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Post by Rystain Quandry on Oct 2, 2008 22:19:25 GMT -5
Rystain dove for a bludger that Ryan had hit towards the center of the crowd and taken out several students and was now descending after someone. He noticed Lani out of the corner of his eye was distracted by Ryan and he wanted to make sure to divert her attention where it belonged. He intercepted the bludger and aimed it straight for her from below and then without looking to see if it hit he was already racing to catch another, knowing full well that Ryan was enjoying the game of bluddger dodge ball with the scattering cattle.
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Post by Leilani Evetts on Oct 2, 2008 22:31:17 GMT -5
Leilani was lucky he was far enough away when he sent the bludger straight for her. She watched Ryan's bludger hit the player he aimed for square in the stomach, though somehow the kid managed to hang on to the broom and recover.
Lani had shifted her eyes to look for the othe three bludgers when she saw one heading her way, and she rolled to the side to avoid it, simple enough, except that she almost rolled into another, and she knew Ryan had sent that one.
She shot forward, heading towards the crowd a little, knowing those two would be chasing the balls she had escaped.
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Post by Rystain Quandry on Oct 2, 2008 23:00:05 GMT -5
Rystain was already headed towards a bludger that needed something to do in his eyes and aimed it towards the crowd. He was in luck because another one managed to head his direction and he aimed that one at a player who didn't seem to be looking at him. Might as well get that one out of the way early, the thought as his club smashed into the bludger with purpose. Several more students had managed to fall and he smiled.
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Post by Samantha Montgomery on Oct 2, 2008 23:06:39 GMT -5
It was impossible to see Rystain's smile from here but she could feel it, she thought Ryan was probably smiling too as they took out the crowd, poor kids...not that she had much sympathy, they chose their ends and failed where they thought they might have had a chance. Still it was amazing to watch the more adept players dodge the bludgers. Lani was doing really well and that feminist inside of her cheered.
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Post by Seth Inophen on Oct 2, 2008 23:21:26 GMT -5
Seth just laughed as he swerved gracefully out of the way of Dorian and Rystain's bludger attacks. He'd been dodging more than a couple of bludgers in his life. This was simple.
One by one the others fell, and Seth couldn't help but smile.
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Post by Dorian Knight on Oct 2, 2008 23:28:56 GMT -5
Dorian eyed the flyers on the ground. He and Ryst had managed to take out half of the students. It was ridiculous.
Directly after he had hit his next bludger, a bell sounded signaling that five minutes had gone by. They had less than ten potential team mates remaining, and he had to admit, he was glad that Seth was among them, and surprised to see Lani still on her broom.
"I've got the bludgers," he called out to Rystain, zipping around to catch the balls while they set up for the next level of the try outs.
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Post by Rystain Quandry on Oct 2, 2008 23:54:19 GMT -5
Rystain nodded to Ryan and knew that Ryan would keep two out for distracting the players while they tried to score. And then turned to survey the remaining hopefuls. He was happy to see Seth and Lani still on their brooms. Good, he would have hated to be wrong about his earlier evaluations of them. He flew down and picked up the quaffle and flew up to the remaining students.
"Alright soon as Ryan gets back I'll throw this into the air.. You'll notice I didn't invite the keeper today, but that's because I want to see if you can aim without him stopping the quaffle. So if you miss it's your own fault. Ryan will be keeping the bludgers going and I'll be trying to steal the quaffle from you. Your goal is to keep it away from me and get it into the goal rings. Got it? Good. Lets go." He saw Ryan ready again and he dropped the quaffle to see who would race after it first.
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Post by Leilani Evetts on Oct 3, 2008 0:00:58 GMT -5
All hesitancy in Lani about these tryouts vaporated the instant that quaffle was dropped, and she raced for it.
This was her territory. How many summer afternoons had she practiced with her brother so that he could keep up his Keeper skills? She knew what to do, and she didn't particularly want to give any of the others the oppertunity to steal that from her.
A bludger came straight for her the instant she reached for the quaffle, courtesy of Ryan, and she spun upside down on her broom to avoid it, grasping the red ball at the same time.
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Post by Rystain Quandry on Oct 3, 2008 0:54:13 GMT -5
Rystain saw Lani manage to capture the quaffle and immediately darted after it keeping awareness of Ryan and any nearby bludgers. He was used to watching with his peripheral vision for stray bludgers and raced after Lani. He came in at an angle to try to get in her path as she sped off towards the rings.
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Post by Leilani Evetts on Oct 3, 2008 1:01:04 GMT -5
Lani quickly assessed her position. She had another bludger racing towards her, and Rystain was at a perfect angle to intercept her. She could keep going and lose the ball, starting over from scratch, or... Or, she could play this like she was on a team already, and make sure that the Quaffle got to the rings no matter what.
She yelled out to a Slytherin to the left, the opposite direction of where Rystain was, and threw the quaffle at him, stopping short so she could avoid both things flying at her, but she stopped in a way to get in Rystain's way, buying the other Slytherin a little more time.
