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potterobsessionist · #1 (**permalink**) 12-13-2017, 10:12 AM

Do you have a knack for flying? Would you like to be on a team with some of the most talented students in school? Are you a member of Gryffindor House? If any of these apply to you, you have come to the right place. If playing Quidditch or making life-long memories and friendships is your dream, then put on your Gryffindor robes, hop on your favorite broom and show everyone what you’ve got!

Are you simply curious to see who will make the cut and represent Gryffindor in the Quidditch Cup? Then by all means, join in from the comforts of the Stands.

The Gryffindor Captain; Anna Meriwether (Hey Ju), will guide you through this tryout. Best of luck!

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, Zoryn Spinnet, Abraham Botros Jr.

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This thread is for IC purposes only. The members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team will be selected by the Flying Official (potterobsessionist) and the Hogwarts RPG Admin (Zoe) after the completion of this survey.

The following team positions are available: 1 keeper, 2 beaters, 2 chasers, 1 seeker and 3 reserves.

Please check the Flying Noticeboard and the Gryffindor Common Room Noticeboard for the final results.

This thread will remain open until the survey closes on the 18th of September.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Zoe or me via PM.

Have fun!

- Josefin

Hey Ju · 09-06-2018, 03:17 PM

OOOHHHH, SWEET MERLIN, THIS WAS IT! IT WAS TIIMMEE. Anna was simultaneously SUPER EXCITED and also SUPER ASDGHKLGF - in a good way, of course - about tryouts. She was determined, however, to make this fun for everyone.

With a beamy grin going from ear to ear, the fourth year had already taken the trunk to the pitch as well as other equipment they might need. Standing right next to it all, Anna held her awesome broom, which was slightly taller than her, out to her side with her left hand, placed her right hand on her hip and shifted her weight to her right leg.

Aaand now all she had to do was to wait for the other Gryffindors to arrive without looking TOO EAGER.

...

Who was she kidding, she looked SUPER EAGER and didn't even care. BRING IT ON, QUIDDITCH CUP!!!!!!

*Kolyander* · 09-06-2018, 04:50 PM

Y E S!

Rylee couldn't have been more excited that something HAD'NT changed! With the new Headmaster around she had been mildly worried that the grumpy man would cancel Quidditch all together. She hadn't stopped training though, if anything she worked harder, pushed herself harder. There was a few weeks in the start of summer break where she had completely slacked off in the Quidditch department. Boy, oh boy, did she make up for that once she had gotten herself to start again.

Gripping her broom firmly in her hand, dressed in her usual training attire, the lioness practically ran towards the pitch. As best as one could run carrying a broom close to the same height as themselves anyhow.

"Anna! Hi!" Rylee squealed waving her free hand at the slightly older girl whom was now the Quidditch Captain. Another new Captain. The third in three terms. "What will we be doing today? Is there anything special we'll have to show you?" Or are they going to run through some drills and such to prove they could play? Either way she didn't care. She was ready!

"Can I tryout for two spots or no?" She had the last two terms. Her mind had been set for just going for Beater but... Seeker was still a good position that she really liked. Shiny things always caught her attention!

Bouncing on her heels she flashed Anna another bright smile. All the things they had spoken about on the train still buzzing around in her head. Was Anna going to use any of their ideas this term?!

oh its Erik ok · 09-06-2018, 05:13 PM

Oooooooh YEEAAAAAAHHHHH

It was time for tryouts. Théo was pretty sure this was going to be weird for many reasons since for one the roles are reverses in a way because of who the captain is and what happened over the summer but he was just going to go with it. But yeah he was a little excited none the less because quidditch was fun at the end of the day. Getting there ready with his broom and seeing Anna he smiled.

"Hey Anna, Hey Rylee"

How was he this early, not even he knew.

Also Gryffindor really liked to go through Captains. Two of his friends. and now Anna.

Weird to think about.

Felixir · 09-06-2018, 06:27 PM

Quidditch tryouts time, and Abra couldn't be sure if he was more anxious this term than he had been last term. Sure, this time he had to actually worry about getting a spot on the team, and knew that it would not be guaranteed, but last term he'd had to stand up there and talk to everyone and tell them what to do AND make himself understood, and that one embarrassing voice crack still haunted him from time to time.

At least today he could just focus on doing his own thing, which was perfectly fine with him. Abra headed down to the pitch, broom in hand, and nodded a greeting to those already there. "Hi guys."

