11354/At the Library

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At the Library
Date of Scene: 18 April 2020
Location: New York Public Library, Manhattan
Synopsis: Alek has gifted Morgana with pain. Morgana regifts
Cast of Characters: Phantasm (Drago), Morgana le Fay, Buffy Summers, Smart Alek




Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
As with many libraries, it is pretty quiet in the Schwarzman Building. Added with this library being primary for research purposes only, the building is strongly devoid of the sound of children running about.

The Rose Reading room is pretty empty. Nick sits at a table. An older looking book wide open as he props his head up with a carefully placed hand curled under the chin. Based from the appearance, this one is not available for checkout.

There is something notably different about him. The attire is the same but the knit cap rests on the table beside him, revealing his short cut hair. As for his beard

...Huh! It's shaved off. And with it gone, he's back to looking closer to a youthful 21 instead of his actual age.

The book has some fancy writing to it, and on one page, an illustration of birds. A raven stares back from the illustration as the musican pays more attention to the text.

Morgana le Fay has posed:
There's one more figure over in a darkish...well metaphorical dark corner. Morgana le Fey is here, with a series of books all around her, arranged by category. New Age magic. Anything and everything to do with witches. The Salem trials. Morgana's got her hands on whatever she can snag easily. Dressed in her robes, with her crown on her head, Morgana looks up and straight at the musician. The bird....that's a raven. One that's used for messages and, in some cultures....a harbinger of death?

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Nick has been here long enough that he hasn't had reason to look up for awhile. Pale eyes skim over the last of the text, before he lifts his other hand to turn the page. The sound of the rustling cutting into the silence that had set in the room.

On the next page, the text is on the opposite side while the illustration of Apollo speaking to a white bird sets on the other side. Looks like it's a book on Mythology. In particular on how Ravens got their color. Spoiler alert: Apollo did not subscribe to the 'don't shoot the messenger' line of thought.

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana's gliding her way over silently, much like, well, a bird on the air. Looking to Nick, Morgana doesn't say a word yet. Instead she just stays there for a moment, then coughs politely.

"Forgive me for intruding, but I was wondering if you're okay?" Morgana aksks...taking in the page Nick's reading. Apollo, and birds.

No, Apollo didn't subscribe to that idea. Morgana, more so.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Hearing the soft cough, Nick's head lifts off of the curled hand. Taking the interruption for a time of rest, the arm lowers as the musician looks towards Morgana.

Recognizing her from the museum, his head cocks curiously, mimicking the mannerism of the subject matter he's looking into.

A glance curiously sets upon the crown. "I'm doing okay..." He pauses, "Why? Was I giving off some weird vibe?"

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana shakes her head. "No, no" she begins, then pauses. Weird for Morgana is a lot different than anyone else, really. Morgana looks over Nick again then considers her words. "Weird vibes...?" she asks simply. "Such as what?" she asks with a look from the book back to Nick again. Looking over to the knitcap, Morgana looks over to Nick again after a glance to the knitcap.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
"I don't know." Nick shakes his head, "Some people are sensitive to mannerisms, others the tone of voice, and others- Well." He pauses, "You're more of a thoughts type. Hmm. I don't think I was thinking anything really concerning. Just, seeing what types of mythology there is on ravens."

Fingertips tap on the table in consideration before he smiles, "Oh! I just finished filming a role this week. Maybe I supconciously was doing the mannerisms from the death scene."

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana narrows her eyes. "Death scene hmm?" she asks as Morgana watches Nick silently post question. Looking over Nick, Morgana too tilts her head. Looking to Nick again after a look around the library, Morgana brings her books over.R
"Here, would these help?" Morgana asks gently, not sitting....well, not yet

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Nick frowns slighly at the change of expression, not sure why Morgana seems upset, "Well, I mean you end up spending a lot of time trying to get into the mindset of the character from the story. How they'd react to situtions and stuff so, there probably could be a lingering mood from filming the more emotionally charged scenes."

There is a momentary sense of relief as the narrowed eyes break contact with his. But the odd encounter does cause for him to watch Morgana a few more moments before looking back to his book.

After a few minutes and the books setting down nearby. Nick glances to the stack of books Morgana presents, looking to the titles. "You were looking up mythology too?" He asks, curiously.

