How long have we been waiting for the sequel?

[soundmind]

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.]

Comments

[soundmind]

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.]

[friendyousohard]

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.

[wing_attack]

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

[friendyousohard]

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.

[wing_attack]

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.

[friendyousohard]

Where did you get him, anyway? An egg?

[wing_attack]

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

[friendyousohard]

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?

[wing_attack]

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

[friendyousohard]

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.

[wing_attack]

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

[friendyousohard]

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.

[wing_attack]

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

[friendyousohard]

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