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Route 29: mods ([personal profile] these_balls) wrote in [community profile] route_10652014-04-04 12:01 am

PROM, DAY ONE: THE PROM-ENING

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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THE POKÉPROM MASTERPOST DIRECTORY

THE ORIGINAL INFOPOST | QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES HOTLINE | DAY TWO: THE LOG | DAY THREE: THE LOG
soundmind: (Explain ► My chops reeeeally hurt)

[personal profile] soundmind 2014-04-05 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Which subjects...I think "everything" at this point, there's still a whole lot I don't know about this world, and the anniversary for my being here is this month. [She gestures at the notebook she brought with her.] I've been looking around and writing down things that looked interesting, I took a peek at Mr. Lance's notes as well--it looks like there's some theories going around about a new "type" of Pokemon, maybe there's Pokemon we haven't met yet out there and the Bloobers are a sign of things to come.
Edited (grammar please) 2014-04-05 20:59 (UTC)
friendyousohard: (Rarity did a good job didn't she?)

[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-04-05 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
A whole new type? Well that ought to be interesting, what's it called? What are its strengths and weaknesses?

[She's already shifting over to glance over Maka's shoulder at her notes. Personal space is for people who aren't sharing important information, you know.]
soundmind: (Cheer ► Run on to the future)

[personal profile] soundmind 2014-04-06 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oddly she does not mind, it's not as though she thinks Twilight is going to stab her while she's not looking.]

The theory is that it's resistant to Dragon type attacks, it might even be something that can easily take them down. Mr. Lance...um, found this hard to believe, I guess, I found a bunch of his editorial comments all over those journals. There's no information on what they look like or what they're even called, so it might just be purely theoretical right now.

But can you imagine that? It's possible there's a whole other type out there right now and we don't know about it, and it can take on dragons. No wonder Mr. Lance was so upset by the idea.
friendyousohard: (My hair static requires further study)

[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-04-06 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Well it's not like dragons are invincible or anything. They really can't handle a good ice-type attack. If there's another type out there that can deal with them, well, that's just evening out the playing field a bit. I would like to find a type like that though...
soundmind: (Explain ► You can(not) do that)

[personal profile] soundmind 2014-04-06 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I exploited some of their secondary types in the fight against Miss Clair [and then there was her disastrous "but a Gyarados isn't a Dragon type" comment...] but the journals say that this type is entirely resistant to them too. Something that's resistant and strong against a Dragon type would mean...I think that would mean all types have something that it's resistant to.

...The more I think about it, the more it sounds like how I described Pokemon battling to my friend, like a Paper-Rock-Scissors sort of thing.
friendyousohard: (That is NOT scientifically accurate.)

[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-04-06 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, sort of. If Rock-Paper-Scissors had many more variants you could choose, and sometimes Rock could be absurdly more powerful than paper, and they all had offensive and defensive powers to take into account, and...

[Pause.]

Buuuuut I'm getting a bit over-detailed, aren't I? I mean, it's a good way to describe it to a newcomer.
soundmind: (Blush ► I think I'll sit this one out)

[personal profile] soundmind 2014-04-07 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ahaha...yeah, Kirikou just arrived here and he seems to be figuring out the basics fast, I'll wait until he stops being homesick to "throw the book at him" about the more subtle advantages and disadvantages.
friendyousohard: (Glasses: 20% more nerdy)

[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-04-07 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[She glances at the pile of books around them.

Then at Maka.

Then snorts and lightly swats her head.
]

That pun was awful.
soundmind: (Laugh ► Define 'inappropriate')

[personal profile] soundmind 2014-04-07 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[She can't help it, it was pretty bad but she laughs.]

You laughed anyway!
friendyousohard: (Braids 'n books)

[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-04-07 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
To my shame, yes.

[In fact she's still chuckling a bit.]

So I'm guessing "Kirikou" is a friend from your world, right?
soundmind: (Smile ► This time I'll disappear)

[personal profile] soundmind 2014-04-07 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, he arrived recently, we've been settling in to the house I rented since. You all should come visit some time! I already told Applejack about it, it's not filled in yet but since it's in Olivine it's got a great backdrop.

[A pause and she smiles when she remembers that since Twilight is in the PGC too she would certainly know about their mad scramble to do damage control in Olivine.]

It turns out Olivine is a very nice place when someone isn't trying to blow it up.
friendyousohard: (Rarity did a good job didn't she?)

[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-04-07 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly, I think that's why someone tried to blow it up. If it wasn't such a great place to be, no one would have cared as much.

We'll be more than happy to come visit you sometime, though.
soundmind: (Nostalgic ► I was happy once)

[personal profile] soundmind 2014-04-08 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm...[she doesn't pretend to understand people who destroy and despise nice things, they're quite cruel and--in the case of the Olivine bombings--the person was trying to rile up those that protect the innocent.

People are strange.]


Kirikou would be glad to meet you all, too. He can be kinda brash and look like he's not interested in what you're talking about, but he's a nice guy.
friendyousohard: (Glasses: 20% more nerdy)

[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-04-12 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, he'd probably get along great with Rainbow then.

[Actually, let's face it. A lot of Maka's friends would probably get along better with Rainbow than any of Twilight's other friends.]