Grow Seed Racer Grow! (A Tree-Growing Quest)

A/N: If someone would please make a custom 'non-violence' or 'violence not included' tag, that would be much appreciated.

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Hello and welcome audience to the 198th Terran Forestry Race! In this event, teams will compete over a ten year period to grow the tallest, most productive, and/or other impressive trees! Anyway, here's the following rules.

Rule #1: All trees must start from seeds! No saplings!
Rule #2: Competitors may attempt to grow their tree in ANY location!
Rule #3: Competitors may use ANY species of tree they wish, so long as it actually exists in real life.
Rule #4: There are no other rules.

TEAM NAME:
What is your team being named?

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TEAM COMPOSITION: Pick Tree Three
[] Professional Treeologist: This lady has performed years of study to learn every detail she can about tree biology! She can provide incredibly in-depth details on your tree's state of health.

[] Weather Wizard: This frankly bizarre individual claims to be able to control the weather, and there might be some level of credibility to that. Either that, or he just gets absurdly lucky with his random guessing of the weather weeks in advance.

[] Irrigation Engineer: Need to set up sprinklers, greenhouses, drainage, artificial lighting or cooling systems? Then this guy is the man for the job.

[] Soil Biologist: This woman knows her dirt; she's able to carefully monitor the state of the soil your tree is growing in, and can easily suggest ways to make it even more fertile.

[] Tree-Hugger: Though not as specialized as the Treeologist, Irrigation Engineer, or Soil Biologist, a Tree-Hugger is still fairly competent at all three of their roles, though only to a basic level.

[] Lawyer: Sometimes a team gets sued for stupid bullshit reasons. It's always dumb, but on rare occasions it can be really helpful to have a lawyer available.

REGION: Where will you try to grow your tree? bear in mind that this determines soil characteristics and climate, both of which are massively important.

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Tree Selection: What species of tree will you grow? It's probably best to match this for the climate of where you're growing it.

[] Write-In

Preliminary Tally

FINAL TEAM SELECTION

Team Name: Rainforest Rainbows
Team Members:
-Jack Silver, Weather Wizard
-Maxwell Tanaka, Irrigation Engineer
-Sherrel Dawn, Attourney At Law

Location: Cascadia
Tree Species: Pacific Silver Fir

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A man in an immensely tacky suit patterned with golden zig-zags and outrageous shoulders speaks from the podium "Well it looks like a wonderful decade for a tree race tonight, I'm Rennard and with my partner Cherry we'll be your announcers for this decade's tree race!"

A lady in a similarly tacky red dress smiles as she adds "Indeed it is! This tree race has quite the list of teams looking to claim the Forestry Cup. Let's see some of the competitors, shall we? We probably won't get to all twenty-four of them right away, though."

Rennard grins, adding "Well, first up we've got the reigning champions for height, the Aspen Authority. They're keeping with their previous winning strategy of growing a Quaking Aspen in Vermont, where it should be able to increase in height quite rapidly. As usual, they've got a fairly standard specialist load-out of a tree scientist, an irrigation engineer, and a soil biologist."

Cherry continues with "Next up, we've got a team from out of Japan, the Fruit Ninjas! Operating in their native Iwate region, they're growing a Prunus Persica, also known as a peach tree. They have confirmed that they will be contesting the Produce Tonnage category. We have no idea what sorts of specialists they have on-staff, on account of them all being extremely sneaky Ninjas."

Rennard tries to speak up, before Cherry shooshes him and adds "In addition, we have the team Heirs of Ténéré, who have declared that they will be growing an Acacia near the site formerly occupied by the original Tree of Ténéré prior to its tragic death in 1973. They look to be taking no chances with getting this tree the water it will need to handle the Sahara, having an Irrigation Engineer, a Tree-Hugger, and a Weather Wizard on staff."

Rennard notes "Of course as we know, Weather Wizards are incredibly unreliable. It's almost like their powers were completely faked." He clear his throat, before adding "Anyway, next up we've got a newcomer team, the Rainforest Rainbows. They're apparently aiming to contest the height category using a Pacific Silver Fir, though depending on how many pinecones they get they might make Produce Tonnage... Why do they have a lawyer on their team anyway?"

Cherry laughs, before she adds "Anyway, our racers are pulling up to their designated planting plots, the shovels and seeds are at the ready. Racers, START YOUR TREES!"

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Tree Height: Germinating

General Actions
Select Sowing Method
[][GENERAL] Temperature Regulation: Sow the seeds in a refrigerated environment, then transfer them to the actual ground in a few weeks.
[][GENERAL] Just Go For It: Put those seeds RIGHT IN THE GROUND
[][GENERAL] Write-In

Weather Wizard
Local Weather Prophecy: Cold, Snowy, Spring Starts Late
[][WEATHER MAGIC] Leave it be
[][WEATHER MAGIC] Try and change the weather
-[] Specify Alterations (write-in)

Irrigation Engineer
Water Levels: Lots of Snow
Temperatures: Below Freezing
[][IRRIGATION] Build a Greenhouse
[][IRRIGATION] Build a Cooling System
[][IRRIGATION] Install Sprinklers
[][IRRIGATION] Install Drainage

Lawyer
Active Lawsuits: None
[][LAW] Write-In

Added action categories to update 1 for easier vote counting.