#auroracupwatch

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[RESULTS]

“We won! We won because of Croissant saving snacks in her cheeks! I thought we were done for when she got confused, but she pulled through omigosh-”

In the heat of battle, June forgot that winning the match didn’t mean she beat Shiori in points. But at least she’s excited, right?

[facadxs-moved]

Appeal Round (Aurora Cup)

@auroracup

It had been the day of the Aurora Cup Appeal. 

Norman or rather “Millo” had been given the Cool type appeal. The gym leader continued to feel rather nervous, after reading on the things needed for the appeal and felt rather lost in it all. Nevertheless did his best in order to fully prepare for the day. His costume changed again wearing a reddish suit this time, the mask remained on his face. 

A part of him truly desired for the ground beneath him to begin swallowing him up and eating him alive. Unfortunately, he had not been so lucky. 

“Alright.” Norman breathed, and shook his head. “I just... I just need to try. That’s all I have to do.” 

His eyes glanced at Sawsbuck and Castform sensing their distress for him. Kneeling down to them, and gently petting them. “It’s okay, I’m just nervous. That’s all,” He flashed a reassuring smile. “This is our first contest, so, let’s see what happens okay? Win or loss, it’s the fact we tried.” 

Sawsbuck nuzzled him silently with Castform flew over. Sensing their emotions, understanding the real reason why Norman decided to enter. Feeling rejuvenated with their approval, Norman gave a smile,  the boost from the two prompted him to stand tall gazing towards the door, where the stage laid for them. returning them inside of their respected Pokeballs.

Shifting his persona from Norman the gym leader to Millo the florist made the debut. 

“Thank you for the wait, and now without further ado!” His hands tossed up releasing the Pokeballs from his hand. The star insignia shined from the seals brightly releasing into the air as Sawsbuck and galloped onto the stage followed by Castform who circled around riding on the star before meeting at the center of the stage. 

“Millo” moved fluidly and began to direct the attacks needed for the display of the theme. Inwardly, Norman tried not to reveal the sheer nerves that echoed from within. Keeping a cool mask of confidence was far more difficult than anticipated. 

His arm pointed upwards. “Sawsbuck use Leaf Tornado!” 

The horns on Sawsbuck’s head started to flash brightly, galloping around the stage, unleashing the attack slashing his head as the storm of leaves began to fly towards the center of the stage blowing sharply and spinning around before his hand gestured to Castform who danced on each of the leaves. “use Thunder Wave!”  

Castform beamed happily heading straight into the center of the storm, the smile radiated brightly before unleashing the attack sending the leaves upwards towards the middle of the sky, almost as though it had been making some sort of pattern. 

“Sawsbuck please use Hi Jump Kick with Hyper Beam And Castform follow up with Solar Beam straight through!” 

In a strange synchronized formation, Castform and Sawsbuck climb upwards towards the middle where the Leaf Tornado stood, with the latter jumping high and kicking the hooves upwards and the smaller dancing around shifting the position of the leaves ever so slightly. 

The Hyper Beam shot from Sawsbuck and the Solar Beam from Castform collided together at the same time.

The two rays of light shined brightly spreading across the room and revealed the image that Norman had been trying to convey. The leaves resembling small stars floating downwards with the Solar Beam and Hyper Beam turning into one giant star that remained to hover acting as though it was nighttime. 

A star shower. That’s what the scene had been. 

Before taking a bow with Sawsbuck on one side and Castform floating on the other. 

[bullshittiing]

kill ‘im with kindness. [1/2]

Hah--HAH! TAKE THAT! Take that, you scum-sucking cocklickers, TAKE THAT!! Fuck decency, fuck propriety, fuck your arbitrary art opinions on what moves should and shouldn't be--FUCK YOUR CATEGORIES! THIS is how a REAL BATTLER sees the moves you DISRESPECT as 'cute,' and if you judges couldn't handle it, TOO BAD, because today was the day I made you sit down and TAKE IT UP THE ASS--

❮So that's the plan you thought of, huh.❯

in terms of words alone--a rather underwhelming response from the pokémon who'd shown so much attitude to nero after he'd bitched about the appeals round, but it was all in gallade's eyes. he fixed his trainer with a lidded stare, his eyes so close to rolling that his pupils were barely visible beneath his eyelids.