Théo was here this term. Abra... had to try really hard not to get all in his feelings over that; the fact that Théo was trying out now and had done so the term before last, but never had back when Abrawas captain, and he tried to persuade himself that it wasn't anything to do with him, personally. He failed, but you know, he tried. He gave his dormmate a small smile, set his broom down on the ground, and started stretching just for something to do. Anxious energy - though Abra was surprised he had any energy at all, considering how early he'd been up for S.O.R.E. - meant keeping still was not exactly easy.

ArianaBlack · 09-06-2018, 06:49 PM

Zoryn Spinnet was here, obviously. They were all very fortunate to have been graced with her presence. Truly blessed.

The Gryffindor managed to sidle herself between Abra and Theo, arms draped around their shoulders. "Hey losers," she smiled.

Last term her tryout had truly been a mess, but this year she was back and better than ever. Had her OWN broom this time. Her CONFIDENCE. And who needed to be Captain of the Gryffindor Quiddtich Team, when you could be Captain of the WHOLE SCHOOL instead?

And as far as Zoryn Spinnet was concerned? She had already claimed that badge. And her spot on this team. Why they still made her tryout was a complete mystery. She was obviously one of their biggest assets here. A violent, calculated beater. Fast flyer. Intimidating as HECK.

This whole thing was more of a formality. The team NEEDED her.

Shanners · 09-06-2018, 07:47 PM

No, he wasn't going to talk to anyone. No, he wasn't going to even LOOK at Anna.

But Beau was here. For the fact that he didn't get to play quidditch anywhere else unlike a lot of the other students who tried out for the team. This was all Beau had and...well, like everyone he had spoken to had said... he needed to ignore the barrier that was Anna and take the chance that he had. And also PROVE how good he was. If she didn't agree, then he already had fourteen whole revenge plans ready to go.

But for now..... he was here.

With his lucky underwear on the outside of his clothes.

Wot.

Watson · 09-07-2018, 02:12 AM

Chase was PUMPED. Tryouts was one of the things that he was looking forward to with the rather unusual start to the term. He was glad that he had started running on his own because the added 1.8 km run that the new Headmaster, Mr. Cold Stoney Face, was just a way to make sure that he was in the peak of his fitness.

As he approached the pitch, he saw Anna, an excited Rylee, a cool Erik, Abra, Zoryn, and... He stopped.

WHAT.

Ooh well would you look at it. Beau decided to grace them with his presence. Colour me stoked!!!

"He guys!" he smiled as he joined along with his fellow mates. "What's..." He paused and noticed Beau's intriguing outfit choice. No fashion sense. Seriously. He paused and then smiled. "What's up?"

natekka · 09-07-2018, 06:53 PM

Tessa was actually, surprisingly, REALLY nervous about trying out for Gryffindor's Quidditch team. And she didn't usually get nervous about things. Usually, she just did things without giving too much thought to how they would go.

But not right now.

She joined the other Gryffindors who were trying out, forcing a grin to stay on her face even though her stomach was churning. "Hi," was all she managed to say. C'mon, Tessa, she thought, you're FIERCE and you know it! She tried to shake off her nerves. She wasn't going to think about the fact that all she had was a school broom and a dream, and very little experience. Nope. She wasn't thinking about that at all. In her nervous state, she hadn't even noticed Beau's odd fashion choice.

Maybe if she moved around on the spot a bit, she would feel more relaxed??? Being still wasn't something Tessa was very good at.

Harron Peasley · 09-07-2018, 07:27 PM

Józef had debated not turning up to tryouts - after all, he'd dreamt of playing on the Slytherin Quidditch team, and it wasn't HIS fault he'd ended up in the wrong house. No, that was all down to the stupid old hat.

But he still LOVED Quidditch, no matter what house he was in, and so here he was, clutching one of the seemingly sturdier school brooms and making his way over to the group that had started gathering. The Captain, of course, he remembered from his train ride, and she'd actually seemed amused by his actions, so maybe it wouldn't be all bad.

And there was the kid from the music shop! Jó went and stood by Beau, looking down at his underpants once, before shrugging.

Hey Ju · 09-07-2018, 10:20 PM

As she saw the first few people to turn up from afar she felt RELIEVED because people had decided to join Quidditch even though they had all already been made to exercise daily.

GOOD, that meant those people were READY to work even HARDER and get FITTER. YES. Anna wanted THOSE PEOPLE on her team. Yes. YEEEES. What a brilliant start already! ASFGHJKL!

Anyway, ahem. "Hello!!" The girl exclaimed enthusiastically as Rylee greeted her. And whoa, she had ALL the questions! "Tryouts!" She gave the younger girl a cheeky grin along her answer to the first question of 'what they'd be doing today'. "And your job is to show off." Pretty much. Ha! And if she could try out for two spots? Anna considered it for a second before shrugging. "Sure, I don't see why not! What position would you like to try out for?" She asked before she could stop herself because she'd be asking that to everrrrrrryone later on anyway. Woops. SORRY, TOO EXCITED over here.

