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ArianaBlack · 01-09-2018, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by laurange

Scrambling everywhere in her haste to make it to the pitch before everyone got in the air, Faith had barely made it out the courtyard with her broom under her armpit when she heard the counting of stretches. AND SHE HADN'T EVEN TIED HER HAIR YET. She ran. Joining the rest of the group, she gave Zoryn a mildly affronted look. "You forgot to wake me up." Except the frown promptly dissolved into an easy expression - the quidditch pitch was like a second home to her.

Zoryn began scribbling on her clipboard, taking note of positions as they were told to her. When she got to Faith, she gave her a BIG smile. But also, had to whisper a heartfelt, "Sorry," to her best friend, who she had forgotten to wake up from her nap. Z was all sorts of asdfasdf before try outs and of course she had accidentally forgotten to do the most important thing. Fortunately, her best friend had made it and all was right in the world.

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Originally Posted by Shanners

"Keeper would be //EXCELLENT//, Captain Zoryn. You're SO talented, you know? SO TALENTED." Oh yes, he would use charm when he needed to. "But I suppose chaser wouldn't be awful." Oh yes iT WOULD.

Zoryn continued her rounds in asking for positions and she hadn't come to a full stop until she reached Beau, who had a little bit more to say than others. And what he said brought a HUUUUUGE smile to the Gryffindors face. OF course she didn't need anyone to tell her how talented she was (Zoryn already knew), BUT it was always nice to hear. Just sayin. "Thanks, Beau! Bet you've got loads of talent too!" Probably not AS talented, 'cause Z was like awesomesause ((((if she had to say so herself)))), but hopefully the kid would be good. 'Cause Zoryn wouldn't take bribes of flattery. Flattery wouldn't beat Slytherin, y'know? Though she'd have to find a way to keep him on the team even if he stunk. This is the kind of love one needs in the locker room before a match.

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Originally Posted by PatInTheHat

"Zoryn! Captain! CAPTAIN Zoryn." My captain. Teehee. What was she doing?? OH. "I'm gonna be seeker. It's the only position I want." So she HAD to get that very one. But. "BUT I can only have it with Abey cause we're like THIS." Emma released herself from an impossible stretching position to cross her fingers together for her captain to see. "We're like, ONE. I know you said you want just one seeker, but since we ARE one, maybe you can take both of us?" Her brown eyes were big and positively full of hope. She picked back up her stretch so the captain could keep walking around but like, THINK about it captain, okay??? Okay.

It was funny how some people chose to capture the Fourth Year's attention. It wasn't like she was gonna skip them if they didn't flag her down, but.... It was kind of appreciated anyways. It made her feel much more important than she actually was. Zoryn smiled at Emma, deciding not to say anything until the third year was able to say what she needed to. Girl was super excited about something or another and tbh, it looked like she'd explode if she had to hold it in any longer..... Oh. Zoryn thought about it (I know, SHOCKER) before saying anything. But her eyes did LIGHT up after imagining the advantage behind having TWO whole seekers. They could just 'em out during the game so neither ever got tired !!!!! "I'll see what I can do!" She winked at Emma, trying to hide her own excitement over the plan. She was sure the Professors would let her do that.......... Right? Professor B was a reasonable man? Surely he'd see the necessity behind having TWO seekers on the team. Maybe? ~~unlikely~~.

***********

After arms, Zoryn moved on to legs; calling out stretches so that they could all get nice ’n loose before they took off into the sky. Really, she was being MEGA responsible here. ‘Cause if it were entirely up to what she wanted, they’d be in the air, like, yesterday. Zoryn hated this part. The stretching. It was SOOOOOooooOOOooo boring, but a necessary evil.

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnndddddd.....

Finally, she had made her way around to talk to every potential player and had a running list of their preferences, which meant they could actually get to the flying thing they were all here for. They were all here for that, yeah? So once again, she walked over to the center of the huddle and raised her voice to address the group. “LISTEN UP! Now that we’ve got all the boring stuff outta the way,” whaaaaaat, it was the truth! “I’ve got some stations, separated by position! Beaters grab a bat! You'll be on that side of the pitch! I’m gonna release some bludgers and you’ve gotta hit em at the moving targets,” Get it? Got it? Good.

“Chasers, there are a bunch of floating hoops stationed around the pitch leading up to the three goal hoops. You’ll take turns or work together, passing back and forth, to fly through the hoops with the quaffle and then take a shots at the goals at the end of the line.” She looked around to make sure they were following. “Which brings me to the keepers, you lot will take turns protecting the goal posts from the Chaser’s as they try to score.” Straight forward, yes?

