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

[Lord Windos]

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"Alrighty, here's the bonding activity: an aquatic triathlon between Cruz and Pwee! I'll be riding you, Cruz, so you don't get jealous. Munchlax can be the passenger on Pwee." (triggering Pick Up)

"Race 1: Surfing. Out to that buoy and back here."
"Race 2: Beach race, running in shallow water. No use of HMs allowed!"
"Race 3: Eating race!! Cruz, I'd like you to swim along the flooded street, chopping up any algae or aquatic plants with your propellors. Pwee will follow behind, eating up all the nicely diced salad! Points are deducted if you chop up anything valuable. Pwee loses points if he ingests anything inedible. See if you can chop and dice faster than the big Lotad can eat." Pwee gets the Razor Fang to help with biting.

That shadowy form easily keeps up with Cruz, unimpeded by obstacles, and Vernon feels safe no matter how wild the swimming elephant gets.

Pwee doesn't seem terribly motivated at first to participate in any racing, but with a bit of persuasion (Read: Food) you get them to cooperate. Cruz, on the other hand...

L: (4) + 3
D: (1)(1)(3)(1)(5)(1) ...Well okay then....

...Actually seems pretty interested once you begin phrasing it in more technical/performance based terms (less 'fun' , more 'test machine's capabilities against others') , with the metallophant scooping you up and seating you in an instant as they prepared to race off against Pwee!

Oh, and Munchlax is chill with everything - though he ends up almost losing his lunch several times due to...

Race 1
Cruz: (3)(5)(5) + (3)(6)(4)(1)(3)(1) + (3)(1)(2)(2)(4)(5)
Pwee: (2)(2) + (2)(5)(6) 

Splzoooooooooom!

Before you realize it you and Cruz already won, blitzing from and to the buoy with such bracing, thrilling speed you could swear your heart was going a mile a minute! Meanwhile Pwee couldn't even get a 1/3 of the way to the buoy before you Pseudo-Boat finished, nearly getting capsized (along with Munch!) by the IMMENSE wake it generated.

Test concluded: Cruz was a fricking jet cruiser on top of being JUST a living battle boat.

Race 2 goes just as well as the first - if a bit more evenly paced (Pwee still had zero chances) - but Race 3 is where it gets interesting.....

You giant lily duck, getting more of a workout than he first imagined and quite dispirited, almost immediately began to salivate at the thought on dinning on the aquatic plant life that washed into the city. Cruz, though confused with the concepts, never the less prepared to follow the orders, considering it an odd way to 'clear the waterways for transport' ...

Race 3!
Cruz Chopping: (1)(5)(4)(1)(6) + (1)(1)(1)(5)(6)(2) + (2)(4) (4)(2)(1)(4) - 3 Success trying something odd and being 'careful' =  2 Successes
Pwee: (3)(6)(6)(5) + (5)(5) + (5)(1)(2)(5) + 1 Success for FOOOOOD! = 8 Successes!

When food is being bet on, it seems like Pwee can not be beat. He HANDILY outpaces the pontoon pachyderm, gobbling down any and ALL edible plant matter and other yum yum while leaving all the other crud behind. Cruz can barely keep up, having to 'gas' it several times and tearing up quite a few nice looking things (and parts of the scenery/buildings - opps!) just to do so!

By the end of this race Pwee is almost catatonic in blissful, glutenous joy, while Cruz looks....frustrated in itself and not a little miffed.

Munchlax, in all the EXCITEMENT, managed to Purse that had a Pear Necklace in it ($2000 Poke)  few Ultra Balls within it + some Poffins! ID too, if you feel inclined to track the person down and return their lost property!

Bond GREATLY increased Bond with Pwee! GREATLY increased Temp Health (+5!)
Bond mildly increased with Cruz. Looking like they're about having a temper tantrum too about the last race - better act fast before some buildings (and you!) get trashed!