Stacey-Ann took the poles and put them into place and said "Of course i am, used to play at school myself was a seeker until a bad accident put an end to my qudditch career"

"An accident?" Frida said and pulled her bag closer to her. "I'm sorry to hear that...at least you didn't lose more than a career."
What a shame though, missing out on an opportunity to play professionally. But at the mention of 'accident', Frida's mind thought of her brother. Perhaps if an accident prior to leaving school had happened he would still be around.

She unclipped the latch to her bag and peeked inside. Frida's own tent was there...though it was much easier to set up than Stacey's seemed to be; at least that's what Frida hoped.
"I don't understand how you can manage to set this up yourself." Frida mentioned as she wrestled another two poles together after setting her bag down. "You think camping like a muggle is fun?" As Frida finished her sentence, the two poles popped apart and one smacked Frida in the jaw.

Stacey-Ann laughed and said "Yeah i used to do it all the time when i was a child because i grew up in South Africa so i used to go camping all the time and yeah i was lucky not to have had worse but still my leg is still prone to give me bad pains from time to time"

"South Africa?!" Frida said with an excited look, "That must have been so different from here. I've only been out of the country a few times, but never lived in another country."
She gave up on connecting two more poles and rolled them across the grass to Stacey. "I'm sorry to hear that." Frida said with a pained look. Gosh, if she was ever struck badly enough so that she was unable to participate in her favorite activities, she'd be in bad shape.

After pinching herself on the final pole, Frida opened her bag again and dumped her own tent supplies onto the ground.
It was very simple-looking, and appeared to be a pup-tent. There were five poles, and a zipper front to the actual tent; which was made of soft fabric.

Stacey-Ann nodded and said "Yeah i do miss it but i have been happy here in all the years i have lived here and yeah well i am used to it" Stacey-Ann took the remaining poles and put them in place and smiled to herself as she saw that her tent was complete

"That's not so bad." Frida said as she looked the completed tent over and couldn't help but smile a little herself.
She stuffed the remaining parts of her own tent into her bag and swung it over her shoulder, only then remembering that she had a map to locate...though it was probably better to just make a new one altogether.

"It was very nice meeting you, Stacey-Ann." Frida said with a slight bow of her head, "I'm sure that we'll come across one another during the activities here, it's sure to be busy though."
She extended her hand in order to shake farewell for now. "I must be off to get my own things set up, and to await the arrival of my team."

Stacey-Ann nodded and said "Sure i will see you around Frida and good luck in getting your own tent set up" Stacey-Ann shook Frida's hand

"Thanks." Frida replied and headed off up the field some more to find the place where she would set up camp.
Soon enough she found a good spot; not too close to others, and not that far away. 'No magic.' Frida reminded herself and dropped her bag on the ground as she inspected the soil beneath her feet with a good stomp. 'Seems dry enough...it's never good to make camp on wet soil.'

Feeling suddenly like an expert, Frida emptied her tent onto the grass again and got to work. Though there were no more than five poles; two for each upside-down 'V' shape on either side, and one to support the top, it was taking Frida a while to understand how easy things really could be.
'It shouldn't be that way should it? I thought it would need more support...dad told me it was rather roomy, so why wouldn't there be more to it?' She connected all the poles and set them standing up on the ground so that the tent's framework was in place. 'There has to be instructions somewhere.'

Frida rummaged in her bag for a while but found no instructions, written or printed off anywhere. "Great. Then that's it huh?" She picked up the tent's cover that was made of the soft material and secured it to the framework with a few ties that had been provided with the rest of the items. 'Just need to get everything held down now.' And with four stakes set in place to hold the tent steady, Frida's job was done.

'Not bad for pitching a tent the first time.' She thought encouragingly to herself and took a peek inside.
Indeed, just as her father had told her, the tent was much, much roomier than it appeared to be. "Won't be so bad after all." Frida whispered to herself as she put away a couple extra ties and stakes and headed into her temporary housing.

