Another Duel, Another Day PV unofficial duel

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Reducio Location: Duelling Club	Reducio Dialogue: #008080 WC: 233	Reducio @Lily Isobel McCoire @Natasha Jones @Siobhan McCarty @Remy Break

Once again Josh found himself in the duelling club, to take part in another duel. Obviously the thrill of the first one was not enough for him, and getting back in the game so quickly made this evident. The moderator, Lily Isobel McCoire, was a fifth year Gryffindor who Josh was already familiar with. She moderated the first ever duel he participated in, at least there was a familiar face as moderator. He was also familiar with his teammate, Natasha Jones. While he had never spoke to her before, she was in Ravenclaw like him and was in his year. She also happened to be on the Ravenclaw duelling team, something he was hoping would be an advantage for them. It was unfortunate that they were going against a fourth year Gryffindor, Siobhan McCarty who was on Gryffindor's duelling team. To summarise, she had more experience, knew more spells, and was older than him. Not an ideal situation, right? Well, as if the odds were against them already, they were also going against Remy Break, a Slytherin in his year. It wasn't hard to notice him, he was almost double Josh's height, and he looked like he could crush Josh with just one hand. "No cheating, be nice to each other, and may the best team win!" He raised his wand at his opponents, right now he wasn't liking his and Natasha's odds.

Action: As Strategized

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Stats: sta 7 ⊹ eva 9 ⊹ str 7 ⊹ wis 10 ⊹ arc 8 ⊹ acc 7 | Date: 05/30/26 | Time: A Duelling Day| CC:#2E8B57
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The amount of duels that she had gotten herself into this year was reaching a staggering number. But Siobhan greatly enjoyed getting to duel with others and learning about how they worked both on and off the piste. In all honesty, it provided her a bit of an advantage later on as, when she was forced to duel against them again- she would be able to know what they had cast and how successfully.

When you were blind, you weren't given much to see about your opponents. For Siobhan, if she could learn anything then it meant that she could gain somewhat of an understanding of her game. When she played games now, she never had the skills to have the win without help. But still despite her disability, her official duelling team had done quite well for themselves even if Siobhan had been the one taken out first. It wasn't ever fair but she understood why.

Break the weakest link in the chain, loosen the grip on the wolf.

Siobhan's partner for this duel, she learned, was loud. And big. Compared to where Siobhan stood at her own height, she could hear that hi voice came from higer above her head. His movements sounded loud too- the brandishing of his huffing breath sent a weird sensation down the back of Siobhan's neck. Nervousness she didn't feel before her duels now, as a fourth year.

This was weird. But she was here now.

Mentioning:
@Remy Break@Natasha Jones@Josh Ericson

Natasha walked into the duelling room confidently, her eyes sweeping the room as she searched for her partner, opponents, and moderator. Spotting them on the far side of the room, she made her way over, taking her time to study each of them.

The moderator, Lily Isobel McCoire, was a fifth-year Gryffindor Natasha had seen around the Great Hall a few times. They had never spoken, but Lily always seemed friendly enough. Natasha didn't really know enough about the girl to form much more of an opinion on her.

Her partner, Josh Ericson, was someone she'd never really talked to either. They were both in the same year and house, though, so she'd seen him in the common room, Great Hall, and classes quite often. She didn't know whether he was good at duelling, but she knew he had duelled before, so at least he wouldn't be going into this completely blind.

The first of her opponents was difficult to miss. At seven feet tall and part giant, Remy Break towered over everyone in the room. At first glance, he seemed like the sort who relied more on strength than strategy. Still, Natasha reminded herself not to underestimate him. He looked distinctly unhappy to be there, though, and she couldn't help wondering why.

Finally, there was Siobhan McCarty. She was a blind fourth-year Gryffindor who had been on the duelling team for almost a year. Unlike the rest of them, she had a good amount of experience on her side, and Natasha had no doubt that she would be the tougher opponent. Whatever advantages Natasha and Josh might have, she wasn't going to underestimate Siobhan.

Natasha got into her stance as Lily spoke the words that would kickstart the duel.

"No cheating, be nice to each other, and may the best team win!"

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Reducio Location: Duelling Club	Reducio Dialogue: #008080 WC: 203	Reducio @Lily Isobel McCoire @Natasha Jones @Siobhan McCarty @Remy Break

Josh managed to get through the first round without any injuries, in fact he wasn't even targeted much to his relief. He successfully managed to cast Incendio Duo, which hit his target precisely. Siobhan caught aflame and he felt very proud of his aim. Still, he couldn't help but feel some remorse. After all he was still very new to duelling, he wasn't accustomed to harming people, so naturally his conscious was still adapting to him participating in duels. Natasha tried to cast Petrificus Totalus at her target, but ultimately the spell did not work. At least we're not doing too bad, he thought to himself. Honestly speaking, his opponents intimidated him so hitting one of them with a spell immensely boosted his morale. Unfortunately they were not completely off the hook. Natasha was hit with Incendio Duo as well, and she immediately caught aflame. It was moments like this that reminded Josh that although duelling was his favorite sport, the rounds could be brutal. It only made him dread what his opponents planned to do to to them in the future rounds. His spirit was not completely defeated though, he did well this round, he would do even better the next. Hopefully...

Action: As Strategized

"Petrificus totalus," Natasha yelled, aiming at Siobhan. She was hoping the more experienced of their two opponents would be taken down first, which would make it easier for her and Josh to win.
Apparently, Josh had been thinking on similar lines, as he directed his Incendio Duo towards Siobhan as well.
Natasha groaned as her spell missed Siobhan by an inch, but cheered inwardly as the older girl caught aflame, courtesy of Josh, obviously. Unfortunately, her celebration was cut short as she, too, was hit by an Incendio Duo.
Wincing with surprise at the sudden heat and burning sensation, Natasha staggered, flailing slightly as she balanced herself.
Cursing inwardly at herself for getting distracted, she schooled her expression before turning to look at her opponents as if she had not a care in the world.
"I think I pull off the 'on fire' look better, don't you think?" she asked, winking towards Josh
Someone who knew Natasha better would realize that she was simply masking the pain, but no one in this group knew her well enough for that.
"Remy," she called, smirking up at the giant, "planning on casting any spells?"
Not wanting to seem too rude, even though she personally thought that trash talk was simply NECESSARY for dueling, she smiled up at the giant, just a tad unconvincingly.
Then, in a flash, she righted her stance, mentally going through the wand movement, and cast her next spell.

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Stats: sta 7 ⊹ eva 9 ⊹ str 7 ⊹ wis 10 ⊹ arc 8 ⊹ acc 7 | Date: 05/30/26 | Time: A Duelling Day| CC:#2E8B57
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The sting of fire burst against her arm as someone’s spell hit her arm. She hissed loudly as she tried to pat it out with her other hand. At this rate she was going to lose all her school robes and have to go to classes without that piece of her uniform. It would only land her in detention if they kept getting destroyed but she didn’t possess any extra funds to replace them. Thank the stars she knew how to mend things magically now, but even so- it was still quite the inconvenience.

Remy- Sio’s partner for this activity- had tried to block her but to no avail as her arm had caught on fire. While the flames burned the skin, she winced as she held it away from her. Instinct directed she pull it close to nurse the wound but the fire hadn’t completely quelled itself and the last thing she needed was her hair falling victim to the spell as well.

Never the mind- she just needed to keep up with the others. Everything would be fine. She took a step back to regroup herself as the burn began to itch.

Mentioning:
@Remy Break@Natasha Jones@Josh Ericson