o6 → [audio]

[aperfectthird]

[Percy's voice is quick, quiet, and worried, and his breathing occasionally catches, clearly walking in a hurry.]

Ginny, Fred, George - stay inside, whatever you do, just stay inside - no matter what happens. I'm Apparating back to the cabin now.

[A door. Ambient noises of being outside.]

Okay, I'm - [quieter now, away from the phone:] Miss, are you all right? What happened?

[Indistinguishable.]

With a plunger? I'm not much for healing spells but I can wrap it up for you - here, hold still - Ferula. There, how's th -

[Another voice enters the exchange:]

Exᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇ.

Get out of here! I'll hold it off - Depulso! Confringo! For God's sake, go!

Exᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇ.

[There is the high whine of a laser, and the connection abruptly ends.]

Comments

[plaide]

[ She flanks him, following his eyeline and suppressing a gasp at the sight of their opponent. And that's when she hears it; the girl's shriek of terror. Minerva can't help herself, she brushes past Severus (oh he is going to be so angry) and toward her, wand raised and throwing forth sparks that seem to simply ricochet off the Dalek without harm. ]

[alwaystreasured]

[There is some very creative swearing from Snape's direction before he aims a spell at the eyepiece. That is more than enough to get the thing's attention. Well, now it wants to go after him instead of Minerva and the girl.

It's a start.]

Get her out of here.

[He is busy charming things to cover him before the thing can shoot him.]

[plaide]

[ Minerva seems to follow his directions, as she shuffles the girl off to the side, hiding her under cover of a large dumpster, and then with a few flicks of her wand, pulls a second dumpster to give her protection from the other side.

Once satisfied, she turns to hurry back to the battle, wand raised and this time, smoke begins to billow out of it, up and around the creature-- if it has an eyepiece, it must have to see. ]

[alwaystreasured]

It has a shield.

[Yes, she clearly needs to be told that even if she's already seen her spells bounce off. But since he saw the spells avoid actually hitting the thing, he feels it's worth informing her.

As soon as the eye piece is covered, he uses a charm to cover her before another laser can hit her.]

[plaide]

[ That's all right-- you never can over-communicate during something like this, really. Snape's charm doesn't go without a nod of thanks from Minerva. ]

Yes, but it also has an eye! Immobilisation, perhaps?

[alwaystreasured]

[Very suddenly, Snape casts a freezing spell on the damned thing. Luckily it actually works.]

That should provide us with time to see if the eye does anything.