Knights Tourney Spring Ball 2023

Round 1

Hitpoint Tally

Akihiko Takahashi@Ava Winchect	3	@Daphne Sapphirus	0
@Amaris Levine	0	@Jannette Applebottom	1
Botan Miura@Charlie Jacobsen	3	Andy Menton@Rita Su	0
@Fang Hui-Ying	3	Roksana Nikolayev Volkov@Aurora Griffiths	3
@Raziel Voltrouz	0	Stephen Schwartz@AngelFyre McCubbin	3
Hiro Bakugo@Kim Sato	3	Mathis Aloysius@Ciel Saskia	0
Cassie Heather McGregor-Martin@Lucia Fox	0	@Cassie Jiang	0
Aryaan Shamsi@Fang Hui-Ming	0	Verona Andreas@Cassandra Ironwoods	0

As participants gathered their armour and their brooms, the moderator (who was very much not Beatrice Langstreth as she was traversing the maze with a bothersome potioneer) was excited for this match. And it seemed that the participants were too. Some maybe a little more so than others, with two participants pulling out before the game had truly even begun. There were others willing to take their place though, that being Cassie Jiang and Verona Andreas. And as they did, the matches begun!

It seemed many, nearly all if the moderator was watching closely enough, were out for blood. Or as close as you could get when holding a lance and shield on a magical, over-decorated broomstick! Nearly all the matches had ended the first round with one opponent winning against the other. Daphne Sapphirus, Andy Mention, Raizel Voltrouz and Aryaan Shamsi all fumbled their lances during the accelaeration, missing their targets and allowing their opponent to window to hit. Only Fang Hui-Ying and Roksana Nikolayev Volkov were both able to hit in the same match, a resounding smack echoing as they did.

As the moderator watched the squires choose to attack again and again, they was amazed when a couple chose to shield and taunt their opponents instead.

The shields were a mixed bag, with Amaris Levine being successful in defending against her opponent Jannette Applebottom, whereas Mathis Aloysius utterly failed. The moderator wasn't sure if it was the weight of holding two things at once whilst on the broomstick or what, but the shield went down and the opponents lance up. A wicked whack on the chest could be heard from the wooden lance, and the moderator cringed at the blow.

The taunts though, in the same match had been a favourite of the moderator. Both girls, Cassie Jiang and Cassie McGregor-Martin, from different schools and in different years, seemed to take delight in teasing and hopefully enraging the other.

Overall, the round hadn't been too bad, with most matches having a clear winner so far. Hopefully not too many lances were broken and amour dented (easily fixed of course with a Reparo spell), and the knights in training would be ready for round 2!

Ava vs Daphne

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Ava lances Daphne
Ava accuracy: [d20: 16]+ 9 = 25
Daphne evasion: [d20: 17] + 3 = 20
Ava lances Daphne. 3 points gained.

Daphne vs Ava

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Daphne lances Ava
Daphne accuracy: [d20: 8]+ 10 - 1 = 17
Daphne evasion: [d20: 13] + 9 = 22
Daphne fails to lance Ava. 0 points gained.

Amaris

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Amaris shields against Jannette
Shield DC: 14
Amaris evasion: [d20: 14] + 5 = 19
Amaris successfully defends. 0 points gained. Jannette will only earn 1 point if successful.

Jannette vs Amaris

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Jannette lances Amaris
Amaris auto dodge: [d10: 6] = not successful
Jannette accuracy: [d20: 20]+ 8 = 28
Amaris evasion: [d20: 7] + 5 = 13
Jannette lances Amaris. 1 point gained due to successful Shield by Amaris.

Botan vs Andy

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Botan lances Andy
Botan accuracy: [d20: 17]+ 6 - 1 = 22
Andy evasion: [d20: 5] + 8 = 13
Botan lances Andy. 3 points gained.

Andy vs Botan

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Andy lances Botan
Andy accuracy: [d20: 6]+ 7 = 13
Andy evasion: [d20: 18] + 6 = 24
Andy fails to lance Botan. 0 points gained.