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana looks over to the books and waves a hand, "Please,take them if you think they'll help" she offers looking serious. Sure she's picked up on the thoughts, true. But Nick's not exactly human. So he's spared Morgana's anger

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Nick nods, glancing towards the titles before reaching over to gently pull one of the books from the stack. Based from the title it appeared to be one promising English folklore. "Thanks."

The book sets down gently on the table next to the opened one but the musician glances up at Morgana. Expression of curiousity not waning. "I don't believe I caught your name yet."

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana nods appreciatively at the book that's taken and set on the table. Looking to Nick again she actually...cracks a smile..

The title is indeed English fokelore, and Morgana gestures to it. "My name? Morgana" she says with a nod and looks regal, or, maybe imperious a bit.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
"Morgana." Nick repeats, glancing to the book she's gesturing to. The one he just took. "Oh, so were you researching a namesake?"

He pauses, considering the crown, the posturing, and others he's run into in his life.

"Or", he ventures, "are you the origin?"

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana's quiet, but....her eyes betray her answer. "Why would I research a namesake?" she asks watching Nick. "You're smart. Perceprive. You think I may be the original Morgana? Think on it" she says with a slight smile, though a dark smile. Watching Nick for a moment, Morgana's not saying a word....just considering her options. She's not entirely sure if telling him she is the real Morgana is smart. Though...she's curious enough to come in heree too.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
"I have my moments." Nick responds, shaking his head, "I miss a lot of things too. Honestly, I don't really know what to think. I've just run into enough to where I can't just rule out the possibility."

He looks to the closed book. Considering the other question, "It seems like researching a namesake would be one of the most natural of things to do. The meaning in the name. Perhaps get a bit of insight to what was being thought at the time you came into the world. A hope. Maybe a history."

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana shakes her head. Did you look into your namesakes?" she asks, "I looked into my namesakes, it's a short list"

Well that clears up the whole is Morgana /that/ Morgana. There's a book on Arthurian legends, one Morgana's got a hand on. She's wanting to bring that with her, though....the late fees are a pain, Morgana mentally notes.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
"I wasn't named after any relatives unless you count the surname." Nick replies, "My mom opted for the names of Saints."

He pauses, chuckling, "Although, being my last name came from my father and it means Dragon. I'm guessing it's telling of my mom's feelings towards him that one of the saints she picked is known for fighting one."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers steps into the library and smiles fondly, remembering Giles' library back at the school way back then. Where it all began. "Ahh, I'll bet he'd love this place.." she sighs as she wanders through the stacks, looking for something or other. She's never been big on earring books but with a slump in the Armastus case, it was time to do her research.

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana looks over Nick then past her to Buffy, sensing her powewer. Morgana narrows her eyes and starts looking around for the powerful Slayer. Great. Morgana's...drawn to power like a moth to a flame...

She watches Nick for a moment. "See" Morgana points out, looking around the reading room. "See, I'm running out of books to read" she complains, stepping back and turning to dig through the books again. Mythology section is a fine place to start, but her eyes flick around looking for the powerful thing that's got her on alert now.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Nick glances over to the stack of book Morgana already has as she declares she is running out of books to read. "You are a fast reader then." He declares, "Or have been here much longer than I thought."

As Morgana walks away, he looks back to the open book before him, turning another page.

Smart Alek has posed:
Alek enters the library and for him, it's more of experience then most, the odor of the paper, the sounds of people chatting to themselves or others, the way the light bounces off the chandelier. It's a bit of an overload for a moment, but he's used to New York so, it's just a little bit different. He notices the Rose Reading Room, the Triple R. He pokes his head in and glances about. What tickles his fancy today.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers pauses by the Rose reading room, hearing a familiar voice and smiles at Nick, waving as she walks towards him, pausing by Alek as she does so. Unfortunately as she tries to step around him one of her books slips from her grip and falls to the floor, "Oh, excuse me..How clumsy of me!" she laughs as she scrambles to recover her books.

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana's moving toward the entrance now....then she pauses and changes course to sit close to the musician. Mostly so she can keep an eye on everything going on. No telepathic tricks this time. Instead, Morgana just waits, her own rustle of turning pages indicating she's reading.

