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potterobsessionist · 12-13-2017, 10:12 AM

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It's time for the Gryffindor team to build on that team spirit, discuss what went wrong and right in the last game and most importantly; figure out how to win another game to finally lift that Quidditch Cup.

The Gryffindor captain; Zoryn Spinnet (Ariana Black), will guide you through this practice.

Gryffindor Quidditch Cup Championships
2064, 2071

Former Gryffindor Quidditch Captains
Amyliaz, Ben Black, Jennifer Wilson, Lua Stone, Serena Stone,
Marie Black, Ryan Black, Agie Rae Brandywine, Alexis Chosen,
Jack Fritzera, Brant DeVaice, Simon Bennett, Carter Phillips, Selina Skylar, Alice Fischer

ooc: Welcome to the Gryffindor Practice! This is for IC reference only, for you guys to have FUN!

This thread will remain open until the 10th of February approx 6 -7 pm CET.

Ariana will hold this IC practice and if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Ariana or me via PM.

Have fun!

- Josefin

Gryffindor Practice
Captain's first post

*Kolyander* · 01-18-2018, 02:24 PM

She had to be nearly finished right? This course couldn't go on forever. Everything had to come to an end and at this courses end she would be able to catch that snitch! There was the next hoop! Straight through it she sailed only she nearly slam herself into the next one... "WHOA!" Pulling hard on the handle to her broom she swerved to the right just barely missed the outer part of the hoop. With her heart racing so loud she could hear it in her ears she slowed down a little bit.

Blue eyes quickly searched around for the next hoop. Where was it? Was tha-had she completed the course?! She didn't see anymore hoops but she both see AND hear someone coming her way. Firstie? Was that meant to be her? Probably. Rylee came to very quick (Probably to quick for she wobbled a bit again) hovering stop. "I think I'm done? I don't see anymore hoops up ahead but we can race for the snitch... if you want?" Seekers had to be fast and precise. A race for one snitch would show who's better, wouldn't it? Mhmm. It would. "My names Rylee!" she added as an afterthought. Might as well use one another's names.

With Emma still in her line of vision, Ry was already looking for any tell-tale signs of a golden glint of color anywhere. Blue eyes moved left, than right, left again, up down and just all over the place. She was ready. So ready she was nearly wiggling in excitement on the broom. All she needed was just a glimpse and she would be off!

Govoni · 01-18-2018, 09:41 PM

....As the quaffle soared through the wide hoop, the Gryffindor let out a loud WHOOP!. Yassss, buddy! Partaking in a little victory dance atop her broom, Liv took off again, throwing herself back amongst the action.... And confusedly enough, Callum was now holding a Beater's bat...knocking bludgers about the pitch. OOH! So, he was trying for all the positions!... Gosh, Kettleburn, go on with your bad self.

Trying not to fangirl!out too much at everyone doing so well, she edged her broom closer to where the younger Montmorency boy was hovering... He'd just finish "scoring", and Liv found herself waving her hands in cheer! Apparently, some things had stayed with her after her stint at the American school. "Wanna try passing to each other?" This was something she'd seen her dad do with his teammates all the time, and though she and Theo weren't that yet (BUT HOPEFULLY WOULD BE), she felt it might be good practice. Well, not just practice, but a good showing of skill, too! Give Zoryn a good idea of what they were capable of as a unit. "I'll start!"..... Racing off to collect the quaffle as it was shuffled out, Olivia quickly retreated back to the far side of the pitch, being mindful of the Seekers, Beaters, and loose bludgers. In fact, Abey had just dodged one in a spectacular show of skill..... No time to fangirl, however... Unfortunately. Maybe later!

Was he ready??

