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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
HEALTH/MEDICINE/THERAPY
The Art of Calm (Magazine)
Description: A magazine focussed on relaxation and calm. There are breathing exercises, meditation techniques, ways to help promote sleep wellness and other mindfulness techniques.
There is a 'twenty day action plan' to a calmer life, which includes things like mood journaling, seeking out friends and creating art. Even the pages are faintly scented with calming fragrances.
Anatomy atlas
Description: Huge med school-level anatomy atlas covering both humans and many different species
Molecular biology textbook
Description: A very exhaustive med school textbook on molecular biology.
Compendium of diseases
Description: An exhaustive med school-level textbook covering a huge range of diseases
Handbook of Common Veterinary Diseases
Description: A veterinary textbook covering the most common diseases in pets.
Herbology: The Basics
Description: Five hundred home remedies and when to use them! Remedies for those able to channel the spirit of Ni and for those who cannot.
Natural Remedies
Description: Sometimes you may find yourself in a place with no access to modern medication, it may be that you can be helped through natural means until you are able to seek medical attention. This book is an introduction to remedies that can be made with very little equipment.
Flower Medicine
Description: An exploration of flowers with magical properties from around our world and how to prepare them to access their healing potential.
Some flowers:
Hilu: A reddish prickly flower. The main properties seem to be to reduce inflammation and swelling when made into a poultice. It can also be brewed into a tea for dealing with some internal swelling caused by toothache or a sore throat.
Sheyn: A white-pink ixora-like flower. Soothes migraines, and can also be made into a tea for the same effect for minor headaches without the use of magic.
Yibbon: An odd flower that's small, and the petals have 'hoops' like a bowed ribbon. Helps with panic attacks, anxiety; if the flower is dried up and turned into a tablet, it can help with sleeping
Forlow: Flowers that look more like a twig standing upright with leaves sprouting at the top for petals. Will reduce the effects of pollen, from simple allergies to magical hallucinations induced by the pollen of magical plants.
Hashna: Snow drops with a bulb-like shape to them. A medicine that will warm up the body. Used to help stay warm in snowy climates, especially when travelling through low level temperatures. The petals taste like syrup to chew and suck on.
Acupuncture point books (2)
Description: Books detailing the acupuncture points used in treating various ailments, from The Untamed.
One book is common people medicine [speak, regular traditional Chinese medicine]. The other is a book on medical cultivation.
A-B classic of acupuncture and moxibustion
Description: A-B classic of acupuncture and moxibustion by Huang Fu-mi
Description: An ancient Chinese classic of acupuncture, one of the founding works of the discipline
Basic Herblore
Description: Learn all you need to know about different herbs, how to identify them, what to avoid and how to make use of them.
BACTA: A Guide and History
Description: A book that goes into the known uses of bacta throughout history (space??) and what it's made of.
'Bacta could be administered via disposable bacta patches, direct injection, consumption (via bactade), a salve, a Bio-Bacta tank, or submersion in a standard bacta tank. For bacta immersion, the patient would be clothed in either just white shorts or a white sleeveless top and briefs depending on the person's gender. The method of administration depended on the severity of the wounds. It was imperative that bacta be applied in a solution of clear fluid which mimicked the body's own vital fluids.
The taste and smell of bacta was often described as sickly sweet, and reputedly stayed in the mouth and nasal cavity for weeks after immersion in a tank. The patch left a somewhat weaker-smelling residue.'
A Guide To Sex
Description: A book about sex and reproduction of an alien species called Wiru. They incidentally only have one 'gender' which at least makes the part about changes in puberty a little shorter. It is a textbook, clearly written for Wiru teens to use in a classroom setting. It is educational and precise.
A Sorcerer's Notes on Cultivating & Processing Soreaway Plants in the Heartlands
Description:
More of a set of notes rather than a structured book, this tome was penned by a woman from the city of Hydropolis named Thestis, who explains that she has since lent her services to the kingdom of Evermore in the Heartlands. Thestis then describes her trials and tribulations in trying to grow soreaway plants of various breeds and genomes, noting the difficulty of circumstance as changes in weather and irrigation directly affect the plant's ability to be grafted and reproduced.
However, she also notes her successes spanning replanting and repurposing the leaves of Soreaways (double-leafs) all the way to the rarer Four-Leaf Soreaway variant.
The journal gives the impression of being well-used and often passed around by different people, evident in the change of handwriting styles and the dialogue written in the margins as if a conversation was exchanged exclusively on the notebook. Initial's 'T,' 'TRT', and 'LL' appear with more frequency.
THE BEASTS OF OUR HEARTS: UNDERSTANDING SELF-CARE ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL
Description: A textbook Yuume purchased for those with questions on 'Shadows', also known as 'Ka Beasts', from her world. The book goes into detail on what shadows are, their symbiotic role with the human spirit, and how their appearance and abilities vary between mundane creatures to even seeming 'Gods'- the text also includes theories on historic appearances of such shadows.
Many of the chapters of the book include information on self-care, and methods of soothing the soul through mundane means, which can be useful to people from other realms as well. (They also make note of methods accessible only to 'Doctors', which are less helpful, as they cannot be applied to anyone who lacks a Shadow)
Time For You (magazine, mindfulness)
Description: A mindfulness magazine, it has tips and tricks to make yourself more mindful. This month's challenge is to keep a 'gratitude diary', writing down something you are thankful for each day. There are also a few colouring pages and a recipe for a healthy and delicious smoothie.