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!

((And go! Use the subthreads, or start your own threads to chat and trash-talk and have a good time! Threadjacking is totally encouraged.))

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[17thangel]

Maria nods a bit and zips in catching the ball with a not terribly interested look.

"What's a snitch? Someone who rats out the other team?"

[theboywhodied]

"No, it's the Golden Snitch. Another one of the balls in the game." He conjures an imitation of one to demonstrate, the little gold ball flitting around between them before zooming off. "A player called the Seeker on each team pursues it, and the first Seeker to catch it ends the game and earns 150 points for their team. It's nearly always a winning move to catch it."

He approves of her blockage, zipping down to catch the Quaffle. He'll try again with a trickier and faster shot, now at the center hoop.

[17thangel]

Maria notices the fancier shot and smirks, zipping and kicking the out of the way, pondering a bit.

"So what if you're 160 points behind? Do they then have to knock the other guy out of the air till they catch up?"

[theboywhodied]

Cedric lets out a whistle of approval, giving her an even bigger challenge on the right-hand side. A twisty shot, backwards...yeah, he's trying for it.

"Yeah. Then the Beaters try to sabotage the other Seeker until you can get caught up---though the teams are usually within 150 points of each other, anyway. I did see someone catch the Snitch and lose the game once, though. It was a surrender. The other team's Chasers were too good."

[17thangel]

Maria's foot twitches, it looks like she wants to leap for it and the hesitation costs her a second so she just barely manages to ram the ball out of the way, letting out a small grunt as it bounces off of her arm.

"Surrender is pretty low."