And all that bouncing Rylee started doing rubbed off on Anna and she was now bouncing on the balls of her feet too. ASJKLKJHDF.

"Hey there!" The fourth year greeted Theo and Abra with a grin and a wave as the boys arrived. THE PRESSURE WAS ON. THE FORMER CAPTAIN WAS HER-

ZORYN AKLDFSDN-- Chill, Anna, it was all good. There were just students too. "Hiya!" She also smiled at the former-former Captain. Huh. That was weird. Was she supposed to be feeling awkward? Because she wasn't exactly. ~~Totally~~ SLIGHTLY intimidated, yes, but not awkward.

Aaalllll of the above feelings were momentarily forgotten when BEAU showed up. BEAU! Part of Anna was honestly not expecting him to turn up, but she couldn't say she was exactly surprised. "Good!" Was all she said, giving him a smile TOO because she HAPPY, alright, Beau. HAPPY!

She even snorted at the fact he was still carrying on his weird superstition of wearing his underwear outside his trousers for try outs. Weirdo.

Chase made her laugh once again with his seemingly short-term memory, but it was all good. She was laughing WITH him, not AT him, y'know. "Heya!" She greeted both him and Tessa as they joined the ever growing group.

SO EXCITING, THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THERE ALREADY ASJKLKJHGF

OH. OH, MERLIN, IT WAS THE KID FROM THE PREFECTS' COMPARTMENT!! YEEEEEEES!!! Anna gave him probably the BIGGEST GRIN so far and a DOUBLE THUMBS UP because she had decided long ago that that kid was awesome.

Was anyone else going to show up? Yes? No? Well, she might as well start. "Okay, let's get started!" She finally said after waiting for a minute or two after the last person turned up. "WELCOME!" She exclaimed, throwing her right hand UP in the air and spreading her feet apart for ADDED EMPHASIS. "To the Gryffindor Team Tryouts!" She finished her little dramatic opening scene before standing up normally and giving them all a warm smile. "I'm Anna, I'm a Chaser and I'll be your Captain this year!" She beamed and pretended she hadn't been wondering whether the position was cursed and Gryffindor was deemed to have a new Captain every year. That would be too long a topic for conversation now. ANYWAY. "Thanks so much for coming and I hope you'll all have fun! To start off, could you tell me your name and the position you want to try out for, please?" She said, looking around at all of them as she now held her broom closer to her body as if to comfort her and give her the confidence she needed. ~~Did they know there were not one, but TWO former Captains there? Exactly. MERLIN HELP HER.~~ Also, she wasn't sure if she actually knew everyone's names and didn't know who knew who there, so names would be very helpful all around, mhm. "It's okay if you want to try out for more than one position, just let me know!" Anna sent a specific look at Rylee since she had asked that question earlier that day, and then turned to smile at everybody else too. Had she mentioned she wanted everyone to HAVE FUN!? Because she did. So if that meant people wanted to have a go at different things, they COULD. "Just remember to show off your best abilities to make my job easier." She gave them all her signature Meriwether cheeky grin. HEEHEE.

She was now ready to start FILTERING some out. Ha. Nah, not really ~~but maybe, who knew~~. Anna hugged her broom to free up her left hand as well and started gesturing with both hands. "Now, I know we've been running and exercising early every morning, including today." She even left a second or two of silence in case anyone wanted to grunt and groan or make any protesting noises or whatnot. "But we do need to warm up some other muscles and... the like that aren't used while running but totally used in Quidditch. We don't want anyone injured before even starting the season, now, do we!?" It was a rhetorical question, but she DID give them a second or two of silence once again so that info would sink in. SINK IN! "So let's do it! Feel free to stretch and warm up as you wish before hopping on your broom - or a school broom if you haven't got one - and doing..." SHOULD she risk saying the same as the Headmaster? Yes? No? Would that be too soon? OH, WHO CARED. "5 laps around the Quidditch pitch." oOOOp, yep, she went there. LOL. And she also laughed at her own joke(?). Ha. She was serious, though. Five laps. "But we'll be flying, so it shouldn't take us as long." She added with a wink. Amused, she was. "Go at your own pace, I was just joking about filtering some of you out already." WAIT, she hadn't said that out loud before, had she? Woops. Too late now.

