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| Topic Started: Oct 23 2011, 09:41 AM (1,909 Views) | |
| Minoas Stratis | Nov 7 2011, 10:30 PM Post #61 |
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He stopped drinking greedily to wipe away with his sleeve the drips on her mouth and take a breath. "Thank you." he accepted the plum that Briar offered him. It seemed to him that the prefect's diet was mainly based on fruits which wasn't really strange thinking of her childhood in the outdoors. Minoas sut down on the grass and leaned his back on the foot of the stands. He cracked his nech and with a grimace of pleasure his took a bite of the fruit. "I see." he murmured after he swallowed. "I should check out that book before the actual try-outs." he stated as he had enough free time for that as the lesson hadn't started yet. "Any idea when the try-outs will begin?" he asked and took another bite of the juicy flesh of the fruit. He might was hiding it well but he was pretty nervous about those try-outs. He knew that there was the possibility not to be accepted in the team. There were for sure, player far more better than him, like Briar and they were going to make it in the team easier. However, he wasn't learnt to give up even when a fight was already looking lost. He had his chances and he was going to make the best of them. |
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| Briar Rowan-Cullen | Nov 8 2011, 03:01 AM Post #62 |
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briar tossed Minoas one of the plums and took another bite of her own. they tasted perfect, she loved magic and being able to get whatever food she wanted without having to wait until it was in season. if she wanted strawberries, then she could have strawberries even if it was snowing outside. a couple of moments later she had finished the small fruit and put the stone in her pocket she would throw it in the forest later and hope it would grow. "not necessarily before tryouts, it is more of a theory book, it wont help tryouts that much, but it is still worth a read, and if i say it is then it is." she said, she watched a few birds fly between the stands and threw a few nuts for them before taking a couple for herself. she was feeling okay now she was on the ground and had some food inside herself. at the question of the tryouts she smiled, "Its usually in the first few weeks so maybe next week. you just need to check the notice board in the common room and I'll let you know if i hear anything about them" she sad there may have been a notice on the board already. she just hand't seen it, she had had a lot going on over the last couple of weeks, she would remind herself to have a look this evening. but she was sure that she hadn't missed it Damian would have told her. |
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| Minoas Stratis | Nov 8 2011, 02:26 PM Post #63 |
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Minoas kept eating his plum, switched off as he was watching a few birds, pecking at the nuts that Briar offered them kindly. Regardless what she was stating, Minoas was going to read the book before the try-outs. He wanted to feel that he had done everything that would possibly award him with a post in the team. It wasn't like any kind of book. It was about quidditch so it would be an easy and quick read for him. "I can't wait for it. Even just the experience of the try-outs would be enough for me." he commented the case in which he wasn't going to be accepted. He would have more chances in the future and why not, he could even try as a pro player when he was going to graduate. "There are so many things that I have in my mind for when I grow up. I can't pick what my profession will be but I'm counting playing quidditch professionally as a big option." he shared his ambition with her. "Let me guess. You are absolutely gonna play professionally?" he asked, knowing already the girl's answer. |
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| Briar Rowan-Cullen | Nov 8 2011, 08:43 PM Post #64 |
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[ooc]in case you haven't seen the tryouts are up.[/ooc] Briar could tell that Minoas wasn't going to listen to her, she was pretty sure that as soon as they had finished today he would head strait up to the library and take it out. "try outs are pretty fun, just turn up and fly your best and I am sure you will get on either as a player or an alternative. she said. it was rare that anyone who tried out didn't get a place on the team, but she didn't say that. briar nodded when he said that he didn't know what he wanted to do when he left school. "don't worry I hadn't a clue what i wanted at the start of second year. but you are right, right now i am planing to play quidditch for a professional team, i am sort of hopeing the Thundelarra Thunderers, if they have a position free, if not I am sure i can find a team" she said picking up her water bottle again. and taking a mouthfull. "what team do you support?" she asked she like the thunderers best but she didn't have anything against the other teams, she just liked how intense their games were especially against the wanderers. |
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| Minoas Stratis | Nov 8 2011, 09:30 PM Post #65 |
