Jem Carstairs | Shadowhunters (_mizpah) wrote in madisonvalley, @ 2018-01-20 01:24:00 |
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Entry tags: | !log, !open, ~2018 january, ~40 points, ~~jem carstairs (_mizpah), ~~tom mason (bestofmankind) |
WHO: Jem Carstairs and OPEN
WHAT: Shopping for books
WHEN: Saturday
WHERE: That Book Place
WARNINGS: TBD
STATUS: Open/Ongoing
Jem was content. It was a strange thing for a Shadowhunter in general, and even more so for him. But here in Madison Valley he had health, love, and the feeling that he was actually doing something helpful for those who had suffered as he had. What more could a person need?
His only fear was that some morning he would awaken to find himself back in Victorian London, all of his accomplishments here erased from his mind. But the longer that he was here (and it was going on 2 1/2 years now), the more that fear eased.
While he had come far in adapting to a 21st century lifestyle, he was not yet accustomed to reading from screens, and he didn't know if he ever really would be. He needed a solid, paper book in his hand, and without one, he felt quite lost.
Browsing the stacks at That Book Place, though, he felt very much at home. The smell of old books had changed very little from his time, and were it not for the peculiar titles, he might almost imagine himself once again in London of the past. But this was truly as close as he wanted to get to that particular time and place again.