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Colin danced about in the snow as the teams got themselves sorted out. He tried catching snowflakes on his tongue. He was pretty sure he caught a couple anyway! A second year Hufflepuff named Alyssea had organised this race. So naturally, Colin signed up! He was lucky to get a spot too! It seemed like a lot of kids wanted to participate in the impromptu broom race!

Fellow Snek and first year Ulysses Drake and a cool Gryffindor girl named Raizel Voltrouz ended up on his team; while Gryffs and the Hufflepuff firstie he'd met in the library were on the other team. Colin smirked. One of those Gryffindorks was his sister Lily's boyfriend. Finn Conner! "Oi! Finn!" he called over to the other team. "Did Lily give you a good luck snog before the race?" Colin laughed. Nothing of course, could beat Clair's good luck kisses!

Colin let out a big breath as a goofy smile spread across his face.

Then he shook his head. Had to keep a clear mind for this race! He'd never been captain before, and a head full of Clair was bound to land him face to face with an angry tree! Colin sighed. What was the use? His mind was always full of Clair! He turned back to his team mates. "Alright mates! We've so got this! Just fly and try not to hit anything too hard, okay!? This is going to be so much fun!"

Colin got on his broom and hovered for a bit while Alyssea went over the rules and other stuff. He was quite eager to get flying again, even though his first race of the season was only a few days ago!

BROOM: Silver Arrow (+3 to all stats, speed 5) Sweeeet!	ABILITIES: Werewolf Skills 1 | Evasive Maneuvers | Werewolf Skills 2
STATS: Stamina: 7 | Evasion: 6 | Strength: 4 Wisdom: 9 | Arcane Power: 6 | Accuracy: 9	ACTIONS: Arriving, hyped for the race & actions as strategised & watching for Clair in the stands!!

So what is Raizel up to now? No, she's not in one of those duels where she is facing off against older students although she wouldn't mind starting her dueling spree once again. Right now though, she joined a race. Yes, you heard that right, a race.

Raizel isn't that much of a broom rider nor a fan of it. Her love is on her wand, on her spells, on dueling. While it is certainly interesting for the Gryffindor, she can't say she loves it unless she's riding one for a Broom Racing Event, unofficial ones that is. That's the only time that she will embrace a broom just to experience the thrill of racing. This isn't her first time participating in one but for some reason, her first race was kind of a blur as she couldn't exactly remember how it went. She had fun, that's for sure but other than that, everything was blank.

Eager to experience something similar, she joined this unofficial race. Lucky for her that Alyssea, a fellow 2nd year, was looking for racers. So she signed up obviously and here she is now, on her broom, trying to recall on how to maneuver it before the race starts. Joining her are a couple of classmates, namely, Argahlon Vexius, a good friend of hers, Finnegan Conner. Nothing much to say about him aside from that one time in the common rooms and that letter. Maybe there were more rumors about him but she couldn't remember at this moment. Then a first year Hufflepuff, Helena was it? Yup, remembering names isn't exactly her strongest suit unless they had made an impression on her.

On her team though, she can't say that she's close with them but she did get their names and one was certainly familiar. Third year student, Colin McCoire. A name that she heard quite some time and boy, he sure looks like someone who is up for some fun and she already likes him for that, unlike those who are always sporting that serious look on their face. Some people were just too focused on winning that they forgot to put fun in their vocabulary. Then there's Ulysses Drake, another first year like Helena, both are Slytherin. Funny how she wasn't put in with her fellow Gryffindors but oh well. Her teammates are rather interesting so this will turn out fun.

"Fun? Definitely. Now then, let's go zooming!" Raizel grinned as she held onto her broom, eager to get this race started and experience the excitement that she felt on her first race.

