17th profile [Accidental Video || Action]

[yesimagenius]

[The video simply shows a man in a vest and button down shirt sitting in a chair with a book in his hands. The man is flipping through the pages quickly. This goes on for a second or so until the edges of the page he's flipping catches fire. There is a scramble of movement as the man, revealed to be Spencer Reid during his struggle to extinguish

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[manofgnee]

[Hanna just quietly observes. He knew something was up with the books, with big chunks of pages missing...but he hadn't actually see this happen yet.]

...why are the books just destroying themselves...

Are you okay?

[yesimagenius]

I'm fine. I didn't burn myself. I'm more worried about the books. I hadn't finished reading all of them and they're just...destroying themselves before I get the chance. I don't understand it. The books aren't that old and I've taken care not to be around anything flammable while reading.

[He sounds very mournful about the loss of books rather than worried about his own safety]

[manofgnee]

I'm sorry about the books. I really am, but they've been doing this all over the City lately...

What were you trying to read about, if I may ask?

[yesimagenius]

Magic. We don't have it in my world, at least not like this. I've been reading how it works and what's out there.

voice;

[heelsandlaw]

Of all the things that have been going on lately, I think this is the worst.

Re: voice;

[yesimagenius]

I agree. I've been trying to read as many of them as possible with the intention of possibly reproducing the information later. I haven't gotten nearly far enough.

Re: voice;

[heelsandlaw]

Reproducing the information? That's quite the undertaking.

Re: voice;

[yesimagenius]

Not all of it naturally. Just what I've read. I've got an eidetic memory so in theory I should be able to do it as long as I've read the book.

[video]

[tessenwarrior]

Are you okay? Do you have any big sheets to smoother the fire?

Re: [video]

[yesimagenius]

[He looks up at the video more than a bit rumpled and holds up the wool cardigan he was wearing over his button down and vest earlier. It's singed and a little smoky. There might be a hole burned in the left bottom pocket.]

I've just been using this. I'm fine but I'm afraid most of the books are ruined.

[video]

[tessenwarrior]

I'm sorry. There's no way to get them back?

Re: [video]

[yesimagenius]

Not as far as I know. I'll try to make new copies from memory but they still won't be the same.

[Video]

[sitaronthewater]

Woah! Fire? What's going on?

Re: [Video]

[yesimagenius]

Books are burning. Just spontaneously combusting and there's not much I can do to save them.

[Video]

[sitaronthewater]

D'you think that water would help?

Re: [Video]

[yesimagenius]

Perhaps. I'm afraid it would be almost as destructive to the pages as the fire would be.