[OPEN] It’s Summer!

[halloflamer]

WHO: Any friends and fam of Perskaters and the Pokéboys!
WHERE: Archie’s house (Pokéhaus), Heropa suburbs
WHEN: Afternoon of June 2nd
WHAT: Yusuke and Yuri are sad about Otabek porting out, so Blue throws them a cheer-up party! It goes about as well as you’d expect a party thrown by Blue Oak to go.
WARNINGS: Typical party teen drinking/drug use...?? Anything worse, lmk to tag it.


[The house sits on a nice field of green surrounded by wooded area, with a river running through the back for the Water-types owned by its inhabitants. Despite its largely tasteless pirate-themed decor, it’s a large and spacious house, pretty well kept-up for how much of a disaster most of its residents are.]

[The large living room has been decked out with all manner of snacks and drinks for the party (including plenty of unsupervised alcohol, Blue don’t give a shit, just don’t wreck the place), and there’s options available for most every taste. A little later in the party, there will be the scent of some suspiciously earthy baked goods coming from the kitchen, but— just don’t mind that, okay? Red and Blue’s Switch is set out in front of the TV, for anyone that wants to play some MarioKart (which is canon in their universe, ok, do we even have an AU for this?); there’s also a karaoke machine. Blue’s forbidden from it. Trust when I say that won’t last. Pikachu and Eevee, the troublemaking little attention-seekers that are often to be found about their trainer’s shoulders and feet, are sure to be running about, looking for pets, attention, or free food.]

[The upstairs areas aren’t exactly blocked off, but Arcanine has been stationed there with orders to keep partyers out. He’s a big, loyal boy, so you’d be hard pressed to convince him to let you up. ...Not to say it’s impossible. He does love attention (but also he breathes fire, so don’t push your luck).]

[Outside in the yard there are still other Pokémon milling around, if you’d like to take a break from all the people and chill out with them. Exeggutor can be found tending to his precious berry trees, a huge orchard of brightly colored fruits in the yard. Red’s Venusaur is never too far, napping in the sunshine with Charizard. Blastoise and Gyarados, the aquatic Pokémon, are chillin’ in the river.]

[Blue will request that no one straight up destroys the house, but he knows how it goes. Just know, he reminds anyone that looks like they’re going to touch something breakable, that their animals can electrocute you, set you on fire, and douse you with water canons. Play nice, everyone!]

Comments

BLUE

[halloflamer]

1. Start of the party!

[Blue’s still getting things together here and there, but the social Butterfree that he is, he greets everyone that comes in whether he’s the one to open the door or not.] Bonjour! Glad you could make it, come hang out in the living room and grab a snack!

[Yeah, he said bonjour, don’t worry about it. A little later, when most of the invites have arrived, he can be found in the kitchen, staring at the stove.]

[He turns back to grin at you, a little sneaky. What’s he up to?] Heheheh, don’t worry, the first batch’s almost ready! [There’s a nice chocolatey smell wafting from the oven. And …something else that’s very ...grassy...]

2. Midway- the Shit begins

[Always the life of a party, Blue can be found just about everywhere. Chatting it up in the livingroom, getting some games in with a drink in one hand— just a beer, unlike his usual dozen shots of liquor an hour— coming to hang out and chat about the Pokémon to anyone that seems interested.]

[After a little while he comes around the party with a platter of nice, chocolatey brownies, grinning as he sets them down with the other snacks.] Heh, these aren’t for the kiddies! This is for the people that need to really chill out, you get me?

[No, Blue! That doesn’t help anyone at all!!]

3. Tail-end- The Mess (implying he isn’t always)

[By the time the party is winding down, it’s probably pretty late into the night. If Blue hasn’t managed to completely destroy himself, he’ll be chilling out on the couch or sitting on the back patio with some of his Pokémon, giving his well-wishes to friends heading out or finding them a little corner to take a snooze, if they need it. He’s picking up the pieces of the party, trying to do his darndest to get the place back to being clean enough before Archie comes home in the morning.]

[Are you going to help him, or distract him?]

Wildcard! [Had any specific things you wanted to thread out with Blue here? Shoot me a PM/plurk @ kitsoru]

2;

[lempereur]

I am always calm.

[ Yusuke does not get you. If he did, he would not be grabbing anything off this particular plate! ]

Thank you.

[ aaaaand there he goes. It has a strange taste to it that he can't quite place. Not unpleasant, but certainly unusual. ]

[halloflamer]

Yeah, well. [Blue waves a dismissive hand as he takes a brownie.] You're about to be, like. Way calm. Trust me, this stuff's just what you need.

