Secret Blossom Ball Event Finished

@Hanako Tone @Percival Rainwood @Althea Valeden @Adam Harringtom

Kara was taken aback by Hanako's words, her legs trembling due to his thorn-like tone and a giant two stinger-ed monster drawing towards them. Hanako had tried to cast a spell on the mosp, but luck didn't seem to be on anyone's side today.

She then heard Percival yell at Hanako.

"Fine, see if I care!"

Her heart stopped as she saw him start to leave, but she felt her vision blur due to tears filling them.

Fear ripped through her whole body as she trembled, falling to the ground, now all her past memories of what happened during the Blossom Ball had disappeared. Another persona of her's had been triggered out of fear.

~Now in "Camie's" POV (Camie is her childlike persona, due to her DID)~

She looked around and dropped her stick-like thing beside her, the light now muffled due to the grass. Tears streamed down her face as she looked up to the sound of a voice.

"You should get out of here! It's not safe!"

She saw through teary eyes a boy, slightly older than her, now facing the large monster, which was new to her. She let out a shrill shreak and cowered in fear, shriveling up in a ball on the ground, still sitting up.

"And you should go to hell! Diffindo!"

Something shot out of the stick-like thing and the right eye of the monster, but it had crashed into the boy, slicing his leg.

Camie's body shook, her sobs shaking her whole body.

As the older boy continued to attack the monster, eventually killing it, Camie immediately went over to the only person she knew right now, clinging to him.

"Hana, *sob* what's going on, why is that big scary thing trying to attack us, *sob* and where are we?" Camie said, her voice shaking, choking against her own sobs.

Hanako would know that Kara never called him Hana, only Camie did, since he was the only one that knew of her DID.

She hugged Hana tightly, sobbing into his shoulder, not letting go in her terrified state.

Her breath shortened, she felt like passing out, which she did, going unconscious on Hana.
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Actions: First, having a "transition" between personalities, you could say, then going to Hanako, being the only one she could recognize as Camie, then passing out from fear, as she is in a childlike state.

Starter | Mod One | Mod Two | Mod Three | Mod Four | Mod Five | Mod Six | Mod Seven | Conclusion

This is a Moderation Post

Note: As of this round, there is no more fire or smoke affecting the pitch.

Why is Everyone Fighting?

Despite the arrival of three Hogwarts professors, a lot of the students were still focused on fighting each other. This was their opportunity to escape, and they were all squandering it! In fact, several people seemed to just be standing around and watching the chaos rather than writing an exit post.

Over on the dance floor, @Vladimir Athanatos' legs continued to dance, keeping him from moving where he wanted to. Nevertheless, he aimed his wand at the severely-burned @Anastasia Beckett, intending to take her out of the equation. Unbeknownst to him, the girl he had knocked down before was aiming her wand at him. @Astrea Soleil Neptune intended to disarm Vlad before he had the opportunity to do more harm. As she spoke the incantation, though, her own cherry wood wand was flung out of her hands. It seemed the spell had rebounded, sending her wand soaring onto the grass in the distance. It had landed next to the table that the sixteenth mosp was on, to be exact.

This meant Vladimir was free to cast his own spell, "Flipendo!"

In the same moment, Anastasia called out the same incantation and their spells passed each other in midair. The crispy princess was sent flying backwards, having taken the full hit of the spell. Its critical nature left her knocked out on the ground, having taken 300 damage. Perhaps this was for the best, because she didn't have to see that her own spell had been totally useless as Vlad merely ducked his head and avoided it altogether.

Standing at Vladimir's side was @Thomas Lestrange who had recoiled from the surprise kiss of @Tyranni Whitethorn. Almost instinctively, the boy retaliated and charged her with his shoulder. He sent the young girl flying into @Ivy Bellamy, causing the both of them to crumple in a heap on the ground. Clearly, kissing Thomas was not the right move. It had resulted in 126 damage to her, and 63 damage to Ivy.

The pretty blonde @Marion Davenport pointed her wand at the girl who had just sent her flying moments ago. @Opeila Seilun was her victim this round, and she blasted the girl onto the ground with a well-cast knockback jinx. Opeila took 200 damage from the force of the spell.

