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Route 29: mods ([personal profile] these_balls) wrote in [community profile] route_10652016-05-27 01:10 pm

Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher

Who: EVERYONE
Where: THE ACTUAL MOON
When: Friday, May 27th through Sunday, May 29th!
Summary: THIS IS YOUR MOD-PROVIDED OPEN LOG FOR FOURTH WALL PROMAGEDDON!
Rating: May vary by thread, please mark accordingly!
Log:

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☆ YOU ARE HERE ☆




LOCATIONS OF NOTE:

REDUCED G MOON BALLROOM
Accessible only via the balcony that connects back through to the regular ballroom, this unusual section of the moon base is the only major room in which the gravity more closely reflects that of the actual moon, as opposed to being artificially enhanced to better simulate the conditions Earthside. The dance floor is situated approximately fifteen feet below the balcony, recessed into the moon's surface where the rest of the base sits at ground level, and overhead a massive domed ceiling lets in a magnificent view of outer space, the moon's surface, and all the surrounding stars. The acoustics are just as good as those of the standard ballroom, and this dance floor will feature the same music as the other; the only appreciable difference is that in the Reduced G Moon Ballroom, gravity is mostly optional and you're liable to find as many couples spinning through the open air as you are with solid ground beneath their feet. Try not to get trapped in the middle with no momentum, or you might just need a rescue from some considerate stranger!


REGULAR BALLROOM
A more traditional ballroom for the more traditional partygoer on the moon base: hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, crystal chandeliers, and tasteful music. Of particular note are the balcony doors at the north end of the ballroom, which lead onto the observation balcony that overlooks the Reduced Gravity Moon Ballroom! Please don't block those doors; they're the only way in or out!


DINING ROOM AND BUFFET
GOOD FOOD, GOOD MEAT, GOOD GRIEF, LET'S EAT! The dining room is an area accessible from both the ballroom and the hallway that leads between the reception area and the dorms, featuring scores upon scores of tables of varying sizes that might seat as little as two or as many as eight. On days when the party isn't in full swing, buffet-style meals will be served over a period of two hours at three times during the day — breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When the party is jumping, however, the table will remain perpetually stocked with entrees, sides, and of course a full complement of magnificent desserts for people to feast and snack upon as they so choose!


DORMS AND SLEEPING AREAS
Your moon base home-away-from-home for the next three days! In the massive dorm wing of the base, you'll find vast corridors of hostel-style bunks available to be claimed. Unclaimed bunks will signal their availability by having their curtains open and empty bunk displayed; though the privacy curtains and beds themselves boast no particular security features, each bunk does come with a reasonably-sized trunk for storing a guest's belongings. Upon claiming the bunk, a guest will be prompted to register their trunk with a thumbprint, which thereafter will be used to lock and unlock their trunk. If you're worried about something happening to your belongings or valuables, feel free to lock them up for safekeeping!


INDOOR GREENHOUSE AND FLOWER GARDEN
A secluded place where partygoers can retreat from the festivities for a little while, whether it be to catch their breath, for a tête-à-tête, or anything else that might involve the desire for a little more peace and quiet. Featuring small walking paths, real fresh flowers, and even a small inches-deep artificial burbling brook, the moon base garden looks to be a little slice of the planet Earth preserved here in outer space. Seems like all that's missing are the wild Pokemon!


LIBRARY, MUSIC ROOM, SPA, AND ARCADE
An assortment of four general leisure rooms in the western wing of the Moon Base, most of which are fairly self-explanatory! So, if you feel so inclined, take some time to stop in, poke around, and enjoy yourself in:

THE LIBRARY, which features muted lighting, plenty of hardwood paneling, and a quiet atmosphere for reading a book in one of the cozy armchairs or piling up a dozen to peruse at one of the available tables. You're welcome to find the usual Pokemon-ified standard fare of books here; unfortunately, research-inclined people digging for secrets about the moon base, Pokemon, or other such nonfiction topics aren't likely to unearth anything of any particular note this time. Alas!

THE MUSIC ROOM, which boasts a wide array of instruments available for the guests to make use of, including a grand piano, a few guitars (both acoustic and electric), and a general assortment of other choices from the brass, string, wind, and percussion families.

THE SPA FACILITIES, where guests are welcome to unwind and relax in the various pools, hot tubs, and mineral baths available. Swimsuits and towels are provided in the built-in changing rooms for anyone interested in making use of the spa!

