Melvil Dewey Would Be Ashamed

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Melvil Dewey Would Be Ashamed

While wandering around the towering, dusty library shelves, you encounter the Head Librarian's desk. You can tell it's hers, because it has a little sign on it that says "Quiet, please, or I'll swallow your soul."

There's not much of interest here, but you do find a small pile of recently-returned books. It appears that they haven't been processed yet, so if you were to take one, the late fees wouldn't go on your account. Your palms start to itch.

You glance around to make sure none of the librarians are looking, and cram the book into your... well, your inventory. Where do you keep all that stuff, anyway?

Necrotelicomnicon

You acquire an item: Necrotelicomnicon

You grab the green book and dart into the hallway before any of the librarians see you. When you finally get a good look at the book, you're struck with a horrifying revalation: It's a cookbook! A cookbook!

Cookbook of the Damned

You acquire an item: Cookbook of the Damned

You gaffle the purple-bound book. You gaffle the purple-bound book. You gaffle, gaffle, gaffle, gaffle, gaffle the purple-bound book, and head back out into the hallway before anybody sees you. After you're out of sight, you sit down and take a look at the book, and realize that it's a sleazy romance novel! What kind of library is this?

Sinful Desires

You acquire an item: Sinful Desires

You resist the temptation to Steal That Book.

Occurs in The Haunted Library.

[edit] Notes

• The colours of the bindings for each book refer to the element that each book represents (grey for spooky, green for stench, purple for sleaze.).
• Choosing "Leave without taking anything" does not consume an adventure.

[edit] References

• Melvil Dewey is the creator of the Dewey decimal system.
• The librarian's threat to "swallow your soul" refers to a similar soul-swallowing threat made by possessed women in the Evil Dead trilogy.
• "Steal That Book" is a reference to Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book.
• The "horrifying revelation" that the green book is a cookbook is a reference to an episode of The Twilight Zone, namely "To Serve Man".
• "It's a Cookbook! A Cookbook!" is a reference to Soylent Green, namely the last lines of the movie "It's people. Soylent Green is made out of People."
• "Gaffle the purple-bound book" is to the tune of "Follow the Yellow Brick Road", from The Wizard of Oz, as evidenced by the repetition of "gaffle", given that the lyrics of the song go "Follow the Yellow Brick Road, / follow the Yellow Brick Road, / follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the Yellow Brick Road."