CICTF Spider Monkey vs. Sloth

This event is part of the Castelobruxo International Capture the Flag event
26TH OF JUNE, 2026 IN THE JUNGLE ARENA

ZONE 1 : IARA
(Zone Modifier: -1 ACC)

After perfecting the structure of her trap, Dido began contemplating life. Unfortunately, an Iara lurking nearby was sizing her up. Who better than to lure into their depths than a girl simply minding her own business? Dido’s vision slowly began distorting as an illusion of her heart’s greatest desire began enticing her to move towards the river. Fortunately, Jada was not phased by the Iara’s trickery and intervened before her fellow Spider Monkey could become fodder. It was clear that Dido was slightly out of it, but Jada’s remark lightened the mood ever so slightly.

ZONE 2 : ANACONDA
(Zone Modifier: -2 EVA)

The area was slowly turning into an anaconda swim day that no one was informed about. Despite that, Olivia and Avery traversed the terrain with no issue. The anaconda paid them no mind and slithered past, although it may have given them a fright due to its sheer size. Although, that seemed like the least of their concerns as they came face to face with a few of the Spider Monkeys.

As the anaconda slithered along the riverbank, it came across Salim who was simply laying there. Clearly the anaconda took that personally as it hissed and began coiling itself around the boy. After releasing him, it continued on its path, undisturbed by the presence of Sir Humphrey D’Ogwarts III, Dahlia, Ophelia and Tina.

However, it stopped right before Tes, eyes gleaming with curiosity as it stared at her. It seemingly felt a sense of kinship with the girl, unlike its hostile counterpart from earlier. “Ssso many humanssss,” it hissed to Tes. It almost seemed more distressed than aggressive.

Ophelia and Sir Humphrey D’Ogwarts III seized the perfect opportunity to banter with Tes. Despite the unusual timing, their remarks were witty enough to earn some sort of recognition from the girl. Dahlia, on the other hand, was more proactive and began preparing a little gift for her opponents; a sneaky little trap. Her efforts paid off with its final form being sturdy and effective. She could pat herself on the back for that.

ZONE 3 : DOWNPOUR
(Zone Modifier: -2 ACC, -1 STA)

Heavy rain continued plaguing the area. Danielle was immediately drenched when she wandered over. A quick glance at her surroundings would reveal Fawkes and Henry recovering from their horrid encounter with the slippery mud. She traversed the terrain with ease. Fawkes managed to free herself from the constraint of the branches, but would still be plagued by the neverending rain. Once Henry got back on his feet, he had learned to exercise more caution so that he would not suffer a similar fate again.

ZONE 4 : DOWNPOUR
(Zone Modifier: -2 STA)

Although the mist cleared, the air still felt heavy. Dark clouds rolled overhead and unleashed heavy rain onto the Sloth base. Despite the heavy downpour, Lauren searched high and low for the enemy flag. The search proved futile and it was safe to say that the Spider Monkeys were not foolish enough to grant the Sloths an easy victory by placing the flag in their base. Meanwhile, Denisse bravely placed herself in front of Lauren and braced for an attack that never came. It was the thought that counted, right? Denise, on the other hand, was solely focused on perfecting the final touches of her trap.

ENVIRONMENTAL OBSTACLES

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Zone 1 [d100 : 17] Iara.
Zone 2 → [d100 : 28] Anaconda.
Zone 3 → [d100 : 48] Downpour.
Zone 4 → [d100 ; 54] Downpour.

TEAM SPIDER MONKEY ROLLS

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MOVEMENT

• Sir Humphrey D’Ogwarts III, Dahlia, Ophelia, Tina, Tes and Salim remain in ZONE 2. They all suffer -2 EVA here until they move zones.
• Dido and Jada remain in ZONE 1. They all suffer -1 ACC here until they move zones.

ENVIRONMENTAL
ZONE 1 : Iara | WDC 15

• Dido : d20+8 → 1 + 9 = 8, critical failure.
  • Her vision is distorted by illusion and mistiming.
  • She suffers -3 acc on her declared action during this round, but is unable to perform an action due to laying a trap in round 2.
• Jada : d20+7 → 13 + 7 = 20, success.
  She is unaffected by their presence.

