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Post by BlackonX The Great on May 28, 2008 13:28:50 GMT -8
Elmaste stepped into the Pastoria gym. Crasher Wake was standing right across from him."Well, look who's returned." laughed Crasher Wake."I guess my old boy right here is ready to have a rematch of a life time that might take him out of Pok?mon battling for a long, long, time." Elmaste smiled."Wake, don't sweat it, I beat you before, and I'll do it again!" The referee looked at both battlers, he raised up his two flags."Elmaste v.s Crasher Wake, begin!" Wake smiled,"This will be a two on two battle." he said."Go, Quagsire and Floatzel." Wake threw two Pok?Balls, Quagsire and Floatzel came out."Go, Sceptile and Blastoise!" yelled Elmaste. Elmaste threw two Pok?Balls, Sceptile and Blastoise came out and roared."Quagsire, use Muddy Water, Floatzel, use Aqua Jet." ordered Wake. Quagsire sent a dirty wave of water towards Elmaste's Pok?mon. Floatzel got in water and went off like a jet towards Blastoise."Blastoise, fight back with Skull Bash. Sceptile, use Magical Leaf." said Elmaste. Blastoise jumped up and hit the Floatzel with its skull. The Floatzel fell back, but, it got back up. Sceptile sent colorful leaves flying towards Quagsire, it went right through the water and hit the Quagsire. Crasher Wake was furious."Quagsire, use Ice Beam, Floatzel use Focus Punch." Quagsire opened its mouth and sent an icy beam towards Sceptile. It hit and Sceptile was frozen. Then, Floatzel ran towards Blastoise with Focus Punch which was gaining power step, by step."Blastoise counter with Skull Bash. Blastoise lowered its Skull and got ready to attack, but, Floatzel hit it hard in the head. Blastoise fell, but, he struggled back to his feet. Wake laughed."Quagsire, finish them off with Earthquake!" ordered Wake. Quagsire stomped and started an Earthquake. It hit Blastoise hard. Blastoise was getting tired.But, luckily for Elmaste, the Earthquake defrosted Sceptile."Now, Sceptile, use Razor Leaf. Sceptile jumped and sent razor sharp leaves towards Floatzel and Quagsire. It hit them with resounding fury. Wake ordered both his Pok?mon to use Focus Punch. They both jumped and sped towards Sceptile."Sceptile, counter with Leaf Blade." ordered Elmaste. Sceptile leaped up and hit Quagsire and Floatzel in the back with Leaf Blade. The both of them fainted."Perfect!" said Elmaste."Well, I guess you beat me again," said Crasher Wake."Until next time." Elmaste smiled,"Until next time." he said. Then, Elmaste left the gym and headed for the Pok?mon Center.
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Post by Pastyourbedtime on May 28, 2008 14:15:20 GMT -8
Fallon stepped out of the bathroom, showered and dressed for the day. It was cold in Sinnoh so she had dressed appropriately. She wore a small, light blue knit hat and a dark blue scarf which had stripes of a lighter blue. Additionally, she wore a dark blue sweatshirt and jeans. "Ready to train?" She asked Dragonair, who had been waiting patiently for Fallon to get ready. Dragonair looked excited and jumped onto Fallon, slinging itself around her shoulders. "I only need one scarf, Dragonair." Fallon joked as she exited the room and then the Pok?Center.
Fallon stepped on the marshy ground, flinching slightly at the repulsive squishing noise that could be heard whenever she walked here. "Politoed!" She cried as she tossed her Pok?mon's pokeball. The ball cracked open and white luminescence spilled from the expanded sphere. Fallon caught the pokeball as it flew back and she attached it to her belt. "Ok, so let's start!"
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Post by scissorhands on May 28, 2008 14:31:57 GMT -8
Dani awoke from a night of dining greatly, despite her being a vegetarian. She struggled with reluctant eyes for only a moment today, and finally she awoke to what looked almost like blue light filling her room. She ascended to her feet, and strode to the window, running her petite pointer finger up it, leaving a trail in the fog left from the cold temperatures outside. "Mm" she said, smiling content before taking to the bathroom.
"PFssHHhhh" the shower sounded as Dani brought the knob counter clockwise fully. Steam rose from the ground that the water pounded, before stepping into it, jumping slightly at first but becoming quickly adjusted to the temperature. The entire room was filled with steam from the hot shower, which mirrored ironically the frigid temperatures outside which Dani prepared for. Her clothes were layed out beside the sink, and were put on post-brushing her teeth and hair, as well as applying a little eye liner. She wore her red sweater, simple black tights to suffice for pants, a small, tight fitting black hooded sweatshirt that sat beneath a tight fitting blazer of the same color. She threw the red and white scarf she had gotten from Elliot around her neck, placing a blue headband behind her ears and over her head that would match the shoes she always wore and completing her outfit by clasping the clip on her Pokebelt together. She sighed heavily after picking up her room, and taking to the hallway, peering down the stairwell to see Elmaste at the counter, waiting for his Pok?mon to heal. "Hey, Elmaste" She said as she strode down the stairs before smiling and walking to his side.
