Gryffindor Quidditch Practice Y32 S1

[Lizzie Parker-Taylor]

Standing on the Quidditch pitch, Lizzie knew this was where she was meant to be. Broom gripped confidently in her hand, she was taking the last few moments before her teammates joined her to go over the notes she had made about today's practice. She wanted Gryffindor to really get the chance to prove themselves in the next game, and was going to be keeping a close eye on her teammates to make sure everyone was working their hardest and playing the best game they could. It kept striking Lizzie over and over again that this was her last year of school, her last year on the Gryffindor team, and it wouldn't be long at all before she was trying out for professional teams. She wanted to coach the Gryffindor team to be the best they could possibly be this year, to prove herself as a leader and a team player, give the team a year to be proud of and leave confident in her own abilities, and the future of her teammates.

((To get a chance to get familiar with the new system before our match, we'll be using that system in this practice, with the team split into two smaller teams playing against each other, which I'll go into more detail about once people have had a chance to post arrivals. Please make sure you take the time to read through the rules thoroughly before the practice begins! If you have any questions about them, feel free to drop me a PM and I'll answer as best I can ))

 

[Willow Cullen]

Willow made her way to the quidditch pitch. They had a practice today and she was looking forward to it. She had joined the team as an alterbative and she wasn’t sure what position she would
Be an alternate for in the match. Her favourite was seeker but she was happy being a chaser or beater as well. Dressed in sports gear she headed to the pitch she had her quidditch robes with her in a bag but didn’t think they would be needing them. Over her shoulder was her broom.
The blonde reached the quidditch pitch and looked around surprised that she was the first member to arrive after Lizzie. She walked over to the captain hey Lizzie.you picked a good day for a practice she said. Putting her gear down referring to the lovely weather.

 

[Jacob Kingsley]

Practices were sometimes just as taxing as games, and Jacob knew that today's one likely would be. They had a game coming up in the near future. The semester had been a funny one for Jacob so far. He still felt really angry about being here at all even if there were parts of it, like quidditch, that he really loved. Classes were getting harder, homework was taking longer, and time to just shoot the breeze was scarce. Between all of that and his involvement in quidditch and the brotherhood, the third year didn't have a ton of free time. Yet, he somehow always had a lot of time to think and lament his family life. His family were all jerks. None of them cared how he felt about anything, not his parents who were getting divorced and breaking the family apart and not Noah who left him behind and definitely not Eleanor who always broke his stuff and took all the time with their dad that Noah didn't. Jacob had already been in a so- so mood, but now he was working himself into a bad one. He hadn't even realized he'd arrived on the pitch. "Hey" he finally stated, several long moments after his arrival. Jacob dropped his broom and began stretching, losing himself in thoughts once more.

 

[Gabriel Rosenberg]

Gabriel was so ready for this practice. He had been looking at the previous game between Slytherin and Hufflepuff and thought they were better as a team. He was confident at his own qualities but also the team. Gryffindor was just a strong team and they had won lots of times. Last year they didn't won the cup but this year he felt that it would be their year again. Gabriel joined his team on the pitch and smiled at them. Gabriel waved towards Lizzie excited and noticed Jacob and Willow. '' Hi guys! I'm so ready to win from the other houses.'' Gabriel said excited and was already in his game on mood. He knew when they had to play against Hufflepuff he had to score with Therese. And she had done a good job so far. He just needed to be prepared. Gabriel warmed himself up with some exercises and waited for the rest of the team to be there.

 

[Jessica Cade]

Jess was looking forward to the new season more than ever now she was part of the team. She needed it to take her mind off what had been a horrible summer. Jess made her way down to the Quidditch pitch for the first practice of the year, she took a deep breath more she emerged onto the pitch with a smile plastered on her face, she didn't want anyone to sense weakness in her. "Hey Lizzie," Jess beamed at the captain. James had a lot of affection for Lizzie and he was thrilled to learn she got captain.

