'Cause Baby, Tonight The DJ's Got Us Falling In Love Again...

[these_balls]

Who: EVERYONE
Where: Scenic Tohjo Falls!
When: Friday, April 5 through Saturday, April 6
Summary: WHAT SUMMARY DO YOU NEED, IT'S POKEPROM
Rating: May vary by thread, please mark accordingly!
Log:

It's here! It's here! Clair's first-ever (and, Lance hopes, last-ever) Pokemon Prom is here, coming to you straight from scenic Tohjo Falls! You've packed your bags, you've hitched your rides, and now you're taking your first steps in to a super swank palatial PokeManor where, prior to now, only the pseudo-legendary best of the best had ever tread. Gosh, that must make you pretty special, huh? (Well, you and everyone else in the massive crowd that arrived along with you, that is.) Of course, you're all destined for greatness. But at the moment, your more immediate destiny is forty-eight hours of fun.

So get going!

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☆ YOU ARE HERE ☆




KEY:

• BLUE areas are where the bulk of the party's events will be located! As you can see, the festivities will be taking place largely outdoors, and the grounds will reflect that; there'll be the usual decorations of pretty floral arrangements, little lights, things like that. Think garden party!
• GREEN areas are where guests will be staying overnight! Unfortunately, you'll be sleeping-bagging it up, since this is a house party and not a hotel party, but this is where you'll be given space to leave your possessions, claim some sleeping room, and generally crash for the night once the festivities do you in. (Note: you're welcome to try to sleep elsewhere, but Clair might catch you and disapprove. You don't want that, do you?)
• RED areas are unfortunately off-limits to guests! If asked about them, anyone will tell you that those are the rooms and areas that the Elite Four have claimed for themselves, and they're sealed off tight. Please don't try to break into them anyway; you'll only be caught and punished.

• AREA A is the designated Indoor Ballroom area, for the people who would prefer to class it up a little more than just your standard garden party. There's a big skylight, hardwood floors, tasteful artwork, and classy music — a little more upscale than the shenanigans going on outside, for the people who'd rather that kind of thing.
• AREA B will be the area of interest for anyone hoping to sneak a little Pokemon research on the side: this is the Library/Gallery area of the house. While most of it is your standard "tall shelves of ancient identical books" fare, there are a few points of interest — a sculpture of Lugia, a painting of the Ecruteak City skyline before the Brass Tower burned down, some stone etchings of what might be Fossil Pokemon, and so on. Guests are welcome to look around a little, but burying themselves in research the whole time will be highly frowned upon, and you'll be politely encouraged to leave the library alone and go rejoin the festivities if you hole up in there for too long.
• AREA C is...well, the Parking Lot. More importantly, it's where you take your Pokemon battles if you simply gotta get your battle on; keep it out and away from the house, please, and try not to make too much of a mess. Skirmishes, sorties, and sparring will be tolerated here and here alone. Do it anywhere else and you'll be facing some very displeased hosts.
• AREA D is the Elite Four's Trophy Room. Please be quiet and respectful if you come up here to have a look around; it's a solemn kind of place. Here you'll find various collections of badges, ribbons, awards, and trophies put on display, with one wall devoted to each member of the Elite Four. Of particular note is a glass case with a broken Ultra Ball mounted inside; the brass plaque attached claims it's the ball Lorelei was using when she almost caught Articuno. On a lighter note, there are also pictures of the Elite Four themselves — your standard Official Portraits™, sure, but also some framed candids of them in various configurations hanging out with their Pokemon and engaged in various activities around the house (Agatha making waffles, Lance and Bruno clowning around in the pool, stuff like that).

