A Test of Strength Closed

Outfit: Reducio

Mentioning: Reducio @Camilla Carter & Everyone else

Date: 2nd November, 2024 (12:30) .

There's a first time for everything, and this was the first time Meyra would play in a real Quidditch match... I mean, the closest thing to a real Quidditch match, as it was not an official game and they were lacking on beaters. But anyway, that didn't took the fun of it, and didn't lessen her excitement for being in there.

Holding the bat in one hand and Jun's shining silver arrow in the other, Mey walked towards the Quidditch pitch with confident steps. Her cousin was super nice to lend her super expensive broom, as hers was left at home and will only be delivered after she shows up some good grades... Meyra would have to find a way to properly thank Jun for that after the game!

As her footsteps carried her through the entrance, Meyra noticed a group of people was already gathered there. She briefly looked between everyone present and soon realised that she only knew one of them, and it was no other but Camilla Carter. At this point it seemed like Meyra didn't like the girl, but not so much... it was more... a lack of confidence in her judgment, which wasn't good when she was on the same team! But here's hope...

"Afternoon!" She greeted them all when she got close to the group, "Thank you for doing this." She thanked to the tallest person she had ever seen in her life. She deduced that he was Lucian, as he handed them the coloured ribbons, hers was one of the purple ones. She grabbed it and tied it to her broom, getting ready for the game about to start.

This game wasn’t something she was expecting at all. Well, at least if you had asked her last year.

The time between applying for the Hufflepuff Quiddich team and leaving Hogwarts, as a second year, had been a blur of images and emotions. And here she was, some time after applying, playing in an unofficial Quiddich game. And this time, it would be no chaser game, but seeker game. Yes, she was a Hufflepuff chaser, but what was the issue in seeing how other positions play? Eh. She might apply for it in the future. Who knows if she’s good at it?

She clutched the Comet 180 broom she had asked for her birthday. She already had plans for joining a sport, but not which one specifically. Well, now she had made her choice. And this was her practice match. Tying the purple ribbon on her broom, she gazed at her teammates. What? 3 silver arrows? How did they even manage to get one? It was true she was saving for one, but she wouldn’t have nearly enough time to collect enough during her first year. Nevertheless, she smiled at her team. Recognising ones on both teams, she addressed them both.

Hello Jess! I hope you enjoy first string! With this rate, second strings are going to fly every game. So, good choice. Also, love you Silver Arrow! You’re so lucky. For her voice to reach the others, she had to scream. Prat, Aston, fancy seeing you here. Looks like we’re playing against each other. Good luck either way.

Eugenia then turned again to her team. Ok people! Let’s get going. We’ve got our strategies under way and some great players. Let’s go and win this, shall we? And she mounted her broom, all the thoughts swarming in her head. Time to fly little seeker!

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Pings: @da team
OOC: Let’s go people! Good luck!
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ORANGE TEAM 0 Points Reducio Seeker: @Prat Pass Comet 180 Reducio Prodigal -DADA, Lovely Creature Sta: 700/700 Eva: 8 Str: 6 Wis: 7 ArcP: 7 Acc: 9 Keeper: @Mamori Anezaki Nimbus 1500 Reducio Non-Human Enthusiast Sta: 500/500 Eva: 8 Str: 5 Wis: 7 ArcP: 3 Acc: 7 Beater: @Aston Beckett Comet 180 Reducio The Muggle Condition, Evasive Maneuvers Sta: 1000/1000 Eva: 10 Str: 10 Wis: 1 ArcP: 1 Acc: 15 Chaser:@ Alliasta Holista Blatchin Birch Reducio Lovely Creature, Calming Presence Sta: 600/600 Eva: 6 Str: 7 Wis: 7 ArcP: 6 Acc: 8 Chaser: @Cass Ito Acacia Murillo Comet 180 Reducio Muggle condition Sta: 900/900 Eva: 9 Str: 8 Wis: 6 ArcP: 0 Acc: 15 Chaser:@ Elisa Shakestra Nimbus 1700 Reducio Sta: 5 Eva: 7 Str: 7 Wis: 8 ArcP: 4 Acc: 9 -------------------------------------------------- BackUp Seeker: @Aodhan Shaw

