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Mira, Lysia, and Jac leave the /Mae Lee/ and walk over to the Terminal 
Building. Once inside, Jac spots a bank of public comm terminals and 
points them out to the others.

"Jez, why don't you go look up the local library's address while Mira 
and I arrange transportation?" Jac says and adds with a grin, "And no, 
we're not taking your hot pink caddilac *this* time. I want to rent 
something we can use while we're here. We'll save your 'bomb' for a time 
when we need to impress the natives."

With a cheery wave he and Mira stroll over to a vehicle rental kiosk 
while Lysia uses the terminal.

Lysia quickly learns that there is a large public library downtown at 
the corner of Walton and Jackson streets. When she turns around she sees 
Jac and Mira, holding hands, walking back toward her. Jac is twirling a 
set of keys with his free hand.

"I got us a nice boring passenger van that seats 8." Jac smiles, "Not 
stylish, but elegant in it's utilitarian simplicity."

Eris
AKU GM

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>Lysia quickly learns that there is a large public library downtown at
>the corner of Walton and Jackson streets. When she turns around she sees
>Jac and Mira, holding hands, walking back toward her. Jac is twirling a
>set of keys with his free hand.
>
>"I got us a nice boring passenger van that seats 8." Jac smiles, "Not
>stylish, but elegant in it's utilitarian simplicity."

"I like vans," Mira says, "Lots of room to... stretch and stuff."

She gives him a positively devilish look.

Mira 

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> > Lysia quickly learns that there is a large public library downtown
> > at the corner of Walton and Jackson streets. When she turns around
> > she sees Jac and Mira, holding hands, walking back toward her. Jac
> > is twirling a set of keys with his free hand.
> >
> > "I got us a nice boring passenger van that seats 8." Jac smiles,
> > "Not stylish, but elegant in it's utilitarian simplicity."
>
>  "I like vans," Mira says, "Lots of room to... stretch and stuff."
>
>  She gives him a positively devilish look.

Jac returns her devilish look with a grin and a chuckle, "They should 
have included *that* in the list of features on the brochure."

He leans down and whispers in Mira's ear, "Maybe we'll get a chance to 
try that feature out one of these days."

Eris
AKU GM

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> >  She gives him a positively devilish look.
>
>Jac returns her devilish look with a grin and a chuckle, "They should
>have included *that* in the list of features on the brochure."
>
>He leans down and whispers in Mira's ear, "Maybe we'll get a chance to
>try that feature out one of these days."

She turns her head and steals a kiss, an answer all in itself.

Mira 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eris Reddoch" 


> Mira, Lysia, and Jac leave the /Mae Lee/ and walk over to the Terminal
> Building. Once inside, Jac spots a bank of public comm terminals and
> points them out to the others.
>
> "Jez, why don't you go look up the local library's address while Mira
> and I arrange transportation?" Jac says and adds with a grin, "And no,
> we're not taking your hot pink caddilac *this* time. I want to rent
> something we can use while we're here. We'll save your 'bomb' for a time
> when we need to impress the natives."

Lysia looks about the cargo hold quickly, she's pretty sure she left the car 
in storage back on Mark and only brought the motorcycle.  Understanding the 
basics of starship economics taking up a great deal of floor space with an 
oversized land yacht is simply a bad idea.  Economically unsound if you will 
and she's pretty sure that Ricardo would spend all his time behind the wheel 
making car car noises and neglecting his captain's duties if there were a 
car to play with.

> With a cheery wave he and Mira stroll over to a vehicle rental kiosk
> while Lysia uses the terminal.
>
> Lysia quickly learns that there is a large public library downtown at
> the corner of Walton and Jackson streets. When she turns around she sees
> Jac and Mira, holding hands, walking back toward her. Jac is twirling a
> set of keys with his free hand.
>
> "I got us a nice boring passenger van that seats 8." Jac smiles, "Not
> stylish, but elegant in it's utilitarian simplicity."

"Mmmm," Lysia says eyeing up the van carefully, "function over fashion."

She smiles and looks at Jac, "Well, since we're not freezing to death I'll 
assume you're running a fever."

Lysia David 

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D Stanley wrote:

> > "I got us a nice boring passenger van that seats 8." Jac smiles,
> > "Not stylish, but elegant in it's utilitarian simplicity."
>
>  "Mmmm," Lysia says eyeing up the van carefully, "function over
>  fashion."
>
>  She smiles and looks at Jac, "Well, since we're not freezing to death
>  I'll assume you're running a fever."

"My beautiful Mira can make *any* vehicle a golden chariot." Jac says 
seriously and gives Mira's hand a squeeze,  "Now shall we be off to this 
library place? Did you find the address, Jez?"

Eris
AKU GM

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eris Reddoch" 
>
>> > "I got us a nice boring passenger van that seats 8." Jac smiles,
>> > "Not stylish, but elegant in it's utilitarian simplicity."
>>
>>  "Mmmm," Lysia says eyeing up the van carefully, "function over
>>  fashion."
>>
>>  She smiles and looks at Jac, "Well, since we're not freezing to death
>>  I'll assume you're running a fever."
>
> "My beautiful Mira can make *any* vehicle a golden chariot." Jac says
> seriously and gives Mira's hand a squeeze,  "Now shall we be off to this
> library place? Did you find the address, Jez?"

