Fall Ball 2021 Samhain Festival

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▪ ENCY ▪ ▪ FELIX ▪ KOLBECK ▪ ▪ DURMSTRANG iNPC ▪ THIRD YEAR ▪

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OUTFIT: Reducio

MENTIONING: Arjan

INTERACTIONS: Ret | CLOSED (leaving festival)

For a while Felix had roamed over the festival grounds in search of the glimmering American sunlight (@Levi Drakos) that had agreed to be his date for the evening, but it seemed the dark tapestry of the night had hidden her away from him, his Cinderella leaving behind a necklace instead of a glass slipper. He'd searched in vain for her amongst the crowd, coming up empty-handed. The night air had no love in store for the young couple, their flame dying out with the initial sparkle of the evening.

The Swede had found an area far away from all the drama. He wasn't entirely sure what was happening, since he was more so focused on himself, but he knew he didn't like noise and that the idea of Arjan (@Serena Towers) showing up and finding him alone was less than appealing. The bench was the perfect spot for the teenager who had enough angst to rival Harry Potter's own, and less than a teaspoon of the hero's trauma. The dance of rain that had fallen from the sky above had left the surface damp, but he had tossed down his jacket to save himself from sporting a wet mark for the rest of the evening. Although the weather had still managed to drench the boy as the night trudged onwards, and eventually, he had slid his leather jacket over his damp attire.

He played with the necklace he had bought Ret, slowly opening the metal petals by twisting the base of the jewelry. He was a damn idiot. How could he have let the mist of his emotions cloud over his judgement? Over his logic? He had always judged his peers for following girls around like lovesick puppies. He had assumed he was immune to romance. He had been wrong. He should have listened to his first instinct and tossed his invitation to Ret in the garbage. As the twinkling stars began to fade, their brightness gradually fading as well, he had grown weary of the festival and the music and dancing that played in his head to the rhythm of their sound.

It was lucky the personified sunflower appeared once more, blossoming before his very eyes. He cursed his heart for quickening its rhythmic beat at the mere sight of the blonde. In an instant, his mind and heart were at war with each other once more, though he had long grown tired of trying to confess his feelings to the girl. "Ret." He responded, his ice-blue eyes flickering up to look his date up and down. "That is your name, right? You didn't lie to me about that, did you?" Ever the dramatic one, he was. "Oh, a prank? No, you're right. It was really funny when you ditched me and left me with some random guy who made me believe he was you. I don't feel like a fucking idiot at all." He rolled his eyes, standing to his feet. "You want to go elsewhere? Fine with me, we can leave." He grunted, turning to leave before pausing. He quickly shrugged off his leather jacket and wrapped it around Ret's shoulders without a word, before turning and storming off in a huff towards the lake. (I am assuming that Ret follows him, as this is what Levi and I have planned. A follow-up thread will be posted soon.)

Action: Casting Ferula on Erin Ryan.
Calming Presence (Allies): All students and professors trying to resolve the situation.
Attire: Plain clothes (shirt, trousers,...)
Interacts with: Mentioned in post above.

Action: Stopping Gideon from being a creep.
Inventory: Wand & Repellent for Slugs
Attire: Something not plaid or fancy looking. And a Copper Kettle Helmet.
Interacts with: Mentioned in post above. .

Galton felt like a dutiful mother as he snaked his way through his classmates and made sure they got a nice little spritz of anti-slug medication. The protector that no one asked for! Well, other than Xaliah. And it seemed that for the time, his protecting may be working. The slugs seemed to be losing.

But there was no time to delay. Hesitation meant the death of poor Erin. They could not let that happen. And so Galton would move in a familiar pattern, and prep his spray.

Once more the ground would be stained by the slug repellent. Galton the Glorious was a part time graffiti artist for the ball! Around Erin he would run, spraying as he went. He’d make sure that the short girl (Serena) who looked about dead was outside the circle. Couldn’t have those slimy slugs getting their not-so-slimy teeth on her.

