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Route 29: mods ([personal profile] these_balls) wrote in [community profile] route_10652013-04-08 07:29 pm

PROM 2: PROM HARDER

Who: EVERYONE
Where: Scenic Tohjo Falls!
When: Friday, April 5 through Saturday, April 6
Summary: WHAT SUMMARY DO YOU NEED, IT'S (STILL) POKEPROM. And y'all partied so hard we figured we'd give you a fresh post to continue your threads in, since the other one was getting pretty huge. ♥
Rating: May vary by thread, please mark accordingly!
Log:

Please feel free to continue your prom shenanigans in this overflow post! We suggest linking back and forth between the two posts for ease and convenience, but whatever works best for you! CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP, FOREVER ON THE DANCE FLOOR, ETC. ETC. ETC.

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☆ YOU ARE (STILL) 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 — FIRST POST ☆


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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☆ QUICK LINKS — THIS POST ☆


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

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THE ORIGINAL INFOPOST | QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES HOTLINE
foolishwren: "this sequence isn't strange enough. what if we added someone dancing in a corner or screaming?" (david lynch be like)

open!

[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-04-10 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[HEY GUESS WHAT.]

[There's a very familiar shadow floating overhead.]

[If Harry looks up?]

[He'll see his favorite profanity-spewing bird drifting gently above the party, once more tied to a balloon. Luckily for him... she doesn't seem to notice her favorite protege down below. But it means her trainer must be close by.]




[And sure enough, there's a lanky blond thing in a suit and a stylized black Murkrow mask who happens to ALSO be lingering on the edge of the dancefloor, holding a plate of various things filched from the snack table outside. All in all, it wouldn't be a particularly remarkable sight... except for the cooler at her feet. That's a little weird.]
likewatson: (dead girls)

[personal profile] likewatson 2013-04-11 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Harry's a little startled by the way Clara starts joyfully shouting profanities right in his ear. He jumps, looks up, and — oh.



Then: double oh.

He barely recognizes Heather, but he's 99% sure that's her.

So he's just gonna watch, for the moment. Maybe that cooler is full of human organs or something, not illegally acquired alcohol.

what]
foolishwren: and see how long it takes this police sketch artist to realize that i'm describing him (i'm just gonna wait)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-04-11 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[HARK! Is that the dulcet tones of high-pitched sailor ranting Wren hears? The crow Pokemon looks downward and lets out an excited squawk when she spots her favorite student. HI THERE PINK BLOB DO U WANT 2 GO ON AN ADVENTURE]

[Heather, meanwhile, seems not to notice Harry. Now that the evening's progressed without any significant chaperone encounters, she's let her guard down a little.]

[For awhile she just stands there, apparently people-watching. But THEN.]

[AN INDIVIDUAL APPROACHES. It's some person in a Scyther mask.]

[They talk.]

[.... THERE IS MONEY BEING EXCHANGED HOLY SHIT HARRY]
likewatson: (don't think so)

[personal profile] likewatson 2013-04-12 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[HECK YES SHE WANTS TO GO ON AN ADVENTURE, AS EVIDENCED BY THE WAY SHE'S REACHING UP TOWARD WREN WITH HER NUBBY ARMS.

Harry's not sure the balloon will hold both of them, but... Clara is resilient. She's rolled down the stairs more than a few times and was fine, in the end. So he lifts her, and she grabs onto the string, and now it looks like Wren is her trusty steed.

To Harry's surprise, the balloon doesn't sink much.

To Harry's surprise, Heather is —

Wait no that's not surprising.

He makes a face, slips into the crowd, and slinks around the perimeter of the dance floor so he can just sneak up on Heather and tap her shoulder, all casual-like.]
foolishwren: i was listening to mumford and sons and the banjo solo really went off (sorry i was speeding officer)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-04-14 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[COME, CLARA. JOIN WREN ON HER SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO THE TOP FLOOR OF THE HOUSE WHERE THEY CAN SCREAM INSULTS AT PARTYGOERS FROM ON HIGH.]

[Once the little Cleffa is safely clinging to her and the string, Wren continues to drift onwards, majestically. DON'T WORRY HARRY SHE'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR BABY.]


[In the meantime, Heather waves off the person she just handed a small flask of Skyattack Vodka to, only to receive a mysterious tap on the shoulder! She turns around.]

[... Oh.]

[.... <8I UH.]


Hey, Sheriff!

I was wondering when I'd see you around.

[AND VAGUELY HOPING I WOULDN'T.]
likewatson: (sheriff stance)

[personal profile] likewatson 2013-04-14 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[WHAT DO YOU MEAN "INSULTS"? Clara is being so friendly. Always.

Anyway, Heather.

Heather.

Harry crosses his arms.]


What've you got in that cooler?
foolishwren: what doesn't kill you gives you a lot of unhealthy coping mechanisms and a really dark sense of humor (well you know what they say...)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-04-15 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
[TIME TO BE INSUFFERABLY CHEERFUL.]

Drinks. This party doesn't have anything stronger than root beer, so I brought some of my own.

[c:]

[c: c: c:]
likewatson: (&coop; nope.)

[personal profile] likewatson 2013-04-18 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[...so he really wasn't expecting that kind of honesty. He blinks at her, then switches to SCOWL MODE.]

You're not legal. And you don't have a liquor license.

