Captain Sam Bauer

April 14, 2012 9:21 PM
Sam tapped the end of a pen against his now clipboard-mounted sign-up list as he read over it again, grimacing slightly as the count came up the same as it had been the time before. They had seven people, that was good, it could have been a lot worse, but he would have liked more backup. He hoped he could go grab some more people, or that some would come to them unannounced, or something, to be their alternates, and that Cepheus was secretly a genius in the rough or else the luckiest foreign kid ever to walk through the doors of Sonora Academy.

Crotalus had, he was firmly convinced, a good team. They always held their own. It had just, for a few years now, in his analysis been coming down to the team of Arnold and Edmond Carey – a team which had slipped up in front of Pecari last year, and which was broken up now anyway. Preston Stratford was still there, he was a good Beater, but so was Topher, so if Crotalus got a good Seeker, then they’d have, he thought, a very strong chance of winning this year. But that was the big ‘if,’ and the thing that was probably worrying him even more about this than not having a solid team of alternates, though really the two concerns were closely related. They needed the whole team on point, but they especially needed a good Seeker, and right now, they only had one option for that.

“Okay,” he said when everyone was gathered together. “I’m glad to see everybody back again.”

Now he had to make a speech. That, Sam very much suspected, wasn’t something he was a natural specialist in, but that was why he’d read a few very dull books of speeches during the summer and hashed it out with his half-brother, who was better than he was at this kind of thing, and he thought what he’d come up with something which would…do, anyway. “We’ve got a great team here,” he said, beginning on a positive note since this was at least partially an inspirational speech. “If you can…persuade any of your friends into being alternates for us, that’s great, we’ll be happy to take them on, but this is a great team. We can win this year. We’ve just got to work hard and train and not ever, under any circumstances whatsoever spy on the other teams….” It was probably a weak attempt at humor, but if they came to him with information about the other teams, he’d use it. Sam did not see this as particularly amoral behavior.

“Right now, if you’re here without a position, come tell me what you want to try for. Otherwise, let’s get started. Renée, you and Linus pass, fly for the goals, and I’ll try to intercept you; we’ll switch out every now and then about who’s doing what.” This was also why they really needed an alternate. It would make Chaser practice work better. “Nic, you’re back in the goal, stop anything I don’t. Cepheus, you’re going to chase the Snitch. Gareth, you protect Cepheus, and Topher, you try to stop him from getting to the Snitch…Preferably without actually knocking him off the broom today.” Some practices, unless the Coach was willing to help out, he guessed he’d have to sit out so the Beaters could knock people off their brooms without those people going splat on the ground. He saw benefits to being a Seeker-captain, which he was not. “I’ll call for you two to switch positions when we rotate interceptors with the Chasers.”

It wasn’t perfect, but then, what was? They’d do the best they could with what they had. He reviewed it all in his head to make sure he hadn’t left out something he meant to say, but he couldn’t think of anything. Maybe he had, but he couldn’t think of it if he had, so he’d add it then if he did. “Okay, let’s go.”

OOC: Welcome to Crotalus try-outs. Have fun, give me good, detailed, creative posts following all the rules, site and Quidditch, here – good practice for that game! I want to see at least one post from everyone, and good luck to all.
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