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RPing as iNPC Rudolf Novikov

@Ruby Cazares (VP) | @Margo White (VS) | @Ivy Bellamy (CJ)

It was way too easy to spring Slava from Base Six's completely unguarded jail. If Dolf had been a little more perceptive, he might have noticed the lack of guards; he might have realized that capturing the base would have accomplished his goal and then some. It was a shame, but nothing worth beating himself up over. He had still rescued his teammate: mission success.

Dolf wasn't alone in his extraction plan, either. Cielle Johansen — another classmate — caught his eye and threw him a grin as she sprinted past him on the way to the base, taking him by surprise. She tagged Vita Sýkora triumphantly and brought her to safety, leaving Slava behind for Dolf to save. He didn't know all that much about Cielle, but he was impressed with what he'd just seen. They might be onto something with their accidental bout of teamwork.

"Johansen!" Dolf called, hoping that she hadn't already run off. "Wait up!" Wary of shouting his entire plan across the playing field, Dolf moved closer and lowered his voice — switching to Russian as an extra precaution. He nodded towards the nearby shape of Base Four, where the idle figure of Alexei Petrov had just caught his attention. "Up for another jailbreak?" he asked hopefully. "We could take the base this time, too."

He wouldn't blame Cielle if she turned him down. From what Dolf understood, Alexei liked to advertise himself as the ultimate ladies' man. It might have been true — minus, of course, the "ultimate", and the "ladies", and perhaps the "man". In all fairness, Dolf rarely spoke to the boy, getting most of his information from half-remembered stories, rumors, and general impressions. Still, he wasn't sure if Cielle was willing to risk herself to free Alexei, or if she'd just laugh in Dolf's face.

"The odds are better with two of us," he continued, looking around their small group, "or three, or four. But I'll do it alone if I have to." One way or another, Dolf was taking that base for Durmstrang. If he succeeded, he'd bring his school that much closer to taking the lead. If he failed, then at least he'd have company in prison.

ACTION: Attempt to capture Base IV for Durmstrang

STR 10 || EVA 8 || ACC 8 || ARC 7 || WIS 2 || STA 10
Monster Hunter || Martial Artist || Fearless

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@Lizzie Verdine | @Willow Anderson as Everett Brooks | @Katrina Walker as Iris Fields

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𝓐madea was guarding the base with her fellow Hogwarts friend and things seemed to have been going well. She and Lizzie had been unopposed for the majority of the game. Perhaps it was this newfound confidence that the two girls were invincible or the arrogance they had gained from the first few rounds where nothing had happened, but a new turn of events suddenly transpired, leaving Amadea feeling quite angry and confused.

In an instant, there were two there students approaching. In a scuffle, the base was captured from the girls and suddenly Amadea found herself as a prisoner of the base she had been guarding seconds ago. Shit, she thought to herself. How had that happened? Maybe she was being too lax with her defensive skills as she had been so relaxed in the fact that no one was trying to steal their base. But now it had been stolen...by Ilvermorny.

Amadea turned to the girl beside her. "We can't leave the base in their control," she whispered, hoping that they wouldn't be able to hear her from the jail. "Let's come up with a strategy to get out and then steal the base back," she said. Amadea was out of ideas but she was hoping that her ally would have some better ideas...if they could work together maybe they could recapture the base for the Hogwarts team.

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STATS: STA: 9 || EVA: 8 || STR: 2 || WIS: 8 || ARC: --9 || ACC: 9 ----

ABILITIES: advanced casting || evasive maneuvers || calming presence

ACTION:
Prisoner of Base 5
Allies: Hogwarts | Opponents: Ilvermorny & Durmstrang

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INTERACTIONS
@Adam Harringtom [Rudolf]︱@Ruby Cazares [Slava]
@Margo White [Vita]︱@Anastasia Beckett [Alexei]

Base 6 had been left unguarded, which made rescuing Vita and Slava almost annoyingly easy. Trust the Americans to slack off! Victory was Durmstrang's, but it would have been so much sweeter had there actually been some competition. Oh well, at least Slava and Vita were free to play now. [IN RUSSIAN] "You're welcome!" Cielle responded, before beginning to bound off again, scanning the area for another base to capture when...

"Johansen!"

The sound of her name stopped Cielle in her tracks and she turned around. Ah, it was Rudolf. [IN ENGLISH] "That's my name!" she yelled back. Her tone was sarcastic, but there was already a smile making its way onto her face. She bounced on the balls of her feet as she waited for the boy to catch up, impatient to get moving.

"Up for another jailbreak? We could take the base this time, too."

Cielle followed her school mate's gaze to Base 4, where Alexei was sitting. She couldn't help but laugh softly at the sight of the boy, who was kicking at the ground dejectedly (and ruining his shoes too, the moron). Not so confident now, huh? The Norwegian raised her eyebrows, lips curving into an amused sort of grin and arms folding across her chest. [IN RUSSIAN] "You want me to rescue Alexei."

