QUAFFLE #1 Quote:
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Hey Ju 
Anna watched intently from below as Hanna was sandwiched by the two dummies, but she kept her hand ready to catch the Quaffle as soon as the girl let it go.
If only she was this invested in her normal lessons, maybe she would've done better in her OWLs. Alas, she did not care about those.
Anyway, Hanna finally made the pass and Anna skilfully caught the falling ball, wrapping her arm around it and leaning in to pick up some speed again. Which turned out to be the right move as she spotted the third dummy right by her!
Merlin! That was close. The fact dummy nearly took the Quaffle from her made her heart skip a beat, but the new rush of adrenaline kicked in exactly because of that, which was helpful. Anna was off, zooming forward and doing an upward loop moving around and above Hanna and the two dummies, hoping to get rid of the dummy that was so close to her.
She slowed down a little, stabilising her broom to have a look around. Anyone free she could pass the Quaffle to? She was kind of ready to move on to the goal hoops, really. However, she didn't want to simply give the ball to those dummies, no way! The Gryffindor wanted to make sure another player got it before she changed stations.
Anyone? Would Hanna be able to get rid of those two dummies? Anna needed to be quick before those dummies came after her again.
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Fireheart Avalon's eyes widened as the Quaffle flew through the hoop. She had done it! She could go to sleep happy now that she made at least one goal at tryouts - regardless of whether or not she made the team. But Avalon didn't have time to celebrate - she spotted a Gryffindor flying on the other side of the pitch, seemingly in need of someone to pass the ball to. And with two dummies racing toward the girl, Avalon figured she should help her out. She leaned forward on her broom and accelerated, figuring that she should head back to the passing section of the pitch anyway. "You can pass it here! I'm open!" Avalon called, looking on either side of her for any dummies. She knew it wouldn't be long before another one was on her tail.
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Hey Ju Thankfully, as soon as Anna started looking around for someone to pass the Quaffle to, she spotted a small Ravenclaw coming back from one of the hoop stations trying to get her attention.
The Gryffindor didn't have time to think how cute the little girl was, exclaiming she was open when it was so obvious she was. But Anna would later think that that was cute, mhm. Adorable firsties were adorable.
It was because the girl was small and adorable that Anna really wanted her to catch the Quaffle, so before the dummies could come too close, the sixth year zoomed towards the firstie and pretty much tossed the Quaffle to her when they were a mere metre or two away.
That move, however, wasn't just because she wanted to make sure the little girl had the Quaffle, but Anna was planning on going to that hoop area anyway, so it was fitting. Ciao for now, crazy dummy trio!
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Jessiqua Hanna watched Anna expertly grab the Quaffle, but not before she yanked the broom upwards to pop out from between the dummy sandwich. Once she was away from the dummies, she steadied her broom and looked back to see one of the dummies sneaking up on Anna.
Relief was instant as Hanna saw the Gryffindor dart away from the dummy and towards the hoops. Hanna tailed her, looking around for any dummies that might be doing another sneak. But they were soon joined by Avalon, who was ready to help with the quaffle.
The two dummies that had sandwiched Hanna in did not budge as Anna handled the Quaffle... it was as if they knew the third dummy was going to take care of Anna while they dealt with Hanna... but they did not expect Avalon to make an appearance and mess up their plan... the dummy that was about to punch to Quaffle from Anna's grip watched as the red ball was passed... it immediately lost interest in Anna and flew straight toward Avalon... the two dummies bumped into each other when Hanna slipped away... then they noticed their comrade going after Avalon and zoomed after... Anna and Hanna had both moved on, leaving Avalon to deal with three dummies on her own...
QUAFFLE #2
The two dummies continued passing the Quaffle they had gained possession of between each other... they were flying fairly close to each other, clearly determined to keep anyone else from taking their precious red ball from them...
QUAFFLE #3 Quote:
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gritandgrace Eniola saw the crash just before her. I guess my hit to the dummy didn’t do much. She thought to herself. Seeing the Quaffle fall she dove fast and hard to grab hold of the ball. “Yes!” She yelled as she hugged the Quaffle to her chest. Rolling her shoulders forward in a protective stance against any dummies that might come for her she held it tight. She flew high and fast to get out of reach of any dummies. “Follow me!” She yelled to the other two Chasers as she raced away from the dummy and kept her eye out for any more.
After knocking into Anna, the dummy changed its course and flew downward in an effort to get the Quaffle in its grasp... only to have it snatched by Eniola as it was about the reach out for it... not pleased with this, the dummy began its chase... faster and faster it flew... soon it was flying right beside Eniola... an arm reached out... it was going to take the red ball from her one way or another...
HOOPS #1 Quote:
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Jessiqua Doing a turn and speed flying towards the other hoops, Hanna watched as the dummy let in two goals. "Nice Nettie!" Hanna called to her fellow claw. And with another quaffle being put in the game, Hanna dove towards it, grabbing it swiftly in her outstretched arm. Doing a few manoeuvring swerves, dips, and lifts, Hanna flew towards the hoops, her chest against the handle, and underarm threw the Quaffle towards the opening.
The dummy defending the hoops had both metallic eyes honed in on Hanna... it watched as she grabbed the Quaffle... it watched as she swerved, dipped, and lifted... it followed her every move as she inched closer and closer toward the hoops... needless to say, the dummy was very alert... it chased after the Quaffle when Hanna released it... then, with a swift and sudden reach, the dummy stopped the goal from being made.
It raised the Quaffle in the air for a moment as if it were gloating at its achievement before throwing the ball out of the scoring area once more...
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Hey Ju She arrived at the hoops area just in time to see the dummy catch the Hufflepuff boy's throw. "Good effort!" She called to him, giving him a thumbs up. She had just about seen his little stunt to try and fool the dummy. It nearly worked, so it had been a good effort indeed.
ANYWAY, the Quaffle was thrown back in play, so Anna caught it and after taking a glance at the younger boy to make sure there was no way they'd bump into each other, she zoomed the other way towards the dummy. Yep, right at it because... well, because she felt like it. Could one even intimidate a metallic dummy? Who knew. Before the thing could decide it'd fly towards her too - which wouldn't be ideal since colliding wasn't in the plans at the moment - Anna tilted her broom handle just enough to go past it and towards the right-hand side hoop. She threw the Quaffle with all her might because the dummies were tough, but this Gryffindor could give them toughness too!
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lazykitty Um....yeah, okay then, so Archer was just going to move over here then. She really didn't feel like getting knocked off her broom today, thanks. And if those dummies (literally, ha!) kept it up, that was exactly what was going to happen. So, she was just going to move over to the hoops now.
Approaching one end of the pitch and grabbing a ball, Archer waited patiently for her turn to take a shot. Once it was, she sent the Quaffle hurtling towards the hoop. Would she make it?
Now there were more people approaching, which made the dummy's metallic eyes dart back and forth... though it remained stoic as ever, it was calculating what to do if it just so happened at a number of them started working together... fortunately for it, they were each taking turns at scoring...
The dummy, in fact, was not intimidated whatsoever when Anna darted foward... it also moved forward with no signs of moving out of the way, but rather had the intent of pulling the ball from her grasp before a shot could be made... but then the dummy had been tricked by the sudden movement... the Quaffle went through.
As soon as the ball was tossed out of the scoring area, it had been grabbed by Archer... the dummy, not pleased that it had been made a fool, was keen on keeping an eye on this one... the movement by the girl was predictable... though the red ball moved with a surprising amount of speed, it wasn't enough to get past the dummy.
Once more, the Quaffle was thrown toward the hopeful Chasers...
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