First Entrance

[venerable_ibis]

Djehuty has been contemplating the Door that appeared in his palace for quite some time now. (Since the moon set 29 and a half days ago, to be specific.) It's not every day that something magical shows up that he doesn't immediately understand. And this Door has peculiar qualities, in unutterable dimensions. It takes a lot of contemplation.

Today, he steps through.

Invisibly first, of course. That's plain common sense. But the Door opens onto a Library, a Library of immense power and magic, and it would never do to offend whatever god might dwell here, so he soon takes form and utters a courteous salutation.

Nothing happens. Nothing continues to happen.

So now there is a tall ibis-headed gentleman picking his way through the library stacks, pausing to touch a book now and then, and periodically looking around and hopefully calling, "Hello? Hello-o-o!"

((It's Thoth! Can we say that all threads after the first are happening millitimesily post-introduction-to-the-place?))

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[merryeccentricities]

An entirely human-- if, perhaps, unusually dressed by Djehuty's standards--looks around the corner of one of the bookshelves in response to his call. "Hello! Are you-- ah!"

Joly doesn't quite drop his armful of books in confusion, not after so many months at Milliways, but resettling them makes for a good chance to collect his wits in the face of...that face. That entirely beaky face. "Are you new to Milliways?"

[venerable_ibis]

Ah! A human! Perhaps a priest of this library. He is speaking a language that doesn't exist yet, which is a charming novelty to Djehuty; but there is a magic in the place that allows understanding. How clever!

The ibis-headed gentleman inclines his beak politely. "I have arrived. For the first time."

[merryeccentricities]

Well, it's at least a polite bird-headed stranger! That helps; Joly can let formalities smooth over a bit of the surprise. He bows in return. "I'm Joly; and this is Milliways. Well, a part of Milliways. The Library. Most people, ah, don't arrive here for their first visit-- have you been to the Bar already?"

[venerable_ibis]

"The dining hall? I have not." He pauses, but the man doesn't seem about to usher him to a feast. Hmm. "It is a formidable and delightful library," Djehuty offers, always ready to be a gracious guest. "I have been admiring it. A place of such beauty!"

Another pause. "...Perhaps you could tell me the name of your master here at Milliways, so I can pay my respects properly?"

[mjolnir_retriever]

Thor is not, on the whole, much of a man for books and libraries. He respects scholars, but he himself is emphatically not one.

But Milliways is a repository of wisdom. Not more than Asgard, in Thor's admittedly biased view, but certainly of different wisdom. And there are pressing problems afflicting Asgard right now, for which other realms' knowledge might be of use. Thor spoke to Heimdall, and to both his parents, and (without revealing certain details) to the chief engineer of the Bifrost repair, to learn more of the precise terminology relevant to their current difficulties with rebuilding the rainbow bridge. Then he spoke to Bar.

Armed with a list of titles and call numbers, he's come to the Library. Which is indeed immense, and humming with quiet power, and not immediately easy to navigate -- but Thor has time.

...And there's a ripple of power just happening over thataway, similar in some ways to a library's spells and guardians, but not the same. Hmmm.

[venerable_ibis]

Djehuty is leafing through a book--what wonderful advances humans will make in mathematics!--when he gets the impression that someone of magical significance has arrived.

He takes the book with him as he goes looking. It's comforting to have at hand. "Hello?"

[mjolnir_retriever]

Huh.

"Hello," returns Thor, courteously.

His hammer is hung politely on a coat-hook by the door -- you don't carry weapons into a library without invitation or pressing danger, come on -- and he'd need a lot more threat than a polite guy with a bird head and a book to summon it to him. But that's not too far away; depending on Djehuty's senses, he may note that Mjölnir and Thor have very nearly the same magical resonance, and a connection stretching between them.

"Welcome to Milliways, if you're newly come."

[venerable_ibis]

"Thank you. I am Djehuty, the Scribe of Ma'at. And it is my first time walking in this place. I would gladly pay my respects to the master of this hall, but--?" But whatever is at the heart of this place, it doesn't seem interested in coming out and saying hello. Well, Djehuty can respect that.

