Why Don't You Go Where Fashion Sits?

[these_guys]

Who: Participants of the Kalosmas New Year's Event!
Where: The Hotel Richissime, in scenic Lumiose City, Kalos!
When: Wednesday, December 31 - Thursday, January 1!
Summary: After all the shenanigans of Hoennween, it's about time everybody had a chance to relax and unwind, courtesy of some actually benign NPCs. With all the luxuries of the Hotel Richissime waiting at their disposal, that shouldn't be too difficult a prospect!
Rating: PG in general; please mark threads that go higher accordingly!
Log:

☆ GROUND FLOOR ☆

FOR ROOM DESCRIPTIONS OF THIS FLOOR, PLEASE GO HERE!


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☆ UPSTAIRS FLOOR ☆

FOR ROOM DESCRIPTIONS OF THIS FLOOR, PLEASE GO HERE!

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A FEW OTHER SETTING NOTES:

• At the moment, this log spans the entirety of the New Year's Eve plot, so starters may be posted for any time on either day of the event. If things start getting massive and it looks like an overflow log will be necessary, we'll definitely see about putting one up, and will link it to this one if need be.

• The Event Itinerary can be found here! Remember that participating in this course of events is not mandatory, but it's what will be going on in the grand scheme of things over the course of the event.

• All event participants are being housed on the fourth and fifth floors of the hotel. Your bedrooms are laid out like this; if you participated in our IC Rooming Roulette, you can find your buddy on this table here!

• Most activities here will be free! ICly, your characters will use their room cards to "pay" for most things, and the charges will be applied to their room (which of course, they are not paying for personally). Gift shops, parts of the casino, and food not provided as part of the event are not chargeable to your rooms and characters will have to use their own money in those locations.

• Underage characters may use the casino; however, they may be subject to some social scrutiny and side-eyeing in the event that they attempt to get in on one of the high-roller tables.

A NOTE ABOUT USING THREADS ON THIS LOG FOR AC:

Because of how our AC period works (the grace week into January still counting toward December), all threads on this log are valid toward December's AC, regardless of timestamp! However, because the log technically spans two different months and we want to encourage tagging out on it, we have also made this decision:

On this log and this log alone, comment threads timestamped in January (OOCly) that reach AC-length may be used towards January's AC, as well. Therefore, if a thread on this log reaches AC length with 10+ comments timestamped in January, you can use it toward January's AC (assuming the same thread has not already been used to satisfy December's AC).

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☆ QUICK LINKS ☆
MAIN EVENT INFOPOST | QUESTIONS FOR MODS

Comments

Hotel Room

[foolishwren]

<sub>[ON ONE HAND: Heather's glad to have gotten paired up with someone she knows!]

[On the other...]</sub>

... Scar?

_{[Blinking at Lust in baffled confusion, she dumps her backpack on one of the beds and puts her hands on her hips. Scarlet the Litleo and Hazel the Pikachu are already bouncing on the springy mattresses.]}

He's here, too?

[a_sin_for_him]

Apparently so. We're hanging a sheet up to divide the room - our culture frowns on mixing genders like this.

[And she'd rather explain things that way at the moment then give Heather the whole truth. But thank God for Heather!]

I'm glad to see you.

[If it's a mistake, Lust doesn't care. She's not alone in this bedroom with Scar overnight.]

[foolishwren]

So does mine, but I've kinda gotten used to things being a little more chill here. Guess Scar didn't get the memo, huh?

<sub>[NEVER FEAR, HEATHER IS HERE! If there's one thing she's learned to be good at over the course of her time in this world, it's easing tensions between travel-mates who would otherwise not be getting along.]

[A crooked, sympathetic smile tugs at her mouth as she tilts her head at Lust.]</sub>

S'gonna be awkward, isn't it. Anything I can do? You know him better than me.

[a_sin_for_him]

It doesn't matter how they do things here, he's set in his ways.

[Lust just shrugs.]

Just...don't make him feel awkward for his beliefs, I suppose. It'll be fine. How much time will we even be spending in the room?

[foolishwren]

Okay, I'll keep my judgment glasses off for the duration of our stay. As long as he doesn't start... preachin' at me or anything. _{[Because unfortunately after everything, she does have a fairly low tolerance for being preached at on the subject of religious beliefs. But Scar seems like the 'dark and silent' type. Here's hoping.]} I sure wasn't planning on staying in the room much.

I've lived in this world for almost five years now, n'most of that was spent in hotels. None as swanky as THIS, but y'know. You see one, you see 'em all.

I wanna check out the sights.

[a_sin_for_him]

No, I doubt he will.

[Frown, maybe. Silently judge. But not preach.]

And that's exactly what I intend to do. Did you look at the pamphlet listing the amenities? I'm planning on pampering myself.

[foolishwren]

Uh-- _{[Heather pauses to fish it out of one of the pockets of her bag.]} ... Oh yeah. I forgot they had a spa place.

I was mostly lookin' at the arcade and gift shop bits.

Their spa must be a couple steps up in fanciness from the stuff in Goldenrod, judging by the REST of the hotel.

[a_sin_for_him]

I plan on spending a good bit of time there. You should join me.

[She doesn't comment about the arcade. That's one facility she has no interest in at all.]

[foolishwren]

Join-- ... what, at the spa?

_{[Heather looks back up at her at that, slightly startled.]}

Uh... I dunno, I'm not really the type who goes to those places...

_{[THERE HAD BEEN A TIME WHEN SHE HAD. But that had been a looong time ago, and she'd never done anything more than get her nails done.]}

[a_sin_for_him]

Why not? Get a massage, everyone enjoys a massage.

[Lust shrugs. Heather's obviously a very boyish young woman, but there's no reason she can't pamper herself when the opportunity arises.]

[foolishwren]

Yeeah, I guess, but don't you have to... you know...

_{[She pauses to rub the back of her neck awkwardly, and the Pikachu and Litleo who'd been tumbling around on what would actually wind up being Scar's bed pause to look up at their trainer curiously.]}

... get like... naked and stuff to have one?

<sub>[... yeah Heather has never had a massage in her entire life.]

[This is probably becoming obvious.]</sub>

[a_sin_for_him]

It's not a requirement. You can wear a robe.

[Lust isn't phased by Heather's lack of knowledge. She had no idea what to expect, her first proper spa experience.]

Treat yourself, for god's sake. It's a holiday.

[foolishwren]

... Well...

_{[She looks down at her Pokemon. Hazel lets out an approving chirp of "Pika!" and Scarlet waddles over to headbutt Heather soundly in the leg. DO IT DO IT DO IT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT GIRL THINGS AND IT'LL BE JUST LIKE A CHICK FLICK! YOU NEED TO.]}

I... guess I probably could stand to get these roots touched up a bit...

[a_sin_for_him]

It's a start.

[She can never understand people who don't take advantage of luxuries when they're offered.]

There's not much else you can do with your hair, is there?

[foolishwren]

<sub>[For a second, Heather just looks at Lust, sort of surprised by the bluntness.]

[Then she starts to laugh.]</sub>

You know, I guess you're right.

_{[Unless she wanted to dye some streaks into it or something.]}

All right, when were you planning on going?

[a_sin_for_him]

It's just so short.

[Lust shrugs. She didn't mean it offensively, she's glad Heather hasn't taken it that way.]

And I was going as soon as I finished unpacking.

[foolishwren]

_{[Yeah, Heather's not insulted. She's slowly getting used to the other young woman's mannerisms.]}

Oh... that soon?

_{[Well, she agreed to it... she can't back out now.]}

They have an area for the Pokemon there too, right?