Hogwarts on Ice PV Ice Hockey Game Closed

Mentions | @Thomas Lestrange

Ileen's ability to stay on her skates fluctuated wildly. Right at the beginning she had kissed the ice, then she had swept across it like a ballerina and now, as she felt comfortable and safe, she got caught in a bump and fell again.
This time she at least had the presence of mind to stretch out her arms and cushion her fall a little. The red bobble hat slipped over her eyes due to the impact and all the air was pressed out of her lungs. Ouch! Only a gasp escaped her and frustrated she immediately pushed herself into a sitting position. "Maybe I should practice ice skating before I have to deal with some stupid stick and other people," she muttered, pushing her hat out of her eyes.
Her knees throbbed a bit, but the young Slytherin skillfully ignored it. She didn't have time to sit around here stupidly. She wanted to play - a goal that seemed to be simply beyond her abilities. So far, she had only fallen down or crashed into people.

Ileen inhaled deeply and shook her head to get rid of the negative feelings. She tended to beat up herself if she didn’t hit her own expectations. Last but not least, she was here to have fun and not to achieve or proof anything.
It was never easy for her to accept things as they were and to put her ambitions aside. With her brows drawn together and a grim expression on her face, she tried to stand up. And indeed, it looked like her skill curve was swinging the other way again.
Elegantly she got back on her feet and grabbed her stick - pff it was so easy. Why had she fallen down in the first place?! Concentrating, she looked around and tried to get an overview. What was actually going on? What was the score? She hadn’t really followed the game yet…

Just in time, she spotted the puck, which had just been pushed across the ice by Thomas Lestrange. Had they conceded a goal?
Before she could wonder further, something unexpected happened: the Slytherin Prefect passed the puck to her! Reflexively, she caught it with her stick.
It could happen that fast - she had wanted to play? Now she was in the middle of the game. Action required! Her heart was pounding and she felt her hands shaking slightly.
Determined, she bit her lower lip. Now was not the right time to get nervous. She would concentrate and contribute something!

Interactions: Most notably @Kazuo Shimada & @Willow Anderson | Team Two

Stats: Stamina: 8 | Strength: 7| Evasion: 7 | Wisdom: 8 | Accuracy: 7 | Arc Power: 3
Abilities: Evasive | Evasive Deux

Action: Secret
Stats: Stamina: 3~~Evasion: 9~~Strength: 1~~Wisdom: 8~~Arcane Power: 6~~Accuracy: 8

Interacts and mentions @Ileen Knight@Flash Holmwood

Skating with speed towards his Percy didn't take into account the people around him and ultimately hit a roadblock along the way. A girl thought it was wise to barrel into him awkwardly and try her luck of knocking him down, but in the end, it only proved how comfortable he was at skating. Percival flinched slightly and rolled his eyes at the nonsense who clearly didn't think things through "Maybe try that on someone your own size next time..." he mumbled before skating to clear space on the pond.

The other team had just scored a goal to level things between them, and out of all people the person to score it was flash. His fellow dormmate had always seemed to have something against him as soon as he arrived, probably because of the ever radiant jealousy of his pureblood upbringing. Whatever, maybe a taste of loss will ease his negative thinking.

Percy gazed into the dense crowd of skaters and noticed that Ileen had gained control of the puck. It seemed like she didn't know what to do with it, and the fact no one was giving her any options wasn't helping her by the very least. Sighing to himself he leaned forwards and skated behind the opposition players, looking to provide space for her to pass to him and get him through on goal "Glan!" he shouted loudly over to her as he rushed forwards, hoping the puck would reach his stick and allow him to fire another shot in the bottom right corner.

Translation: Glan! = Clear!

