Finished A Surprise, Skates, and Super Soakers! PV Invitees Unoff. Mod

Febuary 23rd 2024

Dialogue
English: #e22400
Spanish: #fdc700

After I laced up my skates I spent a minute trying to get the hang of things. It definitely wasn't as hard as I thought. After some thoughtful planning with Team Blue, we were ready for battle. At the sound of 'go' I tried to skate as fast as I could to my planned position but I kept bending over to catch my fall. I almost did the splits two times right there right now. Somehow I managed to get in position without getting shot. From behind the bubble I could see my teammates all in position. Surprisingly no one had fired a shot yet. It seemed that the teams had prioritized getting into position over getting someone out.

I peeked out from behind my bubble. I saw Emiline, I believe her name was, very close to me on my left. I couldn't see Lily and Bailey but I assumed they were in position like we discussed. Colin was opposite to me clutching his super soaker (god, I hope he hasn't put actual soup in them). I knew paintballs were gonna start flying everywhere once everyone comes out of their stupor. I carefully edged closer to the bubble to lower my chances of getting hit.

WC:205/200 Tags: @Bailey Glade @Colin McCoire @Emiline Hunter @Lily Isobel McCoire @AngelFrye McCubbin

Almsot Like Watching Paint Dry @Simon Kincaid

Countdown to Move & Posts Due Date for Rnd 2

11 February, 2024

Axyen was the first to make his bold move, and it paid off. His first attempt at targeting Bailey came close, but his aim was a bit off. It looked like he was dealing with just the slightest wobbling on his skates, but he was hanging in there like the badger he was! Seeming to correct for his earlier miss, he was able to hit Bailey squarely on her shoulder on his second attempt. AngelFyre was proud of her teammate but could not help but wince at the hit that Bailey took. Even across the ice, AngelFyre could hear the squelching sound the gold paint made as its airborne progress halted on Baileys jacket. She would not be surprised if some of the paint had gotten into the Ravenclaw's hair as well, but because Bailey was blonde, it was hard to tell from where AngelFyre was standing whether it actually had or not. Axyen struggled just a bit with his third and final shot, which ended up sailing far and wide from where Bailey stood. One hit was better than no hit and AngelFyre was excited to see the game heating up.

She thought for certain that Bailey was going to take Axyen out with her quick, martial arts reflexes, but Bailey appeared to be struggling too. Well, struggling would imply a certain amount of energy being expended and that was just simply not the case. AngelFyre could not help but worry, even in the midst of a game, whether Bailey was too wrapped up in thoughts (or worries) about what Kim was or was not doing to be aware in the moment of what was happening around her. Unbelievably, she did not lift her super soupy soaker at all.

AngelFyre was just about to skate over to see if she actually was ok when she heard the "pumping action" behind her and then quickly felt the bubble she was standing next to in her square thwack her in the head twice. She turned around just in time to see the gleeful look on Colin's face as streams of blue were rolling down just off center and to the right side of the front of her bubble. She had no idea where his third shot had landed, but wherever it was, it had not hit her bubble.

She could not help but get tickled at his boyish delight in his conquest, of a sort, but took even more delight in the look of momentary surprise as a flash of gold grazed closely enough by him that his white hair braid blew back from the front of his shoulder to behind it. His triumphant, fangy-smile suddenly turned to one of darkened realization as Simon rapid fire shot off two more rounds, both of which narrowly missed the agile snek. AngelFyre had to give it to Colin. He was a slippery little lupine.

While Simon had Colin's attention, AngelFyre moved to the side of her bubble and took her three rapid shots at Colin, all of which, sad to say, missed. She looked at the end of her super soupy soaker in complete and utter disbelief as if the fault lay with it, much like people did who walked down the street and tripped or stumbled. They almost always looked back at the ground as if to question why it would have suddenly, out of nowhere, reached up and grabbed them. "Are you kidding me? Colin McCoire, did you imbibe liquid luck before coming out here this afternoon, or what?" she teased in exasperated fun.

