1st Match: Hufflepuff vs Ravenclaw

[Deanna]

Beater Deanna moves to attack Danielle.

Danielle - Take Me Home 165 pgs
Deanna - Take the Monkeys and Run 198 pgs

[Deanna]

Kate joins in to attack Katie

Katie - Rome's Chance @154pgs
Kate - The Second Chance Café in Carlton Square @ 243 pgs

[Suzanne]

Beater Sandy zooms in to protect Danielle

Danielle - Take me Home 165 pages
Deanna - Take the Monkeys and Run 198 pages
Sandy - Take Me if You Dare192 pages

[Deanna]

Kirsten sets her eyes on the quaffle.

She is reading Fear the Beard.

[Suzanne]

And Hufflepuff Beater Suzanne, trembling in fear at Kate, sneaks in to protect Katie

Katie - Rome's Chance 154 pages
Kate - The Second Chance Cafe in Carlton Square 243 pages
Suzanne - Kelly's Chance 218 pages

[SandyL]

Score!!! Chaser's Katie, Danielle and Marie of Hufflepuff are on a roll to another goal

Rome's Chance by Katie 6/6/18
Take Me Home by Danielle 6/6/18
The Stolen Book by Marie 6/6/18

[Deanna]

Beater Kate slams another bludger at Katie...and hits! Ouch!

Kate finished reading The Second Chance Café in Carlton Square.

[Deanna]

Beater Deanna matches her teammate's move with a bludger to Danielle.

Deanna has finished reading Take the Monkeys and Run

[Suzanne]

And Hufflepuff Beater Suzanne, saves Kati! e


Suzanne finished reading - Kelly's Chance 218 pages

[Suzanne]

Beater Sandy saves Danielle


Sandy finished Take Me if You Dare192 pages

[Suzanne]

Substitution addendum - we announced this morning that I (Suzanne) would be in for 48 hours replacing Amanda and SandyL would be in for 24 hours replacing Trinia - but we are going to switch that - I will be in 24 hours replacing Trinia and Sandy will be in for 48 hours replacing Amanda. Sorry for the switch - but I'm watching a very sick granddaughter, and she's going to need a lot of attention tomorrow. Hopefully that is ok - if not, please let us know.

[Nicole]

Ravenclaw chaser Nikk makes her debut run as all three chasers race down the field seamlessly passing the quaffle among them.

Chaser chain #14

Dragon Deception by Dragon Deception - Nikk
Easy Come by Tess Oliver - Nicole
Fighter's Claim by D.D. Galvani Emily

[Cat]

A novel strategy from the bluebirds, hoping the early bird can catch the worm?
Sorry, you'll need to be up earlier than this to catch Talia napping

Talia read Fat Cat Liar to break the quaffle at F (read by Emily)

That's a blow to Nikk's first run, better luck next time!

[Cat]

Kirsten wrote: "whahahah *evil laugh*

Did that post have enough K for you, Hufflepuffs? lol"

It was awesome Kirsten. I loved it when I was catching up this morning!

[Emily]

Suzanne wrote: "Substitution addendum - we announced this morning that I (Suzanne) would be in for 48 hours replacing Amanda and SandyL would be in for 24 hours replacing Trinia - but we are going to switch that -..."

Best mending charms to your granddaughter!

[Cat]

Goal update, and I'm pretty certain I've not robbed Ravenclaw of any this time!

H 10 ; R 7

Ravenclaws fixing a quaffle, chasers all safe on the bench
Huffles have a quaffle in the air, chasers all safe on their brooms

[Cat]

Hufflepuff Team

Today's team roster is:
The Terrific Trio of Chasers: Danielle, Katie & Marie - poetry in motion in the air!
The Tasmanian Devil Keeper Talia - lock up your quaffles, they are her favourite food!
The Bashing Beaters: Trinia, back from her R&R and raring to put wood to leather and knock those bludgers all around the arena! and Sandy, who's stepped in to cover for Suzanne who was covering for Amanda and is now defending her (Suzanne's) granddaughter (see 411) - despite Ravenclaw's best efforts Sandy's undaunted and will be staunch in her defense
and.....
Superlative Snitch Seeker Sophie, who'll be streaking after that snitch later today.

The end of this mammoth match is in sight!

The bonkers announcer Cat will be in and out today, so expect players, coaches and co-announcers to step in with play-by-play information as it happens.

[Suzanne]

I love bonkers announcer Cat! be sure to switch Sandy for Suzanne though in that list (ha see message 411). I'd love to say we are twins and easily confused, but I suspect Sandy is much younger and lovlier.

Suzanne will be defending the granddaughter instead. =)

[Cat]

updated, to make it clearer (hahahaha) - bold are the active players :)

[Cat]

The lightning fast visions in yellow are sallying forth for an attempt at goal 11...

R Red Dirt Heart 3 Katie
S Surrendering Saul Danielle
T The Thirty-Nine Steps Marie

Almost looks like they've got confused with History of Magic class there - those titles are surely halfway to the 2 foot scroll essay required?
Ents for the watchers: funniest story using the titles from this match?

[Suzanne]

Lol I totally misread - I was up all night so yeah - there is my excuse. Good thing I'm not reading today because my comprehension would be quite low - especially reading fast! I need Madame Pomfrey! =)

[Deanna]

Ravenclaw's Keeper Kirsten dives toward the approaching chasers. She's intercepted the quaffle shutting the Huffs down again! Looks like that poor quaffle is going to need yet another repair job

Kirsten finished reading Fear the Beard to break the quaffle.

[Tati]

Fear the Beard? Where do people even find those books?

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

It's almost that time!!!!