PURPLE TEAM 20 Points Reducio Seeker: @Eugenia Karageorgiadi Comet 180 Reducio Perfectionist, Evasive Maneuvers Sta: 150/900 Eva: 8 Str: 2 Wis: 10 ArcP: 6 Acc: 10 Keeper: @Maisie Gemmell Silver Arrow Reducio Sta: 1000/1000 Eva: 10 Str: 5 Wis: 10 ArcP: 7 Acc: 11 Beater: @Meyra Lancaster Silver Arrow Reducio WereWolf Sta: 900/900 Eva: 10 Str: 10 Wis: 5 ArcP: 3 Acc: 10/reducio] Chaser: @Camilla Carter School Broom Reducio Sta: 800/800 Eva: 10 Str: 7 Wis: 0 ArcP: 0 Acc: 10 Chaser: @Jess McLeod Silver Arrow Reducio Calming Presence, Perfectionist Sta: 400/1000 Eva: 12 Str: 4 Wis: 10 ArcP: 10 Acc: 12 Chaser: @Delaney Collins School Broom Reducio Sta: 1000/1000 Eva: 8 Str: 2 Wis: 5 ArcP: 2 Acc: 8 -------------------------------------------------- BackUp Seeker: @Aodhan Shaw

Quaffle Grabs

Reducio

As Lucian pitched the quaffle towards the air, the scenery roared with excitment. Despite the lack of onlookers and cheers through the stadium, a match to display skill and glory certainly had everyone's heart racing. Positions held well, it was obvious that this was going to be a match to remember. The quaffle was fought back and forth between Elisa and Camilla. One could only wonder if the two were going to have beef with each other after such a start. First Elisa claimed the quaffle, then Camilla, then Elisa, then Camilla, but then the pattern was broken as Camilla swiftly claimed the quaffle. Did she pick up on a pattern on Elisa? Or was it just a lucky guess on something? Well either way it didn't hold much as the true points claimed was 0 for team orange. Elisa and Maisie both had some clear skills against each other. As if they had similar wavelengths of thoughts or reaction time, the swiftness of the attempts to score and the blocks made were clearly impressive. Both seemed evenly matched. On the other end though, it seemed adaptation and learning of the sport was still underway for both Camilla and Mamori as one of the three shots was blocked, earning team purple 20 points.

Seekers
Purple Team DC: (7+15) = 22 Wisdom / 24 Accuracy
Orange Team DC: (7+15+2) = 24 Wisdom / 26 Accuracy

Reducio

For the seekers it was obvious that their only goal was to search for the snitch at the start. Yet perhaps it was the gloom of the clouds blocking the sun, or the distracting slits of light that escaped and blinded either Prat or Eugenia. The game had just started, where would be the fun if the snitch was already to be found and caught? While winning could be everything, a match isn't fun if it doesn't last forever. In the end, both were focused or possibly distracted in their search with no luck in the golden glint in the sky.

Beaters

Reducio

Beaters. The real threats and danger of this game. It was possible for a single bludger to knock the living daylights out of a person. If there was a roll fitting for Lucian, it would most certainly be this one. The expression on Lucian's housemate Mamori was rather off at the start. Was the boy exhausted or tired from studious extracurricular studies? If so, then good on him, if not then he better hope that his weariness wasn't gonna slow him down. If he wasn't fully awake yet, he surely must have been now as a bludger flew past him with such speed and force. Such lethality that intimidation was the one word he might have felt from Meyra's attempt to knock him off. While that attack may have missed, Aston landed a clear hit on Eugenia. Now the question became which team was going to take a more defensive route than an offensive one.

Fouls/Saves

Reducio

Lucian was a man of truth, justice, and fairness. He didn't have a preference for either team, and was really only familiar with Maisie. Yet this familiarity wasn't a friendship in his opinion, he wanted to know more about her and everyone else on the field. If there's something that some may come to Learn about Lucian, he's not a fan of cheaters or any attempts at foul play. While Jess approached Aston like a hunter creeping up on its prey. Little did she know that she was the true prey of Acacia, who was hot on her broom tail. Speed mattered, and unluckily or luckily (depending on who you cheered for) Acacia pounced first before Jess had a chance. Jess was knocked off her broom as Acacia purposefully blatched into her. She didn't really try to hide it, she did it with such force on that it almost seemed personal. 1 Silver arrow down, 2 more to go. At least that would be the case, had Delaney not been ready to catch Jess with some timing and luck. Lucian blew a whistle borrowed from the quidditch equipment. He bellowed in a rather harsh tone towards Acacia that she was to do a penalty lap. Lucian's blood boiled only a little. While the game wasn't official, to play dirty wasn't something he was the biggest fan of even for victory.

