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THE BOOKSTORE

INFORMATION

Located in District 1 right off the subway station by District 2, The Bookstore is a shop run primarily by Angela for the purposes of recording and collecting stories, whether those stories are based on real life events, are fairy-tales, etc. Books line the shelves, and from the front window, one can watch Angela or one of her staff members carefully pen down a story of their own making or one they heard recently. If you're interested in owning a small book or two, consider taking Line 2 on the subway and stopping in to exchange a story for it! These books can be traded back to Angela for new stories as well, similar to how a library works.

To volunteer at The Bookstore, please speak to the owner. She's always looking for extra hands to sort, organize, write stories, bind books, and so on. For those with more artistic talents, an option to draw picture books or do illustrations for existing stories is also available.

Other services offered by The Bookstore includes a space on the second floor for reading and relaxing in beanbag chairs, a small tea station regularly kept in check by the director herself, and a place for people to gather to conduct book clubs, story shares, tabletop gaming, so on and so forth—anything involving creative endeavors or stories in their purest form.

WHERE

District 1

STAFF

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Home to the bread and butter of The Bookstore's services, the first floor is crowded with bookshelves that have been quickly filling up with everything from handwritten stories and their retyped copies, to picture books drawn skillfully by the more artistically inclined members of the staff. The front desk is situated by the doorway and is typically manned by Angela and one other person, though it's just as often just her sitting there ascribing stories into books through notes she's outlined to keep them as intact as possible.

Off in the back corner is an "art corner" with some nice natural lighting on that side, though the window it comes from looks suspiciously new and out-of-place with the rest of the buildings in The City, primarily because it was done with good-intent and absolutely no experience in making and installing them. Still, it's a place where picture books are drawn and other illustrations are done for the stories making a temporary home in The Bookstore—while primarily it's for employees, Angela won't say no to other people occupying the space provided any mess stays on the tarp or tables and doesn't get on the bookshelves that surround the area.

Dotted around the first floor are chairs for people to sit in, small step-stools for shorter individuals to use if necessary, Angela's office (which is generally off-limits and usually locked unless she's in it, which is where she can be found if she isn't manning the front desk), and a stairwell to the store's second floor. Overall, the vibe is quiet and comfortable, with pockets of chatter or story-telling mingling in the dust mote-filled air as patrons and employees alike inhabit the space.

Set aside from the rest of The Bookstore, Angela's office is not exactly what anyone would expect from her: it's rather crowded with knickknacks on the walls, the single bookshelf against the far side of the room, her desk and its extremely comfy-looking chair... Most of these are gifts rather than things she picked for herself, though whether they're gifts for her or if they're gifts for other people she's just keeping around isn't clear.

The ever-growing mug collection on a smaller shelf behind her desk is exclusively hers though, and all sorts of designs that she most definitely did not pick out can be seen. From Big Duck Energy to silly goose on the loose, Angela clearly treasures the cups she's been given and uses them frequently.

There's also a whiteboard on the side opposite of her desk filled with plans for The Bookstore ("employee suggestions" is a notable headline) as well as a running schedule of who's supposed to be coming in on any given day of the week, though considering who her staff members are, this is more of a guideline than an actual true-to-form schedule.

Clearly not as crowded as the first floor, the second floor is a wide open space that seems to have once perhaps been used for storage and is now being used for activities instead—which is doing much justice to the large windows that let in plenty of natural light at the front of the building. Like the rest of the building, the floor is a dark wood, and the walls are faint faded cream.

As per Don Quixote's exclusive request, there are tables and chairs for people to sit at and snack if they'd like to, as well as gather for things like tabletop gaming, writing their own stories if they don't want to bother a staff member to do so, so on and so forth. With permission, these can also be moved to allow for other activities, such as book clubs, a space to share stories, and so on.

For people desiring comfort, beanbags are hosted off in one of the corners on a rather tacky, colorful rug, as per Midnight's exclusive request.

While they may seem out of place, there is also a spot for people to do yoga at—there are three mats rolled up and set aside, and while these ones technically have owners, there's nothing stopping anyone from bringing their own and joining in on the fun. A little stretching is good for the creative mind, after all.

( the bookstore )

LAYOUT

FIRST FLOOR

ANGELA'S OFFICE

SECOND FLOOR