victory_road | [4th wall] OPEN SKELE-RAVE MINGLE

Who: Rainer Michelle and everyone who wants to PARTY
Where: Goldenrod's largest cemetary
When: December 4th
Summary: With her Necromancy magic back, Rainer decides to reanimate the skeletons in Goldenrod's cemetary and have a dance party! Also featuring some lovable crabs.
Rating: PG-13, warnings for (un)dead things and party shenanigans
Log:

[ Rainer's been through this whacko-weekend thing once before. The first time, last spring, it happened while her friend Fitzroy Maplecourt was in a coma while his consciousness was back home in Nua. This time, it happens a mere week after Fitzroy was sent home in his entirety, leaving Rainer to care for his abandoned Pokemon. She set his Mudsdale free, feeling that a horse Pokemon named after a majestic pegasus deserves to run free through the wilderness (at least until someone catches her again). But the rest of his team, his four crabs of various shapes and sizes, she adopts happily, and brings along with her when she goes to Goldenrod to raise both a ruckus and the dead.

With a creeping glow of green tendrils of magic, the earth of the graves is disturbed as, one after another, Goldenrod's deceased rise from their eternal rest and mill about aimlessly, following Rainer's every order. She only gives one command from where she sits atop her Crustle mount, holding a boombox currently possessed by her loyal Rotom, Buzz. She lifts the boombox high in the air and presses PLAY, shouting at the top of her lungs. ]

Everybody DANCE!

[ ooc: consider this an open party mingle for everyone to enjoy! soundtrack inspiration: one🎵 two🎶 ]

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[ Rainer can be found roaming the party, sitting either on top of Snippers 5.0, the Crustle; Firestorm, her Ponyta; or in her powered wheelchair, on its own for once instead of possessed by Buzz (since he's currently powering the boombox). She is a pro at dancing from a seated position, however, and doesn't let her immobility stop her from having a good time! She's also the consummate hostess, wanting to make sure all attendees, living or dead, are having a good time as well. ]

_{[One dead guy COMING UP!]

[The striped specter perches himself atop a gravestone featuring a Mega Absol and slings one leg over the other as he drapes an arm over the stone creature's horn. He surveys the party before directing his voice toward Rainer.]}

Finally! This is what I've been lookin' for! An actual party!

[ Rainer's doing some sick waist-up dancing from her perch atop Snippers 5.0, and smiles as she's hailed from across the graveyard, waving brightly. ]

Welcome! Go ahead and get your undead groove on!

[Whoa. Whooooaaaaa. This can't be what Morgan thinks it is, can it? Is she dreaming? Hmm, hard to tell. She turns to the little flock of Misdreavus that have been following her around this enormous graveyard.]

What do you guys think? Am I dreaming or is this real?

[They don't have an answer for her, but they do start dancing in midair. Morgan laughs.]

Okay, fair point, dancing is fun whether it's in a dream or not. But it matters because--WAIT THERE SHE IS!!

[Morgan zooms across the courtyard as fast as she can while dodging and ducking the flailing bones of dancing skeletons and other various appendages of Pokemon and people. Rainer will hear something kind of like this:]

raineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEER!!

[She finally skids to a halt in front of the mage and her wheelchair, leaning over to rest her hands on her knees and catch her breath.]

Whew! Wow, who knew getting clear across a skele-rave in record time would be so tiring? Not me! Hey, can you pinch me? Or, oh, get one of Fitz's crabs to pinch me! The biggest Snippers he's got! Gotta make that pinch count if I'm gonna use it to gauge whether this is a dream or not, once and for all.

[ Snippers 5.0 turns as he hears his name, snapping his claw in response, but Rainer completely ignores him in favor of just gaping at the sudden reappearance of her old friend. ]

Morgan, you're back!!

[ She gestures wildly with both arms for Morgan to come in for a hug. ]

Ohhh, I've missed you so much!

[While being in Pokéland has given Jaskier the opportunity to warm up to a variety of mages, seeing magic like this -especially the forbidden kind- is still something else. Usually, when arriving at a party, Jaskier immediately mingles and begs for attention, but tonight he stays near the entrance for a few minutes, bundled up in his blue cloak, admiring the dancing skeletons with a mix of awe and just a little bit disturbed.

After his curiosity has been sated, he goes searching for the hostess, who he finds sitting on top of a freaking Crustle.

Jaskier laughs.] I see you've found yourself quite an interesting new ride, Lady Necromancer!

[ Rainer isn't hard to find, perched where she is on top of Snippers 5.0. When she sees Jaskier approaching she waves, calling down to him from her high vantage point. ]

Why thank you, Master Bard!

[ She scoots towards the edge of the rock and Snippers 5.0 obediently lifts his claw to serve as a stepping stool for her to get down and greet Jaskier properly. Her wheelchair wheels itself over too, as if by command. Rainer may not have won any gym battles, but her Pokemon are nothing if not well-trained. She steps over to give Jaskier a proper hug before sitting in her chair. ]

I'm glad you could come!

[Very well trained indeed! Jaskier is very impressed by the claw-stool, all so perfectly coordinated. He's still a gentleman, though, so he helps her get down and get on her chair before hugging her tightly. Her powers are back but she looks no different, and for some reason, he finds that relieving and even comforting.]

I wouldn't miss it for the world! You have quite an amazing ability. You don't simply bring them back, you make them dance! They're your puppets! They aren't quite as scary this way. Does their puppeteer dance too? [He glances at her chair then starts gesturing with his hands in a very awkward way.] Ah, ermh, I mean, if that is alright to ask because I'm not trying to be insensitive here but I feel like assuming would've been worse and honestly I don't know how to go about this--

[Just shut him up already.]

Really, I'm not making them do anything! They're dancing because they want to.

[ She smiles, stepping in to keep Jaskier from fumbling over his awkwardness any further. ]

I can dance just fine from the waist up, if that works?

...they are? [He glances at the skeletons.] They can have their own thoughts and make decisions?

[SUDDENLY THEY'VE BECOME MUCH CREEPIER!!!

He nods, of course that works! He offers her his arm to take, not minding staying a bit bent over for her sake. This way he can escort properly to the dance floor - a gentleman for the lady!

Except the dance floor is filled with skeletons and he isn't as fascinated as before. In fact, he's kinda wary.]

...they won't mind me touching their master, will they?

[ Rainer gives Jaskier kind of a disbelieving look. ] Jaskier... They're still people.

[ People capable of exercising their free will, though of course, if Rainer did give them a command, then they would obay.

The crowd of skeletons parts to make room for Jaskier and Rainer, but they don't pause in their joyous dance. ]

As long as you don't start attacking me, I think we'll be fine.

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