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TDAC#4 - Voting and Feedback

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Welcome to the Voting and Feedback round for TDAC#4!

Voting and Feedback guidelines

• Once you had a look at all entries you can vote for your favourite work of art, as long as it’s not based on whether or not you like the artist.
  It would be nice if you could share why you voted for a specific work.
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• The entries are anonymous unless the artist asked for having their name added. That being said, artists may claim their work at any time during or after the voting period.
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• You can vote for entries and post your feedback in this thread, but if you rather have your vote and/or feedback be anonymous you can PM it to @Calle.
• The voting period deadline is May 26th, 9:00 CET, which is 7:00 server time (both times are in a.m.).

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The Entries

Prompt: purple.

Cloaky

purple

very purple

A Trainers Ambition [SporkoBug and Calle]

"I would like you to meet someone," Michael said as he gestured to the Pokémon behind him. "This is Eros. He tries to stay out of sight a bit, but he wanted to meet you."
Lytse looked at the strange Pokémon behind Michael and then scuttled around Michael's legs so he was behind them too. "Hello," he greeted the Pokémon. "Who did you come to this party with?". It had to be one of the guardians, right?

Bear watched the poison jab hit the ground next to him. "Nice," he said, "but have I shown you this? He used Focus Energy while taking on a bodybuilder pose. His body got outlined with a blueish light as he did.
While he focussed his energy, he thought about what move he would do next.

The lapras expressed her gratitude to Volcano and happily swam around when she was lowered into the water.
Sea listened to his brother's praise and smiled slightly. "Couldn't have done it without you," he said. "We did it together."
He noticed how happy the Lapras looked and was pleased about it, but his attention was drawn to movement to the side. It wasn't a big surprise to see Manaphy approach them now the pool was here.

Mindy sat down at the stool and smiled politely. "Thank you," she said, but before she continued she looked at her Lapras and smiled. That was kind of the legendaries to do that for her.
"So, you are originals, never replaced. Does that mean the others have been?"

"We're fine," Nethan assured Gavin. "We don't always agree, but we are brothers." He looked around to see where they were and once he spotted them he gestured to get their attention. "How are you and Niccia getting along?" he asked in return.

Ilios waited for Acreus to finish his sentence and followed his gaze to see what had distracted him. The human? Or that Pokémon behind him? He frowned. While it looked familiar, it also didn't look like a Pokémon he had seen before. Was it from another region? The Pokémon he knew best were the ones that lived in the same region as his, so he didn't dare to guess where that Pokémon was from. Regardless, it seemed to have caught their father's attention, and he wasn't sure that was a good thing.

Andy turned to Frosiien. "Now that is a story I want to hear." There were different reasons why that could have happened: maybe Mitch had startled her, or maybe she didn't want a guardian, or maybe Mitch had shown some bad manners - after being on the receiving end of many glares he didn't think that was unlikely. Or could it be something else? He'd love to hear about it. "And then I can tell you how I had to run from Bear when I first met him," he added with a laugh.

TDAC#4 - Purple

This contest is now closed for new entries.

I will create the voting and feedback thread today.

TDAC#4 - Purple

5 more days before the deadline!

Nobody Will Believe It [SporkoBug and Calle]

Benjamin watched the dark aura and the shadow around Sara and narrowed his eyes. Then the voice, a faint hiss, barely audible, but he heard it.
"Shut it," he growled. "Leave her alone."

Then he turned to Sara and reached out to take her hand. "Listen, Sara. Society has rejected to believe in what can't be observed or measured objectively and tought that to their children, so in their eyes we are crazy for seeing and hearing things that aren't there. And that is a doctrine that is really, really hard to break free from. But, a person is tangible and so is the paperwork around them. Simon died, but Marc won't believe I saw his spirit. So we will just emphasize how strange it is he just left without saying goodbye and that others left suddenly as well. And that we just want some piece of mind about them. If he's kind enough he might check where they went and if he will notice they aren't where they are supposed to be he might get suspicious too and then we have an ally who can look things up. That's why we need to bring in Marc, even if he sees us as patients."

