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Current Location: Goldenrod City Hotel

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Who: Anyone in the Goldenrod Hotel
Where: The Goldenrod City Hotel
When: Starting at 5:00 PM on December 19th and ending at 4:00 AM on December 20th.
Summary: POWER OUTAGE IN THE GOLDENROD CITY HOTEL. See here for details!
Rating: Probably PG to PG-13.
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A pair of deep, enormous red eyes sat in front of the receptionist and stared, intensely.

The receptionist pursed her lips and frowned, staring back through a pair of horn-rimmed glasses.

Claudy's enormously fluffy feet were reflected neatly on the glossy countertop, as were the wickedly-sharp talons that stuck out of them.

Those were the main things keeping the unfortunate receptionist on duty from shooing the owl Pokemon, although the beak wasn't much of an incentive, either.

"Um... young lady," she said hesitantly, trying to lean around the large bird, her chair creaking. "The lobby is intended to be a space for EVERYBODY..."

"And it still IS a space for everybody," Heather said, unloading a shoulderful of soft, folded blankets onto one of the lobby's sofas and dusting her hands off. Several other blankets had already been partially tied up over the back of the couch and stretched out to attach at the corners to rows of chairs that were painstakingly arranged in aesthetically-pleasing, tunnel-wall-like patterns. There were also the beginnings of several pillow-built barricades, and even some large cardboard boxes standing by on reserve, should the pillows run out before construction was complete. "It's just a COOLER space for everybody."

The receptionist's frown grew and she sighed, rubbing her temples and trying to ignore the Noctowl's unblinking stare. She was fairly certain that it had been placed there SOLELY to distract her from stopping the construction of 'New Lobby'-- and it was doing a fairly good job.

Why did the difficult visitors ALWAYS come downstairs while SHE was on desk duty?

Meanwhile, the wind howled outside, piling snow against the glass doors to the outside and plastering against the windows-- not that there was much to see out there, besides flying snow. It blotted out even the rest of the city's lights, which normally lit up the plaza outside like daylight even after dusk.

"Miss, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to take all that down," she said for the fifth time in the past half-hour, and as usual, she was completely ignored as the scruffy blond girl tied a few more blankets up (with some difficulty due to her bandaged hands).

Biting her lip, she started to stand up.

Maybe if she just went over and started... taking all the blankets down herself--

And then suddenly, there was a low mooooooan of electricity deciding spontaneously that life wasn't worth it anymore and turning itself off.

The lights went out.

Silence reigned in the lobby.

.... for about five seconds.

"Oh my goodness..."

"WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED--"

"/OLD WOMAN OWL SCREAM"

_{[Feel free to make your own threads! They can be down in the lobby, they can be up in the rooms, they can be anywhere! Is your character in the bathroom plucking their eyebrows when the lights go out? WE WANNA HEAR ABOUT IT, SO GO FOR IT. Are they falling down the stairs? POST THAT SHIT.]

[Threadhopping/jacking is totally encouraged, so TAG AROUND TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT, MY DUDES. If your own thread isn't getting replies right away, go ahead and jump in somewhere else! Look out for other characters in the same areas as yours-- lobby, hallways, staircases, etc! Have fun!]}

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During this time of the year, Cocona made sure to carry two Pokemon with her: her Pikachu and Vulpix. She would carry Vulpix in her arms and Pikachu on her shoulder, despite how those two always seemed to be quarreling. No matter where she went in the hotel, those two would always keep her company. Besides, it was good for helping with arm strength and endurance.

Now she was glad they were here with her.

She had recently eaten, so she was not hungry, but the sudden darkness surprised her like it would any other child. Cocona was about to head to the stairwell, but she took a misstep and tripped. She was about to spin her body to avoid faceplanting to the ground, but she was too close to the wall, so she hit her head on that instead.

"Ow..." She mumbled, earning several whimpers from her Pokemon. "Oh well." She sighed and put her right hand over her own eyes. Why? Well...

"Kuro, use Flash!"

Ding! Pikachu's tail lit up as if it was like a nightlight, not blinding Cocona in the process.

Kaito had managed to recover some from his long, arduous trip through the snow, and by now (since he still didn't have an inn room, damn it what was taking so long for the power to come back on?) he had decided to search the Goldenrod Inn for someone he know (perhaps he could ask to borrow their room for a quick shower or something while he waited on his own). That was out he managed to hear the unmistakable noise of someone tripping and falling in the dark.

The magician stopped walking and blinked a few times, staring off into the darkness in front of him for a few moments as he did so. "Oi!" he said as he began to approach, "Who's the--"

His sentence was cut off as the area int front of him was suddenly lit by Kuro's flash. It was startling, but it didn't blind him either. It did help him see how the poor tripper was, though.

Cocona.

"Cocona, hey!" he took a few more steps forward, Biz peering out at the young girl from inside his scarf, bag slung over his shoulder, "You all right? Sounds like you took a fall there."

Cocona looked up from the ground to see who called for her, and it was Kaito. It took her a while to focus on her surroundings and in the meantime, Kuro beamed at Kaito while Lymi seemed to scowl at her old trainer; it almost looked as if she was about to use flamethrower on him.