She cast a glance over at Simon, who, she could tell, was already sizing up the moment and making his next plan. He smiled that gorgeous smile and winked at her. All is well on that front. She peeked once more around the bubble at Woofy and smiled at him, and then pumped her soaker a few times when her eyes were drawn to Emiline. Emiline had initially landed on a rather exposed position on the field and AngelFyre was relieved to see her handily move to a space next to a bubble. Alejandro had wisely thought to capitalize on the moment and took aim at her, but he was not even close as she was not ever in his range. ^[1]

Finally, AngelFyre turned her attention to Lily. Lily, like Alejandro, had targeted someone not within her range to hit.^[2] She had targeted Axyen, and lucky for him, all three of her shots went far and wide from where AngelFyre was sure she meant for them to go. Though they did not hit Axyen, there was the satisfying sound of splats of paint hitting the frozen surface. To AngelFyre, it sounded like wet bath towels slapping the ice.

Well, unless she missed something, it looked like, thanks to Axyen, Team Gold was ahead. Maybe this first round was a little like the first pancake in a skillet batch, which was to say, a bit of a dud. That was okay because everyone was still trying to figure out the rules, how their equipment worked, and in some cases, how to move themselves on the ice.

She caught Simon's eye again and blew him a kiss. "The bright side, handsome, is that we can only get better next go round, right? We totally have this!" As she said it, she was aware that her Seer self saw absolutely no hint of anything to come, for either team. And for about the millionth time she bemoaned the irregularity of her "gift" as Mr. Ollivander had called it.

Sometimes it would be nice to just turn it on like a spigot and let it flow on command.

Grrrr

"And maybe it does not flow like water from a spigot because it would be used for senseless stuff such as this," she whispered to herself and decided not argue with the wisdom of her own thoughts.

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Round 1 Moderation Results

^{[1] & [2]} - Please make certain to study the not-to-scale map carefully. If you target someone "diagonally" from your position, make certain they really are at a "diagonal" from your position. Lily and Alejandro's shots were voided at the get go for this reason.

I will need everyone's moves and actions by next Saturday, April 6, 10:00 am my time. I have reset the counter at the top of this post for your convenience. Be sure to post before that time!

Blue Team Positions

@Colin McCoire is on space A1 Posted: Rnd 1
@Charlie Jacobsen is on space I5,
Lily Isobel McCoire is out due to injury
@Bailey Glade (-1 health) is on space I2 Posted: Rnd 1
@Alejandro Garcia is on space A5 Posted: Rnd 1

Gold Team Positions

@Simon Kincaid is on space C1 Posted: Rnd 1
@Emiline Hunter is on space C5 Posted: Rnd 1
@Axyen Dragonclaw is on space H3 Posted: Rnd 1
@AngelFyre McCubbin is on space B2 Posted: Rnd 1


The map reflects current team positions at the end of Round 1.

@Simon Kincaid @Clair Fernandez @Colin McCoire @Bailey Glade @Kim Sato @Linda Ramirez @Alejandro Garcia @Emiline Hunter @Axyen Dragonclaw @Emma Wynn @Charlie Jacobsen

Febuary 23rd 2024

Dialogue
English: #e22400
Spanish: #fdc700

I saw Emiline pretty exposed in the middle of the lake. There was a chance to get her and I took it. I missed horrifically. I went red with embarrassment. How'd I manage to mess up the shot that badly.
The rest of my team wasn't fairing too well either. Lily had aimed for Axyen and like me had missed horribly. I blame the soupy soakers for that! It's rigged I tell you!
Colin was getting it from both sides and somehow he manages not to get hit. Colin retaliates by shooting at AF but two paintballs splattered on the bubble and the third one was off target. Maybe we're all just bad at aiming.
AF caught Simon's eye and blew him a kiss. "The bright side, handsome, is that we can only get better next go round, right? We totally have this!"
Urghh teenage love. Mam said I'll like it when I'm older but 11 is pretty old in my opinion and I still think it's gross.
"Get a room you two! You'll have plenty of time for flirting later!" I shouted playfully.

Surprisingly the only person that was able to hit someone was the Second year who told me he didn't know how to skate. Axyen, he made a bold decision and it paid off. He hit Bailey on the shoulder. I guess that means we're losing.
I saw Emiline move behind the bubble in front of me. Now I'm definitely close enough to shoot her. A little too close for comfort. Only the bubble separated me and her.
After that, I heard a cry and peeked out from behind the bubble. I saw Lily being helped off by AF. It looked like she had twisted her ankle. Skating is dangerous.
Charlie Jacobson came in for her and I don't know if that's a win or loss. We'll see in the next round.

