13 Feb 2023, 05:07
Baby Broomers

Date: February 4, 2022 | Time: 2:00 pm | Dialogue: X
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A fresh dusting of snow sat on the ground, the trees surrounding Hogwarts castle illuminated in the bright winter afternoon. June stood at the starting line of the course, bundled up in a scarf and thick coat, her snow boots sinking into the layer of powder below her. This was exciting, very exciting. After the absolute embarrassment of her first broom race, June decided that reading up on strategy simply wasn't enough. No, she needed to watch, to observe, to study a broom race for herself before her next race. As it turns out, June was quite good at moderating (or refereeing or facilitator or whatever you would call this).
Of course, to get the most insight out of the race, it only made sense to have more teams, right? Well, at least it made sense to June.
The first of the teams was a trio of vivacious vipers, the "Dashing Snakes". Both @Irina Sousa and @Violet Grace were familiar faces to June, having participated in her quidditch game on top of seemingly being everywhere in the school all at once. With their teammate @Beatrice Dupont rounding out the team, June was certainly curious as to how this tenacious team would fair...
The next team, the... "Duck Squad" (fascinating), housed yet another familiar face in @Monica Evans, the prefect that June could never quite figure out. Two unfamiliar faces joined her, @Beatrice Langstreth and @Aurelia Notravace. A slightly quizzical combination, but one that was sure to be entertaining to watch. If Aurelia was particularly attentive that day, she might have noticed that June's eyes looked... Familiar, somehow.
The last team was another interesting combination, but one with a more concrete common thread. @Maggie Hawkins, @Cassandra Ironwoods and @Dorion Anderson were all quidditch players, past or present. Perhaps it was the allure of the relatively new sport drew them in, or perhaps in Dorion's case, to say that they were a triple-threat in each of the organized sports at the school.
A small crowd had gathered to watch the match, but they likely weren't going to be able to see much once the racers got farther along the course. "Welcome, racers! It's a bit cold today, but I'm sure you won't be surprised to learn that broom racing warms you up quite quickly. Alright, mind the pigeons, hold on tight, and race well. Ready... GO!"
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OOC Information (IMPORTANT!):
- You have exactly 7 days to post your first reply. As a reminder, this first reply is not an actual part of the game, and is simply you RPing up until June's commencing of the game.
- Captains, this means for you, you have the same amount of time to send in your moves to me via owl.
- Please note that as as this is not an official game, we do not have locker rooms! How your team communicated is up to you, such as making a discord group, or a PV thread. We're going off the honor system here, and so we trust that if OOC threads are made, you will not attempt to find out information about the other team's strategy.
- As this is, again, an unofficial game, the word count is NOT reduced. All posts must follow the 200-word minimum.
- You need to make your post on time for your action to take place.
- Please place your broom, abilities, and stats in each of your replies for ease of moderation. This does not count towards the 200-word minimum.
- All rolls will be done in the "bot-spam" channel of the hio Discord server and screenshots will be provided in each mod post.
- All edits made to this post are purely me making it look pretty because I rushed to get it out on time!
- Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions!
14 Feb 2023, 03:49
Baby Broomers

To be honest, Bea wasn't quite sure why she had signed up for this game. She knew absolutely nothing about broom racing or quidditch, preferring to keep her feet firmly on the ground, instead of in the sky. Especially it seemed, as she continually read the rules, this particular sport was a viscous and nasty game. Spells, potions, external objects, other players. The list went on and on. All whilst trying to be the first one over the line. It was spinning Bea for a loop. Dueling was much more straight forward. And far less riskier in her opinion. But it didn't matter. She was here now, and she would help her teammates win! Mostly, that was the exact reason Beatrice had agreed. Monica had asked her to join, needing another to complete the team, and so she'd agreed. How naïve...Stats: Sta 6 | Eva 6 | Str 4 | Wis 10 | Arc 8 | Acc 6
Broom: Shooting Star (+1 eva, +1 sta)
Abilities: Sixth Sense | Perfectionist
Standing at the racing area, broom and wand in her hands, she wasn't so sure of herself. Nerves filled her belly, the feeling of leaden rocks making her want to throw up. Or maybe just sink into the ground, never to return. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath through her nose, exhaling from the mouth. She could do this. It wasn't that hard. Well, in theory it didn't anyway. She'd never actually watched a match in her life. Maybe she would when the next official ones started. They were due to pretty soon. Nodding to June, a familiar, but pretty unknown face to her, Bea got ready to begin, checking that everything was in order.
