First Annual Alumni Broom Race pv: alumni sports club

T H E- A R J A N- O B E R O I

He smirked as he flew near Lavinia, a very cute face in the world of their Hogwarts-Durmstrang experiences. He had briefly seen her around, though they did not have the pleasure of speaking more, "Hey there, beautiful, need a hand?" He asked as he flew near her, preparing to launch her faster so she could claim glory for the team. He was not really a team player - he preferred the glory to go to himself. But he was reaching out, deciding that if he helped the beautiful girl then maybe she would fall for him by his heroic actions.

But something went wrong. Horribly wrong. He did not understand it. He tore his gaze from Lavinia and stared down at his hands.

What in the love of Stribog just happened to him?! The Arjan Oberoi could explain a lot of things in his life but this was not one of those moments. He could not shake it. It was like... Words could barely describe it. A feeling that just came over him, unsettling him and for some reason, he could not shake it off. It did not just bounce of his inflated ego like every other feeling did. Was this... the lack of confidence? No, no. It couldn't be. The Arjan Oberoi lacking in confidence? That was not right.

He shook his head, trying to snap out of whatever had come over him. But by the time he did, Lavinia had already zoomed ahead. He sighed.

Trying to chase up to her, his thoughts were clearly far more occupied by the beautiful girl that had evaded him whilst trying to ignore the very creepy feeling that had come over him all of a sudden. Like someone was watching. Or something was going to go wrong. He had no idea what it was. It was just awful. Right, stop thinking of that. Think of the cute girl. Yes. Pretty. He hated to see her fly away but he did love to watch her leave.

Occupied by the thoughts of whatever this was, he missed the GIANT tentacles that came out of the water, catching him quickly. For the love of Stribog - how did he even miss that?! He had no idea but he quickly found himself being grappled by a disgusting slimy squid. "Ugh, don't you dare-," He warned the Giant Squid, horrified by the thought of getting slime on his nice outfit. It was icky and wet and gross. He hated this! Perhaps he ought to have paid some attention to the race itself. But who would have expected a disgusting SQUID to try and grab them?!

Sta: 15 18 | Eva: 10 13 | Str: 25 32 | Wis: 6 9 | AP: 8 11 | Acc: 18 21
Broom: Starsweeper XXI* +3 to stats [added above for ease] | Broom Compass attached
Relevant Abilities: Obnoxiously Strong (15% = 3.75, rounded to 4) [added above for ease]
The Martial Artist, Spell Spread and Charmer
[Charmer Opponents: Everyone except the Team]
* Broom borrowed from Serena's inventory for the purpose of this thread

S E R E N A - J O D H A - T O W E R S

you must forge your own path for it to mean anything

Mentions:

Everything happened so quickly that she was not entirely sure what happened or how it happened. Howard was right next to her one minute, they were speeding through the course together and then... he disappeared. She groaned - without opening her jaw - as she looked over her shoulder for him but it was no good, he had gone. She did, however, see a spell whizzing towards her. The sound hit her ear just in time to give her the opportunity to quickly swerve out of the way of the incoming attack.

She fell on again ahead, racing as fast as she could through the course. Coming across the next obstacle, she grimaced a little. There was one surefire way to get through this trap but Serena had no chance of doing that tactic. Not whilst her mouth was still bound tightly together. Stupid jaw shutting potion! She would have cursed and grumbled but alas, she could not.

Instead, she gripped the Silver Arrow tightly in her small hands and leaned forward. Her eyes narrowed as she focused on each and every vine, quickly swerving out of the way wherever she could. Up, down, right, left, 360 spin in the air. Whatever she had to do to get through the Devil's Snare at this point, they were approaching the finish line but these vines were bad. They were everywhere!

Somehow, she managed to fly through them, sighing a breath of relief as she did. Her gaze fell onto the finish line. It was up just ahead. Unfortunately, the part goblin also had enough experience with broom racing to know what that meant. It meant this was the moment she might have died. She was now going to be the target of everyone's attacks. It would not be the first time, she was - after all - the seeker of the infamous Hufflepuff Quidditch team that never lost a game. They would not stop until she was KOB and she could only imagine it was her time to die now. But broom racing was much nicer than Quidditch. There was another strategy that was likely in play too. Right now, everything was up for games. It was not over until someone crossed the finish line, and that did not have to be her.

Her gaze quickly shot around, trying to scout out exactly where her opponents were and were her friends were. It was now or never.

