We Can Either Do This The Easy Way Or The Hard Way

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For Ryan and Dam for the Sirius At Large Task

Luka had been quite determined to help out in any way possible at capturing Sirius Black. It hadn't been exactly kept hushed hushed that Sirius had been spotted in Hogsmeade last year and Luka had encountered him. Of course, the meeting had ended in him being hospitalized with multiple injuries from the cave collapsing on him and the other two who occupied the cave where they were battling. Whatever happened to Lupin and Sirius after that was unknown to Luka. But he wanted to find them alive.

The male tucked his hands into the pockets of his coat. It was a rather windy winter day, at least it wasn't snowing. Luka was glad about that, he didn't like the snow one bit. He had a partner to work with, since two heads were better than one. And, after last year, it was decided that it would be better for Aurors to work in pairs instead of alone. It didn't bother Luka in the least, as long as they could possibly find leads.

It was Hogsmeade where they found themselves. The memories of last year coming right back to the male as he walked. He kept his mismatched eyes on the lookout. "I guess we should talk to people." Best way to figure out recent activity was talking to the locals.

[Ryan Woods]

Ryan hadnt yet encountered Sirius, but he was well aware of the background after the Ministry was asking the Daily Prophet to take bogus rounds in making sure that word about Sirius, the mass murderer reached every wizarding nook and cranny.Ryan didnt work alone this time, unlike the filed duties most aurror were assigned, he was accompanied by Luka, who was a man of strong will definitely had some magical 'stuff' in him. Ryan felt the cold wind outside, and scanned for anything suspicious around after which he replied "Yeah, talking to the locals would be our best bet! Where do we start from?

Ryan pointed out to a old house that gave an impression that it wasnt occupied at all, not for nearly a month atleast and added " Looks like we will have very less talking to do since the place looks exceptionally empty"

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Dam can just pop in when she gets back.

Luka didn't care for the cold, but he was somewhat used to it. He had been sent to some pretty cold places in his years as an Auror and he doubted that was going to be changing any time soon. Even visiting family back in Germany, it was no walk in a park. Although the country was south of England, it still got cold in the winter months.

Before he could say where they should start to look, Ryan had pointed out an old building. "Some places are being abandoned due to the mass panic the Daily Prophet is creating." Most were disregarding it, but there were still some that were believing it. Luk brushed some strands from his face, "Some buildings, such as the Shrieking Shack, have been abandoned for a while. Not even a dared student would enter those buildings because of the rumors." He remembered being a student and the rumors of the Shrieking Shack. Even now he wouldn't enter that building. There was just something about it that creeped him out.

The male turned mismatch colored eyes towards the other Auror. "But, currently, it's not our job to be breaking into buildings. We're here to just talk with the locals." He went back to looking around, the crowds weren't that big today. It was most likely because it was a weekday, so the students were still in school. "I refuse to have a run-in with Black like last time," the words were muttered under his breath but he meant them. His sister would kill him if she got another urgent letter stating he landed in St Mungo's.

[Ryan Woods]

Ryan wondered about how messy wizards are, hardly few ever put defensive spells o ward off the fear, but we cant blame them, even the enforcement department is quite scared about encountering a death eater or even Sirius alone for that matter. Having fully understood the implications, Ryan noted "Its like daily Prophet does a lot to our world" and he smirked the the old dilapidated building.

Ryan continued to converse with Luk as the walked "Yes, I do remeber the Shrieking Shack, never went in personally, the rumors around it are too worth for a risk of life". He scanned at the not so big crowd so that he could pick up someone to have a small conversation with, but nothing sparked interest in him. They continued to walk, and Ryan stopped suddenly after hearing Luk mutter something, he stared at Luk and asked "Did you say something?"

[Damian Walhalla]

Damian was in a rather foul mood. Do note that there was nothing quite extraordinary in that fact, as his mood was generally quite dark, but today was note-worthy in the sense that he felt the need to go as far as Hogsmeade to calm himself down, when the tavern down the street in Liverpool was usually enough.