Rolls

Reducio

Quaffle Grabs Submitted actions: (Camilla: Quaffle Grab and Score) (Elisa: Quaffle grab and score) (Mamori: Block) (Maisie: Block)
Q1: E (11+9 = 20) C (8+10 =18) Elisa takes
Q2: E (15+9 = 24) C (15+10 = 25) Camilla takes
Q3: E (13+9 = 24) C (6+10 = 16) Elisa takes
Q4: E(9+9 = 18) C(19+10 = 29) Camilla takes
Q5: E(15+9 = 24) C(16+10 = 26) Camilla takes
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Q1: E (18+9 = 27) M (16 + 11 = 27)
strength check: E (15+7 = 22) M (19+5 = 24) Maisie Blocks
Q2: C (9+10 = 19) M (4+7= 11) Camilla Scores
Q3:E (20+9= 29) M (20+11 = 31) Maisie Blocks
Q4: C (7+10= 17) M (14+7 = 21) Mamori Blocks
Q5: C (14+10 = 24) M (8+7 = 15) Camilla Scores

Seekers Submitted Actions: (Prat: Search) (Eugenia: Search)
P: (11+7 = 18) E: (6+10 = 16)

Beaters Submitted Actions: (Meyra: Backbeat Mamori) (Aston: Bludger Eugenia)
*Both teams have calming presence (CP), providing a 10% chance of auto hit on acc vs. eva rolls. Eugenia as Evasive Maneuvers (EM), providing a 10% chance to auto dodge any attacks against her. Mamori has Non-human enthusiast and Meyra is a Werewolf, providing him with a +1 to rolls against her. For all auto-hit/dodges, etc. a 10 means success.

CP= 2 no auto hit
Meyra (3+15 = 18) Mamori (13+9= 22) Mamori dodges

CP= 4 no auto hit
EM = 2 no auto dodge
A (15+15 = 30) E (1+8 = 9) Eugenia takes 750 damage

Fouls/Cheating Submitted Actions: (Jess: Blatch Aston) (Acacia: Blatch Jess)
Initiative Roll: A (6) J (1)
A (20+15= 35) J (3+12= 15) CRIT Jess is KOB and takes (8*75=600 Damage)
Jess was KOB before they could Blatch Aston

Saves Submitted Actions: (Delaney: Save) (Alliasta: Save)
Alliasta has no one to save
Delaney Saves Jess

Lucians Rage
(23 nothing happens)
50> Lucian does nothing
50-74: Lucian will penalize players on both teams
75< Lucian will badly penalize players on both teams
*Take note there are no rogue bludgers to take in account both teams only have one beater. For more fun in this unofficial match and to add more roleplay to it. Lucian can become angry from any noticed foul moves. This can result in rogue bludgers being released resulting in random attacks on both teams. It is possible for Lucian to become so angry he'll take a beater's bat and use his own Giant Strength. These attacks will be random and hit both teams for fairness of the game.*

Don't expect any gentle play. That was what one of the girls on the other side had said. When the words had echoed onto the pitch, Maisie hadn't realized exactly what that had meant.

But she would.

When the whistle went and Lucian's game set in motion, everything seemed to move really fast. And it was not going great for Team Purple. Maisie occupied herself primarily with the quaffle. In this at least, they had a lead. "Great work, Camilla!" she called out as she watched her teammate (who likely couldn't hear her) score two goals. But it was the opposing chaser, Elisa, who gave her trouble. There was one shot in particular that nearly went into the hoop. Her hand had reached out in time, but it was a strong throw. A very strong throw. But Maisie was just able to nudge it out of the way, and prevent a goal from Team Orange.

This all looked good at the time—until she saw Jess fall. She'd barely known the girl, but it didn't take a lot to realize that the Hufflepuff had skill on a broom. Presumably because of that she made an easy target. Thankfully, Delaney had the foresight to observe and wait, and catch her. Maisie let out a sigh of relief, but even in that was the knowledge that Jess had taken a bad hit.

And she wasn't the only one. Across the pitch, the sound of a bludger rang out as it collided straight into Eugenia. Maisie winced at the sight. She wanted to call out across the field to see if she was alright, but everyone seemed so far away.

There was only one thing to do: focus on these hoops.

That was the only thing in her control.

Action: As Strategized.

