Secret Blossom Ball Event Finished

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Over on the dance floor, @Willow Anderson had been exposed with a lumos. Although @Vladimir Athanatos' bag was at her feet, it was clear she had been the one in possession of it. The boy aimed a well-placed kick at the girl (rolled 18 disadvantage), only slightly hindered by @Flash Holmwood's attempt at protecting her. She would take 200 damage from the kick of the upperclassmen (rolled 11 to avoid)

Perhaps this was serving as a distraction, though, because @Selim Faust suddenly appeared in the group asking for access to Vlad's bag. The boy wasted no time in yanking the bag open and peering inside. Selim would see the following:

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1 set of school clothes
1 large, soft-ball sized phial filled with an unknown substance
3 empty mason jars
1 doll that vaguely resembles Marion Davenport
1 blanket, plaid. One side flannel, the other a plastic-like

It is clear that there are more contents in the bag underneath the blanket, but these are the only things currently visible without further investigation (an action).

Over by the stands, @Tyranni Whitehorn had possession of @Victor Moore's bag. She intended to get it somewhere safe, but @Arlo Reynolds wouldn't stand for the theft. Tyranni demanded to know the contents before letting the boy have the bag back, but @Marion Davenport was tired of being questioned by everyone. She whipped out her wand (rolled 25) and aimed it at Tyranni (rolled 10).

"Petrificus Totalus!"

Tyranni's arms and legs would snap together and she would fall to the ground, allowing Arlo the access he needed to the bag. As he went to grab it, @Thora Larkston would snatch the other side of it. Alas, the tiny Arlo (rolled 22) would somehow gain the upperhand and rip it from Thora's grasp (rolled 18), now able to drag it away if he chose to. @Bridget Collins, meanwhile, would attempt to blind the blonde girl who had petrified her friend. Bridget cast the blindfolding charm at Marion (rolled 17), but Marion easily evaded the spell (rolled 22).

@Anastasia Beckett hatched a "brilliant" plan as she saw a mosp barreling towards her trio of friends. She grabbed the incredibly heavy vase of flowers and shouted insults at the nearby mosps before taking off running. Just a moment later, she successfully set the flowers on fire (20 at disadvantage). None of the mosps above flew near her, though, clearly put off by the deadly flames. And just as the flowers took to the flame of her wand, Anastasia tripped over the dress she had yet to rip apart. Balancing an extremely heavy vase with one hand had proved to be too much as she was running.

As the vase of roses soared through the air, it landed with little-to-no damage on the grass that had somehow regained its soft and muddy quality. The vase of roses was now a fair bit away from the girl who previously held and ran with them. Speaking of- Anastasia Beckett was now engulfed in flames, screaming in pain on the ground. It was almost as if she had spontaneously combusted as she tripped. The damage was critical as her skin and dress were enveloped by the flames (causing 240 damage). What had she done to deserve such a fate? Pricking her finger against her friend's wishes? Holding onto the roses without knowing the whole story? Multiple actions, perhaps?

@Astrea Soleil Neptune and @Ivy Bellamy would have seen the whole ordeal - Ana casting incendio, tripping over her dress, the vase going flying, and the princess suddenly combusting into flames. Even though @May Moonstar failed to cast lumos, the light of Ana's burning body was plenty to see by.

Anastasia's screams attracted the attention of her friend @Rafael D'Spacito, who made his way over (quite slowly and painfully thanks to the fight he'd just been part of). He cast the extinguishing charm, but it seemed his injuries were too distracting and the light of his wand indicated a failed cast (rolled 5). Another girl came barreling in Ana's direction, hoping to help her. @Lark Flaer cast the same charm, but suffered the same fate as Rafael. Her charm failed to cast (rolled 13, dc 14), perhaps because she was distracted by how beautiful the girl looked - even while she was on fire. Her friend @Allister-Jameson MacAllister kept an eye out for anything that might attack during their efforts, but it seemed the mosps were steering clear of the area.

Elsewhere, @Victor Moore was still tending to his petrified date. He cast the countercurse (rolled 20) and successfully released her from her petrification. @Wren Caster did not immediately move, though - in fact, it seemed like she was stuck in a trance. If one were to look into her eyes, they'd see a vision of her kissing Victor and thanking him, but that's all it was - a daydream. By the time she was able to move, her beloved was already gone and on his way towards the stands and his friend Marion. He hadn't made it very far, though, when he was suddenly engulfed in flames. The scream he let out would rattle people to their core as he took a critical amount of damage (240 damage). Would anyone come to his rescue?