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Briar's words were comforting and reassuring when she told him that she was sure that he would either get in the team as a regular or as an alternative player. "See that's the problem. I have already so many options in my head. I like the idea of professional player but then the job of the auror is so invinting. At the same time I would like to create things, like spells or potions and I'm always dreaming travelling around, writing books about different magical cultures, about different creatures around the globe." he confessed all those things that he wanted to try later in his life. Of course they were to many to combine them but he wanted to try them anyway. A wide smile beamed his features as Briar expressed her desire to play for Thundelarra Thunderers. Thunderers were his favourite quidditch team. He was a big fan of them. He was in constant fight with his mother for covering his room's walls with posters of the team's players and flags. "Then I'll be a huge fan of you because Thunderers rock and I'm an absolute supporter!" he said almost ecstatically those words of worshipping. "I long to watch a match of them or get an autograph." he said with the same enthusiasm. "Back in Greece, quidditch it's not that popular. There are other sports but not quidditch. As soon as me and my family arrived here, I really got into it. Thunderers are freaking cool, even their name. You are fan too, aren't you?" he asked although the question was unnecessary. [ooc]thnx for letting me know, I have already posted :)[/ooc] |
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| Briar Rowan-Cullen | Nov 8 2011, 10:08 PM Post #66 |
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Briar laughed as the boy listed all the things that he wanted to do. "well it looks like you have a busy life ahead of you. maybe play quiddtch travel and write whilst you can, and then once you are no longer up for the sport then become an auror and make up spells and potions" she suggested. she hoped that it would be a long time before she was seen as unfit to play her favourite sport. she didn't have any back up plan. when she mentioned the thunderers she saw his face light up. she could tell that she was saying the right team for him. "I'm glad that you approve, otherwise you would have to redecorate you room." she said jokingly. she wasn't sure if she would get into the thunderers but she hoped sp, of not the wanderers seemed pretty intense, even if they were the rivals of her favourite team. "yep, i support the thunderers. they are certainly the most skilled team out there, but i heard it is hard to get in." she said so as not to get her hopes up. "I saw them play last summer, and it was like they were one person, they each knew exactly what the others were planning before they even made a move. now thats skill and can only be done with a tight team" she said. her excitement masking her illness for a while. |
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| Minoas Stratis | Nov 8 2011, 10:54 PM Post #67 |
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"Well as soon as you won't play for Wanderers, I might consider changing a bit my room's decoration." he chuckled, although he was meaning what he was saying. As a true fan of Thunderers, he was also sharing the team's rivarly with the Wanderers. "Macaws is another team to consider playing for. Is my second favourite." he suggested her another option. "I'm sure though that Thunderers are going to need your flying and chasing charisma." he added right after to tone up her confidence. "That's the key of success. No wonder they owned Wanderers' brooms so many times." he said quite envious that she had the opportunity to watch a professional quidditch game. "Maybe we might manage to work that fluently during our first match. If I'm accepted, I'm hundrent percent sure that you are going to be joining the team again. You were the core of griffnpuffs team last time, no reason not to be included." he commented, believing in what he was saying. He finished his plum that he had ignored for a while in his hand, during their interesting onversation about Thunderers. "So what is left to try out?" he said and grabbed his streak. |
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| Briar Rowan-Cullen | Nov 9 2011, 01:32 AM Post #68 |
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"I'm making no promises. we will have to see who wants me, the Macaws seem pretty good too" she said. throwing a few more nuts for the birds. "thank you" she said in reply to his compliment about her chasing charisma. she wasn't exactly sure what he meant but she knew that it was a good thing. "tam spirit is certainly important. I cant wait until the next game, i love the competition of the games much more that training." she said. in games she was allowed to let loose and do what she felt was right, there were no technique practices. just fierce competition. "We were meant to be a team, so no one should be a star player. but i think i was mainly me and Dannii who held us all above water, with Damion doing his bit at the end with the snitch and the hufflepuff who was keepeing aiding as well" she said. the captain had been angry at the team at the ned of the match as he felt that they had won unfairly. she thought that he had been unfair. she had played her heart out during that game having several attempts at scoring, and being in position of the quaffle almost half of the game. "I am pretty sure i will get in, but you never know there may be some great new second years to take my spot" she said nudging minoas lightly in the ribs. "I cant think of anything else to try, what do you want to do?. oh and i have been meaning to ask you it is not a coincidence that we have a professor Stratis, is it, is he some relative of yours" she asked she had remembered the name from the start of year feast, one of the only things she could remember from the feast besides how nice the food was (especially the steaks) |
