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

Bertholt Fubar AKA Tall Tan and Sweaty

[bertall]

[A: Indoor Ballroom]

<sub>[If you were lucky enough to catch Bertholt when he first arrived, he actually looked decent. Unfortunately the neat and tidy look he sported disappeared within ten minutes of setting foot inside of the ballroom thanks to him fidgeting with everything. At the very least Alfred managed to make him look presentable, right?

...Though that wasn't stopping him from turning into a wallflower. Sure he had a crash course in dancing shortly after the invitations went out, but good luck getting him out there. The Ninetales at his side gave up trying ages ago, leaving his poor trainer to stand there and sweat.

Arceus help him.]</sub>

[B: Outdoor Garden Party]

_{[At one point or another he even manages to slip outside to scope out the rest of the party. On the plus side, he's stopped fidgeting with his clothes! On the downside... Well, there actually isn't a downside, because he actually looks pretty cheerful despite the Swablu perched on his head. He's even spoiling it with a small handful of berries here and there!]}

C-Careful, Marco! Don't drop it, okay?

[C: Library]

<sub>[Fossils, fossils, fossils! Guess who may have just found his new favorite 'type'? He knew about Archen and a select few prior to finding the library here (thanks to magazines and the occasional book he'd snag), but sweet freckled jesus, nothing could've prepared him for this.

Where does he even start?]</sub>

[D: Everywhere else!]

_{[Luckily he's not that hard to miss! #PerksOfBeingAGiant]}

A

[konpeitoqueen]

...So are you just going to stand there and make the whole place look worse, or what?

[Hi. Have the one person you didn't want to see. Her Skitty is sitting next to her and smiling, though! And her Mawile is growling at everything.]

Weeell, your gift is appreciated, Big Bro Bertholdt! That doesn't change the fact you're needlessly taking up space, though.

[bertall]

_{[Freckled jesus take the wheel.]}

...A-Are you going to pick on me every time we talk?

_{[Even his Ninetales gives Saionji A Look. Seriously, tiny girl! His trainer could use you as an armrest!]}

I-I'm not bothering anyone, so why does it matter if I'm "taking up space"?

[konpeitoqueen]

['Are you gonna pick on me every time we talk'

Berty, child, go meet Tsumiki. You two will get along.]

You're standing here and ruining the scene, of course you're bothering people!

People want to see a social gathering, not a lonely idiot giving out second hand embarrassment. As much as I find big pity parties like these unflattering, to say the least, at least try to fit in.

B

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Charming Kodak moments like trainers sharing berries with their adorable bird Pokemon is pretty much what the 'You're allowed to bring Pokemon to the party' rule is for. D'awww!]

[... What it's NOT for is... um... the thing that's floating in Berthold's direction.]

[LIKE A DARK SHADOW FROM ABOVE, it... uh, drifts by and brazenly snags a berry right out of Bert's hand and/or the Swablu's mouth on its way past.]

['It' being a Murkrow that's tied to a bright orange balloon, drifting gently around the party just above head-level.]

[8) THANKS FOR THE BERRY, GUYS]</sub>

[bertall]

<sub>[He has a berry.





Now he doesn't.

He's not sure who looks more disappointed right now; Marco or himself, because w o w, that sure was a thing that just happened.

At least Marcoblu isn't having none of that--actually that balloon just looks like the greatest thing in the world right about now, so it's going to hop off of his trainer's head and flap after it. Wait, birdbro!]</sub>

Ah! Marco, wait!

[foolishwren]

<sub>[FASTER THAN A SPEEDING "THIEF" ATTACK! ABLE TO LEAP GAPS FROM PARTYGOER TO PARTYGOER IN A SINGLE BOUND! IT'S... BALLOON CROW.]

[Actually, she's not very fast at all, so as she wafts gently off across the garden, Marco is able to catch up to her with no trouble at all.]

[Rather than responding like a normal thief on the run, she doesn't appear alarmed in the slightest that one of her 'victims' is on her trail. Or guilty, for that matter.]

[Stuffing the berry into her beak with one scaly yellow foot, she croaks out a merry greeting to the Swablu. O HI. WAS THIS YOUR BERRY? IT'S A NICE BERRY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.]</sub>

A

[usedswift]

Bertholdt!!

[Bless her, she's still doing her best to pronounce his name. She's getting better! Kind of. Her native language just doesn't have those sounds, okay?

And she doesn't waste any time -- immediately, she grabs his hand with a bright grin.]

You'll dance with me, won't you? C'mon, before you tear your suit to pieces.

[bertall]

Ah! T-Tenten!

_{[TAKE THE WHEEL, WHAT DOES HE DO except.... apparently let himself get dragged out by Tenten?]}

W-Wait, I don't--! I-I haven't-- _{[Yeah this loser has never actually danced outside of practice and he is going to screw up so bad.]} I-I'm not tearing it to pieces, I swear!

[usedswift]

[That is exactly what he needs to do. She laughs as she tugs him out onto the floor, only stopping once they're right in the thick of everything.]

You don't what? You don't want to dance with me?

