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✱ eleanor lamb ✱ ([personal profile] notyourbloodymessiah) wrote in [community profile] bottlecaplogs2026-06-01 08:05 pm

[OPEN MINGLE] if everybody had an ocean

Who: Eleanor and YOU!
What: Elly's beach party!
Where:: The beach!
When: Within the first week of June
Warnings: Hopefully none, just beach shennanigans


Eleanor's hosting a beach party! Although it's primarily meant for her and her friends, everyone is welcome. So come and partake in some swimming, some games, and even the food! Feel free to respond to the prompts here or to create your own below :) can you tell i like the beach boys

1] Then Everybody'd Be Surfin'
The party is in full swing, with games on the go and a few Pokemon splashing about in the shallows. Eleanor's taken it upon herself to double up as a lifeguard, keeping an eye on those less adept at swimming should they enter the water. She knows it'll probably be fine, since it is just shallow waves. But perhaps someone who is too small is trying to recklessly catch them with no clue as to how surfing works. Regardless, she stands relatively close to the water, before finally splashing in herself to try and catch up with one of her friends.

2] Like Californ-I-A
When she's not by the water, Eleanor can be found participating in a rather janky game of volleyball. Originally she'd tried to see if the game would work with one of her bubbles, but they've acquiesced and borrowed a ball from the sports club. It's not like she can't go grab it should it get knocked into the ocean. But still, the game is tough and more than a little confusing for her, so she's quick to dip out to go and peruse the snack options instead. There's a lot of cut up fresh fruit, some grilled veggie skewers, and even a couple of meat options for the more carnivorously inclined. All of it freshly cooked on a small firepit. She's mostly helping herself to the fruit - it's an assortment of berries and what... could probably be melons? She's not actually sure, since a lot of the snacks and food has been provided by other Pokemon. The melon pieces appear to have been smashed, though. In fact, there's someone blindfolded and trying to smash another one not too far away.

It's not a beach activity she's personally familiar with, but she's glad whoever that is is having fun?

3] Everybody's Gone Surfin'
One activity previously not on the itinerary is sandcastle building - which Eleanor has been roped into by her Popplio friends. While certainly not something suited for a party, perhaps, it is suited for the beach! The younger Pokemon eagerly gather around her, packing in the sand and reinforcing it with some weak water attacks to make the sand more secure.

Eleanor's sandcastle seems... different, though. Far different to her companions at least.

4] Surfin' USA
[ standard wildcard option! eleanor will also hit up any tls posted below because it's her party after all! ]
fromsprouts: (matsuri)

Umemiya Hajime - Wind Breaker - Lucario - Wildly OTA

[personal profile] fromsprouts 2026-06-01 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
1. Skewered Perspective
Look, someone had to take charge where food was involved, and Umemiya has access to all the best vegetables, and was able to go hunting the day before the party. He's set up the grill pits with charcoal and fragrant wood chops. He's made the skewers of onions and bell peppers and zucchini, as well as the few with marinated Pidove and Tepig for those who eat meat.

He can't help but remember his arrival to the Bay, in weather like this. Occasionally, there's a quiet glance around in case he might catch a glimpse of a shiny melon-stealing Thievul. It drags his mood down just slightly, as he passes fresh-grilled food to anyone and everyone.


2. Petal Wizard
The party continues through the afternoon, and into the evening. As the sun begins to set, a breeze of red flower petals floats in the breeze, Umemiya's contribution to the decor to make the late night scenery even prettier than the afternoon had been. He's found a tall dune to stand on, and is using Petal Blizzard to shower the beach with plum blossom petals.

Because why not?

Of course, if anyone's done their homework, they know this isn't part of the standard Lucario moveset. But it's thematic as fuck for Umemiya, isn't it?


3. Wildcard
Bring your own excuse to bother Ume~
pyrodulia: (holy and pure)

Agnes Montague | The Magnus Archives | Ninetales | OTA

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2026-06-01 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
1. Attollite portas, principes, vestras
The morning of the day that the party was set to take place, the clouds thickened with the risk of rain. Which might have been fine; there were few calendar reasons not to postpone the party, but Agnes decided to take matters into her own hands, moving down to the beach early and glowering at the sky with all the indignation an Avatar can muster.

And the sunlight turned harsh!

For the rest of the afternoon, any cloud that tries to form over this stretch of beach gets glared into submission. Hopefully, there's no one here who's at particular risk of sunburn, as there's a Drought ability in effect.


