Changing Rooms || Secret Blossom Ball Event Fin

Interaction with @Jack Burnett

In the past, when Jack felt like he was in danger, time seemed to slow for the boy. He could feel his heart pumping the crimson blood through his veins. Rhythmically ushering the beats of his kickdrum heart within his ears. His instinct and speed were his best form a defense. There were many black eyes and broken bones circumvented on the streets of Dublin, because of this boy's special attribute.

A small part of Jack knew what he was doing when he decided to pull rank and flash his badge. There was a small itch that he could only be scratched by conflict. He would never admit the fact, but it was there and he knew it well. The static energy of tension was rife in the air. It was a soft buzz across his fingertips. It made him jittery. Something about it was intoxicating.

Burnett spoke finally, whilst reaching into for his wand. It took several moments to realize that his Jack counterpart had drawn his wand, but it did not take long for him to react. With a sharp exhale Warren attempted to dash to the side as the other boy spoke the incantation. Warren brought up his right hand to slam against Burnett's elbow. His goal being that he would deflect the aim of the wand. The move was a classic muggle technique to defend against firearms. Suddenly bright sparks and a cacophonous bang filled the locker room. Had some jerk really decided to add more chaos in this already madness ridden event?

Action| Attempt to dodge out of the way of the oncoming spell from @Jack Burnett

Rushed Post after work and mostly dead. Trying to beat the lock-out.

Interacts with: @Jo Morgan, @Jack Burnett, @Jack Warren, @Quinn Healy and @Jake Morris
Mentions: @Oliver Hart, @Thomas LeStrange and @George Henry

Actions: Grab Jake Morris, depending on success/failure she will attempt to use the hostage to make demands.

Mentions: @Erin Ryan @Jack Warren @Jake Morris @Quinn Healy

Oliver stood by the wall for what felt like an eternity. People were running in, there was yelling, there was girls trying to talk sweetly to some upset kid, there was even fireworks being thrown in. It was only when the Ravenclaw heard spell casting did he feel it was his queue to enter the room. Oliver unsheathed his wand and spun around the wall to fill the entrance.

"The martial arts club was put in charge of security tonight! Not prefects! YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE!" Oliver yelled with his unbroken voice, aiming it mostly at Quinn Healy and prefect Jack. He shook his face as he announced the last bit, his cheeks wobbling to and fro. He'd move briskly to behind Erin and raise his wand next to her shoulder, nearly pressing against her. He eyed the younger years in the room, hopefully they'd stand down.

Oliver's next action would depend entirely on what would happen next.

If Erin was to successfully grab Jake and pull him into a hold, Oliver would yell "protego!" and cast the Shield Charm as soon as any harm came her way or Oliver's way, be it magical or physical. The boy would cast if Jake was also grabbed for.

If Erin were to be unsuccessful, Oliver would assume Quinn Healy was about to hammer fist her and would cast a mighty Knockback Jinx at him, yelling "flipendo!" If he was not about to take on Erin, Oliver would still cast... apologetically.

Outfit:

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Action:
If Erin successfully grabs Jake, Oliver casts the Shield Charm as soon as harm comes either of their way.
If Erin fails, Oliver casts the Knockback Jinx on Quinn Healy.

OPEN TO INTERACTIONS (both positive and negative LOL)

Jo attempts to leave to go to the Main Area but is stopped by the events in the above post

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Aurelia leaves thread to Main Thread
mentions @Lydia Cooper

This is a Moderation Post.

As the party seemed to have properly started, with a sea of students that arrived in waves dividing themselves between either the inside of the Pitch or up on the Stands, not a lot of them decided to stick around for long in the Changing Rooms. Who could blame them, after all the fun was supposed to be all on the dance floor, while inside there was nothing too interesting, aside some Quidditch equipment and students’ belongings. In the girls’ changing rooms nothing too scandalous or troubled happened, aside form an Hufflepuff girl getting her hair turned blue by a Gryffindor third year, and another Hufflepuff girl still looking for someone that could help her with her make up. In the boys’ changing rooms though, the music was completely different.

