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Action: as strategized

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@.Liana Kerr

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----Vale missed, but it didn't stop her excitement and glee. She even danced as she laughed. Destroying the world around herself was always enough to please her bloodthirsty bones.

"Hunter, you sure got some great dance moves going on! Maybe you can show me how you do it when we get ice cream together!" Vale clapped her hands as chaos reigned around her. It was like a dream come true for her little anarchist mind. Her crackling would refuse to stop.

Prehaps this school wasn't so boring after all. At least her peers weren't. But still, such a place like this was ever so restricting for Vale's hunger for any form of knowledge. It was like the adults feared the lives of children being lost, but can never be found when matters are dire.

All the more excitement for Vale then.

The young girl looked back to the stands that held her dolls, watching her in their eerie manner. Some, gifts from her loving mother, and some new and most likely should have never came into Vale's possession to begin with. But they were there, and most definetely her own now.

"Ashes! Stop staring at the girls! You know they don't like that!" She made a shout to one of her dolls, who didn't seem to do anything that provoked such a shout from across the duelling area. Yet, like it was on cue, the doll slumped down on the bench. Whether or not this was a matter of coincidence, is up to those who knew Vale and the truth behind the possibility of her carrying around cursed dolls.

Interactions | @Hunter Argentum
Mentions | None.

Action | As strategized.

Round 5

[ @Liana Kerr ] 49% HP (245/500) STA: 5 | EVA: 5 | STR: 1 WIS: 9 | ARC: 6 | ACC: 9 -------------- ────── Prodigal DADA

[ @Maggie Hawkins ] 100% HP (500/500) STA: 5 | EVA: 10 | STR: 4 WIS: 3 | ARC: 6 | ACC: 7 -------------- ────── Calming Presence

[ @Hunter Argentum ] 37% HP (260/700) STA: 7 | EVA: 8 | STR: 4 WIS: 10 | ARC: 2 | ACC: 4 -------------- -1 Acc, -2 Eva [2] -2 Eva [Until removed] ────── Prodigal Potions

VS

[ @Avery Chen ] 78% HP (470/600) STA: 6 | EVA: 6 | STR: 6 WIS: 7 | ARC: 4 | ACC: 6 -------------- -3 Acc, -3 AP [2] 30% Phase Out ────── Blindvision

[ @Draven Mirador ] 100% HP (700/700) STA: 7 | EVA: 6 | STR: 1 WIS: 7 | ARC: 7 | ACC: 7 -------------- -4 Wis, -2 Acc [1] ────── -

[ @Clair Fernandez ] 73% HP (220/300) STA: 3 | EVA: 6 | STR: 8 WIS: 5 | ARC: 7 | ACC: 6 -------------- -1 Acc, -2 Eva [1] ────── Fearless

VS

[ @Della Barfield ] 83% HP (415/500) STA: 5 | EVA: 7 | STR: 3 WIS: 6 | ARC: 5 | ACC: 4 --------------- ────── Parselmouth

[ @Vale Ashwood ] 100% HP (500/500) STA: 5 | EVA: 7 | STR: 4 WIS: 7 | ARC: 6 | ACC: 6 --------------- ────── Fearless

[ @Cody Stevenson ] 92% HP (920/1000) STA: 10 | EVA: 10 | STR: 1 WIS: 4 | ARC: 1 | ACC: 4 --------------- ────── Part Goblin

Liana

Reducio

Liana activates Episkey (WDC 22)
Wisdom Check: [d20: 3] + 27 = 30, success
Effect: +150 HP

Maggie Vs Clair

Reducio

Maggie casts Tarantallegra (WDC 9)
Wisdom Check: [d20: 17] + 3 = 20, success
Accuracy Check: [d20: 7] + 7 = 14
Evasion Check: [d20: 1] + 6 = 7
14 > 7 → Hit
Duration Roll: [d3:1] → ! round
Effect: -1 Acc, -2 Eva, -80 HP

Hunter && Avery

Reducio

Hunter casts Extinguo (WDC 10)
Wisdom Check: [d20: 10] + 10 = 20, Success
Effect: Avery no longer aflame

Avery Vs Cody

Reducio

Avery tries not to phase out: [d10:4] Success
Avery casts Tarantallegra (WDC 9)
Wisdom Check: [d20: 15] +7 = 22, Success
Accuracy Check: [d20: 6] + 4 = 10
Evasion Check: [d20: 7] + 10 = 17
10 < 17 → Miss

Draven

Reducio

Draven activates Protego [WDC 10

Clair vs Hunter

Reducio

Clair casts Mucus ad Nauseum (WDC 12)
Wisdom Check: [d20: 8] +5 = 13, Success
Accuracy Check: [d20: 9] + 6 = 15
Evasion Check: [d20: 19] + 4 = 23
15 < 23, Miss

