(CRACK) Manga Research Society (Open to Anyone - see OOC notes or RP request thread)

"Hey!" Nekolis retorted. "You can't deny the fact that its a second printing and I caught it. So are you afraid or not?" he snarked. "I seem to remember an incident with a wheelbarrow and a katana. But you wouldn't know anything about that would you?"

Luciano grinned at the girl.
"I've read a few." He said. "Some of the popular ones, and some of the...less, popular ones." He raised an eyebrow and looked her up and down, still grinning. "Actually...you look like a girl in one of them." He winked at her. "As for Kiku-san, well, I can wait to talk to him for a while. Nekolis seems to be keeping him busy."

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Oooooh, crack...way to make people feel awkward, Luciano. XD

Mei rolled her eyes and eyed Luciano somewhat skeptically, but smiled at him anyways, resisting the urge to take a step back. He wasn't creepy or anything, just a little... forward. Ah well, he was friendly enough.

"Oh really? But most girls in manga have ultra-long hair, or impossible hairstyles, or even more impossible hair colours." She held up a lock of her own brown hair and sighed. "As you an see, I have none of those features."

'I don't exactly have the chest most manga characters have either...' Mei thought with a scowl.

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ಠ___ಠ IT'S TRUE.

Natalia glared at him when he said the last part.
"Collecting information is what my club does. And as I hear from rumors, you stalk as well? That's also what we do."
Of course, she only concerned herself with information about Ivan so really there was no need to fight. She was just basically making up excuses to get rid of her new rival at this point.
"I do not approve of this group," Natalia's eyes narrowed and a look of anger spread across her face.
"Shut. It. Down."
With a swift sweep of her arm, she knocked some doujinshis off the desk.

Kiku stiffened at Nekolis's comment, but he had to deal with Natalia.

...Although, he couldn't help but be amused that she had knocked the brat's doujins off his desk. Poor boy...heh.

"I don't see why we couldn't share members if they wish," he told her reasonably calmly. He took his trump card picture he had thought of earlier - hidden in an envelope - out of his bag. "I think you should take a look at this before you decide to shut me down...and if you like what you see...perhaps we could cooperate?"

He hoped at the very least that it would get her off his back, but it would be nice if he could make new valuable resources friends out of this as well.

Nekolis was in shock. That stack took him months to collect. The lines, the shops, the awful con funk. He slowly collected them, seething with geek rage. He took a breath. She was a girl. And a damn scary one at that. Best not to incite her. At least not until he could figure out her motives.

"My doujin....." he muttered. Upon hearing Kiku's offer an idea emerged. Yes, he had just the thing.

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OOC: feel free to stalk etc Australia >>

Natalia ignored the damage that she had done to Neko's doujin stash, and was about to lift the desk up and throw it out the window when Kiku waved a small photograph in front of her eyes. She froze.
"H-how did you..." She placed the desk back down. "I've never seen such...such..."
Her eyes sparkled, "SUCH BEAUTY IN A PHOTO."
The Belarusian girl's arms tried to grab it from him, screaming in his face. "I WANT IT. I WANT IT."

"My gift to you, Natalia-san," Kiku told her. "That is, IF we can get along. ...We can get along great, can't we, Natalia-san?"

He beamed at her.

He ignored Nekolis and his doujin for the moment. Or rather, he noticed him like he tried to notice everything. You never knew what could be good information for later use. But he ignored in the sense of not reacting to it.

Nekolis's mind looked back. Lets see......what could he use. That photo was just a taste. The things Nekolis had trumped the things this Kiku had.

"If I may Mr. President. I have something to add. If the miss is looking for pics like that, I have the resources to provide such a service."

"So? So do I. I can aquire them easily," he dismissed the younger student automatically.

Yao had so many. He probably didn't even notice that some had gone missing. Also, if he got his hands on the negatives, which he had in several instances, he wouldn't even notice that.

Stupid annoying first year. He was starting to be a pain in the neck.

Nekolis wasn't expecting that. He just wanted to find a bunch of geeks like him, chatting, reading, obsessing. "Then maybe you can teach me some tricks. I think Heracles is on to me after that cabbage incident."

He just wanted to belong. Oh well. He went over to a corner,pulling out a crumpled doujin. Time to lick his wounds.

Trang almost jumped out of excitement when she saw Natalia's reaction. All people said about her was she being the president of the "I Love Ivan Braginski Club", a secretive and dangerous woman with mad obsessions. To think that Trang could witness her true self exposed inside the Manga Research Club Headquarters.... it was just too enticing~

Not that Trang was particularly fond of bellicosity; rather it was just such a rare scene during the boring school life. No one seemed to have survived mentally after facing Natalia and information kept dying out.

