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❂《 ⌜ November 7, 2023 ▎ Late Afternoon ⌟

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What a week this is. First a loss in that unofficial race and then a disaster in that official duel. Sure enough, that would tick someone off and Raizel is not an exemption. Her mood had been sour ever since then, feeling nothing but frustration not just at the results, but at herself for not being good enough. While she did show how resilient she was in both of those events, trying her best despite how hurt she was, she was still knocked out cold in the end.

“Flipendo!” Anger filled her voice with that incantation, her emotions fuelling the resulting spell, giving it more force as it hit the practice dummy. She had been practicing ever since classes had ended, discarding her robe and placing them on the sides along with her satchel, leaving her in a simple red shirt, black pants and shoes. It was better to practice this way as the robe would certainly get in the way. A sigh escaped her lips, shaking her head. No, she must have a clear mind if she wants to cast better spells and not to mention, she needs to keep her emotions in check.

She can't let anyone see how things get to her, she must remain strong. And that's what she did, gained her composure back and started firing different spells. She made a quick gesture with her wand before speaking clearly. “Ventus!” While it was impressive how she could cast an advance spell like that, she can't help but remember how she failed to do so during her duel, even this time it was still… lacking. The force of the wind wasn't that strong and she could bet anyone could've dodged that. She needs to be faster, stronger.

She stood there while catching her breath, thinking about things she could improve, how she could put more power in her spells, how she could take someone out in just one hit. Duelling is a team sport but after her previous duel, she is better off if she could stand and handle things on her own. The Gryffindor was so caught up in her own thoughts that she's completely unaware of anyone entering the duelling club. Not to mention, it's a huge place and most of the time, it's crowded.

Her grip tightened on her wand, eyes on the training dummy as she prepared for another spell. “Incendio Duo!” This time, it was a stream of strong flames that she sent towards the dummy, scorching its surface as the fire quickly engulfed it in one shot. Still, she didn't seem satisfied, making her grit her teeth in a bit of annoyance but before she could try again, she was interrupted by someone, making her turn her head.

EmmaLee LeDames… was it? She's not the best at remembering names and maybe remembering faces as well but she's not the type of person who would forget who she had dueled against. Hufflepuff Duellist, the one she knocked out thanks to the backfiring spells and one of her own teammates. “What's up?” She asked back as the girl seemed to want to speak to her which was surprising. Normally, people rarely interact with her, especially those that she doesn't hang out with often or talk to on a daily basis and her interactions with non-friends always ended up in a fight for some reason. Surely this girl doesn't have a beef with her. They won that duel for goodness sake! While yes, she did knock her out but still! “Can I help you?” A curious look was present in her eyes when she added that question.

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❂《 ⌜ November 7, 2023 ▎ Late Afternoon ⌟

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She looked… nervous, EmmaLee that is, making Raizel wonder why. What is she gonna say? Why is she nervous in the first place? Not like the Gryffindor is that scary. Okay, maybe she can be a bit scary when she starts getting too serious but she only looks that way when she's duelling or when she had enough and people had pushed her to the limits, maybe when she's studying on her own too but not like a lot of people had actually seen her studying hard, she made sure of that. Did she give her a nasty look before? Maybe during the official duel. That's… probably not a good first impression though.

While those are running in her mind, Raizel still remained calm while waiting for what the Hufflepuff wanted to tell her and what came after was… unexpected. Spring Ball, jousting, Stephen, it took a while before she put those pieces together as Spring Ball was like months ago. So EmmaLee wanted to tell her… she was good and cool that day? “O-Oh.” Raizel was quite astonished, not expecting a compliment, especially at a random time like this. She's been wanting to tell her that too ever since then! Talk about some dedication if she still remembers it until now.

“Thanks I guess…” Raizel had somehow forgotten her frustration at the things that had happened in her life so far, taken aback by the girl's honesty and she will admit, she has courage to take this chance to finally say what's in her mind. The Gryffindor lightly scratched her cheek, a small and embarrassed smile on her face, showing how she is not the type of person that's used to being told nice things about herself but she does mean the thank you though and deep inside, it warmed her heart.

As far as Raizel knows, she's not one of those stereotypical Gryffindors that other people seem to believe they are. Sure, she shows some courage and determination when the situation demands it but as far as she knows, she's nothing but a mere side character. Knowing that someone actually took notice of her was unbelievable. EmmaLee continued, mentioning the duel that they had, making her chuckle. “You were? Well, I sure hope I did give you quite a duel.” She doubts that though. They were no match for Hufflepuff that time, it was mere luck that she even managed to knock someone out in that 3v1 situation. “You guys were amazing as well, maybe even more than us.” Their teamwork was something that she felt jealous of during that time, wishing that maybe, she could eventually find people she could have the same level of teamwork with soon. Maybe that's a sign that she should probably talk more to the people in Gryffindor's duelling team.

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❂《 ⌜ November 7, 2023 ▎ Late Afternoon ⌟

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Truth be told, Raizel had forgotten about that jousting tournament. As much as she didn’t want it to affect her, it did, especially with how she missed each strike. For a girl who is always striving to be better only for her efforts to be in vain can be disheartening. EmmaLee was right, she was disappointed by the results but it was probably nice to hear someone at least telling her that she still did well. In a way, it was comforting for the Gryffindor as this is one of those rare times that someone acknowledges her efforts.

