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[Rockeater]

Investigate the rat.

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[KitRougard]

Investigate the rat.

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+1, because all this talk about familiars and binding has me convinced it's either...
A: Someone doesn't like us and has their familiar spying
Or
B: This rat has taken an honest interest in us and would be willing to be our familiar.

[Arx]

I say let it be for now

I. Just really. Don't care about the rat. It's a rat. Rats are not interesting. I don't feel like paying attention to it.

I'd say leave it be.

Investigate the rat.

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Hmm. I'm conflicted.

If it's still around when you leave the library

Ah, that'll work. If it's still lurking around, I'll worry about it then.

You have pokemon, right?

Koudaimon? Why did I think it was called Pokemon? Weird.

Can other, less supernaturally involved people see it? (That last one because, for a voice in someone's head, I have a curious worry about things being only in someone's head.)

It definitely exists. To someone totally innocent, it probably just looks like a big rat, though.

Anyway! Enough worrying about the rat for now. I have a library to visit.



The whole library is pretty much just shelves like these. Maybe two metres tall? The aisles are a metre and a half to three metres, depending on the exact aisle. The shelves around the walls are three metres, I'd need to ask a librarian to bring a ladder if I wanted to get something off the higher shelves. Fortunately, most crime fiction is on the smaller shelves, including Amanda Misty.

That's not relevant right now though! There's a geist in here, somewhere. Probably near a draft? There should be an aircon unit around somewhere...

Oh, there it is.



D'awww. Little 'geist looks so happy. That's definitely a wind spirit. On the plus side, it's probably not a threat! On the minus side, this is a little like having a toddler running loose in the library all the time.

If this 'geist does turn out to be a wind elemental type, is there something they are attracted to? So that we could, say, lure it out an open window instead of trying to banish it with compost? Sounds like it would already want to get away, the only trouble is collecting that fee afterward ...

They're attracted to drafts and other wind. I wonder if I could squeeze the reward out of the Council if I just chased it out...? After all, it's not like it's a hazard in the same way as goblins or whatever. Hmmm, what to do?

Well, I'm here now. I should make the most of it.

1.	> Comb the library to draw a kind of map.
2.	> Ask the librarians if there's an evacuation plan you could look at.
3.	> You've seen enough, head home and kit up.
4.	> Go for broke! Maybe you can sort it out now.
5.	> _

Spoiler: Meta (click to show/hide)

This is a day late, 'cause things were still happening too late for me to draw an update yesterday.

Still terrified that I'm botching the pacing, let me know if so. >_>

[King Zultan]

Lets just chase it out.

[Doomblade187]

Lets just chase it out.

Aye, lure it out of the library.

[Kashyyk]

Agreed. Let's lure it out of the library. We should probably tell the library staff first though, don't want them to get in the way when we start throwing windows open to cause a cross-breeze or whatever.

[mightymushroom]

We should draw up a crude simple map of the library so we know where the windows are, or whether there are any "dead ends" to avoid. On the other hand, if there's a nook or something humans aren't supposed to exit through but has a window for a happy little geist, that would be ideal to lure/chase it out.

[Arx]

We should draw up a crude simple map of the library so we know where the windows are, or whether there are any "dead ends" to avoid. On the other hand, if there's a nook or something humans aren't supposed to exit through but has a window for a happy little geist, that would be ideal to lure/chase it out.

It's something like this, mostly. Maybe not to scale.



The 'geist is hovering over on the left in the children's section.

Agreed. Let's lure it out of the library.

Lets just chase it out.

Aye, lure it out of the library.

This is the most I can do for things to herd a spirit right now, though. I should probably pop home first.

We should probably tell the library staff first though

The best possible outcome I can think of for walking up to the librarian and saying "I'm going to chase a poltergeist out of here, please don't mind me" is being politely asked to leave.

1.	> You've seen enough, head home and kit up.
2.	> Go for broke! Maybe you can sort it out now.
3.	> _

Spoiler: Meta (click to show/hide)

I have no idea what I'm doing right now. Uh, sorry? I'm not sure why I'm flailing so hard.

[KitRougard]

Nyeh... Go home and kit up - Or chase that rat if it's still there.

[Egan_BW]

Alright, time to go back home, grab what we need, and finish this off.

The trick to doing weird things like carrying a jar of mulch and a mop into a library is to pretend you're supposed to be there.

[King Zultan]

Lets go home and get the stuff.

[Rockeater]

Lets go home and get the stuff.

Check if the rat still there, obviously

[Kashyyk]

Do those librarians want the 'geist around or something? What does everyone have to make everything so hard for us?

I concur with the others, Lets go gear up, then come back and evict the 'geist

[Doomblade187]

Prep, then become the ghostbuster! Or the ghost friend. Ya know.

[mightymushroom]

Kitting up first sounds like a fine idea.