 Iris Forsfelle l Slytherin [chaser] Tiana Patterson l Gryffindor [chaser] Swedishfish Girl! ❄ Page-Turning Seamstress ❄ Jess's Soul Sister! Sweetest Swede!
Iris was brimming with excitement, and a healthy dose of anticipation as she entered the pitch for tryouts her new broom in hand, a gift from her elder brother JT. She quickly took note of the large trunk in the center as well as the hovering baskets. Probably something they'd encounter later in the tryout, she mused to herself. Iris was dressed in clothes for smooth flight, and her blonde hair was braided back into a single braid as she stood near the others as Professor Cloggs took tone. Iris got to work on stretching her body from head to toe quickly, giving her shoulders and fingers an extra few seconds of rolling, and flexing.
At the whistle Iris mounted her broom, and kicked off into the air, a smile forming on her lips instantly as she felt the wind in her face. This was her dream! Pulling down her flight goggles, Iris concentrated, and started to ascend up in the air, ascending down when she got to the other side of the pitch, turning and then accelarating across the pitch to avoid other fliers, and even banked, and made some sharp turns to see how her broom moved with her instructions. Iris kept flying through the moves ascending, descending, turning, accelarating and so on while she waited for Professor Cloggs next orders. This was also a time when she could make note of which snakes were there and who wasn't. Seeing hotstuff Falcon, Hugo, Calliope, Diallo, and Angel made her certain that they'd get a good team this year.
Tiana entered the quidditch pitch with her broom in hand just as Professor Cloggs began talking, out of breath, and with her hair and clothes in some dissarray. A last minute bathroom visit, and run in with moaning myrtle was never ideal before any event or class. Trying to calm down her racing pulse Tee did her best to braid her long black hair into a crown, and put her clothes in order before begining with the stretching excercises near some other lions. She was glad that her brother, Connor was standing a few feet away. His closeness helped her focus, and make her concentrate on the goal of making the gryffindor team this year as a starting player, and not just a reserve. Tiana wanted to prove that she was good enough. She had trained extra hard this summer, and that had to count for something right?
Standing a bit too close to Professor Clogg'ses whistle when it blew off made it ring in Tiana's ears as she mounted, and kicked off into the air. First she climbed upwards using the ascent to get a good view of the pitch, and the other fliers, but mostly the lions. CJ and Marina were both there as expected as well as Ariel, Diego, Xelene, and Viano. Turning her broom smoothly Tiana leaned over the handle as she started the descent, her eyes watering as she did so, clouding her vision even if there was no wind to speak of. She swerved abruptly to avoid colliding with an incoming flier before accelarating toward the other side of the pitch to get away. Braving lifting one hand off the handle to wipe the water out of her eyes she remembered where she had left her goggles, unfortunatley they were still in the loo. Could someone have an extra pair perhaps? Unsure who to ask Tiana kept going through the controlled flight motions; ascending, turning, descending and accelarating as she flew up and down, and across the pitch.
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