WC: 315/200 Tags: @AngelFyre McCubbin @Simon Kincaid @Charlie Jacobson @Colin McCoire @Axyen Dragonclaw @Bailey Glade @Emiline Hunter @Lily Isobel McCoire

Axyen quickly decided to aim for the nearest person, which happened to be Bailey(Axyen didn't know her name, of course). Axyen aimed the super soaker and fired off his first shot, he felt himself begin to slip and he began to panic, which of course caused him to slip. Axyen fell downwards. 'I need to get back up!' Axyen told himself, rushing back up to try and get back up. Axyen slipped again, Axyen once again tried to quickly rise up only to be met with failure. Axyen needed to come up with a solution, and come up with one quickly. 'I need to think! I can't even get up! Maybe if I get up slowly?' Axyen began to rise up slowly, which ended up actually working. Axyen quickly aimed the super soaker again at Bailey, his second shot seemed to actually hit. He was actually pretty worried since he quickly realized how much of a mess these super soakers made, hopefully Bailey wouldn't be upset about that. Axyen aimed his third shot, and Axyen not having the best aim missed his third shot.

Axyen wasn't really looking at his other teammates, but instead his opponents because he needed to know if he was safe or not. Based on what he was hearing, it didn't seem like any of his teammates were hit, which if that was the case that was great. Axyen remembered that the clock was ticking, he needed to do something quickly.

And then everything kind of happened at once! A quick look around revealed that strategy was not quite their strong suit in this game. Alejandro's shots missed entirely. "Better luck next time Lion! Try getting in closer Ale!" he called over to the Gryff. Colin wasn't even sure if Bailey had figured out how to work her soupy soaker thing or not, and he couldn't find Lily anywhere. Oof! He hoped she didn't fall through the ice or something! "Hey Bails! You okay over there!?"

Colin marvelled at these soupy soaky things the Muggle kids play with! He pulled back on the little lever thing and gobs of blue --- not soup! --- shot out of the end! It smelled chemically, like some kind of potion, or ink! Colin laughed maniacally as the blue inky stuff shot off towards Fyre Angel's bubble.

"Enjoy yer soup lass!" he called out. Now he wondered why it was that Muggle kids called ink soup. That was very strange indeed! "WHOA!!" Two shots smashed right into her bubble. The third one zinged off to side somewhere. "Take that McCubbin! And there's more where that --- YEEEP!" Colin's keen green eyes caught sight of enemy fire! No arcane light from some spell, this was a golden stream of ink headed his way!

Without even thinking, Colin twisted his body this way and that. His left arm was flung forward, bringing his shoulder along for the ride as the stream of gold ink zipped past his shoulders. The fangy grin he'd just given AngelFyre was returned by an impish smirk of her own! For he could see now that it was Simon who tried to hit him! Flinging himself backwards, Simon's second shot flew across Colin's chest, between his shirt and his outflung braid. As he twisted around to face the threat, his braids whipped around to his back.

But Simon wasn't the threat! Simon was, perhaps, just the decoy! For while he was turned away from his bestie, AngelFyre stepped around her bubble and took three shots at Colin! The slippery Slytherin felt a snake, his body twisting again to evade the golden ink! The Seer's aim was good, but sadly, she just couldn't see where Colin actually was! "Are you kidding me? Colin McCoire, did you imbibe liquid luck before coming out here this afternoon, or what?"

Colin laughed merrily as the last of her shots zipped harmlessly by! He bowed and gave her an even bigger grin. "We shall see, shall we Fyre!?" he fired back. He was pretty happy with the round so far, not least his friend's surprise at his agility. His ability to evade even surprised him at times! It wasn't like either AngelFyre or Simon were far away trying to hit him. Shaking his head and body like a dog, he cleared his mind. It was now time to strategise anew!

As Charlie raided the snack table, she was watching the game over her shoulder. The small blue plate that she held in her hand was loaded with an assortment of snacks, mostly sweet. She threw her skates down next to a nearby rock, knowing that no one would disturb them because everyone was busy skating or doing other things. She ate her snacks, and ripped open a couple of chocolate frogs, although she did not get anything interesting, just a handful of bronzes. Charlie knew that she would likely give the cards to her friend Ava, because she had a whole wizarding childhood to catch up on, and chocolate frogs were one of the best parts.

