genessia | Reading is Fun!....damental.

WHO: Lucy Heartfilia, Blake Belladonna
WHAT: A Meeting between Booknerds
WHEN: Today
WHERE: The library in Nova City

While the early morning training with Erza had been a few days ago, Lucy still felt sore, and in places she didn't think she could even be sore. The woman was a demon! She had some free time today though, with her friends out training or (hopefully not) getting into some sort of trouble, she decided to head to the library. Not alone though, oh no. She learned her lesson on that one - trotting along at her side was the little dog spirit (and evil mastermind), Plue.

It took longer than she'd liked to even get the door open, but oh well. A nice hot bath later would help immensely. Once inside the library, she set Plue down and cast a curious look for other booknerds around on her way to one of the bookshelves off the shelf. It wasn't just for fun and relaxation she was here - she was here for information too. "I'm going to grab a few more books Plue - go ahead and wait for me over there." She nodded towards a nice quiet spot by the window.

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"There's always somebody like that." She glared at the book in front of her. No matter where you were, or what was happening, there was always somebody out there who valued power over everything else.

"Bison and 'M' seem to be the worst of them so far. We've managed to make enemies of both of them as well." Well, at least Bison. She couldn't say she had any idea what was going through M's mind.

Neither could Lucy. He was pretty creepy, "I spoke to him, briefly - that 'M' guy, I mean. He's pretty mysterious - but I guess you could expect that from someone with a 'name' like that. Still, he's creepier than any of the villains in any of the novels I've written." Maybe she's missing a archetype, most of her villains were pretty uncomplicated. "And that kind of villain makes them the more dangerous." Ones that go around boasting their plans and everything were easy to deal with.

"I never spoke with him myself, but my friend Yang did and she said he... well, that he knew things he shouldn't have." He hadn't outright said that he knew about her not being a human, but it had certainly been implied by that "freak" comment.

She just sighs, rubbing her forehead.

"Sorry, but, would you mind if we talked about something else? I just spent a long time dealing with one of them, and I was hoping to focus on something else for a little while."

Lucy shook her head quickly, "No, not at all. Sorry, I didn't mean to talk about something upsetting for you." Something else, huh? Books were always a nice safe topic.

She glanced at Plue, reaching into her purse to pull out a candy stick she got at the store, handing it to him since he was being such a good boy. Enjoy the sight of the teeny Plue enjoying some candy, Blake.

"So what kind of things do you read, when you're not researching things like this." She motioned at the pile of books.

"It's fine." Blake shook her head with a small, grateful smile. She'd dealt enough with being in danger from other people so upsetting wasn't quite the right word. But it was stressful but that was exactly what she was hoping to avoid today.

That smile widened a little bit while she watched Plue snack away at his piece of candy, and let out a quiet, amused breath. ... You had to know her, she was practically squeeing over him.

"That's a difficult question." She paused thoughtfully, considering. She really did read a little of everything, but she knew that wasn't at all a good answer. "I suppose lately I've been reading a lot of mystery. What about you?"

Lucy knew what it was like to not want to dwell on something like that. Heck, with her guild they could be fresh out of a dangerous situation and they were ready to relax and party and live it up just hours later. Dwelling on the past was lame.

She grinned at Blake's smile, both girls watching Plue snack away - she'd giggle if she knew that was Blake's 'squeeing' face. "Me? Actually I do more writing than I do reading, sometimes. Most of the time it's about my adventures within Fairy Tail, but occasionally I do branch out to write something new now and again."

Her team was more or less the same. The very next morning after a desperate battle against the two largest Creatures of Grimm Blake had ever seen had been spent decorating their dorm room.

She watched Plue snack for a little while longer before turning her attention back to Lucy.

"You mentioned being a writer earlier." Now that was interesting. She was always interested in something new. "Have you been working on anything since you arrived here?"

Clearly her team and Lucy's team were bound to get along famously then. Best team up ever.

As the topic turned to the other favorite thing that Lucy liked to do - i.e. writing, she grinned, nodding to the question. "Yeah, actually. Most of what I've written are about some of the missions I've been on, but I have one or two in the works that are 'original' stories, so to speak."

It was bound to happen. They just had to be careful that Natsu and Yang didn't try to fight each other too much.

Missions from back home? That certainly caught her interest. She'd grown up reading stories about adventures and worlds of magic for so long, it would be something else to read actual true stories of a place like that.

"That sounds interesting. I'd love to read some of it sometime."

That'd be difficult. Natsu's favorite way of making friends with others was sparring with people. He'd probably love to go toe to toe with Yang, not to mention the rest of Team RWBY.

Fortunately Lucy's gotten over her initial shyness of others reading her stories long ago, so she grins at Blake, nodding. "I'd be happy to bring one of them by next time I come to the library- or actually, once our guild is built I know Erza and Natsu are going to want to throw a party. If you think you'd like to come, then you can consider this a formal pre-party invitation."

She chuckled. "I didn't know you then, but I was going to invite Ruby and her friends from Beacon anyway." This just saved time! Sorta.

He wouldn't have any trouble finding takers among the team, that was for sure. She might not be as gung-ho about it as Yang, but even Blake wouldn't turn down the chance to test herself against a strong opponent and there might still be a little disappointment at missing the tournament at the Vytal Festival.

A party? She briefly considers that idea. She wasn't much for groups of people, but she'd liked everyone she'd met from Fairy Tail so far and if the rest of her team were invited as well.

Finally, she nods after a second or two of thought. "I'd like that."

Everyone on Team Natsu loved to challenge themselves - even Lucy in a way. She just didn't like to fight if she didn't have to - she didn't have that same rush Natsu and Erza did. But she fought differently from them.

Watching Blake curiously as she considered the offer, she grinned at the final answer, nodding. "Great! We'll be glad to see you there. I should warn you though, things can get a little crazy sometimes. ... most of the time... all of the time."

Reading is Fun!....damental.

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