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[kryptomight]

--there we go!

( the feed opens up to just his face, a satisfied grin plastered across his mouth now that he sees that he did, in fact, get this thing to work. it doesn't quite reach his eyes, though; they're a bit red, definitely swollen. don't judge him. )

Hi! My name’s Jon Kent. I’m looking for my mom and dad. My dad’s name is Clark, and my mom is Lois. My dad looks a lot like me, just bigger? My mom has brown hair. I’m sure they’re fine, but I haven’t been able to find them yet.

( the grin shifts into something a bit more sheepish, free hand raising to adjust the big, bulky glasses sitting on his nose. )

And uh. . how do I know which room’s mine? Why are there ogres outside--?

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[kryptomight]

( and off they go! so he grabs right back onto mondo’s sleeve, holds onto him as they explore around the castle. )

What do you want to do first? Build a motorcycle or. . start building other cool stuff? ( it kinds of depends based off that, doesn’t it? jon’s cool with doing whatever. either way, he keeps his hands busy. )

[trabryu]

ー!

[ Oh shit, he forgot that was a thing. Way to warm his heart without warning, Jon. ]

Uh. [ Okay let him gather himself for a moment. ] Don't worry about my bike, I'll do it as I go. But let's try finding one for your bike. The dirt bike. And uh, basics of woodwork, maybe? Whaddya think? Anything you wanna learn?

[ Bingo. The library is at the first floor after all! Not difficult to find once they're there, the sign outside makes it glaringly obvious anyway. He pushes the door open for the two of them, looking around once they're inside. ]

Holy crap, 's huge. How many aisles are there even... 1, 2, 3, 4... goddamn, the day's gonna be over by the time I'm done counting.

[kryptomight]

( yo, mondo doesn’t give him any sign of disliking it at all, so of course jon’s going to keep holding onto him. if anything, the way his heart jumps gives jon the feeling that he’s pretty okay with being held onto. )

We could make a birdhouse. Those’re pretty easy. We made some simple ones back in school—but I bet we can make an even cooler one.

( there are a lot of rows of books. but one of the benefits of being half kryptonian? super vision. jon’s eyes see things a lot better than any humans could; he perceives things with a level of clarity that’s, frankly, not quite explainable. he adjusts the glasses on his face, pushes the frames up with a finger and looks over the rows of books under them. it’s only another moment before he’s settling them on his nose once more and pointing his index out to a row off in the distance. )

There’s some woodworking stuff over there, aand--( in the opposite direction-- ) dirt bike stuff over that way.

[trabryu]

[ He... Well yeah he doesn't. Dislike it. He's okay with it. Very okay, even. A+ stuff. Yep. ]

Birdhouse, eh. We can do that! [ ...Are there even birds here. Not that he know of, but hey. ] It'll be a good practice!

[ Holy crap. What. Isn't this the first time Jon's here?! ]

You can tell?! [ Do all libraries have universal arrangement or something? Is that how Jon figure it out so quickly? Whatever it is, those nerdy glasses aren't just for shows, it seems. ] Pretty cool, Jon! [ And that's another pat to the head. ] Alright, let's go to the woodworking aisle first, then! ...Wonder if it's okay to borrow the books? [ Libraries should allow that, right? ] Ah well, as long as we return it, it should be fine.

[kryptomight]

I’m far-sighted. ( it’s a lie, but. he’s wearing the glasses, maybe that makes sense? maybe mondo won’t catch him on it. that’s totally how he found the stuff. totally. he tugs on mondo’s sleeve, starts pulling him off towards the rows where he’d found the woodworking books. a good of a place to start as any, right? )

It wouldn’t be a library if we weren’t allowed to borrow books, right? Just a uh. . room full of bookshelves and books! I don’t think anyone would mind. ( jon releases the sleeve to take off towards the isles, fingers brushing along the spines of several books before he pulls out one of the larger, more advanced copies on carpentry, holding it up for mondo’s inspection. ) This one?

[trabryu]

[ It makes sense to Mondo, and he's not suspecting anything at this moment. Because heck, maybe Jon's just shy about being a bookworm ー he gets it, it's all good! Though, no matter how many times Jon does the whole sleeve tugging, it still will make Mondo's heart skip a beat, because. Goddammit, he's weak. ]

Yeah, exactly! [ Right, this isn't Hope's Peak, they won't blow them up just for borrowing books, surely? Who 'they' are here, Mondo doesn't even know yet. Anyway, he'll follow Jon's lead, letting his eyes wander around the shelves. There seriously are so many books here, holy heck. Whoever loves reading can probably camp here

His attention's back on Jon when the boy holds up a book, and he takes it to flip through it. ]

Oooh, good find!

[ Looking from the table of contents, seems like they've got beginner section, intermediate, and expert. This can be their main guidance to learn the basics. Maybe they should get another to refer from. ]

This one's pretty great. Thanks, Jon!

[ They can keep this one at... oh, speaking of which. ]

You know, I was told that we can claim another room for whatever we want, so... 'm thinkin' of gettin' a room to dump all my woodwork stuff there, and probably the setup for the bike, too. You wanna share it wit' me? I mean we can do it in our bedrooms too, but it's kinda... you know. 's nicer to have a separate place.

[ His eyes then catch a book dedicated solely for birdhouses. Mondo pulls that one out, showing it off to Jon. ]

Oh. do we need this too?

[kryptomight]

( it’s cool, mondo; if the library had tried to blow them up, jon would have saved mondo from turning into ashes. the benefits of having a super powered tiny bro is: sudden accidents aren’t really much of a problem anymore. jon rocks back on his heels when mondo flips through the books, shoves his hands into his pockets and tilts his head back a bit to start looking up and down the shelves.

there’s just about everything here, he realizes. a whole section of comic books, history books, encyclopedias, science, math, fiction, non-fiction. at least the weird world he got stuck in definitely has enough books to keep jon from getting too behind in his school work. it really wouldn’t do him much good if he ended up back home later and got behind in school. )

Yeah, of course! I’m glad I could help find it. This place’s huuge! ( thank you, dad, for granting upon him super eyes. ah, but then mondo starts going on about a room, and jon refocuses his eyes on him instead of looking at everything else. )

A room’d be cool! Think of all the room we’d have to put stuff in! Maybe we can put in a cool spot for video games and stuff, too. Haha. . I probably shouldn’t have mine in my room. ( he could keep going on about the whole, laptops and consoles can be distracting at bedtime thing, but then jon remembers: his parents aren’t here. he doesn’t have bedtimes anymore.

he reaches a hand out for mondo’s new book, wraps his fingers around the spine of it and pulls it in closer so he can take a look at the pages. ) Yeah, this one looks good, too.

[trabryu]

[ God, the day Mondo realises that fact will be Wild. But right now his mind's just focusing on all these books and trying to get what he needs in a go because... just looking at them makes him feel sleepy already. ]

You're a lifesaver, I probably will end up napping here if I were to look for it on my own.

[ In his defense, the library as a whole seems pretty darned cozy. ]

Right?! Yeah! We can dump whatever we want there! Plus, maybe if I play enough video games I'll be able to beat you. [ He jokes, he knows he can never, but flashes Jon a mischievous grin anyway. ] ...Huh. Well, I mean, there's no school here, so... [ Wait, no, he gotta be a good big bro, not encouraging bad habits. ] But that's right, you're already wearing glasses now, gotta make sure your eyesight doesn't get worse!

[ With Jon's approval, the book joins the other on Mondo's arms. ] I think we don't need too many, we're prolly gonna try out a lot from these two books alone anyway. Let's get to the dirt bike section. Lead the way, Sir!