Post by Zandrophin on Aug 13, 2014 15:22:01 GMT -6
Zandrophin entered into his assigned waiting room...and assessed the situation he'd gotten himself into. He'd entered a contest where two of his Pokemon must work together...and create an interesting performance. He panicked for a few moments; none of his pokemon had ever worked together outside of defeating an opponent.
This was not going to be easy. He sat down and began to meditate...he needed his mind to be clear if he was going to come up with something. He thought for quite a while...then he got an idea. He pulled out two small wooden boxes from his bag that he carried in with him. 18 small red orbs gleamed in the light. He'd heard that they could use dummies in their performance, similar to his first time here.
Excellent.....we've got a plan......
He continued to meditate...a light purple aura emanating from him...
Do not fight for a cause or for what you believe in: Fight for yourself, because who you are rarely changes. Zandrophin
The guard took him and Shard to the area behind the stage to claim one of the rooms for preparing to go perform. Going into one of the open ones, he took Mistletoe's Pokeball from his borrowed suit's pocket and released her so she could strech out. Mistletoe shook herself out, which was funny to see considering she was not a canine Pokemon, her wreath shaking with her. "Better?" Mistletoe looked at Maleko when he asked that giving a small nod before prancing around in a circle in the space provided. This made Maleko, and Shard, snicker. That in turn made Mistletoe stop to bleat at them, though it was half-hearted. She seemed way too excited to fully care.
Nicole had no idea what had just happened. Seriously, the guy (Chazz?), came out of nowhere and started squealing over Rhea. Now she was having to try and calm said Pokemon down as the others actions seemed to have scared her. Both Phaedra and Nero were also reeling due to what had happened. Usually they didn't have to worry so much about people approaching Nicole in such a fashion, so now they were both sharing a look that spoke of their uncertainty.
Shaking her head in confusion, Nicole took the fact that she had been left alone now to head to one of the rooms set up for preparing, all the while trying to comfort the still upset Togepi in her arms. Nero and Phaedra, noticing her actions, followed after her, though it almost seemed like they were sending glares at the man who had retreated as they did so.
"I guess normal was never supposed to be a word for me." - Nicole
Akane noticed her guard drop his jaw a little at the sight of Nicole. Ughh as long as he keeps it in his pants. she chuckled to herself. But she almost couldn’t control herself after he saw him loose it for her togepi. seriously, she thought to herself numerous times. She couldn’t even begin to think of all the taunts she could on him now. But she had seen him earlier ogling at Eira. She couldn’t help but imagine what would happen if Eira produced an heir with him. Akane openly shivered even though she was standing alone now. She noticed Maleko be pushed to one of the waiting rooms. Finally she could meet him.
”Greetings, Maleko. I am Lady Akane of these fine lands. Where do you hail from?”
"Sanity is only an idea made real, to make those who are boring feel better." -Akane
Okay... he was a little intimidated. This was the ruler of Celosia? Holy Crowbat.... "I'm f-from a small village in the Eastern Plains." He was not sure what else to add to his answer. Shard and Mistletoe both seemed to find huddling close to him to be a sufficient way of avoiding detection. Seriously, what was with the crushing aura this woman produced? Just then, an idea seemed to form in his mind... that Shard seemed to suddenly know about since he recieved a small smack on the cheek from the traitor. Seriously... one prank was not going to harm anyone!
Post by michaelmichaels on Aug 13, 2014 16:07:50 GMT -6
"but.....to..ge....pi?" Chazz was kind of sad to see Nicole walk away, but couldn't help to watch her leave. Chazz then saw Akane looking at him. He gave a shrug and then started laughing. Oh she is probably thinking I'm going to try to go heels to Arceus or something with each individual lass around. Chazz was a little classier than that. He would have them all at once. The thought nearly made him breakout in laughter. Then Chazz noticed a very young man enter, he approached Akane, in Chazz's mind he was rooting for the boy, heck ya spit some game on the Queen.
"I'm f-from a small village in the Eastern Plains."
The red lady’s smile was gilded glee and wide enough to reveal her canines. She knew instantly by his stutter this man wasn’t a part of the tribe of terror of the southeastern plains.
”The Eastern plains, hm? Those are quite close to Celosia. I assume your village is well fortified to survive this long.” She had known about many of the villages in the Eastern Plains. She had once prepared a conquest for them, but then realized she was too slow. The man with the red hair had wiped out many of the villages.
"Sanity is only an idea made real, to make those who are boring feel better." -Akane
Fortified? What did she mean by that? There was no need to fortify his village.... Shard looked at Maleko with the same amount of confusion the boy felt. Mistletoe was just tilting her head in general since she had yet to see the village Maleko was from. Shaking away the confusion, he merely raised an eyebrow as though he was questioning the woman in front of him's sanity. "Excuse me? F-Fortified? Are you on something lady? S-Stay away from the b-berries that hold hallucinogens for humans...." This was said almost deadly serious. Shard seemed to face palm as he raised both of his tiny arms to his eyes, while Mistletoe bleated out a small Pokemon giggle. Maleko didn't pay them any mind.
