Why Don't You Go Where Fashion Sits?

[these_guys]

Who: Participants of the Kalosmas New Year's Event!
Where: The Hotel Richissime, in scenic Lumiose City, Kalos!
When: Wednesday, December 31 - Thursday, January 1!
Summary: After all the shenanigans of Hoennween, it's about time everybody had a chance to relax and unwind, courtesy of some actually benign NPCs. With all the luxuries of the Hotel Richissime waiting at their disposal, that shouldn't be too difficult a prospect!
Rating: PG in general; please mark threads that go higher accordingly!
Log:

☆ GROUND FLOOR ☆

FOR ROOM DESCRIPTIONS OF THIS FLOOR, PLEASE GO HERE!


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☆ UPSTAIRS FLOOR ☆

FOR ROOM DESCRIPTIONS OF THIS FLOOR, PLEASE GO HERE!

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A FEW OTHER SETTING NOTES:

• At the moment, this log spans the entirety of the New Year's Eve plot, so starters may be posted for any time on either day of the event. If things start getting massive and it looks like an overflow log will be necessary, we'll definitely see about putting one up, and will link it to this one if need be.

• The Event Itinerary can be found here! Remember that participating in this course of events is not mandatory, but it's what will be going on in the grand scheme of things over the course of the event.

• All event participants are being housed on the fourth and fifth floors of the hotel. Your bedrooms are laid out like this; if you participated in our IC Rooming Roulette, you can find your buddy on this table here!

• Most activities here will be free! ICly, your characters will use their room cards to "pay" for most things, and the charges will be applied to their room (which of course, they are not paying for personally). Gift shops, parts of the casino, and food not provided as part of the event are not chargeable to your rooms and characters will have to use their own money in those locations.

• Underage characters may use the casino; however, they may be subject to some social scrutiny and side-eyeing in the event that they attempt to get in on one of the high-roller tables.

A NOTE ABOUT USING THREADS ON THIS LOG FOR AC:

Because of how our AC period works (the grace week into January still counting toward December), all threads on this log are valid toward December's AC, regardless of timestamp! However, because the log technically spans two different months and we want to encourage tagging out on it, we have also made this decision:

On this log and this log alone, comment threads timestamped in January (OOCly) that reach AC-length may be used towards January's AC, as well. Therefore, if a thread on this log reaches AC length with 10+ comments timestamped in January, you can use it toward January's AC (assuming the same thread has not already been used to satisfy December's AC).

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☆ QUICK LINKS ☆
MAIN EVENT INFOPOST | QUESTIONS FOR MODS

Comments

[garbagechild]

<sub>[Of all the people he might have expected to discover him in his secret hiding place.... well, okay, the idea of running into his former team-mates had crossed his mind, BUT HE REALLY HAD NOT EXPECTED TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH LUST SO SOON.]

[So when the cloth lifts and her face appears, Wrath first just FREEZES IN HORRIFIED SILENCE, eyes almost as wide as the plates sitting on the table above.]

[SHE KNOWS THE NICE BLUE ROUND THING????]

[... IS SHE TRYING TO KIDNAP THE NICE BLUE ROUND THING????]</sub>

---G-GET OUT OF HERE! TRAITOR!

_{[The Zubat on his head lets out an angry squeak in agreement. YEAH! He has no idea who you are, but.... YEAH!]}

[a_sin_for_him]

Would you stop calling me that? You can't be a traitor when you turn against something evil, that's simply using good sense.

[Lust is in too pleasant a mood to let Wrath bother her. Guttle is a bit concerned at his new friend's reaction, but he licks Lust's cheek in apology. Before sneaking another mouthful of mix.]

And I was looking for Guttle... get your face out of that bowl. For god's sake, you had two brownies an hour ago! Now Wrath, what are you doing under the buffet table with my Spheal? Besides ruining his diet.

[garbagechild]

--he's yours?!

<sub>[... AND SHE WAS MAD AT HIM FOR EATING?! >8( WHAT AN AWFUL THING TO BE MAD AT SOMEBODY FOR!]

[Wrath's voice goes high and almost cracks in his sheer distaste.]</sub>

He was hungry!

_{[... aka this little rat was absolutely enabling your Pokemon's bad eating habits.]}

[a_sin_for_him]

He's my starter! And he's always hungry, he's tipped over a hundred pounds! That's too big for a Spheal.

[Guttle is visibly distressed by all of this. New friend, trainer, what is going on?!?!]

Where's...whoever's responsible for you?

[Please god, let someone be taking some sort of responsibility for him.]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[Wrath actually gasps. He might not know much about social norms, but one thing he learned pretty early on in the Rocket HQ is that commenting on somebody's weight is something that should never be done.]

[He learned this very quickly because the first thing he said to a fairly high-ranking training officer was "You're fat" and he didn't get supper that night, despite the fact that it had been a completely earnest observation with no actual malice behind it.]

[And anyway, the nice blue round thing would be considerably LESS round if he wasn't as big, and his roundness is very nonthreatening and cute, so Wrath really doesn't see how he's 'too big'.]</sub>

Don't say that! He's beautiful!

Go away!

This is my spot!

_{[There is apparently nobody responsible for him. Great.]}

[a_sin_for_him]

.....You're ten years old or something, you have no idea what you're talking about!

[Lust is just stricken by this entire encounter. What is even happening? She just wanted to find her Spheal!

And he's apparently on his own. Doesn't this world have orphanages? Why isn't he in one? Well, fine. So be it.]

Get out from under the table, right now. Both of you. For god's sake, this is a luxury hotel!

[garbagechild]

No, you don't know what you're talking about!

