Fall Ball 2021 Samhain Festival

- Interacting with Arjan Oberoi @Serena Towers
Mentioning @Aaron Jones-

Action: Suggesting they should move to the matchmaking booth;
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Race: Part-Veela
Abilities: Alluring || Lovely Creature || Scream
Stats: Stamina: 5|| Evasion: 7** || Strength: 5 || Wisdom: 15 || Arcane Power: 5 || Accuracy: 5

Erin a hag? Granted the girl was a bit aloof, but a hag? Though, rumors had been circulating that changes were occurring in students. Erin could be one of them. The large student, Hugh according to Jürgen, was still standing between Erin and herself, feet glued to the ground and her date was approaching him, attempting to tie the boys legs together. Meanwhile, the student who disarmed Jürgen began to spread something around the group in a circle.

Conversations, if you could call them an actual discussion, continued between the three boys. There was too much to listen too. Too much to catch up on. Slugs. Get them out. Trust us. Overwhelming. That was the only way to describe this situation. If she knew what exactly was going on perhaps things would be different, but without knowing the context, slugs and danger meant only one thing. The girl did something truly odd and ate slugs that are now making her sick.

She had been prepared, hand on her wand hoping that she need not draw it, but the time had come. Erin was a valued member of the Slytherin Quidditch team. She might find the girls eccentricates rather frustrating at times during practices, but she was a good beater and an asset. Though there was no real reason for her to get involved, she felt a sense of protectiveness for any of her teammates. Hugh might be blocking the girl by standing between her and the rest of the students, but there was still parts of her visible. If she aimed correctly, she could reach the girl. Pointing her wand at Erin, she attempted to cast the only spell that made sense to her at the time. "Slugulus Eructo!" Whatever this nonsense was about killing the girl seemed unnecessary. If she was just sick from slugs, the logical thing to do was to get them out. Once this situation was sorted out, she could confront Jürgen about the accusations that he was attempting murder.

Mentioning: @Erin Ryan
Interacting With: @Jürgen Hess | @Galton Lansdale | @Hugh Lowe
Action: Casting Slugulus Eructo, the slug-vomiting spell, at Erin Ryan
Abilities: Seer | Lovely Creature | Prophecy

Roleplaying as Durmstrang iNPC Arjan Oberoi

Interacting with @Lydia Cooper

"Yeah," He responded absentmindedly to her question asking if he was alright. In his opinion, people always wanted to hear 'yes' when they asked that, not wanting the other person to break down and share what was actually upsetting them, if anything. By this point, it was almost a default response. Looking back at Lydia, finally putting his attention back onto her. He smirked as he noticed her gazing at him in the way that she did, "I thought I saw someone I knew but maybe I just imagined it," He responded casually with a shrug of his shoulders, dismissing it as he mentioned that he vaguely saw his sister without saying her name or their relationship.

Arjan cocked his head slightly as his date showed an interest in the matchmaking booth. The smirk played on his lips, "Oh?" He waved his hand, gesturing towards it, "Then that way we shall go," He replied confidently, already wondering what the booth actually was. If it was run by another student, perhaps he could intimidate the child into giving them a good match. If it was a professor, he might need to charm them or something... Either way, he was planning how to try and force a good match as he walked towards the matchmaking booth with Lydia.

Outfit of the Day

ACTION: Moving to Matchmaking Booth with Lydia Cooper

Stamina: 15 | Evasion: 7 | Strength: 17 | Wisdom: 3 | Arcane Power: 7 | Accuracy: 10
Abilities: Obnoxiously Strong | The Martial Artist | Spell Spread | Charmer

Interacting: @Eun-ji Lee Hunt
Mentioning: Jack Warren and Dealla Prince

TL;DR: unable to locate Jack and Dealla, Aaron theorizes maybe they went to the Fall Ball area, so he and Eun-ji head in that direction with the hopes of also seeing the Frog Choir perform
Action: exiting Samhain Festival, going to the Fall Ball
Stats: STA: 9 | EVA: 9 | STR: 9 | WIS: 4 | ARCP: 3 | ACC: 13
Abilities: Martial Artist | Muggle Condition | Calming Presence (allies when in range: Eun-ji Lee Hunt, Jack Warren, Dealla Prince, Lydia Cooper)

