Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

I look for the stronghold, and make my way there.

 

"Alright. Take orders, notepads are next to the door. Money is in one, five, ten, and 20 coin denominations. I'll prep the food and give proper change if neccesary, but... I'm kind of relying on you not tripping up. Can you keep your focus together for an hour?"

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It's not hard to get to.
Nobody greets you as you enter.

 

The clones give a thumbs up, before taking a notepad each and heading out to take orders.

 

I go up the stairs, and go to the library once more.

 

It's a busy hour, but Artemis seems to make it through without a hitch.

"Okay, rush is over. Thank you so much, Artemis!"

The librarian is out for some reason.

 

I look around at the books, and sections.

 

Artemis' wooden clones sink into the ground as Artemis gets up.

"No problem. I hope I didn't do anything wrong." Artemis says, smiling and rubbing her nose.

 

There's not very well defined sections, more just "fiction" and "non-fiction."

Ali hands Artemis back a small bag of the sandstone coins.
"You didn't." She replies, smiling.

 

"Thanks. Shall I show you how to tend to the new crops?" Artemis asks, taking the bag. There seems to be a bit of blood on the back of her hand.

 

I look through the non-fiction section, looking for anything that might tell the details of Ruin's Respite or the inhibitor.

 

There aren't any books on it, it seems.

"Yes, please. But, don't push yourself too hard."

 

"It's nothing intense. I was just going to show you how to harvest, replant and tend to the crops." Artemis says, smiling, wiping her nose again as a slight bit of blood appears.

 

I look at the kind of information they have in this section.

 

Mostly about the 'monsters' and their weak points.
Also, guides on how to pluck a raptor that isn't dead, and how to delimb a mantis without killing it. How wonderful.

"Don't bleed yourself out."

 

Curious nonetheless, I pick out the book on how to delimb a mantis without killing it, opening it.

 

"I'll be fine. Where are the crops?" Artemis asks, growing and picking a blood red flower which she puts in her hair.

 

It shows where the joints in their exoskeleton are, and how wide they are in various sizes of mantis, as well as the approximate force needed to amputate the limb.

"Down here." Ali says, heading to the new room.

 

Putting the book back, I take out and look at the other book about plucking feathers.

 

Artemis follows, looking around the room and at the crops.

"Wow, you even have forest soil." Artemis says happily, observing the crops.

 

"They added that."

There's a few holds shown by diagram on how to hold a raptor and avoid getting torn up. From then on, it just says "pull or skin."