forum Broken Dreams and Haunting Memories// Closed!// 16+

Started September 19, 2020 by @ElderGodSwimwithGamers group

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Emile hummed softly, beginning to look for a place where they could go sit in peace. Not in the living room, that’s for sure. Emile didn’t like most of the souls there.

The girl didn't either. Most of them were mean to her. She glanced up, staying curled up against Emile's hand for now.

Emile just started wandering around again like he did earlier, trying to find somewhere isolated.

There was really only two rooms Astral wouldn't just hunt them down in when he felt it was time to take the girl back- the gardens, and the library.

Thankfully, the library was where he ended up, sitting down with a soft sigh, letting himself relax.

It was a good thing Simon and Mia had left, then. The girl looked around, curious.
"What… is this place?" She asked softly.

“It’s the library.” Emile said quietly, knowing that they were at risk of running into Simon and Mia in this part of the house.

"Li…brary?" The girl copied the word, not familiar with it. "What is that? I- I'm sorry if I should know-" The girl tensed up, looking down at her lap.

“No it’s okay. A library is a place that has a lot of books. Do you know what books are, dear?” He asked gently.

The girl slowly shook her head. She had no idea what a book was, actually. She'd never been exposed to them before.

“Well…a book is something that holds written stories. Sometimes they’re about things that actually happened, and sometimes they’re things that people make up.” He explained, hoping he did an okay job of it.

"Story..?" The girl dared to look up at Emile, curled up on herself a bit. She still had no idea what Emile was talking about.

“Hang on, let me think of how to explain it.” He sighed softly, thinking for a moment before coming up with something. “A story is telling what happened to somebody. Does that make any sense?”

The girl nodded some at that, looking up still.
"So… there are stories in here?'

“Mhm, lots of stories.” He confirmed, glad that she seemed to understand now.

The girl nodded, looking around.
"Can I… can I hear one?"

“Sure, I’ll go find one for us.” He said with a soft smile, standing up and going to look for a good book for them.

"Thank you…" The girl looked around, keeping close to Emile's hand for now as he moved around.

Emile was trying to figure out if there was any sort of organization in the library, walking through the aisles until he figured it out.

Most books were sorted by subject matter, like most libraries. There were no labels to tell one what section they were in, though, but it could be assumed there was a children's section somewhere. Astral was obsessed with having a child, after all.

Emile figured he’d find it if he kept walking around for long enough. So that was basically his plan. To walk until he found it.

The section was to the right, in a corner. It was set up to look like a children's section you would find in a public library, a box of toys to one side and the picture books on display.

“Here we are.” He declared once they finally found it, smiling some. “Now we just have to find a book.”

The girl looked around, letting out a small sound of surprise. She'd never seen anything as fun looking as this place before…

Emile began looking through the different books, humming softly as he did so. “Do you see anything you like?”