Auror and YATI Survival Test
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Anyone wanna work with us? :3 Surprisingly, she wasn't all that phased by this whole no magic thing as she could otherwise be. This was like....camping, but without the big tents and the intention of staying put for the night. Sure, camping went a hell of a lot smoother with magic but the challenge was good too and getting your own hands dirty was never a bad thing. Lex looked about her surroundings for a moment, perfectly at ease in the forest (having a house in the middle of a forest helped with that). Looking down at the map, it became very clear that she had no idea where she currently was. Hard to find a point of reference on the map when all you could see were trees as far as the eye could see. "Hmm." She'd just have to create a point of reference then. Follow the sun's directions. By the looks of it, the main goal was to head south. If she kept heading south, she'd eventually get to a place where she'd be better able to help herself. The young woman glanced toward the sky, already mentally mapping the cardinal points and which fit where based on what the sun happened to be doing at the moment. |
Old Grimsby -- outskirts, beach-bound The sudden drop to the ground caught Frankie by surprise, which resulted in him hitting the ground. Hard. His fists balled up, tearing up some grass, as he kept himself from yelling out select choice words. In theory he always thought travelling by Portkey was the worst method to use, but now it was a fact. The blond was certain that a nasty bruise on his leg was developing. Thanks, Muir. Now ... where in Merlin's beard was he? Pushing himself off the ground, albeit a little sore from the fall, he took in his surroundings. Instinct prompted him to pull out his wand as he took in the field of tall grass he was standing in and a road up ahead, but he knew that magic wasn't supposed to be used in this scenario. It made him feel vulnerable, easy to attack. So he wasted no time in stepping forward. If anything or anyone were to attack, he'd make use of his fist. Maybe a foot. Minutes passed by. So far, far good. It was just him and the space around him. Regardless, he remained alert. Eyes flicked left and right, his body occasionally swung around to make sure nothing was following him, he even paused to listen for any odd movements. All he could hear was the rustle of overgrown grass and, in the distance, the gentleness of waves. He was moving toward the water, taking that as a sign of getting out of wherever he was. Eventually, he came upon a path -- going northward, he assumed, would have taken him to a beach whereas the other would have taken him elsewhere, though where the latter would take him he wasn't too sure about. There were a line of trees in the distance that could have been blocking any major, recognizable landmarks. So he just continued northward, toward the beach. If anything, it'd be a starting point. |
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His footsteps changed as he went from walking on tall grass to a dirt road and then sand. Even though the beach was nice and everything was out in the open, it still left his question of where he was unanswered. All he could see before him was water and little islands in the distance, of which he certainly was not going to swim over to. Only Merlin knew what would be waiting for him there. That was when the sound of a few voices caught his attention. Down the beach, there were people. Squinting his eyes, he made the assumption that they were a family. A Muggle one at that. They seemed relatively normal, non-threatening, and could be a good source of information. "Good afternoon," he said, flashing a friendly smile at them after approaching. "Great day for a day at the beach, isn't it?" There was a bit of a pause afterward before he spoke again. "So ... I'm a tourist and am not very familiar with the area. Lost my map and have been wandering around for hours now. Is there a town nearby that I could grab a quick bite and get my sense of direction in check?" |
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Sky of trees, that was. The former Gryffindor blinked and sat up, rubbing his head and looking around to see who he had ended up with, as he was a first year YATI and had been assigned to tag along somebody more experienced. That sounded fun, in his opinion, and he still couldn't BELIEVE he was getting paid to do some awesome stuff like that. Stuff he'd do for FREE. HAH. Amazing! "Where do you reckon we are?" He asked, finally getting up and looking from Lex to their surroundings once again. A forest, obviously, but... were they supposed to know WHICH forest? Because if they were, Matt hadn't been listening and had no clue. Oops? The 19 year-old whipped his head around as he heard some twigs being snapped from behind him and went quiet for a moment, trying to hear anything specific that could tell him whether that was a creature or a human being. OOOOOOOOH, was that their test already starting? HOW AWESOME, HE COULDN'T WAIT!!! His expression was that of excitement more than worry as he watched to see what was coming towards them. |
