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voidtreckermods) wrote2020-08-30 03:04 pm
voidtreckermods) wrote2020-08-30 03:04 pm
Library
LIBRARY
This a double carriage. On the bottom floor there is a corridor running along one side, with a door to enter the carriage itself in the middle of the corridor. Up the stairs on either end of the carriage, the space is open, relatively.We will not OOCly be tracking books being checked in and out. If a book is not being returned, please reply to that book's comment to let people know that it isn't available.
Downstairs appears similar to a public library. The walls are painted brightly and lined with shelves, most of which are empty. Labels indicate that fiction books should be stored here. The wall facing the door is alternating windows looking out into the Void, and posters that seem to be large, blown-up book covers for the more popular fiction books in the train.
Four tables with linked chairs are spaced throughout the car, each one painted one of the team colours, and beanbag chairs similar to those found in the Games carriage can also be seen scattered in a pile in one corner.
A little wooden train with shelves built into it winds its way through the tables, its shelves filled with all of the previously-purchased Merry Little Void Train literature and the first book of several of the encountered but unpurchased MLVT series, including several colouring books. There's room on its shelves for far more than it currently contains. Kheli the rabbit is painted leaning out of the engine window, waving.
Along the far wall to the right are two scanning machines, which can do the following: register new books - as a helpful tutorial on the screen will inform you; provide summaries of books if given a specific title; or check books out if presented with a valid ticket. Passengers can have up to eight books checked out at a time; if someone walks out of the carriage carrying a book not checked out by them, the ICP speakers in that carriage will beep obnoxiously for ten seconds.
Upstairs resembles an academic library. The wall next to the stairs is a similar bank of windows as downstairs, although lacking the colourful posters, instead dotted with landscape paintings of previously visited worlds and unknown worlds both. Rows of shelves divide the space into six smaller workspaces, each with a single-person desk with lamp and bookstand and another window above, bracketed by shelves on either side. The bookshelves muffle sound, creating semi-private spaces around each desk.
The shelves are empty, with labels on each shelf indicating that non-fiction books belong up here.
Please comment below with any books your character is registering with the library computers, using the following form, to either the fiction or non-fiction top level and under the correct genre or subsection with the book's title as the subject header:
BOOK SEARCHES ~ FICTION ~ NON-FICTION
FICTION: Merry Little Voidtrain ~ Action/Adventure ~ Crime ~ War/Epic ~ Drama/Slice Of Life ~ Horror
NON-FICTION: Void ~ Historical/Travel ~ Educational ~ Entertainment ~ Arts/Sports ~ Philosophy/Religion ~ Health
OTHER: Recipes ~ Passenger Documents
EDUCATIONAL
A Simple Introduction to Chemistry
Description: This slim concise book is for those who starting their first chemistry course, and those who wish to understand basic chemistry. This books communicates understanding and helps the reader to comprehend the ideas in chemistry, rather than to learn by rote.
Advanced Chemistry (Advanced Sciences)
Description: For all mainstream AS and A Level specifications. No matter which specification you choose to follow, Advanced Chemistry provides comprehensive coverage of all the content you need to know; this revised and updated second edition will remain relevant even when specifications change. This indispensable guide takes a thorough and engaging approach to AS and A Level Chemistry.
Principles of Aether, Magic, and Magitek
Description: A hefty leather-bound book that seems to be hand bound lovingly. It is a lovely burgundy leather with darker ombre near the corners, which are clasped in a gold-looking metal. The cover is pressed with elaborate designs, most notably a meteor in the middle with a suggestions of magic surrounding it. There also seems to be the suggestion of circuitry along the other edges of the cover, straight lines in parallel with one another. The title of the book is not on the front, but there is the title in Hingan on the spine of the book, delicately painted. The paint looks fresh, as if it were a touch up for a well used book.
Opening the book gives the title page, just as elaborate as the front, but done in full color in a water color style. The entire page is filled with color with accents of gold and silver, truly giving lend to the nature of magic (or, however the person who designed this sees it). The acknowledgements seem to be in an ancient not-quite-Japanese type script thanking someone named Aragibal Kha, Felih Tia, Cid Garlond, and a Cocobuki. The rest of the script is Eorzean (a very stylized English), written in small, very neat cursive. The book is quite dense as it explains aether and magic and how to tie them into magitek. It will go over advanced topics including how aether can be stored, how it can be used in a magitek sense, and some creative applications of it. It then goes into advanced nitty gritty on integrating aether into magitek.
As you go through the book there are additional notes in the margin in a messy scribble of someone else's hand, adding counterpoints or extra observations for "those without aether sensitivity" (Eorzeans read: Garleans).