Hui-Ying vs Roksana

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Hui-Ying lances Roksana
Hui-Ying accuracy: [d20: 13]+ 10 + 2 = 25
Roksana evasion: [d20: 1] + 10 = 11
Hui-Ying lances Roksana. 3 points gained.

Roksana vs Hui-Ying

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Roksana lances Hui-Ying
Hui-Ying auto dodge: [d10: 1] = not successful
Roksana accuracy: [d20: 5]+ 7 = 12
Hui-Ying evasion: [d20: 1] + 8 = 9
Roksana lances Hui-Ying. 3 points gained.

Raziel vs Stephen

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Raziel lances Stephen
Stephen auto dodge: [d10: 10] = success
Raziel fails to lance Andy. 0 points gained.

Stephen vs Raziel

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Stephen lances Raziel
Stephen accuracy: [d20: 10]+ 6 = 16
Raziel evasion: [d20: 2] + 7 = 9
Stephen lances Raziel. 3 points gained.

Hiro vs Mathias

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Hiro lances Mathias
Hiro accuracy: [d20: 17]+ 8 = 25
Mathias evasion: [d20: 3] + 5 = 8
Hiro lances Mathias. 3 points gained.

Mathias

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Mathias shields against Hiro
Shield DC: 14
Mathias evasion: [d20: 2] + 5 = 7
Amaris fails to defend. 0 points gained. Hiro will earn 3 points if successful.

Cassie(inpc)

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Cassie(inpc) taunts Cassie
Taunt DC: 16
Cassie(inpc) wisdom: [d20: 15] + 7 = 22
Cassie successfully taunts Cassie. 0 points gained

Cassie

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Cassie taunts Cassie(inpc)
Taunt DC: 16
Cassie wisdom: [d20: 11] + 8 = 19
Cassie taunts Casie. 0 points gained.

Aryaan vs Verona

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Aryaan lances Verona
Verona auto dodge: [d10: 1] = not successful
Aryaan accuracy: [d20: 1]+ 10 = 11
Verona evasion: [d20: 4] + 10 = 14
Aryaan fails to lance Verona. 0 points gained.

OOC:
Trunks have now been locked - any stat changes after this time will not apply. You have 7 days to owl your action to the moderator (Beatrice Langstreth or Aurora Griffith) and post a minimum 200 word reply in this game thread (do not give away your action). Please follow H.io rules and remember to HAVE FUN!

The game moderators are Aurora Griffith (will not be rolling for this game) and Beatrice Langstreth. If you have any concerns, please don't hesitate to owl us.

A reminder that you cannot be in two places at once- if you are in the Tourney you cannot also be in the Maze or the Banquet until the Tourney ends.

This has been edited - if you see something wrong, please let me know. I am only human.

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A snack would've been nice, Raizel thought while she was examining the 'Woodland Steed' in her hand, thinking back about the banquet and the scene that met her eyes when she emerged from the maze. The colorful tents where a variety of delicacies and drinks sat on top of nature looking tables to match the spirit of spring. Oh how she would love to get a taste of those after getting lost in the maze. Sadly, she hurried to the tourney but she did regret not grabbing any treats to replenish the energy she had spent running through the maze. She felt so out of it now that she began thinking about it more, feeling her hunger growing. Maybe after the tourney, she could grab a bite and join her companion whom she had left in the Royal Banquet area and hopefully, she could see where her friends are as well.

She waited until it was her turn for the tourney, watching the other 'Knights' zoom with their broom, lance pointed at their opponents. Raizel glanced back at her broom, removing the hat that she was wearing as she wouldn't want it to get in the way of her playing in this tourney, letting it sit somewhere safe so she could still find it after the match. It's gonna be hard playing with it. Once it was her turn, she couldn't help but feel a sudden nervousness as she went into position, mounting the broomstick that she had chosen and it certainly has a different feel from how her own broom feels. She isn't that confident in her flying skills, heck, she struggled in her flying class. But after receiving her own broom from her dad, she had been practicing with it and after getting used to it, the school broom had become a stranger to her.

