Free Pizza at the Bookstore [OPEN]

[intrepidsister]

WHO: Evie Frye, Jacopo Bearzatti, and ANYONE who likes either books or pizza!
WHERE: The bookstore where Evie works which desperately needs a name!
WHEN: 2/16
WHAT: The bookstore is having a special sale, get a free slice of pizza when you buy a book!
WARNINGS: None, but will update if necessary!



The usually lonely bookstore is hopping with people, which isn't very difficult because if you get at least five people in there, it probably looks more hopping than usual. Has everyone suddenly rediscovered a love of books and knowledge? Probably not.

Because amongst all the dusty bookshelves are tables filled with greasy pizza boxes. Apparently, every purchase over a certain amount comes with a free slice of pizza! What a great way to get the kids to read! Thank you, mysterious and generous benefactor for helping out this poor little bookstore.

Perhaps you saw a flyer somewhere, someone posting about it on the network, or you were drawn in by the delicious scent of hot pizza. Or maybe you actually care about books and not pizza? Either way, if you're here there's plenty of both reading and eating to be done. You could also potentially bother the very tired employee who doesn't seem super stoked about the pizza. On second thought, you should probably just enjoy yourself and ignore her.

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[appraiser]

Your books are going to small like tomato sauce for days...

[ aka the air is delicious now, but with how easily smells cling to paper, she'd better love the smell of pizza. Maybe that'll be another draw to get customers back to the bookstore? As for Ryoji though, he's just perusing the shelves at the moment. ]

Do you have any used textbooks?

[intrepidsister]

I know.

[She huffs, but doesn't puff and blow the whole bookstore down. Thank goodness. But really, shouldn't the pull be the books?]

What subject and what level? We do have a selection of used college textbooks, but anything below that tends to be handled by the schools themselves or donated to the library.

[appraiser]

[ Such is the status of books in this technological era, where convenience is in e-books and little things like dripping pizza sauce on a tablet screen not having you screaming for days as it would on a paperback. Textbooks have their own little niche, though, with highlighting and sticky notes solidifying information much more effectively when handwritten compared to typed, so Ryoji's face lights up at the news. The public library doesn't typically carry textbooks, and the university library only has them for rent in order to be available to all students. ]

Introductory level, and... hmm, I didn't have a particular subject in mind, actually. I wanted to skim through them, and see if any look interesting.

[intrepidsister]

[Her brow furrows, since that's not exactly what she was expecting. Honestly, she thought it might be for a class, but that's.... very non-specific. Is it for the sake of learning then? Well, she can admire that.]

Alright then. They should be just around this corner...

[And she guides him to their selection, which isn't that big but has a variety of different subjects.]

Most people don't read textbooks because they're interesting, you know. Are you planning to teach yourself?

[appraiser]

[ The selection sure is diverse, with everything from forensic chemistry to human resource management. It looks like a lot of these are from courses too specific to have many students, or otherwise from a field with a high turnover of new information so that it's difficult to resell old books and they end up donated to the bookstore instead... ]

More like a preview, I suppose. [ He picks up one about marine biology, flips through the pages, and looks visibly disappointed about the lack of pictures. ] I'm thinking about enrolling at the University this year or the next, but I want to go in with some idea of what to study. It's a lot of self-teaching, isn't it? I won't have somebody sitting there telling me when to study.

[intrepidsister]

Hm, I see. Textbooks can be rather expensive, even used ones. I know most college students don't exactly look forward to buying them either.

[She watches curiously as he flips through the book, maintaining her distance. It's not really her place to say any of this, especially when she's trying to sell him something. Oh well.]

I suppose I'd suggest... focusing on what you're passionate about. Or what you think will help you in your career prospects. Or both, if you're lucky enough. That way you'll have some drive to learn, whether you're self-teaching or not.

[appraiser]

Money's not a problem.

[ Though textbooks can still rack up to one to two hundred each, especially if they cover multiple semesters of study, and there's a difference between freely shelling out cash for games or snacks, and purchasing a textbook he stops reading two pages in and ends up leaving on his desk to collect dust.

He closes the book softly, and returns it to the pile. ]

I don't really have passions or a career in mind either. Rather, I've been leaning towards trying everything I can, and whatever happens will happen.

[ It's not really how most people live their lives, he's aware. But what if he finds something he thinks he likes and dedicates himself to it, only to turn around and find something else he likes better? It's an endless cycle of starting over again and again and again, so why not get a feel for everything if that's going to be the case anyways? ]