Final Task Reuben, Della The Wizarding Schools Potions Championship

English | Parseltongue
interacting: Reuben Garcia @Mellani Miller

"It might be a little cold for you, huh?"

Della smiled at Reuben, trying to feel confident and instill some into her teammate. The potion brewing went off without a hitch, but there was a chance they made a mistake. She held the vile in her hand, willing it to work. If not, it was an express trip to the hospital wing to treat burns. Or worse.

Della had to admit, she didn't feel as skilled when she was on the ground and not on her broom. She had faced ashwinders in the air, but seeing them here was much more intimidating. But Reuben and she had come up with a smart plan—they just needed to execute it.

Professor Lennox gave them the signal, and the two entered the forest. Della nodded toward Reuben. She swallowed the vile in her hand quickly, trying not to taste it too much. She felt a warm sensation pass through her body. Hopefully, that meant it was working. She tensed her muscles, almost kneeling in a runner's starting position. She placed her eyes firmly on the small cabin, choosing a window to climb through. She supposed she should follow the light source that was crackling within.

All she needed was for Reuben to make his move, and she would go.

Action: drinking the black fire potion & going to the cabin to steal the eggs

Sometime before the ball | English | Arabic | Spanish |

Reuben entered the area for the final task along with Della, who he was sure would become a great friend of his with some time. "Yeah, it is a little cold, but I've come to like it. It's a nice change from the warm summers back home."

He smiled back at Della. They could do this. And even if they didn't succeed, it would be a great experience, and he would have made a new friend, and maybe got treated for burns and made more new friends.

Reuben waited for Della to enter, and then after waiting a few minutes, he sprayed the drowsiness draught, hoping it was enough to make the ashwinders sleepy and buy Della some time. He waited in the shadows, trusting Della with retrieving the eggs. After all, she was the older one of the two, and she had probably faced such challenges before, since she was a student of this school.

"Don't forget to shout out for help if you need it!", he whisper-yelled at Della, hoping she could hear him. "I'm sure you're doing great!" He knew a little encouragement could go a long way, so he did not hesitate to give her some.

Mentioning: @

@Della Barfield :Interacting With

STA : 6 | EVA : 10 | WIS : 8 | ACC : 10 | ARC : 2 | STR : 4 |
Calming Presence | Evasive Maneuvers

Reducio

OOC: Calming presence in effect

Round: 1

The icy wind continued to blow around the stadium, unwilling to show its mercy to all the excited participants and spectators. Meli suppressed a shiver as a delicate thread of cold air dared to penetrate the fabric of her scarf. With her bright sapphire eyes, she scanned the stadium field, not wanting to miss anything that was happening, both for her own amusement and entertainment, but also so that she could act quickly if something was going in the wrong direction. There ere too many variables that could make that competition turn to the wrong way.

It was interesting to see how her students thought in such different and creative strategies to overcome their challenges. Della for example, decided to ingest their brewed Black Fire Potion at the start and Meli considered it to be a smart move taking in consideration the nature of the creatures she would have to face with Reuben, her teammate. What the history of magic professor could not understand quite well, was why Reuben decided it was a good idea to spray the drowsiness potion inside the cabin with both of them having to enter it...were they be holding their breaths while searching and grabbing the eggs? But that questioning thought kept unanswered, as the potion...well...it didn't went well!

Maybe there was too little time to complete a perfect potion, or maybe they mixed the wrong ingredients? Who knows! The fact is that that potion did not have the expected results on the Ashwinders. Instead of starting to feel dizzy and drowsy from the smoke wafting through the cabin, the Ashwinders felt irritated by the disturbance and decided to retaliate.

Setting Rolls:
50% chances that one of the Ashwinder eggs will start catch fire [11-20]:
d20=10
d20=12 caught fire
Fire started to spread around one of the eggs.

Ashwinder attack. Each one (there are 4 of them) has 50% chances of attacking. Two will try to attack Della and the other two will try to attack Reuben [11-20]:
Della:
d20=11 attack / d20=4

One of the ashwinders looked at Della menacingly looked at the Gryffindor broom racing captain and prepared to attack her.

Ashwinder 1 vs Della
ashwinder acc:
d20(5)+12=17
Della EM
10% [19-20 success] = d20=19 Success!

Della incredibly was able to avoid the attack with an amazing show of fast instincts! Maybe her experience as a broom racer was now helping her facing the threatening fire snakes.

Reuben:
d20=14 attack / d20=15 attack
Ashwinder 1 vs Reuben
ashwinder acc:
d20(7)+12=19
Reuben EM:
10% [19-20 success] = d20=18
Reuben Eva:
d20(12)+10=22 Evades
Ashwinder 2 vs Reuben
ashwinder acc:
d20(1)+12=13
Reuben EM:
10% [19-20 success] = d20=14
Reuben Eva:
d20(13)+10=23 Evades

Luckily, Reuben was able to avoid both attacks too. Melisande felt really impressed with both her students. They made a great team!