And he can always find praise for some other god's palace, so he says quite truthfully, "This is a place of great wonders."

[diehard_daniel]

There is a Daniel with the a look of both surprise with a mixture of amusement and skepticism, the book in his hands forgotten.

"You aren't a System Lord," said Daniel dryly.

[venerable_ibis]

Djehuty clicks his beak and looks the person over carefully. "I am Djehuty, Scribe of Ma'at." It's a diplomatically humble-sounding title. "I think that is not what you mean by System Lord."

[diehard_daniel]

"I know who you are," said Daniel a little curtly, "There aren't many Ibis headed gods in the Egyptian pantheon."

He then checked his anger at finding an Egyptian god here.

"I'm Daniel Jackson, of Earth," he said, "So, if you aren't a System Lord, or crazy scientist, as he was on our world, you must be the real thing."

He wanted to ask if the being had enslaved any humans lately, but it was way too soon.

[buh_bye]

Death was also in the stacks today. He was flipping through an old book full of colorful illustrations.

"Hello, Thoth," he said with a smile, "I like the suit."

[venerable_ibis]

Hmmmm. Some variety of afterlife god, borrowing the Greek pronunciation of his name. "We have not been introduced," he says in a neutral voice.

[buh_bye]

Not an afterlife god, Death itself embodied, and currently wearing a very nice suit himself.

"I am Death," he said, "I believe that I was bound and buried in my world, when your counterpart was popular."

He was very very old, one of the two oldest things in his universe.

[intoaman]

There's a raven reading comics on a pile of cushions on the floor. A raven who happens to currently be shaped like a man - all scarred skin and messy blue black hair.

He cocks his head curiously at the newcomer and smiles. "Hello."

[venerable_ibis]

Djehuty cocks his head with a similarly avian expression. "What a pleasant little nest you have, there."

[intoaman]

"Would you like to join me?" Diaval offers with open friendliness. "I have cookies you are welcome to share. The Bar always gives me too many."

[heatherandsteel]

Quentin is looking for some music, normally he can find what he wants at home even if searching is involved but its not working. Bar told him to go to the library since apparently there's music up there and he'd forgotten how complicated and neat the library is.

Since its such a large space and he feels safe here, he's removed his human disguise and has pointed ears, blond hair with copper streaks and a sense of magic around him. When he turns a corner he almost runs into Thoth and stops before answering, "Hello?"

His best friend turns into a cat so he's used to unusual people but Thoth is a not what he expected in the library.

[venerable_ibis]

By the time Quentin runs into him (or nearly so) Djehuty has made himself quite comfortable in the library. And what a library!

He looks up from the book in his hands. "Hello. Are you in the service of this library?"

[heatherandsteel]

"Um, no, I"m in the service of the Duke of Shadowed Hills. I'm just visiting here. Do you need to find someone in charge?"

That he can try to do but he's not sure where to start other than Sallie or Bar.
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[starrydome]

Theres an elf Lord in the library.

It truly is the most wondrous place.

He is seated by a table and right now he is looking at an old manuscript. Handling it with all the reverence befitting an old and fragile object. When he looks up, his eyes are deep and ancient.


He knows power when he sees it. But his greeting would be the same regardless.
A smile and a nod.
You do not disturb others seeking knowledge. Unless they show themselves willing to be disturbed.

[venerable_ibis]

Djehuty has noticed him as well, in much the same way. By now he's satisfied that he's done his best to make diplomatic gestures towards whatever powers own this place, and he's getting comfortable in the library. He's amassed quite a nest of books over at his own table--and has been glancing sideways at his fellow-reader.

When Elrond looks up, Djehuty inclines his head politely. "Are you a priest of this library?"

[starrydome]

Elrond smiles and shakes his head no. " I am merely a guest here," he replies. " But I often find myself here for it is a most wondrous library indeed."

He talks like someone who loves books. And libraries.

[dejah_thoris]

[ooc: I see your dance card is full, and I am unavailable until later this weekend but, these two need to meet. Also, OMG THOTH! :) ]

[venerable_ibis]

((Thoth! Don't worry, he'll be around. :D))