forum The Grand Library

Started June 13, 2018 by @Bri_Soto

tune

w8

(meh idk when she was like 5 :D)
"THe dad started drinking alcohol and started to spend more and more time at the bar. Once day he came home drunk and hit The mom. Olivia was so scared and went to hide in her room. This started happeneing more often. Slowly the stress got to the mom and she started getting drunk too. They spent most of their time fighting and yelling at each other. One day the mom got mad at Olivia and hit her with a bottle. she got glass stuck in her shoulder and lost a lot of blood. she felt the glass being taken out but couldn't see who took it out. she dealt with this abuse until she was 14. she ran away and went to go live with her friend." she stopped and took a sip of water and looked at Jay

"B-But they never found you?" Tears were streaming down Jay's cheeks at this point. "I only ran once, and… and that was today. A-And they found me…" Jay hiccuped, hiding his face in his arms. "I think… I-I think they were angry when you left, and they… they had me as a 'replacement'. Every day they… well…" The bruises on Jay's arms finished his sentence for him well enough. "I-I don't think I've ever seen them sober, and they're always just… so angry… b-but I didn't do anything! Why do they hate me?" Jay's voice cracked and faltered as he looked back up at Kam, tears streaked across his face.

(Hello, I live, Bridgett's gonna come out now, you guys can continue that while Bridgett talks to Allison)
Bridgett came out of the room with a grin on her face.

(Hello, I live, Bridgett's gonna come out now, you guys can continue that while Bridgett talks to Allison)
Bridgett came out of the room with a grin on her face.

(Finally!)

As soon as she exited, Allison grabbed her arm and quickly pulled her to the other side of the hallway. Her eyes were frantic and she was desperate. "I'm sorry. But I needed to ask something about your library. Do you by chance have books on interdimensional transport theories? And if so, where do I find them?" she said quietly. She was looking directly into Bridgett's eyes. "My name is Allison, and I need to get home." Allison said, sounding a little hysterical.

(Hello, I live, Bridgett's gonna come out now, you guys can continue that while Bridgett talks to Allison)
Bridgett came out of the room with a grin on her face.

(Finally!)

As soon as she exited, Allison grabbed her arm and quickly pulled her to the other side of the hallway. Her eyes were frantic and she was desperate. "I'm sorry. But I needed to ask something about your library. Do you by chance have books on interdimensional transport theories? And if so, where do I find them?" she said quietly. She was looking directly into Bridgett's eyes. "My name is Allison, and I need to get home." Allison said, sounding a little hysterical.

Bridgett was confused, but she sputtered, "Yeah, I think I do. In my sci-fi section." She took a moment to process the woman before she remembered her. "Oh!" She exclaimed. "I'm Bridgett Smith. I'm so sorry, I was busy when you came into the library. Yes, of course. You can find them in the back left of the library near the green chair."

(Hello, I live, Bridgett's gonna come out now, you guys can continue that while Bridgett talks to Allison)
Bridgett came out of the room with a grin on her face.

(Finally!)

As soon as she exited, Allison grabbed her arm and quickly pulled her to the other side of the hallway. Her eyes were frantic and she was desperate. "I'm sorry. But I needed to ask something about your library. Do you by chance have books on interdimensional transport theories? And if so, where do I find them?" she said quietly. She was looking directly into Bridgett's eyes. "My name is Allison, and I need to get home." Allison said, sounding a little hysterical.

Bridgett was confused, but she sputtered, "Yeah, I think I do. In my sci-fi section." She took a moment to process the woman before she remembered her. "Oh!" She exclaimed. "I'm Bridgett Smith. I'm so sorry, I was busy when you came into the library. Yes, of course. You can find them in the back left of the library near the green chair."

Allison was astonished that Bridgett didn't scream and cry for help because a crazy lady had abducted her in the hallway, but she was relieved about it. "Thank you. My whole name is Allison Joleis. If it isn't so much to ask, what happened to the boy? He seemed bruised and in pain." she said quietly, letting go of Bridgett's arm and her voice and eyes returning to their normal blood red color. "Don't worry about the eyes by the way. It's their natural color." she clarified before Bridgett had any time to react.

