The Contest Spectacular!

[indigo_events]

Who: Everyone attending the Contest Spectacular! (For more information about this event, check out the info post here!)
Where: Celadon City
When: January 18-20
Log:

It’s finally here… the Contest Spectacular! The whole city of Celadon has been bustling ever since the preparations for the contest began, but now with the addition of all the contestants, their friends, and the general crowds, the town is downright packed. Hotel rooms booked en masse (good luck getting into that big fancy one near the casino-- thank Arceus there's plenty of others!), the Center stuffed with younger trainers who are short on cash but couldn't pass up the opportunity to see the first ever Pokemon Contest in this region, and generally even more foot traffic than usual.

But nowhere is it moreso than in Celadon Center, where massive, colorful tents have been erected. Pink, orange, yellow, green, and blue! There's no missing what they're for-- enormous banners advertising the Contest Spectacular fly from every corner. The streets surrounding the square are packed as well-- food carts and merch stands line the sidewalks, eager to snag a bit of the glory. Teeny tiny portions of hoity-toity restaurant food usually too expensive to buy are being hawked to passersby right alongside Pokeblocks and Poffins of varying quality, in case your Pokemon need a treat (or a little extra oomph before the show starts!). In addition to the stands selling gobs of Hoenn contest celebrity memorabilia (contest nerds might recognize figures such as Contest Idol Lisia and her Altaria, Ali, featured quite prominently!), Celadon City's many fashion boutiques and clothing lines have gotten first dibs on available space, so any contestants still looking for an outfit for themselves or their Pokemon is in luck, because there’s absolutely everything you could imagine for sale if you find the right stall. Opportunistic photographers (some official, some... not) have also swooped in to set up booths with rentable costumes and fun backgrounds, for anyone who isn't performing but wants some cute souvenir pictures of their Pokemon being a contest star anyway.

But of course, for eager audiences and contestants alike, the real attraction lays within the tents themselves. Audience members will have to wait in line for the shows to officially begin at noon on Friday, but for those who entered the contest themselves, well, that's another story entirely!

Stages of all kinds have been arranged to suit most every type of act that’s been submitted, from the more traditional wooden stages to huge tanks to little fields (the oodles of hardworking staff making all of this possible are making good use of moves like Grassy Terrain!), and the Contest Hosts’ voices can be heard presenting acts and cracking jokes about said acts almost all day long.

After registering but before checking into their lodgings (prepaid rooms at the ritzy Celadon Hotel! Lucky you!), contestants and their Pokemon will be shown behind the scenes and made familiar with all the utilities at their disposal-- small refreshments, makeup stalls, a selection of props to make use of (although, as the harried-looking staff will tell them, bringing your own unique items is really the best way to stand out!), lights, camera, and of course action! Unsurprisingly, the entire back workings of the Contest is a flurry of activity-- it's a lot of people, Pokemon, and equipment to manage; and in true, bombastic Hoenn style, there are bright lights and flashy colors everywhere you look! But contestants will still find that no matter how busy or frantic they are, the staff will still find time to help them out with special requests or technical requirements for the act. It is, after all, their job!

But ultimately, the act is on you and your Pokemon. Don't get stage fright now-- the curtain's going up any minute!

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[IMPORTANT: Please submit your contest entries here! For all other activities, feel free to make your own top-levels!]

Comments

C. Obviously

[warnotlove]

[Orion is still new enough to all of this to be trying to wrap his head around the concept of winding up part of some criminal gang. It was a far cry from the previous role he'd been planted in, which lined up more appropriately with saving people. If he'd had to learn anything from a young age though, it was to adapt - and while Team Rocket might not appreciate Orion's hobbies that isn't going to stop him from doing something to take his mind off of this whole mess.

So he's sitting casually under a tree with his sketch book rested on his lap, trying to capture Pokemon in the manner he knows best. By drawing them. He might not be paying too much attention to his surroundings as he (totally responsibly) eats a sandwich while sketching idly.

That is until a certain little creature tries to get his attention in hopes of begging some of his food off of him.]

Hey there, buddy.

[He doesn't seem bothered in the least, in fact he's just going to smile at her. Although it might take him a moment to realize exactly what it is she's looking for. The wheels are already turning in regards to his role in this place, the expectation for him to steal Pokemon, and here's one just begging to be picked up if their trainer isn't paying attention. It wouldn't work if she was wild, he had to determine if she had a trainer, and of course hope that this time he could go through with it. He'd been lucky so far, but Orion knew better than to count on that persisting. Pokemon weren't just going to walk away with him often enough to fake his theft obligation.]

Are you lost? Where's your trainer?

[meteorman]

[Warg gives a soft borf and wags her curly tail. Where her trainer is doesn't matter. She has eyes only for that sandwich and she is absolutely going to try to climb over him to get at it.

Ford is about twenty feet behind her, looking for that recognizable fluff of tail among the crush of people. Lawrence Talbot spots her first, and yips to alert his trainer as to where his idiot sister has gone.]