Vladimir Accuracy Roll: 29 (natural 20) vs Anastasia Evasion Roll: 10 (natural 1)
Anastasia Accuracy Roll: 10 vs Vladimir Evasion Roll: 18
Astrea cast auto-fail (disarming spell not in trunk or ency update request)
Tyranni Auto-Evade (90+): 4
Thomas Accuracy Roll: 24 (natural 20) vs Tyranni Evasion Roll: 19
Thomas Accuracy Roll: 24 (natural 20) vs Ivy Evasion Roll: 21
Opeila Auto-Evade (90+): 40
Marion Accuracy Roll: 19 vs Opeila Evasion Roll: 13

Victor, His Flowers, and His Bag

@Victor Moore continued to remain motionless, but he was breathing and that was good. While @Nico Shymane had offered to give him a ride to the castle, it seemed that others were concerned that he might slip off the broom during the ride. @Dealla Prince ran off to get the attention of Professor @Kateri Karr. The Astronomy professor quickly came to the rescue and aimed her wand at the injured and unconscious boy. The third year rose to his feet automatically, his body now under the control of the spell that had been cast.

"The three of you are to protect and guide this young man back to the castle. Do not go to the hospital wing. You are all to head straight to the Great Hall where you will be taken care of." With those very specific instructions from the professor, Victor's unconscious body would begin to walk out of the pitch.

Kateri Wisdom Roll: 32 (to cast somnambulus)

@Victor Moore has successfully exited the ball

@Ruka Tân had decided to turn his attention to Victor's bag instead. He made his way over to where the flames used to be, and greeted his friend @Jack Burnett. Jack had taken it upon himself to crawl around the ground picking up the burnt remains of the flowers that had caused the mess in the first place. Lo and behold, he somehow recovered seventy of the flowers, because only six of them crumbled when he tried to pick them up. With great care, he put the remaining burned flowers in the vase he had acquired, but as he was placing the last one, he pricked his finger. He began to feel a burning sensation in his blood and felt burns cropping up on his skin- Just kidding. He was perfectly fine aside from a prick of blood.

Meanwhile, the bag that belonged to Victor suddenly dropped from the sky. It seemed that @Bridget Collins had released her hold on the bag, letting it fall to the ground with a sharp clinking noise. It sounded as though something inside may have broken, but there was no guarantee. It could've just been a trick of the ear. Carefully lowering the bag with your levitation would've been a full action, since you said you wanted it as a free action, this is the result.

Ruka grabbed the bag and with his nonexistent (<4) strength was unable to lift it, so he tried to drag it instead. This proved to be much more difficult than anticipated, though, and he failed in his endeavor. The bag refused to budge from its spot.

Jack Wisdom Roll: 25 (to find viable flowers)
How Many Crumble? 6 (out of 76)
Ruka Strength Roll: 12

Elsewhere

Over near the entrance is where @Bridget Collins now found herself. She had seen @Santario Martin and @Vincent d'Arque fall from their broom and had rushed over to help. She pointed her wand at Santario's beloved camera and successfully mended it with, "Reparo!" The young Slytherin then mounted her broom and instructed Vincent to help the injured Santario onto the back. They were successful in this, and Bridget was more than prepared to exit the ball and rush Santario to safety.

Meanwhile, @Allister-Jameson MacAllister decided to try and give his friend/kiss-buddy @Lark Flaer a distraction to escape under. He pointed his wand up at the sky and cast the red-sparks charm, which launched up into the air and once again successfully lit the area above the pitch with a shower of sparks.

In another area of the ball, @Kara Capricorn suddenly had a personality shift and decided to collapse in the arms of @Hanako Tone.

Bridget Wisdom Roll: 23 (to cast reparo)

@Lark Flaer successfully exits the ball

The Swarm

Seventh mosp

The red mosp above the two girls (@Crystal Jagger and @Lizzie Verdine) was not going to suddenly feel sympathy because one had collapsed in tears. It was a magical beast, and it was angry. It descended on the two of them, but it seemed that Crystal had been keeping an eye out. With her arms still around Lizzie, she would roll them to the side, dodging the stingers that now found purchase in the grass where they had been. The mosp rose into the air again, determined to land its next attack.

Mosp Target? 2 (Crystal)
Mosp Accuracy Roll: 4 vs Crystal Evasion Roll: 12

Eighth mosp

This mosp had just regained full control of its little legs and stinger, having been struck by the Dancing-Feet Spell moments ago by @Ethen Emrys. It fully intended to go after the boy full speed now, but a spell cast that whizzed past and missed caught its attention. It turned to the source and saw the girl it had stung not long ago. @Atlas Reid had her wand pointed at the mosp, but her spell had missed (likely due to the pain and the smokescreen). With renewed energy, the mosp sped towards her with its stingers outstretched, ready to inject more venom into the resilient girl. Alas, the blonde dodged out of the way and avoided the creature's sting.

Atlas Accuracy Roll: 7 vs Mosp Evasion Roll: 10
Mosp Accuracy Roll: 7 vs Atlas Evasion Roll: 24

Ninth mosp

This red mosp had been after @Lydia Cooper since the arrival of the swarm, and now would not prove any different. Its proboscis flailed in her direction, still aware of her fragrance, before it descended once more. At long last, the creature found purchase in the girl's leg. Its twin stingers dug into her leg through the fabric of her dress, before retreating quickly. Perhaps not quickly enough, though, because the blue-haired girl swung her music stand again and knocked the mosp away from her. She dealt it 40 damage, but that was nothing in comparison to her own damage.