Taking stock of the entire pitch from where she was seated, she tucked the ball into the crook of her arm, gradually speeding off. Back to where a Keeper was protecting their the hoops.... Back to where other's waited to try their hand at this, too! The Scottish air whipped her face as she moved the ball into a place where it could be easily thrown off. If she needed to. Yeah, it was sorta awkward, maneuvering when you were getting lashed (basically), but Olivia was managing just fine. Adrenaline was doing it's job as she leaned forward to accelerate, deciding to move WITH the wind, instead of against it. And finally, with effort, she tossed the quaffle off for Théodore to take. Hopefully.

ArianaBlack · 01-31-2018, 01:26 AM

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Zoryn was STILL living on the adrenaline high that came from her team's first big win against Slytherin House. There couldn't have been a better feeling in the entire world than what she had felt in that moment. Even a day later, she still felt the RUSH. Beating Skylar Diggory was probably the most important part of this whole tournament and their team had managed to do it on their very first try. Was she surprised? Not at all! Zor KNEW they'd win. She even had some of Julie's money to prove it. Heh, and they said it'd be a stupid bet.

Of course the Gryffindor was PUMPED and her ego was now TWICE it's original size (which was already larger than they normally come), but she wouldn't cancel practice 'cause they needed to KEEP winning ~~so that they could take down Juni~~.

The beater waited on the field, making some last minute changes to the arrangement of supplies she had spread around both on the grass and up in the air. Welcome back, Gryffindors. Things just got WAY more serious. Stakes were HIGH (and not just because Quidditch was played in the air).

PatInTheHat · 01-31-2018, 08:20 PM

Even though Emma didn't get to play in the match yesterday (color her ALL sorts of deep sad red colors), she had STILL been SUPER pumped for her teammates that DID get to play and HER HOUSE TOO. THEY WON AND IT WAS SO COOL. The win basically meant that they were basically PRACTICALLY already the BEST team and would win the cup. Basically.

But to STAY the best they had to practice and today she was MORE excited than yesterday because that meant she got to DO things today! LIKE FLY. YEAH!

She RAN onto the pitch with the school broom (rather awkwardly, cause running with a broom as tall as you was hard) and greeted THEIR CAPTAIN with a fist pump in the air! "HEY CAP!" She was here and READY.

oh its Erik ok · 01-31-2018, 09:59 PM

While Théo thought he didn't play as well as he could have, he chalked it up to still getting to know Olivia and Beau and it was only one game. Also, it felt amazing to gloat to Julie after it about the bet. It also felt amazing to practice after a win instead of a loss because Zoryn with an ego boost from winning was much better than a Zoryn who just had to deal with a loss.

He calmly walked onto the pitch with his custom broom smiling

At least they didnt have to worry about the floor being lava here since they would be flying

*Kolyander* · 02-01-2018, 02:44 PM

Rylee might not have gotten the chance to play in yesterday's game but that was okay. They won. She had attended the game just as she attended every practice, ready and full of energy.

With her broom from home in hand (thank you Mister Baldvinsson for allowing it) she skipped her way out onto the pitch. Yes, skipped. "Hi, Captain Zoryn!" All the excited waving at her. Both Emma and Theo got waves too. "Hi!"

What were they doing first? Warm-ups? Laps? Whatever it was, she was READY!

Govoni · 02-02-2018, 10:04 PM

It was a WONDERFUL November morning, and Olivia could be found be-bopping her way down to the pitch. Her yoga mat was tucked beneath her arm, and the brand new racing broom Carter Phillips had purchased for his daughter was slung over her right shoulder. Much like her Captain, Liv was the epitome of HYPE off their first victory. It was good mojo. All they needed to do with keep that momentum going (which she knew they could do with hard work!).

That's how they ended up here!

....Actually, the blonde Gryffindor was surprised Zoryn had approached her about the infamous yoga sessions. Apparently, she wanted to see more of that in their quidditch practices, so Liv had been asked to help them out... Though, she was running a tad late today. Ahem, you could blame Corbin Stemp for that one..... She loved her angsty Ravenclaw.