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Post by BlackonX The Great on May 28, 2008 14:46:55 GMT -8
"Hi, Dani," said Elmaste smiling and blushing."Getting ready for your huge contest today?" asked Elmaste."Yeah, I'm heading to the Contest Hall to get ready and learn the schedule for the contest. I need to know how things work out with the judging and also when I will come out. They said this year everything will be different." replied Dani."Well, good luck Dani." said Elmaste still smiling."Why are you so happy today?" asked Dani."Well, I won my match against Crasher Wake and today's Valentine's day. Don't tell me you forgot, did you?" questioned Elmaste."Oh, no, I didn't. Anyway, see you later." she replied. Then, she walked off to the contest hall to get ready for her contest. Elmaste went upstairs. He showered again. Then, he changed into clean clothes. Then, he went to the contest hall just in time to see Dani's contest battle.
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Post by Pastyourbedtime on May 28, 2008 15:25:31 GMT -8
"Politoed, Bounce!" Fallon shouted as Dragonair came in with a powerful Slam attack. Fallon had ordered Dragonair to attack Politoed with whatever moves it felt like using while she ordered Politoed. Dragonair's attack missed and Politoed bounced up high. Dragonair started to dodge out of the way but Politoed came crashing down hard on the Pok?mon. "Nice work!" Fallon said, high fiving Politoed. "Are you OK? she asked running over to Dragonair, who seemed all right. Dragonair blinked a few times before nodding. "Well, I think you've had enough." She said to the Pok?mon. "Hey." A voice called out from behind Fallon. Fallon turned her head. "Hey Dani." she said to her friend. "Whatcha doing?" Dani asked, crouching down and petting Dragonair. "Training." Fallon replied as she took a potion out of her bag and started to spray Dragonair. "And you?" Dani stood. Fallon did the same. "Well," Dani replied. "The contest is soon so I'm gonna head over to the contest hall to sign up and stuff." Fallon suddenly remembered the contest. "Here." She said, handing Dani her trainer card and Pok?dex. "Mind signing me up, too?" Dani smiled. "Yeah, sure, no problem." Dani replied. "All right, see ya!" Fallon said. She started to walk, a fully healed Dragonair and Politoed at her side. She wasn't quite sure where she was headed, she was just going wherever her legs took her. And they took her to the gym. "Hm." She said to herself, examening a plaque on the front of the building that displayed details of the gym and its owner, Crasher Wake. Fallon looked around. No one was watching but her Pok?mon. "Think we could maybe ask for a battle real quick?" She asked her Pok?mon. "I mean, it'd be nothing serious of course. It'd just be for training, y'know?" Her Pok?mon gave her a look as if they were both agreeing and dissagreeing. "C'mon." She said, entering the gym.
A large body of water was the first thing Fallon saw. There were a few dock-looking penninsulas of flooring that led from the ground she was on to very close to the center of the water. They were located on either side of the gym, which was split by the water. A large, shirtless man stood on the other side. He was talking with the gym's referree. Fallon stepped onto the dock. "Excuse me?" She called from across the room. Crasher Wake didn't hear her. "Excuse me?" She repeated, louder. He looked over for a split second, studied Fallon, and then turned back to the referee. "EXCUSE ME!" Fallon shouted, angry. Crasher rolled his eyes and dismissed the ref. "What?" His voice boomed, causing Fallon to wince slightly. "I-," Fallon started before the gym leader interrupted her. "A battle?" He asked, assuming that was what she wanted. She started to answer but was again cut off. "Pah! With those weak looking Pok?mon. Listen here, princess, I only battle trainers, and it's obvious to me that you're not one. Now why don't you run off, I hear there's a contest today. You can go prance around and I'll forget that you just yelled in my gym." Now Fallon was really angry. "Princess?" She repeated Crasher's words. "You wear THAT and have the nerve to call ME princess?" She regretted saying this. Crasher looked furious. Fallon was half afraid he was going to jump across the gym and strangle her. But he didn't. "Fine." He said, doing a hand gesture to beckon the ref towards Fallon. "If you feel the need to get beat that badly, I'll battle you." Fallon's eyes lit up. "Really?" She asked. Crasher rolled his eyes. "Don't make me change my mind. I'm only doing this to prove you a lesson, that princesses like you should stick to your contests." Fallon didn't even take offence to this. "Two on two?" She asked. Crasher looked mad again. "MY gym." He thundered. "Yes, it will be a two on two." Fallon nearly squeeled with excitement. "Ready guys?" She asked her Pok?mon. "Hold on." the ref said, approaching Fallon with a clipboard. "Name and hometown please." Fallon wasn't sure why she said it but she did. "Nala Morrow, Canalave, Sinnoh." the ref wrote it down. Fallon's Pok?mon looked at her. They knew she was lying, but unlike her they didn't know why. Crasher wake was ready, as was Fallon. "Ready," The ref said, holding a flag above his head. He brought the flag down quickly. "Begin!"
