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 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:01 am
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 Veronica Kiss
6th Year Gryffindor Prefect
 Gryffindor Team Beater
Dueling Club Leader
Youth Representative of the Wizengamot
Muggleborn Witch
Wand: 13 inches, Laurel, Dragon Heartstring
Inflexible and Somewhat Knobby
Height: 5' 8"
DOB: June 22, 2011
Dating: Tobias Walsh
It is: Evening, Start of the 2027-2028 School Year//I'm at: a Dueling Club Meeting//Around: Hopefully plenty of Dueling Club Members//Wearing: Boots Made For Standing Tall
Veronica paused as Arianna Davenport, a second year Gryffindor, she recognized vaguely from quidditch try-outs. Ronna smiled, "Second years and up are free to join. Besides, it is always nice to have new blood. I think most of us joined our second year, actually. Anyways, I was just saying I'm going to be fairly laid back about everything. However, all things considered, I'll probably name dueling partners so emotions don't get in the way of a controlled learning environment. Or sort of controlled-I mean it is dueling, you are blasting spells at each other."
She shrugged and continued, introducing herself and the others, "I am Veronica Kiss and the current dueling leader of the club, and this is Tanya Cherri, Elsie Vass, Leo, Theo, and..." She paused raising a brow at David, "Is it Davey or just David? Either way, Mr. Shoichet."
She smiled and said, "The rules are fairly simple-when dueling it will be with magic only. Don't get me wrong, a mean right or left hook is great, but this is not a boxing club. Furthermore, let's keep fire to a minimum. And, I swear if one of you ends up maiming each other-I will put you in detention so fast you won't even be able to say sorry and I will break every bone in your body."
"Anyways," She said, "Welcome aboard Arianna. I figure we can go straight into dueling, for those who aren't aware of protical-you first bow to your opponent and then take several steps back and begin. I will be serving as referee and choosing the partners for the duels for now. The pairings will be as followed: Tanya vs. Shoict; Elsie and Leo; And Theo, I can trust you with an additional limitiation if you duel Arianna, correct? Theo, I don't want you to use any spells beyond what one would learn in their second year. Moderation is just as important as force and I think that the limitation will give you a chance to go back to basic magic and figure out creative solutions in dueling. After all, a non-expected charm or spell is sometimes more effective than the typical hexes which are more forceful but more often thought of. If anyone has any objections please state them now, if not, fel free to begin."
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 7:25 pm
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Robin 'Theo' Gibbs
House: Gryffindor{|}Dueler{|}Fifth Year
Theo got himself together and put on a smile...which yes...was a little forced, but it was somewhat genuine as well. He instantly looked around for a moment, viewing the people that had arrived during his talk with Ronna. It seemed Elsbeth Vass, Leo, David Shoichet, and a younger girl in which he didn't know, but he didn't really get to introduce himself before Ronna did it for him. He gave a solemn wave to everybody, but he didn't say a word.
That's when she got onto the rules of the club, which caused him to chuckle. She mentioned a mean right hook, but just the thought of one of the members actually throwing one made him laugh a bit. But he made sure it was ephemeral so he wouldn't draw unnecessary attention or questioning. But also the fact that she would put them in detention AND break every bone in their body made breaking one a little tempting. Of course, he never would break a dueling club rule ever...mainly because he wanted to duel...not mess around, but the thought of Ronna that angry sounded crazy.
As he heard the younger girl's name, he smiled to her, glad that she joined so early. Not many ever showed such an interest at such a young age really. Theo did...Leo did too, but he wasn't sure when the others had joined. They may have joined second year and he just didn't see them or something, but he wasn't really sure.
As Ronna assigned dueling partners, he was surprised. Of all the people she put him against, it was the new one. He wondered why at first, but as she explained, he realized. Having practiced dueling at the range and what not, he knew how to limit the power in his spells; just from practice. He was sure others could too, but Theo may have been the least prone to slip up and hurt someone trying to do it, or having the spell backfire on him from attempting to limit it. Ronna also put a huge restriction on the spells he could use, which was necessary. Theo had a much bigger arsenal he could pick from than that of the second year, so it was only fair to restrain it, and just like Ronna said, it would allow him to be creative with lower level magic, which was always good practice.
