We have a fencing club? (Open)

"Why do I need to be out here? Nobody even knows we exist."
This thought kept cycling through Lui's head as he walked around the school with fliers for the Fencing Club, a box of tacks, and a spare tape roll. He was dressed in his white fencing outfit, his fencing saber tucked at his side. He wiped a few stray leaves off his suit and continued his path.

After posting a few more fliers outside the Sorority Hall, he sat down on the bench right in the courtyard, hoping to take a rest before another grueling round of the school. He glanced at one of the fliers again, re-examining the details he included on it.


"Well, I wish we could actually get into some more national tournaments, but attendance is on the decline. Not as many people dedicated to fencing as opposed to, say, Martial Arts. It's practically the same premise, so why are we losing the students' interest? I'll tell you why. Nobody has the time to dedicate time to this kind of club. We needed to add the "Flexible attendance" phrase just to make it more viable for an outside activity."

As Lui looked up from the flier, he noticed the amount of students leaving the school building and sprung into action, putting on an earnest smile and walking into view of the students, hoping somebody's intrigue would bring them to talk with him.

"Anybody interested in learning more about the fencing club?"

Oh good. Lui could tell from the blatant disapproving look he was getting that this was going to be as difficult as Steven from lunch that one time. For some reason, the kid was just standing there, waiting for him to do something. He decided against whipping his saber out on him and kept a carefree smile.

"Curious? Well, I should probably mention that the schedule isn't fully established. Tuesday's the only day some people other than me bother to show up to club. We're looking for new members to spice things up. Worried about the cost? Well, considering everything we're offering is worth over $100 normally, you're actually getting a deal.

As for the pandering statements, blame the teacher. She said I had to appeal to the students with some pandering statements. If I had my way, I'd just tack the phrase "We need members. Not like you care" on it. So, gonna say anything or just glare at me?"

Walkling out with the other students was what seemed to be a large hair snake, poking out over the top of the crowd, it seemed to be looking around as if trying to find a way through the gaggle of people, and when the boy called out the large plume of hair seemed to jump a moment and then turned to him as if looking right at him, he would then hear a very soft voice excusing itself and asking to get by people before a very short girl emerged from the large throng of people, she stood maybe 4'5" tall, but sticking out from her long locks of hair was a massive cowlick, which would explain the periscope like affect while she was in the crowd as it was about as tall as was, he had probably heard rumor of some odd girl in the school with a massive cowlick, if not well he met her and knew about it now.

"Umm..h..hello...Zaku would..like to learn more...t..though Zaku am already in a sorority. she always likes learnign new things....Zaku..." she said in a rather sheepish tone of voice, her cowlick seemign to droop as she talked with him as if it too was suddenly shy, the second thing to not about her was the MASSIVE metal back pack on her back, it was easily bigger then her but she seemed to be carrying it with ease

Ok, dropping the cool guy act was an absolute necessity at this point. First the king, now this little snot. Why was everyone he met so ridiculous to interact with? While his smile kept up, his eyes shot into a glare towards the insensitive student. Making sure to lower his voice to avoid a scene, he leaned in to Frog.

"Look, I may not seem it, but I really do care about this club. It's the one sport I found some genuinely intelligent people in, and I've been trying to keep this club afloat forever now. Plus, I already know how people work around here; they're just byproducts of this obnoxious government, talking about some stupid trend on the internet rather than... well, anything important. Yeah, I could try to figure these people out, but I'm not going to drown in their mediocrity."

As he quietly shooed Frog away, a little girl came emerging from the sea of people, her unique hairstyle bumping around as she moved. He may have heard hearsay about the "girl with the massive cowlick", but he couldn't be bothered to remember whereShe seemed incredibly shy, so he quickly softened his expression and spoke softly to her.

"You're interested, ma'am? Good to hear. We're a pretty small group right now, so we're more than happy to accommodate a busy gal such as yourself. You're welcome to ask whatever. I'm the club captain, after all."

she looked at the one boy that seemed to have gotten there first, he seemed upset about something but she couldn't tell what, so she didn't bother asking, he didn't seem the type to want to talk to people anyway. but then the first boy started replying to her and she looked back at him, and she nodded when he asked if she was interested, "Zaku is in the martial arts club...a smaller sub group of..of it rea...really...but not...m..many people are in that sub group...s..so we are looking for a place that..m..may host us for ..a..additional m..meetings....i...is fencing full contact? Zaku?" she stammered out as her cowlick seemed to bob about as she talked, every time she stammered the cowlick seemed to respond by wriggling about a bit like it was helping her think and when she said the word Zaku it seemed to stand strait for a moment.