"Sorry I'm running late...." Olivia was beaming as she approached the awaiting group; and just a touch out of breath. Perhaps there had been some running just to make sure she wasn't embarrassingly late. "How is everyone doing this morning?!" ...Merlin, she was in the BEST mood. Mhm.

ArianaBlack · 02-02-2018, 11:56 PM

Annnnnd things looked somewhat orderly? It was really hard trying to get an entire pitch together when she was maybe a twelfth of it’s size, y’know? Plus, the gryffindor team had to know to expect imperfection at this point. Zoryn wasn’t one to worry about small details, like, EVER.

Speaking of small (ish), EMMA! Zor welcomed her a HUGE wave as the younger gryffindor made her way towards the pitch. Dude, Zoryn still felt bad that she had to be a reserve. If it was up to her, Gryffindor would have TWO seekers. But Mr. B said that was against the rules, which it technically was….. But couldn’t they make NEW rules? Or no rules? No rules would be WAY more fun. “Sup, Emma!!! How’ve you been?” Aside from the gryffindor win, ‘cause that was AWESOME for everyone.

Next to arrive was Théo, which was a little surprising. He was decently reliable, but not one to show up super early to things. Zoryn was impressed. “Tayooooooooo,” she called out. “Are you as STOKED as I am!?!?!” Yesterday’s win was THE GREATEST THING EVER. She beamed at Emma too, then noticed Rylee join their crew and gave the little one a waggle of her finger.

“HI!” Aw, she was SKIPPING. Just like Zoryn’s heart when they WON. Had she mentioned that yet??? How great it was to WIN??? “How was your day!?” She asked the younger girl just as one of their star chasers walked up. “You’re good! We haven’t started anything yet.” Wink, wink. NUDGE, NUDGE.

How was she doing? “AWESOME!”

Zor threw her hands up and SPUN around, taking in all the fresh air. This was the life, people. This was THE life. “Should we wait a few minutes for the others?”

*Kolyander* · 02-03-2018, 03:11 PM

Oh! A finger waggle! Was that what all the cooler bigger kids did now or was this a Captain Zoryn thing? Rylee was going to remember that. Yup. She was totally big now too. Maybe not so much in size but definitely in personality. "It was AMAZING! How was yours?" Everyday was amazing in her book. Each day had it's own special reasons for being the best...some might not be the most memorable of days but even the worstest day had something happen in it that was worth remembering.

"Hi, Miss Olivia! I'm doing great... I bet you're doing great too, right?" If that huge bright smile on the older girls face said anything at all. Happy people made Rylee happy and when Rylee was happy she just couldn't help but show it. She wiggled in excitement and bounced up and down on the balls of her feet.

Waiting a few minutes for the others wouldn't hurt... just so those minutes either flew by really fast or the rest of the team arrived even faster.

oh its Erik ok · 02-03-2018, 05:35 PM

So far besides our awesome Captain, there was Emma Rylee and Olivia here. That works since he really needs to practice tossing with them. More and more practice was needed since well he hoped next time they could score more than 40 points and not rely on Abra who was amazing but best make him worry less about the fate of the game resting on him. Even though he was Seeker but still.

"Zooooooooryn, Duh. Im sure Julie loved us winning"

Big smile to that

"Liv, you want to pratice tossing once we are in the air"

He will wait of course til everyone is here and ready and til Zoryn gives it the ok to fly

Felixir · 02-04-2018, 01:43 AM

Abra Botros was not exactly well known for his timekeeping skills. Despite being a Hogwarts student and living in the castle for as long as he had, he was still just awful at judging when the right time was to stop whatever he was doing and set off and be where he needed to be without being horrendously late. Actually, he was inclined to blame Théo, even though they didn't hang out together all the time and therefore that didn't possibly make sense.

Somehow, though, it was definitely still Tayobore's fault.

