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Stepping into the arena, you are immediately enveloped with the light shining into the room, either morning or evening depending on what time you decide to enter. Perhaps the intricately designed windows and ceiling could detour your eyes away from the dusty and cob web infested areas of the more higher portions of the arena. To the very right of the room, there is the long platform in which supervised duels will take place while four benches on either side are placed at a safe distance for those who would like to sit and watch. Just ahead of the platform in the right corner, there is a door, though pay no attention to it. It's locked for a reason.
Towards the back wall, there are various types of practice dummies, both stationary and moving, depending on what difficulty the practicer wants. Don't be afraid to go all out with your spells, for these dummies are charmed to repair themselves. There is one practice dummy set aside that will shoot spells back to the practicer, however, permission from a Professor is required to use it. To the left side of the arena are two sets of stands, eight seats high, that look out to the entire arena, comfortable for those who would just like to watch what's going on all around or for general purposes such as studying or relaxing after a long day in the arena.
The middle of the room is quite empty, due to the fact that the defense Professor enjoys presenting lessons in here, but please, despite the brilliant light that shines through the arena due to the large windows, it is not some place to sunbathe or fall asleep. You will be levitated out with a good dose of cold water splashed on you if caught.
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She'd probably waited all term for this one duel but the point was it was happening. It was like ages ago that Mo said he wanted to go look for a tree before they dueled and he never came back...something about them needing to try less dangerous spells or something like that. Really she hadn't been listening. If it wasn't dangerous then why in merlin's beard would she want to learn it??? To think he was the Ravenclaw.
Now that she was here there was only one thing missing. Her dueling partner. Where in merlin's beard was he anyway? She hadn't seen him on the way down or she might have impatiently pulled him along.
He'd turn up eventually, he always did. For now she would entertain herself with the dummy. Lex walked over to one of them and began poking it with her wand. This was her usual dummy, he was use to it. A few casual spells should keep her entertained, but not for long.
She was here to duel.
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Text Cut: Dylan
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Originally Posted by Govoni
Dylan.....SERIOUSLY needed to get it together...He wasn't vain or anything...but he loved his hair...and he knew he could charm it back...but...just the sight of it on the floor like that...
Heartbroken wibble. That was all...
The Slytherin cared about the Gryffindor a great deal...but he was NOT too fond at the moment. Which...because of that...was probably why he raised his and cast off towards her with no feeling. Dylan couldn't be held accountable for his actions at the moment....
"Slugulus Eructo!"
Brilliant green exploded out the end of his wand...and sped off in search of its target...Dylan, on the other hand...was, WITH EFFORT, trying to remember the charm that grew hair....
His POOR hair....
Sallow complexion. The green light. That incantation. Alice should have known what was coming, but she wasn't prepared for the slugs that began to pour out of her mouth. Ew. Ewwwww, urghhhh, someone needed to get them OUT OF HER. The fifteen year old was on the ground, too, now, sneezing and cradling her broken arm and upchucking slugs. And this was.. disgusting. She was vomiting mollusks.
Ewwwww.
Shudder.
She should have given up by now.. really, she should have.. but that was crossing the line, okay, Montmorency? Between her periodic slug spewing, she managed to fumble for her wand and cast one more spell. "Langlock." And.. one more.. they'd hit him, right? It was a struggle to raise her wand, what with the VOMITING SLUGS, but she managed.
"Petrificus Digitirus."
And then she collapsed next to the puddle of slugs and spewed some more.
Wibble!SNEEZE.
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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo
She'd probably waited all term for this one duel but the point was it was happening. It was like ages ago that Mo said he wanted to go look for a tree before they dueled and he never came back...something about them needing to try less dangerous spells or something like that. Really she hadn't been listening. If it wasn't dangerous then why in merlin's beard would she want to learn it??? To think he was the Ravenclaw.
Now that she was here there was only one thing missing. Her dueling partner. Where in merlin's beard was he anyway? She hadn't seen him on the way down or she might have impatiently pulled him along.
He'd turn up eventually, he always did. For now she would entertain herself with the dummy. Lex walked over to one of them and began poking it with her wand. This was her usual dummy, he was use to it. A few casual spells should keep her entertained, but not for long.
She was here to duel.
"Why are you picking on that dummy?" Mo asked as he entered the room and dropped his bag off near the door. He really only needed his wand for this shindig... and probably an icepack and bandages. It was one of those things... Mo was completely resigned to impossible injuries. He might lose at least one eyebrow today.
He really only needed one.
"Take pity on me today, ok? I haven't been studying the most horrifying spells known to mankind like you have," Mo unholstered his wand and bounced on the balls of his feet. Merlin, he was going to die today. "Just a standard duel? Bowing and pacing and all that?"
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Originally Posted by Cassirin
"Why are you picking on that dummy?" Mo asked as he entered the room and dropped his bag off near the door. He really only needed his wand for this shindig... and probably an icepack and bandages. It was one of those things... Mo was completely resigned to impossible injuries. He might lose at least one eyebrow today.
