Lillith was rather at the two responses that she got her question. She grinned as the clanking of her heels echoed from her going off stage and returning with a mobile chalkboard. "Yes..yes and yes." Lillith nodded her head as she started to write on the chalkboard. "If any of you have ever seen a coordination performance then you know that it has two rounds. One is the battle round where instead of battling to knock the other opponent out, the goal is out perform and counter perform." As she was speaking, she divided the board in half, drawing two pokemon facing each other. "It's basically a like a dance off. You both do moves and the one that appeal more wins."
Once that was finished, she started on the first half. "What we will be working on until under winter break is the first part of coordination that gets you to the Battle Stage" She drew a pokemon surrounded by spotlight. "The Performance Stage." She now faced the class. "It is at this stage where how your pokemon looks matters as well as how you look to. Impressions you know." Lillith wagged her finger with a grin. "That isn't to say that only a beautiful pokemon and experience attire will win that stage. You can have a Magikarp and still win." She smiled as her voice got louder, enthusiastic. "If that Magikarp is well taken care of, groomed and loved, it's beauty and your efforts will shine through."
She paused to breath and then started again. "Grooming, maintenance, practice, attire, timing and teamwork... Those ingredients together make for a stunning performance." Lillith chuckled as she looked at the class. She hoped that she wasn't going too fast for them. "Perhaps a demonstration will help drive the point home. Excuse me on sec."
The woman nearly skipped to the back of the stage and behind the curtains. There was movement before the lights dimmed throughout the room and suddenly appeared the stage in an array of colors. Music started to ring within the room as Lillith walked back on the stage. She was dressed up in white. Her appearance gave off the aura of innocence and light. "Let me introduce you to a dear friend and partner of mine. We have been doing performances together since I was young. Come on out Ceres! It's showtime!"
From her pokeball, came out sparkles as the Gardevior appeared. The pokemon was a blue color instead of the usual green. She bowed to the class before gliding over to Lillith in the middle of the stage. The two curtsied each other. "Let's give them a show okay old friend." Lillith said to Ceres. "Let's begin. Ceres use Psychic and then Calm Mind."
Ceres complied as with the use of Psychic both her and Lillith were floating a few inches to a foot off the floor. With both of them with the hands in a pray stance back to back, the calmness between the two seem like both of them were using the Calm Mind. The light from Ceres reflected onto Lillith as the two held hands. The two returned to the ground lightly both the two posed with Ceres more in the middle and Lillith holding onto the pokemon's hand as she leaned out. "Now let's end it with Dazzling Gleam and Moonblast."
Ceres nodded her head as she spun the both of them around as a light emitted from her body. The light encased the stage with as something shot out from it. As the light turned into just speckles of it falling down due to the lighting, The Moon blast was in the sky above with the light now looking like falling stars as Ceres and Lillith posed again. This time Lillith was in a different attire. A black dress instead of the white one that she had started in. In the amidst of the gleam, Lillith had pulled off one of her favor tricks.
The two held the pose as the music trailed off and the lights on stage went off. When the light for the room returned, Lillith and Ceres were holding hands and bowed to their audience. "Now was that entertaining or what?"
The blonde haired boy spoke out loud not long after she had spoken up. It was nerve wracking to stand up in class while the rest of her peers were all seated. Perhaps it alleviated some of the attention off her when Ichiro spoke up. It felt strange that she only knew his first name and thus made a mental memory to discover his last name so that she could address him in that fashion. Saying someone’s first name was far too informal for her even though these people would be her classmates for the rest of the year. If she were friends with them then saying their first name would be a bit different but ultimately they were all strangers or acquaintances at this point. It had nothing to do with being cold but more so because that was how she was raised. How interesting it was to hear a teacher call one of her students by their first name instead of last. It made her think that if she were to call each of them by their last name would she be the one perceived as weird? Would it be rude to call them by their last name? Or did it not matter? With many classmates certainly coming from different backgrounds it was difficult to perceive how she should act or say around them.
The blonde’s answer made sense even though Alana had never seen a performer’s contest show before. The area wasn’t known for such things in comparison to battling. Yes the word would be sprinkled here and there nothing that caught her attention. Her hometown was small and would have never have the required space to contain a contest hall. There were towns nearby that could but her interest in being with the Daycare Couple took precedence over any other curiosity. It was funny how it took the effort of transfering Alana to this school that she was able to look beyond just becoming a Breeder. Her heart was still in it to become one but now that options were beginning to open up in front of her there were a number of paths to choose. If she so desired perhaps there was a way to be a Breeder and a battler or a coordinator. It all depended on what was to catch her fancy at this school. And while her heart still yearned for her family the mind was far more interested in the future career she might follow.
