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The grounds have become an arena of sorts for a game. Professor Schirmer has set up an area where students can prepare for the game and learn the rules. You are currently on a large grassy area not far from the Quidditch Pitch. There are seats here if you need to sit down while you're getting ready to play.
To practice the gripping charm, students are encouraged to play a modified version of capture the flag. The flags are coloured rectangular pieces of cloth, (with no sticks attached for safety reasons) and the cloth is very slippery and hard to grab hold of without the gripping charm. There is one flag for each house, and each house has a 'territory' to defend.
The object of the game is to sneak into enemy territory and take their flag. The winning team is the team with the most flags (there is one per house) in their possession at the end of the game.
Each house has a territory. Within this territory you will have to guard your flag and attempt to stop other players from capturing it and escaping to their own territory.
Each territory also contains a 'jail'. If you're captured by another house, you'll have to go to their jail (in their territory) and hang out there until someone from your team rescues you.
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Capture the Flag Gameplay:
1. Its a good idea to split into attacker and defender groups within your team. Attackers and defenders can switch jobs as needed.
2. Attempt to sneak into enemy territory and find and capture the enemy flag, and then race back without being caught if you are an attacker.
3.Hide around your flag or along the border and try to intercept and catch any opposing players who sneak into your territory if you are a defender.
4. Capture enemy players by tagging them while they are in your territory
5. Win by capturing the most flags by the end of the game and safely stowing them in your territory. Flags can be recaptured!
6. Captured enemy players can be put in 'jail' in your territory, by tagging them when they are trying to get your flag.
7. Rescue housemates by sneaking into another territory finding the jail, tagging your teammate, then racing back to your own territory.
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Role Play Instructions
See how there are neutral territories? They are there for a reason! If you make a raid into another territory and successfully capture a flag, you must make at least three posts in any one neutral territory before returning the flag to your own territory. These posts may NOT be all in a row. In other words, you need to wait for someone else to post before you post again.
Title your posts appropriately
You may NOT RP outcomes where it concerns capturing other people or capturing the flag. You can say your character tried to tag someone or reached for someone, but you can't say that you caught them for sure. With the flag, you will only have possession of one when the FLAGS! account quotes your post.
You MAY use spells to hinder other teams or to help your own housemates, but you may NOT injure anyone and the spells in question MUST be charms.
You MUST show your character applying the gripping charm in order to earn any points for this 'assignment'
Does your character want a break or some help with their charms? THIS thread is for RPing in. It is a 'safe zone' and you cannot be captured here, or bring the flag here.
As long as you do your best to have your character follow the game rules, you can earn points. Remember this game is RP based, so you are free to make longer posts and really get into the fun of it with your character's friends.
If you want to play, you need to wear the appropriate house avatar:
How should I title my posts? Flag! -for when you have the flag Flag capture attempt!- for when you are trying to catch it Enemy capture! - for when you're trying to catch an opposing team member. You can only do this when they're on your territory, and are making a grab for the flag. Jail! - when you've been captured and are waiting to be released by a team mate. Jailbreak! - for when you are rescuing house mates from an enemy territory.
You will earn points for the following: Capturing the flag! -you will be quoted by the FLAGS! account so you will KNOW if you have the flag. You may only RP attempting to grab it, not that you caught it
Helping your housemates! -Freeing them from 'jail', helping a classmate get away with an opposing team's flag
Capturing an opposing house member! -if an opposing team member is in your house territory, you can try to tag them, and if they get caught they'll have to wait in the designated area until someone frees them.
Playing realistically! - that means getting caught sometimes, and not magically winning the game in one post! Those flags are tricky and might just wriggle away from you if you try this!
RPing for fun! - Yes the objective is to win, but its also to practice the gripping charm. That flag is awfully slippery!
No cloning! - The game is happening ALL at the SAME time. So your character can only be in one place as you play!
You will lose points for the following:
Cheating
Hurting others
Bad sportsmanship
Remember that Site Rules apply at all times.
The game will end at some time on Sunday 15th January. The professor will call you all back to this thread when it is done!
A reminder:
The incantation for the gripping charm is 'Prehenso'
The wand movement is a twist and a tap
You are to cast this CHARM on your HAND so that you are able to GRIP the flag!
The incantation for the counter-charm is 'Finite'
The wand movement is a point
Sophie had gotten really excited when she heard they were going to play Capture the Flag. She really loved that game when she played it with her muggle friends, she was sure she would LOVE it now that she was to play it with magic!
