Alright. Round 3
1) With the crowd now returned to their seats (well the ones brave enough to stay), the third and final scary appeals begin. Gengar is first to start, floating upwards to catch the complete attention of this enthralled crowd. Quietly, she begins to wink and flirt with the audience, effectively attracting the male demographic. Some women get defensive, only to realize its a Pokemon..there's nothing to fear...right? The men begin to clambor out of their seas and fall over themselves in their earnest quest to be with the Gengar. The women look on in confusion and horror as the men take center stage...and then freeze. Concerned looks garnish their faces as Gengar concentrates on a small number of them, about 5 guys.
The other males seem to break free from the disabling technique, and look on in confusion as to how they reached the stage. The males in her grasp however, began to float oddly, almost with a zombified-disjointed look. Females lean back in uncertainty, only to scream audibly as the men all raise their arms up and somehow project a massive mouth full of ghostly fangs and deep red eyes! The effect is short lived as Gengar lands, exhausted. The men fall to the ground, a little dazed themselves.
2) The audience is quick to clear the stage, as that phantom hovers up to try its luck. As everyone tries to settle down, the freezing wind that blows across everyone chills them to the bone. People huddle closer together and blow into their hands in earnestness to feel warm, while watching Haaza cycle into a group of Misdreavus.
The ghost wastes no time in creating an atmosphere best reserved for a house of mirrors, as light rays blast to and fro throughout the crowd.
The audience tried to shield their eyes, but some members begin screaming about things that just aren't there! As half the audience fell victim to Psybeams' hallucinations, the other half are startled by the sudden reappearance of the phantoms as they creep up through the ground and from people's shadows. As fast as they appeared, they vanished and reformed back into one form-ending the appeal.
3) With that chilling appeal over, the crowd took a moment to calm down. People collected themselves and drank water to calm their nerves. All the while, Grand Star rotated in place, idly biding time and shrinking in size. The crowd barely got their collective nerve together, when Grand made its move. From one came three, and from three came six, and from six came nine...
The ever growing swarm doubled again, creating two rows of arachnids that made people lift their feet in nervousness. The shivers grew into shrieks as the front row of starmiespiders charged the audience and ran across them-an elaborate trick, but one that made some people faint from sheer shock.
4) As Grand Star ended the appeal and moved away from center stage, out came Spook, ready to close the show. The crowd needed a minute to revive the fainted-their numbers had been mounting ever since the hallucinations from Haaza. As the crowd watched, more so huddled together than spread apart now- a light ran began to fall on Spook. This rain chilled around Spook-as he willingly froze the downpour around himself. The inside of the ice barrier was hollow, but the rain soon filled that.
People began to point, wondering how the ghost was going to get out-as the top was pretty high. As Spook showed them, he wasn't. At first, he seemed fine, holding his breath. But as the seconds ticked on, and the audience watched, the lumbering phantom tried to struggle and reach up for the edges, but not quite making it. People gasped in horror, they were watching a Pokemon die! In mere moments, it soon was apparent that Spook was nothing more than a shell of its former self, floating lifelessly in the water.
The people stood up in awe and fear, shivering at the thought of that happen to them-but not to worry. A hefty kick from one of our refs and the ice block is shattered, Spook spilling out onto the floor. Dragging his "lifeless" body away, the audience is left to wonder if they should clap...or cry out in fear.
---One Week later LOL.
In this final round, the four competitors showed off what they considered their worst fears, and managed to elicit very startled reactions from the crowd.
Gengars started strong, but the changeover from manipulating the men to solely focusing on 5 of them slightly jilted the audience as a whole, it kinda felt like two separate appeals. The end scare was nice, but again, small only because of the concentration needed t execute both parameters effectively. 9/15
Following Gengar's mind control, we had Haaza and her hallucinations. In truth, this appeal was a bit more spine chilling. Being confused and disoriented around a mass of people is a fear many people gain some time in their lives. The reminder about phantoms existing alongside us was driven home a second time with the end of the appeal, but again, this felt like a seperate set of appeals due to the nature of disorienting some, and scaring others. 9/15
Haaza was followed by Grand Star, who used a very creepy phobia. Spiders. So many arachnophobes exist, and the style which Grand Star executed this swarm was unique and spine chilling. Sure, not everyone was an arachnophobe, but seeing a swarm of spiders would make people stop and assess what might be safer for them. 11/15
Ending the third round was Spook-and his representation of drowning was almost too lifelike. It was like watching a snuff film! It's a very real fear, but it also takes a certain type of person to be able to watch it...and that's even scarier than the actual act. Spooks manner of drowning within ice was pretty unique, and I did appreciate the audience not realizing he was a ghost and as such, did not need to breathe. 12/15
Welll-that's the end of the appeal part of the contest. Final tallies are
UC 9+8+8.5=25.5
Mika 9+7+7.8=23.8
Ayu 12+7.9+7.9=27.8
Blade: 11+8.9+8.5=28.4
Ayeun and Blade will have a three round battle to decide the winner! Spook vs Grand Star. As per the scores, Blade got the highest, so he attacks first.