A sigh of relief swept within her as Alana took a seat. The girl was nervous if she would be correct. Nerves did a real number on her and to be the only one to stand up in class didn’t help. Well she didn’t look behind her so she assumed she was the only one to stand. Taking a seat again it felt nice to not be the center of attention. This class was most likely going to be the most challenging class of all. A coordinator had the eyes of the audience on them and to only have five or more look up to her…was not going to end well if she had to perform in front of hundreds. ’ Grooming, maintenance, practice, attire, timing and teamwork...’ Alana restated that within her mind. Being a coordinator would take a lot of effort it seemed. It was sort of similar to the chores in the Daycare Center. Attire and timing were a bit alien to Alana. She wasn’t much of a dressy sort of person nor could she really understand this concept of ‘timing.’ Well, at least the teacher was going to give a demonstration to enlighten the class.
The spectacle was beyond amazing and more than the girl had dreamed about. It felt like she was watching something beautiful being played out in front of her. When the lights had dimmed she was completely unsure of what was going to happen. Music played, the teacher appeared along with a….Gardevior! The girl near her possessed a Ralt and thinking about it now it meant that one-day Aeroth would possess a beautiful Gardevior that was on stage. The coloration seemed off but did that make a difference or was that for show? The utilization of Pokémon moves to not harm another Pokémon felt completely foreign to her and yet eye opening. Never had she seen such a spectacle of moves utilized in the way she performed them. The costume change near the end of the performance was as dazzling as it was mystical. When did she have time to change? Where did the other outfit go? It was like watching magic on stage. When the performance ended Alana clapped enthusiastically towards the two. ”It really is Miss. Ezra! It was beautiful and m-mystical!” Would this mean that one day Alana could be just as dazzling as that too?
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Pokemon:Chespin Gender:♀ Lv:5 Ability:Bulletproof▹not affected by ball and bomb moves, as well as some cannon-based attacks. Exp:0/1000 Personality: Impish Moves:Spike▹ Tackle▹ Growl▹ Vine Whip▹
Bebe was fuming as the Chespin continued to see its indifference and then pulled at her cheeks to make a funny face. Immediately she released pollen from her flower. The color of the polled was the color of her flower's petals. The goal wasn't damage or harm, rather it was to create a fit of sneezes as she returned to Iris as the girl was talking to a new person. Bebe looked at the girl with purple hair and the Ralts. She hadn't seen another Ralts in a long time. However her more pressing interest was the girl in general as she floated around Iris and Niara to say hi to the new girl and pokemon.
Iris listened as Alana expressed how she was liking the coordination teacher already. Iris was focused on Niara as the girl smiled brightly at her and then whispered a greeting to her. Iris shyly smiled back. "Hey...we're in the same dorm together... I'm Iris."
Iris stopped talking as Lillith started the class. The woman started the class with a question about what the students through coordination entailed. Honestly, Iris only knew about coordination from her mother and brother making costumes for the contestants. So she need they needed to look pretty and stand out from the others.
Alana and the boy that Lillith knew, Ichiro, answered the teacher who said they were correct. She even brought out a board to explain it better. Iris listened as Lillith explained that they would be learning about how to do the performance stage first and then learned the battle stage later on. Iris was curious about both since she had seen what a regular battle looked since they plenty of those in Kalos and Unova. But there were no contests; musicals sure in unova and some videos in Kalos but nothing like contests.
Then Lillith decided on doing a demonstration, that got Iris and Bebe's attention as the lights dimmed and music played. Lillith reappeared on stage in a new set of attire. Iris' eyes widen at the new appearance of Lillith's pokemon. It was a Gardevior but the color was blue. Iris looked at the green ralts. I thought Gardeviors were green.. Iris was asking herself.
Then Lillith performed and other thoughts were gone. Iris stood up from her seat and just watched the performance. Was this the performance stage. Iris didnt look away. Even Bebe did nothing but watched the performance. The way those were in sync and then just the moves used in general.
