Jordanna Howard
October 31, 2006 9:01 PM
Quidditch Championship: A spectator's sport by Jordanna Howard
There was a reason that Jordanna Howard- who hadn’t even shown up at her own house’s Quidditch game, and didn’t even like Quidditch that much, for that matter- could be found sporting canary yellow from her robes to the ribbon in her hair. These were Quidditch stands at the finals for Teppenpaw versus Pecari. It wasn’t really the game she was here for, though she might have looked attentive as she observed what a pretty shade of blue the sky was and what pretty dress robes it would make. The blonde Crotalus was here to make a point- Quidditch was better off left to boys, and girls were better off finding other hobbies.It was okay that girls weren’t good at sports; there were other things to excel at, artistic things like music, painting, or dancing. There were academics to immerse one’s self in, if you so chose. You could involve yourself in the current news; know what’s going on in the world, from fashion to politics. A girl could even learn things like how to run a household (a hard thing by any standards) and everyday household chores. But sports were just dirty things that were best left to the cruder of the sexes.
And don’t worry if you thought her point was thoughtless or sexist- she had her proof. Crotalus, her own house, had lost because they had a girl captain and Teppenpaw had a guy captain. Aladren had lost because they had a girl captain, and Pecari had cocaptains representing both genders- but Ash Craven must obviously be responsible for why they had won. True Aladren had the most boys on the team, but having a female captain had obviously failed them. These were the major reasons why the teen who actually knew very little about the sport had decided the two teams in the championship had made it there in the first place. And now she wore yellow robes in support of Pecari- the team with the greater amount of male players. This team, she thought, would obviously win.
Daintily wiping away at a bead of sweat , disgusted at the heat of the day, she yelled with as much enthusiasm as she could muster (a respectable amount, considering she didn’t like the sport, but not much) she cheered, “Go Pecari!”
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Subthreads: OOC by Professor Deck
Also in the stands! by Echo Elms
Tepps for the Cup! by Leo Idoya III with Dillon Welsh, Eavan and Earl Valentine
This was not expected by Jennifer Zucchero with Ben Stafford, Geoffrey Spindler
Suddenly things don't seem so bright... by Meredith Lail
Go Tepps! (Tag: Kaylie) by Chris Dupree with Kaylie
Quidditch Championship: Post Game (Stephen!) by Mia Kerova with Stephen Baxter, Mia
For Dalila by Jake Santoro with Dalila Bastet, Dalila
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Leo Idoya III
November 07, 2006 9:47 AM
Bugger all... stupid enter key. by Leo Idoya III
"VIVA TEPPENPAW!" Leo shouted, hands cupped to his mouth so that the yellow flag flapped in his vision, obscuring the entire right side of the field. His cheeks were flushed a little, though it wasn't easily visible with his dark complexion; it wasn't from the heat, either. He loved Quidditch. Really, really, really he did. He couldn't wait until this summer--Joaquin had promised to continue giving Leo lessons in Seeking, and there were at least three scouts from professional Quidditch teams out there who'd been sorely disappointed when Joaquin chose Peruvian dragons over Snitches as a career.Suddenly there was a crack; one of the Pecari players had been hit, and hard from the sound of it. Stupid girl still tried for a goal when passing to an uninjured player would have been much smarter. Pecaris... Leo shook his head. Never thought ahead at all--if they used their brains at all, which was honestly doubtful.
He was distracted when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He stiffened--physical contact, unless he was the one initiating it, wasn't high on Leo's list of Things I Like (which was rather short, anyway, consisting mostly of Quidditch, his siblings, a few choice cousins, and his piano)--and turned. A girl dressed all in yellow was looking at him, and for a moment he wondered what he'd done wrong; then she smiled and started talking.
A small smirk threatened to overtake his mouth as she announced her name. So Gil's girlfriend had come to see him fly, had she? That was definitely something loverboy wouldn't want the cousins knowing... and much as he loved his brother, Leo knew it was only smart to have as much blackmail material as possible.