17 Feb 2023, 14:28
Baby Broomers
STA 8 • EVA 8 • STR 8 • WIS 5 • ARC 6 • ACC 5
Broom | Swift Stick • +2 strength, +2 evasion, +2 wisdom, Top Speed 5
ABILITIES | Beast Master • Martial Arts
- Dialogue: ✕
Thoughts: ✕
Quotes: ✕ -| Team |---------
@Aurelia Notravace
@Beatrice Langstreth
| Mentions |-------
@George Henry----
- The air was crips, ripe with winter chills. But Monica was so thrilled to get this race started, she hardly notice the slight shiver in her knees. She entered the field with her team, two of the closet people in her life. Bea her best friend, and Aurelia... her blood sister. She couldn't be happier with who she got to fly with! Looking at the other teams as they also entered the stadium, Monica could feel her nerves shoot up as she saw the collection of Dorian, Cassandra and Maggie, some strong racers in that team, plus both Dorian and Cassandra were people that Monica highly regarded, and looked up to.
Looking over at the second team, they were full of the first year snakes, all of which Monica was decently familiar with, she offered a wave, if anyone would respond, before taking her hand to find Aurelia's, "Some tight competition," The blue haired snake said in a soft tone, "But this looks like it's gonna be a fun race!"
As June took to the starting of the race, welcoming people, and stating the rules, Monica could hear Bea letting out a big sigh, she turned to her friend, "Something wrong?" She would offer her best calming advice if nerves were revealed to be the source of the sigh, or just a simple good luck hug.
"We got this Duck Squad!" Monica offered as one last bout of encouragement before the race began. As Monica mounted her broom, her fingers getting bit with the slight breeze, she thought back to that impromptu race she had with George a while back. She turned to see if he happen to be in the crowd... She was so sure she knew more about racing now than she did then, and she wanted nothing more than to show off how much better she was now.
June called out "GO!" And the race was on!
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As Strategized
Slytherin Prefect
18 Feb 2023, 10:16
Baby Broomers
The sixth year had never thought she'd ever play in a team called the duck squad, but here she was on the field, with her broom in hand. The two of her teammates were already in the skies, while she was knit tight to Monica, the other teammate was not one she was too acquainted with, all she knew was that the younger Ravenclaw was a friend of Monica. Aurelia didn't really care if their team won in the end. The only purpose for taking into the skies was for the simple sake of fun, to ease of the stress that was 6th-year academics.
On her broom, she flew up to meet her teammates, she'd park right next to Monica's friend to introduce herself. "Hey, I'm Aurelia, thanks for joining us." Noticing that Monica's friend was nervous, she would deliver an empathetic smile. "You've got this, take it slow if you need to." There was slight fear in the girl's eyes. Flying on brooms was a skill that did not come naturally to most. The Gryffindor scanned the field and those that they were in competition with. She would wave to Maggie Hawkins, quite an awkward relationship they had. She was the oldest among them, and perhaps that set a target on her back today.
will edit the stats and broom sometime soon.
On her broom, she flew up to meet her teammates, she'd park right next to Monica's friend to introduce herself. "Hey, I'm Aurelia, thanks for joining us." Noticing that Monica's friend was nervous, she would deliver an empathetic smile. "You've got this, take it slow if you need to." There was slight fear in the girl's eyes. Flying on brooms was a skill that did not come naturally to most. The Gryffindor scanned the field and those that they were in competition with. She would wave to Maggie Hawkins, quite an awkward relationship they had. She was the oldest among them, and perhaps that set a target on her back today.
will edit the stats and broom sometime soon.
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“One can never be too careful,” STM — 5 | EVA — 19 | STR — 5 | WSD — 12 | ARC — 5 | ACC — 9 |
Lovely Creature — Evasive Manoeuvres — Monster Hunter — Terrible Presence
18 Feb 2023, 11:38
Baby Broomers
Outfit:
Reducio
When Rina saw the sign-ups for the Broom Racing at her Common Room she couldn't stop herself from wanting to participate in it. Last time June Selwyn had organized and unofficial game, Rina had had loads of fun! Even if the Occamy Storm had lost...