As the mosp retreated into the air, Lydia would feel the full burning sensation of 138 damage as her leg would bleed and the painful venom coursed through her. She was somehow able to spot a spell coming at her from the side, though, and dodged out of the way. It seemed @May Moonstar had tried to help by casting a blinding spell at the mosp, but for some reason, @Ariana Walker grabbed her wand arm and sent the spell in the direction of Lydia instead.

Another spell soared over Lydia's head, this time striking true on the mosp. It had been cast by @Aaron Jones, who was stuck dancing over by where the fires had been. The mosp began to do a little jig with its tiny arms and its butt.

Mosp Accuracy Roll: 21 vs Lydia Evasion Roll: 20
Lydia Accuracy Roll: 13 v Mosp Evasion Roll: 6
Aaron Accuracy Roll: 24 v Mosp Evasion Roll: 17
Ariana Accuracy Roll: 17 vs May Evasion Roll: 5
May Accuracy Roll: 14 v Lydia Evasion Roll: 23

Eleventh mosp

This mosp on the dance floor was growing further agitated by the efforts of both @Flash Holmwood and @Willow Anderson trying to burn it. Both of their fire spells missed the mosp, who had seemingly learned to dodge these predictable fire stick attacks.

The mosp descended on Flash, successfully landing its two stingers into his wand arm, much much deeper than was safe. As the mosp flew back up, the wound was left severely bleeding and burning. 174 damage meant the boy would be in significant pain.

Willow Auto-Hit (calming, 90+): 38
Willow Accuracy Roll: 14 vs Mosp Evasion Roll: 22 (natural 20)
Flash Accuracy Roll: 8 vs Mosp Evasion Roll: 11
Mosp Accuracy Roll: 14 vs Flash Evasion Roll: 6

Twelfth mosp

@Katrina Walker had decided to take her time and hide @Dale Kurt under the table, sacrificing her own defense to make sure that he was safe. Unfortunately for her, it meant she reacted slower to the mosp's next attack, and the red beast dug its stingers into her arm. Maybe not as bad as it could be, but it left a bleeding wound and a slight burning sensation akin to her ear. She took 90 damage from the attack, and the mosp didn't seem to be done with her.

Mosp Accuracy Roll: 11 vs Katrina Evasion Roll: 8

Fourteenth mosp

The mosp was barely hanging on after the last flurry of attacks, but it would not back down from the fight. It swooped low at @Rafael D'Spacito, but the first year just barely dodged out of the way. In the same moment, he crashed his fist into the mosp again and dealt another 225 damage. The mosp went crashing to the floor, unmoving. It seemed like it had taken one too many hits, and was now dead.

Rafael Accuracy Roll: 19 vs Mosp Evasion Roll: 16
Mosp Accuracy Roll: 5 vs Rafael Evasion Roll: 7

Fifteenth mosp Philipe

After shaking off the sweater of @Charlie Woodward, Philipe was quick to descend and get out of range of the boy's capture attempts. It wasn't necessary, because Charlie and @Evelynn Decipio decided to skedaddle at last. Without the burden of the constantly wriggling mosp, they met no resistance in their attempt to leave.

Down below where Philipe now hovered in the smokescreen, a familiar face appeared. @Piérre Marchonné had arrived with a collection of flowers for the mosp. Unfortunately for him, Philipe was on edge and unwilling to bargain with the flowers. Having been handled by the humans that had just left, it was not trustful. It knew they just wanted to entrap him.

"Aw no... Did someone hurt you? Here buddy... I heard that you and your friends like flowers, do you want some nectar?"

As soon as the flowers were thrown in his direction, Philipe flared up and dove down to the boy. The mosp's twin stingers found purchase in Piérre's leg, because the boy was too slow in trying to move out of the way. The critical nature of the stingers' placement meant that Piérre took 112 damage from the sting. He was bleeding and the wound was burning in pain. Perhaps Piérre would realize that the mosp was indeed a magical creature and not a cute pet. Although he had been gentle to start, Philipe was now in full attack/defense mode.

Philipe Accuracy Roll: 22 (natural 20) vs Piérre Evasion Roll: 8

@Charlie Woodward and @Evelynn Decipio successfully exit the ball

Sixteenth mosp

This mosp was the only mosp that was content to stay out of the fray, waving its proboscis in the vase of flowers provided by Crystal. The wand of @Astrea Soleil Neptune landed nearby, but its entire focus was on the flowers.