2. Et elevamini, portae aeternales
And if there's a beach party, there must be a bonfire, especially once night settles in. Blankets have been arranged around the fire to make a good spot to dry out and warm up for those coming in from the surf, and someone (yes, Agnes) has even managed to procure marshmallows to roast.

Find her settled down on one of those blankets comfortably, watching other 'mons but hesitating to spook unless spooken to.


3. Et introibit rex gloriae
Wildcard again--come bother the fox.
Edited 2026-06-01 21:08 (UTC)
fromsprouts: ([BCB] Happy)

[personal profile] fromsprouts 2026-06-01 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Probably not the whole time. I'll get Bigby or someone to come give me a break so I can play chicken in the shallows later. Veggies, meat or both?"

Ume's not wearing his coat, not on a hot day like this, but the green is still represented in his wardrobe with a scarf holding his aura-sensing tendrils back from his face.
gimmeeyeballs: (DANG THAT'S COOL!)

Catrina Calavera | Original Character | OTA

[personal profile] gimmeeyeballs 2026-06-01 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
A. SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!

Catrina absolutely shouldn't be out to the beach, let alone be left to her own devices. Alas, the fates clearly have deemed it just and fair to let this wretchedly awful candle loose at a beach party.

Besides...she wants to socialize, maybe. She's trying you guys!

At the moment, Catrina for a change of pace, is attracted to the food being cooked at the moment. At least she isn't eating the beachball this time around, that's the only positive that be had here at this point.

"Say, yah got any paella being made?"

B. No More Teachers, Dirty Looks!

Was it advisable for a Fire and Ghost type Pokemon to go near the ocean? Probably not, but that isn't stopping Catrina's need for the water. Sure, before she was a fresh water species of amphibian that couldn't handle being doused in salt water at all, but now...oh now she has this wax body that could take it.

Was it logical? Totally not, but again, that's not stopping Catrina.

If someone were to come by, they'll see Catrina attempting to interact with the watch via trying to dip her molten wax feet into the water...do they count as feet? I don't think they're feet guys. Please feel free to yank Catrina away from the ocean before it lays claim to its prize.

Then again, who are we to deny the ocean from claiming its very waxy awful prize?

C. School's Out Forever!~ (Wildcard!) (Please feel free to slide something else in, PM me through my Character Journal, or PP me over at [plurk.com profile] Dolly_Mancer to brainstorm something else :'>)
pyrodulia: (flickering light)

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2026-06-01 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, you should hardly have to think of everything for your own party. You have to leave some room for your friends to surprise you." She's getting better about acknowledging friendship aloud, in words. There's even a small lean, nudging at Eleanor with a shoulder.

"Did you get a marshmallow, too, or just help all of them with theirs?"
pyrodulia: (Default)

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2026-06-01 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"You've grown pretty fond of them all, haven't you?" Agnes hasn't really gotten to know any Vulpixes (Vulpices??) yet, so she can't relate, but she's aware Eleanor's dealt with little ones before.

"Still, take your indulgence, or they'll get the lesson that growing up is about letting everyone else go first."
gimmeeyeballs: I may have made a bad decision (Oopsies)

[personal profile] gimmeeyeballs 2026-06-01 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It can be argued that Catrina was in fact both stupid and ballsy at this point. The ocean has failed today in claiming its prize, for now. There was always the Dragonfloat Festival to try again.

Catrina gives Eleanor the blanket amphibian stare she's known for, somehow translating well into the candle formate. "Holy shit, a Mermaid..."

That was all Catrina could even say at this, ignoring the fact her waxy life was saved.
pyrodulia: (flickering light)

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2026-06-01 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Aren't I always?"

There's this way one of her ears flickers when she's teasing or being sarcastic, and that's on clear display right now. She's smug, but it's not serious in the least.

"Did you get what you wanted, out of this party?"
fromsprouts: ([BCB] Joyous)

[personal profile] fromsprouts 2026-06-01 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's a game with teams of two. One guy sits on another guy's shoulders, and the other teams try to knock the guy on top off. It's played in the water so it doesn't hurt as much when you're knocked off."

It works a lot better with human bodies, but Ume's one of the lucky ones who's close enough to humanoid.
gimmeeyeballs: Yeah whatever (I hear yah)

[personal profile] gimmeeyeballs 2026-06-01 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Eleanor may have seen Catrina either in the cave, the aftermath of her teams' interpretation of 'The Lord of the Flies' during the last quest, or most recently, in the clinic cocooned in a cast after said quest.