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☆ QUICK LINKS ☆

Outdoor Garden Party | Indoor Ballroom | Library and Gallery | Parking Lot | Elite Four's Trophy Room | Designated Sleeping Areas

GENERAL - Ground Floor | GENERAL - Upstairs | GENERAL - Outside


☆ SPOTTED: GYM LEADERS ☆

BLUE - Elite Four's Trophy Room | CLAIR - Upstairs | FALKNER - Ground Floor | JASMINE - Outdoor Garden Party | MORTY - Parking Lot of SHAME
SABRINA - Outdoor Garden Party | WHITNEY - Outdoor Garden Party

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THE ORIGINAL INFOPOST | QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES HOTLINE

Comments

[these_guys]

_{[Well, looks like Gym Leader WHITNEY is out and about as well! Dressed in a cute pink and white dress, she's currently by the refreshment table, sampling all the cute-looking snacks and offering any particularly nice ones to the Clefable she has with her, complimenting the taste of each one out loud.]}

[angerpoints]

[DUN DUN... DUN DUN... DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN--

OH HEY, WHITNEY, HAVE A YUSUKE CREEPING UP OUT OF NOWHERE FROM BEHIND YOU AND TAPPING ON YOUR SHOULDER. He's accompanied by his Swablu, Puu, who looks... a little worried, for some reason. Yusuke, on the other hand, is the picture of geniality, his voice friendly and casual as he asks:]

Hey there! You a Gym Leader?

[This conversation won't turn ugly. Of course it won't! He's such a nice young man, after all.]

[these_guys]

<sub>[HM THAT SURE IS SOME OMINOUS SOUNDING MUSIC YOU ARE IMPLYING ISN'T IT but Whitney can't hear intentions as embodied by music scores (presumably) and so turns around to face the indeed nice young man.]

[Oh, and his Swablu! What a cutie!]</sub>

Oh, hello! I am! My name is Whitney, I'm the Leader of the Goldenrod Gym.

[angerpoints]

[Yusuke smiles. As a wise woman once said: bingo.]

I'm Yusuke. Yusuke Urameshi. I was wondering if you could answer a couple questions.

[these_guys]

I guess so! Is it about battling?

_{[One must assume. ... and one must also absently keep picking lightly at the snacks.]}

It's what I'm best at, after all!

[angerpoints]

Not exactly.

[He puts his hands in his pockets, straightens his shoulders, and pulls himself up to his full height.]

Actually, I need you to tell me all you know about this mass kidnapping - y'know, how we all ended up here. You "leaders"'re the brains of this whole Johto outfit, right?

[He wasn't so sure about Whitney, specifically - after all, it didn't look like there was a whole lot going on in that pink head of hers - but if she was one of the Gym Leaders, she had to know something, right?]

[these_guys]

_{[Whitney looks confused for a moment, then she laughs.]}

Didn't you get an invitation? Clair wanted a lot of people to come to her party, so I guess maybe she did kidnap a few!

_{[She pats her Clefable on the head in an almost conspiratory manner. OH THAT CLAIR, right?]}

[ex_cashcow493]

[ Guess who else is wearing a dress tonight, Whitney? That awesome dude who fought you a while back, huh? It's only natural Saber might run into her at the refreshment table, what with her love of food, so she's just a tad bit awkward to greet her. ]

Well met, Whitney. Are you faring well this eve?

[these_guys]

_{[Whitney doesn't remember Saber super well, to be honest - things have been busy at her Gym and she sees a lot of faces. But she greets her cheerfully all the same, and the Clefable even gives a little wave.]}

I am! It's a fun party, isn't it? Did you try the chocolates? They're really sweet.

_{[They can be food lovers together, clearly.]}

[ex_cashcow493]

[ Good, she can avoid the whole "you're not a boy" reveal. Relief floods her expression as she glances towards the chocolates. ]

No, I have not. Which one would you recommend personally?

[these_guys]

_{[And Whitney misses that expression as she 'hm's to herself and picks out one that looks like it's both dark and white chocolate and holds it up between thumb and forefinger.]}

Try these ones! Cleffy- um, my Clefable, he really likes them.

[ex_cashcow493]

[ Food! A Saber's weakness. She's all too excited to pick one up herself as she admires it in front of her face up close. ]

Cleffy likes them, does he? Is it alright for me to eat the same thing as a Pokemon?

[these_guys]

Sure! I've noticed pokémon can eat a lot of things we can, but there's still many more things only they can eat. Isn't that weird? I guess they're special like that.

_{[She bites half her chocolate and offers the rest to her Clefable, who reaches up to take it between his hands.]}

[these_guys]

Whitney.

[OH LOOK WHO'S ALL LOOMING AND IMPOSING AND CLEARING HIS THROAT possibly a little awkwardly FROM RIGHT OVER THERE AT THE END OF THE REFRESHMENTS TABLE. It's that guy. Big beefy guy. Yup.