If Damian Walhalla was in Hogsmeade, it usually meant he was looking for trouble. It was in Hogsmeade that some of his best bar brawls had gone on, and he was eager to get some of that energy out.

He walked into the Hog's Head, intent on drinking some beer before crushing a few skulls, or something. It was only upon tasting the beer he ordered that he remembered the English drank their beer lukewarm. How he could forget this fact after about eight years of living in England, he did not know, but the fact still remained. It was unacceptable. Damian felt his cheeks redden from the irritation, but he was still too sober. Best have a few more drinks before he started anything.

Glaring at the barman, he placed a Cooling charm on the beer. He'd developped some sort of expertise for it.

Luka chuckled at the other's comment. Everyone was too nervous to go there based on the rumors. But he wondered how much were true and how much were false. If everyone was too afraid to figure things out, then it would always remain just that. They would always remain simply rumors, never any truth to them. Alright, so the screams would always remain a truth, but that's about it.

"Oh, just that I've run into Black before," he said as if it were no big deal. To him, it wasn't. It would have been a big deal had he managed to capture Sirius or something like that. "Landed in the hospital I did. Met in a cave and our battle caused it to collapse." Black and Lupin's bodies weren't found so Luka suspects they escaped and are still alive, somewhere.

He glanced up past the shrieking shack, before glancing at Ryan with his mis-matched colored eyes. He pointed up the hill, "Up there. His body wasn't found so we're still on the hunt today."

[Ryan Woods]

Suddenly it did dawn in him that anyone who want to hide away, the Shrieking Shack would be their first choice. He hinted Luka on the actual assignment, but was immediately cut down by Luka's revelation that he did meet Black once. Tyan's eyes wide opened at the thought that since Luka had already met him once, he would know more about Black's tactics, which would prove to be a worthy hint into capturing him.

Ryan said "Oh! thats bad.Though I hardly think they died, they would have escaped, Black wouldnt have escaped without them, thats what I think"

[Damian Walhalla]

After six pints of beer, Damian had started to think that this other guy up at the bar was eyeing him suspiciously. And he didn't like that one bit. They'd begun to bicker, louder and louder, until suddenly the big Bavarian could take it no more, and had swung his fist into the other's face. The cracking noise had brought him satisfaction, but not quite enough to forget the entire matter and just walk out. It had evolved into a full bar-brawl, with breaking chairs and broken glass, before Damian even knew it.

Of course, the bartender had managed to keep things in check, and eventually kicked everyone out. Damian walked out unsteadily, inebriated, a hand disbelievingly touching the new, bleeding gash in his cheek. He decided to get some fresh air before turning up back home, and just walked at random, wherever his unsteady feet were taking him.

Apparently they were steering him in the direction of the Shrieking Shack. Not being a native, he had no knowledge of it, and no reason to fear it, but the approaching voices he heard made him weary, and he tried to head back to the village, but only managed to trip in the snow. That sucked.

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^^ Watch your grammar, Lord Rocco, because I never had Luka mention anything about Lupin.

Luka nodded. "It's anyone's guess what would have been the outcome had we been anywhere but in a cave." He didn't know if he would have won or if he would have lost. Had it been one on one, he probably would have stood a good chance against Black. But there had been Lupin to make it an uneven fight. But because of it, Luk doubted he could have won the battle.

As they walked he noticed someone trip in the snow. He frowned and sighed. "Most likely a drunk." Otherwise how else would you explain someone tripping in the snow? No sober person would do that. He wasn't slipping and sliding or tripping in the least bit, neither was Ryan. And with a pub right in town, he wouldn't be surprised one bit if this wasn't the only possible drunk person they ran into while on their quest to interview locals.

[Ryan Woods]

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Lupin? Where did I mention him? :D

Ryan sighed and replied "Drunk?" he initially thought the Luka was out of mind, but then he suddenly realised his mistake, someone was tripping down on the snow. He turned his head in the direction Luka looked and said "Ah! Feeble! i dont get this drunk, you?" as if it was a better question to ask rather than to check upon some drunkard, who appeared to be harmless.