Lui noticeably grimaced at the mention of the Martial Arts club. While he understood that people would be more drawn to their club than his, he also distinctly remembered a few cocky members who would come to openly criticize their miniscule number of members. He would've had half a mind to whip out his saber and see how well they could defend themselves. Instead, he smiled at the little girl and handed her one of the fliers.

"No, fencing isn't full contact, at least if you're doing it correctly. The worst that'll happen is getting poked by the plastic end of an epee or saber or whatever. So, you're looking for a little space to practice martial arts outside of the club? Well, our room is fairly sizable. So long as you keep out of the way of training, we shouldn't have a problem. But I'll run this by Ms. Kamizura just in case."

He looked back up at the once rude student, remembering that he seemed noticeably surprised by Lui's response. It wasn't an offended surprise, but it looked like something... clicked with him, as if Lui spoke the right words. He kept this in mind as he nodded towards the Frog.

Zaku took the paper and as she read it it looked like her cowlick was reading it as well, and then she looked back up at Lui and she nodded a bit "Thank....thank you, Zaku will..a..also like to...join...Z..Zaku means t..technically she can only be in one club..b..but she would like to help by..paying the f...fee..a..and she would like the gear to s..study.....b..besides..umm...Z..Zaku c..could he..help b..by maybe..k..keep..keeping the rapiers in..g..good repair? i..it would c..cut down on t..the clubs c...costs to r..run wouldn't it? Zaku?" again as she spoke her cowlick seemed to be reacting as she spoke wriggling about when she stammered, and seeming to stand up strait whenever she said her name and as she waited to see if she would get a response she would look to Lui and then to Frog, though her cowlick was doing the opposite action, looking at frog then to Lui which...if you thought about it, it shouldn't have been able to do

Though Lui made no mention if it to the stammering Zaku, he kept an eye on the cowlick as it seemed to react to her words. It felt like something was under there, but it would seem pretty inconsiderate to try poking holes in her hair. First impressions matter, at least when it comes to other people.

When Zaku mentioned that she was interested in joining despite being restricted to joining one club, Lui's eyes lit up with content, a rare sight for people to see Lui do.

"That's very generous of you, Zaku. We normally use the fees for tournament entry and upkeep of our supplies, so if you're actually considering helping with upkeep, I wouldn't need your fee. And what, may I ask, would you like to examine our weapons for? We use a few different weapons in fencing, so I guess I can help with whatever questions you have."

After addressing Zaku, Lui then looked back up at the other student.

"What about you, pal? Still not interested in the club, I'm guessing."

Zaku looked at Lui and as he asked why she wanted to study the weapons she seemed to blush a bit "Z...Zaku wa..wanted..t..to s..study..t..them s..so she..c..could ..l..learn h..how to make them. Zaku" she answered honestly, as she studied things like weapons and not to mention her personal hobby, as she answered she shifted the large metal backpack on her back a bit making sure the straps where on properly before looking to the boy as she talked to the other boy, waiting her turn to be brought into the conversation, though she felt she should clarify how she would help with upkeep then again she did have a little shop run from home that she made knifes and things for people fixing metal things and clothing, but it was more from hobby.

Then the other boy turned to her and asked her about her hair, as he asked her cowlick shaped into a question mark shape as she looked at him with a slightly confused look on her face "what do you mean? Zaku's hair is just Zaku's hair it's not different then the hair of anyone else is it? Zaku?" she said as she looked up at the cowlick as it seemed to look back down at her then she looked back to frog still looking a bit confused as the cowlick resumed looking like a question mark.

Lui was actually quite proud; despite the fact that the fliers were going to be trashed within the week, he still got 2 potential members to look into the club. Though he was curious about this subset from the Martial Arts group, he decided not to question little Zaku at length. After hearing that Zaku wanted to learn how to fashion her own blades, Lui considered her to be some sort of handicraft master, reflective in her metallic backpack.

In response to the boy's desired appointment with the club, he got onto his feet and held out his hand for a confirmation handshake.
"Consider it done. I'm there after school every day, so feel free to hop by whenever. I'll be sure to get the members together for Wednesday... after I fixed that stupid flier. Can I get your name, pal?"

After the skeptical student would introduce himself, he turned back to Zaku and thanked her, admiring her metal backpack as he spoke.

"Well, I don't know much about making weapons, but feel free to take a look. We mostly have training epees and sabers, with a few real weapons locked away. Just be careful with the real weapons, alright? Can you make it on Wednesday with our friend here?"