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Between studying for OWLs and training for duelling, Opeila had somehow managed to find- or make?- time for the little game she had started in her first year at Hogwarts and tried to host every year since. The fifth year had changed a lot since then. The little girl who liked to host events and bring people together had grown into a young woman who had dropped the habit and closed off, rarely sought out interaction with her peers.

In a moment of nostalgia, Opeila had thought of a game and hung up a sign up sheet in the common room that filled with names in no time. And only a short while later she stood outside in the outdoor club area, pinning a piece of parchment against a tree, listing the rules of the game, waiting for the players to arrive. Based on years, the prefect had been able to split the group into two unlikely even teams. Now she only had to hope for all of them to show up.

Opeila had made sure to be outside around half an hour before the time she had given her peers to set up the field, meaning collecting sticks and rocks to divide the field into sections.

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She was done just in time for her housemates to arrive. Until everyone arrived, she circled the field a few times, adjusted some of the sticks and only then finally addressed the group. "Hi everyone! Um, welcome to the fourth dormbattles! I have pinned the rules and the teams against that tree over there, in case you need to read them again. Team 1 starts as the first running team, so... if you're ready, we can start."
Welcome to the fourth Dormbattles! ... That have nothing to do with dorms this year.

The teams are listed below, Team 1 starts as Running Team. Please pick one person per team who sends me your actions.
As a reminder, this is what I need
From Team 1: Who is throwing and into which section.
From Team 2: Which player goes into which section and their action. As you wouldn't know the section the ball lands in, you can send me conditional actions ("If the ball lands in section 3, David tries to hit Eleanore, if it lands in section 2, Alina aims for the goal section").

You have 120 hours to post and send actions, starting from this timestamp. Have fun!
Team 1
@Koko Riddle
Points: 0
@Percival Rainwood
Points: 0
@Avery Chen
Points: 0
@Ava Winchect
Points: 0
@Elisa Shakestra
Points: 0
@Reginald Drake
Points: 0
Team 2
@Dan Palmer
Points: 0
@Tristan Theramin
Points: 0
@Colin McCoire
Points: 0
@Mahlioz Evethisawe
Points: 0
@Ulysses Drake
Points: 0
@Remedy Norden
Points: 0
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Opeila Winters | Raffle | Theodore Duncain
Sta-10 | Eva-14 | Str-4 | Wis-17 | Arc-9 | Acc-15
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He arrived at the field in his quidditch clothes, planning to head to practice afterwards. With a big yawn, he stretched his arms and his back, breathing in the fresh air. Between homework, quidditch practice, and the occasional violin practice, things were quite busy, but he certainly wanted to make some time to socialize and have a bit of fun with his Slytherin peers. It was about time he participated in another group event.

"Hey Pei, what's up? Thanks for hosting the game!" he greeted the upperclassman cheerily. It was his first participation in Opeila's famous Dormbattles, and he was pumped. A quick glance at the team roster told him that he'd actually be facing off with and against a few quidditch teammates. He knew teaming up with Koko was good news -- his co-captain was quite athletic, determined, and a good leader. He was also eager to get to know some of the younger housemates on his team. Percival --

"Colin! Ready to get smoked?" he would tease his friend good-naturedly once the jovial lad arrived. Another glance at the roster showed that he was up against Dan, his team captain. Yikes, that was a challenge, but one he felt ready for. It'll be interesting to finally play against someone he'd been playing with the whole time.

He ran a hand through his messy black hair and turned to his team, not even glancing at the rules tacked to the tree. "So... uh, you guys all know the rules to this game?" 'Cuz he sure didn't. He gave them an apologetic, lopsided grin, if they knew what he meant. He was just here for the laughs and the adrenaline.
Action: As strategized
Stats: Stamina: 10 | Evasion: 15 | Strength: 6 | Wisdom: 7 | ArcPower: 4 | Accuracy: 8
Abilities: Muggle Condition
Interacting with: @Koko Riddle, @Percival Rainwood, @Ava Winchect, @Elisa Shakestra, @Reginald Drake
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Dan's Outfit:
Will put images when I can get the damn thing to work. But he is in a green short sleeved shirt, black shorts, and bare feet.
Dan was elated. Pei had made another dormbattle!! Pei had been... abnormally quiet of late. Dan hadn't pried; it was none of his business. He was a little concerned though.
This was sorely missed before, and now it was back!

Dan had never missed one. Nor had he ever lost one. It was something of a topic in Slytherin. One that brought him no small amount of satisfaction.
With that same damn pang of sadness, he again wished that Andrew were here. No matter what he tried, he still couldn't forget him. It didn't hurt as badly anymore, and he had finally risen from the crippling depression he'd been left with when Andrew never came back to Hogwarts.

