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MO & DMLE Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Lyric Bayliss-Black Slytherin Fourth Year x12 x12
| Position 2: Puzzle #1: QUIBBLER Zombie Apocalypse Team Leader ★ ★ in a crown of pepperoni and artisan cheese SPOILER!!: Evie! Quote:
Originally Posted by sarahlooo WHAT? Evie felt like they had just started. Forget about measurements, they just had to make this leafy thing look like an eagle. As she listened to the Headmaster babble on the instructions, Evie chunked away pieces of the shrub along with the others until it finally looked... well, at least it kind of looked like a bird.
So, essentially, they were doing a relay race. That sounded fun. And they got extra points if they picked up the special items on the way. Which meant whoever animated this topiary had to have good skills if they wanted it to go fast down the track. Which meaaant, it should be a seventh year and that kinda left Sophie and herself, soooo... "I'll go first!" Evangeline volunteered cheerfully, standing beside the eagle that they had created. Before focusing on the animation work, Evie cast a simple cushioning charm on the eagle's back so they wouldn't be prodded in the bum with twigs the whole ride.
It was time to WIN THE RACE! Evie hopped onto the Eagle's back, where she had planted the cushioning charm. With her wand still out, Evie called to her housemates. "Take your positions!" And then she swooped her wand towards the eagle and held onto a branch. "Piertotum Locomoter!" And you damn well better be fast!
Evie's intent must have gone through with the transfiguration spell because she had to hold on tight when the topiary eagle flapped its wings and half-hopped, half-flew its way down the track that had been set up for them. It was quite exhilarating. A little bit bumpy, but fun! She had never ridden a... bush... before. As the eagle topiary made its way down the track and closer to the first classmate in line, Evie leaned over and tagged her fellow Ravenclaw on the shoulder before hopping off the eagle so they could get on. "GO, GO!" Reagan, for one, could NOT animate anything to save her life, so...the fact that Evie Shacklebolt had stepped up and volunteered was fantastic AND a relief. In the spirit of competition, she didn't care too much about it...but her housemates seemed so PUMPED and excited...and because of that, Rea felt obligated to do her part.
So, here she was...eagerly bouncing to take the second position, awaiting the bush!eagle and Evie. She was LOUDLY cheering her on, too, despite whatever was going on between her and Sophie; whose tension was palpable whenever they were in their dorm together. But Reagan was Switzerland. Everyone was lovely in her eyes, and accepted.
...aaaaaaaand she was soaring closer and closer! IT WAS ALMOST TIME! Rea could feel her heart fluttering with the excitement as her housemate climbed off the large bird and tagged her. EEEP. Shaking just a little, she clamoured onto their topiary, looking for a place to hold onto...and also noting the comfort beneath her bum. Had Evie....? That was so thoughtful!...but she digressed... "ONWARD, EAGLE!"...Flinging her arms around the creature's neck?, Reagan SQUEAKED as it took off! Not too fast...but fast enough that they had some momentum. BUT ALSO, this was one of the coolest things she'd ever experienced. She was RIDING on a TREE CREATURE. Was someone taking pictures? To commemorate?! She hoped so! She wanted to put this EPIC MOMENT in her scrapbook!
Once they reached a certain point, Reagan started looking around; frantically searching for...whatever item they were meant to find. What was it? A book? A QUILL?....A piece of candy....Gosh, this was stressful...
Wait...
SQUINT.
Was that a...QUIBBLER magazine?...
Hoping she wasn't grabbing the WRONG item, she snatched the gossip rag up and climbed back up onto the tree!eagle. WERE THEY GOOD?! WOULD THEY MAKE IT!? HAD THEY NAMED THEIR EAGLE?!
...so she could whisper encouraging words at it, you know...?
Almost there...
ALMOST... "Okay...I found a Quibbler." FLAILING...Next housemate? "GO!"
__________________ We live in cities you'll never see onscreen..._______________________________________________
So very pretty, and we sure know how to run things..._______________________________ Livin' in ruins of a palace, within our dreams...____________
We're on each other's team._____
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