In the Middle of It (Event)

You're walking through a secluded grove when you hear voices. You go to investigate only to find a pair of wands pointing at your face; one on your right, the other on your left.

Looks like you've stumbled into the middle of an informal, unregulated duel - a very bad place for an innocent bystander to be! Is there a way to keep from getting fried?

Options:

• 1. Insight/Observation vs 9: Look around for something that might make survival easier to manage.

Success: unlock option 3, choose again
Failure: no effect, choose again

• 2. Strength/Endurance vs 5: Grit your teeth and take the hit.

Success: Expand Society - Willpower +1 SS
Failure: Expand Stress +1

• 3. Finesse/Athletics vs 3: Execute a stunningly athletic leap and save yourself.

Success: Expand Athletics - Competition +1 SS
Failure: Expand Athletics - Competition -1 SS

• 4. Intelligence/Negation vs 6: Shield yourself from the onslaught with your own magic.

Success: Expand Negation - Negation Methods +1 SS
Failure: Expand Stress +2

• 5. Intelligence/Geometry vs 7: Calculate the spell trajectory and make the perfect dodge.

Success: Expand Geometry - Geometric Laws +1 SS
Failure: Expand Stress +1