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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:01 am
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There was nothing like a good book that could get Maple out of any sort of funk she got herself in, which was pretty usual. Though, she couldn't say she was feeling particularly terrible at the moment; school was going decently and apparently she had managed to dodge some weird dream epidemic that had befallen a few of the other students. Sure, there had been a few nightmares of her own but they were a little... common.
A few days ago, though, she had gotten an squeemail from her aunt, which was a wonder of its own that she had an understanding of modern technology like that when even Maple struggled, let alone her immediate family. But in the letter, the kind witch had told her of a new book series she had stumbled upon and highly recommended it. Finding it in the library was just not going to do it for her.
So, the best place? The maul. Loading up her small purse and putting on one of many cardigans since it was still brisk outside, Maple set out to the place of shopping with one intention. And one alone.
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:31 am
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Was Maple paying attention to her surroundings? No. She was looking down at the list she had printed out from her dear aunt, trying to figure out which books went in which order - it had odd time travel in it, many things intersected apparently and so some story lines diverged - and how many she would be able to purchase in one go.
So, she felt herself jerk a little in surprise when she heard a greeting so close to her and wondered if it was actually for her. But, it was cheery and filled with mirth and for a second she thought it was Simply, which would be all signs pointing to yes if that was the case. But who Maple saw when she turned her head was not the fox ghoul at all and it took her a beat to place her as a ghoul from the movies. "O-oh, h-hello," Maple awkwardly stammered out as usual, brushing a stay hair behind her ear. This ghoul gave her a ribbon, didn't she? It had been put on her dresser.
"I'm ... um..." my aunt told me of a series I should read, would have been a good explanation. Instead she simply went with, "b-books."
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:35 pm
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 3:25 pm
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Half finished books? Well, that warranted a frown from the young witch. She had a few from time to time but only few a few days at most, nothing remained unfinished unless it was a potions book or a spell book, something with recipes that needed to be devoured over over time. Even then, she would try to read through them at least once. And this ghoul didn't seem at all bothered by it, just playing with her ribbon.
Maybe she was thinking too much of it? Probably, Maple tightened her lips and looked down at her crumbled paper in her hands. "It's a s-series b-by," she straightened out the sheet just a little to read the name once again to get it right, "Siggy B-Bog, m-my aunt t-told m-me its a st-story of a young female g-grim r-reaper and she g-goes on an adventure and m-meets other c-creeple along the way." She was keeping it rather short, due to stuttering issues, didn't want to bore Trisha as they began to veer in the immediate direction of the book store. They soon found themselves at some escalators, "there is a m-main b-book b-but there are also s-side b-books, like if sh-she m-made different d-decisions and s-some with t-time travel." It sounded very interesting to her. And part of her kept thinking her aunt was more or less trying to tell her something about decisions and paths and choices. The lead was a female reaper after all, not too far off from herself.
"P-putting the ri-ribbons on h-him m-might solve your pr-problem?" Maple then added to Trisha's sort of problem, "you'd kn-know where the-they were then..." Even if she exactly wasn't sure who this Aki was, she gathered it wasn't a mini though given the information that he had a room but now she was leaning more towards a fellow student since this seemed more of a recent problem.
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