After Ronna finished, he went over to the second year, waving to her. "Hey, like Ronna said, I'm going to be your partner today. I'm Robin Gibbs. Some people call me Theo...then Tanya calls me Gibbs, so feel free to call me whatever you want. Just a bit of advice before we start. Make sure you keep on your toes and light on your feet. When you are dueling, if you aren't on your toes, you won't be able to sidestep as well, and could open up the counter-attack by your opponent," he told her, smiling at her, hoping she took everything in. Really, he was just saying to keep quick on her toes and she'll be fine. Theo was naturally good on his feet because of his muggle football background. So, it sort of led to dodging well. "Are you ready? We'll begin when you are," he said to her, keeping a smile. He would seriously restrain his power for this fight, to allow her to get the feel for Dueling.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:07 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:51 pm
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The Forgotten Weasley Crew
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 1:00 pm
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Are you really here, or just in my mind?
Can you feel the fear, of what lies behind their eyes?
They came from the walls; they tortured us all...
And drove us away from our home!
Here in the night, they are calling my name.
I no longer know what is wrong or right...
But I know I am losing this game.
What can I do; what can I say?
They don't know: Happy
If it wasn't for you: ....
We would never run away: Leo
But away we go: Dueling Club
E L S B E T H
L Y N W E N
V A S S
B L O O D T R A I T O R | H U F F L E P U F F | C H A S E R | F I F T H Y E A R | P R E F E C T 
Elsie snapped her fingers in mock defeat. "Darn it," she said in an amused voice, before she narrowed her blue eyes at her friend. "I'm allowed to have friends of the opposite gender other than Echo and Kas," she pointed out, though she didn't sound all that mad, more annoyed than anything else. (And she wasn't, since she'd teased Tanya and Echo enough about each other, even if she'd been a bit more... subtle about it. Hey, she hadn't wanted to jinx things!) She would have liked to add a somewhat snarky "even if they want to be more than friends", but Dave was just over there, and besides, she didn't want to betray his trust like that. Just because he'd wanted her to know didn't mean he wanted her telling all her other friends about it after all, and she knew he was sensitive, and what was more, could hold a grudge. She was happy to be dueling Leo. Tanya might press even more for information over the course of a duel, and that would be distracting to say the least. She pulled out her wand and made sure she backed up the customary number of paces before bowing. "Ready," she declared, and started the duel. "Expelliarmus!"
I KNOW WHAT TO DO, I KNOW WHAT TO SAY, AND I WILL NOT RUN AWAY.
By the garden gate, I sit with my sisters.
I just hope it's not too late, for my mother and father.
Shall we go back inside; there is no reason to hide.
We can fight and take back our home here in the night! They say when the wolves come out of the walls...
That it's all over, but it's not all over, 'cause we won't go!
Here in the night, they are crying in pain, and I know...
Everything is not alright, so we shall not fight in vain. |
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:25 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 4:03 pm
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Robin 'Theo' Gibbs
House: Gryffindor{|}Dueler{|}Fifth Year
He smiled at her as she mentioned football, which did yes give some bad memories...memories of when he played the beautiful game, but they were good memories at the same time...because he had reached the top of his game and was one of the best youths in Europe. He finally had someone he could relate to on the subject of football...other than Leo. "Yes, exactly like football," he said to her, assuring her that she did indeed have the right idea.
After doing the necessary pre-duel things, he stood in his position. Theo watched intently, slow in movement, keeping on his toes. When he was dueling, he played lightly on his feet, which was impressive speaking that the male...was a male, but his football background really helped when it came to footwork. After letting the girl go first, he watched the spell go towards him...rather slowly, but it had gotten to him, but was generally inaccurate as well...to which he sidestepped fairly easily, just taking a small step to the left. "Point your front foot at the target, your hand will generally follow the direction your body is already facing," he said to her, smiling.
He then unleashed a pretty hard shot at her wand, but aimed at her wand and nothing else. "Expelliarmus," he said aloud, waving his wand, creating a spell light that was much smaller than what his normal one was, but it was quick however. He would give the girl a chance to dodge and actually let her learn.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:00 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 3:54 am
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Robin 'Theo' Gibbs
House: Gryffindor{|}Dueler{|}Fifth Year
Theo gave her a casual nod when she asked if it was like what she was doing. He only hoped that she would listen to him though. It was one of the focal points on dueling at times, because an off balance spell cast is just about always going to miss the target and the worst part...they were off-balance so they were open for a counter-attack. That was never a good thing in dueling because one, it could mean life or death...and two, you'll lose the duel itself...the latter being the worst case scenario.