Sta: 10 13 | Eva: 19 24 | Str: 3 6 | Wis: 15 18 | AP: 10 13 | Acc: 20 25
Broom: Silver Arrow +3 to stats [added above for ease]
Relevant Abilities: Goblin Armour, Evasive Maneuvers, Paragon of Health
Goblin Armour: +2 Accuracy & +2 Evasion [added above for ease]
[Allies for Paragon of Health: Lavinia and Ruby]

Mentioning: @Howard White and @Koko Riddle

It felt better to be casting spells. This broom-thing had been a nice shake-up from Galton's usual sporting venture, but slinging spells was his true calling. That wasn't to say this was some trivial matter - no - it was actually quite a bit more involved than he'd tried before. Nailing a target rapidly zooming off was not really the same as hitting a earth-bound target. There was some muggle sport it was reminiscent of. Ski shoeing... Er, skunk shooting? The few months away out of school were already beginning to show. Whatever it was called, it was like that. Shooting a rapidly moving target through the sky. Just instead of skunks, he was targeting other people. And instead of shooting he was merely... zapping them? Which sounded much better.

And so his skunk would be Howard. The large fellow on the large tree. His zap of choice? Depulso. A nice little incantation that would reel the racer right back through all those nasty hazards he'd just escaped. Galton was never one for something as boring as damage (nor did he have the aptitude for it), so being a pest and dragging other onto his level seemed much more fun. And when Howard splashed down next to him, he couldn't help but grin towards his re-seated teammate as he called out to her. "We should probably get flying now, shouldn't we?" Now to figure out where his broom had gone.

Stats and fun stuff:

Reducio

STAMINA: 11
EVASION: 18
STRENGTH: 3
WISDOM: 20
ARCANE POWER: 5
ACCURACY: 17

Evasive maneuvers
Spell Spread
Evasive Maneuvers II
Blindvision
Perfectionist
Perfectionist II
Wandless Magic

Pine Chopper

Mentions: Ami Procoppio

One thing about duelling? The threats almost always came from one direction, save a lightning cloud or a teammate's error, so Bridget had spent the better part of her time at Hogwarts learning to dodge what she could see coming. The willow wasn't really like that, all trashing limbs she had to duck and weave through, and her understanding that the threats could come from behind her wasn't enough to suddnely make her an expert at keeping her head on a swivel, while flying a broom, no less. Her days of swinging at bludgers were so far removed as to be irrelevant at this point.

It was this shortcoming, coupled with focus split between the shrinking forms of competitors ahead of her and the newly-revived Ami behind her, that strung together a lot of half-attempts where nothing really worked. She glanced back, thinking of giving Ami a boost, but stalled halfway through lifting her wand. Maybe that was some instinct warning her about the willow, maybe it was something else, but she stopped casting only for a heavy branch to slam into her shoulder. Gritting her teeth, she gave up on the scene behind her and pushed her broom forward, out of the range of the willow and through a passage, at least managing to slip through that unscathed. Somewhere still ahead of her was where all the action was.

Action: Doing as strategized

Stats: STA: 14 • EVA: 15 (19) • STR: 8 (12) • WIS: 18 • ARC: 12 • ACC: 19
Abilities: Sixth Sense • Evasive Maneuvers • Prodigal DADA Learner • Perfectionist • Impartial • Nonverbal Magic • Restricted DADA
Broom: Oakshaft 79 (+4 to 2 stats of choice, increased capacity) | Compass attached

Lavinia would be lying if she said that she didn't find Arjan attractive. He was a fit athlete and she had been waiting to get a chance to finally meet him. With just her luck they were flying together for the race and he took that as an opportunity to ask her if she needed a hand.“Sure! It would help the course fly by so much faster”. She replied to his comments wondering how far he could actually alley oop her. He reached out for her broom, she flew closer to him, and then all of a sudden he stopped and was looking at his hands.

Something had definitely come over Arjan and Lavinia didn't have time to waste, she was here to help her team win not wait around for some highly attractive male athlete to throw her to the finish line. Lavinia flew off, looking back to notice him still acting confused. At least she finally got a moment to talk to him and maybe at the end of the race they could discuss what did and didn't happen in that moment.

