Mary, Mary, quite contrary [OPEN]

[marvelously]

Characters: Mary Batson/Marvel, depending on where you find her- and you!
Setting: Up, Down, All around the tower!
Format: Starting in prose, reply in either actionspam or prose and I'll follow your example!
Summary: Mary can't sit still for more than 15 minutes at a time.
Warnings: Mary might give you cavities, and I won't pay your medical bills. Possible violence and a high chance of "Holey Moley!" being said.


[A- First Floor- At all three meals] Here sits Mary Batson, in her ridiculous overalls, brown hair pulled into a perfect braid. She spends a moment bent over the food, eyes closed in silent prayer, before she sits up and gives the food the most puzzled expression.

"Oh, not that I'm complaining, but I do wish there was something a little sweeter on the menu."

[B- Third Floor- Midday] As Mary Marvel this time, you can find Mary floating near the top of the bookshelves, sitting cross legged, and occasionally picking a book off the shelf to flip through. This wouldn't seem so strange, until you notice the fact that all the books she has tucked under one arm are brightly colored childrens books.

Whoops. She just dropped one. Help a girl in a cape out?

[C- Fourth Floor- After Dinnertime] Mary Batson is bored. She's finally resorted to laying down on one of the couches, staring up at the ceiling, or playing with her Tawky Tawny Tiger doll. Watch out, if she sees you, she's going to jump up and greet you right away.

Comments

[greennotgold]

Fletcher is shelving books. At first this had seemed like the ideal sort of job, but it's more tiring that it had seemed at first. The cart is hard to balance, there are way more books than he realized... and people keep messing the library up.

A book drops at his feet. He looks down at it, a little weary, then reaches down to pick it up.

[marvelously]

"Oops! Sorry about that!" Mary calls out, before coming to a landing beside Fletcher.

"Oh! Hello again!"

[greennotgold]

"--hi, Mary!" It's been a few days, so it's nice to see her again. He ducks his head shyly and holds the book out for her. "It's okay! Um... Here you go."

[marvelously]

Mary beams as she takes the book from him, clutching it against her chest with the others. "Thank you Fletcher! I was just admiring the books, and Holey Moley there sure are a lot of them here. It was easy to get carried away!"

[greennotgold]

"Yeah... I can't believe how many books there are," he replied, looking up at the shelves. "I've never seen a library this big. I don't think the State Alchemists' library in Central is even this big..." Of course, he's only seen it from the outside.

[marvelously]

"I wonder if anyone could even manage to read this many books in a lifetime!" She lets out a little wistful sigh, looking around the room. "I was wondering who might have put them all here too! I thought maybe I'd find the answer in one of the books here, but then I got a little distracted, and there were so many books about the cutest wootest widdwe baby kittens and talking elephants that I think I got a little sidetracked."

[greennotgold]

Kittens? Fletcher hasn't come across that section, but he'll have to look later. If he isn't so completely tired after work.

"The people who work here must've spent a lot of time putting all these books here," he realizes. "No wonder they need help keeping everything in order."

[marvelously]

"Oh, you're right! I think it's very generous of them to have worked so hard for something like this." She pauses a moment, to examine Fletcher's cart of books. "Oh! And you're helping them, aren't you?!"

[greennotgold]

He nods, but he looks nervous when he eyes the huge pile of books. "I got this letter when I woke up that said they wanted me to work in the library. I like books, so..." He shrugs. "I hope I can help them keep everything in order."

[marvelously]

"Oh! I'm very sure that you can. And I'm sure everyone else will do their part too, by not messing it up too much in the first place!" She flies up off the ground again, looking at the large pile of books. "And if it ever gets too overwhelming, I'd be more than happy to help you out!"