WC: 430/200

Action: Somewhere over the rainbow

Reducio

Broom: Firebolt |+4 Evasion | Max Spd: 5
STM: 6
EVA: 7 (11)
STR: 3
WIS: 8
AP: 8
ACC: 8

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^{11/04/2023 | wc: 303}

The first year wasn't entirely sure how he got wrangled into participating in this Unofficial Broom Race but he wasn't the type to turn down competition, especially when it involved something as adrenaline-inducing as a race. He had forced Helena to sign up too, she was often tagging along in all sorts of shenanigans, but he wasn't going to ease up simply because she was family. Gripping tightly to his broom, he let his seniors make their way on broomsticks over to the starting line and Ulysses did the same, easing his way on as he did hundreds of times with his own bewitched broom at home, with the beginnings of cold winds blowing across his face. Perhaps he would find a new sport to occupy his time, not that Quidditch wouldn't always be his first love, but there was something quite exciting about racing and spell slinging. Ulysses still hadn't learned any new spells yet but he was determined to soon, a devilish thought came to mind as he was looking up the rules and learned that improvised object throwing was allowed in the sport as well.

Uly gave a quick nod to both Colin and Rai, he would prove to them both that despite being a first year that he would be a useful addition to the team. " Lena, don't go easy on me out there, because it's on. " A fire ignited in the young boy's belly, a flicker shown in his eyes as he did a small spin and sized up the rest of his opponents. " Trust me, you'll be eating broom soon enough once we get going. " With his hands gripping at the broom he was borrowing, he looked at Alyssea with a knowing glance, hovering the broom in place until it was time to blast off into competition.

racing info.

statistics. Stamina: 09 10| Evasion: 07 08 | Strength: 07 Wisdom: 02 | Arcane Power: 00 | Accuracy: 10 12	broomstick. Comet 180 [ +2 Accuracy | +1 Evasion | +1 Stamina | Top Speed: 5 ] ───────
abilities. none	action. as strategized.

ooc.

mentions. @colin mcmoire, @raizel voltrouz, @argahlon vexius, @finnegan conner, and @helena rose.
notes. sry for the delay on this post! promise moving forward that i'll be a lot quicker now that i have things all set up~

H E L E N A

R O S E

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Date 11/04/23

Helena's Dialogue #aa8b00

Tags @Finnegan Conner @Argahlon Vexius @Ulysses Drake @Raizel Voltrouz @Colin McCoire

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Helena had no idea how she got conned into this broom race. The golden haired girl tied her hair up in a high bun and a few loose strands caressing her cheeks. She wore comfortable clothes that would be suited in Riding with. She clung tightly to her broom that thankfully Alyssea let her borrow for this race.

Helena felt her body shuddered as she made her way to the pitch that the unofficial racers decided to meet up at.

Helena’s breath was shaky and unsteady, her nerves were rocking the young girl violently. She had no idea how she got conned into this. Granted Helena knew the basics to flying because of Ulysses but those were all toy brooms never an actual broom. Suppose flying class helped a bit, but it did not soothe the girl one but she terrified shaken. Uncertainty seemed to drown her clouding her thoughts.

Helena exhaled a shaky breath she knew she would be alright. Her team was determined to at least try and win.

As Helena grew closer to the other contenders the young girl glanced around. Uncertainty still seemed to be drowning her. Looking around the young girl clung tightly to her broom. She really was uncertain she knew that she wouldn’t go far and she felt like their was no chance of her even getting close to the finish line.

Helena stood close to her teammates giving Ulysses a cold icey blue stare. Least to say Helena was frustrated with her hot headed cousin. Signing her up for something so trivial and a waste of the girl's time.

Helena grumbled slightly as Uly spoke to her.

Climbing aboard her broom Helena hovered in place. Giving Ulysses a dark icy stare a scowl prominent on her ivory pale skin. Her loose strands of golden blonde hair framed her face gently. As her eyes seemed to give a dark almost cold look to Ulysses.

Helena adored her older cousin but right not he seemed to be testing her patience and all she thought about was making him eat dirt and maybe suffer a little bit, but nothing to serious.

[color#aa8b00] “I would be careful Ulysses you may end up eating those words.”[/color]

Helena spoke in a soft dark eerie tone as she continued to give her lovely cousin a dark look.

