017: At the Library

[livingmyths]

I listened to some beautiful music under the stars last night. It was so nice to be able to be out in the open to listen.

Luke said I should try to talk to some people named... I think Logan and George? People that he said lived out in the woods like me. So if you see this and want to I'd love to talk to you.

I think if it stays nice today I might go up on the roof and read when I'm done - and before I go to work at Mr. Stark's - so if anyone's looking for me, that's where I'll be. For a while anyway.

Comments

[lionesscouchant.livejournal.com]

You don't get afraid living in the woods?

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Sometimes...

Sometimes I sleep here in the library or up on the roof of the library.

I mostly get scared if there aren't enough doors or if I can't see the stars.

[lionesscouchant.livejournal.com]

Well I'm afraid of the woods, I'm glad you're not.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

People are a lot more scary than the woods any day to me.

I'd show you around sometime if you wanted.

[lionesscouchant.livejournal.com]

Really?

I would like that very much. I'm Lucy Pevensie.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! And yes, really. It would be fun to show them to someone else.

Hi, Lucy, I'm Rain.

[lionesscouchant.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! Can my brother come?

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Sure.

Unless he's mean or scary.

[lionesscouchant.livejournal.com]

Oh no, Peter is a gentleman!

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Then yes, I'd love to have him come along!

[orderonto]

There are cabins here in the forest, then?

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Maybe?

I just keep a blanket in my backpack with the rest of the stuff I own and I kind of put up some pine boughs for a little shelter and I sleep under the stars.

[orderonto]

That's fairly unique. For someone who spends so much time at the library to also spend so much time out of doors. The two types seem like they wouldn't miss often.

I have seen you around at work, haven't I?

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

I'm actually... well, I'm kind of scared to be indoors at night. Unless there's lots of doors and I can see the stars or it's a really safe place like the Library.

I think... maybe? If I saw you I'd know for sure.

[orderonto]

You need to see the stars to feel sound?

Brown jacket, curly black hair. Spends most of the time in the non-fiction sections?

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Yeah... it's kind of like they watch over me, you know?

Oh yes! You sound nice.

[orderonto]

I don't know that I can understand, but if you could explain more I would enjoy listening. Or, reading, I suppose.

I hope I am nice. May I get your name? It's rude of me not to know it.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

I... it's... 'cause my mother told me to go and hide in the woods and just look up the stars and I'd be safe. And not to come out.

Oh, gosh, I'm sorry. I'm Rain. And I'm kind of small with long black hair. It's not rude at all. I just forgot to introduce myself.

[orderonto]

Your mother told you to hide? I apologize if I've dredged up any bad memories. Don't speak any more about it if it's upsetting to you.

I have in fact seen you around. A pleasure to meet you, Rain. My name is Mohinder Suresh. I'm glad to be working with you.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Yeah... When I was really tiny. Before I was all crazy.

Mohinder Suresh. I like that. It's a nice sounding name. And I'm really happy to meet you too.

[orderonto]

I am sorry to hear that. But you don't seem at all crazy to me.

Thank you for the compliment, although I'm afraid that I can't beat the whimsy of Rain.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

People here don't seem to mind so much.

And it's... it's not whimsy. It's not.

It's the name the ancestors gave me. It's...

Look... Rain is all sorts of things to different people. Sometimes rain is warm and gentle and beautiful. It makes things grow and people love to be out in it. Sometimes rain is hard and cold and makes everyone miserable. Some people like rain and know that it has its purpose and some people don't care either way and some people just absolutely hate it no matter how it is. And sometimes even the people who really, really love rain don't understand it and sometimes they just want it to go away and not come back.

Which is exactly how people are about me. I'm like rain.

I am Rain.

[orderonto]

I never even noticed. And I usually do notice when people are acting a little crazy.

Ancestors?

And regardless, I don't know you well, but I feel that you are warm and gentle and beautiful as much as your apparent namesake.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Well, it's mostly when I start talking and they realize I can't always tell the difference between what's real and what isn't. Or when I answer questions before they actually ask them. Or when I know what's going to happne before it does.

I don't think you can see anything like that just be looking at me.

The Ancestors. The Grandmothers and Grandfathers who have passed on and who watch over us and help us.

Now you're going to make me cry. I... I really want to be those things.

[orderonto]

I would like to say that nobody can always tell that difference, but I feel that you mean this on a much steeper level. You answer questions before asked?

I'm sorry. I was being sentimental, but if it makes you feel better, do cry.