Iris was in awe when it ended and Lillith went from a white dress to a black dress in what seems like in the matter of seconds. Iris stood and then clapped as she sat down. What Alana said beside correlated with Iris was too surprised to say herself. Did Lillith believe that we can do something like this?
Lillith was pleased with the reactions of the students. With any luck, this would had been the thing that actually helped motivate them keeping striving in this class. At the very least, showed how all those things she said prior like hard work and teamwork makes the performance work.
Lillith smiled as she approached the mic again.
"Well it seems that our time is up for today. I wanna give a little homework. Its just a simple task. Get a notebook and start jotting down the things you feed your Pokémon and do with your Pokémon."
She and Ceres waved to the students. "Have a good day and enjoy the rest of your classes."
Lillith looked at her students. "You guys must really like me if you haven't left yet." She said jokingly as she started to make shooing motions. Ceres had opened the exits for the students to leave. "Don't forget about that assignment. Have a good day kids. See ya next class or at the dorm." She continued until all the students were gone.
Once they were gone, she sighed and then stretched out of her legs and arms. "Its been awhile huh Ceres.... I almost thought I was getting rusty with that routine. You were flawless as always." The Gardevior smiled and nodded her head she closed the doors. Lillith moved to the backstage to change into her normal clothes.
"Let's get something to eat." Lillith said, "Maybe the cafeteria will have meat and something filled with starch.."
Iris nodded her head as she explain that they had homework to do for this class. Normally it would had been something that wasn't liked but the assignment wasn't tedious. Just watch what she with Bebe and record it. And she had plenty of notebooks to use. Iris took a look at Alana and then Niara. She wondered with Maria and Slivano were doing and if she would see them at lunch.
"Hey Alana...Niara..." Iris gulped as she rubbed her arm. "Uh do you girls wanna go and get something to eat from the cafeteria? If you don't, that's okay too. I'll just go now and go eat...You can walk with me or even meet me there. If you want... I'm going to force you or anything..... and now I'm rambling." Iris caught herself talking. "I'm going to go now...see ya girls."
With the conclusion of class being very apparent Alana had taken the time to write down some notes about what she learned today. Even including a couple of drawings to help her with remembering the knowledge. She wanted to make sure that she would remember everything or at least close to everything that could be learned today. The girl’s enthusiasm was very apparent even while she concluded her notes and was ready to leave the classroom. The frantic sneezing of her Chespin finally caught her eye as the grass-type was rubbing its nose. She had paid more attention to the classroom than her own Pokémon. ’Is she sad because I didn’t pay enough attention to her?’ The child had no idea what the real reason of Chespin’s frantic sneezes. But Chespin knew and remembered the culprit of its sneezing. It remembered that Fairy-type Pokémon who couldn’t even take so much of a joke! As its human companion picked up the Pokémon the Chespin vowed to reap its revenge upon that dainty looking creature. Yes, it would get its revenge!
With her Pokemon within her hands the green-haired girl spoke up. She hadn’t communicated much with her when class began. When Haruno spoke up it sounded timid, similar to how Alana spoke. In that way the Kingdra member felt a sort of connection with Haruno in the sense that she believed that her classmate could be just as shy as she. Alana thought she was far better at speaking than she but everyone had their own strengths and weaknesses. Haruno left before Alana could get a word in. ”Lunch sounds good, what about you Chespin?” Chespin gave a sneeze and not so much of a respond. ”Okay, here we go.” Alana grabbed her belongings and walked up to the exit/entrance of the classroom. She turned back to the teacher and gave a wave. ”See you next time professor,” and then she turned to Ceres, ”Thank you Ceres, you have a good day too!” Alana turned to what remained of the classroom and gave a small bow. ”I-I hope we all have a-a-a good year to-together.” With those words she frantically walked out the door and after Haruno.
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Pokemon:Chespin Gender:♀ Lv:5 Ability:Bulletproof▹not affected by ball and bomb moves, as well as some cannon-based attacks. Exp:0/1000 Personality: Impish Moves:Spike▹ Tackle▹ Growl▹ Vine Whip▹
Niara was rather impressed and entranced with the teacher's demonstration and gave her own applause when she finished. She was starting to get more excited about the class and what she would be doing but unfortunately, the class ended. Thanks for the class, Miss Ezra! I hope to learn more in this class! She smiled and listened to Iris who offered to have lunch with her. Niara nodded with a smile and accepted the offer before she made her way out the door.
