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Who: Zexion, Librarian, others
Where: The Library
When: Day 203, early afternoon
What: Books

[There had been . . . reservations, about visiting Sabra's library. Half-real memories, echoes of a reluctance from another time, another life. But the humidity creeping into the air, the scent of earth soaked with water (however wrong, however just a bit off that scent is from what it should be) result in echoes of another kind, and so it is that a lone Hydra has made his way there today, walking the stacks, pausing every so often to brush fingers over a leather-bound spine, or move certain delicate books from the lower racks to the higher.]

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[Librarian is in here already, and he is stressed stressed stresssseddd. he's lost some feathers and is looking pretty unhappy. the library is happily on high ground, but it's still dangerously humid in here...]

-- Red?

Boss, what's going on?

[shifts back and forth on his talons uncomfortably]

The water has risen substantially, and it seems to be in the process of rising higher. My books ...

[shakes his wings uncomfortably. a humidity-soaked feather drops to the ground.]

How can we help?

I ... do not know. The more delicate books can be moved to higher shelves for now, but it is a temporary solution.

Can we move them somewhere...drier? .................is there anywhere drier.

I -- I do not know if you are cleared for this level of information --

[auuugh just going to huddle on this shelf for a moment]

There are no locations in this block that will be permanently safe from the water.

We're gonna have to move to the next if this keeps up. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out.

[starts shifting books up~]

[looks terribly relieved at that. both the books and Red figuring it out.]

Yes, well. There's no point in hiding that information then.

Do you have a timeframe though?

Within the week, I would think. I am already working on the transfer paperwork.

Thank you boss.

Sorry, the order is gonna get messed up. It can be fixed later.

If the books survive, I will endure the lack of order. Temporarily.

At least I can fix it easily. It'll be fine.

[... nods]

You would remember, wouldn't you.

Yeah, so it won't take me so long to fix it.

Then -- if your team would be all right with storing the most delicate books, and we could move the moderately delicate ones to higher shelves...

In our dorm?

Yes. The air is less humid there.

You should go too, you're not looking so hot, boss.

[ruffles his feathers. another feather drops to the ground.]

It ... is not merely the humidity. I am very busy.

Then let me help.

This is the only thing you can assist with.

Then leave it to us.

[... dere .///.]

Thank you.