The Library

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((LOL))

    

“I don’t know what the first part is, but whatever you said, maybe.” Jay nodded his head, clearly proud of the fact he understood most of what Yuri said…but he also had no clue all at the same time, so 50/50.
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

((This is officially the weirdest sentence I know in Japanese now))

"そうですか means "really?" Did you have to call me an overgrown chipmunk, though?" Yuri said, laughing.

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((LMAOOO))

    

“OKAYYY it wasn’t DIRECT but I learned it so I could offend an old bully of mine back when I was only seven years.” He shied a smile, shrugging casually.
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"Oh, I'm sorry" Yuri said sympathetically. "Who is this bully? Do they go to this school?" she asked. "Although, that's a funny insult" she said with a small laugh.

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Jay shook his head. “No. They were only human, even though I let them trample on me. Partially the reason why I..” He looked away with a sigh. “Use humor to cope with everything that happens in all situations, I guess?...”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"I can understand that. But hey, at least you don't have to deal with them anymore, right?" Yuri said, smiling.

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“That’s true. Haha, beat that, Keth!” Jay fist bumped the air before he got shushed by someone nearby. After that he slumped and forced down a smile, even though he was beginning to snicker at his antiques and failed frown.
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

Yuri laughed quietly. "Well, I hope Keth has matured more and stopped bulling other people" she said. "Anyway, a nice thing about Japanese? No plurals! So, all plural forms of words are the same as their singular forms, so you don't have to memorize them!" she said.

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He sent her a small smile in return, which then turned into a shocked face. “Wait, there’s no plurals?” Jay looked….quite bewildered. “WhAt?!”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"Nope! There is also no "an", "a", or "the", either! So you don't have to worry about those, too!" Yuri said.

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“Now that,” Jay started, pointing at Yuri. “Is absolute whack and I don’t believe it one bit and you have to prove it to me before I go around yelling ‘the antman’ in Japanese.”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"It's true! Here, I'll prove it to you" Yuri said. She wrote down a word, showing it to Jay. "This is ねこ, the word for cat. It can be the cat, a cat, cats, or cat in general, depending on if you're talking about a specific cat or not" she said.

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“Okay, now that’s…” Jay zoned out, thinking. “Actually….kind of cool. ねこ.” He paused before repeating it a bunch of times, occasionally writing it in the air. “ ねこ. ねこ. ねこ. ねこ. ねこ.”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"Yep! So, that's all I have teach you today. We'll come back another time. I would like to learn more about Mongolian Dragon" Yuri said. Based on what Jay described, it sounded really interesting to her.

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“Ma’am, yes, ma’am!” Jay saluted to Yuri. “Mongolian Dragon it is! We could start off easy, or we could start jibber-jabber and break your mind. The pathway, is yours to choose.” He bowed, extending one arm out while the other clamped around his furred chest.
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"Let's start easy" Yuri said. She grabbed a sharpie, writing Mongolian Dragon on the cover of her notebook. Her eyes glistened with excitement, eager to learn more languages.

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“Alrighty, you got it. Okay, so-“ Jay began. “For Mongolian Dragon, it’s a bunch of chirps and chitters. Words like ‘cat’ and ‘cake’, you add a hissing sound for the c, like an s.”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"So, it sounds like you're saying "sat" instead of cat?" Yuri asked.

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“Yeah. It’s weird, but then once you get the flow of it, you don’t even realize what you’re saying yourself.” Jay nodded, and then for example, spoke a whole darn sentence in that silly little dragon language.
“Zrrr crat zzs gggrrzzziiisss zrrr grrrzzzd.” He said, his z’s imperiously like that of an emphasized s, while all other sounds were growls. There was a ‘chirup’ in the last word, however. “I just said: The cat is crossing the road. You can make your hisses as long as you’d like, but the growls have to strictly be singular and you have to tap your tongue against the roof of your mouth. Like…you’re playing trumpet or trombone, for example.”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"Got it!" Yuri said, taking note of the information. What a fascinating language she thought to herself. The language seemed complex, but also simple at the same time. Yuri never heard anything like it.

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Jay could see her taking notes of things, both mentally and actually on paper. He admired that — how she listened to him talk, when he could ramble on and on for hours. Smiling to himself, he thought about another girl he knew who attended this school. But he quickly shoved that thought out of mind. “Next thing you’ll want to know, is that because it’s dragon language and Mongolian Dragons haven’t been known to write on scrolls, is that you’ll never need to learn how to write the language. You also don’t have to stop. Run-on sentences are apparent in Mongolian Dragon, I guess?” He chuckled.
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

((I'm so sorry for my late responses. I've been trying to submit an assignment for class all day, and I've been having so many issues with it, and it's stressing me out))

Yuri looked up at Jay. "Good to know" she said, smiling. "I just like to take notes so I remember things easier" she said.

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((It’s okay! I thought I replied, so my sincerest apologies for not replying.))

    

Jay grinned from eye to eye. “Yeah, notes are good to take. I could never. Like, especially English!” He shook as though the mere thought of the subject horrified him. “So, the alphabet is what we’ll do next. Want to start that now or later on some other day?” He asked, waiting for her choice to be made.
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

((You're good, no worries!))

"I know! When I first started learning English, I had a hard time memorizing grammar and speaking. I could read fine, but writing and speaking... that was a whole process" Yuri said laughing. "How about I learn the alphabet today?" said, going back to the subject.