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Mood: Still excited and eager Attire: School uniform OOC: Sorry for the lateness!
X⇒ LOCATION : ClassroomXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX⇒ WITH : ... Ichiro was glad that his answer ended up being correct, same with the answer Alana gave. It was good to know that his classmates felt equally as enthusiastic about their Coordination class as he was.
As it turned out, there was a lot to learn about Coordination. While Ichiro understood that it was a competition, he didn't realise that there were two rounds, the first being a sort of 'dance off' were both Pokemon try to out perform one another in appeals. Apparently, this "Battle Stage" would be what the class would be working on until the winter break. It was exciting and Ichiro couldn't wait for Ms.Ezra to show how to better understand this phase and how to create the really good appeals with the Pokemon they had. Ezra seemed to have a wealth of knowledge on the subject and Ichiro couldn't wait to learn more about the performance stage next. He was certain that she would show the class how to best care for their Pokemon and groom them to be their very best. When Ms.Ezra told the class that even a Magikarp could be beautiful on stage, it immediately sparked Ichiro's imagination. He couldn't wait to work alongside his Snivy and any other Pokemon he'd have the pleasure of working with. On that token, he hoped there would even be team exercises to help get to know the other's Pokemon as well. Coordination class was truly something to look forward to each day.
When Ms. Ezra decided to give the class a demonstration, Ichiro couldn't take his eyes off the stage, not until the performance was over. The Pokemon she chose to preform with her on stage was truly elegant in both its look and movement. While Ichiro knew that the psychic Pokemon was a Gardevior, he had never seen one in real life, and normally, he thought they were green in hue. Why was Ms.Ezra's Gardevoir a pale blue? Maybe he'd ask her about it next class. But regardless of colour, which matched Ezra's outfit change perfectly, their performance together was truly astounding. It was almost as if the two were so coordinated in their movements, that the two might as well have been sharing each other's thoughts. Along with the lights and music, it was very well the best performance the blonde had ever seen. When the performance was over, Ichiro gave a light applause and told Ezra with a bright smile that it was the best performance he has ever seen. In the back of his mind, it was exactly the thing he wanted to achieve with his Pokemon some day. Although he knew it would be a long road ahead, he knew he would give it his all and take in everything Ms.Ezra could teach them.
When the class was over, Ichiro could hardly believe that much time had already gone by. He almost felt as though he didn't want the class to end. However, he knew that the next class would prove to be even more exciting than their introduction.
Opening his notebook, Ichiro quickly wrote down a note, which was the assignment Ms.Ezra had given them. He'd continue to use the same notebook to record what foods he gave Snivy, as well as how he treated the grass Pokemon and what they'd do to spend time together. Perhaps next class, they'd go over what foods were recorded by the students and learn which ones were more appropriate to give each Pokemon. Ichiro smiled at the thought. Later in the day, he'd be sure to give his Pokemon something great to eat.
Packing up his notebook and pen into his satchel, Ichiro soon stood up and followed the rest of the students out of the class. Turning back to look at Ms.Ezra and her Gardevoir, Ceres, he smiled back at them when he noticed that the two were waving 'goodbye' to their students. Waving back at them, he left along with the others
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✗ STATUS :Fine ✗ MOOD :Excited ✗ THOUGHTS :... ✗ ATTIRE : Salamence school uniform
✗ WORD COUNT :... ✗ OOC : I want to apologise to everyone for falling so behind with this character. Work hasn't left me with a tone of time to work on these posts. But I want to keep up as much as I can.
Iris was surprised to see that she was the first person to the class. "Maybe the others are still at breakfast." she said as she took a seat toward the frontal middle of the rows. Instead of sitting towards the back of the room, Iris was aware of how close she had started to get towards the stage to see the teacher and the woman's pokemon. All she remembered was being enthralled as she listened to the lectures over the last weeks. "Hey Bebe...let's look up that move you used against that rufflet." Iris said as she took out her dex. Iris pointed the dex's lens at Bebe and looked at the information that came up. Iris then went to moves and looked at the new entry. "Fairy Wind?" Iris tilted her head as she clicked the move.
On the screen came info about the attack. "It's so pretty." Iris chirped as her and Bebe looked at the screen. "Imagine that during a coordination performance. We should totally practice this after classes."