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The world blurred as Elisa and Camilla fought for the Quaffle, their movements weaving through the air like dancers in a fierce battle. Mamori’s tired mind struggled to keep up, his broom hovering unsteadily in front of the center hoop. Everything was happening too fast for his sleep-deprived brain to process. Then Camilla had possession of the Quaffle as she came straight toward him. Despite being fellow Hufflepuffs, he barely knew her beyond seeing her in passing. She made a move, and Mamori followed — too late realizing his mistake as the Quaffle sailed smoothly through a different hoop. "Wake up!" he yelled at himself, the words tearing from his throat. "Wake up, Mamori!" The frustration of missing that save was at least cutting through his mental fog. Just as he was starting to refocus, a dark shape shot into his peripheral vision — a Bludger, spinning straight for his chest. Instinct kicked in before his mind could catch up, and he flung himself into a desperate sideways roll. The Bludger whooshed past, close enough to ruffle his pink hair, and his heart leaped into his throat as his broom wobbled precariously, his fingers cramping from their death grip on the handle. That was way too terrifying — the sheer force behind that Bludger almost made it seem like the other person had a grudge against him. His eyes found Meyra, the opposing Beater, and Mamori's thoughts must have been written all over his face: Have I ever offended you before? But the surge of adrenaline cleared his head enough to make sense of it — he was the only first-year on his team, with no backup Keeper waiting on the sidelines, no prior Quidditch experience to draw from, and certainly no fancy broom like some others had. In her place, he might have done the same. The game continued. When the next Quaffle came his way, Mamori managed to block it. But moments later, the third attempt slipped past him, adding another goal to the purple team's score. Two goals. They'd scored twice, and his own team hadn't managed to get anything past the purple team's Keeper. The weight of responsibility settled heavy in his stomach. Two goals, both his fault. Both because he hadn't been good enough, fast enough, alert enough. But there wasn't time for self-pity. His eyes darted between the Quaffle and the lurking Bludgers, knowing that staying on his broom had become just as crucial as protecting the goals. If he got knocked out now, there'd be no one left to guard the hoops at all. The thought helped push aside some of his tiredness, especially knowing they'd likely target him again. Watch everything, he told himself. The Quaffle, the Bludgers, the players. Miss nothing. Because right now, survival and success were one and the same.

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As the Quaffle was thrown in the air, Camilla did what she did best and swooped in for the ball -- all ball sports were the same, really. She who controlled the ball, controlled the flow of the game. Unfortunately for her, it seemed that she was not the only one who had had that idea, and some upper-year (@Elisa Shakestra) had also thought the same thing.

"Snap" she grumbled, as the ball was claimed by the upper-year, and before she had had a chance to properly contest the ball, the girl was already up to their keeper; trying to force goal. Luckily, it felt that their @Maisie Gmmel was up to the task of wrestling control of the ball back from the overenthusiastic Chaser. "Nice one!" Camilla yelled back at her keeper. "I'll score one for you!"

And in the next scrimmage, she proceeded to do just that. barely getting her fingers on the ball, she blasted past the opposing Chaser and right towards the Keeper, feinting to the right hoop before shooting for the center and scoring. "Ha! Gotta wake up earlier than that if you want to stop me!"

It meant nothing, but Camilla was surprised to hear the Keeper yell at himself to wake up. Whoa, that kid right there was intense. She'd have to score on him a couple of times to properly get under his skin. "Hey Delaney, Je...ss....?" .

Wait, where were her teammates? What was going on? Oh heck with it, she'd just continue playing and those two would show up when they showed up. In the next scrimmage, she lost the Quaffle again to that annoying blonde girl, and had to rely again on Maisie cleaning up after her. Talk about embarrassing!

In the fourth scrimmage, Camilla easily managed to grab the Quaffle before her new nemesis and even stuck out her tongue at the upper-year Chaser while skirting past her in the air towards the hoops, only to catch a glimpse of Delaney and Jess sharing the same broom. The shock of the sight, as Camilla processed what must have happened, threw her off her game and the Orange Keeper was easily able to predict and block her shot.

"Oi, is this the kind of game we're running now?!" Camlla all but shrieked at the tree of a man (@Lucan Allum) who could probably have easily stopped this kind of play if he truly wanted to. But it didn't seem like her righteous fury would do much to inspire the referee. "Fine then!"

In the last scrimmage she all but rocketed forward, muscling the Quaffle away from her nemesis and scoring a second time. Someone in the stands was screaming encouragement, but Camilla barely heard. Normally, Camilla would be over the moon at having scored the first points of any game. But this game was looking to be more a bloodbath than a ballgame.

Fine, then. If that was how it was going to be, she would just have to adjust.