The brunette started stretching and warming up, pulling her arm one way and the other, sprinting on spot and even doing some star jumps because why not. GET THAT BLOOD GOING and all that. Merlin, she could feel the NERVES, but she was hoping to be able to keep them at bay until it was all done. And maybe hopefully also stop saying things before thinking.

Asdfghjkl!

OOC: Hellooo, everybodehh! First, don't be intimidated by my ridiculously long post, yours don't need to be this long. I think Anna's just nervous, haha!

Anyway, I'mma echo her and thank you all for coming! If you haven't posted already and want to jump in, feel free to do so at any time throughout the whole tryout! All Gryffindors of any year can tryout and you can post as much or as little as you'd like, just please don't forget to fill out the survey!

We're starting off with stating what position your charrie would like to try out for, some warm ups/stretches and 5 laps flying around the pitch! I'll hopefully be moving on with the tryouts in about 20-22 hours.

Felixir · 09-07-2018, 11:41 PM

As Zoryn approached Abra and Théo, slinging an arm around each of them and greeting them the way that she did, Abra managed a smile for her. "Hey Zoryn," he replied, allowing her to continue standing with an arm draped around his shoulders but still stretching his own arms out in front of himself. "All set?" Of course she was, she was Zoryn Spinnet; very rarely was she not ready and raring to go.

Abra gave a nod of greeting to each of the others as they turned up, in a show of politeness and general respect towards his peers. Mostly, he was really ready to get up in the air and get started; anticipating a nerve-wracking thing was about a thousand times worse than actually doing the thing itself.

Luckily, there wasn't long to wait at all, because Anna soon got things started. Abra was quiet and reasonably attentive as she addressed them all, his gaze occasionally drifting up to the sky where he longed to be flying already. Anna seemed a little, uhhh... well... nervous. Abra didn't think he'd ever heard her talk this much before, and a lot of that was probably to do with the fact that you did have to say a fair bit when running a tryout, but she definitely did seem to be driven by nerves today. Completely understandable, and utterly relatable. Abra tried to shoot her an encouraging smile as she told them exactly what they all needed to do, then made a start on following her instructions.

"Abra Botros," Abra said to Anna. She knew his name, but you know, she'd asked for it again, so... "Trying out for Seeker." Beater was probably his second choice, but Seeking was really where Abra's heart lay, so that was what he would be focusing on.

With that information supplied, Abra continued with what he had already sort of started doing earlier. He stretched out his arms, pulling each across his chest and pinning it there for a few moments each, then moved onto doing slow windmill arms. He stretched out his leg muscles by pulling his legs this way and that, and did some back stretches and hip rotations and a whole bunch of leeeeeeans. When he felt suitably stretched, Abra picked up his broom again and moved away into a space so he wouldn't accidentally smack into anyone, swung his leg over it, and finally - thankfully - kicked off into the air.

Five laps. Given that he was on a broom, it would be remarkably easy compared to the other sort of laps they had been doing around the pitch every day.

ArianaBlack · 09-08-2018, 09:05 AM

"Always," the Gryffindor gave Abra an easy smile. He was the only one she didn't feel superior to when it came to Quidditch tbh. In her eyes, they were equals. Which didn't happen often, okay?

The sixth year's attention turned to Anna, finally, as the girl began to address them as a group. She was pretty amused seeing Anna's nerves, not gunna lie. WHAT? Was that so criminal? She was friends with the girl, yes, but she was still bitter okay? If her parent's hadn't made her turn in her badge, it would've been Zoryn commanding that stage right now. And she would have been doing a MUCH better job. Just saying.

Either way, she was bored and ready to play. Couldn't Coach B just hand her jersey to her now and call it a day?

Despite this, the Gryffindor let her arms drop and took a few steps forward so that she wasn't right at level with the boys. Then she began her stretches like a TRUE professional.

"Zoryn Spinnet. Beater." Duh.

Everyone already knew which position she'd be going for. Once she felt as though she got some good arm stretches in, she wasted no time getting on her broom and kicking off. Five laps was nothing if at a DECENT hour and on a broom. Maybe the Scrimonster could take a couple notes.

*Kolyander* · 09-08-2018, 12:39 PM

Hi! Hi there, everyone else! All the waving and excited smiles from her to those that had arrived after her.

Tryout. Well, yeah, she knew that. Rylee grinned at Anna shaking her head. The older girl had to be messing with her. Anna kept talking though and talking and talking! Just like she did all the time too! "Show-off? I can do that!" Cue the giggling and bouncing even more on her feet now. Permission to show-off was always a good thing. Uh... well... might as well go with it now and tryout for two positions since she had mentioned it already. "Beater and Seeker." She knew she was a good Beater but there was still a part of her that wanted to show everyone that she could be a Seeker too if given the chance. If not... Abra was here and he was an amazing Seeker!

