Open The Stands

"I tried for Keeper!" Demi told the older boy, "I think Beater would be fun too, but at least as a Keeper you're less likely to be hit yourself," she said, looking up at him, "you?" He hadn't written anything in his notebook yet, although Demi wasn't sure what he meant by inspired. "What kind of things do you write about?" she pushed, wondering if she should be taking notes too about how the players were working together so that maybe she could prove to the future captain she'd be good enough to join. "Do they?" Demi hadn't noticed the boy wince at her sudden volume but now turned to watch as the Ravenclaw seeker continued to hunt for the snitch. "Isn't that the SDA leader?" she asked, vaguely recognising her from the club fair.

@Cyrus Thorne ​
 
There were a bunch of Ravenclaws out in force today, but as his dad came to sit with him (he didn't know why he wasn't in the Slytherin section of the group) he made some room for him to sit, but didn't say anything. He did take the flag his dad had, and settled in to watch the game, his mouth then dropping in shock when the Slytherin Seeker almost immediately nabbed the snitch. Well, sometimes that was just how the game went he supposed. Disappointing though. And when his dad had sat with Gryffindor, they had lost as well. Was he a jinx? He turned to look at his dad and frowned.

@Professor Conan Edogawa ​
 
Cyrus nodded as she told him she had tried for keeper, smiling slightly as he answered. "Well, I tried for chaser, but I was thinking keeper might be fun." He admitted. Beater seemed too aggressive and seeker was just... a lot of pressure. "I write about just about everything. I write poems." He admitted, not sure if it was a smart thing to say. It was true, though. He nodded at her question. "Savannah has been on the team for a few years, she's older. The Slytherin seeker is in my year- second." He said. But then, a gasp went through the crowd as Ignatius surged forward. He grabbed the snitch and held it up. Cyrus raised his eyebrows. "Well, I stand corrected." He said, disappointed.

@Demi Zephyr
 
Demi wondered whether next year she'd have someone else competing for the position she wanted as the older boy said he would have found Keeper fun, too. If she did, well maybe she would have just gone for Chaser instead, it wasn't as though she minded going fast through the air either, in fact, she loved it. "Oh, that's cool," Demi didn't think she knew anyone else who wrote poems, and she hadn't read a lot but the ones she had always seemed to say so much while saying very little. "If you do write one about Quidditch, I'd like to see it!" she grinned at him, before turning back towards the match. Savannah, the boy had said, seemed to have a lot more experience than the second year, however, no sooner as he'd said that the second year caught the snitch. "Really, is that it? Is it over?" Glancing between the match and the second year stood next to her.

@Cyrus Thorne ​
 
The last time Lilith had taken to the stands had been quite overwhelming and she had been sure there was no way she'd ever go to see another one of the games again, but somehow she found herself right there. On the stands, in the foggy and rainy weather. She didn't mind the weather, quite opposite actually. Lilith had always been quite drawn to the element of water and enjoyed the rain. As she looked for a good place to sit down on the stands she could hear the game being announced of starting and soon after motion, more specifically the distinct sound of someone gliding through the wind. Turning her head the young Ravenclaw looked at her own house team members among with those in red and gold robes soaring through the mist. A smile etched on her face, it was quite exciting she supposed.
 
Emery hadn't forgotten Michael's annoying comments at the start of the year because Emery had dared to wear a red shirt to a game between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor, so when it happened again he couldn't resist annoying him even more. He had gotten some Gryffindors to give him red and gold face paint, he had put on one of Raawhiti's gryffindor scarves and was even holding a red and gold flag. He also made sure to sit smack in the middle of the Ravenclaw stands, as he was a Ravenclaw and he had the right to be there. Despite how he was decked out, Emery was still determined to not seem like he was into the sport. So when the match started, he sat back and opened a book to read. Glancing over it occasionally to watch Raawhiti. It seemed like Gryffindor was ahead, which was good. He really didn't want to see Raawhiti upset again.
 
Charlotte found her way to the very top of the stands, wanting to get a good view of the game. She didn't watch much quidditch, but it was one of those things that she had started to pick up on after starting school. The Hufflepuff had thrown on a yellow cardigan and put some ribbons in her hair, excited to see how the game would unfold.
 
