>>6313857>>6313864>>6313870>>6314000You put the video file you found in the vault. It shouldn't have anything to do with his work considering the folder it was in, but it still makes you anxious as you don't know what to expect from the file or Table in terms of reaction.
You both get comfortable under the blanket with food Table made recently, and turn off the lights.
"I found it in the vault, I thought it could be fun to check it out together," you tell her.
"The vault? What if there's weird stuff in there? It's supposed to be a romantic night here, or something."
"There shouldn't be any weird stuff! I think. We can always swap if it does!"
Table doesn't look convinced, but you start the video anyway. It starts simple. Jack presents himself at the start of the video, saying that the purpose of this file is to record a personal diary. Apparently people who work alone in vaults can often suffer from the loneliness it brings, and keeping a video diary has been found to be more effective than a written one to keep themselves sane. Jack calls the idea stupid, and that he has worked alone for years now, and that this job is no different to him.
Despite what he says, he finds himself running out of interesting things to say that don't have to do with his work after only a couple of days. He tries to reminisce about past friendships, realizing he never made any. He starts to fear that the lack of conversation he can make even to himself might make him boring, but that none of this matters, as he feels perfectly fine.
The video shows him taking care of himself less and less. He complains about inane things, like that he has to cook for himself now, or the slow progress he has due to his limited mana. However, things slowly change when he starts mentioning Josephine, the Anbee librarian. He sounds annoyed when talking about her at first, calling her suspicious, strange, that the way she looks at him makes him uncomfortable; however, this means he has actually something to talk about that isn't work for once, the way she'd be so happy to lend a book, yet send a death glare to anyone that gave it back late. How she'd always start the conversation with 'how am I?' because she thought that it 'saved a question in the greeting', whatever that meant.
Finally, you get to see the woman herself, both of them. Josephine looks like she's in her mid-thirties, close to Jack's age. One half has glasses while the other doesn't, but they otherwise look pretty similar besides the obvious difference in skin color.
"Am I allowed to use this? O-Oh, it's recording, right, ahem. I'm Josephine," the one with glasses says. "I am a librarian, and I am friends with Jack. I give him mana, and in exchange, he gives me his opinion on a few books i've lended him from a human's point of view. You see, I am quite curious how people that are not used to magic in the same way treats these handbooks and- ah? I'm running out of time, err, goodbye everybody!"
