Ethan was tired and wanted nothing more than to crash into his bed. The long walk up to Ravenclaw tower only exacerbated his fatigue and by the time he had gotten to the knocker, it took his cloudy, tired mind some time to work out the riddle. But he eventually did and when the door opened, he could go no further because of the crowd blocking his path.

"What is going on here?" he began as he looked at the faces, most of them looked awfully grumbly, and he edged his way through the crowd to try to assess the situation until.. turnstiles? "They can't be serious.." he said aloud, more to himself than anyone else, after he stared incredulously at the turnstiles for some time. Then he shot a questioning look to Beezus. Did she know about this? But no, she looked as bewildered as he did.. Shouldn't the prefects have been informed?

He stood for a few minutes, staring at the turnstiles, trying to decide what to do. There didn't seem to be a way around it for the time being and he really wanted his bed. Maybe he would thinking more clearer in the morning and come to a better decision, but for now, he figured he'd have to drop a knut in the slot. He could see that a few students had already made it past and into the common room.. obviously they had pared their fare already. But what about the rest of them?

Ethan dug around in his pockets for some money, sorting out the knuts from the rest.. three of them. Really.. who carried around that many knuts anyway? "So.. listen," he started, rubbing the back of his neck after a moment's thought. "I think we should get inside and talk about this in the comfort of our common room.." Though with the state of the rest of the castle, or at least as much as he'd seen, he was apprehensive of the state of the common room. "Either tonight.. or regroup in the morning after some rest." And sleep in their own beds was better than the alternative, right? "Now.. does anyone need a knut to get in?" As annoying as this situation was getting to be, he wanted to make sure his Eagles could get inside.. where else were they planning on sleeping?