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Gryffindor Seventh Year
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|  Observing the first run through lives in a hobbit hole || Ern and Touz's Nuzzle || roflysst || looking at a seed packet
SPOILER!!: Madcap Maddie Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana  The third year mounted her broom, kicked off, and began flying a sprint away from the starting point. She kept her eyes on the barriers ahead, trying to stay focused on her surroundings. The barriers were quickly approaching, and Maddie had to slalom through them...whatever that meant. As she mentioned to herself earlier, though, she got the gist of it. Her sprint was quickly coming to a close as she neared the barriers. It was then that her nerves were starting to show, and she was starting to regret dashing into being the first to get things started. Oh, well. No turning back now.
HELLO, BARRIERS!
Stay low...no flying on top of them...got it. Maddie eyed the first barrier, trying to get a good judgment on where she needed to go to get past it without running into it. She was almost sure a bug had met it's untimely demise right smack in her face, but she couldn't think too much about that now. Sorry, little guy!!! Maddie made it past the first barrier, although she almost clipped the side of it. She made the mistake of looking behind her, but then she thought better of it and turned back around. "Ahhh!" she yelled, as she nearly ran into the second barrier. Made shifted her broom to the side, though, and edged past it. She'd have to do better on the last few. She kept her focus and determination, and soon she was past the next barrier without any mess-ups at all. The last barrier was even easier than the one before it, as Maddie had figured things out by now and was navigating the barriers with ease. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana As Maddie passed the barriers and headed toward the quaffles, she took a quick glance behind her, but this time it wasn't by mistake. This time, Maddie was checking to see if her housemates had followed suit and started the obstacle course themselves. It looked like most of them had, but she didn't stay turned around long enough to find out just who. She put all her focus into the quaffles which awaited her just ahead.
She steered her broom to fly directly toward them, and then it occurred to her that she'd have to momentarily take one hand off her broom in order to snatch up a quaffle. She felt her stomach do a little turn at the very thought of that, but then she reminded herself that if she actually made the team, she'd have to do that sort of thing all the time. Maddie checked her balance and made sure she was steady enough to take one hand off the broom. She was mentally judging a combination of her balance, her position in regards to the quaffles, and her position in regards to the goal hoops.
She wasn't exactly worried about the goal hoops. Concerned about making a point or not? Yes. But worried? Nah. She played backyard Quidditch a lot, and over the years she'd gotten pretty good with aiming and shooting. Scooping up a quaffle, she held it firmly in her hand while holding on to the broom with the other. Her gaze shifted to the first goal hoop, and she never took her eyes off it as she raised her arm, aimed, and sent the quaffle straight through the hoop.
"YES!" she cheered. "On ya Maddie!" Bel called out encouragement as Maddie started things off. Bel flew over to her own quaffle pile, scooped up two of them, and then flew up so she'd have a) a good view of the course, and b) a perfect location for shooting goals for them to block as they got to the second set of hoops. Maddie was pretty speedy, Bel reckoned. Also she was good at readjusting her flight path, the maneuvering was good and it wasn't just about picking the right line to begin with it was also about adjusting when you made a mistake and making sure a little mistake didn't turn into a big one. SPOILER!!: Defender Daisy Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Daisy was as ready as she could be. "Let's do this for father!" she thought determinedly to herself as she mounted her broomstick and focused her mind on the first part of the obstacle course which was the barriers.
Maddie had started first so that gave Daisy thirty seconds to really prepare herself. Once that thirty seconds had elapsed, Daisy started her "run". The broomstick flew steadily and quickly thanks to its owner's control and precision and very soon Daisy was approaching the barriers.
Daisy narrowed her eyes and dipped her broomstick low as she weaved it between each barrier, making sure that she didn't hit any of the barriers but she also made sure that she wasn't too low so that she made contact with the pitch. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Daisy had (in her mind) successfully cleared the barriers and was ready to attempt throwing a Quaffle through one of the goal hoops. She quickly flew over to the pile of Quaffles and picked one up, ensuring she had a grip that was neither too tight nor too loose. She used her free hand to control her broomstick as she headed towards the goals, biting her lower lip in anticipation.
With an intake of breath. Daisy threw her Quaffle with as much force as she could muster. When the Quaffle flew through the middle hoop, Daisy fist-pumped the air. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Daisy flew her Firebolt X-Treme in a sprint towards the middle of the pitch, her mind assessing the obstacle that was just ahead. There were twelve rings ahead that she had to fly through and Daisy was feeling nervous but determined as she powered her broom. The Hufflepuff then made her way through the coronas. She ended up going through all of the coronas except she just touched two of the coronas which did anger her slightly.
Daisy then did a fast sprint towards the goal hoops as a Quaffle was thrown into the air. She increased the speed of her broom and performed a Double-Eight-Loop to ensure that no Quaffle was going to go through any of the goal hoops. Daisy's efforts paid off as she successively blocked the Quaffle thrown by Bel.
"Good stuff Daisy!" Bel called out. Her dormmate was flying great.... the only downside Bel could see was that Daisy was so focused on flying perfectly, scoring perfectly, and blocking perfectly, that she was sacrificing speed a bit, so that would definitely impact her final time once she got through the course. Especially with the double eight loop which was impressive but time-consuming. SPOILER!!: Eagle-eye Emmalyn Quote:
Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom Obstacle course time. She was more than ready to conquer the course. Her eyes followed Maddie as she started the first portion. It appeared as if the third year had been practicing. “Nice job, Maddie!” she yelled just before jumping to her feet. Then Daisy was off. She watched as her friend navigated the barriers, staying nice a low and avoiding contact. "Awesome work, Daisy!"
