03: Video: I used to love them myths. That stuff was deep.

[omar]

[Omar's kept his promise, and in the days since his last conversation with Leslie, he's been haunting the library, doing a lot of browsing. For being, well, a riotous gangster-slash-angel of vengeance, he's actually a very good library patron: quiet, polite, keeps mostly to himself.

And finally, he's found a book. He's sitting in the fifth floor common room, next to the shark tank, the book loosely held atop his lap, cover unseen.]

Now Barge, y'all don't know me like my warden do, so maybe y'all don't know that I've got me a real appreciation for the written word. But Leslie Knope want to encourage that in me, I suppose, so she gone and named me co-captain of the new Barge Book Club. Or something like that. I gets to pick the first book, anyway.

So now I'm left with two questions for y'all:

One, who be wanting to join up?

And two, who already got a copy of this? [And now he holds it up: 50 Shades of Grey, by E.L. James.] I hear it get real popular in the future.

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[trenchcoatedly]

I want to be in the book club.

I haven't read that book.

[omar]

Sure thing, Castiel. Welcome to the party. [Okay, he has to be going to Hell for this one. Real Hell.] Take a look, you let me know what you thinks.

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[warisart]

What would be required for membership, sir?

I'm not familiar with that material.

[...or any material not printed by Manticore. Except the Three Musketeers. And Beauty and the Beast.

We know.]

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[omar]

All you gotta do read the book and come talk about it some, youngin. Ain't no thing.

[most_feared]

[Kay is about to say something before he sees the book, and then there's a strange sort of snort just before he can turn the feed back off.

A minute later.]

Has Miss Knope read this work of literary greatness?

[omar]

She left it to me, man. My discretion.

[substandard_parts]

Sure. Why not.

[He has nothing better to do.]

[omar]

Why not, indeed.

[cujothebigreddog]

I'm more a nonfiction guy. Hit me up if you do anything with Gilgamesh or the Norse stuff.

[It got published after his time, but he heard wind of it when it was still in its nascent stages. You deal with the Raiths, it behooves you to keep up with anything 'sexy vampire' related. He'll just sit that out.]

[omar]

Might do, someday. Figure I start off with a bang first, though. [Besides, the mythology would be actually fun and not hilarious trolling.]

[lesliemonster]

[OMAR. Look at you, taking the initiative to get things started. Leslie is so happy right now.]

I've never read it -- I'm just a few years off current literary trends.

[omar]

[He hasn't actually read it, either. Not the whole thing, anyway.

He's read just enough to know it's perfect.]

Well, you go on, you take a look. When we meet up, you think?

master troll omar strikes again

[strangehistorian]

I'll join! I love the idea of a book club!

I love that only the really cute characters are joining this

[omar]

[Seriously, he's going to Hell.]

A'ight. Enjoy.

Steve will probably secretly love it

[vampireamerican]

Well, gosh, sign me up! This sounds like just the kind of thing we need around here.

It's too hetero, Steve

[omar]

[And now, a pause.] You the new Reverend, ain't you?

[takeyouapart]

[Merlin has 'I asked the Admiral for a spare copy and got far enough to wish I hadn't, also you're a monster' written right across his face.]

Maybe next time.

Thanks.

[omar]

You sure, baby? [You could do a dramatic reenactment with him afterwards, Merlin.]

[sharpememory]

Is that some literary crap? [Barron: mercifully predating 50 Shades.]

[omar]

[Omar's tone is decidedly cool with this one.] It be words on a page, if that what you mean.

[notiaraincluded]

Hell, could use somethin else to do and I don't read as much as I used to anyways so count me in. Is it a good read?

[Sadly, Luke predates this bit of literature by about a decade.]

[omar]

[Oh sweet, there's like three whole black dudes on board now, hi Luke.]

Depend on what else you like, I suppose.

[fuckingvisions]

I'll come. If your not full up.

[ Oh god, this was gonna be awesome. He has NO idea what he just signed up for.]

[omar]

More the merrier, man. Bring your friends.

I keep thinking of more words to add

[timesbureaucrat]

I might as well. Popular literature can be an excellent source of cultural information and I'm looking to brush up on my knowledge of 21st century Earth mores. [Kay has not yet warned him that this book is not going to be good insight into how average 21st century humans behave. And may never warn him depending on how much entertainment he'd get out of seeing Narvin's face as he reads it.]

[omar]

Mores.