<sub>[He doesn't have the nerve to actually try and grab Guttle to protect him from his MEAN TRAITOROUS TRAINER, but he sure does have the nerve to grab a handful of Chex Mix from the bowl and fling it right in Lust's face.]

[YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF HIM!!]</sub>

[a_sin_for_him]

[That was the last straw. Quick as a snake striking, Lust shot out her hand and grabbed Wrath firmly by the ear. She tugged him firmly toward her. She'd seen women dealing with unruly children, she had a general notion of how to proceed.

Wrath wasn't going to be allowed to remain half feral. If for no other reason than his name alone connected him to the rest of them.]

You will behave yourself!

[garbagechild]

_{[The enraged wail that escapes Wrath's throat as he's bodily dragged out from under the table by his ear is almost too big to belong to something so small.]}

OWW! OW OW LET GO AAAAAAAAAH! LET GO! LET GO!!

_{[A trail of crushed Chex Mix and a couple of fancy-looking rings are left in his wake.]}

[a_sin_for_him]

[Instead of letting go, Lust swats his rump once he's out from under the table. Enough to sting and startle, but not actually harm him. She knows better than to actually hurt a child, even if it's Wrath.]

I will let go when you promise to conduct yourself with a modicum of dignity and self respect! You aren't a goblin, you're a little boy!

[garbagechild]

<sub>[Well, it's safe to say that not once in his life has anyone ever dared to try and spank him before. It's enough of a shock that his howling cuts off with a sharp gasp. The look he shoots her is so baffled and indignant that it's almost comical.]

[But if this particular line of discipline has any chance of actually being effective with him, they'll never find out.]

[Because it's at that moment (and accompanied by a shrill, tinny eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!) that Pipsqueak the Zubat launches straight at Lust's head in defense of his trainer.]</sub>

[a_sin_for_him]

[Now she lets go, staggering back and lifting her hands to swat at the angry Zubat. Where was Wrath's starter? She at least seemed to grasp that her trainer was a bit...special in the need department. At least the swatting seems to have done its job.]

Call off your Zubat! You earned that by throwing food at someone!

[Guttle rolls out from under the table, distressed and confused. This is all horrible! He doesn't even pay attention to the spilled food.]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[UNFORTUNATELY, the rules specified that only Pokemon human-sized or smaller could accompany their trainers through the party area, so after straightening Wrath's tie and giving him an encouraging pep talk (that was delivered entirely in grunts and growls, but he got the idea okay!), Mama had retired to a well-deserved day in the spa while her trainer carried out his first mission.]

[Lust is right, though. She'd probably have been able to straighten this situation out.]

[As soon as he's let go, Wrath falls back to his hands and knees and scrambles away from Lust, looking frantically over his shoulder.]

[FOR ONCE, he actually does what she says, although not... for the reason she had in mind.]</sub>

PIPSQUEAK, STOP!

SHE'LL KILL YOU!

<sub>[Hey, his last memory of Lust from home was being turned into a skull shish-ka-bob-- and that's not even getting into the other people he's seen her kill!]

[HE'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT FRIGHTENED FOR HIS POKEMON RIGHT NOW.]</sub>

[a_sin_for_him]

I will not! I just want him to stop!

[Good god, this was not how Lust had intended her night to go! Why had Guttle found Wrath to pal around with?]

I'm trying to help you!

[Oh, she was looking into orphanages when she got home!]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[Fortunately for Lust, the tiny Zubat has the most pitiful attack stat you ever did see, so even when he tries to latch onto her nose with his tiny fangs, the most she'll feel is a tiny pinch.]

[UNFORTUNATELY for Lust, Wrath doesn't believe her. As evidenced by the vicious glare he shoots her before going back to pleading with his bat.]</sub>

STOP, Pipsqueak, STOP!

We gotta go!!

<sub>[THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE STARING RIGHT NOW.]

[At last, the little Zubat turns to heed his trainer's call-- ... but WHAT'S THIS???]

[IT SEEMS HE'S CAUGHT IN HIS ENEMY'S HAIR.]</sub>

[a_sin_for_him]

Ow!

[Lust winces and tries to gently put her hand around the frantic Zubat. At least her hair wasn't up, she supposed.]

Just calm down...stop squirming, you'll make it worse...

[There's a crowd. Lust is very aware of how quiet it is around them. Wonderful. This is just wonderful. What an end to the year. She bends forward, grimacing at the tugging of her hair.]

Wrath, a bit of help?

[garbagechild]

<sub>[The literal LAST THING IN THE WORLD THAT HE WANTS is to help Lust. Of all people!]

[But his Pokemon is in trouble!]

[So Wrath climbs to his feet and steps forward, reaching up to try and disentangle Pipsqueak as quickly as possible. It's lucky that he cares about the little bat, because otherwise the temptation to just YANK on Lust's hair would be too much to resist.]</sub>

[a_sin_for_him]

[With some careful finger work, Lust's hair and the Zubat are finally parted. Lust draws back, raking her hair out of her face and glaring at Wrath. Her face is pale and drawn.]

That's not behaving.

[It's all she can manage. She snaps her fingers for Guttle, who is far too cowed and upset by all of this to do anything other than roll up to her legs and nuzzle against her in apology. Hes rather certain he's to blame for all of this.]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[IT'S OKAY GUTTLE IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT! YOU'RE PERFECT JUST THE WAY YOU ARE.]

[With his tiny blue bat clasped tightly in his hands, Wrath backs away slowly from his former team-mate, nostrils flaring.]

[He has no reply for her.]

[The second he's sure she won't come after him, he whips around to make his hasty getaway through the crowd that had formed around them.]</sub>