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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Mozart Bronwyn #ee6600
Gryffindor Sixth Year
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Maebry Grimaldi #ff8d6d
First Year
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Originally Posted by feeheeheeny  Sophie was not one who could help with the taller parts as she was likely the shortest seventh year around at five feet two inches. Milo was already getting to work, but Soph stayed attuned to the conversation - she didn't respond to Sabbath's question, as Milo was helpfully demonstrating the spell for anyone who didn't know by putting the spell right into action - and she nodded along at all the talk. Yes, she thought they would make the topiary fly... but wasn't that the whole point of the topiary race to come? Wouldn't they HAVE to animate them? Certainly Botros didn't expect their eagle to run along or anything, so flying had to be the way to go. And her idea of having the eagle READY TO TAKE FLIGHT made that all the more relevant.
Smiling at Davie, Soph nodded further at Myers letting the boy know Soph had suggested that, and opened her mouth to respond to Rooney's questioning of the trimming charm when...
Evie arrived, helpful as ever. Yes. Of course. No doubt the girl would be as pleasant as could be in front of their Head of House, the other professors, and the whole school. Typical.
There was visible strain on Sophie's face when Rooney - sweet, angelic Rooney - called Evie Head Babe, and Sophie's jaw clenched, suddenly moving and walking around to the other side of the topiary from the group at large. Yeah, so Evie WAS a babe, and the first time Soph had heard of Evie calling herself that, she'd laughed, but... times had changed. And so had Evangeline Shacklebolt.
So she was just going to... work over here. Yes. Except she HEARD Rooney's distress about the measurements, and... Soph peeked her head around at him. "Hang on. Y'got this planned out already?" Smart kid, but he was clearly distressed because people were MESSING IT UP. Maybe... she could help ease his stress by giving him a sense of purpose? "Gimme guidance, Oh Great One." The Head Girl raised her wand, pointing it toward the bush, and looked to the second year, smiling encouragingly. He was about to say something nice about Miss Sophie Brown's hair, when she moved around their topiary and he could only frown. Was there something more important on the other side? Was he missing something? He didn't follow, because he was very busy in doing his measurement thing, and worrying about it. He wasn't going to cry about it, either. Instead he waved his notebook around and gave it toward Miss Sophie Brown (of Hogwarts) with a forced smile. "I... it... I'd rather we could make it anatomically correct.." Quote:
Originally Posted by Magical Soul Botros had taken a seat with professor York and watched the students and their leaders start carving those mascot shapes. Some looked pretty funny during the process, he had his cup of tea in his hand as he chuckled at the unfinished shapes but all in all, everyone was doing great with the spellwork. Even the little kids!
Once the mascots took the closest shapes possible, the headmaster gulped down the rest of his tea and stood up. "Alright, time's up!" He called out for everyone to stop working. "It's getting late and we have a race to win," he beamed and gestured at the circular field on their right. "Every student of all houses should take a spot along this circular track. Starting point is where I'm standing. The aim is to ride those mascots, after animating them, until the end of this track. Each student will ride the mascot once and when they reach the next person from their house, they tag them and then take their position while the tagged student rides on the mascot and heads for the next student." Simple enough, yes? All they had to do was ride the thing as fast as they could and tag each other until they reached the last student on the racing track. "The winner is not who finishes first, though. It is who collects the most points by the end of this race. You get ten points for finishing first, but along the track there are hidden and sometimes buried items that you need to collect. Those items give you different amount of points depending on their value." Yes? Abraham trusted the House Heads to help with anything the students needed along the way.
"Get set, everyone! We're starting in two minutes!" Just as they ran around to take their spots on the track.
SPOILER!!: ooc Rules ooc: - Main Activity of this camp is to strengthen the house spirit and teamwork between students, and this race is how we're wrapping this all up!
- The ooc rules of the race is as follows:- Each house represents one group competing against the others.
- Please wear the Avatars provided for the duration of this game if you're willing to post in the race: (Ravenclaw , Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin).
- Please say which position you are on in the subject line e.g. "Position 1" for first student to post, "Position 2" for the following student to post... etc.
- Each student is allowed only 1 post doing the race. And for the entire group to finish the race, they need at least 5 students participating. You can post your student watching or making observation but don't go crazy so we keep track of the racing posts.
- Posts have to include animating the topiary (first student only), riding it out to look for X item, and tagging the next person. (Last person needs to unanimate the topiary)
- The winner is determined by the sum of points they gather in the end: Finishing the race first (10 points) + the points assigned to each item they found.
- Do not RP for anyone else. When you change over just say you tagged someone, please don't say who because you never know who will want to post next.
- Any questions or concerns can be directed to Deezerz or myself.
- We have a little over 48 hrs to finish this race, it is considered finished when Botros announces it so keep posting until then.
Finding Items:
To find items, we assigned a few word puzzles for you.
Rules:- A puzzle will be posted every 12 hrs to cover all timezones, as such:
P B C L S W R T M L
I Z W K F D I T L Q
Z G K X Z G Z D D L
M U A O Q Q F J C F
F M L J O H W Q S S
L T I H N B E F F N
H V X T T E S G Y T
B H S Z R Q G Z L O
J G R P W A Z D J N
T O C N L J H N X W - Only one word is contained in the puzzle, and that word is the item your student should find. For example, you found the word 'book' in the puzzle, then your student should find a book on the ground while racing.
- The puzzle will last for 90 minutes only until it is erased. If no one finds a word in there, we'll give a hint in the puzzle thread and leave it for another 30 minutes.
- All houses share the same puzzle. When one house finds the item, the other houses can't find it too.
- If someone finds the word before the 90 minutes are up, we erase the puzzle immediately. Next puzzle doesn't go up earlier, the time is fixed.
- When you find the word you're looking for, do not post anywhere other than this thread. Post your student racing and finding this item. All you have to do is put it on the post's title, e.g. "Position 3, Puzzle#2: book".
- Deezerz and myself are responsible for the puzzles, and only us know the solutions, so don't bother asking for help from other staffers? XD (also that is cheating, shhhh)
........ Oh no.
Riding?
What?
Rooney wrapped his fingers tight around his wand and leaned into the Ravenclaw topiary, wishing for it to swallow him up or eat him or whatever it was that topiaries did to people that required stuff. Could he get out of this if possible? He really just wanted to get out of it. Could he go and get breakfast again? Round three of food? Was that possible? Oh no he had broken a toe, a leg, an arm, a brain. He couldn't do this.
"Someone go first, please!" AKA he was not ready to animate anything, nor was he ready to get up on the eagle.
First, please. Someone?
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