29 Jan 2022, 17:21
We Make Winning Look Easy!
He watched as Schneider's cackling face slowly sank into an expression devoid of all emotion, as if she had trapped her soul into the darkest corner of her being, transforming into an unfeeling shell of a human. In his anger and his attempt to get her off his back and leave, he decided to say the most hurtful thing he could come up with, and maybe Schneider believed it. However, to his woe, instead of leaving in a huff, Schneider snapped.
The walking stick came again, but he was more ready this time. It slammed into his hand as he grabbed onto it to stop it from hitting him in that sensitive area again. Thank Merlin he caught it in time. But, he wasn't ready for the barrage of cat-scratching that came for his face. He quickly dropped the walking stick and stepped back in an attempt to evade Schneider's ruthless attacks, then tried using his forearms to fend her off. "What the hell, Schneider!" he called out, but she soon moved on to strangling him by the neck. His head swayed like a balloon as he turned redder and redder, hands grasping for her arms to make her stop.
"Stay down, you psycho!!!" came the battle cry of Juniper Kelly as her body slammed into Hildegard's. Immediately, Avery could breathe again. He didn't even realize that he had fallen to the floor in his struggle, or maybe he had simply collapsed due to the lack of air. He rolled over onto his chest, keeping himself up by the elbows. "You... you tell her, Juniper Kelly!" he wheezed, raising a weak hand to the red-haired girl as if in salute. For all her aggression, the girl was actually fearless and ultimately able to distinguish right from wrong. Maybe it just took her a little time... but eventually she'd come around. "I... I owe you one!" he gasped.
He felt a strong tug at his arm, and looked up to see Clair attempting to pull him up. His feet felt like jello, and he struggled to get up. Then, Habib grabbed his other arm and pulled. With their combined effort, Avery finally got up, and stumbled forward, putting an arm around each of their shoulders for support. "Thanks, guys," he huffed. "My arms are fine, thanks Clair." In comparison, his arms were brilliant; he could feel his face stinging, his neck throbbing, and his other sensitive areas aching. "Yeah, let's get out of here and leave. Not sure when that psycho will ever stop." It was always the same old thing with Hildegard; making Avery's life miserable seemed to be her singular goal in life, and he was so done with this. "Vale, you coming?" Hopefully, the girl wasn't too stunned or hurt herself? Perhaps she'd already had more than her fill of the feast while watching the show of the century.
If Clair and Habib would leave with him after that, he would hobble along, using their shoulders to help support his weight. The house point celebration party didn't turn out anything like he had planned. What was meant to be a celebration of Slytherin pride turned into an infight, and the Ravenclaws he thought would be their rivals turned out to be reasonable and helpful people. Avery sighed. While it was difficult to be optimistic while bruised, he was grateful for the support of his classmates. He limped away with an overall positive impression of Clair, Habib, Juniper and Hunter. There was nothing like bonding over a fight of fists, canes, and blood.
He'll be back for his cauldron later, if it was still there.
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30 Jan 2022, 11:29
We Make Winning Look Easy!
The battle ended, unfortunately to Vale. Seems like everything died down and now she was to be bored yet again. A frown slowly snared her face as she continued to eat with an equally down spider on her shoulder.
Probably the most violent thing she would see is Avery being nearly choked to death by Hildegard. His face redden for air, and was only granted it thanks to Juniper herself. Vale knew there was something wrong with Hildegard, but not in the sense that it could lead to attempted homicide. For Hildegard to be qualified as a 'psycho', that may be just enough. Vale seen worse people, but mininum requirements are there for everything.
Maybe she should bring some leftover honey cakes back up to her dorm.
While Vale was happily grabbing herself food, cold or not, she heard Avery encourage her to come with him. Her eyes perked up, the sounds of Hildegard's screams did nothing to affect her fearless attitude towards the situation. "Really? Oh yes! Would you like some ointment on your wounds? I think I have some in my trunk I can take over to you!" Vale bounced up from her seat, nearly catching poor Familia off-guard from the movement. The spider took the movement as a sign to head back to sleep and hurried back into Vale's hair.
As Vale hurried herself to follow Avery and Habib, she would stop next to Hildegard. "Great acting skills! Could use a little more blood though." She giggled, making a short wave and returning to following Avery and Habib. "See you later Hildegard! Come by later too for some ointment. I don't think medical aid would be very happy to see any of us there." Vale warned, smiling as always as she skipped along with a small pile of honey cakes in one of her arms.
"I'll even help you clean up when you feel better, Avery!"Vale exited the thread.
