(open) 📚 interest check

[recluserose]

Username/Display Name: steinbeck
Server Channel: #book-club-wip
Time: October 17th, Afternoon/evening

Greetings,

This is Amelia Steinbeck, a guest at the Hotel Caelum, and resident of Room 700.

It appears that books are a universal constant and so I am bestowing an open invitation to other guests who are interested in discussing fiction and nonfiction so that we can bridge cultural gaps and gain further understanding of other cultures and customs through the medium of literature.

Here is a sample of what we'll be reading to discuss as a group. I am open to other suggestions and the structure will be loose; you need not read these if you have a book you'd like to read silently during and after discussions.

Book Title	Author	Genre
Pride and Predjudice	Jane Austen	Romance
Emma	Jane Austen	Romance, Comedy, Historical
Andersen Fairy Tales (Various)	Hans Christian Andersen	Fairy Tales

A time and date will be settled on and pinned so please keep an eye out for notifications. More details to follow. Thank you.

Comments

[recluserose]

You two must be quite the chatterboxes when you're in the same room together.

[netherese]

Depends on the day, as does the tone of it. Give it time. You may find he's not quite so prickly as he seems, though in the meantime, I hope to have nice enough manners for the both of us.

[recluserose]

For what it's worth, I'm certain I don't dislike him.

And if you're both friends, I'm certain that says a lot about the both of you.

[netherese]

All good things, I hope and pray!

[recluserose]

I think for you, it tells me that you're able to befriend the most unlikely individuals.

[Like herself. But she won't type that.]

For Astarion, I suppose it means one can get accustomed to him given enough time.

[That is the nicest thing she can say about him, goddamn]

[netherese]

I'll take that as an incredible compliment, thank you. I certainly like to think so.

He may well grow on you, indeed, and if he doesn't... well. I'm comfortable enough acting as a bit of a buffer, if need be.

[recluserose]

I'd appreciate it. I'm a difficult person, or so I've been told so I may jump to conclusions or react too quickly.

[netherese]

Is that so? You've hardly given me that impression. I've found you quite personable.

1/2

[recluserose]

[Only the briefest of pauses as she stares at the message here...]

[recluserose]

[Honestly, it seems like only the most extroverted or at least openly friendly people seem to be able to say that about her and Amelia doesn't know how she's never able to see it coming.]

Thank you.

[But she never hates it.]

[netherese]

Only offering my own observations, but you're quite welcome. Now, I'm certain I've taken up enough of your time, but seeing as we're neighbors, I'm certain we'll see one another before too terribly long.

[IN FACT...]