More talking from the Captain. Warm-ups and then laps around the pitch. Five laps. If it wasn't for the use of her broom she might have even groaned. At least she wouldn't be running the laps... again. Not that she really had much of a problem with it anymore.

Setting her broom down in front of her she got to work on those stretches. Arm rotations, jogging in place, leg stretches. All the things to get herself ready to go. "Rylee Prichard. Beater and Seeker." Maybe Seeker. It all depended on how she was feeling when she was out there flying.

Picking up her broom when she was sure she was ready she walked away from the group a little bit. Mounting her broom and kicking off she took to the sky.

natekka · 09-08-2018, 04:15 PM

Tessa stopped bobbing about on the spot when Anna spoke up and addressed the group. THIS WAS IT. Well, after warming up.....

Gripping her broom tightly in anticipation, she listened, her eyes darting around all the while. No one else looked especially nervous. She couldn't be the only one. She was eager to get going and fly off her nerves and she also wanted to avoid being the last to speak because, in her mind, that meant she wasn't as eager as the others, so she went ahead and introduced herself. "Tessa Roberts. I'm trying out for Chaser!!" Her voice, it seemed, had returned. She grinned at Anna. See? She was EXCITED and READY.

She copied some of the other's stretches because, while she knew how to fly and play Quidditch, she hadn't always given as much attention to stretching as she should have done. That would change NOW. Plus she was used to doing a few stretches before their morning laps.

Once everyone had introduced themselves and declared what position they wanted and she had finished stretching, Tessa wasted no more time and got on her broom and kicking off from the ground. Up, up she went. Five laps on a broom would be much more enjoyable than on foot. She sped off at a reasonable pace. The school brooms wouldn't allow her to match the speeds of some of the other players, but she wouldn't let that put her off. The blonde was small and swift. She could use that to her advantage. Speed wasn't everything. To prove it, she weaved in and out of the others every now and again.

Harron Peasley · 09-08-2018, 10:33 PM

Watching as their captain - Anna, he now knew her as - speak to the group, Józef didn't notice her nervousness. This was partly because he wasn't the most observant of people, and partly because his gaze kept moving across the faces of all of the people gathered there. He could tell that it was going to be very competitive from the outset, but it didn't particularly worry him: he was BORN to play Quidditch, after all. Who cared if he was only eleven and had probably never played at their level before?

NOT HIM.

"I'm John Doe," he flashed a cheeky grin at Anna as he introduced himself, the name from the prefects compartment coming back to him. "Or Józef Kowalski. Whatever is easiest for you to remember." He added it almost as an afterthought. "I'm trying for Keeper, but I don't really mind what position I play."

He was just most USED to keeper, having played it most in his little league team back home, but if she thought he'd be a better fit for some other place that meant he was on the team? Well, he DEFINITELY wasn't going to complain.

After one more glance over the people there, Jó started a little warm up, doing some star jumps and stretching rather hurriedly - he wanted to be FLYING. That was why he was HERE. So it wasn't long before he'd mounted the school broom and started performing his laps around the pitch.

Felixir · 09-08-2018, 11:13 PM

Finally up in the air, Abra took a moment to really relish the feeling of flying, like he did approximately every single time he rode his broom. Rather than take every single lap at speed, he decided to use his first one to warm up and get into the rhythm of flying again, so he flew moderately quickly, way up high - level with the top of the stands - so as to space himself apart from the others and avoid any collisions. By the end of his first lap he was more than ready to speed up, and so as he passed his starting point he did exactly that.

Putting on a sudden burst of speed, Abra shot down towards the other end of the pitch before pulling back to brake suddenly and swerve around the hoops. It was his favourite way of doing high speed turns and he'd managed to perfect his method rather well over the last few years. Once around the tight bend, he sped back up again and flew around the hoops at the opposite end, then completed his second lap.

For his third and fourth laps, Abra opted out of his special controlled turns and instead kept going at high speed as he rounded the hoops at each end of the pitch, each time getting so close to the stands around the outside of the pitch he could have sworn he felt his robes flapping against them. For the last lap, he slowed down a bit, and moved up and down slightly as he flew, moving through the air like a dolphin diving in and out of the ocean, still flying high enough that the risk of crashing into anyone else was minimal. He liked to give the laps a bit of variety, seeing as this was technically a warm-up and he'd be likely to do all sorts of ducking and weaving for his actual tryout.

