Hogwarts AU: New York City

[serinusniger]

It's been days.

She doesn't know how many. But if must have been days. There's been food, there's been the occasional sleep.

Not enough of either.

Dinah has told them... she can't remember right now quite what she has told them, but it feels like she's told them everything. Like there's nothing in her lefty to tell them. She'd tell them more, if they asked her.

She gave up trying to escape a long time ago. She gave up hoping for a rescue not long after.

Now she's just waiting, and hoping it ends soon.

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[interrogoiterum]

Renee offers Donnie both a 'trust me' smile and an apologetic shrug.

"I'm almost willing to stake my life on the latter," she says. "What say you?"

[mnt_don]

Don looks from Raph and Casey, to Mike, and finally to Renee.
That smile of hers is just the cherry to the crap sundae that is this whole situation.

"...it depends. What're the people in the cab doing? And why are we having this conversation outside while Leo is out cold on the couch? And why is Leo out cold on the couch?

...

On second thought, I don't really want the answers to either of those." He pauses to pinch at the bridge of his nose.

"Casey and Renee want to go to the address in Casey's cab, and you're asking what's the least stupid way for them to do it, do I have that right?"

[interrogoiterum]

"We won't be long," Renee says. "Only while Leo gets his reset. Recon only. And I promise not to kill him even if he's really annoying."

[mnt_don]

Donnie gives her an appraising look, but in the end nods, signally his approval of the plan.

"I don't believe it. I'm the one tryin' to be careful, an' you lot are the ones takin' stupid chances."

"I know right? Hey Donnie? That doohickey of yours get weather reports?"

"Uh, yeah of course, Mike. Why?"

"There snow in Hell?"

Raph and Don groan.

"A'right ya' lug, lemme up. I got places to go an' missions to see." Clearly outvoted, Raph relinquishes Casey, who bounds back to standing. "A'right! Let's get this show on the road!"

"Not so fast, Casey. I don't think sending you guys out there empty handed is the best of all possible plans, so let me see what I've got that might suit your needs."

With no more fanfare than that, Don turns and heads back into the house.

[interrogoiterum]

Renee watches Don go in, shrugging lightly at the sight, because she knows she'll need what he's got.

Then she turns to look at Casey, but addresses Raph.

"Is he going to get me killed?"

[mnt_raph]

"Probably," Mike answers for his brother.

Raph sizes up his best friend, and sighs.

"Not on purpose, just probably on the way to gettin' himself killed."

"Really feeling the love, Raph. Truly."

[interrogoiterum]

Renee glances briefly at her best friend, and shrugs.

"I've had experience not getting killed 'cause of other people's idiocy. Let's go, Casey."

[mnt_raph]

Casey's face breaks into a wide, goofy smile. He shoots two finger guns at both Mike and Raph and then follows Renee back into the house, leaving Mike and Raph just looking at each other.

"I've got a bad feeling about this."

"You say that like there's a good feeling to be had about any of this."

"Ain't you supposed to be the optimist?"

"Yup. Which I think says all that needs saying, don't you?"

Inside Don is muttering to himself as he rummages through one of his bags, while Leo remains knocked out on the couch.

Don looks up briefly.

"Good. You're here. Casey, this is for you." He tosses a small leather wallet Casey's way. Inside is a blank page.

"Confundus paper. Leave your real license here. I want it on the record that I do NOT think this is a good idea, and will not be the one to explain it to Leo when he comes to. Renee? I'm going to give you this."

What he hands her looks suspiciously like a Sonic Screwdriver.

"I call it the McGuffin."

[interrogoiterum]

"I'll take the blame," Renee says generously. "I've already drugged him, might as well set myself up as actually the worst."

She holds the device like a wand, turning it over to examine all angles.

"Have you given this to me 'cause it's so dangerous you don't trust any of the testostermeatheads with it?"

[mnt_don]

Don's eyes dart over to where Casey is entirely engrossed in trying to understand how the Confudus Paper works.

"No, of course not," says Don...all the while shaking his head in the affirmative.

[interrogoiterum]

"Okay, good."

She grins at him, and twirls the thing that isn't a wand in her fingers. "What's it do?"

[mnt_don]

"Transfiguration mostly, though it can also be used analyze matter, so long as that matter is not organic in nature. Really...it works on anything so long as it's not made of wood."

His brow furrows. It's troubling to him that he can't seem to get it work past the wood block.

[interrogoiterum]

"As long as it doesn't make me explode."

Renee slips it into a jacket pocket alongside her wand. "Hold the fort, okay? Won't be long."

She grins and looks back at Casey.

"You okay there, big boy?"

[mnt_don]

"You're leaving me here with Mike, Raph, and an unconscious Leo. What could possibly go wrong," he says with a deadpan.

"Yeah, good luck with that," Casey says with a laugh. "C'mon Toots, let me show you the sights. Yo' Donnie," He pauses at the front door. "You want us to bring anything back?"

"Actually...yeah. If you're not fleeing for your lives, could you bring back some decent Mountain Dew? Get Mikey a bag of Hershey Kisses with Almonds, Raph some Sour Patch Kids, and Leo some NeCCo wafers?"

Casey rolls his eyes.
"Anything, not anythings. Fine. Yeah. Whatever."

[interrogoiterum]

"I have no idea what any of those things are," Renee says to Casey as they finally leave.

[mnt_raph]

"Then you haven't truly lived. Actually...not about the NeCCo wafers, those things are vile. Like eating flavored chalk. Blegh."

He hops down the steps in a couple of bounds, before running and sliding across the hood of the cab to get to the Driver's Seat.

"This ain't gonna freak you out too much, is it? Being on the right side of the car?"

[interrogoiterum]

Renee shrugs carelessly on her way to the passenger seat. "Please, we live in London, my parents don't own a car. You should be asking if I'm freaked out by a car that doesn't fly."

[mnt_raph]

"You have FLYING CARS!?"

Casey is the Muggle to end all Muggles.

[interrogoiterum]

Renee chuckles, but doesn't look at him.

"Yeah, but we don't have internet. Six of one."

[mnt_raph]

"...wait really? But then how do you..."

Find porn is implied by gesture.

[interrogoiterum]

Eyebrow.

"The old fashioned way."

[mnt_raph]

"Scrambled cable?"

[interrogoiterum]

"Decades of magazines in a communal pile behind the common room fireplace."

[mnt_raph]

He appears to mentally chew on this for a second or two, which almost makes it look as if he's in pain.

"I can't tell if that's really awesome or not. It's certainly old school."

[interrogoiterum]

"And hey, wizarding pictures move," she says, "so you know, it's almost like internet."

Beat.

"...or so I've heard."