Action: Doing as told

	Opeila Winters Goalie --------------------------- Health 600/600
Flash Holmwood Defence --------------------------- Health 700/700	.-	Jake Morris Defence --------------------------- Health 300/300
Dealla Prince Attack --------------- Health 200/400	Lydia Cooper Attack --------------- Health 500/500	Kazuo Shimada Attack --------------- Health 400/400

Percival Gray Attack --------------------------- Health 590/700	Heinrich Bezuidenhout Attack --------------------------- Health 500/500	Henry Knight Attack --------------------------- Health 450/500
Ileen Knight Defence --------------- Health 590/600	-.	Willow Anderson Defence --------------- Health 900/900
	Thomas Lestrange Goalie --------------- Health 800/800

ROUND 4

Balance Check DC7

Reducio

Opeila: [d20: 10] + 4 = 14 -> Success	Thomas: [d20: 7] + 7 = 14 -> Success
Flash: [d20: 20] + 7 = 27 -> Success	Willow: [d20: 9] + 5 = 14 -> Success
Jake: [d20: 3] + 1 = 4 -> Fail	Ileen: [d20: 7] + 3 = 10 -> Success
Dealla: [d20: 18] + 3 = 21 -> Success	Henry: On the Ground
Lydia: [d20: 2] + 5 = 7 -> Success	Heinrich: On the Ground
Kazuo: [d20: 20] + 4 = 24 -> Success	Percival: [d20: 9] + 6 = 15 -> Success

Another minute, another round of slipping and sliding. At this point, most students seemed to have figured out how to handle those odd blades of metal attached to the bottom of their feet, and managed to stay upright. Some of them with all the grace and confidence of professional Hockey players, such as Flash and Kazuo, some just barely, like Lydia, but they all remained on their feet: With the sole exception of our local marshmallow, Jake, who took another dive to the ground. At least all that fluffy goodness surrounding him should break the fall.

Initiative: Dealla vs Ileen

Reducio

Dealla: [d20: 4] + 9 = 13
Ileen: [d20: 9] + 8 = 17

Ileen & Percival

Reducio

Ileen passes the puck to Percival.
Ileen Accuracy (DC 12): [d20: 18] + 8 = 26
Percival Wisdom (DC 12 + 3 Lydia's LC): [d20: 18] + 6 = 24
Success, Percival is in puck possession.

@Ileen Knight had had a rather eventful game so far. Alternating between falling onto her face and gliding across the ice with all the grace of a ballerina, she'd run over her friend, and now, unexpectedly, found herself in puck possession, being told at to do something. Oh and yelled at to defend. While it wasn't entirely clear whether she had a clear grasp on the rules - most of these kids, it seemed, didn't - Ileen indeed did do something. A quick glance at her team members made it rather obvious what to do, too - with Henry and Heinrich both flailing on the ground, Percival was the only attacker in any position to actually attack. A quick whack with her hockey stick, an impressive show of aim and dexterity, and Percival was now in puck possession.

Initiative: Dealla vs Percival

Reducio

Dealla: [d20: 16] + 9 = 25
Percival: [d20: 7] + 8 = 15

Dealla vs Ileen

Reducio

Dealla attempts to steal the puck. Ileen is not in puck possession anymore, steal turns into bodycheck.
Auto-Hit Flash's CP: [d10: 8]
Accuracy: [d20: 11] + 7 = 18
Evasion: [d20: 19] + 8 = 27
Dealla misses.

@Dealla Prince had been on her way to intercept the puck, steal it back for her team, but came too late. Ileen had been faster than her, the puck was already gone, but the Ravenclaw's momentum was still going towards her friend. Would she now get revenge for being smacked to the ground by Ileen earlier? Apparently not, as Ileen gracefully spun out of the way.

Initiative: Kazuo vs Percival

Reducio

Kazuo: [d20: 12] + 6 = 18
Percival: [d20: 5] + 8 = 13

Kazuo vs Ileen

Reducio

Kazuo attempts to steal the puck. Ileen is not in puck possession anymore, steal turns into bodycheck.
Accuracy: [d20: 11] + 5 = 16
Evasion: [d20: 7] + 8 = 15
Hit.
Kazuo Strength: [d20: 9] + 4 = 13
Ileen Strength: [d20: 19] + 3 = 22
Ileen does not fall to the ground, suffers -1 Accuracy for her next action.

