Battle of the Seasons Summer Camp 2024 PV to Sign-ups

- Battle Of The Seasons -

Acacia had signed up for this "battle of the seasons" not knowing what to expect. Battle had to mean it was some kind of sport of course, which meant it was worth doing. Not as good as quidditch, but worth doing anyway. It looked like some sort of cross between a snowball fight and a water fight. But the beach. Oh the beach. It felt like it had been years since she had seen something so wonderful. Sun, sand, waves- oh how she missed them. Anything but this terrible snow. Her heart longed to pull off her boots and race barefoot along the warm, sandy ground. This was wonderful, this was the second best thing to happen all camp (apart from quidditch, of course), this was... Wait. Was that a team list board? Did she not get to pick her team?

If she wasn't on team summer where she belonged, someone was going to pay. How could they dangle everything she wanted in front of her like that and then snatch it away so cruelly? She stomped on over to the team lists, eyes desperately scanning the summer side for her name. It wasn't there. She checked it again, checked it a third time, but it still didn't appear. Her name did however appear on the winter side. This was so wrong. Surely there was someone she could talk to who could change this tragedy. How could they expect her to fight against something so wonderful? She barely processed the fact that her friend Ariam @Aston Beckett was doomed to fighting alongside her.

The joy she had felt at seeing the beach was long gone now that she knew her mission was to destroy it. Ugh, this sucked. Was turning on her teammates an option?

Moderation:

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Abilities:
Muggle condition- +3 accuracy roll on non-magical attacks
and actions
Chasers Interception- When a Quaffle is being passed by the
opponent team, users with this ability automatically get a 10% chance
to intercept the quaffle as long as the user is taking a quaffle-related
action during that quidditch round

Statistics:
Stamina: 8
Evasion: 8
Strength: 8
Wisdom: 6
Arcane power: 0
Accuracy: 10

Among the large list of camp events Ariam looked at Battle of the seasons was one of the more interesting ones to Ariam. The idea of a snowball fight was always appealing to them, especially one with so many people. Yes they do know that only one team uses snowballs, team winter, while team summer uses water balloons.

As Ariam headed to the arena they discovered they came quite early, they took a winter hat but decided against wearing mittens, think that it will get in the way and stop them from making snowballs as effectively. They know one of their friends Acacia will be here, in the same team as them no less. I'm sure she wanted to be in team summer though, she was so disappointed when the camp turned out to be winter themed.

Ariam had a look at the people already here, they didn't notice many people they recognised, only Acacia. But upon looking over at the other team, with the sand dunes and crabs and the all too hot temperature. Ariam noticed Lemmy LaRue on the other side, the cheerful boy from Wales they met back at the start of the month. It seems we will be enemies today, this will be fun. The idea that someone they know is in the opposition team only made Ariam more determined to win.

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EmmaLee giggled as she charged out of the tent, running as she finished twisting her long white hair into a braid. This was one of the events she was most excited about. She hadn't been sure what a Battle of the Seasons entailed, but she was eager to find out. Sadly, only two of her tentmates agreed: Stephen Schwartz and Miles Thatcher. The others had opted to remain behind for various reasons.

"The last one there is rotten eggs!" She called behind her to Miles and Stephen, as she left their tent in the dust, her brown boots crunching in the magical snow as she ran. EmmaLee needed the head start because both boys were significantly taller than her and had much longer legs. Hehe. Speaking of being significantly taller than her, EmmaLee had convinced one Sara Kohana to join as well.

Well... maybe convinced wasn't really the right word, she asked and he obliged was more like it. Anywho, Sara was going to be there so she had to go meet up with him, too. Hopefully, they were all on the same team.

EmmaLee beamed as she approached the area where they were told to congregate and saw the beautiful split between summer and winter. She actually kind of liked the fact that they didn't fade into each other, but split on a very visible line between the snow and the sand. She searched the lists of names with both delighted and disappointed that Sara, she, and Stephen were on the same team Summer, but Miles had been placed on Team Winter. Well, at least they'd have fun teaming up against him. Hehehe.