Date: 2nd November 2024 (12:30) Mentions: @Lucian Allum | @Camilla Carter | @Delaney Collins Outfit: Reducio Light blue Quidditch fleece, black Canterbury sweatpants and dirtied white trainers

Action: as strategised Broom: Silver Arrow (+3 to all stats) Stats: Sta 7 [10] | Eva 9 [12] | Str 1 [4] | Wis 7 [10] | Arc 7 [10] | Acc 9 [12] Abilities: Calming Presence | Perfectionist

Outfit: Reducio

Mentioning: Reducio @Lucian Allum @Avery Chen @Cass Ito @Maisie Gemmel @Camilla Carter @Jess McLeod @Mamori Anezaki @Eugenia Karageogiadi

Date: 2nd November, 2024 (12:30) .

As she pushed the ground under her feet, Meyra felt her Silver Arrow cut the air with precision and grace and she was up, looking down at her teammates and their adversary team, taking in their positions and trying to discern their skills. It was difficult to analyse anything that could be useful at that point though, and so she thought the best course of action was to follow what her team had previously strategised. Swinging the sturdy bat in both hands she made a few attempts, without hitting anything yet, just to get used to its shape, how it fit in her hands and the best way to make use of its own weight.

Lucian finally gave them signal to start and soon a chaotic show of flying figures took place in front of her. She saw Camilla fighting for the possession of the quaffle against the other team's chaser, and even if it was a little hard for her to admit, the Hufflepuff girl was proving to be quite skilful. Perhaps the...Ball in a Basket - or whatever the name is - was a nice way to train for quidditch after all. "You got this Camilla!" Meyra yelled encouragingly as she prepared her bat to finally hit the bludger. Perhaps motivated by the way her team was scoring, and how Maisie was also showing to be a pretty good keeper, the young Gryffindor spared no effort as she wielded her bat and struck the iron ball with the power to cause as much damage as she could.

The iron sphere flew aggressively through the field heading towards the opposite team's keeper. Sadly and disappointingly it missed the target and Mey gave a brief grimace to her lack of luck. She felt Mamori's eyes on her and she met them with her own. She could see the question forming in his turquoise orbs, a question she replied with a smirk and a quick wink, before flying away again, trying to find herself a better position to help her team. "I will try, worry not!" She yelled at the boy sitting at the bench. She had no idea who he was, but he seemed to have taken the role of commenting their match. She smiled at his remarks, at least he was making it in a fun way.

"Good catch Delaney!" She told the auburn-haired chaser who saved Jess from a scary fall, "You Okay Jess?" She asked as she flew past them, making sure no bludger was threateningly around. But as she looked up, she understood a blunger had not been the culprit of Jess's fall. Because the only blunger around had find its target on Eugenia, their seeker. Meyra's eyes narrowed towards the foreign student in silent menace, but before she could give her the right answer in a form of a very nasty, heavy iron ball, Lucian called out, blowing his whistle and telling Acacia she was having a penalty lap. Honestly, this was her first time playing as a beater, but she was pretty much enjoying her role in the game, there was something very satisfactory about using her strength to get that blunger roaring the sky.

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•Lovely Creature in Effect•

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The first few moments of the match was basically Elisa and the other team's chaser snatching the quaffle from each other from time to time, just as Elisa thought she was about to score, the opponent keeper, prevented it, and before she could get much hold of the quaffle, the opponent chaser who was apparently a first year already scored, the same continued for the whole duration, every time Elisa's scoring attempt either being interrupted or the quaffle being snatched by the first year. Before frustration could take over her, her eyes fell on Aston, as they bludgered the seeker of the opponent team, critically hitting her, Elisa couldn't help but smirk at the sight of the beater's actions,

Just as Elisa thought team purples situation could get any worse, her eyes fell on Jess, one of the bearers of the fancy silver arrow, fall out of her broom, on the verge of hitting the ground but luckily saved by some teammate of her, above flew Acacia who had for sure blatched her, while Acacia's action was illegal, What even was a quidditch match without fouls? Elisa gave her teammate a good job look before getting her focus back onto the game as she heard the previous chaser's petty complain, she chuckled as she muttered with heavy sarcasm in her tone "Oh, please, don’t be such a stickler for the rules when even the official teams are bending the ‘no blatching’ rule like it’s some suggestion! It’s almost like you think following the rules is gonna end us in something worse than a penalty lap"..

Stats:
Stamina: 5
Evasion: 6 7
Strength: 6 7
Wisdom: 7 8
ArcPower: 4
Accuracy: 7 9

Broom: Nimbus 1700

Actions: As strategized