Summer Camp Mysterious Maze Group 1 Closed

[font=Tempus Sans ITC]W[/font]ith arms sat behind his head, Jack strutted up to the giant hedge maze with such bravado. Thankfully he wasn't intimidated by much of anything, so a bunch of grass stacked on itself wasn't gonna do it for him. The third-year was wearing a simple white button-up shirt with salmon-colored pants that little had tiny little white crabs etched into the fabric. The boy wore a staple to his look; a backward black baseball cap and a prefect badge stuck on his short's waistband. He could feel the excitement building in his chest, like a tiger ready to jump loose at any moment! Jack could imagine the trials that awaited him in between those perilous-looking walls of bush. Considering that he was usually the one to run towards danger, he would consider himself the leader of this party. If people didn't like it, Warren would just go off on his own. Jack knew he was skillful and competent. Plus, he figured that having scaredy cats clinging on to him would get annoying. As he passed by the entrances to reach their designated group meeting point, a specific entrance decided to give him a challenge! 'Are you sure?' it read. HOW DARE THE SIGN DOUBT HIS MANLINESS. He was fixed on which entry he was going to start through.

[font=Tempus Sans ITC]P[/font]ressing his lips together, the boy let out a jaunty little whistling tune as he approached was seemed to be the only other person from his group that had shown up thus far. Jack felt like he had a pretty good grasp on the student body as a whole, so seeing as the prefect hadn't seen this kid before, he had to be a first year. "Oi, mate. Why are you standing near the shite bucket?" Did Jack actually know what the bucket was used for? Absolutely not, but he figured it would be funny since he caught the puke bucket comment from the Newby. The boy sauntered over to stand next to the kid. "Jack Warren. Hufflepuff prefect. You're in my group, yeah?" The boy's lilting and lazy way of talking was a style choice made by the boy. He liked the idea of being laidback, plus it made him seem more mysterious in his own head. "So... We gonna go through the middle way, right? Because, it seems like a challenge." The boy lazily moved to the center entrance and stood there. He did, however, take the occasional moment to stop and glower at the sign. Nobody challenges Jack Warren.

Making the worst first impression with @Avery Chen
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Action(If it ever comes up): Enter the Middle gate. Doesn't matter if people join him or not.

As soon as she noticed the sun beginning to go down Akari briskly made her way over to the starting points of the maze. Her hair was neatly pulled back into a ponytail and she was dressed in a simple outfit which just entailed a navy blue zip-up sweatshirt and a pair of black leggings.

As she approached the entrances she noticed a couple of other lads gathering in front, but before getting the chance to say anything to them, her eyes immediately fell upon the "Are you sure?" sign plastered on the side of one of the entryways, distracting her. A frown then rapidly spread across her face. Initially, she had been excited for this activity and thought that a little adventure would be quite enjoyable but now being here and seeing that sign along with all the eerie fog that shrouded the place, she couldn't but wonder what in the world it meant and if she should be worried.
No no no, it was just trying to psych her out, wasn't it? It was only a silly sign, nothing to worry about, right? Well, that's what she told herself.
"What a dodgy poster" She nevertheless mumbled to herself with a small huff as she slowly turned back in the direction of the boys she had seen earlier.

Attempting to push away all skeptical thoughts for the time being Akari made her way over to where the other two stood and then spoke up. "Hey guys"
A small friendly smile formed as she continued.
"Uhm considering that we have no idea what will happen once we enter this maze, you two wouldn't mind having more company would you?" She asked them. She didn't know about them but she certainly was not keen on going in alone.
Only then realizing that she had just walked up to two guys whom she had never spoken to before meaning they probably had no clue who she was, so she then quickly added "Oh and I'm Akari by the way"

Action: Entering the middle entrance

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Mentioning: @Jack Warren, @Avery Chen & @Akari Kato

Starlee had been excited about another one of her misadventures. Exploring a fun maze that the school had set up (or at least she assumed had set up) sounded like quite the fun quest. She had been assigned into a group, none of which whom she knew. She certainly had hoped that Cash would have been with her, she felt like the pair made an unstoppable team, but alas, they had been selected somewhere else.

So, when the time came, Starlee would don some jeans, a light tank, and a flannel she would tie around her waist, just in case it got cold. This was still the Scottish Highlands after all. Her hair would be pulled back in a taught low ponytail, her bangs gracefully plopped on her forehead. She would watch three of their group make their way into the central entrance - the one marked 'Are you sure.' Oh of course it was a challenge, something that Starlee would have liked to proove herself in, but the annoying Hufflepuff Prefect - or so he claimed - had cockily made his way right to it. Not after insulting what appeared to be a first year. Starlee rolled her eyes. No way was she going to go with that a-hole.