THE ARCADE, containing plenty of video games, games of skill, and other such electronic amusements for patrons to pass the time away with. Skee-Ball and Dance Dance Eeveelution are, of course, particular standouts from the array, but there are plenty of other traditional games to be found in here. You can also find playing cards, board games, and other low-tech amusements in here, as well!


CRYSTAL GARDEN AND TERRACE
A beautiful garden-like area filled with growing crystals located just outside the moon base, visible from the windows in the moon ballroom and accessible via a warm-lit terrace that leads out onto what appears to be the planet's surface itself. It appears that some unseen apparatus is maintaining an area of atmosphere over the expanse of the garden, rendering it safe for guests to wander and explore even without the benefit of space suits or oxygen tanks. However, being a part of the actual surface of the moon, it is possible that perusing among the crystals will net you an encounter with a wild Pokemon, so be careful where you tread among the crystals!

This is the only area where wild Pokemon can be battled and captured, and being that it is on the planet's surface, note also that this area is subject to reduced gravity, similar to the moon ballroom! The wild Pokemon you can find out here are as follows:

Cleffa, Clefairy, Clefable, Staryu, Starmie, Lunatone, Solrock, Elgyem,
Beheeyem, Jigglypuff, Togepi, Carbink, Boldore, Gigalith, Aron, Crustle

All Pokemon will be Level 20-30!



HOLODECK
At first glance, the holodeck appears to be simply a vast open room criss-crossed with yellow grid lines, looming in the northwest corner of the moon base. However, once inside, a visitor may find that the holodeck is much more than it appears: a virtual reality facility capable of recreating familiar places by a combination of transported matter, replicated matter, tractor beams, and shaped force fields.

Though the holodeck comes with a variety of standard preprogrammed environments to play with and experience — an average beach, a deep forest, an unremarkable porch in someone's generic backyard — its greatest facet is its ability to recreate environments and places from its users' memories. Been missing home for a long time? The holodeck can take you (and your guests) back there — for as long as you've got it activated, at least. Please remember to use it sparingly and in small doses, lest you become addicted to the fantasy and not the reality!

(Mod Note: To clarify, the holodeck is here to indulge a character's (and by extension a player's) imagination. You are by no means limited to just the uses detailed above; if you'd like your character to fantasize about being in a 1920s gangster setting and play around with it as a prompt that takes place on the holodeck, you can feel free to do so! Note that the holodeck comes with safety features that will prevent a character from suffering serious injury (either from themselves, from the environment, or from other people using the holodeck simultaneously), but it is possible to get some bumps, bruises, and scrapes from the experience! Feel free to ask us if you're not sure what you can do with it, but generally speaking it's there to be played with, so don't hesitate to play with it!)



IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER:


THE GENERAL PROM SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:

Friday, May 27th — Arrival at the Moon Base; FREE DAY FOR OPEN EXPLORING!
Saturday, May 28th — Red Carpet Moon Gala!
Sunday, May 29th — [community profile] route_29's 6-Year Anniversary!

• The premise for how your characters arrived on the moon can be found RIGHT OVER HERE! Feel free to be confused and bewildered by this...lunar-cy!

• 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!

If you're a former or current player in Route and haven't submitted your Transfer Application for Victory Road, there's still time; you can find it RIGHT OVER HERE!

• To all of our players — whether you've been here for six years or six minutes, whether you've played a dozen characters or just one — thank you so much for playing here and making Route the great place it's been for all this time. We've had some great memories together, and it's been a delight and a privilege to play with and mod for all of you. ♥



