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

[impheired]

[A hand to sniff? Oh, how nice of you, stranger. Tadami will just take a sniff then...as will the Cubone sitting atop her head. Because mama is doing it so clearly he needs to do it too. Cubone, you are not a dog...]

[After a moment she gives a low whuffing bark, looking over to her master leaning against the wall a few feet away. No he is...definitely not dancing. Try scowling and exuding an aura of "fuck off" to the party at large.]

[usedswift]

[Oh no, Cubone is cute! Tenten needs one. She follows the Houndoom's glance toward the -- wow. She'd thought some of the people in the ballroom looked like they didn't want to be there, but this guy looked like he was about to snap.

She gives the Houndoom a friendly pat on the head before heading over, clasping both hands behind her back. This guy was kind of cute, and the eyepatch was really cool-looking!]

Hey! You afraid that wall's gonna fall down without your help?

[impheired]

[It's honestly a wonder Kuzuryuu hasn't snapped yet. Or at least had an aneurysm. It really, really is.]

Tch. [You can almost see him bristle up like a cat at being approached. Who are you and why isn't his aura working on you? Go awaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy.] Don't be stupid.

[So friendly...]

[usedswift]

[Someone should give him a medal at this point. Enduring friendliness.]

So what're you doing stuck over here, then? [She's just going to try out this wall, resting her back against it beside him.] It can't be any fun to be all by yourself over here.

[impheired]

[Sure is a wall. A wall that most definitely does not need any help in staying upright.]

It's just as much fun as any other fucking spot at this stupid thing.

[NOPE. NOT HAVING FUN.]

[usedswift]

Eh? [Is this guy for real? No, really. There isn't a single spot that's not fun.]

C'mon, don't say that. I guarantee dancing with me is a lot more fun that just glaring at everyone.

[She's offering her hand, Kuzuryuu. Take it.]

[impheired]

[He is completely real. And isn't that just a little bit sad.]

I don't dance. And I don't even know who the fuck you are.

[WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DANCE WITH A STRANGER, TENTEN?]

[usedswift]

[Omfg Kuzuryuu please. Don't you know who the fuck she is? She sighs dramatically and tests her hand on her hip, shaking her head.]

Alright, alright. I'm Tenten, who the fuck are you?

[Wow that. That sounds so harsh she regrets it immediately. That's not a word she uses often.]

Ah, sorry! I mean, who're you?

[impheired]

[But it's such a good word, Tenten!! You should use it more often.]

Why are you apologizing? [No seriously he's already used that word himself how many times? You really didn't offend him. It okay.]

Kuzuryuu Fuyuhiko, but don't think I'm going to dance with you just because we've been properly introduced. MY answer's still no.

[He is the biggest party pooper and Nanami is probably the only one who's going to get a dance out of him before the night is over. Fucking incredible.]

[usedswift]

[Nope. Nope. She's even flushing a bit because yeah no that just. Nope. Not answering why she's apologizing, either.

She is pretty taken aback by the outright refusal though, lips curving into an attempt at a hurt pout.]

What? Why not? I mean, that's kind of half the point of this party.

[It's not though. Not even close.]

[impheired]

Didn't you hear me earlier? I said I don't dance. End of fucking story. I'm only here because one of my classmates wouldn't let me skip out on this thing.

[usedswift]

So where's your classmate, then?

[She sees the flaw in his logic!]

I bet you don't even know how. If you wanna learn and are just too embarrassed to ask, I'll teach you!

[impheired]

Fuck if I know, I haven't seen her since we all got here. Probably out here somewhere though, she was actually excited about this thing.

[What an amazing classmate he is. Holy shit.]

And I don't need dance lessons.

[usedswift]

That's...

[This guy might be cute and kind of cool-looking, but his attitude stinks.]

It can't be all bad. I mean, meeting new people is a good thing, isn't it?

[impheired]

[And this is Kuzuryuu AFTER a whole game's worth of character development. Be glad you don't have to deal with chapter one Kuzuryuu, Tenten.]

...maybe not, but not under circumstances like these.

[There are just...too MANY people.]

[usedswift]

[Thank god for small favors. She laughs a bit and shakes her head.]

And what circumstances would be better, huh? A fistfight?

[impheired]

No.

[...]

I mean...not saying there's something wrong with fistfights. They're just not for socializing, not where I'm from. You don't go into that sort of thing expecting to walk away as friends with your opponent, you go into them expecting your opponent not to walk away at all.

[usedswift]

Sounds like where I'm from. So where are you from, then?

[She's not letting a hook like that go so easily.]

[impheired]

[...not quite, Tenten. Not quite.]

Really now? [He's...would not have guessed that. Okay. There's a pause before he answers her question.] Japan.

[usedswift]

[Her whole face scrunches up in disappointment.]

Damn. I thought maybe you were from a ninja village. You're not, right? A ninja?

[Because clearly there's ninja and there's everybody else. Those are the only two categories of people.]

[impheired]

[Kuzuryuu's kingdom to meet somebody normal, what is this. What is happening.]

N...no. I'm not a ninja. [He can't believe this is a thing he actually has to say to somebody.]

[usedswift]

[Most people shouldn't ever have to answer that question.]

Do you want to dance with one?

[Apparently we're back to that, then.]

[impheired]

No.

[Nice try, Tenten. But his mind is still made up on this one, he is not dancing.]

[...Except later with Nanami because it's Nanami and he kind of owes her big time.]

[usedswift]

Jeeeeeez. What's your problem?

[She still doesn't really look offended. This has become more of a challenge than anything else, really.]

Are you always this grumpy?

[impheired]

My problem? Right now it's that you won't take no for a fucking answer. Generally speaking, it's that I'm here at all.

[Not touching the grumpy thing because fuck you, he's not.]