27 Aug 2022, 17:12
Triathlon: Round 2 Running
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⋖ 08/AUG/2022 @ ?? | Outfit | ENGLISH [#715380] | FRENCH [#b654a9] ⋗
INTERACTIONS n/a | MENTIONING n/a
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Current Progress: Climbing... Level ONE?
───•─•────────────────────────────────────•─•───It really hadn't been so bad. Once the initial congestion had begun to clear, the water seemed to offer avenues to more easily follow. The buoys had been something of a challenge to circumvent, but nothing that the lithe prefect couldn't manage. At least in that respect, her time in the air had served her well; she was more than practiced at maneuvering in a way to dodge a bludger or avoid an incoming blatch. Relatively stationary objects were a simple matter. Of course, that also meant it was easily navigated by others as well. While Evelynn had managed to pull ahead of many of the competitors that had left her initially in their wakes, there were still numerous others whose backs she would yet have to watch.
Even as they completed their final lap, she would have to remind herself that the race was really only just getting started. That had been a warm-up, and the worst was likely yet to come. In fact, she could already feel herself struggling. Not accustomed to having to make use of her muscles in the way that she had been, the climb aboard the ship would leave her feeling sluggish. It didn't help that they were suddenly going from a state of buoyancy to one where they had to fight against gravity itself. Her arms felt heavy, and drenched as she was clambering out of the water, she found it challenging to get a good grip. But all she could do was keep calm and carry on.Action: Climbing aboard the ship
STA | 10 STR | 2 EVA | 15 WIS | 15 ARC | 2 ACC | 12
keen eye fearless impartial wandmaker27 Aug 2022, 21:17
Triathlon: Round 2 Running
⋖ 08/AUG/2022 @ ?? | OUTFIT | NORWEGIAN | SWEDISH | RUSSIAN | GERMAN | ENGLISH ⋗
INTERACTIONS @Charles Alluring | MENTIONING n/a
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Current Progress: Swimming Level TWO
───•─•────────────────────────────────────•─•───How could it possibly be that in a great expanse of cool water, her arms were on fire? Since when was swimming so difficult? Back home, Greta could never remember a time where she had felt just so exhausted and so defeated while taking a dip in the bay near their home. It had always been a relaxing pursuit that left her feeling like she was floating on whatever cloud her thoughts had drifted to while she was out there. It had always been relaxing.
This was not relaxing. At all. It was a terror of chaos with spittle and spray flying every which way while feet kicked and hands thrashed. She had been left so far behind, she wasn't even sure at times whether she was still going in the right direction. And then all of a sudden, she had been surrounded again. The lake could not possibly run deeper than her humiliation in that moment. So much for Durmstrang pride. So much for her own. Her excitement had drained ages ago, every word of encouragement now feeling like a little prong in her ribs, jeering at her for her ineptitude. At least if she cried, nobody would be able to tell.
And not that she could.
She wasn't going to give up, she had decided. Even if it took her the better part of the day, she would at least finish the race. Besides, as she continued, she felt her confidence bolster slightly as other contestants began to falter. She might have been slow, but at least she was still moving. At least she hoped she was. How dreadful would that have been to find out there was a current that she hadn't even been strong enough to overcome and was actually going backwards. No. Best not to think about it. One stroke, then another. She just had to keep moving forward.Action: Just doing her best T_T
28 Aug 2022, 02:33
Triathlon: Round 2 Running
Howard was doing his best to stay in front of the pack, but there were some stronger swimmers that had pulled ahead. Though he was not in the lead his plan to hold a steady pace in the water had worked well for him. Once out of the water he could rely on his running skill to hopefully pull ahead. All those times jogging around the grounds would hopefully pay off for the Dhampir. Although his exercise was mostly for vanity purposes, maybe it would serve him well in this physical competition.
The last lap of swimming was by far the hardest for Howard. Not only did he have to focus on keeping his pace, but he had to avoid obstacles as well. A tough task for an average swimmer. He was forced to take his time and carefully avoid each obstacle before resuming. This slowed him a bit yet he persevered and was able to finish. Howard changed his trajectory in the water and soon was nearing the side of the ship. Like some pirate movie of old he would have to climb the side if he wished to continue in this event. Grabbing hold, Howard would attempt the climb.
Action: Attempting Round 2, Level 1
Stats: STA - 11 | EVA - 12 | STR - 15 | WIS - 0 | ARCP - 0 | ACC - 18
Abilities: Fangs, Claw & Bite | Martial Artist | Unsettling Aura | Blindvision | Keen Smell
28 Aug 2022, 04:26
Triathlon: Round 2 Running
ACTION Running Level 1
Heart racing, Bloom made sure to move her arms and legs as fast as she could as she was avoiding all obstacles in the water. Bloom felt that whoever made this round of swimming was "obstacle-happy" in where they placed each item for them to go around. Luckily, Bloom had made it around once more, finishing the third lap. Her arms felt like jelly. She primarily began to kick her legs, giving her arms a break to keep her afloat.