ZONE 2 : Anaconda | STA DC 14

• Sir Humphrey D’Ogwarts III (NPC) : d20+8 → 16 + 8 = 24, success.
• Dahlia : d20+5 → 15 + 5 = 20, success.
• Ophelia : d20+7 → 9 + 7 = 16, success.
• Tina : d20+7 → 10 + 7 = 17, success.
• Tes : 2d20+5 (parselmouth advantage) -> 20, 14 + 5 = 25, success.
• Salim : d20+5 → 3 + 5 = 8, fail.
  Salim is immobilised and cannot perform any actions during the next round.

DEFENSE / STEALTH / SUPPORT / FLAG

• Jada banters with Dido | WDC 11
  Jada : d20+7 → 8 + 7 = 15, success.
  Dido gains +2 Accuracy on her next action within 2 rounds.
• Ophelia banters with Tes | WDC 11
  Ophelia : d20+7 → 9 + 7 = 16, success.
  Tes gains +2 Accuracy on her next action within 2 rounds.
• Sir Humphrey D’Ogwarts III banters with Tes | WDC 11
  Sir Humphrey D’Ogwarts III : d20+7 → 18 + 7 = 25, success.
  Tes gains +2 Accuracy on her next action within 2 rounds.

TRAP ACTIVATION

• Dahlia lays trap in Zone 2 | WDC 16
  Dahlia : d20+5 → 17+5 = 22, success.
  Dahlia lays a trap in ZONE 2.
  Enemies in this zone suffer -2 ACC when performing actions here.
  The effect lasts for 3 rounds unless someone sabotages the trap.
  Dahlia cannot perform any movement or action for the next round.

TEAM SLOTHS ROLLS

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MOVEMENT

• Avery and Olivia move to ZONE 2. They all suffer -2 EVA here until they move zones.
• Fawkes and Henry remain in ZONE 3. Danielle moves to ZONE 3. They all suffer -2 ACC, -1 STA here until they move zones.
• Lauren, Denise and Denisse remain in ZONE 4. They all suffer -2 STA here until they move zones.

ENVIRONMENTAL
ZONE 2 : ANACONDA | STA DC 14

• Olivia : d20+7 → 7 + 7 = 14, success.
• Avery : d20+6 → 13 + 6 = 19, success.

ZONE 3 : DOWNPOUR | EVA DC 13

• Fawkes : d20+5 → 19 + 5 = 24, success.
• Henry : EM procs on 19, 20. Roll d20 → 18, does not proc.
  d20+8 → 13 + 8 = 21, success.
• Danielle : d20+5 → 9 + 5 = 14, success.

ZONE 4 : DOWNPOUR | EVA DC 13

• Lauren : d20+3 → 5, 15 + 3 = 18, success.
  Downpour fail cannot be halved. Advantage due to crit success on searching area last time.
• Denise : d20+5 → 15 + 5 = 20, success.
• Denisse : d20+5 → 13 + 5 = 18, success.

DEFENSE / STEALTH / SUPPORT / FLAG

• Lauren tries to spot the flag | WDC 16
  Lauren : d20+8 = 13 + 8 = 21, success.
  She realises that the flag is not in this zone.
• Denisse is body blocking Lauren, but there are no incoming attacks.

TEAM SPIDER MONKEY Sir Humphrey D’Ogwarts III (NPC) @Dido Bleaklane @Tina Carille @Ophelia Vanderbilt @Jada Blake @Dahlia Lee @Tes Cadell @Salim Wolde

TEAM SLOTH @Denise Yarbrough @Fawkes Chaos @Henry Holbrook @Olivia Cuthburt @Denisse De Vera @Avery Abernathy @Danielle Kim Angeles @Lauren Vanes

HOW TO PLAY

The game ends when either team successfully retrieved the other teams flag to their base. Team Spider Monkey will be starting the game in Zone 1 and Team Sloth will be in Zone 4 at the opposite end of the arena. There will be at most 10 rounds, each requiring a post of 200+ words. Please make sure you include your character's stats in your post.

During the first round only, each team must state which zone their flag is hidden in to the thread moderator. You may chose to hide the flag in any of the 4 zones. The flag remains in that zone unless successfully discovered or moved through gameplay mechanics. Do not reveal in game where the flag is located.