So, after reading it she immediately ran to find a team to compete in there. The first two people that came to her head was Violet Grace and Beatrice Dupont. The first one was the first friend she had made when arriving to Hogwarts and she knew Vee would probably want to have fun too, last time was her team that won the quidditch game thanks to her seeker's skills. And Bea...well Bea was like her sister, her soul mate inside that old castle, she knew she was also at the waitlist for the quidditch Slytherin team, so she would also probably say yes to a fun opportunity to train team work and an healthy competition!
She felt happy and extremely lucky that her guesses were right, and so that's how the Dashing Snakes had arrived to the outdoor club area that day. Rina knew some of the other teams members, Monica Evans, the one she had proclaimed to her self the Rat Lady, Was she bringing Kiwi with her? Irina shuddered just think about that possibility, she would flipendo the creature before she could turn to her on top of a racing broom! Cassandra Ironwoods from the other team was a person she actually found herself admiring, has a role model, although she knew it wasn't a reciprocated feeling! And Maggie Hawkins...Rina felt her eyes narrowing towards the blond older Slytherin, that one can't be trusted when competing against...all careful wouldn't be ebough, "Careful towards that one!" Irina muttered to Bea's ear, "Vee knows what I'm talking about!" She finished giving a knowing look towards the white-haired girl. After that, they mounted their brooms and got up in the air to their starting positions. "This will be fun!" Irina assured her team mates before they hear June giving the signal for them to start. Rina felt the cold wind in her cheeks when she got into the speed, she was happily grinning with excitement, hopefully she would continue smiling for a while...hopefully!
Stats:
Stamina: 4 | Evasion: 5 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 5 | ArcPower: 6| Accuracy: 6
Broom: Comet 180
Ability: Werewolf
Actions: Actions as strategised
Reducio
@Beatrice Dupont | @Violet Grace | @Monica Evans | @Cassandra Ironwoods | @Beatrice Langstreth | @Aurelia Notravace | @Maggie Hawkins | @Dorion Anderson | @June Selwyn
❦✾❦ Irina Meyer Sousa ❦✾❦
18 Feb 2023, 12:12
Baby Broomers
English:★German:★French:★Thoughts:★
Word Count: 482
@Irina Sousa★@Violet GraceReducioOutfit:
Stats: Stamina: 6 | Evasion: 5 | Strength: 6 | Wisdom: 7 | Arcane Power: 5 | Accuracy: 6 7A beautiful day, freshly fallen snow and doing something with friends, wonderful right? No, not for Beatrice at least. When Irina has asked her to join Violet and her in an unofficial broom race she hadn't given it much thought and just said yes. Now that she had actually read some rules and done some other research on broom racing, she would have preferred to not take place in this and read a book at the cozy fire, not having to worry about being send flying off of her broom or knocking into a tree on full speed. Sure, quidditch wasn't all fun and games either but Beatrice somehow felt much safer while playing that because she knew she wouldn't get a spell thrown at her.
After a very fast lunch, Beatrice grabbed her broom from her dorm and put on a coat that she would have to get rid of before the race and started walking down to the area that the race took place at. Then she waited for Violet and Irina at the place they had agreed upon. Her hair was in a tight bun so it wouldn't smash into her face during the race and her wand was tightly in her right hand while she carried her broom in her left. A comet 260 wasn't a bad broom, not at all but her parents didn't allow her something better, scared she would get hurt. The didn't really like it when Beatrice flew on a broom but the less they liked it, the more Beatrice loved it and the more she loved it the more she felt free and in control whenever she was in the air.
Stepping onto the field with Irina and Violet, Beatrice noticed Monica who she had seen a few times, either around the common room or somewhere else. She knew that Monica was a prefect and it calmed her nerves a bit, perhaps the older students wouldn't go so hard on three first years? Or maybe they would. »Hello.« Beatrice said to everyone that was here, giving them a smile. She wouldn't dare to let anyone see how scared she actually was right now. Or maybe she wasn't scared, maybe she was just nervous. Beatrice continued to tell herself this, but deep inside she knew that she was lying to herself. She had talked about strategies to Irina and Violet before this and hoped that everything would work out like they wanted it to. Irina told her to be careful with Maggie Hawkins. Beatrice eyed the other girl, she didn't seem that dangerous but oh well, Beatrice would keep an eye out for her. When it was time to mount their brooms, Beatrice did so and flew up with the others. She had left her coat down in the snow.
