Professor Taransay

July 29, 2016 6:00 PM
 
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9 Professor Taransay Fast and Furious (nm) 33 Professor Taransay 1 5


Jamie Park

July 30, 2016 6:03 AM
In the time it had taken them all to have a quick post-match shower and any essential debrief, the common room had been strewn with streamers, and plates of snacks had appeared. Pecari sure knew how to throw a party, and didn't waste time in getting one started. Post match was Jamie's favourite time, where he got to be hero of the hour, someone everyone liked.

He grabbed a muffin from the table, grinning from ear to ear.

"Nice catch, right?" he grinned at the nearest person. "Didn't want Manger on my tail, so I went well left but kept my eye on the ball the whole time, which is pretty tricky," he added, keen to relive the best moment of the match.
13 Jamie Park Did you see that? 284 Jamie Park 0 5

Sammy Meeks

July 30, 2016 6:16 AM
“Suuuure was,” Sammy replied unenthusiastically, clearly just humoring him. “I mean, yeah. I know. I saw. I was like fifty feet away from you.” She didn’t look at him while addressing him, brown eyes looking through the Pecari gathering to see if Joella was around. She’d assumed their Assistant Captain would want to attend the victory party, so that was the basic reason she even came along. It would be worth it to listen to Jamie brag if she could at least spend some more time with Joella.
12 Sammy Meeks Duh 310 Sammy Meeks 0 5


Jamie Park

July 30, 2016 6:22 AM
Sammy didn't seem super impressed. Jamie frowned. Hello? Had he, or had he not, just won them a place in the finals? The least she could do was be a little grateful, or enthusiastic.

"And now we get to play the finals," he added, cos obviously Sammy had like... taken a Bludger to the head or something, if this was her mood during a victory party. "The least you could do is like... smile or something. Show some house spirit." By which of course, he meant, heap praise on him.
13 Jamie Park You're duh 284 Jamie Park 0 5

Sammy

July 30, 2016 6:25 AM
“Bro, I have, like, heaps of House spirit!” she fired back immediately, tearing her eyes away from the crowd and settling them incredulously upon him. Sammy sighed, a startling contrast. “Good job,” she conceded. “It’s gonna be awesome in the finals. She clapped a hand on his shoulder and gave him a cautious, friendly smirk. “Just don’t get a big head, okay? It takes a whole team to win a game. I mean, I probably saved your ass like four times this game alone.”
12 Sammy No, you? 310 Sammy 0 5


Ben Pierce

July 30, 2016 6:31 AM
Ben could not keep the grin off his face as he walked around the victory party, carry a plate heaped high with delicious food. Spotting the man of the hour, he head over and grinned widely at Jamie and Sammy. "Great job, guys! Good catch!"
1 Ben Pierce Good job 339 Ben Pierce 0 5


Jamie

July 30, 2016 6:33 AM
Jamie couldn't help the little grin at Sammy's firey reaction. It was like when Ji-Eun rose to the bait, there was just something satisfying about it. Had a psychologist had a chance to have a crack at him, they might have reasoned that it was because Jamie was so poor at making genuine emotional connections with other people - the same way a crying toddler will escalate when its otherwise unemotional parents shout at it, because bad attention is better than no attention. Jamie, however, remained blissfully unaware of his own emotional short-comings, and just reasoned that it was cos it was kinda fun.

And he got the congratulations that he had wanted and deserved. Even if it came with some whole team blah blah.

"Yeah, sure - except when you were diving off to save Joella. Threw some tricks in there to make sure Tobi couldn't get on my tail while you were away," he explained, although his manner had shifted. Now that Sammy had given him his little pat on the head, he said in a much more matey way, a grin on his face. It was just banter, rather than point scoring.

"You're not a bad beater for such a pipsqueak," he acknowledged with a wink.
13 Jamie No, your mum 284 Jamie 0 5

Sammy

July 30, 2016 6:37 AM
A semi-indignant but mostly playful gasp formed on Sammy’s mouth, but before she could respond to the pipsqueak comment, her little buddy Ben Pierce popped over and said hello. And he congratulated Jamie. That was good. As much as she was actually--surprisingly--kinda having a fun time talking to the Seeker, she decided it was Ben’s turn to stroke Jamie’s ego now.