It has been a while since she had used a school broom except during classes and it certainly feels different than her own broomstick. She was still getting used to the feel of it again when the match began, making her panic as she tried to lunge towards her opponent with her lance. Her opponent was someone she couldn't recognize and was probably from a different school too. She didn't have time to take a good look at him as her attack missed and her opponent hit her. What luck, was all she could think of as she almost lost control of the broom after she got hit. She sighed once she got it under control before going back to their initial positions.

Action: Sent

Outfit

April 21, 2023 - The Spring Court Ball's Knights Tourney

He was caught a little off guard as the tournament's beginning matches were called. As Stephen had stood there thinking back to the Hexwizard match last Fall, both the former Black King and former Black Knight made their way out onto this particular tournament's field of battle. All thought to greeting Andy Merton momentarily evaporated as Stephen turned to watch how their match would go. He felt he knew exactly how it would go, but no. He was not even close. There was what sounded like some good natured banter between the two Mahoutokoro students, but as the older knight was about to get into position, he just stopped altogether for a few moments. He then, most surprisingly, bowed out of the competition.

What in Merlin's name?

As the knight walked off the field, he passed Stephen and their eyes momentarily met. Stephen could read enough into the look to see that the older boy knew he had seen Stephen before, but what was not clear was whether he had placed just where and when he had seen him. Most surprisingly, the fellow smiled at him and gave a little wave. Cool! A warrior on the field and quite possibly a civil human being off of it. Stephen waved back and watched the fellow leave with a mixed bag of feelings.

He would have liked the opportunity to have observed him in this match, but that just wasn't in the cards. No matter. He had his own match to contend with and absolutely no idea who he would be going up against. He needed to direct his thoughts on that right now. The element of surprise certainly kept it interesting.

He heard his name called and so it was time to engage. As he was standing not 3 meters from Andy, he quickly ran over to him and wished him luck. Then he turned back around and moved out onto the field. His opponent was already out there so Stephen walked briskly, but confidently, without looking like he was rattled in any way. He actually wasn't. He noted, quite happily, that the sun was very low in the sky and the torches lighting the track were not so close together as to offer a perfectly spotlit track. This was exactly why he had opted for a completely black suit of armor as well as a black woodland steed. Racing down the track, in and out of light and into the shadows and back into the light would be a bit confusing to the eye. Every little edge he could get he would take and use to his full advantage. He wasn't trying to be unseen necessarily; he just wanted to confuse a little, if possible.

As he got to his end of the track, he quickly removed all of the jingly bells and any colorful ribbons and dropped them to the ground. Again, no point in advertising where he was, right? He quickly scanned the crowd to see if he could spot EmmaLee, but a cursory glance missed her entirely. Maybe she changed her mind, he wondered briefly before kicking that thought to the side. Can't go there now, pal. You have work to do and a match to win.

He mounted his trusty steed broom, whom he had christened Onyx, and looked down the track to his opponent. It looked to be a girl, and for the moment anyway, an unfocused one. He raised his right arm at a 90 degree angle in a form of acknowledgement to her, but Stephen was not entirely certain she saw it as there was no response back. Fair enough.

When the signal to start was given, Stephen was ready. He had balanced his lance in his right hand while his left held onto Onyx. In the seconds before feet left the ground, he purposefully dropped his shield as well. He was a boy, not an octopus for God's sake. If Onyx were a real horse, he would have been able to hold both a shield and a lance, but Onyx was, alas, just a broom. Accomplished broom flyer that he was, he was not going to risk injury in this tournament that could maybe have him out of the more important Hexwizard tournament coming up. Whatever happened here tonight, win or lose, Stephen Schwartz was going to remain on his broom. Or so he hoped.