A few minutes went by and then June yelled go and the race started.
Broom: Comet 260 +1 Accuracy
Ability: Lovely Creature
Actions: As strategised

-Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know-
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18 Feb 2023, 18:52
Baby Broomers

Outfit
When Violet’s friend Irina invited her to play a non-official broom race with her and Beatrice she said “yes!” with enthusiasm and excitement and not much thinking through. That was partly because she played a non-official friendly quidditch game before and her team had won while she also catched the golden snitch. And honestly all of those events made her feel more confident, perhaps more than necessary. Because as she learned about how the broom racing game goes she realized how more dangerous it was than she thought, another reason added to why she prefers Quidditch. And like it wasn’t enough to make her wish she thought twice about joining the race today, their opponents were more at advantage there. She tried to comfort herself by saying to herself that at least they were gonna have fun, with some new experiences in this school.
She entered the outdoor area and met her teammates and housemates there. She obviously knew Irina enough but she didn’t talk as much with Beatrice, despite seeing her several times. Irina and Bea knew each other better. Then Ree whispered into Bea’s ear saying to be careful towards Maggie Hawkins, then she turned to Vee and said she knew what she was talking about. She just nodded and they all mounted their brooms (at least Vee’s wasn’t a school broom this time) and got up in the air to their positions. Violet hoped for the best as Irina assured her teammates.
Then it was time to go.
Stamina | 7
Evasion | 4
Strength | 4
Wisdom | 7
Arcane Power | 6
Accuracy | 7
Broom:Comet 180 (+2 accuracy +1 evasion +1 stamina)
18 Feb 2023, 23:14
Baby Broomers
february 4, 2023.xxxMaggie was well-versed in the ways of quidditch. Zooming around a smaller space with little room for fucking terrorizing vines to strangle you was more her forte than broom racing, the sport her best friend chose to partake in.
Still, June Selwyn seemed to be host-happy, taking on a second unofficial game. Maggie was the first to support her best friend, even if her hobbies didn’t quite align, and she had been the first in metaphorical line to ensure that the unofficial game went properly.
Well, to the best of her ability, anyway.
Maggie seemed to have grown a bit of an ego since their last game—So Good Awesomé Quidditch Team’s triumph over the dreaded Occamy Storm had been one for the history books, one for the ages. She stood poised with a broom, grinning widely and talking to anyone who would listen about how ‘broom racing probably isn’t even hard, I could do this in my sleep’.
She very likely couldn’t, but did that ever stop Maggie Hawkins from opening her mouth and chattering on about anything as if anyone asked? No, no it did not.
Broom racing was probably really very sophisticated, not that Maggie would ever really care to figure it out. All she knew now was that she would fly, she would get strangled by a man-eating vine, and then she’d win. Easy peasy, lemon squeezie.
STATS (+3 from Silver Arrow)
Sta: 11 | Eva: 13 | Str: 7 | Wis: 7 | Arc: 10 | Acc: 13 ABILITIES
Calming Presence (Allies are Dorion and Cash)
I really value when people use violence for me, it's actually one of my love languages.
19 Feb 2023, 01:17
Baby Broomers
Broom racing was the one sport that Dori had never participated in. They had been a keeper for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, albeit briefly. A duellist for two years, and a captain for one of those years. Maybe they found find this surprisingly easy, but there was a chance that remembering to battle on a broom would not come back like riding a bike. Which they actually hadn't done in awhile, they missed bike riding. Anyway, their shaved head made for better broom riding, made them more... aerodynamic. Since it was cold, but they were going to quickly warm up, they threw on a pair of light yellow sweatpants, good traction sneakers, and a light grey sweatshirt that they had embroidered a badger on the back of. It was rudimentary at best, but it worked and could be recognized as a badger.
Their pride and joy of a broom, their silver arrow, was slung across their back with a homemade carrying strap their mom had sewn them. Their wand was tucked into their pocket. They approached and found their two teammates, a ragtag group of Quidditch players from different houses. Well, it was just Dori that was a different house. They were the only Hufflepuff, it seemed like this was a Slytherin dominant event. Oh well. "Hey, I'm Dorion but you can call me Dori. I use they them pronouns." They regarded Maggie most with the intro, Cash and them were in the same year so while they hadn't talked much, they at least knew each other's names. "I've never done broom racing, but I'll do my best!" They grinned at the two, giving a small thumbs up before preparing at the starting line. They kicked off as hard as they could with the signal of the starting race.