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Jay looked away, sneezing, before he turned back to Yuri. “I think I may be allergic to English.” He sniffled. “But anyways, yes- okay- alphabet- Mind if I use your pencil? I promise I won’t break it-“ He added urgently at the end.
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

Yuri gave a small laugh. "Sure" she said, handing Jay the pencil. "And don't worry about breaking it, I have plenty of others" she said.

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The ginger heaved a thankful sigh of relief and started writing down each letter of the alphabet in Mongolian Dragon with the English version of the letter in parenthesis around it. Then he spelled out simple words at the bottom of the page that included some of these letters, and under it the pronunciation. For someone as silly and not-serious-at-all, his handwriting was actually….really good. Kind of cursive, but not actually. Then Jay set the pencil down, proud he hadn’t snapped it in half.
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

Yuri looked at the paper once Jay finished writing. It didn't look too compliated, but also not super easy at the same time. "How interesting!" she said, while also taking note of his handwriting.

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“Yep! The letter O, though it’s the easiest to write in most languages-“ Jay pointed to the distinct letter. “Is actually one of the hardest to write, and the pronunciation is actually ‘stz’. Weird, right?” He looked at her, reading Yuri’s expressions.
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"That is weird" Yuri said. " Which one is the easiest to pronounce?" she asked. She practiced pronuncing the letter "o" by herself. stz, stz, stz she repeated to herself.

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“Definitely S. It’s just ‘ss’ like in ‘hiss’.” Jay said, pointing to the S on the page with the pronunciation below it. The S looked like an M mixed with a Z in the English alphabet. “Most of the letters in the alphabet aren’t even here, anyways. It’s only Z, S, O, N, T, F, G, H, and R. Maybe X.”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"Sounds easy enough" Yuri said. She looked over the letters again, and practiced writing them on her own and pronouncing them as she wrote them.

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“Yep! And then you can say that you can talk to dragons!” Jay said excitedly, euphoria filling his tone. His joy seemed to almost never dim. “Well, I think that’s enough for today. What’cha think?” He tilted his head like a curious animal, one of his ram horns touching the table.
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"I like the language! It's very interesting, and definitely different from others" Yuri said. "Should we leave the library now?" she asked.

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Jay agreed with a hum, prancing about in circles. “I meeeaaan, where we go is up to you.” He said after thinking for a moment. “But the smell of paper is getting to my nose now that we’ve been here for a while.”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"Hmm... maybe we can walk around until we find a place?" Yuri said.

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“Maybe.” Jay nodded a bit glumly when he said his next line. “Or we could just head to class, which would be excruciatingly boring, which means no probably.”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"What classes do you have?" Yuri asked. She looked at the clock, which read noon. "Yeah, we should probably go to class, anyway" she said.

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((The fact I actually went to my thread to look at my character schedules- XD))

    

“Uhhhhh..” Jay thought for a second, leaning on the table. “Right now I should be heading to…English, since break is about to end.” Jay looked over at her. “What about you?”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

((I should make schedules for my characters, since I have no idea what classes to put them in except for a few lol))

"My next class is history" Yuri said.

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((Lmao. I only did it since I was bored, but it turns out I may actually use it.))

    

Jay nodded, sighing. “Okaaaay….great. Uh- what about next period?”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

((It's actually convienient if you want to roleplay in a classroom, you can look at your characters' schedules and pick a classroom from there))

"After history, then it's science" Yuri said.

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((That’s true!))

    

“SAME!” He blurted, before getting shushed quite loudly. He covered his mouth while having a hopeless, sheepy grin while he was at it. “Guess I’ll see you in Science class, then.”
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

Yuri smiled. "Yeah I'll see you there!" she said. She stood up from her chair and grabbing her backpack, preparing to leave.

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Jay merrily pranced alongside her before patting her on the head. “Cya Yuri!” He grinned, fist-bumping her randomly before quickly trotting off into the halls and into english.
  

[Kyleigh , The History Lover (Assistant Manager)]

"See you later, Jay!" Yuri said, exiting the library and walking towards history class.

[the_rabid_snail]

((For Nikolay))

Ash leafed through the pages of a few books, taking her time going through the biographies section of the library. She was trying to find something to read to occupy her time, but so far nothing was catching her interest. Her attention turned to the other occupants of the library, but most of them were studying, reading, or browsing the shelves.

((Sorry this is short! I'm a little lacking in inspiration presently.))

[⋆⭒˚.⋆ 007n7⋆⭒˚.⋆, New wolf on da block!]

Nikolay walked into the library with his guitar wrapped behind his back. He walked around and skimmed around for a good book to read. He found a book and picked it up, flipping through the pages he took the book to a table and sat down.

((It's all good!))

[the_rabid_snail]

Ash's curiosity was piqued when someone new entered the library. She didn't see many students with instruments in or around the library, at least not when she was here, and since she was growing increasingly frustrated with her failure to find any adequate reading material, she decided to try to make a new friend. Re-shelving Eve Curie's biography of her mother, she walked softly over to the table where Nikolay was and sat down across from him. "Hi, I'm Ash. It's lovely to meet you." She introduced herself, holding her hand out for a handshake.

[⋆⭒˚.⋆ 007n7⋆⭒˚.⋆, New wolf on da block!]

Nikolay closed the book he had been reading. Well, the book he was going to read before a girl walked up to him and introduced herself as Ash. Nikolay smiled and shook her had "I'm Nikolay nice to meet you too Ms. Ash," He said in his rough Russian accent. He tried to soften his voice but it didn't work it just came out harder than his usually voice.