At the back of the book is a section blank pages, as if bound extra for some notes space, and there seems to be hasty writing between the two hands about a being called Alexander and the time properties it exhibits. Fresher ink is written about something called The Tycoon. There are theories on how to accommodate time travel based on these two beings, with sketches of devices, related complex geometries, and some extra thoughts in both hands scribbled there.
How To Speak Tech (guide)
Description: This is a non-Techie's Guide to Key Technology Concepts, like how things work online.
The Senior Sleuth's Guide to Technology for Seniors
Description: Providing a lighthearted overview for Tech that help to make senior citizen's lives more graceful, independent, invigorating, and fun.
A Beginner's Spellbook
Description: From the Kingdom of Irivar, a spellbook with what is considered basic spells for a beginner learner to learn. Level 0 DND spells, baby.
An Introduction to Liminal Spaces
Description: Liminal space is an in-between space. It is the space when you are ‘on the verge’ of something new: you are between ‘what was’ and ‘what will be’. You are waiting and not knowing about what will come.
But what about when that space is physical? A space between the world you know and the everything else? This basic introduction aims to explain liminal space in a simple, easy to understand manner.
And it does a pretty decent job. It starts with the concept of a liminal space (something like this).
It then speaks about the space between leaving a world and arriving in the void- to board a voidcraft. Originally these spaces are formless but with technology they were able to be harnessed into spaces that make sense for people to understand- so a sea port, a space ship hanger or a train station. Something that allows the brain to bridge the gap between the physical world and the void. This was proven to bring psychological benefits to voidtravellers and now are used in all commercial void travel and most private void travel as well.
Elementary Evocation (magic)
Description: A basic Mundane textbook for wizards wanting to specialize in calling the Five Elements: Fire, Wood, Air, Metal and Water. The pun regarding it being an elementary text was not lost on the authors.
Accessibility Aids for Everyone!: Teaching Yourself Global Sign
Description: This is self-guided learning course for Devero's native sign language, which is Global Sign Language or GSL. It starts from the alphabetic basics and proceeds through to conversational fluency.
This is a Devero book, which means it's actually a multimedia tablet. This "book" is made up mostly of tutorial videos, accompanied by text descriptions and diagrams. It it capable of holding a charge for a while, but may need to be brought to Dev on occasion to be recharged.
The "book" itself is an unassuming little rectangle about the size and shape of an old Nokia cellphone that opens up into your standard see through glowy sci-fi tablet device. It should be easy enough to navigate for any character with present-day electronic fluency; those from non-tech worlds may need an assist.
Grav-con unit, PSI-COM Manadrives (Manuals)
Description: Two manuals, one detailing the operation and maintenance of a Guardian Corps Grav-Con Unit as well as standard techniques for its use, and the other a broader book on PSI-COM combat manadrives. Both include a chapter on the Anti-Matter Principle behind manadrive tech.
Two and a Half Houses (Home Renovation & Construction)
Description: A dry treatise on home renovation and construction using predominantly artificial materials. Still, it's very informative, and provides several tool and material recommendations for a variety of projects.
Summoning Magic
Description: A book about drawing magic out of the earth though and how to channel the lands natural spirits in an art that seems very meditative in style.
Summoning 101
Description: A treatise on approaching elemental spirits and contracting with them. written by an inexperienced but well-meaning author who cites interviews with several well-known elementalists and conjurers, as well as a number of older books referenced familiarly. Its chapters are split into such topics as 'The Lost Magic of Diplomacy: Etiquette during a summoning' and 'Confluence and Sympathy: Choosing the element that's right for you', as well as a section of colour photos of different common summoning stones and gems for use in low-level rituals.
Magic For Beginners (Performance)
Description: A book with over one hundred magic tricks from card tricks to slight of hand and coin tricks. Perfect for a budding street performer!
How Does It Work? The Locomotive (Children's picture book)
Description: Is as she guessed a children's picture book about how steam trains work.*
*Nita puts a note on this one, reaffirming that it is NOT about Voidcraft, let alone the Voidtrecker Express
A Primer on Magitek: Arms Bands
Description: This simple manual was written with the singular purpose of consolidating basic information on the optimized use of the Arms Band. From what it looks like, where it can be worn, to its actual utility, the primer reads simple despite being filled with information. It's the must-read for passengers looking to use one on missions.
Evermore Spellworks Research Lab: Vol. 1 (Level 1) on Spell Development
Description:
The first of a long series of spells, though this particular copy is chock-full of annotations from the book's original owner. For those adept in the magic arts, this lengthy tome can teach the step-by-step in learning spells such as Kindle, Water Slide, Water Balloon, Water Gun, Fireball, Lifeline...and an interesting skill called 'Bridge' which is the longest spell spanning multiple chapters. Said spell is said to be able to reveal 'hidden pathways' - distinct from making a pathway out of nothing. The author has noted this has its roots in ancient magicks, and will require intensive labor to master and perform.
