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nananananananana BATQUINNNN 🏏 (qnnc) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-12-04 16:24:00

Entry tags:

! ic/ooc, * intramural hockey, christopher park, henrietta gray, quinn cunningham

Lake Gooseberry Shinny, Game 1

Despite the balmy weather that allowed for yesterday's Polar Bear Plunge, the lake just north of the docks has been deemed solid enough (or near enough to solid) for the first game of Lake Gooseberry Shinny, the student-run intramural hockey team. Players and spectators both make their way down to the designated 'rink' where Mr. Thorn has delimited the safest ice with neon yellow markers.

As they arrive, each player receives their team assignment, a pinny in the colour of their team (yellow for the Pennywise Pixies and black for the Goosey Griffins), and their Choose-Your-Bruise badge. Every badge is in the shape of a circle except for Sybilla Borgin, whose badge is shaped like a birthday cake, and Ty Hawkeswood, whose badge is shaped like a pansy.

TEAM 1
THE PENNYWISE PIXIES
(Yellow pinnies)

#1 Park, Christopher (C)
#3 Borgin, Sybilla
#5 Decourt, Clementine
#7 Delgado, Sofia
#9 Hertz, Ryan
#11 Keating, Hazel
#13 Kramer, Levi
#15 Patterson, Casey
#17 Stoker, Rosemary
#19 Stoker, Sy
#21 Templeton, Laurel
#23 Davenport, Avery
#25 Morales-Tran, Estella
#27 Morales, Diego
#29 Alapi, Anuhea
#31 Hawkeswood, Ty
#33 May, Joanna
#35 Powers, Victoria

TEAM 2
THE GOOSEY GRIFFINS
(Black pinnies)

#2 Cunningham, Quinn (C)
#4 Fiori, Leo
#6 Gray, Henrietta
#8 Hale, Dahlia
#10 Sanchez, Olivia
#12 Gillis, Magdalen
#14 Ferris, Hayley
#16 Noble, Tess
#18 Vargas, Penelope
#20 Kim, Casper
#22 de Luca, Ursula
#24 Mae, Riley
#26 Honeychurch, Cecil
#28 St. Clair, Micah
#30 Chase, Will
#32 McBride, Jesse
#34 Fairchild, Marilyn

A red rectangle is charmed into the ice to show the rink's boundaries, and the goals are each two piles of snow connected by a thick blue line in the ice.

Quinn Cunningham gathers both teams together to explain the rules:

RULES

No wands on the ice
Players must abide by the Personal Contact Policies
Any player found to be ignoring the badge system will be banned from the next game. If the player's disregard for the rules continues, the player will be banned from the league.
Players are not allowed to administer contact beyond their own level. (ex. Green badges cannot check Red badges and vice-versa.)
There are no positions or goalies.
As the teams are so large this year, the game duration has been extended to two hours to allow each player ample time on the ice. Each player will spend at least 10 minutes on the bench (with 7–8 benched at a time).
Helmets and mouthguards are mandatory for all players, any other padding is left to the discretion of the student. Figure skates are not allowed for safety reasons.
For their safety, no students are allowed to cross the neon yellow markers.

TEAM 1. THE PENNYWISE PIXIES & TEAM 2. THE GOOSEBERRY GRIFFINS: The puck drops at 9:30. Push the tiny thing towards the larger thing and try not to let anybody else get it!

RESULTS: Goals will be reported here.

SPECTATORS & BENCHES: Temporary benches (at times makeshift) have been set up on the shore, and all students and staff are welcome to cheer on their favourite team. Blankets and warming charms are recommended, and hot chocolate is available.

Each team has its own bench closest to the shore for players currently not on the ice.

AFTER THE GAME: Players have just enough time to stow their gear before filing into the cafeteria for lunch. Merciless gloating is basically tradition by this point.

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TEAM 1. THE PENNYWISE PIXIES

qnnc
2016-12-04 04:25 pm UTC (link)

Name:
Play: How are they playing today? You might mention if they’re particularly offensive or defensive and if they’re improving Perhaps they’re worked up, and break the rules by accident? Are they trying to deal contact to anybody in particular?
Are you okay with being injured? If yes, there’s a slight chance your character may be injured. The maximum injury for each badge is...

GREEN: Falling on butts. Sore faces from gloating grins about feeling a'right.
ORANGE: Mild bruising, existential crises at potential pointlessness of existence.
PURPLE: No broken bones is the best we can guarantee.
RED: Uh you won't die and you *probably* won’t break an arm. Broken noses are fair game, though.

Score: Rate their performance on a scale from 1-10.

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#11 Hazel Keating

lilwitchhazel
2016-12-04 05:06 pm UTC (link)

Name: Hazel Keating
Play: Hazel, who shunned all practices and has never played before, is really rambunctious but not overly effective with the whole actual playing hockey part. She does try to hit the puck towards the right goal a few times but is mostly focused on offensively interfering with other players. Her attempts at checking are at least focused (and nicely only directed at red badges!) but given her size are not too scary.
Are you okay with being injured? Totally!
Score: Let's give her like a 3 for pep and ability to run into the correct people.

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SCORE -

qnnc, 2016-12-04 06:34 pm UTC

HAZEL INJURED! -

qnnc, 2016-12-05 05:15 pm UTC

Re: HAZEL INJURED! -

lilwitchhazel, 2016-12-05 08:30 pm UTC

CHRIS

doyouevenlift
2016-12-04 05:11 pm UTC (link)

Name: Chris Park
Play: Chris has a pretty great focus today because he lives for this shit. But he was also serious about hockey being inclusive so even though he's predominantly an offensive player, he spends a great deal of time defending the goal (and knocking any red badges who get too close on their ass) and making sure those benchwarmers are rotating fairly so everybody gets to play. He doesn't pass the puck to a novice every time he gets it, but despite his personality, Chris proves he's not a puck hog and makes sure everybody at least gets to touch it. Even if they suck.
Are you okay with being injured? I mean duh
Score: 8

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SCORE -

qnnc, 2016-12-04 06:34 pm UTC

#5 CLEM DECOURT

neattrick
2016-12-04 05:22 pm UTC (link)

Name: Clementine Decourt
Play: She didn't go to practices so she's a lil rusty, but she's a competent if overzealous player. She does kind of get stuck in Quidditch mode even when playing other sports so she'd invest all her energy in scoring goals. Playing defense has never occurred to her in her life. She's tiny, but she knows how to throw her weight around, so god help any red badge people who try to get in her way.
Are you okay with being injured? Yes
Score: 7.

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SCORE -

qnnc, 2016-12-04 06:36 pm UTC

INJURED! -

qnnc, 2016-12-05 04:42 pm UTC

#27 Diego Morales

morale
2016-12-04 05:26 pm UTC (link)

Name: Diego Morales
Play: Diego is excited for distractions!!! His hockey knowledge is limited, but he wants to play pretty badly. He's always a bit easy to distract, and whenever there's a lull in the action he starts chatting. However, he's strong and physically coordinated, and if his teammates help him focus he probably can pull it together. But if anyone he cares about gets hurt or if there's any blood, his focus is getting completely derailed.
Are you okay with being injured? Joke's on you, Diego's already got several existental crises! That said, yes you can hurt him.
Score: 5? 6 if we're generous?