Helena gripped her broom tightly preparing for this race to begin. As if her cousin's fire spread to her she felt a bit competitive, maybe a chance to prove that she could be just as good as he is at something. Or the fact that the young first year girl did not wish to disappoint her teammates. Either way she felt a fire swell inside of her like a wildfire.

As a smirk appeared on her face Helena prepared for this race to begin to prove her worth to her favorite cousin and as well to her teammates. One goal ran through the usual shy girl's mind and that was winning. Or at least prove that she is at least worth something.

Stamina: 6 | Evasion: 9 (10) | Strength: 3 (5) | Wisdom: 5 (7) | ArcPower: 5 | Accuracy: 7
Broom: Nimbus 1001 (+2 wis, +2 str, +1 eva | top speed of 6)
Abilities: n/a

F I N N E G A Nx⳧xC O N N E R

☙ A Cruising Start to November, 4th of November 2023 ❧

Finnegan glowered across the pitch at Colin McCoire. The Slytherin boy was loud, annoying and wrong about most of the things that came tumbling out of his mouth. He tightened the straps on his gloves with a little too much force. Why, in god's name, did Colin seem to be utterly convinced that he was dating the freak boy's sister? Granted, she didn't have the McCoire crazy gene and she had actually been quite nice, but they had never dated, they had hardly talked to each other.

But Colin either didn't or didn't want to know that. Maybe the quickest way to shut him up and annoy him back was to pretend like they'd been dating for ages. Judging by what Colin had written in that letter of his, he didn't particularly approve of his sister's alleged choice of boyfriend. Quite rich, coming from a boy who seemed to take pride in wearing a tutu and scream about his affection for Clair in public. The boy either had no sense or no shame, maybe both.

"Oh yeah," Finnegan said pointedly, "we've been snogging loads." He was rather pleased with his own deadpan delivery and before Colin could try to guess if he was being serious, he had already turned his back on the other team. There wasn't much to look at anyway. He already knew Raizel from class, though he hadn't talked to her much. Wasn't she a duellist? It hardly mattered. He knew she wasn't on the Quidditch or Broom Racing team, so her skill with flying was unlikely to pose much of a treat. Then there was a tall, first-year Slytherin boy who he didn't recognize but who seemed more than a little over-confident. The best way to answer his feeble shit-talking was to show him which team had the better flyers.

Or flyer.

He recognized Helena from his spat with Avery. She had struck him as shy and timid at the time, but now seemed a little more courageous. Still, it remained to be seen if she could stay in the air for more than ten seconds.

Finally, there was Argahlon, another wild card in the deck. Confidence wasn't an issue, but perhaps actual skill would be. Only time could tell.

After he had briefly discussed a tactic with his team mates, he gripped his new Silver Arrow with both hands and readied himself to race. From where he stood, he eyed Colin once more and smirked but said nothing. He'd take driving that obnoxious face into the dirt over winning the actual race any time of the day.

Abilities: Prodigal DADA (No effect), The Muggle Condition (+3 Accuracy on non-magical rolls)
Broom: Silver Arrow (+3 to all stats)

Stamina 10 ✶ Evasion 10 ✶ Strength 2 ✶ Wisdom 3 ✶ Arcane Power 5 ✶ Accuracy 10
Stamina 13 ✶ Evasion 13 ✶ Strength 5 ✶ Wisdom 6 ✶ Arcane Power 8 ✶ Accuracy 13 16

Doing as strategized.

ROUND 1

ATTACKS

Colin casts Lubricus on Argahlon's broom; WDC 15
Col wis [d20 : 13] + 12 = 25, success
Col acc [d20 : 4] + 12 - 4 spd = 12
Arg eva [d20 : 15] + 7 - 3 spd = 19, Colin misses

Raizel casts Obscuro on Finnegan; WDC 15
Rai wis [d20 : 12] + 8 = 20, success
Rai acc [d20 : 5] + 8 - 4 spd = 9
Finn eva [d20 : 6] + 13 - 4 spd = 15, Raizel misses

