Closed Hitting the Bricks PV Unofficial Racing

roleplaying as approved inpc elias travers
Eli's ASL + Eli's BSL + Eli's Writing + Eli's Speech

Riding a broom for only the second time in a fast-paced high-stakes environment, and a different such environment no less, ensured Elias was properly shaken as he creeped forward at a slower speed, on high alert at all times, head whipping back and forth and back and forth.

Ok. Ok, maybe I can push someone off. Yeah. He wasn't very eager to use spells.

Everyone was going so fast, pushing so far ahead. And he was just... Slow.

Intense feelings of danger caused him to dip down close to the ground. A rushing crackle of verdant sparks crested overhead, and Elias stared agape at their source Briar. Why is he going for me? Elias was the most harmless, least threatening of the group! He could barely cast a spell or fly the broom for goodness sake!

Hopefully one of those two things would come to him soon.

There was a bunch of snow falling down, but despite his less than adequate attire, Elias was not feeling the chill. Maybe the adrenaline pumping through his body at 60,000 miles an hour attributed to it.

As he swept the field of his opponents and teammates as they zoomed ahead of him, he saw Alejandro take down the boy who tried to cook Elias.

Right. Knocking people over.

The closest person to him was Judas, and though Elias did like the kid, a game was a game. Maybe he could get something, a gift, and give it to him after the race. In apology or congratulations, whichever ended up more relevant. He threw his elbow into Judas' side, signing Sorry at the now grounded boy before flying onward.

STATS: STA 9 + EVA 8 9 + STR 4 5 + WIS 8 9 + ARC 3 + ACC 8
BROOM: NIMBUS 1700 + COMPASS
ABILITIES: SIXTH SENSE + CAT'S GRACE

@Koko Riddle + @Raizel Voltrouz + @Cass Ito + @Alejandro Garcia
Judas Crane @Rebecca Lark + Briar Toussaint @Ulysses Drake

Fly fast he would, but with naught slight errors along the way midst his stride. Adrenaline struck his core and fueled him, propelling the Haitian teen towards newfangled speeds with an urge for victory that resonated on his tongue. These uncharted speeds, however, would be his ruin as the boy hurled himself obstacle after obstacle without care. Despite being disoriented from the brief collisions with walls and a waft of thick fog veiling his sight, a permanent smirk managed to etch itself on his features. Flying alongside him would be an opponent from the other team, but no one Alphonse recognized by name, and the boy rationalized well to keep his brown gaze fixated on the path onward.

Surely, with the vote of confidence and skillful plotting from his team's captain, the boy was destined for glory. Alphonse would be holding his teammates on his back to attempt to hold the lead and secure the win, and the Castelobruxo Chaser refused to let his team down—especially not Madhup—the only one Alphonse would dare try to gain the approval of.

His fingertips would trace the outline of the stone 'Cap Madhup would drop into his pocket before the broom race's commencement. All he could ask himself was, what would Madhup do?

Broom: Silver Arrow (+3 to all stats)
Stats: Stamina 6 (9) | Evasion 10 (13) | Strength 10 (13) | Wisdom 5 (8) | Arcane Power 0 (3) | Accuracy 10 (13)
Abilities: Charmer (-1 Accuracy to opponents).

thank you @Alyssea Brown

ROUND 2

ATTACKS

Madhup is throwing an improved projectile at Cyrus
10% auto-hit Chiaki's CP, proc on 10: 6, failed
Madhup acc d20(2)+25 - 1 Cyrus' Charmer - 3 spd = 23
Cyrus eva d20(8)+14 - 3 spd = 19, hit!
Cyrus is hit with 25*21 = 525 HP damage

Cyrus Darsel [280/1400]

Chiaki is throwing an improved projectile at Cyrus
10% auto-hit Madhup's CP, proc on 10: 10, success
Cyrus is hit with 25*7 = 175 HP damage

Cyrus Darsel [105/1400]

