route_1065 | How long have we been waiting for the sequel?

Who: Maka + everyone that is interested in the book club gathering
Where: Goldenrod bookstore/cafe (bookafe?)
When: 1/1/16; mid morning
Summary: At long last Maka has decided to hold another official book club meeting; this time in Goldenrod considering it's more accessible to people in Johto. Naturally she's invited everyone that would be interested in coming and has set up transportation accordingly.
Rating: PG at the most I guess?? For language at worst, or really bad plot twists
Log:

[New year, new things to look forward to…new books to read, hopefully. Since it's not her own house, Maka doesn't have to set up too much except bringing what books she already owns and is able to carry. They're all gathered up at a table towards the back with a sign specifically posted up reading "Johto Chapter Book Club."

The couple that runs the shop has said they didn't mind the meeting taking place there, at least that's what Kaneki said and Maka trusts his word. It makes sense, anyway, if they're in a bookstore that's also a café, people can more readily get something to eat or drink that they want without any guesswork from Maka. As usual, she's prepared and made sure everyone who might be interested in coming is aware of it and able to have transport over, though Maka still doesn't have an actual idea of what they should be doing in the book club.

Suggestions and discussions might make sense, so if anyone asks she'll say that.]

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[Don't pretend that's not what y'all are here for.]

[Twilight has like, five books in her bag she wants to talk about and that's after she did a great deal of cutting down.

But she's not going to just drown everyone in babble, so she just sticks with one, for the moment, at least.]

So, who's read March of the Empoleons?

[Did someone say bird book someone said bird book.]

I did. It was pretty good.

I haven't heard of that one, actually. What's it about?

[Besides Empoleons marching around? Maka thinks she's heard of a biker gang called the Empoleons but she doubts that's...what it's referring to.]

It's about the lives of wild Empoleons, and their unevolved forms, down in their natural habitat in the southern part of the world. It was written by a Professor Algae, who apparently spent a few years with a group of "Pokemon Rangers" discovering the information written in it.

[One day, the Professors here are going to run out of plant-related names, and then where will they be?]

The "March" describes their long trek from their summer home to their winter one.

Yeah. I read parts of it to Max - he's my Empoleon. He seemed to like it.

Was there anything in there that seemed to be new to him? As far as I could tell most wild members of the Piplup through Empoleon line seem to live very far away from here, so it would be interesting if he lived differently.

I think he was surprised at how big those flocks are. He hasn't really been around a lot of others in his line, though I've got a bunch of bird-like Pokemon with me.

Where did you get him, anyway? An egg?

Yes. Chihiro was the one who gave him to me.

I thought as much. Do you know, are there any wild Piplups in Johto or Kanto? Or are all the ones around here bred by humans?

I don't think there are any wild ones. Not that I've been able to find, at least.

Which would make sense, given what was said in the book about how they live. Most likely they wouldn't be able to survive in these regions. I wonder how many other Pokemon around here that's true of.

... Probably a fair number. I feel a little bit bad about taking them out of their environments like that...

I wonder if maybe there are any books published about the effects of that sort of thing on the natural environments of this world. Those would make for fascinating reading.

Oh, probably. I bet we could find a bunch about that sort of thing...

We should look into it! What do you think, Maka? Maybe a nonfiction month or something like that?

[How many books has Kaneki brought?

So many.

Well, okay, he did try to be reasonable about how many books he brought to this particular meeting, but seeing how he got quite a few as presents for Christmas or his birthday, it was hard to leave any behind. On the table in front of him, he sets out two books that are clearly from this world: A Pokemon version of The Chronicles of Narnia with a male Pyroar insignia on the front, and Silence of the Mareep.

The other two aren't as familiar, their covers with kanji printed on them. The Black Goat's Egg and Monochrome Rainbow, both written by the same author, Takatsuki Sen.]

These two are popular back where I'm from.

[He explains to whoever will listen, gesturing to the books in front of him. He's also having to move around a little Azurill sitting in his lap that looks a little nervous about being here, but is doing her best all the same. Meanwhile, his Zangoose is perches on the back of the couch behind him, watching the proceedings intently.]

[Maka already knows what the books are about, though she hasn't gotten the chance to look through the second one since he only just got it. It's his gift, after all, it'd be rude to run off with it before he could spend some time reading. But still, she watches him enthusiastically explain to anyone that will listen about it with a soft smile. The girl still doesn't exactly do well with social gatherings or "club" things, it just becomes easier to handle and even like when members are excited about it.]

I think you were looking forward to this more than me, Mr. Vice-President.

[Thing is, he probably wouldn't mind letting her have it for a while. After all, he's gone through all of Takatsuki Sen's works an obscene number of times by now.

Kaneki looks over when he hears Maka talking to him, his Azurill peeking nervously over the side of his forearm.]

It's exciting, isn't it? I think we have more people here this time than there were at the first meeting.

[She laughs, reaching over the table and dragging a Pokemon treat out of her bag to pass over to him for his Azurill--poor thing looks scared out of its wits.]

That's true, but I still think you getting all excited like this is cute. It's probably the most I've seen you smiling in a couple of months.

[And that's barely an exaggeration, not that Maka doesn't think Kaneki isn't justified in not being the most cheerful.]

[He takes the treat from Maka, gingerly holding it in front of his Azurill for her to sniff. Her ears twitch before she starts nibbling on it a little while Kaneki holds it between his fingers.]

I can't help it. I guess I'm still not used to being around this many people who like the same things that I do.

Can't help being cute?

[She's teasing, evident by the way she just rests her chin in her hands and smiles at him.]

Yeah, sure seems like it. The next meeting will probably have even more people, hopefully we don't run out of books to talk about eventually.

[He makes a face, but he doesn't say anything to the comment as he reaches out to adjust the books he laid out on the table.]

I don't think that's possible. We'll always have a place to hold these meetings, at least here. This is more business that this store has seen all at once in a while, I think.

How long have we been waiting for the sequel?

Book discussions/suggestions/assorted nerding

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SURPRISE BITCH, BET YOU THOUGHT YOU'D SEEN THE LAST OF ME

GUESS WHO'S BACK, BACK AGAIN

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