A little group of students were still lingering around, most likely up to no good. @George Henry, a first year Hufflepuff, was amongst the first students to arrive, together with his friend @Jake Morris and his beloved stuffed dog Freddie. He had helped the boy getting dressed in a suit, and after that he had reassured the little badger that he wouldn’t have been left alone, since Jake was worried that once their friend @Alan Vanes would have arrived, he might have ended up by himself. The two badgers didn’t have to wait for too long, ‘cause their Gryffindor friend arrived shortly after, all dressed up in a slim-fitted wine red suit, a white dress shirt, and a black tie.

As more people filled the boys' changing rooms, a third year Ravenclaw student @Vladimir Athanatos walked through the door, a large bag slung over his back, and already dressed for the occasion. There was something off about him, especially when he walked up to Jake Morris and his group of friends. He introduced himself to them, before he spoke directly to the little badger."Been wanting to meet you all week," he said, before adding "Mind coming with me?"

Just as the same time as Vladimir had walked through the door, the new Hufflepuff Prefect @Jack Warren had joined his friends George and Jake, dressed in a spectacularly stylish baggy pastel pink suit. He as well reassured the little badger that he would have never been left alone, and promptly ignored Vladimir attempt to talking with Jake, since he knew that, after all, he was more important to the fellow badger than this stranger.

George Henry was so ready to leave the changing rooms with his friends and enter the proper party, when he noticed the older student keeping them there. George immediately went in a defensive mode, as he checked that his wand hadn't fallen out from under his kilt, and felt relieved that this time he had both Warren and Alan as backup. He bobbed his head toward Vladimir, as he studied the Ravenclaw boy. "Jake, is this your friend?" he asked to the little badger.

As for the little Scamander boy, Jake felt immediately pretty intimidated by Vladimir, as he brought his beloved Freddie to his chest. He eyed the gloved hand that extended toward him, before he finally spoke. "Um, I don't know..." Jake said shyly before letting out a little yelp as Jack Warren's hand clapped on his back; he moved closer to his friend until their sides touched. George's question seemed to bring some kind of realisation over Vladimir, that promptly apologised for having mistaken Jake with another boy, before he exited the Changing Rooms.

But as the older Ravenclaw walked away, Jake's attention got stolen by a voice that he hadn't heard in a long time. "Jake..."

"JAKE!" The voice was calling out for him, but the little badger didn't want to listen to it. It kept telling him to run, run away from the pitch and the fields, away from danger."Run Jake! Open them and run!" The voice kept telling him to open the bludger's box and release them, basically commanding him to do it. It was all too much for Jake. He started crying, feeling trapped and frail. He just wanted all of that to stop. He needed to find those bludgers and fast, so he tried to run towards where they were store.

Just as Jake was about to run away, the third year Hufflepuff Prefect, and Quidditch Player, @Quinn Healy unintentionally blocked his path, a concerned look on his face. "Jake? What's wrong with him? Is he okay?" He wasn't the only one that was worried about Jake; @Alan Vanes asked the small Hufflepuff what had happened, if Vladimir someone had done anything to him, before he answered the half-giants question. "I h-have no idea..."

At the same time as all of this happened, @Jack Burnett and @Erin Ryan had walked inside the boys' changing rooms, looking for the bludgers as well. They had a plan to release the bladgers and make sure that the students would run away from the ball, and thus save them from any possible danger that might have come for them. But their path, just as Jake's, was blocked by Quinn. Now Erin, as she saw Warren, she immediately attacked him verbally referring to the events that happened at the Masquerade Ball in October, before she sneaked past the half-giant and towards the bludgers. Of course, Warrens poke up for himself, and called the girl out for being inside the boys' locker room; he pulled put his Prefect badge and intimated Erin to leave the room.

Erin Ryan wasn't the only girl inside the boys' changing room.

@Jo Morgan had accidentally walked inside there in an attempt to run away from someone inside the Pitch. She had brought some food with her, and the moment she had seen Burnett enter, she knew she had to face him, even if there was a prefect right next to them. However, she got distracted from that by Jake's crying and she started worrying for him. She offered him her hand, and the promise of some comfort food, hoping that the gesture might have been enough to catch his attention and calm him down a little. Another girl, @Grace Mint, had walked up to Jake at the same time as Jo Morgan, but contrary to the Gryffindor girl, she actually thought that the little badger had been pulling a prank on everyone with all of his talking about bludgers.