Then again, whose stash did Natalia hit?... Certainly not Kiku's! It was on his table but Kiku was definitely NOT someone who would place his most precious possession out in the open like that! Maybe that one… Nekolis!? Seeing that he had retreated into a corner, it must be the case. Poor Nekolis, he was not here at the right time...

Despite being focus on the things that was happening inside, Trang still did not forget to click the camera's button non-stop. It had become a habit, a reflex already, and that was her reason for being here anyway. She was undoubtedly proud of it.

Trang took a few small steps ahead and changed the focus of the camera. She was too absorbed in the scene in front of her to notice the surroundings...

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revive~

Slamming the door open, a fuming blond stepped into the room, eyes blazing as much as his face was red.

He didn't need words to describe his fury, not that he would have used them any way, but it did not take a lot of effort to find out who was responsible for what he had found in his library, right in his own shelves. That comic club. The group of filthy perverts that was always leaving books and sometimes stealing them from his library. He was seething with rage and embarrassment, and he wanted answers. This was the final straw.

Holding up a small booklet with many censored images covering not only the title page, but all through out the thin inked pages, Aldrick asked only one thing, voice dark and deep.

"...Why am I depicted as the catcher in this?"

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*slaughtered*

...hi guys? :'D

Kiku was just thinking that perhaps the first year student had saved some face, when his thoughts were interrupted by a loud bang of the door, and an angry librarian storming in.

He held back a smirk from the reason for the man's visit. Part of him felt like he should be afraid, but this was just too good...

With a deadpan expression, he asked, "Have you been really honest with yourself, sensei?"

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Originally, I was waiting for at least a reply from Nata, but now she's on hiatus or some such? Regardless, I needed someone to reply and interrupt if not her.

Trang - thanks for the revive

Vati - thanks for the interrupt to give me an excuse to break away a bit in case Nata takes awhile. Also - pffffffft.

Nekolis sighed as he read his book. He was never one for being a social master, he was never one for reading people. At home, he usually relayed on his brother to help him decipher these clues. Here, was he was on his own. Something that scared him, so he over compensated. He now knew that was a mistake.

He looked up at the angry man. Oh crap, did he leave his books in there again? Oh crap, the one he was brandishing......was NOT his. Oh thank God. He let out a sigh of relief. He watched the President talk to him, a serious expression on his face. He noticed that Trang girl take pictures. His face flushed, she was cute....a little bit. No, that was not why he was here. He was here to score some new tips and doujin. If he had time, he'd talk to her........after Natalia had left.

"Yes Honda, I have." Aldrick replied, his glare never faulting. "And last time I checked, I was male. With testosterone." He stepped forward, griping the doujin in his hand tightly, his thick accent laced with anger. "Not a blushing princess with flowing blonde locks and a tendency to take it up the ass." He placed the crumpled booklet on the table.

"I'm usually very calm about finding things like this in my library, but please, next time make an effort to keep me out of your books, or at least have the decency to make me the man. If not, I'll keep them all and burn them."

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Ahahahaha I hope this isn't God-modding;;;;;

Natalia snarled, as Kiku only agreed to surrender the photo if they were to be allies. She was an expert stalker, after all those years of experience chasing Ivan to the ends of the earth, and yet, his younger sister had never seen such a nice photo. All her photos were blurry and in mediocre quality, since her brother seemed to know when to run away before she could snap a good one. No, she wouldn't dare to let an enemy club go, the ILIB club would never flourish! Her hard work would all go to waste! She would never think to-
"A-Alright...I'll leave your club alone." Natalia crossed her arms, slightly disappointed that she made such a decision.
"Say, would you mind sharing your resources, or do I..." She looked at the floor, embarrassed. "Do I have to join?"

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sorry for making you wait ;u;

Kiku resisted the urge to laugh at the librarian's words...he didn't find it to be wise. He was a bit irked that the man had crumpled the doujin however, it made him twitch.

"Very well," he told the librarian tensely. He wondered who had been careless enough to leave that one anyway...perhaps it had been on purpose.

And back to Natalia...

He considered what to say. He was glad she had agreed to leave the club alone. That was something in and of itself, and the photo had served it's purpose.

But he had a choice here. Firstly, he didn't want to possibly anger her by forcing her into the club, but since she mentioned it...it was decently tempting. After all, she was skilled. Hmm...a conundrum.

"No, you don't have to join," he finally said. "We can just be...friends. And I will share some things like...what you have. However, there might be some bonuses available only to club members, so whatever you wish. I don't force people to join. After all, this club is meant to be fun."

Stalking people is very fun.