Charlie watched the first round of the match, she kept her eye on the two teams, slightly struggling to remember who was on which team. She sat on a small rock which hurt her butt a bit. She looked down at her skates and knotted the laces together so she could leave if she wanted to. Just then, she watched Lily roll her ankle. Charlie scoffed at it knowing that she didn’t tie her skates really tight enough. If she would have tied them tighter, her ankles would not have moved, which was what hockey skates were designed to do. AngelFrye then went and helped Lily off the ice, which was nice of her. Charlie was genuinely concerned about Lily for a moment, but then remembered that this was a paintball game and not that big of a deal.

After Lily was taken care of, AngelFrye asked if Charlie wanted to take her place in the match. Being the only person around with skates next to them probably helped AngelFrye make her decision of who to ask, so Charlie was forced to say yes. She unknotted her skates and laced them up, loose enough that she could move but tight enough that her ankles wouldn’t go anywhere. She hopped in Lily’s spot and immediately regretted her decision to join. Charlie had paid absolutely no attention to the instructions and did not know what to do at all. She knew she had to do something, but didn’t know what. She was screwed.

wc: 367	mentioning: @AngelFyre McCubbin, Lily Isobel McCorie.	open to interactions

word count. 211/200

interacting with. @kim sato ||

tags. @Clair Fernandez @Colin McCoire @AngelFyre McCubbin @Kim Sato @Linda Ramirez @Alejandro Garcia @Emiline Hunter @Axyen Dragonclaw @Emma Wynn @Lily Isobel McCoire

additional notes. feel free to interact!!!
also happy b day simon dear!! so so glad to have you as a friend, IC and OOC
apologies for being so inactive, life has been a lot and i've had nooo free time - again, apologies

Bailey and her team made their plan, and then set off to their spots. Bailey was lucky, getting one of the most protected spots, as there was no way for anyone to attack her from behind. Bailey appreciated this - years of sparring and martial arts had given her decent reflexes but she was a tad out of practice. first mod post cause i am SO behind
@Axyen Dragonclaw was the first to move after that - and targeting her! His first shot was off a tad, which bailey was glad of. Just as she was checking her surroundings she felt a squelching impact on her shoulder - axyen had gotten her square on the shoulder. she smiled and called "good shot!" across the ice to Axyen.
Colin called over to her, checking making sure she was alright. "yep sorry coco - i dunno why my mind wandered. im all in now tho, ready to go!!"
deciding she really did need to do something, bailey took a look around, waiting to see an opportunity she could act on.
Bailey did see that Charlie had taken the place of lils, and bailey remembered lils being helped off the ice by AF. Feeling like a terrible friend, bailey hoped that lils was alright and that bailey's inaction hadn't been the cause of her friends injury.

Not Quite As Planned @Simon Kincaid

11 February, 2024

The game had gotten off to a slow start. There was no denying it, but AngelFyre chalked it all up to everyone learning as they played while also sizing up their competition. She had hopes that it would begin to pick up steam in the upcoming moments, and she was not at all disappointed. People were starting to make some rather bold moves, and they were seeming to do it all at once.

Her attention was drawn to a lot of commotion behind her, to the area of ice where Axyen and Bailey had faced off earlier. Bailey seemed to have snapped out of whatever had been going on with her when Axyen hit her earlier, and now she was taking her sweet revenge upon the young Hufflepuff. AngelFyre watched as the Ravenclaw beauty leveled her super soupy soaker at Axyen and took a beautifully aimed shot. As there was little splashing of paint to his sides, it appeared to AngelFyre that Bailey had struck him dead center. The impact even caused him to move backwards before he managed to stop himself.

Nice shot, Sunshine!

Axyen did not take the hit without attempting to give at least as good as he had just gotten, but alas, his earlier Paintball luck did not hold up. He took three rapid-fire shots at Bailey, but she had taken her shot and zipped right past Axyen as she skated to space F2 to hide behind a bubble. He learned that trying to hit a moving target was much more difficult than a stationary one, but that was fine. Neither of the ice floe foes had a point advantage over the other, so it was cool.

