victory_road | [Open to the female auctionees!]

Who: Hermione, Claudia and any other female 'auctionees' who want to get ready for the auction together
Where: Cianwood City
When: June 21st - Day
Summary: Time for some girly 'getting ready for auction' bonding time!
Rating: Going to say PG just in case.

Hermione had put a call out for help, because there wasn't enough Sleekeazy in the world that would tame her hair, and Claudia had (to Hermione's immense relief) offered to do it for her on the day of the auction.

To make sure they had time and space, Hermione had booked a room at the local Cianwood hotel for the day so they could get ready, and put the call out that any female auctionees were welcome to join them in their preparation.

Hermione was pacing the room while she waited for Claudia and any of the others, feeling stressed out. Her dress hadn't arrived yet, even though it was supposed to have been waiting for her at the hotel that morning, and the stress was causing her hair to frizz up crazier than usual.

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Arriving

[ Wow, Yuzu was grateful for a place where they could get ready... and probably help each other get ready. Yuzu had bought a dress for herself, but getting herself all prettied up sounded much more intimidating when it was for an event like this.

So here she is, at the door with Mozart (her Gallade) carrying her dress like the gentleman he is. Frankly, she finds it crazy that she was accepted at all, but here she is, knocking on the door. ]

Um, hello?

Getting Ready

[ Yuzu is... a bit panicked. She's sitting in front of a mirror trying to get her hair under control and for whatever reason (probably stress) it is not having it. Should she do her hair up in her usual pigtails? Maybe something different? Why is her hair trying to stubbornly keep at least one area poking out now of all times?

Plus, she has to do her makeup, put her dress on, and so on and so on...

She needs help. ]

Romelle hadn't arrived much before Yuzu and was in the process of making sure the wrinkles were out of her own dress from the trip over when she heard the other girl arrive. She looked over and gave her a small smile.

"Hello."

Did she sound nervous? She was nervous. She was trying not to be...

[ YOU AND HER BOTH, ROMELLE... still, her face lights up a bit when she sees her. They went shopping together, after all, so she's a familiar face and it helps Yuzu to calm her own nerves a bit. ]

Oh, Romelle! You signed up as well?

[ Feeling a tad less nervous now that someone she knows is here, she'll come inside with Mozart following her. ]

[Romelle gave a nervous chuckle.]

Sort of... Rapidash wanted me to. [Her Galarian Rapidash had been the one to sign them up for the fashion show at prom, too, so this was right up the large unicorn-like Pokémon's alley.] Apparently, getting out of my comfort zone and doing flashy things on stage is something she thinks I should do more often.

[ She laughs a bit at that. Seriously, the Pokemon here were always so full of personality, weren't they? First she's heard of one signing their trainer up for a date auction, though. ]

Well, I've always been good at being onstage... though a date auction is definitely new. I guess we're both venturing outside of our comfort zones, huh?

[ She'll come over to one of the mirrors, staring at her reflection for a bit. ]

I wonder if I should do anything different with my hair...

So, you do this sort of thing a lot? [Well...] You know, being on stage? Not necessarily date auctions. Do you have any tips?

[Romelle looked in the mirror herself for a moment.]

Well, I was going to wear a hat, which is kind of different, and then just leave the two tails like I normally have under that.

But, for the prom, I had most of it up in a single large bun, and then a single shorter tail that came down from that. Though, your hair is much shorter than mine.

Well, yeah! [ Hm, how does she explain Action Dueling to someone who, chances are, doesn't know about dueling...? ] Theater, basically... and as for tips, well... I'm not sure how it applies here, since I use this kind of advice for when I'm trying to entertain everybody, but typically the main rule to follow is to keep a smile on your face!

[ The crowd isn't gonna get fired up or laugh if the person onstage doesn't look happy, after all! Mind you, different situations call for different expressions, but when Yuzu is onstage she'll typically default to a smile. ]

Well, it may not be a routine or anything, but since we're trying to pretty ourselves up... smiling will probably help, right?

[ Now for her hair. After all the traveling, it could definitely use some brushing, but for her end result... ]

Hm... I think I'll stick with my pigtails then. After taking care of my hair first, of course.

[ She has a few other substitutes for her usual hairpins as well, so she'll take those off and let her hair hang loose. After that, she'll sit herself down at a mirror and start to brush her hair. Yeesh, it's sticking out in more places than she thought... ]

Keep a smile on your face... [Romelle repeated that to herself mostly, like she was committing to memory, before turning back to Yuzu.] I haven't done a lot on stage. I'm a little nervous.

[She had already changed her clothes and had a coordinating hat sitting nearby.]

Do you think I should put on make up?

[ Yup, stagefright was an old friend for Yuzu. Fortunately, she knew was to get past it, though it is admittedly different when you're not acting and instead auctioning yourself off as a date. ]

Just take deep breaths, and try to focus on something other than the crowd! Easier said than done, I know, but all we're doing is standing there, so it's not like we have lines or scripts to mess up, right?

[ Well, besides introducing yourselves of course, but still! Now, as for the makeup... ]

Hm... I don't think it'd hurt to have some on. Do you want me to help?

[Romelle nodded a little.]

True. I wonder how much we have to say... I hope not too much.

[She then nodded to the help.]

I haven't worn much before. [Like... any... at all... ever...] I'm not even sure really where to start.

I can help out! Well, it's not like I really wore much either, but I still know enough!

[ She's had to pretty herself up a bit sometimes, after all. Not excessively, though, and only on rare occasions. Like now, for example! ]

I'd really appreciate that, thanks.

[Romelle looked so relieved.]

We didn't have a lot of events like this where I'm from. I mean, I'm sure other places in my home reality had them, but my specific home... where I lived with my family... we didn't have them much.

[Her voice wavered just a little, but she pushed past it. She hadn't spoken much about the colony and her family to people here, and she was kind of okay with keeping it that way right now. This kind of event should be happy.]

Arrival

Claudia gets to Hermione's room later than planned, mostly because she'd ended up sleeping half the day, thanks to having spent something like twelve hours in the air the day before, getting Louie Duck to new Bark Town, before flying back to Cherrygrove so she could warp the rest of the way here.

She's yawning a little as she makes her way into the room.

"Did I miss anything?"

Getting Ready

Claudia doesn't have too much trouble with her own auction preparations--making herself look good is what she's good at--and thank goodness for that, with how Hermione seems to be slowly losing her mind.

"It's okay," she says soothingly. "There's a boutique in town--I'm sure we can at least find you a cute new top, so if the dress doesn't get here, at least you're wearing something special."

"I don't know, so many places were closing early today because of the event," she frets, constantly glancing between the clock and the door.

Being such and organised person, this was killing her.

Unlike Claudia, she wasn't ready at all. At least she'd had a shower but her hair was still a mess and she didn't have any make-up on.

Claudia may have to wrangle her into a chair just to start getting something ready.

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