 

[Gwen Owens-Lee]

Gwen could not believe that she was finally a part of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. The girl had worked up to it for a while and now was finally her chance to play on the actual quidditch pitch during an actual game and she couldn't be more excited. But first she had to attend a practice with her new team and she was looking forward to meeting them all and hopefully improving her skills before the big first game. With her hair tied into a ponytail, Gwen made her way to the grounds and beamed as she spotted the team on the pitch. She stood with them, smiling at all of her new teammates, as she waited for the captain to begin the practice.

 

[Fleur van Houten]

Fleur was glad she had finally tried out for the team, though it was sad to join the year Frankie left the team. She was happy with the alternate spot she had gotten, and felt excited for the practice today. With her long red hair in a braid, Fleur made her way to the pitch. She waved at all her teammates, but chose to stand next to Willow who she knew best. "Hey!" She said. "Excited?" Fleurs' grin was answer enough about how she felt herself. She hoped practice would start soon.

 

[Lizzie Parker-Taylor]

TEAM NAME: Team 2
POSITION: Beater
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 200
STARTING LOCATION: Ground

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Looking around at the team assembled before her, Lizzie felt a mixture of nerves and pride. The people in front of her were all talented and hard working, and committed to doing their best to represent Gryffindor and conquer whatever was put before them. And today Lizzie was going to be putting them to the test. The time to really prove themselves would be during their match against Ravenclaw, but today Lizzie was going to see what they were made of. "Alright, thanks for coming guys. Let's get started. For today we're going to be splitting up into two smaller teams and playing against one another. I'll be keeping an eye on everyone to make sure we're playing correctly, and working together well as a team. Team One guarding the southern hoops will be Syrus, Aaren, Gabriel, Willow, Jemma, and Jacob. Team Two guarding the northern hoops will be will be Gwen, Marcos, Jessica, Fleur, and me. We'll treat this just like a normal game otherwise, all the standard rules apply. Let's get going!" Lizzie crossed to the chest containing the balls and set her notes down so she could maneuver the latches keeping the balls contained. First the snitch zipped free, zooming off into the pitch, followed by the two bludgers soaring away. Finally, Lizzie tucked the Quaffle under one arm, bat in one hand and broom in the other. "Let's go!" She called out and took off, shooting up high in the center of the pitch. She flew up to a decent height to make sure noone would have advantage, then dropped the Quaffle and let it fall, for whichever Chaser reached it first.

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ACTION TAKEN: Begin practice, take off, release Quaffle
POINTS USED : 0
POINTS REMAINING: 200
FINISHING LOCATION: NE

Spoiler: READ!

To reiterate, teams for this practice are as follows:

Team 1 - South Hoops	Position​	Team 2 - North Hoops​
Syrus Stilinski	Seeker​	Gwen Owens-Lee​
Aaren Vyhnal	Keeper​	Marcos Morales​
Gabriel Rosenberg	Chaser​	Jessica Cade​
Willow Cullen	Chaser​	Fleur van Houten​
Jemma Potter	Chaser​
Jacob Kingsley	Beater​	Lizzie Taylor​

I've tried to keep it fairly balanced so the more experienced players will be against more challenging odds and the less experienced players will have a chance to find their footing. If you haven't posted an arrival yet that's fine, feel free to jump into the action.

Please read the rules! It's really important that everyone's familiar with the Quidditch rules for this year, especially with our match against Ravenclaw coming up. All roles will work essentially the same as they would in a standard game during this practice, with the exception of Seeker. For the purposes of this practice, you may RP your characters searching for/chasing/losing the snitch as you want, but not catching it. Try not to contradict each other about its location, but since this is just a practice, I won't be overly strict about how you RP the snitch, as long as you don't catch it without permission, or RP it in two completely different places at the same time. After we've been going for a while I'll give a final snitch location, and permission for whichever Seeker reaches the snitch first and has enough points to complete the action to catch the snitch. Note that this is not how it works in the official games! Please read through the rules, and the Slytherin/Hufflepuff game if you're unfamiliar with how the snitch works in this system. This is only for purposes of this practice, you may not godmod the snitch in a proper game.

