[Game Thread] Lord Windos’ PokeRole Adventure 2: The Wild Lands

[Lord Windos]

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Penelope's eyes sparkle at you admit your interest, with her coming forward to grip your hands as she bounces up and down!

"Really?! Great! The more the merrier! If you have a Affinity with Water you HAVE to give the Prelims! Probably nothing like what connection you have with the element, or as exciting as straight Battling, but it's a experience I think EVERYONE should have at least once! We still have a couple spots left open for Independent Swimmers or Water Specialists, man and Mon alike, and I can easily get you one spot after I tell them the mess you save me from! Here, let me give you a copy of the Rule so you can look over!"

She rumages in her lil fanny pack inventory, and pulls out a Flier that details The Swim Meet Prelims and all the Rules that entail. Doing a quick read over....

- The Meet is divided into three parts: Speed (How fast one can complete a lap back and forth across a Olympic sized swimming pool), Endurance (How far or how long one can swim against a heavy current in a more specialized Deep Sea Current Pool, and Skill (Clearing a obsticale course set up between multiple interconnected parts). Each is its own seperate category a person/Mon can compete in, but nothing is stopping the particularly ambitious from trying out all three.
- There are 3 Different Categories of Entries: Man, Mon, and Both. 
- The basic rules is that the competitor has to be actually in and on the Water and move across it directly across in order to qualify - those that hover above, carrying someone over, try to use hydrokinesis to clear a path through, or use various elemental techniques to create a solid path through the water is grounds for immediate DQ. Notably, however, their are no rules against walking across the water - indeed they have a ruling concerning Surkit that permits such movement, so you could use that Ruling to simply jog through the course. Or try - if they have a ruling in place for this, that must mean the organizers have planned for it in some way and compensated accordingly...
- Scoring is based on both Completion Time, Overall Technique, and Completion of Optional Objectives - In Mechanical Terms, the Better Swimming Roll, the Better Plan you have with Said Swimming Roll or Actions, and Trying to Accomplish Side Objectives get you more points. The ones that place within the Top 3 can move onto the District Qualifiers and receive Prizing for their Rank. Participates at minimum get a couple of Bottles of Fresh Water and a couple of Oran Granola Bars (+ 3 HP, + 1 Accuracy Dice on Next Attack, Can Be Held) for their troubles

Reading over all this you look back to the school girl, who is looking at you with eager expectation. So, what's you answer going to be? Join in the Prelims directly, or simply watch with your Mons as a spectator? Or try to find a proper Trainer Battle here - though it's not a guarantee, the more Sporty Types tend to be packing Pokemon and are more than willing to have a friendly or heated match!

''Deep Sea Current Pool huh. Well I do have a worthy canidate for that. If she feels like it that is, but maybe the chance of being the best will motivate her.''

''I think I'll stick with a Mon entry for now, don't think my more *unique* way of movement would be very fair. Though I do have a question. Is there an area to prepare? Wouldn't want to throw her in without a warning.''

If there is he'll check out Nalu's skill and speed to see if he's fit to be entered in another category. Might as well watch some of the Both category if there's still time after.

Penelope looks ecstatic at your acceptance, and soon enough you're rushed off inside the building, which is like a mini-water theme park in of itself. They had everything she described, and even some stuff she didn't, like a wave generator pool for Surfing or Gravity Deep Dive pools to see how far your or your Mons can go down before the pressure gets to you! You're lead the Swimmer's backrooms, containing many a place for private rehearsals, stalls for showing or preparing certain Pokemon, and showers and changing stations gallore! 

"Here you go! I'll let the supervisors and judges know about your participation in the Deep Sea Prelims! 'Til then take your time in getting to know the place - and get a look at the competition if you're interested, he he!"

You're left alone shortly - now's the time to summon a certain Dragon and make your pitch!

Nalu is more than qualified to particpate in any Swim Prelim, but they don't seem all to enthused about it - they much rather stick with you and the fun battle, after getting fished up by The Lady of the Lake.