Cyrus is casting Cracker Jinx at Alphonse; WDC 15
10% auto-fail from Glacius, proc on 1: 1, success
Cyrus fails to cast

Elias is casting Flipendo at Chiaki; WDC 12 + 2 Briar's LC = 14
Elias wis d20(2)+9 = 11, failed
Elias fails to cast

Alejandro is blatching Chiaki
Alejandro acc d20(8)+10 - 1 Judas/Alphonse's Charmer - 1 spd = 16
Chiaki's 10% autododge (EM I), proc on 10: 7

Chiaki eva d20(1)+10 - 3 spd = 8, hit!

Alejandro str d20(15)+4 = 19 < 30, normal damage
Chiaki is blatched in Unit 1 and takes 25*2 = 50 HP damage

Chiaki Hiroi [950/1000]

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Cyrus takes 70 HP damage from Glacius

Cyrus Darsel [35/1400]

Words cannot describe the sheer horror Alyssea felt at that very moment. No, she didn't catch anyone cheating this time. Not even close.

Two spells didn't make their mark. Whatever they were supposed to be, they fizzled out into nothing but sparks at the tip of their caster's wands. Alyssea was relieved for them that the spells didn't backfire in any way, but she knew how frustrating it was to have a spell that could've changed the entire game and not come to life.

The onslaught of rocks aimed at Cyrus did not cease for even a brief moment. How long could you hold out on being a target before falling off your broom? Alyssea was about to find out.

UNIT 1 - Easy Snowfall

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Judas and Briar remain here

UNIT 2

Chiaki remains here
Alejandro and Elias end here

UNIT 3 - Moderate Fog

DC: 22

Madhup acc d20(19)+25 - 1 Judas/Alphonse's Charmer - 3 spd = 40, success

Cyrus acc d20(9)+17 - 1 Judas/Alphonse's Charmer - 3 spd = 22, success
Cass acc d20(12)+8 - 1 Cyrus' Charmer - 3 spd = 16, failed

duration d3(1) = 1 round

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Cass' ACC and EVA are halved for this round

UNIT 4 - Easy Narrow Passageway

DC: 17

Madhup acc d20(4)+25 - 1 Judas/Alphonse's Charmer - 3 spd = 25, success

Cyrus acc d20(1)+17 - 1 Judas/Alphonse's Charmer - 3 spd = 14, failed
Cass acc d20(16)+4 [halved from fog] - 1 Cyrus' Charmer - 3 spd = 16, failed
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Cyrus and Cass take 4*10 = 40 HP damage
Cyrus is knocked unconscious
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Madhup and Cyrus end here

With the return of two racers back into the game, another one took their place. It was beginning to feel a lot like the Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw match she watched over a while ago, except the birds also utilised summoning charms to de-broom their opponents.

And this early on into the game, Alyssea watched as Cyrus tumbled to the ground, the ice breaking upon impact. Cyrus hadn't been the one to get blatched, though, so the cold damage from the freezing spell had certainly done its worst. She ran up and threw a quick hot air charm. "Yikes, you alright? You haven't got hypothermia, have you? I've had too many people called to the nurse for that this year."

UNIT 5 - Moderate Narrow Passageway

DC: 22

Cass acc d20(14)+4 [halved from fog] - 1 Cyrus' Charmer - 3 spd = 14, failed
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Cass takes 4*10 = 40 HP damage
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Cass ends here

UNIT 6 - Hard Bright Light

DC: 20

Alphonse sta d20(4)+9 = 13, failed

Miharu sta d20(1)+10 = 11, failed
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Alphonse suffers a 10% chance to auto-fail all ACC and WIS rolls for the next [20 - 13] = 7 rounds
Miharu suffers a 10% chance to auto-fail all ACC and WIS rolls for the next [20 - 11] = 9 rounds

UNIT 10

Alphonse and Miharu end here

The distance between each team's frontrunners and the rest of the pack was slowly growing. How much of an advantage would this be? Alyssea didn't really know. All she knew was that now she had one less racer flying the track to the finish. Did she have time to run and get some blankets from the tents?

