Bluster Contest

[RaZoR LeAf]

Sorry. Will edit post with moves tonight.

Done:

Southerly Wind;

Tudor, stand with the wind at your back and release a multicoloured Petal Dance into the wind. Vespiquen you'll be further down the arena, standing opposite Tudor, facing into the wind. As the Petals are blown towards you, use Gust to blown them back and create an updraft to send all the petals up and all over like a fountain. Send out a Heal Order to flutter around the falling petals like bees visiting flowers. Tudor, whilst the bees are around, take out your Grass Whistle and play a rendition of "Flight of the Bumblebee".

[DarkestLight]

Thought Cynder's was there. Weird. Still on hold then.

[Cynder]

Ugh, couldn't think of anything >.< (north eastern wind)

So, alrighty then! Aikoku, begin by using Rock Slide from high up in the air near the source of the wind, allowing the wind to scatter the rocks in a slightly north-eastern direction to the centre of the arena. Then Yurei, target each and every one of the rocks with Will o Wisp and use it to encase the rock in flame and make it look as though it's a meteorite - and ensure each rock stays alight, and leaves a trail in the sky. Add Swift to the mixture too Yurei, meteors and shooting stars are technically the same thing, but they don't have to be here! The Aikoku, keep a small degree of control over the rocks to form a pile in the middle of the Arena, and Yurei, keep them lit with your Will O Wisp from earlier, and direct the swift stars to the centre of the pile, underneath all of the rocks. Ten Aikoku, show off your physical power by using Superpower to smash and scatter the rocks from all angles, releasing the Swift stars from inside and finishing the appeal.

[DarkestLight]

Alright folks. We've seen many a dazzling appeal today. For the final round, our 5 competitors are allowed to control the winds to enhance their appeal!

Picking names out of a hat to see who goes first...and it is Ash!

Wind Direction - N

Both of Ash's Pokemon walk out, feeling the wind as it blows to their left. Once they make their way to the proper positions, Psyshock holds its arms out. Leo takes note and begins to sketch what seems to be a brilliant picture. It takes no longer than a few moments before the picture comes to life...and almost engulfs Psy. One can barely see through the Sheer Cold, let alone be expected to survive it when it's so sudden.

But Psy manages to push through the strong blast and wind, forcing the formed ice in the area to erupt outward. Leo, managing to slide himself across the newly fashioned ice rink, manages to skate directly in the path of the frostbite power's path! As the newly made ice crystals prepare for collision, Leo nimbly jumps into their brigade.

Psy watches carefully, and fires off a Thunderbolt right at a large piece of ice. With the shaved side acting as a reflective surface, Leo was caught in a tunnel of electrified ice. His lunge left him beside Psy, and with his free hand, he painted a held held Dirt Devil. Turning it on, the forward flying ice and electric power somehow began to reverse momentum, and be sucked into this device. Upon reaching maximum capacity, the Dirt Devil exploded, revealing an upward explosion of electric and white debris. The debris catches the sunlight, and shimmers down in a rainbow coalition.

Wind Direction - S

As the winds are shifted, so are the appeal performer? Instead of a dual appeal, Ayeun has decided to go with only one. That might hurt her in the long run, but let's see what she's made of.

As the wind blows in my face, we see Beautifly soar in, riding the coattails of this powerful gust. She flaps incessantly, forming a counteractive force that starts to touch down in the middle of the field. It's impressive, the Whirlwind, but its hard to see without some color. She takes care of that by adding flecks of herself to the mix, creating a greenish tint to the invisible wind. Everyone stares at this phenomenon, while Beautifly sets up her third move.

As the Whirlwind starts to deform due to the South wind being stronger than the flapping of a butterfly-she called upon her hidden skills to continue to maintain it! The sky blue orbs did their best, stabilizing the whirlwind long enough for a Sun to come rising out it. It gave the appeal a strange effect, kind of like the morning after the storm hit. As it faded, so did the wind, traveling to parts unknown.

Wind Direction – SW

In no time at all, the winds shift to a southwesterly focus. They blow hard, forcing onlookers to hold onto their loose articles of clothing. That’s fine by the next set of competitors, as they gleefully enter! They don’t run in though. Rather, the wind carries them in quite efficiently! Pachi takes the lead and manages to split up into a bevy of rodents, all speeding for the other side of the arena. Zofis-not to be a slacker, conjures up a wave of water right behind Pachi, to try and consume them! Not to be discouraged, Pachi and his clones revolve around each other and manage to create a twirling Thunderbolt-that strikes the cyclic pulse of water down its center, and throws Zofis up in the air.