Okay, so Conan may have made a mistake in choosing his seats in Game 1 and 2, because now both of his kids’ teams made it to Game 4. It’d been pretty difficult to decide where to sit. But he did eventually manage to find his way to the Hufflepuff stands. Not because he was a Hufflepuff himself. But mostly because he’d heard that Jonah will be playing today. He’d decided though that if Sayuri was called to play, he’d sneak his way to the Slytherin stands and call it even.​
 
Ben found Conan in the stands and headed over to watch the game with the older professor. "I saw that score with your boy, nice shot!" he said into the mans ear as he sat down, eyes focusing on the game to make sure he doesn't miss any of the plays. Quidditch could be a very fast game, but it could be equally, frustratingly slow. "Sayuri is in Slytherin right? So you're proud either way."​
 
Eli held Rose's hand in his as they made their way up to the stands. Cheering for Jonah as he scored. They had barely managed to make it up to the Hufflepuff stands when Jonah had scored, so they had to wait a moment for them to calm down before continuing up. Eli spotted Touchan first, and pointed him out to Rose who left his side to get to their dad quicker. Eli sat on the open side next to Mr. Kaster, who wasn't as related to him as some other members of his family, but was close enough of a relation, because his sister was married to Eli's cousin. So... he's a cousin? It's confusing. He was making a concentrated effort this semester to let Jonah know that he was here to support him. So he'd made a banner with Jonah's Hufflepuff crest on it and it said King Jonah. "Ganbatte, Jonah! Kimi nara dekiru yo!"​
 
Rose cheered for her brother when he scored, eyes narrowing as she tried to find Sayuri on the bench but couldn't quite make her out amongst the crowds of people, they were too high up for her to get a good look. She sat next to Touchan, her fingers clenched tightly into the crook of his arm (potentially causing him some discomfort) as she tried to ignore her anxiety about being in a group to support her siblings. She didn't call out, but she hoped they would know she was here in spirit.​
 
Todd sat rigid in the stands, dressed in yellow to support his girlfriend. It had been fun at first, but after the first bludger hit, he had to squeeze the railing. Alright, she’s okay, he told himself, but he could feel his heart pounding fast. Another bludger hit, and he shot halfway to his feet. Penny looked upset and it was pure torture for Todd to watch and not be able to do anything to help. Todd didn't like the violence in Quidditch at the best of times but today, watching the person he cared about most right in the thick of it was horrible.
 
Tempest was excited to support the Slytherin team, mostly because she didn’t want anyone else to win any house or quidditch cups and become insufferable. Slytherin owned that right. She had mostly worn black but had a green cardigan on as she took her seat, watching closely as the game began. It wasn't soon after that Vanity had knocked Penelope around enough that the game was paused, and Tempest gave a loud cheer as the third bludger hit. "Woooooooo," she called, a little lacklusterly.
 
Eli had his King Jonah banner folded over his shoulder as he and Rose headed up to watch the Beauxbatons versus Hufflepuff Quidditch game. Honestly it seemed a little weird to him to do an international game like this, but who was he to judge, westerners always did weird things, and he didn't think he would ever get used to it. Quidditch wasn't like this back home, which sounded funny probably when people knew who his mother was, but even then he didn't really care, because Quidditch was always more of a western sport even when it had blown up and taken off in Japan. They only had one really well known team, where as there seemed to be a ridiculous amount of teams everywhere else. Kaachan would probably smack him for ever suggesting that Quidditch should just die out, but he had no intentions of voicing his opinion to her, so it probably didn't matter. It wasn't even that he was bad at Quidditch, because he wasn't, he just had no interest, and when you considered how Kaachan liked to train them, maybe you wouldn't wonder why. He let go of Rose's hand again as she grabbed the other end of the banner, and they held it out between them. There was plenty of room for all the other Edogawa's if they decided to show up, he knew their Touchan would, but he wasn't entirely sure about the others. "Ganbatte, Jonah! Kimi nara dekiru yo!" The game hadn't started yet, but he was optimistic of the outcome. His brother, was a great player!​
 
Rose couldn't believe that the French team was coming all way to New Zealand for a Quidditch game that wasn't even professional level. She couldn't remember her Kaachan ever mentioning this happening in her time here, so Rose had to assume this was a more recent addition. If it was something they'd done back when Kaachan was around, then she was for sure her Kaachan would have said something about it. Probably bragged about winning, since she knew the team were very good. Perhaps it was a good thing she wasn't on the team this year, because they'd been rather sh!t, not that she wanted to say that, because she wasn't a mean person - not to people's faces anyway. She would talk sh!t with her family all the time. Well, sometimes. She held the other end of the banner, across the open space as they waited for Jonah and the rest of the Quidditch teams to get into play, she didn't know how long this game was going to be, but she hoped that Hufflepuff would win. If they didn't she at least wanted Jonah to score again this game.​
 