[Look at that pout she's turning on you, Bert.]

C'mon, I'm a great dance partner! You wouldn't turn me down, would you?

B

[ghostytrainer]

[There's more you need to be careful of than just dropping food, Marco. You also need to be careful of thieves. In this case, it's a shiny Whimsicott, who appears in a puff of white fluff to take a bite right out of that berry your trainer just offered you and giggle about it.]

[What a little shit, wow.]

[bertall]

<sub>[That

well.

That was a thing that just happened. Poor little Marco didn't even know what happened until he found himself without a berry. S-So cruel, Whimsicott--! Instead of fluttering after the little thief, he's just going to chirp and accidentally thwack Bert with one of his fluffy wings.]</sub>

M-Marco, it's okay!

_{[NO, NO IT IS NOT. That little cottonball is a jerk :c]}

C-Calm down, please! I-I'm sure it didn't mean to steal it, and there's still plenty left! You can both have some!

[ghostytrainer]

[Phoebe prefers the term "prankster", tyvm Marco!! She's not a jerk, she's just mischievous!]

[...no okay, that really was kind of a dick move. Because she definitely meant to steal it. But at least she didn't pull a full dine and dash. Instead, she merely moved to float in front of Bert's face instead, giggling and grinning. She's not done with you just yet, boys. Where on earth is her trainer...]

[At least until she seems to catch sight of something on the front of his suit. Oh no, oh no! You've got something there buddy, you better look at where she's pointing! Because she sure does seem kind of distressed about it!!]

Cott!! Cott!!!

[Clearly it must be something pretty bad there. Like a stain or something. And we can't have that at a fancy party like this!]

A

[red_roses]

[She peers at him. Something seems familiar. Maybe they talked?] Sir, are you hot?

Re: A

[bertall]

_{[He totally seems like that guy from the network the other day, doesn't he?]} N-No, uh... I-I'm just nervous...

Re: A

[red_roses]

Mmm...[She nods.] Lots of people do that to you too?

C

[enjoymyatelier]

[Well, Kayneth's looking over an etching of a Plume Fossil with his (shiny) Archeops, who is fluttering awkwardly next to him in order to get a better look. ...so maybe they're a little awkward to get too close to, but Kayneth is at least trying to stop the awkward XY Archeops animation...]

...you're not that short, you know. I'm sure you'd be able to see it from the ground...

[bertall]

<sub>[Shoot, maybe he should've brought his own shiny Archen along. If only the little guy wasn't shy around big groups of people, ugh.

Still, that Archeops? Well, it has a new admirer in the form of one ridiculously tall teenager. Maybe it's the shiny thing? Maybe it's the evolution? It's a mystery.]</sub>

Maybe it's just excited to see something related to it.

[enjoymyatelier]

[bernini would have taught him self-confidence and also the wonders of the modern era

...but he is still mildly too excited to notice the new admirer]

No, that's why I brought him to this one in particular. Admittedly, I was interested in looking over it myself, since I got this one from an egg, but I presumed he'd have more of a vested interest in it.

B

[tearsofademon]

[Unfortunately, you can't hang out in the library the entire time, otherwise Ryner would gladly do just that... but food is usually a good thing too, so he's out for a little while at the garden party, grabbing some fruit and cheese to snack on, as well as some little pieces for his Joltik.

Seeing Bertholdt feeding his Swablu, however, makes him smile, because not only is the scene honestly kind of sweet, but it's somewhat nostalgic.]

Ahh, reminds me of when Sion's Altaria hadn't evolved yet.

B

[dreamsofahero]

*oh look, there's someone with a swablu on his head; boy does Sion know what that feels like as he wanders over in the general direction of Ryner and Bert*

Ah, let me guess, he refuses to ever sit anywhere other than your head...

*he says like Ryner didn't already comment on exactly that...*

backtags into eternity ahhhh

[bertall]

_{[Oh, if only he knew--Okay, yeah, he really does know, but he can't help but offer a sheepish smile as he glances up at the Swablu.]}

He, uh... Yeah. I've tried to get him on my shoulder a few times but he always moves after a few minutes. I don't mind it that much though.

haha, that is fine~

[dreamsofahero]

It's apparently a trait typical of the species.

*...but more importantly!*

Though I have to say, it seems Ryner has saved me the trouble of finding you to introduce the two of you.

A!

[overbiterestart]

[Jane had tried being social, she really did. But at some point she had exhausted every social bone in her body and had to stick to wallflowering. She sits awkwardly off to the side for a while before running into a familiar face.

Her face lights up almost immediately.]

Bertl!

[Guess who is at your side now! :) ]

[bertall]

Ah! Jane!

<sub>[Jane, you have no idea how happy he is to see you. He's so emotionally exhausted because of one certain Saionji it's ridiculous.

It even drained Berik quite a bit too, because all he does is 'yodel' a greeting from his spot on the floor and stretch his front paws out in her direction. Keeping his sweaty beanpole of a trainer calm here was hard work, man :c]</sub>

I-I didn't know you'd be here!