...You know, I'm kinda surprised you don't smoke anyway, isn't that, like. An artist thing? [Blue raises an eyebrow. Mina definitely smoked. On that Fairy Wind all day e'rryday.]

3

[d33tached]

[It's nearing the end of the party, but D33 will likely be there until the early hours of the morning. He's been making himself more and more at home in this house, and that's probably one of the only reasons he agreed to go to this party in the first place. He hadn't been expecting the pot brownies (so he'd had more than he probably should have), which is why he's spent the last two hours lying under a coffee table in one of the side rooms, spacing the fuck out. Being drunk on top of it isn't exactly helping his state of mind either, but eventually he makes his way outside and finds Blue.]

Blue. [He crouches down to hold out his hand for Eevee as he's talking.] I need to ask you something.

I'm being quite serious.

Re: 3

[halloflamer]

Huh? Oh, hi loser. [Blue's been spacing out, floating on a cloud of giggly fun for most of the party. He didn't drink too much (for him...), so when D33 finds him on the back patio snuggling with Eevee, Red nearby knocked out in a lawn chair, he just grins up at him.]

[Eevee regards D33 with scoffing arrogance, but deigns to sniff at his hand.]

What's up?

2

[versusseeker]

[He tilts his head to the side, blinks.

[No, he doesn't get it.]

these are the worst party prompts ever, i am so sorry

[eyeforaneye]

1. kitchen

[ A sullen one-armed ninja might seem out of place at a fun party.

And he is.

Which is exactly why, a full ten minutes after his arrival and a thorough inspection of the drinks on offer -- largely involving a careful swishing of liquid and a thorough sniff before the beverage is placed back down -- he's in the kitchen, back to the festivities. At the sink. Washing dishes. He is very much exuding the air of a grouchy old man conned into attending a hip young people type of celebration, but at least he's doing a public service. Damn, it reeks in here... What was baked in this? ]

If you have more dishes, leave them unstacked on the countertop. Don't be messy.

2. upstairs

[ Arcanine is a good guard, which is why it may seem strange to anyone who happens to venture up the stairs that he's in the midst of a deep puppy nap right near the landing. There's no sign of struggle and certainly no evidence of physical harm to the Pokémon himself, and in fact he looks particularly blissful and content.

The source of the strangeness? Currently exploring the second floor, totally unashamed of the fact that he's just abused his ocular techniques to hypnotize an innocent creature just trying to do his job. In Sasuke's experience, if there's a guard then there's also something worth guarding.

Though so far he hasn't discovered much more than particularly impressive bathroom tile. Whether he should happen to be discovered snooping in someone's bedroom, one of those aforementioned bathrooms, or peering into a closet, his response is the same: ] What do you want? [ As if he owns the place and this is perfectly normal. ]

3. garden

[ Upon being invited here by Blue -- an invitation he'd accepted largely against his better judgment, but there's always information to be gathered -- Sasuke had prepared himself to encounter exactly zero familiar faces.

In fact, he's instead found himself party to three.

He stands next to Exeggutor, occasionally making eye contact with him, before then looking at his berry trees. Almost as if they're having an entirely wordless conversation about them. Which they are.

A definite highlight for him, even if it's naturally doomed to be interrupted. ]

2. how! am I! supposed to pick!!

[halloflamer]

[Unfortunately for Sasuke, Blue does make the rounds of the house often enough to eventually notice Arcanine taking a nap up on the top stoop. He sighs, climbing the steps with a call--] Sheesh, boy, I told you to get your naps in beforehand-- [Before some good nudges prove that he's not just waking up. After a moment of sharp panic he realizes the pup's just totally asleep. A Hypnosis attack, maybe...? But from who.]

[Blue's opening the door to his room, meaning to grab an Awakening from his bag, when he spots a familiar head of stupid spikes rummaging through his trainer's bag already.]

...The Shellder're you doin' in here, Blaziken-head?

1

[d33tached]

[D33 usually exudes the same air of antisocial grouchiness, but after a couple of pot brownies (he didn't realize they were pot brownies) and some liquor, he's actually a bit loosened up. That's why, when he sees an unfamiliar man washing dishes in the kitchen while Karaoke blares from the other room, he looks confused.]

What in the world are you doing that for?

Has someone hired you?

1

[fource]

[Quatre came to this party to have a good time, unlike one grumpy ninja, but he can't very well watch another guest clean up the party and not offer to lend a hand. Except he hasn't actually offered anything; he just did a sweep of the party for stray cups and plates and approached the sink with an armful of dirty dishes from elsewhere. He matter of factly starts lining them up on the counter next to the sink.]