❮Look, I'm not opposed to you using cute moves in a non-cute way--I actually thought that was kind of creative. But really? Swagger on the audience?! Haven't I always told you that one day those sorts of tactics would bite you on the ass?❯

yeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhh that was a mistake. that was…now that he thought about it, definitely a mistake.

he'd done it once before. anyone who took the time to go through his appeals would know that. he'd done it and no one had had to be restrained, at least not to the extent of the hypno and machamp flooding the stadium. people hated him for it on top of, well, everything else, but given that he'd never done it before with his chiller 'mons and not something like a hydreigon, he was able to get away with what one generous judge had called “bringing the heat to the audience seats.” hah…well, they didn't like the heat here, so they kicked him out of the kitchen.

he took a calculated risk, but man, was he bad at math.

❝what's it to you," nero grunted, not even meeting gallade's eyes. ❝aren't you glad to see me fail? so you can talk about how i should play by the rules and shit.❞

❮What's it to me? What's it to me? YOU'RE GOING TO GET BANNED AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT!> he cried. ❮Did you see how pissed Dawn was at the end? Did you hear how Mr. Contesta said he was going to kick you out by force? Do you really think IPHA's going to let that slide? You've sunk the boat we're all sailing on because you couldn't get yourself to behave for five minutes--❯

…………right.

❮--and you said you CARED about us.❯

❝i didn't want them to start punching each other," nero huffed. ❝in fact i thought it was an added bonus until you brought that up--❞

❮It's not.>

❝my point is, they can't be too harsh on me if i didn't mean for it to happen, right?❞

❮There's such thing as criminal negligence, Ruilin. But since so far all of your crimes have been deliberate, I'm surprised you haven't heard of crime by accident.❯

that was--true.

very true.

more true than nero would have wanted right now, because already he was trying to deny it--I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it, they can't really get me if I didn't mean it--but he meant the rest, and there were plenty of witnesses backstage to have seen him laughing at the camera shots of machamps holding back bug-eyed belligerents who bellowed for the show to go on. if that wasn't enough to convict him, he wouldn't know what was…god, would this go far enough to get him any sort of a conviction?

❮Come on. Get your stuff and let's go,❯ Gallade sighed. ❮You don't want to stick around. That'll just give them even more of an excuse to take us away from you.❯

he recalled gallade and went to grab the gaming console he'd left charging in the backstage corner. still able to move at this point--clearly, the shock of his realization hadn't fully set in. somewhere in the back of his mind he knew he was fucked, fucked, fucked, but realizations of dread operated like infections: it took some bonus bullshit piled on to make misfortune fester faster. right now there was nothing he could do other than storm out in a blur of a fuss, slinging his backpack over his shoulder as he bent his gaze low beneath his mess of hair.

❝nero?❞

Nurse Joy. One of the judges.

