Round 3:

This is a three way duel!

BEGIN!

((Are we allowed to bring...extra things into the arena?))

A three-way duel, huh? James calmly stepped into the ring, the wand in his real hand, his alchemic arm itching for action. James' mind was already buzzing with strategies, and his eyes carefully analyzed the dueling area. His two opponents were Keith Nicholas and Aminia Lestrange. He did not know much about Aminia, but Keith was a prankster. His abilities were probably centered around Charms and Transfiguration. Keith was young, and naive. He was, however, annoying, and James had no qualms putting him down.

As he stepped towards the center of the dueling ring, he looked about, expecting his opponents to enter the ring.

OoC:Keith, same rules apply...so...no...

((Aw. Sad. I really wanted for Keith to makeshift pepper spray someone. Oh well.))

Keith strolled lazily into the arena, his hands behind his head and his elbows sticking out. His wand was stuck in his pocket, and he had just spent the better part of three hours listening to eye of the tiger. He was about as ready for this thing as he was ever going to be.

He had fought Amina in the first duel, but he had had Arthur watching his back there. Things would be significantly tougher this time around. She didn't have any specialties, as far as Keith could figure out, but she was far older and far more dangerous tan him.

He knew about James. Imperium squad, avid dueler, and alchemist whiz. That arm was dangerous as f**ck, as keith had seen at the party, and he was apparently able to channel electric current through it, and it had been doing some pretty funky shapeshifting when the Slytherin had drawn a sword on him. Luckily for Keith, he had been doing a hell of a lot of research (he wasn't placed in Ravenclaw for nothing you know) and had even spoken with Amelia and Majere on the upper level of alchemy to ascertain just how to handle the older boy.

Yeah. You could say he was ready.

((OOC: Yeah, you're not supposed to weapons beyond your wand. For example, I can't use my Alchemic arm in this duels. [Reads Keith's Post] lol. Nice timing))

"Hello Keith," James grinned warily. He offered the younger boy his real hand. "So I guess we both made to this round. Let's have a clean and fair duel."

((Since Amina hasn't shown up yet I decided to go ahead and start. She can jump in when/if she comes in.))

Keith eyed James distrustfully. "Sure..." He muttered, not bothering to raise his hand to the older boy. Clean, fair duels were for people who didn't really want to win, at least in his opinion. The day he did exactly what the rules aloud him to do was the day muggles put a man on the moon. For real too, not some crap special effects job done in Arizona.

Keith walked to his end of the arena and pulled out his wand. The stiff piece of wood hummed quietly against his fingers, almost itching to be used. Keith grinned.

The bell rang.

Keith immediately rolled to the left, a quick move to push James off balance. As he came up, he snapped his wand towards the older boy, a quick bark sending a burst of blue and white fire spiraling from the end of his wand. It was a standard tactic of Keith. Bluebell fire would't actually hurt James, but it would knock him off balance, at least in theory. It doesn't matter who you are, a giant blast of fire headed at your face is going to make you pause and consider your options, if only for a moment. A moment Keith could use.

As soon as the fire stopped coming, he flicked his wand again, whispering "Expelliarmus". The spell slid quietly into the flames, the distinctive blue and white hiding the brief flash of red.

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Bluebell fire- Harmless fire. Aimed at James
Expelliarmus- Disarming spell. Whispered. Aimed at James directly after bluebell fire.

"Lumos sollem" James said, his instincts kicking in, and his wand twitching at Keith. At this rate, the both of them would be blinded, eliminating the advantage Keith would have while James ducked out of the fire. Keith was indeed one to use his advantages carefully. He was indeed smart to develop strategies that would trigger such physical reactions. James had to duck and roll in order to quell his natural inclination, and take aim at Keith. At the same time. Not an easy task, but one James was more than capable of performing. He leaped to his feet once more as his adjusted to the shadows of the room, wand at the ready.

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Lumos sollem- emits large, very bright ray of light, directly in Keith's face.

Keith knew James was quick. The guy was hell on wheels when it came to duels, and looked like what Keith's father would call "as straight A student at the school of hard knocks." So he had honestly expected James to throw a spell his way before the fire startled him into moving.

He just hadn't expected it to be that fast.

The beam of light hit Keith in the face, triggering a startled "Ack!" from the younger boy. He hit the ground back first, his legs still pumping uselessly. Stars danced wildly in his field of vision, and he only dimly remembered to begin rolling like crazy. No point in giving James an open shot.

After he managed to get most of the functionality of his eyes back, he rolled into a kneeling position, bringing his wand to bear. His right arm, which held his wand, was steadied with his left arm, which was perpendicular to it forming a sort of cross. "Serpensortia!" He shouted, and with a puff of smoke, a literal snake shot out of the end of his wand.

It was one of the nastier spells Keith had learned in preparation for the duel, and the snake was most definitely poisonous. It had put Keith in the Hospital Wing (twice) before he had correctly gotten the spell down.
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Serpensortia- Summons a snake

"Repello" James responded. He was surprised by the spell the boy had used. The snake hissed and beared its fangs as James' spell hurled it back towards Keith. He did not hesitate, however, to cast "Expelliarmus" at Keith, though he doubted it would connect.

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Relashio- Repulsion curse.
Expelliarmus- Disarming spell