Gryffindor v Ravenclaw 1st Game Finished

This match was heating up fast, and not only fast but dirty too as foulplay seemed to be on several player's minds. Ruthie assumed everyone would be going after Seekers since they had the chance of garnering the most points by catching the snitch. But in reality, anyone was a target--so much so that the next few minutes would see three players knocked off their brooms.

But Ruthie wasn’t paying attention to any of that at first. Instead, she was tempted to go for a quaffle grab, but Lavinia beat her to it and took the quaffle without any competition from the other side. Ru followed closely behind as she watched Lavinia charge with confidence. She was ready to play defense in case anyone tried for an interception, but thankfully, Lavinia had a clear shot again. It was a slower throw, but she succeeded again. Ruthie extended out her hand to high-five Lavinia as they turned around to go on the defense.

Just as she was zooming out towards mid-field, she heard the crack of beater’s bats and the whistle of referees. But as she looked over, there was one beater she was particularly concerned about. And he was falling. Ruthie didn’t know if it was the result of a sentenced bludger or an attempt at blatching, but it didn’t matter. What mattered was that Jorah was absolutely plummeting down towards the field. Gripping her broom hard, she pulled down and flew fast, tilting her broom just enough to increase the probably of a successful catch. Circling slowly, she watched, and once he was close, she zoomed up under him and caught him before flying forward quickly. “You all right back there?” she asked, looking back at his face. She didn’t see very much of it, but to her his face looked flush. He must have been in pain, but that wasn’t what was important.

What was important was getting back in the game. Flying close to the perimeter, Ruthie kept a keen eye for Jorah’s broom should want to return to it. With her eyes downward, she noticed A Gryffindor save, which was desperately needed as not one, but two players were falling. Ru squinted as she glided through the air just enough to identify it was Eris left falling without anyone to save her. “Merlin!” she said to the boy on her broom, “We knocked out Eris!” What a lucky stroke, and yet somehow she didn’t know if Jorah would even appreciate it if his fall had left him in good shape. She hoped he was okay. Beyond being a good beater, he was her best friend. At least, she’d managed to keep him save and she'd look after him until he could get back to his own broom.

Action: Doing as strategized.

Things were going poorly. Max had a moment of hilarity when Alexx yelled, and he turned around to give her the peace sign and flash a smile. It was nice to have someone on their side cheering for their team even though things were going to hell in a handbasket. It would've made things all seem better - especially since Eris has spotted the snitch - but everything went horribly wrong in the span of a few seconds. Bludgers hit, two of them slamming into Arlis and knocking her from her broom. Max was on his feet again, his fist clenched around his own broom as a Ravenclaw girl flew at Eris and hit her.

"Shit," he breathed as his friend went careening to the ground. But Raine would save her, right? It would make sense for - The thought was cut off as soon as it came, Raine diving to rescue Arlis and leaving Eris to hit the ground with a sound that resonated through his bones. "Eris!" he yelled, stumbling a few steps towards the field before realizing it was probably something he wasn't allowed to do during the middle of the game.

Standing at the edge of the field, frustrated, he waited for people to come bring out the stretcher for her. He wanted to go to her right then and accompany her to the hospital wing, however the game was brutal on Gryffindor's players and he had no choice but to stay in case someone attacked Hugh. Not likely at the rate things were going but you never knew. Backing up, he sank down onto the bench and clutched his broom so hard his nails dug gouges into it. He would see this through for better or for worse, but those Ravenclaws better hope he didn't have to come out onto the field.

Action: Benched

As she watched their one and only Beater got hit by the Ravenclaws beaters, Griseldis had no choice but to do what they had planned before. She gripped her Shooting Star tight, her eyes locked on one target and flew towards the target like a falcon about to attack its prey. She successfully smashed into one of the Ravenclaw Beater. This action seemed to catch the Ravenclaw boy off guard and fell from his own broom. To be honest, Griseldis didn't like what she did but she was doing it for the sake of her Gryffindor team. She was able to knock off one of the Beaters from their broom but the cost was that she must do the one-lap penalty. Which also means, she couldn't do anything during the penalty. However, Griseldis was a bit relieved when one of the Ravenclaws saved their beater from falling to the ground in time, she never wanted anyone to get hurt, even when the person was their rival.