Now, Quinn was about to ask more question to his fellow housemate, when Erin's voice made him frown and stop in his tracks. The two didn't have a good relationship, and he wondered why she so desperately wanted to move past him and get to the bludgers as well, since they were dangerous and they definitely didn't need any accident that night. George Henry decided to cut in and try to convince the older boy to let him pass, saying that he and Jake had been tasked by the organisers of the ball to retrieve the surprise that they had hidden inside the bludgers' box. This made Jake feel an overwhelming outpour of love for the bigger boy, his voice clear amongst the sea of people that were talking to him and asking him question.

Of course, the moment that Jack Burnett heard those words, he knew that the Hufflepuff boy was lying. He was even more determined to catch that box before anyone else, and if there would have been really a surprise inside, he would have simply handed it to Jake. He sighed when Warren took out his prefect badge, and with the excuse that he didn't have the time to explain everything in that moment, he tried to cast Immobilus on the Hufflepuff boy.

Jack Burnett's attempt at casting the spell

t!dice 1d20+8
The result was 14 —> Successfully casted

The Slytherin boy successfully casted the spell, but Warren had no intention of being hit by it. He dodged to the side, his hand colliding with Burnett's arm and deflecting his aim, sending the spell flying behind him and dangerously close to Quinn Healy, that ended up not being hit.

Jack Burnett's attempt at hitting Warren
t!dice 1d20+6
The result was 9
vs
Warren's attempt at dodging the spell
t!dice 1d20+8
The result was 28 —> Spell was DODGED

Quinn's attempt at dodging the spell
t!dice 1d20+2
Result was 21 —>Spell was DODGED

Grace Mint, much like Burnett, didn't believe George Henry's lie about the bludgers, and told him she would have gone with him. She then got worried for what the Slytherin boy had done, casting a spell towards a Prefect, and she got scared that she might have ended up like the Hufflepuff boy.

Erin in the meantime got jealous of Jo and her words towards Burnett, and she warned her to back off of him. The Gryffindor girl recognised the purple haired girl from the Valentine’s Day Tea Party, and a lot of thoughts and considerations about her filled her mind. She decided not to voice them, instead she choose to get her revenge over the Slytherin boy as she talked about him kissing someone else, and a certain Christmas present.

Erin though had decided to grab Jake Morris and use him as a hostage and make demands, just as @Oliver Hart, a third year Ravenclaw that had followed Erin and Burnett inside the changing rooms, moved behind her ready to protect the part-veela girl.

When Erin had grabbed him, Jake let out a yelp as he was tugged to her side; he tried to fight her and to get free, or to call for help from her friends, but fear paralysed him.

In the middle of all of this, another Hufflepuff student, @Ethen Emrys was changing in one of the stalls, and once he had exited it, and he saw all of those girls inside the boys changing room, he knew he had to do something to make them go away and to stop any kind of mischief. He decided to use a couple of small fireworks, like bottle rockets; he light them up before throwing them in the air and then ran out of the room.

Luckily the fireworks were small, so they didn’t set anything on fire, but their light had a similar effect to the Verdimillious charm.

Oliver Hart heroically tried to cast Protego over Erin, and therefore Jake, and himself with bravado, only for it to piddle out like a failed firework. Everyone that was left in the not too big boys' changing rooms up to the explosion, had the misfortune of being affected by the bright light that the fireworks emitted, and Jo Morgan even stubbed to the floor because of the explosion. The loud bang of the fireworks and the bright light they emitted overwhelmed Jake Morris as well, and if Erin’s arms wouldn't have been there, the poor little badger would have collapsed to the floor just like his beloved Freddie.


Oliver auto-fails the spell, because it's not in his trunk.

The light of the fireworks will cause a -3 accuracy in the next round to all the people currently in the Boys' Changing Rooms

The third year was waiting for the younger Hufflepuff to respond when a girl budged in and tried to figure Jake out herself, which was probably meant nicely but would probably not help in this moment at all. Alan wanted to say something but his focus was on Jake and George, as he himself tried to get smart of the situation. But the girl did not only that, but actively tried to lure the young badger away from them and sure she meant no harm, but the last person who asked Jake to go with them just moment ago had been highly suspicious and weird in the way they acted. Alan doubted Jake would even want to talk to anyone just now, he was outright panicking and the girl was talking about food!

Of course the tears that wanted to make Alan hide away attracted girls in swarms as another girl in what seemed like a wedding gown approached the small boy and pestered him with even more questions and it made Alan wonder whether it was common etiquette to swarm around a crying person. If that was the case he was glad that it had been long since he cried in a public space.

