trans_9 | On your broomsticks! [OPEN]

Following the instructions given to him by crew members here and there, Cedric stepped through a green archway tucked on a corner of the fifth floor and entered a grey void. He closed his eyes, concentrating on the sort of place that would be perfect for a day of flying. He imagined a bright grassy plain, a large lake, and a forest off to the side. Vague memories turned into vivid images surrounding him, so thoroughly convincing that he really believed he'd been taken from the ship and placed on a field back on Earth. It was quite a convincing illusion
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All it needed now was the key piece: a group of brooms. He thought for a moment on which brooms to provide them with. Firebolts were the world standard, but he'd never known one well enough to be able to picture it accurately. The school brooms, Shooting Stars, were nice and safe for new riders but not quite reliable. In the end, he knew his own broom best: a sleek Nimbus 2001, gifted by his father. As long as he instructed the fliers to go slowly, they should be safe on those brooms.

Visitors would find Cedric side-mounted on a broom in his black and yellow Quidditch robes, gliding just slightly over the grass. As soon as he spotted them, he'd greet them enthusiastically and move to touch down. "Hi!"

((ooc: wide open for everyone to join in! We'll be doing some group exercises too, so thread around! Fly as a group when you're ready!))

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"A team? I guess you could call The Avengers a team... We go out and fight villians, save the world and stuff." Janet then realized that Cedric asked if she played any sports on a team and she got slightly flustered.

"Oh, you mean sports! No, I have a lot of crime fighting to do to have time for leisure."

"Oh, you're another one of those heroes! I've met some of you. You seem to fit right in on the ship. Fighting's nothing new to you."

To them, at least. He was still a student with some defensive training that needed more of it. "Do you ever have time for a break?"

"We try to relax as much as we can between missions but they always get interrupted. I know I got my time at the pool cut short once. It started snowing out of no where." Janet shivered a bit at the memory.

She flew over to sit on his broom, it was a little tiring to buzz her wings for long periods of time.

((OOC: So when would Cedric demonstrate snitch catching for the group?))

Cedric shifts his hands to ensure that she'd have enough space on the broom. "Snow when you were trying to swim? How awful. I dove into a lake in winter once, but that was...different. I had no choice."

Why couldn't the underwater task have been at a warmer time? No one had ever answered that question. He shook his head, wondering.

"But you won't be busy all the time here?"

((I'm gonna try for tonight. If I get something from someone there'll be a link in my next comment))

"You had no choice?!" Janet's eyes widened like saucers. "Who forced you? I would sting them."

She shook her head at his last question. "No. In fact, I've been pretty bored on the ship. There doesn't seem to be any villians on the ship and the only bad guys are the Ohm everyone keeps talking about."

"Well it was my choice to start," Cedric recalled. "I entered my name into the Triwizard Tournament. Three wizards are chosen from three schools of magic to compete, and once your name is in you have to complete all the tasks. I suppose it was an endurance task. I tried warming spells to keep myself safe, but I still needed to be given blankets and a heating potion."

He vividly recalled all of Madam Pomfrey's endless fussing with a smile.

"You'll be fighting on those missions, though, right? I haven't been out there yet. It's a little overwhelming."

((thread is here!))

"Aww, you poor thing..." Janet looked up at him with an affectionate smile.

"Missions? I didn't hear of them. I guess I should pay more attention next time." If she wasn't so cooped up in Hank's lab, she might have heard the announcement.

((OOC: On my way!))

Cedric smiled down at her. "I made it through...the tournament, at least. And I like to think I didn't do too badly." He wasn't so lucky immediately afterward.

"Yeah. We'll be chosen for missions every so often. We'll have to fight, collect things, or engage in some diplomatic task. I haven't been out there yet, but I've heard they're dangerous."

"If that's the case, I'm going to check my omnicomm every day." Janet took out her device and at the same moment, her wings started to buzz and she was drifting around.

"I'll see you around, Cedric!" She gave him a wave and a smile.

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