Pageant Time [Pageant Participants]

[Jay]

Feliciano Rossi grinned to himself as he walked slowly around Forest Castle. He wore his normal regal wear for the moment as he walked and inspected every aspect of the castle. The blond haired man had already made a mental note of changing later, heh.

The walls had been washed. The floors had been swept and done up in carpets and rugs, and the large ballroom-like room that had been set up for the pageant was adorned with winter roses and garland that was left over from Christmas decorations. The blond haired man found himself walking into this large room just as he was thinking about it. Teal eyes scaled the room and seemed to all but scrutinize every minute detail in it. A center raised walk area had been set up and took up the bulk of the room, and hairs had been placed rather orderly around this center focus. Lights flickered but not too atrociously, and there was a gentle hum of music from the speakers that had been put in specifically for the pageant. All and all, everything flowed rather nicely. This was how Feliciano Rossi wanted it to be and how he wanted it to stay.

The Duke of the Eastern Woods was giddy with excitement for the pageant he had put together, and he doubted that there was anything that could ruin the day. The blond haired man had been preparing for this for quite a while and was glad to see that it was starting to come together, finally. Check-ins and registration would be beginning soon, and then the pageant would transpire. With luck, it would all run smoothly. Setting a hand on the back of his neck, the blond haired man breathed in once and then found himself still smiling. Ah what to do what to do… so much to do. It is a bit early, but I can head over towards registration and see how that is going~ Felis grinned and put his hands in front of himself before he started walking towards the front of the castle where registration would begin.

Before he could get so far as the next hallway, Feliciano Rossi heard the sound of running feet. Turning his head just before the blond haired man was tackled by a blond haired child, Felis found his arms curl around the girl and draw her into a loving hug. “Well hello, Rosa~” Felis stated as he slowly released the young girl and set her down again.

“Felis!” was possibly the only answer that the blond haired man received in that moment as the young girl seemed to twirl in front of him for a few seconds. “This is going to be fun!” Rosa smiled stopping for a moment and putting her hands in front of herself and addressing her older brother. She wore a light yellow dress at that moment which only served to make Felis laugh lightly.

“Yes, yes it will,” the blond haired man answered back. “How about you go find Miguel while I go look off at registration.”

Rosa seemed to grin and nodded. She hadn’t seen Felis this happy in a while despite how normally happy he appeared. After a moment, the young girl turned and started off to find Miguel. Felis watched as she walked off and then turned back. Now where was he headed again? Oh yes, that’s right. Starting over towards registration, Felis found that the few people he had hired were prepped and waiting for the guests of sorts to arrive. Standing more or less in front of the registration desks now, Felis simply waited to see who would show.

Walking up the steps of Forest Castle, Nathanial Atra debated if he really wanted to be there or not. In truth, he had been more or less convinced out of his own curiosity rather than anything else, but even then there was the question on whether or not actually participating in the pageant was required. Then again, knowing Duke Felis, one couldn’t quite get away from him in any instance when the blond haired man had already roped you in. Despite territory boundaries, Nathan had talked with the duke several times previously only to learn some rather odd information here and there. Deciding to deal with it and just go on, the red haired man walked a little faster up the steps. Seeing that the main door was open, Nathan simply entered. As he stepped inside, Nathan found himself frowning slightly. There was the duke right then and there. Well, that certainly called off any other plans.

“NAAAAAAATHAAAAAAAAAANNNNN,” Felis’s eyes grew large as he caught sight of the red haired man and then took several steps to meet him. Nathan simply stayed where he was for those few seconds and waited to be greeted by the overly happy man. “I didn’t expect to see you here~” Felis grinned happily looking at Nathan who seemed to put on a coy smile as well. “Are you planning to enter the contest?” Felis grinned happily. Nathan mentally sighed.

“Actually, I-“ the red haired man started. However, Nathan was cut off even in that matter.

“Ooooh is that your dress?” the blond haired man asked. Nathan turned his head and found that Amina had teleported in right at that moment. The Gardevoir was giggling to herself rather pleasantly happy to see she had timed her entrance accordingly. In her slim hand was a rather large paper bag containing a different set of clothes. Nathan said nothing.

Finally Nathan resolved to simply fix what he was saying. “Indeed,” was the answer that came from the red haired man. Felis all but squealed happily and clapped his hands together. Oh this was going to be fun, at least in the mind of Feliciano Rossi. Nathan simply allowed his eyes to move over towards the registration. Seeing this, Felis seemed to suddenly snap back to reality and then grinned happily.

“Over here is where you register,” the blond haired man grinned. “If you have a photo-ID everything should work out easily.”