After passing through the locker room - and checking it was definitely empty just in case that was where they were supposed to meet - Abra stepped out onto the pitch and clapped eyes on the team. Okay. Good. GOOD. That was good, because he was starting to wonder if he'd got his times or dates wrong and missed a practice OR that it was actually a trick or something to lure him out into the open so that... something bad(?) could happen. As he crossed the pitch, Abra swung leg over his broom, effectively mounting it mid-stride, and flew the rest of the distance while staying and ground level.

A 'hi' or a 'hello' or a 'sorry I'm late but time is an illusion and a traitorous one at that' would have been good manners, but for some reason any and all greetings and apologies seemed to stick in his throat. In the end he just smiled at all those gathered, giving a nod to the people he knew best, and then oh-so-casually slid himself sideways on his broom, doing a sort of half Sloth Grip Roll so that he hung from it upside down, his hair dangling down towards the ground. It just sort of felt nice, being upside down, and Abra had reached the point with his teammates where (for the most part) he was no longer completely terrified of doing something out of the ordinary in front of them, because he knew they wouldn't mock him (too much) or be unkind to him. Probably.

Truth be told, he was maybe feeling a little stressed (shocking, he knew), and it was because of Gryffindor's recent win. Out of nowhere, a worry had suddenly occurred to him: what if he'd raised people's expectations and couldn't match up to them later on? Rationally he knew it was a ridiculous thought, that he was good at Quidditch, and that other people beating him once or even being better than him in general didn't automatically take away his own talent, but anxiety wasn't a rational thing and never had been and probably never would be.

The point was, he was stressed, and when he was stressed, he liked to hang upside down and feel all the blood rush to his head and the tug of gravity as it tried to pull him to the ground and it made him feel an whole lot better. Actually flying IN the air would probably make him feel better too, but Abra was polite enough to wait for the practice to actually start, though he was really quite impatient (evidenced by his already being on (read: under) his broom).

feeheeheeny · 02-04-2018, 05:50 AM

Callum had regrets.

Yesterday had been wild. Exhilarating. It was one thing to practice with the team; it was another thing ENTIRELY to translate that same level of confidence to a stadium packed with people. The cheers of rowdy students still echoed in his head, and he was certain he would never forget what that kind of energy sounded like, what it FELT like, and he wanted more. But it was odd - he wasn't sure he cared all that much for the actual gameplay of Quidditch. He did, however, enjoy defending his teammates, looking out for them, protecting them, and helping them safely score or chase down the snitch - not because he wanted to win, but because he cared about them. They were unruly and goofy and a rather unconventional team in his eyes, but he loved them. They were his unruly teammates. The camaraderie sent electricity through his veins he only otherwise experienced when-... well... that wasn't important.

The thing was, yesterday was maybe a little too great. Hadn't been at the time, but the regret came to life when he woke up this morning. He'd slept maybe only an hour, hadn't had the energy to shower, and was uncharacteristically tardy to practice. Maybe he wasn't LATE late, but considering he strove to be the first one there as often as he could, the seventh year knew his overall ragged appearance and behavior was likely to raise some eyebrows. That was why when he joined the group, in full gear but looking battered and worn down, his choice of greeting as he came to a halt beside Emma was simply, "Late night."

He lazily lifted an elbow and gently rested it on the top of Emma's head to use as an armrest. A playful gesture, but he was also still trying to adjust to the sunlight beaming down upon them and needed to adequately steady himself. A two-in-one move.

Shanners · 02-04-2018, 10:46 PM

Now that he had his OWN new broom (and not the one that had been passed down from his sister), Beau was ON TOP OF THE WORLD. That, and playing in his first quidditch game at Hogwarts. It was ALL the best lot of FEEEEEEEELINGS EVER.

HOW EV ERRRRRRRRR......... he was running late to practice.

Again.

It was always a different reason, and they were REAL reasons too! Getting stuck on the stairs, forgetting his broom, forgetting his gloves...

BUT TODAY WAS DIFFERENT.