Lysia looks at Jac, "I was looking for the address?  I thought I was 
answering the door."  She shakes her head, "Give me a moment and I'll find 
it."

Lysia looks outside the van to see if there's a ground crew person around or 
the Port Authority man.

She taps her radio, "Uk, I'm headed out with Jac and Mira, the fort is 
yours.  Just keep the doors locked." 

997.281: Library Research

Eris Reddoch wrote:

> >> "I got us a nice boring passenger van that seats 8." Jac smiles,
> >> "Not stylish, but elegant in it's utilitarian simplicity."
> >
> > "Mmmm," Lysia says eyeing up the van carefully, "function over
> > fashion."
> >
> > She smiles and looks at Jac, "Well, since we're not freezing to
> > death I'll assume you're running a fever."
>
>  "My beautiful Mira can make *any* vehicle a golden chariot." Jac says
>  seriously and gives Mira's hand a squeeze, "Now shall we be off to
>  this library place? Did you find the address, Jez?"

After the address is gained, the trio pile into the van. Jac insists 
that Mira sits beside him and that Jez does NOT drive. :)  And so they 
travel down the, not very busy streets arriving at a 4 story red brick 
building with the words "Serbian National Library" engraved in white 
stone above the wide wide stone steps leading up to the large double doors.

"So, I guess this place still has old style books and such." Jac says as 
he parks in the parking lot.

He asks Mira, "What was that book that Arvitis wanted us to look up 
again? Something about Exploring Bird Beaks, wasn't it?"

Eris
AKU GM

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Eris Reddoch wrote:

>Eris Reddoch wrote:
>
>  
>
>>>>"I got us a nice boring passenger van that seats 8." Jac smiles,
>>>>"Not stylish, but elegant in it's utilitarian simplicity."
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>"Mmmm," Lysia says eyeing up the van carefully, "function over
>>>fashion."
>>>
>>>She smiles and looks at Jac, "Well, since we're not freezing to
>>>death I'll assume you're running a fever."
>>>      
>>>
>> "My beautiful Mira can make *any* vehicle a golden chariot." Jac says
>> seriously and gives Mira's hand a squeeze, "Now shall we be off to
>> this library place? Did you find the address, Jez?"
>>    
>>
>
>After the address is gained, the trio pile into the van. Jac insists 
>that Mira sits beside him and that Jez does NOT drive. :)  And so they 
>travel down the, not very busy streets arriving at a 4 story red brick 
>building with the words "Serbian National Library" engraved in white 
>stone above the wide wide stone steps leading up to the large double doors.
>
>"So, I guess this place still has old style books and such." Jac says as 
>he parks in the parking lot.
>
>He asks Mira, "What was that book that Arvitis wanted us to look up 
>again? Something about Exploring Bird Beaks, wasn't it?"
>
>  
>
Mira laughs and repeats the title that Arvitis gave her.

(sorry, eris, I don't have the relevant post archived in email and have 
to run to an appt).

"Let's go find out if they at least have their catalog on computer. 
Anything more archaic and we'll be asking someone to find it for us!"

Mira

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> > After the address is gained, the trio pile into the van. Jac
> > insists that Mira sits beside him and that Jez does NOT drive. :)
> > And so they travel down the, not very busy streets arriving at a 4
> > story red brick building with the words "Serbian National Library"
> > engraved in white stone above the wide wide stone steps leading up
> > to the large double doors.
> >
> > "So, I guess this place still has old style books and such." Jac
> > says as he parks in the parking lot.
> >
> > He asks Mira, "What was that book that Arvitis wanted us to look up
> > again? Something about Exploring Bird Beaks, wasn't it?"
> >
>  Mira laughs and repeats the title that Arvitis gave her.

>  "...anything by Henri Fairfield. He particularly wanted to see a book
>  called 'Exploring the Bird's Beak' by that author.
>
>  (sorry, eris, I don't have the relevant post archived in email and
>  have to run to an appt).

OOG: That's okay, I put in the relavant info for you. :)

>  "Let's go find out if they at least have their catalog on computer.
>  Anything more archaic and we'll be asking someone to find it for us!"

Mira and Jac head toward the building from the parking lot as they do, 
Jac looks back toward Jez and asks, "Are you joining us, Jezebel, or do 
you have something else you'd like to do?"

