Deimos had learned his lessons in caution well. Trust nothing, and always be alert for ambushes, and survive to see another day. This time, however, his caution was unwarranted, or so it seemed. The book didn’t react at all to the poke with the stick. It didn’t flinch, but neither did it budge – not even a little bit. And it should have given that there was nothing supporting it on either side. It was almost as if it was anchored to the shelf, or perhaps to the wall behind it?
It hadn’t gone unnoticed (by who though?) that individuals had chosen tasks they were particularly well-suited for at the start, and so
Soft swearing arose from the fiction section as Jigano used his beastmaster ability a second time to start collecting mice (a trend, it was beginning to feel like) and marched them into a wooden box he created with his earth magic. Once all the mice he could reach with his mind were trapped inside he closed the trap firmly and set it aside to return to his search for books, having better luck now that he no longer had distractions.
Nate was successful and now just needs to choose the topics and titles to share with people over LongNight!
Deimos was also successful?? He wasn’t attacked by a sentient book! But the mystery remains unsolved…
Wessex’s luck wasn’t with her this time, but at least she’s immune to the spider bites. Don’t give up!
Jigano succeeded at corralling the mice and can finally begin collecting books!
Almost there, team! No posting order.