Round Outcome

Team One
Judas Crane - is in unit 1 [850/900][posted]
Briar S. Toussaint - is in unit 1 [1050/1100][posted]
Alphonse J. Toussaint - is in unit 10 [850/900][posted] ACC and EVA are halved for the next round, 10% chance to auto-fail ACC and WIS rolls for 6 rounds
Madhup Hexum - is in unit 4 [1200/1200][posted]
Chiaki (Riku) Hiroi - is in unit 2 [950/1000][posted] KOB

Team Two
Cyrus Darsel - is in unit 4 [-5/1400][posted] 70 HP cold damage for the next round (Glacius), 10% chance to auto-fail spells for the next round Unconscious
Elias Travers - is in unit 2 [900/900][posted]
Miharu Goto - is in unit 10 [950/1000][posted] 10% chance to auto-fail ACC and WIS rolls for 8 rounds
@Cass Ito - is in unit 5 [820/900][posted]
@Alejandro Garcia - is in unit 2 [590/600][posted]

Submitted Plays

OOC Information

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- You have 168 hours (7 days) from the time of this post to make your own reply

- if you are in need of an extension, just tell me! I'm flexible

- In the same time, captains are to send your team's actions to me (Alyssea Brown) via owl (so no individual actions, please!)
- Like all other areas of the site, please use an identifying visual (banner or other means) to differentiate between playing your PC and iNPC
- If you haven't already, please have a read of the broom racing system
- As this is an unofficial race, there are no locker rooms provided and how you communicate with your teammates is up to you; you may make a private group chat or make an on-site thread. However, if you choose to make an on-site thread, it is important for the other team to understand that you are not allowed to read the other team's strategy discussions
- Additionally, a minimum word count of 200 words is expected
- Place your broom, abilities, and stats in each of your replies for ease of moderation
- Rolls will be made on the #bot-spam channel in the H.io Discord server
- Most importantly, have fun! If you have any questions, reach out

@Rebecca Lark, @Ulysses Drake, @Remedy Norden, @Pericles Dralt, @Pax Zhang, @Koko Riddle, @Astra Norrick, @Raizel Voltrouz

Roleplaying as: Judas Crane from Beauxbatons
Hex Code: #a69eda

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Tagging Reducio Briar Toussaint @Ulysses Drake Alphonse Toussaint @Remedy Norden Madhup Hexum @Pericles Dralt Chiaki Hiroi @Pax Zhang

The plus side, if there was any at all, was that he was once again seated semi-comfortably atop his broom and ready to rumble. The downside was that he hadn't actually raced in this broom race. He was still right next to the starting line, as if he'd done nothing at all. He wasn't alone, at least, and he threw Briar a quick little wink and a wave in honor of their shared misfortune. Judas wasn't one to just lay over and die though, so he'd need to narrow in on how he'd like to approach the rest of the race here, and fast.

Chiaki wasn't that far ahead of them, and the lovely, if aggravating, Madhup was a bearly visible blip, but Alphonse was nowhere to be seen, so hopefully he'd actually been performing what they'd all came out here to do. He turned to Briar, and asked him in English, "Any bright ideas in that pretty little head of yours?" This was why he'd always prefer duelling to racing: how were you supposed to tell if your strategy was going to plan with everyone spread out far and wide like this? It simply wasn't as convenient as having all your teammates standing next to you. Duelling truly was the superior sport.

