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[perfectsymmetry]

[Phone call: filtered from NPCs]

Hey everyone. I know how much the library here is useless, and a lot of people are looking for something to read. I don't have much, but I'm always willing to lend out the books I have. I got some novels from home returned awhile ago, and I've already read through them, more than once... All I ask is that they get returned to me in good shape, so other people can read them too. Um, they're mostly detective novels, as well. Ah, my name's Crowe and I'm at 1247 Williams if anyone cares to stop by.

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[Action:

Spring is in the air, and Crowe can't help but be in a good mood, thanks to the warm weather and the end of the school year coming up. Prom wasn't a complete disaster either, and he skillfully managed not to make an embarrassment of himself during Mother's Day. Today Mayfield can find him:

A) On his porch with a pile of books next to him, in case anyone stopped by. He's reading one, sitting on the porch swing with his cat asleep in his lap.

B) At the flower shop. Crowe's always looking for new hobbies and is considering gardening since he never got the hang of cooking. But boys can't get gardening books at the library, so he has to wing it. He has no idea what he's going though, and is looking over flowers and plants, thinking. He will probably ask workers or other customers for help.

C) Windowshopping downtown. It might look innocent enough, but this thief is on the prowl. Problem is, none of the stores here have anything good, or even any security to speak of. Where's the challenge?

He does sit across from the bank for awhile though, watching people come in and out...]

Comments

[emperor-cowboy.livejournal.com]

[Hol was going to go outside for a smoke... and nearly knocked over the pile of... books? Okay, so he wasn't expecting Crowe to be outside either, with a stack of reading material.]

Oh... whoops.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[There's a stack of about twenty books there. Crowe looks over and inspects the pile.]

Ah, I'm sorry, are they in the way?

[emperor-cowboy.livejournal.com]

Course not... just wasn't expecting them to be there.

[Hol then steps aside, deciding to have his cigarette further to the road. So thoughtful.]

[beamiracle.livejournal.com]

[Lion remembered being kind of frustrated with the library a while back, so he is definitely pinged by this.]

You say you're lending out books, Crowe-san?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I am! I take it you're interested?

[beamiracle.livejournal.com]

I must admit, I am. My first trip to the library was...well, pretty disappointing. It would be nice to have something to read that isn't about car repair.

What kinds of books are you offering?

A

[commentboxtroll]

[The offer to lend out books had been extended even earlier than that phone call, but it had reminded Caesar of just that. He may as well take advantage of it. He's emerged from his post-Mother's Day sulking just long enough to meander over to Crowe's.

He approaches the porch, a hand up in a half-hearted wave.]

Hey.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe closes his book and waves back.] Hey there. Figured I'd see you here.

[commentboxtroll]

Yeah. I got sick trying to make sense of the books this place has.

[In other words, if he was going to have to read to stay entertained, he was going to get books that didn't had a chance of not sucking.]

A

[charitymedic.livejournal.com]

[The library had been a bit of a disappointment for Estelle with only books on cooking and cleaning. They were interesting, but she wished there had been more genres to choose from. She didn't know who was offering to lend books, but she figured it wouldn't hurt to try to go and see if she could get one and get to know a few more people along the way. She finally found the house and approached the other.]

A-are you Crowe?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Both he and the cat perk their heads up when hearing a visitor.]

Ah, yes, I am. Did you come about the books?

C - Outside the bank

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

Hey Crowe!

[[Aaron spots him, so he comes over to say hi. Hasn't really talked to Crowe since their bit of drunken awkwardness at the prom.]]

Re: C - Outside the bank

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe gives him a wave back.] Hey there, Aaron. How're you doing?

C

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

[And it just so happens you'll run into your Ethics teacher wandering around downtown. He walks past the comic book store and pauses. PAUSES. As if he's just had an epiphany.]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Blinkblink]

Ah... Mr. Nigma... something wrong?

[phone]

[brotherseyes.livejournal.com]

That's awfully nice of you. Aren't you worried you won't get your books back?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Um, a little, yeah. But so far, people have been kind to them. They're a pretty precious resource in this town, I guess.

B

[poisonivyforyou.livejournal.com]

[And here's Poison Ivy, helpful as always. Or maybe she doesn't like people staying around her babies too much.]

Do you need anything?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Oh! Um. Ah, I think I need some help. I was thinking of starting a garden. But I've never done anything like it before, so I figure I should start easy, yeah? But I don't know what 'easy' is in this case.

A - Just passing through...

[ooeeooahah]

[ Ilsa hasn't had a chance to check on Crowe since Prom, and the state he'd left the party wasn't horrible, but still good to check in. The book announcement is a good excuse. ]

Hey! How are things going for you?

[ She stops at the edge of the porch, just in the shade. ]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Hi there. Mm, pretty well, I suppose. How about you? Were you here for a book?

[breaker-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Books that aren’t about cooking or cleaning? There must be a God after all.
Rider would find her way to the house containing this charitable benefactor.]

Excuse me, is this where I might find the books for loan?
I couldn’t help but to overhear your announcement and I’m quite interested if you still have a few left.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[At this point, the pile's gotten low, but there's still a few novels left.]

That's right. You made it here before they were all gone, thankfully.

Phone

[goldensymphony.livejournal.com]

Crowe? I'm Battler Ushiromiya. It's a pleasure to meet you.

Hahaha, I'm glad you've taken an interest to mystery novels. There's nothing like a good read during Mayfield's quiet times.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Likewise! Ushiromiya? Are you related to Lion?

They're my favorite. Did you want to borrow one?