Quinn brought some sense into this madness, even though it only opened the situations for more questions. There were the bludgers, Jake was actually aiming to get towards those dangerous things but for what? "Th-The bludgers a-are here?", Alan would ask the half giant in a sorry attempt to get behind the mess, but he was not prepared for the confusion that would follow. Apparently Jack was a prefect, well the badger one was anyway and he started a fight with the other Jack, the rude one and the purple haired girl. Alan also found out through their discussion that this girl also had been kissed by Jack, the prefect Jack or the other way around... the girl had kissed him for whatever reason.

It was when George demanded to get to the box with bludgers as well, when the chaos reached its peak, at least for all Alan could have assumed. George claimed something, some sort of surprise had been hidden withing the box and Alan was not so sure what to believe. How would George know? And Jake had clearly said bludgers, right? "G-George?", he stammered in confusion as he gave his friend a glance over. What could George possibly want with those bludgers? Did he want chaos to break free? Did he assume it would make things more fun, more chaotic? He knew for a fact that George did not care much about keeping rules, which probably was the main reason he had asked Alan to accompany him anyway.

It was then when he saw the snake Jack move quickly, before casting a spell the third year knew well. "Jack-", he would exclaim and look in between the two Jacks in shock, he would mean the caster Jack, but someone could easily misinterpret it as worry for the prefect who would have been frozen into place - figuratively - if it was not for the exceptional dodge he would perform. The purple haired girl would the lounge for Jake making Alan's eyes widen in shock. But she also mentioned Parcel, he only knew one person with that name... His eyes wandered over to the non-prefect Jack who she clearly had meant with that name. "B-but-", he started 'that isn't Parcel...' is what he had wanted to say but it would remain a thought when a loud bang echoed through the room, making him flinch as specks of black surrounded his pupils until the initial shock was over and the black blended back into his natural green. A reflection perhaps? For someone who had no clue it could have easily been their imagination playing tricks in a time of shock. The blinding light that followed the bang could also easily make them miss this observation.

"Wh-What are you doing? L-Let him go-", he argued when he saw Jake frozen in fear in the purple haired girl's grasp. The little badger did not even dare defend himself anymore, petrified in fear like a mouse. "Wh-What is going on h-here....?", he muttered quietly, overwhelmed with everything happening, but to no one in particular as he narrowed his eyes. This has gone completely out of control. Why would they want the bluders? Any of them, really, why? And what did Erin want with pink suit Jack's outfit? The green Jack had his own clothes after all!

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Clothes

Shoes:

Wearing:

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Despite what anyone who might have been watching would have guessed, Jack's attempt to immobilize Jackson Warren was actually largely meant for the prefect's own benefit. If Jackson had been successfully immobilized, Erin would have had no further reason to attack him for the time being and his life could have been spared.

Unfortunately, Jackson seemed as brawn-brained as a few Gryffindors on the Quidditch team that Jack knew. He was evidently determined to put a stop to whatever Jack and Erin were up to regardless of his very probably ignorance regarding the situation. The boy's quick moves knocked his opponent's spell way off course, but fortunately not enough to hit anyone else.

Jackson's 12-year-old emotions were probably prioritizing his dislike and grudges against Erin and whomever else might have opposed him as a prefect (Jack) rather than trying to find out what, exactly, they were trying to accomplish and if it would have been in anyone else's best interests.

To Jack's utter astonishment, however, a new series of events unfurled after his spell was fired and missed thanks to the Hufflepuff's interference. Erin had decided to take hold of Jake in order to use him as a hostage while a third year Jack wasn't sure he'd ever seen before popped into the doorway to give the part-veela some back-up.

This was getting to be ridiculous. Erin was likely after the bludgers because of Jack, Jackson wanted to stop them because of Erin, and the new kid (Oliver) seemed just as set on opposing Jackson, though whether it was because Jackson was a prefect or Erin was someone he considered worth helping, the redhead didn't know. The rest of the people present, it seemed, were mostly fixated on making Jake feel better, but didn't appear to know the first thing about how to do that other than...for some reason...potentially also going for the bludgers.

None of this changed the fact that not one of the people involved seemed to understand the objectives of the people they were opposing. For all they knew, everyone could have wanted the same thing. Due to their unwillingness to communicate, however, the situation had deteriorated into the very sort of event that Jack and several other Slytherins had been attempting to prevent in the first place.