It wasn't until she watched Howard, Evelynn and other people begin to climb onto the ship for the next part of the Triathlon. "Are you serious?" she said aloud to herself, looking at her arms which felt like they were going to fall off. She took a deep breath and made her way towards the large, wooden ship. She grabbed hold of the side of the ship, and with all her might, she began to pull herself up slowly, unsure of what was to happen next.
One thing was for sure, Bloom felt like she needed to test herself and see how far she could go. If she was going to be on the Hogwarts Hexwizard team, she needed to show herself.
Stats: 10| Evasion - 10| Strength - 9| Wisdom - 11| ArcPower - 10 | Accuracy - 11 + 1 from broom racing
Abilities: Muggle Condition & Lovely Creature
Stamina - 10| Evasion - 11| Strength - 10| Wisdom - 11| ArcPower - 10 | Accuracy - 11
28 Aug 2022, 15:33
Triathlon: Round 2 Running
Norwegian — Russian — English
The mistake came. Astrid wanted to look behind her, just to see who was following her and if she would need to accelerate. The next obstacle seemed to be enough and she was about half way up. So Astrid turned her head and saw that she had to accelerate a little.
The girl resumed her swimming without really looking ahead because of the splashes and took one of the obstacles in the head. Not too stunned, Astrid decided to slow down the pace until she reached the end since she would have to start the level again. She might as well save her strength.
Dejected, Astrid arrived at the end and took a few deep breaths to prepare herself to swim again. After that, it would be the running round. She should not be too tired for the rest of the race, otherwise she would be in the last place and that was out of the question.
| Astrid Théa Olsen "i will make you believe you are lovely" |
28 Aug 2022, 15:55
Triathlon: Round 2 Running
Withholding a deep breath and ducking underwater, Aurelia managed to avoid the swimmers packed on the surface. She could barely see, the colourful floaties only appearing as a blur - but that, she could manage. A few times, breaking the surface to take another breath of air, so carefully moving out of the way of those treacherous floats that bobbed on the surface and swimmers pushing small waves towards her with their own movements. The gryffindor managed to pull ahead of the others, to her own surprise.
Which each stroke, her arm screamed in protest, the aching ignored as she continued forwards... until she saw the familiar dark hair of Lysander ahead of her. Again she ducked underwater, letting the current and wide strokes of her arms carry her forwards till she was close enough, she broke the surface of the water, surprising her boyfriend with a playful spash. "Never imagined I'd catch up with you - not to mention, with everyone else behind us. I can't believe it." She said in a gleeful giggle through exhausted pants of breaths, indeed, she was quite ecstatic to have been reunited again especially ahead of the pack. Even if it was a short while with plenty more ahead, it was something.
Not that it was at all important, but the ugly scar on her neck was on full display as he looked up, with the cover of makeup having washed away in the waters. Unbeknownst to her. Head tilted up, her lips pursed into a thin line at the realisation of the next course, to scale quite a distance upwards. "I think I'll take this one slow," Her arms felt like they were on fire, flames burning into her muscles. This was a ship, not mount Everest, she could do it.
Which each stroke, her arm screamed in protest, the aching ignored as she continued forwards... until she saw the familiar dark hair of Lysander ahead of her. Again she ducked underwater, letting the current and wide strokes of her arms carry her forwards till she was close enough, she broke the surface of the water, surprising her boyfriend with a playful spash. "Never imagined I'd catch up with you - not to mention, with everyone else behind us. I can't believe it." She said in a gleeful giggle through exhausted pants of breaths, indeed, she was quite ecstatic to have been reunited again especially ahead of the pack. Even if it was a short while with plenty more ahead, it was something.
Not that it was at all important, but the ugly scar on her neck was on full display as he looked up, with the cover of makeup having washed away in the waters. Unbeknownst to her. Head tilted up, her lips pursed into a thin line at the realisation of the next course, to scale quite a distance upwards. "I think I'll take this one slow," Her arms felt like they were on fire, flames burning into her muscles. This was a ship, not mount Everest, she could do it.
mention
@Phaedra Stavrou
stm 6 | eva 20 | str 5 | wis 12 | arc 5 | acc 15
@Phaedra Stavrou
stm 6 | eva 20 | str 5 | wis 12 | arc 5 | acc 15
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“One can never be too careful,” STM — 5 | EVA — 19 | STR — 5 | WSD — 12 | ARC — 5 | ACC — 9 |
Lovely Creature — Evasive Manoeuvres — Monster Hunter — Terrible Presence
28 Aug 2022, 21:58
Triathlon: Round 2 Running
Swimming Level 2
Serena began swimming the second lap again, trying her hardest to make it through. But, once again, her leg cramped up.
“Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me!” Serena groaned in frustration.