“And if not?” Nathan asked calmly.

“We have to make sure that- heh well I know you are male, but I mean for other contestants… we have to make sure that they are what gender they say they are~ Don’t want any cheaters now.” Felis was all but laughing to himself at this.

Nathan blinked slowly and then simply nodded. Amina was still giggling lightly and was trying desperately now to keep it down. After another moment, Felis stepped out of the way, and Nathan stepped forwards towards registration.

The woman at the registration seemed to be staring more at Amina than at Nathan, and after a moment, she shook her head and then looked at him. “Do you have a photo-ID?” she asked looking at him. The red haired man looked towards the Gardevoir who seemed to be fishing in the bag for a moment before pulling out said ID. The woman looked at it for a few seconds and then seemed to nod slowly. By that time, Felis had looked back and was laughing lightly.

“Gloria, dear, don’t worry about Nathan. He’s what he is,” the blond haired man stated. The woman seemed to suddenly blush at reading the identification car. After a moment, the woman simply nodded and then handed Nathan several papers with times and information on where he could get changed. The red haired man mentally sighed and then filled out a paper he was given asking about his name and several other small aspects. In a few more seconds, the red haired man was finished and then decided that he’d head towards the ballroom first and see what it looked like rather than head towards the changing rooms. Felis watched for a moment and then grinned before turning back again and wondering who else he would recognize.

Coming up the steps, Nero was cringing every step she took. Why in the world was she doing this again? Um…. Money. Yes that was it. If she won, that would be four thousand… and maybe a pokemon, but she didn’t really care for that at all. The bills needed to be paid, and this was the quickest way. She wore what she always did, boys clothes. Her long hair was once again tied up in a bun leaving only several strands hanging in front. In order to keep everything under-wraps, she had decided to simply enter under androgynous. That worked well enough considering who she had decided to be presented with.

Upon coming into the castle, Nero found herself shivering mentally again. However, her face remained rather cool and blank out of habit rather than nature. When Felis caught sight of the dark haired girl, his eyes widened and then shrunk again. He… wanted to say that it was a boy… yet…. What…um….ya….. After a moment, he simply decided to step forwards and greet the being.

“Welcome! Welcome!” he called happily putting his hands together in front of himself and smiling pleasantly. “If you’ll just go over towards the register….” He made a directional move with his hand at which Nero’s eyes moved. The girl simply nodded and then walked over towards a man sitting at the table.

“Um….” The man started.

“Androgynous,” was the answer from Nero. The man simply nodded. Those that signed up for androgynous didn’t necessarily need gender identification from an ID and simply needed to write down their information. This was good. After a moment, Nero finished the paperwork and simply walked off until the androgynous pageant started.

Felis sweat dropped as he watched Nero walk away, yet he managed a “good luck” at the end of it. After a moment, he blinked again and wondered who else was coming.


[Notes: For everyone that has entered, you must 'register' here in this thread for the pageant. Just have your characters walk in and say hit to Felis or simply come in and talk with one of the people at the desk. After everyone has registered, I'll make three separate threads for each pageant, and we will start.]

[Ryder]

ZOEY PHOENIX

Outside a young girl smiled to herself as she looked at the large castle in front of her. She had heard about the pageant and thought that it would be fun. She loved pokemon and even if she didn't win she would be able to see all the different kinds of pokemon. Skipping up the steps a pokemon followed slowly behind her. Unlike her trainer the shiny Umbreon wasn't too happy about this, going to this castle meant a lot of people would be here, and that meant a high chance of Zoey getting hurt.

Opening the doors Zoey stepped inside, her eyes growing large as she looked around the area. It was huge with all these decorations set up. Standing still for a few seconds she took the time to take in the detail around her. This had to be the largest building she had ever been in! Giggling to herself she looked back at Sabrina who seemed to looking at the windows and doors, planing the best escape route in case they needed to get out of her fast. Turning her gaze away from her pokemon she looked at some desk set up, and not far off saw a man talking to another. She couldn't hear what they were saying since one she was to far away, and second she didn't have hearing in one of her ears.

Guessing by the way that they were acting that the blonde haired man must be the one stepping this all up. Walking over to the man she watched as Sabrina stayed by her side her golden eyes flashing as she looked at all the pokemon. "It'll be fine Sabrina, don't worry." The shiny Umbreon only sighed as she came to a stop when Zoey did. The young girl looked at the older man, "Hi!"

