Excerpts From Nonexistent Books

Royal Archives
The Royal Archives host official publications from the government, including enchanted-quill transcripts of hearings, publications lauding the exploration of inner space, facsimiles of personal documents issued by the king, and many others. The shelves are compact and pushed together, needing to be opened and separated in order to retrieve any items.
There is also study space available here, currently occupied by a single sleeping student face-down in front of their SpellBook Pro.

Elevators and Stairs
Due to ongoing reconstruction of the second floor, the magical elevators and physical stairs are currently off-limits and cannot be used. However, given that the renovations include a Sundollars Tavern, most patrons are very understanding.

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The Arcane Classrooms consist of a smaller room, Room E, and a larger room, Room D, with Rooms A, B, and C being tiny inaccessible closets.

This larger arcane classroom seats 40 across four large movable tables with room for 10 students each. It also contains a tiny, oubliette-style window to let in a sliver of natural light. Within the room are three enchanted scrying-screens that are identical to the ones in Room E, complete with the same tendency to become possessed by evil spirits. While no spellbooks are set out, there is a cart of stripped-down spellbooks available for loan for those who need them. Since they were all inscribed by the wizard Dellius, most prefer to use their own SpellBook Pro or SpellBook Air.
There is currently a workshop being held in the room, Programming with Python. Students are learning how to inscribe magical runes in order to command large constrictor snakes to perform complex feats of data analysis and automation.

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The Arcane Classrooms consist of a smaller room, Room E, and a larger room, Room D, with Rooms A, B, and C being tiny inaccessible closets.

This smaller arcane classroom has room for 24 students, each provided with a spellbook that is bound to the table and cannot be removed. Despite this, students are free to bring their own spellbooks if desired, and many prefer their own SpellBook Pro or SpellBook Air. The classroom also has a lectern and two enchanted scrying-screens, which can mirror it. Due to the magic’s complexity, the screens are oft-bedeviled by possession by evil spirits.
There is currently a class being held in the room in which a librarian is teaching a group of students from EDHE 105, Elementary Dweomer Highlight Enchanting for Freshmen, how to find books using the enchanted scrying-screen.

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Replay, replay, the Fourth of May
When a set of twins did a lot
I can think of no reason
Why the Force sensitive season
Should ever be forgot

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This large desk is the first thing you see when entering the library from the quad. There are several stations where a library worker can check out books to students, a large book return that magically transports volumes back to their rightful place on the shelves, and a box labeled “MAPS” that is currently empty. A sign indicates that fines and fees can be paid there, and that books from other planes of existence shipped in via Interdimensional Loan can also be picked up. A large shelf holds books and other items held on reserve for specific classes.

At the main entrance is the university’s symbol, the All-Seeing Eye, wrought in metal and stone and set into the floor. Rumor has it that anyone who steps on the Eye whilst a student will never graduate. There are steps leading up to the second floor that are closed for construction, and a large study area lies nearby along with the magical elevators, which are undergoing maintenance.

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Cloud Screens
These screens, farseeing in lands and ages, allow for magical information to be drawn in from the magical atmosphere—the cloud—and displayed. Users can access virtual spellbooks, read virtual articles, and search magical databases as well as finding the call numbers for library books and crystals.

Vending Machines
A pair of vending machines stand against the east wall. One is filled with snacks, while the other contains magic potions. They both require exact change unless paying with Express Gold added to a valid ID.

Little Free Library
An eye-catching display of books for the taking. Most of them are novels, but some are nonfiction—everything from critically acclaimed prizewinners to pulpy romance novels.

East Bathrooms
These large clean bathrooms can safely accommodate up to a dozen occupants, complete with enchanted towel dispensers and soap. They are often used by patrons and staff of the SunGold Tavern on the currently inaccessible second floor.

West Bathrooms
These small bathrooms can only handle four students at most, and being against an outside wall they are the first to feel the chill of winter or hear of summer. An enchanted spring exists between them, where students can refill their flasks with fresh water.

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Named for a knight that left their treasure as a bequest to the library, this large room is stuffed with dozens of tables for the use of students; during exams they often host groups of four or more as they cast desperate memory spells during cram sessions. Natural light streams in from windows along one wall, while the Wizard’s Workshop is visible through windows in another wall. There are a number of enchanted screens available to access information from the cloud. A pair of vending machines stand nearby, and a Little Free Library is available.

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On swiftborne wings
They cross the sky
Their chittering brings
A wandering eye

Yet they’re more fragile
Than they seem
For things so agile
They’ve a delicate gleam

Bereft of roosts
Few insects on high
Once what was loosed
May homeless die

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A killdeer was killhere
Nervously pacing in the field
While a mockingbird, nearby
Incorporated its call
Into a cacophony
Was it put out to be mocked so
Or just irked to be insulted
In its own language

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I try to make sure I am grateful
To tell others how much they’re valued
How much they contribute
They are just words
But they’re all I have to give

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