Wren herself would take 60 damage from the flower suddenly igniting on her ear. That's probably what snapped her out of her daydream.

Over in yet another abandoned area of the ball, a Hufflepuff girl know as @Maria Dee would have the idea to light some of the flowers on fire to attract the mosps. They were like moths, right? As she turned her wand on a cluster of flowers floating in midair (because there are no bushes here), she called out incendio! Unfortunately for her, the spell would not go as planned (rolled natural 1). It seemed that her wand had been backwards when she cast (perhaps she had gotten mixed up from the panic of the ball). A jet of flame ignited from the end of the wand, burning her hand/arm and dealing 110 damage to herself.

@Erin Ryan and @Thomas Lestrange were still in a battle to the death (figuratively speaking). Neither one wanted to back down from the fight, so they quickly geared up for their next actions. @Ruka Tân appeared at the edge of their vision, his torch lighting the fight enough to grant them visibility. @Jack Burnett was faster than all of them, though, and inserted himself between the purple-haired girl and Thomas before they launched into their attacks. Jack's attempt to immobilize Thomas (auto-evasion 92) would fail, and he would be victim to the dropkick meant for Erin (Thomas 21 vs Jack 9). Jack took 140 damage as he fell to the ground. Erin (rolled 22) narrowly avoided getting hit by Jack (rolled 19), but she managed it nonetheless. Her next move was to attack Thomas (rolled 16), but he would jump over (rolled 22) the sweep of her leg that would've led to her having the upper hand.

Ruka would attempt to stop the fighting by immobilizing Erin from the sidelines. As he called his spell, a burly boy by the name of @Oliver Hart appeared at Erin's side and successfully cast protego (rolled 17). Ruka's spell (rolled 16) hit the invisible shield with a spark of color, and very narrowly missed rebounding onto the torch-bearer himself.

Fifth mosp

This red mosp would descend on the dance floor group, uncaring of the chaos happening among the occupants. Its proboscis would flail in the direction of @Opeila Seilun and it would begin to target her specifically. Before it could get close to the fragrant-haired girl, it was suddenly set alight with a burning sensation. Willow Anderson had successfully cast incendio (rolled 22) at the mosp (rolled 12), and caused 110 damage to the winged creature. Despite the cast, the mosp was not on fire and it angrily turned its attention to the blonde. With its enormous stingers, it went in for the kill. Perhaps it was literally blinded by rage, though, because its attack went wide (natural 1), completely missing the girl and her protector Flash Holmwood. Its stinger launched itself into the dance floor tiles, getting itself stuck in between two of the tiles and stuck there for the next round of actions. It buzzed furiously, clearly unhappy with this turn of events.

Sixth mosp

This huge purple mosp continued to ruffle around in the boutonnieres box. Several students had taken notice of its proximity to the entrance/exit of the ball. Despite this, @Cassandra Ironwoods was among the first to risk it and run straight past, successfully exiting the ball. The mosp hardly batted a wing when she left.

Seventh mosp

This red mosp was zoning in on the floral centrepiece of a table when it narrowly missed being hit by a cup (thrown by @Lizzie Verdine - rolled 9 vs mosp 21). Its yellow eyes would scan the area the cup had come from and, seeing nothing, would continue its descent. Just before landing between two girls (@Crystal Jagger and @Mildred Wilson), the latter of the two picked up a glass bottle of Yoohoo and chucked it at the mosp (rolled 16). The large beast was too slow (rolled 11) to avoid the projectile and was hit square in the face, taking 20 damage. Of course, it grew agitated by this. One of the girls (Crystal) ran from the scene. The other girl was not quite so lucky, and the mosp flailed its proboscis in her direction before descending with increased speed, its stingers aiming straight for her (rolled 18).

Mildred (rolled 10) would take 106 damage as the mosp's stinger pierced her chest. It would not pierce through the other side, but it was far enough for there to be an explosion of pain as the venom took root. The pain would cause Mildred to have reduced instincts in the coming battle should she choose to continue to fight. She would definitely be bleeding quite a bit as the mosp flew back into the air, prepared to descend once more for a second attack.