He really only needed one.
"Take pity on me today, ok? I haven't been studying the most horrifying spells known to mankind like you have," Mo unholstered his wand and bounced on the balls of his feet. Merlin, he was going to die today. "Just a standard duel? Bowing and pacing and all that?"
Theeeeere he was!
Lex whipped around and grinned at her present company. It had taken him long enough. A few seconds later and he would have walked in on a dummy massacre of sorts! He might have enjoyed it, who's to tell? Though the look on his face...yeah...worried about something? Had a concern...? No?
She lowered her wand and listened to him. "Pity? Most horrifying spells? Oh this'll be fun!" GRIN.
But of course rules were being suggested and stuff. "That sounds good. We'll go until someone gets disarmed...or you know, if one of us surrenders that works too." She was willing to take either. As far as disarming went, he might have had a chance but if they were waiting for surrender it'd have to be him or they'd be at it all day. Just putting that out there. "Right, so let's get this thing started." Lex bowed quickly. "Ten steps." Then she turned and began her count. He'd be ready by the time she turned again.
He'd have to be.
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Theeeeere he was!
Lex whipped around and grinned at her present company. It had taken him long enough. A few seconds later and he would have walked in on a dummy massacre of sorts! He might have enjoyed it, who's to tell? Though the look on his face...yeah...worried about something? Had a concern...? No?
She lowered her wand and listened to him. "Pity? Most horrifying spells? Oh this'll be fun!" GRIN.
But of course rules were being suggested and stuff. "That sounds good. We'll go until someone gets disarmed...or you know, if one of us surrenders that works too." She was willing to take either. As far as disarming went, he might have had a chance but if they were waiting for surrender it'd have to be him or they'd be at it all day. Just putting that out there. "Right, so let's get this thing started." Lex bowed quickly. "Ten steps." Then she turned and began her count. He'd be ready by the time she turned again.
He'd have to be.
"Just saying..." Mo called to Lex's back. "If I'm unconscious, it counts as surrender. If I am bleeding from the head, it's surrender. And if I only have one eyebrow, I give up immediately." Just saying.
He turned his back on her and began his ten paces, already thinking about spells. Lex wasn't a baby, and she wasn't going to start with a blooming Expelliarmus. Which meant that Mo wasn't going to start with that either. Might as well start as he intended to continue.
At ten, he spun and leaned forward into his dueling position, wand-arm out and weight resting on his forward leg. "Lentesco," Mo shouted, pointing the gluing spell at Lex's feet... or right in front of her feet, where he hoped she'd step. Chances were good that Mo was faster than Lex, but he wanted to up his odds and keep her in one place.
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SPOILER!!: Alice!
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Originally Posted by lemon
Sallow complexion. The green light. That incantation. Alice should have known what was coming, but she wasn't prepared for the slugs that began to pour out of her mouth. Ew. Ewwwww, urghhhh, someone needed to get them OUT OF HER. The fifteen year old was on the ground, too, now, sneezing and cradling her broken arm and upchucking slugs. And this was.. disgusting. She was vomiting mollusks.
Ewwwww.
Shudder.
She should have given up by now.. really, she should have.. but that was crossing the line, okay, Montmorency? Between her periodic slug spewing, she managed to fumble for her wand and cast one more spell. "Langlock." And.. one more.. they'd hit him, right? It was a struggle to raise her wand, what with the VOMITING SLUGS, but she managed.
"Petrificus Digitirus."
And then she collapsed next to the puddle of slugs and spewed some more.
Wibble!SNEEZE.
Dylan had flopped back...The pounding in his head roaring to life...His whole body was riddled with aches and pains. His legs were lifeless, head and face pounding...hair GONE...Absentmindedly, he heard the first spell and quickly bought his wand up to protect himself against it...but he'd been powerless against the second.
His vision was swimming. He couldn't see too far out in front of him...and there were these strange spots. Dylan had never seen spots before...Not even after a Quidditch injury...
When the second hit...both hands started to plank-up on him...and the Slytherin groaned. This entire duel had been a fail. Things just were NOT going his way...and he wanted to end it...but Alice would never give up. She was a true Gryffindor like that. Dylan recognized it for what it was...achy-head and all...
"Alice........"....He had made her spit up slugs...OH. As an afterthought...."Don't clear those slugs away....." Dylan didn't know if it was in bad taste to collect them for potions ingredients or not...but he'd definitely didn't want to waste them....
Blergh....The Slytherin was in need of a potion....
"......Truce......?" It was shouted and breathless at the same time....
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Text Cut: Dylan
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Originally Posted by Govoni
Dylan had flopped back...The pounding in his head roaring to life...His whole body was riddled with aches and pains. His legs were lifeless, head and face pounding...hair GONE...Absentmindedly, he heard the first spell and quickly bought his wand up to protect himself against it...but he'd been powerless against the second.
His vision was swimming. He couldn't see too far out in front of him...and there were these strange spots. Dylan had never seen spots before...Not even after a Quidditch injury...