He pushed off with both feet while rasping out an "Up!" and he was off. He bent down low over Onyx's neck to get up some good speed and, once again, to make himself a smaller target to see. At just the precise moment he needed to, he raised himself up and saw his opponent's lance brush by him as he then felt the satisfactory thrust and hard push back in his own hand as his lance made solid contact on her and splintered on the spot.

Excellent!

As he raised up and guided Onyx's neck up, slowing them down considerably, he did a tight half circle and looked back at his opponent. She was still on her steed and Stephen was glad that she had not been injured.

As they passed each other, flying back to their starting positions for Round 2, Stephen really slowed down and said to her, "Nice job. You almost hit me. My name is Stephen by the way. Maybe I can get your name when we meet back here after Round 2, assuming I am still conscious, that is," and he laughed as he leaned forward, picking up speed to get back and get ready for Round 2.

Action: Races down track in Round 1 and successfully lances opponent

Ency: All there is to know

Stats: STA: 8 || EVA: 7 || STR: 8 || WIS: 8 || ARC: 5 || ACC: 6

Abilities: Perfectionist 1 || Evasive Maneuvers

ENGLISH || RUSSIAN

Mentions: @EmmaLee LeDames @Rita Su as Andy Menton @Raizel Voltrouz

It wasn't that Akihiko was expecting himself to lose, but he certainly didn't imagine the results turning out as well as they did.

The broom was a little different from the expensive brooms Akihiko used at home, but it was easy enough to maneuver, and light enough that it complimented his lean build. Overall a good broom, and a good choice, although it was nowhere near as nice as him family's brooms.

Akihiko knew he wasn't the strongest of all kids. Truth be told, he was scrawny as a shrimp and had no muscle built up, which made using the sword a little more difficult, but he was smart enough to figure out how to hold it for the optimal results.

It had been admittedly easy in the first round to win. His opponent, Daphne Sapphirus, had swung her sword and completely missed him, giving him to opening to attack her, and to win. He found that once he was in motion it was easier for him to swing, even though the swing didn't have much power, he was accurate, and that was what mattered. He was pretty sure the goal wasn't to knock out your opponent, but just to hit them.

Akihiko turned to study his fellow Mahoutokoro students and saw that all but one had had similar successes. Good for them. With a burst of pride, he opened his mouth and cheered in a tongue that all of his classmates would recognize. "ゴーマホトコロ！" ¹ he cried. He even pumped his fist in the air. Hopefully that wouldn't annoy the other schools too much...

He refocused on the game, shifting the sword around in his hand while waiting for the signal to go. He knew what he would try, if only he could focus in at the task at hand. His shield weighed heavily on his left arm, while his fingers ran along the hilt of the sword in his left hand. Discipline helps you win, not skill. That's what he was taught as he grew up, and he was ready to put it into play now...

Action: sent

Interactions are open

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english japanese chinese

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Invetory
Wand (back pocket)
Mokeskin bag (front pocket) containing…
3 dungbombs
1 exploding snap card deck
1 bag exploding bonbons
2 wizard cracker

Stamina : 7 | Evasion: 9 | Strength: 1 | Wisdom: 8 | ArcPower: 1 | Accuracy: 9
Charmer

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1) Go Mahoutokoro!

Action sent

Reducio mentions and pings: Andy Menton (@Rita Su), Akihiko (@Ava Winchect) fearless

Reducio Reducio ooc notes: Actions: chatting with Akihiko, lancing andy, getting ready for next round

4/21/23 • english • japanese • wc: 343

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Before the race started Botan went and chatted with his cousin who was also competing. あきさんこんにちは。お会いできて光栄です。私は今のところホグワーツを楽しんでいますが、あなたはどうですか? Aki-san kon'nichiwa. O ai dekite kōeidesu. Watashi wa imanotokoro hoguwātsu o tanoshinde imasuga, anata wa dōdesu ka? | Hello Aki-san. good to see you. I am enjoying hogwarts so far, what about you? He told his cousin, and then walked away.