At last, Cocona regained her concentration. "Ah, Mr. Kaito! I'm okay; I just didn't see where I was going."

She didn't have a coat or anything, so her cast was clearly visible on her left arm in a white color. However, there was no sling.

Kaito's gaze quickly fell upon the scowling Vulpix, but he didn't hesitate as he knelt down next to Cocona and offered her his hand. "'S kinda hard to see anything with the lights out, isn't it?" he offered with a sheepish grin.

"Yeah." Cocona giggled nervously and switched the arm she was holding Lymi with and made sure not to press too hard or that would choke her poor fox Pokemon. She put her right hand out and grabbed Kaito's hand, pulling herself up. Then she let go, switched arms for Lymi again, and she seemed a bit more pleased. Kuro puts her tail behind Cocona's back and brightens her tail a bit more while using Flash.

"You're not hurt or anything, are you? Since I heard people were screaming and stuff."

Kaito pulled Cocona to her feet before he let go and readjusted his bag over his shoulder. She didn't seem to be too hurt, and that was good.

"Me?" he shakes his head, "No, 'm fine." He lifts a hand and jerks his thumb behind him, "People were just surprised when the lights went off, that's all."

"Are they afraid of the dark? I wouldn't imagine someone screaming all of a sudden if they weren't. But still, bad stuff could be happening now though. I'm kind of worried..."

And Cocona really did have the worried look on her face, but Kuro taps Cocona's head to snap her out of it.

"Oh, doesn't the hotel have a backup power thingy? I was hoping if Kuro could help power a certain part of the hotel, like the kitchen or something so we can have warm water."

Kaito shook his head, and expression of amusement washing over his features. "I don't think there's much to be worried about, other than making sure no one gets lost or runs into walls." And then, he added teasingly, "Kinda like you did."

He stuffed his free hand into his pocket and stared off at the lobby, where the panicked noises were coming from. "Sounds like Kuro could come in handy, if she's willing to play generator for a night. The hotel staff doesn't know what the heck they're doing."

Cocona's eyes suddenly became fixated onto the ground, feeling embarrassed that Kaito saw that. Her only conclusion would have been that Kaito must have had night vision if it weren't for Johto stripping powers away.

"As long as people don't have to trip like me, it's okay... And I wonder if you can put the plug on Kuro's cheeks to power something. That would be pretty cool."

Kuro, in fact, looked very curious because she had never done anything like that before. Lymi huffed because her job as a heater could be taken away if Kuro could power the heat system. She just growls a bit at Kuro, which Kuro just shakes it off because she makes that "HAHA YOU CAN'T TOUCH THIS" pose.

Truth be told, Kaito didn't exactly witness Cocona's fall. The sound alone was enough for him to guess what had happened, and even then he wasn't completely certain how right he was. At her sheepish expression, he laughed lightly. "Don't be embarrassed, all right Cocona? 'M just teasing."

After that, he turned to Kuro and watched her with his head tilted to the side curiously. "I think we could try," he offered as Kuro exchanged confident looks with Lymi. "I bet Ko would wanna help, too!"

It was a good thing the Pichu was currently in her pokeball, or else she might have given Kaito a shock for suggesting that.

Cocona looked a bit unsure as she started to think on that a bit. "I heard that we would need tons of power... I know Kuro can use Thunder, but Ko would be stuck with just a Thundershock, right?"

Kuro started staring at Kaito with mixed signals of whether he would actually make use of her baby like that or if Ko was strong enough to work alongside her mother.

"Yeah. Ko only knows Thundershock right now."

He blinked back at Kuro, before his expression turned somewhat amused. "Oi oi, if you'd rather me not ask her to help, I won't."

Kuro continues to stare, not accusingly, but curiously. She seems to be pondering something, but was interrupted when Lymi whacked Kuro's head with her paw after they both started standing on the ground rather than on Cocona.

Kaito snorts in amusement. "... oi, you two. You can fight later."

And there goes the pokepile! Lymi shoves Kuro, making the Pikachu fall on her stomach as Lymi flops on top of Kuro. This way, Kuro's tail could still be used for lighting, but the two pokemon just looked like an X now.

"I wish I brought my bag down here so I could make them stop fighting..." Cocona sighed.

Kaito sighed along with her. "Do all your Pokemon have rivalries like this?"

Cocona started thinking about how her Pokemon team was like. It took her a while to draw up a proper conclusion, but...

"I think it's just Lymi and Kuro. Ciel just... likes being creepy."

Kaito let out an amused half-laugh at that. "At least yours aren't constantly trying to prank you..."

"They used to! But they stopped recently. I wonder why..." Cocona smiled and Kuro tilted her head up to glance over at Cocona. She stayed like that for several seconds and then looked away.

"Maybe they just grew out of it." Although... considering how she had gotten hurt and how she was acting the last time he spoke to her, he wasn't quite sure that was the reason.

"Really?" Cocona giggled. "That's great! Although Sol still rolls Lune around like a ball... I don't think he grew out of that one."

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