To her happier surprise, Aurélie had also signed up and was on her team. They had just done the Downhill Sledding activity together a few days before. EmmaLee wondered if her French friend was here already and, grabbing some sunglasses and leaving her boots at the entrance, she tore off across the sand to find her or Sara and a good hiding place to begin the match. Boots were good for snow, but not very good for sand.

As she ran across the sand, EmmaLee scanned the area and saw that quite a few on either side were here, but according to the length of the lists, there were many more to come. Finally, she found Aurélie and tackled the girl from behind in a hug, but made sure not to make either of them fall into the sand. "I found you! I didn't know you were signing up for this game as well." She said with a giggle. "Maybe we should compare notes afterward."

She released her friend and grinned widely as the girl turned around to her. "Are you excited to be on the warmer side?" She said, before looking around and grabbing a water balloon to prepare for attack. "I think I'd rather be on this side than that one."

As EmmaLee gently tossed the water balloon in her hands as she chatted with Aurélie, she couldn't help but think of what would probably happen when the balloon burst on people and she actually started to wonder if the winter team had thought about frostbite. Would they be on the field long enough for that to happen? The summer side would just get a cold shock like a garden hose being sprayed on them that might actually feel good in the warm sand, but the burst of water would be freezing depending on where it hit her opponents.

EmmaLee shook the thought out of her head. Sure Hogwarts events were terribly infamous for not thinking things through and putting people in real danger, but EmmaLee was overthinking things. It was a water balloon/snowball fight. What could possibly go wrong? Knock on wood.

ACTION:
In owl.

ABILITIES AND STATS:

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Fearless | Dhampir's Aura, Terrible Presence, Lycanothrope's Intimidation, and any spells or potions that cause fear are ineffective.
Calming Presence | Allies (defined at the START of an instance regardless of later betrayal) gain a 10% chance to auto-hit their chosen target.
Prodigal Transfiguration | Able to learn/perform Transfiguration spells above her current year.
STAMINA: 9 | EVASION: 8 | STRENGTH: 3 | WISDOM: 8 | ARCPOWER: 9 | ACCURACY: 10

Aston signed up for the battle of the season hoping to be on team winter, a snowball fight sounds amazing to him! Sure there's been snow in the places he's lived at but he has never had enough people to have a proper snowball fight. Not sure which team he's in, Aston wore a pair of hiking boots to the arena, hoping that it will be work no matter which team he is in.

When Aston arrived he was quickly greeted by the joyous site of his name under the list for team winter, he picked up a pair of earmuffs over the hats and stepped into the team winter area. The snow was beautiful, The organisers really did put a lot of effort in, this will be great! Aston looked around at some of his team mates, The only name I recognised on the list was Cass, pity that none of my other friends wanted to sign up, it would've been fun to have them here.

Not too sure what to do before the game starts Aston stepped over to the snowman closest to him, wanting to get a good look. He eventually thought it'd be fun to make a tiny snowman next to the big one, Maybe I can even give him a pair of little earmuffs! That will be cute!

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As Mahoutokoro INPC Kanae Suzuki
Interaction with @
Mentioning:

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RP Date July 24, 2024 Speech Reducio "Kanae's Speech" 'Thoughts'

Outfit/s Reducio Hair: ponytail Outfit her height for rp reasons: 5'1 Post date July 31, 2024 (22:50)

When the young Mahoutokoro girl looked at the sign ups and saw a water balloon-snowball fight, she knew she was going to enter. It seemed to be a pretty fun game where she can throw snowballs at random people and wouldn't be considered rude. She thought of it as an early birthday treat since her birthday was the next day.

Kanae wore a winter outfit with a waterproof puff jacket. She knew even if she survived the game, at least a few drops of water would be on her clothes. The girl arrived at the winter entrance to the arena. The snowmen were cute and she squealed a bit. Since she already had earmuffs, she took the vibrant mittens that were available as hers were quite dull.