Eris
AKU GM

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Eris Reddoch wrote:

>>> After the address is gained, the trio pile into the van. Jac 
>>> insists that Mira sits beside him and that Jez does NOT
>>> drive. :) And so they travel down the, not very busy streets
>>> arriving at a 4 story red brick building with the words
>>> "Serbian National Library" engraved in white stone above the
>>> wide wide stone steps leading up to the large double doors.
>>> 
>>> "So, I guess this place still has old style books and such."
>>> Jac says as he parks in the parking lot.
>>> 
>>> He asks Mira, "What was that book that Arvitis wanted us to
>>> look up again? Something about Exploring Bird Beaks, wasn't
>>> it?"
>> 
>> Mira laughs and repeats the title that Arvitis gave her.
> 
>> "...anything by Henri Fairfield. He particularly wanted to see
>> a book called 'Exploring the Bird's Beak' by that author.
>> 
>> (sorry, eris, I don't have the relevant post archived in email
>> and have to run to an appt).
> 
> OOG: That's okay, I put in the relavant info for you. :)
> 
>> "Let's go find out if they at least have their catalog on
>> computer. Anything more archaic and we'll be asking someone to
>> find it for us!"
> 
> Mira and Jac head toward the building from the parking lot as
> they do, Jac looks back toward Jez and asks, "Are you joining us,
> Jezebel, or do you have something else you'd like to do?"

Jez appears to be ignoring Jac and Mira, so...

Jac shrugs and looks at Mira, "She's a big girl, I'm sure we can 
leave her to her own devices."

With that the pair enter the library and leave Jezebel Lysia David 
on her own.

Inside the library the pair look around. There is a lobby here where 
books, or media, could be checked out or returned using what appears 
to be an automated system. There are several terminals along two of 
the walls with the sign, "Catalogs" above them. There is also an 
opening at the end of the lobby leading into what appears to be the 
actual stacks where the books, and other media, are stored.

Jac whispers, "Mira, why don't you ask the librarian over there 
about that book Arvitis wants?"

He nods toward the restrooms off to the side and says quietly, "I 
have to excuse myself for a minute."

Mira sees the librarian that Jac meant, an older woman seated behind 
a wooden counter. She hasn't looked up from the terminal where she 
is studying something intently. There are two placards on the 
counter next to where she is sitting. One says, "Quiet please" and 
the other says, "Ask for help here."

Eris
AKU GM

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> Jac whispers, "Mira, why don't you ask the librarian over there 
> about that book Arvitis wants?"
> 
> He nods toward the restrooms off to the side and says quietly, "I 
> have to excuse myself for a minute."

She gives him a smile and nods, replying quietly, "I'll speak with the 
woman, but wait until you're back before wandering off."

Inside she's quite pleased at the difference from the usual scout minded 
men she'd become accustomed to. His polite statement was a far cry from 
'back in a minute, babe, gotta take a piss'.

> Mira sees the librarian that Jac meant, an older woman seated behind 
> a wooden counter. She hasn't looked up from the terminal where she 
> is studying something intently. There are two placards on the 
> counter next to where she is sitting. One says, "Quiet please" and 
> the other says, "Ask for help here."

She approaches the woman, waits for her to look up for a moment before 
saying, quietly, "Excuse me."

Mira

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Suz wrote:

> > Jac whispers, "Mira, why don't you ask the librarian over there
> > about that book Arvitis wants?"
> >
> > He nods toward the restrooms off to the side and says quietly, "I
> > have to excuse myself for a minute."
>
>  She gives him a smile and nods, replying quietly, "I'll speak with
>  the woman, but wait until you're back before wandering off."
>
>  Inside she's quite pleased at the difference from the usual scout
>  minded men she'd become accustomed to. His polite statement was a far
>  cry from 'back in a minute, babe, gotta take a piss'.
>
> > Mira sees the librarian that Jac meant, an older woman seated
> > behind a wooden counter. She hasn't looked up from the terminal
> > where she is studying something intently. There are two placards on
> > the counter next to where she is sitting. One says, "Quiet please"
> > and the other says, "Ask for help here."
>
>  She approaches the woman, waits for her to look up for a moment
>  before saying, quietly, "Excuse me."

The woman at the terminal doesn't respond for a couple of seconds while 
she continues to type then after she's had a chance to save what she was 
working on she looks up.

"Yes?" she blinks at Mira, "May I help you?"

Eris
AKU GM

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> The woman at the terminal doesn't respond for a couple of seconds while 
> she continues to type then after she's had a chance to save what she was 
> working on she looks up.
> 
> "Yes?" she blinks at Mira, "May I help you?"

Mira replies quietly, "I am in search of a particular book. I was hoping 
you could help me find out if you happen to have a copy of it."

She gives the woman the relevant title about bird beaks.

Mira

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> > The woman at the terminal doesn't respond for a couple of seconds
> > while she continues to type then after she's had a chance to save
> > what she was working on she looks up.
> >
> > "Yes?" she blinks at Mira, "May I help you?"
>
>  Mira replies quietly, "I am in search of a particular book. I was
>  hoping you could help me find out if you happen to have a copy of
>  it."
>
>  She gives the woman the relevant title about bird beaks.

"I'll check for you." she says as she types at the keyboard and after 
several seconds says, "No...no, nothing by that name."

Have you the author's name?" she asks, "You know books end up filed by 
more than one name depending on how the words are translated from 
language to language, but the author's name usually remains the same."

Mira supplies the author's name, and the woman...you notice that she has 
a name tag on her sweater proclaiming her as Milla Wyeth...inputs it 
into her terminal.

As she does the search, Jac returns to your side, "Any luck?" he asks 
putting his arm around your waist.