She watched his confused eyes and judging by his tone, the little boy did not have any idea of the red-haired man. She did not care for his statement, but she wasn’t bothered by it, knowing what could happen to his village if someone breathed word to the terror; not that she would be crass enough to do so.
”You should watch what you say to strangers that had just made your acquaintance. You don’t know what they are capable of. Now if you’ll excuse me young man, you have five minutes to finish up.” The next five minutes blew by quickly and when she gave the signal, the guards retrieved the trainer’s from their quarters. When they all had emerged, Akane reminded them of their task to appease the judge, (yours truly), and her citizens that had come to spectate and enjoy.
”I humbly welcome the four of you to Celosia’s Houndoom Hall. Today I would appreciate it if you would use two pokemon in a coordinated routine to showcase the moves you have taught them. The more complimentary their moves are, the better. This routine may be as long as you like, just don’t bore us.” She looked over to Doom who could do nothing but wag his pointed tail.
”As a helpful reminder, combination moves earn major points with me; and now, using two pokemon? You can fit in even more combinations. Nicole, you registered first, you will go first. Please have your pokemon fully prepared.”
A guard pulled back a curtain for her to walk through, but first she released Celosia her vivillion. She whispered to the duo, alright, just like we practiced. First Doom used some fire spins around the stage as he walked onto it. Celosia then used aerial ace to dash the flames away before it used bug buzz. The constant buzzing of its wings full quieted the crowd down, and as it flapped, the sun pattern looked like the rays were dancing.
”Greetings everyone. Tonight, not only am I your queen, I am also your judge. I hope our opinions on performances do not differ greatly.” She bowed to everyone present except her guard who was still ogling the easier woman to catch. ”First off I would like you all to welcome Nicole and her pokemon.” The crowd went wild applauding both their queen and to give confidence to their never-before-seen competitor.
"Sanity is only an idea made real, to make those who are boring feel better." -Akane
Nicole thanked whatever power was listening that she had had enough time to put her backpack down in the room she had been given. She was also thankful that the guard in charge of her room didn't mind taking care of Rhea while she was on stage. With those two concerns taken care of she was at ease to exit and stand in front of Akane to hear the rules. Upon hearing she would be the first on she looked down at both Nero and Phaedra who had taken to standing slightly in front of her. "You ready?" She asked the two getting a nod from both of them.
After she heard the announcement of her name, Nicole sat down on Nero's back with Phaedra before the Ninetails ran out onto to the stage. When they reached a certain point, Nicole jumped off while Phaedra moved to stand on Nero's back.
At this point a bright light was coming from Nero's closed mouth before he stopped and threw his head up releasing the Hyper Beam. Phaedra immediately followed the move with pulling out her stick of power and raising it up, the glow of a Psychic attack coming from her being to surround the Hyper Beam and pull it into a spiraling formation in the air before causing it to close in on itself and dissipate. Once it was completely gone, Phaedra did a flip off Nero's back and gave a little bow to the audience. (Here Nicole could not help but internally roll her eyes. Phaedra really was more for contests than battles and that motion proved it.) Walking to the area a little ways away behind her Pokemon, Nicole called out the next cue they had planned in the short time.
"Nero, Phaedra, Fire Dance."
Almost instantly Nero was gathering flames in his mouth, while Phaedra began to summon flames around her in a Fire Charge. Once she was coated, Nero released the Fire Spin he had been building up and used them to circle around Phaedra. Once they circled Phaedra fully she began to use the flames around her to direct the flow of the others while slowly beginning a move in a waltzing like motion. After she had finished moving close enough to Nero, she pushed her flames into the Fire Spin to make it fade as well.
Nodding to herself, Nicole got ready to move onto the next more complex combination and the last one she was going to do since she really didn't feel confident with dragging the performance on.
"Confusion Rainstorm."
Upon hearing the last command, Nero's eyes began to glow, as did the rest of his body, as a Confuse Ray began to radiate around him. Phaedra then contained the Ray in a Psychic and held it there while her stick gathered energy for a Fire Blast. Once she was done both she and Nero released their last attacks, a Fire Blast split to hit the left and right sides of the contained ray, and a Flamethrower down the middle. This shattered the Psychic and began to dissipate the Ray inside causing the remains still contained within the Psychic left behind to fall and hit the stage and vanish.
Nicole actually smiled at the fact that the idea had worked out better than she thought it would. In front of her, Nero and Phaedra were giving a bow. She moved to give a small curtsy as well from behind them before moving to exit the stage since she was done now. Nero and Phaedra moving to walk on both her sides.
Post by Zandrophin on Aug 13, 2014 18:17:42 GMT -6
The first act was somewhat short, but it was a decent length to showcase the abilities of both Pokemon. Though Zandrophin was admittedly lost on the abilities of Phaedra, since he'd never seen that pokemon before...he could not deny that Phaedra loved the stage...with such showy gestures. Nero was much more business..which was odd....considering how he acted before he'd evolved.
Must be an evolutionary thing...like Squirt.