I can dry, if you'd like.

2

[lempereur]

[ Yusuke is cheesed. Flying. Toasted.

It's not something he's ever felt before, but it's not at all unpleasant. His awareness is just off. Arcanine napping in the hallway was cute instead of worrisome, and he spent several minutes rubbing his giant furry belly before remembering what he'd ventured upstairs for. Now there's some man in Blue's room! Definitely not as weird as him looking through Blue's room uninvited. ]

I need a pencil.

[ But where...to start. The desk? ]

You don't live here.

Yusuke Kitagawa; OTA

[lempereur]

[ He told Blue that this was totally unnecessary, but does that boy ever listen? No, he does not. Yusuke accepts it probably as an excuse for Blue to have a party, or repayment for the get together he threw for Red a while back. In any case, he spends the early hours munching snacks, casually drinking, and inviting others to join him for goofy dancing, or a toast to all the beautiful and inspiring people who have been ported out of this world.

Things get a little weirder after Blue's weed brownies come out. Yusuke's been here for a year, sure, but he comes from a country where it's very illegal, and he hasn't exactly sought out anything like that...nor does he know what he's eating until after the fact. He didn't have too many, but if you catch him giggling at nonsense until he can't breathe or thoroughly petting any Pokemon for way too long, don't worry about him. He's (probably) fine. ]

[stylistic_disloyalty]

[So Luci didn't really receive an invitation, but here's the thing-- she cares a lot about Yusuke and Yuri and has felt a little shitty about how things went down at her most recent performance stunt. She's still enjoying the fallout, to be sure, but while Yusuke at least was good enough to tell her he made it home alright, she's still felt awkward about it all.]

[She hates feeling awkward.]

[She stalks Yusuke to this party through Yuri's social media.]

[Luci comes up through the backyard, much like how she appeared by Yusuke's window at his birthday, and immediately spots Yusuke petting Pokemon and looking... thrilled at the repetitive motion.]

[Dear G-O-D, what happened?]

Yusuke? [Luci approaches, eyebrow arched, watching him carefully.] You having fun there?

gimme some roastytoasty dancing boys

[halloflamer]

[Look, Blue told him he would enjoy it! It's fine!! Blue is just as far gone as him anyway, and they're in the middle of giggling about something stupid that probably would only normally have Blue in fits of laughter, when a song comes on. Blue!! Loves!! This song!!]

I love this song! [Blue jumps up to shout (see?), sticking a hand out in front of Yusuke's face with a wide, sunny grin.] Heheh, c'mon, you dance don'tcha?

[d33tached]

[D33 finds laughter of any kind to be a little jarring, even when he's intoxicated himself (the weed does make him smile more, which is exhausting), so when he sees Yusuke busting up at what appears to be nothing, red-faced and wheezy, he looks a little dumbfounded.]

Is something wrong with you?

[axeboyfriend]

[ The Eternal Wallflower is here— mostly out of concern for Yusuke if he's honest, but he's here. Sans weed brownies, but he's here. It's when Yusuke starts giggling over nothing that he ends up saying something.

You probably can't tell from the beanie, but he's raising an eyebrow. ]

Are you.... okay?

[crimeboy]

[Well, if anyone was going to do some goofy dancing with Yusuke, Akira was.]

Did you even need to ask? [Akira responded when he was invited over, smiling as he joined Yusuke in being probably too dramatic for whatever they were dancing to, but that was kind of both of their thing, wasn't it? Akira laughs as he takes Yusuke by the hand to join up with him, giving him a bit of an impish grin- the kind that was never really a good sign.]

I see someone didn't learn their lesson about the karaoke machine.

[He'll have to fix THAT right up. Soon. Now was dancing with his buddy time.]

Red | OTA

[versusseeker]

[Red definitely wasn't unaware of Blue's special brownies and in fact agreed to try a couple of them. Never having ingested any form of marijuana, though, he realizes about forty-five minutes in that this was possibly a very bad idea. Throughout the party, the usually quiet trainer is perhaps even quieter, but now he looks a little lost as well. You might find him literally face-to-face with a wall, staring off into space while he sips a drink. Later, he stands at the karaoke machine with a microphone which he holds against his lips and says absolutely nothing. Even later, you will find him sitting in front of the coffee table, trying to create a perfect pyramid of red solo cups while people stumble around him, threatening to destroy his empire. Don't be that guy.]