Eris
AKU GM

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

>> The woman at the terminal doesn't respond for a couple
>> of seconds while she continues to type then after she's
>> had a chance to save what she was working on she looks
>> up.
>> 
>> "Yes?" she blinks at Mira, "May I help you?"
> 
> Mira replies quietly, "I am in search of a particular
> book. I was hoping you could help me find out if you
> happen to have a copy of it."
> 
> She gives the woman the relevant title about bird beaks.

"I'll check for you." she says as she types at the keyboard
and after several seconds says, "No...no, nothing by that name."

Have you the author's name?" she asks, "You know books end
up filed by more than one name depending on how the words 
are translated from language to language, but the author's 
name usually remains the same."

Mira supplies the author's name, and the woman...you notice
that she has a name tag on her sweater proclaiming her as 
Milla Wyeth...inputs it into her terminal.

As she does the search, Jac returns to your side, "Any
luck?" he asks putting his arm around your waist.

Eris
AKU GM

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> Mira supplies the author's name, and the woman...you notice
> that she has a name tag on her sweater proclaiming her as 
> Milla Wyeth...inputs it into her terminal.
> 
> As she does the search, Jac returns to your side, "Any
> luck?" he asks putting his arm around your waist.

"Si... Wyeth is checking for us," Mira reples, smiling up at her love.

Mira

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> > Mira supplies the author's name, and the woman...you notice that
> > she has a name tag on her sweater proclaiming her as Milla
> > Wyeth...inputs it into her terminal.
> >
> > As she does the search, Jac returns to your side, "Any luck?" he
> > asks putting his arm around your waist.
>
>  "Si... Wyeth is checking for us," Mira reples, smiling up at her
>  love.

"That's nice of her." Jac smiles down at her, then looks at the older 
woman as she turns toward you.

She smiles and says, "I think we *do* have that book by Henri Fairfield 
you were asking about. It is filed under the name 'Exploring the Nore 
Cluster' in our rare books archive. In some of the old texts, the 
systems around Nore are called the Bird Beak Cluster, so that is 
promising. The author is listed as Henry Fairfeld. I believe those are 
alternate spellings of his name. We actually have a second work by Mr. 
Fairfeld entitled 'Extasy to Skypar' in the archive as well. Are you 
interested in looking at both of them?"

Eris
AKU GM

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> She smiles and says, "I think we *do* have that book by Henri Fairfield 
> you were asking about. It is filed under the name 'Exploring the Nore 
> Cluster' in our rare books archive. In some of the old texts, the 
> systems around Nore are called the Bird Beak Cluster, so that is 
> promising. The author is listed as Henry Fairfeld. I believe those are 
> alternate spellings of his name. We actually have a second work by Mr. 
> Fairfeld entitled 'Extasy to Skypar' in the archive as well. Are you 
> interested in looking at both of them?"

"Yes, please," Mira replies, her curiousity suddenly escalating. This 
sounded a lot more like what Arvitis would be looking for.

Mira

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

>>She smiles and says, "I think we *do* have that book by Henri Fairfield 
>>you were asking about. It is filed under the name 'Exploring the Nore 
>>Cluster' in our rare books archive. In some of the old texts, the 
>>systems around Nore are called the Bird Beak Cluster, so that is 
>>promising. The author is listed as Henry Fairfeld. I believe those are 
>>alternate spellings of his name. We actually have a second work by Mr. 
>>Fairfeld entitled 'Extasy to Skypar' in the archive as well. Are you 
>>interested in looking at both of them?"
> 
> "Yes, please," Mira replies, her curiousity suddenly escalating. This 
> sounded a lot more like what Arvitis would be looking for.

"Very well." says the librarian. She takes out a pad and writes 
something on it, then tears off a sheet and hands it to Mira, "If 
you would take this to the Librarian on duty in the Archives, she 
will make the two works available to you for viewing."

"The Archives are through these doors, and down a level. There will 
be a sign pointing the way." she says and finally ventures a small 
smile.

"Thank you." Jac says smiling then arm in arm with Mira the pair 
proceed to the lower floor.

In the Archives they are met by a young man who takes the note from 
Mira and asks you to wait while he fetches the works.  He returns 
about 10 minutes later with a pair of metal boxes with paper labels 
glued to their surfaces.

"The book on the Nore Cluster is in here." he sets one box down on a 
table.

"And the other...Extacy to Skypar...is in this box." he places the 
second metal box next to the first "Because these are so rare, we 
can't allow them to be removed from the library, however we have 
copy facilities were data carts containing images of each page can 
be made."

He adds, "For a fee, of course."

Eris
AKU GM
Eris
AKU GM

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> In the Archives they are met by a young man who takes the note from 
> Mira and asks you to wait while he fetches the works.  He returns 
> about 10 minutes later with a pair of metal boxes with paper labels 
> glued to their surfaces.
> 
> "The book on the Nore Cluster is in here." he sets one box down on a 
> table.
> 
> "And the other...Extacy to Skypar...is in this box." he places the 
> second metal box next to the first "Because these are so rare, we 
> can't allow them to be removed from the library, however we have 
> copy facilities were data carts containing images of each page can 
> be made."
> 
> He adds, "For a fee, of course."

