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GENESSIA PROM!

I - SETUP (12:00pm-5:00pm)

For any and all who agreed to help with the decorations, this would be the time to gather at the Hotel. A large list of assignments will be posted on the wall near the entrance, with duties including but not limited to:

1. Setting Tables, including placement of centerpieces
2. Wall and ceiling decorations, involving a lot of gossamer drapery and lights
3. Preparing the buffet table, with a mixture of hot and cold foods, as well as a separate table at the end for delectable deserts
4. Getting all necessary equipment on stage for the Live Band to perform. Sound Checks may occur throughout.
5. A side dressing room area set up exclusively for those who volunteered to take the time to get ready themselves, including special hair and makeup stations and a large rack to hang their dresses & shoes to change into later

II - HOTEL LOBBY (6:30pm onward)

Cozy and luxurious in its own right, those who arrive before Prom is scheduled to begin will be allowed to lounge in the Hotel Lobby for a spell. Meeting and greeting other early birds and partaking in a select few hors d'oeuvre made available while waiting for the doors to open

III. - PROM PHOTOS!

In the far corner of the lobby, a cute backdrop will be set up, ready for any and all couples/groups/brave souls going stag for the evening to take a memorable photograph! Selfies are welcome throughout, but for those desiring a more professional setup, Hikari Yagami will be on hand for the first and last hours of the night for "official" Prom Photos.

Smile, everyone!

IV - EATING/DRINKING

With a "bar" consisting of 90% nonalcoholic beverages--the remaining ten percent reserved for of age chaperones--and a buffet table spanning the length of the side wall, there will be no shortage of food options that night! Hot pasta dishes, cold sandwiches, fruits, vegetable platters, and a special end section devoted to some of the best sweets Genessia's bakeries have to offer!

Of course, what prom would be complete without the traditional Fruit Bowl Punch? Better get a sip in early, though...because some traditions never die, and it's not like those in charge can keep an eye on that bowl the entire night, can they?

V. - DANCE FLOOR

With a live band (Thank you, Professor!) ready to rock, you'll soon be dancing the night away, under ethereal decorations that will really make you feel like you're dancing among the stars!

In between sets, there will be a DJ spinning a mixture of slow dances, crowd favorites, and songs that'll really get the party rockin' (~~LMFAO style~~).

VI. - CHAPERONES

Because somebody's got to make sure the kids behave.

Hopefully actual adults who can behave themselves.

VII. - MINGLING/MISC.

What other shenanigans could the teens and tweens of Genessia possible get up to? The night is young, and so are they~

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[ Jack would have preferred to not be at prom at all. He'd gone when he was in high school. Took his sweetheart at the time, perfect couple, everything that was talk of the small Indiana town. Until the boy scout ran off to the military. It felt more and more like Genessia was trying to force him to be Jack Morrison again, when he was anyone but that man.

He only showed up because Angela insisted. Angela was the one keeping the roof over his head at the moment. So, those manners he was raised with echoed in his head as he put on the tux that she left him. Hopefully she wouldn't want to stay late and he'd go back to sulking on her covered porch, trying to figure out what to do next.

Jack quietly stepped up beside her. The visor was still on his face, but, dressed for the occasion. It'd been six years since he stood in any kind of fancy dress. The dress blues had been put to he back of the closet like everything else. ]

Last I knew, prom was something teenagers went to in high school.

[Not like she would be against that, but she also wouldn't force him to be someone he's not anymore. She just wanted to spend the night out with him and prom or not, it was technically a date. Prom was just a convenient excuse for her to invite him on one. If he didn't want to stay the entire time, fine, but she'll keep him for half of the time at least.]

Yeah, and I don't get the chance to dress up very often so you'll just have to deal with it. [Glancing to him.] But at least you showed up. I'd feel like crap if you stood me up.

You look handsome, by the way.

It'd be rude to leave the woman whose porch I'm staying on waiting. [ He gives a nonchalant shrug and his head turns. The mask hides his face, but, he wants to hide how much he sounds like his old self with that remark. Just like when he helped the girl in Dorado. ] Guess there isn't much time to dress up when you work at a hospital most the day.

[ A small glance is sent back towards her. ] Dress looks nice on you.