X⇒ LOCATION : Coordination/Performance ClassXXXXX⇒ WITH : Iris Racing down the hall with Snivy still clinging to his shoulder, Ichiro came to a stop just outside the classroom door. Bending over, he attempted to catch his breath as he began to try and dust off the dried mudd from his pant legs. It was useless but at least in his mind it looked slightly better than what it was. Then again, this was performance class, it was going to be embarassing no matter what walking into the classroom. "Let's hope Mrs. Ezra doesn't notice." He commented to himself as he straightened his posture. Maybe if he chose a seat at the back of the classroom it would be harder for Ezra to notice his messed up uniform. Still, the thought didn't chase away his embarrassment. He was trying hard to make a good impression, especially with the number one instructor he looked up to.
Opening the classroom door and steeping inside, Ichiro was shocked to see that he was one of the first few student to have arrived -- actually, more like the second. Maybe that short cut he took to get back to the campus paid off? Either way, he was glad that he might have been somewhat early. Making his way towards the seats, he didn't know why but he was drawn to sit next to the only other student that was in the classroom. So much for remembering to sit some place in the back of the classroom. As Ichiro drew closer to his fellow classmate, he remembered that the green haired girl's name was Iris and that she had a Flabebe with her. He didn't know a whole lot about the girl as the two had never personally talked with one another, but from what he could recollect, she seemed like a nice person, and someone he could see himself getting along with well.
Stopping in front of the seat beside, Iris, he noticed that the girl appeared to be looking down at her pokegear, watching something that was playing out on the screen. He also noticed that like him, her hair and a bit of her cloths also looked a wreck, like she too had just come back from a trek through the forest with no time to get tided up. As Ichiro sat down in the seat beside her, he couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle at the coincidence. "Excuse me." Ichiro spoke up softly, an attempt to get Iris' attention. He had noticed that their teacher was also in the room, and didn't exactly want to draw too much attention to themselves as he spoke. "I think you've got something in your hair." He pointed out, gesturing at the few leaves and twigs that were poking out of her virescent tousled locks. "Honestly, I thought I was going to be the only one showing up to class wearing the latest fall fashion." He then joked in an amused but cordial tone, noting how his uniform also had dirt coated on it. Falling silent a moment, he couldn't help but wonder what Iris was looking at on her Pokegear. "Out of curiosity... what were you looking up?" He then asked, wondering what it was he might have been interrupting.
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✗ STATUS :Fine, knees hurt a little ✗ MOOD :Content ✗ ATTIRE : Salamence school uniform (with mud and dirt and leaves and such)
Iris was into her reading that she didn't noticed that another student had joined her in the classroom. If she had, she would had notice how worse for wear he was, much like her. It wasn't until the present was sitting next to her that she looked up. Iris immediately recongized the boy. It was Ichiro. She knew his name not from a direct interaction but rather indirectly through attendance calls and answering Ms. Ezra's question. From what she could tell, he was a nice person and an interest in the class like her. It was just usually before now, she didn't have the nerve to really extend out to the others in the class. She had stuck with who she knew which were Niara and Alana.
The chuckle made her stop for a moment but it was his 'Excuse me' that drew her in to look at him. His voice was quiet and soft. She wondered why until she realized that the teacher was on the stage. Today was donning blue hair. Iris wonder what color was really hers after seeing the rainbow in this class. Iris' attention went back to Ichiro as he pointed out that she had stuff in her hair. Iris placed a hand in her hair and pull out a part of twig with a leave still attached.
Her face went a little tinted until Ichiro brought that he was too was in a similar situation. Iris and Bebe looked at Ichiro and Iris covered her mouth as she was about to chuckle at the brown that was brown that enjoyed in his Salamence colors. "If it wasn't for the dust and some of the wet spots" Iris said in a low but amused voice back at Ichiro. "I could probably past it off as the Flygon attire."
In the past weeks, has become gradually more comfortable with her surroundings, allowing her to talk a little more openly. That and it was coordination class. She enjoyed herself here.
Then she asked about what she was looking up. Normally, she would had hide it away and dismissed it as something he would not had been interested in but she figured maybe it would. "Bebe learned a new move when we were in the forest." Iris explained. "She used it against a rufflet and I wanted to look it up. It's something called 'Fairy Wind.' It's really pretty to look at and the power behind it was amazing."
Iris smiled as she talked about the move. The more she was explaining, the brighter her eyes and smile would get.
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