PROM, DAY TWO: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

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Who: EVERYONE
Where: Scenic Tohjo Falls!
When: Saturday, April 5
Summary: THIS IS THE LOG FOR DAY TWO OF POKEPROM! That means this is your CASUAL SATURDAY MINGLEPOST, so enjoy the lazy wind-down from last night's festivities and take some time to explore the many sights and sounds of Tohjo Falls!
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 TWO of Prom, which means this is the CASUAL SATURDAY MINGLEPOST! Only threads taking place on Saturday, April 5 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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[impheired]

[It's a good thing you got that nap in, Yusuke. Otherwise this parking lot encounter probably would have been a lot more unpleasant for you. Because guess who just spotted you while you were investigating some bushes?]

YOU!!!!

[Remember that snarl? That's right. It's the "freakshow" and he neither forgives nor forgets because he sounds just as mad as he did two weeks ago when he rage quit on Yusuke. He also appears to give very few fucks about fair fights because the moment Yusuke looks up, he'll find a ring-covered fist swinging right for his cheek. Time to react and prepare? No, apparently you don't get any of that.]

[angerpoints]

[He does recognize that snarl, yes, but you're absolutely right when you say that he doesn't have enough time to react before he's knocked right into the bushes by Kuzuryuu's knuckles suddenly cracking across the side of his face. The blow comes unexpectedly, and the impact is hard enough that it actually leaves him reeling for a moment, unable to do much other than swear a little under his breath and press a hand to his aching cheek. He doesn't have to look to know that he's bleeding. He can feel it on his fingers.

While Yusuke might not be able to react right now, his Mightyena, Hana, sure as hell is. Hana's response to Kuzuryuu's assault on her trainer's person is immediate; with a deep, guttural snarl, the Pokemon leaps in and plants herself firmly between the two boys, her lips peeled back back to show Kuzuryuu her teeth and the thick black hair on her back bristling angrily. If the offensive stance she's taking is any indication, she's pretty prepared to fight Kuzuryuu off herself, but the second she takes a step forward...]

Back off, Hana. I've got this.

[Yusuke speaks up, sounding remarkably calm. Looking startled, Hana pauses and look over her shoulder at Yusuke as he gingerly pulls himself up to his feet and extracts himself from the bush. There's blood smeared across his cheek, and all things considered, he's a little unsteady on his feet (he already had a headache before Kuzuryuu arrived, so the added discomfort from getting punched in the face isn't exactly doing him any good), but despite all of that, he manages to look Kuzuryuu right in the eye and smirk at him. Oh yeah, he remembers Kuzuryuu. He remembers his promise to kick his ass, too.

... of course, he hadn't exactly expected Kuzuryuu to make good on that promise while he was coping with a hangover, but... eh. Whatever. Yusuke'll roll with it; he's had to fight in worse conditions than this, and even if he were dealing with something worse than a headache, there's no way he'd back down, not while there's the promise of a good, cathartic knuckle-buster lurking on the horizon. Dusting leaves off of his clothes, Yusuke chuckles and says:]

Not bad. I didn't expect you to be able to throw a decent punch, all things considered.

[The comment is barbed, pointed. Yusuke knows better than to actually underestimate someone based on their appearance, but since commenting on Kuzuryuu's appearance seems to get a rise out of him (and getting a rise out of him seems to be the way to get him to fight him), he figures he might as well do just that.]

[impheired]

[Kuzuryuu is either that mad, that fearless, or that stupid that he barely even reacts when suddenly faced with a giant, snarling furball that could easily rip his arm off. Honestly, the answer is probably some weird combination of all three but mostly A and C. Because he is REALLY fucking mad right now and it's definitely not smart to stare down a Mightyena of all things.]

All things con... [Oh, hell no.] I'm gonna make you regret those words, shithead!!

[But never let it be said that Yusuke isn't good at reading his opponents. Because he's hit it exactly on the head with Kuzuryuu. Commenting on his appearance is one of the fastest ways to get under his skin. And the more something gets under his skin, the more violent he's prone to getting. He's not as much of a fighter as some of his other, more athletic classmates, but Kuzuryuu's been in his share of fist fights over the course of his life. And growing up in a household where arguments very quickly escalated to full-on, life-threatening violence made sure he wasn't entirely unprepared for those. That being said though, the guy's still tiny (possibly even tinier in person than he came across on video) and his strength lies more in endurance than it does power. Even with a hangover, somebody like Yusuke outclasses him in this arena.]

