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[nobleminded]

[The image first shows an open book lying on a table. It seems to be open at the very back, though looking at the page on the left would show that it's full of text so it obviously was supposed to continue where the cover now is. Closer observation would show that several pages after that one were apparently ripped out.

It stays on this image for several moments, or at least what the person showing it thinks is long enough for said observations to be made. Finally, the screen does a very quick 180 to show a livid Elliot.]

WHO IS THE CRIMINAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?!

Library books are the property of EVERYONE WHO USES THAT LIBRARY! YOU CAN'T JUST TEAR OUT PAGES WHEREVER YOU SEE FIT! IT'S COMMON COURTESY!

ESPECIALLY NOT IN THE FINAL BOOK OF ONE OF THE GREATEST SERIES EVER WRITTEN!!!

Comments

[whatsupcroc]

Wow, they totally turned it into a choose your own adventure! Have you looked to see if there's another copy? Maybe on the media files?

[nobleminded]

A WHAT?! I only saw one copy of each of these in the library!

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[lambofcolumbia]

Oh that's horrible!

[That poor book. Elizabeth is stunned!]

[video]

[nobleminded]

IT'S MORE THAN THAT! IT'S A HEINOUS BREACH OF ETHICS!

[video]

[ainsophaured]

What?

[Who even does that to a book? They're practically innocent creatures. He actually looks disheartened to hear someone would do that. ]

They should have taken notes instead.

[video]

[nobleminded]

[Someone HORRIBLE, that's who!]

Exactly! It just makes me all the more curious about what was in the ending! Unless they were intentionally being cruel!

Audio

[maddeninghatter]

[ Oh. Wow. He had.... actually forgotten about that.

Cue seventeen seconds of giggling: ]

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Audio

[nobleminded]

WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!

voice;

[retraced]

[And the winner of 'most useful thing that anyone will ask in the course of this entry' - ]

Is that...Holy Knight?

[- is not Gilbert.]

voice;

[nobleminded]

Obviously! That's not my point!

[Yes it is.]

video;

[quackery]

That's so rude! I don't see what they have to gain from just taking a few pages, and even if there was something, that's pretty inconsiderate of them.

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[nobleminded]

There's absolutely nothing to gain! It's like tearing a corner off of a painting!

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[notadamnvampire]

I have to agree, that is rather tragic. What book was it?

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[nobleminded]

It's the final Holy Knight book! Somehow they have the entire series here! BUT THEN SOMEONE DID THIS!

Action, a little later

[icy_heavens]

[When Hitsugaya gets back to the apartment, looking like he's spent a good share of the day fighting, he really only has one question.]

Just what were you shouting about this time?

[Look, he'd only listened to the post long enough to realize that it consists of Elliot yelling. That's all he'd needed to shut it off.]

Action

[nobleminded]

If you'd listen, I WAS POINTING OUT THIS.

[And he holds out Exhibit A, still opened to the "very back".]

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[hbisea]

[ Holy crap, volume control. ]

Was that necessary?

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[nobleminded]

[...is non-existent with him, yes.]

OF COURSE IT WAS! You saw what was done to such an important book!

[payback]

That is terrible.

[nobleminded]

THAT'S PUTTING IT MILDLY!

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[onehundredswords]

[...wow.]

Careful ya' don't pop a blood vessel there pal, y'might stain yer' already vandalized piece a' literature.

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[nobleminded]

I'M NOT GOING TO POP ANYTHING!

[grooves]

[THAT IS REALLY LOUD...

and admittedly not at all what Shiki expected when she booted up her tablet today. Exsilium's just full of all sorts of surprises, isn't it? Between holding the tablet at arms length away while fighting to find the volume control, she hardly knows how to respond.

When she finally does... well, at least she's calm, having finally seen what has him so angry.]

Um... th- that's really awful. I mean, doesn't the library usually have rules against that sort of thing?

[nobleminded]

[...Which should actually make him more tolerable on the tablet, since Elliot doesn't come with volume control.]

OF COURSE IT DOES, IT'S A LIBRARY! Though they obviously need to pay better attention to the condition their books are in!

[allucinator]

Calm down, bastard, it's a goddamn book!

[nobleminded]

IT'S NOT JUST ANY BOOK, DUMBASS! THIS IS THE LAST BOOK IN THE HOLY KNIGHT SERIES! IT WASN'T EVEN RELEASED YET WHERE I'M FROM!