Closed Event Flying Torch Tag

Roleplaying as Durmstrang iNPC Arjan Oberoi

Stamina: 15 | Evasion: 8 | Strength: 17 | Wisdom: 3 | Arcane Power: 7 | Accuracy: 10
Abilities: Obnoxiously Strong | The Martial Artist | Spell Spread | Charmer
Charmer Opponents: Everyone

Mentions @Ami Procoppio

Whether his date followed him or not, Arjan had made his way over to the flying torch tag with a huff. He had offered his arm to her and she may have taken it. But even if she did not, he would still make his way over in a huff. He was silently fuming, despite his best effects to look calm and presentable. His face had a blank expression.

How dare he not be named the Durmstrang champion? This whole thing was clearly rigged! He was, obviously, the most suitable. They just did not want Durmstrang to win. Or maybe this Yefim guy cheated. It was obviously something dodgy because if they were picking the most worthy, it was clearly Arjan. Who else was strong, brave, smart, handsome and skilled as he? No one. He was amazing and everyone knew that.

Flying through the skies and burning everyone else's flags will put his mind at ease. It would calm his anger to win this and show people how truly amazing he was. Putting away the pocket mirror he had taken out, he moved straight to the brooms and grabbed the best looking one. Admittedly, they were all the same. But this was Arjan and he acted solely based on looks. So he picked the one that looked the prettiest - which meant the least scuffed, the least worn and the cleanest. Within a few moments, he was ready to play this game with his broom and flag in hand.

If he was allowed to, he would also grab a torch rather than using his wand. The torch seemed more violent, it seemed more fitting. That and it just seemed like the obvious solution. Arjan was, surprisingly, not one to wave his wand around as much as people thought he would. The torches were just there and they seemed as though the item they were supposed to use. He did not bother to think more about that than necessary. He did not even consider taking out his wand, though perhaps that would have made more sense. If he was told he cannot use them (that they were for first years only) then he would glare, grumble and pull out his wand.

Mounting on the broom, he pushed up to take to the skies. The flag was quickly tied around his waist. If someone wanted it from him, they would have to take it from him! He was ready to start burning down everyone's broom - uh flags - and win this thing. He muttered to himself some words of encouragement, basically saying he could do this and he would easily win.

ACTION: Entering the activity, grabbing a torch (if allowed)

Outfit of the Ball: [1][2][3]

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Trix walked hand in hand with Mandy into the grounds, feeling like they were walking on air. Mandy had asked to hold their hand, and Trix was elated. They could tell their hand was a little sweaty due to their nerves, but holding Mandy's hand was the most pleasant thing in the world for them. Smiling they looked around at everyone's clothes and noticed everyone's attire. "Oh no, Mandy! Your dress! Will you be okay flying in it?" They looked down at their attire, much more suitable for flying with pants instead of a skirt, and felt a little bad for Mandy.

They looked around and spotted the torches and brooms and got excited. "Look! There are the torches! Let's go see if the flames really don't hurt you!" Pulling Mandy along, they rushed to the torches and brooms. They grabbed a torch in one hand and then realized they needed their other hand. They didn't want to let go of Mandy's hand, so they stood there for a minute looking at their hands intertwined. Finally, they pulled their hand from Mandy's and blurted out their first thought with a bit too much volume. "I liked holding your hand!" Feeling the heat of embarrassment, their hair turned a cherry red. Pushing it out of their face they nervously shifted their feet. "You need help with your flag?"

They tied their flag to their arm, feeling like it would be easier to defend. They went to help Mandy tie on their flag and then they got serious. "Alright, we need a strategy. We should fly close together, with our flags on our innermost arms. That way we can defend the other, making it harder to burn our flags. How confident are you in flying?" They mounted their school broom and kicked off, hovering low to the ground. Spotting Emma they waved and smiled. They knew it was probably best not to distract their friend from doing her job, so they just waited for Mandy to get on her broom and join them in the air.