When the second hit...both hands started to plank-up on him...and the Slytherin groaned. This entire duel had been a fail. Things just were NOT going his way...and he wanted to end it...but Alice would never give up. She was a true Gryffindor like that. Dylan recognized it for what it was...achy-head and all...
"Alice........"....He had made her spit up slugs...OH. As an afterthought...."Don't clear those slugs away, either....." Dylan didn't know if it was in bad taste to collect them for potions ingredients or not...but he'd definitely didn't want to waste them....
Blergh....The Slytherin was in need of a potion....
"......Truce......?" It was shouted and breathless at the same time....
"Truce? No.." Still vomiting, it was kinda hard to talk, you know? ".. way." Alice waited for the next wave of slugs to empty from her system before speaking again. "You can't.. bend your... fingers anymore, can't hold... your.. wand.." That's what Petrificus Digitirus did, you know? "I win, you lose.. now.. get the.. slugs.. outta me.." Upchucking continued periodically, staggering itself with sneezes.
No, but seriously. She had a broken arm, was still sneezing enough to blow Hogwarts down, and mollusks were pouring out of her mouth. This was NOT going in a truce.
"But really.. I.. think I need the healer.." Duel over now, yes? She won?
With that, Alice began crawling her way to the door, leaving a trail of slugs in her wake.
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Originally Posted by Cassirin
"Just saying..." Mo called to Lex's back. "If I'm unconscious, it counts as surrender. If I am bleeding from the head, it's surrender. And if I only have one eyebrow, I give up immediately." Just saying.
He turned his back on her and began his ten paces, already thinking about spells. Lex wasn't a baby, and she wasn't going to start with a blooming Expelliarmus. Which meant that Mo wasn't going to start with that either. Might as well start as he intended to continue.
At ten, he spun and leaned forward into his dueling position, wand-arm out and weight resting on his forward leg. "Lentesco," Mo shouted, pointing the gluing spell at Lex's feet... or right in front of her feet, where he hoped she'd step. Chances were good that Mo was faster than Lex, but he wanted to up his odds and keep her in one place.
Her walking slowed at his declarations. At some point she actually paused and snickered. "Stop being so ridiculous, why would I aim for your eyebrows? Your face is a better target." KIDDING! Vivi would be SOOOO upset. This may have been a duel but she was still told that she wasn't allowed to break her brother. Kinda unfair in moments like these where breaking someone was the point. Anywho, back to taking steps, only, Mo was done because he was casting.
She was stuck the moment she'd turned, no need to bother with her shield charm. On to her own casting and she knew just what to send his way. Something that would keep his eyebrows in tact.
"Rictusempra!"
So long as he didn't laugh himself unconscious they were all good. Oh and while she was at it, Alexa wiggled out of her shoes and stood in her socks just next to them. "I hope you know how to remove those. I'll need to get them into my trunk soon."
Just saying.
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After the fiasco with Alice...Dylan pretty much figured he was an idiot to try and do this again...but he'd wanted to get some more dueling time in before he left the school....for good and stuff. Upon entering, he spied a Penelope...and figured it was safer to try and LIGHTLY spare with her...than to ever go up against Alice again. Dylan had blatantly forgotten how much Alice really was like Selina Skylar.
It made him cringe.
"Yo, Penelope. Would you like to duel?"
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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo
Her walking slowed at his declarations. At some point she actually paused and snickered. "Stop being so ridiculous, why would I aim for your eyebrows? Your face is a better target." KIDDING! Vivi would be SOOOO upset. This may have been a duel but she was still told that she wasn't allowed to break her brother. Kinda unfair in moments like these where breaking someone was the point. Anywho, back to taking steps, only, Mo was done because he was casting.
She was stuck the moment she'd turned, no need to bother with her shield charm. On to her own casting and she knew just what to send his way. Something that would keep his eyebrows in tact.
"Rictusempra!"
So long as he didn't laugh himself unconscious they were all good. Oh and while she was at it, Alexa wiggled out of her shoes and stood in her socks just next to them. "I hope you know how to remove those. I'll need to get them into my trunk soon."
Just saying.
The good news was that with Lex stuck, Mo was able to move toward her wand side and she was restricted in her casting radius. She would pretty much have to cast over her shoulder to get him. Mo started moving as soon as he'd cast, and it was relatively easy to side-step her spell since he was already moving.
Relatively. There was a singe in his sleeve from it. Good thing Vivi had taught him that only idiots dueled standing still, or he'd be a great laughing idiot right now.
So now that he had a Lex glued to the floor, what... should he do with her? Tie her up and end this as quickly as possible? YES, PLEASE. "Incarcerous," Mo shouted, flicking a barrage of ropes toward Lex. Avoid the head, please. No reason to get in trouble this close to end of term by smothering a baby lion.