As he rANNNNN towards the gathering of his team, he waved his arms frantically just missing whacking his head with his broom narrowly. "SORRRRRYYYY SORRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYY. I HAD TO POOP AND I COULDN'T FINISH IT EARLYYYYYYYYYYYYY"

ArianaBlack · 02-05-2018, 01:32 AM

Rylee had plenty of spirit, which was very much important for a Gryffindor, in Zoryn’s opinion anyway. They weren’t just gonna be the best team in skill, but also in spirit. That’s why they deserved to win. If anyone else won, they’d be sooooo boring about it. A win for Gryffindor was like a never-ending party. Who wanted that!? Certain not Zor and definitely not Rylee by the looks of her. “My day was AMAZING too,” still riding on that high, y’know? She probably would be forever. Just sayin. Or at least until their next match.

Seeeee, it wasn’t even just a handful of them who had spirit. It was ALL of them. Or maybe she had just chosen the most hype people to be on the team. Maybe that. Giving Théo a look of absolute delight, she replied “easiest money I’ve ever made.” HA. No offense, Julie, but you had it coming.

And then Abey happened. Upside down. Abey happened to be upside down.

And y’know what, it wasn’t weird at all. Or maybe it was and Zoryn was just desensitized? There wasn’t really a way to tell. So instead of saying anything, she just laughed and gave him a thumbs up. If he could continue catching snitches the way he did at the match, he could hang upside down all he wanted.

Then her PARTNER showed up and Zoryn wanted nothing more but to jump on his back and celebrate. After the game had been announced over, she was tackled by Faith before she had a chance to say anything to Callum Kettleburn. Still fun, but also she wished she had gotten a chance to praise him ’n their teamwork. Buuuuuuuut unfortunately Zor didn’t jump onto his back just yet ‘cause Beau came sprinting in with an announcement that totally caused a splash in every single one of her previous thoughts.

“Ew,” she crinkled her nose, admiring him for his honesty but also… Ew. “TMI, dude,” she laughed. Man. Zoryn loved this quirky, conglomeration of a team.

Was it time to start? It was time to start.

“Okayyyyyy soooooooo… First things first….. WE FREAKIN’ WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Not that it was any news to them, but they hadn’t celebrated yet as a team, Y’KNOW? Aside from on the field shenanigans. But couldn’t they just celebrate, like, FOREVER? “I’m SOOOOOO proud, we just gotta keep playing like that for the rest of the season and we’ll be GOLDEN!” Though, ideally there would be more quaffles thrown through hoops the next time around, y’know?

“If we’re gonna stay winners, we’ve got to keep practicing LOADS. We’re playing Hufflepuff next and they won their match against Ravenclaw, so we have to be ready. They’re a good team, but we’re better.” … In her opinion. “SOOOOO I thought it’d be fun to start warm ups a little differently today!” Both as a celebration, but also to showcase some of the brilliant talent they’ve got on the squad.

“Olivia’s gonna lead us in some YOGA, get us all LOOSE for when we’re up in the air.” Flexibility was important. That game yesterday was enough to prove it. “You’ve got the stage, O!”

*Kolyander* · 02-07-2018, 04:14 PM

With more of the team arriving Rylee had settled for a two handed wave. Yup. This was a thing. Both hands being waved about in greeting, while trying not to drop her broom. This girl was in the best of moods.

Woot! Captain Zoryn was the greatest of the great! "That's GREAT!" Yes. Everyone's day should be the best. Always.

Beau's announcement when he arrived made her giggle. It may have been a bit much for some but she liked the boys honesty and the fact that he didn't hold back on anything.

Wiggling. They had won. Zoryn's excitement made her beam with happiness and she couldn't help but cheer. The plan was to practice even more. Got it. She had never missed a practice and she never intended to. What did Captain mean by starting with different warm-ups? Rylee bounced on her heels as something up yoga was mentioned and Miss Olivia was supposed to instruct them on what to do.

Alright then. Sparkling blue eyes were all on the female seventh year. Rylee was ready to get moving!

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