GIVE ME PROM OR GIVE ME DEATH

[indigo_league]

So you’ve gotten on the ferry, piloted by a man loudly proclaiming himself to be Captain Garfield and won’t this be fun everybody? We’re going to a party! Hope you all like boundless enthusiasm for boating, because this guy and his trusty Rattata (who will be collecting everyone’s fees, pay up or you don’t get on!) sure do love this and want everyone to know it. Finally, through caves and up rivers, there it is, shining in the dim evening light: The Elite Four’s Mansion (and blessed freedom from Captain Garfield). It looks amazing! Bunk down for the night and get a good night’s sleep, because tomorrow? It’s party time.



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. Some of the landscaping is a little different than what longterm residents might remember-- again, this WAS the site of a pretty epic battle between Teams Aqua and Magma at one point! All the same, in two years, you’d think they’d have wrapped up most of the work… there’s a lot of large-ish dirt piles and general disarray in the grounds outside the main yard, although the main grounds are still tidied up and decked out pretty heavily for the garden party. There’s even a little gazebo set up where you can have pictures taken of you, your date, and/or your Pokemon! The gazebo smells a little like fresh paint and plywood, but the paint is at least probably dry! There’s also an indoor ballroom for the more fancy red-carpet dancing, but in general, most of the activity will be happening outside.

• GREEN areas are where guests will be staying overnight! Unfortunately, you'll be sleeping-bagging it up, since there's a limited number of bedrooms in this house and they all either belong to Claire, the rest of the Elite Four, or are reserved for guests who are regrettably way more important than you. That much is the same as always-- Bruno really doesn’t want anybody digging through his underwear drawer, guys. He never has.
All that said, the green areas are 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.

• RED areas are RESOUNDINGLY off-limits to guests! There’s a lot more blocked-off doorways than there were in the past, and if asked about them, the staff will inform you that the mansion is under heavy remodeling and to please move along! What do you want to look at a bunch of sawdust and exposed wiring for anyway! Stop being nosy!
For everybody’s safety, there will be some staff stationed near the various restricted areas to move people along and make sure nobody wanders where they shouldn’t.


• 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 and lots of space to move around! … But the hardwood floors are looking a little scuffed, and there doesn’t seem to be the usual array of tasteful artwork on the walls anymore, even though you can still tell where a lot of the frames used to be hanging. There are some red banners strung up over most of those empty spots, and although don’t quite match the decor and they’re a little on the cheap side, they certainly make it look like a sweet party! Overall, though, a little more upscale than the shenanigans going on outside, for the people who'd rather that kind of thing.

• AREA B, as some of the more bookish types will remember, is the Library/Gallery! A long-time favorite of visitors, it’s usually a nice haven for people who are a little partied-out but not ready for bed, or who just want to dig into the Elite Four’s personal collection of books and research. SADLY, this year it would seem the door is blocked off! Remodeling in there too, huh? What a shame. :(

• AREA C is...well, the Parking Lot. Normally it’s spotless (no cars!), but this year it looks like they didn’t really have time to clean up, as there seems to be a lot of litter lying around. But more importantly, this is 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. Don’t be that person, guys!

• AREA D … is the Elite Four’s trophy and commemoration room, and it too seems to be shut off to the public. :( Awwww.

For all other information about the Prom and the venue, head on over HERE!

Comments

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[garbagechild]

--YES, it is locked.

_{[This loud exclamation rings out from directly behind Rakka, where a small boy in a purple suit has apparently freaking materialized out of nowhere. He's shrugging his shoulders, in a ... slightly stiff, over-exaggerated manner.]}

Guess there's nothing to see!

[charcoalfeather]

Ah! [And Rakka jumps like a loser at the voice suddenly behind her, whipping around to spot this... kid there.]

...Well, it's still a shame! There must be so many books and things in there!

[That might be destroyed? oops.]

[garbagechild]

I guess they don't want anybody looking at their things!

... Which is strange, because when I have things, I want to show them to everybody.

But I don't make the rules!

_{[ANOTHER TOTALLY NOT SUSPICIOUS SHRUG.]}

[charcoalfeather]

'Don't... make the rules'?

[Looks at the door.

Looks at Wrath. Looks back again.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.]

....Oh. Have you been to this place before?

[garbagechild]

_{[H-HE'S NOT GOOD AT SUBTLE TRICKERY OKAY]}

... Uhm....

No?

[charcoalfeather]

... R-really?

Oh... But you seem to know stuff about it.

[garbagechild]

--well, I know you're not supposed to go through locked doors!

Otherwise, why would they be locked??

_{[HE HAS ACTUALLY ATTEMPTED TO GO THROUGH LOCKED DOORS MANY TIMES IN HIS LIFE BUT HE'S DOING HIS BEST NOT TO LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY WHO DOES THAT]}

[charcoalfeather]

[....looks at him

looks at the door.]

...I guess that makes sense... But it still seems kind of strange.

[hmmmmm] There's so much remodeling going on right now, and during prom?

[garbagechild]

_{[Wrath shrugs again, even more expressively than before.]}

Maybe they're, um, making their house bigger.

_{[ALTHOUGH IT IS PRETTY BIG ALREADY. BUT HUMANS LIKE BIG HOUSES, WRATH HAS LEARNED!]}

[charcoalfeather]

Yeah....

[She rally has no idea. So, shrug!]

I guess if you get to be as rich as the Elite four are, then you get to do whatever you want with your house?

[garbagechild]

_{[HEY, as long as she's distracted from trying to get through that door...]}

I guess so!

I don't know what it's like to have anything you want whenever you want, but I heard that's what it's like to be rich.

One week I collected all the little metal circles I could find, but it didn't work.