Preparing for try outs.

[arrogantalloy]

 WHO: Tony, but open to all.
TONE: Easy going.
RATING: PG-13 for possible language
WHEN: August 9th
WHERE: Hogwarts grounds. Roughly where the first years are taught how to ride a broom.
WHAT: Tony's getting ready to be a captain before general try out for quidditch start.
STATUS: Ongoing! 


With Tony being the Captain of Ravenclaw's team this year. Tony decided to take a break from homework and general geniusing, to sit out in the autumn sun while doing some general broom maintenance out on the grass. 

He's absorbed in his work; readjusting twigs, shifting his foot stands and getting on and testing how it moves a few feet off the air.

He's mumbling to himself during the entire process.

"What I wouldn't give for an iPod to work here sometimes"

Is one of the few things he can be heard mumbling aside from extensive thoughts on how the broom should hand'e when he does this thing or that thing to it.

One thing is for sure, he seems to be quite in his element playing with the broom.

Comments

[arrogantalloy]

"So. What you're saying is you just act like a frog?"

Tony gives him an incredulous look before picking up his broom and moving it to one side.

"Exhausting and uninteresting maybe. But really, I've seen stupider hobbies."

[speterman]

"More or less, I guess. It builds good strength though, and puzzle solving skills." He laughs it off a little before pointing at one of the windows on the building, closing one eye as he did, as if that would make his vision perfect. "That second story window for example, I could get up there in under two minutes, probably a minute twenty. Wanna see?"

He raises a brown eyebrow at him before adding, "Without magic."

[arrogantalloy]

Tony looked up at the second story, doing quiet calculations in his head, before turning to look at Peter. Then glanced between the two.

"Okay, Chocolate frog says you can't do it in two minutes."

[speterman]

"You can start the timer now." His lips tug up into a smile as he brushes a hand through his cookie monster hair. With a full out grin he stands up. Then in no time he bolts towards the building with speed most people probably wouldn't have pegged the not so athletic looking boy to have. When he's close enough to the wall he all but leaps up using his feet to push up and over to dangle from one of the first story windows and pull himself up with practiced skill, and without even hesitating, there's some window climbing that somewhat looks like spider climbing, a tad bit of wall climbing that doesn't seem to be hard to him at all and then, yep, Tony, that sure is Peter perched precariously in the second floor window and that certainly wasn't two minutes.

The skinny awkward boy is surprisingly good at his hobby and also grinning at Tony and waving. He might have rushed a bit more than he normally would, but who cares, this was Tony Stark he was impressing.

[arrogantalloy]

Tony watches the younger boy do just as he promises and just stares. He's really impressed. And does sort of look it. Though he does try to not look to impressed.

He stands up and walks towards the perched lad, his hands in his pockets. Then stops and looks up at him.

"Oh yeah, you should really try out for Quidditch. And I'll give you two chocolate frogs."

[speterman]

Peter's eyebrows raise to almost be hidden by his currently messy fringe, thoroughly thrilled by his ability to impress the other, ok he could die happy now. He looks around for a moment, trying to map a way down without breaking something and seems to pause in thought before looking at Tony a ghost of a frown on his face.

"Well, when you put it that way, how am I supposed to say no?"

He turns around and shifts so he can grab the edge he's sitting on and dangle from it for a moment, this is going to hurt, this is really going to hurt, he lets go, sliding down the wall, keeping his speed slower than it would normally be by keeping his hands against it but he's still too far up for hopping off a wall to be a good idea and then yeah, Peter, there's a gap there for the window, his hands catch hold of the other window ledge, yep, that hurt, oh man, he's going to have bruises on his hands later or something, play it off Parker.

"Two chocolate frogs, huh?" He smiles as he pulls himself up onto the first story window ledge, once again perching on it, this time crouching (spideystyle), finally turning back to face Tony with a toothy grin. "Thanks! Physics play a big part in this, so it's not that stupid."

[arrogantalloy]

"Well, even I appreciate someone who can make physics interesting to people outside of Ravenclaw."

Tony takes a few steps back just in case Peter wanted to be actually on the ground.

"So, where did you learn about this high flying fun?"