Arianwen had come to the library to escape the constant buzz of noise that filled the rest of the mansion, giving her a nearly-permanent headache and driving her up the wall with the amount of sound that filtered through her headphones. So now here she was, wandering the stacks and just breathing in the quiet in an attempt to relieve said headache. She was already relaxing a bit, shoulders loosening as she scanned the book titles she passed for something that might catch her interest. She finally picked up a worn copy of Jane Eyre and retreated to a arm chair in a quiet, shaded corner to read. She turned on some quiet music, the sound of it in her headphones so low that most people wouldn't be able to hear it. But it was just loud enough for her to listen to it comfortably while doing the bonus work of blocking out the last of the background noise that hummed low in the air of the library.

Young Ruby Lupin was having a similar problem in the mansion today. The poor girl's enhanced hearing was beginning to be the bane of her existence, with her ears twitching constantly to every new sound she picked up. Even in her own room she couldn't get any rest, with her big sister snoring up a storm, she felt as if she couldn't get peace anywhere.

So she wandered for a while, her book of advanced Robotics clasped tightly in hand, her hat pulled tightly over the top of her head to muffle the noise of the mansion until she reached the library. The fox girl let out a content sigh once she reached her destination and pushed open the door of one of the safest places in the mansion. Ruby pulled off her hat and smiled, once she realized that the library was near soundless, other than the vague hum of music elsewhere in the library. At least it was the quite sort of music and not loud music that would hurt her poor sensitive fox ears.

Ruby slid into a chair by the window, allowing the bright sunshine to light up her book. Ruby had just turned to the page with all the schematics and she needed plenty of light to see them. She was planning on making these sort of things some day so she might as well study hard now. After all, a clever fox never got any rest. So there she sat, ears twitched ever so slightly at the music from the nestled in the darkness, but she could ignore it.

Right now she had reading to do.

Arianwen felt the air shift as someone passed nearby and she looked up, keen eyes searching the area until she spotted another girl in a chair nearby. She took in the fox ears and the hint of a tail poking up over the arm of the chair. Her head tilted slightly to the side thoughtfully and her eyes kept being drawn back to the ears due to their soft twitching. She tried returning her attention to her book but failed, distracted by the small shifts in the air caused by said ear movement. She finally stood and took the book back to its' spot before ambling a little nearer the other girl while studying the shelves along the way. She didn't want to interrupt her but at the same time, she hadn't expected to run into another student in here.

At times one had a feeling that one was being watched. Maybe it was a natural moment of paranoia, or maybe it was truthful but the feeling that you are being watched is a feeling that is rather hard to shake off. At the moment, Ruby was having one of those feeling. The fox girl knew she was a little bit paranoid and she always had been. She was a scaredy fox at times and she knew that too.This time though she felt like it was a ligament feeling to be having.

Ruby's green eyes glanced upward at the other girl that was meandering her way toward her in part curiosity and part fear. The fox girl almost let out a sigh of relief when she realized that it was just a normal person. She had a feeling that it was the music person due to the fact that the music was getting louder and the vague footfalls on the ground but she never could be too sure with this sort of thing.

"Umm hi!" Ruby greeted a little shyly. Might as well greet the person who was planning on meeting her anyways. "What are you doing in the library on a sunny day like this?

Ari looked at her, turning off her music.

"It's loud in the rest of the mansion." She replied easily, shrugging slightly with her hands in her pockets. She studied the girl from behind her goggles, wondering for the first time in months what something would look like without them. Colors were all shaded and faded in her mind now, even her memories had a hard time conjuring the bright shades of her childhood. But she didn't normally let that bother her. She thought the other girl might be here for the same reason, if one took in her larger ears which mimicked those of a medium-sized mammal known for good hearing.

Ruby nodded to the goggle wearing girl who stood above her, ears still twitching a little. She did notice that the music was off so now she had the other girls full attention. The fox girl looked at the girl that she might have disturbed from her showing up here, curiously.

"Yeah I noticed that," Ruby replied and took a moment to rub her ears a little. Her own hearing was far too sensitive for the kind of volume the mansion had today and it was very disruptive. Ruby was barely able to think straight with all the noise and when she couldn't think straight, things became far too frustrating for her to think about. "Everyone seems to be doing very loud things today so I thought I would come here and get caught on my reading. I suppose that's what you are doing here too?"

