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TeafortheSoul · 05-07-2018, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Stefan

And what was this? An obstacle course? Charlie could feel his excitement double at the sight of a challenge. "Yeaaah, now that's what I'm talking about!" Eager-beaver Charlie beamed at the Hufflepuff Captain and a sup nod. She's cool...and that accent's hawt by the way. "Let's get started then..." Selecting a random spot for himself, Charlie dropped his broom on the ground and began to do some stretching exercises specifically made for Quodpot players.

*crack...crack...streeeetch*

That was Charlie, the new guy in her year. Bel hadn't gotten a chance to get to know him yet, but she was always excited for new faces, and that was especially true right now with tryouts. She grinned cheerfully at him in welcome. That was really ripper that he was trying out and giving it a go.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

When the captain greeted the team, Maddie instinctively relaxed and grinned back at the older girl. "HEY, BEL!" she said, in her usual loud tone. "Whoa! The tryouts look super fun! Even if we don't make the team, you should set up these obstacles again sometime, so we can just come on out and have fun!" I mean, let's be honest here, they'd have fun anyway...but just look at the fun that was about to be had!

"HEY, CHARLIE!" she said, recognizing a familiar face from the common room. She walked up to him, eyed the stretches he was doing, and hit the ground and did the same. "ONE, TWO, THREE..."

"Hey Maddie, glad to see ya here!" Bel glanced over at the course when Maddie said the tryouts looked fun and then back at the younger girl. "Fun, yeah that's the idea!" She was hopeful that everyone was going to have a good time.

She left Maddie and Charlie to their warming up and greeted the next arrivals.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ginevra

Daisy wanted to make her departed father proud. She knew how much seeing his daughter's love for Quidditch meant to him. She made her way to the tryouts feeling a bit nervous. Daisy knew that she would have to not let her emotions get to her if she was going to make the team. Having been a part of the Quidditch team the last term did help her with her nerves in some way but she knew that she'd still have to give it her all in the tryouts.

"Hello everyone," Daisy said to Bel, Charlie and Maddie as she firmly gripped her Firebolt X-Treme. She then got into some stretching to help loosen her muscles.

"Hi Daisy, I'm glad you're here!" Bel really was. Not just because they'd been teammates the previous year, but because Bel thought that the distraction that was tryouts and Quidditch could only be a benefit to Daisy considering all that stuff that was going on with her dormmate's dad passing away.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom

It was finally time for tryouts. She bolted down to the pitch and out on the field. How the others had beat her, she wasn’t sure, but she was there and ready to start. “Hi Captain Bel! Charlie, Maddie, Daisy!” She greeted her fellow Hufflepuffs. Then, she noticed the pitch. “That looks awesome!” The best obstacle course ever was set up for tryouts. Her eager eyes scanned field, trying to take in all of the stations. She couldn’t wait to get up in the air to take a better look.

But, first things first, she needed to stretch. Remembering how they started each morning at quidditch camp with a short run, she took off down the side of the pitch. Her slow jog turned into a fast sprint before she touched the ground at the end and sprinted to the half-way mark, then slowed to a jog again. By the time she reached where she started, her body was nice and warm and ready to stretch.

Her bum hit the ground and she started to slowly stretch her legs then arms while waiting for the next set of instructions.

Oh gosh. Captain Bel. That was exciting but also Bel felt like it was a bit of a mouthful and an unnecessary one. As long as people respected he and knew she was captain then she didn't need them to call her it. Though she supposed they could if they wanted, she just didn't want anyone to feel like they had to or that it was something that she would be strict on. She didn't even mentally refer to herself that way, really.

"G'day Emmalyn! Glad you think so!" Bel said to the younger girl who had been a teammate the previous term. She really was glad that Emmalyn thought the obstacle course looked awesome, she'd worked hard on it, with a bit of willing help from Derfael of course. He was a good mate like that.

