❖ 003 // [Voice]

[crisisrain]

[Filtered from Xion | 95% Unhackable to her]

Hey I got a little problem I could use some help with. There's this nice, little, teenage girl who's never read a book before, so I told her I'd get her one as a surprise gift. But uh, I'm drawin' up a blank. What kinda books do girls even read nowadays?

Comments

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

Depends on the girl! But if you're not sure, I'd look at some good novels. Fantasy, mystery, good basic stuff - no horror or scifi, you never know if she'll like that or not.

But if you read the summary on the back and think it's stupid, don't get it for her!

[crisisrain]

Oh why not horror or sci-fi? I know a lass who loves that sorta stuff!

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

Well you don't want to make the mistake of giving it to someone who doesn't like it, do you? I love sci fi, but I still wouldn't assume everyone does.

[crisisrain]

You've got a good point, but a mystery novel sounds like an idea! Maybe I should go about readin' the back of the books more often...

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

Right! Or you could also look for an old classic, or something funny! If they've got the author Terry Pratchett, maybe that'd be a good gift, because he's a totally underrated author. He's hilarious.

[crisisrain]

Pff this mun love Terry Pratchett~

Terry Pratchett? What kinda stories does he write?

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

He writes fantasy, but his sense of humor is fantastic. If you can find it, maybe a copy of the Color of Magic would be a good gift!

[crisisrain]

Oh an author with a good sense of humour~ She seemed to like jokes a lot, I'll have to check around for some of his books!

Any other titles he's written in case I can't find that one?

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

Hmm... maybe the Hogfather, but I dunno. I like to read series in continuity, it drives me a little crazy when I read out of order.

[crisisrain]

So, Color of Magic would be the first one in the series then?

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

Right, it's the first in the DiscWorld series, which is his best writing.

[crisisrain]

Discworld huh? Maybe I should pick up a copy for myself too if it's that good.

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

It's really funny and a lot of fun to read! The characters are always fantastic, like the cowardly wizard Rincewind or Death. Or the luggage, the single most feared thing in all of Discworld!

[crisisrain]

The luggage is the most feared? Like.. some kinda bag?

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

It's a trunk with hundreds of legs underneath it, that follows its owner around and stores his things! It's "half suitcase, half homicidal maniac", and it'll even go to hell and back to follow its owner.

[crisisrain]

A walking trunk huh? There's a couple of monsters in the world I'm from that disguise themselves as chests and such, waiting to attack anyone who's foolish enough to try open 'em.

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

There's some monsters like that too where I'm from, sort of. Except they're in a video game. Technically that's 'my world' since I'm here in the body of my video game character.

[crisisrain]

A video game? [Thinking... thinking... Oh!] Hey! We had a video game in our world too. I've no idea how it worked but I got pretty addicted to it.

Yer in the body of a video game character?

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I look like my character Alkaid instead of the real me, hah. Guess Luceti wanted me to be useful.

[crisisrain]

I wouldn't say yer not useful in your real body! Either body is probably better than mine.

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

Well, the normal me's just a normal high school girl who likes books. "Alkaid" is a fighter. One of the best, even.

[crisisrain]

So Aklaid isn't yer real name then? Mind me askin' what it is, I won't tell, promise~

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

You promise not to tell~?

It's Chika Kuramoto.

[crisisrain]

I won't even repeat it back! Your secret's safe with me.

I should tell you my name then, though I don't use my real name either haha.

OH ALKAID. MY OWN MUSE CONFUSES ME SOMETIMES.

[icolo-alkaid.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's only fair.