Determination Quidditch Gryffindor v Hufflepuff

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Scarlett was getting rather frustrated about the fact that she couldn't really see anything. She was able to stick it through the British rain and thunder, of course, but that didn't mean she had to like it. She had no idea how well everyone was doing, how many people were down and how many points were scored. All she knew was where she needed to bat towards.

A Bludger came whizzing her way and she yeeted it towards the other guy [Aaron]. Yeeting was a term she heard her Muggle friends and occasionally Cassie say. She had no idea what it meant but the situation seemed quite right. Also, the word annoyed her parents so that was a big bonus. With a yeet, she saw the boy she had hit tumble down. Scarlett suddenly noticed just how many people she and Gris had hit unconscious in this season's Quidditch games. Were most games like that? Did players frequently drop from the sky? Or was that a new relentless tactic?

Whatever the strategy, Scarlett still had some work to do. Though she knew how much it hurt to be slammed by a Bludger and into the hard ground below, Gryffindor really did have to win this thing. Annoyingly, her Bludger ricocheted to Lindsey again but the Hufflepuff swerved neatly out of the way - again? That was like the tenth time now; okay, maybe not the tenth, but Lindsey seemed to have a knack for dodging her attacks.

"STAYING STILL WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, MY DEAR FRIEND!" Scarlett yelled out a message to Lindsey in the rain and flew back-to-back with Gris, who immediately yeeted a Bludger towards two Hufflepuff girls. They fell like a line of dominos, with just one Bludger. Scarlett pumped her fist. "Gris that was a wicked move! Merlin's beard, two down in one hit? Keep it up dude."

And so they went on.

Action Doing as strategized
Broom Nimbus 1500

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In the role of Beater, if you hit an opponent with a bludger the bludger will then ricochet off that user and target a second opponent of choice (must be declared, if not declared the target will be random and can be an ally but not yourself).

Abilities Prodigal Charms Leaner, Fearless
Stats Stamina 7 | Evasion 6 | Strength 6 | Wisdom 6 | Arcane Power 9 | Accuracy 8

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It wasn't really pleasant to play Quidditch in such a violent storm but that still wouldn't stop Griseldis doing her job as a Beater. She decided to focus on another target and hoped that this time she would be able to at least knock off a badger from their broom. The lesser threat the better so it could strengthen their chance to win this season's game!

Her eyes locked on the two Hufflepuff girls who were sharing a broom together, she noticed that they seemed a bit distracted, so she quickly took this as her chance to strike before they notice her. Griseldis took a deep breath, then soared through the storm like a hawk hunting its prey. The moment a Bludger flew right pass the two Hufflepuff girls, Griseldis used her full strength and aimed the iron ball back towards their direction.

To her surprise, the impact of her sudden attack successfully knock off not just one but two players off the broomstick! She could hear the roars of cheers and gasps all around her and the loud praise from Scarlett. Griseldis couldn't help but smile when her Beater partner gave her a huge compliment, "Thanks, Scarlett! I really didn't expect that I was able to knock two people off a broom with only one hit. But..." Even though this round seemed to play in their favor, the Hufflepuff players were still very strong opponents and their scores were still ahead of them so far. What would happen if their seeker found the snitch before Evelynn did? With that on her mind, she bit her bottom lips then replied, "The game is still not over yet, we have to continue to do our best and knock off as many Hufflepuff players as we can to help our team. Come on, partner, let's go!"

Action: Doing as strategized

Position: First String Beater
Health: 1300/1300
Broom: Silver Arrow (+3 to all stats)
Abilities: Fearless | Martial Artist | Evasive Maneuvers
Stats: Stamina: 13 | Evasion: 12 | Strength: 11 | Wisdom: 8 | Arcane Power: 10 | Accuracy: 12

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Interacting With: @Scarlett Aden
Mentioning: @Lindsey Springhall | @Howard White | @Griseldis Edelhardt | @Pierre Marchonne | @Alan Vanes | @Additional Hufflepuff Players
Hex Color: #800000

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Rafael hissed quietly, his grip on his broom tightening in discomfort at the sudden flair of pain in his shoulder, stinging bitterly in the aftershocks of impact from a bludger assault too close for comfort. A change of events that, if he were completely honest, had surprised him enough to void any angry or distasteful reactions on the Captain’s part. His gaze, at the unexpected turn of events, uncharacteristically slipped from the bane of his personal game – the damned Quaffle had been the source of a lot of his grief in the last few minutes of gameplay, no thanks to the advances of his friend and upperclassman Howard – now trailing the cause of his sudden woes in an assertive manner, in specific, a first-string beater whose name he couldn't quite seem to place. Linda, was that the name on the roster? Lindsey? A part of him wanted to be an ass, spit out a couple curses in her direction and make a little scene for the spectators to talk about the next day. However, the more rational part of him was taking precedence in this moment, instead tuning his focus into a bigger latent issue at hand.

