Y25 Hufflepuff Quidditch Try Outs

[Scarlett Vittori]

Scarlet Joussane was a mess of nerves at the moment. She was not a very capable leader. If anything, she hadn't even led anything. Until now that is. After all, Graeme had appointed her to be the next captain for their house team, and she had been a stuttering mess before he had so nicely upped and left them all. And now, there she was, standing in the middle of the Quidditch Pitch, barely keeping her knees from shaking as she waited for those who were trying out to come to the pitch. It was a good thing that she already had everything ready. She pretty much knew what to do by now after years of being in try outs herself. Hopefully this was going to go over well.

It wasn't long before the rest of their team had arrived to the Pitch along with the new hopefuls that were to try out for the team today. She flashed them a small awkward smile before she cleared her throat and started to begin with the try-outs. Needless to say, she was completely out of her league here as she stood there, fiddling with her fingers while her broom rested on the ground beside her. "I... I'm Scarlet and I'll be your Captain and I play seeker. Welcome to the new people and hello to the rest of the team," she said rather awkwardly before deciding that there had been enough introductions on her part. "Okay, so those trying out for chasers can grab a quaffle and start passing and scoring. Anyone trying out for keepers will prevent the chasers from scoring. Bludgers and snitches are up in the air so beater and seeker hopefuls, you know what to do. If there are any questions, you can come to me," she explained before she picked up her broom and mounted it. "Other than that, good luck to you guys, and everybody just have fun and try to get some practice. Let's try our best and get that Cup again this year," she said with a more comfortable smile before she flew up to watch the tryouts progress.

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Out of Character:

Okay guys, you know the drill!

If you were on the team last year, you must post your arrival and you will be guaranteed your spot. Everyone else, we can always use lots of players, so one post with your arrival and try out! The line up might change heavily, so it's all to play for! Alternates from last IC year, have to try out for spots again.

First years, you can PM me to approve before posting here. If I say no, you can defend your request. Below is the team, and the available positions.

Player's Name	Position[/td]
Charlotte Lurken	Chaser
Mason Greene	Chaser
Available	Chaser
Alexander Carter	Beater
Victoria Havelock	Beater
Lydia Archer	Keeper
Scarlet Joussane	Seeker, Captain
Available	Alternates

[th colspan="2"]Current Line Up[/th] [th]

 

[Victoria Havelock]

Victoria made her way down to the Quidditch pitch for the tryouts. It was strange to think that a new captain would be taking the tryouts and not Graeme. She had been a little surprised when she found out Scarlet was the new captain but sje was confident their seeker would be able to rise to the occasion and lead them to another championship. Victoria changed into her robes and headed out onto the pitch and immediately went to greet her new captain. "Hey Scarlet, congratulations on getting captain, you got this," She smiled at Scarlet and took her place to watch the tryouts.

 

[Lydia Warrick]

It had come mostly as a surprise to her when the old quidditch captain had departed a year earlier than he was supposed to, and she felt a little odd about it, but she felt confident in the team's ability to win more games, to push themselves forward again and perhaps win the cup a second time. So she wondered out to the field, and then smiled at the new captain, fully trusting her to lead them to a victory they could be proud of, and to a victory they deserved to have again. She got on to her broom and flew up into the air, happy to be a part of this, and knew she would thoroughly enjoy just playing during these tryouts. It was going to be great.
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[Charlotte Lurken]

Charlotte made her way down to the pitch and was excited to get back into the swing of Quidditch. She joined the team as they started to gather and congratulated her new captain seeing as the last one had just graduated. She watched the rest of the new people try out, they seemed to go a pretty decent job but the decision wasn't up to her in the end. When needed she got up on her broom and flew about to help out with the try outs where she could. When try outs were over she wished the ones that were trying out good luck and well done and made her way back to the castle.

 

[Reuben Pendleton]

"This is stupid," said Reuben to himself as he stood before the entrance to the Quidditch pitch. Come to think of it, he wasn't even sure why he was considering signing up for the team. He hated exercise in any and every form, and though he could fly a broom with adequate control, he'd flunked his flying exam out of sheer laziness. The Hufflepuff sighed. He was still cut up about Graeme leaving. He'd only known the older boy for ten minutes, but it was the first proper conversation he'd had all year, and he yearned for another. They'd not had time to discuss much, but Graeme had recommended Reuben give Quidditch a try. Maybe it was the least he could do.

With that thought in mind, Reuben walked uneasily onto the pitch and gave the captain a shy smile. "Um, Reuben Lagowski, trying out for chaser," he told her, and then mounted one of the school brooms and took off. He was unsteady at first, having only had half a dozen weeks to practise, but quickly adapted to the feel of the broom. Though the wood was old and a bit dry, it was still leaps and bounds better than the battered thing he had at home. Before long, a quaffle was passed to him, and he caught it before heading down to the hoops. His first shot was saved, and before he could make a second, he dropped the quaffle; but it didn't take long for the Hufflepuff to get the hang of throwing. His third shot sailed straight into the left hoop, as did his fourth. Deciding he was better off quitting whilst he was ahead, Reuben came down to land and handed his broom back in. "Thanks," he said, figuring that though he probably hadn't done a good enough job to get onto the team, he couldn't say he hadn't tried.

