Down to the earth, down to the little state, Manalis, there sat a library.
In the day, the library was a warm place. Sunlight peered through the windows, enlighten the laughing children that were listening to a funny story in storytime. The reader would smile at the sight of happiness rising in the air. Small clusters would form into study groups.
Those study groups were always quiet, but they’d occasionally have a small talk, or perhaps the thud of a book dropping.
If there was any noise, a shh rose simultaneously from the crowd, and then they’d giggle, ruining the whole point of being quiet.
The librarians were always friendly. They’d make noises too. Since it wasn’t a big library, the usual people came. If there was a new person, they’d be immediately welcomed and would fit into a group just fine.
When there was no one talking, there just were the soft crinkling pages being turned, or the beep as books were checked out.
There were chairs-comfy chairs, small chairs, big chairs, hard chairs, lounge chairs, any type of chair. Moms with their children would normally hog the lounge chair area in a playful way. No one fought for a chair. If all the chairs were taken, someone would volunteer to sit on the floor.
If there was rain, everyone nearby would rush on into the library, knowing that they could stay in there for just as long as they wanted, waiting out in the rain, staying dry, and passing by time.
If you weren’t reading, you were talking with a librarian, or a friendly person.
But when the closed sign hung there, a mood seemed to passover. The library wasn’t open-no small chatting, shushing people and then laughing, or studying in groups.
When the library was closed, it was a completely different place.
The chairs that were sat in creaked loudly.
No one was there to shush it and laugh.
Books would randomly fall off shelves.
No one was there to pick it up.
Ivys would crawl up the side and attack the building, blocking the moonlight filtering through the windows.
Rats would sneak through holes in the walls, and nibble on the sides.
Branches would scratch at the window and cast eerie shadows.
When the library was closed, darkness would fall.
When books fell off the shelves, they’d flip.
Flip, flip, flip.
Screech, screech, screech.
Squeak, squeak, squeak.
The books, the trees, the rats-all those noises.
Unshushed.
Flip.
Screech.
Squeak.
Unshushed.
But when the library was open…
Sunlight chased away the shadows.
Ivys inched back into the shades.
Books stopped flipping.
Rats retreated back into their homes and left little nibbles.
Trees edged away from the window.
Chairs would still themselves and stop creeping.
The light chased the dark.
But sometimes.
The dark chased the light.
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Ofc! <3
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Ayo ayo! Thank you so much! I appreciate your feedback! *instant regrets of hitting the read more button.*
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:D *regrets doing it in the first place* SORRYYY, I COULDN'T RESIST- Btw, can I fill that form out in the bio? or the slots are filled?
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XD You can fill out the form <3 The slots are infinite :D
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Why, shank youuu
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Submitted!!!!
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Alr thanks <3
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I love that intro so much; you really brought me in with the description of how homey the library way. It just felt so comfortable, like a place you'd really want to be, and so it was easy to imagine myself there. Good story!
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Thank you kind sir.
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*PLZ REPLY ASAP I GOTTA WRITE PT.2* https://forms.gle/v2QazKTVyspTLZeU6 :) First part is released! If you want to be in it, you'll be in the second part with Luke, and Aerin :) PLOT: There are three sides. Light, Dark, and Neutral. All citizens are moved to the Neutral side, and the government, and all the important people are on the Light side. No-one is allowed to enter the Dark Side. The government is hiding something. And they did not do a good job at it. The government hidden away, and adults reforming society, these 8 teens are...
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ALR MA'AM!!!
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:))
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I accideantly forgot to add the strengths, lol. Sorry.
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Its okay, you can tell me here :)
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I did another form.
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Heyy, it's been a while, how have you been?
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Ayo ayo! I'm doing good! You?
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:) that's good. Eh...I've got some stuff going on, but I'm choosing joy as my bio says ;)
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Ahh alr. I've got a question for you. Does being Asexual mean you won't have a SINGLE crush? Ever?
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well, that's a difficult question, but this is what a website said so... "It is common for asexual people to have romantic (but not sexual) attractions to others. They may identify as hetero-, homo-, bi-, or pan-romantic. Others are aromantic — that is, they feel no romantic attraction to other people." word for word.
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So there's two types of Asexual people: one who doesn't like ANYONE, and one who can like someone but doesn't plan on having children? That's kind of weird, though. Does that mean I qualified as bi?