[Damian Walhalla]

The words reached Damian's ears, despite how far he was. Him, a drunk? What? That was unacceptable! He wasn't a drunk, and no one was allowed to call him that! Seriously! He wasn't a drunk! He'd had a little to drink, and it seemed to ground was unstable, true, but that didn't mean anything. Clearly none of these people had never been to the Oktoberfest.

Damian was highly offended by their words, though, and that, mixed with all he'd drunk, gave off a desire for violent revenge. They'd thrown the gauntlet, after all.

Getting up with difficulty, Damian roared, and lunged towards the two men. He'd have their skins!

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You didn't say about Lupin but you kept using plural instead of singular when talking about Sirius.

Luka almost wanted to sigh when the other Auror asked him about if he got this drunk. "I don't drink. I have a daughter who should never have to be around someone who is drunk." He never drank, not even on social gatherings. It wasn't like he never had alcohol before. But not since Gabby had been born had he had even a sip of alcohol. He refused to lose her by doing something stupid.

Luk swiftly moved out of the way when the unfamiliar male lunged at him and Ryan. "Calm down there. You really should calm your temper." He wasn't out here to take out drunkards. He was on an actual assignment. He didn't want to spend it in a fight with a drunk guy.

[Ryan Woods]

Ryan replied "Yeah? Most of us have daughters, ofcourse!". He knew there was something Luka didnt want to say, but taht didnt keep away Ryan from asking.

The drunk man, whoever he was, took Ryan by surprise. He stretched his arms inorder to stop the man, but the drunkard was too strong for him to take down. He said "What do you think you are playing at?" and sneered at the man, as if to show his anger at the man's attitude.

[Damian Walhalla]

Damian missed one of his targets, but landed into the other. His lunge had been too strong and forceful, though, and more directed towards some point between the two men, so he veered on the side, somehow, and keeled over. Unexplainable. He was the god of drunken coordination, the guardian of alcohol, the protector of beer, the King of Inebriation! But no, he wasn't drunk. Boozy, maybe.

Still on the ground, Damian looked up, but not before spitting on the ground in rage. 'I'm not a drunk!'

[Ryan Woods]

Ryan shuddered and quickly got up. His rage was building to levels he could no longer control. He didnt draw his wand out, but he landed as hard as he could on the drunkard and caught him by his collar. He knew deep inside, he wasnt here to shout at a drunkard, but you have to get a little too out of the way, when things go wrong.

He said "Now, you dont want to get charged, do you?"

Luka wanted to sigh. He wasn't in the mood to deal with a drunkard, and yet that seems like what was going to happen tonight. It was just their luck that the night they have to investigate Hogsmeade they encounter a drunk guy wanting to pick a fight with them. "Do be careful, drunkards do tend to have a nasty temper." Not that Ryan needed reminded. This guy trying to take a swing at them was plenty enough to tell them that this guy had a temper when under the influence.

[Damian Walhalla]

Damian shrugged the other man off him with ease. Oh, come on, he was Damian Walhalla, built like some sort of giant. Getting one's hands on him wasn't bound to be this easy.

He took an unsteady step backwards, reevaluating the situation. He didn't know who these people were, but these men were skinnier, smaller than he was. Taking them on wasn't going to be too hard, he knew this. Yet they were talking about charging him with something. Charge him with what, a tank? Oh, no... He needed a moment to realise they probably meant something like Azkaban. Well, been there, done that, and Damian didn't want to go back there. All the same, he wasn't going to be ordered around by two runts.

'Who are you?' He barked.

[Ryan Woods]

Ryan now stood face with a seemingly tough man, drunk and barking. He sighed and turned to Luka "You are alright, eh?" as if he payed the least attention the the drunk man, who just now asked who they were. Ryan didnt bother answering him and continued to stare at the man trying hard to catch a little light on this drunkard.