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Originally Posted by Govoni
After the fiasco with Alice...Dylan pretty much figured he was an idiot to try and do this again...but he'd wanted to get some more dueling time in before he left the school....for good and stuff. Upon entering, he spied a Penelope...and figured it was safer to try and LIGHTLY spare with her...than to ever go up against Alice again. Dylan had blatantly forgotten how much Alice really was like Selina Skylar.
It made him cringe.
"Yo, Penelope. Would you like to duel?"
Straightening up from stretching her legs, Penelope looked up in time to see Dylan enter and hear him offer to duel. Ohh. This was good. Maybe it wasn't the best partner up since it was Dylan and he was a seventh year and super smart and loads better at casting spells than she was...but she wouldn't ever get better if she didn't duel someone who was better at it, right? And it was Dylan, who was her friend, so that would help. Didn't mean she thought he would go easy on her - and she didn't want him to - but he wouldn't purposely just hurt her or anything, yeah? Yeah. So it was all good.
She grinned. "Sure! Could be fun." She headed for the dueling arena and took her place. "Ready when you are." After they bowed and stuff, of course. That was in the rules or something, right? Maybe she should've reviewed those....ah well.
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The good news was that with Lex stuck, Mo was able to move toward her wand side and she was restricted in her casting radius. She would pretty much have to cast over her shoulder to get him. Mo started moving as soon as he'd cast, and it was relatively easy to side-step her spell since he was already moving.
Relatively. There was a singe in his sleeve from it. Good thing Vivi had taught him that only idiots dueled standing still, or he'd be a great laughing idiot right now.
So now that he had a Lex glued to the floor, what... should he do with her? Tie her up and end this as quickly as possible? YES, PLEASE. "Incarcerous," Mo shouted, flicking a barrage of ropes toward Lex. Avoid the head, please. No reason to get in trouble this close to end of term by smothering a baby lion.
Mo was moving quick today. She'd only just gotten out of her shoes--that he still needed to get unstuck before they left--when he got to casting even more. "Protego!" She shot out of reflex at the rope snaking its way through the air toward her. Tied up for the duel, that made less sense than sharing chocolate frogs.
Lex took a few steps back until he was infront of her again. That was probably for the best. She needed his hands where she could see then at all times.
Now then, a bottomless pit would have been excessive...she wouldn't know how to get him out in time to avoid detention, maybe she could slow him down somehow? She kept her eyes fixed on him watching his every move, trying to anticipate the next. Her wand was ready to cast another shield charm in the event he cast but now she was ready!
Eyes on the Ravenclaw. "Engorgio Skullus!"
If it worked she would need some serious time to think before deciding whether to make his head normal again or not.
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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo
Mo was moving quick today. She'd only just gotten out of her shoes--that he still needed to get unstuck before they left--when he got to casting even more. "Protego!" She shot out of reflex at the rope snaking its way through the air toward her. Tied up for the duel, that made less sense than sharing chocolate frogs.
Lex took a few steps back until he was infront of her again. That was probably for the best. She needed his hands where she could see then at all times.
Now then, a bottomless pit would have been excessive...she wouldn't know how to get him out in time to avoid detention, maybe she could slow him down somehow? She kept her eyes fixed on him watching his every move, trying to anticipate the next. Her wand was ready to cast another shield charm in the event he cast but now she was ready!
Eyes on the Ravenclaw. "Engorgio Skullus!"
If it worked she would need some serious time to think before deciding whether to make his head normal again or not.
Merlin, she'd taken the time to take off her shoes. Mo eyed Lex's stocking feet, wondering what he could do to trip her up even more. Glue her socks. Freeze her feet. Enlarge her toenails. IDEAS. Mo had them. He actually had his wand pointed at Lex's feet when she cast her spell, and he very suddenly had to change tactics.
Defensive, not offensive. "Protego," Mo shouted. SHOUTED, and then he shook his wand at Lex and roared, "Not the head, Cambridge. It never goes back to the same size it started and I'd rather NOT end up a bobblehead, thanks." So he was yelling at the baby lion. She just brought out his inner rage!monster or something.
"Spongify," Mo jabbed his wand and then started heading away from Lex again. Yeah, so he kept attacking the floor, but he liked the idea of slowing her down. In this case, he imagined the spongy, soft floor would trip Lex up and let Mo get the drop on her.
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SPOILER!!: Penelope!
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Straightening up from stretching her legs, Penelope looked up in time to see Dylan enter and hear him offer to duel. Ohh. This was good. Maybe it wasn't the best partner up since it was Dylan and he was a seventh year and super smart and loads better at casting spells than she was...but she wouldn't ever get better if she didn't duel someone who was better at it, right? And it was Dylan, who was her friend, so that would help. Didn't mean she thought he would go easy on her - and she didn't want him to - but he wouldn't purposely just hurt her or anything, yeah? Yeah. So it was all good.
She grinned. "Sure! Could be fun." She headed for the dueling arena and took her place. "Ready when you are." After they bowed and stuff, of course. That was in the rules or something, right? Maybe she should've reviewed those....ah well.
