kicking butt and taking selfies

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Who: Tenten and ANYONE AND EVERYONE
Where: Blackthorn City hot springs
When: March 9th-10th
Summary: Tenten's birthday party!
Rating: G unless someone starts throwing punches and people start bleeding (likely).

Catch-all party post for Tenten! She's got so much money these days that she just rented the closest thing to an onsen-and-ryokan she could find. I'll be throwing up different areas and turning comments off, so feel free to thread amongst yourselves. It's a party post, you guys know how to do the thing. Also feel free to assume that Tenten would have made arrangements around March 3rd, and worked to try to get flyers to Fly people in if necessary.

ALSO IT'S GOING TO END UP THUNDERSTORMING (thanks, weather); everyone is invited to sleep over. There will be a thread for inside shenanigans, too.

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Hot Springs!

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[Exactly what she invited everyone for, the outdoor hot springs in Blackthorn. Pokémon are permitted in the water, and bathing suits are required!]

Outdoors!

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[It's time to b-b-b-battle! A space for all your Pokémon battles; Tenten will throw anyone out there who looks like they might start a fight/Pokémon battle inside (she doesn't want to have to pay for damages!!).]

Indoors!

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[On Tenten's request, there's several long, low tables with cushions on the floor for sitting! Rather than there being individual portions set out, there's various different Japanese dishes prepared and available for one to reach across and take what they want for their plate. There's also a few tables set up like Korean BBQ.

There's also a table for presents and a karaoke machine!]

Overnight!

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[Indoors Part 2: Ninja Boogaloo! Thanks to the thunderstorms that're going to be starting up, there will be space for people to stay over, complete with futons and yukata if wanted! There'll be limited space for individual rooms; most of it will be in one bigger room with several people!]

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Choose your own Tenten adventure!
01. [It's karaoke time! Surprisingly enough, Tenten can sing. Any of the pop songs that would have been on the radio, she's giving them a go. When she steps away from the mic, she's breathing a little hard, but she's beaming the whole time.]

02. [Never had Korean BBQ or crab legs (or used chopsticks) before? Tenten's there to help! Or just bouncing around from area to area greeting guests and showing them around.]

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[Tenten can be found relaxing in the water in her bathing suit and hair in twin braided pigtails any time before it starts raining, with one of her many Arcanine perched on the rocks behind her. Every now and then, a Marill pops up out of the water near her to let out a cheerful trill and squirt water at other people.]

[islandshore]

[Well, here we have Riku, clad in black swim trunks. Now, he had plans to drop into the hot springs anyway, but before he can get in by choice?

He gets a whack to the back from his shades-toting Blastoise, knocking him in with a SPLASH.

Please pardon any droplets of hot water that might've hit your face. This was not how Riku anticipated getting in for a dip.]

[islandshore]

[Somebody's never used chopsticks before, and it's this loser right here. It's pretty obvious too, given the way he's fiddling with the chopsticks, trying to pick up a piece of meat to no avail.

When he spots Tenten, he gives a small sigh.]

Man, how do you even do this?

[islandshore]

[Riku's leering at that karaoke machine. Leering. Unfortuantely, it's inanimate. Its defense can't drop.

He knows that Sora will probably try and goad him into singing, but no. He's not even gonna hum. Singing's not Riku's style, so he'll cautiously try and slip away from the machine, drop off his gift on the table, and hope no one asks him for a duet.

He probably looks pretty silly right now.]

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[She laughs as she drops onto a cushion next to him and pulls a pair of wooden chopsticks out of their paper sleeve.]

It's not that hard! Here, just hold them like this, [and she splits them apart to hold and show him.]

Then you just, you know... [And then she reaches across him to grab a shrimp dumpling and pop it in her mouth.]

Like this! Have you really never used chopsticks before?

[friendyousohard]

[After a long, painful and cold trek through the Ice Path, Twilight is more than happy to slip on a purple bikini, walk/stagger over to the hot springs, wish Tenten a happy birthday, and slide/practically fall in with a groan of pure bliss.]

Never. Going in that cave. Again.

[bestofthebest]

(After a dangerous, slippery, and COLD trek through a certain Cave, Dash is more than content to just make her way over while wearing a light blue bikini as she eases herself into the hot springs.

Also, she's never going into anymore mountains or caves as long as she's in Johto or Kanto.)

Best party planning...ever~

[saxsongs]

[Well, battle isn't necessary on his mind... but guess who's here. Blackthorn was a good place to come hiding for now for several reasons. This was one of them.

He's actually dressed for hot springs because he's actually visiting there today. With Utau, who he can introduce, if Tenten would like.]

Looking pretty tonight.

[islandshore]

[And here, chilling in the water? One Riku, who's presently leaning back against the rocks.]

Hey, you survived. Isn't that what counts?

[islandshore]

[Okay, having a visual demonstration definitely helps. After watching her closely, he'll split the sticks apart and try grabbing one of those dumplings, but his grip's still a bit clumsy.

Man, he's gotta look pretty dumb right now.]

Nah, I'm more of a fork and knife kinda guy. Never actually bothered using them before.

[friendyousohard]

When bare survival becomes your baseline for a good trip, it's time to re-evaluate the standards.

[She glances over at him and a slight smile quirks on her lips.]

But at least we won't have to do it again.

[bertall]

<sub>[Someone really should've given Bertholt some fashion advice before he packed up for the trip to Blackthorn, because his shorts are absolutely hideous.

Or amazing, depending on your taste.

Having never been to an actual hot spring before, Bertholt practically melted the minute he found a spot. If it wasn't for the Feraligatr floating in front of him and acting as an anchor to keep him from floating away, he probably would've fallen asleep.]</sub>

...I could stay here forever.

[bertall]

<sub>[Yeaaaaaaaah, he has no idea why someone would be giving the stink-eye to a box made of... plastic? He didn't know what it was made out of, but it looked really weird.

GUESS HE SHOULD ASK RIKU because he has to know what it is if he's staring at it, right?]</sub>

H-Hey, um... What is that thing? With the weird club-looking thing sitting on it?

[believeit]

[The food is pretty great and he can be found there from time to time, cooking up meat on the Korean BBQ, but his attention focuses on something else once he notices the KARAOKE MACHINE.

So it is rather likely that you will happen to catch the blond ninja belting out some song he has heard during his time here in route. Though surprisingly his singing voice is not bad!]

[believeit]

[Naruto is one of the sleepover guests, but that doesn't necessarily mean he is here to sleep. The last thing you do at a sleepover is sleep, right?]

Psst, we should..y'know... play a game or something. In here. Yeah.

[bestofthebest]

(Dash is one of the sleepover guests too, but she's not in the mood to sleep either. Still, playing a game? as far as she's concerned it had better be a cool one.)

...What kind of game can we play while it's raining?

[sitdownbecider]

[After freezing her tail off through the Ice Caves, and a long conversation as to why it is important to wear clothing while swimming, Applejack steps into the water dressed in an orange and red bikini. She sighs, relaxing her shoulders and closing her eyes. The clothes may be weird, but this water feels amazing.]

[sitdownbecider]

[Tenten, hunny, AJ loves you, but what the hell are these stick things, and why do you get two of them? You may want to interfere, as this southerner is about to stab some of that barbecue with one of her chopsticks.]

[sitdownbecider]

[Have some applause.]

I never thought you'd be a singer.

[sitdownbecider]

[Why are you whispering in her ear in the middle of the night? AJ is quick to get him in a headlock.]

What in tarnation are you talkin' 'bout?