Della Vs Hunter

Reducio

Della casts the Dancing Feet Spell (WDC
Wisdom Check: [d20: 18] + 6 = 24, success
Accuracy Check: [d20: 3] + 4 = 7
Evasion Check: [d20: 1] + 4 = 5
7 > 5 → Hit
Duration [d3: 3] → 2 rounds
Effect: -2 EVA, -1 ACC, -75HP

Cody vs Draven

Reducio

Cody casts Incendio (WDC 9)
Wisdom Check: [d20:11] +4 = 15, Success
Protego effect: [d10:4] → Spell dissipates

Vale vs ClairLiana

Reducio

Vale casts Incendio (WDC 9)
Wisdom Check: [d20: 14] +7 = 21, Success
Accuracy Check: [d20: 1] → Critical Miss
New Target: Liana
Accuracy Check: [d20: 16] = 16
Evasion Check: [d20: 20] + 5 = 25
916 < 25 → Miss

Chaos. True and utter chaos, as instinct and improvisation took over from any semblance of a plan that the participants might have come in with. Cody ran amok, casting a jinx at Draven. The Slytherin boy, despite being distracted by what seemed like a never-ending sneezes, had the presence of mind to trigger the one of the team runes. Cody’s jinx splattered harmlessly against a strong protego.

Della sent another of her signature Dancing spells at Hunter, causing the boy’s feet to spasm uncontrollably. The Ravenclaw boy, amidst the cage of bubbles was now doing a tap dance at an impossible tempo. To make the dance even more impressive, his rapidly beating feet would push the bespectacled boy into a backflip every once in a while. The first such backflip would end up with Hunter perilously close to Liana, who flinched back in surprise and stepped onto their team’s second rune.

Oooooh, was that an accident?

The oddities would continue though as the Ravenclaw boy would actually extinguish the flames that had caught Avery’s clothes. Avery, sent a spell back at the half-goblin. Oozing not and looking increasingly unwell, Avery’s spell flew wide. Perhaps it was the nausea setting in? Ming had read that people passed out under the effects of the spell.

Clair, meanwhile, cast a well-aimed curse at Hunter who managed to backflip out of the trajectory of the spell. The backflip was such a fluid, natural part of the ‘dance’, that Ming was left uncertain if that was an intentional dodge, or fortuitous timing.

And then there was the force of nature that was Vale Ashwood. If Hunter was an oddball and Cody a little goblin of chaos, then Vale was the spirit of bloodlust. Laughing, dancing, cackling in glee like some war-drunk Valkyrie, the little girl cast, talked, taunted and scolded. It was an unreal experience, made more unreal as the spell that was aimed at Clair flew wide, right past the Ravenclaw girl and right at Liana, just as she flinched onto the runic sphere. The redheaded Slytherin prodigy, didn’t so much as flinch from the spell, batting it out of the way with her wand.

“That’s half your time, teams!” Ming announced, before turning his attention back towards the Gryffindor Prefect. Miss Evelynn made an interesting point about casting under pressure. Ming himself had plans to work on that himself.
“Avery?” It was a moment of honest surprise, as Ming did not really think of his friend as an able caster. Avery was a good friend, trustworthy and cheerful and hardworking. But much like Ming himself, magic was not the boy’s first instinct, and it often showed.

A pause, as he considered the idea of Avery as the one to watch out for. “He’s definitely got a good head on his shoulders. And he’s doing the best job of leading his team….”

…but did that make him a good caster? A moment as Ming ran the duel through his mind

“Respectfully. I disagree. Not that I don’t think that Avery is doing very well, but success doesn’t translate to skill. Mr. Mirador’s aim looks to be better than Avery’s. Even D- Ms. Barfield’s spells end up where she wants them more often than Avery.” Avery's Acc outcomes, on average, have been slightly lower than Draven's and Della's. This is probably not the most appropriate measure to judge effectiveness, but that's lost of Ming.

Not wanting to linger on this disagreement, Ming pushed on to another topic. “Mr. Argentium is an unexpected find, I admit. But his personality is surprisingly reminiscent of Ms. Ashwood’s.”