Eighth mosp

This mosp originally had its sights set on a girl by the dance floor (@Macie Winkle), but projectiles were being thrown at it. Something sweet hit its butt and did 4 damage (Atlas 23 vs Mosp 20), and the mosp turned its ugly head towards the buffet tables as another projectile was thrown. A cupcake hit its wing (Ethen 19 vs Mosp 9) this time, causing another 4 damage as it regained its balance in the air. Even though it wasn't really hurt, the red mosp was clearly agitated and changed targets. Its new aim was the two Hufflepuffs throwing cupcakes. Rather than going for the girl (@Atlas Reid), the mosp aimed its stingers in the direction of the boy (@Ethen Emrys). However, the boy was fast on his feet and dodged out of the way at the last second (mosp 17 vs ethen 24). No matter. The mosp rose back into the air in preparation of another attack.

Ninth mosp

@Aaron Jones' attempt at a spectacular hook kick (rolled 5) fell short when he misjudged the mosp's location in the air. The mosp (rolled 21) navigated slightly to the left and evaded the boy, but it ran smack dab into the swing of a music stand. @Lydia Cooper (rolled 20 vs mosp 8 ) dealt a whopping 40 damage to the flying beast. It let out a rattling noise, probably unlike anything the two Hufflepuffs had heard before. It turned its stinger on its assailant and went in for the attack (rolled 13). Lydia was quick on her feet, though, and dodged out of its way (rolled 14). Once again, the mosp let out an odd sound as it raised back into the air for another attack.

Tenth mosp

This purple mosp would be minding its own business, happily occupied with a floral centrepiece on one of the many tables. When a flash of light narrowly missed the mosp (Katrina 15 vs Mosp 21), its yellow eyes would zone in on the source (@Katrina Walker). Although not normally aggressive, it was clear that the girl had been intending the mosp harm. Rather than wait for the next attack, the purple mosp rose into the air and beelined for the girl with its stingers extended. Unfortunately for her (rolled 14), the mosp had an aim irrelevant to her height (rolled 21). It's stinger cut into part of her ear, causing 86 damage and a bit of bleeding. Her ear would feel like it was on fire as the venom set in, reducing her accuracy and evasion for the next round. The mosp would raise into the air and look at the group around her, prepared for another attack.

Eleventh mosp

This red mosp (rolled 11) would ignore the flash of light sent its way by @Evelynn Decipio (rolled 8 ) in favor of following the floral scent of a boy. He had entered the dance floor, where there were several more scents pleasing the mosp. At the sight of its comrade in battle, though, the mosp would grow agitated and descend its stinger into the most fragrant of the bunch. At the last second, though, Flash Holmwood (rolled 23) seemed to notice its attack and dodged out of the way (always making sure that Willow was properly protected). Growing further agitated, the red mosp would fly up high again and try for another attacking descent.

Twelfth mosp

This angry red mosp almost made it to the bouquet of roses when someone decided to grab them and run (Anastasia Beckett). When she set them on fire, the mosp seemed to lose all interest. The fragrant smell of the roses was mixed with the deadly warning of smoke. Agitated by the loss of its prey, the mosp would turn its yellow eyes onto the person lingering at the table (@Dale Kurt) that previously housed the flowers. He must've been around them for a while, because he smelled just like them. Well, he even looked like them! The mosp (rolled 16) descended its stinger into its new target, flailing its proboscis at the smell of the red roses surrounding him. Dale (rolled 9) would take 133 damage as the stingers pierced his shoulder, almost poking out the other side. As the mosp retreated, it would leave a bleeding wound behind that stung from its venom, impairing the boy's ability to concentrate.

Thirteenth mosp

Before the mosp could successfully attach itself to the boy holding a bunch of flowers (@Hanako Tone), several others appeared. @Percival Rainwood attempted to rouse his friend from his screaming state but was unsuccessful as Hanako resisted Percival's attempt to get him to hide. @Kara Capricorn had also appeared with a source of light. @Althea Valdean joined the group as well. Before the mosp could make up its mind on who it wanted to target, the children were rescued by an upperclassmen who cast his wand upon the mosp. @Adam Harringtom attempted to sever the mosp's wings, but failed in his cast (rolled 13, dc 14) when he tried to do the two parts separately. His intent was clearly full of malice to the mosp, who descended on him with stingers outstretched. Perhaps the mosp (rolled 19) was distracted by the other children freaking out, though, because it hardly knicked Adam (rolled 8 ) through the leg of his suit - leaving hardly a scratch and 27 damage. There was no burn or lingering effect from the wound.