And last, but certainly not least: “Seekers, I’ve also got floating hoops staggered around the course of the pitch for you all as well as some other floating and some moving obstacles up there. You’ll fly through the obstacle course and at some point I’m gonna release a few Snitches. When they make their appearance… Well, you know what to do,” it was their whole job, yeah?

All of this to say, there was one last thing she needed from them. “BUT before you can head to your respective parts of the field, you gotta fly some laps. Both to warm up, but also so I can see what you’ve got.” Made sense, yes? “Everyone’s flying FOUR laps, don’t cheat cause I’ll know,” that was true of the whole try out, okay? Cheaters did NOT belong on this team. Slytherin, maybe. But not here. “First and fourth lap take it easy, but lap 2 and 3 I wanna see SPEEEEEED!”

Yes? Yes. “I’ll be floating around taking notes!” The only time in her life when she'd be taking notes, actually. Cash her in Muggle Studies taking a nap, yo. ……….. “Okay, well, what the heck are you waiting for?!!?! Go!”

OOC: Here’s what you’ve got to do from this point on:

1. 4 laps around the pitch: Laps 1 &4 are warm up / cool down laps, respectively. Laps 2&3 aim for SPEED
2. I will outline the stations below. Feel free to have them complete the tasks on their own OR work with other member’s trying out for the same position (I tried to make it work both ways). Post as many times as you want for this!

Beaters: Grab a bat and hit bludgers at the MOVING targets (they will vary in movement speed, height, etc) ; Can also hit the bludger at each other like a back and forth partner work
Chasers: fly through the floating hoops leading up to the three goal hoops. Take turns (or work together) to fly with the quaffle and throw it into a goal post
Keepers: Protect the three goal hoops from the quaffles that are being thrown by the chasers
Seekers: Fly through the in air obstacle course, then when the snitch is released capture it

Note: It’ll help if you TITLE your post with the position you are trying out for (ex. Zoryn: BEATER) so that others can interact with you. Post as as much as you want and INTERACT with each other! You can ALWAYS catch up. We will be watching and reacting throughout too! You should have until around January 18th for all of this!

