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SPOILER!!: Intros Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra  Daisy smiled at Derf. "Thank you very much for those words and thank you for helping me during the opening feast."
Daisy then cast her large brown eyes around the Hufflepuffs before her and spoke. "Hello, fellow Hufflepuffs. My name is Daisy Swann and I'm a fourth year. I am hoping to become either a Keeper or a Beater. One of my favourite things not related to Quidditch is jazz music."
Once she finished her intro, she continued to do some stretches. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Note to self. Maybe. Get bell an official whistle. Maybe. Not having one sorta cut out a step and fingers were always attached to you and couldn't fall off while you performed some aerial moves. Well...actually...
No. Stopping thoughts there.
Focusing on Bel as she brought tryouts to an official start, Derf couldn't help but feel a sort of brotherly affection as she spoke. It was sorta the kind of feeling he had when he had seen Celyn take her first steps, only that KINDA sounded belittling and like Bel was some fragile thing...which wasn't the case at ALL. But the sentiment of pride was similar, you know? From motocross gear and never properly playing before to Captain in a year's time. It was special, you know?
"Anytime, Daisy," he nodded to his friend. And he truly meant it.
Leaning his broom against his shoulder, cheek to bristles, Derf nodded along and drummed his hands on the handle eagerly. His own bat was tucked into his back pocket at the moment, so no need to borrow one of those and he couldn't help but glance around the crowd to wonder who else were beater hopefuls this term. He was really keen to already start feeling out dynamics in the air and see who played well off of each other. The just HAD to have a better performance than last term. HAD TO!
And then part of his curiosity was quenched when Daisy mentioned she was trying out for beater this term. Well, and keeper, but logistics. From chaster to beater, kinda like him. That was neat.
Smiling as the fourth year spoke, Derf waiting a moment before offering up his own brief introduction. Aaaaaall the while shifting his weight back and forth between his feet. He was antsy, all right?
"Derfael Ashburry-Hawthorne, but Derfael is a mouthful...'specially on the pitch, so just call me Derf," he nodded. "I'm a beater and played for our house last term. Um...I like chocolate frogs...but only for the cards inside because I collect them. Usually just let the chocolate frog hop around and admire the charmwork involved there." There was a THING about eating that kind of chocolate, even if it wasn't REAL frog. Still had eyes and it was still looking at him. "Getting real close to having a complete collection now."
His bright blues drifted over to the coarse and, well, he was right eager to get air born and give it a whirl.
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Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom She continued stretching while Captain Bel made her announcement and introduced herself. Her left leg was extra stiff, for some unknown reason, so she focused her stretching efforts on it. The last thing she wanted was to get a cramp while trying out.
Was she supposed to clap or cheer after each introduction? Deciding it couldn't hurt, she gave a little clap after Bel, Derf, and Daisy finished.
"I guess I'm up." She gave a wave to her housemates. "I'm Emmalyn Walsh. Second year. I played chaser last year for Hufflepuff and I'd like to continue with that position. It seems to fit me best, but I'm also happy to play where ever the team needs me." She started to look towards the next player then remembered the final part. "Oh, one of my favorite things is baking. I love to eat, so being able to bake is amazing."
She shrugged her shoulders and turned her focus back to stretching. Public speaking wasn't her favorite thing to do and they all knew who she was. At least most of them did. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Hearing Bel's original greeting to her, Maddie paused in her warm-ups and gave the captain a wave from where she'd last been running. Warming up was FUN, but just so she'd be with the team and not always running down the field and away from them, she decided to jog back to where the group was for her next round of stretches. She straightened her arms out in a left and right direction for as far as they'd go, and then she leaned down toward the ground on the right side without bending her knees. Then she switched things like up and leaned down toward the ground on the left side, as well.
At the sound of Bel's whistle, Maddie stood nice and tall and jogged toward the captain. Maddie had brought her own broom. It had been one of the things she'd asked for upon turning thirteen. She was pretty proud of it. She'd given it a good service, too. Wait a minute---most everybody here was from last year's team?! *gulp* That meant Maddie, as nervous as she had been before, was one of the only few newbies.
YIKES.
She tried to forget about that, though, and turn her focus toward the obstacle course, which was what Bel was telling them about now. It would be part one, and then there'd be the part where they actually got to play their desired position. Maddie had done a bit of research and finally decided on Chaser. It seemed to be the perfect fit for her hyperactivity. For now, though, things seemed pretty easy---just introduce herself.
"I'M MADDIE KEMP!" she said, when it was her turn. "I think the best fit for me is Chaser, and outside of Quidditch, I enjoy eating cupcakes."
Well. It was true.
