1 - I set these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted

[white_emperor]

[ Nighttime isn't quite going to be quiet tonight. Elend is new here - and quite new to this style of world as well. ]

I know she said that it was wrong, but this is somewhat insane. No mists - although that great shining thing up there might be burning them away - and all of those - Stars, is that what they are? And no ash!

[ Elend spins in place, staring at the sky, before turning to the nearest person who has come to see what all his noise is about. ]

I've never managed to see the stars before, I'm no Tineye, or Mistborn, so I could never see through the clouds. Are clear nights common? [ But, in the face of all these new things, he is already distracted from his questions and turning to look at the ground - and the plants. ]

Are they this color because its dark? Or are they always.... green?

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[white_emperor]

.... Is that what the buildings are?

[ School for him had been a mix of 'whatever books he got his hands on', a Terrisman Steward, and the Steel Ministry's obligators. It didn't happen in a place like this. ]

Is it open for everyone?

[extraordinarily]

Well, not all of the buildings. Just some of them.

[ Haruhi just shrugs. ]

And yeah, anyone can go in. Why?

[white_emperor]

Schooling was for nobility; skaa only learned for trades. If anyone can go in and learn...

[ He would have liked to make it possible for all of them, but, well. There were lots of things that had to be changed first. ]

[extraordinarily]

You're kidding, right?

[ A rhetorical question, honestly. ]

But anyway, yeah. Of course anyone can just go in and learn. But if you stay there and learn and live life normally, you'll end up disappearing. Not that I really care.

[white_emperor]

I was going to change it.

[ Not quite defensively. Just a bit more of that 'if he had time, it would have happened, but nothing he can do now'. ]

... Disappearing. You can disappear after you've died? Although I would suppose that "live life normally" would depend on the former world....

[extraordinarily]

Well, 'live life normally' here is pretty much attending classes and such.

[ Another nonchalant shrug. ]

And that's right. I've seen it happen. People disappearing... and then reincarnating into the hell knows what. Though I'm not even sure if they do reincarnate. But I'm not going to take my chances. I'm not disappearing until I find out the truth about this place. And not until a certain somebody gets his memory back.

[white_emperor]

And if they don't.. ah, 'reincarnate', they may move to whatever is next - if that isn't what 'reincarnate' means, and ....

[ Hrmn. He doesn't really want to anyway. His wife is somewhere else, so... He's not going anywhere without her. ]

I would join you in that. Which makes the most important question... Where is the library?

[extraordinarily]

It's in the school.

[ She is pretty sure of that, actually. ]

Why?

[white_emperor]

Why I want to know where the library is? So I can read. ITs a fairly good way to get to know a new place.

[extraordinarily]

Well, the library won't help you at all figure out things about the afterlife.

[white_emperor]

It will tell me more than I already know.

[ He just wants to go to the library, and likely end up with half of it in his room. ]

[extraordinarily]

Well, all the books talk about is the living world, and not the afterlife.

[white_emperor]

It will tell me more about this world that is rather different than mine, then.

[extraordinarily]

Not really, but whatever. Think what you want.

[white_emperor]

Is this one not somewhat like your own? You seem to know more about it than I do, so I had assumed so.

[extraordinarily]

Like I said before, only a little. But I've been here for a few months already, which is why I know about it. Plus, I know someone who knows the most about the afterlife; more than what the books can tell you.

[white_emperor]

Really? Would you be introduce me? Or give me a name and directions?

[extraordinarily]

Her name's Yuri, and you'll probably find her if you go into the principal's office. Though I can't promise she'll be there all the time.

[white_emperor]

Yuri, principal's office, thank you.

[ and he'll go... wander the building. ]