She's glancing up every so often, too from the book, and hears Buffy. Looking over to the door,she waves her hand as if in greeting. In actuality? Magic.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Sensing a bit of motion in his peripheral vision, Nick glances up to see Buffy waving. Giving a bit of a smile, expression a bit more prominent as he has shaven the beard off, he returns the gesture in kind.

He stops reading, folding his hands on the table as he waits for Buffy to approach.

As she runs into Alek, he looks curiously to the person he's never met before.

Smart Alek has posed:
Alek smiles as he seems to have gotten in Buffy's way, "No problem, sorry for being here... The photons are distracting.. any recommended thing to read today.." he notices Morgana, "Umm.. Reinasance History maybe?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks at Alek, still smiling as she relieves the rest of her books, "Oh hey, don't worry about it, totally not your fault. I should have been watching where I was going." she seems pretty apologetic, and what's with all the vampire books she is reading? "Huh, suggestions? I couldn't really say, not a big reader myself.." she laughs, "Guess I'm kinda into the goth scene though.." she shrugs and totally doesn't look like a gother.

"Renaissance history? Think it's over there.." she nods further into the rose reading room, "I'm headed there too, maybe I can help you find some stuff? I used to hang out a lot with a librarian, I know my way around. Just a sec.."

Buffy steps towards. I know and Morgana's table setting her pile of books down, "Hows it going Nick? Like the new look.." she nods to Morgana, smiling, "Hello, you a friend of Nick's?"

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana looks over to Buffy and Alek then Nick, the book rustling as she stretches, book closing with a snapping sound. Morgana sets the book in her lap and looks around, watching everyone quietly then her gaze over to Nick again.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
The slayer gets a momentarily confused look at her compliment.

"New lo-?" Nick brings up a hand, rubbing his chin before he smiles, "Ah. We finished up filming my parts so I was free to shave it again. Might take a bit longer to get the hair back to normal length though."

He lowers his hand, looking to the slayer, "I'm doing alright. How about you, Buffy?"

He glances between Morgana and Buffy. "Buffy, this is Morgana. I met her last week. Morgana, this is Buffy. I've worked with her time to time."

Smart Alek has posed:
Alek says, "I... should have a book for the reading room right?" He quickly grabs a nearby book, his eyes, already glowing blue, glow brighter, "And.. already read that one." He picks up another book, eyes glowing again, "Didn't read it yet.. but now I have. I'll pretend that I didn't read so quick.." he tells noone but maybe Buffy if she's still within ear shot. He follows along after her.

    Going over to Nick and Morgana, he's just a fellow in tow behind Buffy. He looks at Morgana's attire, "What period were you looking to... adorn yourself in?" He cants his neck a bit. His brain scanning through thousands of books on clothing, fear the mind readers... and then he starts to commune with the Internet. Headache incoming."

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana gets one hell of a headache trying to keep up with everything Alek's brain is doing, and she groans. "Arthurian. You can stop thinking so hard now" she says like it's blatantly obvious she's dressed like /that/ Morgana, really. She closes her eyes and massages her temples gently. Nope, impossible to read like this...

Opening her eyes again Morgana gives them all a quiet look. That's after sticking her telepathic senses in a blender.

No wait, that was Alek's mind doing a number on her head when she was reaching out. Yep. She now knows what it's like to be flayed. Not pleasant. She picks her book back up and sets to reading it again. Even if the pounding in her head and vague wnting to be violently sick feelings aren't helping. Snapping the book closed again, Morgana takes a deep breath and goes back to massaging her aching temples again. Okay, nobody warned her about this. She could magic it away but she'd just thud to the floor in the library. Not good.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
As Alek approaches the table, Nick gives the newest person to join the group a nod in greeting, not wishing for Alek to feel left out of the conversation. His head turns as Morgana responds to Alek's question. Reminding him of a key detail.

"Oh yeah, I think she might be telepathic. So, mind your throughts." Yep. Completely slipped his mind. Is it really outing if the person being spoken of already did it like a few seconds earlier?

Smart Alek has posed:
Alek says, "Arthurian. That really isn't a time period. It's more like a style of literature.. We wanted the Dark Ages to be mythical.. probably better then thinking of all the death happening." He pauses a moment, "Telepath.. I'm not good at it, I feel enough of the world to not feel the inside of people's heads..." The radio waves in the room being ignored for the moment, the wifi smells like popcorn and the 3G freqencies are blue today."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smiles and nods to Morgana, "Nice to meet you, I'm.." she yawns a bit, "Geez, I've been up all night patrolling too much, working overtime. I should real,y.." she flops in a nearby chair and a minute later has fallen asleep...zzzzzzzzz.