DH was looking at the couple going inside their tent when he heard Mr. Hunter somewhat ask for his name. "I'm sorry. I am Daniel Henry Smith. DH for short." he said smiling at the two.

He then added, "Well, me and my godson will be camping right over here," pointing at the space he arranged and where all the materials for a tent is fixed up. "If you need me, you know where to find me, OK?" he said waving at the couple.

He then faced the plot of land that he chose and smiled. Well, here I go. Let's put my tent making skills to the test! DH, one by one arranged their tent and after just 10 minutes, it is all fixed up. He then looked around and nodded and waited for his godson to arrive.

After being waved through the security checkpoint, Gavin made his way to the camgrounds he had been directed to by a helpful worker based on the upper level ticket he had showed the woman. Picking up a tent on the way, he looked around the site, noting several people and their tents having already been set up around the area. Debating his still vast options, he walked along one of the pathways until he found a spot that seemed alright, setting the tent supplies down on the dry ground trying to think over the next step since camping wasn't exactly something he was that overly familiar with.

Jade gave Marina and DH a friendly, polite smile and nod as she continued on her way. The field appeared to be quite large and it would take some time to find the site, if her family were even there yet. It really wouldn't surprise her if she was the first to arrive. Make an example out of her or some business like that.

She walked for what felt like an hour, but was maybe ten minute at the most. Jade really needed to find their camp site and change into something comfortable. Work clothes were only comfortable to a certain extent but all she wanted now was to change into some jeans and a tee. Coming across a clearing, she noticed a small gathering of people around a pile of camping equipment. With just one look, she knew she had found their site. Just her luck though, she wasn't the first one there.

"Oh Aimee, there you are. We were starting to worry," Odetta smirked as she gave her cousin a quickly look over. "But since you are here, you can set up. You know I'm terrible at setting things up the muggle way. Plus, I have better things to do with my new friends."

Jade gave her cousin her best fake smile and pushed her way through Odetta's 'friends'. "Well, you do realize if one does want something to be done correctly, one does have to do it themselves." She truly did abhorred the girl, but she was still family and family did mean a lot to her grandmother, so she would try to be nice. Waving her hand at the silly girl as to dismiss her, she started to set up. Looking up just as Odetta laughed with her friends and latched herself on to the arm of one of the young men in her party, Jade yelled out to her. "Do try not to soil the family name, will you?" Apparently, today wasn't the day to play nice. 'This was going to be a very long day,' she thought as she went to work on the tent.

Iain smiled gently as he felt Liliana move against him. As he looked down, he saw her look up and he smiled at her. "Hmm... I'd love to say England so we can bring the cup home to Britian... but I think Australia has a better chance." He wasn't truly sure, considering both of their line-up's were brilliant. Hmm. "What about you?"

Outside the field

Olivia was still screaming as she landed.With a thud her bum hit the floor and her bag went rolling a few feet away.Grunting loudly, she stood up and brushed off her once immaculate clothes. "Damn stupid portkey's," she grumbled as she walked over to her bag and picked it up, opening it to check the contents were still intact.Having decided that the best place to stay would be the east field, as it was the closest to where they had to work, Olivia went striding off in that direction.



Upon reaching the field, and now with a tent under her other arm, Olivia looked around at those already assembled.No sign of any mess yet, nor any sign of her staff either.Nevermind she had the tent to set up anyway.

Good job she was a muggleborn or this tent business could have proved embarrassing.Setting her bag down on the floor, Olivia pulled the tent out of it's cover and laid it down on the ground.Spreading out the material and the poles she studied it for several minutes, working out in her head where each piece went.Finally she was ready to assemble it, wishing in actuality that magic could be used.It was more time consuming this way.

Getting up off her hands and knees, and thankful that it hadn't rained recently, Olivia nodded her head in satisfaction.The tent was up and looking like it would stay that way.Blowing some hair out of her face, she reached down and picked up her bag, opening it to take out a sign that she had made.Tying the sign to the top of the tent, she sighed and went inside.

Max hit the ground. His knees cracked and all the blood went rushing back to them. He dropped the soccerball that he still held in his hands, and decided that it was no longer useful, why not kick it a bit.