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Post by BlackonX The Great on May 29, 2008 11:10:14 GMT -8
Elmaste headed over to the food shop which was situated outside of the contest stadium. Dani's match would be coming up in a few minutes. He bought hot dogs, fries, and a soda. Then, he went to buy a poster. He bought a blank poster so he could write his own things on it. He wrote "Go, Dani Hooper." Then, he drew a big heart under what he had written."Looks like you love someone." joked the clerk."Not really love, but, I like her."Well, good luck with her, today's Valentines day. The best day to start showing that you care about someone." replied the clerk. After talking to the clerk, Elmaste walked back to his seat just in time to see Dani come out of the long tunnel. She was dressed beautifully. Elmaste looked at her dreamingly, then, he started cheering for her. She looked at him and smiled.
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Post by Pastyourbedtime on May 29, 2008 12:34:52 GMT -8
"Go!" Crasher's voice sounded as he threw two Pok?Balls across the stadium. The Pok?Balls looked as if they were about to land in the water but they cracked open just above the surface after skimming across the pool. White light poured from both Pok?Balls, one's amount of luminescence significantly larger than the others. The small light was shed and a Quagsire was revealed. The larger light naturally took longer to form and when it did a mighty looking Gyarados appeared.
Fallon nearly whimpered. "It's ok, guys, it may be big but the bigger they are the harder..." Her words trailed off as she figured it was helpless. Gyarados was clearly a powerful Pok?mon and being the Pok?mon of a gym leader made it all the more frightening. "Dragonair," Fallon began, ready to order an attack to her Pok?mon. Crasher's loud voice cut hers out completely. "Hyper Beam!" Fallon figured the attack was being ordered to Gyarados. "In the water, quickly!" Fallon ordered to both her Pok?mon. Dragonair and Politoed both dove into the water, Dragonair's dive more graceful than Politoed's. Fallon had to avoid being splashed when the toad-like Pok?mon jumped in. The Hyper Beam came. Gyarados's mouth opened wide a large beam of off white light hurled forth. The beam hit nothing but Crasher ordered his Pok?mon to move the beam around. Gyarados moved slowly, focusing all its energy into the Hyper Beam and by the time Fallon's Pok?mon popped up it had no more energy to keep the attack going. "Politoed, Hypnosis on Quagsire!" Fallon commanded. Her voice wasn't nearly as loud as Crasher's, and he didn't hear her order the attack.
Politoed dove underwater. Crasher noticed this and looked confused, since he hadn't heard the command. "Follow it!" He said to Quagsire. Fallon moved her hand over her mouth to cover up her smirk so that the gym leader didn't realize he was falling right into a trap. Bubbles could be seen from the surface. Fallon took this opportunity, and the fact that Gyarados was still recovering from the attack it had made early on, to issue a command to Dragonair. "Twister and then Slam!" Dragonair nodded and jumped into the air.
The serpent-like Pok?mon began to twirl gracefully. It coiled its body slightly so that it appeared to be just a spinning spiral. Water from below, as well as various other small things, began to get caught in a twister that was forming. Dragonair stopped spinning and unravelled quickly. The Twister attack shot at Gyarados. "Dodge!" Crasher ordered. Gyarados didn't, it was still too weak from its attack. Fallon knew what was coming next and allowed herself to be distracted by a sleeping Quagsire that had just floated to the surface. Politoed would surface soon as well. "Ice Beam!" She shouted to Politoed as the few bubbles that had started to appear began to increase. As the Twister attack hit Gyarados, Politoed immerged from the water and used its Ice Beam attack.
Gyarados winced from the attack and closed its eyes. Crasher was shouting things but Fallon didn't hear. All her energy was concentrated on her Pok?mon. She felt her own hand clench into a fist and had she seen herself she would have realized how excited she really was. Politoed shot the ice beam attack as Dragonair readied itself for the slam attack. But something Fallon hadn't expected happened. The Ice Beam didn't hit Crasher's Pok?mon, it hit a portion of Dragonair's tail, freezing it solid. Dragonair didn't seem to have taken any damage, Politoed must have thought of this plan all by itself.
