Y31 Dueling Match #6

[Jon Phillips]

The second dueling match Jon was involved with was between two students in their third year. Wanting to keep things moving, Jon wasted no time leading the students onto the dueling platform. After explaining the rules and assigning them different ends of the stage he stepped away, allowing their duel to begin. ​

Out of Character:

Please refer to the spell list for guidance. No board rule breaking is acceptable. Have fun! I have a copy of the code that you should use with every post. Remember, when you are knocked out, unable to shoot anymore spells, you lost. And if you run out of points, you lose.

The duel begins now. If someone doesn't post after 24 hours, they are disqualified.

[b]Current Points:[/b] 
[hr]RP content[hr][b]Action(s) Taken:[/b] 
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[b]Points Remaining:[/b]

 

[Mervyn Strangewayes]

Current Points: 150

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Mervyn wouldn't have called himself a confident duellist (that was to say, he'd never actually duelled anybody before the few practice duels he'd gotten in before the tournament), but he definitely wasn't going to let his fear show. Winning was only half about knowing how to cast spells - the other half was about intimidating his opponent into thinking Mervyn was more capable than them. Bowing to Grayson, he took an offensive stance, launching straight into action the moment he was told to begin. "Rictusempra!"

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Action(s) Taken: Cast Spell
Point Changes: -5
Points Remaining: 145

 

[Grayson Wolfe]

Current Points: 150

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Grayson knew Mervyn was a little odd but he knew nothing of his duelling ability so the boy was an unknown quantity. Grayson had a little experience from practicing with Jasmine but he was no master dueler. He bowed to Mervyn and took his place. He cast a shield charm to stop the first spell shot by his fellow Gryffindor and cast one his own. "Tarantallegra,"

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Action(s) Taken: Cast Spell x2
Point Changes: -10
Points Remaining: 140

 

[Mervyn Strangewayes]

Current Points: 145

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Mervyn gritted his teeth as his first spell was blocked. Grayson was clearly paying attention; this wouldn't be an easy duel. Mervyn jumped out of the way of the spell that came at him, briefly forgetting how to even cast a shield charm. Then he cast a knee-reversing hex - one of his all-time favourites.

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Action(s) Taken: Dodge Spell, Cast Spell
Point Changes: -10, -5
Points Remaining: 130

 

[Grayson Wolfe]

Current Points: 140

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Grayson cast a shielding charm to block the hex Mervyn sent at him and fire a stinging hex back at him.

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Action(s) Taken: Cast Spell x2
Point Changes: -10
Points Remaining: 130

 

[Mervyn Strangewayes]

Current Points: 130

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Mervyn was ready for the spell that came his way this time, and put up a shield charm to deflect it. He then shot off a Jelly Fingers curse, thinking perhaps he could get Grayson to drop his wand. Somehow, he could tell the boy was going to go down without a good fight. At least that made things interesting.

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Action(s) Taken: Cast Spell x2
Point Changes: -10
Points Remaining: 120

 

[Grayson Wolfe]

Current Points: 130

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Mervyn seemed to be holding his own well so Grayson knew the duel would be a challenge. He blocked the boys jelly fingers curse and cast a Knee-reversing hex back at him.

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Action(s) Taken: Cast Spell x2
Point Changes: -10
Points Remaining: 120

 

[Mervyn Strangewayes]

Current Points: 120

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Mervyn gritted his teeth as his Jelly Fingers curse missed. He was going to have to distract Grayson somehow. Unfortunately, in thinking about how he could distract him he forgot to prepare to block the next spell, and suddenly his knees were on back to front! Mervyn stumbled backwards (or forwards?) a few paces, finally steadying himself enough to cast the counter spell. He didn't really have any time to think about what to do next, and so once his knees were on the right way around again he prepared himself to hopefully block the next spell.

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Action(s) Taken: Hit by Spell, Cast Spell
Point Changes: +15, -5
Points Remaining: 130

 

[Grayson Wolfe]

Current Points: 120

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Grayson was glad to see that his spell managed to his Mervyn, even more so it prevented him from casting one back at him. He needed to take advantage of having the upper hand even if it was brief. "Petrificus Totalus,"

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Action(s) Taken: Cast Spell, Spell hit
Point Changes: -5, -20
Points Remaining: 95

 

[Mervyn Strangewayes]

Current Points: 130

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With plenty of time to prepare, Mervyn easily blocked Grayson's next spell. He tried not to let his embarrassment distract him as he launched into an antler jinx.

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Action(s) Taken: Cast Spell x2
Point Changes: -10
Points Remaining: 120

 

[Grayson Wolfe]

Current Points: 95

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Grayson was so surprised by the spell Mervyn shot at him that he hesitated just long enough for it to hit him. Grayson felt the antlers grow out of his head and raised his hand to feel them. "What the hell?" He yelled, it was a stupid spell to cast during a duel. "Expelliarmus,"

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Action(s) Taken: Hit by Spell, Cast Spell
Point Changes: +15, -5
Points Remaining: 105

 

[Mervyn Strangewayes]

Current Points: 120

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Mervyn smirked as his spell hit and antlers grew out of the top of Grayson's head. He couldn't gloat for long, though, before he had to ready himself to block another spell, which he did just in time. Now that Grayson was hopefully distracted by the weight on his head, Mervyn went for another attack. "Stupefy!"

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Action(s) Taken: Spell Hit, Cast Spell x2
Point Changes: -20, -10
Points Remaining: 90

 

[Grayson Wolfe]

Current Points: 105

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Grayson could feel the weight of the antlers on his head and they were very uncomfortable. It made trying to focus difficult but he was determined to win the duel. He cast a shielding charm blocking the spell shot at him and fired back a trip jinx.

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Action(s) Taken: Cast Spell x2
Point Changes: -10
Points Remaining: 95

 

[Mervyn Strangewayes]

Current Points: 90

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Mervyn was having such a good time watching Grayson try to duel wiht a pair of antlers that he completely forgot to watch for the next spell that came his way, and suddenly he hit the duelling platform, hard. His tailbone, which took the brunt of the fall, hurt like crazy, but there was no way he wasn't getting back up immediately to keep on fighting. Scrambling to his feet, he shot off another stunning spell.

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Action(s) Taken: Hit by spell, Cast spell
Point Changes: +15, -5
Points Remaining: 100

 

[Grayson Wolfe]

Current Points: 95

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Grayson sniggered when he watched Mervy trip but unfortunately that wasn't the end of him as he got to his feet and fired a spell at him. He blocked it with a shielding charm and shot a Jelly Fingers curse at him.

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Action(s) Taken: Cast Spell x 2, spell hit
Point Changes: -10, -20
Points Remaining: 65

 

[Mervyn Strangewayes]

Current Points: 100

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Mervyn was beginning to wonder if this duel would ever end. He jumped out of the way of Grayson's next spell, too slow to raise a shield charm. "Expelliarmus!" he tried, keen to end this as quickly as he could.

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Action(s) Taken: Dodge Spell, Cast Spell
Point Changes: -10, -5
Points Remaining: 85

 

[Jon Phillips]

Out of Character:

Because this duel has reached the deadline in which all duels are supposed to be completed, this match has ended with a draw and resulted in a random coin toss to decide the winner. The coin toss results are Grayson (T), Grayson (T), Grayson (T), Grayson (T), Mervyn (H), making Grayson Wolfe the winner!