Reaching the east feild he check that his wand was still in his pocket. He pulled the wand out pointed at the ball and said "Accio." the ball jumped into his left hand. Putting it under his arm he looked for their maintenance tent.

After five minutes of searching he saw a tent with a sign on the top that said "Maintenance Team's Tent." "Well thats convenient" He muttered to himself. Looking down at the watch that was barley visible to himself behind the ball, he started to quicken his pace hoping that he was not too late.

Entering the tent he saw that Olivia inside. "Hello, Olivia. Ready for this hectic match? All Our planning for one night of events. Should be fun...uhhh well for the fans at least." He said a little disappointed that he couldn't really watch the match. And then theres the fact that he has to clean up after wizards from all over the world.

Isabella landad on the ground, almost spilling the potions from the tiny cauldorns. Portkeys are really annoting sometimes. she made a conclusion.
She looked around, and noticed the maintenance crew tent. She made her way to it, carrying the cauldorns carefully.
She looked into the tent, noticing it wasn't empty. "Max, Olivia." she greeted them shortly and entered.

Nathaniel's Uncle Cobain had gotten two tickets for the Quidditch World Cup. He was so happy that his uncle had been working at the Ministry in time to get good tickets. His uncle had left his family behind seeing as they didn't appreciate Quidditch as much as he did. Nathaniel knew what he was doing when it came to muggle things so his uncle had let him pick out a muggle tent. While his uncle was off talking to some Ministry buddies he had decided to set up the tent.

He really wished he could see Mariel. He knew how much she loved Quidditch. Probably more than he did. He wanted to spend this time with her. He knew for sure that he was going to buy her some souvenirs.[Sighing to himself he started to set up his tent. He hoped he'd see some people from school..

Max had just entered when he heard another voice from the entrance. Turning he saw isabella.nodding in he direction he turned back to olivia, ready for their first job.

Thank goodness for the short walk back to the campgrounds.
Frida had an armful of purchases from the vendors she had just visited. 'Darnit for feeling guilty about not buying tickets for everyone in my family.' She reached her tent and placed her shopping bag on the ground; taking out the training broom she had got for her nephew Ian.

'He's definitely going to have fun on this. I just hope his parents won't be mad at me.' Frida examined the polished wood and stared at the bag next to her feet that contained the models of players that were moving around on the bottom.
With her foot, Frida pushed the bag of goodies inside her tent and she herself remained outside. 'I wish my parents could have come though...' She took a seat on the soft ground and traced a narrow stick in the soil.
She could understand why her parents decided to stay home...but Frida wished she knew what happened to the tickets she gave to them both.

Blackstone walked about the East field, observing the campsites. He was really quite unsure if he'd have anything to do except cleanup. He sat on a stump and began twirling a twig through his fingers. Blackstone had just resigned himself to a week without any work to speak of, when a soccer ball went zooming across the field.

Blackstone scanned the field to see if any muggles were there, let alone noticed the incident. None the less, he made his way over to the man.

"Um... Excuse me" he said, giving a polite tap on the shoulder. "Uh... I know things are a little loose with everyone still arriving and whatnot, but" he looked at his shoes, hoping not to appear pompous "just so you know, magic isn't allowed in the campsites, because of the muggles. Are you magical maintenance, by the way?" he asked, noticing his badge.
Blackstone made his way into the tent labeled 'Maintenance Team's Tent' and poked his head inside "Excuse me, I'm looking for the head of the maintenance team. My division is supposed to be helping out with the cleanup afterwards, do you know who I might speak to?"

Olivia spun round when she heard a voice coming from the tent opening.Smiling upon seeing it was Max, she nodded. "Oh yes extremely ready.Although it's not just the one match we have to worry about," she added, going back to her unpacking, "there's a whole host of games over the next few days." So.Much.Work.

