Opening Contest [Z] [Maya] [Zandrophin] [Akane]

Marcus clapped with the rest of the audience for z, despite feeling bad for him. He didn't stand a chance with physical Pokemon with half of their moves being contact moves, especially in such a fragile place, even more so with one of them being fire type. Marcus looked down at Lex, who was talking with Sealeo, only certain moves are safe to go all out in this stadium, and neither of his Pokemon had them. It's amazing he got the scores he did with his only experience being the one we were just in together a few weeks ago.

Marcus shifted his gaze over to Akane. Still, with enough experience, someone with a handicap can make anything look easy. But z's resilient, I'm sure he'll bounce back from this and be right back on...whatever it is he's doing after this.

Eira applauded a bit with the audience as she looked around at the other contestants. She took in a small breath before she continued, resolving herself for the next announcement since she figured it would not be a good one. "In third place, with 21 points and a gorgeous performance with electricity and fire, I present Lady Akane of Celosia."

Sealeo bumped Lex with his nose as a sign that he was bored and wanted to play.

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Akane's score:

Eira paused to give a small bow to Akane as a sign of respect to her fellow queen before she turned to the last two competitors that were still waiting on their scores. "The two of you made judging quite difficult for me between both of the rounds. From early on, you managed to pull away from the rest of the competition and ended up with a one point difference by the time both battles were finished. It is my pleasure to announce that both of you gave spectacular performances and will be rewarded as such. As for placing, second place goes to Maya with a total of 24 points while first place and the badge goes to Zandrophin with his total of 25 points."

Eira paused as she waited for someone to come on stage with the chest that was to hold Zandrophin's prize. Inside the crystal box was a badge that resembled a Lapras along with a shimmering water stone. "Your prizes, Zandrophin, are the badge symbolizing your victory in these halls along with a water stone, a cherished item in these parts that house so many Water type Pokemon. Thank you all for participating today and I hope to see you tonight at the festival in the village square."

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Zan's score:

Maya's score:

Marcus turned to Eira and put his hands on his hips. "Well...that's over. Surprising end. They all did pretty good." Marcus' head dropped down, "....I'm sorry. I shouldn't have insulted you like that."

Sofa was suddenly bored with all of sitting around now that the fighting was over, and he was really itching for a battle. Lex, however, was more interested in getting some sleep. He'd had a long day for such a young Pokemon and didn't feel like running around anymore. He climbed up onto his blubbery friend and tried to sleep.

The red lady accepted her loss. She never cared if she won or not, her main point of this visit was to harass Eira and give her people an example of a real queen who physically conquered people and grabbed their obedience straight from their fear. But Eira was more comfortable here in her own environment. Akane could call Eira a fellow queen. Eira bowed to her, showing her respect, and Akane bowed right back.

She was however, quite pleased Zandrophin won. She enjoyed Maya’s performance, but was quite happy her strategy to take her out quickly worked. Eira seemed somewhat disappointed behind her façade that Zandrophin won. But that could have just been her having an agenda. She mentioned a festival. Good thing I packed more gowns and crowns. Akane joked with herself.

"It's fine Marcus, you haven't gotten to see Silvertree all too much so you wouldn't know how things are here," Eira said with a small smile to let him know that he was forgiven. "It's easy to make judgments about things when you don't know all that much about them."

Sealeo shifted so he could sit in a comfortable position while the baby Pokemon slept on him. He was grateful that he could now just slide along the ice instead of rolling so he wouldn't disturb the sleeping baby if they had to go somewhere.