Each round, everyone in the team must make at least one action from the Capture the Flag actions list, unless they are unable to act due to a status effect or restriction. These actions are zone dependent. The team scores points by making successful flag actions or interceptive actions towards a flag carrier. Please note that players may only move between adjacent zones and cannot skip zones while travelling.

At the conclusion of each round, the zone state map will be updated to reflect all player locations. Players may only target characters who are in the same zone as them at the end of the previous round. If a target moves out of the zone during the following movement phase, the action automatically fails, with the exception of Flag Intercept and non-magical support actions that include a chase mechanic. When performing these actions, the player automatically follows the target into the destination zone as part of the interaction.

If the action fails while chasing, the pursuing player is left behind in the original zone while the target successfully gains distance.

Rules regarding roll resolution, action priority, and other game mechanics can be found HERE.

At least one member of the team must owl the entire teams' action list to @Cecilia Merrick before the posting deadline.

DEADLINE IS 120 HOURS (5 days) FROM THIS POST

ZONE MAP

ZONE 1	ZONE 2	ZONE 3	ZONE 4
Dido Bleaklane [400/400 HP] Jada Blake [800/800 HP]	Tina Carille [700/700 HP] Tes Cadell [500/500 HP] Salim Wolde [500/500 HP] Dahlia Lee [480/500 HP] Ophelia Vanderbilt [680/700 HP] Sir Humphrey D’Ogwarts III (NPC) [780/800 HP] Olivia Cuthburt [700/700 HP] Avery Abernathy [600/600 HP]	Fawkes Chaos [600/600 HP] Henry Holbrook [500/500 HP] Danielle Kim Angeles [700/700 HP]	Denise Yarbrough [700/700 HP] Denisse De Vera [800/800 HP] Lauren Vanes [200/200 HP]

TRAPS
ZONE 1 : Spider Monkey active trap
-2 Accuracy to team Sloth. [2 rounds]

ZONE 2 : Spider Monkey active trap
-2 Accuracy to team Sloth. [3 rounds]

ZONE 4 : Sloth active trap
-2 Accuracy to team Spider Monkey. [2 rounds]

Denise felt extremely nervous, sweating slowly, and staring at the mist. It was finally done, dissolving quickly, making Denise feel happy again.

Finally, she thought. It's over. We can see!

Well, she shouldn't have rejoiced, with something even worse looming ahead. Dark clouds soon covered the sky and Denise groaned. You are kidding me! she thought angrily.

Luckily, she only had to do finishing touches as the rain downpoured, and Denise felt the water drenching everyone in her home base. She had no idea what happened to the others that left, or even if they made it. She prayed her trap would still work, she sensed the other team might have send them to their home base.

Currently, their most valuable member in Zone 4 was Vanes, for her cunning intelligence. Both De Vera and herself knew, perhaps De Vera was excepting a dangerous beast but her shielding did nothing. Denise was nervous, waiting for the other team or teammates. She hated this game now, having no idea on what was happening, and hoped the worst has not happened.

Perhaps she might see a teammate back with the flag, whoever it might be or an enemy. Whether it might be, it's war onwards.

STA 7 | EVA 5 | STR 5 | WIS 7 | ARC 5 | ACC 6

Abilities: Healing Sage
Actions: As Stratagized

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| Location: Zone 3 | Date: June 26, 2026 | Word Count: 254 | Speech | Thoughts |
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Interactions:

Himself.

Stats:

STA 5 ✧ EVA 8 ✧ STR 3 ✧ WIS 7 ✧ ARC 4 ✧ ACC 8

Abilities:

Evasive Maneuvers

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When it rains, it pours. That's what his gran and grandad had always said anyway. Henry hadn't known exactly what that meant when they'd been around. He'd kinda taken it literally - as he was wont to do from time to time. The meaning behind the words seemed to me interspersed with the other things sinking in at the moment.

A tremendous squelching noise issued from the soil as he pried himself free from moist earth and tangled limb. A distinctly Henry shaped void was left in the soil, which was swiftly collecting the falling rain and turning the impression into what one could generously describe as the newly discovered Holbrook Pond.

