antilibrary topic

Author: lunulae

Monika After Story/game/script-topics.rpy

@@ -18042,3 +18042,22 @@ label monika_overton:
     m 1eua "I {i}could{/i} finish this story right up to Current Norm, but I just wanted to describe it at a basic level in order to convey an example of how it can work."
     m 1huu "Thanks for listening~"
     return
+
+init 5 python:
+    addEvent(Event(persistent.event_database,eventlabel="monika_antilibrary",category=['literature'],prompt="Tsundoku and the antilibrary",random=True))
+
+label monika_antilibrary:
+m 3eud "[player], have you heard of an {i}antilibrary{/i} before?"
+m 3eub "It's a term inspired by the Japanese concept of {i}tsundoku,{/i} or collecting books without reading them."
+m 4eub "The antilibrary, then, is the collection of those unread books."
+m 4lksdlb "You might think this is just a hoarding habit, or the product of a little too much shopping..."
+m 4eud "But some scholars argue that the antilibrary can be a research tool, or another similar service to its owner."
+m 3eud "It's basically a tiny private library, when you think about it."
+m "Though, personally, I think an important factor of an antilibrary should be its organization."
+m 3eka "Having a bunch of stray books hiding around your house is nice, but if you want to use it well, it needs some sort of structure."
+m 1eua "Some factors might make organizing more complicated, however--{w=0.1}{nw}"
+extend 1hub "for example, what if we were living together?"
+m "We might find an antilibrary in each others' collections!"
+m 1tub "So it doesn't necessarily {i}need{/i} to be so structured, I guess.{w=0.2}{nw}" 
+extend 1hub "Still, I'll strive to read through my antilibrary over time!"
+return