When his final lap was finished Abra slowed right down and returned to where they had all been standing earlier. He didn't feel much like dismounting and returning to the ground just yet, so simply hovered a few feet from the ground and waited for their next set of instructions.

oh its Erik ok · 09-09-2018, 01:01 AM

Rude, Zoryn. But she got a Hey and with Abra and just watched everyone else arrive and well Beau had some interesting fashion which was not out of the ordinary for him. He listened to the important bits of what Anna said. Sorry but speeches or just lots of talking he zoned out on or was oblivious too. He couldn't remember even one of the old Headmistress' speech or the new guys one. Even tho Anna was not saying a lot he was still zoning out hoping he could be flying right now.

"Théo Montmorency, Chaser"

And without further adu, he started some easy arm and leg stretches for a good couple of minutes before mounting his broom and starting his five laps. Which was a whole lot easier on a broom than on foot

Facts.

Watson · 09-09-2018, 06:55 AM

Even though he and Anna were good mates and he suspected that she knew his real full name- he still had to follow the protocol. He stepped forward. “Chang-Woo Spenley but I go by Chase. I’ll be trying out for Chaser....” Cause Chaser Chase had such a nice ring to it! He paused momentarily before adding, “And Seeker too.” Yep. He had said it and had thrown his hat into the ring for a different position. Both positions required you to be able to sprint effectively so he thought it’d be an interesting challenge. He had rarely played Seeker with his mates but it was something to try.

As he walked a little bit away from the group, the boy stayed quiet and began stretching. Arms first... slow stretches. Then legs. He grabbed his ankle and brought his ankle to his behind as he bent it. He focused on the horizon to help himself maintain his balance. After stretching, he quickly did a jog around the pitch before hopping on his broom.

Incentive on his broom, he crouched down, narrowing the space between his chest and the broom and ZOOOOOOMED around the Quidditch Pitch not once but twice. Sure that was a speed demonstration but he also needed to show his handling of the broom — his control. He then decided to weave in and out by the Quidditch stand towers as he did his laps, varying his elevation and speed. Then he made it to his final lap and crouched even further to the broom until his chest even touched the wood of his broom. From there, he gripped his broom and soared to the starting point.

Laps done. Now what did Anna have in store for them?

Shanners · 09-09-2018, 05:28 PM

Nope, he still wasn't going to speak to anyone else that was there and had been focusing on a spot just over Anna's shoulder to stare at instead of giving her any eye contact when he needed to speak to her. "I'm a great keeper and I'm a great chaser." Which she already knew about him, but everyone else was stating the absolute obvious so SO would he. "But I can use a beaters bat and my Mum taught me all I know about that. You know. Kaia Barnard. You know her. I know you do." He also had a lot of aggression to be getting out nowadays so...maybe the beating genes in his family would prevail this year.

"I'll take anything that isn't reserve." You know... the pity position.

Honestly, Beau was glad that they were being instructed to get up in the air, because he was able to get back to what he loved doing and take his mind off the thoughts he was having right now about hexing the captain in front of everyone else there. This was.. going to be an interesting experience, but he was here for it. Didn't that say a lot about how important this was to him? To still want to make the team despite the Captain being the one person he hated more than anyone? Woteva.

Kid was up in the air as quick as he could be and was in his natural element as Beau Go GO up there. The five laps were easy for him speed wise and whilst he was only supposed to be doing five, Beau carried on going until everyone else had finished. The feeling of being in charge of his movement, in charge of his speed and in charge of something... that was heaven for him It was everything.

It was love.

Hey Ju · 09-09-2018, 05:50 PM

Anna had placed her broom on the ground next to the trunk, by which she was now crouching down and writing each person's name and the position they would like to be considered for on a parchment. Her self-inking quill shaking ever so slightly as her own hand took the weight of her nerves, still Anna nodded and while trying to simply focus on the people in front of her.

She did notice the reassuring look Abra had given her and appreciated that very much, but the vibe she was getting from Zoryn wasn't exactly helping the fourth year that much. Anna looked at the girl and gave her a firm nod anyway and jotted down what she already knew the girl would say. To be fair, she knew most people's names and the positions they would go for, but the formalities were only there in case there were new people, WHICH, in fact, there were. And Anna was also pleasantly surprised some of the people were trying out for more than one position. Good thing she did ask what they'd like to have a go at.

The Captain couldn't help but chuckle at 'John Doe', also sending him a smile and a nod as she wrote down his actual name after finally learning it. Beau also got a nod when he spoke up, though Anna couldn't help but snort as she looked back down at the parchment to write his name and what he'd like to try out for.