Flying further, Lavinia felt certain she was going to make it past the giant squid entangling people until a hidden arm reached out and snatched her mid air. Ugh that ended her speedy flight as water started soaking into her clothes and all of her movement was restricted. She was so close to the finish line and looked forwards to see a teammate well far ahead of the squid. Now without a huge reason to immediately try and break free, Lavinia looked back to see Arjan had flew after her (by flying the track) and also got stuck in the squid. Laughing to herself, Lavinia couldn't help it and said “Hey there handsome, do you need a hand?” to Arjan with hopes that maybe they could laugh about getting stuck in the squid together after the race today.

Action: Doing as strategized
Health: 1370/1300
Broom: Varápidos, +3 to all stats, Enganação ability, Compass Attached
Abilities: Foulplay, Chaser’s Interception, Evasive Maneuvers, Keen Eye, Muggle Condition, and Statistically Relevant II
| Sta: 10 (13) | Eva: 18 (21) | Str: 7 (10) | Wis: 8 (11) | Arcp: 6 (9) | Acc: 29 (32) |

Action: As strategized.
Broom: School Broom
Stats: STA: 7 | EVA: 15 | STR: 21 | WIS: 6 | ARCP: 3 | ACC: 25
Abilities: martial artist | spell spread | muggle condition | animagus

*.·:·.☽✧ ✦ ✧☾.·:·.*

Broom racing was… interesting. It wasn’t like Ruby couldn’t handle getting knocked around a bit—she had duelled until she fell unconscious before—but it was new to be facing environmental factors that were causing minor amounts of pain instead of facing other duellists who were attacking one another with spells. Although… there did actually seem to be that, too—thankfully she hadn’t been hit by any yet, but others had been impacted by opponents’ spells and she herself had even cast at a couple of them. Racing was a combination of many, many different things, it seemed, and it meant that there was so much going on around them at once.

The heat that she passed through hadn’t been something that Ruby had expected at all. It was intense to the point that it hurt—not nearly as much as something like a Knockback Jinx would, but she hadn’t thought a temperature would be painful. She supposed the main problem was that this was all so dysregulating for her. There was so much that was new to her, so much happening at the same time, and so many things—like the fog and heat—affecting her senses, and it was all leaving her vaguely confused. Apparently, this confusion was enough to affect her performance, because when the Giant Squid reached its tentacles towards her, she was far too slow to react, attempting to evade it at the last moment. Unfortunately, it was already too late, and the squid grabbed her, eliciting a grimace from the recent graduate.

Action: As strategised | Mentions: N/A

Reducio

Stats: Stamina: 10 | Evasion: 14 | Strength: 5 | Wisdom: 17 | Arcane Power: 12 | Accuracy: 17
Abilities: Perfectionist I & II | Spell Spread | Fearless | Nonverbal Magic
Broom: Silver Arrow

Stats: +3 to all stats
Stats with broom: Stamina: 13 | Evasion: 17 | Strength: 8 | Wisdom: 20 | Arcane Power: 15 | Accuracy: 20

*.·:·.☽✧ ✦ ✧☾.·:·.*

ROUND 5

Average Racer Stats for Obstacle DCs: 20 (accuracy), 12 (stamina), 9 (strength), 12 (wisdom)
Average Wisdom of Team 1 + 10: 25 (Cheating DC for Team 2)(+2 from sixth sense)
Average Wisdom of Team 2 + 10: 21 (Cheating DC for Team 1)

Mr. Darsel remounts his broom; the artist has spent a majority of the race on the ground, but now he could get a view of the the last leg.

Support Actions

Cyrus remounts his broom

Mr. White tries to cast something at Miss Riddle, but it seems spells are not his forte. Mr. Lansdale makes one last effort to destroy Miss Towers's progress, but the experienced broom racer is able to easily avoid his charm.

Hostile Actions

Howard casts the knockback jinx at Koko

Reducio

wis dc 12 +3(lc) = 15
howard wis: d20(5)+4=9

Howard fails to cast the spell.

Galton casts the banishing charm on Serena

Reducio

galton 10% unsettling on 1: d10(3)
wis dc: 20
galton wis: d20(8)+23=31
galton 10% cp on 10: d10(1)
galton 10% tp on 1: d10(4)
galton acc: d20(1)+20 -1(charmer) = 20
eva 10% auto-dodge on 10: d10(9)
serena eva: d20(16)+24 -4(speed) = 36

Serena evades!