This thread will be slower paced than a real game as it's just a practice, so I don't have a set time limit on when we'll wrap up, it'll just depend on activity and how the thread is going. I'm starting this a bit later than I had wanted because I've been uselessly ill for like 3 weeks now, so this thread will almost certainly overlap with our match against Ravenclaw, which is obviously the priority when that time comes.

Spoiler: Template

Please remember to use this template in all posts to keep track of your points and location! Every player starts with 200 points, as per 2018 rules.

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[b]POSITION: [/b]
[b]QUIDDITCH POINTS: [/b]
[b]STARTING LOCATION: [/B]
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Your RP goes here!
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[B]ACTION TAKEN: [/b]
[b]POINTS USED : [/b]
[b]POINTS REMAINING: [/b]
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[Willow Cullen]

TEAM NAME: Team 1
POSITION: Chaser
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 200
STARTING LOCATION: ground Sw

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Willow watches as the rest of the team arrived. she waved as fleur arrived. "hey, yes, it should be fun. are you?" she said as fleur asked if she was excited. she listened as Lizzy outlined the rules for the practice and who was on which team. "It looks like we are on different teams, good luck, but we will win" she said to fleur as she picked up her broom. she waited for the whistle before taking off she flew to where the quaffle flew almost slow motion catching it as she flew across the middle of the pitch.

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ACTION TAKEN: Caught quaffle
POINTS USED : -5
POINTS REMAINING: 190
FINISHING LOCATION: NE

 

[Jacob Kingsley]

TEAM NAME: Team 1
POSITION: Beater
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 200
STARTING LOCATION: Ground

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Jacob didn't pay attention to Lizzie until he heard his name. By that time, she'd already announced his team number but he gathered it was team 1. Moving towards his broom, Jacob picked up his bat and kicked off as everyone else did. He spotted two bludgers shoot off into the air and sighed. He was going to have a lot of work ahead of him since he was the only beater on his team. Jacob watched as Willow took possession and then began to race towards a bludgers he saw not too far from him.

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ACTION TAKEN: flying around
POINTS USED : 0
POINTS REMAINING: 200
FINISHING LOCATION: SE

 

[Jemma Potter]

TEAM NAME: Team 1
POSITION: Chaser
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 200
STARTING LOCATION: Ground

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Jemma Potter was excited to be an official member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, just like Jacob. The redhead grinned at her teammates and nodded her head as Lizzie assigned her to be on team 1 with Jake. She tried to grin at him, but he didn't seem to notice. Quickly, she kicked off the ground. She looked around, noticing that Willow had the quaffle. Jemma nodded to her and caught the Quaffle as she passed it.

Rule 2.2

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ACTION TAKEN: Caught quaffle
POINTS USED : -5
POINTS REMAINING: 195
FINISHING LOCATION: NE

 

[Willow Cullen]

TEAM NAME: team 1
POSITION: chaser
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 190
STARTING LOCATION: ne

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It was hard to tell who was a team mate and who was opposition as willow flew she saw jemma just ahead of her and waving she passed the ball hoping that she would make it to the goals

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ACTION TAKEN: pass ball
POINTS USED : -10
POINTS REMAINING: 180
FINISHING LOCATION: nne

 

[Jemma Potter]

TEAM NAME: Team 1
POSITION: Chaser
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 195
STARTING LOCATION: NE

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Jemma had the Quaffle tucked securely under her arm as she continued on towards the North Hoops and Marcos. She hoped she could score.

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ACTION TAKEN: Continued flying
POINTS USED : 0
POINTS REMAINING: 195
FINISHING LOCATION: NNE

Rule 2.2

 

[Lizzie Parker-Taylor]

TEAM NAME: Team 2
POSITION: Beater
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 200
STARTING LOCATION: NE

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Lizzie watched as her team took to the sky, lowering her altitude to watch the action. She kept one eye on the bludgers, but with neither in her immediate vicinity she paid more attention to how her team were playing, trying to make note of anything they needed to work on. She nodded approvingly as she watched the chasers, calling out to Willow and Jemma as she flew a wider circle in their direction around the pitch to follow the action. "Nice work, girls, good pass." She called, more interested in the development of her team as a whole than which side won today.

