Just like a Storybook

Civviq cringed a bit as she saw him react to her... forwardness, but she smiled. She hoped he wouldn't find her weird after all this, though she wouldn't blame him. She sighed inwardly but kept smiling and nodded.
"Alright, that's good. And, yes, they are at work around this time, so somewhere in the evening would be best indeed." she said. "If you want to get the best impression of the town, the market in the afternoon. would be your best choice. Until then, I can show you the meadow, if you want," she offered.

She grinned when she saw how happy he was and nodded. "Great!" she said, enthusiastic. "And, well, I'll be off after I finish repairing these." She motioned with her hoof to the damaged books. "Or when Granny Trot wakes up. Or both." She chuckled.

"I suppose I'll finish these then," she said, in a softer tone, and lifted up the tome she was busy repairing. It was quite heavy in her hooves. The small repairing papers were still sticking out of it, ready to be worked with. She trailed with her hoof over the cover and put it back down. She chuckled softly under her breath and turned back to Heartstring. "What will you do until I'm finished?"

Civviq nodded, smiling. "You're welcome!" she said, happily, and chuckled. "Books are always nice to pass time with." Her smile wavered for a moment when she thought about how stupid that sounded, so she looked downvand went back to the book she was tending to. She then started the process for mending the missing corners, powering up her horn once more.

She watched Heartstring from the corner of her eye as she pieced together the first corner. Because she was a bit distracted, this one didn't quite go as well as a wide, yellow gape clearly marked where the corner was torn off. She cursed a little under her breath and tried to mend her mistake - she only made it worse. She sighed, tore the corner off to start over and concentrated this time. The rest of the corners went better, luckily.

She sighed and rubbed her forehead as she put the tome down with all its corners repaired. It wasn't finished, but her horn hurt a bit. She would continue later on. This sort of magic seemed easy by any by-goer, but it really took a lot out of her. If she didn't watch out, she would be in bed for the rest of the day with a huge headache, caused by magic-drainage, when a unicorn uses too much magic at once. She sighed and got up to get a little snack and some rest, and disappeared to the back.

Soon, Civviq came back to her desk and sat down. She was chewing some chocolate. She knew it wasn't healthy, but it was too good to pass by... She promised herself next break she would eat some fruit. She sighed and picked up the tome again. Next up: stains.

As she picked up the book with her magic, she shot a glance at Heartstring. She smiled as she saw he'd found a book and settled down. She nodded slightly to herself as she opened the book and started to look for liquid stains. Water, coffee, cocoa, alcohol... It's true that she liked a good hot mug of cocoa and a nice book she hadn't read yet for rainy days, but she wouldn't spill anything! At least, that hasn't happened yet... She shook her head and concentrated on the spell that would remove the stains.

After she had gone through the entire book, she put it down and opened it on a random place. With the tears away and the stains gone, it almost seemed like new; only the faded ink on the paper it was printed on indicated its age. Sure, there was a spell for that, too, but she was too tired to apply that right now. She might go back to that later, after she'd done the rest of the books. She tried to read a little bit, but out of context like this made it pretty confusing. The diagrams next to the text were pretty interesting to look at, however. This would make a great asset to the library.

After she felt like she had enough energy to restore the rest of the books, she would continue. This went on for quite some time. She had finished a few more books and was in the middle of un-staining one when she heard shuffling in the back. Granny Trot had woken up from her nap. Civviq's ears perked and she stood up to greet Granny Trot with a bright smile, informing her of all that happened. Granny Trot nodded silently, the glimmer of a smile in her eyes, and sat down behind the desk and picked up the book Civviq was busy un-staining. Granny Trot closed her eyes and concentrated, the same spells pouring out of her horn as Civviq's earlier. She may be old, but her magic had only grown stronger. Civviq was only beginning to learn all the knowledge she had gathered over the years.

After Civviq had received the last nod of approval from Granny Trot, she walked over to where Heartstring was reading. "Heartstring? I'm done with my shift."

Civviq watched the book floating away with great attention and nodded contently to herself as it slid succesfully to the spot where it belonged. She looked back at Heart and smiled.
"Great! Just let me grab some stuff... I'll be right back!"

She trotted through the door to the back and returned wearing her saddlebags, which looked considerably lighter than last time she wore them. She trotted up to Heartstring.
"Ready!" She grinned and headed back to the door. As she stood in the doorway, she looked over her shoulder to where Heartstring was standing. "You coming?"

