folklorist | ϡ - Chapter Eight; A Midsummer Night's Read

( Four days will quickly steep themselves in nights;
Four nights will quickly dream away the time;
And then the moon, like to a silver bow
New bent in heaven, shall behold the night
Of our solemnities.

A woman will be portrayed, followed by a yellow moon and glistening stars filling an otherwise blackened void of a sky. )

[ If you're in the library today you can find Helios seated at one of the tables with his face neatly plastered to a book. Rainy days are always good days to read it seems, and today is no exception! However if anyone passes by him during his re-reading of a certain play they'll see varying figures playing out their roles, and the play itself, as he reads through it. So you'll basically get a free show via his mind! Reading yet another portion of A Midsummer Night's Dream in his head will promptly be dictated to you all, via voice transmission because Helios fails and always has his journal by him or unintentionally open, and anyone walking by will see the golden text scrolling above his head, with pretty pictures of characters to boot. ]

( And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearnéd luck,
Now to escape the serpent's tongue,
We will make amends ere long:
Else the Puck a liar call.
So good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.

A figure akin to this is then portrayed. )

[ Anyone is free to comment and wonder about what the hell it is he's thinking about. ]

((ooc; and lol slowatus is officially over because I have bad self control and couldn't resist. And if I die off it's because I went to bed and I will reply tomorrow!))

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Hm. [ He'll think for a minute. ] (Twelfth Night is certainly funny, but Comedy of Errors has its own twists as well. Ah well-)

Perhaps Comedy of Errors?

[He takes the play from the shelf and flips through the pages, curious.]

So this Shakespeare was a playwright from your world, or did you discover his works in the library here as well?

[ He nods in affirmation. ] You would be correct. He's one of the most famous playwrights on Earth actually.

Earth seems to have quite a number of talented authors, if the library is any indication. I recently discovered some of the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a detective named Sherlock Holmes... perhaps you've heard of them?

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Yes! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the better murder mystery authors. His lock box murder mysteries are always used in popular media nowadays. [ A pause. ]

Does your world have any such authors?

None who are quite as prolific as Doyle and Shakespeare, I'm afraid. But now that you mention it, I should see if the library has any books from my world-- I've been so busy reading books from other worlds that it hardly occurred to me to see what sort of things they had from my own.

Understandable! There's so many different worlds here. [ Lets out a wistful sigh. ] Reading traditional works from them is just one of the many ways to understand the culture and people. So! Forgetting about your world's is well probably normal. Or at least it is for me...then again I am a bit absent minded. Ah! Not saying that you are! [ He'll shut up because he's rambling. ]

[Oh, but Regal is smiling now.]

You just gave me a wonderful idea. Once the weather is better, we could organize a village-wide culture festival to allow everyone to learn more about the different worlds represented here in Luceti.

[ Helios will beam at that. Big derpy smile is go! ]

That--that is a wonderful idea! I mean, I don't know why I never thought about it before! I do like the sound of that, very much so.

Of course, it will likely take more than just us to organize it, but it would provide an excellent opportunity for those who are interested to get first-hand information on the worlds rather than simply reading about them in books.

My thoughts exactly! Personal experiences are always so much better than books, don't you think? I'm sure we could find plenty of help, that definately wouldn't be a problem.

Yes, I agree. In fact, it could even serve as the groundwork for a book of our own about the culture of this village.

[ He looks genuinely surprised at that. A book now that would be something. ]

I like the sound of that. Perhaps we could even use these--journals to keep records of everyone's world too, hm?

I'm not sure that keeping records in these journals would work, but we could always start a separate journal for that purpose. It would be easier to keep track of if it is all compiled in one place.

Hm, true. I'm not very good with these things anyway! [ Just a sidelong glace at his journal there over there, yup. Technology why art thou so confusing for him. ]

But you would be interested in this little project?

I wouldn't mind that at all. I'd be honored to work alongside a man such as yourself!

And I would be honored to collaborate with you as well.

[ He'll smile and nod. ]

Then it's settled! We should start on it soon, er, if you have the time that is! What with Luceti's ever expanding population.

I have the time whenever you do-- I doubt anyone would object if I were to leave someone else in charge of the bakery every so often. Besides, it will give them something to do beyond just assisting me with the baking.

[ Wait, wait wait. You work at the bakery? Oh man Helios has a sweet tooth that would make most dentist cry. ]

Bakery...you mean you work there? Ha! I just love everything it has in it! Such delicious sweets.

Ah, but, yes that's fine! I'm not, er, doing much these days as it is. [ Besides messing with the spirits and stuff. ]

Actually, I am the owner now, and I don't see why we couldn't do some of our work there if you would prefer.

[ Are you sure about that Regal? He will eat all your food. ]

Oh you're too kind! I think that would be a perfect place.

[That is what the food is for!]

Then I believe we have a plan.

ϡ - Chapter Eight; A Midsummer Night's Read

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[Action] thanks a lot for the notif, LJ :|

[Action] Yup LJ sure knows how to work dem notifs, don't it? 8|

[Action] And it keeps misfiring comments too

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[Action] "You think you commented to that thread? SURPRISE"

[Action] I expect it to pull a Matrix and be all "THERE IS NO THREAD" 8|

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