#274782 Blue in English, #a62b2b Red in Korean

It looked like Aaron wanted to ask something before his eyes briefly turned away from her. Eun-ji was somewhat glad he got distracted. She was second guessing herself about mentioning Cassandra. If the boy asked, she would tell him, which would lead to more questions. On one hand, the Ravenclaw wondered if it would ease her mind a little, on the other however, she didn’t want him to see her ugly side. The boy thought she was kind and that would have been true in the past…still was she supposed but not to everyone. Certain type of people seemed to irk her to the point where she didn’t care about hurting their feelings. She used to think all people deserved at least some level of respect but her Mrs. Hunt quickly taught her otherwise.

"You're right, there's always something interesting going on." Eun-ji nodded with a smile, wondering what made Aaron lose his focus. Did he see someone familiar? Soon enough, the Hufflepuff confirmed her theory…well not exactly but close enough. “I see. Well I suppose it wouldn’t be that surprising in this crowd.” There also seemed to be some kind of commotion going on further away but the witch decided not to explore any of that. I hope it’s just some kids causing trouble. Such thing always tended to happen sooner or later during these events. “Oh there is? Let’s go see. I didn’t get the chance to hear them perform yet. It sounds lovely and it might have drawn Jack and Dee there as well. It’s worth giving a try.” She agreed with the plan. It looked like waiting here wouldn’t do them any good anyway.

Their walk towards the ball area was mostly quiet. Eun-ji concentrated on getting through the crowd unscattered and she assumed Aaron was simply doing the same. It wasn’t until they got away from the biggest mass of people and close to the ball area that she turned to look at him. She was pretty good at reading people and it was not too hard to see the boy was not exactly chipper at the moment. Once again, she wondered whether it had anything to do with the event being held at the very same place as the Secret blossom ball. She wouldn’t dare to ask that specific question though. She liked to offer help in a way one could refuse comfortably should they wish to do so. Being too straight forward didn’t give one much choice to avoid talking about things they didn’t want to talk about. At least not in a way that wouldn’t make a situation awkward afterwards. “Oppa, Gwenchana? Are you okay?” She asked with a small reassuring smile. People were hardly paying them attention but she always appreciated privacy for a more serious conversations. Luckily for them, speaking a different language could provide one with such thing even in a place full of people.
*Note: In Korea "Oppa" is used when a woman is calling or talking to an older man whether he is related to her or not. It is somewhat affectionate/friendly term so not used among strangers.

ACTION: Leaving Samhain Festival, going to the Fall Ball
Stats: STA: 7 | EVA: 8 | STR: 4 | WIS: 10 | ARCP: 8 | ACC: 8
Abilities: *Healing Sage *Perfectionist *Death Defiance
Inventory: Wand, tissues, plasters

Action: Attempting to take a bite out of Tyranni
Inventory: Wand, a neat piece of wood she found.
Attire: Dress, barefoot, hair as pictured above.
Interacts with: @Hugh Lowe
Mentions: @Thomas LeStrange, Jurgen Hess, @Serena Towers, @Hugh Lowe, @Galton Lansdale

Note: Becomes a hag at the stroke of midnight (this is defined by the moderators of this thread.

Interacting with @Hugh Lowe, @Galton Lansdale, @Tyranni Whitethorn, @Jürgen Hess and @Erin Ryan

As Galton pulled the familiar-looking can out of his robes, she exhaled audibly,"I guess we're doing this here..." She muttered to herself, before looking at the boy she did not know and his date. She wanted to say something to them but what more could she really say? If they were intending on hurting Erin, they would be stopped. Serena had no idea what she was about to do but she refused to allow anyone to hurt her. They had to try. She would not allow a kid to murder another, it was that simple. Even if Erin were to turn into a hag, did that really mean that she should be killed? No.

