the library is a nice retreat for kakyoin. there’s always some who don’t obey the unspoken rule of silence, but the library here has proven to be relatively peaceful. it’s calming, for the most part; reading an interesting book puts kakyoin into a different world like nothing else can, and there was a vast collection here. certainly nothing like 1989 ― everything has changed so much, from people’s behaviours to… the technology.
the technology, most definitely.
the library here provides a self-service checkout. he doesn’t remember anything like that in any part of the world he visited. a computer trying to help him take care of himself… definitely innovative and impressive, if nothing else. well ― he’d be much more impressed if he could actually use it. it doesn’t seem like it’s necessarily the machine itself, as much as it is… the touchscreen that he’s supposed to use. at first, it didn’t particularly fancy responding to his presses, but would reluctantly work nonetheless. now… it’s just not working at all.
he doesn’t want to just take the books, but… he’s been standing there for five minutes trying to get it to work. god, he must look stupid.
Methodically swiping each book, Cerise carefully placed them into her bag, before turning her attention back to the screen and removed her library card. She was just about to swing her bag over her shoulder and head to the cafe when something (or the lack of something) caught her attention.
The man standing next to her seemed to be frustrated, tapping rather hard on teh touch screen and receiving no results. Maybe he would figure it out...? As she watched from the corner of her eye, it quickly became evident that a solution was far off.
So, bag slung over her shoulders, the sheep pattern distorted from the amount of books she’d fit in, Cerise made her way towards him. A friendly smile in place, she peered around him and saw that the screen had completely frozen. The systems were easy to use once you knew how but after so many harder presses, it was no wonder the check out was on the fritz.
Sliding her Moving to the side, she reached around and tapped the screen once in each corner. With the new menu brought up, Cerise quickly ejected his library card and reset the system. Gesturing to her recently vacated till, she picked up a few of his books and, hoping he understood, began to pile them up.