There are runes and symbols across the pages and on the cover itself, but the translation is lost on those who are not fluent in the lost language of Nazcaan.
Auntie Martha's My First Higgledy Cookbook (Vol. 1)
Description:
This book is penned by the titular Auntie Martha, one of the pioneers of creating higgledies through the use of alchemy. Each chapter accounts for the technique and ingredients involved in the process of creating a spirit out of existing elements in the world. And though the art of crafting higgledies in cauldrons is a specialization known only to those who have trained under her fine tutelage, the names of Higgledy Heroes are in big, bold letters, alphabetized from A-Z.
GLOVE PRACTICE & FUNCTIONS Version 5.0
Description: A detailed manual on the 'glove' device of Yuume's dimension, a form of which is in Seto Kaiba's possession. Aside from detailing the basic functions of the standard versions alongside its construction, it goes into detail on both the Officer's Model, and the Doctor's Model, the latter of which Seto has.
Noted info includes that the 'Glove' is able to create a field-zone akin to a pocket of shadow realm, where damage to the surroundings and person are reversed after being dispersed, and where duel monster cards become real, summoning directly from the realm. The Doctor's version can also enter soul rooms, or soul-scapes, whose construction and appearance differ person to person, and bear differing properties depending on home realms.
Even more noted is that people could probably attempt to build these devices using the diagrams and information (Though an Officer's Glove will never function as such, and the Doctor's Gloves will be almost as likely to fail). Yuume has penned a foreword at the start of this book, noting that all functions of the Glove should not be taken for granted, due to the differences between realms and dimensions. (In other words, damage reversal cannot be relied upon)
Bioinformatics, Volume One: Sequence Analysis and Parallel Computing
Description: This book presents algorithms in proteomics and biological networks and explains biological background and mathematical theories behind them. Focussing on the realization of algorithms in scientific computing the book enables an easy entry to bioinformatics for researchers with computer science background.
Bridges the gap between biological models and algorithms.
Includes both classical methods and up-to-date studies.
An essential reference for researchers on bioinformatics, system biology and computer science.
Essentials of Computational Chemistry, Second Edition: Theories and Models
Description: Essentials of Computational Chemistry provides a balanced introduction to this dynamic subject. Suitable for both experimentalists and theorists, a wide range of samples and applications are included drawn from all key areas. The book carefully leads the reader thorough the necessary equations providing information explanations and reasoning where necessary and firmly placing each equation in context.
Introduction to Computers and Information Technology, Third Edition
Description: Introduction to Computers and Information Technology has been updated for today's technology. It reflects the latest in the computer and technology field including content to thoroughly identify, teach, and reinforce IC3 certification objectives.
Void Metal: A beginners Guide
Description: The book attempts to explain void metal, what it is and how it is used.
~ Void metal is a term that is used for a variety of metals that have similar properties. Some of these were perhaps once other metals that have been warped by the void but many seem to be their own organic metal.
~ Void metal is often found on void hubs, it is a hard metal and difficult to work with but it is the only metal that can consistently withstand the pressures of the void. Crafts made of other metal- especially from systems with a history of space travel can travel through the void but they will begin to fall apart after a few trips.
~ Once systems begin to experiment with void travel one of the interventions the ministry makes is to ensure they are aware of and have access to void metals.
~ Perhaps more importantly than its toughness is the empathical link void metal creates. Void metal does not 'live' as some might summise, but it is able to absorb and reflect the emotions in its environment.
~ Added to a void engine this creates a craft that can make decisions. At their best voidcraft made of void metal will reflect and act upon a crews moods and wishes whilst bound by the programming, which allows it to make decisions in a more nuanced way than many Artificially Intelligent machines.
~ This can be difficult on big mission craft or cruise craft as there are many people and emotional cues but the longer a craft runs the better the regulation and decision making will become.
~ Craft made of non void metal can- for short periods at least, travel the void. But only those made of void metal can truly be called Voidcraft.
~ Void metal is regulated within the void ministry sphere. It can be used for other uses outside of voidcraft- without a void engine the metal is but a simple reflection of the emotions around it often enhancing the feelings of whoever is handling it. Because of this there are strict prohibitions on forging items such as weapons out of void metal.
Magic For Beginners
Description: This book describes how to use a purple heart to contain magic. It has a lot of in-depth theory on how magic works in this world. Cannot be used to learn magic, unless one has a purple heart.
Gaia
Micrographia
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Mismeasure of Man
The Cosmic Connection
English to Dutch Dictionary
A Brief History of Time
God Created the Integers
The Dreams That Stuff Is Made Of
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
The Grand Design
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
The Origin of Species
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Relativity: The Special and General Theory
The Double Helix
Illusionary Magic
Protecting Against Illusions and Other Psychic Intrusions