[But that's not going to stop him from going on the offensive anyway, no sir. Kuzuryuu charges forward like a bull, aiming to ram his shoulder into Yusuke's chest. Maybe knock him to the gr-- oh who are we kidding Kuzuryuu doesn't even weight a hundred pounds that sure isn't going to happen. But maybe he can charge Yusuke hard enough to wind him. That'd be great, yeah.]

[angerpoints]

[A couple of things happen when Kuzuryuu rushes at Yusuke like that: Hana leaps the fuck out of the way, not because she's afraid of Kuzuryuu (though being barreled at like that does strike her as a little disconcerting), but because Yusuke told her he could handle this and she's electing to believe him; Yusuke drops into a fighting stance, with his fists up, his elbows low to protect his body, his knees slightly bent, and his feet spread shoulder-width apart; and then, once that's done, he does a quick mental inventory of his options here, because not only is Kuzuryuu coming at him fast and with all the force of an approaching freight train, Yusuke's still standing in front of those damn bushes, which, no offense to them, he isn't particularly interested in falling in again, particularly now that the fight has for sure begun. Kuzuryuu might not be able to bowl him over, but he's proven to have enough strength in him to propel him backwards, and that, friends, would suck, as it would definitely put him back in the bushes and potentially lead to him getting tangled up and thus left vulnerable to further attacks.

The smartest move here, he decides, is put as much distance between himself and the greenery as possible. Kuzuryuu was already pretty close to him in the first place, though, which means that he doesn't have a lot of ground to cover as he's charging towards him, which, in turn, means that Yusuke has a limited amount of time to dodge. So he doesn't. Instead, he stays right where he is, and then, when Kuzuryuu gets in close enough...

Yusuke ducks down and swings his elbow straight forward, aiming to smash the pointy end of it right into the side of Kuzuryuu's head. If he's timed this correctly, it should not only hurt like a mother, but also provide enough momentum to knock Kuzuryuu back and give Yusuke time to move off to the side where he's not quite as cornered; if he didn't time this correctly, or if Kuzuryuu manages to block or dodge it, then... well, he's gonna get tackled. And then he'll have to pull something else out of his ass. Such is his life.]

[impheired]

[Unfortunately, the not having a whole lot of time to dodge thing goes both ways. By the time Kuzuryuu catches on to what Yusuke has planned as a counter attack, he's too close to stop or fully dodge. The best he can do is turn his head a little at the last second, away from Yusuke's incoming elbow. It...doesn't make the blow slide off as much as he'd like. It still hurts like a bitch and it's still plenty enough to send Kuzuryuu stumbling backwards, just like Yusuke wanted. But hey, better that than taking the full brunt of the blow and potentially winding up with a concussion this early into the fight.]

[And hey, now they're sort of even! Because it was hard enough to get the start of a headache going. And with how pissed off Kuzuryuu is, that'll probably be a full blown one in no time, especially if the two of them keep aiming for the head like this.]

Son of a bitch!

[Now's your chance, Yusuke. Get away from that bush while he's staggering and rubbing his head.]

[angerpoints]

[Consider the bush ditched! Yusuke moves as soon as he feels his elbow slam into Kuzuryuu's head and sees him stumble back, a grin spreading across his face. Now this is exactly the kind of fight he's been needing for the past couple of months. Don't get him wrong, it's not like sparring with friendly opponents isn't fun or anything, but there's a certain thrill that comes from fighting someone who genuinely wants to hurt you that you can't get when you're fighting someone who just wants the exercise or the opportunity to show off their skills, a thrill that he's largely been missing out on since he left home a year ago. What's more, with Kuzuryuu gunning for him as intensely as he is, there's no reason for Yusuke to hold back. Perfect opportunity for him to channel months' worth of pent-up anger and aggression into his fists and get it all out of his system.

On that note, now that his elbow strike has left Kuzuryuu temporarily stunned, the smartest action for Yusuke to take at this point would probably be to act fast and try to come at him before he gets the chance to recover. As expected, though, Yusuke totally forgoes the smart option, instead deciding to test his luck by standing there and jeering at him.]

C'mon, don't tell me that's all you've got. I thought you were gonna rip out my heart and show it to me!

[impheired]

[And boy does Kuzuryuu genuinely want to hurt him. In fact, Yusuke may be able to pick up on the fact that it's actually more severe than that. There's killing intent there. It's...probably a good thing that he doesn't have anything that he can use to fully go through with this though. He's not really the sort that could kill a person with his fist, unfortunately.]