The Slam attack hit hard and the ice on Dragonair's tail shattered, dealing extra damage. "Awesome!" Fallon shouted. "You coordinators and your combinations!"Crasher said, voice filled with anger. "It takes more than a few clever attacks to beat someone like me! Hydro Pump!" Fallon's confidence dropped. "Hydro Pump!" She mimicked, not sure why she had ordered the attack. Politoed and Dragonair hit the water at similar times, both in time to see Gyarados suck in a large amount of water, draining the pool slightly. Politoed started to do the same thing.
Gyarados's attack came first. The Pok?mon reared its head back, eyebrow's narrowed, and shot a large trail of water from its mouth straight at Politoed. By now Crasher had noticed Quagsire was asleep. He attempted to wake the Pok?mon but Fallon had other plans. "Dragonair, swim over to Quagsire," She ordered calmly, despite the fact that Politoed had unleashed its own hydro pump and the two Pok?mon were battling to overpower one another. Dragonair obeyed. "Now, Slam it towards Gyarados," She said, still managing to keep her voice barely audible and calm. Dragonair heard her and followed the command it was given. Quagsire started to awaken but was hit hard by Dragonair's tail. The ground-water Pok?mon sailed across the gym, but rather than hit Gyarados it rammed hard into Politoed. "No!" Fallon said, her plan was ruined. Politoed lost its concentration and ended its assault on Gyarados. It was also pushed aside a few feet in the water, so it hadn't been struck by Gyarados's Hydro Pump yet. But Gyarado's attack wasn't over.
The trail of water started to move as Gyarados titled its head to Politoed. Fallon nearly screamed. The attack hit and Politoed was forced underwater. There was no doubt it was done for. When Quagsire had hit Politoed it had hit it hard, and now that it was hit with Gyarados's Hydro pump there was no hope. Fallon bit her lip, waiting for her unconscious Pok?mon to resurface. It did, but not as she had expected. Politoed burst from the water with an unordered Bounce attack. It came down hard on Gyarados's head. "Nice!" Fallon congratulated, remembering with a jolt Politoed's Water Absorb ability. "Dragonair finish off Gyarados with Dragon Rage!" She ordered, hoping the attack would knock out the large Pok?mon. It did. Dragonair summoned blue flames at its mouth as it lept from the water into the air. The flames hit Gyarados and dealt fair damage before they dissappeared.
"Yes!" Fallon said. "Focus Punch!" The gym leader's strong voice sounded as it returned Gyarados in a flash of red light. Quagsire came in, fist glowing white, and punched Dragonair. The attack was enough that Dragonair was knocked out. "No!" She said, fearing that Politoed may be knocked out as well. "Ice Beam on Quagsire!" She said to Politoed before Quagsire landed. Politoed whipped itself around and shot a thin, light blue beam at Quagsire. "Brick Break!" Crasher shouted.
Both Pok?mon landed in the water and sunk down deep, causing large splashes as well. Neither Fallon nor Crasher said anything as they awaited to see the outcome. Whether Quagsire had got the chance to use the Brick Break depended on Politoed's ability to use Ice Beam underwater. "Come on..." Fallon said quietly. Bubbles started to rise from the water and a spot darkened as a Pok?mon clearly came closer to the surface.
It was Politoed. Fallon gasped with joy. "Yes!" She shouted. "We won!" Crasher grunted. "It's not over yet, princess." He said, pointing to the water where another patch was getting darker as another form surfaced. Fallon's hand clenched into a fist. But that fist soon went away as Quagsire floated to the surface, frozen solid in a block of ice. "Hah!" Fallon shouted, noticing Quagsire's eyes had taken on a spiral like appearance.
"Nala is the winner!" the ref shouted. "Woohoo!" Fallon said, hugging Politoed and soaking her shirt. She tapped Dragonair's pokeball, hoping her Pok?mon might realize that meant good news. Something clattered near Fallon's feet. It was a badge. Crasher didn't even congratulate her, he walked through a door located behind him. "Nice job." The ref said before exiting through a different door. Fallon picked up the badge and looked at it. She smiled. She had actually beat a gym. And on her first try!
"Return, you did awesome." Fallon said to Politoed, who was being soaked in a beam of red light and dematerializing. Fallon couldn't help but feel she should keep this a secret. Why? She didn't quite know, but for some reason it sort of embarrassed her that she had beat the gym. So, for now at least, it would stay a secret. Fallon opened her ribbon case and placed the badge in there. "Until I get a badge case." she said to herself. She glanced at her watch and took note of the time. The contest had already started. "Oh no!" she said, running to the contest hall quickly.
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Post by scissorhands on May 29, 2008 13:26:59 GMT -8
Dani's throat swallowed what seemed like infinitely more saliva than it truly was. Her knees shook, she already had three ribbons, two more and she'd be eligible for her first Grand Festival. Her eyes closed as she strode, swining afemionately and elegantly on to stage. Her appeal was iminent. "..Hopper!" Was all she heard before a flood of applause crashed onto stage like a near palpable wave. She shook her head for only half a second, before bringing her face, illuminated, smiling widely and waving to the crowd. She brought the ball seh carried in her hand before her, before tiwrling, bringing her dress in a spin accompnaying her body and hurling the Pokeball upward. It exploded into dozens of hearts, before revealing Tropius from a curtain of white luminescence.