His sudden revelation had come in the form of his beloved dormmate’s [PIERRE] graceless dismount from his own broom – a sharp breath of anticipation melting into a sigh of relief at the steely reflexes of his fellow chaser and upperclassman Alan. So Pierre was safe, then. However, his dismount posed another immediate problem – “Well, fuck,” the Captain muttered lowly, the words lost over the sharp breeze as he finally made the connection in his head. They were low on men. He’d have to keep tabs on that moving forward – for now, protocol would hold true. He trusted his teammates enough to have faith in their decision-making skills. Offense was doing quite well, he noted offhandedly in addition to this revelation. Gris had done a bang-up job of obliterating the chaser/keeper broom duo, Scarlett properly squashing another one of the team’s [more despised] pests like a fly with one well-aimed swing of her bat. “Hey, nice hit!” he yelled in the latter’s direction, pumping his fist in the air. His mood soured, however, at the flurry of yellow and black at the edge of his gaze – this being, upon further investigation, the sudden and abrupt change in movement on the Hufflepuff seeker’s part. Shit, that was quick. It was time to move, then.

Having taken one last glance at his surroundings, he willed his broom to pick up speed, searching for an opening. His job now was clear – his eyes narrowed in on his target, expecting the worse yet preparing for the best. It was all he could do to steel his nerves for the coming moments of gameplay.

Action • Doing As Strategized

Hanging on tight to Serena to keep from sliding off her drenched broom, Atlas bit down on her lip trying to resist the convulsions her body was unconsciously doing from the frigid wind and rain that brutally attacked them in the air.

This wasn’t her first game in aggravated storms and yet it didn’t make it any easier to focus as Atlas turned her head trying to see through the sideways rain where their opponents were without leaning too much over to affect how Serena was balancing the two of them on her broom.

Feeling her hands shaking around Serena, Atlas grumbled as she muscled up her energy to try and restrain her shaking. Part of her wanted to apologize to her teammate but she didn’t want to risk pulling the girl’s focus away from the pitch and getting Atlas back to her broom.

With Serena in front, there was no way to see the attack that blasted into them in seconds as a bludger was sent full force into Serena’s stomach sending her forcibly back into Atlas as all of the air in her lungs was knocked out as the two tumbled off the broom.

Atlas instinctively opened her mouth to call out as no sound followed; her hands desperately clawing at the air hoping to catch Serena’s broom. Slamming into the ground, Atlas felt a ricochet of pain seize through her body as her face contorted feeling the mud coat her hair and uniform as she sank into the puddle.

Silently crying out, Atlas’ vision blurred as she felt her head throbbing, the rain echoing inside her ear. She couldn't quite pinpoint the extent of her injuries but knew they were significant as she attempted to pull herself up from the ground, everything went black as her body went limp.

ACTION: Experiencing her first knockout in Quidditch.

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STATS:
Stamina: 8 (+3) = 11
Evasion: 8 (+3) = 11
Strength: 4 (+3) = 7
Wisdom: 7 (+3) = 10
Arc. Power: 7 (+3) = 10
Accuracy: 9 (+3) = 12

BROOM:
Silver Arrow
Effect: +3 to all stats

ABILITIES:
Fearless
Effect: Fear effects such as a dhmpir's aura, the ability terrible presence, a lycanothrope's intimidation or certain charms, potions and jinxes that would normally cause a fear effect do not work on you as you are immune to them.
Keeper's Catch
Effect: 10% chance to automatically block an attempt to score a goal as long as the Keeper is in the goal area. If an attempt to score has been blocked through this effect, the Keeper may as a free action hurl the quaffle at the opponent team in an attempt to injure a player of their choice (it would be recovered with a quaffle grab action) and treated like a bludger or pass the quaffle to a teammate. This must be declared by the Keeper if either of these free actions are to be utilized.

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Serena did her best to keep her balance, but it was getting difficult in the worsening rain. Still, she had to stay on her broom, not only for herself but also for Atlas.

Serena began scanning the field to see where she should go next. She was about to ask her teammate what to do when Serena felt another metal Bludger hit her right in the stomach.

"Ugh!" Serena groaned out as she slid backward off her broom, taking Atlas with her. 'Dammit, not again!' She thought to herself as she plummeted towards the ground, hitting it with a loud thud and quickly losing consciousness.