[Jay]

Upon seeing the young girl come in a few seconds after and say hello, Felis smiled sweetly down at her. She was adorable~! She even reminded him of Rosa somehow, though he guessed she was probably older than Rosa. "Hello and welcome~!" he smiled happily. "If you're here for the pageant, registration is over that way," he made a directional point towards those sitting behind the desks. "If you're here to watch, feel free to roam around the castle for a bit before everything starts up," he continued rather lightly. Seeing as she was younger than those he had previously spoke to, Felis had decided to give the girl an option of sorts.

[Maid Melody]

Sofia skipped along the path, humming a happy tune. She had waited for this day for so long and now it was finally here, the excitement building in her almost made her want to squeal with delight. Before Sofia knew it, she was in front of the big castle which was bigger than she could ever imagine. Sofia's jaw nearly dropped at the size of it and how pretty it was but after a moment or two she caught sight of Felis and ran over to him, hugging him (and practically knocking him off his feet).
"Felis!"she exclaimed, giggling.

Vengeance walked up the path to the Forest Castle in silence. She was here for the money and the possibility of a new Pokemon, that was all. In truth she though this whole pageant a waste of time and utter foolishness but if she could get her hands on a rare Pokemon, that would be something else entirely...
Finally coming up to the castle entrance, Vengeance arrived just in time to see a young girl hug a rather tall blonde man. For a moment, she just stopped and stared at the scene before going up to the desk. If at all possible, she would prefer not to speak to anyone, save to register for the event. Walking up to the desk with the woman sitting there, she nodded.
"Male..."she said in a monotone voice, trying her best to completely ignore the blonde-haired man with the little girl.

Miguel was once again asking himself how he had gotten himself wrapped into all of this when he heard the sound of running feet and saw Rosa racing through the hallway.
"Where's the fire Rosa?"he asked, laughing and shaking his head slightly as he remembered once again why he was participating in Felis' pageant.

[MCstorms]

Hope walking down the path to the castle seemed to find himself amused. this Padget he thought funny however he had to join it has been awhile since he had a laugh. Hope wanted to be adventurous for once. So what better way then to do something he had never tried before.

He arrived at the castle he looked at its beauty. Hope then proceeded to walk up to the desk. He saw a women there in his kind nature he had to speak. "Hello there how are you?" hope asked. He was raised to be both polite and respectful the only things he could thank his family for.

[Prince Pony Age]

[[Gack I've been so busy today! I'll come back and edit this post with the nicely-written desc of Flroa and Whit registering, after I'm back from dropping my dad off at the airport. Sorry ;A; But yeah, posting so y'all can know I WILL be here to "register" and all that good stuff. 8'D;;]]

[Jay]

After he had showed the first girl off, Felis found himself tackled by a second. Seeing who it was, the blond haired man suddenly broke into a grin. "Why hello miss Sofia," he smiled happily at the other noble child. Well now~ he was just seeing everyone today wasn't he? Heheheh. "Are you here to participate?" he asked lightly.

The woman, introduced as Gloria a few moments earlier, seated at the desk noticed Vengeance and then nodded slowly. "Do you have a photo identification, Miss?" she asked rather coolly to the other woman.

Rosa practically skidded to a halt as she finally caught sight of Miguel. A smile played on the child's face, and she quickly moved over towards him. "Miguel! Felis said for me to find you," she grinned lightly. "The pageant is almost time...er... It's almost time for the pageant. We need to get ready! Come on come on!" she grinned rather happily suddenly taking his hand and more or less trying to lead him off towards the rooms.

Another woman sitting at the table addressed Hope with a light smile. Unlike her friend that was now registering the gray haired woman, she was upright and rather chipper for the pageant. "Why hello to yourself~" she smiled pleasantly. "Are you here to register?" She grinned a bit and seemed to suddenly half laugh. "Oh and can I see some photo identification?"

[Maid Melody]

Sofia nodded and giggled, "Mmhmm~ and I'm even using a new Pokemon I caught! But it's a secret so you'll just have to wait and seee~."she said in a sing song voice before giggling once again and winking at Felis, "I want it to be a surprise, and besides I worked really hard on this...I hope you like it...but if you don't...that's OK too because it's just for fun! Besides, it'll be funny seeing all the guys in dresses~."
Without even waiting for a reply, Sofia gave Felis one more hug and skipped over to the tables.
"Hi! Guy please~!" she told the man at the table, smiling up at him in the most adorable way.

Vengeance nodded, pulled out her identification, and set it on the table for the woman to examine. While waiting for the woman to give her the papers, Vengeance found herself listening to the little girl's idle chatter and smiled slightly in annoyance; this was going to be a very long day.

Miguel laughed and allowed Rosa to pull him along and before long they were at the dressing rooms.
"All right Princess, I do believe this is where we part. But I'll make you a deal, I'll help you with your outfit if you'll help me with mine. I could especially use some help with this long hair of mine~. Or would you like to do that before~?"Miguel asked in a kind voice with mild amusement sparkling in his eyes.

