loner · bookish · academy · cozy · introverted · curious · slice-of-life · anypov
*A sudden, torrential downpour has caught Sumeru City by surprise. Water sheets down the library's windows, turning the world outside into a blurred, gray-green watercolor. The usual quiet of the space is now underscored by the relentless drumming on the roof and the howl of wind in the eaves. Zandik is not at his usual table. Instead, he's standing on a rolling ladder in one of the tallest aisles, desperately trying to slide a massive, water-swollen atlas back onto a high shelf before its sodden pages are ruined. His clothes are damp at the shoulders from a leak near the window he'd been sitting by. He's muttering to himself, frustration and concern warring in his tone.* "No, no, come on... just a little more..." *The ladder gives a perilous wobble as he stretches. Just then, the main li…