aterat | Books you say?

Who; Yuki & open!
What; Books!
Where; Mage Tower
When; Yes
Warnings; None

Yuki had heard about a strange tower in the North. And what was even more fascinating was that many thought it was a wizard's tower and that it held so many books. Well once he caught wind of that, he had to go off and find out this thing for himself. After all, he did have a promise to keep regarding research.

So he packed himself a few things in his backpack including pens and paper and headed out, following the directions he was given. It took him awhile but he found his way, seeing people pass by him talking about the tower and the books to be found there. He listened carefully and knew he was on the right track.

After awhile he found himself looking up at the Tower itself and nodded. If this place was half as great as the people he'd passed on the road, this would be a great place to be and go. Cautiously Yuki headed up to the great door and poked his grey head around inside, looking things up and down. But soon he smiled and walked in, with his eyes blinking repeatedly at the endless rows and twists and turns of books here there and everywhere.

"Is anyone here?" This was asked in his usual quiet tone, which was more hushed because library.

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"I haven't bothered asking," Nida shrugs. "I put the day and month on reports, people seem to fill in the blank for me."

And he doesn't see them so he doesn't have the data. It's been... unnerving.

Well that wasn't going to help. Yuki shook his head and looked down at the books on the table. "This place is old going by the clothing and lack of technology. But by comparison the apartments seem newer than gas lit lamps lit by people at night time."

The grey head shook again. "I'm sorry, it's just something I've been trying to figure out. And you have more important issues."

"Yes, the apartments are anachronistic, aren't they?" Nida muses, frowning. He just wished there was more power everywhere. But he has to live with what he has to live with he supposes.

"Not more important issues. Just different ones."

The apartments are anachronistic? Yuki's not sure because he thinks they aren't so bad but he won't argue with it. In the meantime, he's surprised with the way Nida turns the part about problems around.

So he tries to smile mostly for the other man's sake. "I never thought about it that way before."

Oh, they're definitely anachronistic because they don't suit the time period of literally everything else around them.

But he just takes Yuki's other smile and shrugs.

"I've been through a lot, these last handful of years. More than a lot. But in the grand scheme of things, me wanting to be with the man I love is a problem for me. That doesn't erase the importance of problems for you. I've met people that have taught me things like that. This plant thing is important to you if you're looking into it.

Yuki sure knew what having problems was like, but that was more back in his childhood. Well he still had some problems but they really sounded pretty silly and childish when he compared them to Nida's. The man was going through a lot and fate didn't sound as if it had been exactly kind to him.

The plant issue was for Lauri-Ell but he didn't mind trying to help her out. He'd promised he would after all. However.

"I really just need to find a good book or two and my issue here will be fixed."

Unlike Nida's.

"Then you're lucky," NIda smiles. "And, for all I know, there's a good book or two here to solve mine."

He has to hope. He can't handle the idea of losing his love yet again. Too many times in too little time.

"I'm sure if they're here, we'll find them." Yuki replied. He pushed the thoughts of Jacob's death out of his mind. Those weren't welcome thoughts ever, but he briefly recalled how utterly lost he'd been when the one person who took time out of his schedule had died.

This wasn't that, but he would definitely come back here and keep researching. It was worth a shot.

Well, that's the hope. Nida smiles and nods. He would like that very, very much.

"Determination might be half the battle. There are a ton of books here."

He could only slightly smile. Yuki had wanted a future with Machi and that had been taken away from them both. Then he'd met Jacob and it was a strange situation. But surely he could take time out to help Jacob's senpai.

So he stood and nodded his head. "I'll go see what I can find."

"Don't burn yourself out on it. I need to get back to work," Nida answered, getting to his feet.

Yuki bowed. "Thank you for staying behind to talk to me." He wasn't going to get in the man's way and realized he had the next few days off. Well that just meant he could stay here as long as he wanted and try to read as much as he could. He wasn't doing much else at the moment anyhow.

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