Seekers....on your mark...............

[Cat]

Do we need to announce?
I mean which book she's reading. Obvs she's reading something. I'm not sure how much food is getting into mini Sophie as she tries to multitasking reading & feeding. It might be a messy meal!

[Deanna]

Sure. Why not?

[Deanna]

Ravenclaw Seeker Carmen is streaking across the field. The snitch has been spotted!!

Carmen is reading Within These Walls from the 12th Ravenclaw chaser chain.

(edited to add book info)

[Shannon]

I'd say yes

[Shannon]

Shannon wrote: "I'd say yes"

I'd look at how they did it in the other match. Similar to the Keeper announcements. What book, how it applies, etc

[Deanna]

After completing a successful mending charm on the quaffle, Nikk passes to Emily. Ravenclaw chasers Emily and Nicole streaked up the field on another 2 person scoring attempt.

Quaffle completion post

Q: Co-Wreckerby Meghan Quinn (Nicole, 6/4, author last Q)
U: Unleashed by Sara Humphreys (Emily, 5/31, title U)
A: The Arnhem Lift by Louis Hagen (Keli, 6/5), title A)
F: A Fool and His Honey by Charlaine Harris (Nikk, 6/7, title F)
F: Filthy Player by Stacey Lynn (Nicole, 6/6, title F)
L: Lacybourne Manor by Kristen Ashley (Emily, 5/30, title L)
E: Even the Score by Beth Ehemann (Emily, 5/29, title E)

Chaser chain 15

Nicole and Emily are reading The Avery Shaw Experiment by Kelly Oram.

[Cat]

I'll double check what book she's on....
(just back from work)

[Cat]

Talia has HUGE faith in Sophie, and thinks she'll have that snitch in her sweaty grasp soon, making the state of the quaffle moot. But we all know how she feels about an intact quaffle....

Hufflepuff Keeper is reading A Fool and His Honey, read by Nikk for letter F.

[Cat]

What on EARTH is Sandy doing? She seems to be looking for a bronze knut... is tossing it the air... looking at the result... and she's haring after Nicole

Sandy's reading The Avery Shaw Experiment, being read by Nicole, hoping to knock her off course or distract her so she'll fumble a catch..

[Cat]

Balls are flying every which way now, bodies on brooms too.
I suspect we are going to loose track of things very quickly now!

Marie has fixed the Hufflequaff

Mended Quaffle:
Q: Quinn's Hart - Katie - 4 Jun
U: Until Sage - Danielle - 29 May
A: The Accidental Vampire- Katie, 29 May
F: Fatal Scandal- Danielle, 6 Jun
F: Frances Evesham, Murder at the Lighthouse-Marie, 7 June
L: Late in the Day - Katie, 29 May
E: Easy Melody - Katie, 1 Jun

[Shannon]

Just passing on some info....Sonia has said the a broken Quaffle will not effect finding the Snitch. Not that you can't still try to score in the time you've got left, you certainly can.

[Cat]

Thanks! I did see that. and you Gryffs being terribly noble and not trying....

[Shannon]

Cat wrote: "Thanks! I did see that. and you Gryffs being terribly noble and not trying...."

I can't speak for the others, but I'm pretty sure my eyes are broken and I need to spend a week with Madam Pomfrey. lol!

[Deanna]

Ravenclaw beater Kate spots Nicole's danger and moves to intercept Sandy for defense.

Kate is also reading The Avery Shaw Experiment to defend Nicole from Sandy.

[Kirsten]

Tati wrote: "Fear the Beard? Where do people even find those books?"

lol, I wonder that too sometimes...

[Cat]

Trinia was REALLY revved to read a book about firefighter dragon sex this morning. She was genuinely disappointed that it wasn't possible due to the broken quaffle!

Hopefully everyone's reading taste will reset soon! :)

[Tati]

the things we do for a challenge...

[Cat]

Also: From everyone in the Burrow to you guys in the Eyrie - thank you for a fun game!

It got real at points, and as definitely more of a ride than we expected, but it was fun, and I think we've done our job as guinea pigs for the game pretty damn awesomely, hunting out the loopholes and play options :)

So - THANKS! and good luck in future games :)

[Deanna]

Ravenclaw beater Kate spots Nicole's danger and moves to intercept Sandy for defense.

Kate is also reading The Avery Shaw Experiment to defend Nicole from Sandy.

Edited**This should read as completion**

[Deanna]

Cat wrote: "Also: From everyone in the Burrow to you guys in the Eyrie - thank you for a fun game!

It got real at points, and as definitely more of a ride than we expected, but it was fun, and I think we've d..."

Same to you.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Who's it going to be???

[Cat]

you realise that everytime I see a notification on this thread I have a small heart attack?

and you post spurious posts anyway?

are you trying to kill me?!

PS Deanna - sorry for giving you a little heart attack too!

[Kirsten]

Had a mini one there too, when I saw the mods posting a snitch catching gif... thought they were announcing a winner/catcher.... XD

[Deanna]

Cat wrote: "you realise that everytime I see a notification on this thread I have a small heart attack?

and you post spurious posts anyway?

are you trying to kill me?!

PS Deanna - sorry for giving you a lit..."

Apology accepted, and I apologize for the mini heart attack my apology accepting post is going to give you as well

(You realize we could go back and forth forever like this.)😸

[Marie (UK)]

Boo

[Deanna]

Ravenclaw chasers Nicole and Emily streaked down the field focusing on the Hufflepuff hoops while everyone is watching the race for the snitch. Will they reach it in time? Yes! Score! Ten last minute points to Ravenclaw

Nicole and Emily finished reading The Avery Shaw Experiment.