The Great Library (rp)

It all happened so quickly. There was a loud screech of tires from both her car and the semi that had shifted into their lane. Someone screamed and there was a bright flash of light. The next thing Zenith knew, someone was was pushing her forward towards a door that apparently entered into a brightly lit room.

Confused, she stood in place as people pushed past her, hurrying towards the lit doorway. Someone zipped past her and nearly knocked her off her feet, leaving her both even more dizzy and disoriented than she had been just seconds prior. But the longer she looked at that door, the more she was certain that there was something comforting about the warm glow coming from the doorway. Zenith brushed her long, blond hair out of her green eyes and hesitated only a moment longer before following the crowd into the light.

Whatever she had expected, it wasn't the sight that met her eyes. The cathedral ceiling draped candle chandeliers that were bigger than a small car. Huge rock pillars supported that ceiling, with torches attached on all four sides. The floor was a polished oak that reflected the glittering light of the candles and a long red carpet ran down the seemingly endless hallway away from the door. On either side of the carpet were rows upon rows of bookshelves that were jam packed with books.

Zenith simply stared. Where was she? What was going on? Her confused look attracted the attention of a young brunette woman who had been passing by her. She was carrying several books and a silver pouch on a drawstring hung around her waist. A silver-plated name tag on her dark green blouse pronounced her name to be Heather.

"May I help you find something?" she asked sweetly, only to earn an even more confused and frustrated look from Zenith.

"How about helping me figure out what's going on!" Zenith barked crossly. "Where the heck am I?!"

An understanding look crossed her face. "Ah, so you are a recent arrival... this is your first visit to The Great Library, correct?"

"The Great Library?" she echoed. "Is that what this place is called? Why is that, aside from all the books? Why am I here?"

"The Great Library is where you go when you finish reading the lifebook you checked out. When you finish your selection, you return here to pick out another book. Or if you have checked out enough books, or have learned enough lessons from your lifebooks, you are able to pass on to #!$%&@*." Heather smiled as apprehension finally came to the young girl in front of her.

"So I am dead now, right?"

Heather nodded. "Physically, yes. Spiritually, it is near impossible to die... but there ARE ways..." she trailed off, a glazed look crossing briefly over her blue-green eyes before she blinked it away.

"So..." she continued, putting her arm gently around Zenith and leading her away from the library entrance where people were still flowing through at an alarming pace. "Shall I help you pick out another book then? Or would you like to visit the commons to talk with a few more people to get your bearing on this place?"

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Rules (Because we need them):

First off, please try to be relatively literate.

Secondly, you are able to choose a character from any race or sentient species that is found in any book. However, there are some exceptions, and those are Vampires, Werewolves, Dogs/Cats/Horses, Dragons, Unicorns, and any creature too large to fit in the Library. Nothing against those, I just don't want to see this board get taken over by people from the other boards who seem to think everyone who role plays thinks their love of their topic extends to all.

With that in mind, please be respectful. Disrespect for a role player that seems to be above and beyond that of their character's will see you removed from the Library, okay?

Also, no god modding. It should be a given, but still think I need to say it.

No romance, extraordinary violence, or anything else frowned upon by the staff here.

You are only allowed 1 character at a time. However, if you would like to switch to a new character, you may swap out your old one by having them find a lifebook and having them check it out. However, you must then start from scratch and pick an entirely different character (just to keep it interesting).

And with that, I believe we are able to start. If you have any more questions, feel free to OOC them on here.

Oh, and I know I just set up Zenith, but I've got dibs on Heather, so if anyone would like Zenith, go for it.