Commentator Tryouts

It was that time of year again, the beginning of a new year at Beauxbatons meaning it was once again time for quidditch tryouts. This was one of the professor's favorite times to be the flying instructor, however it could also be very stressful to choose students for the teams especially since their were only two teams and a ton of students wanting to be on those two teams. However she was always able to decide in the end and she just loved the happy looks on the students faces when they flew around the pitch and you could always see that moment when each one of them finally got some confidence in their tryout performance. There used to be a time when she could just hold all of the tryouts for both teams and the commentators at the same time now she had to stagger them throughout the day. The final tryouts this Saturday morning was the tryouts for the commentators.

Professor Bowen walked out onto the quidditch pitch to see a group of excited students standing in the center, some scared looking and others confident. She stood in the middle and quickly got everyones attention, "Alright everyone welcome to this years Quidditch Commentator Tryouts." She said loud enough for everyone to hear her. "How this is going to work is like this. Some decoy players will play out a small portion of a quidditch match and each one of you will take turns giving your comments on the match as if it were a real game." She told them all slowly to be sure they all understood. "Alright so with that let's get started. She finished before starting the tryouts.

ooc:
-You are to post strictly in character and write a one shot of your character going through their turn.
-Be sure to give enough detail in the post to help the Ministers make an accurate decision about who to pick.
-Message Professor Bowen or a Minister with any questions.

Linette was not much of a player. She knew that. She was, however, a talker. Naturally that made her decision to try out as commentator easy. With the amount of Quidditch books she'd borrowed and read from the school library and the few games she'd gone to with her father she was certain to be good at this. Much better than trying to play. She gulped as she realised she was up first. This wasn't how she planned to begin her career as a Quidditch commentator. It was too late now. The third year was seated at the enchanted microphone as she waited for the decoy players chosen to play a section of the match. She could do this.

The players were up and it was too late to back out of this tryout now. Linette leaned forward as she began speaking. "Well um now the Cerisier beater is erm hitting the Montagnard seeker with the bludger." That sounded a little weak and odd to Linette's ears and she winced at her own words. This was not the time to start stumbling. She had to pull herself together and announce this mock play. "Right now the Cerisier chaser. Well one of them is aiming for the hoops and is blocked by the Montagnard keeper." Blow. Why didn't she have names? Should she make them up. On second thought it was too late now. "Well that leaves the score at nil all. And currently Montgard have the Quaffle whilst the snitch is still nowhere in sight. It may still be early in the match but I'm certain Cerisier can turn this around." And the portion of the game was over. Time for the next hopeful to have their turn. Linette hoped they did worse than her.

Tryouts lasted for awhile, but Professor Bowen gave each performance her undivided attention. There were so many fresh faces that needed to be carefully thought over. Maybe Quidditch was something new to the applicant or maybe it was something that had been part of their life before. Whatever the back story, their skills and their potentials had to be weighed equally and no matter how tiring the process was, Professor Bowen wanted to make sure she made a wise decision.

"Alright!" The witch cried out, clapping her hands as the last actions of the decoy player had been played and the game had ceased. She faced the stands, where each and every applicant sat, waiting. "That concludes tryouts for today. Thank you all for coming down and I look forward to seeing one of you very soon," She announced as she clasped the clipboard which held her notes on the applicants to her side. "You will be notified of the results as soon as I make my decision." With that said, she waved goodbye and departed from the pitch.

ooc: Please note that this concludes Quidditch tryouts. No more posts will be accepted. If you missed your chance to tryout, you will have to wait till next term.