Hufflepuff vs Slytherin!

[Dylan Caoimhe]

((Hitting Bludger at Finn))

[Sita Mehadi H7]

The Hufflepuff Chasers were playing well today, and they were enjoying the rewards of their hard work. Sita grinned at Grace elatedly as Sophia intercepted the Slytherin Keeper's pass. They had to keep the pressure on, though - they couldn't allow the Slytherins to make a comeback, not now. She flew over to hover in front of one of the Slytherin Chasers... let her try and get in the way of the well-oiled Hufflepuff Chaser machine now!

((Marking Marla.

Subbing Vincente out, subbing Scout in as Beater.))

[Grace Hunter H5]

The quaffle had soared straight through the Slyherin hoops, again, just moments after Sita's previous goal. It looked like all the practice that Sophia, Sita and Grace herself had put in was starting to pay off.

It was time to lock down all opposition. Sita was off to mark Marla; Sophia was heading straight for the quaffle, undoubtedly trying to snatch it from mid air. Grace located an unmarked player and flew straight for him. He seemed confident, but she would show him what true skill was all about.

((Marking Tychus!))

[Adalia St John S5]

And again! Adalia was running low on beaters, none of them were defending her against this fiend. Adalia tried her best to glare at the boy but she was really beginning to feel dizzy... Was that the snitch in the corner there? Best to keep an eye out for bludgers too though...

((Searching and Focus avoiding if need be *sigh*))

[Tychus Findlay S5]

Tychus dived and weaved but wherever he went he saw that familiar flash of yellow driving into his side. This Hufflepuff was better than she looked and she had him marked, limiting his movements and effectiveness. Tychus growled, shoving and ramming into the opposing player to shake her off his tail. He looked up and noticed the Quaffle flying toward him. He reached out to grab it but once again was muffled by that yellow uniform. Another Hufflepuff swooped in and snatched the red ball out of the air.

Out of the corner of his eye he noticed the approach of another chaser, no doubt to continue the pressure on him as soon as the current one engaged. "To hell with this, you ladies wann play rough, fine." Tychus put on some more speed, barreling past the defenders and making a bee line for the Quaffle holder.

((Avoiding second mark. Focus stealing Quaffle.))

[Finn Miles H7]

((searching/avoiding))

[Marla Armstrong S4]

The crowd gave a loud 'ooh', and Marla glanced at their captain and frowned - there was only so much Bludger pummelling anyone could take, and it didn't look like Adalia was keeping her concentration all the time. Marla was glad that Chasers weren't usually big targets for Beaters - there was clearly someone good on the Hufflepuff side and she preferred to remain unblemished by large bruises...

The Hufflepuffs already had possession, yet again. How they managed it had ceased to be of importance - the only thing that mattered now was getting that Quaffle back, before Hufflepuff could score yet another goal. Adalia had substituted a new Slytherin Chaser into the game, which Marla was grateful for - she saw Findlay approaching the Hufflepuff in possession, so she flew a little further away, waiting to pounce on Hallington's pass.

((Avoiding Sita, attempting to intercept Sophia's pass.))

[Billy Brady H6]

Ouch! That must've hurt, Thought Billy as he saw one of his bludgers hit Adalia rather forcefully! Oh well, at least it'd keep her distracted at this crucial moment in the game, and she could always go and see Madam Pomfrey if needs be! Unfortunately the other bludger had been deflected over towards Sophia by Valarien, so Billy flew back over to his older friend, who had just intercepted the keeper's pass, knowing that she needed to be defended or Slytherin would be back in possession and they really didn't want that! Obviously he aimed this bludger at Adalia again, hoping to knock her out this time, or at least just distract her more.

((Defending Sophia, deflecting to Adalia))

[Sophia Hallington H7]

Great, Sophia had the Quaffle again after intercepting the pass to Tychus, helped greatly by Sita's marking. She was also pleased to see that Billy's bludger had hit Adalia, despite it looking really painful. As she noticed this, she saw that Valarien had deflected Billy's other bludger towards her. Luckily Billy was heading her way again and hopefully he'd deflect it away from her, but for now she'd just have to pass the Quaffle on, to Sita as she was closer, so she could concentrate on dodging the bludger. And Tychus, who'd just appeared, trying to steal the quaffle from her. Hopefully Marla wouldn't intercept either, but her fellow Chasers seemed to be doing a good job at marking the Slytherins.

