Almost Done [El/Open]

[Emma Taylor]

There were a few things Emma had really needed to do since graduating and, having been clearing out her dorm, she had found a stack of books borrowed from the library, some even dating back to her first year. She had been a shy kid then and had ended up reading a lot since she hadn't known a lot of people but that had soon changed. She couldn't believe she hadn't returned them though so it showed how much she actually bothered to use the school's library.

Flicking through the titles, it seemed that a few had even come out of the restricted section at some point. She couldn't quite remember taking them out but must have done. Probably the day she had ended up talking to El in there or something. Oh well, that didn't matter anyway. Putting them all into her old school bag, she headed up to the library.

Since it was the summer and exams were over, Emma doubted that she would see anyone in there but she could catch up with her friends once she had returned the lot. It wasn't exactly the most exciting of jobs to do but it just had to be done. Sighing, she pushed the door open and swung the bag off of her shoulder and onto the closest table. "Sorry some of these are so late but I knew they'd turn up eventually," she said with an innocent smile, handing the large pile of books over. She had actually had to enlarge her bag to get them all in so it took a while to get them all back on the shelves and in the right places. Yes, it was lame but her conscience couldn't think of a better activity and the library was the desired choice so

[Elessar Garrison]

"Hello Emma, turning in your schoolbooks? Is that, yes, I've been looking for that book for hours. Maybe now I can finally translate these texts" Elessar said as he walked out of an aisle and saw Emma and an important book on the table next to her. He walked over to her and the pile and picked up the book.

[Emma Taylor]

"Yeah. Some of them have been sitting in my dorm for the last seven years," Emma laughed, turning to see Elessar in there. Well, that really was unexpected. "Sorry about that. I have no idea how I managed to go all those years without finding these but hey," she said, scanning the title of the book El had picked up. It was one of those strange ones she had found interesting at the time but had no idea why now. "What is it you're trying to translate?" she asked. As much as she tried to forget all of it, it seemed that everything she read stuck in her mind anyway so maybe she would remember some of the things.

[Elessar Garrison]

"I've gotten several artifacts covered in runes from many languages. One looks like its from Iraq, and the most unusual one I got from Egypt, but the writing is totally different than Hieroglyphics." El said showing a photo of some of the artifacts to Emma. If he could decipher the language, who knows what secrets they hold, maybe even how to bring people back from the dead.

[Emma Taylor]

Emma listened to El with interest. She wasn't quite sure why but she had always been interested in that kind of thing for some strange reason. Talk about geek, huh? It was probably just after a holiday with her grandparents a few years ago and was a phase she had grown out of quickly after arriving back at school. "That sounds quite cool. I haven't seen anything like that though. Have you tried asking Torza? I think she took Ancient Runes," she suggested, not sure what he had already tried in order to decipher them. More than likely it would end up describing some old ritual or something but it would still be good for El to work them out.