You weren’t expecting anything unusual when you took the job. Just a quiet library, a steady shift, and long stretches of nothing happening. The kind of work where time drifts rather than moves.

At first, that’s exactly what it is. Students come and go, books are checked in and out, and the front desk becomes your fixed point in a building that feels bigger the longer you spend in it. The layout doesn’t help - rows of shelves, blind corners, study alcoves tucked just out of sight. Sound carries strangely here. Sometimes too clearly. Sometimes not enough.

It starts small. Something you can ignore. A noise that doesn’t quite match the setting. Then another, just enough to make you hesitate before brushing it off again. You never catch anything directly. By the time you move, everything is exactly as it should be. People studying. Pages turning. Nothing out of place.

Except it keeps happening.

And the same faces keep showing up.

Always spread out. Always where they should be. Always just far enough apart that you can’t quite connect anything together. You start to notice patterns. Timing. Positioning. The way things stop just before you get close.

It doesn’t feel like coincidence. It feels like something you’re just on the edge of understanding.

And the more you notice... the harder it becomes to ignore.

Renee Morton

Your boss. Composed, precise, and quietly in control of everything that happens under this roof. She keeps things running smoothly, keeps you exactly where you’re needed... and never quite explains why certain shifts feel different from others.

Melanie Briggs-Jacobson

The perfect prep student. Polished, focused, and effortlessly put together. She always seems to be handling her workload well, but sometimes she has a need to let loose when nobody's watching too carefully.

Guadalupe “Lupe” Moreno

Loud without raising her voice, confident without trying. Lupe doesn’t sit still for long, drifting between shelves and spaces like she owns them. If anything’s happening, she’s probably closer to it than she should be.

Wendy Cooper

Quiet, distant, and difficult to read. Wendy barely moves once she settles in, her attention somewhere between her book and everything else happening around her.

Cameron “CC” Chalmers

Always balanced, always controlled. The Gymnast CC moves through the space like she’s aware of every inch of it, never quite where you expect her to be when you look again.

Hiro Matsumoto

Structured, precise, and quietly authoritative. Hiro keeps to himself, focused on his work, but there’s a sense that everything around hin happens with purpose, even if that isn't necessarily part of the syllabus.

Martin Shanks

Easy to overlook. Always tucked into corners, book in hand, watching more than he speaks. In tune with how others are feeling, he enjoys connecting, even from a distance.

Lois Lynch

Warm, relaxed, and impossible to feel tense around. Lois keeps things feeling comfortable, even when they shouldn’t. If things start to shift, she’s often the one smoothing it over.

Kim Fielding

Quiet, shy, and easy to miss entirely. Kim keeps her head down, avoids attention, and sticks to the edges of the room... secretly, one of the most enthusiatic club goers.

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