((Focus defend quaffle, pass to Sita))

[Madam Xiomara Hooch]

((There has been a change in the Hufflepuff line-up.
Vincente has been substituted out of the game.
Scout Cooper H3 has been substituted into the game as Hufflepuff Beater.

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Billy attempts to defend Sophia from Valarien’s Bludger and to deflect it towards Adalia.
Valarien = Bludger (D6 + Str) = 4 + 5 = 9
Billy = Defend (D8 + Str) = 8 + 6 = 14
Billy deflects the Bludger successfully! There is a Bludger flying at Adalia!

Dylan hits a Bludger at Finn, who attempts to dodge it.
Dylan = Bludger (D6 + Str) = 2 + 5 = 7
Finn = Avoid (D8 + Dex) = 3 + 6 = 9
Finn dodges Dylan’s Bludger!

Sita attempts to mark Marla.
Sita = Mark (D4 + Dex) = 1 + 6 = 7
Marla = Avoid (D8 + Dex) = 2 + 2 = 4
Sita marks Marla successfully! Marla will have a -2 penalty on her moves this round.

Grace attempts to mark Tychus.
Grace = Mark (D4 + Dex) = 2 + 6 = 8
Tychus = Avoid (D8 + Dex) = 6 + 4 = 12
Grace fails to mark Tychus.

Tychus focuses on stealing the Quaffle; Sophia focuses on defending it.
Tychus = Focus Steal (D4 + Str + 2) = 1 + 3 + 2 = 6
Sophia = Focus Defend (D8 + Str + 2) = 5 + 6 + 2 = 13
Sophia retains the Quaffle.

Sophia passes to Sita; Marla attempts to intercept the pass.
Sophia = Pass (D6 + Dex) = 2 + 6 = 8
Marla = Intercept (D4 + Dex –2) = 2 + 2 – 2 = 2
Marla fails to intercept Sophia’s pass: Sita has the Quaffle.

Adalia searches for the Snitch.
Adalia = Search = 22
Adalia = Search = 3
Neither 3 or 22 are the Snitch number. Adalia does not see the Snitch.

Finn searches for the Snitch.
Finn = Search = 3
Finn = Search = 6
6 is the Snitch number. Finn sees the Snitch!))

[Sita Mehadi H7]

Sita could tell from the excitement of the crowd that one of the Seekers must have seen something and made a move, this level of noise wasn't just excitement over her approaching the goals. She glanced over towards the streaks of yellow and green flashing through the sky, converging on the same point where, presumably, their superior eyes must be trained on the Golden Snitch. She must have less than half a minute to score, to give Hufflepuff a chance of coming joint second with Slytherin in the Quidditch cup. Gritting her teeth, she blocked out all the excitement of the crowd, held onto the Quaffle as tightly as she could, and raced towards the Slytherin goals.

((Defending Quaffle & Focusing on Scoring!))

[Dylan Caoimhe]

((Defending Adalia, deflecting to Finn))

[Marla Armstrong S4]

The crowd had started cheering on their teams as the two Seekers raced for the Snitch, but the team of Slytherin Chasers had no time to wait around and watch. The Hufflepuff Chasers had been allowed to dominate for far too long, and yet again they were threatening the Slytherin goals. Marla felt frustrated - she couldn't have tried much harder, but she still hadn't met with any success. The Hufflepuff Chasers were just too watertight - she hated to admit it but privately she did think they'd had the superior teamwork this match. But there was still time for some damage control by the Slytherin Chasers.

"Findlay, get in her way!" Marla shouted to the boy one year her senior. He might be too proud to take her up on her suggestion, but then on his head be it if they let their house down. Marla herself moved in on the small Hufflepuff girl, readying herself for a last ditch attempt to grab the Quaffle.

((Focusing on stealing Quaffle from Sita & yelling at Tychus to mark Sita.))

[Grace Hunter H5]

Well, the new kid had managed to escape her grasp. She would make sure his confidence would not get the better of him, but that challenge would have to come at another opportunity. For the moment, her pressure was to be applied elsewhere. Josephine, an irritating slytherin, was closing in on Sita, so Grace took it as her responsibility to pursue her, swirling around her and attempting to block her every move.

Sophia had managed to pass to Sita. The look in her fiery eyes told Grace that she was going for the goal, so she didn't have to put herself in a position to receive. "Come on team" she muttered to herself, visioning the extension of their successful lead. Victory would be theirs and Hufflepuff would make sure it was with style. For the pure sake of Finn's last game, Slytherin were going to get the beating they deserved.