"Yes; it's nice to meet you finally, Eavan," he said, offering his hand couthly. "And I'm here to cheer on Gil. Since he insisted on beating my house, he might as well take the championship," he said with an expression closest to a smile he gave anyone who wasn't Gil, Mercedes, or Gray. "And hello, Earl."\n\n
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Bugger all... stupid enter key.
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Eavan and Earl (a bit)
November 07, 2006 2:10 PM
Yeah, they can be evil sometimes by Eavan and Earl (a bit)
Eavan saw out of the corner of her eye, one right after the other, two of the Pecari chasers taken out by bludgers. Eavan gasped along with the rest of the crowd, but when she saw them being taken care of by the medic and the game come to a screeching halt, she felt satisfied enough to turn her attention back to what Leo was saying. She was very intrigued to see how different he was from his twin.He seemed a bit more formal and stiff, but other than that, she really didn't think it was necessary to call him prickly as a cactus as Gil had once referred to him as.
Earl stared at Leo suspiciously, then switched to Eavan's face as though trying to read her thoughts. Eavan raised an eyebrow, but chose not to say anything about it. She'd ask later.
"Yeah, Earl's not too happy about it either, but I dragged him along anyways. You can't brood over these things, and he loves Quidditch." Eavan smiled gave Earl a playful punch on the arm. "Though from the looks of it, this game won't go on for long." Eavan glanced back out to the field where two of the Pecari chasers were at the medic's tent and quite a few of the players were standing aimlessly around the field, while others hovered lazily in the air above.\n\n
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Leo and Gil
November 23, 2006 10:51 PM
Better late than never, eh? by Leo and Gil
Leo caught the exchange of nonverbal commentary between the siblings, but didn't bring it up; siblings in general--and he knew from experience--were rather weird when it came to certain things. He wasn't exactly surprised, given the stereotype of the overprotective big brother and Gil's obvious infatuation with Eavan, that Earl was displeased by their friendship--at least, that's what Leo assumed was the problem. Though why Earl was looking at him suspiciously, he'd never understand.It turned out that Eavan was right, though; the game ended very quickly, another win for Teppenpaw. Leo cheered with everyone else, though not quite as vociferously as earlier, now that he knew there were people paying attention to his conduct. And in any event, his brother hadn't exactly played an instrumental part in the win--though Leo would, of course, tease him mercilessly about what he liked to call Gil's knight-in-shining-armor complex. The boy couldn't let anything bad happen without attempting to intervene.
The little voice in his head that sounded an awful lot like Gil tutted. Leo made an expression halfway between a smirk and a grimace--he could just hear his brother now. And what do you call that little show with Gray in the library?
"Self-interest," he muttered absently as the vicious Pecari firstie stormed off the field. He spotted Gil making his way towards them through the crowd, a silly grin plastered across his face. He turned then towards the Valentine siblings. "Look, here comes Gil."\n\n
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Eavan and Earl
November 25, 2006 9:23 PM
I guess... by Eavan and Earl
Eavan cheered with the rest of the Teppenpaws. They won! Even though the other team was down two chasers, it was still a nice catch by the seeker. Eavan would have to congratulate the team sometime later. There would probably be a party of some sort; she'd do it then. She glanced over at Earl who was now staring at his lap trying to ignore the cheering going on.Earl felt eyes on him and glanced up. Eavan's brtown orbs were staring directly at him and they held a look of concern there. Realizing it must be his complete lack of enthusiasm, he grinned broadly at his little sister and pulled on the pony tail she was wearing.
"If it couldn't be Crotalus..." he said a little too boldly. Eavan smiled and hugged him, when she heard Leo speak again.
"Look, here comes Gil."
Instantly Eavan let go of her brother, turned around and smiled at Gil. "We won!" she shouted before pressing through the last few people standing between them and pulling him into a very enthusiastic and bone-breaking hug.
"You were great out there! The way you saved the girl form the other team...that was so brave!" She realeased him and held him at arms length.
"Say something!" she giggled.\n\n
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