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GOOSEBERRY QUIDDITCH:

ALRIGHT, GOSLINGS. We're in the home stretch.

I'm proud of you and we're all doing super well. Reid, Ana, Chris, Sy, you all did great in the last game. I know everyone's nervous about TALENT SCOUTS but you don't have any reason to be because me and Leo lost that game and we still looked GOOD AS HELL doing it. Anybody's gonna be impressed with us and we're gonna set a standard for Gooseberry going forward.

Going into the game I want everyone to reflect on our biggest strengths and weaknesses as a team. HERE'S MINE: there's no way they care more about winning than we do. I know you assholes and you're some of the most passionate people I've ever had the pleasure of throwing quaffles at in my life. keep that fire in your bellies FOREVER or at the VERY LEAST until sunday

One of the biggest drawbacks for us is that we don't know how Ilvermorny plays like we know how each other play. A few of us have worked with the coach at Ilvermorny or played with or against some candidates for their school team, but they let their captains have as much strategic control over their teams as we do here and it's been long enough that that won't mean much. The best thing we can do for this is 1) Go in STRONG and throw them off their game before they can do that to us and 2) BE PREPARED TO CHANGE OUR TACK WHENEVER, so REVIEW YOUR PLAYBOOKS. We're not going to have any time for confusion or clarification once the clock starts.

[ A full schedule of practices is included here. Sorry, it might step on some of your guys' clubs. Complain at your own risk, because Clem has helpfully titled this timetable There's no crying in Quidditch! in sparkly purple ink. ]

🔴 YOU SHOULD BE DRINKING 72 OUNCES OF WATER A DAY
🔴 DO NOT SKIP COOLDOWNS YOU'LL PULL SOMETHING
🔴 Eat Carbs, Fresh Fruit
🔴 EXTRA POSITION PRACTICE AFTER REGULAR PRACTICE
🔴 TODAY: chasers
🔴 TOMORROW: keepers/beaters/seekers
🔴 FRIDAY: just a whole extra practice
🔴 RESERVES I booked the pitch for an extra practice specifically for you friday also but you have to come to position practices too

Practice on Saturday is only going to run to Lunch because there's going to be a MANDATORY TEAM SHINDIG on Saturday afternoon. Yes you have to come. Yes all of you have to come, including reserves. NO THERE WILL NOT BE ALCOHOL. NO DRINKING ALCOHOL FOR THE NEXT 100 HOURS

After the MANDATORY SHINDIG please try to get TEN HOURS OF SLEEP.

DON'T
participate in strenous physical activity
get detention for bullying
drink alcohol (OR ANYTHING BESIDES 72 OZ OF WATER A DAY)
red meat

If you don't get 10 hours of sleep or your sleep is restless, try to take a 20 minute nap two hours before we play. this will make you SHARP and ON THE BALL which you all need to be. ESPECIALLY YOU, REID.

LAST ORDER OF BUSINESS: which two of you are the tallest

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That's a lot of water but I'll do it for you, sir. (Or wait what did weer agree on calling you?)

I'M SIX FEET EVEN is that one of the two tallest?? We can measure each other and it can be a TEAM BONDING ACTIVITY??

~~I'm not eating lentils to get my fucking protein.~~

[...] Define "strenuous physical activity."

🔴 CLIMBING THE ORNERY OAK
🔴 OTHER SPORTS
🔴 ANYTHING WE WOULD CONSIDER FUN ON A NORMAL DAY

It'll make your skin look great!

I don't know. Everyone who's taller than 5'11" only exists in my mind as TOO TALL

I'm ready! I'm so ready!

I did a lot of extra work last week, so I have so much spare time for playbooking now!
The fire is roaring!!

This is the most exclamation points I have ever used at one time!

Okay I am registering myself as TOO TALL. Why do you need two TOO TALLs anyways???

We can't go running? And what about things we consider extremely fun on a normal day?

When the Ilvermorny team gets here I'd like you to follow me around at all times to intimidate them

FINE you can go running TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING but not between the shindig and the match. that's rest time.

Okay.

That is BASICALLY my dad's job. If I DON'T SMILE I can probably look JUST like him.

I LIKE THE PEP, Z

PERFECT.

You got it.

~~Thank God.~~ Thank you. ~~In the interest of full disclosure, you can't stop me from having se~~

Thanks, Boss.

I couldn't tell what this feeling was at first, but it's actually excitement. x

In fact, I think I'll steal these rules for every future house game
Feeling good about this?

Weeeee probably should not have gotten birthday trashed

y n i dunno. I'm really nervous but I can't imagine losing

What about people who are exactly 5'11"? Are we JUST TALL ENOUGH?

you're in acceptable range but still TALL

This is beautiful.

What if she can only conceptualize people above and below 5'11", but people who are exactly 5'11" cause her brain to short out and she doesn't believe they exist?

Do you exist, Gray, or are you a curiously-heighted figment of our imaginations...?

Good to know. Although if you include my hair I'm probably over six feet...

Could a figment of your imaginations be this awesome?

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