Dealla hadn't been the only incoming force to pay attention to, however, and dodging her friend cost Ileen. The blue team's other attack player, @Kazuo Shimada, had been on his way with the same intention as Dealla, and the same result. Too slow to get a chance at the puck, he channeled his force into a hockey check instead. While Ileen did not manage to dodge this time, she seemed to be stronger than she looked, as she remained firmly standing. She might feel a little disoriented, however.

Initiative: Jake vs Percival

Reducio

Jake: [d20: 9] + 7 = 16
Percival: [d20: 7] + 7 = 15

Jake

Reducio

Jake gets up from the Ground.

Elsewhere on the field, the only enemy @Jake Morris had to fight was the ice beneath him. He'd slipped again, cushioned by his pillows, and spent the next minute or so struggling back to his feet.

Initiative: Flash vs Percival

Reducio

Flash: [d20: 7] + 5 = 12
Percival: [d20: 20] + 8 = 28

Percival

Reducio

Percival shoots to score.
Accuracy: [d20: 14] + 3 = 17
Wisdom: [d20: 15] + 9 Opeila actively guards = 24
Opeila successfully guards. Puck is now free on the ice.

Only seconds after having received the puck, @Percival Gray had already set his eyes on the blue team's goal again. He'd been the one to score the first goal for his team, would he manage a second one right away? But no, this time, @Opeila Winters was ready for what was coming. Skates planted firmly, stick in hand, she heroically managed to defend her goal, and the puck bounced back, sliding across the ice. It was free for anyone to snatch for themselves now!

Initiative: Flash vs Thomas

Reducio

Flash: [d20: 2] + 5 = 7
Thomas: [d20: 19] + 7 = 26

Thomas vs Dealla

Reducio

Thomas casts Flipendo at Dealla. (WDC 9 + 3 Lydia's LC)
Wisdom: [d20: 6] + 8 = 14, success
Auto-Dodge Dealla's EM: [d10: 8]
Accuracy: [d20: 4] + 6 = 10
Evasion: [d20: 10] + 9 = 19
Thomas misses.

Except maybe for @Thomas Lestrange, who had his own goal to defend, but he was busy jinxing opponents right and left, anyway. Finally back on his feet, he decided to have another go at knocking Dealla out of the game. After all, it just wouldn't do to have an entire round in which no one attacked the lone Ravenclaw on the field, right? But it seemed that she was ready for it this time, and Thomas's spell, although successfully cast, went wide as she skated out of the way in time. Maybe next time.

Initiative: Flash vs Willow

Reducio

Flash: [d20: 16] + 5 = 21
Willow: [d20: 1] + 6 = 7

Flash vs Percival

Reducio

Flash bodychecks Percival.
Accuracy: [d20: 18] + 8 = 26
Evasion: [d20: 5] + 8 = 13
Flash hits.
Flash Strength: [d20: 13] + 7 = 20
Percival Strength: [d20: 3] + 6 = 9
Percival falls to the Ground.
Effect: 110 damage, requires full action to get up again.

@Flash Holmwood, too, had other things on his mind than going after the aimlessly sliding puck. Like his teammates earlier, he'd maybe aimed to intercept the red team's line of attack, but been to slow: By the time he reached Percival, the attempt to score had already been made. That did not stop Flash from executing a textbook hockey check against his house mate, tackling him to the ground with an impressive amount of force. Percival would have to get back onto his feet before he'd be part of the game again.

Initiative: Lydia vs Willow

Reducio

Lydia: [d20: 19] + 5 = 24
Willow: [d20: 6] + 6 = 12

Lydia vs Willow

Reducio

Lydia attempts to snatch the puck. (WDC 14 + 2 Willow's LC)
Wisdom: [d20: 10] + 10 = 20
Willow attempts to snatch the puck. (WDC 14 + 3 Lydia's LC)
Wisdom: [d20: 20] + 10 = 30
Contested accuracy roll to decide who snatches the puck!
Lydia: [d20: 20] + 1 + 2 won the Initiative roll = 23
Willow: [d20: 12] + 5 = 17
Lydia manages to snatch the puck.