She would turn to the rest of the group. "Well, I don't know about you guys, but I don't want to be around that... Jack Warren guy." She would emphasize his name. If you want someone who actually knows what their doing, then follow me - one of the Slytherin dueling champions right here." Typically Starlee didn't have quite so much bravado, but that Jack character had really pissed her off. She was gonna show him that her (potential) little group could make just as much progress. Even if no one joined her, she would at least prove she could go it alone.

She liked the smell of watermelon, plus it could mean food (and who wouldn't want food when you were about to traverse a treacherous maze) so she would make her way into the northern entrance, happily smiling at anyone who would want to join her, introducing herself as well.

Action: Entering the Northern Entrance

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Stats: Stamina: 6 | Evasion: 8 | Strength: 6 | Wisdom: 8 | Arcane Power: 6 | Accuracy: 6
Abilities: Healing Sage | Comprehend Language (Parseltongue)

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The Outfit

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Of all the events she knew were to be happening at the summer camp, Scarlet was most excited for this one. The sun was setting above the looming hedge maze, and as she got closer to the entrance, the safety she felt from it's warm amber glow began to waver. She had no idea how long she would be in the maze for so had opted for another one of her hoodies paired with her favourite trainers in case she was out late. She had kept her hair down for now, but brought with her a grey hair tie, kept on her wrist.

She was soon able to distinguish three different entrances to the maze, as well as a group of students hanging about in the clearing in front of them. A blonde girl she recognised as part of her houses dueling team had just approached the group before her, Scarlet found a place stood near the blonde girl just as she spoke up to the rest of the group.

"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I don't want to be around that... Jack Warren guy," Scarlet looked to the rest of the group, and then remembered where she recognised the name from, the prefect from her own cabin was stood by the middle entrance with two other students. "If you want someone who actually knows what their doing, then follow me - one of the Slytherin dueling champions right here," the girl continued, before approaching the northern entrance to the maze.

Scarlet wanted to check out each of the entrances before making her own decision, but she would be lying if said she wasn't swayed by the Slytherin. She walked up to the southern entrance, free of any other students, an empty bucket on the ground in front of it, 'was that something to bring with them' she wondered, but she wasn't keen on going by herself, wouldn't be as much fun at the very least. She walked past the small group of students with Jack Warren, pausing briefly to read the sign affixed to the side of the middle entrance, before approaching the blonde Slytherin at the third entrance.

"Hey! I'm Scarlet, wannabe Slytherin duelist," she said with a small laugh, referencing the girl's last comment. A sweet, fruity smell filled the air around this entrance, watermelon she thought. Smiling, the girl introduced herself as Starlee, "well, you've got yourself a partner," Scarlet said returning the smile, "not to mention it smells amazing around this entrance! Scarlet felt only excitement now, she wouldn't be going in the maze alone, and she felt they had chosen the best entrance too, 'bring it on,' she thought to herself.

Mentions @Jack Warren, @Avery Chen & @Akari Kato | Interacting with @Starlee Kennedy

Action: Entering the northern entrance with Starlee Kennedy
Stats: Stamina - 4 | Evasion - 4 | Strength - 7 | Wisdom - 9 | Arcane Power - 7 | Accuracy - 4
Abilities: Terrible Presence

Interacting: n/a

Anastasia had heard about the maze that had been created for the children to navigate and find their way in, so Anastasia decided to enter it and see how it looked and how quickly she could escape it. Why not? She thought, shrugging as she walked through the grounds towards the mysterious maze. Though she was excited, the death of her Quiddich mates was still very fresh, and well, Anastasia didn't know exactly how she could have fun after what had happened. These days, she was forcing herself to do fun things, for her own good. Of course, she was enjoying them, but for some reason, she felt guilty for doing so.

As she saw the other students socializing and talking to themselves (most of them were talking in English), unlike usually, she did not try to understand the English speakers, so she had no idea what they were talking about. Instead, she looked at the entrance of the maze, took a deep breath. She was surprised that a smell of fresh watermelon flowed into her nostrils. Since it had piqued her interest, why did she not go for it? Putting her hands in her pockets, Anastasia walked into the maze, following the rough smell of fresh watermelon that was so appetizing right now.

outfit

Action: Following the watermelon smell to the Northern Entrance.

