I'll be gone for one week sometime in August. I guess summer actually isn't the best times to have RPs.
Meh, it's not really a summer thing. In my experience, there is virtually no handy time or season for gathering nine people in the same place to do the same thing unless you're paying/coercing them to. That's just part of how the world works. xD What matters is that we always have at least a few people around to keep the plot going.
Speaking of which...the first round of the tourney. So yeah, I've pretty much laid out the basics IC, but to clarify: the challenges bit is freeform and there for your personal amusement, though there would probably be a supervisor for each challenge point, with the challenge being something like clearing a battle or possibly solving a puzzle or - heck - even riddle of some sort. Just don't make it anything completely silly and you should be fine on that count. ^^ The rest...well, it's basically overcoming the terrain (either cliffside or cavern; your choice) and making your way to the aforementioned area. Just as a heads up, though: I don't want anyone actually completing their second round registration before I get back, because there's a little plot thing that I plan to do with that. Just have your characters arrive at the pokémon center and finish your post outside of it or with the character just entering, thank you. Laure is not really interacting with anyone, so just ignore his existence during my absence.
Anyhow...this is probably my last message to you guys before going, so...please keep this alive for me? :3
Oh, and don't make anything blow up, of course, not in a cataclysmic way, anyhow.
...and you may have to bear with the yogurt thing for a while longer. Sorry, it's just one of those random things that seem to be stuck in my head right now. XD