As he ran around, it occurred to Galton that he’d fallen into a usual pattern. Find one thing that works, and do it over and over and over. Uncountable amounts of times he’d hyper focused on one strategy. His first duel this year was one such case. Not to mention his fixation on food in most situations.

Galton had some self reflecting to do after (hopefully) deflecting some slugs.

Outfit: Robes (seasonal colors)
Inventory: Wand, repellent for slugs, 2x jelly slugs, sherbet lemon.
Stats/Abilities:

Reducio

STAMINA: 11
EVASION: 12
STRENGTH: 3
WISDOM: 11
ARCANE POWER: 5
ACCURACY: 10

Abilities:
Evasive maneuvers
Spell Spread
Evasive Maneuvers II
Blindvision

Action: Another slug circle around Erin! Making sure that Serena is outside of it
Interacts with: Many people

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Creatures of the Swamp

The bond between Sylvie O’Niell and Thomas Baines was one forged in the fires of friendship and other such niceties. So it was that it did not collapse under the pressure of the assault of a creature from some demented netherrealm. Instead, it seemed only to be bolstered, they would protect one another from the slugs. However, the spraying of repellant upon Sylvie would lead to the slug chasing prey that would not poison its maw with each slobbering gulp of flesh. The beast slithered away from the swamp girl and instead made its attack toward Xailah Alptraum. Fortunately, the cat-like metamorph was as quick on her feet as she was with a knife and she dodged out of the way of the attacking mollusc. As the slug arced through the air, its teeth failing to find purchase, the two swamp creatures struck out with twin flipendos. The spells were powerful and true, and the wounded slug was sent crashing back to earth. Disgusting ichor and flesh crunched against the ground and then oozed from the broken and limp body of the creature.

Slug Attack

Slug’s Accuracy
13+5=18
Xailah’s Evasion
18+10=28

Thomas’s Flipendo

Thomas’s Wisdom
19+11=30
Thomas’s Accuracy
6+11+1=18
Slug’s Evasion
2+5=7
Damage
100+100=200

Sylvie’s Flipendo

Sylvie’s Wisdom
5+8=13
Sylvie’s Accuracy
19+6=25
Slug’s Evasion
4+5=9
Damage
100+110=210

Slug takes 410 total damage
Slug 2 health = -320/500 (DEAD)

Alas, Poor Jurgen

Jurgen Hess’s limp, but still breathing, form had been left to the wayside. The necessity of combat and the chaos evolving from such had left little time to tend to the wounded boy. Fortunately, Orion Lecuyer saw fit to at least provide some help to the unconscious Gryffindor. With deft spellwork, the boy was brought back from the brink. Perhaps he would gasp into consciousness, perhaps he would instead slip into easy rest, either way, he was back in the realm of the living.

Episkey

Orion's Wisdom
13+20=33
Health
Jurgen gains 50 health
Jurgen health = 25/500

Love Troubles

Victor Moore had grand plans, plans to humiliate Percival Rainwood. Unfortunately, those plans would fail spectacularly. He had intended to force the other boy’s pants to grow to an embarrassing size. Alas, his spell failed, and the magic that had been met for his rival instead found his own pants. The garments rapidly expanded, and then promptly fell around the boy’s ankles, even as his wand remained outstretched.

Victor's Engorgio
1 Critical Failure

The Birthday Girl

Erin Ryan was probably having the best birthday ever, after all, so many friends were coming to give her hugs. Unfortunately, she seemed to misunderstand their intentions as wishing to jelly wrestle, for she cast a slippery jinx beneath her feet. The result was instantaneous, her footing was poor, but so too was that of Howard Whiote and Selim Faust. The two martial artists closed the gap, hoping to pin the beater in order for their comrades to cast their spells without interruption. The younger of the two struggled to contend with the newly lubricated grass, and found himself missing the swiftly dodging girl. The dhampir, however, made no such blunder. White grabbed Ryan and with force forced the girl to the ground. Pinning her shoulders down, the part-veela could do nothing but struggle against his iron grip.