Sweet. Dylan was stating right then and there that this WAS going to go smoother than the other had...And if it didn't...Well, it kinda had to. Penelope was different than Alice. He obviously loved them both....but Penelope....was just different. Yea...
"I'm ready." He bowed and went about taking the necessary steps as according to the rules. Who would cast first? Should he be a gentleman and allow her the honor of casting first.
How about they'd start off with something simple just to set the stage and tone...UNLIKE Alice had. He'd moan and groan about it at another time, though..."Colloshoo!" He went through the motions that Professor Romanos had taught him...Down and over a ways...and up...and then back. Like a rectangle with curved ends...and an incomplete top. Dylan could feel his magic move outwards...
Like a WHOOSH! almost...
The Slytherin retook his READY stance and waited for her to make her move...
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Originally Posted by Cassirin
Merlin, she'd taken the time to take off her shoes. Mo eyed Lex's stocking feet, wondering what he could do to trip her up even more. Glue her socks. Freeze her feet. Enlarge her toenails. IDEAS. Mo had them. He actually had his wand pointed at Lex's feet when she cast her spell, and he very suddenly had to change tactics.
Defensive, not offensive. "Protego," Mo shouted. SHOUTED, and then he shook his wand at Lex and roared, "Not the head, Cambridge. It never goes back to the same size it started and I'd rather NOT end up a bobblehead, thanks." So he was yelling at the baby lion. She just brought out his inner rage!monster or something.
"Spongify," Mo jabbed his wand and then started heading away from Lex again. Yeah, so he kept attacking the floor, but he liked the idea of slowing her down. In this case, he imagined the spongy, soft floor would trip Lex up and let Mo get the drop on her.
She was beginning to think of Mo as a really strange one. All his efforts were concentrated on aiming at the ground--yeah he shot the ropes at her but there he was looking at they ground again. Were it not for her trying to concentrate she might have made a smart comment about it. As it were, Mo was making a deal with the floor and that was one thing you needed to stay on your side. Wouldn't want it getting touchy about you walking on its face.
Speaking of...Mo was yelling about his head and it not going back to size. "Don't be such a baby, I know the counter curse for that, your head would be fiiiine." In theory. What? It wasn't like someone would take the time to measure it when they were done!
See! There he went aiming at the floor again!
This time it felt all kinds of weird. Hold on...spongify...wasn't that...didn't that...but the floor...she glanced down at it and bounced slightly to test it. Yes! Bouncy!!!
Hop hop hop.
Lex bounced around, now hardly staying still at all. "An epic idea Mo! Also," because this part was still important, "Tarantellegra!"
This was still a duel afterall.
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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo
She was beginning to think of Mo as a really strange one. All his efforts were concentrated on aiming at the ground--yeah he shot the ropes at her but there he was looking at they ground again. Were it not for her trying to concentrate she might have made a smart comment about it. As it were, Mo was making a deal with the floor and that was one thing you needed to stay on your side. Wouldn't want it getting touchy about you walking on its face.
Speaking of...Mo was yelling about his head and it not going back to size. "Don't be such a baby, I know the counter curse for that, your head would be fiiiine." In theory. What? It wasn't like someone would take the time to measure it when they were done!
See! There he went aiming at the floor again!
This time it felt all kinds of weird. Hold on...spongify...wasn't that...didn't that...but the floor...she glanced down at it and bounced slightly to test it. Yes! Bouncy!!!
Hop hop hop.
Lex bounced around, now hardly staying still at all. "An epic idea Mo! Also," because this part was still important, "Tarantellegra!"
This was still a duel afterall.
If she aimed at his head again, Mo was gonna break Lex's fingers. Somehow. It was just going to happen... and she was going to learn not to make people into human bobbleheads. It was just NOT DONE. Mo waited eagerly for Lex to fall or sink or starfish into the spongy floor. His wand was out, ready to take her out as soon as she was down.
He was not ready for her to use the floor as a trampoline as she flung spells at him. Careful with those spells, tiny lion cub person! If she wasn't careful, he could get hit with her silly dancing spell and... and actually, he had been hit with her silly dancing spell, as her up-in-the-air antics let the hex slip in over his shield.
Mo found that his legs were no longer in his control. They were dancing. Step-ball-change-kick-lining-hokey-pokey-turn-em-all-about dancing. And not just dancing, but moving him sideways and backwards and forward, so that it was hard to get a fix on the bouncing Gryffindor opposite him. He continued to dance forward in some spastic version of the Electric Slide, until his feet stomped together on the Spongified floor. Mo shot into the air, dancing legs still flailing, and he passed Lex in midair.
What the... what?
He had to get down. This was no good. They had to stop with the bouncing (oh, hello again, Lex) and get back to the very serious business of dueling. He pointed his wand at the floor beneath them and hoped for good luck. "Confringo."
Oh, bad luck. The blasting curse made the spongy floor vibrate like a jello mold, sending Mo kick-flailing onto his back a few yards away where he skittered in a circle like an upside-down beetle. Lex, meanwhile, was just shot up. Up up up toward the ceiling above.
