PROM, DAY ONE: THE PROM-ENING

[these_balls]

Who: EVERYONE
Where: Scenic Tohjo Falls!
When: Friday, April 4
Summary: THIS IS THE LOG FOR DAY ONE OF POKEPROM! That means this is your RED-CARPET GALA, so put on your showstopping couture and go have a blast!
Rating: May vary by thread, please mark accordingly!
Log:

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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 upscale garden party! There'll also be a ballroom indoors for more traditionally fancy red-carpet goings-on, but most of the action (and volume of guests) will be found mingling out back.
• GREEN areas are where guests will be staying overnight! Unfortunately, you'll be sleeping-bagging it up, since there's a limited amount of bedrooms in this house and they're all being occupied by Clair, Lance, the Elite Four, and guests who are regrettably way more important than you. However, 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 (and their special guests) 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 prefer the classy elegance of a formal red-carpet gala over the more whimsy outdoor garden party atmosphere in the back. 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 — we've detailed them further right here. 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. There are also pictures of the Elite Four members themselves, though it seems there's been a changeover since the last prom; the candids and Official Portraits™ depict different people entirely now (with the exception of Bruno) and there are a few photos of some sort of ceremony among the others. These photos include Lance being declared Champion of both regions by Professor Oak, while the rest of the Elite Four look on; Lorelai hugging Will and Karen immediately after their promotion to Elite Four; Agatha and Koga having an exhibition battle between her Gengar and his Crobat; all six of them piling into the frame for what amounts to a massive group selfie, etc.

☆ IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER: ☆

• This post is for threads taking place on DAY ONE of Prom, which means this is the RED-CARPET GALA! Only threads taking place on Friday, April 4 should go in this log!

• We recommend putting your character's location in the header of your comment, or if you're doing multiple locations in the same comment, mark them clearly so people can find you more easily!

• Once you've posted your top-level comment(s), make sure to go to Our PokéProm Masterpost Directory and link to it on the proper day and location, so we can find you more easily!

• The Masterpost Directory is also where we'll be linking the Special NPC Guest Stars' threads, so make sure to keep checking back there for links to their threads!

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Comments

Joker at the party outside

[pipers_son]

[Okay, yeah, he can only take so much of that stiff ballroom air. So expect to find Joker in much better spirits outside, scurrying about and having the time of his life.]

[Of course, you might run into his Furret first. Hope you're watching out for your feet. Rogue is weaving past people's legs as a flurry of brown and tan and fur. Don't trip!]

[ajustcaws]

[don't trip, you say

stop being catholic, pope, you say

...in other words, Cynthia very definitely does trip over that Furret because she is ridiculous. Her Murkrow, who was too busy trying to be above it all to pay attention, lets out a loud and undignified squawk as he ends up going down with her.]

...ow...

[pipers_son]

[Well. He can't say he thought that WOULDN'T happen.]

[The enormous furry noodle of chaos stops once it realizes it's caused some mayhem and loops back to sniff at Cynthia's face. Once Joker realizes the same, he sighs and comes over to offer his hand. Hopefully she's light, since he only has the one hand to grip.]

Ya alright?

[ajustcaws]

[She's... used to this, actually... so she actually manages to get up with little effort, only kind of grabbing his hand as an afterthought.]

Haha, don't worry, this happens a lot! ...I'm actually surprised this hasn't been happening to me more, to be honest...

[pipers_son]

Fall prey ta excitable Furrets often, then?

[Said guilty party in question just shamelessly rubbing up against her legs. He has done no wrong, no one can convince him otherwise.]

[ajustcaws]

Oh, no, not the Furrets. I'm pretty sure this is my first time seeing one, actually.

...usually, it's my shoes.

[...she doesn't feel any ill will towards the Furret because animals are cute.

so cute.]

[pipers_son]

The heels or just always?

[ajustcaws]

...

You know... I'm not really sure...? I think they always just kind of fit weird...

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy catches sight of Joker in the crowd outside; it's hard to miss that hair, even if he's only ever seen it over the network.]

[Of course, he's more focused on slipping through all the partygoers to get over to Joker than he is on watching his feet. So he does very nearly trip over Rogue on his way over, having to hop and sidestep to keep his balance. Hell if he's going to go falling over and getting stepped on.]

Hey!

[This is called after the furry blur that's probably already gone. Ugh, Furrets. Not his favorite animal by a long shot.]

[pipers_son]

[Joker nearly thinks that familiar 'Hey' is because someone else has fallen prey to Rogue and his reckless racing, but miracles! No one has crashed to the ground. He comes over with a relaxed grin on his face.]

Sorry 'bout him. Get him excited and he won't run outta energy. Have ta keep a list of things he ain't allowed ta eat in case he gets worse.

[No caffeine. No candy. Never.]

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy sends one last annoyed look in the general direction of where Rogue went, but oh here's Joker after all. He waves off the apology, mostly appeased.]

I have a few like that.

Good to see you face to face.

[pipers_son]

Can say the same for yerself! Especially since the last time we met like this was a bit fuzzy.

[thx 4th wall]

Sure is an interestin' place we got invited ta, yeah?

[exeggutorhead]

Yeah, those weekends are good for meeting people, but terrible for the memory. Still better than it used to be, we used to not remember a thing.

[dammit fourth wall]

Very interesting. You don't see mansions like this every day. Or extravagant parties where anyone is invited.

[pipers_son]

Already knew a couple folks were itchin' ta explore the place ta see if they could figure anythin' out. Wonder if some a them are gonna be doin' more work than havin' fun.

[Not that he can talk, his work is just a bit different.]