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Felixir · 03-23-2021, 06:44 PM

JAKE UPSTEAD: ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

There was an awful lot to think about on the march towards the school, even when they'd breached the gates and made it onto the grounds. Jake remained a silent component of his group of colleagues, their friends, and total strangers as they moved ahead. Even after all the years in his line of work, Jake could not easily turn off that pesky brain of his, even when walking into a fight.

At least, not until the real action started. Spells started flying, their jets lighting up the darkening night in a myriad of colours, turning that area of the grounds into nothing short of a kaleidoscopic death trap. The push into the danger zone was exactly what Jake needed to ease up on conscious thinking, and rely instead upon intuition and reflex. Not to mention, putting no small amount of faith in the potion Aslan had given him earlier, and which he had been sure to drink as soon as the castle was in sight.

Jake forged ahead, wand at the ready as he broke away from the main body of reinforcements, hoping to lure a member of the opposing group away into a separate fight and trusting that back-up would follow him, if it were available. The first Killing Curse that he both heard and saw was not a shock, though he not been expecting the reply of a second Unforgivable, against the Neo-Alliance member. Later he, should he survive, he muse for the thousandth time on the fact that this sort of thing was not always so clear-cut - good vs bad, dark magic on only one side - but there was no time to think on the complexities of humans right now.

Eyes on the Neo-Alliance allegiant (Eddie Blaze) who had sent the Killing Curse and now had his wand drawn on the young man (Clayton Reynolds) who had tackled him to the ground (for the love of-), Jake fired off a non-verbal Stupefy at the former, and rapidly followed it up with an Incarcerous for good measure.

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KAISER: ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

All the recognisable faces around him, and Kaiser hadn't yet managed to pick a single one out of the crowd. Only the Minister, who was impossible to miss, not only because of his height and his well-known face, nor even because of working in close proximity with him every day they spent at the ministry, but because it was Charles Hollingberry who was directly at the root of Kaiser's scrambled thoughts, one in particular that he could not, and did not want to, shake.

If he'd only noticed earlier. If he'd tried to stop this earlier. If they could have done something earlier, none of this would be happening. Charles would be okay, Hogwarts would be safe, people wouldn't be walking into danger, some would still be alive, there would be no need to fight, all this... none of this... if Kaiser had only shown Charles the attention and concern that Charles had shown to him, with that same selflessness, that same ease. Kaiser looked in his direction again, and then quickly away. The very possibility that the Minister had made it out of the clutches of the Neo-Alliance, only to come to Hogwarts to die... it didn't bear thinking about. So Kaiser locked away those thoughts and feelings, and threw in those pertaining to Elio and Candela for good measure, would keep them locked away until it was safe, or until he was no longer around to face them.

Flashes of light, several, scores, multitudes. Yelling and charging. Shield charms and explosions. Despite his brain working overtime, Kaiser's feet sped up without any conscious input from him. He charged, not directly ahead, but in a wide arc off to the left, ready to fight his way around or through or anything. Anything.

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Felixir Forum Manager Book Club Mod Alley Proprietor Banshee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 50,197 Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexei Petrov Slytherin Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yves Flamel Slytherin Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Achilles Zacharias Ravenclaw Fourth Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12	Lovely™ \| Captain Hurted \| Ariana's Bane \| Resident Antagonist \| Unparalleled Delight JAKE UPSTEAD: ORDER OF THE PHOENIX There was an awful lot to think about on the march towards the school, even when they'd breached the gates and made it onto the grounds. Jake remained a silent component of his group of colleagues, their friends, and total strangers as they moved ahead. Even after all the years in his line of work, Jake could not easily turn off that pesky brain of his, even when walking into a fight. At least, not until the real action started. Spells started flying, their jets lighting up the darkening night in a myriad of colours, turning that area of the grounds into nothing short of a kaleidoscopic death trap. The push into the danger zone was exactly what Jake needed to ease up on conscious thinking, and rely instead upon intuition and reflex. Not to mention, putting no small amount of faith in the potion Aslan had given him earlier, and which he had been sure to drink as soon as the castle was in sight. Jake forged ahead, wand at the ready as he broke away from the main body of reinforcements, hoping to lure a member of the opposing group away into a separate fight and trusting that back-up would follow him, if it were available. The first Killing Curse that he both heard and saw was not a shock, though he not been expecting the reply of a second Unforgivable, against the Neo-Alliance member. Later he, should he survive, he muse for the thousandth time on the fact that this sort of thing was not always so clear-cut - good vs bad, dark magic on only one side - but there was no time to think on the complexities of humans right now. Eyes on the Neo-Alliance allegiant (Eddie Blaze) who had sent the Killing Curse and now had his wand drawn on the young man (Clayton Reynolds) who had tackled him to the ground (for the love of-), Jake fired off a non-verbal Stupefy at the former, and rapidly followed it up with an Incarcerous for good measure. _____ KAISER: ORDER OF THE PHOENIX All the recognisable faces around him, and Kaiser hadn't yet managed to pick a single one out of the crowd. Only the Minister, who was impossible to miss, not only because of his height and his well-known face, nor even because of working in close proximity with him every day they spent at the ministry, but because it was Charles Hollingberry who was directly at the root of Kaiser's scrambled thoughts, one in particular that he could not, and did not want to, shake. If he'd only noticed earlier. If he'd tried to stop this earlier. If they could have done something earlier, none of this would be happening. Charles would be okay, Hogwarts would be safe, people wouldn't be walking into danger, some would still be alive, there would be no need to fight, all this... none of this... if Kaiser had only shown Charles the attention and concern that Charles had shown to him, with that same selflessness, that same ease. Kaiser looked in his direction again, and then quickly away. The very possibility that the Minister had made it out of the clutches of the Neo-Alliance, only to come to Hogwarts to die... it didn't bear thinking about. So Kaiser locked away those thoughts and feelings, and threw in those pertaining to Elio and Candela for good measure, would keep them locked away until it was safe, or until he was no longer around to face them. Flashes of light, several, scores, multitudes. Yelling and charging. Shield charms and explosions. Despite his brain working overtime, Kaiser's feet sped up without any conscious input from him. He charged, not directly ahead, but in a wide arc off to the left, ready to fight his way around or through or anything. Anything. __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Chocolate!