What Happens When You Don't Return Library Books

Everyone, even librarians, have library fines. Even if you have never used a library card a fine has been added to your soul in terms of your humanity. The items in the library, the value of them, are counted as a piece of civilization. What can that be worth if those items are not returned? Here are the steps if a library book is never returned.

Charged a Fine

Right out the gate, you are charged a fine. A flat fee of ten cents a day. There is a cap of five dollars per item so do not worry about breaking the bank.

Charged for Cost

After three months, however, an item must be replaced. A fair market value of a replacement will be assessed and charged to the patron. A small fee of five dollars is added to cover the cost of processing the lost item record and the new item. This fee is struck if the item is returned intact and the fine reverts to the five dollar amount. Replacements cannot be substituted.

Charged for Time

Should an item never be returned and the cost of the item never paid, the library gods will assess the amount of time lost by the item from the community. This time will be deducted from the offending patron's life.

Charged to Cross

Some men pass before their time. The library gods await at the River Libros to collect from those unable to give the community's time back to them. They will render from those souls a payment of half before allowing the patron to cross into the Fields of the Never Return. Those partial souls will understand no great joy or knowledge of the universe as they wander those fields without ceasing until the gods turn the planes of existence cold.

Charged to Enter

Once the beauty of existence ends, the Fence of Phobos will be revealed around the Fields of Never Return. That fence will have a gate creak open to welcome those wandering souls. Those partial souls will be harvested, their heat gathered to power a new universe of infinite light and sound so that the full souls will be able to live once again.