The Red Queen's Labyrinth Group 8

<sub>Laurie again just had to keep her pipe running, fine with her she's just keeping quiet. Rolling her eyes, she's one year older then them who does she think she is huh? Kept it to herself she really did not like the group, unfortunately just in her own house, Felix, Dido, and Tina were fine they did nothing but the rest is giving the whole group a hard time. Angel also knew reducio but Laurie liked being right anyways she did not bother not just yet.

One thing about her is that she had two sides, her introverted side and extroverted side both takes a toll. Ambivert is more like it, changing her mood depending on the situation. Right now she really did not have time to deal with the remarks the others will say.

Now it was really dark, Angel couldn't see anything but her senses were heightened and she was able to get through. Angel hated to say another word but she'd have to make an exception to this situation.

"Are you guys still with me? Keep up. It will only get worse from here." she said her voice echoing

She sighed either they were far behind or they did not want to talk, fine with her either way, atleast for her she knew were to go. But she stopped to wait.</sub>

Word Count Reducio 478

Action Reducio Listening and reacting

Stats/Abilities Reducio Stamina: 4 Evasion: 6 Strength: 5 Wisdom: 8 Arcane Power: 5 Accuracy: 7

Interacting With: Reducio @Jada Blake @Tina Carille @Tes Cadell @Angel Dayes @Felix Hawthorne @Laurie Holmes

DidoTesTinaLaurieAngel Jada Felix

OOC note:

Reducio

1) Bear in mind that we don't yet know the success/failure of the Reducio spell rolls!
2) At this point in the school year, Dido is not thinking at all clearly about people (especially Ravenclaws) and while everything said is true in her own belief, she is often very wrong/skewed.

Dido was almost sick as the group walked through the gnomes. Obviously, she wasn’t. She was in the company of several of her peers, including the terrifying Cadell girl, and two older Slytherins, none of who’s esteem she would allow herself to sink any lower in. So, while she did get paler and quieter and begun to inwardly curse the rest of the group for leading them down the path, she pushed on, holding the squirming gnome several feet away from herself. As it turned out, the gnome was not needed and the poor thing was displaced for no real reason, but Dido didn’t know that so she still felt rather proud of herself when they finally reached the second obstacle and the gnome escaped her spell. “Thank goodness…” she murmured, only just audibly.

Fairly quickly, and as Dido expected, Tina began to speak in that irritatingly condescending tone, suggesting that they shrink the key to fit the keyhole. Somehow, Dido managed to convince herself that she had worked it out before the Ravenclaw, though, in truth, there was very little evidence to suggest that. Angel echoed the girl almost instantly, speaking in a low, dramatic tone with such a formality as to make Dido giggle, clearing most of the post-gnome terror from her mind. Tina, of course, started pushing again. Couldn’t she just cast the stupid spell!? Dido frowned. She didn’t think those sorts of comments… Dido wasn’t like that. Frowning, Dido missed Jada’s response and only snapped back to attention when Laurie began to speak.

It seemed that Dido had chosen a favourite amongst the group. The others had been great- some of them had been great. But, to Dido, Laurie was by far the most competent there, besides herself. The only contender should have been Felix, because of his age, but he hadn’t really seemed to take charge the way Dido had expected he would. So, whenever Laurie did speak? Dido listened, carefully. The second-year looked as if she was somewhat frustrated, probably by the same things that frustrated Dido.

“Watch and learn, kids. Reducio!”

Dido grinned when Laurie cast the spell. Dido’s grin fell, just a little, when Tina began to speak. The Ravenclaw snapped at Laurie, laying into her in a way that reminded Dido of those little birds that snipped at each other until one pushed the other out. Safe to say, she wasn’t hugely impressed by Tina’s reaction. Was the girl so biased so as not to see that Laurie was the one actually getting things done? Of course, at the young age of twelve, Dido hadn’t quite learned to turn her logic back on herself and notice how, since Laurie’s unexpected act of comfort, she herself had not been entirely unbiased either. But with enough maturity to keep her (incorrect) opinions to herself, she only said, “It’s okay, Tina. Alright?”

Code by Fawkes Chaos

Banner & Signature by Tes Cadell

WC: 305/200 Interactions: JadaDidoTesTinaLaurieAngelFelix Date: 13/04/2026 Time: late afternoon/early evening Reducio Abilites: Charmer Stats: Stamina: 8 Evasion: 7 Strength: 3 Wisdom: 7 ArcPower: 6 Accuracy: 4

Laurie, it would seem, had placed herself in charge of the group. Watch and learn, kids. she said before casting reducio. Watch and learn my ass Jada thought, rolling her eyes. Why did she have to be so full of herself she was just like the rest of us, nothing special. Besides her spell-casting was atrocious. The key successfully shrunk, but not enough to fit into the lock.