Fourteenth mosp

This mosp had been attracted by the flower in Wren's hair, but now that it was on fire, it chose to steer clear. Instead, it reacted to a sound coming from the other side of the pitch. Immediately, it flew and joined its ally calling for it over by the stage. Two children stood there, one clutching a music stand and smelling quite divine. The mosp (rolled 9) would beeline towards @Lydia Cooper (rolled 18), who would skillfully dodge out of the way.

Fifteenth mosp Philipe

This purple mosp - henceforth known as Philipe - seemed quite content to be hovering in the air, lazily drifting back and forth. When its comrade @Piérre Marchonné was successfully alley-ooped in the direction of the magic castle, Philipe turned to the two others on the broom (@Evelynn Decipio and @Charlie Woodward) and began gravitating towards them.

Piérre Marchonné successfully left the ball

Sixteenth mosp

This mosp would take a special interest in the arrival of @Søren Silverwood and @Calanthe Choi. Its proboscis flailed in their direction, and its yellow eyes watched curiously as the girl dropped something from her broom. Something... fragrant. The purple mosp would dive after the item and join the fray down below. The item landed squarely at the feet of @Vincent d'Arque , which is where the mosp itself now landed. Its huge yellow eyes lingered on the wizard before flailing its proboscis at the ground, touching the boutonierre that Calanthe had dropped.

Calanthe Choi and Søren Silverwood successfully leave the ball

Twenty-first mosp

Another purple mosp had made its appearance, attracted to one of the many floral bouquets decorating the tables. This one chose to land at the table close to @Thomas Lestrange and @Erin Ryan, flailing its proboscis at the centerpiece.

Up in the air above the ball, @Janet Jackson was on a broom with @Ariana Walker, and was casting spells to signal help from the professors. Unfortunately, her lacking understanding of these spells (and her attempt to do more than one) would cause a disastrous effect on the two of them. The sparks of her failed cast would blind herself and Ariana (-2 ACC/EVA for 1 round).

@Rosie Parker would cast lumos (rolled natural 20) and a huge ball of light would appear at the end of her wand.

@Alexx Séverin would, unfortunately, fail to cast lumos (rolled 11).

@Alexis Asterion's lumos would fail (lumos is not in trunk).

On the bright side, it seemed something was happening up above. The candles began to flicker again, but this time, they were flickering into life as if they knew they were needed. The candles that had gone out reignited now, and the ones that had grown weak suddenly grew into strong flames again. Light was once again restored to the ball, allowing everyone to see everything. The gorgeous decorations were once again visible, although they were now marred by the occasional vampyr mosps.

Rafael D'Spacito Health: 420/1000 Status: N/A	Wren Caster Health: 540/600 Status: N/A
Vladimir Athanatos Health: 775/1000 Status: N/A	Aurelia Notresvace Health: 0 Status: Knocked Out
Victor Moore Health: 160/400 Status: On Fire (2 rounds)	Anastasia Beckett Health: 260/500 Status: On Fire (2 rounds)
Mildred Wilson Health: 294/400 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)	Adam Harringtom Health: 1173/1200 Status: N/A
Willow Anderson Health: 400/600 Status: N/A	Dale Kurt Health: 867/1000 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)
Katrina Walker Health: 514/600 Status: Stung (-1 ACC/EVA)	Jack Burnett Health: 360/500 Status: N/A
Maria Dee Health: 590/700 Status: N/A	Tyranni Whitehorn Health: 900/900 Status: Petrified (3 rounds)

The next moderation post will take place in one week (5/25). If interacting with a mosp, please clarify which one.
Note: If you are currently engaged with a mosp, your movement to another area (thread) will be considered an attempt (meaning you cannot post in another thread until a mod post says you were successful in escaping).

Interacting| @Vincent d'Arque
Mentioning| @Cassandra Ironwoods

Action| Nothing. Santario could be coaxed to leave if someone decided to grab her and start dragging her along.

Chaos, while some students were fleeing the Quidditch pitch, Jorah was choosing to run inside. He had to find Jack. Running past the boutonniere box, Jorah got a close up of how terrifying massive these creatures were. The looming insect was over a foot long with a stinger half a foot in length. Jorah ran past the mosp, too afraid to see if it was now pursuing him. He swerved left and right around the individual battles. Circling around the pitch, he scanned every face for a sign of Jack. No... no...no. He's not here. Had he left already, should I do the same? He had failed his last date at the Masquerade. Jorah and Ruthie had both suffered from his failure. Jorah wasn't about to let that happen a second time, he couldn't leave until he found Jack.

