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Post by LILY NIGHTINGALE on Jun 7, 2011 12:22:37 GMT -5
>.> I know this is in the library but I didn't know where else to put it : / A mountain of dusty old books sat stacked on the old oak table and with a large cup of luke warm coffee in a bright blue cup and her hair tied in a messy blonde bun Lily Nightingale looked more like a disgruntled librarian than a fearsome shadow hunter. Though that would then imply she was fearsome and while she didn’t lack the skill of your average shadowhunter she was by no means the best and by no means scary. She chewed the end of the pencil in her mouth as she turned the pages of the book that currently grasped her attention, it was one of the oldest in the library and she was glad to be able to translate at least some of it. Latin was a difficult language and there were parts in some of the text that she couldn’t even decipher, a lot of the language had been lost over time and Lily knew she was incredibly lucky to know what she did.
She turned a page and sighed at the skilful drawing of a rather ferocious demon, she winced at the detailing in the picture. It almost looked real. Like it was ready to jump out of the pages and gobble her up. She frowned and skipped the page, if only demon hunting was as easy as that it would certainly make things a lot easier! Not that she couldn’t handle herself, because Lily could in fact her trust bow and arrows really helped when it came fighting. She smiled softly as she pictured the golden glimmer of the bow in her hands. She wasn’t amazing at hand to hand combat so her father had trained her in how to use a bow and arrow. It was so much simpler. She smiled and tugged up the sleeves of her baggy red jumper and pushed them up as she reached for the bright blue mug. The bitter taste felt wonderful against her dry taste buds, smiling lightly to herself she looked up when the door to the library flew open, her light blue eyes inspecting who had arrived.
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Post by NATALYA BLACKMOOR on Jun 7, 2011 17:08:18 GMT -5
'Twas Natalya who would burst through the doors in that instant. Even she wasn't sure why she'd felt the need to enter in such an aggressive way. Perhaps because she hadn't expected to be entering the library, as evident by the curious and slightly perplexed expression she now wore. Still unaccustomed to the New York Institute's layout, she tended to wander places she hadn't meant to go. Today she wore a forest green, long sleeved tshirt and jeans, her dark hair down, loose but for the small stray braid in front.
"I thought for sure this'd be the kitchen..." she muttered, deep green eyes roaming the expansive library before her. It was an impressive collection, to be sure. Shelves upon shelves reached towards the high ceiling, sunlight filtering through the long windows in dusty rays. "Ah well, always good to know where they keep the books..."
It was then that her gaze lit upon a blond-haired figure, partial obscured by a mountain of books. Talya moved further into the library and towards the figure, craning her neck to see over the book pile. "Hello?"
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Post by LILY NIGHTINGALE on Jun 8, 2011 18:03:30 GMT -5
Lily’s eyes darted up from her work, scrambling up from her seat to great the person unbalanced papers and books flew everywhere. She winced as they clattered to the floor creating an unsightly mess. Oh brilliant, that’s just what she needed. Now everything would be out of order! And she’d spent so long making the large piles, she sighed softly but turned with soft smile to the figure that had entered the room.
“Oh hello.” Said Lily, as she tugged on the sleeves of her favourite long red sweater twisting the hem of the fabric around her dainty fingertips moving her hands away she wrapped them across her waste and tugged on a piece of loose string that hung from her red sweater.
She hadn’t seen the girl around before, which meant she must have been a new arrival to the institute, which was nice they had been getting so many new arrivals recently that Lily had wondered if the apocalypse had come to town. She offered the girl a smile before she swept the books up in her hands.
“O-oh, you must be new.” Said Lily in her famous cockney twang “Nice to meet you, I’m Lily the resident b-book worm.” She admitted flushing slightly as she placed down the books to other the girl a rune covered hand to shake.
“nice to meet you.”
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Post by NATALYA BLACKMOOR on Jun 9, 2011 23:30:37 GMT -5
"Hello!" Natalya said, and smiled warmly at the girl. She knelt to retrieve a few of the papers that had scattered when the piles of books had fallen, placing them back on the worn oak table. She gave the girl a quick once over; she seemed a bit nervous, or at the very least uncomfortable, if how she toyed with the ends of her sleeves and stray threads was any indication.
"Yes, I've only been here a couple of weeks." she said. "Natalya Blackmoor, a pleasure." she added, taking Lily's hand and shaking it firmly. She took note of the other girl's stammer; she hated to think she may be making her uncomfortable, perhaps she was just very shy? "Resident bookworm, hm? Whatcha reading?" she asked, gesturing with her chin at the pile of books.
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