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| Minoas Stratis | Nov 9 2011, 04:14 PM Post #69 |
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"I know but still there was a positive result and the victory was yours, even though not all of the players contributed. Maybe sometimes victory is the work of a few talented people." he realised that sometimes numbers didn't matter but just the individual's effort. Of course in case of quidditch, team work was essential but still a team was a pyramid and the players the stones with which is made of. He let a small grin form on his lips as she had asked him for his relation with the flying professor. "You noticed huh? Yeah, he's the cousin I was telling you that he taught me surfing. I was surprised that he was accepted for the professor's position. He just graduated from school. I haven't yet congratulate him, I should go and see him soon." he said for his older cousin. He had met so many cousins during his holidays but certainly Icarus was his favourite one. "I don't have any more ideas to be honest. Anything else that a chaser should be familiar with?" he asked for additional tips or advices. |
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| Briar Rowan-Cullen | Nov 9 2011, 08:27 PM Post #70 |
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briar smiled and felt another wave of tiredness roll over her. "I guess your right, as long as we won it doesn't matter who played well and who didn't, but occasionally is should be noted of the few who took the team to victory." she said she noticed his expression change when she mentioned the flying professor that was an answer to her. "yeah i noticed. bet its nice having a cousin around. especially a cousin who is a professor and possibly able to get you out of trouble." she said winking, she knew what Minoas was like. she hadn't any family any more. since professor Margera was killed and she had spent the holidays alone had had fallen out with Madlyn, and although she still sometimes thought of her a her sister she was sure the thought wasn't mutual. "I cant think of anything else that needs to be covered before the tryouts. so I think that thats enough for today" she said putting an end to the training. they had been on the pitch for most of the morning and soon it would be lunch time. |
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| Minoas Stratis | Nov 10 2011, 11:49 AM Post #71 |
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"Yeah it's ok though I would prefer him teaching history of magic and give me some grades without having to do all those essays." he said unable to hide his mischievous smile. "But it's true he might bail me out of trouble, if he won't get his professor position too seriously." she agreed with that although he could imagine Icarus agreeing with professor Kingsley in case she was the first to caught him out of bed. The truth was that Minoas was a bit tired and he wanted to relax a bit before tommorow's lectures. "Yeah that would be okay. I think I got everything you show me. Now I just have to rest a bit and wait for the actual tryouts. I won't disappoint you." he promised to her that her effort won't go in vain. "Maybe we meet again to visit you sister. I'm always up to meet a centaur." he recommended as he was standing up, leaning his broom in his shoulder. "Send me an owl when you are available, I know that you have a hectic shecdule with your prefect duties." he said as he didnt want to pressure her. "I'm going now. See you around and thanks again for your time." he said with a smile of appreciation before mounting his broom and flying towards gryffindor's tower. |
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| Briar Rowan-Cullen | Nov 10 2011, 08:42 PM Post #72 |
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Briar chuckled slightly although she felt a little like throwing up. "that would be better, I am so glad that I don't have to take that subject any more. It will not be missed i can promise you that" she said. she had been to see professor Kingsley about her classes as she had had an idea about a possible career for herself after quidditch, she wouldn't tell anyone as the reason for that career was still a secret but she was glad that she had been allowed to transfer into the necessary classes. "you wont disappoint me even if you fall of your broom as soon as you get on it. 'cus its you who you are trying out for, not me." she said. as it looked like they were done for the day she flicked her wand at the trunk sending it back to the store room. when he said they should meet again to visit her sister she was unsure the last time they had both been in the forest they had almost been eaten, and the forest wasn't safe for them any more. but she knew that she would. Minoas had become a younger brother to her. so it only seemed fair. she would talk to Aspen first and then take him some other time. "yep i will send you an owl when i have time. See you around" she said. it wouldn't be for a few days as she didn't want to be responsible for someone in the forest when she herself felt rubbish, but maybe after the moon had passed she would feel a little better. she watched the boy leave and waited a few minutes until he was almost in the caste before she left she didn't want to walk up with him as she needed to go to the hospital wing and she was sure that if she was with him he would follow and ether recognise or ask about the potion that she was to take. not the one she would ask for for her head ache, the wolfsbane potion. |
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