[h3]Blair Aschenford | Vanessa Von Goshe's Studio[/h3]

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The participants were thinned from forty to barely a dozen so quickly... Shiny Pokemon only? Only those who are well-dressed? Blair managed to stay on two reasons, that he was spectating, and that the man doing the announcements recognized his last name when he introduced himself. His name held a lot of influence. As he was listening to the rules whilst sitting in spectator seats, the rules were all... Incredulous. Absolutely unreasonable, but the one that was the most suspect was the last one... Why did Von Goshe even bother to mentor, if her student was not even allowed to compete against her? To be fair, nothing would stop them once they reached a certain point in fame... It would only mean to be on her bad side but...

[color=green]"I see you too recognize how pretentious this is beginning to feel..."[/color], he said, Empress had a little scowl... She understood, and didn't like what she was hearing too.

[color=green]"Well... I sure hope Fantasia will be alright... I'm not sure now whether I want her to succeed or not"[/color], for her to fail, would mean she were to become well, depressed. It would take quite some time for her to recover unless she had changed or her convictions to be a coordinator were not rooted to becoming Von Goshe's student. Though were she to succeed... Her path would seem soulless and without care...

Rule one was an aesthetic, he had seen many non-shiny Pokemon perform incredibly well, a shiny coat only meant they looked unique, so it was a bonus. Rule two completely defeated the purpose of being a student and learning. If you fail an action, then there is where you learn... If they could do everything perfectly, there was no reason to teach them. The only reasonable rule was the fourth but that was stretching it...