A Waffle with a Quaffle [Open, come play! Come spectate and chat!]

[theboywhodied]

It's a beautiful day for soaring in the sky. At least....it's a beautiful simulated day, Cedric corrects himself. He stands in the center of a grassy field, hoops standing tall on either side. Racing brooms that will soon take to the sky with their riders are laid out in neat rows on either side of him, and a case containing the many balls of Quidditch rests at his feet.

He's exchanged the loose-fitted clothing he'd taken up after his injuries for loose-fitting yellow and black robes, and even that small change brightens his mood. Cedric Diggory is in his element. His cheerful, dangerous whirlwind of an element, the finest sport the wizarding world has to offer.

This should be a fun one to watch!

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[theboywhodied]

Cedric instinctively shielded his eyes, watching the spectacle with a wide stare. Wow, just what were they getting into?

He waved her down after a little while. "You've clearly got it. But tell me about this elven form. Can you use it as well?"

They might need to try that.

[curiousredsoul]

Celena couldn't help but grin even in flight at the wide stare that he watched her with, more than content to show off, especially when it was her flight that she was showing off.

When he waved her down she nodded in flight, circling down to land gracefully a few meters from Cedric, "Thank you, and indeed, it is a form that I am able to take on via the use of a ring Aibghalien created for me," she replied with obvious fondness at the mention of the current head of the Magic department.

With a short command phrase she activated the ring's magic, her form rapidly shifting and reshaping to take the form of a lithe humanoid, "I have had a good deal of experience in this form, it has proven itself quite useful on occasion,"

[theboywhodied]

Wow. Cedric looked taken aback, but he recovered with a quick smile. This would be an interesting game.

"So you'll need to use a broom. Were you watching the others earlier? It doesn't take long to learn."

[curiousredsoul]

Celena smiled easily, with the slightest hint of amusement. An interesting game it would be indeed.

"Only the small simulation of the game you showed previously, though it should not be too difficult to learn I'm sure," she dipped her head, the prospect of learning something new, especially when it came to flight was always one she enjoyed.

[theboywhodied]

"That'll be fine. First, we'll get you in the air. You bring your broom under your control: lay it down, hold your hand out, and call it up!"

He performs this first step, the broom handle soaring to his hand with ease. There's a broom positioned under her hand for the same step.

[curiousredsoul]

Watching the demonstration in detail she dipped her head before holding her hand above her own broom. Taking the briefest of moments to shift her sight, looking over the broom in terms of magic and energy.

Returning her vision to normal she commanded the broom similarly. "Up!" Catching the broom easily as it jumped up into her hand.

[theboywhodied]

"Great!" Cedric was excited. He loved watching the reactions to this next part. He swung his leg over his own broom and seemed to hop off with a hard push, moving the handle with his hand into a hovering position.

"Now kick off. Stay balanced, and use both feet. If you shift forward and pull a little, you can start moving as well."

[curiousredsoul]

Celena watched with great interest as Cedric swung over the broom and pushed off, watching with something of a grin as he hovered above. She would have to delve into the workings of one of the brooms when she had the chance.

Giving a firm nod, "Doesn't sound to difficult at all," she replied cheerfully as she swung a leg over the broom before pushing off hard and up. Her grin growing all the more as the broom rose up, drawing it around to hover, getting used to controlling the broom.

[theboywhodied]

Cedric nods, flashing her a grin of approval. "That's it! Then you can steer by touching the broom and leaning your weight. Come on, follow me,"

He starts them on a path over the field, though he watches her lead for how high she'd like to go.

[curiousredsoul]

Celena grinned on back to him as she followed his instruction, leaning her weight to direct the broom to follow him. Getting a good feel for the broom as she did so.

"Do these brooms have any forms of restrictions on height or travel distance?" she asked with curiosity as she drew her broom a little higher.

[theboywhodied]

"These can only reach a speed of about a hundred and forty miles per hour. The only other limits are the broom's and yours. As long as what you try to do doesn't break either you or the broom, you'll be fine."

He followed her higher up, wondering just how she'd go.