Dan shook his head. No more melancholy and dwelling on old memories. It was time for fun!

To his very mild annoyance, he found Koko, Percival, and Avery on the other team.

"Avery, Koko, AND Percival? And what'm I to make of such mutinous behavior as this?"

His eyes then shifted to Colin McCoire. Someone who, despite his shit-talk, was almost a kindred spirit to Dan. Of course he would never tell the little Scottish upstart. But with a smirk, Dan knew a delightful prank to play. When next he goes for one of his swims, Dan planned to swipe his clothes and return to the dorms. How WOULD little McCoire handle streaking through the castle, he wondered.

Whether or not he was actually going to do this... remained to be seen. Anyway, Dan looked over the rules, and familiarized himself with them as best he could. He'd never heard of this game before, but it would not take long for the Best and Final Original Quidditch Captain to figure out.
Actions: As strategized.
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STATS
STAMINA: 10

EVASION: 12

STRENGTH: 4

WISDOM: 20

ARCANE POWER: 6

ACCURACY: 15

Evasive Maneuvers
Keen Eye
Lovely Creature (His team are allies. Other team is enemy.)
Fearless
Animagus
Evasive Maneuvers II
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It took quite a bit to get Koko to go to school events. Usually, paranoia or wariness stemming from past experiences made her stay away from such activities. The only ones she went to regularly were Quidditch games, and if she weren't a Quidditch player, she likely wouldn't even do that.

But the Dormbattles were different. She remembered them fondly, more fondly than any ball. Koko had thought back to the pillowfight so many years ago, and she had smiled despite herself. She had to go to this.

She arrived with a smile still lingering on her lips. The news that her team included multiple people who were already on the Quidditch team was a blessing, and with that sort of team, well, she expected things to go swimmingly. They already worked well together, so she was certain this would be no different.

Seeing @Avery Chen in Quidditch gear made her smile widen. Goodness, this game was making her into an over-excited first year again. She bounded over to the group of students and waved at @Opeila Winters. She slowed her jog into an upbeat walk as she meandered over to the fifth year. 'Hey, thanks for hosting this!'

She was in such a good mood that she giggled (albeit quietly) when @Dan Palmer expressed his surprise at her being on the other team with Percival and Avery. 'You'll have to beat our combined talents,' she joked, although since she was so competitive, it wasn't as much of a joke as she let on. Her tone was tinged with jest and laughter, but her amber gaze was sharp. She could joke about losing, but she would not let it happen. Not willingly.

The blonde-haired Slytherin sauntered over to Avery, and her smile faltered slightly when he asked if their team knew the rules. 'Well, I'd hope so,' Koko said slowly. She tilted her head, trying to remember what she'd read earlier even if the rules were tacked to a tree. 'We alternate between running and throwing a ball into goals? That part shouldn't be too unlike Quidditch. I think we'll do okay.'

She glanced at the other members of her team. She hadn't spoken to @Percival Rainwood too much outside of Quidditch practice, so she didn't know him too well out of his amazing capacity as a beater. The others, she didn't know at all. They seemed quite a bit younger than she was. She would extend a hand to @Reginald Drake, @Elisa Shakestra and @Ava Winchect in hopes of giving them a proper introduction via handshake. If they accepted, she would say, 'Hi, I'm Koko, if you don't know me. I'm a sixth year, and I'm one of the Quidditch captains for our house.'

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Action: As Strategised
Stats & Abilities
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Stats:
Stamina: 20 - Evasion: 10 - Strength: 3 - Wisdom: 7 - Arcane Power: 5 - Accuracy: 17

Abilities
Part-Veela Alluring
Evasive Maneuvers
Part-Veela Scream
Calming Presence (Allies are Team 1)
Part-Veela Charm
Keeper's Catch

[pc] koko riddle · 'pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.'
'it always starts and ends with birds.' · cyrus darsel [inpc]
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"OWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Colin dashed through the grounds towards the outdoor club place. He had no idea what game they were going to play, but knowing Pei, it would be fun but hard! He'd signed up quite a while ago and had almost forgotten about it, but the day was here and Colin made sure to be ready. Colin wore only his drab green kilt and a heavy white shirt, mostly unbuttoned. His wand, Naur an Edraith, was securely strapped to his sheath tucked up Colin's right sleeve. Because this was supposed to be some kind of ball game, Colin decided it would be best to wear the battered old quidditch glove on his right hand.

"Ayooooo Rosin the Bow!" he called out to his mate Avery Chen.

"Colin! Ready to get smoked?" his friend asked. Colin gave him a big smile, showing off all his fangs. He rested both hands on Avery's shoulders and shook out his mane of wild white hair. He hadn't bothered to braid it up today.