She grabbed her wand, twisted it and tapped it on her hand. "Prehenso!" Weeeeird feeling! She was readyy!
Slytherin still has their flag.
Ravenclaw have recovered the Gryffindor flag
Hufflepuff have made off with the Ravenclaw flag
Gryffindor have grabbed the Hufflepuff flag.
Feel free to keep playing and capturing each other etc but the flags won't move until this account is online again!
Remember that this account has to quote you to be captured!
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Adam wasn't the best person when it came to running, but again that involved having fun an not being stuck in a class for an hour. He came to the place where the Professor was waiting. Now he had to put a charm on his hand in order to have a chance to gain at attempting to capture the flag, or he felt like he'd rather guard a place.
He took his wand out of his holster an twisted his wand an tapped it onto his hand. "Prehenso!" There, that should do the trick.
Tayla took her wand out and with a twist and tap said, "Prehenso!". She felt the tingling sensation in her hand. "Right! Now to play..." she thought and ran off, not yet sure exactly where she was going.
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Arabella-Marie took out her wand and practiced the twist and tap and said "Prehenso" and felt a tingling in her hand and thought now time to play and headed off to where ever the flags were
Gryffindor has a Hufflepuff treed gated. The Hufflepuff has the yellow flag in her grasp but she's stuck on the gate, while the Gryffindors wait for her to come down. They're pretty focused on making jailbreaks and their teammates are not having to wait long in enemy territories.
Ravenclaw aren't letting anyone near their hard earned red flag and have several captives... but they haven't rescued any of their housemates trapped in the Slytherin and Gryffindor territories.
Hufflepuff are on the run with a blue flag hanging out the back side and while they have a few house mates caught by other teams, they're sticking together and have made some amazing jailbreak attempts. These 'puffs don't give up.
The Slytherins? They're just hanging out in the Topiary, with a giraffe, and a flag, and a whole lot of captives.
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Keefer sat down, a bit unsure of how this activity would go. He rechecked that his trainers were tied up well. Shoes, check. Now for the charm. He took out his wand and pointed it at his right hand. Wait, I use my right hand. I'm gonna accidentally get my hand stuck on something and have to constantly perform the counterspell. Better charm my left hand.
He switched his wand to the other hand, twisted, tapped, and said "Prehenso!" Charm, check. Now to go play defense! Because that was the best part.
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OOC: Just a quick reminder not to clone for the game its all happening at once so your character can only be in one place at a time.
Althea watched students whizzing by, sometimes with flags and sometimes on a mad dash to freedom. Well they looked like they were enjoying the chaos and getting some practise in with their charms work.
Good thing she hadn't seen or heard any more stunning spells in a while though. That one was too dangerous for the game.
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Ravenclaw is still guarding the red flag in the courtyard
Slytherin and Gryffindor are flagless!
Hufflepuff has made the moves and are en route with TWO flags, blue and green, and their own yellow flag is in their territory! All that hard work seems to be paying off...
But its not over yet!
Better free some of the captives everyone!
OOC Update!
Hufflepuff have freed their captive house mates and gained possession of the green, and their own yellow flag and the blue flag too!
Gryffindor is flagless.
Ravenclaw are flagless and have a few teammates trapped in jails!
Slytherin have made a raid and now possess the red flag and have freed their captive house mates!
The FLAGS! account is taking a break!
The game will resume in a few hours.
Last edited by TeafortheSoul; 01-13-2012 at 04:12 AM.
Glenn stood in the safe zone, a little confused about the game play. She went over and over the instructions again in her head until she knew them by heart okay, she was ready to win with the badgers.
She pointed her wand at her hand and twisted and tapped, "Prehenso!" Urgh, that was a weird feeling. She took off for the Whomping Willow; Hufflepuff territory.
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Elise looked around her carefully, everyone in a frenzy around her. Reading the instructions once over, she nodded before pulling out her wand.
"Prehenso," she murmured. Twist and tap.
Her right hand tingling, she ran off to help her housemates.
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It was almost time for Althea to call the students back, but she thought she'd give them a little bit more time. It certainly had been a chaotic game from what she'd seen, but that was all to the good. The students needed to let off steam after all. She settled again on the bench and crossed her legs primly while she waited, enjoying the cool, crisp air.
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"Ain't it a glorious day
Peevesy is out to play!
I feel like I could flyyyy."
The sing-song voice of the one and only Peeves the Poltergeist could be heard echoing as he swoooooped out a window and headed for the grounds. Sotto voce, he addressed himself.
