Steadily approaching was the finish line, and Alphonse’s mouth would water simply imagining the sweet, sweet taste of victory.

Obstacle after obstacle, the Haitian teen hurled himself with little care of consequence. His recklessness would surely be felt the next day in the form of bruises, but it mattered little to him at the moment. All that mattered now was Alphonse keeping pace with the girl beside him, and winning, of course.

Curiosity tugged at the small threads in his mind, though. The boy’s mind would spin and ponder the whereabouts of the rest of his team. And the safety his little brother. Alphonse was under the impression that they’d be flanking him right about now, securing their win, protecting him; perhaps they were, and the boy would be too far ahead to know it. Who knew?

Alphonse dared not turn his head around to verify this thought. To do so would be risking losing his steady pace to the end of the course should he collide with another wall, and Alphonse would simply not allow his opponent to win so easily.

His dark gaze occasionally met hers, his classic stardom smile etched upon his sweat-lined face. She wasn’t a bad flyer, his opponent, and it was sure shame that she’d be losing this race today.

Broom: Silver Arrow (+3 to all stats)
Stats: Stamina 6 (9) | Evasion 10 (13) | Strength 10 (13) | Wisdom 5 (8) | Arcane Power 0 (3) | Accuracy 10 (13)
Abilities: Charmer (-1 Accuracy to opponents).

ROUND 4

ATTACKS

Madhup is throwing an improvised projectile at Miharu
10% auto-hit Chiaki's CP, proc on 10: 5, failed
Miharu 20% auto-evade (EM II), proc on 5: 2, failed
10% auto-miss from broom speed, proc on 1: 1, success
Miharu evades

Well, that was uneventful. For a second, Alyssea was panicking since the hard-hitting rock-thrower was now setting his sights on the other team's frontrunner. A good strategy, Alyssea could agree, but also scary to watch. Would it be enough to knock Miharu off her broom the way Cyrus did?

The answer was no. Perhaps he'd been going too fast, losing focus on his target and sending it flying farther than expected.

UNIT 1 - Easy Snowfall

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Briar remains here

UNIT 3 - Moderate Fog

DC: 22

Chiaki acc d20(14)+18 + 3 MC - 4 spd = 31, success

Elias acc d20(2,8)+ 10 - 5 spd - 1 Judas/Alphonse's Charmer = 12, failed

duration d3(3) = 3 rounds

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Elias' ACC and EVA are halved for this round and the next 2 rounds
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Alejandro remains here

UNIT 4 - Easy Narrow Passageway

DC: 17

Chiaki acc d20(4)+18 + 3 MC - 4 spd = 21, success

Elias auto-fail from max broom speed, proc on 1: 4, failed

Elias acc d20(7)+ 5 [halved from fog] - 5 spd - 1 Judas/Alphonse's Charmer = 6, failed

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Elias takes 6*10 = 60 HP damage

UNIT 5 - Moderate Narrow Passageway

DC: 22

Chiaki acc d20(8)+18 + 3 MC - 4 spd = 25, success
Judas acc d20(8)+14 - 4 spd = 18, failed

Elias auto-fail from max broom speed, proc on 1: 5, failed

Elias acc d20(16)+ 5 [halved from fog] - 5 spd - 1 Judas/Alphonse's Charmer = 15, failed

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Judas takes 5*10 = 50 HP damage
Elias takes 6*10 = 60 HP damage

UNIT 6 - Hard Bright Light

DC: 20

Chiaki sta d20(5)+10 = 15, failed
Judas sta d20(10)+9 = 19, failed

Elias sta d20(5)+9 = 14, failed
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Chiaki suffers a 10% chance to auto-fail all ACC and WIS rolls for the next [20 - 15] = 5 rounds
Judas suffers a 10% chance to auto-fail all ACC and WIS rolls for the next [20 - 19] = 1 round
Elias suffers a 10% chance to auto-fail all ACC and WIS rolls for the next [20 - 14] = 6 rounds

UNIT 7

Chiaki ends here

UNIT 8

Elias and Judas end here

People were going fast this time. Like, really really fast. Before, they'd been going at tentative speeds that Alyssea's eyes could keep up with. Now, she was back at Hogwarts, spectating Hufflepuff and Gryffindor's races and losing track of everyone. Some people made it back to their brooms and nobody was eating snow for once. Some people were definitely losing distance towards the middle of the track, though. Was it the bright light? The winds? Or something entirely different?

