A Spectacle Spectator Thread Gryffindor v Slytherin Jan 2022

Her hair is fiery red

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Interacting with @Nicholas McCowan

This would be the first time to watch Nicholas being extra cool. Not that he never stands out from the crowd, he always does, according to Aurora at least. But him looking so serious, being the leader of the team, had another vibe, a good one of course. In fact, in the middle of this cold winter, he was on fire, not literally she hoped, but his determination and…. Him. He’s actually hot. Quite fitting with the banner she made the night before. Ever Since their first encounter, his nickname slowly transformed from ugly to—you decide—probably worse. The foulplay guy, the murderer guy, the kidnapping boss, Mcdonald, Mcnuggets, Nicky Minaj, just Nick, to something a bit sinister for some. And since Aurora doesn’t really have any sense of embarrassment at this point, and no one should be surprised anymore knowing the things she had done before. With a proud face, a big smile, red attire from head to toe with his initials printed hugely on the front of her long sleeve turtleneck, she held a big square banner, big enough for the players and everyone to see. Hopefully it wouldn’t make the poor boy pass out, because his new nickname was written in black and red ink.

Nichotlas. Yes, you can’t spell hot without Nicholas. “AYE AYE CAPTAIN! YOU RIGHT THERE ARE THE HOTTEST RACER! BURN EVERYONE WITH YOUR FLAMING HOTNESS, NICHOTLAS!”

Sta - 5 | Eva - 9 | Str - 5 Wis - 8 | Arc - 4 | Acc - 10 Terrible Presence Evasive Maneuvers

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Dressed in the warmth of a woolly scarf, a thick winter jacket and an oversized hat that covered most of her head and part of her face. Pushing the hat up a little with gloved hands, she made sure that she could see but kept her ears fully covered underneath them. Excited to see the first batch of games happening in the year - as well as playing in her own game - Serena arrived early. Her own game was tomorrow but today, she was here to support a few people in their game.

Looking out onto the pitch, she reviewed the members of each team. She actually did not really know anyone on the Slytherin team well so if she had to pick one, she would have wanted Gryffindor to win. But the truth was, she did not really care about houses. She cared about the individuals and wanted them to have fun - and be safe. As such, she was here for two people. One of them was @Nicholas McCowan, who she had recently met practicing for this very game. She was about to scream something in support of him. However, noticing a huge banner being held up by another student not too far away from her told her that he likely had enough support. She was clearly a huge fan - most likely his girlfriend based on the sign and chant - and Serena had been punched by enough random jealous girlfriends this year to avoid another. (Okay, just one but that was enough). Plus there was something about the girl that made her a little uncomfortable about the whole thing. Serena's own support severely lacked in comparison to the giant banner anyway!

The other was @Hugh Lowe, who she had grown to consider a good friend by now. Odd given how badly their first impression of each other was but they managed to get over that. Cupping her hands around her mouth to help, she screamed loudly, "WOOOOO. YOU GOT THIS, LOWE," With that out of the way, she helped herself to one of the hot chocolates that was being passed around and settled in to watch the game.

Youssuf shivered. It was a cold morning, snowy and with a slight, but cutting wind. He'd had the good sense to bring a thermos of hot chocolate and a few Pepper Imps, unlike some others within sight. Seated very near him was a girl wearing a bright red outfit and holding a banner saying - "The Temperature Is Rising because of NicHOTlas". Then she yelled some..ah..inspirational words, focusing on his hotness. He did look handsome, it was true. She was probably his girlfriend. He stared at the banner and the girl for three seconds, unable to believe what he was seeing, and then roared with laughter. He rolled around in his seat, howling with mirth. After a good long laugh, he wiped his eyes, still chuckling.
If he was Nicholas, he would be embarrassed to death right now. But, of course, knowing the guy, he would take it in stride, with a blush, of course. The chicks would be queuing up to go after him, he was sure. He looked at Nicholas, who'd just zoomed out on a Silver Arrow and smiled slightly - the guy was blushing red like a carrot.
Youssuf stared at the next player, Hugh Lowe. He was clearly a half-giant - built like a boulder with a face. His uniform looked like it was about to burst. He pitied the poor guy who'd get into a fight with him.
He noticed a girl he knew slightly just a few feet away, Serena Towers. She'd participated in the CYUT activity along with him and a few others, in his group, but he'd never formally met her. Youssuf got up and moved to Serena's side, sitting in the empty seat beside her. She screamed some words of encouragement to the half-giant, Lowe.
Youssuf tapped her on the shoulder and said, "Hi, Serena. I'm Youssuf Baid, first-year Gryffindor. Nice to meet you. Like a Pepper Imp? They really warm you up!"