[He at least needs a baseball bat to pull that off.]

We're just getting started, dumbass!! This is far from over!

[He moves fast for a little guy, christ. Or maybe he moves fast BECAUSE he's a little guy. Either way, the jeering's working and Kuzuryuu's charging to close the gap again. Though not to tackle this time, judging by the way he's got his fists curled again. Because, you know, there's a distinct lack of fists flying in this fight. And it's called a fist fight for a reason, you know. So we should probably work on that. So let's close the gap and just start punching each other's lights out, shall we? This sounds like a good plan to Kuzuryuu.]

[angerpoints]

[Hey, no complaints here! In fact, Yusuke is so down with gettin' his punch on that when he sees Kuzuryuu rushing at him a second time, rather than stay put and let him come to him like he did before, he responds by also rushing forward with his fists ready to fly, his gaze sharp and that grin on his face taking on a slightly manic edge. Strategy? What strategy? Strategy was good for getting himself out of that tight, awkward spot earlier; now that he's no longer in danger of getting knocked into a bush again, he feels free to let loose and just not think too much - about his next move, about how this fight might end, about anything other than what he's doing right here, right now, which is charging full-tilt and half-cocked at Kuzuryuu like the reckless son of a bitch he is. Act first, think much, much later. That's always been his preferred style of fighting anyway.

Needless to say, with both of them running at each other as fast as they can, the gap between them is closed pretty quickly. How they don't crash into each other like dumbasses is a mystery; Yusuke, for his part, barely even stops before he throws a straight jab at Kuzuryuu's face.

(As for whether or not he's noticed that Kuzuryuu wants to take him out permanently... well, he's fought plenty of people who wanted him dead before, so yeah, he's definitely noticed. Predictably enough, though, he's not too bent out of shape about it. Hell, there's even a slightly sick part of him that's glad for it. The more this guy wants to wreck him, the harder he'll fight. That's all Yusuke cares about.)]

[impheired]

[Well at least he's not up against a super strategic opponent. If anything, Kuzuryuu almost seems to have a similar, reactive way of thinking. Though perhaps not quite to the same degree as Yusuke. Maybe more of just an "act first, think much later" as opposed to "much, much later". At least under more normal circumstances, such as these. There are definitely exceptions to be made that can bump him even further down the line of acting without thinking.]

[He makes no effort to block or soften the blow this time, probably because he's way too busy attempting to swing his own fist into Yusuke's gut at the same time. Whether that was because it's a lower target and therefore a more natural swing path for him or some kind of vaguely tactical maneuver is hard to say...though it really and truly is a mystery how they managed to throw punches instead of just run smack into each other. Surely this is a sign of something.]

[Probably hot-blooded teenage idiocy.]

[angerpoints]

[Well, in any case, that punch of Kuzuryuu's definitely hits its target, and it packs enough force to knock Yusuke back a few paces and take the wind right out of him. As resilient and as stubborn as he is, Yusuke's only human; he can only do so much when he can't fucking breathe, and that's not a hell of a lot.

SO, if Kuzuryuu manages to recover from that punch in the face before Yusuke here recovers from the punch in the gut, he'll find himself looking at an opportunity to get the jump on him while he's still clutching his stomach and gasping for breath. He'd better act fast if he's gonna go for it, though, because you better believe that Yusuke'll be springing back into action the second he's got oxygen circulating through his lungs again!]

[impheired]

[Like hell he's going to pass up this opportunity, even if he's feeling that punch to the face a hell of a lot more than he expected to. Not that he didn't expect it to hurt at all or anything just...jeez. You really are every bit as tough as you try to make yourself look, aren't you, Yusuke? Still, Kuzuryuu's been through worse, at least a fist isn't a blade so he can endure and push through for now. His body will thank him for this later, most assuredly. Does he even realize he's bleeding? No, no he does not. Fucking incredible.]

[He barely misses a beat after knocking Yusuke back, yelling and following right after him. Taking advantage of Yusuke's stooped clutching, Kuzuryuu grabs hold of the sides of the other boy's head, bringing his face down to his own upward-moving knee. He does this twice before releasing Yusuke's head and instead aiming his fist at Yusuke's chest. You got your breath back yet, fucker? Or are you going to slam the window shut on Kuzuryuu's over-eager fingers?]