"Now" Dani began, "Get up there, bud!" She ordered as Tropius rolled its head down, then upward, roaring as it ascended. "Now, Double Team!" She ordered as Tropius brought its body upright in the air, and head tilting down, before forming a circle of copies of itself, "Razor Leaf!" She ordered second, sending each of the Tropius into fastitidious leaf throwing. The leaves bunched together in the center of the Pokémon prior to Dani's cries for a Steel Wing attack. "TROP!" They cried simultaneously before careening in synchronicity through the leaves, dicing them with their glowing wings, and leaving magnificent trails behind them as they flew, "Up!" She ordered as Tropius nodded.
The Pokémon flew from the raining curtain of leaves upward through their peak, then diving down at higher speeds than Dani had ever seen her Pokémon perform. "IUS!" He roared with ferocity as the leaves flew sporadically in all directions, then as the Pokémon collided hard with the ground, pulling up at the last moment, sending the copies careening into the ground and exploding into white shards, remembered at one point only by their magnificent white trails that had eminated from their Steel Wing attacks.
Tropius Raised its head, center stage, amidst the flurry of leaves before Dani sprinted to its side. "Awesome!" She managed through whimpers, coursing through her blissful body as she threw her arms around the Pokémon.
"That was sweet!" Phoebe exclaimed by Felix's side, as he forced popcorn to his anticipant, watering mouth.
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Post by BlackonX The Great on May 29, 2008 13:36:48 GMT -8
Phoebe and Felix were sitting right next to Elmaste. He was enjoying the dazzling moves more than ever. He used to stay on a chair watching Dani train. But, he never saw Dani and her Pok?mon perform in such a beautiful way. He smiled raised his poster up high. He stood up from his seat and shouted"Go, Dani! You're the best!" Everyone looked at him. Phoebe chuckled,"You sure have something for her." she said still chuckling."So, you got everything for her?" Elmaste sat down."Yep, after her match, I'll have something special ready for her." he replied. Felix shook his head. Then, they finished watching the contest that was getting more exciting moment, by moment.
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Post by Pastyourbedtime on May 29, 2008 16:47:23 GMT -8
Fallon was being rushed. When she had entered the contest hall Nurse Joy informed her that her turn would be coming up soon. She also handed her back her trainer card and Pok?dex, which Dani had left with Joy to give back to Fallon. "Thanks!" Fallon said, running to the dressing room. She changed quickly, into the beautiful red dress she had stolen before her last contest.
"Next up we have Fallon Emerson!" The MC's voice rang out as Fallon pulled on her shoe. "No, not yet." She muttered, not having put on any makeup or had time to fix her hair. The crowd outside was cheering, waiting for the next. She grabbed a pokeball, decided to just go, and ran out onto the stage. The crowd roared, as they did anytime someone came onstage. Fallon couldn't help but smile. "Go!" She cried as she tossed a glass covered pokeball.
Slowking appeared in a display of effects from the various seals on Fallon's pokeball. She had no idea what to do, she hadn't had time to plan anything for the contest. That was why she had chosen Slowking, her smartest Pok?mon. She figured he could think of something. The effects faded away, it was time to do her appeal. "Start off with Hyper Beam!" She said, trying to hide the fact that she had no idea what to do.
Slowking nodded. He knew they hadn't planned anything, and figured Fallon was expecting him to go with it. The Pok?mon took a deep breath and aimed his head upward. A strong looking white-yellow beam of light erupted from Slowking's open mouth. The beam went upward but was cut off early by Slowking. As it sailed away into the sky, Slowking waved his arms above his head. Both the Pok?mon's arms began to glow a faint purple color and the Hyper beam stopped in mid air, surrounded by the violet aura as well. Fallon smiled, it was cool. The Hyper beam started to twist, it was coming back to earth. Slowking was making sure it gained a lot of speed before it came down. The whole crowd was concentrated on the the floating energy.
Slowking made it twist and turn, it was an amazing sight. He'd make it come close to his body before suddenly causing it to swerve out of the way. Fallon thought it was really neat but she could see the crowd was getting somewhat bored early on. "Zen Headbutt!" Fallon said, not having many good ideas. Slowking nodded. He caused the beam to curve and head straight towards him. The purple on Slowking's hands and the outline of the Hyper Beam faded away. A new purple started to form on Slowking's head. Sparks danced along the top, each a different shade of Purple or Pink. The beam was getting closer. Slowking braced himself. It hit.