He watched intently as his spell had gone at her and hit the desired target, plucking her wand out of her hand. She had gone to get it and had asked him how he was so accurate...and truth be told, he never really thought about it. He just...was extremely accurate when he wanted to be. Had to be because of the practice. "I don't know really. I practice quite a bit and I guess it stems from there. You'll get there. Just keep practicing the trade. But in the meantime, I'll teach you a basic sidestep, which you can use. You seem to be pretty light on your feet like I am; so it could end up helping quite a bit," he said to her, wondering if she was listening closely, mainly because he only felt like saying it one time. "Alright, so there is a basic stance you have to be in to do this. You know how I said to put your foot forward, well your stance is going to have that in it. Keep your front foot faced towards the opponent. Keep your back leg at a slight bend and facing to the right if your back foot is your right, or left if your left foot is your back foot. This will help you establish some leverage and say someone uses the knockback jinx like you just did, you could have the chance to stay on your feet. But the sidestep that works for me...you just press your weight to the back foot and jump to whatever side your heel is on. Because you should be on the balls of your feet as is, this shouldn't be that hard to perform. But remember, keep your wand up and keep your eye on the opponent. Because if an opponent is quick enough, they can launch a counter while jumping. So that's why you'll need to be extremely quick and you need to know where you are in relation to the opponent at all times," he said to her, finishing up what he had to say. He would allow her to take in what he had said before they started again. Plus, he would let her make the first move of course.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:07 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:43 pm
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Robin 'Theo' Gibbs
House: Gryffindor{|}Dueler{|}Fifth Year
Theo nodded intently as he watched the girl perform the movements for a few minutes, taking great pride that she was able to pick up the skill. Not many wizards even tried to sidestep, usually preferring the casual protego instead, which yes, he knew, but he found that sidestepping caught many opponents off guard. And as long as he was able to keep balance, he would be fine. He often was able to cast a spell while performing the sidestep, which added an element of surprise and was the single reason why he preferred the sidestep to protego. One, because he could do that...and two...there were unblockable curses...and the unblockables were the ones with the most lethal capabilities. Anything to even give him the slightest chance of surviving in a surprise imperius, or Killing Curse was useful. Of course, to sidestep those was almost impossible, but could be done if the jump is far enough...and an attack can be put to knock the other caster to the ground to end the spells chance.
When she finally took position, he was surprised that she had began so quickly, watching as an expelliarmus spell was cast, much to his dismay. It flew right at him...and came literally milimeters from him as he dodged to the left of the spell's light, casting another spell as he jumped. "Everte Statum!" he said aloud, watching the orange light fly from his wand quickly. He wanted to see what she did next, hoping she applied what she learned. At that point, he would start slowing down his reaction time so better simulate someone of her skill level, because Theo was a bad person to duel at a low level...for his years of experience didn't even begin to show the skill he had in the trade. He practiced far more time than anyone did in the club...he knew that for sure...even over stepping his boundaries and practicing over summer at his instructors range, mainly because his instructor was the best instructor a kid could ask for...ever.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:11 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:40 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:01 pm
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Robin 'Theo' Gibbs
House: Gryffindor{|}Dueler{|}Fifth Year
Unfortunately, his spell hit, which he didn't want to happen. The spell was a bit of a painful one and he didn't want to hurt her like that. He was just hoping that she dodged it, but she hadn't and had took the brunt of the shot to the shoulder, which pained him a bit. All he could think of was Ronna's voice telling him to simmer down a bit, which he already planned on doing. When the girl casted the Knockback Jinx, he slowed himself, not wanting to take this shot to the chest, but he was going to have to.
He watched the spell's light travel to him very fast, and as much as he wanted to jump out of the way of it, he knew in his head that he was to count off one second before he did so. And he did that. He counted one second and as the spell came flying toward him, he jumped out of the way, but the spell's light grazed his shoulder and knocked him to the side slightly, causing him to fall over. "There you go!" he said to her, now promptly sitting up on the ground. "Keep doing that. The reason why that spell was much more powerful than the others was because you demonstrated proper technique and command over the spell. You must always command your spells and not let the spell command you," he said to her, giving her a thumbs up. He actually never was hit by a knockback jinx before and quite frankly, he didn't like it...all the reason to give it all against an older wizard.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:17 pm
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