It was very unfortunate that their seeker wasn't able to catch the Golden Snitch and she also understood why Raine had to save Arlis instead of Eris at the end.  It was the most difficult decision to make in a situation when you only had a few seconds to make. They needed a beater! And they still have a 2nd string seeker on the team who could replace Eris. She could only pray in her heart that Eris would be fine, the same for their captain. No matter how dreadful it looked at this moment, Griseldis still wanted to believe in her teammates and continued to stay positive. It was important to never give up despite their current moral being damaged a lot at this point.

She gently flew towards @Lamik Fillestar and gave him a thumbs-up, "You can do it, Lamik. But no matter what happens, do the best you can!", then she flew off to begin her penalty with the other Chaser Millie.

Narrowing her eyes, Cecily aimed her broom towards the blissfully unaware Gryffindor Seeker. She hated having to do this, but she couldn't let the lions win this game. They would have a second-string ready to replace poor Eris, of course, but it at least bought them a little bit of time.

Bracing for the impact, Cecily collided solidly with Eris' small body, knocking the seeker from her broom and sending her tumbling to the ground. The Ravenclaw winced as the scarlet-clad girl hit the ground, hard. She really wasn't out here for blood, honestly, but if blood was what it took...well, she just hoped that the nurse would be able to fix Eris' injuries in no time. She didn't want Adam mad at her for almost killing his best friend.

And then the inevitable whistle. She had expected the penalty for her blatantly illegal action, of course but it still stung a little bit. Aiming her broom towards the stands, Cecily began her mandatory one lap. Taking the moment to survey the pitch, she noticed quite a few empty brooms-- Eris's, of course, but two more-- one clearly belonging to Jorah, who was currently residing on the back of Ruthie's broom (Good catch, Ru! she thought), and another that had to be the other Gryffindor beater's, as she was also doubling up. God, it looked like her team was winning, but she just hoped they could keep this up for a little longer.

Leaning forwards, Cecily raced to complete her lap, robes streaming out behind her. She didn't want to helplessly watch this game any longer than she had to-- she needed to be back in there, helping the Eagles win.

ACTION: taking penalty lap as fast as she possibly can ):

Action: Doing as Strategized

"Blast!" The giant hissed through gritted teeth. The desire to punch himself a hole through his head had become significantly more tempting. That's twice a failure too many. He really needed to think ahead at what Lavinia or any of the others would be up to. He cracked his neck a little in a show of readying himself. Or maybe he was thinking too much? He was tall, he should be able to cover more ground than any of the others currently flying the field. His sideburns aligned on a snarling smirk. Ready.

Action: Doing as strategized.

Millie was so close to hitting the Ravenclaw off of her broom, it felt like everything was coming together, until the girl swerved out of the way and Millie just went flying into nothing. "Shit!" She shouted, though her voice wasn't loud enough to mask the screams of the people from the stands.

However she did hear one thing, the announcer yelling about the penalty. This game was not going as planned, and Millie had a feeling that if the Gryffindors didn't do better, then this game was going to end fairly quickly, and painfully. They had to do better and taking this stupid penalty lap wasn't going to help. The urge to just ignore it was strong, but the little amount of self-control Millie had, took over.

Action: Taking the penalty lap

With another crack of her bat, the brunette sent a bludger flying towards the seeker. Possibly the most accurate she had ever had, and while she was happy contact was made, she felt both relief and frustration when she didn't fall off. However, before she could turn away and cheer on the Ravenclaw team another bludger came into contact with the beater and she winced, a smile tugging at her lips and giving Jorah a look of gratitude. That's great... She thought, looking down at the Gryffindor pair. Finally, their defense was out. Well, most of it, she thought looking at the goals. It seemed a lot like the last match.

There was nothing but a smile on Emma's face as she watched Lavinia score once again. Excited? Yes. Perhaps getting a little cockier? Also yes. Once again, she threw the quaffle through the hoops, it darting past the keeper and through the strings. Yelling out of the lungs an octave higher than her usual tone. "Woohoo! Nice catch, Ru!"

Action » Doing as Strategized