Luk hoped this guy had some sense of brains in him when he suddenly asked them who they were. While Ryan asked if he was alright, Luka watched him carefully. "We're with the Auror Department. You picked the wrong people to try and attack, regardless of being intoxicated." He never really accepted being drunk as an excuse to do things. "Not like every recon mission can go smoothly..." Luk muttered in German to himself. He could only wish all recon missions could run smoothly so he could go home sooner.

[Damian Walhalla]

Damian just stood there, looking menacing. He didn't really have anything worthwile to reply, so instead he just glared. Maybe words would come to him later. Then he would kick these people. Oh yes.

He was startled when he heard mumbled German. Maybe the words were coming to him, after all.

'Recon mission?' Damian asked, also in German. 'What recon mission?'

Normally he wouldn't have cared for ministerial affairs- this was England, it wasn't like this was his country, after all. But right now, he was drunk.

[Ryan Woods]

Ryan didnt know German, so all he could do was to keep quite while Luka and the drunkard took it all way, but he felt awkward of not interrupting. He said "Now, leave us alone! Go".

Drinking wasnt a big deal, but causing havoc was. Ryan simply felt that both of them came here for something more important.

Luka was a little taken aback by the fact the other understood what he just said and even replied in German. Maybe they were going to be able to get through to this guy after all! "Now... Hold on, Ryan. We do have a job to do here." He glanced from Damian to Ryan as he spoke in English.

Luka turned his attention back to Damian, "We're with the British Ministry of Magic." He went back to German, figuring the other had sobered up a bit when he heard the language. "We're looking for any information regarding the escaped prisoner Sirius Black." He decided to give as little information as possible. He knew better than to give out unneeded information. It would be a waste of breath in the long run if this guy knew nothing.

[Damian Walhalla]

Damian seethingly glared at the foreigner, which was so obviously the British one. How dare he tried to interrupt two Germans? He had absolutely no respect! This was unthinkable.

It was somehow remarkable the double standards Damian Walhalla held. He had never ever felt the need to act the same way he expected others to, and reacted badly when people didn't sit in the slots he'd mentally made for them. When he was drunk, it was even worse an experience for him. People stepping out of their bounds were intolerable, an annoyance to be exterminated.

When the German one claimed to be working with the British Ministry, Damian scowled. Filthy rotten pigs. He'd been to Azkaban once because of a sad little fight he'd started in a bar full of Aurors. It so wasn't his fault.

Azkaban was a horrible place, and he couldn't blame anyone for wanting to escape from there. He didn't know who this Black bloke was, but if he had escaped, well, good on him. He'd probably been arrested for doing something stupid, too. It was a piece of luck he'd managed to convince his guard that he was worthy, and all. And sobered up.

'You shut up!' Damian roared towards the British one. He was making it harder to concentrate on what the German one was saying.

'Why you want to catch him? He managed to escape your hellhole, so let it be!'

[Ryan Woods]

Ryan bit his lip as the drunkard shouted at him. He thought taking a wand wasnt necessary because, as Luke pointed out, all they need is information, something that they dont have and something those around this place might have. As soon as the man shouted, he hand automatically reached out for his wand, buy Ryan clutched it hard. He was about to hit the man, but he pressed his feet hard against the ground, ready to pound at this man, and give his wand, work to do.

He looked over at Luka when he heard something like the man escaping.

Luka glanced from Damian to Ryan, "Calm down, Ryan. Intimidation doesn't work all the time." He preferred talking things out rather than fighting. But he quickly turned his attention back to the drunk male once more, without another word to his fellow Auror.

"He's a mass murderer," Luk replied in German to the comment about why catch him. "If it were something such as robbery or something petty, I doubt we would be putting this much effort into his capture." There was no joking in his voice. Murderers were the worst lot. He had escorted several to Azkaban himself. But this was different. This was someone who had betrayed those close to him.

"I do not think you want to be listed as withholding information that might help lead to the capture of a dangerous criminal. It is a crime here in the United Kingdom. Now, you can see that I'm quite willing to play nice." Luka motioned towards Ryan, "He would probably rather stun you, use his wand to get things done. So why don't we play nicely. Have you heard anything regarding Sirius Black?"