Ahh another of her crew had arrived, now they just had to wait for Alyssa and Callie. "Hello Bella," she grinned, eyeing up the little cauldrons she was holding. "Oh the potions, wonderful.Thank you! Why don't you go and put them over in the corner, it's where I've placed some of the other cleaning potions." Oh yes this tent may look small on the outside, but oh was it huge inside.It did have to house 5 people after all.

"Right, now," she clapped her hands together and turned to face them. "I did want to wait until we were all here, but..." she paused to look down at her watch.She had been hoping that everyone would be prompt, but with tight security it might take a while for them to get through, so she continued. "What we need to do first is a sweep of the campgrounds, so to speak.Split up and take one each, make sure they are all tidy, help anyone that needs it.Then meet back here before we head to the stadium to prepare there.Now there are four fields and only three of us so far, so this one can wait until we get back.Which one would you each like to take?" She looked between them and awaited a response, when there was another voice behind her.One she didn't recognise.

Turning her head Olivia smiled at the man and gestured for him to enter.She looked him up and down before she answered, working out where he was from, and her eyes fell on his badge 'Law Enforcement'.Hmm Brian hadn't told her about that.Realising that she had paused for a long time, Olivia spluttered a reply. "Oh yes, sorry, that would be me.Olivia Hawthorne, maintenance division head, pleased to meet you Mr....?" she stuck out her hand ready to shake his.

"Martimus, Blackstone Martimus" he said, shaking her hand. "Good to meet you as well, Olivia." he replied, smiling. "I'm with muggle artifacts and improper use of magic, so I understand we're helping out with cleanup, making sure the muggles won't see any magical leftovers, if you will. So... If there's ever anything I can do, I'll be around."

Blackstone Martimus? What a lovely and unusual name, Olivia thought as she mirrored the smile of the man before her, and shook his hand.Clearing her throat, she nodded as he mentioned why he'd come to see them. "Ahh yes, I remember now.Magical leftovers, what a nice way to put," she laughed, turning back to the room and her two present employees.Gesturing to them both she smiled as she spoke to Blackstone. "This is Max Edison and Isabella LaMourette, they are part of the maintenance team.We're also expecting 2 more: Alyssa Hyde and Callie Fairweather, but they seem to be detained." Another glance at the watch, then over at the tent opening.Nope, not yet. "If we see anything that requires your expertise as we're working, we'll be sure to let you know." Always helpful to have extra....help.

Walking over to a table set up in the middle of the room, Olivia poured herself some nourishing pumpkin juice, before holding up the jug to those present. "Would you care for a drink before we start our rounds?" she asked with a grin.She always came prepared on camping trips, even ones where she was working.

Max saw the man enter, "Hello, Mr. Martimus" he said looking up at the sound of his name. "Sorry about the incident out there with the soccer ball, Seems when you think no ones looking someone always is. Anyways pleased to meat you" He finished trying to get away from the magic inccident.

"No thank you Olivia." he said as she held up the jug of pumpkin Juice. "I'll just start out in the north Field if thats alright. Anything that I need to know Before I go?"

Isabella nodded and went to the corner, carrying the cauldorns carefuly. She spent too much time making those potions to be careless with them. And it was hard-carrying three full and heavy cauldorns was risky. She put them by the other cleaning potions and sighed in relief.
She listened as Olivia explained about the fields. "I'll take the south field, then. Do I need to take some of the potions?" she asked.

Isabella looked up from the potion cauldorns when a man came into the tent. "Good morning, Mr Martimus." she greeted him as soon as he introduced himself. "As Olivia said, I'm Isabella LaMourette."
She looked as Olivia pured herselg some pumpkin juice. "Thank you, just a little." Isabella said. "It's really hot outside, and that'll cool me down a bit."

"I know I should want England to win and all, since we are hosting it, but I kind of want Australia to win," she said, "but shh don't tell anyone," she finished, a grin on her face.

She leaned around to tickle Iain playfully, and just as she moved, she felt a very sharp pain in her side. For a brief second a look of pain crossed her face before she fought to rid it. She didn't want to worry Iain if there was no need. Breathe, she told herself. Mentally she shook it off, and instead of tickling him, leaned back against the back of the couch.