Open The Stands

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Lysander had adorned himself in yellow and black for today's match, looking to support his Hufflepuff friends in the game against Ravenclaw. For the most part. Truth be told, he was mostly looking forward to seeing how well, or poorly, Juniper captained, since she'd probably taken some notes from Sydney and jinxed her way to her position somehow. He tried to wave at Linden to get his attention from the pitch, though he figured he'd be too far away, and too lost in the crowd. He sat back in his seat, waiting for the match to start while he dug into some snacks.​
 
Although Ivelisse was glad the first match wouldn't be Slytherin's to play she still made sure to arrive to the pitch early, allowing herself plenty of time to find the best possible spot to watch the match. She needed to know what she might be up against, after all. Ive wasn't dressed in any particular colours since she wasn't exactly there to support the other teams and was mostly curious which of the two would leave the pitch with the win. Settling down at the front of the stand she hung back a little, waiting for the game to start.
 
Kiara was excited for the first quidditch match of the year. The first match she would be able to attend now that she was at the school. It helped that it was her own house who was playing so she could come dressed in all the blue and bronze she could find in her closet. Blue she had, bronze not so much. Luckily, she did have an older cousin who had helped her out with a small colour changing spell so she still had some bronze as well. And some face paint, which Kiara wouldn't have been able to do as pretty herself. Climbing up the stairs to the stands, she looked around for anyone familiar before using her time to find a nice spot with a good view of the pitch.
 
Professor Kingsley was always excited to catch a game when she had the time. The woman found her way to the stands, climbing until she found a seat to watch the match. She was sure it was going to be a great game.
 
Eugene found quidditch fun. he'd once toyed with the idea of joining the team, but he hadn't really be very good at the sport and decided he already did a whole bunch so there wasn't too point for him to take on more. The teen walked onto the stands and glanced about. he had his camera with him and in the crowd of people he spotted Ive. He decided to go sit with her. He hadn't spent that much time with her yet and he wanted to. THey were friends after all. She'd been his best model so far. "Ive! hey!" he greeted as he sat down next to her. He grinned and motioned out to the field. "Who are you supporting today? Or just scouting out the competition?" he knew that Ive played, she was a seeker if he could remember right.
@Ivelisse Burleigh
 
Ajaccio's quidditch days were long behind him, but he wanted to watch the game. He arrived at the stands and noticed Lysander sitting with some snacks. He walked over to his friend and sat down. "Supporting Hufflepuff are we?" he asked with a little raise of his eyebrow. "Should I be offended?" he joked lightly.
@Lysander Summers
 
Normally, the Quidditch game between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff wouldn't interest Natalia much. But with Hufflepuff somehow beating them last year, it seemed important to watch them play. She wasn't wearing colors of either house, as she was purely here to observe. She spotted Ivelisse sitting by herself and hesitantly headed over to her. But before she could greet her, someone else was talking to he rather loudly. Flushing, Natalia quickly dropped into the nearest seat and looked straight ahead, hoping Ivelisse hadn't noticed her yet.
 
Aurora was kitted out in her supportive sister Ravenclaw gear. She would support Gryffindor above everything else, but given that her brother was playing, she knew it was best to support him rather than Hufflepuff. She had no ties to that house. Zag was in Hufflepuff but he wasn't on the team. She was pulling Rosie along with her to the ravenclaw stands, and had her blue ravenclaw jumper on and a little blue paint on her face. She was looking for a spot for them to sit and spotted Kiara. "Oh look there is Kiara," she said to Rosie before dragging her to where Kiara was. "We're here to support ravenclaw too," Aurora greeted Kiara as she sat down with her. "I hope this game isn't too short,"
@Kiara Thompson
 
Rosie didn't particularly want to watch the quidditch game with ehr brother, she knew it was good to support and she would be fine, but she didn't want to watch her brother possible get hurt. She knew it was fine, and safe enough, but it wasn't the best. But she had put on the ravenclaw things to support her brother and knew it was immportant to support family. She followed Aurora and nodded as she spotted Kiara. "Hi Kiara!" Rosie said with a smile as they sat down next to her.
 
Seamus was here to support Hamish. He knew his brother had a starting spot on the ravenclaw team and he wanted to be able to cheer loudly for him. He sat down amongst the rest of the ravenclaw supporters, he hadn't done much to himself for the support but figured sitting in amongst them would be good enough. He could support him from here. He'd be upset if his brother got hurt, but know that he'd eventually need to be the one to hurt his brother, he had to get over it. It was going to be hard though. But for now, Seamus would be able to just support him loudly from the ravenclaw stands.
 