As she struggled, Galton Lansdale moved swiftly, surrounding her with slug repellant. Hopefully, it would keep the creatures contained within.

Caradoc Browne cast the bandaging charm, his intention to help the girl. Unfortunately, it seemed his power was far too great, for the bandage did not so much as assist her as it did rapidly tighten around her arm, bruising and causing the blood to swell to an ugle purple. However, the professor was not the only caster, and both Serena Towers and Xailah Alptraum nailed the girl with slug-vomiting charms. Almost immediately her writhing rapidly increased. But Howard remained stalwart, force exerted to keep the brawny girl from moving, the two locked in place as she thrashed and seized against his grip. Then, finally, the last slug made its way from the pit of her stomach and out of her mouth. It was a surprisingly quick movement, the slithering of the creature hidden by the girl’s violent movements. There was no way for Howard to see what would become as the slug as he endeavoured to keep the girl pinned. But the slug smelt something, it smelt the repellant that Galton had sprayed. Immediately it shot out of the circle, crossing the barrier, desperate to escape from the protective encasing that had surrounded it, desperate to get away from the slug repellant. And once outside, it smelt fresh meat.

Xailah was once more targeted, and once more dodged deftly out of the way. Only to step backwards into the lunge of the much larger slug. It was dying, that much was plain to see, but no one had bothered to inform the slug of such. With one, final, desperate, measure it bit into the girl’s shoulder, her attention taken by dodging the slug that had erupted from the mouth of the girl she had enchanted. The scent of fresh blood once more filled the air.

Pizza Rat moved quickly to strike at the new slug. Unfortunately, the heroic rat was just a fraction too slow to dig his teeth into more slug flesh. Still, he was more than holding his own in the fray, truly his bravery was the stuff of legend.

Slippery Jinx

Erin’s Wisdom
12+3=15

Grapple

Howard's Accuracy
19, 5 (rolled at disadvantage due to slippery jinx, lower roll of 5 taken)+17=22
Erin’s Evasion
2, 11 (rolled at disadvantage due to slippery jinx, lower roll of 2 taken)+13=15
Selim's Accuracy
3, 5 (rolled at disadvantage due to slippery jinx, lower roll of 3 taken)+12=15
Erin’s Evasion
9, 15 (rolled at disadvantage due to slippery jinx, lower roll of 9 taken)+13=22
Howard’s Strength
8+14=22
Erin’s Strength
1 Critical Failure
Erin is pinned by Howard

Slugulus Eructo

Serena’s Wisdom
6+15=21
Erin is pinned
Xailah’s Wisdom
14+8=22
Erin is Pinned

Ferula
Caradoc’s Wisdom
1 Critical Failure
Erin takes 50 damage
Erin health = 480/800

Pizza Rat Bites

Pizza Rat's Accuracy
19
Slug 3's Evasion
15+5=20

Slug Bites

Slug 3’s Accuracy
19+5=24
Xailah’s Evasion
18+10=28
Slug 1’s Accuracy
15+10=25
Xailah’s Evasion
7+10=17
Damage
300
Xailah health = 900/1,200

Bleeding

Wounds had been opened that were still not closed. Galton Lansdale for instance still bore the blade wound upon his arm earned for his earlier heroics and it continued to drip red. However, it was in the large slug that the bleeding truly took root. The slug had been running on reserves, even as it lashed out violently. However, it seemed that it would be for naught, and it died, not with a bang, but with the closest thing to a whimper that it would manage. It would die latched to Xailah’s shoulder, before it dropped off, much like a dead leach.

Bleed

Galton takes 50 damage
Slug 1 takes 10 damage

Galton health = 970 /1,100
Slug 1 health = -5/1,000

Seriously, What is Wrong with the Kid?

