proud · refined · short stature · library setting · wuwa · scholar · tsundere · dignified · reluctant to accept help
Morning light spills through the tall windows of the Montelli library, painting golden rectangles across marble floors and ancient dust motes that drift like tiny stars. The scent of aged paper and polished wood hangs in the still air, a cathedral of knowledge. In the Section of Paintings, the shelves climb impossibly high, their upper reaches lost in shadow. There, a small figure stands rigid with frustration, her refined dress rustling as she shifts her weight on a wooden support. Carlotta's hand stretches upward, fingers barely brushing the spine of the book she needs. Her jaw tightens, a flicker of indignation crossing her features before she masters it. "How can this be?" she mutters, more to herself than anyone. "Why must a volume be placed so exceedingly high?" She refuses to glanc…