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[Anastasia]

"Ahem," Sanzha says, "I am here."

Meanwhile Kascha has another book while Ranbar is with her, whilst Cresiel approaches, "Is it anything useful?"

Just a heads up, Seira crashed early.

[Nephrite]

"So far, just things I know already." He says. "How about for the rest of you?"

[Anastasia]

"Same," Kascha says, "Well, I knew this theory mostly, but there's a few bits I hadn't read about in it."

[Nephrite]

"So these books aren't things we already know." Moore says with a nod. "Good. Still, I imagine there's more advanced things the further up we go, but there's no reason to rush."

Are the books in any sort of order? Alphabetical by title or subject? Are there authors listed on any of them?

[Anastasia]

No authors listed and no organization that you can tell of.

[Nephrite]

Moore will start on the bottom row of shelves and go across each book individually -- is there anything in completely random ones that jumps out as anything interesting?

He'll basically just go book by book since we don't seem especially pressed for time.

[Anastasia]

Cool. Going to do the same, Seira, or something else?

[Corwin]

As it is Moore's trial and he is in no danger, Seira merely observes for now.

[Anastasia]

d100 then, Moore.

[Nephrite]

[12:16] <Nephrite> roll 1d100
[12:16] <Penuche> Nephrite invokes Penuche's magic: < 60 > [d100=60]

[Anastasia]

It's generally things you know. Stories you've read, information you've found and so on and so forth. As book after book passes, you can't help but note how familiar all of this is to you. Every interesting book is a treatise on known things - at least for you.

[Corwin]

"Don't you think that this could have been set up to hold you back?" Seira muses out loud. "Haven't you held back at a library too long before and gotten ambushed?"

[Nephrite]

"Well, the thing I notice is that all of this is something I already know." Moore says. "So, in essence, yes, you are correct. Since this is all already known, there's no sense in staying here any longer, so we may as well go up to the top. There's nothing here that couldn't be taught outside of this place."

He will take the invitation the stairs offer to start heading up!

[Corwin]

Seira follows after Moore!

The rest of us can follow alphabetically.

[Anastasia]

Thus you stride up - and as you do?

"Look," Cresiel calls back. The floor you just left is beginning to shimmer white, some of it breaking through from below.