"Now Peevesy none of your larking about!"
His voice was muffled as he floated through a wall, then he reappeared again dressed in a red, orange and white striped blazer, a blue bow tie and white gloves, and of course a marvellous matching straw boater hat. He was dashing, he was.
"Its a jolly holiday for Peevesy!
Peevesy makes you scream in fright!"
The ethereal and incorrigible Peeves floated outside and, spotting a blonde lady sitting there doing nothing, he just thought he would do his poltergeistly duties and spice things up a bit.
"'e 'asn't changed a bit 'as 'e?"
He cackled and swooped in close, then off, off to see what all those children were doing.
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Originally Posted by ♦ Peeves ♦
"Ain't it a glorious day
Peevesy is out to play!
I feel like I could flyyyy."
The sing-song voice of the one and only Peeves the Poltergeist could be heard echoing as he swoooooped out a window and headed for the grounds. Sotto voce, he addressed himself.
"Now Peevesy none of your larking about!"
His voice was muffled as he floated through a wall, then he reappeared again dressed in a red, orange and white striped blazer, a blue bow tie and white gloves, and of course a marvellous matching straw boater hat. He was dashing, he was.
"Its a jolly holiday for Peevesy!
Peevesy makes you scream in fright!"
The ethereal and incorrigible Peeves floated outside and, spotting a blonde lady sitting there doing nothing, he just thought he would do his poltergeistly duties and spice things up a bit.
"'e 'asn't changed a bit 'as 'e?"
He cackled and swooped in close, then off, off to see what all those children were doing.
The sudden appearance of the poltergeist gave her a fright and when it swooped in close she fell backwards off the bench. By the time she'd got up again, the thing was gone.
Since when had Peeves wandered the grounds? She looked around, trying to see where the cursed thing had gone.
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Originally Posted by Tegz
The sudden appearance of the poltergeist gave her a fright and when it swooped in close she fell backwards off the bench. By the time she'd got up again, the thing was gone.
Since when had Peeves wandered the grounds? She looked around, trying to see where the cursed thing had gone.
Minerva had come into the safe zone to take a break whens he saw Peeves flying away. She looked just in time to see the professor on the ground and getting up. "Professor are you ok?" crazy poltergeist Minerva thought.
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Originally Posted by Bazinga
Minerva had come into the safe zone to take a break whens he saw Peeves flying away. She looked just in time to see the professor on the ground and getting up. "Professor are you ok?" crazy poltergeist Minerva thought.
"I'm fine." She dusted herself and craned her neck trying to see where the bloody poltergeist went.
Hopefully it would get bored and go away?
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love is like a letter wrote :: and life is like an envelope
be careful who you give it to :: they might not give it back to you
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Originally Posted by ♦ Peeves ♦
Peeves the poltergeist can-canned past, waving all four colored flags, trumpeting a classic can-can tune with his mouth.
Then he disappeared back to the castle, the flags all still in his possession.
PEEEEEEVES WINS!
PEEVES WINS!
Minerva watched Peeves fly past with all the flags. "Peeves those are for our game. Please bring them back." she yelled but he had already headed towards the castle. She looked at her professor. "Do you think Accio flags could get them back?"
Jezzabelle walked up just in time to hear a Hufflepuff yelling about peeves having all the flags. She groaned and just shook her head. "So what are we going to do Professor Schirmer? Take the game and stretch it all through out the castle?" She prayed not. She didn't really want to chase Peeves down.
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"I can't believe Peeves took our flags!" Tayla said. "Okay...I can believe it somewhat. But still! It's surprising he was even out here. What do we do now?"
A sudden thought crossing her mind, she added, "Capture the Flags, four houses against Peeves...?"
"Ain't it a glorious day
Peevesy is out to play!
I feel like I could flyyyy."
The sing-song voice of the one and only Peeves the Poltergeist could be heard echoing as he swoooooped out a window and headed for the grounds. Sotto voce, he addressed himself.
"Now Peevesy none of your larking about!"
His voice was muffled as he floated through a wall, then he reappeared again dressed in a red, orange and white striped blazer, a blue bow tie and white gloves, and of course a marvellous matching straw boater hat. He was dashing, he was.
"Its a jolly holiday for Peevesy!
Peevesy makes you scream in fright!"
The ethereal and incorrigible Peeves floated outside and, spotting a blonde lady sitting there doing nothing, he just thought he would do his poltergeistly duties and spice things up a bit.
"'e 'asn't changed a bit 'as 'e?"
