"...on the computer. Ah, I can take care of that for you, I've got administrative access. Just come down when you're ready and I'll get you set up."

"Thanks! I'll find out if I can take martial arts and then come do that."

"Alright then!"

She unpacks some of her things so if she's tired come bedtime she doesn't have to make the bed right then, and then goes to the relevant office.

The door is answered by an extremely tall woman with her hair in pompoms. She looks at Bella assessingly. "Hello."

"Hello! Are you Ms. Tolman?"

"Yes."

"Hi! I'm Bella and I was accidentally summoned here from another plane, which is terrible anyway so I'm not going back. I'm told you're the person to ask about wearing my magic boots in martial arts class. Without them I routinely trip while walking at a sedate pace on level surfaces."

"Hmm."

She takes another look at Bella.

”Do you wear these boots every day, under all circumstances and conditions?”

"I don't wear them to bed or in the shower."

Ms. Tolman nods. “That’s enough that I can at least be sure you won’t be caught without them. Ordinarily I would not allow shoes in my dojo, but if yours are truly so indispensable, then you will be permitted to wear them. Make sure that they are extremely clean before you step onto the mat."

"Okay. Do I need anything besides a gi for the class?"

"No."

"Okay, thanks!" And she goes to beg the use of Ms. Dennon's computer for class picking.

Ms. Dennon is available! However: "You actually need to be tested before we can sign you up for classes, I'm afraid. It looks like you've got a testing appointment for tomorrow at 10am, so we can get you set up right after that."

"Oh, okay. Is there a library I can hang out in? I know you have paper books, I saw some in the store..."

"Yes, Beck Library is directly north of us."

"Great, thank you."

She goes to Beck Library to see what she may see in the time remaining before the next mealtime (what time even is it here).

Clock says it's 4:30.

Beck Library contains many books!

Awesome. She looks for some kind of gentle high level overview of world history.

This world: has some history. This particular book, despite being ostensibly world history, focuses disproportionately on a continent called Europe, apparently because they beat everyone else up and took their things. Then they slowly stopped doing that, in fits and starts. At the time the book was written, everything seemed to be going okay.

Is she in Europe at the moment?

No, she's in America, which appears to consider itself to have taken over from Europe at being the most important people in the world.

Okay.

Reading through the world history book has taken her to dinnertime. She asks a librarian if they prefer she reshelve it or not here.

"You can reshelve it or just leave it on the table," the librarian says, "doesn't matter much either way."