Yeah, you know... You can sleep inside, it's fine... I do have more than enough space.

Not really, no. Don't really have a reason to do so normally, either. I guess I sort of just wanted to use prom as an excuse to do so.

Ah, thank you.

I'm sure you've got someone else that needs that room. I doubt your instincts of a doctor stop at the hospital.

[ Hell, he actually knows that it doesn't. Still. He's trying to put some kind of room between them. Distance himself from the situation if he needs to. ]

Can't blame you there. Prom was always a hell of at hing back in Indiana. [ He sighs from behind the mask. ]

Soldier.... Just take the room. I wouldn't have offered it to you if It was taken...

[At least she's making sure not to call him Jack here.]

Well, I can't say I've ever had the chance to go, so I guess that makes you my first prom date.

...We'll see.

[ That's the most he'll say about the topic for now. There's a subtle thank you and appreciation for not using his former name -- real name -- in public. He doesn't want to inspire people to be heroes anymore. He doesn't want to be seen as a hero. And that's all he can think of when someone says the name 'Jack Morrison.'

There was a time when the association of Overwatch to 'Jack Morrison' made him smile with pride. Now it's just like a wound that won't heal. ]

It was the last big celebration before you were released into the adult world. That and graduation parties. Still, prom was where you dressed in the best and tried to make statements about how you were an adult now.

[ He bites his tongue from saying 'first and only date', if only because of the connotation it might imply. ]

You planning on going to any more proms?

[That does make her chuckle a bit.]

I guess all of my studying got in the way of that. It's time to catch up, I suppose; although it's a bit late for that now, isn't it?

[Losing your family when you're young due to war and then trying to become a doctor to save lives wasn't easy to juggle as a teenager. She'd always had top grades and focused on her goal, so things like prom just... never became a thing for her. It's not like she had the money to go to one at the time anyways. She couldn't afford a nice dress or anything that came with it.]

No, not particularly. I might throw a few get togethers [In which she promised Cloud she'd do and hadn't.], but nothing like this. I guess I did organize a Christmas Ball with suggestions people made to me to meet new people and spend time with others.

Not much point in trying to catch up on that kind of thing. Unless it was something you had always wanted to do and didn't get the chance.

[ Looking back at it? There isn't much special about prom, or anything like that. It didn't amount to much. Jack didn't stay with his date. There was no marriage, kids, house, or any of that. He graduated and ran straight into the military. The boy scout from Indiana. Lot of good any of that did him.

Putting his own shit aside? It sank in how much of a different life Angela had. Growing up in a post-Omnic Crisis war versus before it... he always knew her life had been rough. There wasn't much to hide when they recruited someone into Overwatch. Seeing it though, in a normal civilian setting? That's different. ]

Just let me know when you plan on doing that. I'll make sure my crap isn't in the way. [ Meaning he'll probably be hiding somewhere. He's had enough of parties and all of that for a life time. ] Yeah? How did that go?

Which is precisely the reason.

Soldier, I am a female. I like to dress up when I get the chance to.

[Although, her normal attire is pretty even if it's not formal.]

I don't think that'll be an issue really. [He can leave his shit and participate, you know..] I think it went pretty well. I had some help, but it probably wasn't the best organization. Still, a lot of people had fun and it served it's purpose.

...Not sure the dressing up thing is strictly related.

[ He shifts then, almost as if he's uncomfortable. Good to know he can open his big fat mouth and stupid crap will still come out of it. So much for having left the boy scout life behind. Soldier turns his head away then, as if trying to hide some embarrassment she can't see anyways. ]

You never know what guests might want to wander onto the porch. [ There's an air of humor there. ] Then, I'd say it was a mission that was successful.

Sure it is. It would look strange for me to go to work wearing a formal dress, now wouldn't it?

[But it does get her to smile lightly.]

You are allowed to talk to people, you know. I'm not locking you down. Besides, making a few friends wouldn't hurt.

I meant you could dress up without having to go prom. Pretty sure there are other functions where that'd be appreciated.

[ ...not that he is implying dates. He's thinking business dinners, cocktail parties, things that renowned doctors like herself go to. ]

Never said it was you that was putting me on lockdown, Doc.

I suppose, if I actually went to anything that called for it.

[You know, she could dress up for you on their first date here.]

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