She was not an idiot but perhaps she was rather naive. Nonetheless, she had made a decision. Being a hag was not inherently wrong. The fact that the hags were harming students, trying to eat them or turn them into one of them was the issue. Hags that did that deserved punishment. But Erin had not done anything, she was free of all crimes (as far as Serena was aware anyway). There was a system in place for those who committed crimes and right now, the biggest crime being committed here was an attempt to take someone else's life.

Following suit, she had pulled out a can from her satchel. She would attempt to circle in the opposite direction to Galton, creating a smaller one. It would not be a perfect circle by any means but she would attempt to keep her ring slightly smaller than his. Two rings were better than one. If a slug somehow managed to bypass and escape the first one, perhaps the other would stop them - or at least hold them back. Biting back her lip, she said nothing to them. Just hoping they'd understand or be reasonable for all of five seconds.

She looked over to Erin, who really was her main concern and priority, "Looks like we're doing this right here, right now. Just... stay still, okay? These rings we're making is to protect everyone. We'll get you out of the ring too," It was the closest thing to a promise, without the word. They could not leave Erin alone in the ring with a ton of slugs. She did not know if they would succeed but they were risking everything to find out.

With the can in her left hand, she gripped her wand in her right - still waiting to see if she needed to use it. If Erin did not trust her and planned on running or Hess tried to do something, it might come in handy. She looked down at the pocket of her top for a moment. Pizza Rat was snuggled up in the upper pocket, underneath the jumper. She was not sure bringing him was the best idea but she had read that rats ate slugs. Well, at least the black rat did. It gave her an idea though, one day when she was outside pondering over what to do about everything and trying to process the mass amount of information she had been given by Hugh. And that idea was to train Pizza a little to bite and attack. Of course, she did not really have slugs to practice on - nor did she want to harm innocent slugs. However, she trained him to the best of her ability. It was a small hope but if he could bite a few of the slugs then there would be slightly less for them to deal with. Though, she partially wondered if the slugs would be made of the darkness like everything else she had seen. Just a swarm of darkness in the forms of thousands of slugs seeping out of someone... that sounded horrific. Either way, all she had to do was follow the plan. Make the containment rings.

As she looked up, she noticed everyone moving around, doing stuff that was not part of the plan. Shiiiiiiii- Her eyes widened.

ACTION: Making a slightly smaller circle (6 foot~ radius) around Erin

Stamina: 10 | Evasion: 13 | Strength: 1 | Wisdom: 15 | Arcane Power: 5 | Accuracy: 10
Abilities: Part-Goblin, Evasive Maneuvers, Beastmaster
Fifth-Year Armour: +10% auto-dodge on attacks [=20% auto-dodge overall]

Pizza Rat 200/200 Health

Trunk Items: Wand, Invisibility Cloak, Magical Candle (unlit), Repellent for Slugs
Other Items: Gideon's Sugar-free Candy (acquired here)

Outfit of the Day (with winged boots and wristguard wand holder)

"No worries to be made with threads so bare, I shall craft new beauties with this fine fresh hair."

If she takes a lock of Thomas's hair. The rest of Thomas' hair will fall out over the next few hours, in clumps if he were to run his hair through it. Thomas would become BALD. Over time, the hag uses the hair to create Doppelgangers of the Character (Thomas). These Doppelgangers cause trouble and create a bad reputation for the Character. They also serve as defenders for the Hag if need be.

Action: Attempting to pluck a lock of Thomas' hair/cursing Thomas

Inventory: Wand, three small opaque jars that are secured with a cork.

Outfit: Dress & Shoes

Interacts With: @Thomas LeStrange

Mentions: @Falenta Black, @Victor Moore, @Santario Martin, @Percival Gray, @Erin Ryan

Outfit: Suit

Inventory: Wand, flowers, corsage (for his date), chocolates and a small gift.

Action: Cast Immobulus at Ilene. Spell Spread (Ability) to spread to Bridget.

Interacts with: @Bridget Collins[/mentions], @Ilene Knight

Mentions: @Marion Davenport, @Thomas LeStrange, @Vladimir Athanatos, and @Ami Procoppio