Welcome to my life (said ironically)

Laszlo had roamed the entirety of the library, or at least that's how his legs made him feel– like he had just run the world's most boring marathon in the history of humankind. He looked at the little piece of paper that had the Dewey Decimal System location of the book he was searching and held himself back from tearing it in half with his teeth. Opting to kick one of the columns on his way back to the entrance... which was a nicety, he would much rather kick the old man that handed him a map with no foreseeable destination; he finally approached the only other person that looked just as exasperated as him. Catching the end of that interaction, Laz directed an amused smile at her. "Murder. Is that a perk included with my library card?" He muttered out while showing her the piece of paper with the supposed spot of his Ethical Hacking bible, taking a look at the scene in front of them. "Either Dewey or that asshole can go first, I'm in no rush."

Vi bit her lip, averting her eyes from the guy in front of her for a moment. She sensed a level of frustration comparable to hers coming off of him, but she doubted his was because of a blatantly snobbish desire to kick a dude who hadn’t even noticed her existence. “I fucking wish.” She mumbled, then started. She’d now said two wildly inappropriate things about a potential costumer, in front of another costumer. She could only hope she's spoken too softly for him to get it. At least he didn’t seem to mind it much, if the grin was any indication. She debated wether she should just accept this was one of her bitchy days and agree with him or pretend she didn’t get what he was talking about so that she wouldn’t get in trouble. But really, what were they going to do? They needed her here, she was covering someone else’s shift right now. For the third time this week… “Listen, I won’t tell if you don’t. But I think time and old age got to your preferred subject before you did.” She leaned back and dragged a hand through her hair. “Anyway. I’m guessing you need help finding something?” She asked with a polite smile.

"I didn't know the library was a place to create ransom notes." He showed Violet a piece of paper with the phrase Reach for the moon. If you miss, at least you'll be among the stars written on it with different paper cutouts. "I was looking for my best friend and a place to hang this definitely under appreciated quote that I found on the floor just by the stairs." Though there was a smile playing at the edges of his lips, Atty replied in his best stoic voice which, he had to admit, wasn't really that hard. "I came all this way to be a terrible influence. Do you have fifteen minutes?" He said as he proceeded to show the only magic trick he had up his sleeve... which, objectively, was a box of cigarettes that was tucked away inside his jacket.

“If you think about it, you can write a ransom note anywhere. It’s just that some places are way more practical than others.” Vi replied, blowing to try and get a strand of hair out of her eyes as she moved to take a small tower of books down from the counter and hide them behind it instead, already anticipating where this interaction would take her. She smiled at Atticus. “We can hang it by the young adults section, I’m sure they’ll appreciate it completely unironically.” She added, trying not to mumble. She was quiet to begin with, but working at the library always made her mind her tone even more, to the point where sometimes it took her a moment to realize people couldn’t actually hear her. “I knew it.” She added with a little snort, taking out the ‘back in 5’ sign and placing it at the center of the counter. “Come on, we can smoke those hiding out by the back door, like the respectable citizens we are.”

Lux was so late. She was very freaking late but it would all be worth it when she got back and returned with new things for the kids to read. It broke her heart that the returning little patients could not focus their minds with new stories before they had to get a flu shot or the bandages on their cast changed. Charging into the library with a mission... and a hefty check she managed to get from administration for the books that most certainly weren't sticky when they were taken out of the building, Lux made her way towards the girl right at the entrance. "Hello!" She showed the books that were practically embraced in her arms and took a little breath before answering the straightforward question. "I was looking into returning these and probably getting some others that might entertain kids a bit more than the Hungry Caterpillar." She sighed, looking sadly at them. "Not that these are bad! It's just... having kids go to a doctor's office and not being able to at least offer them new things shouldn't be something that hard to fix." Lux chuckled nervously. "If you were looking for an info dump, I guess?"

Violet cringed, appreciating that the other woman seemed to have chosen to ignore her faux pass and offered a tentative smile as she listened to her explanation. Her eyes automatically went down to roam over the books she was carrying. “Sure…” She racked her brain for some options, she couldn’t remember the tittles, she hadn't payed a lot of attention to them, but she was pretty sure she could identify some of the books that were fan favorites among the kids that came to the monthly readings. “You can place those here, if you’d like.” She offered, tapping the counter. “I’ll check them out and log them onto the system after. And we can go check out the children’s section.” She added softly, moving from behind the counter and gesturing for the other to follow. “They’re just this way, there’s a couple of books I’m sure they’ll like. Based on the reviews of our very discerning costumers.” She commented with a low chuckle, stopping in front of the right shelf.