"No sir!" Colin replied. "A've a good feeling aboot today! We've got yer cap on our team, Ave! Well known fact: Dan's been in loads of these games of Pei's. He and Tris will things out! Of course, ye do have Koko, so I reckon yer odds aren't horrible!"

Colin laughed merrily as he set off to greet one particular opponent before finding Dan. And that was Ava Winchect, surely his worst nightmare, and she was on the other team. There was no telling what the second year would get up to. Colin respected her flying skills, since she was becoming a really top notch racer. But still, there was bad blood between them. Very bad.

Colin padded over to her, his bare feet making no sounds on the soft ground. "Winchect," he said, probably too harshly. He realised his stare was also probably too much. He felt the conflict in his heart. He shouldn't have even come over here. It was bad enough after their last race. She really had flown well. But still...

"Good luck," was all he could manage. Part of Colin really wanted to say 'don't die or anything' or even 'we're gonna send you to hospital --- permanently' but no. Good luck. Colin gave Winchect a smirk. It pulled at the scar on the left side of his face, giving it a rakish twist. He turned away before she could see that he thought he looked pretty lame saying good luck to the girl that tried to murder his best mate last year.

Colin shook his head like a dog.

It really did help him to calm down and focus.

At last, he found Dan. He was talking with Koko. "Wooop!" he ran up to the older boy, jumped and landed almost ankle to ankle with Dan. "Ayo Dan! Koko! Ready for some fun? I've never done one of these, but I've heard these dorm battles are good crack!"
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Stamina: 7 | Evasion: 6 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 9 | Arcane Power: 6 | Accuracy: 9

@Avery Chen | @Ava Winchect | @Koko Riddle | @Dan Palmer

Keep your mind in hell; and don't despair.
Cursa McCoire
Rigel McCoire
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Elisa wasn't really the type of person to spend her free time for stuff like sports and games, it was reserved for important stuff like becoming a couch potato and getting rest, but for some reason she had signed up for a the Dormbattle, a house game she knew nothing of..

As the young blonde lazily walked towards the outdoor club area, her mind full of thoughts of how she could have happily slept if she hadn't signed up for this game but now it was too late to back out, Elisa sighed as she finally got of her mind and started walking faster towards the club area, she just wanted to get over with it,

As she arrived, the first thing she did was to quickly go through the rules, the last thing she would want was to be the only one in her team who wasn't aware of the rules. After a while she walked towards her supposed team which mostly consisted of higher years, but for her luck she noticed Reginald, the boy she had previously met while swimming in the Great Lake, the young girl slowly walked towards him and muttered "Hey Reggie", as she finally faced the rest of her teammates, while most of them seemed unfamiliar to her, she did recognise Avery, the guy who had made her fall of her broom for fun but had also kinda helped her overcome her broom fear.

Elisa was about to go back to her thoughts when she heard Avery ask everyone if they were aware of the rules, "I did try going through them" she said as she quickly started trying to remember the rules she had previously gone through, just then she noticed one of the older years extend a hand towards her which Elisa accepted gracefully, "I'm Elisa, pleased to meet you" said Elisa as she flashed a smile towards Koko.
Actions - As strategized
Stats- Stamina: 5, Evasion: 3, Strength: 4, Wisdom: 7, ArcPower: 4, Accuracy: 7

Abilities- N/A

Muah, The one and only Vasilius Nighthawk!
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Ava was hardly nervous. Well, maybe a little nervous. That was because of Colin and Opeila, but surely she could remain mostly undetected for the moment. Right now, she was mostly thrilled to have claimed a spot in ‘Dormbattles’, although she had no clue what they were.

As she settled into a spot, one of the older years introduced herself as Koko, one of the quidditch captains of the house. Ava accepted the handshake after Elisa did. “Ava.” She replied with a nod.

And of course, as she fell into silence again, Colin came over to her. Not quite so easy to avoid. She tried to stay relaxed at his tone, but in her opinion, he looked like he wanted revenge. He retreated quickly, and after a second she remembered to answer. “Good luck to you, too.” she whispered.

She scanned her team, recognizing two first years loosely, and barely recognizing the older ones, as she had only seen them participate in sports. She picked up on bits of conversation, and noticed that most of the older years already seemed to know each other. Well, great.

Hopefully, this game wouldn’t end in flames, or murder. Literally, for both. Neither seemed to be that far fetched for the school, unfortunately.
stamina • 7 | evasion • 7 | strength • 5 | wisdom • 5 | arcane-power • 5 | accuracy • 6

Action: as strategized!