"Of course," Mira smiles graciously, "We may avail ourselves of the 
service, but we'd like to look through them, please.

Mira brushes a hand over the top of the box containing the work on the 
Nore cluster, then carefully opens the box.

Mira

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> > In the Archives they are met by a young man who takes the note from
> > Mira and asks you to wait while he fetches the works. He returns
> > about 10 minutes later with a pair of metal boxes with paper
> > labels glued to their surfaces.
> >
> > "The book on the Nore Cluster is in here." he sets one box down on
> > a table.
> >
> > "And the other...Extacy to Skypar...is in this box." he places the
> > second metal box next to the first "Because these are so rare, we
> > can't allow them to be removed from the library, however we have
> > copy facilities were data carts containing images of each page can
> > be made."
> >
> > He adds, "For a fee, of course."
>
>  "Of course," Mira smiles graciously, "We may avail ourselves of the
>  service, but we'd like to look through them, please.
>
>  Mira brushes a hand over the top of the box containing the work on
>  the Nore cluster, then carefully opens the box.

There is a release button, and when Mira presses it she hears a short 
hissing sound.

The archivist says handing Mira a pair of plastic gloves "We keep the 
*very* old books in air tight containers and immersed in a non-reactive 
gas to better preserve their paper and ink. I'll leave you with it, but 
please use the gloves...and be very careful."

Mira opens the box and finds a small hardbound book inside. There is a 
paper book jacket still on it proclaiming in faded red letters that it 
is "Nore Grup Xplored." As she opens the book she finds that the pages 
are only slightly yellowed and not brittle at all. She also finds that 
she can't read the language. It is similar to the standard Ganglic that 
everyone speaks, but the spelling and syntax is off.  There *are* some 
charts and pictures scattered through the slim book, though. These show 
star charts that Mira isn't familiar with and, although the pictures are 
interesting, she can't read the captions and so doesn't know the 
significance of any of them...and then...

...near the back of the book she comes across a picture of a small 
animal perched on the branch of a tree holding on with its tail and one 
of its front paws. The other front paw is holding a small red fruit. It 
is the spitting image of the animals you found on the scout ship.

Eris
AKU GM

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> There is a release button, and when Mira presses it she hears a short 
> hissing sound.
> 
> The archivist says handing Mira a pair of plastic gloves "We keep the 
> *very* old books in air tight containers and immersed in a non-reactive 
> gas to better preserve their paper and ink. I'll leave you with it, but 
> please use the gloves...and be very careful."

"Yes, sir."

> Mira opens the box and finds a small hardbound book inside. There is a 
> paper book jacket still on it proclaiming in faded red letters that it 
> is "Nore Grup Xplored." As she opens the book she finds that the pages 
> are only slightly yellowed and not brittle at all. She also finds that 
> she can't read the language. It is similar to the standard Ganglic that 
> everyone speaks, but the spelling and syntax is off.  There *are* some 
> charts and pictures scattered through the slim book, though. These show 
> star charts that Mira isn't familiar with and, although the pictures are 
> interesting, she can't read the captions and so doesn't know the 
> significance of any of them...and then...
> 
> ...near the back of the book she comes across a picture of a small 
> animal perched on the branch of a tree holding on with its tail and one 
> of its front paws. The other front paw is holding a small red fruit. It 
> is the spitting image of the animals you found on the scout ship.

"Jac! Look at this! It has pictures of the ferret-cats! If Arvitis can 
maybe we'll know what they are supposed to be called. I wonder what the fruit is that its eating," Mira is obviously excited.

"We need to certainly copy all the star charts and this picture for 
Arvitis. I'd like to copy the whole book and scan it into our library on 
the Mae Lee."

She carefully places it back in the box and opens the other one, "I'll 
thumb through the other one and see if its worth copying too."

Mira

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> > There is a release button, and when Mira presses it she hears a
> > short hissing sound.
> >
> > The archivist says handing Mira a pair of plastic gloves "We keep
> > the *very* old books in air tight containers and immersed in a
> > non-reactive gas to better preserve their paper and ink. I'll leave
> > you with it, but please use the gloves...and be very careful."
 >
>  "Yes, sir."
>
> > Mira opens the box and finds a small hardbound book inside. There
> > is a paper book jacket still on it proclaiming in faded red letters
> > that it is "Nore Grup Xplored." As she opens the book she finds
> > that the pages are only slightly yellowed and not brittle at all.
> > She also finds that she can't read the language. It is similar to
> > the standard Ganglic that everyone speaks, but the spelling and
> > syntax is off. There *are* some charts and pictures scattered
> > through the slim book, though. These show star charts that Mira
> > isn't familiar with and, although the pictures are interesting, she
> > can't read the captions and so doesn't know the significance of any
> > of them...and then...
> >
> > ...near the back of the book she comes across a picture of a small
> > animal perched on the branch of a tree holding on with its tail
> > and one of its front paws. The other front paw is holding a small
> > red fruit. It is the spitting image of the animals you found on the
> > scout ship.
>
>  "Jac! Look at this! It has pictures of the ferret-cats! If Arvitis
>  can maybe we'll know what they are supposed to be called. I wonder
>  what the fruit is that its eating," Mira is obviously excited.