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana's getting worked up with her pain and anger at having her mind run over. Anyone got the number of that smug, S.O.B. in jeans and a t-shirt? Morgana clenches her fists under the table, having moved her chair nearer to it to get away from the walking light speed encyclopedia. Okay, that hurt.

Looking over them all with anger in her eyes Morgana clenches her fists as she's not got time to pick one particular spell. Oh she could return to Avalon to heal up.

Instead? Morgana's magic flares to life with a will of its own, the cold, calculating fae queen has a magic in mind. Oh if she can't reflect the pain...or share it with those in the triple R?

It gets shared outside the library with all the fine folks on the street. That's what Morgana's thinking. Instead. Morgana's far more insidious. She decides fine, screw it. If that walking encyclopedia loves books. Fine.

Morgana's just wanting to curl up and share the sharp pain in her head. Instead, she raises her hand and the pain she felt, migraine level pain riples out from her hand. The problem? Door's openn. And Morgana don't care

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Nick's brows rise as Alek starts speaking. If the words coming out of his mouth is any illustration of the thought pattern going on prior...

He glances over to Morgana curiously. How bad is this?

And then, Buffy falls asleep in the middle of the library. That must have been a very boring book she picked out- YEEGGAH!

Nick flenches as he is hit with an amazingly horrible migraine.

"STOP IT."

He doesn't care who does, he just wants someone to.

Smart Alek has posed:
Alek is hit with the wave of pain as well, he literally falls backwards and over as his head flares with pain, the world actually dithers a bit as his mind turns to the pain he's experiencing, however just like how his brain deals with the full energy spectrum, he envisions waves of brain crashing around him... "Ooh god, it's terrible.. Never had a headache.. like this.."

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana's made them feel the pain, and she closes her eyes. That magic took a toll on her as she slumps back in her seat. Nick's cry gets through to her. She goes to bring Nick's pain, by magic, back into her hand. Then fires it out the door. Poor patrons...poor library patrons...

Nah. Morgana doesn't care bout them any. Nah. She's getting satisfaction from getting a slight revenge on humanity itself.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Blistering. Vision spotting, light intensifying. His hands go up to press the base of the palms into his temples, applying pressure. Eyes closing he shakes his head. "Ss-"

Nick pauses as the sensation ups and vanishes. A cautious eye opens, glancing around, confused.

He's not certain what just happened. But there is something he is definitely certain about.

The musician reaches forward, closing the book he was reading before returning the other book back to Morgana's stack. Any mood he had to do research was pretty much gone now.

Smart Alek has posed:
Alek recovers from his spot... he looks around, "Umm... okay, that was wierd... wierder then my normal." he sits down at the table and looks around... he's quiet now, observing the light photons as the conversation has dried up due to the massive wave of pain.

Morgana le Fay has posed:
Morgana's breathing shallow and she looks over both of them with one eye open, then gets to her feet. Sweat's runnning down her face as she heads for a bookshelf. Out of sight....to get back home ASAP and rest up. She needs it. Magic takes a toll on her after all...

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Taking a deep brath, Nick sets his hand on the table, slowly siding his chair back. The motion is deliberately slow. Not wanting to be the cause for another wave of whatever the hell that was to occur once more.

Getting up, he calmly slides the chair back under the table before he brings the book he set aside over to the return cart.

He gives an apologetic look to Alek, being that Morgana just made herself scarce. "I believe now is a good time to help my friend get home."

A head tilts to indicate the sleeping Slayer in the chair. "Happy reading."

Smart Alek has posed:
Alek says, "OKay, have a nice day.." as he goes into a trance himself, he begins to admire the various bouncing lights and sounds in the quiet reading room. The Slayer's readings get a glance as well, gothic stuff, a flash of frankenstein, vampires, and werewolves stream by. Poor Morgana will never invite Alek to a party."

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Farewells given, Nick moves over to where Buffy is, crouching down to gently nudge her awake. Once he's certain he's not going to get an inadvertent punch to the face, he makes his offer to accompany her home and the pair make their way out.