But if Axyen thought he could relax, he was sorely mistaken. Charlie Jacobsen, who had stepped in when Lily had hurt her ankle, was more than comfortable in skates and on the ice, and she appeared ready to unload another heaping helping of blue to Axyen's outfit. But, similarly to what Axyen had learned, Charlie would find that trying to hit a stationary target was not always so easy if you were the one skating and aiming and pulling the trigger. Her form while trying to get to her new position at I3 was flawless, but the execution of her shot was anything but. She was not close and the splat of blue landed quickly on the playing field.

As that bit of drama was concluding, AngelFyre's eyes were drawn to Emiline, who was still struggling mightily on the ice. She had decided that she wanted to back away from Alejandro, and that emboldened the Gryffindor. Like a leonine predator on the Savannah, stalking a newborn gazelle unsure of how to stand properly, he made his move. It was decisive and it was effective. He skated to a position behind the bubble in space B5, peeked around it, and took his shot at the golden gazelle. Without even knowing she was being targeted, Emiline would learn of her peril too late as she felt the splash of blue hit her shoulder. What looked like confusion almost instantly gave way to a fight or flight reflexive shot in Alejandro's direction. The beautiful, but struggling gazelle, contending with too much in the moment on the ice, would watch as her shot went well above Alejandro's head, which he had safely couched behind a bubble.

"Good effort, Emiline!" AngelFyre called out to her, hoping she was not feeling too frustrated or disappointed in the moment.

And then all H-E-double-hockeysticks really did seem to bust out in her little corner of the world. Colin had his sights set on Simon, and his strategy was quite something. He let out one of his "OwoooOOOOoo!" war cries and took a well aimed, and an even better timed, shot right at Simon. There was no question that Simon had been hit. She heard it quite distinctly, but what most got her notice was how sluggish her boy was. Simon was a dhampir. Sluggishness was not his state of normalcy. Even after he had been hit, he was slower than normal to take his shot at Colin, which was a solid miss. She caught out of her periphery that instead of trying more shots at Colin, Simon just let his soaker sort of dangle in his hand as he turned and skated to the bubbled space behind him. He was not making eye contact with her at all, nor was he smiling.

She was about to go check on him when Colin let out another war cry and was looking right at her. He started to skate her way, but something just exploded within her and she stepped out from behind her bubble and shouted, "Colin, you are a dead man, laddie!" and it turns out, he was! She stood her ground and fired three amazingly beautiful, and accurate, shots at her bestie. All three landed in his chest area!

She slow blinked at him as he slow blinked at her. Then he burst out into his good-natured self as his laughter rang out across the field of battle. "Fyre Angel, yer a dangerous lass when it comes to yer Simon."

"Ha! Truer words have never been spoken, Woofy. I would like to say sorry, but my friend, 'Sorry, not sorry!' is all that wants to pass these lips in these moments. Feels like we have been battling each other for days now, and my respect for your prowess in battle has only grown. So, I salute you."

"And oh! Now that you are out, you may want to go check on Lily. She is likely not too far up the path at this point. She insisted on walking to the Hospital Wing alone, but I am pretty sure she is in a lot of pain. She thinks it is just a sprain. I worry it may be a hairline fracture. She could probably use your shoulder to lean on, literally, to get her there."

"Oi! Thanks for letting me know. Poor Lils." As he hurried to the edge of the lake to get his skates off, AngelFyre called over her shoulder to him, "If you were a really, REALLY good brother, you would actually pick her up and carry her to the Hospital Wing. Just saying!"

Then, looking around the field, AngelFyre caught everyone's attention and called a time out. She knew Simon had not been feeling up to par for a few days and she was now worried that it had all finally caught up to him. She skated over to him and grasped his hand. The first thing she noticed was that his eyes were glassy and he was just not exuding his effervescent Simon Kincaid energy. "Love, are you okay?" she asked as she took a glove off and put the back of her hand to his forehead. "Simon! You are not exactly burning up, but you are not your usual cool self either. Do I need to accompany you to the Hospital Wing?"

She suspected her wide-eyed concern must have shown as he managed to try to smile and wave off her worry, but he wisely gave into the reality of the situation. "I'm so sorry, AngelFyre. I know how much you put into this, and I know you know how much I appreciate it, but no. I'm not okay." His hand reached down for hers and he began to skate with her in the same direction Colin had just moments before. "I'm just tired. I don't think I need to go to the Hospital Wing. I'm sure I'll feel better if I can just go get some sleep. But I want you to stay with our guests. The party doesn't have to end just because I'm not here," and he surprisingly managed to smile that high wattage smile of his, probably realizing the utter absurdity of the last sentence he had just spoken.