The fourth-year girl was forced to stop once more, lift her leg out of the water, and try to massage it to get rid of the cramp. Why did this have to happen to her? At this rate, she wondered if she would ever finish the swimming event. The blonde girl watched as most contestants completed the final lap around the ship and moved on to the second event. While she might not get first or even second or third place, Serena wanted to at least finish the damn thing. Or at least finish the first event of the triathlon. This was a lot harder than she thought it would be when she signed up for the event.
Finally, the cramp subsided, hopefully for good this time. Serena huffed in annoyance as she placed her leg back into the water and got back into position. This time she was going to complete the second lap. She could feel it. The fourth year propelled herself forward, determined to make it this time.
Action: Attempting to Swim Level 2
Stats: STA: 7 EVA: 8 STR: 8 WIS: 7 ARCP: 7 ACC: 9
Abilities: Calming Presence and Interception
Outfit: x
The world is filled with nice people. If you can't find one, be one.
Stats:
Sta: 6 Eva: 7 Str: 7 Wis: 7 ArcP: 6 Acc: 8
29 Aug 2022, 06:28
Triathlon: Round 2 Running
"Again?!!?"
This was shaping out to be a lot less fun than Haven had originally anticipated. She thought she was a good enough swimmer, but supposedly not. Or maybe everyone else was just so much better. Did they all use a spell to help them out that Haven didn't know about?!? It truly was a very distinct possibility; Haven was not the sharpest crayon in the box.
She thought it was quite mean that they were punishing her for not swimming fast enough by making her swim mORE!! At the end of this, she'll end up doing more than others!
She dipped her head into the water and screamed towards the fishies. At least the bubbles she made were somewhat pleasant.
Though her poor little noodle arms were starting to get tired, Haven started swimming again. She couldn't just back down now, though she might reevaluate it if she had to do this level again. How embarrassing would that be, though?! When she had so much confidence at the beginning, just to drop out! Horrible, horrible, horrible! Imagine having to tell all her friends that she could make it through. And if she had to tell the boy that she failed... oh, what would he think?? She'd probably just fall over and PERISH right then and there, and then there'd be no one left to take care of poor Marcus! What a cruel, cruel fate!
She swam a little faster, trying to avoid that fate. No silly water race would orphan her poor pygmy puff.
29 Aug 2022, 06:44
Triathlon: Round 2 Running
English, Japanese, thoughts
Things had gone from bad to worse for the second-year badger. Although he felt like he was doing well, it was just that- a feeling. Oliver felt like he could've blamed it on a multitude of things, but that would just be scapegoating his failure. After all, everyone performed under the same conditions. Instead of being let down he remembered what his mother would say after a loss.
"On to the next"
For Oliver that meant staying in the water and attempting the water obstacle course again. He couldn't waste a thought about the ones moving on to the next round. It would mean nothing if he kept failing here. Despite water fatigue setting in on him, Oliver cleared his mind to help refocus. You can do this, he thought to himself as he gazed over the objects in front of him.
A soft breeze pushed the objects along the surface of the water making it an ever-shifting course. Wouldn't be the final level if it wasn't the highest difficulty. He thought to himself as he swam forward with caution. The slow cautious pace still didn't feel like enough. Oliver felt like he had to dig a little deeper to pull this one out.
Actions: Attempting level 3 swimming
Reducio
STAMINA: 5+1
EVASION: 6
STRENGTH: 6
WISDOM: 6
ARCANE POWER: 7
ACCURACY: 10+1
Abilities : Evasive Maneuvers. Statistically Relevant (+1 Acc, +1 Stam)
Word count:20
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STAMINA: 5+1
EVASION: 6
STRENGTH: 6
WISDOM: 6
ARCANE POWER: 7
ACCURACY: 10+1
Abilities : Evasive Maneuvers. Statistically Relevant (+1 Acc, +1 Stam)
Word count:20
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STAMINA: 5+1 EVASION: 6 STRENGTH: 6 WISDOM: 6
ARCANE POWER: 7 ACCURACY: 10+1
29 Aug 2022, 13:11
Triathlon: Round 2 Running
The deadline for triathlon is at the end of the day (going by EST time). If you need an extension, please reach out to me and let me know either via owl or discord (RedGalaxathor#0772), and we can arrange something.
Here is a list of everyone who still needs to post (according to my list):
@Reena Delgado
@Marina Oriel
@Elena Jangleton
@Della Barfield
@Serena Towers
@Nessie Swansea
@Aurora Ranvier
@Santario Martin
Louca Dufort (@Emma Wynn)
Michael Vartanian (@George Rees)
Ayako Yamamura (@Sophia Nelson)
Aryaan Shamsi (@Hui Ming)
Rodion Makarovich (@Aurora Ranvier)
Vivienne Beaumont (@Adelaide Barlowe)
Angélique de Clairmont (@Santario Martin)
Quentin Gagné (@Della Barfield)
Raphael Aveline (@Dealla Prince)
Lysander Stavrou (@Phaedra Stavrou)
