May the Games Begin... [Eira, Marcus, Z, Zandrophin][CLOSED]

Eira watched Marcus work with Sofa for a moment before Spheal blew ice in her face once more to grab her attention. He looked at her cheerfully and gave a cry of it's name to show that it was ready to do whatever she wanted him to. Eira smiled down at her partner before hugging him once more. "Let's do our best out there and show them how beautiful Ice types can be, okay Spheal?"

Hmm... Not quite the crowd I was expecting today, save for that woman. Akane looked the third contestant up and down. Her interest in him spiked when she saw a dragon-type pokemon looking around her hall. She swiveled her body around in her massive throne to fully face the newcomer. She leaned over to her guard standing next to her throne and murmered,

"What an unconfident bunch we have today. But I guess there are no real halls in this region except for this one."

She considered leaving her perch to talk to the new contestant, but decided against it, the raggedy cloak deterring any embers of desire to.

"...got it? So, once again, when you're on the way..." Marcus saw z walking as if he didn't know what he was doing here.

I know how that feels. Maybe I should help him, no one else seems to be jumping to help. Marcus stood up and stretched, then started walking towards the younger boy to offer his assistance. He looks more raggedy than me. And that's saying something. He's practically beat up. No wait, it's just the cloak. It's old. Really old. It just looked messed up from a distance, but it must be generations older than this kid. And the rest of his clothes are well put together and modern. Maybe there's more to this kid than I first thought...

"Hey there. My name's Marcus. how do you do? You seem lost, you need help? I may not be in the best position to provide it, but I will do my best."

"You...haven't registered yet? Oh, yeah I did have someone signing up for me. You could miss it if you don't pay attention or know what you're looking for. Uhh...go back the way you came; there's gonna be some scary soldiers back that way. Just tell them you haven't registered yet and they should let you through. There's gonna be a nice lady at a desk back there on the left. Just give your name and your Pokemon's name and you'll be signed up. Then rush back, we could start any minute now. Nice to meet you...z."

Interesting kid. Bit scatterbrained, but that's no sin. He's got an axew, which is both cute and a dragon? Even lower chances for us. Marcus looked back at Sofa looking at his own claw like it was the most interesting thing in the world. A small smirk cracked across his face.

We can do this. We could actually do this.

"He'd better get back fast. Hope he has his routine planned already." Marcus knelt down again next to his friend, "You ready?"
Sofa looked up from his incredibly fascinating claw and locked eyes with Marcus. "Yeah, you're ready. Alright. Just remember the order, okay? don't want you hitting someone in the audience by accident." Sofa nodded slowly and closed his eyes again, asleep yet again.

Marcus sighed long and deep; he felt like he was comfortable. At ease. Like he's accomplished something. The hard part's still yet to come, though. The rest is up to that girl from the north.

Marcus walked over to Eira with an attempted air of confidence. He had to be friendly and helpful to make this work.

"Hey there. You and your Spheal ready?"

Spheal noticed the newcomer and decided to investigate the strange Pokemon it had never seen before. With a small bit of effort, Spheal rolled out of his partner's lap and rolled his way after the new trainer and his little dragon partner.

"Spheal! Come back here!" Eira called after her Pokemon when she noticed that it was actually leaving the room instead of just rolling around it like she had thought. She quickly followed after her partner and watched as it rolled right up to some worn looking trainer and bumped him on the leg. With a sigh of dismay, Eira quickly grabbed her partner before he could move again. "I'm so sorry about him."