"Pffft. Yeah, right. Want to bet on that, laddie?" she teased back. But she was worried, and not about the party's continued longevity.

She had never seen Simon sick before, so she did not know whether to take him at his word or push for the Hospital Wing. She decided to trust her boy. He was in the Healer Internship program and he knew better than she did to what degree of not okayness he was feeling. "Listen, you know me when it comes to you. Worry is my middle name," and she attempted a small laugh. "I will trust you if tell me sleep is all you need right now, but love, promise me if you you start feeling worse, you will get yourself to the Hospital Wing? Promise? This is completely uncharted territory for me, with you, so I have to rely on your expertise here, Mr. Healer in the making. If this is one of those 'Physician heal thyself!' moments, get to it, handsome."

She helped him take off his skates and joked with him as she did. "I hope whatever you have is not the plague. I did just kiss you a number of times on the path to getting you here if memory serves... and it does. You could be a walking, ticking, biohazard of a time-bomb. I think I shall never forgive you if you actually did give me a case of the cooties, Simon Ezra Kincaid!" Then she smiled up at him. "Of course, my never forgiving you has an end date of all of about .000000000000000000001 nanoseconds, so I would not worry yourself overly much about it."

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"Everyone, may I have your attention, please? Bad news. Lily is hurt. Colin is out. And the birthday boy is feeling ill and is now heading off to get some needed sleep. This was not exactly the happy birthday party I had hoped to hold for Simon, or for all of you, but there is still food and drinks and cake. Please, take all that you can and as much as you want."

"As for the game, by my count, GOLD team got 4 hits on the Blue Team, and knocked one of their players out of the game, so Team GOLD is hereby declared the winners. So, Congratulations Axyen and Emiline. You may collect your five Chocolate Frogs from the cake area at any point. As for Alejandro, Bailey, and Charlie, I am sorry it all ended early, so while the winning team gets their five frogs, there is a chocolate frog waiting for each of you over there as well. I hope everyone gets a card they may need," and she smiled a wide, earnest smile at all of them.

"Everyone is free to hang around and chat if you wish, but if not, thank you so much for coming. I know Simon appreciated it, too, even if he was not feeling quite up to it today. I will be here for a bit longer. I have my heart set on a piece of that beautiful dragon cake!"

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Round 2 Moderation Results

The map reflects current team positions at the end of Round 2.

OOC: - While the game was slated to go for 5 rounds, many folks have just had too much going on in their real lives to fully participate in this thread, so I am calling it after two Rounds. Team GOLD wins with all four of their players still on the ice, plus they took only 3 paint hits to Team Blue's four. I cannot thank all of you enough for playing and I am sorry we did not get to finish it, but I hope if you played, you got to have at least a little fun. Maybe when winter comes back around, we can try this idea out again!

Chocolate frogs x5 each, will be distributed out later today to those players on Team Gold.

Congratulations!!!

Blue Team Positions

@Colin McCoire (-3 health; OOG) Posted: Rnd 1, Rnd 2
@Charlie Jacobsen is on space I3, Posted Rnd 2
Lily Isobel McCoire is out due to injury, Posted Rnd 1
@Bailey Glade (-1 health) is on space F2 Posted: Rnd 1 Rnd 2
@Alejandro Garcia is now on space B5 Posted: Rnd 1, Rnd 2

Gold Team Positions

@Simon Kincaid (-1 health) is on space D1 Posted: Rnd 1, Rnd 2
@Emiline Hunter (-1 health) is on space F5 Posted: Rnd 1, Rnd 2
@Axyen Dragonclaw (-1 health) is on space H3 Posted: Rnd 1, Rnd 2
@AngelFyre McCubbin is on space B2 Posted: Rnd 1, Rnd 2

OOC NOTE: There is longstanding permission between AngelFyre and the writers of Simon Kincaid and Colin McCoire to godmod our characters.

@Simon Kincaid @Clair Fernandez @Colin McCoire @Bailey Glade @Kim Sato @Linda Ramirez @Alejandro Garcia @Emiline Hunter @Axyen Dragonclaw @Emma Wynn @Charlie Jacobsen