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@Serena Towers @Aurora Ranvier

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Victoria ran with her friends Amy and Will to the place of the broomstick race.

Victoria shivered with the cold she felt. Came to watch the Gryffindor-Slytherin broom race. With hot chocolate and biscuits in hand, Victoria searched for a vacant spot to support her brother's home, Gryffindor. When she finally found it, she started shouting as loud as she could.


"Come on, GRYFFINDOR! CRUSH THESE SNAKES!"

Victoria also started cheering for Slytherin, ignoring people's strange looks, after all, Victoria liked to be neutral.

"C'mon SLYTHERIN! TRUST YOURSELF!"

Her friends Will and Amy laughed at her. Victoria didn't think what she was doing was funny. She wrapped her scarf tighter in the blowing wind and took a sip of her hot chocolate.

Victoria was not taking sides, she wanted both teams to win. She took another sip of the hot chocolate and continued to cheer. She finally sat down, coughing with a sore throat. She looked around and noticed that many people were paying attention. What, couldn't she cheer for a different building called Ravenclaw?


Victoria sighed. Seeing this, Amy chuckled, "Vic, you need to calm down a bit! Everyone's looking at you!" Victoria frowned. "Thanks Amy, I wouldn't have known if you hadn't told me." Victoria couldn't help but smile as her friends burst into laughter.

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Lin Evanvleck ✯ First Year 8th January 2021 @Sophie Evanvleck @Aurora Ranvier

Lin put on a jumper and hurried out into the park, towards the outdoor club area. The same area where she will fly tomorrow. Sophie kept asking why she was so keen to go and see this race. Lin kept saying it was to see how it was done, a broom race. She wasn't in favour of any particular team winning, but she had put on a red jumper, which suggested that she was in favour of the Gryffindors winning.
She ran with Sophie under the snow that was beginning to fall. A fine, beautiful snow. They arrived at the stands half out of breath and Lin immediately noticed Aurora's big banner. Aurora was her Broom Racer team captain. Sophie thought she was a bit strange, and didn't hesitate to say so. Lin thinks Aurora is awesome.
— AYE AYE CAPTAIN! YOU RIGHT THERE ARE THE HOTTEST RACER! BURN EVERYONE WITH YOUR FLAMING HOTNESS, NICHOTLAS!
The twins laughed as they heard Aurora scream. They walked up the bleachers to get closer to the second year. Lin's hair had all kinds of highlights. But her eyes had golden glitter in them. Well, let's just say she was more for the Gryffindors than the Slytherins. Even if she did like the Slytherins.
— Hello Captain Ranvier! How are you? Can we sit down here?

[font=times new roman] The first broom race. Unlike tomorrows race Delilah didn't overly know anybody participating in this one, and she didn't overly have a team to root for either, she just wanted to see what was going on. It was new after all, exciting, something different in the day to day lives of the Hogwarts students.

While she didn't see anybody she truly recognised on the racing field, she did see somebody in the spectating area. She could hear her too, shouting over to Hugh. As Delilah headed towards her friend, she noticed some boy approach her as well, she didn't hear too much but she did catch that he was a first year. It wasn't too long before Del was over by them as well, taking the empty seat on the opposite site of Serena from the boy. "Hey Serena! Here to cheer on Hugh?" She laughed, while Del didn't know Hugh too well personally, she knew of him. Del knew of a lot of people, didn't mean she spoke to any of them.

Her attention turned to the first year boy on the opposite side of her friend. "Hi there, I don't think we've met? I'm Delilah." She said with a small smile. It had been a while since she had spoken to anybody that much younger than her and not just stayed within her comfort zone.
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Interacting with: @Serena Towers and @Youssuf Baid ---------------------------

Youssuf accepted a piece of almond biscotti from a passing house-elf and smiled at him kindly. He pressed a couple of Knuts into the elf's hand; he was a great supporter of SPEW.
He munched on the biscotti; and then became aware that someone had spoken to him. He turned to see a much older girl smiling at him, opposite Serena. Youssuf felt awkward for a second; but it only showed on his face for a second. He remembered his etiquette lessons clearly. He dithered for a second. Should he use Deference To An Older Person or Respect to An Equal?
"Screw it. Let's go the whole way." said his brain.


He got up and bowed to the girl whose name was Delilah (a bow commonly known as Respect To A More Skilled One). "My name is Youssuf Baid, Delilah. Lovely to meet you. I've seen you around. I think I'm right in assuming you're the same year as Serena? I haven't seen a broom race ever before; to be honest, I'd never even heard of broom racing before this. I don't really know what the specifics of broom racing are."
He shut up after that. Youssuf tended to talk a lot; it was his instant mechanism against new meetings. But people tended to overlook that, so it balanced out well.