Looking up at the spectator stands towering above, he could see more students. Could he be there? Maybe, but why would Jack be waiting for me up there. And if so which tower? The last place he might be is the changing room, maybe Jack never made it out here yet. Jorah resolved to give the changing room a quick look. If he couldn't find him there, then he'd have to try elsewhere. With that he ran towards the changing rooms.

Action: exiting, moving to changing room

I'm an idiot. I'm an idiot. I'm an idiot. Katrina's own words echoed relentlessly in her head as the reality of her mistake finally settled in. Fear gripped her pounding heart and froze the blood in her veins. Never in her life had she ever been as scared as she was right now.

It was bad enough the fact that her spell had failed and that at least four people were watching. But the murderous gleam in the mosp's eyes as it turned to face her was enough to frighten even the strongest of people. Fate was surely against her now.

There wasn't time to brace herself as the huge bug raised itself and charged strait at her face. Katrina hardly had the time to turn her face away as it plunged its stinger right into her ear. She gasped in pain, jumping away from the bug and falling on the ground. Her entire head was throbbing and pulsing and felt as if it were on fire. Each of her racing heartbeats rushed the poison through her veins.

Katrina held in sobs somehow made it to her feet. The world tilted dangerously with her fast movements. If only she could remember what the poison did, then she could be better prepared. Her chest constricted painfully and each breath was shorter and faster with fear.

Through, now gasping, breaths, Katrina spoke to River and most likely everyone around her, "I-I'm gonna be f-fine. We need to r-run,,"

Katrina raised a shaky hand to her ear and yelped at her own gentle touch. When she looked back at her hand, she found it was bloody. This was not good. Hopefully the fact that her ear was so close to her brain would not make the poison worse, everything that could go wrong raced to the front of her brain and trapped the 12-year-old in a state of fear.

"We need to run," Katrina's voice was adamant now, almost as if she was trying to convince herself. Though, at this point, she probably was.

Katrina didn't turn from the bug, although now it was flying threateningly above them. Instead of looking away, she backed away slowly. Her thoughts muddled as the pain in her ear was almost too much to bear. It was fine if she got hurt, but if anyone else got hurt because of her- Katrina knew she couldn't stand it. With that steely fact in her pained mind, Katrina grew more stubborn.

"I will watch your back, run, please! I would rather get hurt worse than see any of you getting hurt because of me," Obviously the poison had done something to her mind, because Katrina would have never admitted that out loud. Possibly it was just the amount of crazy adrenaline that had elicited the truth.

"Run," Katrina hissed at River, pleading eyes, "HEY BUGGO, BETCHU CAN'T CATCH ME AGAIN!" Katrina ran away from River waving her hands wildly in the air hopefully luring the beast in her direction. She raised her wand, crazy determination in her eyes. I won't let anyone else get hurt because of me. With every ounce of lunacy that was left within her Katrina called out "NOT A FAN OF SMOKE MOSPIE? FUMOS!"

Action: Being an idiot some more and hopefully luring Mosp 10 away from others and casting Smokescreen Spell at it (because I'm not sure what else to do...)
Interacting with: @River Dewlight @Alexis Asterion @Elsian Cox @Logan Baird
Mentioning: The Blossomball Peeps
Abilities: Perfectionist
Color: 80BFBF

Interacting with @Jack Burnett @Thomas Lestrange @Erin Ryan
Mentioning @Oliver Hart

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Stats
Stamina: 7 ~ Evasion: 8 ~ Strength: 4 ~ Wisdom: 8 ~ Arcane Power: 6 ~ Accuracy: 7

Abilities
The Muggle Condition

Outfit Reference
Top

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Jeans

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Shoes

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|Action|
Free Action as confirmed by Mods
Making a second Torch and handing it to Thomas
Offering to help Jack off the Ground
Thinking everyone is an Idiot

Actions:
Passive Action: Be on fire and in lots of pain
Active Action: Stop, drop, and roll (really more writhe in pain and flop like a flaming fish, but I'm gonna let her have this)

TLDR: Ana catches on fire and is in lots of pain, contemplates her own mortality, tries to stop, drop, and roll.