"It's the last game of your cousins first year, you can bloody well come and watch," Elio said as he pulled Mikael up and into the stands. He hadn't been to the other games and as far as Elio was concerned he owed Jonah this one. He spotted Eli and Rose and quickly made a beeline over to them, sitting slightly above them so he can lean down and talk to them as necessary, depositing Mikael beside him as he did so. "This is gonna be good, I can't wait!" The Gryffindor team had done pretty poorly this year, so most of his hopes were pinned on Hufflepuff, although he did know someone in Beauxbatons as well. Not that he'd told Mikael that. Shh.​
 
Ben was eager for the last quidditch game of the season, he couldn't wait to see how it was going to play out. It was interesting to see the Beauxbatons team, mostly because he'd once spent a semester there, but had never really picked up the language. With Ari on one side and James and Conan on the other, the four professors made their way up and into the stands. He waved to the Edogawa kids, plus the two older boys in the back before stepping up a couple of rows to give the a bit of space, because they probably didn't want to sit with their professors, who weren't for some of them. The game hadn't started yet, but he was eager to watch how it would go.​
 
Ari didn't know a lot about Quidditch to be honest, but since this was the last game of the year, she was eager to come and watch and support Conan's and James' children. She didn't know much about the students playing, from the French school, but she watched them all keenly trying to figure out which position was which, not that it was easy when she didn't have a lot of knowledge on the fundamentals. They weren't big Quidditch players back in her community, probably because it wasn't a fully magical one. She sat up next to Ben so he could explain the game to her once it was underway.​
 
Lumos hadn't intended to go to the Quidditch game, except that Bailey was playing... and so was Jonah, but since he was mostly avoiding Jonah since last semester, he wasn't here to watch Jonah - just Bailey. He quickly stepped up to the corner over the stands after having said a quick high and good luck to his sister, she might have been an alternate, but she was the best player on that team, when she got to play she was always a great player.​
 
Sayuri had tried out for Quidditch this year but so far it had been quite disappointing. She hadn't had a chance to play any of the games, and they didn't even hold that many practices in the second semester. It was no wonder their team had lost. Not to mention that she wasn't even playing her usual position. So, she really didn't care much when Slytherin had lost the finals. Now, she was currently heading up the Hufflepuff area of the stands to go support Jonah who was apparently going to be playing chaser for today's game against the French. She didn't know why they were playing against the French, but she was going to go cheer anyway. Besides, she was already out of the Common Room anyway after somehow dragging Mikael out for his boyfriend - that was still a weird development but who was she to judge? She stood with the rest of her family, though wasn't quite as energetic as Elijah was. Surely her showing up here was enough.​
 
Hinata had made it a point today to stand with her family in the stands to support Jonah, who would be playing today for the Hufflepuff team against Beauxbatons. Honestly, she had forgotten that they would usually play a game with other schools at the end of the year, but she had to remember that this year Jonah was going to be playing as a starting chaser - the youngest on the team - their kaa-san would be so proud, and it was a shame she couldn't be here. And then there was a chance that Bailey would also end up playing. She was not surprised that all of her siblings had shown up to watch, though she was quite surprised at Mikael standing sullenly with Elio - it was quite amusing, and she had a feeling it was the Gryffindor's fault. After all, Mikael had never attended a game since they started school, yet here he was. She turned her eyes to the pitch below, where the teams were just starting to gather, waving at Bailey and Jonah, though she doubted they could see her. Her gaze then found the French team, focusing on Enzo - the boy she'd coincidentally met a few times. He was... Hinata didn't understand yet what she thought of him but... it was probably no use following that line of thought since it looked like he had a girlfriend - the seeker, she was guessing from Bailey's description. Still, it was much better to focus on cheering for Jonah for now since he would be playing against older and more experienced chasers. "Ganbare Jonah-kun! Ōen shi teru yo!"​
 
Mikael did not want to be here. But his boyfriend had somehow convinced his cousin to bring him out of the Slytherin Common Room. And the sneaky little sh!t had succeeded. By telling him that Eurydice was distraught and crying her eyes out outside of the Common Room! And she'd had the audacity to stick her tongue out at him when she'd delivered him straight to Elio and actually took payment. In front of him. Sayuri had sold him out for money. And when he'd pointed out that he'd never believe her again, she'd pointed out that it would be no loss to her, but then he'd be the one in trouble if it turned out to be true. And he was right. So, she spent the whole walk glaring at his cousin, who remained wholly unaffected. He also glared at his boyfriend, who then pulled him up to the stands to cheer with his family on his tiny cousin who was going to be playing today. "Woo. Go Jonah," he said in the most deadpan voice, even raising his fist up to head-level and shaking it. There. He'd cheered. He actually heard Hinata snort. And his Uncle looked at him as if he'd offended his whole line - which Mikael would like to point out was also half his line. Could he go back now?​
 
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