PC: Ava Winchect / iNPC: Akihiko Takahashi
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Percival looked about the open area for other signs of life. It hardly took any time to be able to locate where he was supposed to go. The gaggling noise of a bunch of younger students grated annoyingly against his ear, and without much choice, his brows furrowed down together. As he made his way towards Opeila. The boy pressed his tongue into his cheeks as he tried to figure out the words to say. Ever since that one fateful day, he could not say what lay between them. Long had the anger and hurt had faded away into a dull sense of nothingness. Maybe that was what made their accidental meeting not blow up spectacularly.

When the boy had seen the announcement on the door, it had felt like a breath of fresh air. Something that wormed a small smile to his face and made him chuckle. It brought him back to when he had been a first-year. Wide-eyed and bushy-tailed. When everything wasn't so confusing, and his worries were secluded to just passing his classes. Now look at them. Far too many things had happened in this drasted school. Hanako had abandoned him, his Uncle... The boy sighed before he finished walking up to the group. Percival gave a faint smile to Opeila, "Thanks for hosting this again." he offered.

Mentions: @Opeila Winters
| Stamina 10 | Evasion 7 | Strength 12 | Wisdom 10 | Arcane Power 8 | Accuracy 13 |
Foulplay | Lovely Creature | Beast Master | Rebound | Nonverbal

"I doubt you'll remember me with a smile."
iNPC Mikael Halldorson
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Date: 16 March 2024
Time: Afternoon
Interacting with: @Colin McCoire
Mentions: the team, Pei
English | French
Thoughts
Dormbattles. Mahlioz had never heard of these before, but from the amount of people interested, it was apparently a known and loved tradition for the older Slytherins. What they entailed was also a mystery, but Mahlioz had guessed there was only one way to find out, so she signed up. Not exactly a very Mahlioz-like thing to do, perhaps - they didn't know very many people there, and they weren't one to go out and try out new things just because they were there. But her curiosity got the better of her, her duelling was making her braver, and, well, if Colin McCoire was there, she might as well be there too.

They had read and re-read the rules a good dozen times, of course - just because they'd decided to come, didn't mean they weren't stressed and worried they'd mess something up. As she nervously approached the group of Slytherins already on the field, she ran through them in her head once more. Theory, she could always get. It was applying it in real life that was difficult.

The field was all set up by the prefect, Opeila Winters, if Mahlioz remembered her name correctly. The second year instinctively made their way over to Colin. He was the only one they knew here, and though he seemed to know pretty much everyone else, they hoped he didn't mind them hanging with him for a while as they warmed up to the idea of interacting with people. "Hey," she said to him with a grin. "You ready to win this game?"

She was on team 2, with Colin (thankfully) and some other people she had seen around but had never really talked to. Two of them were quite a bit older than her, and (as it seemed to happen, because Mahlioz was so scared of everything) they were slightly intimidating. But that meant they had more experience with dormbattles; that they had more of a chance of winning, right? They could do this. Mahlioz had read the rules enough times. Now they had to prove they could use them.
Stamina: 7 | Evasion: 6 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 9 | Arcane power: 7 | Accuracy: 8
Wandmaker | Perfectionist
Action: as strategized
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Outfit/Physical Characteristics

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Sharp suit with dark green robes and green cufflinks.
A Top Hat
Blonde Hair
Hazel/Blue Eyes
164 cm
Languages

English
Parseltongue
French
Hebrew
Spanish
German
Russian
Thoughts
Age

15
Mentioning/Interacting
Location
Outside
IC Date
March 16th
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The genuine fun he would have was palpable to Tristan and was inciting his heart to beat faster. Perhaps this would be a great way to enjoy time with his housemates in a competitive yet restful way. He had his snake hidden inside his robes though just in case anything happened of course. Tristan entered the area that Ophelia the prefect had set up and continued his way to the other teammates. Tristan had met Colin of course, and he vaguely remembered Dan, although he couldn’t confirm whether he had met Dan before of just heard of his name. The others were new to him as expected since they were younger than him. In fact, Tristan was definitely much more familiar with the members of the other team than his own, having met Koko, and Percival or maybe he was remembering that wrong. Ava of course he had met for sure as she was a member of the gobstones club. However, knowledge of the people mattered less than good team work and intelligent strategy. Perhaps, this game would allow him to learn more about the younglings or perhaps not but either way it would be quite a fun yet interesting experience .
Statistics and Abilities

Stats:
Stamina: 8
Evasion: 8
Strength: 9
Wisdom: 9
ArcPower: 8
Accuracy: 8

Abilities:
Parselmouth
Prodigy Potions Learner
Prodigal Charms Learner
Action:As Strategized

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INPC: Gellert Schroeder