"The odds are better with two of us, or three, or four."

She had to admit, she and Dolf had made a pretty good team just then. Maybe she could test this arrangement out in this round... it was risky, yes, and she might end up having to keep Alexei company in prison, but if it worked, then Durmstrang had a better chance of winning - PLUS she got to be Alexei's knight in shining armour and was therefore technically allowed to tease him for having to play the damsel in distress.

"But I'll do it alone if I have to."

[IN RUSSIAN] "Are you kidding me?" Cielle's face split into a wide grin and she looked around at the small group. "Pass up an opportunity to give that drittsekk shit about something? Of course I'll rescue him." Without further ado, she rushed off in the direction of the irritating boy with a smirk on her face. God, Cielle really hoped she succeeded. Because if she didn't, it'd be Alexei laughing at her, and then she'd get herself disqualified for murder.

STATISTICS Stamina - 8︱Wisdom - 3︱Strength - 8 Arcane Power - 3︱Evasion - 7︱Accuracy - 6

ABILITIES Lovely Creature -

ACTION︱attempt to save Alexei Petrov at Base 4

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Tagging: @Serena Towers [as Arjan Oberoi] @Lydia Cooper

- Interacting with @Ariana Walker -
- Open to interactions -
- Mentioning Greta Fransson (Evelynn Decipio), Arjan Oberoi (@ Serena Towers ) -

As she approached the first base, Lydia suddenly realised that she had, most likely, done a big mistake: she should have tried to do something else, maybe go for another base, or try to capture the one that the Durmstrang girl (Greta) had stolen from her, because the Durmstrang student that was guarding Base #1 was tall, towering over her small figure, one foot taller than her; he was also quite pretty, and something between his face and posture showed that he knew that.

Shaking her head, she concentrate once again on the game; she had to safe her friend, so that then they could help Hogwarts win. Once she was right in front of the base, Lydia tried her best to find a way to free the Gryffindor girl; yeah, the boy was standing by the prison, so that complicated things, but she could still try her best. Apparently she had been so lost in her head, trying to figure out what to do, that she did not hear her friend's warning or see the Durmstrang boy move towards her, and realised that too late, when she felt a light, but precise, touch on her shoulder.

Well, this definitely did not go according to the plan.

As she walked towards the bench and sat down next to her friend, Lydia couldn't help the cute pout that appeared on her lips; it was true, this was only a game, but she still liked to win, if not for herself, for her school's sake.

"Thanks Ari, I'm sorry I failed though," she said, as her eyes scanned the field in front of them. It didn't look too good for Hogwarts, the golden flags were not a lot, and the Hufflepuff girl really hoped they would have managed to regain control of some of the bases. She then listened to Ariana teasing the Durmstrang boy, and she knew that her friend was totally being serious.

Lydia leaned closer to Ariana, letting the girl whisper in her ear. Well, that was a really good question.
"I'm not too sure..." she whispered, her eyes fixed on the boy. "He's fast, and I think that if we just tried to run he would just capture us. Maybe... one of us could distract him, so that at least one of us can escape?" she suggested, even though she was not too sure how they would have managed to do that.

ACTION: Imprisoned in base #1

Stats

Stamina: 5|| Evasion: 5 || Strength: 5 || Wisdom: 5 || Arcane Power: 5 || Accuracy: 5

Race & Abilities

Race: Part Veela
Abilities: Alluring

Roleplaying as Durmstrang iNPC Arjan Oberoi

Stamina: 12 | Evasion: 1 | Strength: 15 | Wisdom: 3 | Arcane Power: 7 | Accuracy: 10
Abilities: Obnoxiously Strong | The Martial Artist | Spell Spread

Interacting with: @Ariana Walker and @Lydia Cooper

Arjan was somehow fast enough to capture the pretty girl's friend, that attempted to bust her out - much to the announcer's CLEAR dismay. Now he had two cute girls in the prison! Of course, he might have captured them in the game but he had definitely not progressed in the journey to capturing their hearts. If anything... he might have made it worse, whoops.

The first prisoner [ARIANA] spoke to him, causing him to grin and chuckle. Her first words to him was a threat about punching him in the face. Which... he could get behind. He liked the feisty nature she seemed to have, though he was not sure if she would be able to really 'destroy' his face. Though, she did admit it was pretty. He could probably handle her punch, given how often he got into fights with far stronger looking people. "So you do think it's a good face," He replied with a grin, "Thank you for noticing!" Arjan could not help but smirk at her, cockily accepting the compliment, "You're not bad yourself..."

Glancing to the other girl [LYDIA], who was very attractive too, he jerked his head in the direction of where the announcer's voice came from, "So... that guy... Is he your boyfriend or are you single?" Arjan asked rather bluntly, curious to see if she was single or taken. That dude seemed rather angry at her capture, after all.