Oh, Sir...you and I both know he's just as ridiculous now as he was as a Squirtle.
By the end of the act, Zandrophin was sweating a bit from the heat. The Psychic attack was strong...but it wasn't extremely disciplined. Not that he was one to judge...not many trainers have as many years perfecting a set of moves as he and Mentus did. At the end of the day...a good performance.
Do not fight for a cause or for what you believe in: Fight for yourself, because who you are rarely changes. Zandrophin
Post by michaelmichaels on Aug 13, 2014 18:26:11 GMT -6
Chazz had been seated for a few minutes. He watched everyone get into place and spun his sword by the pummel, while sitting.
Akane finished her opening and called out that, Togepi girl would go first. Chazz pulled his sword closer to himself as Akane walked by. She sat next to him in her throne like chair. Chazz was bored already so he decided to have a little fun. He leaned in close to Akane so only she could here him.
"Are you an official.....because you have officially given me a......." The sound of the hyper beam stopped him before he could finish his sentence. Well that is kind of ironic, in a very funny way. He liked the show it was very well thought out.
“Looks like your little Phaedra enjoys the spotlight. Perhaps you should compete more often.”
The red woman smiled her cruel smile. She had to admit, those combination moves she gave earned her major points.
“And I have to admit that ninetails is very healthy. To carry both its trainer and another pokemon? And still look gorgeous while doing so? I can’t even begin to express my pleasure. I am doing things a little differently this time and will go ahead and announce your score.”
She flipped her hair out of the way when she stood to be eye to eye with the woman. She had left behind her houndoom and vivillian. Clearing her throat, she began.
“Nicole, your performance was quite impressive. For the preliminary round, I am pleased to present you with…” Doom had run up beside her. She quickly patted his head and hissed at him to return to his place.
“I apologize for that.” A murmur and bit of laughter gave their empathy for the young pup. “Nicole, Nero, and Phaedra. I was very pleased with your combination moves, especially those with fire, and I’ve decided to give you a whopping twenty-one. The most I have ever had the privilege for awarding in just a preliminary round!”
The queen couldn’t help but applaud with the audience. Having such a ridiculous score, Akane bowed to Nicole, an action she assumed, she would not have to do this time.
“Now you all remember the queen of the icy lands of Eirlys, well today she makes her return. I know many of you love her performances, so please welcome Queen Eira and her pokemon!”
Akane returned to her seat after the bow just in time to catch him drooling over Nicole again as she walked out.
"Sanity is only an idea made real, to make those who are boring feel better." -Akane
Eira sighed before she entered the stage, deciding to do a last minute change to her routine that may or may not prove to be to her advantage on this stage. She knew that Akane liked a show and hopefully this would give it to her.
"Alright Meta, Shimmer! Go get them! Start out with a Transform just like we practiced!" Eira called as she threw two pokeballs into the air to release her Pokemon. Out of one came Shimmer, who really did look to be shimmering with the extra glitter Eira had added onto it before the contest had started. Out of the other roared a Houndoom as Meta skillfully used Transform before it could fully form from being released. The two landed on either side of Eira, ready for whatever commands she was going to give. "Together now, use Will-o-wisp and Psychic!"
Meta began to summon orbs of blue fire around it for Shimmer to catch with its Psychic abilities, bringing them high into the air like a train before linking the train together to create a complete circle of orbs. Shimmer began to conduct the balls of fire into different shapes as Meta prepared for its next attack.
"And now Shadow ball," Eira said quietly, watching the performance closely to make sure things were going the way she wanted. Meta began to release balls of dark energy into Shimmer's hold so that the black orbs could join the blue ones. Soon, black and blue shapes were being formed all over the hall and over the audience's heads. Stars and hearts, simple circles and even complicated Pokemon were shown before they changed to a new image.
"Release and use Thunderbolt," Eira commanded when she felt she had shown off enough of the shapes. The slight glow around Shimmer faded away as it allowed for the fire and dark orbs to fall from the sky. Eira knew this was the riskiest part of the performance, but trusted Shimmer's speed as it released a massive bolt of lightning to strike the falling lights. The orbs exploded upon impact with the lightning like they were fireworks, showering the audience with the remaining sparkling light. When the lights faded away, Eira and her team bowed to their audience to show that they were done.
"We hoped you enjoyed our show," Eira called to the hall with a large smile as Meta turned back into a Ditto and the two Pokemon jumped back to her side. Eira waved to the audience along with her Pokemon. "We came a long way from Eirlys to show you what our kingdom could do, and I am so glad you all enjoyed it."
He was starting to feel nervous. So far the last two performances had been amazing. How could he stand a chance against them? On his shoulder Shard was starting to twitch, from nerves or excitement Maleko didn't know. Beside him Mistletoe was also twitching, though with her it was most likely because she really couldn't move around as much. Letting out a sigh, Maleko placed a hand on Mistletoe's head to calm her down. Shard was something else entirely, he was hard to calm down once he started twitching and would only be okay when he released some energy.
All-in-all, he was in shock because of his competitors.