Ivy was trying to be a bit more aware of school events. So rather than stay in her dormitory and study, Ivy made her way to the stands to watch the Quidditch game, even though Gryffindor wasn't playing. She wasn't all that invested in who would win this match, but she did sort of hope Sawyer would lose. She found a seat near the back of the stands and sat down. She had brought a book, but only in case it got really boring. She glanced around for Delilah or Brooke, but didn't spot either of them nearby.
 
Isadora was thrilled about today's match. It would be the first Quidditch game she would see at Hogwarts. When she was much younger, her father had occasionally taken her and Natalia to games. But as they grew older, and Isadora became more and more rebellious, he had started taking only Natalia. It had hurt, but she didn't want to think about that today. She made her way to the stands with an eager grin on her face. Her grin widening at the sight of a group of girls she knew. "Hey guys!" She said brightly as she joined Kiara and the Archer twins. "You're all supporting Ravenclaw?" She asked, though in Kiara's case it seemed logical to her. She herself wasn't really supporting either team, though she was rooting for Hufflepuff just a bit more for Margo's sake.

@Kiara Thompson @Rosie Archer @Aurora Archer
 
Leia didn't have much interest in quidditch, but it was something to do, and a way to make it seem like she wasn't just interested in studies and work. She arrived at the pitch before the game had gotten started and went to sit down. She didn't support either team, she didn't care much for Ravenclaw and without Padme at the school she had no reason to support hufflepuff but she could at the very least watch it.
 
Liusaidh knew the slytherin team was the best team at this school, but given she was now the co-captain there was quite a lot riding on her to help the team win. Not something she would've really wanted, but as if Liusaidh would say no to being co-captain. The slytherin sat down at the stands. She could spot Natalia in the crowd, and her little sister too. Liusaidh wondered if Rosenberg would turn up, Liusaidh kinda hoped she would, if only because she'd be able to take point from her. Only time would tell and the game hadn't quite started.
 
Emma was pretty curious about this game. She supposed she was cheering for Ravenclaw more than Hufflepuff, simply because her sister was in that house. Also because Connor was the captain of the Hufflepuff team, and she did not like Connor. So she had borrowed Iris' ravenclaw scarf and headed to the stands. She found Lysander and sat next to him. "Nice, snacks." She said as she reached over to grab some. Then she noticed Ajax and grinned at him. "At least I'm supporting the right house." She told him.

@Lysander Summers @Ajaccio Skey
 
Lysander chuckled as Ajax came to join him, though he did look somewhat like he'd been caught red-handed. Or yellow-faced, in this case. "It was a close toss-up." He laughed. Emma joined them, and suddenly he was sandwiched between two Ravenclaw supporters, and entirely out of place. He didn't bat an eye when Emma helped herself, and jingled his bag of assorted lollies in Ajax's direction. "You gonna be cheering for us when we're up against Slytherin?" He asked.
@Ajaccio Skey @Emma van Houten
 
Maria didn't like going to Quidditch games. She had never liked it when she was a student, and it hadn't gotten much easier as an adult. People flying around, hitting each other... it just wasn't enjoyable to her. But she had come to every single one of Odette's games after the Slytherin had moved in with her family, and she had been to every one of Finn's games since Odette had convinced him to join. Maria had never really considered the idea of Finn playing Quidditch, and if she was honest she still didn't know what he saw in it. He never sounded terribly enthusiastic about it, and she worried often that he was only playing to impress Odette. Silly, since she wasn't even able to come watch.

Quidditch had been a concern with her older children - something she had encouraged Charlie to get into, and encouraged Emily not to. Charlie could have used a physical outlet at Hogwarts, advice they had promptly chosen to ignore, and Emily... certainly would have enjoyed Quidditch, but having something to get her adrenaline up that high could have done terrible things for her temper control. On a personal level, Maria had enjoyed the years of not having to worry about any of her children getting knocked out of the sky, but... here she was again. And now Finn was a starting player, when he still wasn't confident on a broom, let alone swinging a big bat around at the same time. All she could do was bedeck herself in Ravenclaw colours and try not to let her heart thump out of her chest as she settled in to watch the match.
 