But this didn't mean that the puck went entirely ignored. @Lydia Cooper, although at this point heavily suffering from the effects of a certain, rather nasty curse, went after the black disk on the ice, as did @Willow Anderson, who, after some hugging, finally saw the chance to turn her daydreams into reality. They both made after the puck, but Lydia was just a tiny bit ahead, which aided her in getting possession of it. Team Blue was in puck possession once again.

Heinrich

Reducio

Heinrich successfully gets up from the Ground.

Henry

Reducio

Henry gets up from the Ground. He will have to spend the next round doing a penalty lap.

Opeila

Reducio

Opeila spent the round actively guarding.

Elsewhere on the ice, both @Heinrich Bezuidenhout and @Henry Knight finally managed to regain their footing. Although this meant that Heinrich would be back in the game for the next installment of chaos, Henry still had to pay for trying to jinx an opponent a minute prior. It would take him another minute to rejoin the fun.

Opeila Winters had maybe had the most successful round of all, as, for the first time in this game, a goalie had managed to ward off an attack. Would she be able to turn that into a streak?

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OOC Note
- As usual, apologies for the delay. Happy to see you're all still with us.
- Percival is on the Ground. Getting off the Ground will require one full action. Henry will spend his next round doing a penalty lap.
- The next moderation will take place 7 days from this post (see timestamp). Your team has until then to decide on your internal action order and actions and send them to Dealla Prince. Failure to post will result in a void action. You may ask for one 24 hour extension.
- Hope you're all still having fun. If you notice anything off about the mod, don't hesitate to poke me about it, might very well have missed something.

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Interacting with | @Jake Morris | @Ileen Knight | @Thomas Lestrange
Mentions | Percival

The puck was still near the other team's goal, so that's where Dee went, even before she spotted that Thomas Lestrange had passed it to Ileen. She observed a little smugly that parts of the other team still seemed to be struggling, both Henry and the Hufflepuff boy had again decided to make closer acquaintances with the ice below than was likely comfortable, while the members of Dee's team were all on their feet.

Although, she thought, Mr Frog, today dressed as the Michelin Man, seemed to be a little lost, and unsure what to do. And apparently didn't have a clue what was going on. "We are, of course!" Dee called to him as she skated past, waving with the hand that had the blue cloth tied around it, confident enough, even while her shoulder was still aching. She just couldn't let them hit her again, was all. "Or will be, soon enough." She hesitated for a moment, then added, "Go, defend our goal!" Or smack the opponents to the ground, they deserved it. Maybe that would give him some direction? She wasn't entirely sure he was sure enough on his skates to do anything with any sort of purpose, but maybe she was underestimating him.

She didn't really wait around for his reaction (or to see him slip on the ice again), though, eyes fixed on Ileen and the puck. She really was still pretty mad at her, although not quite enough to just run her over. Probably. She would just snatch the puck back, and ideally score a second point for her team right after... except she was, once again, too slow.

Just a second before she reached her, Ileen passed the puck off to Percival, and Dee was once again left with the realisation that she didn't really know how to brake. She should really be aware of it at this point, but she always seemed to remember only when it was already too late. She did have much bigger qualms at running into Ileen than she'd had with Percival, though, and it showed: At the last possible moment, she made a rather abrupt attempt at dodging to the side, her arms windmilling wildly in an attempt to keep her balance, and her best friend managed to slip out of the way easily. Dee was, however, cross enough with her friend to not even make a pretense of an apology, or give a look back.

Which possibly saved her, when she found herself with Thomas Lestrange's wand pointed at her. Again. Eyes widening, her reflexes had her ducking down just in time to dodge another Knockback Jinx, but that little success returned a decent amount of smugness to her face as she straightened up. "Glad to see your aim is still as terrible as ever," she called, conveniently ignoring the fact that he'd hit both her and Lydia with his previous spells. "At least you've managed to get up, hm?"

Was it worth it, she wondered, to risk a penalty lap to get him back for this? Show him how to aim properly, too.