Whatever it was, Alyssea moved her eyes further up to where Alphonse and Miharu had been flying like there was no tomorrow. They hadn't thrown any offensive actions at one another despite being in the running for first. An interesting risk they were willing to take.

UNIT 11 - Hard Narrow Passageway

DC: 27

Madhup auto-fail from max broom speed, proc on 1: 4, failed

Madhup acc d20(18)+22 + 3 MC - 5 spd = 38, success

Cass acc d20(3)+8 - 1 Judas/Alphonse's Charmer - 4 spd = 6, failed
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Cass takes 5*10 = 50 HP damage

UNIT 13 - Easy Narrow Passageway

DC: 17

Madhup auto-fail from max broom speed, proc on 1: 6, failed

Madhup acc d20(7)+22 + 3 MC - 5 spd = 27, success

Cass acc d20(20)+8 - 1 Judas/Alphonse's Charmer - 4 spd = 23, success
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Madhup ends here

UNIT 14 - Moderate High Winds

DC: 11

Cass str d20(7)+4 = 11, success

UNIT 15

Cass ends here

UNIT 17 - Moderate Maze

DC: 17

Alphonse auto-fail from bright light, proc on 1: 4, failed

Alphonse wis d20(7)+8 = 15, failed

Miharu auto-fail from bright light, proc on 1: 9, failed

Miharu wis d20(1)+10 = 11 failed

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Alphonse and Miharu are stuck in the maze

The little kid with a bob cut was definitely doing good. They looked ready to fall off with the hard winds (which were further than Alyssea remembered, but whatever), but kept their grip firm. Alphonse and Miharu entered the maze and, after a few minutes, Alyssea waited for them to come out the other end.

Except they didn't. Moments passed and nobody made it to the other end. Alyssea made the face of a grimace but kept her mouth shut, kind of like a boxy expression. They'd gotten stuck, hadn't they?

"You're almost at the end!" Alyssea yelled out. Hopefully they could hear her over the panic and calculation of trying to get out.

Round Outcome

Team One
Judas Crane - is in unit 8 [800/900][posted]
Briar S. Toussaint - is in unit 1 [1050/1100][missed]
Alphonse J. Toussaint - is in unit 17 [800/900][posted] Stuck in the maze, 10% chance to auto-fail ACC and WIS rolls for 4 rounds
Madhup Hexum - is in unit 13 [1200/1200][posted]
Chiaki (Riku) Hiroi - is in unit 7 [950/1000][posted] 10% chance to auto-fail ACC and WIS rolls for the next 4 rounds

Team Two
Cyrus Darsel - is in unit 4 [-5/1400][posted] Unconscious
Elias Travers - is in unit 8 [780/900][posted] ACC and EVA halved for the next 2 rounds, 10% chance to auto-fail ACC and WIS rolls for the next 5 rounds
Miharu Goto - is in unit 17 [950/1000][posted] Stuck in the maze, 10% chance to auto-fail ACC and WIS rolls for 6 rounds
@Cass Ito - is in unit 15 [770/900][posted]
@Alejandro Garcia - is in unit 3 [490/600][posted] ACC and EVA halved for the next round

Submitted Plays

OOC Information

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- Most importantly, have fun! If you have any questions, reach out

@Rebecca Lark, @Ulysses Drake, @Remedy Norden, @Pericles Dralt, @Pax Zhang, @Koko Riddle, @Astra Norrick, @Raizel Voltrouz

Interactions: Everyone Mentions: Everyone else

Date: August 1st Location: London Quidditch Stadium

Outfit: x

- Hitting The Bricks -

Once again the track narrowed, and once again Cass went crashing into the sides. Ouch. Not fun. The other racer coming up behind them made it through with ease, only highlighting how bad their attempt was. They would need to get better with narrower tracks for sure before they tried any more racing. Thankfully, they were able to navigate the next section with a bit more ease. Probably all thanks to all the firsthand experience they had now of what happened when you didn't.

Continuing to go as fast as they could in a desperate attempt to score themself a good placing for their team, they pushed through wind that made their already messy hair go absolutely wild. It was no longer just a birds nest, and now a complete tangled mess. A miracle would be needed to brush it later. Somehow, despite all of its new tangled traits, it didn't look that bad. Sort of heroic "master broomracery". They could be on a poster!

Through the screaming wind, they could just hear the race organiser yelling something. Just ahead of where they were currently, someone had thought it was a good idea to chuck a maze in the middle of the track. This was not good at all. Not only was their other team member stuck in it, they would have to fly through it next. Still, maybe if their team made it out before the other one it could be a good thing. It looked like a lot of the race would come down to the ability to find ones way through a maze.