...and on that note, she lowered herself to the ground, stretched her legs in front of her, and began trying to touch her toes. Quote:
Originally Posted by Stefan He was in the middle of a very awkward stretch position when his housemates came down the pitch to join the tryouts. Not bothering to straighten up to say a proper hello, he instead beamed his usual smile toward them. "Hey, guys!" He'd been hanging around in the common room to know everyone by now, and it was also very convenient for a transfer like him to ease into things...such as Quidditch, and yeah okay, Hogwarts too.
While the stragglers caught up with them, Charlie did his laps around the pitch with his broom on his shoulders-- some Quodpot habits are just so hard to break you know? The Hufflepuff wheeled around when the Captain beckoned them to gather and jogged back to his starting point, giving the rest of the newcomers a sup nod.
Wait hold on, did Bel just say 'stoke'? Bless the surfer gods, he wasn't hearing things wrong, right? Because yes, the accents and foreign slangs threw him off a bit, but stoked? That felt a bit like home! And motocross? That's like...super cool!
And they were doing intros now? That was a bit odd...usually tryouts are fast and the getting-to-know-you part happened after the tryouts. It was like a privilege for those who actually made it to the team. Hmm...definitely not how Ilvermorny would do it. And so yes, introduction happened and Charlie took mental notes of things. Daisy likes jazz music, eh? She must be an old soul, like his dad! "So who's your favourite artist, Dais?" And Derf collects chocolate frog cards, and not...eat the chocolate? Now...that's a bit odd. "Are you missing the super rare ones, Derf? Maybe I can help?" Like...eating the chocolate for free? "If you need a taste tester Emm, I'm your guy!" He'd eat anything from traditional to exotic. This Kane ain't picky. And Maddie's trying out for Chaser too? Cool! Maybe if they both end up in the team they can practice together...and maybe teach her a thing or two about Quodpot!
"I guess I'm next?" Charlie bent backwards, streeetching all the way. "Hi, I'm Charlie and as you know I'm the new kid in town-- from Ilvermorny. Technically not super new in Hogwarts 'cause I was here during the school tourney during my first year. I play Quodpot back in the US, and I was a reserve for the Thunderbird Team," Charlie yapped, still in his awkward position. "Today, I'm gonna do the tryouts and see if I can be one of the Chasers." BEAM. Straightening back up, he held his foot behind him with his opposite hand, "Aside from Quodpot, I also surf and skate...and the occasional muggle basketball if I feel like it." Does...playing video games count? Because yeah, he's always down for a session. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Daisy looked at Charlie as he asked her his question. "I like a couple of Muggle musicians. Cab Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald. I am also a fan of Celestina Warbeck." At Charlie's introduction, Daisy raised an eyebrow in interest. She was quite impressed. Quote:
Originally Posted by RachieRu Hattie was feeling pretty eager to get going. She'd done some flying over the summer, enough to keep her in her prime, but not that much. So she was eager to get up and get going. Introductions were good though. It was good to know the team, and they'd had new people start this term, so everyone might not know everyone else. So it was pretty important. And as a prefect Harriet felt it was important that she knew everyone, and their likes, dislikes, hobbies and stuff like that. So the blonde listened carefully. Hopefully this might help to strike up some conversation later on. That was always good.
And ooh. It was her turn now. "Hey guys" She mused, giving everyone a little wave. "I'm Harriet. But you can call me Hattie, or Hats" Or whatever really. She'd probably reply to it anyway. She was just so good like that. "I'm a chaser, played that position in the house team last year. And my favourite thing apart from quidditch.... is art. And I'm pretty good at it to be honest. I had an art showing at a gallery in London over Christmas last year....so yeah" Cue little smile. She was proud about that. But of course, wasn't bragging, she just was really good at art. Quote:
Originally Posted by Govoni So there the small Hufflepuff boy was, doing laps and trying to keep up with all the others who clearly had longer legs than him. He supposed it didn't matter when he finished... Obviously, how fast you could run didn't mean squat whilst on a broom. But speaking of being fast, hopefully he'd be seeing a growth spurt soon. It wasn't any fun being one of the smaller Third Years.
*HWEEEEEEE*
Startled by the loud noise, Aaron nearly took a stumble; effectively pulled from his own thoughts. She'd made that noise with her OWN MOUTH?!... ...... Also, he'd only just realized that he may have forgotten to cross a few things off his list since arriving at the training grounds. Oh no. Leaving the items unchecked left a strange, anxious feeling in the pit of his stomach and before he could join the others (where Bel had rounded them up), he pulled the small notepad from his pocket, flipping to the right page to sort it out. 'Arrive promptly to tryouts' and 'SMILE' were both quickly marked through. With a deep sigh of relief, he replaced it in his pocket, and bounded over to join in.
