strangetrip | Library Studies [EP]

(ooc: Feel free to tag Liz, Scanlan, Mary, or Bo)

The library was popular at that very moment.

Liz had settled into one of the desks. She had a science book out with Kitty's latest assignment, but at the moment she was finished work that Illyana had given her for her Russian studies. It was maybe the hardest 'class' she had at the inn and she was even more determined to prove to Illyana that she could be a good student and that she wouldn't disappoint her. On top of that, Liz wasn't even sure how pleased Illyana was with her progress other than the fact Illyana hadn't decided to stop teaching her.

At another table, Mary Winchester sat with her family picture album opened. There was a page open to Dean as a three year old with G.I. Joes John insisted he buy. Another photo was of Dean catching a fish with John. A third had Dean touching Mary's pregnant belly all proud. Mary was writing down the stories she remembered of each photo beside the photos, worried she might forget them if she didn't. Funny how it hadn't been a worry back home.

Scanlan was sitting on a chair with a pad of paper in his hand. He was trying to write up a song. He had several started, but he couldn't quite commit to one entirely. He knew he would need a song for Zahra and Kash's baby's arrival, so that was on the list and it had been started, just a few lines. He also wanted to write a song about the Madonna Inn in general, again only a few lines had come out. Maybe he was just distracted lately.

Lastly, Bo only just arrived. She decided she'd try the whole 'read for leisure' thing and Illyana had said she could probably find her something she'd like. The sections were pretty easy to make out and she found a book titled Tusk Love which had a rather interesting cover and so Bo thought... why the hell not?

She sat down and started to read it. It flowed well and wasn't hard to read. At first it was just a simple love story, but as it went on, the descriptions became more... oh. It was that kind of book. And yet Bo couldn't pull her eyes away. She read, the descriptions caused Bo's skin to feel warmer and things start to stir inside her and - maybe she should read more often. Lips parted a little, Bo had to use a lot of her own will power not to be entirely inappropriate in the library at that moment as she shifted a little in her seat.

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"I am not fluent," but the largest number of people in the world on Earth that was had spoken English, Chinese and Russian. "Some is normal where I come from. Shǎoliàng"

Her hand gesture, the motion of her fingers made that last translate obviously as 'a small amount'.

Liz looked surprised at that. "Is that Chinese?" The fact that River could speak so many languages, even a little, was impressive. Even Liz's Spanish was shaky.

"Where are you from?" Maybe she went to a magnet school like Peter did.

"Earth that was could no longer sustain human life so we went out into space. Built a new civilization in a new star system." Which was as close to sense on the subject of where she was from as anyone was likely to get from River.

"You wouldn't have heard of it."

Her eyes widened a little, as it usually did when space came to the forefront. Still, she nodded. "Have you... ever heard of Antar?"

"No."

She climbed off her chair and circled the table to climb into one across from the other girl and perched on it.

Liz was a little disappointed, but maybe it was for the best. Maybe the stuff she had to learn about Max's planet weren't going to be nice things.

"Hey, um. I'm planning on making this beach party thing, if you'd like to go." She had been meaning to track down the girl about it, actually. "Just, um. Just us. Like, no adults. I thought it might be nice for all of us to hang out together." 'us' being the teenagers.

"Why?" She cocked her head.

Sorry Liz, she's never had many friends her own age.

She paused and blinked. "Um.... because?"

Liz knew that was a lame answer. "Because it'd be nice to hang out with people our age? Or... I'd like to, anyways. I used to do it a lot back home and I kind of miss it." Not kind of, she missed it a lot.

"I have not had this experience." She had been too smart for kids her age, and then at the academy they weren't really... friendly. So her best and longest friend was Simon.

"Would you... like to have this experience?" Because Liz thought River seemed nice and Liz really wanted friends her own age - especially female friends her age.

River might not be the most normal friend to have, but after a moment she she decided that she was interested in both the beach and a friend.

"That would be... nice."

She smiled widely and genuinely. "Great!" Liz was happy that both of these things could be a thing. "I promise it'll be fun." She couldn't actually promise that, of course, but she'd try her hardest to make it happen.

It didn't seem like it should be Liz's responsibility to make sure others had fun, but she didn't say that. Instead she smiled back.

"Great." It was close to genuine and normal and for a flicker there was a teenage girl there and not.. whatever she was, even if some of it was pretend.

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