Hogwarts Summer Camp 2021 Chess Combat (Match 2) Closed

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Cocky - Shea Coulee (Explicit)

Roleplaying as Dmitri Kazimir Jones
Perfectionist | Perfectionist II | Spell Spread | Terrible Presence | Evasive Maneuvers
Sta 10, Str 2, Eva 6, Wis 14, Arc 11, Acc 15

The Slytherin captain would choose to ignore the complaints of his underclassman in favor of surveying the dueling arena. From their vantage point, the win is only ever going to be in their hands from now on.

The mere fact the other team has four people left made it infinitely more clear the Viridian Vipers could do more plays than they can.

And it was all Dmitri could do not to laugh in their faces.

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Doing as strategized

RPing as iNPC Maksim Aleksandrovich Preobrazhensky.

Dialogue in italics is Russian.

Max didn't consider himself as someone who was normally easily distracted, but maybe he was a little jumpier than normal as the stress of the match was getting to him. To his dismay, he saw Felix fall unconscious across the board— it appeared that the Hogwarts students' flames had finally gotten the better of him. Honestly, Maksim was surprised that he had even lasted that long. Determined to avenge his fallen comrade, Max readjusted his grip on his wand and faced his opponents with a determined scowl.

Doing as strategized.
Charmer Opponents: Viridian Vipers [Adonis, Sarah, Dmitri, Violet, Astrea]

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ROUND 10

The next few moments were perhaps not as flashy and glamorous as some other rounds had been, after all, not a single player took any damage, but they could turn the tide of the battle.
@Adonis Thorn would zone out, his eyes glazed slightly. @Sarah Lightwood would prepare to dodge any incoming spells, a strategy that proved helpful in the following moments. @Dmitri Jones would opt to heal Adonis and Violet with a flick of his wand. @Violet Carrington would choose the same tactic as Sarah. @Astrea Soleil Neptune would also opt to heal Adonis. Both healing spells were successful and Violet and Adonis would both feel somewhat better than they had previously.

Despite losing a member of their team, the foreign students were fighting tooth and nail to emerge victorious. Henrietta Montagne aka @ Levi Drakos would try to set Sarah on fire, but Sarah twisted out of the way. Maksim Preobrazhensky aka @
Ami Procoppio would decide that he rather liked the ambiance that the existing fog provided, and add some of his own, engulfing Dmitri, Adonis, Astrea, and Violet. Irina Afanasyeva aka @Lavinia Cloven evidently disagreed with Maksim's sentiment and cleared the fog that the Vipers had so generously provided. Honestly, some people have no respect for a theme... Amaury Favreau aka @Cecily Quinn would also attempt to set Sarah aflame, but once more, she evaded.

Ana wondered idly how long the match had been going and knew that they had to be nearing an endpoint in the near future. Pity, this was rather entertaining...

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August 14th, 2021

Irina was ready to finally make some big moves with her team. To do that though, they needed to clear some of the fog that was clouding the area. Irina took it upon herself and cast Ventus to blow is all away. Lucky it worked and her teammate moved to add his own fog to the units that the other team was on. This was it, there were reaching the final stretch and Irina wasn’t going to miss this amazing opportunity.

Action: Doing as strategized
Health: 900/900
Allies: Henrietta, Maksim, Amaury, and Felix (The iNPC team)
Paragon of Health Allies: Maksim and Amaury

Amaury's target seemed prepared for him this time-- the girl diagonal form his square seemed to be on her toes, prepared to dodge any spells coming her way. And dodge she did, Amaury saw with annoyance, as she danced out of the way of his blazing jet of fire. Not everyone on his team had such poor aim, though-- the fog on the internationals' side dissipated at a clever use of Ventus from Irina, while it reappeared on top of the Hogwartsians courtesy of Maksim. They may have had a few shaky rounds, but the internationals were coming back hard.

ACTION: as strategised
charmer & lovely creature opponents: slytherin team

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RPing as Henrietta Montagne of Ilvermorny

Emotions had clouded not only Ret's mental perspective but also the capability of her eyes, quite apparently; the next spell she threw toward Sarah was met with a well-performed dodge that, while admirable, more strongly struck an irritable nerve. Her fist was clenched around her wand, squeezing tightly until her knuckles whitened. A surplus of fog continued to flood their match, and Ret could only hope this would serve as a further advantage. Personal hope was shedding, though, in grains on the ground with any remnants of Felix's passing out. It was time for a personal turn around.

Action | Doing as strategized.

Cocky - Shea Coulee (Explicit)

Roleplaying as Dmitri Kazimir Jones
Perfectionist | Perfectionist II | Spell Spread | Terrible Presence | Evasive Maneuvers
Sta 10, Str 2, Eva 6, Wis 14, Arc 11, Acc 15

It was nearing the end of the game and as far as Dmitri was concerned, they've already won.

Their opponents haven't been making the best decisions thus far and have cost them one of their allies as a result. There was a palpable desperation in the way they scrambled to imitate a strategy the Vipers used fully to their advantage multiple times throughout the game.

Too late.

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Doing as strategized

The clock was ticking ever closer to its 11th hour of rounds with every noisy amalgamation of incantation that left the chess field, the allotted time for the match seeming to pass by incredibly quick compared to its easy pre-game announcement. Ah, how time flies when one is occupied!

Astrea, having used the last few rounds as a strategically useful healer and having no plans to curb that role for now, found herself engulfed in thick, billowing fog, the opposing team thinking it prudent to momentarily swap which side the spell draped itself upon. Unlike the foreign team, however, the Vipers had neatly clumped themselves together instead of spreading themselves apart to be picked off like wayward cattle.

It was a move that simultaneously entailed the potential of being struck down all at once and, more importantly, power in numbers. She planned to take full advantage of their new positions, underestimated by their targets and hidden from the sun.

Action: Doing as strategised.