“Ben! Nice to see you! Here, how about you keep Jamie company? I was just heading off to get a drink.” She stood up, gave Ben a quick hug, waved goodbye to Jamie, and disappeared through the Pecaris strewn between their position and the concessions.
12 Sammy THANKS I'M OUT 310 Sammy 0 5


Jamie

July 30, 2016 6:44 AM
"Thanks, good job too," Jamie grinned at Ben. He wasn't sure he could name a single thing he'd actually noticed Ben do during the match but even Jamie's thick skull had had enough manners drilled into it to say 'well done,' back to one of his team-mates.
13 Jamie Congratulations all round 284 Jamie 0 5


Ben

July 30, 2016 6:49 AM
A girl just hugged him! Ben stared after her for a moment before Jamie returned the congratulations and he shook himself back into the moment. "Thanks! I was busy watching the Quaffle when you did your thing, so I missed it," he sounded very disappointed and glum about this. "How did it go down?"
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Jamie

July 30, 2016 7:03 AM
"You missed it?" Jamie asked, with open mouthed incredulity. Although he quickly got over it, as Ben's next question was just the opportunity he'd been waiting for...

"So, I was marking Jake pretty closely - it doesn't matter how good you are if you're at one end of the pitch and the Snitch shows up by your rival's head, your done" he explained, lest Ben should think he'd been sticking by Teppenpaw's Seeker through lack of confidence. "But then I saw it. Glinting down about midway between us and the Chasers. But I couldn't look directly at it - gives the game away if you snap your head round suddenly. It's pretty tough to learn that kind of control because that's such a natural instinct. But I moved round, like I was stretching out a crick in my neck, just having a little, casual look around to get my eyes on it properly, make sure I was right. I was. But I still didn't want to give the game away to Jake, so I kept left, diving well at angle but watching it all the time out of the corner of my eye. I've worked a lot on my timing over the years," Jamie added, enjoying the rapt attention he imagined he had from someone as young and impressionable as Ben, "So I knew just the right second to turn, so sharply I nearly got whiplash, and snatch it right out of the air," he grinned.

"And now we get to play the final. Excitied?"
13 Jamie Whoa indeed 284 Jamie 0 5


Ben

July 30, 2016 7:11 AM
Ben listened in rapt attention, trying to imagine the play as it was described. "Sweet." He shifted his plate to his left hand and held up his right for a high five. "Yes! We are finally going to put Aladren down!"
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Jamie and Ingrid

July 30, 2016 7:17 AM
Ben was the perfect audience, giving Jamie the attention he needed for the sweet moment of victory to feel truly complete. Not only had he won but he was popular for doing so. He high-fived Ben enthusiastically.

"Yeah. Dill's got it coming."

Ingrid hadn't really intended to enter the zone of Jamie's ego, but she'd wanted a drink. She had just finished pouring it when she heard him and Ben talking about Aladren.

"Theodore too!" she added, when Jamie said Dill had it coming. "Good game, guys," she added, with a grin to both of them. By the looks of it, Jamie's head didn't need swelling any more, but she wanted to say it to Ben, and she couldn't well leave the Seeker out. He had just handed her a chance to kick her brother's ass after all.
13 Jamie and Ingrid Everything is awesome 284 Jamie and Ingrid 0 5


Liliana Bannister

July 30, 2016 3:39 PM
Liliana was so, so proud of her team! She had even grabbed Jamie Park in a bone crushing hug after the game, kissing his cheek in a moment of elation she now regretted since she was certain it only stroked his already very large ego. At least she hadn't gone and planted on right on his mouth! She would have never lived that down, she was certain of it.

She poured herself a cup of punch and made her way over to the little gaggle of Pecari Quidditch players. She slung and arm around Ingrid Wolseithcrafte in a rather friendly manner and smiled widely. "Talking about Aladren's downfall?" Liliana asked, giving Ingrid a friendly side-hug. If only Theodore was as pleasant as his little sister, she thought to herself.
10 Liliana Bannister Let's kick some hawk butt! 274 Liliana Bannister 0 5

Joella Curtis

July 31, 2016 2:44 AM
Joella had been close enough to Jamie to hear Sammy's first response to him (the lack of enthusiasm of which had surprised her immensely - maybe something was wrong with Sammy but seeing how well the third year had played today how could that be) but then got sidetracked by some other housemates congratulating her on the match.

By the time Joella located the star of the show again, Sammy had disappeared but three more teammates had joined him.

She smiled, making her way over merrily. "Aladren's downfall?" she repeated, catching the end of the conversation. "I like the sound of that. It's about time!" She slapped Jamie on the back in a congratulatory manner as she spoke and grinned at him. It didn't matter what problems she'd had with him in the past, the fact was that he'd just won them their ticket to the finals and she could not be happier.
8 Joella Curtis That sounds like a plan! 295 Joella Curtis 0 5