Spot ashy trails of Ashwinder - WDC:10
Della:
d20(9)+10=19 / d20(18)+10=28 / d20(15)+10=25 / d20(4)+10=14
Della found the four trails of ash. But she found them too late to avoid disturbing the creatures as the Drowsiness Potion made them already wanting to attack.
Reuben:
There's only one left to spot, as the other three ash winders already attacked.
d20(20)+8=28
Reuben found the trail of ash, from the only ashwinder that took on its dark corner.

Spot one or both eggs - WDC:20
Della:
d20(6)+10=16 / d20(4)+10=14
Della saw non of the eggs.
Reuben:
d20(15)+8=23 / d20(9)+8=17

Della was not able to spot the eggs, but Reuben found one!

Summary:
- There’s one egg starting to spread its flames around;
- Della is immune to fire;
- Della saw the 4 trails of ashes but was not able to avoid the attack of the ash winders due to the failure of the Drowsiness Draught Potion;
- Della got attacked by one Ashwinder but evaded;
- Reuben used the drowsiness potion but was a failure which led the Ashwinders to become irritated instead of getting dizzy;
- Reuben got attacked by two Ashwinders but evaded both;
- Reuben saw all the trails of ashes;
- Reuben found one of the eggs!

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@Reuben Garcia, @Della Barfield

Sometime before the ball | English | Arabic | Spanish |

The drowsiness potion had failed and had made the ashwinders more irritable, but Reuben refused to let it bother him. "It's gonna be alright, we can still get the eggs!", he yelled encouragingly at Della.

He barely had seconds before the ashwinders decided that they wanted to remove soome of their annoyance on him and swooped in for attack. He thankfully managed to avoid both of them before any harm could be done, and bby looking at Della, she seemed to have avoided her ashwinder too, which left only one of the creatures who they had not yet seem.

Reuben did not take long to spot the remaining creatures trails, and thankfully, it had chosen not to attack, though nothing could be said about whether it would stay that way till next round. "Avoid that area", Reuben told Della, pointing at the remaining ashwinders trail.

Reuben quickly noticed fire spreading from one side. "You should go check that out, since you're fireproof. I'll try and find an egg." It did not take him long to spot an egg, which thankfully was not spreading fire, implying that the other egg was probably the source of the fire.

"Found one", he said more to himself than to Della, as he headed towards the egg, keeping a watch for any more ashwinders who would choose to attack. Even though he was a duelist, he chose to avoid spells for as long as possible, because there was always the chance of the spells backfiring and doing more harm than good.

Mentioning: @

@Della Barfield :Interacting With

STA : 6 | EVA : 10 | WIS : 8 | ACC : 10 | ARC : 2 | STR : 4 |
Calming Presence | Evasive Maneuvers

Reducio

OOC: Calming presence in effect

English | Parseltongue
interacting: Reuben Garcia @Mellani Miller

As planned, Reuben threw the potion they had prepared. As the gas filled the area around the cabin, the ashwinders appeared, more in a frenzy than a stupor. So, their potion didn't work—what had they done wrong? Della clutched herself, Was the potion she drank going to react poorly, too? There was no sensation to tell her whether it worked or not; she would have to go off hope.

Of course, an angry ashwinder came barreling toward her. She sidestepped it with ease. Just because she was used to a broom didn't mean she was still light on her feet. Reuben had made it out of the way of his attackers as well. "Nice one!"

He seemed to believe her potion had worked, and he had spotted an egg. He still had quite the positive disposition despite half their plan tanking. He was probably right—why would they fail at both potions? Della spotted a few trails of ash that probably led to eggs, one with a trail of smoke. She ran toward it, preparing to jump at a moment's notice if an ashwinder decided to follow her. "Alright, I'll go toward the flames! If we're lucky we'll both grab an egg!"

They could do this! They might actually do this!

Action: following the path to the fire egg

Round: 2

Setting Rolls
50% chances that the other egg will also catch fire [11-20]:
d20=11
- the other egg also started to glow with flames.
50% chances that the other egg will continue to spread its flames through the cabin [11-20]:
d20=18
- the flames started to spread.
- 20 damage to Della (as she is immune to fire)
- 60 damage to Reuben (he is not immune to fire)

There was a fire beginning to spread and roar softly inside the fragile wooden cabin and smoke began to invade the space making life difficult for Della and Reuben's team.

Della
Spot the eggs [WDC: 20]:
d20(6)+10=16
d20(12)+10=22
- Della saw one of the eggs.
The Ashwinders are still restless from the failed potion, so there's still 50% chances they will keep attacking [11-20]:
d20=13
d20=6
- One will attack Della.
Ashwinder vs Della
Acc: d20(13)+12=25
10% EM [19-20] - d20=18
Eva: d20(15)+15=30
- Della was able to evade the attack.