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Originally Posted by RachieRu

The blonde smiled to herself as she walked down to the pitch, her broom held in one hand. She was excited to see what Bel did with the team. She was sure it would be great. [b]"Hey guys!"[/s] The prefect greeted as she got down to the grounds. Now the hard part started. Placing her broom down on the floor, she began to do a few warm up stretches.

"Glad to see ya, Hats!" Was that OKAY? To call her HATS? Because... Bel was calling her that now. And she was so glad that Hattie had decided to tryout again this term after all. It'd be great stress relief from NEWTS, Bel reckoned.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

One thing Derf had going for him was that he was enthusiastic. One thing he did not have going for him was efficiency. Because it would have made sense that he bring his quidditch bag and broom down with him when he had arrived earlier that morning to help Bel set up for tryouts today, but alas...he had not. And instead he had helped with set up, had a good chat with their new Captain, and then bolted back to the common room when he realized it was almost time for tryouts and he was still in his standard robes sans broom.

Well, perhaps one could look at this as a different kind of efficiency? This way he had gotten his blood pumping and limbs a little limber with a good hearted sprint to and from the castle. Though he had hardly worked up a sweat from it, but that was to come.

Arriving at the pitch, changed into his quidditch gear and broom in hand, he ruffled his hair while offering Bel a bit of a sheepish grin because, well, fancy meeting you here. Again? Ha. Right.

Since he had missed initial instructions, though one glance around informed him of the obvious, the fifth year rested his broom gingerly on the ground and began stretching his arms and shoulders. Which, shockingly, were considerably bulkier than last term.

"Talk about an ACE turnout!" Derf couldn't help the grin that crossed his features as he glanced to his right and found himself standing beside Daisy and her NEW broom - that he had helped her pick out over the summer. "Hey. Glad to see you out here," he greeted her, sincerity oozing in his tone and from his eyes.

"Too right!" Bel agreed with Derf cheerfully as he returned to the pitch. Ripper turnout for sure. There was so many eager faces already. And like she'd said to Derf, she really wanted people to have a good time trying out and not feel intimidated by it all. It wasn't supposed to be scary, just a good time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Being in one position had finally worn its welcome, and she was now jogging up the side of the pitch. Upppp....then down....uppp...then down. She really should have braided her hair.

And Bel did notice Maddie start running a bit which was great. She clearly had a ton of energy, as Bel herself did so obviously Bel approved of that. And her enthusiasm was welcome too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Govoni

"Hey, Miss Bel!" He all but charged the older girl, remembering at the last moment about people having boundaries and needing personal space. Instead, he stood a few feet away and beamed. "It's a good day for quidditch, yeah?".... He'd completely missed the two Prefects standing nearby, having honed in on the captain. EEEEE, he was so excited. So much so that his body was practically vibrating with nervous energy... Oh...maybe he should warm up? Yeah, that was important. Hassan had mentioned it over and over again, before their pickup games and practice sessions.

A bit sheepish, but absolutely still full with energy, he put ~~West's~~ his broom aside and went to start on laps.

And now she was MISS Bel. Captain Bel, Miss Bel. It was all so fancy. She grinned cheerfully at Aaron, not at all worried about his sudden appearance practically right in front of her face.

"Its a ripper of a day for Quidditch." She said by way of agreement, and watched for a moment as he went to run a bit. Awesome. Everyone was getting started right away. That was good.

Bel waited a little longer for the stragglers to arrive and went to pick up her clipboard, where she ticked off names on the sign up sheet as people arrived. Once she was satisfied that everyone who was going to come had got there, Bel stuck her fingers in her mouth and whistled loudly. It hadn't occurred to her to bother getting a proper whistle, since she could manage just fine without one.

"Alright everyone, if you can come over here, we're about to get started! Welcome to Hufflepuff's Quidditch tryouts! I'm stoked to see you all here." The Aussie girl said happily. Probably she didn't even need to say so, it was pretty obvious by her expression that she was happy about every single face in front of her right now.