Twenty-first mosp

The mosp that was attacking @Percival Gray was now being confronted by several newcomers. @Fred Woods appeared at the edge of the situation, and he hurled a goblet he had found on one of the tables. The first year was quite strong and accurate, and he knocked the mosp straight in its head. The critical nature of his throw meant the goblet did 80 damage to the creature (rather than 40). @Janet Jackson was up next with her throw. She had grabbed a chair and hurled it in the mosp's direction. The creature dodged out of the way of this, and the chair went crashing into the food table. Drinks and burgers and fries went flying off the table, causing quite a mess.

Up next to confront the mosp, though, was an enormous white snake under the control of @Cypresse Lian. It struck with lightning fast reflex, crunching the mosp in its mouth and dealing 236 damage. The snake would take 107 damage from the flailing stinger of the mosp in its mouth, but it only took a moment before the mosp was unequivocally dead. The snake swallowed the creature easily and would surely be on the lookout for its next meal.

While the snake swallowed the mosp, Professor @Artemis Vernatis tended to the wounds of Percival, who had been victim to the mosp twice now. The professor cast the healing spell and stopped both the bleeding and the pain, granting him 120 health.

Janet Accuracy Roll: 21 vs Mosp Evasion Roll: 22 (natural 20)
Fred Accuracy Roll: 25 (natural 20) vs Mosp Evasion Roll: 9
Snake Accuracy Roll: 26 vs Mosp Evasion Roll: 5
Mosp auto-hit snake from inside
Artemis Wisdom Roll: 28 (to cast reparifors)

Twenty-third mosp

The mosp high above the smokescreen with @River Dewlight was going in for another attack, but missed terribly. Instead, River aimed her wand and knocked the mosp back, dealing 140 damage to the creature. It seemed like she had the situation handled for the moment, but suddenly a spell came rocketing up from below. Rather than hitting the mosp (its intended target), the green sparks collided with River instead and partially blinded her (reducing her accuracy for next round). @May Moonstar had tried to help the situation, but it seemed she had now left River with a harder situation than before due to trying a second action... again.

River Accuracy Roll: 22 vs Mosp Evasion Roll: 18 (140)
Mosp Accuracy Roll: 5 vs River Evasion Roll: 7
May 2nd Action: New Target or Rebound? 1 (NEW)
May Accuracy Roll: 14 vs River Evasion Roll: 5

Tracking Information

Rafael D'Spacito Health: 215/1000 Status: N/A	Wren Caster Health: 490/600 Status: N/A
Vladimir Athanatos Health: 605/1000 Status: Dancing (1 round)	Aurelia Notrésvace Health: -60/500 Status: Knocked Out
Victor Moore Health: -140/200 Status: Knocked Out	Anastasia Beckett Health: -140/500 Status: Knocked Out
Mildred Wilson Health: 294/400 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)	Adam Harringtom Health: 1044/1200 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)
Willow Anderson Health: 245/600 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)	Dale Kurt Health: 867/1000 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)
Katrina Walker Health: 424/600 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)	Jack Burnett Health: 360/500 Status: N/A
Lizzie Verdine Health: 460/500 Status: N/A	Tyranni Whitethorn Health: 774/900 Status: N/A
Amara Dragamior Health: 490/500 Status: N/A	Flash Holmwood Health: 246/700 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)
Thomas Lestrange Health: 800/800 Status: N/A	Percival Gray Health: 557/700 Status: N/A
Atlas Reid Health: 478/600 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)	Santario Martin Health: 312/500 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA), Concussed
Crystal Jagger Health: 430/500 Status: N/A	Charlie Woodward Health: 1135/1200 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)
River Dewlight Health: 566/700 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA), Semi-Blinded (-5 ACC)	Wyatt Starkey Health: 400/400 Status: Dancing (2 Rounds)
Vincent d'Arque Health: 430/500 Status: N/A	Astrea Soleil Neptune Health: 350/500 Status: N/A
Marion Davenport Health: 50/200 Status: N/A	Dan Palmer Health: 740/800 Status: N/A
Ivy Bellamy Health: 537/600 Status: N/A	Lydia Cooper Health: 362/500 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)
Opeila Seilun Health: 300/500 Status: N/A	Piérre Marchonné Health: 188/300 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)

The next moderation post will take place in one week (6/22).
If interacting with a mosp, please clarify which one.

Note: If you are currently engaged with a mosp, your movement to another area (thread) will be considered an attempt (meaning you cannot post in another thread until a mod post says you were successful in escaping).

