Liftoff, Hopefully [PV Reyna Evergreen as Amber] - Ilvermorny

14 Jan 2025, 22:17

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Basil
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Year Three Ilvermorny Horned Serpent
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Date: Jan 18, Saturday Afternoon. Ilvermorny Flying Grounds

Basil stared hopelessly at the broom in his hands, suddenly afraid of his hairbrained scheme of flying outside of the rigidly structured flying classes that he was required to take. It wasn't that he was afraid of heights or anything of the sort, it was just that he didn't actually know how to fly on a broom beyond the basics. Go up, go down, pick up the broom, put it down. Maybe go forward and back. All of that had involved a teacher hovering nearby, ready to catch or heal anyone who experienced any mishaps. There was still a teacher on the grounds today of course, since the open flying time may not have been a class activity but it was still dangerous enough to warrant adult supervision.

It was mostly quidditch players or thrill-seekers around Basil, which was part of the reason for his hesitation. They were all speeding about and doing loops and brave dives, whooshing past overhead. Basil just wanted to prove to his grandmother he could stay on a flying object in the air, so she wouldn't have any more objections to his pleas for a pair of Abraxons like the ones that had flown them all to Hogsmeade. Not that he wanted to think of that place any more than necessary, but the winged horses of elephant size had really stuck with him. He needed to see them again, and more than that, have them whenever he returned home for the summer.

Re-energized, he mounted his broom, huffing in concentration. He was going to do whatever it took to get one of those beautiful creatures in the stables! Even if it meant foregoing birthday and Christmas gifts combined for several years. He had no idea exactly how expensive the creatures were, but he could imagine they were easily more expensive than the thestrals he'd heard of at other pureblood estates.

Knuckles white, mind made up, he stiffly rose several feet into the air. A quidditch player by past chasing a practice snitch, close enough Basil could feel a breeze from the older student. Basil startled, pulling his broom up and away from the other student, promptly dumping himself on the ground, the school broom clattering to the ground next to him a moment later. He groaned, flushing with embarrassment as the older boy gave him an apologetic wave and rushed off again. He allowed himself a moment on the ground to pity himself, before standing up and brushing off the grass that had stuck to his brown corduroy trousers and wool sweater.

Tesla Stone⭑☾☀☽⭑ ⭑☾𖣂☽⭑Basil Blackwood

Reyna Evergreen

Fifth year, Writer, Duellist, Hufflepuff

1 487 588

9 Feb 2025, 18:52

🔥🔥🔥 January 18th, 2025 🔥🔥🔥

Mentions: @Tesla Stone as Basil Blackwood

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Amber was out for another day of quidditch practice. She desperately needed to clear her mind from the recent events that had occurred. She was dying inside. She had so many different ideas, and drawings and pictures in her brain that were floating around. She had tried to come up with the hidden secrets in them, but no easy answer appeared.
So instead, she distracted herself. She tired herself out so that at night she fell asleep, dreamless. Yet, some days she still woke up with a throbbing headache and monstrous visions of the monster. The hidebehind. No music, no art, no flying, no nothing could get it out of her brain. She shivered as she thought of it.
At least in the sky she was somewhat free and somewhat powerful. Glancing down as she flew she saw a boy, about her age struggling on his broom. She smiled. Maybe she could distract herself further?
She landed her broom beside the boy. "Hey!" she said smiling, "Do you need any help?" The boy seemed to be struggling flying on his broom which could cause possible injuries that she did not want to see happen in front of her.
Flashbacks of her injuries appeared but she shook them away. "I'm Amber, and I'm on the quidditch team. I could help!" she added.

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Word Count: 222/200

S H O P |Kind heart ♡, brave soul ꩜ , fierce mind. ☆

E N C Y | sta 10 • eva 10 • str 9 • wis 10 • arc 7 • acc 10 | I N P C

Tesla Stone

Fifth year, Hufflepuff

541 273

24 Feb 2025, 18:42

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Basil
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Year Three Ilvermorny Horned Serpent
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Standing after brushing himself off, he quickly checked himself for any soreness or bruising. It hadn't been comfortable to tumble to the ground, but at his lack of height it wasn't any worse than toppling off a hippogriff, and he was perfectly fine doing that. Remounting his broom, he glared defiantly at it, working up the confidence to try again.

Basil jumped as his broom glaring was interrupted by a girl landing beside him, and he quickly looked around, hoping she hadn't been there to see his tumble just a short time before. Blushing heavily and avoiding eye contact, he nodded jerkily and fidgeted with the school broom he held as she asked if he needed any help. He did, but it was still humiliating that someone had noticed his struggling. His cheeks burned with embarrassment, and his shoulders were tense.

"I'm Basil," he replied, voice just loud enough to be heard over the clamber of the field, "I guess you could help." He flinched as he realized how dismissive that was, hunching his shoulders and finally looking at Amber, even if his eyes landed on her cheek rather than truly looking her in the eyes, "Um, sorry. I could- I could really use some help. I haven't been on a broom since the mandatory classes in first year, and, well. It's not as easy as I was hoping. I didn't mean to be rude, it's just... Frustrating."