"First things, if you haven't brought your own broom, or grabbed a school broom already, there's a couple there behind me." She waved vaguely at the end of the pitch to her back. "No sweat about other equipment - if you are trying out for beater and don't have a bat for instance, we've got ya covered. There's a bunch of you here from the team last year and that's bonza but just remember that nobody's position is guaranteed," She paused a bit and then said somewhat apologetically, "Well, that is except for mine. For those that don't already know, I'm the seeker for our team, but I'll be making sure that everyone on the team gets to muck about with a snitch some time during the term too, especially our reserves, just for a bit of back up." Because you never knew, after all. And besides, if people didn't get a chance to try things out at some point, how would they know if they had a special talent for it or not?

"So tryouts are gonna be in two bits. First of all we're gonna be tackling this obstacle course that's behind you lot, which I'm sure you've all scoped out already." Yeah she'd seen them giving it the eye. "And then after that, we're going to do a couple drills with different positions based on what all your position preferences are. So yep. That's whats happening. So just before we get started, while you're all stretching and whatnot, how about everyone introduce themselves and say what positions they're going out for, and then tell us one of your favourite things apart from Quidditch of course. I'll start." Bel pointed at herself. "I'm Bel Macindoe, I'm a seeker, and one of my favourite things is motocross." Yep. Who was next?

ooc: Okay, so before we start the actual obstacle course (they are currently gathered near the start line which is behind everyone gathered together right now), please have your charrie say who they are, the position/s they are trying out for, and just something that they consider a favourite (could be a movie, food, song, activity, sport, book, whatever that isn't Quidditch). Please have your charrie continue (or start) stretching at this time. And if you haven't posted yet, its okay to jump in any time! If you haven't submitted the survey yet, please do so here.

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welcome to tryouts
greetings and introductions (this post)