Jac looks over Mira's shoulder, "Yes, that looks like them."

>  "We need to certainly copy all the star charts and this picture for
>  Arvitis. I'd like to copy the whole book and scan it into our library
>  on the Mae Lee."
>
>  She carefully places it back in the box and opens the other one,
>  "I'll thumb through the other one and see if its worth copying too."

Jac picks up the box that Mira  has placed the book into and says, "Why 
don't I have the librarian start making a copy of this for us while you 
look at this one? I suspect Arvitis will want to actually *look* at this 
book once we tell him it is here, but if he wants to do more than look 
he'll have to make do with a scan."

Mira opens the second box and removes another book. This one is in worse 
condition, the paper is yellowed and dry and the ink is faded, and there 
is no book jacket over the books worn edges. This is another "travel 
book" with star charts and what are probably descriptions of the 
mainworlds of those systems. Mira can't read the language, but she 
recognizes part of one star chart that shows Marc and Servia off on the 
lower right side...clearly that is Mark and Serbia. There is a world 
labeled Newtown just coreward of Servia that is certainly Newton on the 
new maps. It appears the charts in this book are mostly for worlds 
spinward and coreward of Mark. Any information in here could be as 
useful to *your* ship when it moves down the main as much as to Arvitis.

Eris
AKU GM

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>> She carefully places it back in the box and opens the other one,
>> "I'll thumb through the other one and see if its worth copying too."
> 
> Jac picks up the box that Mira  has placed the book into and says, "Why 
> don't I have the librarian start making a copy of this for us while you 
> look at this one? I suspect Arvitis will want to actually *look* at this 
> book once we tell him it is here, but if he wants to do more than look 
> he'll have to make do with a scan."

"Lovely!" Mira replies, "Thank you."

> Mira opens the second box and removes another book. This one is in worse 
> condition, the paper is yellowed and dry and the ink is faded, and there 
> is no book jacket over the books worn edges. This is another "travel 
> book" with star charts and what are probably descriptions of the 
> mainworlds of those systems. Mira can't read the language, but she 
> recognizes part of one star chart that shows Marc and Servia off on the 
> lower right side...clearly that is Mark and Serbia. There is a world 
> labeled Newtown just coreward of Servia that is certainly Newton on the 
> new maps. It appears the charts in this book are mostly for worlds 
> spinward and coreward of Mark. Any information in here could be as 
> useful to *your* ship when it moves down the main as much as to Arvitis.

Mira feels another wave of excitement rise inside as she carefully 
handles the pages. Yes, she'd have this one scanned in its entirety, as 
well. She carefully closes the book and repackages it, then waits 
quietly for Jac to return.

Mira

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> >> She carefully places it back in the box and opens the other one,
> >> "I'll thumb through the other one and see if its worth copying
> >> too."
> >
> > Jac picks up the box that Mira has placed the book into and says,
> > "Why don't I have the librarian start making a copy of this for us
> > while you look at this one? I suspect Arvitis will want to actually
> > *look* at this book once we tell him it is here, but if he wants to
> > do more than look he'll have to make do with a scan."
>
>
>  "Lovely!" Mira replies, "Thank you."
>
> > Mira opens the second box and removes another book. This one is in
> > worse condition, the paper is yellowed and dry and the ink is
> > faded, and there is no book jacket over the books worn edges. This
> > is another "travel book" with star charts and what are probably
> > descriptions of the mainworlds of those systems. Mira can't read
> > the language, but she recognizes part of one star chart that shows
> > Marc and Servia off on the lower right side...clearly that is Mark
> > and Serbia. There is a world labeled Newtown just coreward of
> > Servia that is certainly Newton on the new maps. It appears the
> > charts in this book are mostly for worlds spinward and coreward of
> > Mark. Any information in here could be as useful to *your* ship
> > when it moves down the main as much as to Arvitis.
>
>  Mira feels another wave of excitement rise inside as she carefully
>  handles the pages. Yes, she'd have this one scanned in its entirety,
>  as well. She carefully closes the book and repackages it, then waits
>  quietly for Jac to return.

Jac comes back into the small viewing room smiling, "It will take about 
an hour, and it's only a 1/10th credit per  page. That seems pretty 
reasonable to me. Was the other book worthwhile?"

Eris
AKU GM

997.281: Library Research

>> Mira feels another wave of excitement rise inside as she carefully
>> handles the pages. Yes, she'd have this one scanned in its entirety,
>> as well. She carefully closes the book and repackages it, then waits
>> quietly for Jac to return.
> 
> Jac comes back into the small viewing room smiling, "It will take about 
> an hour, and it's only a 1/10th credit per  page. That seems pretty 
> reasonable to me. Was the other book worthwhile?"

"We'll have to add another hour to the total," Mira replies, "Yes, 
that's reasonable given the sheer labor involved."

