The Coach

March 14, 2021 5:43 PM
Sonora's Quidditch fortunes were on the up. It was a small school, and the decision some years ago to merge into one whole school team and seek outside competition was really paying off. Instead of scraping teams together, half comprised of students who didn't entirely want to be there, they had a solid squad, with plenty of reserves who could work their way up the ranks, improving their skills to conpetition level by the time their older counterparts graduated. That consistency was paying off, and with each year they were creeping up the rankings in the small league that they played in.

The Quidditch sign ups were one of the first notices to go out in the new school year, so that there would be plenty of time to try out new players, or even those who were totally new to flying. They were unlikely to end up in a real match, but the school sometimes had enough players to run mock games, giving new players a feel for what it was like to play in a match and in front of a crowd, and giving the rest of Sonora a chance to cheer on their friends.

Alongside the sign up sheet was a notice explaining each of the positions in brief, for anyone who was new to the game. The notice itself glowed with bright, flashing green letters, and little brooms zooming back and forth.

SONORA QUIDDITCH TEAM!


Sign up below for our whole school Quidditch team. New and experienced players - all are welcome.

Try outs will be held on Saturday XXth, 11am on the Pitch. School brooms will be available for those who do not have their own.

Please sign up with your name, year, house, and preferred position (if known).'



OOC: Although your character is just writing their name, house etc, the 200 word minimum still applies. Their sign up should include some narrative around how they feel about Quidditch, why they are signing up etc.
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Valentine Duell

March 15, 2021 5:08 PM
Valentine glared at the sheet of paper before her. She glared at it with all of her might. Val was not particularly good at glaring, and her efforts may look less than intimidating from any outside observer. Ordinarily Val didn't like glaring, it wasn't very friendly, but this year had not started off on the best foot and the paper in front of her reminded her that parts of last year hadn't been all that wonderful either. But... it wasn't the paper's fault, she knew that and instantly felt terrible. "Sorry," she murmured in apology to the paper as she cast her eyes down to the floor.

She sighed and did her best to compose herself before looking up again. The paper still hung there, apparently satisfied by her apology. At least it didn't seem to be holding anything against her. That was good, she wanted to sign up, to play again this year, but could she? She would be taking harder classes with more work. There wasn't any way she was going to be able to keep after her studies, and still do all of the other things that she loved to do. Something would have to go... should it be Quidditch? She didn't want to give up Quidditch, she loved flying and she still wanted to claim Mama's old position officially. She knew she'd make a better seeker than a chaser... but could she make a better one than Jeremy or Anya?

She had been training so hard it had almost literally killed her, or so some people thought. Her broom had survived, but it wasn't quite the same. It seemed to drift to the left now if she wasn't paying attention and it's response time seemed a little more sluggish than it used to be. She wasn't about to ask for a new one. Hers still worked, and it was her fault. She would just need make do. It was fine, she would manage. Maybe she wouldn't even make the team this year and she wouldn't have to worry about it anymore.

No! Thinking like that wouldn't get her anywhere. She was going to win tryouts and claim Mama's old seeker position! She could do this! Valentine pulled out a quill and wrote her information on the sign-up sheet.

Valentine Duell, 3rd year, Teppenpaw, Seeker.

Did she still want to be on the team if she wasn't a seeker? Her hand wrote or Chaser. Yes, yes she did. She would find something else to not do if she needed more time. Maybe the gardening club? The art club? Dueling? She loved them all... what was she going to do?
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