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Heyy u back!! Happy <3
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<3
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How have ya been doing?
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<3 Good! You?
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Eh tbh I haven't been that great
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Why? (If ur comfortable.)
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It's not really a big deal, I've just been a little exhausted lately and upset a lot about a few things. And there's just barely anyone on here that much, it's sort of gotten really quiet.
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I think the only reason why no one is online as much is because of either school, work, or just other things. However, sadly, a lot of people left because of the downvoters because they got upset about the fact that their points were dropping so fast and so much. Even I took a break for a few months-as OH MY GOD. Let me tell you how nice it was just to wake up and think: "Hey! Today I don't have to check Reedsy." Before, I felt like Reedsy was controlling my life. Now, though. I only check it once a day, which balances my schedule just fine...
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Oh my gosh, your bio is sooo aesthetically pleasing, ahh I’m in loveee
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sorry but- ᴵ ᴾᵁᵀ ᴹʸ ᴴᴬᴺᴰˢ ᵁᴾ ᴵᴺ ᵀᴴᴱ ᴬᴵᴿ ˢᴼᴹᴱᵀᴵᴹᴱˢ, ˢᴵᴺᴳᴵᴺᴳ ᴬʸʸʸᴼᴼᴼ ᴳᴼᵀᵀᴬ ᴸᴱᴱᵀᵀᵀᵀ ᴳᴼ, ᴵ ᵂᴬᴺᴺᴬ ᶜᴱᴸᴱᴮᴿᴬᵀᴱ ᴬᴺᴰ ᴸᴵⱽᴱ ᴹʸ ᴸᴵᶠᴱ, ˢᴵᴺᴳᴵᴺᴳ ᴬʸʸᴼᴼᴼ ᴮᴬᴮʸ ᴸᴱᵀˢˢ ᴳᴼᴼ XD Why did I remember the exact lyrics since after its been like five years since I've listened to it? also- I LOVE YOUR SOLANGELO PFP!
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omlllll lol, it's okay. i thought ti was an old song but i still lovee ittt! it's called being big brain :D TANK U SO MUCH
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sameee!!!! thanks for letting me know i shall label myself as a "big brain" from now on. Although i think it was cause i played it on repeat fifty thousand times and forced all my friends to listen to it. Hm. Maybe. Favourite lollipop flavour? OFC THEY'RE ADORABLE
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yeeeeee hmm cottton candy ???
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Oooooh! I like lemon and root beer flavoured ones (don't ask LOL)
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noice XD
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HELLO THERE! I HAVE AN IDEA! I declare June 10th as NATIONAL UPVOTING DAY!!! (Although its not really national. That just makes it sound better.) On that day we will do all the upvoting we want to. Hopefully a lot. We won't necessarily focus on anyone, just people who have been downvoted. Every point matters. Copy and paste this message, and hopefully we will do some major upvoting!
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Hi! Did you create this message? (I'll explain furthermore when you reply.)
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Yeah, why?
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Aight-hi-first of all. Please don't be mad after you read this :) A few months ago, I would've quickly copy and pasted this message, however now, I'm quite hesitant. The main reason why is because I do support upvoting, and I will do this holiday, however, I won't copy and paste it. It's all about points on Reedsy-correct? There's not much people caring about stories. I mean, I may've started it, but I apologize. I used to do things like these because I wanted my points back-I wanted my points back to 2,246, so I asked a lot of people to ...
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Okay, and I respect your opinion and understand. It's just that downvoting makes people feel really bad, and it's not good to know that someone's directly against you.
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Keefe, I did all those upvoting things because I wanted to be returned to my original points. I beat you do, too. Please don't lie and say that you don't want to be restored to your original points-everyone does. However, some people shake it off like an annoying bug. I understand that downvoting makes people feel bad, but after some consideration, they see that points don't matter. I felt insanely bad when I first got downvoted-I wanted them back immediately, but I was wondering how? I decided to create things, and then later on, people lik...
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Part.......7 XD
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Pt. 5 and 6!
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This is sooo good!
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Thank you <3
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:)
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HIIIIIIIIIIII YOU'RE BACKKKKKKKKKK :DDDDDDD
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"BaC" **Online but offline mostly**
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AYOOOOO THOOOOOOOOOO <3
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YAYYYYYYY :DDDD
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