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Decorate the island for Parents' Weekend?

Nina was so down for that which was why, after the assembly, she could be found down at The Bookbelt, with an absolutely ridiculous pile of stencils and paint options.

It didn't take long to clean the building and then she white-washed the whole thing.

Nina wasn't much of an artist. Her spell diagrams were certainly beautiful and complex but they weren't the same as having artistic talent. Besides, like hers lay in writing and this was a bookstore.

So around the door she had yesterday is history, in English; tomorrow's a mystery, in German; and today is a gift, that's why it's called the present, in French.

After that, both her quotes and her languages got more varied as she expanded the lettering across the entirety of her shop. A room without books is like a body without a soul was done in Swahili. In Japanese she had: When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes. Spanish got: rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book. French and German got their own book-related quotes too before she spent some time using languages that weren't from this universe at all before she went back to English with: Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

Then she went on and on and on…

After all, Nina knew books and Nina knew languages. This was easy. This was fun…

This was going to take a while.

The Bookbelt is Open! But mostly for decorating.