Rio stopped in his tracks and lowered his little black book to take a look at his surroundings. Just a moment ago he'd been traversing the campus of the battle academy. Now suddenly he found himself in a rather extensive library. The dark-haired young man reached up a hand to push up his glasses where they'd slid down on his nose. The motion caused them to flash, as if disapprovingly, at being interrupted in his daily activities.<br/><br/>With a touch of surprise, the young god started to recognize this place. He'd never been here before-- surely-- but he'd been feeling this very place call him to it for a while now.<span style="font-style: italic">Well, I am curious what all this is about, but I have classes to get to.</span>He narrowed his eyes, seemingly at blank air, and a rippling black portal started to form. Before it was big enough to fit an arm though, the thing fizzled and died. Rio frowned disapprovingly. "My powers don't work."<span style="font-style: italic">No,</span>he thought,<span style="font-style: italic">that's not it. This place isn't letting me leave.</span><br/><br/>Rio took a moment to simply look around. He was surrounded by books as far as the eye could see. There were chairs placed modestly throughout and, currently, no one else in sight. "Just what is this place?" he wondered aloud. "It certainly isn't your average library. But perhaps they won't mind if I borrow some of this information?"<br/><br/>Rio pushed up his glasses again and began to "absorb" the data. He lifted slightly into the air, his hair and clothes swirling around him as if gravity was taking a break. From the endless books on the shelves came endless blue streams-- a spiritual manifestation of the information they held. These blue streams came at the young god, swirling excitedly and forming a translucent bubble around him. Behind his glasses, streams of coded numerical data flashed across his eyes, as he simultaneously used his Data ability to memorize the information.<br/><br/>After a minute or two of this, the blue streams of information faded away and Rio sank to the ground. He collapsed to his knees and clutched his head with one hand, the other clutching his little black book to his body.<span style="font-style: italic">It's so much!</span>he thought, a bead of sweat cascading down from his temple. His head throbbed from his attempt at learning everything in this mysterious library.<span style="font-style: italic">It doesn't end! That should have taken seconds, but--</span><br/><br/>The boy took a moment, breathed deeply a few times, and slowly stood up. His eyes narrowed and he gazed accusingly at the aisles upon aisles of book shelves. "It doesn't end. Where am I?" And there was another disturbing thing he'd noticed. It was as if the books here were incomplete. As he absorbed their information, he noticed gaps in the writing: a missing sentence, a chapter cut short, a gap in the very beginning of the book, and some completely empty. For better or for worse, this place officially had his attention.<br/><br/>Rio was looking around, trying to decide which direction to wander in first, when he heard some odd thumping noise behind him. He turned quickly, seeing a strange humanoid person made of stone. The young god stood patiently as the creature approached him, and held out a letter. Rio reached out his hand and accepted the parchment, opening the envelope and reading the contents:<br/><br/><div style="text-indent:1em;">Welcome Rio, God of Disdain.</div><br/>The Library has chosen you as a worthy candidate to be the assistant to our current Librarian. You are to aid in any tasks she gives you and help in the Library's over all goal of returning misplaced individuals to their proper worlds. Once your services have been fulfilled, you will be returned to your world as if no time has passed.<br/><div style="text-indent:1em;">-Thank you for your understanding. Humbly, The Library.</div><br/><br/>"A Librarian's assistant?" he asked in the stone being's general direction. It made a motion to follow it and started walking away. Supposedly, the thing was going to lead him to this "Librarian".<span style="font-style: italic">Interesting...</span>With only slight hesitation, the solemn boy moved to follow.