The boy's face scrunched up as he dragged his fingers through his hair, dislodging a claggy mess of detritus, mud, and more than a few creepy crawlies as well. A few sharp flicks of his hand towards the jungle freed him of most of it, followed by much more frantic waving to rid himself of a small and ridiculously clingy spider. Wear your nice clothes on your trip, Henry, his mum and dad's letter had said, A good first impression is very important. Yeah, well, about the only new friend he'd made thus far had eight little legs and was currently sailing through the air towards paths he'd yet to wander. Though at least he was on his feet again, if he was of a mind to explore them.

Bloody hell, I hope this storm clears. This is starting to get ridiculous...

Action: As Strategized

══════════════════════════════ mentioning: @avery abernathy, @denise yarbrough, @fawkes chaos, @henry holbrook, @danielle kim angeles @olivia cuthbert, @denisse de vera date: 26th june 26 wc: 251/200 lauren:#2e5a25 parseltongue: #639266 others: #84774d thoughts: italics ══════════════════════════════

"𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓼𝓾𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓫𝓾𝓻𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓪 𝓼𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓮."

OOC: Sry fr da late reply! Action: as stated

˖ ᡣ𐭩 ⊹ ࣪ ౨ৎ˚₊ parseltongue adept ✦ ability 2 ✦ ability 3 ✦ ability 4 ✦ ability 5 ✦ ability 6 ✦ ability 7 ˖ ᡣ𐭩 ⊹ ࣪ ౨ৎ˚₊ 𝓼𝓽𝓪 2 | 𝓮𝓿𝓪 3| 𝓼𝓽𝓻 1 | 𝔀𝓲𝓼 8 | 𝓪𝓻𝓬 8| 𝓪𝓬𝓬 8

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WC: 210

Interactions: Mentions of Henry

Date: 26/06/26

Time: Unknown

OOC Note: Reducio Banner by me!

Mentions: Reducio @Denise Yarbrough @Henry Holbrook @Olivia Cuthburt @Denisse De Vera @Avery Abernathy @Danielle Kim Angeles @Lauren Vanes

Speech: Reducio #6397b0

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Bring stuck in the branches was truly not a fun experience what so ever. Especially with the constant torrent of rain pouring down on her as well. She already had taken off her glasses to improve her vision but with the rain getting worse, her vision was as well. She struggled to see where exactly her limbs were tangled in the mess she was trapped in.

Bloody hell she mumbled to herself. Who's bright idea was it to do this in a rainforest anyways??? She started to open and close her fingers, searching to see if she could feel the branch her arm was tangled in. Once she did, she slowly moved her arm out and quickly worked to free herself. It was certainly much easier to do so now that she had both her arms.

Once she was finally able to stand up again she sighed and dusted herself. The mud felt icky on her body but there wasn't much she could do about it at the moment. Well it was washing away with the rain but still. She squinted as she saw another figure also emerge from the ground. Ah. It seemed that Henry as well had gotten himself stuck like she did. The rain was truly unforgivable.

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Action: as strategised. Stats I know its in my rp code but for convinence:

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Stamina: 6
Evasion: 5
Strength: 3
Wisdom: 8
Arcane Power: 7
Accuracy: 6

Mentions: Reducio @Denise Yarbrough @Fawkes Chaos @Henry Holbrook @Olivia Cuthburt @Denisse De Vera @Danielle Kim Angeles @Lauren Vanes	Interaction: Reducio With Olivia Cuthburt	Outfit: Reducio
Thoughts: Reducio Dark Green	Dialogue: Reducio Navy	Others: Reducio Italics
W.C: Reducio 303	Location: Reducio Castelobruxo Jungle Arena	OOC Note: Reducio n/a

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Squelching through the water, completely drenched, Olivia and I somehow managed to move on to Zone 2. Who knows what treacherous thing we'd come across here. But hey, atleast we don't have a constant flow of water on our heads. I chuckled at the thought. No rain didn't necessarily mean we won't get wet here, as if we could get any more wet, anyways... this place was a huge lagoon. I took a moment to take in the beauty of this place. I wrung my wet hair as I paced around. I could still hear the rain pouring in zone 3, I hope my teammates aren't facing too much trouble.