Even so, the captain of the Gryffindor broom racing team was able to make out the flames and smoke and managed to see the silhouette of one of the eggs.

Meanwhile the ashwinders were still furious over the use of one of the potions that had gone wrong and one of the creatures attacked Della again. But driven by trained and quick reflexes, the girl managed to escape the attack.

Reuben
Spot the other egg [WDC:20]
d20(10)+8=18
- Reuben didn't saw the other egg.
The Ashwinders are still restless from the failed potion, so there's still 50% chances they will keep attacking [11-20]:
d20=16
d20=12
- Both Ashwinders kept attacking Reuben.
1. Ashwinder vs Reuben
Acc: d20(11)+12=23
10% EM - d20=13
Eva: d20(17)+10=27
- Reuben evades.
2. Ashwinder vs Reuben:
Acc: d20(14)+12=26
10% EM - d20=11
Eva: d20(7)+10=17
- The Ashwinder bit and strangled Reuben. 180 damage + 100 damage per round if he keeps being strangled. His only action for next round will be to try to escape the Ashwinder.

Reuben managed to grab one of the eggs. However, the egg was already on fire and it would definitely leave some burn marks. And perhaps because he was responsible for spreading the said potion, he was again targeted by two Ashwinders, who were unable to forgive the boy's insolence.

Two of the fire snakes decided to continue attacking the boy and one ended up being successful. Reuben was left with a bite to the memory and would be trapped and strangled by the Ashwinder.

Summary:
- The eggs are both on fire. One of them is continue to spreading its flames. Smoke started to spread causing 20 damage to Della [800/780] and 60 damage to Reuben [600/540].
- Della saw one of the eggs
- Della got attacked by one of the ashwinders but evaded.
- Reuben was attacked by two ashwinders and was bitten and is being strangled. Took 180 damage + 100 per round. [600/260].
- Reuben is holding one of the burning eggs. 60 damage per round [600/200]

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@Reuben Garcia, @Della Barfield

Sometime before the ball | English | Arabic | Spanish |

Reuben was having a hard time, to say the least. Nothing was working in his favour, the egg he grabbed was burning his hands, the whole cabin was on fire, and to make things worse, he was getting attacked by more ashwinders.

Reuben managed to evade one of them, but maybe the burns were way too many, which was why another one managed to strangle him. Yeah, a trip to the infirmary was definitely going to be needed. "Reducio", he cast at the ashwinder clinging on to him, hoping that it would be enough to be free. Gods, if he managed to free himself, he would run out of here at top speed and throw the egg away as fast as possible.

He looked to the side to see Della, who seemed to be doing pretty okay. She was immune to fire, and she had seen the other egg, and she had evaded all ashwinders. If one of them got out of this cabin in one piece, it was definitely going to be Della. "You can do it!", he yelled encouragement at Della. They were almost out of time, which meant that whatever she did, she would have to act fast.

Mentioning: @

@Della Barfield :Interacting With

STA : 6 | EVA : 10 | WIS : 8 | ACC : 10 | ARC : 2 | STR : 4 |
Calming Presence | Evasive Maneuvers

Reducio

OOC: Calming presence in effect

Casting reducio at ashwinder and running out with egg if escaped/in the state to run out

English | Parseltongue

interacting: Reuben Garcia @Mellani Miller

The Black Fire potion was definitely working—there were fire and little angry ashwinders everywhere, but Della remained unburned. Their other potioneering attempt definitely did not work, hence the little angry ashwinders.

But Della's potion did not protect her from inhaling smoke, which was almost as deadly as the fire itself. She tried to use her robes as a mouth covering, but she was still having trouble breathing. She spotted an egg—finally—and made her way toward it.

On her way, she heard Reuben shout out a spell in a strangled cry. Della turned to looked toward the sound of his voice, and one of the little angry ashwinders was trying to actually strangle him. This wasn't supposed to be a life-or-death task—was it? He still managed to shout words of encouragement to her: this kid.

Della took a quick moment to cast the knockback jinx at the little murderous ashwinder. She had a take a breath to steady her aim—she didn't want to hit Reuben instead. The deep breath turned out to be a terrible idea because it sent her into a small coughing fit, and all she could do was hope her aim was true as she turned her sights back on the egg in front of her.

Action: trying to grab the egg she spotted, casting flipendo at the ashwinder on Reuben

Round: 3

You both missed the deadline this round, so I can't take your actions. But I hope you both had fun writing this with us! Best of luck next time!

For transparency, here are all the rolls made for the competition:

POINTS

Potion 1: 30
Potion 2: 0
Task: -20
TOTAL: 10

Details:

@Reuben Garcia, @Della Barfield