a few years ago, all pokemon suddenly were transformed into Inanimate objects, with each object related to the pokemon it used to be. with little stick faces and stick limbs! since then, pokemon tournaments has fallen out of fashion as well. nowadays there are "pokemon object shows" instead.

one day, you see an ad for a pokemon object show that was looking for people to join you decide to sign up

(what pokemon were you and what object were you turned into?)