Excerpts From What You Should Know About The Library of Terminus
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I would have liked to call this book The Complete Guide of The Library of Terminus. But you would die before I could complete it and most normal people would never have enough time to read it all. That and I would have to revise it every time there is a change. So I settled for this title. Now if you are reading this, then you are already here in the Library itself. So I will spare you the stuff you already know, or should already know. Zuros help you, if you don’t know. I would suggest putting this book away and go read my other book first, “A Beginners Guide to Visiting The Library of Terminus.” It is a small comprehensive guide and only 782 pages long!
So you are now the lucky owner of your very own Library of Terminus library card. What do you do now with all this new found power of yours? Well reading a book is the best and only answer to that question. But let me break it down for you and give you a rundown on what you should do and don’t do while inside The Library of Terminus.
The first thing you should know, if you already know the other stuff. Always have clean hands when in the library handling books. Special gloves are preferred, you can get them by asking any Librarian. But always make sure you wait for them to notice you before asking. Which brings me to point two.
Always, ALWAYS! Wait until you are spoken to first in the library, when it comes to librarians. The only expectation of this is the librarian stationed at the information desk on each floor. While it’s not needed for interacting with other visitors, it is a good habit to get into. Just so you never slip up. I would also recommend that you do the same thing with the librarians at the info desk. You will have to find where the info desks are yourself, there are too many to list or you could just read my book, “A Guide to Information Desks Starting with Subfloor 300 to Current Floor 486 Revised Edition 364.” Or you could just follow the highlighted signs, but I assure you. My book is worth reading and it is only 812 pages long.
If you become hungry while browsing the library, leave. This is a library, not a restaurant or some inn. If you become thirsty, there are water stations at each floor along with a lavatory. They are a recent edition to the library of the past 200 years. Do not try to eat inside of the library. It does not matter if you see the librarians eating while reading a book. You are not allowed, this is your only warning. I also have a 805 page book for water stations and lavatories. “Looking For a Drink or Need to Relieve Yourself? A Guide to Water Stations and Lavatories on Subfloor 300 to Current Floor 486 Revised Edition 34.”
Next would be something that shouldn’t need to be stated, but some people don’t follow it just because the books don’t seem to take any damage at all. Trust me, I have seen a high class fire mage try to burn down a whole floor before. They didn’t live long, but the books didn’t even heat up from their efforts. But the point is, treat every book like the precious and sacred object that they are.
Only browse 5 books max at a time. I know it seems weird, especially if you are doing research and you are used to having 10 or 20 books piled in front of you. But in The Library of Terminus, you have to be respectful of not only the books, but also the other visitors. Repeat violators can and will have their library card revoked. Now you can get exceptions if you book a private research room. This is a popular option for most research focused visitors. I wrote a micro guide only 287 pages long called “Getting The Most Out of Your Private Research Room in The Library of Terminus Revised Edition 12.” for anyone who wants to book a room.
Another thing which is already covered in my “A Beginners Guide to Visiting The Library of Terminus.” But I can not stress this enough, this is a library. Keep your voice low and any talking to a minimum when in a group or not at all. While you could bring special items to talk with others in your group, it is frowned upon in the public areas. The only expectations are for people in private research rooms, they are magically sealed to stop all sounds from leaving the room. Also if someone in your group is a mind speaker, you are free to chat all you wish using their talent.
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Now the next thing you should note and pay attention to is on subfloor 200 and lower. On these floors there are random cold spots. You will run into them from time to time. Do not worry about it, it is perfectly normal and harmless. You may also hear strange sounds throughout the floors, or see things in the corner of your vision. All totally normal and harmless, I assure you. Now what is not normal is if you start to see floating books coming towards you, or the table you are using. Or if you are using a table and a cold spot shows up and doesn’t leave within a few minutes. Also if you start to hear whispering, you should calmly leave the floor as fast as possible and report the issue to the first librarian you see not on subfloor 200 or lower. DO NOT HEAD LOWER IF YOU HEAR WHISPERING VOICES, ALWAYS HEAD TOWARDS THE GROUND FLOOR!
The next thing to note on subfloors 200 and lower. If you are reading a book and notice the writing starts to move at all. Even if you think it is your imagination, please leave the subfloors immediately. We really don’t like to clean up the mess your body will leave behind.
Also I would like to note this for subfloor 300. I already went over a lot of things for that floor, but I can not stress enough about how important it is to never travel that floor alone. Always travel with 3 or more people in a group and watch out for each other. If you lose someone in your group, and you do not find them within a few minutes of searching around your current location. Please leave ASAP and talk to a librarian on a floor above subfloor 200. Also only one person in your group should be reading at a time. The others need to watch the surroundings. You have been warned.
On subfloor 201 make sure you do not use the desk in area 3B section 5, you will know which one I mean when you see it.
For subfloor 202, watch out for the plants in 1H section 2. They are highly poisonous to most people, but only when in direct contact. If you accidentally touch one, the librarian at the info desk should be able to help you. Most of the time anyways…
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On subfloor 10 make sure you greet the info desk librarian as soon as you enter the floor. They are very temperamental and if you go to look at a book before you greet them. You can expect no help for at least a week on that floor. They might relent if you bring them gifts and apologize.
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On floor 120 make sure to avoid any of the desks by the windows or just being around the windows in general. They like to randomly open and the wind will blow anything you have on the desk off of it. I have also seen the wind fling a fully grown adult dragonkin around like they were but a feather.
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On floor 485, you will find it a bit hard to move around properly while the next floor is being built. I recommend using the floor as quickly as possible to stay out of the way of work teams going to the top current floor.
On current floor 486, please be cautious as the floor is still under construction and currently does not have a finish date for it. But 1A to 4Z are completed and you can access them at your own risk. Also note that the water station and lavatory along with the help desk for that level are not installed yet.
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I would like to thank you for reading this book and also let you know you can find all of my work on floor 145, 2B through 3S section 3. I will most likely update this when my written work expands from that section or the next time I am back in the library.
Signed,
Librarian Roland S. Whitman
Special Thanks
I would like to thank all of the current info desk librarians for giving me most of the info you read about from sub floor 201 to current floor 486. You were all a great help in completing my 5,149 book.
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As of the year 1232 ZL I should be currently exploring the frozen wastes of the Ashlands. Look forward to my next book when I get back. Tentatively called “Surviving in The Frozen Wastes of Ashland With Only a Pocket Knife and Some String.”
Again thank you for reading and you will read more from me soon.