<Kari>
Umbra foregone his attempt to attack the Quagsire with Night Slash and attempted to brace for the attack by guarding against the snow flurry with his kunai. Several ice shards still made it through and hit him hard as he was blasted away by the frigid winds that emanated from the Water Fish, Umbra's Doubleteam . Umbra hits hard and fast, but was not the best at tanking damage compared to some of his teammates.
"Get back in and keep the pressure up!" Kari called, Umbra broke his fall in midair, regained his posture, and vanished in a poof of black smoke. A dark circular shadow shot towards the Quagsire corresponding to where Umbara was in the air. The shadow flashed a lighter bluish purple color, Umbra's typing changed to ghost s he was about to use Shadow Sneak.
<Rebecca>
Rebecca nodded in agreement. "That's right!" Rebecca agreed, "It's most definitely fun and exciting to be here, but expect none of your opponents to hold anything back in any battle, especially Battle Masters and Spire Masters. The Battle Spire hosts some of the best trainers and most competitive trainers from everywhere across the world. Some of you will thrive, while others will have to adapt." Rebecca saw Shade's party of Pokémon out and she was intermingling with the group, 'good for her.' she though, as Ajax walked off she waved him goodbye.
"HEY! You make it sound like you guys are leagues above us! We're all Hall of Famers in our own right, so how good are you?" Someone from within the crowd spoke up.
Rebecca turned her attention to the voice in crowd, people parted to reveal the speaker. He was a tall slender man in his mid twenties wearing tight long jeans and a simple white t-shirt wit ha Pokéball design on it, wearing a hat that covered most of his face. A Sandslash stood next to him looking a bit concerned and embarrassed. The intense gaze Rebecca had softened and she smiled, 'every year there's always one...' "Alright, it's a bit unorthodox, but I am allowed to bend the rules a bit. Would you like to have a battle right now, you and me? We'll set off for the resorts right after."
The trainer's fierce and determined look wavered as he was caught off-guard by the challenge offer, but quickly shook it off as the fire and intensity returned, "You bet! I never back down from a challenge!" he said confidently and pointing at Rebecca.
"Very well then!" Rebecca declared, "My apologies for the delay." She along with the rest of the crowed moved over to the nearest arena which was essentially right next to them. The crowed cleared the arena and stood a few feed back from the edges as the arena lit up and the pedestal rose. Rebecca placed her Spire trainer-card over the surface and the arena's neon blue lights changed to red as an extremely lifelike referee appeared on the opposite of the arena.
"Battlemaster Challenge registered, would the challenger please present their Spire Trainer Card to the kiosk." The ref announced.
The skinny young man walked up next to Rebecca and tapped his card onto the screen., but it flashed red and buzzed.
"Insufficient Glory." the ref said.
"Command Override: Rebecca Violet, proceed as Battlemaster challenge."
"Command Override accepted."
"So, what kind of battle do you want?" Rebecca asked.
The young man was looking a bit unsure of himself now, but he got over it. "Full battle of course!"
Rebecca nodded, "I like the confidence." she said as she entered the information.
"Battlers take your sides! This is an official Battlemaster challenge match between Tier three Battlemaster, Rebecca Violet, and Challenger, Trevor Volkine. If Challenger Trevor Volkine defeats Rebecca Violet, five Prestige Points will be awarded!" The holographic referee announced as the two trainers took their sides of the arena, Rebecca's three Pokéon followed her to her side. Once there, a hologram display of six Pokéballs appeared behind and above the trainers indicating how many active Pokémon remain. "Standard Battle Spire Full Battle rules in effect, trainers are not allowed any substitutions."
The crowed muttered and whispers of excitement were present, their battle had also attracted the attention of several other bystanders, some were Spire veterans while others were new to the island.
<Ceres>
Ceres was walking up to the plaza from the resort area when she spotted the large crowd of newcomers and decided to head over to check it out. She doubted anyone would know who she was, of all the Spire Masters she probably had the lowest reputation of everyone. She was wearing her casual dress and Whisper and Moegami were walking along side her. Upon closer inspection of the arena, it was an official match between Rebecca and some guy named Trevor that she's never heard of. Moegami got excited seeing the battle hopping slightly in place. Whisper sat down and watched calmly. "There's always one every year isn't there?" Ceres asked quietly to no one, but Whisper and Moegami both nodded. Ceres was standing more on the outskirts of the crowd of people. "Though it's always fun to see Becca battle." Ceres clasped her hand in front her and watched.