"If those books turn out to be useful… I could finally get home. I could… see… him-" she ended slowly. Yes home was home, and it was beautiful, and state of the art, and not primitive libraries. Though Bridgett's was an amazing library, she always had a special place for the Calear Library at home in her heart. However, home was also where Marcus was. "I'm sorry. My ex, he's insane." she said quietly before blushing out of embarrassment. Her cheeks went from their already light red to a deeper shade that was near the color of her eyes.

Bridgett blinked with surprise at the sudden color change of Allison's features, but said nothing as Allison explained. "Jay's parent's aren't good people, but luckily," Bridgett grinned, "They're not his guardian's anymore. He should be safe from now on."
Bridgett nodded knowingly. "I understand. I know a thing or two about insane ex's. I wish you the best of luck with dealing with him."

Bridgett blinked with surprise at the sudden color change of Allison's features, but said nothing as Allison explained. "Jay's parent's aren't good people, but luckily," Bridgett grinned, "They're not his guardian's anymore. He should be safe from now on."
Bridgett nodded knowingly. "I understand. I know a thing or two about insane ex's. I wish you the best of luck with dealing with him."

"Thanks. Its an uphill battle fighting an interstellar billionaire who has no problem with sending you to a primitive planet with no technologies to bring you home. I still have no idea how he put me here." she said before putting her hands on her eyes and groaning. "Well, since I know nobody else and I don't know if I can get back inside the library, I'll stick with you for a bit. I need to learn more about this place before I go back to read those theory books."

"Yeah, that sounds rough." Bridgett said. "Sounds good, c'mon, I'll introduce you to the gang." Bridgett walked to Jay's room and grinned as she saw Kam and Jay.

Jay looked up as Bridgett entered with another girl he didn't know, quickly trying to stop his crying. He wiped some of the tears from his face, but it was still very obvious that he had been crying.

Bridgett's grin slipped when she noticed the somber looks on their faces. "What is it? What's wrong?" She asked as she came to sit next to them on the bed. She remembered Allison, "And this is Allison, by the way. Allison, this is Kam and Jay."

"I… I-I…" Jay wasn't entirely sure how to put it into words that Kamryn was his sister, although it sounded so simple in his head. He ran his fingers over the IV, his heart racing.. This was evident to the others as well, considering he had a heart monitor.

(@FireSky perhaps you should explain?)
Bridgett put an arm around Jay in a side hug, attempting to comfort him. "It's alright. You can tell me. Or, Kam?" She looked up at Kam for a response.

(Idk if they're on)
I have a sister… Jay leaned against Bridgett, his heart rate erratic. Sometimes it was incredibly quick and other times too slow, and it jumped between the two quickly and frequently.

(Terrible. Just terrible.)
Bridgett was concerned about Jay's insane heart rate. She pulled him a bit closer and began stroking his hair with her other hand. "It's alright, you're okay…"

(Of course)
Jay definitely seemed to relax at this, at least physically. His heart rate slowed back to normal and he closed his eyes, leaning his head on Bridgett's shoulder.

(Bridgett's just like aww, my precious boy. She's also not gonna tell him yet about the social security stuff yet 'cause he might have a heart attack)
"You can tell me when you're ready, okay? For now, just calm down." Bridgett said softly.

(Yeah pretty much)
Jay seemed to be drifting off a bit. It was late, and he was exhausted. The drowsiness side effect of his pain meds didn't help his case either. After a minute or two, he fell asleep. The others likely figured this out first by his evened out breathing and slow heart rate. It wasn't dangerously slow like earlier, but a normal resting heart rate.

(Yeah pretty much)
Jay seemed to be drifting off a bit. It was late, and he was exhausted. The drowsiness side effect of his pain meds didn't help his case either. After a minute or two, he fell asleep. The others likely figured this out first by his evened out breathing and slow heart rate. It wasn't dangerously slow like earlier, but a normal resting heart rate.

Allison was looking at the kid. Jay was his name. "How awful. One should never fall so low, that hurting a child is above them." she said quietly. She felt her pockets for something. The chocolate bar she had with her the night that Marcus… relocated her. It was the only thing from home she still had left.

"This chocolate is from the Helaman company back home. Its the best stuff on the planet, dare I say galaxy, and its full of minerals to balance out the sugar at no expense to flavor… Ugh I sound like an advertisement. Point is, I'm leaving this with him. He could use something sweet in his life." she said before walking to the bedpan and placing the chocolate bar on the pan before walking over to the monitor to read his stats.