She looked upon the battlefield and saw where the two seasons merged. Then Kanae looked upon her teammates. 'Karera ga yoi chīmumeitodearu koto o negaimasu.'¹ she thought hopefully. The girl hated people who didn't do anything in group projects in school so when its an international game like this? Who knows what her teammates are like. Fixing her earmuffs, she saw an older guy wearing crocs. 'Mahō-kai de ura rete iru to wa shirimasendeshita.'² The same man was wearing a Donald Duck hoodie. She felt pity that he didn't have anything to keep him warm but she recognised the character because her mother loved Disney.

Stepping on the fresh snow never got old. Kanae went to her position on the winter side. A few seconds later, the organisers finally blew the whistle.

RP Word Count: 259/200
OOC:

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translations:
1 = 彼らが良いチームメイトであることを願います。= I hope they are good teammates
2 = 魔法界で売られているとは知りませんでした。= I didn't know they were sold in the wizarding world

Stats and Abilities:

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Stats: STA 7 | EVA 7 | STR 8 | WIS 8 | ARC 7 | ACC 8
Abilities: Evasive Maneuvers

Action: As stated in Kim Sato's Owl

Keen Eye / Lovely Creature / Healing Sage / Calming Presence / Animagus

Interacting With | my iNPC Andrew Lycan Speech | Feline form

July 24th Outfit

The redhead was used to summer camp being quite... summery. So while she appreciated the creativity of the organizers' theme this year, Rose jumped at the chance to wear shorts when she learned she was on Team Summer. Her hair was even back in two dutch braids so that it wasn't on her neck. She was even more excited when her American cousin, Andrew Lycan, learned that he was on Team Summer, too. Rose had determined that they were going to be an unstoppable team.

Rose had decided not to just sit in her own gloom this summer camp, but to participate in a few things, and try to have as much fun as she could. Maybe it was just that she was distracted, or maybe she was genuinely having fun, but Rose couldn't say she regretted coming to summer camp this year. It was far better than sitting at home with her own thoughts.

As she came on the arena, Rose grabbed a can of spray sunscreen. She hadn't really had to worry about sunburn most of this camp, but she would rather not spend the rest of camp looking like a lobster. Plus, she was a redhead, and redheads were notorious for burning instead of tanning.

There were a few moments before the battle started, as everyone was still arriving, and Rose took a look around as she applied her sunscreen. If Drew didn't get here soon, he'd be late and their unstoppable team would definitely become stoppable. There were dunes, which would be handy to hide behind if needed, and a few sandcastles. At a closer look, Rose spied tiny little crabs inhabiting the slew of sandcastles.

"Are you ready for Team Summer to win?" a voice behind her asked.

Rose turned around to find her cousin, Drew, behind her with a grin on his face, his summery look complete with sunglasses. "Oh, yeah," she said, crossing her arms.

"Well, clearly not," he said, offering her a pair of sunglasses. "If we're going to do this, we have to do it in style."

She laughed, putting on the sunglasses. "And I bet you didn't put on sunscreen," she said, tossing it to him. He caught it easily, and didn't need any more convincing to put on sunscreen. She knew him too well.

"Now are we ready?" she asked, grinning.

He nodded, nothing but confidence. "Oh, yeah. These winter kids are about to feel some heat."

She held back a laugh at his cheesy one-liner, but didn't say anything as they neared the center of the field, readying themselves for the battle that was about to begin.

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Abilities: Keen Eye | Lovely Creature | Healing Sage | Calming Presence | Animagus Allies: Team Summer! Trunk: here!

Stats: Stamina- 10 Evasion- 12 Strength- 5 Wisdom- 11 ArcPower- 11 Accuracy- 11

Roleplaying as iNPC Andrew Lycan
Interacting with @Rose Moon

Andrew Lycan was a competitive kid. He was a broom racer, after all. You hardly joined broom racing unless you wanted to win. Dueling, you could practice your wandwork, and Quidditch was largely team-based. While you could use a wand and practice teamwork with broom racing, that wasn't the most important part, at least to Drew. He wanted to win.