((Focus marking Josephine!))

[Scout Cooper H3]

The focus was his drive. He stood on the sidelines, bat in hand, his hand drumming on its smooth edge in a fast rhythmic style. He stayed there, focusing on the blur of colours overhead. His mind was concentrated on tactics, practices, maneuvers and feints. Scout timidly looked behind him as a roar erupted from the crowd behind him, so much noise, so unnecessary. He much preferred the silent confines of a book, of creation and of though; silently sifting through his imaginations depths. His name was called, and he was quickly marching onto the pitch. Mount, kick, fly, hit and dodge. It was all in the mindset and the skill, something which he didn't dare to lack.

It seemed that his arrival sparked action. Their seeker, clad in the yellow robes for his last time, seemed to have seen the action. Maybe it was a feint, but Scout didn't think it all likely when they were already dominating the game. An idle bludger, straying through the middle of the pitch, caught his attention. Scout shot off into action, intent eyes flashing between furious bludger to anxious opposing keeper.

((Focus on hitting free bludger at Malcolm!))

[Sophia Hallington H7]

Luckily Billy had managed to defend her, and she'd managed to avoid Tychus and Marla, so she could easily pass to Sita. It looked like Sita was heading back to the goalposts to try and score Hufflepuff's third goal of the game, which would be great. But the most exciting thing was that it looked liked Finn had finally seen the Snitch so hopefully the game would be over soon, with Hufflepuff being victorious! For now she'd mark Tychus as he'd proven to be rather pesky in the short time he'd been in the game. At the same time she cheered on both Sita and Finn, hoping they'd both succeed!

((Focus marking Tychus))

[Adalia St John S5]

Not only was that not the snitch but Hufflepuff's teamwork really was dominating the field. A ray of hope though! While Adalia liked the whole being in charge gig she was glad to see Jo walk onto the field, finally someone who could sort this team out (and take responsibility for most of their team being new kids). "Jo and Wynd, up here. Mordred and Tychus, off you go" Adalia called.

Finn made a sudden movement and there it was! The snitch! Blast those chasers taking her attention, time to dash!


((Catching the snitch! As well, focusing on avoiding bludgers.

Putting Jo in as chaser for Mordred.
Wynd in as chaser for Tychus.))

[Malcolm Light S3]

'Oh, just give me a break' though Malcolm as that same chaser in yellow shot towards him. As if he didn't have enough to worry about... All the green clad people in the crowd were watching him now, eagle eyed... It was time to protect those hoops again...

((Focus on defending the hoops.))

[valarien]

Valarien smirked in success as he smacked the bludger away from their important seeker Adalia and sent it flying away. Luckilly the Hufflepuff Beaters were able to deflect it harmlessly away, but that didn't matter, Valarien had protected his teams most vital asset. He zoomed around the field, trying to catch up to a free Bludger to wreck some havoc on the Hufflepuff team but came up empty handed. Suddenly the crowd cheered as the two seekers began to dive after a small golden object. "The snitch." Valariens first instinct was to take out the enemy seeker. A hufflepuff beater already was sending a Bludger at Adalia.

Valarien moved to defend but was beaten to it by his fellow beater. "Good man." Valarien muttered, looking for the second bludger. He spotted it flying toward the Keeper. Hufflepuff already had a commanding lead, this was not the time to allow them to extend that. Valarien flew to the Keepers side to defend.

((Focus Defending Malcolm and deflecting to Finn))

[Tychus Findlay S5]

Brute strength won out in the end as Tychus shook his tail and barreled into the Quaffle carrier. The two wrestled for a moment, Tychus could feel his fingers wrapping around the red ball, but a sudden deft move from the Chaser broke the contact and Tychus was forced to disconnect or fall from his broom. "Damn." He muttered as he watched the successful pass and once again Hufflepuff was about to score. The crowd suddenly went wild and rose to their feet, that could only mean one thing. The Snitch! Tychus didn't look around, the snitch was not his concern, the chaser duel was still going on since the Seekers could end up missing the snitch.

Suddenly there came a shout his way. Tychus looked up to see a fellow Chaser shouting instructions at him. He quickly analyzed the information and realized that it was the best strategy, they had to disrupt the score attempt. "Thanks for the advice!" He shoutted back, dripping with sarcasm before chasing after the Hufflepuff. He noticed a famaliar streak coming up behind him as another Hufflepuff attempted to get in his way.

((Avoiding mark. Focus Marking Sita))