Sparks flew everywhere. The Hyper beam slowly fizzled out, Slowking was clearly struggling not to get hurt. But it was a relatively toned down attack as far as Hyper Beams go. It was a spectacular site to see, but Fallon knew she had to add a little more to her appeal. She checked the clock. There was a minute remaining. She could do one last thing. And she had an idea. It was risky, but she decided to see if it would work.
"Yawn!" Fallon ordered. Slowking seemed to have thought the appeal was over but he didn't complain and he used the attack. A cloudy bubble appeared from Slowking's mouth. Slowking didn't know where Fallon was going with this. "Use Psychic to expand the bubble," Fallon said, hoping it would be possible. Slowking smiled and obeyed. The bubble started to glow a faint violet color. And it started to expand. Fallon squeeled with joy as the bubble grew to be the size of her. Now it was large enough to do what she really wanted. "Now split it and make it more bubbles!" Fallon said blissfully. Slowking seemed to like this choice in appeal. The bubble split into another bubble. And then it split again, as the other one did. Every bubble was splitting, each one that formed being just as cloudy as the next. It was a pretty site, beautiful bubbles were everywhere. Fallon didn't know what to do next, but Slowking did. The bubbles began to swarm. Each one had its own path to go at amazing speeds. It made the whole stage looked like it was underwater. Then, each bubble popped and sparkles of light went everywhere. The crowd became drowsy and happy. The cheers were loud, but not as loud as they would have been had they not all been tired from the attack.
Fallon smiled and high fived Slowking. "That was awesome!" She said to Slowking. "It was your idea." He replied, smiling. Fallon started to run off stage. She felt her feet lift off the ground. Slowking was using Psychic to levitate Fallon. The crowd roared, Fallon felt both embarrassed and excited at the same time. She was flown towards the door and a sprinting Slowking soon followed. "Wooh!" She shouted once the door was closed.
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Post by PoisonRose on Jun 5, 2008 1:31:22 GMT -8
The crowd roared once more, excited as the MC called out how after many 'fabulous' appeals, there was another to come. Sami figured this was the best way Dani and Fallon would figure out she was back, by being simply introduced via the coincidence their meet really was. "Samantha Williams!" The MC yelled, throwing an arm quickly to the air, a gigantic television seemingly hovering above her hand due to the illusion caused by distance. The screen itself displayed the door through which Fallon had just flown, and opened to reveal a young, blonde co-ordinator. She had a long, brown dress on, which frilled at the shoulders and sleeves. A slightly curly strip of black hair draped over the right shoulder, and just below where the obviously dyed hair started was a white and orange lily, flecked with brown spots nearly matching the dress' own shade of the colour. She walked to the spot generally occupied by the human of the appeal, a glass-coated PokéBall in hand, crowd roaring... Finally, the MC announced "Commence!!", and the PokéBall soared through the air, twirling quickly as it did so. Sami, the current focus of attention, leaped when she tossed the ball, regardless of the fact she was currently wearing the aforementioned dress. With a faint click sound, the PokéBall cracked open, erupting clouds that were near-black. They rose fairly high, shattering the crowd's applause with a boom of thunder. Lighting, which was oddly coloured blue and green, tore through the air towards, all towards the same location. Within less than a second, the lightning strikes had all met, forming a mass of white light while the clouds withered out into mere 'nothingness'. Along with the clouds, the lightning cut off, leaving the odd mass of light to... shrink? It did so, having a diametre no bigger than two feet. From it formed a body, then legs, then a head and finally a large (in comparison)tail, which curved... and as soon as the creature was formed, the light instantly faded. Both Sami and the Pokémon, the latter evidently being an odd mix of a shiny and regularly coloured Pachirisu, landed on the ground at near the same time, for the 'thunderstorm' had taken mere seconds. The crowd broke their silence, cheering once the small squirrel Pokémon appeared, some gasping or making other surprised noises about its colouration. "Cody, make our pattern with Dig!" Sami commanded, slightly swaying to cover up the putting away of Cody's PokéBall. Cody, smiling and exclaiming a portion of his name, jumped in the air, flipped, and dove down to the area of the stage for use by land-based Pokémon (for the stage was actually specialised for aquatic Pokémon). He burrowed into the ground rather quickly, and after only a few moments, five other holes collapsed from the otherwise well-kept stage. By just looking at the stage itself, it was impossible to see, but with the camera panned out for a full view, the holes could be clearly seen in a star pattern, with a hole in the centre. "Sweet Kiss." Sami said, using a voice that sounded like talking, which was in fact a slight yell, due to the crowd's continued noise. Suddenly, after what very few had heard another portion of 'Pachirisu', light pink hearts floated out of each hole but the centre one, rising in graceful columns before spreading out over the entirety of the stage. They floated for a few moments, the crowd clearly in enjoyment of them, before Sami suddenly ordered another attack. "Discharge, then