PROM DIRECTORY

Page OnePage TwoPage Three
Nepeta Leijon (Homestuck)*Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist)Josh Washington and Chris (Until Dawn)*
Mai Takatsukasa (Kamen Rider Gaim)Penny Polendina (RWBY)Ashley (Until Dawn)
Heather Mason (Silent Hill)Cecil Harvey (FF4TA/DFF)Allie Underhill (Kaijudo; DRRP CRAU)*
Nautica (Transformers: MTMTE Comic)*Henry Townshend (Silent Hill 4: The Room)Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon)*Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)*Hitsugi Kirigaya (Akuma no Riddle)*
John Egbert (Homestuck)Karamatsu Matsuno (Osomatsu-san)*Wrath (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Serena (Pokemon XYZ)*Cobra Commander (G.I. Joe)*Riley Abel (The Last of Us)*
Kotomine Kirei (Fate/stay night; DRRP CRAU)*Captain AshPrincess Anna (Frozen)
Jimmy Darling (American Horror Story Freak Show)Osomatsu Matsuno (Osomatsu-san)*Asuka Langley Shikinami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist)Solf J. Kimblee (Fullmetal Alchemist)*Nao Matsubara (Daiya no Ace; Inugami CRAU)*
Luna (Zero Escape)*Tarrlok (Legend of Korra)*Varric Tethras (Dragon Age)
Korra (Legend of Korra)WV/The Mayor (Homestuck)*Naoya (Devil Survivor)
Dave Strider (Homestuck; DRRP CRAU)*Weiss Schnee (RWBY)Atsuro Kihara (Devil Survivor)*
Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)*Komasan (Yo-kai Watch)Agent North (Red vs. Blue)
Ellie (The Last of Us)*Joseph Joestar (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)*Youko (Tactics; Trustfell CRAU)*
Akari Oozora (Aikatsu!)Blake Belladonna (RWBY)*Maka Albarn (Soul Eater)
Edward (Edward Scissorhands)Cynthia (Fire Emblem: Awakening)*Kaori Miyazono (Your Lie in April)
Frisk (Undertale)*Kaito Kumon (Kamen Rider Gaim)*Josuke Higashikata (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)*
Sans (Undertale)*Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald (Fate/Zero)*Riku (Kingdom Hearts)
Jimmy Two-Shoes (Jimmy Two-Shoes)Carter Blake (Heavy Rain)Xion (Kingdom Hearts)
Hitoka Yachi (Haikyuu!!)Lil (Lux Pain)*Clementine (The Walking Dead Game)*
Draculaura (Monster High)Ryner Lute (The Legend of the Legendary Heroes)Nagi Naoe (Weiss Kreuz)
Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)Mettaton (Undertale)*Phi (Zero Escape)*
Ralph (Wreck-It Ralph)Ryoji Mochizuki (Persona 3; DRRP CRAU)*Leonard Church (Red vs. Blue)
Junko (Touhou Project)*Haruka Saigusa (Little Busters!; DRRP CRAU)*The Ninth Doctor (Doctor Who)*

Page 4
Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)*
Jade Harley (Homestuck)
Dirk Strider (Homestuck)
Rosalind Lutece (Bioshock: Infinite)*
Dist the Rose (Tales of the Abyss)*
Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)*
Tracer (Overwatch)*
Rakka (Haibane Renmei)
Dave Strider (Homestuck)


* Characters marked with an asterisk are not currently members of Route.



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QUICK LINKS

THE PROM-SPECIFIC INFOPOST | THE FOURTH-WALL-SPECIFIC INFOPOST | QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES HOTLINE | WALK THE MOON
scratchitti: (Turning away)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-06-27 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Neku follows, just a bit behind, but close enough to be sensed]

Is that a good or bad thing?
unkinder: (Default)

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-06-29 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[To that, Nagi doesn’t answer right away. He’s still staring at the staircase.]

Considering the fact it is the last place I ever remember being...it is bad, I would say. It isn’t exactly something I have lost sleep over, however. I’m not that easy to kill.
scratchitti: (Talking)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-07-24 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno, aren't you worried living here so long has made you soft?

[It's teasing, but oddly serious as well- like Neku is legit curious about Nagi's pre-Route life in a way he's never dared to be before this]
unkinder: (☆ I just keep hoping it won't be long)

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-07-24 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Funnily enough, this is a conversation he and Schuldig have had already. That doesn’t mean he’s any more prepared to talk about it, though.]

No.

[He answers pretty immediately, though the quickness of it sounds less like confidence and more like he’s compensating for something.]

When I eventually leave this place, things will just go back to the way they were. I won’t remember anything, so it will not matter either way.
scratchitti: (Quiet)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-07-26 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm.

[Neku makes a small, distinctly unhappy but non judging noise. You can't judge the action of their 'other' selves- the them that won't remember.]

It's almost like it's another person, by now. At least, that's how it feels to me when I think about, you know, myself back then.
Edited 2016-07-26 17:01 (UTC)
unkinder: (☆ but they will pass)

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-07-27 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't say it, but he knows for sure he's not the same person here as he was back in Tokyo. Not in the slightest.]

If we did remember...going home would be a whole different experience.
scratchitti: (Hiding in phones)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-08-18 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd do things differently?
unkinder: (☆ but they will pass)

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-08-18 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
...I don't know.