I turned to Olivia and said, "We should keep moving. Let's go this way." Walking across the riverbank was peaceful enough. This could even be a nice vacation spot if we weren't in the middle of a game, surrounded by dangerous creatures, and who knows what; that could probably attack us at any time. Being vigilant would always pay off. Just at that moment, I spotted a snake, an anaconda, slithering along the bank. Goodness, it's gigantic! and most definitely venomous. I instantly stopped dead in my tracks and looked at Olivia, my eyes wide with alarm.

What was the first rule about encountering wildlife? Don't move, and don't make a sound. Calm down Avery, It's just passing by... it'll go away on it's own. Please go away.... please... and don't pay us any attention. I let out a breath in relief as I watched it slither away. My tense body relaxed a bit. I spoke to Olivia, "That was... something... wasn't it? Thankfully, it didn't harm us. I gave her a nervous smile, and continued down the path. No matter what I feared, I wasn't going to let it get in my way.

Action:XYZ
Stats: || Stamina: 6 || Evasion: 5 || Strength: 4 || Wisdom: 7 || ArcPower: 6 || Accuracy: 7 ||
Abilities: Sixth Sense

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——————————————————————— date :october 6th, 2026 location : castelobruxo with : teammates action : required chill period word count : 215 (my apologies for my horrid writer's block rn) speech : #818199 collage credit : marigold wesley !! code credit : myself ———————————————————————

Focus. Dahlia reprimanded herself preemptively as she balanced her trap. She stood up, arms out to the sides as to keep herself from tipping. Her knees straightened slowly, torso wobbling as she raised herself to full height.

It was in the Gryffindor girl's interest to linger nearby her trap in order to watch any results come to fruition. The sight of one of the other team's players toppling into the opaque swamp water was the ideal way to reward herself for coming up with the rock-balancing idea. However, no one would fall for her trap if they saw her lingering conspicuously with a hopeful smirk plastered on her face unless they were an idiot. She had to remove herself from the scene of the crime.

Where though? Area 2 offered little cover for a girl who did not wish to be seen and yet wished to remain in line of sight of her trap. Facing area one, the water expanded out to her left. Meanwhile, a path of roots and stones extended out in front of her. Perhaps she ought to go behind a tree? It was the only viable option albeit a bit risky given what Dahlia knew of the relation between jaguars and trees. She ducked behind a larger trunk in wait.

STA 5 | EVA 5 | STR 3 | WIS 9 | ARC 6 | ACC 7
lovely creature & half-veela

Notes Reducio 1) General: Until recently, Dido has fully believed that she was in Ravenclaw and only realised she wasn't during an explosive and rather public encounter with Mikaela. 2) whoo!

Action Reducio As strategised

Stats/Abilities Reducio Stamina: 4 Evasion: 6 Strength: 5 Wisdom: 8 Arcane Power: 5 Accuracy: 7

Mentioning: Reducio @Jada Blake @Teammates

Dido was just finishing putting her small tripwire trap together, whispering words of congratulations and general ponderings under her breath as she occasionally glanced up at Jada, who was diligently entertaining, or annoying, the busy girl with occasional quips or complaints, when she suddenly heard a voice call out.

It was a beautiful voice, soft… melodic- Dido stood up, letting the finished pieces of her trap fall to the ground. She lifted her head, eyes, still closed, inexplicable drawn to the river where the angelic voice was coming from. Tilting her head to listen, she stood still, captivated by the sound. It was familiar, in a way. It had a slight hint of someone’s voice- Mikaela. Just… there! In the way the vowels were uttered, it sounded, for a second, identical to the slight quiver in the Ravenclaw’s voice when she had looked at Dido with such horror.

Angered by the memory, Dido’s eyes instantly opened, fury brimming in the building tears that rested just behind her eyes. After just one glimpse of the voice’s origin, the red-hot flash dissipated, soothed by the comforting sight. She, or it, almost reminded Dido of Stelle. They had the same calming, entrancing aura and slightly unnatural beauty.

She tripped against a root, positioned in the seemingly worst possible way by nature, sending her tumbling down to the ground. When she looked back up at the creature, it was gone.