June 11, 1999 -- After School

[kouyouensei]

[Friday. A simple time when people are rushing more rambunctiously out the doors and are more likely to leave them ajar should somebody who doesn't attend insist on entering the school building. Clicking heels ring through the halls and soon enough Haruhi's abandoned classroom radar goes off.

Currently her heels hover a few inches above the floor as she's leaned forward to slam the table with all her might, eyes watering from the dust pushed into the air.]

What do you MEAN they still haven't given you guys' club official recognition? This is head and shoulders above some of the other so-called activities! You have a calligraphy club at this school, don't you? All they do is write.

Who does a person have to talk with around here for some justice?

[Turning her head from person to person with expectant glares. A gentler glare for Maria by a slim margin]

Comments

[ohmygah]

I don't know, writing can be pretty hard...

[And although using this time to nap is great, Osaka can't help but feel that nap clubs aren't endorsed by the school system. They should though. No wait, they should have a naptime instead. She'd ace that.]

[independent_dollmaker]

Didn't most of the teachers say that investigating supernatural rumors was a waste of school resources?

[kouyouensei]

Couldn't writing down some discoveries count as a cultural production anyway? A chronicle of supernatural happenings is totally doable!

[itwasfeyt]

I know, right? What gives?! Just because we don't play baseball or swim or anything, that means we're not an official club?

[Maya puffed out her cheeks in righteous fury, shaking her fists.] It's not right!

[kouyouensei]

Hey, hey, you say "most" of the teachers... not all of them? Is Alice thinking of someone in particular that has yet to be eliminated?

[all_onis_are_true]

[Oh God, here we go.]

To be fair, most of the time we just sort of hang out and play games anyway.

[Because really, supernatural stuff doesn't exist.]

[fortunatetoaster]

'cuz mostly all we do is sit around in an empty classroom and apparently, we don't need a proper budget or resources too do that.

[ said in the very tired voice of a girl who has tried a whole lot to remedy this and has pretty much given up on it by this point ]

[kouyouensei]

[Slamming fist into open palm and nodding at her]

Maya-chan, you see the hypocrisy! This sad ragtag resistance group! Don't you sense any sympathetic souls among our superiors?

[independent_dollmaker]

I don't know, I wasn't there for those conversations. It was before I moved here.

[fortunatetoaster]

... please don't say "eliminated" like we're plannin' on takin' someone out.

[itwasfeyt]

Everyone is being so hypocritical because they believe that ghosts don't exist!

[She could almost hear Hiroshi in the background going "because they're not"]

We have to find a teacher who'll give us official status... but who?

[ohmygah]

Would we hafta caligraphy it? Cause that sounds like it'd take a whole bunch of time and effort...

[kouyouensei]

I don't mean to take out anybody! I totally believe in the principle of "nonviolence".




We're just looking for the weakest link in the enemy's armor is all.

[happyhalloween]

Uu! Rick-sensei! Uu!

[Maria bounces a little on the balls of her feet.]

Rick-sensei is super nice to Maria! Introduced Maria to club! Believes in magic! Maria asked him!

[kouyouensei]

Downtime is no reason at all to distinguish between clubs. Yave you ever been to a baseball team's practice? Let me tell you, they take turns and the off-beat players talk about girls a LOT.

[happyhalloween]

... official recognition?

[For some reason, Maria thought all you had to do was say you're a club and suddenly you are one.]

[kouyouensei]

Rick... sensei...?

[Tilts head, audible sound of gears turning]

He sounds like a nice guy for sure... what's his subject, English?

[itwasfeyt]

Oh! Maria, you must mean Spencer-sensei! Yeah, he's our English teacher, and he's English too!

[And he's a neeeeerd.]

[independent_dollmaker]

American, actually. My father knows him.

[kouyouensei]

Nah, that's the calligraphy club's exclusive dominion. Maybe they'd even accept an outsourcing commission.

[kouyouensei]

[SLAMS THE TABLE BUT IN A GOOD WAY.]

You're our ticket in! Sidle up to him, all aflutter about your recent experiences with local myths you'd like to share with the world... English-language publication that has ten thousand points of cultural merit!!!

[kouyouensei]

[shoulderpat]

I know. The role of the mysterious transfer student is a hard one to play. Thank you for all your work.

[independent_dollmaker]

I'm not sure I even know how to be aflutter about something. Besides, we haven't had any mythological experiences.

[kouyouensei]

It's the best thing in the world! First the school starts giving you money and a place to present during the cultural festival... then come the television features and petitions for national chapters!

[independent_dollmaker]

[THIS AGAIN]

What about me is mysterious, exactly?