''It is like the whole region is here.'' Talia said impressed. ''So do you need to sign up or something?
"I'll just need to check in and show all five Ribbons," Emily responded. "We will have to get through this crowd, though..."
Talia nodded and gazed back to the crowd and gave a forced smile. ''Yeah that is gonna to be tough.'' ''All participants, good day. Please make sure to have checked in before 8 o'clock this evening. After that the check ins are closed.'' An anouncer said through a speaker. And kept repeating it for awhile.
"Well, I'll see you on the other side? If you hear any yelling, that may or may not be me if anything happens." With that, Emily darted into the crowd, slipping through people and racing for the Contest Hall.
Talia blinked. "Uh alright. Shall we go look around" she said to plusle and minun Serena smiled. "This time I shall win" holding the bracelet she got to show she was a particpating. Michelle wiped of the sweat of her forhead as she walked to the contest hall for a break. (Note they are both inside the contest hall where ya can sign up. )
It only took a minute or so for Emily to slip into the concert hall. She noticed Serena and Michelle standing around, but chose to ignore them for now - although she noted to keep an eye out for that red-haired man. Joining the line, she prepared her Badge Case.
The line was busy . And nurse joy had her family to help her. She smiled at every contestant even though some might eveb be a tired smile
As she made it to the front, the young girl held up her Ribbon Case to check it in. Props to Nurse Joy for holding it up this long...
Nurse joy scanned the case as her ribbons came on the screen one by one. "Can I also have your Pokédex" nurse joy smiled as chancy came with the bracelet
Nurse Joy happily took her Pokédex and the bracelet on the machine to scan them. She nodded and gave them both to Emily. ''Okay Emily, with this bracelet you are officially a participant of this year grand festival. With this, you can of course enter the dressing room, the room where you will be staying for the next couple of days. You can also get a discount at the market. '' she took a deep breath , when she gazed at the line after her. ''You can get the rest of the information by Michelle, our champion and her hometown Dewford Island. Good luck.''
Emily gave the Nurse a nod and a word of thanks. This was Michelle's hometown...? Wait, "our champion"? Wasn't Roy... Perhaps she was simply the champion of another region. It wouldn't be unheard of. She'd only kept up with any disaster-inducing news, not so much the League.
Michelle took a last sip of water before grabbing her folders again to give them away. Ready to leave the contest hall. A slight yawn came from her but shrugged it off quickly
And there the girl in question was. Emily looked over the Champion and potential new Top Coordinator. Perhaps it was time to let her off the hook? She'd only spoken with that Maxie once... She shook her head. No, whatever happened, Michelle was still an opponent, and she wouldn't lose, even if her Pokémon were vastly far below Michelle's level. She'd just have to turn the tables.
Michelle turned around and waved at Emily. "Hey there.." she walked over. "Glad you could make it to the grand festival. I assume nurse Joy send you. What can I do to help you" she still smiled even though she did seem tired
"Hey," Emily responded, snapped out of her thoughts. "Oh, uh... yeah, it'll be a while before the Grand Contest - should we already be waiting backstage, or roam around until it's time? Do we have an earlier time to arrive if so?"
"True. Its not untill 3 days. They are way to lazy to finish it up early. "Michelle chuckles. "Anyway. This year grand festival will be different than usual. The contest is mostly outside and has 1 extra course. Of course you show off your moves. Than they wanted to see how well you and your Pokémon do in a emergency. What it exact will be. I cant tell but they did say its fun" at the same time Michelle handed out flyers and some autographs. "Also the good part. You can change your parner during the time of the second round. In the third round you need to use the Pokémon you used in the third round." She took a deep breath. "Shall I show you were you sleep and can prepare yourself. Also let me know if you need to know anything else"
...an emergency? Emily wondered about the legality of that, but gave Michelle a nod. "Yeah, I'd like to know where I'll be staying, please."
''Great,'' she gave the flyers to another one and let Emily follow her. ''You know, I heard rumors already, a girl from petalburg, a girl from saffron city and some others are most potential to win this one. Do you know them?'' Michelle smiled at her. As she walked passed the beach. (She doesn't know where Emily and Serena are coming from)
Petalburg... Could be me, could be someone else - anyone, really. Saffron City... isn't that from... right. "Saffron City's from Kanto, right? If that's true, I think I might know the Saffron City girl."