All Hallows Eve [Eira, Maya, Astina, Nicole, Z, Maleko]

Oh dear Maya supposed that would be her and Maleko then wouldn't it... She brought out her dusk ball with paper seals plastered over it. She broke the seals and out popped Elly, twirling and clearly excited.

"No funny business okay?" Maya demanded of the chandelier Pokemon. Elly gave a wispy giggling sound but appeared to agree. "All right then," she sighed. "Maleko are you ready?" She looked to the boy uncertainly, not terribly confident in this herself. She had better look like she have a handle on her nerves when she steps out there. It occurred to her that she may have to portray a more confident facade as head priestess of a region... Maybe this veil over her face was a good thing then.

With that she stepped up on the edge of the stage and waited for Maleko to follow.

”For this next round, I would like to introduce the next team. We have a veteran cooridinater here with us today, I’m sure you all remember Maleko from just south of here, and his partner Maya!”

The red lady was gracious with the amount of time she waited for them to quiet down. No need to rush. She mused, but her guards unfortunately had to melt down the skeleton to make room for the next challengers. Once they had finished, Akane had already returned to her seat and urged them with a swift hand gesture to begin as they may.

Was that seriously their cue? And Maya had already called out her contribution?  Crap, he needed to get his act together and fast! Thinking quickly, he looked over at Shiver and called out the first thing that came to his mind. "Shiver, use Razor Leaf!" This was followed immediately by Shiver giving a small confirmation cry before he shot his arms out sending the leaves that had been called for towards the ball made of darkness. To the surprise of Maleko, somehow is Pokemon was able to not only get the leaves to hit the Shadow Ball, but go inside and around it making it look like it was causing some sort of dark storm in the air above the stage. Glancing over at Maya, Maleko gave a small nod before trying to think of what else he could do while he was at it. After a moment, a thought hit him and he called out another attack. "Shiver, use Ice Beam!" The result, again had a call of confirmation before the attack took to the air. The ice made contact with the Shadow Ball and Razor Leaf freezing it in place in the form of a grotesque looking eye shape. Looking over at Maya he gave a small shrug, as though he was unsure of what else they could do at that moment.

Okay... now what could he do?  He didn't know how to follow that, unless....  Hoping that Maya would not be upset with him for his next move he took a deep breath and called out a timid "Shiver, Wood Hammer." Almost instantaneously Shiver turned one of his hands into a hammer and bring it into the center of the ice eye causing it to crack and allow for the Shadow Ball that was trapped inside to start escaping.  The effect was eerie in Maleko's eyes as he watched the now cracked eye begin to leak what was once frozen out into the audience.  Looking to Maya he gave yet another shrug and hoped that she could work with what he had done.  He didn't know what else he could do at this point to help, since to him, he had put their team at a disadvantage with the fact he had mostly grass types and the point of the contest was to be spooky.

Having heard Maya tell her Pokemon to use Overheat, it was easy to say that their show was completed.  Or at least it was easy for him to interpret it to be over.  Looking down at Shiver, Maleko gave the Pokemon a smile and a pat on the head.  "G-Good job, buddy."  Shiver gave a small happy sound at the praise and looked over at the woman whose Pokemon he had been assist to make sure that the performance was truly done.  From the sounds of it, his trainer could not think of anything else to add to the performance to make it any longer than it had turned out to be.  While his Pokemon was doing this, Maleko was secretly hoping that he had not messed up their performance in anyway.  He knew that he had put himself and Maya at a disadvantage by using Shiver, and now he could only hope it wasn't going to affect their score too much.

Astina jumped at the sound of her name, looking worriedly towards Nicole for any sign of how she should enter the stage. Was there a special way to do so or do they just walk out there like it was nothing? What kind of event was this? Was it supposed to be a formal entrance or a dramatic entrance or even just a simple entrance? She had so many questions and so little time to ask them that it almost made her sick as she clutched Quartz tighter to her chest.

Astina could almost feel herself shaking as she went to enter the stage, though Nicole's words had helped her nerves quite a bit. She glanced down at Quartz to check if she was ready, but saw that the lazy Pokemon was asleep. Taking a step back, she placed Quartz on a nearby seat and called for Ruby to come to her. When Ruby sank into her arms, Astina felt a lot calmer as she turned back to enter the stage.

Stepping onto the stage, it was like all of her worries had washed away since it was then that she realized that this was just like the ceremonies she participated in back home. All she had to do was make this look good and that should be simple enough, right?

"Alright Ruby, let's try a Perish Song," Astina murmured to her partner, releasing the Ghost type so she could float forward on the stage. Ruby began to sing softly, feeling nervous in front of such a large crowd. Astina frowned at how quiet she was being before an idea struck her that would make Ruby be much louder. "Use Echoed Voice too."

Ruby's gem began to glow slightly as her Perish Song was amplified so that every note resounded around the room, letting everyone hear the notes that she was horribly singing.