Charge Beam!" She yelled, disturbing the once serene scenery of hearts. Crackling could be heard momentarily before blue sparks of electricity shot from the five outer holes, soaring through the air and instantly latching onto the hearts. This, beyond normal reasoning, caused the hearts to 'magnetise', made evident by some getting attracted to each other, while some repelling each other. Some of the older audience members made slight sounds of admiration, they saw this as a likeness to real love... Just before yellow beams filled each outer hole, shooting directly upwards. The hearts 'connected the dots', making lines inbetween the columns of yellow electricity. This showed, again, only clearly on the television, but was still a sight to behold from a regular view. The beams soon widened, causing the hearts to cease their linear movement, and spiral around the Charge Beam attack. Once the hearts would reach the peak of each beam, they would explode into a shower of sparkles, and due to the quick speed of these hearts, it seemed to happen at once. After each heart has disintegrated, so did the beams, and Cody made several flips in the air as he jumped from the centre hole, looking tired yet determined, and still occasionally crackling with a spark of blue or yellow. He landed gracefully just behind the hole, and both him and Sami twirled once on the ground before dashing off stage. "And that was Sami Williams and her Pachirisu!" The MC announced, causing the crowd to snap out of their silent daze and into a roar of applause. "Hopefully we won't get marked down too badly for you hardly showing up..." Sami said, out of breath, before sighing and sliding her back against the wall until she arrived at a seated position. Cody smiled, whispered "Pachi!", and leapt to Sami's lap, who then petted her continuously energetic (or at least seemingly) Pokémon.
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Post by scissorhands on Jun 14, 2008 12:24:41 GMT -8
"Sami!" Dani screeched, watching a television intently from the room that sat behind the stage. She twirled slightly, raising her dress, spinning blissfully. "Sami?" Fallon asked, turning to Dani as she had been preoccupied and hardly watching the contest, "Yeah, she's here, she just went!" Dani replied effervescently. "Really?!" Fallon asked, sprinting toward the TV, but sooner finding Sami emerging from a hallway, panting slightly before looking toward her friends from Canalave. "Dani, Fallon!" She exclaimed before the three girls sprinted toward one another and embraced, arms locked in something of a circle. "Why are you here? How'd you know we were-" Dani began before a relatively important announcement overtook the television screen. Pictures began scrolling across the screen, eight of them, and among the first to be displayed were the three girls, significant of worthy appeals. Dani's grimace streched to what seemed to be either ear she was so blissful, almost brought to tears as she glanced back to her friends. "If I win this contest..." she began before Fallon nodded, "Grand Festival bound" Fallon finished for her before Dani looked up and ran a hand along her cheek, then over her nose and parallel cheek, clearing her face of any and all moisture.
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Post by BlackonX The Great on Jun 26, 2008 14:57:22 GMT -8
Elmaste was smiling and clapping when Dani's great performance was over. He finished eating his popcorn, and drinking his soda as he watched the rest of the contestants. Then, he headed over to the backstage area with some flowers. He congratulated Dani, and he handed her the flowers. He smiled and looked at her in the eyes. She thanked him, then she went off talking to Fallon. Elmaste smiled once again, and he walked outside to get ready for the valentine's day festival. He went to his room, he took a shower and he came out of the bathroom. He looked throughout his closet for something to wear, he finally decided to wear a white suit with a black shirt. He had a back tie with white stripes. He also had long shiny black shoes."okay, tonight should be fun. He put down the clothes and dressed in his regular clothes as he went to finish doing some shopping for the night.
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Post by Pastyourbedtime on Jul 26, 2008 14:34:46 GMT -8
Fallon sat, chewing her lip, behind stage. Slowking, was behind her brushing her hair psychicly. "I think we did ok." Fallon said for probably the fith time. She was nervous. Fallon wanted to win, desperately and right now she wasn't sure what the judges thought of her performance.
"I know you do." Slowking answered calmly as the brush stopped brushing and floated back into Fallon's bag, which was under her chair. "You know, you don't have to be so nervous."
Fallon took a deep breath. She was feeling odd and she had no idea why. "I think..." She said, spinning around in her chair and facing Slowking. "I think I'm a bit... homesick." Slowking raised a brow but said nothing. "I just," She paused, taking more deep breaths. "I have no reason to be. I hated home, all I ever wanted to do was, well, basically what I'm doing now."
Slowking nodded. "I think I know what's wrong," He said, hands behind his back, as he moved closer to his trainer. "it must be a little bit odd. You want so much and suddenly you're presented with it. In a way, I know exactly how you feel."
"How?"
"Well, all I ever wanted was to evolve and meet a nice trainer. And you know how that turned out, of course."
Fallon laughed. "Thanks." She said after a short pause. She stood and hugged her Pokémon. "I love you, Slowking." Slowking hugged back and smiled.