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TeafortheSoul Formerly: Tegz Demiguise Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hobbiton Posts: 24,244 Hogwarts RPG Name: ??? Ravenclaw Hogwarts RPG Name: Ronnie Thurkell Gryffindor Seventh Year x12 x12	Greetings and Introductions! lives in a hobbit hole \|\| Ern and Touz's Nuzzle \|\| roflysst \|\| looking at a seed packet Quote: Originally Posted by Stefan And what was this? An obstacle course? Charlie could feel his excitement double at the sight of a challenge. "Yeaaah, now that's what I'm talking about!" Eager-beaver Charlie beamed at the Hufflepuff Captain and a sup nod. She's cool...and that accent's hawt by the way. "Let's get started then..." Selecting a random spot for himself, Charlie dropped his broom on the ground and began to do some stretching exercises specifically made for Quodpot players. crack...crack...streeeetch That was Charlie, the new guy in her year. Bel hadn't gotten a chance to get to know him yet, but she was always excited for new faces, and that was especially true right now with tryouts. She grinned cheerfully at him in welcome. That was really ripper that he was trying out and giving it a go. Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana When the captain greeted the team, Maddie instinctively relaxed and grinned back at the older girl. "HEY, BEL!" she said, in her usual loud tone. "Whoa! The tryouts look super fun! Even if we don't make the team, you should set up these obstacles again sometime, so we can just come on out and have fun!" I mean, let's be honest here, they'd have fun anyway...but just look at the fun that was about to be had! "HEY, CHARLIE!" she said, recognizing a familiar face from the common room. She walked up to him, eyed the stretches he was doing, and hit the ground and did the same. "ONE, TWO, THREE..." "Hey Maddie, glad to see ya here!" Bel glanced over at the course when Maddie said the tryouts looked fun and then back at the younger girl. "Fun, yeah that's the idea!" She was hopeful that everyone was going to have a good time. She left Maddie and Charlie to their warming up and greeted the next arrivals. Quote: Originally Posted by Ginevra Daisy wanted to make her departed father proud. She knew how much seeing his daughter's love for Quidditch meant to him. She made her way to the tryouts feeling a bit nervous. Daisy knew that she would have to not let her emotions get to her if she was going to make the team. Having been a part of the Quidditch team the last term did help her with her nerves in some way but she knew that she'd still have to give it her all in the tryouts. "Hello everyone," Daisy said to Bel, Charlie and Maddie as she firmly gripped her Firebolt X-Treme. She then got into some stretching to help loosen her muscles. "Hi Daisy, I'm glad you're here!" Bel really was. Not just because they'd been teammates the previous year, but because Bel thought that the distraction that was tryouts and Quidditch could only be a benefit to Daisy considering all that stuff that was going on with her dormmate's dad passing away. Quote: Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom It was finally time for tryouts. She bolted down to the pitch and out on the field. How the others had beat her, she wasn’t sure, but she was there and ready to start. “Hi Captain Bel! Charlie, Maddie, Daisy!” She greeted her fellow Hufflepuffs. Then, she noticed the pitch. “That looks awesome!” The best obstacle course ever was set up for tryouts. Her eager eyes scanned field, trying to take in all of the stations. She couldn’t wait to get up in the air to take a better look. But, first things first, she needed to stretch. Remembering how they started each morning at quidditch camp with a short run, she took off down the side of the pitch. Her slow jog turned into a fast sprint before she touched the ground at the end and sprinted to the half-way mark, then slowed to a jog again. By the time she reached where she started, her body was nice and warm and ready to stretch. Her bum hit the ground and she started to slowly stretch her legs then arms while waiting for the next set of instructions. Oh gosh. Captain Bel. That was exciting but also Bel felt like it was a bit of a mouthful and an unnecessary one. As long as people respected he and knew she was captain then she didn't need them to call her it. Though she supposed they could if they wanted, she just didn't want anyone to feel like they had to or that it was something that she would be strict on. She didn't even mentally refer to herself that way, really. "G'day Emmalyn! Glad you think so!" Bel said to the younger girl who had been a teammate the previous term. She really was glad that Emmalyn thought the obstacle course looked awesome, she'd worked hard on it, with a bit of willing help from Derfael of course. He was a good mate like that. Quote: Originally Posted by RachieRu The blonde smiled to herself as she walked down to the pitch, her broom held in one hand. She was excited to see what Bel did with the team. She was sure it would be great. [b]"Hey guys!"[/s] The prefect greeted as she got down to the grounds. Now the hard part started. Placing her broom down on the floor, she began to do a few warm up stretches. "Glad to see ya, Hats!" Was that OKAY? To call her HATS? Because... Bel was calling her that now. And she was so glad that Hattie had decided to tryout again this term after all. It'd be great stress relief from NEWTS, Bel reckoned. Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie One thing Derf had going for him was that he was enthusiastic. One thing he did not have going for him was efficiency. Because it would have made sense that he bring his quidditch bag and broom down with him when he had arrived earlier that morning to help Bel set up for tryouts today, but alas...he had not. And instead he had helped with set up, had a good chat with their new Captain, and then bolted back to the common room when he realized it was almost time for tryouts and he was still in his standard robes sans broom. Well, perhaps one could look at this as a different kind of efficiency? This way he had gotten his blood pumping and limbs a little limber with a good hearted sprint to and from the castle. Though he had hardly worked up a sweat from it, but that was to come. Arriving at the pitch, changed into his quidditch gear and broom in hand, he ruffled his hair while offering Bel a bit of a sheepish grin because, well, fancy meeting you here. Again? Ha. Right. Since he had missed initial instructions, though one glance around informed him of the obvious, the fifth year rested his broom gingerly on the ground and began stretching his arms and shoulders. Which, shockingly, were considerably bulkier than last term. "Talk about an ACE turnout!" Derf couldn't help the grin that crossed his features as he glanced to his right and found himself standing beside Daisy and her NEW broom - that he had helped her pick out over the summer. "Hey. Glad to see you out here," he greeted her, sincerity oozing in his tone and from his eyes. "Too right!" Bel agreed with Derf cheerfully as he returned to the pitch. Ripper turnout for sure. There was so many eager faces already. And like she'd said to Derf, she really wanted people to have a good time trying out and not feel intimidated by it all. It wasn't supposed to be scary, just a good time. Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Being in one position had finally worn its welcome, and she was now jogging up the side of the pitch. Upppp....then down....uppp...then down. She really should have braided her hair. And Bel did notice Maddie start running a bit which was great. She clearly had a ton of energy, as Bel herself did so obviously Bel approved of that. And her enthusiasm was welcome too. Quote: Originally Posted by Govoni "Hey, Miss Bel!" He all but charged the older girl, remembering at the last moment about people having boundaries and needing personal space. Instead, he stood a few feet away and beamed. "It's a good day for quidditch, yeah?".... He'd completely missed the two Prefects standing nearby, having honed in on the captain. EEEEE, he was so excited. So much so that his body was practically vibrating with nervous energy... Oh...maybe he should warm up? Yeah, that was important. Hassan had mentioned it over and over again, before their pickup games and practice sessions. A bit sheepish, but absolutely still full with energy, he put ~~West's~~ his broom aside and went to start on laps. And now she was MISS Bel. Captain Bel, Miss Bel. It was all so fancy. She grinned cheerfully at Aaron, not at all worried about his sudden appearance practically right in front of her face. *"Its a ripper* of a day for Quidditch." She said by way of agreement, and watched for a moment as he went to run a bit. Awesome. Everyone was getting started right away. That was good. Bel waited a little longer for the stragglers to arrive and went to pick up her clipboard, where she ticked off names on the sign up sheet as people arrived. Once she was satisfied that everyone who was going to come had got there, Bel stuck her fingers in her mouth and whistled loudly. It hadn't occurred to her to bother getting a proper whistle, since she could manage just fine without one. "Alright everyone, if you can come over here, we're about to get started! Welcome to Hufflepuff's Quidditch tryouts! I'm stoked to see you all here." The Aussie girl said happily. Probably she didn't even need to say so, it was pretty obvious by her expression that she was happy about every single face in front of her right now. "First things, if you haven't brought your own broom, or grabbed a school broom already, there's a couple there behind me." She waved vaguely at the end of the pitch to her back. "No sweat about other equipment - if you are trying out for beater and don't have a bat for instance, we've got ya covered. There's a bunch of you here from the team last year and that's bonza but just remember that nobody's position is guaranteed," She paused a bit and then said somewhat apologetically, "Well, that is except for mine. For those that don't already know, I'm the seeker for our team, but I'll be making sure that everyone on the team gets to muck about with a snitch some time during the term too, especially our reserves, just for a bit of back up." Because you never knew, after all. And besides, if people didn't get a chance to try things out at some point, how would they know if they had a special talent for it or not? "So tryouts are gonna be in two bits. First of all we're gonna be tackling this obstacle course that's behind you lot, which I'm sure you've all scoped out already." Yeah she'd seen them giving it the eye. "And then after that, we're going to do a couple drills with different positions based on what all your position preferences are. So yep. That's whats happening. So just before we get started, while you're all stretching and whatnot, how about everyone introduce themselves and say what positions they're going out for, and then tell us one of your favourite things apart from Quidditch of course. I'll start." Bel pointed at herself. "I'm Bel Macindoe, I'm a seeker, and one of my favourite things is motocross."** Yep. Who was next? ooc: Okay, so before we start the actual obstacle course (they are currently gathered near the start line which is behind everyone gathered together right now), please have your charrie say who they are, the position/s they are trying out for, and just something that they consider a favourite (could be a movie, food, song, activity, sport, book, whatever that isn't Quidditch). Please have your charrie continue (or start) stretching at this time. And if you haven't posted yet, its okay to jump in any time! If you haven't submitted the survey yet, please do so here. captain post index: welcome to tryouts greetings and introductions (this post) __________________ love is like a letter wrote :: and life is like an envelope be careful who you give it to :: they might not give it back to you Last edited by TeafortheSoul; 05-08-2018 at 02:22 PM.