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Baman's Profile" the plaque on the door reads.
Opening it, you step into the room.
The small, tidy room is mostly empty, with nearly bare white walls and blue furniture,
with a window providing a good view to the Net outside.
In the middle of the room by the window, a young man sits in front of a desk.
shifting his gaze from the documents on the desk, he eyes you with a puzzled look.
"Oh, a visitor? Sorry, I'm afraid I didn't hear you coming" The man looks slightly
scruffy, with a poorly trimmed beard and a well-worn black shirt.
Removing his Headphones and tidying his papers, he gestures towards the
empty chair by the desk.
"Do sit down, no need to stand there in the door."
You close the door behind you and sit down in the chair.
The man adjusts his glasses and assumes a
Gendo pose.
"So, what can I help you with? If you want to leave a comment, just drop them into
the post box by the door."
"Oh? You want to know about me?" He adjusts his glasses again and ponders for a moment.
"Well, you know, it's a bit hard for me to know what you want to know."
"Just the basics you say? Well, I can do that." He glances out the window for a moment, then continues.
"Well, I go by the name Baman. It's not a name with any real significance,
although it's origins might be a bit funny, but thats another story. I am a rather nihilistic and cynical person, and not really the most sociable kind.
After finishing my military service, I found myself crashing at my cousin's place in Bergen (also known as "City of Torrential Downpours") for my studies, since it's such a pain to get a place for a reasonable coin. I'm studying Psychology for a year to collect extra points so that I might get into Law studies next year. I also enjoy music, and I've got an office in
LastFM as well.
I am also, like my peers her at MAL, an Anime and Manga enthusiast, and as for
my preferences, I've got my favourite lists right over there, and my Anime and Manga lists are up there on the wall. If you want some recommendations, I think I can safely recommend anything I have given a score of either 9 or 10."
"Oh, that picture? It's a
Dugong. Rather peculiar creature, wouldn't you agree? It's been here on my desk since the last time I reorganized my Profile, so I thought, why not keep it?"
"My tags?" The man looks towards one of the stacks of paper on his desk.
"There they are. Well, as you can see, I tend to like the deep and tragic stories the most. I mean, a good comedy is always refreshing, but there are so many of those around, you know."
He opens a drawer, fishing out another file of documents. "These are the Anime and Manga Stats tables, although I must confess, I am unsure of how precise they are. Time flies by when you are enjoying yourself, and suddenly hours are gone in what seemed like minutes. Funny thing that, how we perceive time differently under different circumstances. Now, where were I..."
He opens another drawer and reveals another pile of papers. "Let's see...Here we've got the favourite Voice Actor list, the Club list, the Friend list, and...No, wait, the tags are over there, that's a bit odd. I have been reorganizing my profile recently, so things are a bit cluttered...Now. Ah, the Recommendations, the Reviews and lastly the RSS Feed. Never use that though."
"The Blog? No, sorry I don't really use that either. I did fill out one entry long ago, but that will most likely be the only one."
The man rises up from the chair and walks up to the wall with the door. He gestures towards the banners hanging there.
"That's my MAL Claim Banner.
Alita is a brilliant character, you know. You can claim a character as well, Just ask at the MAL Claim Office, it's right down the hall outside. Huh? She's a cyborg? Yes, of course, I know that. What do you mean that's wierd? No, I don't have a "thing" for mechanical girls! That's absurd! She is simply an awesome and deep character. Well, alright, she is quite hot as well...Even if she has a mechanical body...But, look, that's completely beside the point!"
Baman adjusts his glasses and points at the next banner.
"That's the Banner for the "Club for The Appreciation of Hellsing" It's a Club I made back when the whole Club system was still a novelty. It's gotten quite a number of members now, and if you appreciate Hellsing as well, then you are more than welcome, just register at the Club Office at the second floor."
"And this is the Banner for the Claymore Club. It's a club for the Claymore Manga and it's admittedly mediocre anime counterpart, not for Claymore proximity mines or Claymore swords. Just so there's no confusion."
He walks back to the desk and sits back down in the chair.
"So, I guess that's about it. Unless you wanted to know anything else?"
"Well, here's my card, for future reference"
"Nice to meet you, enjoy yourself here at MAL. Oh, and please, do close the door when you are leaving. The draft makes my club banners blow away all the time you see..."
Baman adjusts his glasses and returns to his documents as you disappear out the
door and back into the corridors of MAL.
