Someone approached me from behind. That could be dangerous. I quickly turned to face them. It was someone from my tribe based on the way they looked. "Hey! We need to go! Our Prowess Trials are coming up. I saw sent to get you." he said. He crossed his arms. He clearly was impatient. "Tell me more about the Prowess Trials. It is a bit scary and I am not ready just yet. Do you have any last minute tips for me? I could really use it." I asked him gently. I wanted some lore from him, but I did not want to look stupid. The young merman rolled his eyes. "It's not my fault that you were not preparing yourself until now. We need to go!!" he snapped as he grabbed my arm. As he tugged me along, he began explaining. All the members of the Puraton Clan were born male. People here were trained in both combat and homemaking. All of those who preferred combat could grow to be warriors. The homemakers could be the caregivers that would communally raise the clan's offspring, the guppies. There were Prowess Trials for all those in the middle. You fought. The winners became warriors.
Our curse was great and powerful. We were all born males. Males cannot lay eggs. Males could only fertilize the eggs. In order for females to appear, we needed to have sex first. If we were taken like females on our first sexual experience, we would become female. Our cocks would invert and form a womb where eggs would soon form. I did not want that to happen to me. That sounded horrible. A curse on our tribe was the right way to describe this state of affairs. "So, do you think that you're ready for the big Prowess Trials? It is an important fight." I asked him. "I'm not like you at all. I've been waiting to become a warrior all this time. I have trained under all the chief's elite guard. Protecting the tribe is the most important job and I'm going to be one of the ones fulfilling it." he said proudly. He wanted to remain male and fight invaders. That was pretty cool. I guess that I would want to do the same thing. It seemed infinitely better than being a housewife raising kids and laying eggs. Having my cock inverted for that was also not good. I would need to fight someone and win. I could do that I guess.
Fighting was something I could do. I've done it before. Being Level 1 in a body without legs was going to be a massive challenge for me though. Unfortunately for me, we did not have a chance to train. Once we got to the village, I was shoved into the ring. The guppy that brought me here was tossed a trident. I was also tossed one. "What are you doing? We're behind schedule because of you! It's time to fight to see what roles we will take." he snapped. I did not even know his name. I did not have the chance to ask him. The match was started. The guy wiped the floor with me. He blocked and parried everything. I only managed to graze him a couple of times. There was nothing that I could do when I had no clue about underwater combat. When the match was called, it was clear that he had won the fight. This was not good. I was a guy, not a girl. I needed to figure something out. I had to do it quickly. The elders only waited 5 minutes before gathering 12 of us together. 6 of the group were warriors to be. The others were going to be taken by them. We all had a quest to go on first. Lucky me.
