January 18th, 1895 — Quidditch Pitch
This was the first time Ben had tried to host an event, rather than just the typical classes, practices and games. He was only mostly convinced they had taken enough safety precautions to prevent someone from losing an eye. He was on fairly good terms with the school nurse — hopefully he remained so after today.
After explaining the rules to the students, Ben indicated that all the fliers could get into the air. It seemed only sporting to give them a bit of a head start — with four beaters from each house, there were going to be bludgers flying every which way. Once they were off, he let the beaters up, though none did more than hover over the center of the pitch while they waited for the bludgers to be released.
They were kind of cute, at least in their boxes. Fluffy and white, with little halos of what looked like chalk around their spaces in the container. Ben imagined they would look much less friendly when they were heading towards the students at high speeds.
"Alright! Three, two, one —" He blew his whistle and released the powdery mock-bludgers. The game was off.
After explaining the rules to the students, Ben indicated that all the fliers could get into the air. It seemed only sporting to give them a bit of a head start — with four beaters from each house, there were going to be bludgers flying every which way. Once they were off, he let the beaters up, though none did more than hover over the center of the pitch while they waited for the bludgers to be released.
They were kind of cute, at least in their boxes. Fluffy and white, with little halos of what looked like chalk around their spaces in the container. Ben imagined they would look much less friendly when they were heading towards the students at high speeds.
"Alright! Three, two, one —" He blew his whistle and released the powdery mock-bludgers. The game was off.
HOW TO PLAY:
- If your student wants to be a beater, say so - I'll keep track of how many spots are claimed/remain in this post. First come, first serve, but in-character these would likely be students with ties to the house team or the Quidditch club.
- Beaters can post any time attempting to hit another student, tagging them. Fliers can post within 48 hours to dodge.
- Fliers who don't post are hit by default. If you dodge I'll flip a coin and post saying whether you were hit. You might get a slight advantage if I think your post is fun xD
- Fliers are also able to opt in to being hit if you think that's closer to your character's skill level.
- Once you've been hit you can check in with Coach Crouch to be recorded, dust yourself off and get back in the air - or you can call it a day :)
- If the thread stalls out I'll pick the people for house points based on who was last active.
- Feel free to one-line post if that's what works for you, just have fun :P
BEATER SPOTS:
Hufflepuff 2/2 (Abraxas Crabbe/Paxton Fudge)
Gryffindor 0/2
Ravenclaw 2/2 (Nicodemus Dursley/Bonnie Greyback)
Slytherin 1/2 (Anne Mooney)
MJ made this <3