route_1065 | 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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[The Mareep hops and maas in surprise, then headbutts Obito's hand in hopes of a scratch.]

[Blake explains] It's the mask.

[He gave the mon a scritch pretty much immediately.]

It's just a mask, I'm not the only person wearing one either.

[There's a happy, sheepy sigh. You are McNulty's new favorite person.]

Something about it makes you look like you should be chasing after Batman. Can't believe people are actually wearing the things. Unless they're embarrassed to be here. That I could understand.

[Blake looks distastefully out at the people having fun. He refuses.]

More like careful and not in the mood to be recognized and tracked. Not everything is sunshine and rainbows here you know.

[Awww, cute sheepy gets more petting.]

[McNulty leans against Obito, eyes closing like a happy cat's. Sparks jump around his wool.]

Scuse me for figuring there's not gonna be a lot of cloak and dagger at Magic Animal Sweet Sixteen.

Things'd be a lot more interesting if there was.

Then you've been lucky and haven't pissed off the right people. Try harder, make some enemies. I promise they're out there to make.

Yeah, that's my problem. I get along with people too damn well.

What kind of enemies can a 14-year-old have? Kids who try to steal your baseball cards?

No idea what a baseball card is, but I know that someone has tried to sic an aggressive pokemon on me and mine to try and break bones or skulls recently.

We got away but if reinforcements hadn't been close the injuries would have been pretty severe.

Kid, that's the saddest thing I ever heard- what? Damn it, I knew people had to be using these things as attack dogs.

[Somewhere in Blake, a little blue light labeled Cop switches on.]

Tell me who, where, and when. All the details you remember. What do you mean "we"?

Guy named Bowser. He's come after me and my cousin more than once, drove us into hiding. He also attacked Goldenrod on Valentine's day.

Edited 2013-04-15 00:54 (UTC)

Bowser? That's the kind of criminal mastermind names people give themselves here?

[shakes his head] Stupid name or not, you know it, and you know his face. That means it can't be that hard to track him down and bring him in.

After the last attack, he managed to get a warrant out for someone else he attacked. I don't think it will be so easy.

[Shit, son, don't tell him there's police corruption going on here.]

Shit. The police are in on it? [If it was real cops he's be pissed at the idea, but these clone ladies are something else.] That's not terrorists, that's an old-fashioned mafia.

I think it's more that they cared more about the rule she broke when she was defending herself than the rule he broke when he attacked us.

Fuckin' bureaucrats. I know the kind. I can't stand the kind of idiots who care more about regulations and the rights of scumbags than about getting things done.

["You can't do that, Carter," "That's police brutality, Carter," blah blah blah.]

Yeah. If she'd tried to report him after that she would've been arrested and that just wouldn't have helped anything. We've already had two of my group in jail because they tried to move from place to place too fast."

[Carter gives his professional opinion] That's bullshit.

You can't arrest somebody for leaving town unless they jump bail or something.

Got arrested for quitting their job early.

I knew this place was crazy, but how is that a crime?

I really have no idea but they spent a week in jail for it.

Christ, and I thought the one back home about not smoking near buildings was stupid.

[This place is even more screwed up than he thought. Law is supposed to be something you can rely on.]

[He shook his head and gave a wry smile.] Can't say I've seen it do me and mine much good yet.

You can't judge everywhere by Child Soldier Planet and whatever this is.

In the real world, law's what keeps everybody from doing whatever they want and making the whole thing go to hell.

[He rolled his eyes.] We have laws. In fact, we have laws strict enough in some cases to call for execution, so don't say it like that.

Jesus, by what, the Kindergarten Firing Squad?

Child soldiers, that's supposed to be illegal in the first place.

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