Action | Wait and see

Stats
Sta 4 | Eva 9 | Str 3 | Wis 10 | Arc 6 | Acc 8
Evasive Maneuver | Charmer
(Allies: Team 1)

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Kazuo gave Thomas an amused grin at the observation. He wouldn’t deny it. Given the right motivation, he did like to talk and certainly, the game had brought him out of his usual reserved shell. His gaze shifted to Ileen as Thomas passed her the puck, still revelling in the adrenaline rush of scoring, setting his sights on stealing the puck from her before she could pass the puck. As he dashed toward her, he noted Dee had the same idea but Ileen managed to quickly relieve herself of the grave responsibility of the puck, shooting it across the ice to their only effective attacker at this point, Percival. She had also managed to slip past Dee’s check but must not have noticed Kazuo coming in from behind her as he managed to connect with as solid a check as he could manage. Sadly, not nearly enough to send her to the ice. He gave her a grin as he passed, with a quick and completely unrepentant “Oops! Sorry!”

Though he and Dee both failed to intercept, it seemed luck was not with Percival this time around. With Opeila back on her feet, she proved to be a solid deterrent to Percival’s scoring streak, ending it with a successful block. “Good job!” He called to her as Flash sent Percival to the ice. Kazuo grimaced at the hit while Lydia and Willow both rushed for the puck. Lydia managed to slide ahead of Willow, claiming the puck for their team once again. Things were certainly looking good for them. They just needed to keep the momentum going...

Action: Winning~ Mwahahahaha Outfit Reducio

Stats: Stamina 4 Evasion 6 Strength 4 Wisdom 6 Arcane Power 5 Accuracy 5

Interacting with | @Thomas Lestrange | @Dealla Prince | @Percival Gray | @Kazuo Shimada
Mentions | Heinrich | Henry

Ileen was slightly annoyed. She didn’t appreciate being yelled at, especially not when the person yelling was someone she didn’t like which applied in both cases. With a snort, she rolled her eyes and gave Lestrange a mocking look. "And you're the goalkeeper. Shouldn't you guard the goal then and prevent the other team from scoring?”
Her pointed remark was interrupted by the puck being passed to her - with Lestrange now extending the yelling to the entire team, she looked around. She couldn't attack from back here. It would probably be better to pass the puck to one of the attackers. And two of them were lying around on the ground. Great.

She only had a moment and was annoyed with herself as she looked back at Thomas, insecure of what to do next. She caught his glance and understood very well what he was telling her. What a great piece of advice. Of course she knew she should do something. Dumbass.
Shortly after, the second guy on her team yelled out. Gray. The only attacker who was free and on his feet....
Very briefly, Ileen was tempted to shoot the puck back to Thomas - simply because the two guys had told her otherwise. A brief amused grin appeared on her face at the idea of how they would probably look - but no, it didn't go that far. So she squinted her brown eyes, took aim and shot the puck across the ice to Percival. With success.

A moment taken aback by her success, she blinked at her stick. Uh hu, this thing was actually good for something. But she didn't have much time to wonder about it. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed a familiar figure coming towards her. With a gasp, she just managed to avoid another, at least from her side, involuntary collision and dodged the Ravenclaw, who barely missed her. "What the hell, Dee?!"
Ileen's heart leapt and she stared angrily after her best friend. It didn't even occur to her that she might have been in a similar situation as herself earlier. Nor did it occur to her that she was a hypocrite. Ileen often had double standards. Had Dee been trying to get revenge for earlier? In any case, the young Slytherin was not pleased and frowned angrily, but again, she didn't have much time to be annoyed.
Almost at the same moment she felt a body crash against her, jerked forward and just managed not to fall down again.
Confused and even more annoyed, she looked around for the culprit. "Hey!" The Hufflepuff had already moved on, though. Unlike Dee, however, he had at least offered a dishonest apology.

Ileen pinched her lips together and gripped her stick tighter. Her heart was pounding and the fire in her eyes showed it: After being attacked, her ambition had finally awakened. They were in for a treat.

Interacting: @Jake Morris
Mentioning: @Kazuo Shimada
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