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SilverTiger · 06-27-2023, 01:20 AM

It wasn’t due to any hesitation or fear of being the one to start things off that she had held back until Anna had started the duel. Nor was it the fact she was dueling a younger student and therefore wanted to make sure she was being careful. Sable Ileana did feel like she ought to hold back a little because of that. She didn’t want to hurt Anna, whether by accident or otherwise. Even given the fact the professor was watching so they’d probably keep things from getting too bad. It was all strategy, and trying to rein in any recklessness she might want to fall back on. It would be so easy to do that, but that wasn’t strategic at all. She wanted to be a better dueler, after all, not a reckless one.

Nor had it ever occurred to her that there was even a spell for shooting vinegar at someone. She figured she hadn’t paid attention in that lesson if there was. Just as she wasn’t entirely paying attention to the fact Anna very much wasn’t paying attention to the spell she had cast. Her attention was entirely on not accidentally freezing her opponent, and the squeal seemed to tell her she’d at least accomplished that goal. Although she wasn’t entirely aware that it had led to other thoughts in the Hufflepuff’s head.

She sort of expected that the ice wouldn’t really hinder her much, either. Just a guess, really, given the earlier revelation that Anna could be a bit accident-prone, but it did seem like the younger girl was trying to take the duel seriously.

She’d steeled herself a little at the use of the fire charm, though. In case it came her way, but she was already thinking ahead at the same time. Pirates weren’t taken by surprise, and the intent was just to melt the ice…Or maybe it wasn’t. Brown eyes had narrowed as the water had started to bubble, but she still hadn’t expected a dragon to morph out of the bubbles even though she knew the spell that had been cast. Okay, maybe there was a bit of underestimating going on, but still. A dragon? Even one that looked like it was just a glorified globe of water.

First she turned her wand on herself. “Impervius.” Luckily the charm held as the jet of lukewarm water came her way, not that she minded being a little wet. It was just water, but it could be more than that. Maybe. She wasn’t entirely certain of the proper spell to counter a water blob dragon, either. She took the few seconds before the blob had considered another attack to come up with something, though.

“Ventus!”, she cast, pointing her wand at the blob. If anything, she hoped it would repel the blob. Break it apart if she was lucky. Freezing it again might’ve worked too, but she wanted to show she knew other spells. And she wanted to prevent another stream of water her way. Bonus.

06-27-2023, 01:20 AM	#9 (permalink)
SilverTiger Crumple-Horned Snorkack Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal sighs(GMT-8) Posts: 111,210 Hogwarts RPG Name: Giselle Barrington Slytherin Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Teagan Kensington Slytherin Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Arienne Morgenstern Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Simone Wild Slytherin Third Year x5 x3	Shoe!Girl │ Rebel Ravie │ Confundus Queen │ RP Addict It wasn’t due to any hesitation or fear of being the one to start things off that she had held back until Anna had started the duel. Nor was it the fact she was dueling a younger student and therefore wanted to make sure she was being careful. Sable Ileana did feel like she ought to hold back a little because of that. She didn’t want to hurt Anna, whether by accident or otherwise. Even given the fact the professor was watching so they’d probably keep things from getting too bad. It was all strategy, and trying to rein in any recklessness she might want to fall back on. It would be so easy to do that, but that wasn’t strategic at all. She wanted to be a better dueler, after all, not a reckless one. Nor had it ever occurred to her that there was even a spell for shooting vinegar at someone. She figured she hadn’t paid attention in that lesson if there was. Just as she wasn’t entirely paying attention to the fact Anna very much wasn’t paying attention to the spell she had cast. Her attention was entirely on not accidentally freezing her opponent, and the squeal seemed to tell her she’d at least accomplished that goal. Although she wasn’t entirely aware that it had led to other thoughts in the Hufflepuff’s head. She sort of expected that the ice wouldn’t really hinder her much, either. Just a guess, really, given the earlier revelation that Anna could be a bit accident-prone, but it did seem like the younger girl was trying to take the duel seriously. She’d steeled herself a little at the use of the fire charm, though. In case it came her way, but she was already thinking ahead at the same time. Pirates weren’t taken by surprise, and the intent was just to melt the ice…Or maybe it wasn’t. Brown eyes had narrowed as the water had started to bubble, but she still hadn’t expected a dragon to morph out of the bubbles even though she knew the spell that had been cast. Okay, maybe there was a bit of underestimating going on, but still. A dragon? Even one that looked like it was just a glorified globe of water. First she turned her wand on herself. “Impervius.” Luckily the charm held as the jet of lukewarm water came her way, not that she minded being a little wet. It was just water, but it could be more than that. Maybe. She wasn’t entirely certain of the proper spell to counter a water blob dragon, either. She took the few seconds before the blob had considered another attack to come up with something, though. “Ventus!”, she cast, pointing her wand at the blob. If anything, she hoped it would repel the blob. Break it apart if she was lucky. Freezing it again might’ve worked too, but she wanted to show she knew other spells. And she wanted to prevent another stream of water her way. Bonus. __________________ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me, at tea time, everybody agrees ...It must be exhausting, always rooting for the anti-hero ♥ ♥ ♥