EmmaLee sure is something though, happiness was radiating from her, gone was the shyness that she had shown before, perhaps finding it quite comfortable to talk to her now. While Raizel would usually feel drained with people with so much energy, especially now since she always finds herself in low spirits. She feels rather calm. “I don’t remember the jousting tournament being that painful though.” she admitted, wondering if it’s just because, after all the unofficial duels she had made, and challenging older duellists, her pain tolerance had increased. That’s a good thing at least and in her official duel, she’s sure it helped her a lot to stay on her feet, to keep fighting till their opponents knocked her out.

“I guess, back in our duel, just can’t stand there and do nothing. Might as well keep on fighting, right?” In a 3v1 situation, one would think that she should’ve saved herself from the pain and give up but no, that’s not how Raizel Voltrouz does things. She’s not a quitter even though she knows how hopeless a situation is. She needs to try until the bitter end. Who knows when a miracle happens even though it’s not something that happens usually.“Are you here to practice?”The Gryffindor asked, looking at the training dummy that she’s been hitting with countless spells earlier. EmmaLee is a duellist and there is only one reason why she would be here and that’s to practice.

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❂《 ⌜ November 7, 2023 ▎ Late Afternoon ⌟

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“Yeah, not that memorable.” She chuckled. Not like there was anything good to remember about the jousting tournament, well, maybe except Stephen’s name. She would like to forget her failure during the tourney. If there was anything memorable though, it’ll probably be the fact that the plants they nurtured had somehow turned against them, almost trapping her within the maze’s hedges and almost getting caught up with the fire she made in an attempt to escape. The whole maze was burning due to numerous people probably trying to fight them off as well, basing it from how it looked at the end. For her very first Hogwarts Ball, she wasn't expecting such an experience.

“You think that was admirable?” Raizel asked. This is the first time she's heard someone say that having enough tenacity to take hits and keep on getting up. It rarely gets called ‘admirable’ and more ‘annoying’, especially coming from a Gryffindor which somehow gets into the nerves of other people. “If you do put it that way, guess it can be.” Well, back in her duel, she wasn't getting their opponents' attention considering she was the last one standing but to compensate for what her team was lacking, which was actions because of the freeze up, she did try her best to dish out some damage to try and win a losing battle.

A losing battle… perhaps what she showed was ‘Stupidity’ instead of tenacity because she didn't give up when it was clear they weren't winning, holding onto a miniscule amount of hope that was already faltering. Well, what is done is done. Not like she cares that much what other people think. “Anyway, we can practice although… I don't know how I can help in making you more resilient aside from trading spells.”

Would've won? no, there was no winning for them in that duel, not with the lack of actions that is. The result was already obvious. Despite those thoughts in her mind though, how disappointing it is for the Gryffindor, her smile never faltered. There is one thing that she tries so hard to hide, and that is her disappointment and upset. “Now then, I might not be the best person to practice with, but I'll do what I can to help out. Would you like a practice duel? Or just cast spells at each other? Sparring.” She asked, running her mind through the list of spells she knows instead of her past failures.

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Both parties have agreed to a sparring match where each spell's hit or miss are chosen randomly by Discord before each "round's" post and then roleplayed. A miss will be rolled as a spell fail or a miss.
First duelist to get three hits on the other will "win".
No abilities will be used.

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EmmaLee: 1: Flipendo - Hit	│ │	Raizel: 1: Flipendo - Hit

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❂《 ⌜ November 7, 2023 ▎ Late Afternoon ⌟

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“Right, no pain, no gain.” That she agrees on. If one wants for their pain tolerance and resilience to increase, it’s to withstand the pain that’s coming for them. That method can be terrifying for others though. Who would want to get hurt after all. As duellists though, getting hurt is just part of the routine, especially when you’re fighting against each other on that piste, for honor, fame and perhaps glory for your house. Raizel doesn’t exactly care about those though. Only reason why she’s in duelling is to improve her fighting skills but as what she could see from the previous duels she had, there weren't any visible improvements. Only failures.

It’s not working out and Raizel knew that she would need to move on and find other ways to reach her goals aside from duelling and she’s just being a burden to her team at this point due to her lack of skills. One thing that she saw as an improvement though was the less number of spells backfiring at her so at least she has a bit of confidence when it comes to spellcasting but even that won’t be enough to be of use to her team. She needs to get better and stronger.

“Ready?” She asked as she pointed her wand at EmmaLee, the soft look in her eyes slowly changing into that filled with focus and seriousness, something that she only showed when it was time for a fight and cast a spell. With a quick gesture and then the incantation, the Gryffindor fired a Flipendo towards EmmaLee, its force hitting its target right on the chest. It’s not only her spell that hit though cause whatever EmmaLee shot towards her found its mark as well. Raizel, as always, stood her ground. “That’s a good start.”

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NOTE: Results based on rolls made by EmmaLee. Both characters hit with their spells