Ivelisse had hung back when the stands were starting to fill up, keeping the seat next to her occupied by casually leaning on it in case she was met by anyone she knew. She noticed Natalia a little bit away and for a second had the idea that the girl was actually walking towards her but told herself she must've been imagining it when Natalia suddenly sat down somewhere else. She didn't really know the girl outside of being teammates but she had to admit it would've certainly been interesting had she somehow been heading her way. Ive was woken from her thoughts when Eugene showed up though, quickly sitting up straight so he could occupy the spot next to her. "Hi!" She grinned at her friend, happy for the company. "Honest answer? Scouting out the competition. Got to know what I might be up against, right?" She added truthfully. There was no point in lying to her friend. @Eugene Nestor
 
Kiara had gotten slightly nervous when the stands were starting to fill up, almost wondering if she should've made arrangements to meet with someone beforehand so she wouldn't end up watching the game alone. To her relief she noticed Aurora heading her way not too long after she had sat down, dragging Rosie along behind her. "Hi Aurora, Rosie!" She beamed when the girls took a seat next to her, quickly glancing around to see if her brother was closeby. Zay had been pushing her to make friends so it would be nice to have him actually notice she had already made some. "Me too," Kiara agreed with Aurora after a second of hesitation. A short game would be disappointing but at the same time a game that seemed way too long often meant a lot of people getting hurt. "Hi!" She greeted with a smile when Isadora showed up as well, now really wishing her brother was somewhere he could see her. She nodded at the gryffindor's question before looking at the other girls in expectation of their response, certain it would involve their brother. @Aurora Archer @Rosie Archer @Isadora Novak
 
With the first game of the year on the calendar Isaiah was running as fashionably late as ever. Not that he was ever actually fashionably late. He was just late. Period. As he was running up the stairs he soon realized what a dumb decision that had been, trying to catch his breath as he pushed himself to finish running. He was almost at the top, he wasn't going to stop now. Once he reached the top Zay took a second to fill his lungs up with air again, leaning his hands on his knees as he did. Definitely dumb. Note to self: never again. After a few seconds of deep breaths he casually brushed himself off again and headed over to the first emtpy seat he could spot. "Sup." He greeted the student he plopped down next to before wiggling a bit to make himself comfortable. There was no way of telling how long the game would last after all so comfort was key.
 
Truth be told, Kas hadn't really expected Hufflepuff to win last year. He'd supported the team regardless, but it was pretty nice to come out on top for once. He just hoped Connor and especially Lucas didn't let the pressure get to them year. The stands were pretty rowdy today as well, which figured considering Hufflepuff's last game, and Kas made a beeline when he spotted Lysander and Ajax nearby, only hesitating slightly when he also saw Emma was with them. "Close, really?" Kas said mildly, joining the group in the stands and pointedly sitting as far away from Emma as possible. "I feel like I should be offended, but I guess it's Connor who you really don't want to get on the bad side of," he said, miming a bat swing near Lysander's head before snagging some of the lollies Lysander was passing around without asking as he made himself more comfortable. Hufflepuff had possession but wasn't able to make their first goal and Kas scanned the pitch to spot Lucas and Connor. Connor had seemed pretty put off after practice lately and he hoped the team wasn't off their game today. @Lysander Summers @Ajaccio Skey @Emma van Houten
 
While Angel had definitely not been a huge Quidditch fan when he'd first moved to New Zealand, the sport had grown on him over the years. He didn't often come to too many of the school games however until now though, considering his new position it seemed remiss if he kept that up. He'd brought Amanita along though, pondering if he'd need some sort of silencing charm to protect her ears as the stands filled up, settling for bouncing her on his knee as the school was still milling around waiting for the game to begin, jerking his head away as she stretched a pudgy arm up to grab as his mustache hairs with a look of determination. "Ah, no, no thank you, sweetheart," her murmured, pointedly pushing her hand away.
 
Salem was always excited for Quidditch matches, the atmosphere out in the stands was contagious and Salem caught herself grinning just walking over to the pitch. She found a decent seat, whistling as loud as she could when she saw Indi Elara, and Natalia leave the locker rooms. Officially, she was cheering for Gryffindor, always, but it never got old seeing her friends play on either side. Salem had considered if she could join the team at some point, but the Gryffindor team was competitive to a point she wasn't sure she could really enjoy it. Plus, it was plenty fun in the stands anyway.

Salem lept to her feet with a cheer as the game got underway and Chloë managed a goal already, waving the Gryffindor pennant she'd brought for the game, a second one quietly tucked in her pocket in case Aubrey decided to join her too.
 
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