Civviq blushed a bit and looked away at that statement. After a moment, she looked back at him. "Why, thank you," she said. She chuckled lightly. "Well, it's just, I don't always come across new faces. And when I do, they're mostly not very interested in books or stories at all." She grinned. "It's nice to see somepony who actually does like stories."

Her smile faltered a little. "The others that come across this town, well, they don't really like bookworms like me." Her ears drooped and she looked down at her hooves. "They find it a little... strange, me being as enthusiastic about books as I am." Then, she lifted her head again and smiled confidently - though her eyes were still a little sad. "But that's okay," she said, "After all, they won't stay that long here. And, you know what they say: those who mind, don't matter, and those who matter, don't mind." She nodded to herself as she finished her statement.

Civviq's eyes softened and she smiled, blushing a little. She took a deep breath, dispelling the sadness, and nodded, smiling brightly again.
"Of course I'll be there," she said. "I wouldn't miss it for the world... after all, not every day a storyteller comes to town," she said, chuckling. She sighed and looked forward again, smiling, as she trotted onward with renewed energy.

She led Heartstring through the town, via the now not-so-busy market – not yet, at least – towards the edge of the town. A dirt road led them to a big, grassy field, enough to hold the entire village plus more. A carriage-track crossing straight through it towards the fields of the farms lying further from the small town. On the far right, standing in front of some trees where the field ended, was a huge, rickety barn, used for the storage of the bigger farm equipment that is too big to fit in the barns of the farmers. Not only that, party supplies were held there too: there was a small stage and a huge tent stowed away somewhere in there, as well as streamers and lights and other stuff, under all the hay and cobwebs. It can be used for holidays, national celebrations, birthday parties, or other stuff. The only condition was that the whole town must be invited for those supplies to be used.

The field itself wasn’t really well kept either. The grass was flattened in some places where a cart recently crossed towards the barn, but in average the grass stood to your knees. Not really higher, thankfully, but there can be tricky holes where you least expect it. If there would be a gathering, the grass will be flattened from all the hooves that go over it.

Civviq gestured at the grass field and looked at Heartstring. “This is the field I talked about earlier,” she said. “What do you think of it?”

Civviq looked back, smiling brightly to his enthusiasm as she listened to what he had to say. She thought for a bit before she answered his question.

"Wel, I don't think you really need to do so. I mean, this field isn't really owned by anypony. The shack over there," she pointed at the rickety barn, "is owned by the town, and being taken care of by the farmers that use it. and I assume the field is too." She thought for another moment before she continued.

"Either way, if there's a party or something in the works that'd be held on the field, they go to the mayor. He keeps track of everything that's going on around here. But I don't think anypony would mind if it'd be cleaned up a bit."

She smiled. "I'll help you, if you want! How are you planning to do it?"

Civviq took a step back and sat down, watching him perform the spell. She watched curiously as the energy went over the entire field. As the glow died down, she stood up. She thought a moment about his quesion.
"Well, with dirt, I suppose. I don't think anypony has sacks of dirt, but I think you can fix most of them with the dirt out of the woods." She pointed to behind the shack, where the small, light forest began.
"It might not look pretty, but at least nopony will break a leg when they walk over the field."

Civviq watched all this with great interest. She smiled and nodded back, then sat down and waited patiently until he would return with the sand and fill the potholes. She smiled as he returned and nodded once he was done.

"Well, that's done too," she said, getting up. She looked back to the town square that has filled up a lot more during the time they were busy. Civviq saw some of the ponies come together and whisper, looking at them - at Heart in particular - excitedly. Even though she couldn't hear what they said, she was fairly certain what they were talking about. "Heh, word must've spread quickly," she said, a bit amused. "Then again, not much has happened lately, so this is quite the happening."

Civviq thought a bit and nodded. She looked over the grand, green field with a slight smile. "That is true, that is true," she said. "Long grass also isn't the most comfortable... But how will you do that?" she asked, curiously. "Do you have a magic spell for that, too?"
She sat down again, her head tilted a bit, looking curiously at him. She didn't always come across new spells, but when she did, she wanted to know as much of it as she could.

Civviq watched, very much interested. Her ears perked, she watched the blue glow of Heart's magic spread over the field. She got up as she saw the grass stand up on one end. She moved to the dirt track so Heart would have plenty of room to do the spell.
"And then?" she said, intrigued of what was coming next.

She watched as he cut the grass neatly and put it all in a large pile. "Wow..." she said, standing up and walked over to the grass to take a closer look, "that was amazingly done!" She smiled and grinned to him, and sat down on the now cleanly-cut grass. It was far better to walk or sit on then before. Then, she looked around. "You think there's anything else that should be done before you can begin?"