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Aurora Cup Tough Appeal

The lights came up on June and her Pokemon, and the whole world seemed to slow down for her. Showtime. "Alright, let's go! Masha, set the stage with Swift! Berry, Cosmic Power!" The Togekiss flew into the air to scatter stars over the stage, tiny sparkles raining down on June and her Lopunny, who seemed to be absorbing the starlight above into her fur. It clashed with the theme, yes, but it was meant as a safety precaution more than anything else. "Masha, Ancient Power!" Masha summoned huge rocks around himself, arranging them in patterns for the audience like a magician proving there was nothing up his sleeves, and finally floating them in a circle below him. "Berry, use Fire Punch on the rocks!" Berry immediately leapt up, looking like a firework with her fists trailing fire. One by one, she split the rocks from Masha's Ancient Power in half, revealing crystals inside them that glittered with firelight. They continued to float in midair, looking like a miniature asteroid belt surrounding the Togekiss. Berry landed back at June's side, flipping her ears like hair as if to say, "Told you I could do it." "Masha, fly up and use Incinerate!" The Togekiss spiraled upward while charging the fireball, leaving behind a ribbon of orange fire, and hovering at the apex to charge up. Meanwhile, on the stage below, June and Berry seemed to be performing some elaborate secret handshake- high five, high kick, cross their legs in an 'X', and a final twirl. Most of the audience was undoubtedly mystified as to why this was happening, but a few of June's fans in the crowd started cheering loudly- this was how she started off her Mega Evolutions with her Lopunny! And sure enough- "Berry, Mega Evolve!" -Berry's Lopunnite and June's Mega Stone began to shine with a bright pink light, engulfing the Lopunny's body. Just as she started changing form, Berry leapt up into the center of the asteroid belt as Masha released a massive fireball. It looked, just for a moment, like the fireball would char Berry to cinders and do the same to the coordinator below- but instead, the gravity of the asteroid belt held it firmly in place, a blazing ball of gas surrounded by rocks. Berry soared up into the middle of the flames, her Mega Evolution giving them a hot pink glow. "Now, Berry! Swift!" In a flash, star-shaped rays tore the miniature sun and its asteroids to shreds, leaving Berry just above a shimmering meteor shower. Masha descended to the stage behind her, preparing for the finale. "Let's finish with a bang! Masha, Giga Impact, and Berry, Drain Punch!" Onstage, Masha became cloaked in a purple-white light, while Berry, still airborne, surrounded her ears in the glittering energy that would sap Masha's strength (not too much, but enough to make an impact for the audience to see). Masha barreled skyward, while Berry fell in a corkscrew motion. They collided (or seemed to) in midair, the energy from both their attacks spiraling outward like a helix galaxy- -but neither of them fell to the ground from the force. Masha continued his ascent, but with a new passenger. When they collided, Berry had been using her arms and legs to grab onto and mount Masha! They rocketed upward together, Berry's ears trailing residual energy from the Drain Punch, Masha still shrouded in light from the Giga Impact. Eventually, they pulled out and circled down gently, speeding over the audience as they did and leaving a trail of shining white light like a comet. Berry dismounted Masha, neither of them looking much worse for wear- Berry's Cosmic Power had shielded her, and Masha was bulky enough that the Drain Punch hadn't fazed him. Standing side by side, June and her Pokemon took an exaggerated bow, and strode off the stage. For a theme that wasn't her specialty, June thought she'd done alright. @auroracup

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June tosses Croissant’s Heal Ball up in the air, catching it with a flourish. 

“Name’s Shiori, right? Good to meet you! Let’s have a nice clean fight, okay?”

[WATCH LIVE]

[facadxs-moved]

Aurora Cup Confirmation

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Nervousness did not even begin to describe how Norman felt, or rather how “Millo” felt. His appearance altered completely, dawning a blue suit with a pair of black shades sitting on his nose and wearing a wig with brown locks. He took steps in order to conceal his identity. Still, nothing made things easier on for him. 

Regardless, he planned on seeing this through. Standing side by side with his Sawsbuck, the fur glowing brightly have a nice brushing and shined healthy with beautiful white teeth and strong looking hooves and antlers. 

“Millo” cleared his throat, trying to seem confident within himself. “I always give Sawsbuck here a nice brushing before and after a battle, and feeding him healthy vitamins and berries in order to make him healthy and strong as possible, though, he puts in a lot of work during his training.” 

Around Sawsbuck’s neck had been a long, elegant looking scarf that matched the flowers that bloomed on the antlers with an accessory pinned in the middle. A clip of a bouquet of roses. 

“I work as a florist, and since Sawsbuck represents the Kingdom of the Forest, I believed that they’d have the strength and beauty to shine through and reveal to the world that beauty.” 

Inwardly, Norman/”Millo” groaned. That sounded so cheesy. Hopefully, they’d agree and let him move on. 

[facadxs-moved]

“....” 

The Aurora Cup Watch announcements were shown, however, his own face was completely blanked out. For that he felt rather thankful as no one knew he’d be entering at all. The gym leader, had, by all means, caught the look on Dawn’s face wondering if perhaps he should talk with her about what was going on? 

Hesitation soared inside but instead pulled out his cell and sent her a message via email asking to meet with her.

@diamond-dandruff

[bullshittiing]

@lukissed.

❝well, you seem happy to be here.❞

he doesn’t make eye contact as he speaks. great, he thinks to himself, that makes one of us.