Botan was ready for the next round. He had successfully completed one lance, and hit the Andy boy. A fresh rush of adrenaline rushed through his veins and he had more motivation.

His opponent, Andy, had swung at him, trying to get a lance in, but he missed. Not by much, but not by a lot. He missed though, and that was all that mattered. And that Botan had successfully Lanced Andy.

Botan had no clue what action to do next. He knew that shielding was playing it safe and Lancing was putting it out there and getting him closer to winning. He wanted to win badly but the broom he was on was very different than the one he used at home.

His parents had gotten him a nice broom to use, hoping it would motivate him to become a better racer. But no. His Aunt and Uncle just got his cousin a broom that was similar, and maybe even better than the one he had. The only thing was that his parents didn’t let him take the good broom to Mahoutokoro, so what was even the point of owning it? Botan didn’t know.

What he did know was a broom bought from the shops was better than the school brooms, so he had used all of the galleons that he had save to buy a cheap broom. It wasn’t very fast, but it worked. It did alright. Once he had more money saved up, he would most likely sell the broom and buy a new one with the money.

Apparently, All of the other Mahoutokoro students had done well, including his cousin. Well, there was one student who had failed, but the others had done well. Botan was sort of surprised that his cousin Akihiko had done well, but he just shrugged it off and went back to trying to decide what to do to Andy.

action: sent to Beatrice Langstreth. | ready to go!

Owl / DM for Interaction

It took quite some time for both Ronnie and Haley to come out from the Enchanted Maze. Initially, when the young couple gets out of the maze, they will go straight away to the Banquet Hall but something grabbed the South American Duellist's attention. Upon seeing a knight holding a lance decorated in colorful ribbons holding up a parchment in the other armored hand, the words ‘Knights of the Court this way!’, the Brazillian need to know what's going on.

He feel bad for his girlfriend but Ronnie had promised to himself that he will have the most fun whenever his school visited Hogwarts. Ronnie turned around and looked at Haley's green eyes. "I know I promise you that we go straight away to the Banquet but that," Ronnie pointed to the Knight statue. "That looks fun!"The blue-grey eyes boy smiled from ear to ear.

Hoping his girlfriend would allow him to join the game or even spectated the match. "You can come with me if you want but if not, I will look for you once the game was over"He stated as he walked backward. Without waiting for what his girlfriend said for the matter, the over-joy personified golden retriever puppy ran toward the jousting area.

At first, Ronnie was there to watch the game but then two of their original Knights had dropped dead pulled out, and one of the moderators called out a brave Knight to take their place, Ronnie shot his head up in the sky quicker than the Flash could ever run. And so, before the match begin, Ronnie had picked their trusty steed and his choice of colored armor.

Once the game was underway, Ronnie was not sure what he need to do but luckily one of the moderators gave a quick brief to Ronnie. Once the Ramírez boy understand how the game worked, he had confidence in himself. As the go signal was been given and his opponent come charging at him, Ronnie's heart beat out of his chest like a thunderstorm on a black night.

Ronnie took a deep breath and calm himself. He made a mental calculation when he needs to dodge the incoming attack. And when his opponent getting closer and closer and about to strike him, Ronnie streed out of the way, and thus for this round, he was out of harm's way. Ronnie smirked to himself. Now, it is time to retaliate. Game on!

OOC Note
Permission to slightly godmod Aurora Griffith had been given by the player.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Owled to Beatrice Langstreth

𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 Advance Casting, Evasive Maneuvers I, Evasive Maneuvers II, Fearless

𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 The Bloom Pegasus

𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐟𝐢𝐭

𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 1 | 2 | 3

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬 Stamina 9 Evasion 10 Strength 7 Wisdom 10 Arcane Power 8 Accuracy 10

Mentioning : @Ava Winchect as Akihiko Takahashi Word Count : 203 Date : April 21st, 2023

Evening : Time Missed opponent and fell from being hit, got back up: Actions Flower Gown : Outfit