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ACTION TAKEN: Fly, encourage
POINTS USED : 0
POINTS REMAINING: 200
FINISHING LOCATION: NNE

 

[Jemma Potter]

TEAM NAME: team 1
POSITION: Chaser
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 190
STARTING LOCATION: NNE

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Jemma was now at the hoops. She leaned forward and threw the quackery towards the left hoop. She held her breath, anxiously waiting to see if the quaffed made it through.

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ACTION TAKEN: Take a shot
POINTS USED : -20
POINTS REMAINING: 175
FINISHING LOCATION: NSA

 

[Willow Cullen]

TEAM NAME: Team 1
POSITION: Chaser
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 180
STARTING LOCATION: NNE

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Willow watched as Jemma caught the quaffle and made her way further down the pitch. she stayed close to her team mate hoping to get in the way of any defending chasers. "go and shoot jem she called dropping back as jemma entered the scoring area. she would keep an eye out for other chasers and try and catch the return pass.

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ACTION TAKEN: fly
POINTS USED : 0
POINTS REMAINING: 180
FINISHING LOCATION: nnw[/B]

 

[Jacob Kingsley]

TEAM NAME: Team Won
POSITION: Beater
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 200
STARTING LOCATION: SE

For Jacob, it was pretty easy to keep track of who he needed to protect. The people he knew best, aside from Lizzie, were on his team. Jacob watched Willow and Jemma work well together, trailing behind to make sure no bludgers headed their way. Finding one close, Jacob whacked it away in the direction of a chaser on Team Boo as he'd named it in his head.

ACTION TAKEN: Hit bludger
POINTS USED : -25
POINTS REMAINING: 175
FINISHING LOCATION: NW

 

[Jemma Potter]

TEAM NAME: Team 1
POSITION: Chaser
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 170
STARTING LOCATION: NSA

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Jemma cheered as her shot soared through the hoops successfully. She turned to grin at Jacob, knowing her cousin would be as proud as she was.

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ACTION TAKEN: Scored
POINTS USED : -30
POINTS REMAINING: 140
FINISHING LOCATION: NW

 

[Fleur van Houten]

TEAM NAME: Team Two
POSITION: Chaser
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 200
STARTING LOCATION: SW

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Shortly after Fleur arrived, their captain started the practice. She told them she had split the two of them up in two teams, and Fleur was in team two, along with Jessica as a fellow chaser. "Seems that way. Good luck!" She said to Willow as she told her they were on different teams. She gave the younger Gryffindor a smile, then took off once the practice started. Willow managed to get the quaffle, and Fleur flew after her in an attempt to get it back. She saw that Willow passed the quaffle to Jemma Potter, and continued to follow. But just as she watched the girl try to score, Fleur heard a noise behind her. She turned her head just in time to see a bludger coming her way, but wasn't fast enough to avoid it. She yelped as it hit her shoulder, and her broom spun away from the action near the goalposts as she lost track of what she had been doing. She had never been hit by a bludger before, and it hurt a lot worse than she had expected.

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ACTION TAKEN: Flew, hit by bludger, be in pain
POINTS USED : +10 points
POINTS REMAINING: 210
FINISHING LOCATION: NE

 

[Lizzie Parker-Taylor]

Team 1: 10 Points
Team 2: 0 Points​

TEAM NAME: Team 2
POSITION: Beater
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 200
STARTING LOCATION: NNE

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Lizzie kept an eye on her teammates, watching the goal scored and Jacob's hit. She was proud of how far he'd come in the last year, and impressed by Jemma's aim. She looked Fleur over quickly to make sure the Bludger hadn't done any damage, but she seemed alright to Lizzie. "Good work everyone." Lizzie said, retrieving the Quaffle. "Back to starting positions, let's go." She tucked the ball under her arm, ducking under a loose Bludger as she made her way back to the center of the pitch to restart the match. "Team 2, pick it up, I wanna see you guys even the playing field." Lizzie called out as she flew up high to release the Quaffle. Once the Chasers had had time to sort themselves out, Lizzie threw the ball out again, before flying down to the level most of her teammates were at. She kept one eye on the game, her other on the Bludgers. Lizzie did want to get some practice in herself today, but neither ball was near enough to go for at that moment.