Interacts with @Dealla Prince; @Amara Dragamior, @Ruka Tân and @Jack Burnett | Mentions @Victor Moore

The first to react to her presence was Dealla. Immediately worried that Victor might fall of her broom, which, sure, she had a point. Of course, Nico wouldn't take him on her broom without the right precautions. The dhampir just wanted to show and offer them another option for this predicament. It began to show that this wasn't the right course of action. The Castle wasn't THAT far but... carrying a passed out body with her thin arms. It didn't look like things would end well. She sighed softly, averting her gaze to Victors feet, aware that maybe her idea was stupid from the start...
in a flash, the brunette ran off towards what seemed a group of Professors, arriving at the ball. Just in time or maybe just too late. The Prefect recognised a few of them but didn't feel the need to flee. Why would she flee from a scene where clearly students were in need of help.

The boy kneeled down by Victor didn't give much of a peep. Nor at her, nor at the other girls. As far as Nico could tell, his expression was rather blank as he rubbed the paste on the wounds. His appearance... seemed familiar. But that would be a worry for later. Not that much time had passed until the Professor of Astronomy ran over. What a relief. When she advised them to protect and walk with Victor to the Castle, Nico nodded in agreement. It's better than to leave him unguarded. Definitely in the state he was right now.

With a simple spell, the Professor helped Victor to rise to his feet. He was still unconcious but atleast there were little to no chances that he'd trip and fall,... right? Nico nodded at the Professor, showing that she heard her loud and clear. She wouldn't leave Victors side. That's the least she could do amidst this chaos. Looking over her shoulder however, she noticed that the boy from earlier and... Jack Burnett?... were having some trouble with carrying a bag. It looked kinda heavy...

Aware that these two probably wanted to get out of here as soon as possible, Nico had to give her plan a small detour. 'You two (Dealla & Amara), go ahead with him. I'll be right behind you. Just one thing I need to do. If anything happens, give a yell.' With her Chaser skills, Nico turned her Tinderblast around and carefully hovered next to Ruka and Jack. 'Do you need some help with lifting that bag? If it's too heavy I can give it a go.' She smiled softly at them. Her nerves were more assured now that they found a safer way to guide Victor back to the Castle. The two girls next to him wouldn't be alone for too long. Nico was pretty fast on her broom.

Ability : Lovely Creature

Katrina was just done shoving the boy under the table when she heard the mosp rearing up behind her. The loud wings began a ferocious buzzing, a crescendo no 12-year-old could prepare themselves for. Katrina tried to dodge the incoming attack, turning around and jumping to the side. The movement was just a bit overzealous and one pincher dug itself into her arm. Katrina crumpled to the ground, a burning sensation flooding her arm and causing her to hold back tears as a moan of pain escaped her lips.

It hurt. Katrina had never felt this kind of pain before. The kind of pain that overwhelmed all thoughts and buried them under layers of agony. The kind of pain that left her limp and defenseless on the ground. The kind of pain that couldn't be merely put aside to deal with later. Knowing that her body crumpled on the ground would mean nothing to the angry bug. She gasped for breath moaning uncontrollably as she stood up. It was a pain far worse than any sobbing could help with.

Katrina stumbled back into the table. Hardly keeping herself upright. Her vision swam as tears filled her eyes, she brushed them away with her shoulder, her good arm cradling the hurt one. There was no chance that she could outrun the bug. There was no way she could cast a spell with her wand arm having to hold the other arm in place. She groaned again, this time in defeat.

Her eyes met the hideous, angered bug. The only way she could save herself and the boy under the table would to be to kill the mosp. She shuddered, unleashing another round of gasps from the pain it caused her arm.

Katrina didn't allow her attention to waver from the mosp. She pulled a chair from the table she had run into with her good arm, bringing it in front of her body. This was going to hurt. Katrina gritted her teeth and screamed as she used both arms and hurdled the chair at the bug as hard as she could. As soon as the chair left her grip, she crumpled to the ground again, this time sobbing for her arm, sobbing for the fact that she was going to die, and sobbing because she had no fight left in her.

This was it. Katrina was going to die here. There wasn't anyone around to protect her. There was no chance that she could defeat the bug. This was the end of her rope.

Open to Interactions
Action: Throwing Chair at Mosp 12
Passive Action: Sobbing and feeling defeated
Abilities: Healing Sage, Perfectionist
Stats: Sta, 6 Evas, 8 Str, 3 Wis, 9 ArcP, 9 Acc, 5
Interacting With: None

Interacting with: @Lydia Cooper@Aaron Jones@Ariana Walker

May felt intensely annoyed with Ariana when she was pulling the spell aside. <<Damn it Ariana! It's a blinding spell stupid!>> unconsciously, she hit her supposed 'friend' in the face, with all her might. She wanted to say sorry, but she could only stare at her and go running to one of the Ball hosts, that May saw was bleeding, if May had catched her name right, Lydia Cooper. Finally out of Ariana's gasp (if she had let her go, if not, then she would still be fighting the silly Gryffindor) she aimed her wand to the Mosp 9th and casted the blinding spell, again. <<Verdimillious! she shouted, glancing at Aaron Jones, a Quiddich player (and one of the Ball host) and gave him a nervous smile. Then, she runned to Lydia. <<I-I wanted to help! I-everything's going to be ok, don't move!>> May said, dropping on her knees beside the injured Hufflepuff, taking her bag where she kept her bandages and healing supplies. Since she knew that Balls weren't the best event, at Hogwarts, since so many things happen in those events, she always kept the little bag with her.