"This book is in far worse shape, so I won't pull it out to show you, 
but I recognized some points on one of the charts in it... namely Mark 
and Serbia and stretching ahead in the direction we're headed! I think 
we'll definitely need a copy aboard the Mae Lee. Especially if Arvitis 
can translate the text that goes with them." She smiles, "Now, lets go 
request the additional copies and then figure out how to kill a couple 
of hours until they are ready."

She impishly deposits the box into Jac's arms.

Mira

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> >> Mira feels another wave of excitement rise inside as she
> >> carefully handles the pages. Yes, she'd have this one scanned in
> >> its entirety, as well. She carefully closes the book and
> >> repackages it, then waits quietly for Jac to return.
> >
> > Jac comes back into the small viewing room smiling, "It will take
> > about an hour, and it's only a 1/10th credit per page. That seems
> > pretty reasonable to me. Was the other book worthwhile?"
>
>
>  "We'll have to add another hour to the total," Mira replies, "Yes,
>  that's reasonable given the sheer labor involved."
>
>  "This book is in far worse shape, so I won't pull it out to show you,
>  but I recognized some points on one of the charts in it... namely
>  Mark and Serbia and stretching ahead in the direction we're headed! I
>  think we'll definitely need a copy aboard the Mae Lee. Especially if
>  Arvitis can translate the text that goes with them." She smiles,
>  "Now, lets go request the additional copies and then figure out how
>  to kill a couple of hours until they are ready."
>
>  She impishly deposits the box into Jac's arms.

Jac takes the box and grins, offering Mira his other arm, "At your 
pleasure, m'lady!"

The couple give the box to the librarian, who tells them the two copies 
will be completed before he goes home at 1700, but that the library 
doesn't close until 2100, so they can come back and pick up the copies 
from the night librarian on duty down here. The charge is going to be 76 
credits.

"So, what now?" Jac asks, "Find a cafe and have a spot of tea?"

The couple do find a small cafe and drink cups of hot tea with small 
sweet pastries, then window shop along a street of small shops. There is 
the sound of a police siren a couple of streets over, but it quickly 
stops and they don't hear any more disturbance, nor see anything out of 
the ordinary on their walk.

On their return to the library, Jac gives the money to the librarian and 
they take delivery on two data cartridges with hastily applied paper 
labels on the outside giving the titles of the books they contain.

It is just after 1700, time to return to the ship. Their van is in the 
parking lot, but where is Lysia?


Eris
AKU GM

997.281: Library Research

> "So, what now?" Jac asks, "Find a cafe and have a spot of tea?"
> 
> The couple do find a small cafe and drink cups of hot tea with small 
> sweet pastries, then window shop along a street of small shops. There is 
> the sound of a police siren a couple of streets over, but it quickly 
> stops and they don't hear any more disturbance, nor see anything out of 
> the ordinary on their walk.
> 
> On their return to the library, Jac gives the money to the librarian and 
> they take delivery on two data cartridges with hastily applied paper 
> labels on the outside giving the titles of the books they contain.
> 
> It is just after 1700, time to return to the ship. Their van is in the 
> parking lot, but where is Lysia?

"We'd best give her a buzz," Mira says, looking about for a place she 
deems likely to catch Lysia's attention and pulling out her comm.

Mira

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> > "So, what now?" Jac asks, "Find a cafe and have a spot of tea?"
> >
> > The couple do find a small cafe and drink cups of hot tea with
> > small sweet pastries, then window shop along a street of small
> > shops. There is the sound of a police siren a couple of streets
> > over, but it quickly stops and they don't hear any more
> > disturbance, nor see anything out of the ordinary on their walk.
> >
> > On their return to the library, Jac gives the money to the
> > librarian and they take delivery on two data cartridges with
> > hastily applied paper labels on the outside giving the titles of
> > the books they contain.
> >
> > It is just after 1700, time to return to the ship. Their van is in
> > the parking lot, but where is Lysia?
>
>  "We'd best give her a buzz," Mira says, looking about for a place she
>  deems likely to catch Lysia's attention and pulling out her comm.

Mira doesn't see any place that might immediately draw Lysia's 
attention, but she can comm her, and she does. The comm connects and 
rings....

OOC: We'll see if she answers. :)

Eris
AKU GM

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Eris Reddoch wrote:

>  Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:
>
> >> "So, what now?" Jac asks, "Find a cafe and have a spot of tea?"
> >>
> >> The couple do find a small cafe and drink cups of hot tea with
> >> small sweet pastries, then window shop along a street of small
> >> shops. There is the sound of a police siren a couple of streets
> >> over, but it quickly stops and they don't hear any more
> >> disturbance, nor see anything out of the ordinary on their walk.
> >>
> >> On their return to the library, Jac gives the money to the
> >> librarian and they take delivery on two data cartridges with
> >> hastily applied paper labels on the outside giving the titles of
> >> the books they contain.
> >>
> >> It is just after 1700, time to return to the ship. Their van is
> >> in the parking lot, but where is Lysia?
> >
> > "We'd best give her a buzz," Mira says, looking about for a place
> > she deems likely to catch Lysia's attention and pulling out her
> > comm.
>
>
>  Mira doesn't see any place that might immediately draw Lysia's
>  attention, but she can comm her, and she does. The comm connects and
>  rings....
>
>  OOC: We'll see if she answers. :)

OOC: Or if Mira answers if Lysia does....:)

Jac wraps one arm around Mira's waist and says, "Why don't we let Jez 
find her own way back to the ship? She's a big girl and can take care of 
herself."