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Sweet. Dylan was stating right then and there that this WAS going to go smoother than the other had...And if it didn't...Well, it kinda had to. Penelope was different than Alice. He obviously loved them both....but Penelope....was just different. Yea...
"I'm ready." He bowed and went about taking the necessary steps as according to the rules. Who would cast first? Should he be a gentleman and allow her the honor of casting first.
How about they'd start off with something simple just to set the stage and tone...UNLIKE Alice had. He'd moan and groan about it at another time, though..."Colloshoo!" He went through the motions that Professor Romanos had taught him...Down and over a ways...and up...and then back. Like a rectangle with curved ends...and an incomplete top. Dylan could feel his magic move outwards...
Like a WHOOSH! almost...
The Slytherin retook his READY stance and waited for her to make her move...
Alright, so bowing, she did that...oh, and he was walking away a bit. Right, she needed to do that. So Penelope did, walking carefully until it seemed like she'd taken enough steps, and then she turned back to face him, wand ready.
Okay. So...this was probably also where she should've reviewed the rules because she wasn't sure who was supposed to cast first. But...she didn't really have a spell in mind to cast first, so she'd just try to watch carefully and wait for him to send the first spell. Actually, maybe she should cast a Shield-
CRUD THAT WAS A SPELL SHE WASN'T READY.
She tried to move now that she was aware...but her feet didn't seem to want to move. What... She looked down to see a bit of the green ectoplasm oozing out from under her shoes. Oh, that's why she couldn't move...
Okay, clearly, less thinking, more casting spells.
She pointed her wand at Dylan and quickly cast, "Tarantallegra!" And then she quickly pointed at her shoes, "Finite!"
Could she move now?
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If she aimed at his head again, Mo was gonna break Lex's fingers. Somehow. It was just going to happen... and she was going to learn not to make people into human bobbleheads. It was just NOT DONE. Mo waited eagerly for Lex to fall or sink or starfish into the spongy floor. His wand was out, ready to take her out as soon as she was down.
He was not ready for her to use the floor as a trampoline as she flung spells at him. Careful with those spells, tiny lion cub person! If she wasn't careful, he could get hit with her silly dancing spell and... and actually, he had been hit with her silly dancing spell, as her up-in-the-air antics let the hex slip in over his shield.
Mo found that his legs were no longer in his control. They were dancing. Step-ball-change-kick-lining-hokey-pokey-turn-em-all-about dancing. And not just dancing, but moving him sideways and backwards and forward, so that it was hard to get a fix on the bouncing Gryffindor opposite him. He continued to dance forward in some spastic version of the Electric Slide, until his feet stomped together on the Spongified floor. Mo shot into the air, dancing legs still flailing, and he passed Lex in midair.
What the... what?
He had to get down. This was no good. They had to stop with the bouncing (oh, hello again, Lex) and get back to the very serious business of dueling. He pointed his wand at the floor beneath them and hoped for good luck. "Confringo."
Oh, bad luck. The blasting curse made the spongy floor vibrate like a jello mold, sending Mo kick-flailing onto his back a few yards away where he skittered in a circle like an upside-down beetle. Lex, meanwhile, was just shot up. Up up up toward the ceiling above.
Bounce. Bounce. Bounce.
He so had to try this!! She never knew the floor could get so bouncy but it did!! Just look at her! Soon she was striking poses mid-air....was it bad that she almost forgot about the duel? Not that that was a completely bad thing because her jinx caaaught him and he was quite the entertainment piece for her while she continued her bounce.
Why hadn't she done this to the floor of her dormitory??? Alice would love it!!!!...Or yell at her to fix it. Which ever came first!
OHAI MO SUDDENLY BOUNCING WITH HER!!!
She gave him a wave as she passed him mid-bounce, oooo and again. They were on a roll here!!! Bounce. Bounce. Bou-- WHHHHHYYYYY was Mo aiming at the ground again. This habit needed to be broken before--whooooaaaaa.
"Wait, what do you think you're doing??" Exploding the ground??? NO! They needed it, and see it got angry because it tossed him....and her for that matter. Lex flew higher and higher until she'd lost momentum and was now hurtling toward the ground again. Please land on the bouncy piece, Please land on the bouncy piece.
She landed with big bounces that gradually got smaller until she was just lying there. Would it be bad form to cast while he's down? ...Probably not. "Petrificus Totalus!"
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Bounce. Bounce. Bounce.
He so had to try this!! She never knew the floor could get so bouncy but it did!! Just look at her! Soon she was striking poses mid-air....was it bad that she almost forgot about the duel? Not that that was a completely bad thing because her jinx caaaught him and he was quite the entertainment piece for her while she continued her bounce.
Why hadn't she done this to the floor of her dormitory??? Alice would love it!!!!...Or yell at her to fix it. Which ever came first!
OHAI MO SUDDENLY BOUNCING WITH HER!!!