<<Oh, don't don't worry. I'm sure I'll find someone with a room somewhere...>> May looked through the pitch for help, when she spotted @Kateri Karr the Astronomy professor. <<Professor! Sh-she's hurt! Help me!>> May was begging to panick, feeling overwhelmed by so much Mosps around her...and, Oh My God, a snake! May felt about to cry of despair, but she wanted to help her fellow hurt Hufflepuff out of this injury she was having,mans most of all, get rid of all the mosps around her. Her blue eyes were pleading the Astronomy professor to help her, since she needed her so much.

Action: Help Lydia casting Verdimillious at Mosp #9 and helping her fellow Hufflepuff with her injury totally ignoring the dancing Aaron Jones and calling out to Professor Karr.

Janet gazed on in disappointment as the mosp dodged her chair, it went flying into the tables behind it, crashing through jugs and making a huge mess. Well never mind, @Fred Woods was here to the rescue, he hurled a jug of water at the mosp and this time there wasn't enough time for him to dodge it. It was weakened but she doubted that it would be enough to kill it however, and it was with immense relief (sort of) that she saw the mosp swallowed whole by an enormous snake. Janet shuddered in discomfort, she hated snakes, she wasn't exactly scared of them but they disgusted her. Oh well this one was obviously under control by some professor that Janet couldn't fully see through the crowds. Janet mouthed a "thank you" towards Fred, not even trying to shout above the screams. Once more she let her eyes wander around the pitch taking everything in, people were shooting at each other?? They really must have gone mad, either that or had too much butterbear. On a closer examination she could see the source of all this madness as she caught sight of two people sprinting towards the exit. Well Janet should probably try to escape now but she didn't want to sink to the same level as these people. And oh there was so many other people in need of help... In the distance near the dance floor she caught sight of two relatively familiar faces, @Flash Holmwood @Willow Anderson (well she had seen them around before) Janet couldn't place their names but did that really matter right now? The girl seemed to be injured or something and the mosp had just treated the boy to a severe sting. Ouch... that looked painful. Janet looked around in desperation for something to do, after her last failure she was still not keen to try and use magic but that was stupid of course. She had to try, she was a witch after all... but the memory of the last time was still lingering in her brain and what help would she be if she was blinded and maybe blinding them too? Janet would never forgive herself if she turned her back on everyone and tried to escape, but she still desperately wanted to turn around and run to the exit. But, of course, that was cowardly so she turned around and ran towards them, maybe there was still something she could do to help them. The more people attacking the mosp the more likely it would be killed, and it seemed that the mosp had already been weakened a bit. So she sprinted at the mosp in an attempt to arrive there before it saw her coming and punched it right in the face with all the strength and accuracy she could muster. It wasn't the most... elegent attack and Janet wasn't feeling very positive that it would work out (mostly due to her previous failures) but what else could she do except try?

Action: Punching mosp #11 in the face

Stamina: 6
Evasion: 5
Strength: 10
Wisdom: 2
Arcane Power: 3
Accuracy:9

Interacting with: @Jack Burnett, @Vincent d'Arque, and @Santario Martin
Mentions: Thomas Lestrange, Tyranni Whitethorn, Vladimir Athanatos, and Victor Moore

Perhaps threatening Jack hadn't been the best way to go. The fact still stood that she had no way of knowing if she could count on him for anything; after all, Thomas was helping Vladimir and Tyranni was trying to kiss Thomas. Everyone had their own motives. But following the redhead's previous line of site, to where Victor lay badly burned, she decided maybe he was okay. Sending him as much of a smile as she could muster in the current situation, she replied, "Guess I just don't know who to trust. I'll have to leave you with your curiosity, though. And, you know, be careful. Get out if you can." She honestly didn't care much for the bag anymore, or its contents. Already her focus was elsewhere.