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Arriving for Torch Tag

Mandy squeezed Trix's fingers as they walked onto the courtyard. They were regretting it already! Mandy was so scared she could puke. She almost missed Trix's question.
"Um, y-yeah, I'll be fine, no need to worry. I mean, I have to die fashionably, am I right?" Mandy said in a poor attempt to make a joke about BURNING TO DEATH. OH MY GOD. If she screwed up, she would be DEAD. And she wanted to crack a joke about it? No!
But on the flip side, it was nice holding Trix's hand. Usually if Mandy was holding the hand of someone that sweaty... well, she wouldn't. That was gross. But Trix? She didn't mind. It made her feel better.
Mandy's eyes widened at Trix's request as she was pulled with them. "How are we going to check? So I light myself on fire or- oh." she muttered as Trix grabbed a torch with her free hand. Mandy did the same, then glanced at their hands intertwined, waiting for them to pull back, because Mandy sure as heck did not want to.
Eventually, Trix was the one who pulled away, but then immediately said afterwards, "I liked holding your hand!"
They did? Oh gosh. Was Mandy having a heart attack? Her heart was racing like it wanted to be first in a marathon. But in a good way. If you can have a heart attack in a good way, this would be it. Ugh. Nevermind, Mandy thought. That was the worst analogy ever.
"Yea!!" Mandy said too eagerly when Trix asked if they needed help. Oh no-they sounded like a creep! "I mean...yes. In a normal tone."
Mandy smiled as Trix tied on Mandy's flag, but the feelings of worry came back again. If she burnt, who would take care of Mei? It was very irresponsible to burn to death straight after adopting a pet. And her poor mom! She'd be all alone! Her heart starting beating fast again, but for a different reason. It was like a heart att- oh, never mind. It felt awful, and she couldn't draw in enough air because she was going to burn!!
Before Mandy could spiral into full on panic-attack mode, Trix began explaining their plan. She listened closely before grinning at their last question.
"I can fly, alright. Some people call me- Bird Girl!" Mandy lied boasted, mounting her broom. "Well, I'm the only one who calls me that. But if you did that too, that would be very appreciated. Also, nice plan! You're so smart, Trix!!" she called out before kicking off into the air.

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ACTION: Entering the activity and grabbing a torch

Stats: Sta: 7 | Eva: 9 | Str: 17 | Wis: 6 | Arc P: 3 | Acc: 14 [17]
Abilities: Martial Artist, Prodigal Transfig, Spell Spread, Muggle Condition, Animagus

Action: Arriving

Everyone had seemed to be fine with the rules she had explained, so Emma had jumped slightly when someone raised their hand, asking a question@Avery Chen as Akira Shimizu. Blinking at them for a moment, Emma cleared her throat and did her best to be forceful but probably came across a little squeaky. Her thought was that if she was at least a little forceful now there would be less problems later. “Ummmm….Yes, I’m sorry if that wasn’t clear and honestly I hadn’t thought about that interpretation so that’s quite clever, and maybe…… something to consider for another ball? But well, it wouldn’t be fair if others were managing brooms and torches or their wands, and there were only a few on the ground levitating the torches. So….yes, to participate, you need to use the school brooms. Ummmm…are you okay with that?” Emma cringed slightly at that whole ramble which honestly just was not what she had intended to do. But she hadn’t wanted to come across as too authoritarian and really, that wasn’t her. Oh, who was she kidding, she definitely was not authoritarian at all.

Having mounted her broom, and taken to the air, she watched as several of the others did the same. She had taken a quick count of names on the list and there should be 16, so it would be an even game, and the school brooms evened it out further. Emma could see that several of the people seemed to know each other and were conversing among themselves so she gave enough time for everyone to have their chance to speak before deciding a count was in order. She took a quick moment to wave in the direction of Trix and Mandy@Simon Corbin, having seen Trix @Trix DeLuca wave at her. Then mumbling under her breath, she did her best to keep from counting people more than once. Raising one hand shakily off the death grip she had on her broom, she moved her index finger from one individual to the other, mumbling under her breath. “one, two… three, four….. five, six, seven…..no no no, I’m sure I’ve already got them. So they would be seven, and eight. Thhhhhheeeyyy’rrreeee nine…..ten, eleven, did I get them? Well now they’re twelve……thirteen….fourteen.” Realizing that there were still two that were missing and had signed up for the Flying Torch Tag, she stayed awkwardly in the air where she was for a moment, trying to decide what she would do.

Deciding she needed to start, as there were still things planned for after the activities, Emma did her best to shout out loud, wishing she had a megaphone in hand. “Alright, it doesn’t look like everyone’s here yet so we’ll wait a few more moments. In the meantime, please make sure you have a broom, a flag and a torch if you need one. You can also use your wand if you know the bluebell flame spell and would prefer that over the torch. Make sure the flag is tied tightly and visibly!” Emma pointed at the group of objects below, and smiled as she could see that some had already tied the flag onto different parts of their body.

Taking a breath, Emma did a few figure eights, trying to decide if enough time had passed. Several minutes later or at least what felt like several minutes later as Emma didn’t have a watch, she took another deep breath and said loudly. “Alright! It looks like we’ll have to start without the rest! On the count of 3, we’ll start! Remember the more flags you burn the more points you get. If your flag gets burned, you’re out and please return to the ground. Most points win!” Coughing, she lifted a hand off the broom to cover her mouth. “Sorry! One…..two…….three….go!| Emma nudged her broom into motion, making sure she was staying on the edges of the game but also had a good view of what was going on to catch anyone who tried to stay beyond their flag burning, or tried to cheat their way into the win.