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ACTION TAKEN: Catch Quaffle, fly, throw Quaffle out again.
POINTS USED : 0
POINTS REMAINING: 200
FINISHING LOCATION: NW

((Rule 5, everyone may reset their positions on the pitch after a score))

 

[Fleur van Houten]

TEAM NAME: Team Two
POSITION: Chaser
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 210
STARTING LOCATION: SW

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It took Fleur a few moments to recover from the bludger hit, but she shook her head and tried to ignore the pain in her shoulder. She was a little sad to see the other 'team' had scored, and was glad when the game reset to where they had been before. She was a little annoyed when Lizzie told her team to do better, and she rushed over to the quaffle once Lizzie let it go. She managed to grab it and grinned, then started to make her way over to the southern hoops where Aaren was playing keeper.

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ACTION TAKEN: Catch Quaffle
POINTS USED : -10 points
POINTS REMAINING: 200
FINISHING LOCATION: SSW

 

[Lizzie Parker-Taylor]

Team 1: 10 Points
Team 2: 0 Points​

TEAM NAME: Team 2
POSITION: Beater
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 200
STARTING LOCATION: NW

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Pleased to see her own side kick into gear, Lizzie followed after Fleur at a distance, keeping an eye on the other players. She lowered her altitude as she flew, eyes locked on one of the Bludgers. As she approached, Lizzie looked around for a target, before sending the ball flying with a rough hit towards Jacob. She wanted to see how her younger teammate would react to being targeted, whether he would try to dodge, or had the reflexes to send the ball after one of his own opponents instead.

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ACTION TAKEN: Fly, hit Bludger
POINTS USED : -25
POINTS REMAINING: 175
FINISHING LOCATION: SW

 

[Gwen Owens-Lee]

TEAM NAME: Team 2
POSITION: Seeker
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 200
STARTING LOCATION: Ground

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Gwen was eager to start practising. As soon as the captain sorted everyone into teams, Gwen went into the air at the northern end of the pitch as instructed and began looking around for the golden ball. It was going to be difficult but Gwen was eager to keep herself focused. She sighed a little when the other team had scored but still continued to look around, keen for any sight of a gold flicker.

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ACTION TAKEN: Begin practice, take off
POINTS USED : 0
POINTS REMAINING: 200
FINISHING LOCATION: NE

 

[Syrus Stilinski]

TEAM NAME: Team 1
POSITION: Seeker
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 200
STARTING LOCATION: Taking Off

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Syrus had been running late for practice, the Gryffindor literally went parkour on the castle steps to get his a*s on the pitch. He made in time as Lizzie sorted them out into two teams. Syrus being the main seeker earn his spot on team one. Syrus casually nodded in approval and took flight up towards south west of the pitch. Like an American eagle, the teen went on a hunt for the snitch.

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ACTION TAKEN: Taken flight
POINTS USED : 0
POINTS REMAINING: 200
FINISHING LOCATION: SW

 

[Jacob Kingsley]

TEAM NAME: Team 1
POSITION: Beater
QUIDDITCH POINTS: 175
STARTING LOCATION: NW

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Jacob returned Jemma's grin as she scored and it widened when he hit Fleur. As they reset, Jacob hovered in place, happy with where he was. He gripped the broom as play resumed, his attention on the Chasers for a moment so he almost missed that a bludger was incoming. He barely dodged it, the bludger just flying over his shoulder. Jacob flinched and then tried to follow after it but it was too fast.

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ACTION TAKEN: 175
POINTS USED : -5
POINTS REMAINING: 170
FINISHING LOCATION: NE