"Hihi! I'm Aaron Botros!" MmmmHMMMM. Yes, he WAS related to Abey, aka the ABSOLUTE COOLEST person in the school. "I've been around quidditch my entire life, and have been training really hard for the past few summers to ultimately gain the confidence to try out!" And, actually, it was finally the right time. His dreams had told him so. "Oh.... and I'm going to be trying for the Beater position since I have strong arm muscles from playing violin for eight years. It would be an honor to help protect everyone from the bludgers!" Absolutely... "Oh, and I really like creating music and playing with tarot cards." Not weird at all, nope!
Oooops. Okay, yes, he was done. Wheeeeew. Hopefully introductions were making everyone feel a bit more settled, but mostly it was so that Bel could double check off her list what everyone was trying out for. Though, when Charlie said he was into surfing and skating, Bel perked up and made a mental note to catch him about that later, but not now.
"Alright alright," She said with a little laugh when Charlie asked Daisy a question and she answered it. "Intros, not convos." It would be too easy for them all to just start chattering about things now. For instance, Emm with her baking and Maddie with her cupcake eating obviously had something fun in common right there!
She waited as a few more people did their little intros until she'd gone around the whole group and then it was time to get down to business.
"Okay, I want everyone to go through the obstacle course twice, so let me talk you all through it. First you've got a quick sprint to the barriers there, and you need to slalom through the barriers, staying low, I don't want to see anyone being cheeky and flying over the tops of them!
Then zoom over to that pile of quaffles over on the other side, pick one up, and take a shot at the goals down there. Then come back this way, right down the middle of the pitch, but if you look uuup a bit," Bel pointed upwards and the shining rings that appeared to be drawn in the air at different heights.
"There are some coronas there -that's a fancy name for circles- and you guys need to fly through as many of them as you can without touching them. Then its another fast sprint towards the goals, but THIS time, you've gotta try and block them and I'm gonna be flying over there," Bel pointed a short distance away, "And I'm gonna try and score on ya!" Yep!
"Don't stress if you miss, and don't hang around either, because next you're zipping down to grab one of the school bats, and zooming on to the final stretch! Fly as fast as you can to the finish line, and avoid the enchanted marshmallows! They will burst on impact if they hit you, but if you get them with a bat you can send them spinning off at each other!"
Yep, they were deeeefinitely going to get messy.
"Now, it IS a race, but we're doing it against the clock. So you guys can take turns. So the first person can go, then the next person needs to wait thirty seconds, and then they can go and so on. Once you get to the finish line, fly back around the outside edge of the pitch past the far goals and the barriers and come back to the start. Everyone got that? Bonza! Lets get started!" Bel attached her clipboard to the front of her broom, her enchanted stopwatch at the ready in her hand and she flew up to get ready.
Once everyone had lined up at the start line she counted down.
"Three, two, one.... Go!" She said, signifying that the first person could start, and then after that, every thirty seconds the next person could go. And she was ready to start biffing quaffles at them when they got back down this way too! Lets DO this!
ooc: Its time to start the obstacle course! You can do this in as many or as few posts as you want - just have fun with it! Its up to you if you want to wait for me to say Bel is throwing a quaffle at your character when they reach the second goal posts (I will be posting at least once a day for anyone who is keen on the interaction), otherwise you can just say the quaffle has been thrown for your character- but don't RP for Bel please! The map linked above should help you visualize how the pitch has been laid out though its obviously not to scale (there's more than four barriers for instance, and a whooole lot of marshmallows, which are about the size of baseballs, and are limited to the one section). You can interact with each other and post off each other as much or as little as you like.
Obstacle Course
1. Fly a sprint from the start line to the barriers
2. dodge through the barriers, staying low
3. pick up a quaffle and try and shoot it through one of the goal hoops - one attempt!
4. fly a sprint to the middle of the pitch
5. fly through the glowing coronas, try not to touch them (they are not solid, think of glowing rings)
6. fly a sprint to the hoops and block a quaffle -one attempt! (thrown by Bel)
7. Fly down to pick up a bat
8. Make your way through the enchanted marshmallow section (baseball sized)
9. Fly a sprint to the finish.
10. Return to the start line (clockwise) and take a second turn!
It is not too late to 'catch up'. If you're just joining us it would be great if you include a response to the greetings and introductions part, but if you choose not to thats okay - just title your post with the position your charrie is going for  .
And if you haven't posted yet, its okay to jump in any time! Just pretend your character was here all along. If you haven't submitted the survey yet, please do so here. You have until the 18th of May.
captain post index:
welcome to tryouts
greetings and introductions
Starting the Obstacle Course (this post)
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