[Before she tries the "but I'm not drinking it!" line.]
foolishwren: if your gf larps as an elf while talking to your relative who's undergoing chemo, you're allowed to humiliate her in front of her friends by larping as Naruto. (i dont fucking care if its manipulative)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-04-18 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Excuse you.

I'm legal by Johto standards.

[PAST EIGHTEEN, BIZNATCHES.]

[He's got her on the liquor license, though.]


I bought all this with my own money. Can't I sell my property? I mean, sheesh, I guess if you want me to drink it all by myself...
likewatson: (&coop; shady business)

[personal profile] likewatson 2013-04-19 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[w o w the look on Harry's face.]

Not without a license, you can't. And — do you want alcohol poisoning? Come on. Don't be dumb.
foolishwren: 1. You'd be the attractive one. 2. Please (Two Reasons to date me:)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-04-22 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
We-ell, what ELSE am I supposed to do with all of it, if I can't sell it?

Someone's gotta drink it.

[With an air of resigned solemnness, she leans down and pulls a couple of bottles out of the cooler.]

We'd better get started...

[And then she HOLDS ONE OF THEM OUT TO HARRY. 8( You'll help right Sheriff?]
likewatson: (what'd you just say?)

[personal profile] likewatson 2013-04-22 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
[HEATHER oh my god. Harry is mortified. Are you for real, child? Like, legitimately?]

Do you want alcohol poisoning?
foolishwren: I LOVE YOUR WORK!!!! (ohmygod danny devito!!!)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-04-22 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[... :| Harry.]

[You need to learn when this kid is fucking with you or you will never survive prolonged exposure to her.]

[She jiggles the bottle a little bit.]


'Course not!

That's why you gotta help me out, Sheriff!

How the heck am I gonna be able to drink all this otherwise?

[Is it a subtle bribe? MAYBE. It's honestly hard to tell with her.]
likewatson: (no.)

[personal profile] likewatson 2013-04-26 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[And he will just go ahead and snatch the bottle.]

You better be pullin' my leg.
foolishwren: one day I just decided to cut all the sleeves off my shirts and now im gay (haha idk man)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-04-28 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[GO AHEAD HARRY IT'S ALL YOURS MAN sheesh you're moody.]

Can't say I'm sure what you mean, Mr. Truman.

[... She says as she pops the tab on a can of beer she just pulled out of the cooler, cool as a cucumber.]
likewatson: (aren't you dead?)

[personal profile] likewatson 2013-04-30 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
[YEAH HE IS. Grumpy Sheriff Truman, at your service.

But... okay.

He can either continue arguing with her until she flounces off and finds a way to drink and be rebellious anyway or he can make sure she doesn't get drunk and do a dumb thing or ten.

Also: FREE BEER.]


I can't believe you even like this stuff.

[He says.

Twisting the bottle cap off.

Suddenly also cool as a cucumber.]
foolishwren: but whatever the hell is wrong with him is WAY funnier (honestly i COULD fix him)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-05-02 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, think of it this way, Harry: as long as you're standing there, you can bet she's not gonna be able to sell anything. Nobody's gonna buy booze from some questionable character while a chaperone is right there.]

What, the RK9? [Assuming he's talking about the BRAND rather than alcohol in general, if that is in fact what he's talking about.] Eh, it's not a favorite, but I've never exactly been picky.

S'better than the stuff all the weenie high-schoolers managed to get their hands on back home for parties, that's for sure.

[Admitting to partying and drinking in high school like it weren't no big thang, hells yeah. :Ib]

[Though to be fair, that's a relic of the past and it's not like she's proud of it, but there's no reason to keep it hidden.]
likewatson: (&hawk; hmm.)

[personal profile] likewatson 2013-05-04 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[God, it's just like talking to one of the kids from Twin Peaks.

Then again, Harry suspects kids everywhere are like that. He did go to college out of town, and he saw plenty of... all this.

Also.

He's not exactly innocent, when it comes to underage drinking.]


Beer doesn't seem like your thing, though. When I was your age, I was all about the whiskey.

[wow what happened to this conversation]
foolishwren: me: i am an atrocity to god, but thank you (someone: ur cute)

[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-05-05 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[OH HARRY.]

[She gives him a somewhat-bemused look-- because yeah what DID happen to this conversation? ... Is he up to something.]


Y'think? I dunno, beer's easy to get, I guess. Beggars can't be choosers. [She buys booze NOW, sometimes, but back then it had always been mooching off of other people.]

I don't think I've actually tried whiskey before.

[She grins a little, though, at his admission.]

So YOU drank at this age?

What happened to the whole 'not being legal' thing?
likewatson: (interested!)

[personal profile] likewatson 2013-05-07 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
You haven't tried whiskey?

[guuuurl

BUT NO HAHA Harry isn't going to help her out with that, sorry.]


I'm not a teenager anymore. But I'm also not in uniform tonight.

[Never mind that he has no jurisdiction here anyway...

Shh.]
foolishwren: I'll finish you off. (HMU if you're damaged ;))

[personal profile] foolishwren 2013-05-08 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that judgment I hear in your tone?

[She sounds pretty damn amused, and it's because she is. SHE KNEW YOU WERE COOL, HARRY. DEEP DOWN.]

Maybe I'll give it a try at some point, just for you.

[BEST INFLUENCE fortunately Heather's not actually one to make a habit of drinking irresponsibly. She learned her lesson on that count quite some time ago.]