Interacting:
@Logan Baird, @Katrina Walker, @River Dewlight, @Alexis Asterion
(Mosp #10)

He flinched a bit as the others spell flew past the gruesome pest, causing the damned thing to turn its attention towards their group of four. Apparently not a fan of being threatened it seemed to focus on the other Gryffindor, cutting into her ear with its stinger and honestly they were probably lucky it hadn't had better aim.

Yet that was a option he was not keen on staying around to act out. No thank you.

At her words he perked up a bit, eyes narrowing as the tone of voice went from breathless to sounding...sure, in a way that was rarely ever good when he heard someone say it. Especially from his house.

"Yeah, so lets run. Now," he urged, taking a few steps away from where the Mosp had begun to hover eyeing the group. As if daring them to try something which they would, they would leave that is. Leave the damn thing and the others be unless they were hostile towards them and Merlin if the universe didn't agree with this plan since it was then that he noticed the candles begin to flicker, as if dying all over again only to suddenly brighten. Painting their surrounding in wonderful normal light. Yet even as he began to move, taking a glance towards Logan and the other girls, tilting his head to the exit that was much easier to see now with a, "shall we?", it seemed it would not be that easy.

When was it ever?

"Are you daft?"he snarled in hushed tones towards his house mate, "absolutely not! Lets all leave and not make the giant bug possibly angrier and make it chase us down!" it was a battle to keep his voice level, an uphill fight to not slap the girl in an attempt to make her have some common sense!

He turned to the other girl, the ginger, River?

"you're her friend right? Talk some sense into her!" he pleaded quietly, quite sure she had a better chance of guilt tripping one of his housemates into running than a total stranger.

Of course it was just natural that the stroke of good luck of the lights coming back on would be balanced out by Katrina shouting at the pest!

"Stop!" he hissed, instantly going to grab at the others arm not holding her wand to try and drag her away just as she lifted her wand. Noble in the worst possible situation. Though even worse the fact that he somewhat understood what she was trying to do.

'Disgusting kind' he amended in his head. Those types of people always ended up way more hurt than they should be...

"Don't!" he yelped, voice changing from the low tone of voice to one of panic as she taunted it with way more bravery than he felt she should have after being stung by it.

God why was Hogwarts parties so cursed?

Free Action-
Trying to talk Katrina out of hitting and running at her own expense //
contemplating just getting the others to drag Katrina, the mad lad, outta there by force //

Open for interactions

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Ability : Perfectionist
Movement : Trying to lead everyone the the entrance, away from mosp #10.

Interacting with:
@Allister-Jameson MacAllister and @Anastasia Beckett

Why? Why was this happening again. Maybe it was the ghost of memories of the last ball crashing repeatedly against her skull wanting to burst out and fill her body. Maybe the rush of adrenaline causing her to stutter the incantation towards the start of the word. Either way, only a short sputter of light released itself from the tip of her wand.


"No..No!" Lark snapped shaking her wrist, wand still held tight in her hand. She glared down at it half pleading and half enraged. Why wasn't it listening to her? Her best friend's voice yelling beside her drowned out the screams for a second. The girl still burning in front of her seemed to writhe in pain as Lark stared down at her helplessly. This wasn't … happening.. not again. Once more she stood helpless as those around her suffered. A dense weight pressed down on her, squeezing the air from her lungs as the smell of burnt hair tickled her senses and caused a small swell of bile to rise in the back of the young girl's throat. An inky black color swept over her once silvery locks, the same way a shrouded look clouded her eyes. A voice slithered it's way into the Ravenclaw and constricted her muscles.

You're useless.
Screams still filtered through the air around her.
Nothing. You can't even help this girl.
The flames that were consuming the body just inches from her feet flickered in the Ravenclaw's stare.
Useless.

The heat radiating from the girl lying in front of her nipped at Lark's dress and warmed her shins. The ball she hadn't seen...smelled anyone burning, just the room. Let alone been privy to any of the more chaotic fight with the half-giants. 'Useless' She had been knocked out… Yet, here she was frozen, any surge of adrenaline that had overtaken her drained from her just like the color from her face.

"I..I"Muttering under her breath, throat drying up as some deeper section of her mind tried to scramble to cover up what Lark was seeing. Trying to process and box it up but fumbling to put the lid on the images, feelings, emotions… instead everything spilling over and only dragging her deeper into a stupor.

Actions Losing herself in some strange PTSD thoughts. (Will plan on casting Extinguo at Ana Beckett next post - awaiting some dialogue for char dev.)