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[givesyouaboner]

Oh my god I have never been so bored in my life.
There is nothing to do and I've read all my books again. I can't even go to the library right now.
I'd hit up the Gutenberg Project but I did that last night and reading Kafka didn't end well.

_{[What does it say about a kid who has no problem watching the Human Centipede but the Metamorphosis gives him nightmares?]}

I'm five seconds away from reading Excel Saga-Inuyasha crossover fanfiction, which means I'm about to be ass deep in stupid shit.
It's going to happen and no one will ever hear from me again. Dirk Strider will cease to exist and amalgamate with aforementioned stupid shit because I don't have Life Alert so I can't call anyone to help me when I've fallen and can't get up.







Also, Roxy seems to be sleeping more. This is solidifying my concerns that she is in fact bleeding to death.
_{[This actually may or may not be the case. What it boils down to is he is sleeping even less, so his perception on this is skewed.]}

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[givesyouaboner]

That certainly doesn't sound ominous at all.

<sub>[He doesn't write anything else, and even still this is probably the most he's said to Sal since arriving. Awkward? Yes. Annoyed about having to be babysat? Definitely. It probably wouldn't have been as bad if he hadn't been dumped at someone's house that he hadn't even met before.

It takes a couple minutes, but he finally navigates his way through the house and finds the door to the study. Yes, he counts to make sure it is the right door, too. After tapping, he turns the knob and slowly pushes the door open.]</sub>

[accioleggings]

[The Leijon-Vantas family study is less of a study and more of a general area where Sal shoved his books that wouldn't fit in the living room bookshelves, where Di shoved older cat trees and occasionally the room Art locked himself in when he visited to work on extra secret projects.

The far right wall is dedicated to three large book cases, all nearly full with books. The left half of the room is decorated with cat trees in varying states of shredding and all for corners of the room have small, half built and un-built electronics piled up. The only reason they really call it a study was because it had a long mahogany desk sitting close to the back wall in front of a large window. The desk had been a wedding gift from Sal's parents built by his father.]

Dirk, hello! [Sal is currently pulling various books off the shelves, a small stack already accumulated at his feet. They're all at least twenty years old, slightly musty but still readable. At the top of the stack is a Hardy Boys mystery.]

[givesyouaboner]

_{[For a long moment, Dirk just stands in the doorway, looking around. It is definitely an eclectic collection in here, but it's not something Dirk is unused to. It tends to be a Strider thing as well to have random things in various places. Finally, he walks further into the room. His eyes flit over towards the forming book stack.]}

Hi. _{[How to conversation?]} Are those the books you were talking about?

[accioleggings]

They are! [He hops off the stool he was standing on and tosses two more books onto the stack. One of them is a trashy romance novel and the other is 'The Hobbit'.] A bunch of them are books I read when I was your age.

[givesyouaboner]

Oh. _{[He looks at the books for a moment, then finally picks up the Hobbit and reads over the back cover.]}

I saw the animated movie for this one a long time ago. Is the book any better?

[accioleggings]

Oh yeah, the book is almost always better than the movie of any adaptation. [Sal leans against the bookcase, giving Dirk a big smile.] I have a bunch more downstairs if you want to have a look around. I'm not sure what kinds of books you like bed but I'm a bit of a hoarder when it comes to books of all kinds.

[givesyouaboner]

I like many kinds of books. _{[He carefully flips through the book, trying to determine if it seems interesting enough to read.]} The ones that make me think are the best. Like, when you read something and you have to set the book down because, whoa, mind blown.

[accioleggings]

Oh yeah, those are great. What's your favorite?

[givesyouaboner]

I can't really say, because I like many books for different reasons. The Little Prince is a really good read, deep too. So is Timaeus, but it's a bit harder to follow.