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Felix sipped his soda, watching one of the last performances until the battle competition. He was pretty sure he knew how the contest appeals worked now. Basically, you took moves that look cool and combined them to make them look even cooler. Didn't look that hard to him. "I could probably win one of these things." Felix bragged to Phoebe, placing his drink back into the holder on his arm rest.
"Oh?" Phoebe said mockingly. "Well, we'll see."
"Mmm." Felix said absently. "Wait, what?" He said suddenly, not really sure what she meant. Phoebe giggled. "What did you do?!" Felix demanded. Phoebe burst out into laughter.
"And now our last appeal for the day, please give it up for Felix Price!"
Phoebe clutched her stomach as she watched Felix's face turn red. "I am so going to get you back for this..." Felix threatened as he walked down the aisle towards, ignoring Phoebe's violent laughing fit.
Felix inhaled deeply and exhaled a few seconds later. All eyes were on him and he wasn't feeling as confident as he had felt a moment before. He thought about his Pokémon and their moves as he ran his hand down his Pok?Balls. He finally settled on one, expanded it and tossed it in the fanciest way possible.
"Shuckle!" Felix cried at the exact moment the ball burst open. In a flash of white the Pok?mon appeared. "Ok, here's what we're gonna do." He said before giving Shuckle a quick run down of his plan. Shuckle nodded its lengthy, worm like neck to show it understood.
"Alright," Felix said. The audience was waiting. Shuckle looked to his trainer expectantly. Felix nodded. Shuckle began to spin. The Pokémon retracted all of its limbs inside so all that was visible was a blur of red. "Now, Toxic!" Felix yelped, clenching his hand into a fist in the excitement. Purple liquid shot out from the red blur and formed a ball all around Shuckle so that it was no longer visible. "Wrap and Bide!"
Shuckle began grabbing rocks from the ground, hurling them upwards and allowed them to hit him so he could absorb the attack power. The rocks had passed through the Toxic barrier and now Shuckle was badly poisoned as well. All this was giving Shuckle the energy for a great Bide attack.
"Now, unleash it!" Felix commanded. Shuckle stopped spinning, the Toxic fell to the ground leaving purple stains and the crowd was silent. Suddenly, an amazing amount of white energy was released from Shuckle and a large explosion occured on stage. Felix's eyes glistened, he was truly having fun.
The crowd remained silent long after the attack. Felix awaited their cheers but none came. Suddenly, one figure far away booed. And then the rest followed. Felix looked down at Shuckle to see that he had been knocked unconscious but was now waking up again. Felix's face turned red and he ran to his Pokémon. "Shuckle, I'm so sorry," Felix apologized. He scooped Shuckle up in his arms and ran off stage, not wanting to hear the boos and longer.
"Nice job, Felix, I think you got this one in the bag." Phoebe joked as her friend plopped down next to her.
"Maybe it's not as easy as I thought." Felix mumbled, returning Shuckle who was feeling fine now that Felix had used medicinal items on him.
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Post by scissorhands on Aug 13, 2008 22:51:19 GMT -8
Dani sat, trembling with joy. She couldn't keep her mind off of the approaching rounds, and perhaps even the Grand Festival. Even the most miniscule thought of that which she always assumed was so out of her reach made her quiver with effercescence.
She took a deep breath out and relaxed her nervous body in her thatched chair. Her lashes lapsed and allowed hey eyes to look to Fallon, finding comfort in her Pok?mon. She was relaxed before an small, but familiar all the same, popping sound rang out and Jumpluff appeared within her bag, rummaging for something. "Jumpluff?" She asked almost rhetorically as she was on her knees on teh floor, tilting her head, looking confused to her Pok?mon.
"Jummm" The small Pok?mon began before emerging and exclaiming, "PUFF!" Holding a smaller picture within its minute arms. Dani looked questionably for a moment before taking the picture between two fingers, and seeing a familiar picture of a boy with ruffled black hair and donning a cheesy, forced smile that made her laugh slightly each time she saw the photograph. "Hey!" She said to herself, looking dazily upward, "Good plan Jumpluff" she said, patting her Pok?mon as well as she could.
She rumaged through her bag once more before revealing her Pok?Nav, and flipping it to her contact list. She listened as the device rang as a phone would, until a red light turned green and a voice interrupted the ringing on the line. "Hello?" Cairo's voice answered. "Cairo!" Dani called out blissfully.
They talked for several moments, inspiration and sweet nothings ensued. All the talk of where their respective adventures had taken them thus far became the topic of conversation, before apologies for the loss of Cairo's relationship, and congratulations of being so close to the final, obligatory ribbon. "Cairo?" She asked after a moment of silence, "Yeah?" He responded appropriately, "After all of this contest buzz...I'm gonna have some time before the Grand Festival..."
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