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xxxxNow Hunter was just getting tired. He could feel the slight cramps in his feet and his chest grew tight and hot with each breath. It was like if Vale had landed a delayed Incendio of sorts on him or perhaps the flames were growing on the inside of Hunter's lungs rather than on his skin. Nonetheless, he looked over towards Avery and decided to douse the flames on him. Was it for forgiveness as Avery suggested? "I could care less for forgiveness, this is closer to pity," Hunter thought to himself. With that, he could see that Avery was already going through quite a bit as whatever he had to eat before this duel was now on the battlefield. Hunter felt slightly surprised, for the reason that he wasn't expecting his own curse to be that bad. After this duel, it was going to take a lot to convince Hunter to ever cast a curse at another student again. It was a thought for later though, as Hunter began to see Clair's next shot coming straight towards him. This one came much closer, and Hunter's muscle instinct infused with magic is what saved him this time. His feet felt like they were searing on fire due to the amount of tarantallegra's he had to endure the past couple of turns. Another one landed on Hunter, but it seemed to have been more helpful than dangerous. Searing pain and boiling blood, Hunter's muscles swiftly acted on their own much faster than his own thought process. A rather swift and quick backflip overcame Hunter that by the time he landed he was just as surprised as anyone else who might have witnessed that. Before landing though, his feet had kicked one of the many bubbles surrounding him. It moved with strong force towards Liana and caused her to flinch or more closely what seemed like a dodge out of its way. Hunter was a bit surprised to notice that the bubble hadn't popped, and more surprised by Liana getting out of the way of Vale's spell. He couldn't tell if she moved because of him (meaning he saved her from an attack on accident) or if she had seen Vales attack incoming already and dodged the kicked bubble by chance. Hunter then took a mental note of the bubble having not popped from his kick while the tapping of his feet merely increased with every second. At the end of that action though, he was glad that Liana had gone directly into their teams rune. Hunter was slightly annoyed by her comment that he should have used it. He was fine, he thought at least. His breathes were soon developing into slight wheezes as he could still feel the slight push in his chest from Draven's attack.

ST | 7 EVA | 8 STR | 4 WIS | 10 ARC | 2 ACC | 4 ABILITIES Prodigal Potions

Action: As Strategized

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xxxx Catching a weird movement to her side, Liana turned, concerned about Hunter and the multitude of spells that had hit him. Just then, the boy's legs performed a move that could have lead to her being kicked in the head; she instinctively jumped backward, stumbled slightly... and saw the ground underneath lighting up. In her flight from her teammate's wayward limbs she had stepped into the runic circle. The girl cursed under her breath as the healing spell soothed some of the pain her legs were feeling, reduced the tingle of a burn wound that one of the spells had left, and relieved the ache in her chest where a Knockback Jinx had hit. This had been a waste; she would be experiencing all of those injuries and more soon enough. As if on cue, a ray of an offensive spell flew her way from the direction of Team Barfield. The redhead evaded it easily enough, rejoining her teammates on the platform that she shouldn't have left in the first place, a slight flush of embarrassment on her cheeks. She shot a suspicious glance at the Ravenclaw boy; did he intentionally startle her? Well, it didn't matter at this point. They could discuss his well-meaning insubordination afterwards.

STA | 5 EVA | 5 STR | 1 WIS | 9 ARC | 6 ACC | 9 ABILITIES Prodigal DADA

Action: As strategized.

"INCENDIO!" Cody cried, attempting to target the stupid boy who thought it was brilliant to go with his cousin to the Hogs Head... granted, they all got detention that day, and Cody so badly hoped that while he got thrown against the wall, both of Draven's feet were in someway, broken. But perhaps it was time for Cody to behave and be loyal to his captain. He was stupid for lashing out like that, but of course... he felt a compelled hate towards everyone he struck at.

But the time he begun to even consider it, he was apparently a target of Avery Chen's horrid dancing spell. "OI! DRAVEN AND AVERY. THINK OF SOMETHING LESS HUMILIATING AND PERHAPS YOU'D ACTUALLY HIT ME." He tried to mock them, but what truly made him angrier than hamburgers frying, was that Cody's Firemaking Spell, did not hit. At all. Well, it did, but it fizzled because of the damned protego rune that Draven activated.

"You know what? Screw this. DRAVEN AND AVERY. YOU TWO ARE BULLIES! BOTH OF YOU! What makes you think that I'm a punching bag? I'm certainly not a dancer, and I shall never dance for anyone!" He shed a fake tear, then smirked. If anyone cared, they'd notice a dramatic tone in his voice, symbolizing his dramatic message to the two "nerds."

"You nerds." Cody shot off. He would, of course, shoot off one more spell, then join Della and Vale, in whatever they were doing.

ACTION: Incendio @ Avery/Draven (Let Tatsu Choose)

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xxxxOh, thank god. Maggie's efforts were finally taken into account. The countless attempts to hit someone, to no avail, had finally paid off. Her spell hit Clair Fernandez, and Maggie grinned triumphantly, pumping a fist in the air; the one which held her wand. "Oh, thank you! Thank you thank you thank you!" She groaned loudly, grinning at the teammates around her. "Did you see that, Li? Hunter? You guys saw that?" Looked like Maggie Hawkins wasn't as useless as she had initially thought, eh? Looked as if she were much more of an asset than initially considered! "Sorry, Clair!" She wasn't, really, but starting rivalries with your opponents was really not the best way to win a fight, was it? Just made everyone angrier at you, and was pretty effective in making you the most despised individual in the game. No, best be a lovely, enjoyable person who everyone liked. And man, Maggie loved being well-liked.

ST | 5 EVA | 10 STR | 4 WIS | 3 ARC | 6 ACC | 7 ABILITIES Calming Presence {allies are Liana Kerr and Hunter Argentum}

Action: as strategized