When some crazy, unfamiliar first-year boy decided to set off a couple of bottle rocket fireworks as a means to deter the girls from remaining in the boys' locker room, Jack flinched and blinked, putting up his arm to shield himself and his eyes from the momentary flares and obnoxious bangs. Fortunately, nothing seemed to have caught on fire, and for better or for worse, the perpetrator had fled. He had left before being able to discover the irony that his little stunt had actually prevented one of the girls from leaving rather than facilitated her departure.

Jackson's comment of Erin having tried to stick her tongue down his throat and Jo's mention of Jack's previous kiss vaguely registered as mildly concerning in the Slytherin boy's mind, but he had no time to deal with those.

"STOP!" Jack shouted in the silence following the explosion of fireworks. "Everyone calm down for a second!"

He glanced at Erin, about to ask her to let Jake go, but when he saw the state of the weak-kneed baby badger, he decided against it. Instead, he turned to address everyone as a whole in the cramped confines of the locker room.

"From what I hear, Slytherin's and Hufflepuffs' Common Rooms have both faced disaster recently. I and others I've conversed with have reason to believe that the people likely responsible for - or at least, in some way connected to - those events are here attending this ball as we speak.

"I asked Erin to show me where the bludgers were kept because I thought that if we let them loose, we could cause enough panic to shut down the ball. It's not safe for anyone anymore. The professors were right to cancel it in the first place. I just want to try to correct the mistake that some arrogant students thought they were smart enough to accomplish on their own." He was referring to those plucky individuals who had decided to hold the 'secret' ball despite the professors' opinions.

"If you guys are really prefects," he said, turning to Jackson and Quinn, "Then you should value the safety of the student body above all else. There are other ways to go about this without releasing the bludgers, as I admit that's a bit rash and more than a little drastic, but I thought it would be simple enough." He gave a wry look at the group assembled there. "...Evidently, that was not the case. So, what'll it be?"

Jack regarded each of the others' faces one by one with serious and intense scrutiny. "Whatever you decide, please choose quickly. The more time we waste here deliberating, the more time the culprits out there have to attack."

He gestured toward Jake. "Regardless of your decision, Morris won't be harmed. I'll make sure of it. But he looks like he's been through more than enough for tonight. Don't you think it'd be best to put an end to this chaos for his sake if for no other reason?"

Interacting with: @Erin Ryan, @Jake Morris, @Jo Morgan, @Oliver Hart, @Grace Mint, @Jack Warren, @George Henry, @Alan Vanes, & @Quinn Healy

Interaction with: @Jack Burnett
@Erin Ryan @Quinn Healy @Jake Morris & whoever else is in the chaos

There was no way he was going to let the fake take him out that dang easily! Who in the world would respect his authority if he just up and gets knocked out as soon as things got interesting!? No matter how pure his intentions were, Burnett attacked him. That stuff was not taken lightly. Mr. Burnett's blood was about to be splattered across the prefect's knuckles. Just the thought of it made the kid grin evilly.

Alas, a series of events made his current predicament very hard for him to actually splatter Burnett's internal tomato juice across the locker room floor. Fireworks, bludgers, mayhem, chaos, a faker, and one realllllly stupid purple-haired girl. It just made Jack want to hit something.

The word 'STOP!' had stopped the Hufflepuff prefect mid-swing. Damn it, only a few more inches until splatsville! BUT NOOOOO, he wants to start people to calm down! Oooh, Mr. Logic over here. Jack knew that he would have to hold off on his revenge. "You are the one who bloody started this." Pulling the fist of fury and vengeance away Jack B's face. He'd let him finish his little talky talky thing.

He tottered on about how their ball was unsafe and how it was their prefectly duty to end the ball, yadda yadda yadda- "If you were so against this damn thing, why are you even here? Why are you dressed up? Why didn't you just snitch to the professors? From where I am standing, it looks like you are the only dangerous thing that is about to happen here? Back me up here, Quinn." Glancing back towards Quinn he nearly had to do a double-take. It took about this long for the prefect notice that Erin had taken a hostage. His best friend and littlest badger, Jake Morris. "Why is he even passed out!? And why is she tossin' him around like a freakin' ragdoll!?" This was an absolute crap show.