....Catrina looks at Eleanor and then at herself again. No fair, Catrina just had to be a candle instead of a cute seal mermaid creature.

"Brionne? Well shit, I definitely got unlucky then with this candle beast form."
therealcollin: (Default)

Clonelin | Collinlock16 (Oneshef) | Mimikyu | OTA mostly

[personal profile] therealcollin 2026-06-02 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
(Defaulting to prose this thread because that's what the original top post is!)

Closed to Eleanor, response to Everybody's Gone Surfin'
Clonelin is watching the sandcastles being built with quite some fascination. They're all so delicate-looking, but so sturdy!

It shuffles over and, without a word to Eleanor or the Popplios, just starts poking at Eleanor's sandcastle. Not enough to destroy the sandcastle, but enough to leave little tiny claw holes.

A. Resource Gathering (OTA)
Well, if sand is being used to build, then sand must be acquired! That's why Clonelin has begun digging a long, narrow trench in the sand. One end of the trench is still at ground-level, but slopes down deeper and deeper the further it goes.

Every so often, the little Mimikyu scurries out with big handfuls of sand and deposits them in an ever-growing pile.

This is definitely a tripping hazard, but it doesn't seem to realize or care.

B. Blunt Force Damage (OTA)
Wow, those are some big melons! They could provide food for a long while. At least for Clonelin, at its size.

It just has to cut it up, first.

Clonelin reaches back and grabs the wooden stick that usually serves as its "tail," wielding it in both hands like an axe.

Then it jumps up, swings-

Mimikyu used Wood Hammer!

-and hits the melon dead-on, smashing the thing to pieces and sending melon bits everywhere.

...Whoops.

C. Wildcard! (OTA)
(Bring your own idea, or message me at [plurk.com profile] capnport or DM in order to plot!)
therealcollin: (well i mean it depends)

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[personal profile] therealcollin 2026-06-02 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Clonelin notices Agnes glaring at the sky, and follows her gaze upwards. It immediately has to squint and look back down.

"ugh. too damn bright out," it complains, unaware of what, exactly, Agnes is doing, "and justw hen the wweather was finally getting back to norma l."
pyrodulia: (baring her teeth)

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2026-06-02 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
"It may be more 'normal' for you in the heart of town today, near the archives, than on the beach." She can't just change the whole universe's weather at once, just a small area. Enough to ensure it's perfect for Eleanor's party.
i_can_read: (Determined)

1. Staring at the sky is a popular pastime for cult expies

[personal profile] i_can_read 2026-06-02 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
As usual, Simon doesn't know most of the Pokemon around him. This is a little bit by design (he likes the fact that he's not known by reputation here) but it's mostly just the inevitable result of the sheer number of Pokemon and his own unsociable habits.

While he has a couple of good, reasonable.... uh, reasons... to be here, he is distractable, and recognising (or thinking he recognises? Pokemon of the same 'species' are often so similar) Agnes catches him inexplicably off guard.

He's not sure why her presence is so surprising. Maybe it's because he's only ever seen her at night while he was having kind of a mental breakdown and... in the woods, while she was leading an organised effort that he still only half-understands and didn't really feel comfortable with. He still helped.

Which is something. He helped, even if he didn't like it. Because it was a good cause. Not burnign down the whole Bay was good. Burning any of the forest was bad, still, in his mind... but like he told Parvati, he didn't want anyone to die. So, he did it.

And maybe the fact that he did do that makes it easier for him to approach Agnes now, the galaxy-like pools of light that somehow function as eyes flattening in uncertainty as he follows her gaze up.

Up, into the sky, and into the... clouds? The sun? Something else?

There's a dangerous intensity to her eyes and hard set of her mouth (he's getting better at reading some of these animal faces) that speaks to something dire. Something he can't see.

"What are we looking at?" he asks, after a second.

Instead of confused, he sounds grim. This is a serious matter to her, apparently, and so it is to Simon.
pyrodulia: (innocent)

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2026-06-02 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Simon."

She takes her eyes off the sky long enough to give him a sidelong glance, deigning to acknowledge him with a slight nod. She still doesn't know what to make of him, either, except that he's new to being free.

"Eleanor is throwing a party down at the beach today." It's a half-answer, if even that much, but is delivered as seriously as anything she's ever said to him.
pyrodulia: (breathing in)

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2026-06-02 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Good. Then it's all worth the fuss and effort."

What effort, on Agnes's part? What fuss? Shh, don't worry about it. She busies herself with getting a marshmallow on a stick with nothing but her muzzle to help, spearing the treat neatly.

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