He gives Mira a wink and adds, "I bet if we drive around a bit, I can 
find us a nice quaint restaurant where we can have dinner, and then we 
can go find Arvitis and give him this book we had copied....*or* maybe 
we could wait until tomorrow to do that, hum?"

Eris
AKU GM

997.281: Library Research

> Jac wraps one arm around Mira's waist and says, "Why don't we let Jez 
> find her own way back to the ship? She's a big girl and can take care of 
> herself."

Mira leans into his embrace and smiles up at him.

> He gives Mira a wink and adds, "I bet if we drive around a bit, I can 
> find us a nice quaint restaurant where we can have dinner, and then we 
> can go find Arvitis and give him this book we had copied....*or* maybe 
> we could wait until tomorrow to do that, hum?"

"That sounds delightful," Her smile turns mischieveous, "And we should 
definitely make him wait until tomorrow."

"Shall we?"

Mira

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

> > Jac wraps one arm around Mira's waist and says, "Why don't we let
> > Jez find her own way back to the ship? She's a big girl and can
> > take care of herself."
>
>  Mira leans into his embrace and smiles up at him.
>
> > He gives Mira a wink and adds, "I bet if we drive around a bit, I
> > can find us a nice quaint restaurant where we can have dinner, and
> > then we can go find Arvitis and give him this book we had
> > copied....*or* maybe we could wait until tomorrow to do that, hum?"
> >
>  "That sounds delightful," Her smile turns mischieveous, "And we
>  should definitely make him wait until tomorrow."
>
>  "Shall we?"

Jac reaches over and taps the off button on Mira's comm grinning, "Yes, 
let's!"

He opens the van door for Mira and helps her up into the cab.

"I did a little investigation of my own while you were looking over the 
books." Jac says as he drives the van away from the library and out 
toward the country side, "I found a listing for a little hotel about 10 
klicks out of town in a little seaside village. How does dinner at a 
quaint little pub, followed by dancing and then a room with an ocean 
view sound?"

Eris
AKU GM

997.281: Library Research

> "I did a little investigation of my own while you were looking over the 
> books." Jac says as he drives the van away from the library and out 
> toward the country side, "I found a listing for a little hotel about 10 
> klicks out of town in a little seaside village. How does dinner at a 
> quaint little pub, followed by dancing and then a room with an ocean 
> view sound?"

"You know the biggest problem with spoiling me like this?" Mira queries 
rhetorically, "I'm going to expect it forever."

She smiles over at the man who has swept her right off her feet, "That 
sounds delightful."

Mira

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Mira Hasta-Rur wrote:

>>"I did a little investigation of my own while you were looking over the 
>>books." Jac says as he drives the van away from the library and out 
>>toward the country side, "I found a listing for a little hotel about 10 
>>klicks out of town in a little seaside village. How does dinner at a 
>>quaint little pub, followed by dancing and then a room with an ocean 
>>view sound?"
> 
> "You know the biggest problem with spoiling me like this?" Mira queries 
> rhetorically, "I'm going to expect it forever."

"And it will be my pleasure to never stop spoiling you, love." Jac 
says with a chuckle and squeezes Mira's hand.

> She smiles over at the man who has swept her right off her feet, "That 
> sounds delightful."

"Then let's go do it. You can call the ship on the way and tell them 
we're taking the night off and not to disturb us for anything short 
of an emergency." Jac says as he drives the van.

Eris
AKU GM

997.281: Library Research

"Then let's go do it. You can call the ship on the way and tell them
we're taking the night off and not to disturb us for anything short
of an emergency." Jac says as he drives the van.

Mira smiles and dutifully uses her comm, still in hand, to dial the ship 
and relay word.

Mira

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----- Original Message -----
From: Eris Reddoch 
> 
> >  "We'd best give her a buzz," Mira says, looking about for a 
> place she
> >  deems likely to catch Lysia's attention and pulling out her comm.
> 
> Mira doesn't see any place that might immediately draw Lysia's 
> attention, but she can comm her, and she does. The comm connects 
> and rings....
> 
> OOC: We'll see if she answers. :)

OOG - Sorry just got a new computer on the weekend and I'm having issues with reloading my backups, coupled with the fact that it's been the weekend from hell here anything that could go wrong or break seems to have in rapid succession.

Where am I and what's going on when it rings?

997.281: Library Research

D Stanley wrote:

> > Mira doesn't see any place that might immediately draw Lysia's
> > attention, but she can comm her, and she does. The comm connects
> > and rings....
> >
> > OOC: We'll see if she answers. :)
>
>  OOG - Sorry just got a new computer on the weekend and I'm having
>  issues with reloading my backups, coupled with the fact that it's
>  been the