Gideon Athanatos would take to following the downed slugs with all the joy and professionalism of a very creepy savant. Bits of refuse and dead creatures would be put hastily into his bag. Knowing the youngest Athanatos he was probably humming or something of the ilk while he did it, the weirdo. He was uncomfortably successful at retrieving flesh and ichor, staining his hands with the blood of the creatures as he did so. That was, of course, until Hugh Lowe saw fit to get in his way. The boy had already collected most of the pieces of creature of value, but the part-giant had put an effective stop to any further gathering, lest he incur the wrath of the colossal boy.

Collection

Percentile die rolled
1d100 = 94

What Just Happened?

✿ Slug 1 dead
✿ Slug 2 dead
✿ Victor is pantsless
✿ Slug 3 is out and angry
✿ Howard has Erin pinned
✿ Slug repellant on students is all washed away
✿ Hugh has decided to stop the creepy boy
✿ Jurgen can wake up, oh boy!

Health Bar

Aurora Ranvier 365/500 Hadrian Zuheir 200/400

Jürgen Hess 25/500 Tyranni Whitethorn 725/1,100 Percival Gray 300/700 Serena Towers 100/1,000 Galton Lansdale 970/1,100 (BLEED) Erin Ryan 480/800 Jack Burnett 225/600 Sylvie O'Niell 750/900 Xailah Alptraum 900/1,200

Hag Slug 1 -5/1,000 (DEAD) Hag Slug 2 -320/500 (DEAD)

Selim Text Color: #4d0f25
Aku Text Color: #614f6d

"Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come."- William Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'

If Selim successfully captures the slug in his fanged puppet's mouth he'd try to pin it down while digging Aku's teeth into it as best as he can. If he fails, He'll try again next mod post if there's no progress in defeating it.

Action: Attempt groin shot with knee, target Howard
Status: Bleeding from a knife wound. Broken teeth. Pinned by Howard (not as great as it seems ladies). Bound by bandages by Caradoc (again not as great as it seems ladies).
Inventory: Wand, a neat piece of wood she found.
Attire: Dress, barefoot, hair as pictured above.
Interacts with: @Howard White
Mentions: ---

Note: Becomes a hag at the stroke of midnight (this is defined by the moderators of this thread).

Action: Talk

Interacts with: Professor @Orion Lécuyer & @Hugh Lowe

Mentioned: Erin Ryan and anyone directly involved in the altercation.

Inventory: Packaged and sealed candy inside his satchel. (dumped out) Wand. Heavy stuffed animal (small). Teeth. Dead slug.

Action: Get Gideon to drop the bag.
Inventory: Wand & Repellent for Slugs
Attire: Something not plaid or fancy looking. And a Copper Kettle Helmet.
Interacts with: @Gideon Athanatos .

Mentions: @Howard White & @Erin Ryan

Leaving the Fall Ball and all its stuff, Bloom made her way to the Samhain Festival where she saw quite a bit of familiar faces. But instead of the happiness that was in the Fall Ball, there were others that were hurt, angry, sad and just overall overwhelmed. What is going on? Bloom thought as she entered further into the festival.

As she got closer, she saw just the person she was waiting for: Howard White, on top of who looked to be Erin. There was definitely something she was missing. She knew that there was talk about Erin being someone she wasn't, but was it all coming out now? Looking around more, she saw Serena there, too. And even more-so, there was an adult present and everything was still happening. This meant that something was intense.

Unlike others, Bloom did not have the personality to just jump in and cast spells. She observed. She was in shock at what was happening. While the tent was the only thing that fell in the Fall Ball, here it was like a coliseum combat zone. If she looked hard enough, she could even spot blood around the area.

"Is it happening?" she asked a bit too loud to herself. Bloom took out her wand and went towards Howard. She did not do anything, but she watched. He seemed to have a good grasp on the situation despite the fact that if no one knew what was happening, it looked as though he was beating up a random girl.

ACTION: Just staring at what the hell is happening