Action: Falling off of broom

Stats: STA: 6 EVA: 7 (+1=8) STR: 7 (+1=8) WIS: 7 (+1=8) ARCP: 6 ACC: 8 (+2=10)
Abilities: None at this time
Broom: Nimbus 1700: Fast and tough racing broom. Stats: +2 accuracy, +1 evasion, +1 wisdom, +1 strength (added above)

interacts @Scarlett Aden

may 2nd, 2021

Finding a spare bludger before anyone had seen it, she struck it hard with all her might, sending it towards the Gryffindor’s team captain. In pleasure she watched it hit, even if it was not enough to send the chaser down his broom. It seemed that all her trainings had paid off, at least for this time. Still in great pleasure she watched Ami’s bludger hit the opponent keeper as well, and, even better, sending him down - “Nice one -”

“- CAP!?”

It was meant to be an encouragement, a praise, but it turned out to be a hopeless scream. Ami was far from avoiding Pierre’s collision, and fell off her broom. First Quinn, then Ami - this was terrible. No. This wasn’t over. There fell Aaron as well, under Scarlett’s blduger. Ah, Scarlett was doing well, at least from the lions’ point of view - she was thinking about her redhead friend, when the bludger ricocheted from Aaron’s chin and stormed towards her.

She saw it, and she dodged it. It seemed - like what her father had said to her, well, always remember to check the weather before you act. Lynn let out a relived breath. It was weird. The bludger was like, targeting her every time when it targeted one of her teammates. Weird. Indeed. The strong wind brought Scarlett’s words to her sensitive ears. “THE SAME TO YOU, FRIEND!” she roared back. Alright, the targeting game had finally been over, and they could finally get some rest -

No. This wasn’t over. She had forgotten Edelhardt, who hadn’t started her own show yet. And she hit. The badgers were still falling - Atlas and Serena were knocked out, right after Aaron. Four badgers in total, what the hell -

Lindsey didn’t have much time to think. Getting into position again, she watched Annie mounted her broom, and the Huffle scoreboard added a dashing thirty points thanks to their dear chaser Howard. If Ethen could catch the snitch in time, they still stood a chance. The game was not over yet.

Stats: sta 7 (+3=10) · eva 6 (+3=9) · wis 7 (+3=11) · arc 6 (+3=9) · str 8 (+3=11) · acc 9 (+3=12)
Abilities: statistically relevant (+2 acc) | lovely creature
Broom: silver arrow (+3 to all stats)
Action: as strategized

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Interacting with: N/A
Briefly Mentioning: Griseldis & Scarlett

Akari had to keep her jaw from dropping wide open as she watched four Hufflepuff players rain down from the sky, consequences of their brilliant beater duo: Griseldis and Scarlett.
"Just flippin' fantastic" She announced to herself out loud, completely awestruck by her teammates' work in such a short amount of time. They really were amazing.

Continuing to cheer from the sidelines, Akari kept on praying that the odds would be in the lions' favour today.

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Action: Benched

Position: Second String Keeper
Broom: Sliver Arrow (+3 to all stats)
Abilities: Charmer
Stats: Stamina: 5 (8) - Evasion: 9 (12) - Strength: 5 (8) - Wisdom: 4 (7) - Arcane Power: 7 (10) - Accuracy: 6 (9)

Broom: Silver Arrow

As soon as he saw his falling team mate Alan would swoop down with the grace of an eagle and lock his hand with Pierre's arm as he used the momentum to swing him onto his broom behind him. His arm ached a little at the task but he had managed to do so after all. Alan breathed a sigh of relief before giving a glance over his shoulders to make sure the other kid was alright. "This situation seems familiar," he larked around in a friendly manner, before bringing his focus back to the game.

Action
Doing as Strategized

Aaaaand... they were losing. Sighing quite dramatically, Gia sat back a tiny bit, still trying to see through the blur of many raindrops falling onto her face and making her vision sway. Not able to help herself, the first year's eyes scan the playing are for any sign of the snitch. Oh, how she wished she could play...

A few slivers of sunlight illuminated the quidditch pitch, much to Gia's relief. It sure made it a lot easier to see what was going on, she thought. The other team's seeker had stalled in midair, and something seemed... different. It wasn't like he was searching for the snitch anymore, it was more like... had he seen it? His eyes were focused on one spot in the cloudy grey sky, and Gia had a feeling that was exactly what had happened. Oh no, she thought.

"COME ON LIONS, WE CAN DO THIS!" the brunette yelled rather abruptly as she scooted back to the edge of her seat, waiting for the action to unfold. It really was quite difficult to sit there and do nothing but cheer, it turned out...

Action: Benched

Position: Second-string seeker
Broom: Silver Arrow (+3 to all stats)
Stats: Stamina 8 (11) | Evasion 6 (9) | Strength 3 (6) | Wisdom 7 (10) | Arcane Power 5 (8) | Accuracy 6 (9)
Abilities: Evasive Maneuvers