"It's been exciting race for our alumni! Miss Procoppio avoids the whomping willow! Mr. Oberoi escapes the giant squid, while the monster plunges Miss Cloven and Miss Cazares into the lake! Mrs. Alptraum-Leveret takes a swim herself in the waterfall! Miss Riddle is trapped in the Devil's Snare! But Miss Towers flies through the finish line—she hasn't said a word, but there's barely a scratch on her! Congratulations to the Knights Who Say "Ni"! Well flown!"

Starting Line
Cyrus ends his turn here.

Unit 2: Whomping Willow [eva DC 25]
Ami disturbs the whomping willow by flying slowly.

Reducio

ami eva: d20(17)+15 -2(speed) = 30

Ami evade the willow!

Unit 4: Easy Narrow Passage [acc DC 25]

Reducio

ami acc: d20(12)+25 -2(speed) -1(charmer) = 34

Ami avoids damage and ends her turn here.

Unit 5: Easy Trees [acc DC 21]

Reducio

bridget acc: d20(1,6,17)+19 -4(speed) = [16,21,32]

Bridget hits a tree for 50 damage (1200/1400).

Unit 6: Easy Fog [acc DC 25]

Reducio

bridget acc: d20(13,1)+19 -4(speed) = 28,16

Bridget uses her compass to navigate the fog.

Unit 7: Medium Narrow Passage [acc DC 30]

Reducio

bridget acc: d20(4)+19 -4(speed) = 19

Bridget is bonked for 50 damage, (1150/1400).

Unit 9
Bridget and Samuel end their turns here.

Unit 14: Giant Squid [eva DC 25]

Reducio

arjan str: d20(11)+32=43
lavinia str: d20(4)+10=14
ruby str: d20(5)+8=13

Arjan escapes the tentacles. Ruby and Lavina are thrown in the lake.

Unit 15: Hard Waterfall [str DC 24]

Reducio

arjan str: d20(8)+32=40
xailah str: d20(12)+5=17

Arjan makes it through the waterfall. Xailah joins Howard and Galton on the ground.

Unit 17
Arjan ends his turn here.

Unit 18: Impossible Devil's Snare [acc DC 35]

Reducio

koko acc: d20(4)+24 -4(speed) -1(charmer) = 23

Koko is ensared!

Finish Line
Serena crosses the finish line!

Round Outcome

Round 0 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Results

The Lucky Ducks
@Cyrus Darsel is at the starting line. [1060/1300] KOB [R1][R2][R3][R4][R5]
@Ami Procoppio is in unit 4. [245/700] [R1][R2][R3][R4][R5]
@Bridget Collins is Unit 9. [1150/1400] [R1][R2][R3][R4][R5]
@Xailah Alptraum-Leveret is in unit 15. [1420/1500] KOB [R1][R2][R3][R4][R5]
@Galton Lansdale is in Unit 15. [1400/1400] KOB [R1][R2][R3][R4][R5]
@Koko Riddle is in unit 18. [1950/2000] [Ensared!] [R1][R2][R3][R4][R5]

The Knights Who Say "Ni"
@Samuel Sauber is in unit 9. [850/1300] acc/eva halved for 1 more round [R1][R2][R3][R4][R5]
@Ruby Cazares is in unit 14. [1175/1300] acc/eva halved for 2 more rounds & [Swimming!] [R1][R2][R3][R4][R5]
@Lavinia Cloven is unit 14. [1310/1300] [Swimming!] [R1][R2][R3][R4][R5]
@Howard White is in unit 15. [1640/1700] KOB [R1][R2][R3][R4][R5]
@Arjan Oberoi is in unit 17. [1680/1800] grabbed by the squid! [R1][R2][R3][R4][R5]
@Serena Towers crossed the finish line! [1200/1300] [cannot speak] [R1][R2][R3][R4]

Submitted Plays

Winner:
The Knights Who Say "Ni" crossed the finish line first
Final Scores:
Knights: 56 pts, Ducks: 49 pts
Placements
1st - 25 pts - @Serena Towers
2nd - 18 pts - @Koko Riddle
3rd - 14 pts - @Arjan Oberoi
4th & 5th - 10 pts - @Bridget Collins & @Samuel Sauber
6th - 7 pts - @Ami Procoppio
7th - 6 pts - @Cyrus Darsel
8th, 9th & 10th - 4 pts - @Howard White, @Galton Lansdale & @Xailah Alptraum-Leveret
11th & 12th - 1.5 pts - @Lavinia Cloven & @Ruby Cazares