While removed from his watery current, Zofis attains that glean in his eye, and aims down for the rodent swarm. Pachi feigns fright as a massive beam erupts from the cylindrical dragon. This Pulse flies with the wind current, and strikes the space in between Pachi and the water, releasing its incumbent energy. The clones vanish from the force of the blast, and the water is washed backwards. Even the wind pauses at the power unleashed there. As the calm sets in, both Pokemon land, and wave to the crowd-to a loud round of applause. They’d hold hands…but Zofis has none.

Wind Direction – S

Coming on next, with a southern wind, is that Vespiquen. Only now she’s joined by he compatriot, Tudor. The small rosehanded Pokemon stands with her back to the wind, hands held high. Elizabeth nods while facing her, and the appeal begins. A swath of leaves make their way to the bee, who immediately tries to counters their onslaught with a simple Gust. Therein lies the problem. The strength of the winds seems to be higher than that of the gust, and the leaves don’t slow down as expected. A bunch fly by and actually hit Elizabeth, which starts to tick her off. Some leaves do go up, but Elizabeth is a little pissed off now. She cast her minions on the offensive leaves, and they fly out in a magnificent swarm, circling and herding the leaves in place.

Knowing her temper, Tudor quickly gathers the crowd’s attention and begins playing a most fitting song. The uptempo of the classical tune selected fits with the angered and agitated feelings Elizabeth is feeling, and the crowd loves it. Tudor keeps playing, and walks over to Elizabeth, before finishing said appeal!

Wind Direction – NE

Rounding out this fantabulous Contest is Aikoku and Yurei. With the wind blowing away from the audience, to the east, this should be fun to see. At the onset, Ai forces stones buried deep underneath the terrain to be unearthed, and to start tumbling down from the heavens. The wind is strong enough to alter their trajectory, but some of the massive boulders crash early and roll in their appointed direction. As the stones fall on their merry way, Yurei leaps up and swings her arms wildly. A surge of embers streaks each and every stone, causing them to attain a halo of flame-no small feat since rocks really don’t burn. As they continue their path toward the center of the arena, Aikoku and Yurei take a few steps back to not be at Ground Zero. But now they are accompanied by a twisting medley of stars, thanks to Yurei’s swift thinking. The stars stay in the midst of the stones, even as they all collide in the center and are eventually buried under the tonnage. Everyone looks with wonder as Ai walks over to the fiery pile, and concentrates. One hand rises up, and with a mighty power brimming from within, he dismantles the rock pile! Stars fly out in reverent joy-and this is welcomed by a round of applause.

RESULTS!!!

And here's the part we've all been waiting for. The results of the final appeals. Everyone: great job on your appeals, they were all fantastic. I thank you all for participating and I hope to see you all in the next contest.

Ash: A great appeal to finish with. Alot of colors helps, its always good to play with light. Leo-being the Smeargle, has a very versatile palate, and I feel that as time goes on, you'll be able to expand on his ability in Contests. 8/10

Ayeun: Seeing as how the parameters were shifted since you used both Pokemon in your first round, I made it so that in Round Three, both Pokemon had to be used, in order to give everyone a fair shot. It wasn't right for you to "handi-cap" yourself-people might have taken that as a sign that you were being arrogant. It's a shame, it was a good appeal too, but it was unfair also because not only did you swap the order around, you also conveniently used 4 moves for your Pokemon. If you were truly handicapping yourself, you would have stuck with the original layout (just in reverse) and used 3.

Hence why your appeal is getting docked 5 points. 4/10

firepokemon: Great! Splendid appeal. The flying rodent was a comical touch I appreciated. The appeal itself seemed a little lackluster until the grand explosive finale. That made up for slightly one sidedness I felt in the beginning of it. 9/10

Razor: I don't know. I don't know how you pulled that one off, but you did. I saw Elizabeth get a little frustrated there, but it was the quality of teamwork between a bee and a flower-not only shone in your appeal, but in your teammates that really shone through in this appeal. The song was a great choice too. 10/10

Cynder: Last but not least. At first, I was worried that all these rocks would just lead to a littering of dust all over the northeast. It didn't matter in the end, as the concept of showing power to find treasure was very well received. In fact, the dynamic of hiding treasure from "space" and then finding it later-very classic adventure. 9/10

Hi scores this round as well. Final round stats are.

Ash: 8.3+8=16.3/30+8=24.3/30

Ayeun 7.5+9=16.5/30+4=20.5/30

Cynder: 9+8=17/30+9=26/30

firepokemon: 8.5+8=16.5/30+9=25.5/30

Razor Leaf: 8+9=17/30+10=27/30

A very close contest, but RaZoR LeAf pulls out a win! Thank you all, and good night.

[firepokemon]

Hmm well congrats to Razor Leaf. So what did he win?

[DarkestLight]

7 points, and a Ribbon from Blade :O

[Cynder]

Oooh yay, second place! Awesome! Congrats to RaZoR LeAf!