He cackled and swooped in close, then off, off to see what all those children were doing.
He had MORE flags?
Ughhh
A normal game of capture the flag and then.. Peeves shows up!!! Ugh she stared at him flying away absent minded! But what could they do, they didn't loose... And no one won so.. All was good
SPOILER!!: Proffeser
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Originally Posted by Tegz
The sudden appearance of the poltergeist gave her a fright and when it swooped in close she fell backwards off the bench. By the time she'd got up again, the thing was gone.
Since when had Peeves wandered the grounds? She looked around, trying to see where the cursed thing had gone.
''Emmm P-r....,'' Oh Merlin, she, she fell? She stood there.. It obviously meant she didn't send out Peeves and she possibly couldn't do anything about him ''N-nothing.. But umm, I-is the game.. over?,'' she asked conffusion swirling around inside her... It was such an odd way to end a game!
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Alyssa arrived to see Peeves disappear with all the flags. Was she supposed to give chase. She knew that no charm would bring him down because it would just go through him. She thought of asking a Slytherin to get the Bloody Baron to make him give back the flags but by the time, someone did that, Peeves would have taken the flags and thrown it all over the grounds where no one would be able to find them again.
So Alyssa walked up to the Professor. "I'm sorry to see that Peeves did it again and get the better of all of us. Do we get to play the game again once we've spotted where the flags are?"Alyssa asked the Professor. She was ready for another challenge, having missed out on some of it because she had been serving detention.
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Originally Posted by ♦ Peeves ♦
Peeves the poltergeist can-canned past, waving all four colored flags, trumpeting a classic can-can tune with his mouth.
Then he disappeared back to the castle, the flags all still in his possession.
PEEEEEEVES WINS!
PEEVES WINS!
... Althea glared after the poltergeist.
The thing was almost more annoying than Dash.
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Originally Posted by Bazinga
Minerva watched Peeves fly past with all the flags. "Peeves those are for our game. Please bring them back." she yelled but he had already headed towards the castle. She looked at her professor. "Do you think Accio flags could get them back?"
"No. Accio won't work." Althea sighed quietly. "The flags are charmed to resist most basic charms." She'd have to think of another way.
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Originally Posted by HOPEendures
Jezzabelle walked up just in time to hear a Hufflepuff yelling about peeves having all the flags. She groaned and just shook her head. "So what are we going to do Professor Schirmer? Take the game and stretch it all through out the castle?" She prayed not. She didn't really want to chase Peeves down.
"No the game is over. Unfortunately. You'll all get points though, for joining in and practising your charms work." And she would come up with a way to foil Peeves and get those flags back just out of principle.
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Originally Posted by affy7ann
"I can't believe Peeves took our flags!" Tayla said. "Okay...I can believe it somewhat. But still! It's surprising he was even out here. What do we do now?"
A sudden thought crossing her mind, she added, "Capture the Flags, four houses against Peeves...?"
"We'll get them back. but not right now. You're all dismissed. You did well today."
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Originally Posted by Orla
He had MORE flags?
Ughhh
A normal game of capture the flag and then.. Peeves shows up!!! Ugh she stared at him flying away absent minded! But what could they do, they didn't loose... And no one won so.. All was good
''Emmm P-r....,'' Oh Merlin, she, she fell? She stood there.. It obviously meant she didn't send out Peeves and she possibly couldn't do anything about him ''N-nothing.. But umm, I-is the game.. over?,'' she asked conffusion swirling around inside her... It was such an odd way to end a game!
"Game over." She agreed, still looking where the poltergeist had disappeared. Like the students she happened to be wondering about enlisting the Bloody Baron's help.
... the trouble was, the Bloody Baron did not like her very much and never had.
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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88
Alyssa arrived to see Peeves disappear with all the flags. Was she supposed to give chase. She knew that no charm would bring him down because it would just go through him. She thought of asking a Slytherin to get the Bloody Baron to make him give back the flags but by the time, someone did that, Peeves would have taken the flags and thrown it all over the grounds where no one would be able to find them again.
So Alyssa walked up to the Professor. "I'm sorry to see that Peeves did it again and get the better of all of us. Do we get to play the game again once we've spotted where the flags are?"Alyssa asked the Professor. She was ready for another challenge, having missed out on some of it because she had been serving detention.
"No, the game is over." Althea answered. "Thanks for playing. Best head back up to the school now and get ready for your next class."
OOC: Yes the game is over! Thanks for playing and having fun! I'll be tallying points now.
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