⋅ Action: As strategized ⋅
Also washing my mouth out with soap for saying positive things about duelling. Quidditch 4 lyfe.
⋅ Stats: Sta: 8 9 | Eva: 8 9 | Str: 0 | Wis: 8 | Arc: 7 | Acc: 12 14 ⋅
⋅ Abilities: Charmer ⋅ Statistically Relevant ⋅
⋅ Broom: Comet 180 ⋅

Japanese ~ English

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Word Count: 212

Interacting: @Pericles Dralt as Madhup, @Rebecca Lark as Judas, @Ulysses Drake as Briar, @Remedy Norden as Alphonse

Date: August 1st 2024

Chiaki wasn't usually one to sling spells when broom racing - they preferred to be the one upfront and leading the way, paving the road for victory. However, they also respected a strategy when they saw one, and knew that they had to at least give it a try this time. Even if that meant she was trailing behind with everyone else. No matter though, she was doing a good job. And she'd make up the distance in due time.

At least her spell had hit her target and done its fair job. The eldest, Cyrus, had been considerably weakened in his spellcasting and she had to admit, she was pretty proud of that. On that note, she leaned down on her broom, carefully selecting a good rock from the ground, before taking aim at Cyrus yet again, watching the stone thud into him as she kept flying.

However Chiaki didn't make it too far before she felt someone collide into her, and despite her best attempts, she couldn't cling to her broom. Cursing in her mother tongue under her breath, she scrambled to her feet and dusted off her clothes, grabbing a hold of her broom. A lot more people were ahead of her now, and that really was fuelling her rage.

Action: As Strategised

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Stats:
stamina-10 | evasion-10 | strength-7 | wisdom-6 | arcpower-7 | accuracy-14 (+4 from FB = 18)

Abilities:
calming presence (allies: Madhup, Judas, Briar and Alphonse) | cat's grace | evasive man. | muggle condition

Broom:
Firebolt (+4 to acc)

Trunk:
Spells can be found here

Interactions: Everyone Mentions: Everyone else

Date: August 1st Location: London Quidditch Stadium

Outfit: x

- Hitting The Bricks -

Things weren't exactly looking great for their team. All they could do was fly though, so fly they did. Leaning forward on their broom, they took off in an attempt to catch up to the front of the pack. The fog over the track was pretty thick, and try as they might to see through it they got more than a little disorientated. All they had to do was follow the other racers though, and they would be fine. This race could still be turned around. They were right behind duck boy though, so they gave him a wave as they approached the passageway.

That was a mistake. They bumped into a wall, and Cyrus who was already barely hanging on anyway did as well. There wasn't a lot of time to waste on asking if he was okay though (which was a bit pointless, seeing as he was clearly unconscious), they had to focus on flying through the passageway. Cass was becoming a wall magnet. If there was a wall, their broom would find a way to collide with it. Smack, smack, smack. The walls were playing ping pong with a short 12 year old. They were definitely going to have bruises from this tomorrow.

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	Madhup had been called much worse than "not nice". He playfully stuck his tongue out at Cyrus when the other upper year glanced back, already digging into his pocket for another projectile, only to sport a surprised scowl when he took aim at Alphonse up ahead. "Hey! Look at me when I'm throwing things at you, string bean!" Mad wound back his arm and threw the next stone with a mean hook. Joined by Chiaki, the impacts landed with brutal thuds, visuals of their success soon cut off as they were plunged into a fog. Durmstrang's Honningbie fell- for once- quiet. He leaned on his other senses to sail through the haze, hugging tight to his broom while squinting ahead. The tunnel was an easy enough obstacle in comparison. Mad barreled through in time to see Cyrus succumb to Chiaki's freezing spell, but the witch herself was blatched by an opposing flier, leaving him muttering quiet complaints and swears to himself. At least these kids were taking the game seriously. Better to go all out or not play at all, he reasoned, and stakes were high with their win currently riding on a fifty-fifty chance. At least the other big guy was out of the race.
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Broom: Varápidos
Top Speed is 6, however when you reach a speed of 6 there is a 10% chance that you will auto miss ACC rolls and you will be auto-hit with anything requiring a dodge.
Special Action: Enganação. This literally means "cheat" and is a basically the art of sleight of hand for Brazilian Quiddich players. When a flyer player attempts to use the "cheat" action where they attempt to cast a spell while in a game, they succeed once per game automatically. Must declare alongside cheat action. All subsequent attempts to cheat have a 10% automatic "not noticed by the spectators" effect.

