
"The less I talk to you, the better. Now go away."
"Would you give me a chance, at least?" he was getting exasperated.
"Listen, I'm not real good at this, so I'll keep it simple. I'm sorry
for the way I acted earlier. I didn't mean to be such a dipweed. And I
didn't know that you had recently... err... lost someone."
She turned towards him. "Hmph. What would YOU know about that?!"
"You're not the only one whos lost a loved one. Let me tell--"
They were interrupted by Ekindu, who spoke to them.
"Excuse me, sir, miss, we've found some information for you."
Jeala regarded Ash for a few more seconds, and then turned on her heel
and headed back towards the desk.
"Hmm.." Ash thought, "It didn't look like she despised me that time...
thats a start at least..."
* * *
"Well," Gilgamesh said, "It looks like we don't have a copy. I looks
here like we got rid of our copy because people kept summoning evil
demons every time we tried to dust -- do you know how much of a pain
that can be? Anyway, it looks like we gave it to a wizard who said
something about making it into a Seal or something. He had a cave not
far from here, a few days walk. Just south of Baron."
"Well then," Ash said, "Lets go spelunking."
"Huh?" Chærií looked at him like he had made a lewd suggestion.
"Caving. Lets explore a cave. Jeez..."
TO BE CONTINUED... (AFTER FINALS WEEK >_<)
--
"Itchy. Tasty." -- Resident Evil 2
Aaron Gover (aka VincentValintine)
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