And so, as he came up to the table sporting summer materials, he noticed that the arena was full of people. Maybe he should have come a little earlier, to get prepared or something, but as far as he was concerned, he was right on time. He grabbed two pairs of sunglasses, since they seemed the most important, and then jogged into the arena. He spied Rose, his cousin, quickly, and came up behind her.

"Are you ready for Team Summer to win?" he asked as he came into earshot.

Rose turned from the sandcastle she was looking at to find him, and smiled. "Oh, yeah," she said, crossing her arms. But this was obviously a lie, because while she did hold a can of sunscreen, she was not wearing the most essential gear for summer battles.

"Well, clearly not," he said, offering her a pair of sunglasses. "If we're going to do this, we have to do it in style." He honestly didn't get how she could get sunscreen and not the most essential stylistic accessory.

Because sunglasses weren't just an accessory- they were practical. Not only did they shield your eyes from the sun, but they had an intimidation to them. From all the spy movies that Rose had shown him, she, of all people, had to know this.

She laughed, putting on the sunglasses. "And I bet you didn't put on sunscreen," she said. He caught the sunscreen can, and while he considered arguing with her that he didn't need sun protection, he knew better. She would just argue with him, and she probably knew some kind of statistics about skin cancer or sunburn and all that. So he closed his eyes and sprayed his face, neck, and shoulders.

"Now are we ready?" she asked. Well, they were both in style, ready to intimidate the winter kids, who were weird anyway for wanting to be on the winter team. And they were both protected against the sun, easing Rose's conscience.

He nodded. "Oh, yeah. These winter kids are about to feel some heat."

Stats:
Stamina: 14
Evasion: 9
Strength: 16
Wisdom: 5
Arcane Power: 14
Accuracy: 7

Abilities:
Obnoxiously Strong | Fearless | Charmer | Paragon of Health | Wandmaker

Interacting with @Team Winter (open to interactions) ♥♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Mentioning Familiar Faces
Metamorphmagus: Not Active ♥ ♥♥♥ ♥ Outfit: Mittens, Woolly Hat, Earmuffs

♥♥♥ Xiomara was ready, armed with her mittens, a woolly hat with some earmuffs over the hat for extra protection and a snowball that she was ready to toss. Her gaze fell over the teammates - the rest of Team Winter. The majority of the team were unfamiliar faces. She had seen some familiar faces, such as a few tentmates or students she had run into before, when she was entering the battle but it seemed they had disappeared now. Likely, they were on the opposing side! Today, they were enemies, it would seem. She had no idea how the teams had been decided but it seemed like fate had spoken.

Looking around her team, she grinned at them and would offer a wave to anyone who looked at her. If she got a chance, she would introduce herself with a quick 'Hey! I'm Xiomara!' if they had not met already.

"Alright, let's do this, team! CHARGEEEE!" She called out to her team, with a grin. Xiomara was just here to have fun, in reality, she did not really care who won or who lost. It was just a fun game and way to pass the time but maybe she could meet a few new people! Besides, who did not enjoy a good battle cry? Okay, perhaps she had watched too much TV...

Nonetheless, on the whistle, she charged forward with her snowball and took her aim towards the first target that she could see. She had no idea if she was supposed to make a strategy in the matter but chose to just attack blindly. As long as she was going for the opposing team, it would be fine right? She just needed to try and get as many people out before she was knocked out herself! That was the whole point of the game! Maybe she ought to duck or something though... That seemed smarter. Right, yes, that was a smart move!

T E A M ♥ W I N T E R
Stamina: 7 | Evasion: 7 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 5 | Arcane Power: 1 | Accuracy: 6
Abilities: Metamorphmagus (Minor Appearance Shift/Skilled Transfigurer)

ACTION: Throw Projectile at Oonagh Brown (also owled as requested)