(Standard) STA: 9 | EVA: 15 | STR: 18 | WIS: 3 | ARC: 3 | ACC: 19
(Varápidos) STA: 12 | EVA: 18 | STR: 21 | WIS: 6 | ARC: 6 | ACC: 22

Foulplay: 25% chance that fouls will go unnoticed
Interception: Automatic chance to Intercept a passed quaffle
Fearless: Immunity to fear effects such as terrible presence
Calming Presence: Allies gain a 10% chance to auto-hit their chosen target
Muggle Condition: +3 accuracy roll on non-magical attacks and actions
Martial Artist: gains access to Punch, Grapple, Kick, and Chokehold

fit:

roleplaying as approved inpc elias travers
Eli's ASL + Eli's BSL + Eli's Writing + Eli's Speech

Still not going very fast at all, Elias and Alejandro remained in similar positions to each other. Neither were quite at the obstacles yes, and Elias wasn't sure he wanted to be with the fog that was coming up. A new sort of nervousness twisted his insides around at the thought of being down two senses, even just for a time.

In the meanwhile, he tried to help out his team with some fancy schmancy spellcasting. Briar, recently up, was to go back down again. Unfortunately, Elias failed to even cast the spell, the letters falling flat as they exited his mouth in a crude imitation of flipendo. He definitely needed to work on his casting ability, most specifically his words. If he hadn't have botched flipendo, he'd have one less person immediately on his tail. And who knows? Maybe Briar would figure out the snow is actually so comfortable to take a quick nap in. He could have some chocolate, too, when Judas got his.

But Elias had botched it, and so Briar remained up. He wouldn't be getting any chocolates.

Alejandro knocked Chiaki on her butt into the snow. Nice! Elias signed, a grin opening across his face. They were one for two back here, but how was it looking up there?

STATS: STA 9 + EVA 8 9 + STR 4 5 + WIS 8 9 + ARC 3 + ACC 8
BROOM: NIMBUS 1700 + COMPASS
ABILITIES: SIXTH SENSE + CAT'S GRACE

@Koko Riddle + @Alejandro Garcia
Judas Crane @Rebecca Lark + Briar Toussaint Ulysses Drake + Chiaki Hiroi @Pax Zhang

What would 'Cap Madhup do? This alone was merely all the adolescent Haitian boy could opine; what would 'Cap Madhup do?

His thoughts churned nearly as speedily as the boy himself would soar. As Alphonse navigated this race's course with newfangled speeds, his brownish gaze occasionally settled on the Mahoutokoro girl zooming alongside him; the chaser's own innate curiosity would most certainly be his hubris as the boy hurled himself obstacle after obstacle without care and suffered consequences of such fascination.

It wouldn't be walls or fog that would ruin him, but a fulgent, livid light that disoriented his vision. That permanent stardom-like smirk that remained glued upon his determined countenance would be replaced with a fixed grimace from the blinding glare. A quick hand would attempt to promptly shield his wildered gaze but to no avail; Alphonse would feel his formerly steady flight transition to wobbliness as the boy merely held onto the Silver Arrow with one hand. Concealed panic wore him as his sweaty fingers began to slick off the broom as the boy tried to hide from the glare, causing him to emit a groan in frustration from the blue-hued spots staining his vision.

Placing his free hand back onto the broom, Alphonse would simply close his burning eyelids and lean into the wooden handle momentarily, hoping to ground himself in whatever way he could and propel himself forward.

Broom: Silver Arrow (+3 to all stats)
Stats: Stamina 6 (9) | Evasion 10 (13) | Strength 10 (13) | Wisdom 5 (8) | Arcane Power 0 (3) | Accuracy 10 (13)
Abilities: Charmer (-1 Accuracy to opponents).