Tesla Stone⭑☾☀☽⭑ ⭑☾𖣂☽⭑Basil Blackwood

Reyna Evergreen

Fifth year, Writer, Duellist, Hufflepuff

1 487 588

31 May 2025, 21:55

🔥🔥🔥 January 18th, 2025 🔥🔥🔥

Mentions: @Tesla Stone as Basil Blackwood

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Amber smiled as Basil blushed, embarrassed that someone had commented on his broom skills. They weren't terrible, they just were not exactly top notch. Not like her broom skills. But she had been practicing ever since she was little, so if her broom skills were not top notch than that would be problematic. Plus the Quidditch team was full of people who were experts.
"Oh, no worries, brooms are not for everyone! It took me forever to learn how to use a broom properly so that I don't fall off every two seconds. And I had some great teachers!" she said. "And don't worry you weren't rude!"
She decided to start with the basics for Basil. Just as a refresher. "You seem to know how to mount the broom properly, which is a good start!" She held her broom and called "Up!" with defiance and the broom flew to her hand with ease. The wind rustled her hair and she smiled again. "You try?" she asked. She then hopped on her broom and floated in the air.
"Before you take off though remember the rules when you are flying! Be aware of your surroundings, check your broom and watch out for others!"
She then began to fly keeping her hands steady on the broom and weaving around in the air like an expert. She motioned to Basil. "C'mon! Join me. You got this!" Amber yelled in the air. She was going to wait until Basil did it right. And she was sure that he was going to.

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Word Count: 258/200

S H O P |Kind heart ♡, brave soul ꩜ , fierce mind. ☆

E N C Y | sta 10 • eva 10 • str 9 • wis 10 • arc 7 • acc 10 | I N P C

Basil Blackwood

Fourth year, Ilvermorny

13 7

24 Jun 2025, 09:22

Basil watched as Amber mounted her own broom with such ease that his own fumbling attempts made his insides squirm with shame once more. Hesitating, he decided it may be best to actually start at the beginning. After all, he'd assumed the instructions in class that had them command the broom into their hand was just for the sake of showing the students that hadn't ridden a broom before that they were enchanted to fly so they'd be more comfortable, but if this more experienced flyer still did it, it couldn't be a step to skip.

Setting the broom back on the ground, he stood up straight and held his hand over it, rather than just bending down to pick it up like he'd been doing. "Up," he quietly told it, waiting patiently as the broom leisurely drifted up into his waiting hand. He'd already had it checked over by the instructor passing out the brooms, but he hadn't actually looked at it himself, so he gave it a quick glance. It looked like any other broom he'd seen, so he glanced at Amber for confirmation before finally mounting the broom and floating up into the air again.

He stared up, watching as the other student immediately began performing beautiful weaving motions through the air, gazing longingly at the effortless movement. He loved the feeling of being in the air, and the swooping feeling in his stomach at soaring through the sky. The only issue was that a flying beast wanted to be in the air, and all he had to do was direct it and he and his animal partner would immediately be ready to frolic through the sky, alongside a tutor to keep him safe, of course. Compared to feeling a living being beneath him, sitting on a glorified stick and floating amongst his peers with no one to catch him was decidedly more lackluster.

The only thing that would get him in the air here was his own desire to fly, and he didn't have much of that at all if he was being honest. He only wanted to fly when it was fun, and this was not that interesting at his slow pace. He hesitantly tilted the broom to climb higher, until he was closer to Amber's height, creeping at a snail's pace through the air. He did feel more comfortable, knowing that Amber's movements would keep other flyers at bay, so he allowed himself to do an achingly slow circle, before sighing listlessly.

"I just... I want to learn how to fly better, and I'm not afraid or anything of that sort, I'm just not sure how to get this thing to do what I want. It's hard to want to fly when the thing I'm flying on doesn't care about it at all!" he griped, looking at Amber imploringly, hoping she'd have some advice to get him out of this metaphorical rut.

Tesla Stone⭑☾☀☽⭑ ⭑☾𖣂☽⭑Basil Blackwood

Amber Frost Hart

Fifth year, Ilvermorny

22 6

21 Aug 2025, 03:41

🔥🔥🔥 January 18th, 2025 🔥🔥🔥

Mentions: @Tesla Stone as Basil Blackwood

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Amber watched Basil slowly mount his broom into the air and join her at her height in the air. She noticed many problems. His "up" was weak. He seemed nervous and clearly not confident in being in the air. That was the main problem. She listened to Basil talk about how the broom would not listen. She remembered back in her first year when that had happened to her. It was all about the confidence. Or course there was skill involved. But confidence was key.
"See that wasn't that bad! If you can mount your broom, then you just need to get used to being in the air. You can't be afraid of flying, or your broom, or your broom won't listen to you." Amber explained.
She showed one quick loop up and down in a circle and then a figure eight at full speed and then joined Basil back at his height. "The key is confidence, with a mixture of balance, focus and control. And of course the more you practice, the better you will become. Now you try, you don't need to go that fast, but just do your best!" she said.
She believed Basil could do it, with the right practice. As long as he was confident, he would be able to do it. She grinned at him for extra motivation. "You got this!" she exclaimed.

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