As everyone got one their brooms after stretching and warming up, Anna herself didn't. It already felt weird to be still on the ground, walking around with two pieces of parchment as all the others zoomed around. She wasn't 'marking' them, but she had to get the next bit ready for when they were done with the warm up laps.

Waving her wand, a good number of hula hoops that were grouped together floated her way and kept hovering the ground right next to her. If one didn't look close enough, they could've probably have mistaken the grouped hula hoops for one wide white tube. As some were still doing the laps, Anna cast Sonorus on herself to be able to address everyone no matter where in the pitch they were. "When you are done warming up and doing the laps around the pitch, please either tap your wand on these hula hoops or... fly through them once if you prefer." Or in case they hadn't brought their wand for some odd reason - ~~who did that anyway?~~

She took a few steps away from the hula hoops to give people enough space to either zoom through them or to tap their wands on them. After everyone had done it, she gestured for them to step or fly away from the grouped hoops and waved her wand again. Each of the hula hoops flew off in a different direction, finally settling in their rightful place at varying heights and spread around the entire pitch.

"I want to see your flying abilities!" Anna grinned, looking at all of her housemates. "You have 30 seconds to fly through as many of those as you can!" She said, pointing with her quill at all of the hula hoops. "They'll change colours as you go through them, and a colour has now been assigned to each of you! The colours are cumulative and won't cancel each other out, so we'll see who flew through each hoop at the end. I'll... make things a bit more interesting once the 30 seconds are up." She finished with a cheeky grin, choosing not to tell them what would happen next yet. Quidditch wasn't exactly predictable, after all! "On your marks!" Which basically meant anywhere they currently were on the pitch as the hula hoops were very much spread around evenly. "Be careful not to crash into each other! GO!" She shouted the go-ahead, totally forgetting to use the whistle she had because she just never HAD to use one before. Making a mental note to use it for the next bit, she rushed to mount her broom and kicked off from the ground to watch everyone from above. She steadied her broom at a safe distance away from the hoops, one of the pieces of parchment floating next to her while she held the other one and used it to take notes.

OOC: When your character either flew through the grouped hula hoops or tapped them with their wand, they were assigned a colour (they don't choose what colour, ehehe, so feel free to have fun with it). Please make sure there are no repeat colours and write your character's colour on your post title so we all know what it is!

The task is still pretty simple: your charries have 30 seconds to fly through as many floating hula hoops as they can! They are all stationary, but are spread all around the pitch at different heights and would be AT LEAST 10 ft apart. They are initially white and will start getting coloured as each of your charries flies through them. For instance, if Abra's colour is green and Chase's is blue, the hula hoop will be completely green if Abra is the first one to fly through it, but as soon as Chase flies through the same hoop, it will become half green, half blue. The next person might fly through it and it'll then be three different colours, and so on.

Post as much or as little as you like, just please title your posts with the colour assigned to your charrie. You can put the number of hula hoops they fly through as well if you want to keep track of it, but that's not necessary.

If you have any questions, please either VM or PM me aaaand if you haven't already, please make sure you complete this survey to be considered for the team! I'll be posting every 24-48 hours from now on and other things will be added as we go! If you haven't posted yet and would still like to join, feel free to jump right in as if your character has been here all along!

Felixir · 09-10-2018, 04:05 PM

Hoops? Okay, Abra thought he could see where this was going. At the instructions from Anna, he considered the hoops for a moment, before going right ahead and flying through them. Not that he didn't have his wand on him, he did, but because flying was fun, and he'd take that option always.

When Anna sent the hoops out over the pitch, Abra watched them all go, nodding along to what the captain was telling them to do to show that he understood. Though in some contexts it could feel like a lifetime, thirty seconds wasn't a huge amount of time to really show off what they could do, and Abra knew he'd have to make the seconds count. Already he was mentally planning a route through the hoops, but he looked back around when Anna mentioned making things a bit more interesting later. Now, what would that entail? Bludgers, maybe?

No time to think about that, though. It was time. On Anna's shout, Abra directed his broom straight up into the air and headed for the first hoop on his mentally mapped out route. As he sped through it, he chanced a glance backwards just out of curiosity, to see which colour he had been assigned. Turquoise. Alright, he'd take it.

Not that he had a choice in the matter.