Would you?
scratchitti: (Concerned)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-08-20 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
I guess I'd have to. I know more then I did then. I'm not the same guy.
unkinder: (☆ I just keep hoping it won't be long)

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-08-20 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
...I guess so.

[He's not so sure. Maybe he would, maybe he wouldn't. It would be even more painful having to live and remember, though.]

I don't know why I'm thinking about it now, anyway. It is just on my mind, I guess.
scratchitti: (Ehhh..?)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-08-23 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
I guess changing things would mean you have regrets about it. Or something.

[he turns a slight shade of pink, looking at his shoes]

Hey, Nagi... hypothetically. If you had a chance to do something you wanted, but it might hurt you later, would you still do it?
Edited 2016-08-23 00:16 (UTC)
unkinder: (☆ 'til I see it)

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-08-23 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nagi doesn't respond at first, feeling a small pang of familiarity at those words.]

Sure. I've done it before.
scratchitti: (Tsuntsun)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-08-23 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay...

[Neku closes his eyes and takes a heavy breath, steeling himself before lightly taking hold of Nagi's shoulders. Odd, since he's never been handsy.]

You... can hit me for this if you want, but please wait till I'm done, alright?
unkinder: (☆ maybe if we throw up our hands)

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-08-23 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Odd indeed. But to his credit- and probably Neku's relief- Nagi doesn't move.]

...okay.
scratchitti: (Dokidoki)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-08-23 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, nothing to do but do it. Neku takes another breath before leaning in and giving Nagi a small, barely there kiss.

It's nothing special, really. Very closed mouthed and chaste. But, unless Nagi panicked or decided to headbutt him, at least no one was breaking their nose. Hopefully.]
unkinder: (☆ these times are hard but)

I'm so sorry I don't have good icons for this rn

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-08-26 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[...to be honest, Nagi thought that Neku had something to say. Something that might upset him, or be hard to take.

Somehow, he feels like that would have been easier to...well, take.

No, he doesn't panic, but...he doesn't move, either. His eyes widen a touch and he goes a bit rigid, staring at Neku for the duration of it, however long it lasts.

...he doesn't seem to be able to say anything either, but at least he's not pushing him away.]
scratchitti: (Block out the world)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-08-26 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
[it's not long, and Neku steps back with a solemn look on his face. This was about what he expected, and he knew this wasn't fair to Nagi.

But he couldn't stand having any regrets.]


That's all I wanted to do. I'm-

[he almost says 'sorry', but he's not. So instead he shoves his hands into the pockets of his suit slacks, shaking his head and backing up. Looking anywhere but at Nagi]
unkinder: (☆ I just keep hoping it won't be long)

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-08-26 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[As Neku moves away, Nagi- understandably- is at a loss for what to do. He's never had this happen before. At least...not as something he didn't initiate. And the last time it did happen, it didn't end well.

He hasn't thought about that in some time, and...surprisingly enough? It doesn't have as much bearing on this as he thought it would. He let Tot go after she came and went in Johto. Instead, he's had this strange rivalry with Neku for so long.

Then, he became his friend.

...]


Neku- wait.
scratchitti: (KH- Look away)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-08-26 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[He stops his back shuffle, but doesn't say anything. Instead one hand comes out of his pocket to touch his ear, posture awkward and clearly resisting the urge to close off.]
unkinder: (☆ maybe if we throw up our hands)

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-08-26 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[.........]

You're really not going to try to just kiss me and then leave, are you?
scratchitti: (Horror)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-08-26 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
What? No! I mean... you.... looked like you needed a minute?
unkinder: (☆ these times will try hard)

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-08-29 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[...Nagi gives Neku a bit of a look, but- no, no. He has to at least try to work with him on this. Even though he also has the urge to just escape.]

You have something to tell me.
scratchitti: (Grim)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-08-29 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Right. I do.

[He owes Nagi his honesty]

I... care about you. A lot. And I know that at any time I could forget all this, so... I wanted you to know, just in case. I don't expect anything back, but...

I couldn't stand the idea of leaving here or being left without doing it. That's all.
unkinder: (☆ [Pokemon] Kodo)

[personal profile] unkinder 2016-08-31 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Nagi watches Neku silently for a long moment after that, as if considering his words. His expression is- as usual- difficult to read.]

You said we were friends.

...but you mean more than that, don't you.
scratchitti: (Turning away)

[personal profile] scratchitti 2016-09-01 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[He could add more, but really, does he need to?]

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