Once it was her turn, she commanded her broom to her outreached hand, mounted, and began her sprint forward. Her new broom had so much more power than the school brooms, so she made quick time closing the distance to the barriers. Left, then right, her body leaned ever so slightly to maneuver between the barriers. The extra training over the summer at quidditch camp was paying off. Her body hardly moving to send her broom zigging and zagging where it needed to be. It was hard for her to imagine that not more than a year ago she had never been on, or even heard of, a flying broom.
It appeared she was through the last barrier and headed towards the pile of quaffles. She reached her hand out to grab one as she flew by, but the speed of her new broom was too fast and her fingers only glanced off a quaffle. Emmalyn quickly made a u turn, grabbed a quaffle, spun around, and bolted off towards the goals. To make up for her miss quaffle blunder, she decided to try out the ‘Emmalyn spin’ to score. With her right hand firmly on the broom, she pulled up while simultaneously twirling her body to the left and sending the quaffle through the far left goal. “Score!” She cheered before setting her sights on the next part of the course. Quote:
Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom With her goal scored, she set her sights on the coronas. She leaned down to gain the most speed possible to sprint to the coronas. The wind whipped against her face and she was thankful for the googles she had thrown on at the last minute. So fast! Her new broom thundered across the pitch and read her slight body moments as if they had been one.
She angled her broom, ever so slightly, to zip through the first hoop. She leaned left then right as she weaved through the hoops with ease. Her confidence was building with each hoop. Unfortunately, it went a bit too high and she clipped the side of the last hoop with the toe of her boot. "No. Better next time." Her speed, once again, got the better of her.
Quickly getting over her error, she once again with laser focus, zipped towards the opposite end goals where Bel would be waiting to score on her. Without any obstacles in her way for the sprint, Emmalyn let her broom gain as much speed as possible. At the last possible moment, she threw on the breaks and made a quick one eighty in front of the goal hoops. "Give me your best!" She shouted to Captain Bel.
With her broom at the ready, she waited for the first quaffle to be hurtled towards the hoops. Then one came. Much faster than anticipated. That Bel had an arm! Even with her speedy broom, she was unable to intercept the quaffle before it flew through the far right hoop and scored. "I'll get it next time!" She shouted before heading off towards the next obstacle. "Great recovery, Em!" Bel yelled out, seeing the younger girl initially miss picking up the quaffle but righting herself and managing to get hold of it and shoot a goal. She didn't quite block the one Bel threw but that was okay, Bel was more interested to see how Em would do dodging the marshmallows. SPOILER!!: Checkmate Charlie Quote:
Originally Posted by Stefan Eyyyy, oops? "Gotcha, Captain!" Charlie gave Bel a salute and turned to Daisy to give her a sheepish smile. They should talk later, yeah? After completing his arm exercise, Charlie then turned his attention back to Bel as she explained the obstacle course before them. It did look imposing for a first-time flyer, but the whole thing yelled F U N. Who cares about getting messy? That was part of Quidditch and Quodpot so sticky marshmallows shouldn't be a problem. In fact, he might deliberately bump into one of the enchanted marshmallows so he'd be able to get free chow while in the air. Kanes were known to do two things at the same time so that two shouldn't be a problem. But of course, he will still try to whack it away with a bat.
Just right before did the countdown, Charlie pulled his mask up, and pulled his goggles over his bright blue eyes. The chaser hopeful stuck his hand out above his broom and summoned it with gusto. "UP!" Practised fingers quickly wrapped itself around the Starweeper XXI, and in a second, he was already mounted on his broom, hovering a few meters above ground. "Let's go, Hufflepuff!!!" tryouts or not, the team spirit was there.
The familiar rush was felt as Charlie zoomed past the others, hurtling his way towards the barriers. "I am one with my broom...I am one with my broom!" His former Quodpot captain's voice echoed in his head, and that was exactly what Charlie did. He pressed his torso down towards the handle, mimicking the shape of a sharp arrow and continuously tuned out the rest of the obstacle course, focusing solely on the barriers ahead. Charlie weaved through the obstacle, keeping himself and his broom low, tuning himself further with his broom as he slightly shifted his position to turn left, right, left, and right, until he reached the end of the barriers, where a pile of quaffles waited for him.
Trained to handle a quod most of his life, it wasn't much of a challenge to Charlie. As he closed in on the pile, he slightly pulled his broom up and rolled on his broom to snatch a quaffle from the pile that he flew by. With the quaffle safely tucked underneath his arm, he pulled himself up further towards the goal posts, did a quick fly-by behind it and did a hook shot at the middle post.
Team USA, reprezzzent. Wow, Charlie was fast! Bel watched her new housemate speed through the obstacles, and cheered a little at his hook shot, though the flyby, like Daisy's figure eight loop, put a few seconds on his time. But that was okay, he could try and beat it on his second go through. She was interested to see how he'd manage the coronas! He was pretty controlled in his flying so far.
"That's it everyone! Keep it up!" And she had another quaffle ready to throw...
ooc: We are still going with the first run of 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
Observing the first run through (this post)
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