That lack of focus on where she was proved to be a problem. Bridget did try to drop the bag, slowly, carefully, but the attempt was half-hearted, her effort minimal. So when the bag slipped out of her levitation too fast, plummeting to the ground, she flinched, her attention brought back to the situation at hand. What had she just done? Hadn't she been trying to save the bag from burning? And now she could have very well broken it... she wasn't sure, but it had sounded like something had shattered. Or maybe she'd just imagined it, since it wasn't like she could hear much with all the chaos around her. Eyes still wide in horror, she muttered a silent prayer she hadn't broken anything. But as much as she wanted to make sure the bag's contents were okay, she had to go help the duo that had fallen out of the sky.

Thank goodness, the boy helped Santario onto the back of her broom. He gave her a nod, so she nodded in return. There was really nothing else to say--she'd already told him to get himself out, get the camera she'd fixed, help the injured if he could. Now that the smoke had dissipated, and a quick check made her sure no mosps were after them, it seemed like a very good time to take off.

So she did. Rising into the air as carefully as she could, every ounce of concentration she had on keeping Santario from falling off, she made her way towards the castle. All they had to do was escape this disaster of a ball, and then she could get help for Santario. Maybe Bridget hadn't been able to help much, had made some mistakes, but if she could save one person, that would be enough.

Action | Flying Santario to the castle (exiting the ball)
Stamina: 5 | Evasion: 9 | Strength: 3 | Wisdom: 9 | Arcane Power: 7 | Accuracy: 8
Sixth Sense | Evasive Maneuvers
Outfit | Broom: Nimbus 1700

Mentioning| @Vincent d'Arque | @Bridget Collins

Holding her breath and swallowing a ton of times was all she could do not to throw up when the broom kicked into the sky. While it took a minute for her stomach to settle when it finally did, she remembered how much she loved being on a broom. Not enough to join the quidditch team again but enough that maybe she should take her broom for a spin around the training pitch sometime. Perhaps, not anytime soon, though. She needed to make sure that she lived through the night first, but she was in Bridget’s very skilled hands for now.

She opened her eyes to stop herself from getting dizzier than she already was looking down at Vincent, knowing he would probably bring her bag to the infirmary once he got out of the ball as well. As the wind kept her cooled down, something she was gratefully thankful for, she knew it would only be a matter of time before she would feel the comfort of an infirmary bed under her and potions that would take away the pain and allow her to sleep.

Sleep… Sleep would be really nice right about now. NO, NO SLEEPING San yelled in her own head, stopping her sleepy eyes from drooping. God, she yelled too loud in her own head as it throbbed with the headache behind her eyes that made it feel like they were going to explode. Soon… Soon she could sleep, but not yet.

Action| Leaving the thread on the back of Bridget's Broom

Adonis had successfully left the changing rooms after being satisfied with his contributions there. He just only hoped they could handle themselves now after he killed two mosps and that the other two wouldn't prove to be a problem for them. What he had came to see of the situation in the main area of the pitch was far worse than he had expected. There was a total of eight mosps still alive and a snake chilling right beside the food tables. Donnie even noticed a group of students fighting one another and being thrown back as the Knockback Jinx was cast from either side of the students. He watched as a girl he had met in the study room was sent flying backwards. Along with another first year who was a fellow Slytherin of his, her name was Opeila to be exact and he watched for a moment as the girl got blasted into the ground with the Knockback Jinx. It was literal chaos here. Most definitely far worse than the changing rooms.

Seeing Opeila and Anastasia both get sent flying down to the ground like that made him want to help them but then again Adonis had no idea what had caused the current ongoing conflict between the students that were fighting each other. Plus, there were other students being attacked by mosps at the moment too who were more important to try and help out. He directed his attention up above slightly as one of the prefects in his house took off with another boy on the broom with her and left the pitch.

Shortly after, Adonis sucked in his teeth at the sight of a fellow Slytherin using the Mending Charm to fix a broken broom that two other people got on shortly after and flew off as well. His attention was diverted towards the shower of red sparks that were cast into the night sky immediately after. Finally, his eyes laid sight on the many students that were trying to fight for their survival and not get stung by the horrid creatures. Fellow students of his were fighting left and right, some missing their targets and some hitting their targets. A few even got stung he saw.

There was no one there he really or knew or had interacted with before in the midst of the chaos and he planned on putting those people first. He was about to help the nearest person to him at random since such was the case. That was until he saw a familiar streak of teal not too far ahead lying on the ground crying in front of a boy that was beneath a table, the both of them helpless. Adonis recognized the girl as Katrina and the boy as a fellow Slytherin he had seen around before. Almost instantly, Adonis rushed up from behind the two and went to stand in between the mosp and the two students with his back facing towards them. With the quick outwards extension of his wand and a lying figure-eight movement, the words, "Obscuro!" bellowed from his mouth as he attempted to cast the spell at the mosp in hopes of blinding it and allowing the two to get to safety. "Take him with you and get out of here. I'm going to try and help others elsewhere if I can after this thing is taken care of." Adonis told Katrina, sparing only a quick glance over his shoulder in her and Dale's direction. The next people he would probably help out next if he was able to get away would be Atlas or Flash.