It was a legitimate question considering Ruby wasn't quite sure what the other girl was doing there and the only explanation was reading or looking for something to read. Maybe she could have come in here to study or find a reference book. Ruby didn't think she had seen her around here before so maybe, just maybe she was new. Normally, Ruby had "tagged" all the mutants at the mansion, or at least the ones Emerald hung out with, but this girl she had never seen before she that meant she must be new. This meant, it was time for a small investigative procedure on the other girl.

"I'm Ruby Lupin, I've been around here for a while. Are you new?" Ruby inquired, trying her best to seem social. Poor girl was just as shy as a bunny at times but with the development this was a new person she wasn't as worried. She was pretty sure she wasn't in any sort of danger.

Arianwen nodded at the rather astute assumption and tapped her headphones.

"I am. These help but they do not block out everything." She replied, finally taking a seat in a chair nearby. At the introduction she tilted her head slightly, nodding again.

"My name is Arianwen, and yes I am new. I just arrived a couple of days ago." She answered, not offering to shake hands since the other girl didn't. As usual she avoided physical contact whenever possible. Instead she reached up to make sure her hair was properly tamed. It was a pain to fix when taking off her headphones would cause her so much discomfort.

"Those earphones cancel noise right? At least for normal ears I guess?" Ruby guessed, not quite sure if she was right. It was still an educated guess so there was a distinct possibly she could be right.

The fox girl's ears continued twitching even as the other girl introduced herself. It seemed that the noise from the outside was getting to her still. Ruby inwardly reminded herself to take some headache pills when she returned to her bedroom later today.

Ruby's tail curled around her as she looked over at the new girl curiously. The fox girl wasn't quite sure what else to say, other than her own intensive love for robots, she was a little bit socially awkward when it came to things like this.

She nodded, lips curving into a slight smile as she did so. Then her eyes scanned the other girl's animal features curiously.

"You must have difficulty finding something to block out the noise then." She commented, thinking quickly if she knew of anything that could help. All that came to mind was to wrap one's head in a scarf like a desert-native or something similar and that was hardly practical. Then again, the amount of clothing and gear Arianwen had to don every morning wasn't very practical either.

Ruby had become used to people staring at her animal features, it was just something someone had to get used to if they had those sort of features. The fox girl nodded a little to the blonde, still not really knowing her too well yet other than the fact she liked quite places and reading.

"I do, but it's something I sort of have to deal with since I have these ears, I can't exactly get rid of them," Ruby replied, with a hint of humor in her voice. Even if she didn't like the way she looked, she couldn't exactly do anything about it. Ruby loved the way she looked so she really didn't have any problem with her fox ears, other than the occasional trouble they caused her.

"So what sort of book are you reading? " Ruby asked, her tail twitched back and forth with curiosity. It was a good icebreaker sort of question that might make the air between the girls a little less tense.

"I was reading Jane Eyre, but I've read it a few times before so I put it back." Ari replied with a small shrug, looking at what the younger girl had been reading.

"You understand this stuff then?" She asked with a soft smile, gesturing at the robotics book the fox-girl had been holding. Her fingers were long and protected by nice leather gloves that had seen better days. There was no way she could have understood that sort of thing, having no mind for mathematics or electronics beyond using them. She shifted slightly in her seat and got more comfortable.

"Jane Eyre, I think My older sister might have read on that once, back when she was in school around here," Ruby replied, not really knowing much about the book herself but she did know about her sisters reading habits. The fox girl was rather invested in her older sister's life so it was of no surprise that the younger girl was so interested in things her big sister was interested in.

"OH! Yeah I love Robotics, I can understand almost all the stuff that's in here, " Ruby replied excitedly, flipping to a particularly intriquite looking schematic in the book. It looked like a schematic for some sort of robotic arm, Ala Darth Vader style. It was a cool looking creation but the mathematical equations and the explanations written next to it were enough to make anyone head spin. "You see, this book discusses not just normal robotics but possible advanced robotics from the future. It gives us theory's and possible schematics to go off of. While people have made stuff like this before, this book purposes theories and takes things several steps forward with borderline true theories. The technology might not be fully available to us now but this book shows the sort of things that can be possible with certain advancements in technologies, it's a truly amazing find."

Ruby obviously loved the book judging by how she gushed about it and the book, while having a lot of normal robotics theories had an awful lot of advanced things contained in it's pages. One must wonder what sort of genius wrote a book this advanced about a field study that was already ahead of its time.