Broom
✿ Silver Arrow ✿
+3 to every stat
Stats
Stamina 12 (15) ✿ Evasion 9 (12) ✿ Strength 5 (8)
Wisdom 10 (13) ✿ ArcPower 10 (13) ✿ Accuracy 7 (10)
Abilities
Healing Sage ✿ Healing Sage II ✿ Spell Spread
Lovely Creature (Opponents: Other Teams)
"I don't know whether to cry or scream or do both. It feels like I've done more than enough of both. And it feels like I haven't done enough." - Mason Deaver
Stamina 12 ∴ Evasion 12 ∴ Strength 5 ∴ Wisdom 12 ∵ ArcPower 10 ∵ Accuracy 15
Stamina 12 ∴ Evasion 12 ∴ Strength 5 ∴ Wisdom 12 ∵ ArcPower 10 ∵ Accuracy 15
19 Feb 2023, 17:10
Baby Broomers
BANNER WORK IN PROGRESS
𝐻𝑒𝓍 𝒞𝑜𝒹𝑒
#008080 English
#006400 French
#3c78d8 Latin
#000000 Parsel
#8B4513 Spanish 𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽
Dorian Anderson,
Maggie Hawkins 𝑀𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃(𝓈)
Opeila Winters,
Starlee Kennedy 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒪𝓊𝓉𝒻𝒾𝓉𝓈ReducioDark Green Turtleneck + Grey Scraf + Slim Fitted Black Jeans + Dark Green With Accented Gold Sneakers + Black Expensive Winter Coat TBA
Cash was late. They barely remembered that they had signed up for the unofficial broom racing game that will be happening today. Between the drama and their other duties, it is common for the Slytherin Prefect to forget things left and right. But when they saw the announcement pinned on the bulletin board of their Common Room, Cash was rushing out from their house Common Room and made a mad beeline towards the Slytherin Locker Room.
They did not have much time to contemplate which broom they will use for today's game. So they reached the first broom that their green eyes landed on. It did not matter which broom they will ride today. They are good flyers. If they were not good a flyer, they would not stick as a Quidditch player up to this point.
Dress in a dark green turtleneck, grey scarf around their neck, black slim-fitted jeans, and dark green with accented gold sneakers on their feet. To complete the look a black expensive winter coat hugged their athletic body perfectly. Their shoulder-length hair had been tied up into a ponytail. Various hairpins had been pinned here and there on Cash's hair so their line of vision would not be obstructed when it was time to fly around the obstacle courses.
Once their feet landed on the Outdoor Club Area where the unofficial event will take of, they marched towards their designated group. Casg was glad that the moderator decided to pair them with both Dorian and Maggie. Cas was sure the two of them is decent players. The socialite and the former Prefect of Slytherin (Maggie) were in the same team for their house Quidditch team which is the Cloud Cobras.
Cash also known Dorian as the former Hogwarts Headliner staff and if their memory served them correctly, Dorian had been a Quidditch player in the past too. With a huff and they smiled at their teammate. "Hey, guys!"They greet the two. Dorian then said they never did broom racing before. "Oh same. But I reckon it will be fun,"They added.
Both Opeila Winters and Starlee Kennedy - whom Cash was close with - are the Captain and Co-Captain for the Brisk Basilisk. Although they never attended the official game of Broom Racing, Cash always got intrigued by the sport that slowly gain popularity amongst the student bodies. As Cash mounted their broom, they looked at both of their teammates.
"Let's dominate this race!"They cheered. And when the go signal had been given by Selwyn, Cash kicked their feet off of the ground and was ready for action.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Doing as strategized 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦
Silver Arrow 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬
+3 to all stats 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧N / A 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬
Stamina 8 (11)
Evasion 9 (12)
Strength 9 (12)
Wisdom 7 (10)
Arcane Power 7 (10)
Accuracy 10 (13)
| sta • 10 | eva • 10 | str • 10 FROM ASHES WE RISE wis • 8 | arc • 8 | acc • 10 | PA | OS | PM Y3 THROUGH⠀THE⠀YEARS ability | PM Y5 | ability |








