A Glorious Ball, and a Meeting of Royals

Doom growled. The red woman finished her curtsy before snapping at him.

"Doom! What are you growling at sir?" Her tone was sharp and irritated. Her eyes then landed on his target. Oh good. She's made it. Mental note: the tracker is not needed. She bowed and curtsied to many more guests before Eira's turn.

"Welcome Lady Eira of the Frost." She bowed. Seeing her in another dress, sure makes me want to believe that she may be in fact royalty. She looked her over once more. Or just a damned good thief.

Z walked into the hall wearing a suit that he managed to rent from a store.

Z looked around the hall, feeling out of place, even though he had left his cloak behind.  His Axew stood next to him with a bowtie on and at his other side, sparky his combuskin stood with a bow in her feathers on her head.  They walked into the ballroom, looking around with awe.

Eira stood near a wall of the ballroom, toying with her dress as she looked around and watched so many people come through without a care that they were at a queen's ball and were surrounded by the social elite. Eira looked down at the thin, silver chain belt that she wore so her pokeballs were at her side. The twin dive balls hung in easy reach and held her two companions, who Eira wished she could call out in that moment but would not wish for them to come out in an area neither would be well suited for. She was worried that Spheal would get lost or hurt in the horde of people that was in the room and that Shimmer wouldn't be able to do much with no water around. Eira dearly wished for her two friends to be beside her, but she remained alone along the wall with an out of place feeling about her.

"Yes, It wasn't that hard to get him in it once he saw what it looked like. We did have some difficulty getting the sleeves on him with his claws, so we went without the jacket." Marcus bowed to the queen, as did Sofa. "I wanted to thank you for awarding me the first contest badge in the region. It was truly a surprise. I almost don't feel like we deserve it." Marcus shifted his feet awkwardly at this, not sure undermining the queen's judgment was the best idea.

"Oh, no. The egg hasn't hatched yet; but...how did you know I had an egg?"

The red lady laughed at the combusken's overprotective nature.

"I'm sure she loves you for good reason. Not everyone gets to be the partner of a placed cooridinator." A surprisingly lovely young trainer. I shall ask what his plans are later. But for now... Her attentioned zoned in on Marcus.

"Your performance racked up the most bonus points more than anything. Plus that ending. Though it wasn't as flashy as some, it was certainly an excellent demonstration of Sofa's future potential in power. Do not question, just accept." She did a slight bow. He asked about her knowledge of his egg.

"Your pokémon egg? Oh. My guards did a search of your person." She laughed heartily. "I'm just kidding. It's against the law to rummage through a person's belongings. Royalty doesn't get just mediocre pokémon. My houndoom can smell it on your person. He's been trained to signal me if he smells pokémon eggs; among other things..." Her laugh this time was meanacing. "I'm very interested in pokemon breeding and I would absolutly hate it if one of my bred pokémon got stolen. Especially my excellent Rapidash and Ponyta line. Which, all of you may borrow at anytime. Their excellent endurance is excellent for long journeys."

Akane was about to get busy again and before she left Z an Marcus she mentioned to them that perhaps they should go find Lady Eira. Akane pointed her out an she seemed rather lonely as she fidgeted with the gorgeous dive balls around her waist. She also mentioned there was more space to the left wing, past the double shiny houndoom doors leading to the garden (which of course had a pond for her water types).

Returning to her post she did not know, nor need to know if they actually went to the garden. She decided she woud hunt them down individually later. Another duke and dutchess. Curtsy and bow, all the while smiling sweetly and face blank...

-sigh- More playing nice, more talking to people, more being in this tie. Marcus fidgeted with his tie as he and Sofa walked in the direction of their fellow contest participant, awkwardly bumping into other party goers, apologizing as he went. "That offer for Ponytas is pretty enticing, I'd be able to get where I want to go in a flash, but I kinda want to do it the old fashioned way," Turing to his friend, "with my own pokemon." Sofa was enjoying himself looking at all the beautiful dresses and lights and, as instructed, was keeping his claws in to his body so to cause as little damage as possible.