Action: Attempting to cast Obscuro at Mosp #12.

Interacting with: @Katrina Walker, @Dale Kurt & Mosp #19
Mentions: Opeila Seilun and Anastasia Beckett

↓ Outfit ↓

Outfit:

Reducio

Flash knew it was only a matter of time before he would lose his usefulness. He was hoping the teachers would come to their aid, or his spells would do the trick, but he was just a weak first year in the end. He hadn’t even seen it happen, the pain in his arm was so sudden that it momentarily felt like nothing. The feeling one got right after you tripped, but before your face met with concrete. After it withdrew its stinger, no doubt glad that it finally made purchase on the blue-suited pest, the pain flared to a ridiculous extreme. White hot, familiar. Flash couldn’t help but let out a pathetic grunt that sounded like a whine as his eyes struggled to focus on the damage.

It hurt a lot. As much as Flash could remove himself from the present, from reality, from the pain in his body in more normal circumstances, the burning of the mosp sting was dramatic. He couldn’t retreat from it, he could only suffer. Even his other hand was occupied, so he couldn’t grab at his profusely bleeding arm. He didn’t know if he could lift his arm to cast another spell. The idea of moving even an inch, for that moment, seemed ludicrous. Movement would cause fresh pain. Air touching the wound, more dust, muscles trying to contract around a gaping hole where a part of Flash’s arm used to be.

He was sure the mosp would get back up and swing again, perhaps putting an end to this languid consciousness. Or his life. Could he die? He thought he was going to die during the spider attacks, but perhaps through familiarity with the mosps, he thought he could dodge around forever. It had been Vladimir he was afraid had some kind of secret, some kind of plot to kill. Flash didn’t want to die to a stupid bug. He had to get back his senses before there were none left to collect. He couldn’t lie down and writhe on the ground in pain, wasn’t Willow also suffering?

His eyes weakly looked back up, stuck in a wide-eyed grimace. What could he do, swat it away? He looked back down to the wand limply held in his fingers, not daring to send the brain signal to twitch them back to life unless he absolutely had to. I missed, I’m sorry. Flash apologized to his wand, one that had always been extremely patient with him. It was probably thanks to his wand accommodating for his lack of experience and adapting to his casting style that his first attack hit its mark in the first place. I won’t give up.

Luckily for him, someone stepped in. With so much noise around them, Flash couldn’t know how much worse off anyone was than him, but he wasn’t about to look a gift horse in the mouth. She was throwing her fist. Just as well, it was a living creature. Physical violence worked on it.

He would have to thank her later, he wouldn’t forget. Though the pain in his arm still pulsed with unimaginable pain, he finally moved it to tuck his wand back to its place inside his pants. Inadvertently whining more with the reanimation of his beforehand limp arm. Ignore it. Empty your mind. It’s only pain. It’s just signals. Being free of the immediate threat, Flash knew what they had to do next. Get out of there.

”Opeila! Over here!” Flash couldn’t leave without Willow and Opeila. He wouldn’t.

Then, he would do the gesture Willow was used to by now, kneeling down to let Willow climb up on his back. She was a tiny thing compared to him, so carrying her was not terribly hard. Flash had carried buckets of water heavier than her. Then again, he was a bit out of sorts at the moment. He could at least do this much, right? Certainly Willow couldn’t walk all the way to the castle with that leg.

If Janet kills the mosp:
Once Willow was on his back and Opeila was at his side, he would go. If neither was achieved, he would stay. Simple as that.

If the mosp is still alive:
”Willow, try again, you can do this.” Flash encouraged Willow to attack again. She already killed one mosp with her magic, after all, certainly once the mystery girl had finished her attack there would be an opening.

Action:
Free action: Talking to Willow and Opeila
Action: Lifting Willow up onto his back
Stats:
Sta: 7 ★ Eva: 5 ★ Str: 6 ★ Wis: 8 ★ AP: 3 ★ Acc: 6
Ability:
Calming Presence
Health: 246/700
Condition: Broken nose, stung (-1 acc & eva)

Interacting with: @Willow Anderson @Opeila Seilun
Mentioning: @Janet Jackson

Previous posts: Pre-ball, Entrance, Recon, Asked to dance, Spots Vlad on dance floor, Dancing with Ruka, Talking to Ruka, Lamenting, Executing plan, Running to Willow, Talking to Vlad, Hugging Willow, Double Kick is Super Effective, Flinging Spells and Dodging Mosps, Holding Willow’s hand

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