http://askedtobe.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] askedtobe.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] onepassingnight2011-03-16 02:50 am

volume 1

[ Peter has no idea how he ended up here, on a couch, listening to a bunch of middle aged women and a few other assorted people talk about Pride and Prejudice. He lost count of how many times he was nearly force fed a cookie by some woman claiming that he's too skinny, and this is starting to feel like all those dreams about showing up to class without any pants on.

He's barely said anything about the book since showing up, instead opting to just sort of listen, and nod every once in awhile. It's easier to just agree with everyone than to pretend he cares about a rich guy marrying some poor guy's daughter. Great, it's heartfelt and mooshy, he gets it.

Running a hand down his face, he flips through the book again for what feels like the hundredth time, stopping on some page to skim through a paragraph, while another woman starts to talk about the historical ramifications of things that Peter chooses to ignore. At this point, he's pretty sure he's forgotten why he even agreed to this in the first place.
]

So what do you think about the book? [ And it's the first question actually directed at him. Oh yeah, this is exactly like those pantsless dreams he used to have, and now he's just... at a total loss for words. ]

[identity profile] digitalariel.livejournal.com 2011-03-27 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
A library? No, what's that?

[identity profile] digitalariel.livejournal.com 2011-03-27 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. [She looks around at the shelves and shelves of books. It's like some kind of heaven to her. Books are one of her only and best companions.]

It's wonderful.

[identity profile] digitalariel.livejournal.com 2011-03-28 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Never. [Her response is rather sheepish.] I'm new to this world.

[identity profile] digitalariel.livejournal.com 2011-04-11 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Well...you know... [shrugs awkwardly.] The Grid. The digital frontier, Flynn called it.