She gave him a wave as she passed him mid-bounce, oooo and again. They were on a roll here!!! Bounce. Bounce. Bou-- WHHHHHYYYYY was Mo aiming at the ground again. This habit needed to be broken before--whooooaaaaa.
"Wait, what do you think you're doing??" Exploding the ground??? NO! They needed it, and see it got angry because it tossed him....and her for that matter. Lex flew higher and higher until she'd lost momentum and was now hurtling toward the ground again. Please land on the bouncy piece, Please land on the bouncy piece.
She landed with big bounces that gradually got smaller until she was just lying there. Would it be bad form to cast while he's down? ...Probably not. "Petrificus Totalus!"
It was small relief that Lex hadn't hit the ceiling (or the floor) and broken herself in between. But it wasn't like she was taking this seriously, what with the bouncing and the laughing like a loon, and now she was casting spells at Mo while he was still spinning on his back like a demented turtle. And he couldn't do a thing about it because his flailing legs kept tossing his body willy-nilly.
Somehow, he kicked himself hard and rolled out of the way of Lex's spell. The pain dulled his reflexes enough that Mo could cast a "Finite Incantatem" at his feet. He went limp on the floor for a moment, out of breath and trying to feel his legs. He still had two, right?
Yep. Two. Mo sat up, his wand already trained on Lex. Or... yeah, there to the right. Now trained on Lex. She was moving a little bit, but since she was still on the ground, Mo tried a spell he knew would make it nearly impossible for her to raise her head. "Anteoculatia."
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Dylan waited patiently...not waiting to rush Penelope into making any moves. When his spell hit, he could tell that it had worked...because the green stuff had appeared around her feet. SUCCESS...even if it was a small one.
...And then she was going through the motions of a rather familiar spell...'Dancing Feet' if he wasn't mistaken...Dylan quickly raised his wand and performed an upward flick..."Protego!" The light of the spell hit the shield, dispersing immediately. Like Alice, Penelope would have to do better than that...but they were keeping it slow and easy. This was meant for practice...
"Skurge, actually. Downward flick." The Captain was surprised the Gryffindor didn't remember that from DADA last term. "It sucks up the ectoplasm left behind by ghosts...and this spell." Was it bad that he was helping her? Dylan didn't think so. What a better way for her to learn than to go up against him. He was rather confident in his abilities, as it were...
"Okay, I've got an idea....I'll attempt to cast all my spells non-verbally...meaning you'll have to really anticipate." It'd make it interesting..."I won't cast anything that could really hurt you, though." He promised.
He'd go ahead and start...
Getting in the zone...he inhaled deeply...and then exhaled. Inhaled. Exhaled. He vividly imagine the roof of her mouth meeting with her tongue...and then being wholly STUCK there...Tongue LOCK....Locking her tongue in her mouth...
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His magic stirred...and at once, he felt it gathering...and then pouring out of his wand dangerously...It sought Penelope out...Would she anticipate and block? Would it hit her? Would she cast something crazy back?!
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Beezus was cursing - oh yes, cursing - as she made her way to the Dueling Arena. She was annoyed, stressed out and upset owing to the happenings of last night. She barely slept....she woke up numerous times glaring at the ceiling and in the end, instead of being a calmer version of her today, the opposite happened. It was safe to say that it won't be a good idea to be near Beezus Castell this morning.
This is exactly the reason why she was here....trying to isolate herself from most people so she'd avoid snapping at them for invalid reasons. She'd thought the only way to calm herself would be break her anger out on things....that were not people so as not to hurt anyone. She already hurt one....and that was enough.
The dummies? Yeah. They were the targets.....unless someone else offers himself.
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It was small relief that Lex hadn't hit the ceiling (or the floor) and broken herself in between. But it wasn't like she was taking this seriously, what with the bouncing and the laughing like a loon, and now she was casting spells at Mo while he was still spinning on his back like a demented turtle. And he couldn't do a thing about it because his flailing legs kept tossing his body willy-nilly.
Somehow, he kicked himself hard and rolled out of the way of Lex's spell. The pain dulled his reflexes enough that Mo could cast a "Finite Incantatem" at his feet. He went limp on the floor for a moment, out of breath and trying to feel his legs. He still had two, right?
Yep. Two. Mo sat up, his wand already trained on Lex. Or... yeah, there to the right. Now trained on Lex. She was moving a little bit, but since she was still on the ground, Mo tried a spell he knew would make it nearly impossible for her to raise her head. "Anteoculatia."
Antlers.
The floor was fun and comfy and all that other nice stuff but she was ready to get bouncing again. It was an excellent way to pass the time in a duel, she'd have to look into it as a future strategy of some sort. Getting people to allow her the bouncy floor before they began.
From where she was she saw Mo narrowly miss getting himself frozen, it was enough to make her push up off the ground but by then he was already casting again.