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@Serena Towers @Delilah Stewart
Song of the moment (this is what is playing in Youssuf's head at the moment) - Cancion Bonita

Her hair is fiery red

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Interacting with @Lin Evanvleck Sophie Evanvleck, @Nicholas McCowan

“HI! LI- Oh"

Okay now this isn’t funny. First and foremost, like always, she didn’t remember her own team’s name which was unprofessional and rude. List of names of people she met was written down in her notebook somewhere, including the current Ravenclaw broom racers, but luck was rarely on the neon red haired girl’s side. Not only did she never feel the need to bring it with her anywhere, the location of the book was questionable at best. Perhaps underneath her bed, buried under the knick knacks in the humongous pink trunk. Worst case scenario, considering some of the belongings of Aurora scattered all over the castle, it might also be anywhere, probably sitting in the history of magic class longer than she ever was. The second issue was that there was another identical Li girl. What? When? How? Was there a cloning spell she didn’t know about? For some not very surprising and unimportant reason, them being twins did not even cross her mind. Everybody, please give Aurora standing ovations for her brilliance.

“Y-yes, yes! Uh-“ Longing confusion stares, still couldn’t believe her eyes that cloning yourself is considered legal in the wizarding world. Wouldn’t it be an astonishing idea if there were five identical Auroras. Not just people who shared the same name, but also traits, hobbies, everything. Imagine the complete surprise on Nicholas’ face when the day of multiple Aurora Ranvier will come to reality. However, it would be a shock of terror rather than excitement. One Aurora is already a chore, two would be an unpaid extra hour of work, five would be the death of him, literally.

Coming to other house’s matches would be highly recommended to see their strategies. It was not plagiarism to take one or two notes, Aurora would call it an inspiration. She looked at the younger Ravenclaw and said, “Tomorrow is our match! Are you excited? It’s only our first match, don’t push yourself too hard, okay?” Of course she wouldn’t beat her team up for losing in their first ever match, not to mention the fact that everyone except her is still a bunch of first years. High chance that their experience in riding a broom was in the flying class. Gaining experience is the most important thing right now, winning would be a bonus. Now that her focus was back at the Gryffindor captain, another cheer was shouted proudly. “You two, let’s scream with me! NICHOTLASSSSSSSSS!” Too bad, she couldn’t see the rosy blush on his cheek that creeped out right after she held out her masterpiece banner due to the distance. Everyone has to support him. They can also admire his beauty and broom savvy of course, but not to the point where they think they could try to flirt. Because, if they do, multiple sprays of the water of pain inside their eyeballs would be the price they have to pay.

Between light hearted supportive yells, Aurora leaned in just a little bit and whisper something to the Li girl, “Sorry, what’s your name again? My memory is a bit wonky, please don’t be mad.” And then back at it again, doing the most important thing for the day. “IF YOU WIN YOU WILL GET A HUG!” Well, there were only two possible things that could happen. Either it would encourage him to win or make the boy try so hard not to achieve the victory. Only time would tell.

Sta - 5 | Eva - 9 | Str - 5 Wis - 8 | Arc - 4 | Acc - 10 Terrible Presence Evasive Maneuvers

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Interacting with @Youssuf Baid and @Delilah Stewart

She felt a tap on her shoulder as her name was spoken by an unfamiliar voice. The owner of the voice looked somewhat familiar though. They had met at some point. She tilted her head for a moment, trying to place his face. Youssuf Baid, first year Gryffindor. That was what he introduced himself as. It suddenly clicked that they met at the talent show some months prior, "Oh hey, yeah, we've met before, no? At the talent thing," She replied after a moment with a nod, "Oh - no, I'm good thanks,. This should do the trick!" Serena replied as she lifted her hot chocolate a little, motioning to it as she denied the offer of a pepper imp this time.

"Hey!" She greeted Delilah with an excited grin on her face as soon as she recognised the Ravenclaw, "How did you guess?" She teased, as though it was not super obvious. Of course she was here to support the part-giant, she was literally screaming his name for the entire area to hear. Looking back at her, she grinned, "Which team are you supporting?" aware that - like her - neither of these were Delilah's own house. Serena was making an assumption that the first year was supporting his own house, but it was just a guess.

Looking back out to the pitch, she grinned, "They are about to start. It's a pretty great sport. Mix between both duelling and quidditch, if you ask me," Serena explained briefly, trying to summarise what broom racing actually was but it was perhaps not as specific of an answer. Then again, they would find out very soon either way. She leaned forward, very excited to see everything kick off.