OOC Info:
1. You have one week to reply to this thread after a mod post. (Next Mod Post: Saturday, May 7th, 2022)
2. Each flag burned is a point. The person with the most points at the end of the game wins. If there is a tie, there will be a last man standing tie-breaker.
3. If your flag is burned, you are out.
4. Your flag must be tied to a visible part of your body and cannot be tucked into clothing. IE. Wrist, head, waist.
5. Please include your action with either the name of the person you wish to target or the word random in an OWL sent to My Account (Emma Wynn). When targeting a random person, I will use a number generator to pair people up. For the first post, you WILL NOT include any actions. Reminder, the deadline is May 7th, 2022.
6. DO NOT use actions other than the ones listed below.
7. Any cheating that is seen will result in your player being removed for one round.
8. Your first post should be arriving to the area, grabbing a torch or pulling out your wand and then mounting and taking to the sky. You should not put any actions in until the next round.

Actions:

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Dodge - the player dodges all incoming attacks. The rolls are an evasion roll, the player's
evasion+5+25% of player's evasion (the dodge bonus is the same as the dueling bonus).

Cast Bluebell Flames - a 2nd year+ student casts the bluebell flames at another's players flag with their wand. The rolls are a wisdom roll, acc roll vs. evasion roll

Burn a player's flag - a first year tries to burn another player's flag off with the prelit torch. The rolls are an acc vs evasion roll

Disarm a player - a player tries to disarm a player of their torch/wand. There are a wisdom, acc, vs. evasion roll. If the player does not have expelliarmus in their trunk, they can instead attempt to disarm the player with non-magical means, which will be an acc vs. evasion roll. If one does attempt to disarm a player with non-magical means, there is a chance that you will be forced to sit out one round as punishment if caught. To determine if the player was caught cheating, a d10 dice will be rolled and if the dice rolls 1 to 5, then the player has not been caught and will not receive a punishment. If the dice rolls 6 to 10, the player was caught and will have to sit out one round for cheating.

Search for Wand/Torch - If a player is disarmed of their wand/torch, they must then search for wand/torch as their action in the next round. They will receive a bonus to their evasion roll while doing so equivalent to half of the dodge bonus (5+25% of the players evasion stats/2).

Participants:

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@Trix DeLuca
Mandy@Simon Corbin
@Juniper Kelly
@Avery Chen as Akira Shimizu
@Kim Sato as Hiro Bakugo
@Pax Zhang
@Dan Palmer
@Ari Gwild
@Elena Jangleton
@Liana Kerr as Tarja Blavatsky
@Starlee Kennedy as Florian LeRoy
@Lindsey Springhall as Maximilien de Fostoncy
@Bridget Collins as Phylicia Stanwood
@Della Barfield
@Serena Towers as Arjan Oberoi
@Ami Procoppio

Roleplaying as Akira Shimizu from Mahoutokoro
Outfit: x

Grinning as they waited for the game to start, Pax did a few small circles as they surveyed the other players of the game, wondering who to target.

Of course, there was Mandy, who they'd come to the ball with. There was also Trix, known best to them as Mandy' crush. And then, there was the new guy, Hiro Bakugo, who's they'd met just that evening. Did they really want to potentially ruin some friendships by targetting them? Not really. But were they very competitive? Hell yes.

However, they could still just target someone they didn't know. That was a viable option. But they didn't know them as well, and knowing their abilities was definitely a benefit in this game. Besides, some of the older students looked pretty intimidating, but that couldn't stop them.

A loud yell from Emma reminded Pax that they were midair, shaking them out of their strategizing. As they counted down to start, they took a deep breath and quickly steadied themselves. Whatever they would decide to do, they had to do it now. After all, there was only one way to play, and, as they had learnt from their superior Gryffindor quiditch captain, offense was the best defense.

Stats:
Stamina-8 Evasion-6 Strength-5 Wisdom-3 Arcane-6 Accuracy-7

Abilities:
The Muggle Condition (+3 accuracy to non-magical attacks and actions)

Action:
As strategized

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Word Count: 251

Mentioned: Mandy Simon Corbin, Trix De Luca

Interacing with: Hiro Bakugo @Kim Sato, Akira Shimizu @Avery Chen

STAMINA: 9

EVASION: 10

STRENGTH: 4

WISDOM: 15

ARCANE POWER: 6

ACCURACY: 10

Evasive Maneuver

Keen Eye

Lovely Creature (allies: Only himself)

Fearless

Doing as strategized.