Kurumi's cheeks were flushed and she wished that she could blame the healthy glow on account of her being tired from paddling. Nope. Not to much. Kurumi was rather embarrassed by the route which she had taken around the pole and it didn't help that some of the water had still be rippling as she had proceeded back to her team. Maaaaaaybe...no one had seen?

Doubtful.

Kurumi ended up blushing even MORE when a younger Hufflepuff called her Gryffindor Prefect and Kurumi pushed her bangs down over her face absently as if she were trying to hide herself but there really was no point. So, waddling over to the girl while watching the rest of her team proceed, Kurumi lowered her voice to speak to her. "I-It's Kurumi," she said cheeks still very flushed. So, no more Gryffindor Prefect, okay? Please?

Cheering and clapping as her team continued their efforts, Kurumi was also repeating the incantation over and over in her head while she hit the handle of her paddle against the ground. B sound...not V...NO wait...other way around. V sound not B...

And then it seemed like it was her turn again and Kurumi internally groaned. Still, her teammates were counting on her and, sigh, as an older student she needed to set an example. Or something like that. Maybe she could just mentally play off her first time around the pole as demonstrating what not to do?

Taking several deep breathes, Kurumi approached the shore and drew her wand. Breathe...juuuuuuuust breathe.... "Vegrandis Navis," she said, taking care to place proper emphasis where it was needed. Kurumi almost didn't realize that her accent hadn't gotten in the way this time until she had a coracle transfigured right in front of her. Oh, yay! Promptly pushing it into the water, Kurumi's adrenaline was pumping so much that she sort of leaped into the round boat and her paddle was in the water before anyone could say cookies.

Her course was still very much a zig zag this time as well, but her sweeping figure eight strokes were much more fluid that before. Progress...it was all about progress. As the pole approached her heart felt as though it were pumping pure adrenaline through her veins and she reached up to grab a ribbon when....oops...she gliiiiiiiiiiiided right underneath it and just barely touched it with her fingers.

Cure her and her vertical challenged-ness!

Jabbing her paddle into the water, Kurumi managed to make a wide U-turn and double back while making short strokes on either side to bring herself to a stop underneath it. Laying the paddle across the coracle, Kurumi slowly...veeeeeeeeeery slowly began to stand up with her arms out on either side for balance. Knees bent and the coracle rocking back and forth so much that the sixth year knew too much leaning to one side could cost her, she lifted her right hand up until it clasped around the ribbon and she tugged...

"Oh thank Merlin," she gasped when the ribbon came free and she practically collapsed back down into sitting position. Water splashed over the edges a bit, but it wasn't anything to be concerned about - save for her robes getting a little wet. Adrenaline pumping through her small frame so much that her ears were throbbing, Kurumi's paddling became more intense as she made her way back to the shore where she leaped out of the coracle and spriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinted back to her team with the ribbon clutched in her hands.

"Who wants the last ribbon?!" she chirped looking at her team before spotting the next person and tagging their hand. "Go get it!"