He wondered if he should just sneakily let them go. That would likely earn their favour but... he kind of also really wanted to win. The Durmstrang team seemed to have less players than theirs and this way, he got to spend time with not one but TWO rather attractive young women. He was far too distracted in appreciating their appearance to listen to their whispers.

ACTION: Guard at #1 [I don't know if this works against jailbreak though?]

RPing as approved Durmstrang iNPC Vyacheslav Preobrazhensky

Interacting with: @Margo White as Svitania Sýkora and @Adam Harringtom as Rudolf Novikov
Mentioning: @Ivy Bellamy as Cielle Johansen

Words that Vyacheslav says that are in italics are in Russian.

Their brief time being imprisoned was not something that Slava had particularly hated, but it seemed Sýkora was awfully eager to get away. Fair enough, he wasn't the type of person that everyone would love. He was energetic, never took things seriously, and could frequently be more than just a little annoying. The girl beside him was one that had never seemed particularly interested in him unless there was an opportunity to prove him wrong. The two had very different ideas of fun, but Slava enjoyed messing with with her anyway, always trying to get a reaction. And he succeeded this time—she was just staring at him with her mouth hanging open. A snicker and a smirk that he quickly tried to hide was his response to her. Somehow, he figured she wouldn't appreciate it if she saw. He was slightly confused by the long… blink/wink… thing… but he downplayed it, nodding enthusiastically. “Well, obviously we're superior. I was never questioning that.”

Dolf and Cielle did indeed come to the rescue of their teammates and Slava grinned. “Rudolf, my man! Thanks!” He sprang up, ready to sprint to his next destination. With that, he was gone, headed in the direction of one of the nearby bases that Durmstrang wasn't currently in possession of. That Ilvermorny school was doing surprisingly well so far. They had more bases than either of the other schools at the moment, despite having fewer people. Durmstrang needed to step up their game!

Action: Attempting to capture base 5.

Statistics:
Stamina: 6
Evasion: 7
Strength: 7
Wisdom: 6
Arcane Power: 5
Accuracy: 10

First Ability: Evasive Maneuvers

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Effect: Harder to hit on average, a 10% chance that anything that targets this wizard automatically misses. This is rolled separately from the attack roll.

Second Ability: Broken Broomshaft

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Effect not applicable to this.

@Rafael D'Spacito & @Evelynn Decipio as Greta

Greta was at my side the entire time, the sibling of my fellow captain. She and I made an impressive duo, the Keeper and Chaser, and nobody dared to stand against us. I crossed my arms, giving her a lopsided smile. "Vis at quod, Greta, te vix, eos off! Ego autem ducam ad basim, nisi vos volo ut terreret eos off iterum. A Chaser est homo idealis pro dicentes bases... Latin: Look at that, Greta, you scared them off! I'll take the base, unless you want to frighten them again. A Chaser is the perfect person to claim bases..."

Just as a Keeper is best for defending a goal... and bashing anyone who makes a step in the wrong direction. That's their sole purpose in a game, as dangerous as a Beater at times... and with my giant strength... sometimes I can't even control that...

Planting myself firmly, as if I still had my loyal Moontrimmer with me, I sift through the chaos, searching for anyone with the slightest indication of swooping my way. Time seems to slow as I watch patiently, a lion crouched and prepared to strike.

Romeo Defends Base III

Roleplaying as iNPC Vita Sýkora
@Ruby Cazares and @Adam Harringtom
Open to interactions!

Vita was free! Free to get away from Preobrazhensky... if she so desired. Her eyes caught sight of the Russian boy’s retreating figure as he sprinted to claim an adjacent base. ”Bye!” She called out. Let’s just say her voice wasn’t dripping with friendliness.

A much more satisfied expression suddenly twisted Vita’s mouth into a smile. Why on Earth was her prison-mate rushing off randomly when there was a perfectly good base to capture right in front of them? Well... at least this way one of them would probably be successful-

Vita hurriedly stopped that train of thought in case she magicked — no, what was the word again — ah, jinxed their chances.

”You and Cielle should be fine getting number 4 by yourselves, no?” She hastily asked Rudolf (at least, she really hoped that was his name). ”Good luck!” And with a small wave of her hand, Vita started to run towards the annoying red flag fluttering tauntingly on the breeze. She saw no speedy blond girl in sight. Well ha! Looked like her capturer couldn’t be everywhere after all. Please, god, don’t let me have said that that too soon. Vita really hoped that fate couldn’t read minds. Because, with a bit of luck, light blue would soon be much more common colour around the field.

Preobrazhensky was right about one thing. Durmstrang certainly had pride.

Action: Attempt to claim base #6

STATISTICS AND ABILITIES:

Stamina: 7
Evasion: 4
Strength: 6
Wisdom: 7
Arcane Power: 10
Accuracy: 6

FIRST YEAR: MARTIAL ARTIST

SECOND YEAR: ADVANCED CASTING

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Note: All Russian will be in italics

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A grin like a crocodile and a bob like a funny catfish