[curiousredsoul]

"A limit on speed but otherwise few limits, interesting," she nods at that as she weaves a slow circle around the outer edge of the field.

"Any tips in particular? Otherwise lets see what this thing can do in comparison," she asks and comments with a grin as she rises up above the tops of the towers ringing the field.

[theboywhodied]

Cedric laughed. She's a daring one, that was certain. "Pay attention to the wind and adjust for that, but I expect you'd know that already from your other flying. That's about it, I think you'll grasp the rest!"

He watched her with a smile, eager to see what she would do.

[curiousredsoul]

If he'd seen her in her daily flights through the city before he'd have had little doubt of her daring. She looks to him with a nod and an amused chuckle, "Indeed, just a matter of adapting to a different profile against the wind,"

With that she gave a grin before suddenly leaning her body back and pulling the broom up, pointing it near straight up to shoot upwards for a few moments before letting gravity catch up. Keeping careful attention to the handling of the broom as she accelerated toward pitch below as she began to dive.

The ground getting closer and closer before nearly at the last moment she pulled up hard, testing the limits of the brooms turning capabilities as she near literally skimmed the surface of the field, perhaps a little too close but she'd take that into account next time as she rose and wove around one of the towers.

[theboywhodied]

Cedric clapped his approval, cheering as he mirrored the movements in an attempt to keep up with her. Weaving and twisting around took a full minute, she was so fast! He had to yell over the wind to be heard.

"Great! Now we just need a position for you. You'll want one that moves around, so...Chaser, Beater, or Seeker?"

[curiousredsoul]

Celena grinned over her shoulder to him as wove and twisted through the field for that full minute. Flight was but a second nature to her, whether on wing or other methods of flight it seemed.

Once she heard him again yelling over the wind she slowed her pace and drifted toward the center of the pitch to come to a hover as she turned to him, "I would be interested in trying the Seeker position, if one is available, otherwise Chaser could work well,"

[theboywhodied]

"It should be," Cedric recalled. He didn't think he'd seen another Seeker arrive yet. With that in mind, he zoomed down to the ground and to the case of balls, unlatching the Golden Snitch's lock.

"It's going to do everything it can to evade you while staying within the boundaries of the field. It'll be hard to see, and harder still to catch."

He released it then---it zoomed up just enough for Celena to catch a glimpse, then rocketed off in the other direction, swooping at all angles.

[curiousredsoul]

Celena gave a short nod at that and smiled down Cedric as he set down by the case. Remaining hovering above for the moment herself as she watched him release what she assumed was the snitch.

"Sounds like a challenge, are there any height boundry to the snitch's movement?" she called back down, eager to give it a try.

Once it was released and she caught that glimpse, she attempted to follow it with her sharp gaze, tracking its movements for a moment before shifting her hold on the broom and rocketing on after it.

[theboywhodied]

"It won't go too high! About the height of the tallest building you'd see," he called back, watching their progress with awe.

The Snitch tried valiantly to evade her---darting behind, around, at the ground, at the upper limits, bouncing off the boundaries...

But it'd be caught. As always.

[curiousredsoul]

Celena took note of that, that would confine the area she'd have search to locate it.

Once she was on its tail however she weaved and darted with it, matching its motions rapidly, trying to predict ahead just where it would go. Doing her best to intercept it and grab it.

Though it try valiantly as it might Celena finally plucked the snitch out of the sky as it was rocketing along at near ground level. Pulling up and around to hover, holding up the snitch in her hand.

[theboywhodied]

Cedric clapped and shouted. "Fine catch! You'll be a great Seeker. Just be warned: the real game's a bit trickier, with all the extra players and the Bludgers."

Still, he didn't think that would be a problem for Celena. He flew over to offer her a congratulatory handshake.

[curiousredsoul]

Celena grinned across to him, dipping her head as she had the broom drift closer as he flew over, "Thank you. Of that I have little doubt, a greater challenge would be welcome."

She took his hand and shook it in turn before offering across the golden snitch. "Quite the agile little thing,"