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Stats: stamina 8 evasion 9 strength 2 wisdom 10 arcane power 3 accuracy 8
Abilities: Lovely Creature, Fearless

[font=Tempus Sans ITC]T[/font]he young Hufflepuff couldn't help but grin at the first year as he stopped in the front of the challenging sign. "I'm very sure! We can do it! I doubt anything too terrible will show up. Maybe some spiders, but that isn't anything too bad." Jack had the thought of maybe mentioning acromantulas, but the kid seemed to be nervous as is. But he was pleasantly surprised when Avery decided to step up, and for that, Jack gave him a thumbs up! That's when the second of their group decided to show face! From the looks of it, a second year? Maybe first? Jack had a hard time remembering faces and determining the age of people. "Like I was tellin' Avery, I doubt it's gonna be anything to horrifying. The professors like to make things seem scarier than they are, but more company is always welcomed!" He just grinned. There were many bad things at this chaos-ridden school, but he doubted that the things that looked purposefully spooky were nothing to be afraid of. "I'm Jack, this is Avery." The prefect stuck a thumb towards the first year next to him.

[font=Tempus Sans ITC]T[/font]hat's when the trouble started. A blonde girl walked up with immediate hostility. What the hell was That Jack Warren guy supposed to mean? The boy never failed to take action against taunting, and this was goading 101. Jack clenched his fist as he could feel anger building up in his chest. "Oi, what the hell is your problem, you snake?!" Jack couldn't help but sneer at the girl. DuElInG ChAmPiOn his ass. "If you got a problem with me, don' be a chicken and say it to mah face!" As he spoke, his typically light Irish accent came out into full force. "But I bet you won't. You seem like the all bark an' no bite type. I bet you are a backup on the dueling team. " He didn't honestly believe that, but hopefully, it would get her goat. He would turn towards the note that stated, "Are you sure," and stuff the letter into his pocket with a huff. Jack felt like he had the last word, but he would bring it if this girl wanted a fight. With that Jack would enter into the maze, unless otherwise stopped

Interacting with @Avery Chen,@Akari Kato, & @Starlee Kennedy(but we gon fight)

Action: Enter the Maze via the Middle Entrance, unless somebody tryna fight.

Northern Entrance

@Starlee Kennedy, @Scarlet Salvatore, Anastasia Prokovdine (iNPC @Violet Carrington)

The great scent of watermelon proved too good of a lure for some of the students who decided they would try their luck along the sweet path. Or perhaps it was Starlee’s rejection of Jack’s navigation skills that brought a few of the students into the northernmost entrance.

The path immediately bent to the left before taking a second sharp turn to the right down a somewhat long corridor where the hedges seemed to be closer together than the entrance. The narrow corridor would force the students into a single file line. The fog only grew thicker inside the maze but the scent of watermelon held strong.

Eventually, the narrow corridor would reach a fork. One path turned sharply to the left and the other path gently curved to the right. There wasn’t anything inherently different between the paths at first glance. But keen ears might hear a soft rumbling noise coming from the right path. It was faint but a careful student may catch it. Starlee had claimed that she was the one to follow, but would her choices prove correct? Or were the northern students condemned to a night of chasing after watermelon smells.

Available Directions: Turn Left, Turn Right or Go Back

Middle Entrance

@Jack Warren, @Avery Chen, @Akari Kato

Well, it seemed that the note left at the central entrance was no deterrent for several of the students. Instead of taking the note as a warning, it seemed that the young students were up for the challenge. Hopefully, they wouldn’t regret it…

The first student to move through the threshold of the middle was the scrappy Jack Warren, followed by a seemingly more reserved Avery. However, just moments after Akari stepped through the entrance, there was a low rumble. Suddenly tendrils of roots and vines erupted from the opening. Branches weaved and pulled together as the hedges quickly closed off the entrance to the middle path, leaving the students standing in the dark corridor with no way to get our except through the maze.

With the entrance now closed, the path became darker and more still as the hedges offered no more movement. The path inside would quickly weave to the right through a winding, but open path. A short way down the path, however, the students would be faced with a new option. A narrow path branched sharply to the left while the main path seemed to continue forward for a short way. In the darkness, which path would they choose?

Available Directions: Turn Left or Go Forward

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@Gia Adelard, Xeno Darkaz (iNPC @Winter Wolfhartz)

For those still standing at the entrance, they would still have a chance to enter the Northern or Southern entrance but the middle path was no longer available after it seemed to close itself.

How to Navigate the Maze

1. Each round you can choose an available direction to travel or to take a different action.
2. Each moderation will list the available directions for each student.
3. You can choose to stay as a group or wander off on your own. But if you are alone...beware of the orange.
4. Depending on the paths chosen, you may encounter challenges or changes within the maze.
5. Stats will be used in this tread and thus you will need to ensure they are in your trunk.
6. There will be a moderation post at least once a week. Quicker moderations will be done if all active participants have replied.
7. If a participant misses two weeks of moderation, it will be assumed they decided to take a nap and will be removed from the maze for their safety!
8. As always...clothing will be required in this thread!