 

[Mason Greene]

Mason Greene was excited for the new year of Quidditch, and the captain was none other than Scarlet Joussane! He liked her a lot but not in that way. He was a loyal boyfriend to Lucretia after all, who was his opposite in almost every way. Mason approached the field, and saw the captain. He waved to her before he announced, rather loudly, “You’ll make a great captain, Scarlet!” He might not have agreed with her dating choice, but he couldn’t say a word. His girlfriend was related to that boy, the one that set another on fire. But hey, love is love, right? Mason stood back and watched the others try out, before getting on his broom and helping them if needed. He was a chaser after all!
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[Arnost Zhefarovich II]

Arnost Zhefarovich the Second was going to try to get on the main team this year if he could try. Carrying his amethyst streak on his back, with his shining new beater’s bat in hand, he approached the captain before smiling at her. He knew her all right. She was the object of Chaos’ affections at the moment. Arnost finally said, “Arnost Zhefarovich the Second, trying out for beater. I hope you lead us to another victory, Scarlet.”Arnost gave her a small smile, before he mounted his broom. Tying his longer hair into a ribbon on the back of his head, he soared into the sky with his bat ready to protect the others from being beaten to death. He soared around in the air, and found a few bludgers. His eyes looked over the teammates, and then he proceeded to protect them for a little while. He hit them as hard as he could. The try outs did not seem to last as long as he expected. He landed and awaited the results, hoping that he made it.
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[Ares Jeffreys]

Ares was nervous as anything, though Isaiah had told him to not rush anything, the young first year had asked the new captain if he could try out in this year and he was definitely looking forward to this opportunity, Ares hadn't thought he wanted to tryout so soon, but he had just loved quidditch so much and he just wanted to try to be just like Isaiah his brother. He was stood, standing nervous at the side of the pitch, watching as the players took to the field, those who were like him and trying out and those who had been on the team for a while, Ares looked to those who looked like they'd be on the team for a while, and the boy's heart beat fast in his chest, his palms building with sweat, he'd never be good enough for this, never able to play well enough, he might've been trained by Isaiah who had always been good at it, always good with him and taking him slowly through it, the young boy couldn't help but feel like he'd never succeed here. He glanced up at the stadium, at the stands as the captain began speak, but his mind wandered away from what she was saying, he took a small tentative step forward as his glance moved around the stands, he could see the people screaming, he could spot his brother's happy face in the crowd, adorning the yellow of hufflepuff and not the blue of Ravenclaw. he could feel the vibration in the ground beneath his feat as the crowd roared, applauded and moved, the light wind around him was amplify the cheers, the sun gods providing the good weather to allow them the kind of weather which was good to play, all the fates had aligned together to bring a good match and a victory to the stronger, better team, the appreciation shown in the cheers which flowed through the crowd.

Ares was broken out of his thoughts as someone pushed past him and he was suddenly reminded that this was something that was happening in front of him, the boy noticed that people were taking to the sky, and he was just stood staring upwards at the stands having completely missed what he was supposed to do, perhaps his biggest enemy in playing would be his tendency to zone out he stepped behind someone else, who then allowed Ares to see how he was supposed to sign up for the try outs, and then it came to him, "Ares Jeffreys, trying out for chaser, but I can also make a fair beater," he nodded before grabbing one of the school brooms and then flying up into the sky, really glad for all the lessons which Isaiah had given him, glad for all the time he'd spent flying over the winter break flying with him, so that despite a small uncertain beginning the boy was in the sky and then be began practicing, flying a confident lap before settling in to the role of trying out for chaser, he passed the ball to the others, and received the ball into his arms, only making the ball fall a few times, perhaps less than the older players, but he was still young. The boy managed in the end to get at least one goal in, and he felt pretty proud of himself, he'd had a few shots which were completely wide and a few saved by the keeper, eventually the boy finished his try-out and he flew down to the ground to await the results to see how he had done, and really Ares hoped he hadn't done too badly, he might not make the team, but he liked to think that he'd given it his absolute best shot.
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[Alexander Fontaine]

Alex walked out onto the Quidditch Pitch, and he was really looking forward to getting back into the swing of Quidditch. It was a really fun time, and it was one of the things that he looked forward to the most when he had been on his break. As he walked over to the pitch, he waved at his new captain and at his team. He smiled when the newbies started to approach them as well. "Hey guys! Happy to be back!" He said happily. He helped out the new recruits and then left when the rest of them did.

 

[Scarlett Vittori]

Out of Character:

Okay folks! Try outs are now closed. Below is this year's line up and expect a PM within the next few hours!

Player's Name	Position
Charlotte Lurken	Chaser
Mason Greene	Chaser
Reuben Lagowski	Chaser
Victoria Havelock	Beater
Alexander Carter	Beater
Lydia Archer	Keeper
Scarlet Joussane	Seeker, Captain
Ares Jeffreys	Alternate Chaser
Arnost Zhefarovich II	Alternate Beater

[th colspan="2"]Hufflepuff Quidditch Team[/th]