Lex fumbled for her wand. As she grabbed it she felt a new weight on her head. How very...weird...That didn't exactly happen every day and left her curious. Slowly she lifted a hand. That's when she felt THEM, antlers!!! She had some! This was happening!! Lex staggered a bit, trying to stand and tumbled a bit more.
Er...she just needed to get used to the feeling. She was already grinning up at them. Oh but focus! Antlers probably wouldn't be of much good to her. Eyes still on Mo she aimed her wand at her head, this, unfortunately, needed to be taken care of. "Finite!" There were some sniffles as they disappeared, perhaps when the duel was over she would ask him to put them back.
After removing the antlers, she whipped her wand around quickly and took aim, trying to get this all in one quick, smooth, motion. "Everberus!" Something she'd been meaning to try.
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Dylan waited patiently...not waiting to rush Penelope into making any moves. When his spell hit, he could tell that it had worked...because the green stuff had appeared around her feet. SUCCESS...even if it was a small one.
...And then she was going through the motions of a rather familiar spell...'Dancing Feet' if he wasn't mistaken...Dylan quickly raised his wand and performed an upward flick..."Protego!" The light of the spell hit the shield, dispersing immediately. Like Alice, Penelope would have to do better than that...but they were keeping it slow and easy. This was meant for practice...
"Skurge, actually. Downward flick." The Captain was surprised the Gryffindor didn't remember that from DADA last term. "It sucks up the ectoplasm left behind by ghosts...and this spell." Was it bad that he was helping her? Dylan didn't think so. What a better way for her to learn than to go up against him. He was rather confident in his abilities, as it were...
"Okay, I've got an idea....I'll attempt to cast all my spells non-verbally...meaning you'll have to really anticipate." It'd make it interesting..."I won't cast anything that could really hurt you, though." He promised.
He'd go ahead and start...
Getting in the zone...he inhaled deeply...and then exhaled. Inhaled. Exhaled. He vividly imagine the roof of her mouth meeting with her tongue...and then being wholly STUCK there...Tongue LOCK....Locking her tongue in her mouth...
Langlock!
POINT!
His magic stirred...and at once, he felt it gathering...and then pouring out of his wand dangerously...It sought Penelope out...Would she anticipate and block? Would it hit her? Would she cast something crazy back?!
As soon as she cast Finite she knew something wasn't right. It didn't work like she wanted it to, of course, so she knew it cohldnt be right. Finite usually always worked, even for her. So what...
Oh! What he said. Skurge. That was what she was supposed to use, and of course now she remembered learning it in that one DADA lesson. Clearly she needed to study that stuff along with the duel rules because she was gonna fail her OWLs at this rate. Good thing she had another whole year till then. And she wasn't super worried anyway.
It didn't even occur to her that it probably wasn't in the rules to help your opponent. Seemed perfectly normal to her that Dylan would help even during a duel. So she simply nodded and cast Skurge on her shoes, pleased to see the ectoplasm disappear finally. She lifted a foot to make sure...and grinned when she actually could lift it. Awesome. "Thanks, she told him. For reminding her and stuff.
And now...he was suggesting something? He was gonna cast his spells nonverbally... That. would definitely make things more challenging than they already were, but that only made her want to accept even more. Penelope wasn't gonna back down just because something was more challenging. That made it even better really. So she nodded again. "Okay. Sounds good." And she quickly got in a ready stance, watching extra carefully this time.
And as she watched, she saw him preparing to cast something... She didn't immediately know what spell it was, but it was something. So quickly, as soon as it was cast, she cast, "Protego!" and watched as the spell bounced off her shield and against a wall. Yes! Success!
Now counter attack... "Rictusempra!"
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Dylan....was a creeper...and yes, he HAD waited and followed Beezus since leaving her and Elise on the pitch....right up into they retreated into Ravenclaw tower at some point...and he'd set off to sleep a bit...somewhat. It wasn't really anything too significant...He just felt like she was his responsibility. So, he was going to watch all the things until leaving this place...All the BEE things...
His search this morning had led him to the arena, though...and Merlin, did Beezus look angry. What had happened?
The Captain stepped towards her slowly...."Babe?"
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Dylan....was a creeper...and yes, he HAD waited and followed Beezus since leaving her and Elise on the pitch....right up into they retreated into Ravenclaw tower at some point...and he'd set off to sleep a bit...somewhat. It wasn't really anything too significant...He just felt like she was his responsibility. So, he was going to watch all the things until leaving this place...All the BEE things...
His search this morning had led him to the arena, though...and Merlin, did Beezus look angry. What had happened?
The Captain stepped towards her slowly...."Babe?"
People...there were people here. This early? Yeah, they were the hardworking bunch. She was going to ignore them of course, because she wasn't in the mood. So the brunette walked past them and off to the back of the room she went. As she took a deep breath, her eyes sought for the unfortunate dummy that she was going to break today. When she had selected the one, Beezus harshly pulled her wand out and was gathering her thoughts when she heard an oh-so-familiar voice behind her.
It was Dylan. Why was he here? She didn't want to snap at him or anything. "Dy, I want to be alone."
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