You Can't Hibernate Here

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji normally didn't worry too much when his snakes would not be in their tanks when it was time for a feeding. He knew they did like to sneak out of his room every now and again to stretch out their...bodies and do a bit of exploring. Most of the time it was them peeking their heads into other peoples business and telling him what was going on in others’ lives. He honestly didn’t want them doing such a thing and tried to get them to become fans of Dirty Laundry. For all he knew they were probably working for that mysterious blogger that that was how she was able to know all the things that she did.

Either way, he tried not to think about it too much and generally let them go off and have their fun so long as they were back after a certain time. However, Leevi had gone off on his own and had yet to return. It had already been three days now and Seiji was worried. It was not all that hard to find his snake, due to his power but he was worried about what was wrong with Leevi to keep the snake from coming home. Last he could recall Leevi had been eating a lot and was even less talkative then he normally was. Still, nothing was completely out of the ordinary so Seiji had let Leevi be out a little longer then he normally would.

Sensing his snake in the library, Seiji headed there, with Akiko hanging around his neck and talking up a storm in his head. "Akiko, I need to focus in order to find him faster." Seiji said as he gave Akiko a gentle pat on top of her head. Once in the library he got down on all four, crawling around on the floor, looking under things to try and see if he saw his snake. He just hoped no girl was still being crazy enough to wear shirts still. He knew Leevi was in the general area but was not picking up his thoughts, causing him to worry more. In his worry he started to focus more on looking and not where he was going.

The result being that his ran into someone, his head colliding with their legs, and causing him to pull back and rub at his head. "Ow, I'm terribly sorry." Seiji quickly apologized as he remained on the floor, rubbing his head, and then looking up at the person he had run into.

[Estée Bennett]

"Hmmm" Estée sighed, tapping the side of her cheek as she aimlessly browsed the bookshelves for something.

The young woman was not one to often be found in the library, it dulled her and she found most of her reading list on the web or via her kindle, so it was a rare sight to see the blonde wandering around in her heeled boots which clicked every step she took. Click click click. The noise was infuriating (the silence it filled was more so) but she needed to find this book to finish her essay. 

She needed some old book, one that hadn't been stored on the cloud yet, titled "Syndicated Lending
". The name made Essie's mind spin- it was possibly the dullest subject on her course and she needed to write a 1500 word essay on it by the end of the week. However, despite the fact she'd been walking up and down, up and down the rows for a good hour- she had found no book title "Syndicated Lending" or the like.

Estée was staring blankly at books that weren't even related to her course, for a good 5 minutes, when suddenly something ran into her legs. The girl flinched, stepping away as quickly as she could- nerves running through her veins like wildfire. Though she wore trousers, she still didn't trust herself. 

Looking down, she saw some guy on her hands in knees. She glared "Watch where you're going." the girl snapped. 

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[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji didn't even hear the clicking of the boots that were approaching the area of where he was crawling around on the floor. He was just so focused on finding Leevi and before he could prevent the accident, he crashed into the women's legs. Thankfully she didn't seem hurt and other then his head hurting a little bit and some embarrassment, Seiji was fine as well. However, the woman who he had crawled into was not at all happy that he had bumped into her even with him saying sorry. He was not fully used to being snapped at and it caused him to hesitate for a moment. His mind searching for the right words to smooth over the situation.

Akiko decided to speak up, in the form of an angry hiss at the one who was getting mad at her master when he had sorry. It's okay, Akiko. Seiji sent the thought to his snake as he gave her a gentle pet on top of her head. "I'm terribly sorry that I ran into you. I didn't mean to, honest. I should have been looking where I was going." Seiji said, his words almost running together due to the speed of which he was saying them. It did not help the fact that he was embarrassed and felt bad for running into her.

"See, I was looking for my snake. Have you seen him at all? He is long and black." Seiji decided to explain himself, hoping that would help the situation out a little bit. He knew for sure that Leevi was here and that the snake was alive because he could feel that the snake was close. He just could not figure out where he was specifically, but maybe this girl had seen something like a snake.

((You forgot an i and since you tagged me, Tag:Estée Bennett))

[Estée Bennett]

Estée scowled down at the guy who was still on his hands and knees. Crossing her arms over her chest, the blonde studied him carefully; darting her pale blue eyes over him quickly. He was a college student, that was obvious by his looks but he was acting like a child- crawling about the floor like that- and had no taste in fashion either it seemed, judging by the scarf he wor-

The girls eyes and thoughts stopped dead on the snake that hung round his neck. What the hell?! she thought as her eyes widened at the creature hissing at her in anger. Most girls would have picked up their skirts and run in the other direction or perhaps swooned- but this wasn't 19th Century England, nor was Essie a wuss. 

Estée scoffed at the boys explanation for crawling around on the Library floor "This is ridi-"  the girl began before mention of a snake on the loose caught her attention "Wait...what did you say??" 

Estée had of course, heard him loud and clear, as she glanced at the bookshelves for something that slithered and hissed at the air but found nothing. She sighed in relief slightly and looked at the guy on the floor. Suddenly an idea came to her mind. 

Essie smiled slightly "Now.....uh..." she skipped over his name with a frustrated sigh "If I help you find your.......pet...... then will you help me find a book?"

She spoke cocking her eyebrow up as she waited for an answer.

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[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji looked over the women, knowing he had seen her around before but he had never actually talked to her before. If he did, then he did not remember talking to her and by the way she was talking and behaving, he was pretty sure he would not have forgotten her. She seemed so angry and all he had done was run into her. Sure it was a rude thing to do but he apologized for it and felt really bad for having run into her in the first place.

He wished his power was that he could turn into a snake and slither under a bookshelf, just to get away from the look she was giving him. Yet, Akiko voiced her anger in the only way she could really voice pretty much anything and Seiji had to focus on calming her down. Thankfully Akiko was not a poisonous snake so there was nothing to worry about if a person got bit. Sure if she broke the skin the person would possibly have to worry about getting an infection but other than that everything should have been fine.

"I asked if you have seen a black snake anywhere around here. He is missing but I know for sure he is in this library." Seiji said as he carefully moved to stand up. It did feel a little weird to remain on the ground when he was talking to someone after all. He was a very submissive person but staying on his hands in knees probably looked bad to anyone passing by. He didn't want anyone to think that this girl was bullying him or anything; she was probably just having a bad day.

"Seiji." Seiji said his name where there was a pause in her words, assuming that she was in a way asking for his name. A bright smile quickly spread across his face when she said that if she helped him find his pet, would he help her find a book. "Of course. I'm pretty good at finding books in here. We could find the book first if you want if you don't want to help me find my snake. I understand that not everyone is okay with snakes like I am." Seiji said, keeping his smile but was clearly nervous. Akiko let out another hiss, still not liking this woman.

((Estée Bennett))