Ulysses throws an improvised projectile at Helena
Uly acc [d20 : 6] + 12 - 4 spd = 14
Lena eva [d20 : 18] + 10 - 2 spd = 26, Ulysses misses

Argahlon throws an improvised projectile at Ulysses
Arg acc [d20 : 15] + 12 - 3 spd = 24
Uly eva [d20 : 5] + 8 - 4 spd = 9, Argahlon hits!
Ulysses takes 25*3 = 75 HP damage

UNIT 2 - Trees (Moderate)

DC: 15_x3

Team One
Colin

[d20 : 7] + 12 - 4 spd = 15, success
10% auto-dodge, EM (10) [d10 : 1], failed
[d20 : 1] + 12 - 4 spd = 9, fail
10% auto-dodge, EM (10) [d10 : 10], success

Raizel

[d20 : 4] + 8 - 4 spd = 8, fail
[d20 : 20] + 8 - 4 spd = 24, success
[d20 : 6] + 8 - 4 spd = 10, fail

Ulysses

[d20 : 3] + 12 - 4 spd = 11, fail
[d20 : 3] + 12 - 4 spd = 11, fail
[d20 : 12] + 12 - 4 spd = 20, success

Team Two
Argahlon

[d20 : 5] + 12 - 3 spd = 14, fail
[d20 : 17] + 12 - 3 spd = 26, success
[d20 : 16] + 12 - 3 spd = 25, success

Finnegan

[d20 : 18] + 16 - 4 spd = 30, success
[d20 : 15] + 16 - 4 spd = 27, success
[d20 : 4] + 16 - 4 spd = 16, success

Helena

[d20 : 13] + 7 - 2 spd = 18, success
[d20 : 4] + 7 - 2 spd = 9, fail
[d20 : 20] + 7 - 2 spd = 25, success

___

Colin takes 25 HP damage, Raizel and Ulysses take 50 HP damage
Argahlon takes 20 HP damage, Helena takes 15 HP damage
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Colin, Raizel, Ulysses, and Argahlon end here

UNIT 3

Helena ends here

UNIT 4 - Narrow Passageways (Easy)

DC: 14

Finn acc [d20 : 19] +16 - 4 spd = 31, success

UNIT 5

Finnegan ends here

Round Outcome

Team One - The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
@Colin McCoire - is in unit 2 [975/1000][posted]
@Ulysses Drake - is in unit 2 [875/1000][posted]
@Raizel Voltrouz - is in unit 2 [550/600][posted]

Team Two
@Argahlon Vexius - is in unit 2 [580/600][posted]
@Finnegan Conner - is in unit 5 [1300/1300][posted]
@Helena Rose - is in unit 3 [585/600][posted]

Submitted Plays

OOC Information

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The race was on as soon as Alyssea signaled for them to start, most of the players zooming in through the air, showing good control with their broom and speed.

Is it just her or her broom was a bit harder to control? Then again, she's not much of an expert in flying unlike those who took broom related sports. She ignored that for now and she'll soon regret it later. There was one thing that she wanted to do though, and that's to cast something. Broom Racing is not just all about racing and dodging obstacles but also, dodging spells from your opponent. Perhaps that's one of the things that attracted her to this sport, casting spells while flying at a fast pace.

Wand at a ready, trying to get a good angle on Finnegan. This was harder than what she remembers and she needs to do it quickly or she's gonna crash into those trees that she's fast approaching. An unfortunate one this was. Despite being able to conjure up the Blindfolding Spell, her attack missed her target. "Damn it." Raizel uttered but she doesn't have time to think about that as she needs to maneuver around the obstacle before her.

Not only one, but two. Again, her broom was harder to control. She should definitely get some more practice on a broom if she wants to be better at this sport. Not like she's gonna trade Dueling for it but it could be a nice hobby.

WC: 249/200

Action: Wishing upon a Star

Reducio

Broom: Firebolt | +4 Evasion | Max Spd: 5
STA: 6
EVA: 7 (11)
STR: 3
WIS: 8
ARC: 8
ACC: 8