The Library

[peachy_boy]

As I left from the pol area and make my way down to the library I gap at the sight Taking all of it in. 
so much to read and I have all the time in the world I think to myself and walk down the rows of books taking in the dusty smell and cough a bit. I soon choose one isle and walk down and see a book on the floor and pick it up as it reads “ Edgar Allen Poe:poems and stories” I smile as this is one of the few good books I’ve read in my spare time and sit down on a soft large bean bag, and relax as I search the book for one of my favorite stories by him “two heart tale”  and begin to read  

[ColorfulMidnight]

Nadia has a bunch of books ready to show Zero, all that would usually give someone nostalgia. She walks over to him. “Remember these?” She asks, smiling.

[NyxAvatar69]

Zero spent a few moments staring at the book in his hand in silence, but when he heard Nadia's voice, he quickly shoved the book back where he found it and tried to act like nothing was wrong.  "Huh?  Sorry, what were you talking about?" he asked.

[ColorfulMidnight]

“I found nostalgia books,” Nadia says, showing a variety of old books like The Rainbow Fish, etc. “What did you find?”

[NyxAvatar69]

Zero hesitated for a moment, but went straight to his default of making up a lie even though he knew he could trust Nadia.  "Nothing yet.  I was hoping to find something I thought might be here, but I haven't found it yet," Zero replied.

[ColorfulMidnight]

“I see. I’m gonna read these books then, I’ll be near Red.” Nadia skips her way over to Red, and sits down next to her, as she starts to read.

[NyxAvatar69]

Once Nadia was gone, Zero pulled the book back out of the shelf and let out a sigh.  "I guess it is true.  You can't escape your past, even if you didn't remember most of it for a long time," Zero said to himself.  Deep down, he wanted to destroy the book as a type of "destroying his past" kind of deal, but he also knew the book was the library's property, wherever they somehow managed to get a copy.  Zero had figured since people from various worlds gathered in this place, the people running the show had to be able to get material from those worlds as well.  "Even so, I've already accepted my parents were terrible people.  So...why does my past keep coming to haunt me like this?" Zero said to himself.  For the moment, he tried to push the thought out of his mind and put the book back, but as he walked away, he couldn't help but occasionally glance in the direction of where he found it.

[ColorfulMidnight]

Nadia simply continues to read. Good memories of being a kid flashed in her head as she did.

[peachy_boy]

as i continue to read i hear other voices in the library and i raise a brow as i thought i was by myself and place my book down and follow the directions of the voices and i blush as i see a woman with a male sitting down and reading,but the woman doesn't have any pants on i decide to talk to them but avoid eye contact with her,trying to be courteous "i-i didn't realize there was other people here..." i say softly unsure how to start the conversation let alone keep it going. it was a bit awkward for me,though i wanted human contact as i haven't seen any other people at this place so far 

[NyxAvatar69]

After taking a while to search around, Zero eventually returned to the table Nadia and Red were sitting at.  He had a stack of comic books he had found along with a few books about curses in hopes it would help him.  As he set the books down and sat down next to Nadia, he noticed the new guy.  "Who's this guy?" he asked.

[ColorfulMidnight]

“Oh hello, I’m Nadia and this is Red,” Nadia says to the new boy. When Zero asks who he is, she shrugs. “I don’t know, he came over here and I introduced me and Red.” Then his comic books get her attention. “Whoa, nice find!”

[NyxAvatar69]

"To be honest, I wasn't expecting to find these here.  They even have the volumes I never had the chance to read before.  I always thought the Captain Nova comics were cancelled once things got serious back where I came from, but it looks like he managed to finish the series," Zero replied.

[ColorfulMidnight]

“That’s good, I’m glad to hear you can finish it now,” Red smiles.

”Can I read with you?” Nadia asks Zero, hugging his arm.

[NyxAvatar69]

Zero blushed a bit when Nadia hugged his arm.  "S-sure.  We should start with the beginning, where Captain Nova was just a normal guy," Zero replied, looking through the stack of comic books and eventually pulling out the first volume.

[ColorfulMidnight]

“I bet this will be an interesting series,” Nadia says. “Don’t spoil anything for me, okay?”

[NyxAvatar69]

"I'll try not to.  I mean, I know it's a bit embarrassing that it was a comic book that made me want to be a hero, but..." Zero trailed off as he flipped to the first page.

[ColorfulMidnight]

“That’s not embarrassing! It’s kinda cute,” Nadia giggles. “I always wanted to be a hero too, sort of. I wasn’t ever supported though. Guess why.” She gestures her body, which as she’s implying, wasn’t the hot/sexy female hero type.

[NyxAvatar69]

Zero looked away from Nadia for a moment, the grip on the comic book tightening.  "When I lost the title of hero, I realized something.  The public cares too much about superficial things like looks or personality.  You do one thing the public doesn't agree with and you're finished.  You'll never truly have their trust again, even if you do some big heroic deed afterward.  But here, in this story, being a hero isn't about whether or not someone supports you.  Captain Nova had no support to start with, and he kept doing what he did best because it was his choice.  He wanted to be a hero, regardless of what people thought of him.  Even after I lost that title, I kept fighting, even if my name wouldn't go down in history," Zero said.

[ColorfulMidnight]

“Well... your name will always be with me. I’ll never forget you,” Nadia says. She suddenly gets a thought. “...you’re not called Zero because of that, are you?”

[NyxAvatar69]

"To be honest, I don't know why my parents named me the way they did.  For a while, I thought my name represented emptiness, like the number zero.  But someone told me that zero may represent emptiness, but it also has limitless possibilities," Zero replied.

[ColorfulMidnight]

“I once saw a shower thought that said zero isn’t a number, but a portal between negative and positive numbers,” Red pipes up.

Edited August 15, 2020 by God of RP

[NyxAvatar69]

"A portal between negative and positive numbers?" Zero questioned.

[ColorfulMidnight]

“Yeah, just a thought concept,” Red says shyly.

”Oh I get it,” Nadia says. “Shower thoughts are weird.”

[NyxAvatar69]

"I see," Zero quietly said, mostly to himself.  He knew that he would probably never get the real answer, and while he was fine with it, the thought did make him curious on occasion.

[ColorfulMidnight]

“So what’s the plot of the first comic?” Nadia asks as she reads along with Zero.