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ArianaBlack Assistant Forum Manager Quibbler & Newbie Mod Ashwinder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: #6e5f57 \|#ff5470 Posts: 13,713 Hogwarts RPG Name: Alfie Adair Hufflepuff Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Laini Gracae-Ryans Slytherin Second Year x10 x1	Laps & the MAIN task outlined HERE ; go at your own pace, catch up ALWAYS welcome!! doesn't proofread tweets \| #wrongaboutcereal \| #siriusly? \| emo to the extremo Quote: Originally Posted by laurange Scrambling everywhere in her haste to make it to the pitch before everyone got in the air, Faith had barely made it out the courtyard with her broom under her armpit when she heard the counting of stretches. AND SHE HADN'T EVEN TIED HER HAIR YET. She ran. Joining the rest of the group, she gave Zoryn a mildly affronted look. "You forgot to wake me up." Except the frown promptly dissolved into an easy expression - the quidditch pitch was like a second home to her. Zoryn began scribbling on her clipboard, taking note of positions as they were told to her. When she got to Faith, she gave her a BIG smile. But also, had to whisper a heartfelt, "Sorry," to her best friend, who she had forgotten to wake up from her nap. Z was all sorts of asdfasdf before try outs and of course she had accidentally forgotten to do the most important thing. Fortunately, her best friend had made it and all was right in the world. Quote: Originally Posted by Shanners "Keeper would be //EXCELLENT//, Captain Zoryn. You're SO talented, you know? SO TALENTED." Oh yes, he would use charm when he needed to. *"But I suppose chaser wouldn't be awful."* Oh yes iT WOULD. Zoryn continued her rounds in asking for positions and she hadn't come to a full stop until she reached Beau, who had a little bit more to say than others. And what he said brought a HUUUUUGE smile to the Gryffindors face. OF course she didn't need anyone to tell her how talented she was (Zoryn already knew), BUT it was always nice to hear. Just sayin. "Thanks, Beau! Bet you've got loads of talent too!" Probably not AS talented, 'cause Z was like awesomesause ((((if she had to say so herself)))), but hopefully the kid would be good. 'Cause Zoryn wouldn't take bribes of flattery. Flattery wouldn't beat Slytherin, y'know? Though she'd have to find a way to keep him on the team even if he stunk. This is the kind of love one needs in the locker room before a match. Quote: Originally Posted by PatInTheHat "Zoryn! Captain! CAPTAIN Zoryn." My captain. Teehee. What was she doing?? OH. *"I'm gonna be seeker. It's the only position I want."* So she HAD to get that very one. But. "BUT I can only have it with Abey cause we're like THIS." Emma released herself from an impossible stretching position to cross her fingers together for her captain to see. "We're like, ONE. I know you said you want just one seeker, but since we ARE one, maybe you can take both of us?" Her brown eyes were big and positively full of hope. She picked back up her stretch so the captain could keep walking around but like, THINK about it captain, okay??? Okay. It was funny how some people chose to capture the Fourth Year's attention. It wasn't like she was gonna skip them if they didn't flag her down, but.... It was kind of appreciated anyways. It made her feel much more important than she actually was. Zoryn smiled at Emma, deciding not to say anything until the third year was able to say what she needed to. Girl was super excited about something or another and tbh, it looked like she'd explode if she had to hold it in any longer..... Oh. Zoryn thought about it (I know, SHOCKER) before saying anything. But her eyes did LIGHT up after imagining the advantage behind having TWO whole seekers. They could just 'em out during the game so neither ever got tired !!!!! "I'll see what I can do!" She winked at Emma, trying to hide her own excitement over the plan. She was sure the Professors would let her do that.......... Right? Professor B was a reasonable man? Surely he'd see the necessity behind having TWO seekers on the team. Maybe? ~~unlikely~~. ********* After arms, Zoryn moved on to legs; calling out stretches so that they could all get nice ’n loose before they took off into the sky. Really, she was being MEGA responsible here. ‘Cause if it were entirely up to what she wanted, they’d be in the air, like, yesterday. Zoryn hated this part. The stretching. It was SOOOOOooooOOOooo boring, but a necessary evil. Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnndddddd..... Finally, she had made her way around to talk to every potential player and had a running list of their preferences, which meant they could actually get to the flying thing they were all here for. They were all here for that, yeah? So once again, she walked over to the center of the huddle and raised her voice to address the group. “LISTEN UP! Now that we’ve got all the boring stuff outta the way,” whaaaaaat, it was the truth! “I’ve got some stations, separated by position! Beaters grab a bat! You'll be on that side of the pitch! I’m gonna release some bludgers and you’ve gotta hit em at the moving targets,” Get it? Got it? Good. “Chasers, there are a bunch of floating hoops stationed around the pitch leading up to the three goal hoops. You’ll take turns or work together, passing back and forth, to fly through the hoops with the quaffle and then take a shots at the goals at the end of the line.” She looked around to make sure they were following. “Which brings me to the keepers, you lot will take turns protecting the goal posts from the Chaser’s as they try to score.” Straight forward, yes? And last, but certainly not least: “Seekers, I’ve also got floating hoops staggered around the course of the pitch for you all as well as some other floating and some moving obstacles up there. You’ll fly through the obstacle course and at some point I’m gonna release a few Snitches. When they make their appearance… Well, you know what to do,” it was their whole job, yeah? All of this to say, there was one last thing she needed from them. “BUT before you can head to your respective parts of the field, you gotta fly some laps. Both to warm up, but also so I can see what you’ve got.” Made sense, yes? “Everyone’s flying FOUR laps, don’t cheat cause I’ll know,”** that was true of the whole try out, okay? Cheaters did NOT belong on this team. Slytherin, maybe. But not here. “First and fourth lap take it easy, but lap 2 and 3 I wanna see SPEEEEEED!” Yes? Yes. “I’ll be floating around taking notes!” The only time in her life when she'd be taking notes, actually. Cash her in Muggle Studies taking a nap, yo. ……….. “Okay, well, what the heck are you waiting for?!!?! Go!” OOC: Here’s what you’ve got to do from this point on: 1. 4 laps around the pitch: Laps 1 &4 are warm up / cool down laps, respectively. Laps 2&3 aim for SPEED 2. I will outline the stations below. Feel free to have them complete the tasks on their own OR work with other member’s trying out for the same position (I tried to make it work both ways). Post as many times as you want for this! Beaters: Grab a bat and hit bludgers at the MOVING targets (they will vary in movement speed, height, etc) ; Can also hit the bludger at each other like a back and forth partner work Chasers: fly through the floating hoops leading up to the three goal hoops. Take turns (or work together) to fly with the quaffle and throw it into a goal post Keepers: Protect the three goal hoops from the quaffles that are being thrown by the chasers Seekers: Fly through the in air obstacle course, then when the snitch is released capture it Note: It’ll help if you TITLE your post with the position you are trying out for (ex. Zoryn: BEATER) so that others can interact with you. Post as as much as you want and INTERACT with each other! You can ALWAYS catch up. We will be watching and reacting throughout too! You should have until around January 18th for all of this! __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Lemon!