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...idk

And it's no problem Nata.

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Oh you stalkers *noms popcorn*

Natalia didn't quite know where she was going with this, considering that she hadn't decided whether she'd join the Society in the first place. However, when she had heard that there would be certain "bonuses" to joining, the ILIB club leader had become curious. Maybe this would mean something that could be beneficial to her.
"I-I see."
If she joined, Natalia would be part of their ranks. And to be a part of a group would mean teamwork, and she absolutely did not want to talk to any of these people.
But in order for success, she had to take certain risks to get anywhere of course.
"I've decided, that I will join your club. But do not expect that I'll get along with everyone."
Natalia felt it was necessary, as she could not only learn how to operate a club better and understand how to get people to join her own, she now would have access to all the resources that would help her get the best photos of her brother. Awesome.

"Very well, welcome to the club," Kiku said. And no, he didn't expect she would get along with everyone. "I'll have everyone sign a roster in a minute." He thought for a moment. "Or now, now would be fine, too."

He brought a piece of paper out. His own name was at the top. Natalia and Nekolis were right here. Mei he could get to or ask to come up. Along with the person she was talking with, if he was interested. He wondered how to get to Trang without compromising her position.

He pushed up the glasses again. WHY WON'T THEY CLICK?

Art club … music club … drama club … Oh gott, where on earth is THAT Club !?
A little small girl wandered along the corridor, eyeing on the label of each door she passed by
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Hardly had anyone noticed about the young Liechtenstein’s obsession of stalking secretly taking pictures of people. At first, she only intended to make memories of cute thingy. But as time went by, Lily realized that there were many other interesting aspects from different angles of a person. So unconsciously, the oh-so-sweet-innocent girl always kept a camera and a camcorder by her side … just … in case …

During lunchbreak, Lily overheard some students chatting about a new founded club, something called Manga Researching Club. Lily herself did enjoy reading manga, but she was not totally a really huge fan of it. However, on hearing one mentioned that the club activities included stalking, she suddenly felt amused
Hmmm… Interesting~
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Still looking up at each door in vain, Lily spotted a figure standing in an absolute awkward position by a door. Instinctively, she took out the camera and clicked continuously. When satisfied, the girl stepped forward and realized her victim target was Trang – a classmate in cooking class

A devious smile tugged on Lily’s lips as she tiptoed near the Vietnamese
"What are you doing, Trang?"
She speaked with the most angelic voice she ever used

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Behold~
Lily the great stalker has arrived
xDDDD

The way Kiku glanced swiftly in her direction meant that her position had been found out by him. Hmm, he is Kiku after all... Things had turned out not quite like she had expected and Trang knew from his glance what she should do. However, the young girl was still in two minds. Trang observed the situation from photos reviewed on the camera. Surely she still wanted to continue with this...

Trang's beloved camera fell out of her hand when she heard Lily's voice. Apparently, she was too focused to notice Lily. What's more, Trang couldn't hear the clicking sound from Lily's camera because... she herself was clicking enthusiastically! However, a string attached to her so-called inseparable friend had kept the camera from hitting the ground, thus ABSOLUTELY no sound was made that could startle others.

Turning around, Trang found Lily approaching her with a devious soft smile, her sweet voice tinged with what people would call surprise and ...amusement. Much as Lily's manner then didn't seem unindicative of her being a stalker, many years of learning it the hard way stalking experience befriending stalkers had taught Trang exactly what to do: spot any kind of recording machine first. Of course, the bonus of being a near stalker was the ability to spot what-need-to-be-spotted right away...

"Ah hello Lily, I'm just... observing things a little. You see, I'm learning photography on my own so... would you like to teach me?" Trang smiled sweetly in the best way she could and directed her look at where Lily's camera was.

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LET'S CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP IN CRIME HERE LILY!!!!! \>w</

Just as Lily expected, the Vietnamese immediately dropped her camera on hearing her too sweet voice. Luckily there was still a thread linking to the camera. Lily couldn’t stop but giggle
She owed that lil thread a lot
However, Trang’s next response surprised her. Her camera was undoubtedly hidden well behind her back as usual, therefore, it was an utter shock to Lily to be found out.
H-How could she know !? T-this girl is so good
Much as her bewilderment, Lily didn’t given a single trait of shock away on her face. Simply smiling back, Lily took out her camera as well
“Photography? ~ That sounds so interesting and appealing to me. But I myself am just an amateur.”
Still not forgetting her soft smile, Lily added
“The way you take pictures is so professional though~”

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ABSOLUTELY xDDDD
Maybe you should take me into the basement ~ Or else we will just softly smile back and forth the whole day in front of the door lol xD