Enter: The [Gotham Library] Outsiders! Who: Jayna and Cypher Where: Gotham Library, Main Branch, Downtown When: Mon, April 30 What: Jayna and Doug cross paths after school. Rating: SFW
Doug always loved the library. A building full of words, and being surrounded by so many books was like being buzzed... not that he'd actually ever had alcohol, but he had to imagine the sensation was similar. He had begun to fine-tune the sensation he got whenever his mutant power was activated. Doug was almost 100% convinced now that he was a mutant, after reading material from Dr. Henry McCoy, a geneticist whose work focused largely in the mutant phenomenon.
He had begun experimenting in the language section of the main downtown library in Gotham, picking up books from every section. Language theory provided more insight, as books covered the topics of music and math as forms of language.
A guitar would be fantastic... but he couldn't afford anything like that.
Doug often hid at the library until it closed, then grudgingly went home. He liked going home after dark now. It seemed foolish, but he couldn't resist watching the rooftops for movement.
Even with people walking around quietly, though, the library was a fortress... a place to center himself and find solitude. He bobbed his head to the music playing through his iPhone earbuds, and shifted his latest stack of books around, debating which to flip through next.