First Report

[sailormagic]

[Cambot's moving up to deck 7 from deck 6, it catches sound of some strangled noises that are coming from farther down the deck, around one of the bookshelves. Moving slowly in case of any incoming laser-attacks, Cambot circles around the shelf... and pauses.]

[There's a mess of papers spread out on the floor, not even a nest so much as a mountain that seem to be pages from scripts and various other looseleafs. Even in this state, she would not shred a book - but there are books there as well, open and dumped around and generally looking bad. Almost all of the pages visible have many, many, many red markings on them, scribbles and X-es and arrows and giant ovals and every possible combination of editing mark you can think of. In the middle of this, there is a purple unicorn, her mane a little messed up and her eyes a little crazed, sort of curled in around herself. She seems to be muttering something, and Cambot slowly drifts forward to try and catch it...]

-promise, I promise, I won't let them get you! Nothing can hurt you ever again, I swear! No one will ever harm you! I'll take care of you until the end of time-

[What's she speaking to? ...The thesaurus and dictionary she's clutching to her body protectively, as if they're wounded children. And to Twilight, they are.]

Comments

[wavesinherheart]

[Well, that doesn't look or sound good.]

Twilight?

[sailormagic]

They- They suffered so much.

[wavesinherheart]

I know. But I don't think you can fix every book in the library.

[sailormagic]

But we should be able to! They're all terrible! It's too much!

[punsofiron]

I tried to warn you about the books, Twi.

[sailormagic]

But... B-But Theo and Dan didn't deserve this level of torment!

[punsofiron]

...Theo and...[ohhhh dear.]

[sailormagic]

Dan! They suffered! They're wounded soldiers in this war!

[shortpants_knight]

[Link... stares at Cambot for a moment, uncertain. He knows the books are bad, or at least boring, but he hadn't thought anything he'd seen so far bad enough to actually push towards the Mads' stated goal of driving their prisoners insane. Then again, maybe to a studious and scholarly type, they were. He asks the stupid question anyway in the hope that the show of concern, which is genuine, will start on pulling the distraught unicorn out of her madness mantra.]

Are you alright?

[sailormagic]

They- They're hurt!

[She's okay. Mostly. She's crying for her poor, abused children.]

[shortpants_knight]

[He starts to ask 'Who's hurt?' but then he realizes she might mean the thesaurus and dictionary she's holding. He had overheard Liz warning her that the books were bad, but he hadn't expected this kind of reaction.]

Um... okay.

[Now what the hell can he say to that even? Besides possibly something stupid...]

Well, uh, you're there for them right?

[itsjustamike]

Aaaaare you okay there? [Just who is she talking to, anyway?]

[sailormagic]

I'm okay, but- but Theo and Dan...!

[itsjustamike]

Who and who?

[virtualunknown]

...

Do you need help?

[sailormagic]

They... They... No one will get them! No one! I won't let them be harmed any more!

[virtualunknown]

Um. Right. Good luck, then.

[acceptedburden]

Twilight...what are you doing?

[sailormagic]

The books! The books have harmed Theo and Dan - they hurt so much! I have to save them!

[acceptedburden]

The books have harmed them? How exactly have they done that?

[halfdarkened]

...You read some of the bad literature, huh?

[sailormagic]

[There is nothing but an inarticulate wail in response to this question.]

[halfdarkened]

Just relax. The mad scientists downstairs want us to lose our sanity with this stuff. This is why we riff it.

[sailorgenerous]

[Add another item to the list of things Rarity really should have been expecting. Oh, Twilight. She sighs a bit and once again begins the process of getting her friend to calm down.]

Twilight, dear, are you quite alright?

[sailormagic]

THEY'VE BEEN SAVAGELY ATTACKED!

[No. No, she isn't.]