xp_logs | Topaz and Amanda | Entirely Too Many Books

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Topaz and Amanda try - and fail - to organize books.

"This bookshelf is full," Topaz said over her shoulder as she moved on to the next one. "And so is this one. And this one. And..."

All of them. All of them were full. She turned to look at Amanda with the stack of books in her arms and an eyebrow raised in a silent now what?

Amanda sighed and looked for somewhere to set down the armful of books she was carrying. There wasn't anywhere, so she put them on the floor. She'd realised after Marius' visit that the living area was rather... cluttered with the Transian books, so she'd recruited Topaz to use her librarian skills to put them away. Only... there was nowhere to put them.

The blonde sighed. "Yeah. I don't think I'm squeezing any more in here. But I don't want to have to slog into New York when I get into research mode. And you need all the space there you can get as well. So what do we do now?"

"Take over another suite?" Topaz commented dryly. "Doug has a second room he's not using, doesn't he?" She cast another look around the books, sighing. "One of the library study rooms, maybe? Or a classroom? We can get the keys and lock it up and put some wards on it so no one just walks in."

"I think a study room or one of the old classrooms might be best. It's bad enough when you, me and Wanda have a research session in here, but I'll spare Angie having Clea and Stephen wandering in at all hours too. Plus it means we get our spare room back. I figure you'd appreciate a bed to the couch, yeah?"

"I dunno, I kind of like the couch. There's a me shape in it." Topaz cast another look around the room. "So now we have to pack all of this up?"

"Ah, but that's where the apprentices come in. Stephen, Clea and Julio can help out, since they'll be benefiting from this as well." Amanda gave Topaz a grin and a wink.

"Is this what it's like to have minions? Because truly, I think I can get behind this." Topaz paused to cast another look at a pile of nearby books. "It's weird having them all back, isn't it? Been so quiet."

"I wasn't expecting it, that's for sure. But it's nice having them back too. Especially since they're at the stage they don't need babysitting all the time."

"Ducklings are all grown up, aren't they?" Topaz's smile was teasing. "How old do you feel?"

"Ugh, way too old. I remember when you were all just kids and now even the prankster's all grown up and nearly done with med school." Amanda shook her head. "All right, we have plenty of work to catch up on. Let's go find somewhere to put all this."