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Post by Rystain Quandry on Oct 3, 2008 1:17:43 GMT -5
Rystain had been surprised by her move, but only because he never expected her to be quite so resourceful. He should have known not to underestimate Leilani Evetts, despite appearances to the contrary. The blond beauty had more than meets the eyes. His hesitation was not long lasted though and he quickly forced his broom up and over her head, but now he had to sweep around the long way to catch up to the quaffle. She had used teamwork to meet an ends and he didn't miss that fact. One point for Lani, he thought in his head.
He raced after the slytherin player but laughed as he got hit by one of Ryan's bludgers and then tried to race after the quaffle that was falling freely.
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Post by Seth Inophen on Oct 3, 2008 19:20:18 GMT -5
Seth saw the quaffle falling and did a nose dive, flying just inches over Rystain's head, laughing and clutching the ball close to him as he sped away, swirving to avoid the bludgers Ryan was hitting at him.
As he neered the goal poasts, Seth looked around for Lani. He knew his aim wasn't good enough to make a decent goal, but he could pass quite well. Seth spotted Lani about 15 feet to his left. "Hey Lani!" He called, getting her attention. When they locked eyes and he knew he heard her, he threw the Quaffle at her, giving her an open shot at the goal.
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Post by Leilani Evetts on Oct 3, 2008 19:35:17 GMT -5
Lani caught the ball with a nod to Seth. She noticed Rystain below her, and Ryan close to Seth. There was one bludger that went speeding by her, and she wasn't sure where the other one was. She had time to make it before Rystain could catch it, even in midair, and she flew forward as she through it, just to give the Quaffle a little extra momentum.
About three seconds after she had released the ball, something hard slammed into the back of her right shoulder... the missing bludger. She hissed out a breath of pain, but she was still on her broom, and the quaffle, if Rystain didn't catch it, would go straight through the center ring.
She expected Ryan to be smirking at her when she looked back at him, but he looked disappointed instead; he had hit her, sure, but too late to make a difference.
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Post by Samantha Montgomery on Oct 3, 2008 19:59:53 GMT -5
Lowblow. Sam frowned. Lani was doing well, much better than Sam would have done, she seemed to glide on the broom easily while avoiding bludgers and catching and throwing oh it was a jumble. Sam liked to pretend she was good at everything but she would easily admit that Lani had her beat in this area...well admit it to herself anyway. She waited anxiously to see of the ball would go through the hoops.
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Post by Rystain Quandry on Oct 3, 2008 20:05:56 GMT -5
Rystain saw Lani get hit and frowned but he couldn't let that stop him, he was focused and she was still on her broom, unlike several others who'd managed to get hit or fallen trying to dodge this round. He raced after the quaffle though and had almost reached it right before it went successfully into the ring with a wooshing sound. Then he smiled while his back was to everyone. She'd taken a hit and stayed on, and she'd managed to not only pass but receive and aim successfully scoring. Also Seth had caught and received even though he hadn't shot the ball.. it was still good strategy and teamwork. He felt happy that his hunches were proving correct so far. He flew down to catch the quaffle as it fell and consiously removed the smile from his face as he flew back.
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Post by Leilani Evetts on Oct 3, 2008 20:14:14 GMT -5
Lani rolled her shoulder, her hand rubbing where she'd been hit, and flew back to Seth.
"That was a nice catch, Seth. And a good pass. Thank you," she told him with a bright smile. She was taking her time while Rystain got the quaffle, though keeing on eye on Ryan. He was not letting up on the bludgers, except that he was careful not to send any towards Rystain.
When she saw him come back up with the quaffle, she tried to interpret the look on his face, but couldn't. She looked back to Seth. "Ready for another go?"
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Post by Seth Inophen on Oct 3, 2008 20:41:12 GMT -5
"Thanks," Seth said. He nodded toward her shoulder. "You alright?" He asked. The bludger had hit her hard, but not hard enough to kick her off her broom. Lani was a good player, and Seth knew she'd make it.
"Ready when you are," Seth said.
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Post by Leilani Evetts on Oct 3, 2008 20:44:28 GMT -5
She nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine," she said. She's probably have a healthy bruise in the morning, but she was still flying, and that was all that mattered.
They were down to about five players, which made pretty good odds for the two of them, especially since the other other three hadn't even touched a ball yet.
She nodded to Seth one more time, waiting for Rystain to drop the ball again.
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Post by Dorian Knight on Oct 3, 2008 20:46:45 GMT -5
Ryan hit a bludger right between them. He knew they would see it coming, but he needed their attention back on the try outs.
"This isn't the place to socialize!" He told them as he flew by to catch the second bludger. "It only gets harder from here."
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Post by Rystain Quandry on Oct 3, 2008 20:52:34 GMT -5
Rystain tried not to snicker at Ryan, he had read his mind. And he raced up above the players and dropped the quaffle into the middle of the pitch while Seth and Lani were busy dodging a bludger. He saw someone catch and speed up but then one of Ryan's bludgers managed to not only hit it's mark but the quaffle was loose and the boy was headed for the ground. Rystain raced after the quaffle to see if anyone would catch it before he did.
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