[MCstorms]

"Sure" Hope pulled out his new ID and handed it to the women. Hope looked to his side to see a tiny girl. She was so adorable she couldn't be more then 12. He smiled she reminded him of his sister and it was always nice to think of her. "Whats your name little lady?"Hope asked the small girl.

[Jay]

Felis laughed lightly at Sofia's comments, but before he even had a chance to speak, she was off again and headed towards the tables. As the man sitting at the tables caught sight of the young girl, he debated whether or not to even ask for an ID or go straight towards the minor paperwork.

However, Felis caught said man's eye, and the blond haired man simply nodded his head. The other man found himself nodding in turn and then smiled at the young girl. "Hello," he said rather pleased. "I just need your name and a few things here." He presented the papers rather easily.

After inspecting the identification, the woman seemed to nod and then set a few papers in front of Vengeance. "Please fill these out. Then we'll give you the schedule for the times and things," she stated aloud rather carefully. Her hand had already taken to the schedule and was ready to hand it to Ven when she was ready.

The woman inspecting Hope's ID seemed to nod and then set some papers in front of him. "Well these are what you need to fill out at the moment," she grinned happily. "And after that, I'll set ya up with the stuff you'll need, heh."

Rosa seemed to think for a moment and then nodded. "Ok," she answered back easily. "I'll help you when we get done!" She grinned lightly and then headed into her own dressing room. This was going to be fun!

[Maid Melody]

Sofia smiled up at Hope and giggled,"I'm Sofia~ are you entering the contest too?" she asked before the man spoke to her, asking for her name and some other things,"Oh! Sorry~ I'm Sofia Alexandria Brooke~ what else do you need? Oh the paper~ OK!"she giggled as she started to fill out the paperwork.

Vengeance nodded and filled out the necessary paperwork without another word and then took her ID and schedule from the woman and headed towards the dressing rooms, glad to get away from the little girl and that man.

Miguel chuckled and nodded,"As you wish Princess~."he replied in a kind voice as he moved to the dressing room so he could change.
Part of him was nervous about doing this while the other half was absolutely mortified that he would have to wear...a dress of all things but Rosa had asked him and well...he couldn't say no to the little princess now could he?

[MCstorms]

"Why yes I am wait your entering? I have no shot". Hope said jokingly he then turned to the women and said "thank you". the man took the necessary paper work and filled it out before handing it back to her.

[Jay]

Feliciano Rossi yawned for a moment and then shook his head sharply trying to get his mind back on the task at hand. He still had to keep an eye out and see who else was coming, yes? Yes.

After a moment, the man nodded and took the paperwork back from Sofia. "Well that seems like everything," he stated starting to put everything away before handing Sofia a schedule. The other woman watched Vengeance walk off and then looked towards the man who had just finished as well and smiled rather pleasantly. The last woman took the paperwork from Hope and handed him a schedule before pretty much saying what the others had said in explaining the times.

Rosa grinned and then nodded at Miguel before laughing and then running in her own changing room to get ready. Seeing as she only had a few pokemon, she had decided to go with her closest one, Dash. As such, she went with a few fun things... well fun for her.

[Maid Melody]

Sofia nodded and smiled at the man before nodding,"OK! Thanks!"she replied in a cheerful voice as she took the schedule from him.
Hearing Hope speak once again, Sofia blushed and looked up at him, giggling,"You're funny! We won't be going against each other silly! I'm a girl and you're a boy! Well but then I'll be a boy and you'll be a girl in this so I guess it doesn't matter now does it!" she giggled,"Well I'm going to go get into my outfit, good luck mister!"
Saying this, Sofia skipped away to the dressing rooms, excited that she was able to participate. Upon entering the room, Sofia dug around through her bag until she found her outfit and shook it to get the wrinkles out of it. Skipping over to one of the dressing rooms, she pulled the curtain closed behind her and began to change, humming a happy tune all the while.

Vengeance found the dressing rooms with no problem and was surprised to see yet another little girl there before her. She wasn't the same person that had been hugging the blond man but at the same time, Vengeance didn't want to waste time babysitting children. Walking into a stall, she drew the curtain closed behind her as another little girl started humming in the stall next to her. Smiling slightly in annoyance, Vengeance kept quiet lest she be heard by the children and began to change into her outfit.

Miguel entered the dressing room and looked at the outfit that had been custom made to fit just him hanging on one of the hooks on the wall and sweat dropped a fraction.
"I can't believe I'm doing this..." he thought as he took the dress off the wall and entered one of the dressing room stalls before drawing the curtain closed behind him.

