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The Castle Library out numbers even the Great Library found in the Air nation. It is a large circular room that goes up about two stories, the walls are completely lined with book shelves that are bulging with knowledge college from the great monarchs of all the ages. There is a ladder on either side of the room with wheels on the bottom to slide it back and forth to reach the different titles. In the middle of the room there is a large chair and large desk. The ceiling has a mural of a rain storm and the floors are tiled and covered with a large rug. However at night even with the aid of candles it is eerily dark in this room, for many of the books house dark secrets that leak out into the living world.

In the middle of the room Ashe had been lounging on the large arm chair, she had been reading a large volume of ancient incantations. Normally she would have gotten up to great Stel, but as the girl hadn't noticed her presence decided to remain where she sat. "You're here early Stel. Welcome to my home." Her feet draped over the side of the chair in a relaxed position. She held her place on the page with her finger as she looked up to look at Stel. "So what interests you today? Personally I am very fascinated by containment spells and other such protections. Not like there's a lot I haven't read or helped to write."

Ashe rose from her seat shortly after Orin arrived. She placed her book back on the shelf and walked over. "You have a very strange expression on your face sir." She said nonchalantly, perhaps it was from his small inner communications, not that she knew they existed. "That book's quiet a read. You may borrow it if you like." She didn't know if he knew who she was, and she truly did not care at that moment. She had to go and get ready, after all, she was the hostess and the night was almost here.

[exit to the nothingness until guests start arriving I guess]

Stel peered over at Ashe from the side of her mountain. "Hello your highness. I hope my early arrival wont be an inconvenience for you. Oh, I'm just looking up different information about our hisotry. Nothing you need to worry about." She tried her best to balance the books so they wouldn't fall. There was no response. Stel sat the books down on a neighboring table and looked around for Ashe. She was gone. She shrugged. Her glance flicked towards Odin's leaving form and sighed. The ball was going to begin soon. "I guess I shall have to wait until afterwards." Stel smiled sadly at her pile of books and left the room to get ready, leaving her mountain alone to collect dust until next time she has time to look.

*Exit to Ballroom*

takunta looked round, "i thought there would be a few more people"

"Thanks for walking me here," Maryl smiled cheerfully. She had to put some of the troubling things of the morning behind her so she could concentrate. "I should be off of work around five. I'll see you then." Giving Kel and Seth a gentle wave goodbye, Maryl turned and entered the library quietly and approached the main desk, holding up her old great library tag.

As per work detail, Maryl spent the majority of her morning going over the index system and proper handling of books that were taken off the shelves. The latter was put to use immediately afterward. Maryl frowned at the fairly tall stack of books taken down and stacked up on a table. Glancing down the bindings of each book seemed to show that someone was interested in elements. This wasn't terribly surprising, but perhaps they didn't get to return to them in time. Splitting the stack into halves, Maryl put each half of the stack onto the cart to reorganize them and return them to the shelves.

Activity was low in the library today. Maryl sat on the edge of the second floor, flipping through a book about the mystery element with the rays of a window to illuminate the pages. Her supervisor hadn't stated that browsing on the job was against the rules, and back at the great library other staff members did this all the time. Even the old man wizard might be seen flipping through pages in the aisles. Maryl was in plain view, swinging her legs from the edge of the platform so someone would have noticed by now. She was lost within the pages of the book. It felt like she might have never known these things if life had happened differently up to this point, and made her want to hold onto every word as she flipped to the next page.