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Rather than focus on what he could or couldn't do, the Head Auror chose to focus on the task at hand. Getting the hell out of the forest. "Here." She said, moving closer and motioning to literally the entire section of forest area because fudge if she knew where in all this overgrowth they were. "The good thing is, the forest while it extends both west and east, ends to the south. All we have to do is head tha--" What was that? Alexa's voice fizzled to a stop at the sound of snapping twigs. Whatever it was, it would be making itself known very soon. "Look alive, with any luck this might actually be something interesting." Because let's face it, a walk through the forest on it's own was nothing dangerous. Throw in some peril and you'd have her full attention. |
Text Cut: Frankie An older gentleman moved to stand up and spoke "There really tisn't much 'cept fer a store about a mile north of 'ere. Ye'll find a bite and a phone. Nearest town 'tis on the mainland." Text Cut: Matt and Lexi A cockatrice appears but doesn't appear to have sensed anyone nearby yet. |
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The former Gryffindor was following her gaze as she mentioned the forest ended to the south and when she stopped talking he also stood still, trying to figure out what it was that was heading their way. He DID have to stifle a chuckle at her words. 'Look alive,' HAHA. Man, she was hilarious! ?????????????? "The heck?" Matt whispered when he noticed it was some sort of giant chicken. Only to realise it was a COCKATRICE and MERLIN, that was no Muggle forest then. HOW EXCITING!! He was about to draw his wand out when he remembered they weren't supposed to use magic, really. Oh. Oh... How in the world would they get rid of such a dangerous Looking over at Lex, he sort of waited to see if she had any brilliant ideas, because at the moment he had none. They were given backpacks with stuff, so he wanted to check want kind of stuff he was given, hoping something might be useful for that... situation. Matt didn't want to make any abrupt - or noticeable, for that matter - moves to try and keep the Otherwise, y'know, he'd have to think of something else. Or just DO something. That idea was very tempting. |
Merlin, of course not. Lex herself could never stand to be around the overly serious business types and didn’t see any need to become the sort herself because of the promotion. They were in the middle of a forest and about to face Merlin knew what, being deadly serious would only kill the sense of adventure and she had no need for it—unless he did something stupid. Her own eyes widened at the sight of the cockatrice because how was this something to be bested by muggle means? Was the boss man trying to imply that a muggle, if faced with this oversized chicken could beat it with shear will? Hardly. Wet their pants, certainly. Die before it had a chance to kill them, believable, but fight this thing and win? Unlikely. That made it then no surprise that her first thought was to blow this thing to smithereens with a well placed confringo....until she remembered the whole no magic thing. Circe it was like being at Hogwarts all over again. Alexa looked to the YATI, catching the way his lips moved. Rope? A sheet? Well she supposed if they couldn’t blow it up they would need another solution. Hazel eyes glanced back to the cockatrice, noting that for now it still seemed unaware of their presence. Slowly, cautiously, she reached into his bag and indeed found both rope and a sheet. No sudden movements but she handed both to him, the itch to wandlessly send the giant chicken flying in all directions still very strong. She would, if whatever he planned didn’t work. She had a kid to get home to and wasn’t a muggle. She wouldn’t face a XXXXX creature, like one. |
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He gave Lex a thumbs up and slooowwwlllyyyy turned to grab both things, but was a bit surprised when she gave him both the rope and sheet and didn't keep anything for herself to use. The former Gryffindor gave her a funny look before turning his attention back to the chicken. Looking from the rope and sheet he was now holding back at the creature, Matt sloowly crouched down to start working on... to be honest, he didn't really know what. Maybe some sort of gigantic bag to try and cover the chicken with. WHO KNEW if it'd work? He didn't. He wasn't quite sure whether Lex knew it either. He didn't think so. Was she just going to watch him or what? The young man looked up at her to see what she was going to do next herself or if she was just going to wait for him to try something and then act in case he failed. It'd take him a little while to put this bag together on his own, see, as he wasn't really a Muggle scout and was only making things up as he went. Merlin, Muggle living was hard work. |
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