Japanese ~ English

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Word Count: 252

Mention: @Pericles Dralt as Madhup, @Rebecca Lark as Judas, @Ulysses Drake as Briar, @Remedy Norden as Alphonse

Date: August 1st 2024

Enough was enough. Chiaki had had enough of playing the distraction, even for the better of her team. It was time for her to actually show what she was capable of. She was stuck back with the other slower people, when she knew she could get ahead. She would get ahead. It wouldn't be the easiest thing in the world given how far ahead some others were, but she'd make it. She had to be confident.

The fog proved no contest to Chiaki as she deftly made her way through it, chuckling as some of her opponents began to struggle with the mist obscuring their vision. Amateurs, she thought to herself, before feeling a little guilty. She shouldn't be so harsh - perhaps it was some of their first broom races. Regardless, at least she didn't mess up.

The narrow passageways proved not to be an issue for Chi as well as she hunched closer to her broom, flying as high in the tunnel as she could without scraping her head on the tunnel's ceiling as she had done many times before in races in the past. As she finally began gaining speed, she could feel a smile emerge on her face. This was the racing she had missed.

However, the bright light at the end of the tunnel took her slightly aback, and she squinted with pain as the light hit her hard from the darkness of the tunnels. Rookie mistake, she cursed in her head, but regardless, she kept on going.

Action: As Strategised

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Stats:
stamina-10 | evasion-10 | strength-7 | wisdom-6 | arcpower-7 | accuracy-14 (+4 from FB = 18)

Abilities:
calming presence (allies: Madhup, Judas, Briar and Alphonse) | cat's grace | evasive man. | muggle condition

Broom:
Firebolt (+4 to acc)

Trunk:
Spells can be found here

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	Time was running out as two racers led the charge towards the finish. Madhup, creature of habit that he was, had relied upon a brutish tactic just as he did in Quidditch. The Chaser was the Blatch Bandit of Durmstrang, his team made infamous after a particular match where they knocked every opponent from their brooms. Yet Racing was a warrish sport: it required not only strength, but speed and cunning. Every person's placement played a part in the stratagem of victory. Madhup made another go at knocking out the competition, leaning back on his broom and winding a smooth stone. He clenched his teeth, drew a deep breath, and expelled it sharply as he hurled the projectile after Miharu. Immediately he leaned forward again, gripping his broom with one hand and shielding his eyes with the other, a hand to his brow as he squinted ahead. No flinch. No distant thud. Miharu and Alphonse (@Remedy Norden) swooped into the winding start of a maze, gone from his sight. "I missed?" The words were muttered incredulously, as if he hadn't imagined a universe where his luck and strength fell short. "Shit, I missed! GO CASTELOBRO! FLY, TOUSSAINT! " Despite all his nonchalance at the start, Mad made a point to remember the names of any teammate who introduced themselves. He turned on his broom and, seeing Judas (@Rebecca Lark) not far behind and Chiaki (@Pax Zhang) just past, waved while coaxing "Come on! Tejee se aage badho mere doston!" Move faster, my friends. While he couldn't see Briar (@Ulysses Drake), Mad wagered he was wreaking havoc from the vantage of the rear.
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Broom: Varápidos
Top Speed is 6, however when you reach a speed of 6 there is a 10% chance that you will auto miss ACC rolls and you will be auto-hit with anything requiring a dodge.
Special Action: Enganação. This literally means "cheat" and is a basically the art of sleight of hand for Brazilian Quiddich players. When a flyer player attempts to use the "cheat" action where they attempt to cast a spell while in a game, they succeed once per game automatically. Must declare alongside cheat action. All subsequent attempts to cheat have a 10% automatic "not noticed by the spectators" effect.

(Standard) STA: 9 | EVA: 15 | STR: 18 | WIS: 3 | ARC: 3 | ACC: 19
(Varápidos) STA: 12 | EVA: 18 | STR: 21 | WIS: 6 | ARC: 6 | ACC: 22

Foulplay: 25% chance that fouls will go unnoticed
Interception: Automatic chance to Intercept a passed quaffle
Fearless: Immunity to fear effects such as terrible presence
Calming Presence: Allies gain a 10% chance to auto-hit their chosen target
Muggle Condition: +3 accuracy roll on non-magical attacks and actions
Martial Artist: gains access to Punch, Grapple, Kick, and Chokehold

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