Next up was Tina. Determined to show everyone just how much was in that happy little head of hers. Reducio! Once again, the key shrunk but not enough. Gosh was nobody here even remotely competent.

Jada stepped forward. Her turn. Watch and learn, kids. she said mockingly, pulling out her wand. She shot a pointed look towards Laurie before casting the charm. Reducio!

Honestly, her spell was about as good as the others had been. Now the key was about the right size. Nothing left but to see if it fits.

Jada picked up the key and spun around to face the others, smirking. And that, is how it’s done. She spun the key around a bit before fitting it into the lock. She twisted it but… it was stuck. She tried jerking it back out but it wouldn’t come. She could feel the heat crawling across her face as she tried and tried again. It wouldn’t budge.

Reducio

Action: Casting Reducio

Outfit: Reducio https://i.postimg.cc/8khLLHFT/image.png

Signature:

Mentions: Reducio @Felix Hawthorne@Tes Cadell@Laurie Holmes@Dido Bleaklane@Tina Carille@Angel Dayes

Ugh. 5 year old children and their obsession of being right literally all the time. She expected Ravenclaw students to be smarter, to know when it was right for them to play their cards to get the most benefits. Carrile seemed to be unaware of that. Not that she was aware of anything much. She was as stupid as a cockroach, jellyfish and sheep . Laurie had finally found someone who she disliked more than Cadell. But she would have to bear with them both as bad as that sounded. Besides, she had dealt with much worse, this was absolutely nothing compared to them.
She may have come across as snobbish to the group, but if she hadn’t cast Reducio, they would have bickered for a bit more time, which was something they all didn’t have much of. She gad cast the spell just right. A tiny bit more, and the mechanism would have gotten stuck. But noo, these people absolutely had to prove themselves right. They couldn’t just accept that Laurie had done it right.
At least Dido accepted her. She was probably the only one in the world who actually thought she was worth listening to. She passed her a smile. All the others just contradicted her in some way, even when it didn’t matter much. She had learnt to replace that sadness with determination, that she absolutely will become a great professional singer, one that has loads of respect. She didn’t ever want fame. Just society accepting her. Which was wishing for too much altogether.
“Honestly Laurie you're not much better than us. What makes you think you deserve respect? You're only about a year older than us. Well with the exception of Felix and he's older than you. Stop acting like you’re the queen of the world. Because let's be honest you aren't."
Laurie bit back her toungue. That little devil. Didn’t know the meaning if the word ‘boundaries.’ It was easier to demand respect from the younger people because no one else would think her worthy of it. And she never wanted to be a queen, she just wanted to be seen.
Instead of fighting back, Laurie smiled, hoping it would infuriate her.
“Shouldn’t you be learning your A, B, C’s?”

“Watch and learn, kids.”
Laurie smiled innocently at Jada she shot her a look.
“Jada don’t-!”
It was too late. The key had been shrunk so much, that the mechanism had jammed. Laurie tried to twist it, but her efforts were in vain.

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mentions-word count-ooc note-date-outfit-hex

Reducio tag/s✧.*@Angel Dayes@Jada Blake@Tina Carille@Felix Hawthorne@Laurie Holmes@Dido Bleaklane	Reducio wc✧.* 289/200	Reducio ooc note✧.*we're cooking w this, sorry mod
Reducio date✧.* 13.04.2026	Reducio outfit✧.* Reducio	Reducio speech✧.* Sissy -, Tina - Felix-Jada-Dido-Angel-Laurie

code by ara villa

Stamina: 5 | Evasion: 4 | Strength: 2 | Wisdom: 7 | Arcane Power: 9 | Accuracy: 3
Abilities: Parselmouth

<sub>Well although she wouldn't admit it before the Labyrinth, Tes had a point. Angel winced when she saw her teammates stacking spells. Angel knew once was enough but yet again, how long would Tes act reasonable before she become just like the rest of her house. Sighing in disappointment as the rest stayed silent from Tes comments. She got em huh. Angel rolling her eyes just shook her head and did not want to speak but she was able to atleast say a phrase not wasting her breath.

"Tes is correct. No need to stack spells and jamming the lock won't do it. I suggest we work together because I think that was the problem, and we need to solve it. We have to work together instead of acting we knew what to do when we don't." Angel said bluntly but it seemed she was cold didn't like to talk much anymore and it was much more than a phrase. Silence broke and because she did not talk so much it came with a shock. Was she really that quiet this whole time? If anything she's rather just stay quiet but instead she has to keep others in their own lane, that also included her too.</sub>