Eyes front again, Abra put on a burst of speed and began weaving his way through the hoops that were spread out over the pitch. From his first hoop, he went straight ahead and through his second, then made a sudden right turn and flew through a third. Pulling the handle of his broom back he flew straight up into the air to reach the next, and then, once he had passed through it and turned it turquoise, Abra went into a sudden dive and aimed for one of the hoops that was closer to the ground. Through hoop number five he went, before he directed his broom back skywards again, urging it on to the next target, eager to get some turquoise on as many hoops as possible before the thirty seconds was up.

laurange · 09-11-2018, 05:22 PM

Faith was late -- not that this was a surprise, really, because Faith Chosen was late for everything and had been late for tryouts now three years running. And running she was. Run-run-running. Zoomin'. All the zooms.

"Hey Merlin," she panted. "If it's not too much work, could you maybe have this NOT disqualify me? Thanks." Pant pant. "Owe you a million."

Anyway, she did eventually make it to the pitch. And just in time for warmups! And in time to pout at Zoryn because she didn't wake her up. AGAIN. And to note Beau's decision to wear his pants on top of his trousers. Weird.

STRETCHY TIME. Stretching was super duper mega important for keepers, because that tiny half inch of an extra strech can be the whole difference between saving a goal and not saving a goal. Which was vital, because that was their whole job. NO QUAFFLES PAST THIS AREA. Except this area was the Keeper. YEAH. She totally knew what was up, even though she was super duper late and all this mental activity was probably because she was freaking out just a tiny little bit.

Did she really have to say her position? She was in such an awkward pose in this stretch and it was kinda hard to talk. And everyone KNEW Faith Chosen was a keeper. HEH. A KEEPER. That's funny. She should put it on her Incendio profile. Anyway. Was it really really necessary? Everyone else seemed to be doing it. OH WELL. Monkey see, monkey do.

"Keeper!" she chirped, in the space between two stretches, and then got back to business.

O K A Y. Now that she was all limbered up, the blonde Gryffindor got onto her broom and was it laps time? How many la-- "That's not funny," she grumbled, kicking off into the air anyway. She wasn't gonna go fast, she had to use these laps to warm up and calibrate herself and her broom for the flying they'd do later, so it was way way way more important to steer well. And then she'd just speed up at the last lap.

Except she got bored after the first lap and a half and did her zooms for the remaining laps. NYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM went the keeper. And when those were over, and she was told to either fly through the hoops or tap them with her wand, she obviously flew through. Because DUH. Besides, she didn't want to snap her wand because she wanted to fly through the hoop FAST FAST FAST.

All this running in the morning was pumping her veins full of adrenaline and she just wanted to GO ZOOM.

WAIT WAIT WHERE WAS HER PRETTY PINK HOOP GOING? SHE LIKED THAT HOOP. ANNA. HEY ANNAAAAAAAA. GIVE IT BAAAAAAAAAACK.

No. THIRTY seconds? Forreal? "This is AWESOME!"

Later, 'gators!

ALL THE ZOOMS!

oh its Erik ok · 09-11-2018, 06:45 PM

The five laps were a breeze and easy peasy lemon squeesy if people said that anymore. Théo has not checked or asked anyone.Probably not tho. Anna must have the morning run on her brain to make them do five. Ok, he was done with laps and now onto bigger and better things like flying through hoops. He started diving and rolling for fun before finally zooming right there his first hoop and turned his head to see what color it was. It looked kind of dark red but not dark red.

"NiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiCE"

He didn't know the name for it. He didnt have much time to think about going back because he wanted to ZOOOOOM and ZIIIIIIP through as many hoops as possible

Maybe even possibly get a cooler colour next time.

Anything really he wasn't picky...yeah that was a lie.

*Kolyander* · 09-12-2018, 03:48 PM

Five laps around the pitch went incredibly fast when you were flying as fast as you dared to go. Anna had told her to show-off and that was what Rylee intended to do. Speed wasn't something she was afraid of, going fast was freeing. The only problem with flying so quickly was how fast her laps were over and she found herself touching back down upon the ground where she had started.

Listening for the next set of instructions Rylee nodded slowly. This activity seemed rather interesting. Fly through as many hoops as she could in thirty seconds. Pulling her wand out of her pocket she stepped forward and tapped each of the hula hoops as instructed.

Mounting her broom once more and kicking off, she hovered a bit watching as Anna sent the hoops out across the pitch. Each one to a different spot. Rylee did her post to try to take a mental note of where they all were.

And it was time to FLY! Right from the straight she shot forward for the first hoop tucking herself in nice and tight against her broom gliding through the hoop with ease. A quick glance over her shoulder was all it took to see that her color was ORANGE! Not purple which everyone knew was her favorite but that was alright as orange was just as lovely.

After her first hoop she had to make a sharp left to go through her second and then a slight dive through the third. Rylee picked up her speed as much as she could focusing on nothing but the sailing through as many hoops as she could in the given time.

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