If he looks stiff and formal it's probably just because of his snappy military bearing. Or because he's trying really hard not to yell ATTEN-TION! to get her to notice him.]

Hum. Good evening. Damn fine evening, even. Fresh air, loud music. People everywhere.

[Reminds him of the WAR.]

[these_guys]

_{[OH UH HI THERE, BIG SCARY ... FELLO GYM LEADER TYPE PERSON .... hi.]}

Oh, um- hello!

_{[Yes, that. And a little wave, too. It's hard NOT to be a little scared of this guy, but Whitney smiles at him anyway. Just, you know. A bit awkward. She never figured out how to interact with him.]}

Are you enjoying it? We weren't sure you'd come ...

[these_guys]

Hah! Like even I could get away with saying no to Clair! Woman's worse than my old drill sergeant when she sets her mind to something.

[Whitney he is going to fill a glass of punch and hand it courteously to you because THAT IS WHAT MEN DO.]

I have been taking roll call of the gym leader presence in this region. [P A U S E] Is — is Leader Jasmine present and accounted for?

[these_guys]

_{[O-oh well she'll just accept that then!]}

Thank you ... oh, yeah, totally! I think I saw her by the pool.

<sub>[ dot dot dot oh wait]

[She'll be looking at you with a very light bite on her lip now, Surge. NOT THAT SHE'S UH you know, nothing like that, that's for someone else to do and look significant while doing it - no, Whitney just. Has to bite down a particular kind of smile.]</sub>

Did you want to see for yourself? I can show you where she was!

_{[SHE HAS GOT TO SEE THIS]}

[these_guys]

[HOOAH.]

That would be outstanding. [He says, with an authoritative point at Whitney for emphasis.] She contacted me several weeks back asking for advice on a wounded soldier! Glad I could help. Hate to see a good Electric-Type down.

[He reaches into the inner pocket of his (sleeveless) tuxedo, producing a small suede pouch.]

Brought an old field remedy with me. [From the WAR.] Thought she and her Ampharos might find it useful.

[these_guys]

_{[She can't help but stand up straighter. Should she salute? Yes? NO? Click her heels together? ... she's not even wearing heels, is she?]}

Um, I bet they will! She's been really worried about Amphy, and you're the expert on Electric types, so I'm sure it'll work, too!

[neededlassie]

[oh no she's cute.

oh no she's cute.

When Susie sees that Shaun has frozen up at the sight of the third gym leader, the floatzel drags him outside by the hand, putting herself between him and the pool for his own comfort as she nudges Shaun over to Whitney.

He glances back at her in betrayed confusion, but she just grins and nudges him more, until he goes over to the snack table and looks at all of the snacks, glancing at Whitney nervously.]

H-hi.

[these_guys]

_{[She almost didn't hear you there, Shaun, but that's okay - Whitney's Clefable is keeping a second pair of ears out for her and nudges her to get her attention, and she looks up with a smile when she spots the stranger.]}

Um, hey! Sorry, I didn't hear you. _{[.. and oh gosh!]} Oh, is that your Floatzel? She's really cute!

[neededlassie]

[As far as strangers go, an 11-year-old boy who looks almost painfully nervous isn't very threatening.

He manages a little smile. And then he almost misses what she actually asked.]

Oh! Uh, yeah. Her name is Susie. I-is that your Clefable?

[these_guys]

_{[And that's a good thing, since threatening people aren't all that fun to hang around!]}

Yep! This is Cleffy.

_{[The most creative name in the world, but she pats the Clefable on the head and he seems content enough.]}

He's one of my best friends.

[neededlassie]

[THAT'S FOR SURE. That is a thing that Shaun knows from firsthand experience.]

He's really cute.

[He smiles, looking not quite as nervous.]

Susie was my first Pokemon. She's kind of basically like my sister. A-and I'm Shaun! It's nice to meet you!

[these_guys]

That happens a lot with your starter! You get to share that special bond.

_{[But her Miltank didn't seem like the best choice to accompany her to the party, given her fondness of Rollout.]}

Hi Shaun, I'm Whitney! It's nice to meet you too.