Paranormal Activities [SporkoBug and Calle]

"I didn't have a chance to read them through yet," Lily said, "but I did get information. Nothing of the sorts will happen here; I wouldn't want you to wreck this place."
She clapped her hands together. "Well, then, I will leave you all to yourself. And if you need more to eat, just contact someone through the speaker. The water dispencer is over there in case you are thirstly, and if you will make a shopping list of snacks I'll make sure the cabinet here is filled with things you like, as well as bread and condiments for the morning and the evening, so you can eat when you want. A hot meal will be provided from the kitchen at noon." Then she turned to Gaia. "And we'll make sure you will get some animals. How many do you need every day?"

TDAC#4 - Purple

Animated gifs count as digital art and will be accepted, as long as you made the gif from scratch and not simply animated an already existing image.

Edit: that being said, 7 days left before the deadline!

TDAC#4 - Purple

Remember that the art must be made by yourself and should be sent to me in a private message. I cannot accept entries that are not original or posted in this thread.

A Trainers Ambition [SporkoBug and Calle]

"No," Michael assured him with a smile. "We're not angry."
He laughed a little when Eros got excited and got up. "Well then, let's introduce you. The first one is there." As he stepped in the direction of his Cyndaquil, he held his hand out to Niccia so she could walk with him.
"Lytse?" he called to his Pokémon.

Lytse was about to say to Bia that he was ready when he heard Michael and he looked up. Michael hadn't forgotten about him. "Maybe later," he said to Bia. "My trainer calls me."
And he walked away, towards Michael, Niccia and the new Pokémon he had seen with them. What Pokémon was it? Maybe Michael could tell him.

When the Bullet Punch hit, Bear was thrown up, flailing his arms all the way up.
Benny chuckled when he saw that. "Are you trying to fly? Flap your arms more!
It wasn't long before Bear started to go down again and he crashed into the ground. "Heh," he said as he got up and dusted himself off. "Nice punch."

"Good idea," Sea said as he started to fill the hole with water. A pool at the party. A pool party. Not a bad idea. He chuckled to himself as he thought about it. Maybe the next time they could have more water. It was something to suggest to Arceus perhaps.
He noticed the Lapras looking at him and the look of gratitude in their eyes. That was nice to see, and he was certain other water Pokémon would enjoy it too, as his brother had said.

Mindy flinched when the voice rang in her ear, but smiled at the apology. She took the lemonade and thanked the guardian for it. "Questions? Tons, I suppose, so many I wouldn't even know where to begin." She sipped from the drink. "I can't even imagine what it's like to live for so long."
It was hard to imagine, to watch the world for eons, see things come into existance and die again. See creatures around you die when you live on. Maybe it was different for them because they were created this way, but Mindy was certain she couldn't live like that.

Nethan nodded slowly. "Yes, that does seem to be the case," he agreed. "She looks happy. That's good."
He let a silence fall between them - he didn't mind a silence and he was comfortable enough with Gavin to stand with him without speaking.

Ilios shrugged. "You have put a lot of thought and effort into the party, that's true, and it's probably true not everyone here will share our opinion - some will love a more formal setting - but some of us do like to see a bit more colour, to make it feel more like a party and less like a formal gathering. You can't please everyone of course there's nothing wrong with how it is now, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement either." He nodded his head to Sea and Volcano. "They are creating a pool."

"That's true," Andy said. "I love all my pokémon, but Benny will always be a little more special than the others. I've known him longer and he was the first to share in my victories and defeats. That creates a bond you can't easily replace."
He glanced at the platform again, where Benny kept guard. Was that Bear going into the air?

Nobody Will Believe It [SporkoBug and Calle]

When Benjamin noticed how afraid she looked he quickly let go of her. That hadn't been his intention.
He listened to her explanation and that was what he had seen here as well, with the nurse who had the cart with the warm food and drinks.

"The problem is," Benjamin said, "auditory halucinations are a thing and people just assume that's what it is. I do believe you, but in this world people just don't believe in what they can't see or hear for themselves. That's how I ended up here as well. And Ray. I could see her spirits, but barely anyone can." He paused as he thought about it. "But Marc took you on a date and I've seen how gentle he was with that catanotic patient that hasn't shown up for breakfast today. Maybe we could talk to him when his shift starts."