KARAOKE... BABY NO

[halloflamer]

[Blue is traveling into the livingroom from... elsewhere, the kitchen, upstairs, somewhere, and is getting a lay of how the partygoers are doing as he shuffles his way in.]

[He hears the music from the karaoke machine going, but he doesn't hear any singing. Weird, that! So he decides to check over in that corner of the room, only to find.. Red standing there, staring at the mic in his hand.]

[Oh... Red......] Heehee, you want me to get you warmed up? [Blue casts his bae a warm smile, blissfully chilled out from his own brownies and feeling particularly in love today. He grabs the other mic and hooks his arm in Red's.] C'mon, let's sing together.

[lempereur]

[ Yusuke is standing beside him, watching intensely as he stacks the cups. In getting swept up in the drama of it (of which there isn't any, at all, but he sure thi ka there is for some reason), he's leaning a little close to Red's side, while he shovels munchies into his mouth. ]

Be careful.

[ Helpful! ]

Yuri Plisetsky | OTA

[beautiful_monster]

1. Mingling

[ Yuri hadn't actually known there was going to be a party until he got here, but that's fine. It's no work on his part to show up, and there's nothing to complain about in the set up. Free food, games, and music? What's not to love? He can be spotted putting everyone else to shame with his professional dancing or parked in front of the TV for a round of Mario Kart. ]


2. Garden

[ Later in the day, the skater has retreated out to the yard to lounge in the sun and re-energize. And getting to hang out with what is basically a fire breathing dragon, not to mention all the other pokemon, is a pretty nice perk. He's sprawled out a few yards away from Charizard and has dug his phone out to snap a few shots of the pokemon in the middle of his nap. ]


3. Magic Brownies

[ Of course these make their way to Yuri eventually. As a professional, law-abiding athlete he'd never even touched alcohol before coming here, not to mention actual drugs. Luckily for him, all this has managed to do is leave him on a couch giggling at—something. The way a friend looked at him? Someone wiping out in Mario Kart? A joke he thought of himself?

Even better, if any of his friends get within his field of vision he clumsily waves them over with an unusually cheery smile. ]

Hey. Hey. You have to—look.

[ He holds his phone up amid a fit of giggles to show off a gif. ]

3

[halloflamer]

It's stuck! [Blue cackles, absolutely out of his mind, tears running down his face from how funny this gif is ...apparently?? Whatever, Yuri, you're in good company here.]

That reminds me of the time we climbed up Mount Lanakila, I told Eevee to stay inside his Pokéball but by the time we got all the way up there, his fur was so full'a snow he looked like an Abomasnow! [Blue leans over, showing Yuri his own picture from his dex- Eevee, frowning, his fur so coated in snowflakes that he looked almost like a white persian cat.]

3

[versusseeker]

[Red stumbles over because Yuri needs him and he has to look! He seems very concerned with the urgency in Yuri's voice as he takes a seat next to him on the couch and glances over at his phone--

[OH NO, IS THAT GIRL OKAY? Red's eyes go wide with horror and he shakes Yuri a little (guess who's also been into those brownies).]

[fource]

[Blue offhandedly mentioned this party to Quatre at work, so despite knowing none of the guests of honor or their relationship situation he decided to stop by and say hello. It's a good opportunity to get to know more imPorts, after all. For some reason, he didn't expect to walk into a collection of stoned, emotional young people. More fool him.

Quatre can be found around the party nursing a single cup of soda, occasionally wincing whenever someone feels a particularly strong emotion around him. He tries his hand at Mario Kart (he unerringly chooses Princess Rosalina every time), makes a few earnest attempts at karaoke, and can even be found tidying up around the party, thanks to some peer pressure from Sasuke Uchiha. Eventually the crowds get a little too much, and it's easier to find him chilling with the pokemon, particularly the ones further outside the house.]

[d33tached]

[Oh, look. It's Quatre. D33 feels a brief flicker of irritation-- No, wait. It's confusion. It's confusion at the fact that he isn't irritated. He feels the sensation that he should be irritated, but isn't. Which is irritating. But it isn't! Which is--

[God, Pokémon are so amazing. Look at all these Pokémon wandering about. Quatre who? He doesn't even know that guy. He sure is close with Shinigami though. No fair. He's just an infant. D33 isn't an infant. Look at him. He's an adult. He's doing illegal drugs. He feels fantastic.

[He's stumbles toward Quatre with a drink in hand, his emotions entirely under control for perhaps the first time since they've met. He nods in his direction, what would look like a civil greeting, but then he says:] You.