[MCstorms]

Hope smiled as Sofia ran off. He then walked to the dressing room's. Hope looked around and found a vacant changing room. he then proceeded to put on his outfit that would go with his absol.

[Jay]

The blond haired man continued to usher people in the right direction as they came in. He couldn't help but smile in excitement at everything as the adrenaline once again kicked into him.

Rosa changed rather quickly and then came out again bouncing on her heels as she did so. "Are you ready?" she called towards Miguel's changing room. Her hair had been pulled back, and her clothes were rather tight on her form, yet overall, she was rather cute, indeed.

[Maid Melody]

Miguel had just finished putting on his outfit and brushing out his long, near waist length hair when he heard Rosa call him out. Deciding against putting the shoes on right now, he walked out of the dressing room, looking rather flustered to say the least. He could only hope that nobody saw him right then...at least not until they were supposed to.
"I'm as ready as I'll ever be Princess, or should I say Prince~?"he said in a teasing voice,"You ready to help me with my hair?"

Sofia changed into her outfit and sat in front of the mirror that was in the dressing room to try and figure out what to do with her hair. It was waaay too curly and that didn't look guy-ish at all. Looking at the hair things provided for them, Sofia blinked. She had nooo idea what did what...ohhey this flat thingy that plugged into the wall looked like it would work. Picking the device up by the handle, Sofia stared at it and tried to figure out how to use it. It looked like a big pair of smooshed scissors.... .____. How on earth was she every going to get ready at this rate...?

Vengeance had finished changing into her outfit and walked outside to see the blond haired girl from before staring at a straightener. Deciding to ignore the little girl, she walked outside to practice what she would do with her Pokemon now that she was changed.

[Prince Pony Age]

^{[[sorry for disappearing ;3; ...>> I don't know why I'm still up and why I've decided to do this now but the want to post here suddenly struck me, so GUESS WHO'S POSTING 8'DDD]]}

It was definitely afternoon by the time Flora managed to get to the castle. First, she'd had trouble with her outfit and the dry-cleaners, then she had to wait for a bus--while she technically could have flown here on Leafy, she did NOT want her outfit to be damaged or lost--and then walk the mile or so from the bus stop in Evergreen.

Looking at the sun hanging rather low in the sky, Flora cursed to herself and desperately hoped she wasn't too late.

Upon entering and reaching the desk, she asked as much in a few huffs and puffs. She did not tend to walk that much, preferring to ride her sauropod anywhere she needed to go, and was quite out of shape.

"I'm...not too late...am I?...Please...Please say...I'm not...too late..."

Honestly, aside from being something fun, the prize money--any place would do--would really help her out. And by 'help her out' she really meant 'would keep her and her Pokemon moderately healthy for a bit longer.'

- - -

Hours in the future, but not many, a man--err, wait, a wom--dammit. A person, of indeterminable gender, walked through the front garden of the castle. Sh--he--er. 'Qe.' Let's go with that.

Whitney was unafraid that that qe would be too late to participate; there weren't likely too many entrants in the Androgynous category, and was likely to be run last. If qe had to ante up a late entrance fee, so be it; qe--okay that's getting annoying, maybe swapping would be easier.

She had enough treasure he could sell if her pocket money got too low. However, he HAD just found another person to be her 'sugar daddy,' if one somewhat more frustrated by his 'girl'.

Walking up to the desk, Whitney stated "Entering in the Androgynous section. Shouldn't be a problem with that, right?" He did her best to look and sound seductive, just to tilt the odds in his favor a bit.

[Jay]

Rosa looked off towards Miguel and nodded happily before nodding. "Ya!" she grinned before actually looking around the main stall room. After a few seconds, her eye caught on another girl, and Rosa blinked rather surprised. After a few seconds, she wandered over and poked said girl. "Hi!" she smiled pleasantly.

Felis smiled when a girl appeared there at the entrance. "Nope!" he grinned. "You're right on time," he finished before making a gesture towards the desks and people that were still working to get people actually into the pageant. With that, someone appeared to be open for a moment and the waved Flora over.

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A bit later the male register seemed to blink surprised and stared at Whitney for a few seconds before snapping back into reality and nodding. "Quite right," he answered back. "Now if you wouldn't mind doing a bit of this paperwork." After it was done, he sat back and took a breath.

[MCstorms]

Hope had changed into his dress and brushed his hair so that it would stay down. He looked in the mirror and smiled this was more fun then he anticipated. He made th outfit himself and was quite pleased with himself. He patiently awaited for the contest to begin.