#dd:knockturn

[arabelladxnna]

Arabella’s tea leaves had been predicting nothing but violence for a week, but news of an attack so close to her still came as a shock. And from the Blood Thieves, it seemed. The information was staggered, only coming in through the wireless, but the anti-pureblood group certainly had a signature. While their anger was something she could understand, she couldn’t help but to be fearful. Would they see her—someone who had rejected the pureblood lifestyle—as any different from the people she used to call family?

Although her boss at Sugarplums’s had told her that she could go home, she’d stayed. People had been rushing into the shop, hoping it would provide shelter in case the attack broke through the blockade that had been set up outside of Knockturn Alley. Arabella approached a particularly panicked face, hoping to provide some sort of comfort. “Here, on the house,” she said as she handed them a licorice wand. A sweet wouldn’t dissolve their fear, but it certainly couldn’t hurt.

[levi-yaxley]

Levi had manged to slip out the back of the ice cream parlour with little trouble. Despite their seemingly overwhelming presence on the street the aurors were clearly stretched thin. He knew he should stay still and wait the situation out, but there was no way he was going to be able to do that when he had no clue if his friends were safe. Serena, Lexi, Molly, Colin, James, Chryson, Atalia... Making his way around to the storefront Levi followed the crowd towards the barricde. He tapped the shoulder of the nearest person. “Any news yet?”

[daniel-abbott-blog]

Barrier

Daniel had been visiting cities and diagon alley had been on his list. However, the day was interrupted by a chilling breaking report on the Wizarding Wireless Network. An attack. Upon hearing the words, Daniel froze - wondering who was attacking whom. 

Practically falling over himself, he had taken off like a bullet from a gun, runing to try and get to Knockturn. Just as he was about to round the corner, suddenly, the barrier was placed up. Daniel shouted in frustration as the words came onto the radio, wondering what he could possibly do. Standing, there, stricken, Daniel looked around him, trying to find anyone who knew moe - or at least a familiar face.

[avalonlexington]

“Excuse you, do you realize who you’re dealing with?” Avalon whined, her nose pointed skyward as she held her own against the body mass blockading the door. The bulky man stood with his arms crossed and his face completely stoic. “I don’t care about whatever the stupid radio said. I have a very important appointment! Now let me through!” Her grip on her purse tightened as she stood a little taller in her heels. The man remained unmoved and silent. Frustrated, Avalon groaned and turned away, but only for the moment. She needed a moment to regroup. Strategize. With her sights set on the person in front of her, Avalon engaged them simply with- “This is horrible.”

[notalbuspotter-blog]

8pm brought darkness, long shadows beginning to fall through the front windows of the near-empty ice cream parlour. Avery still on his mind, Al had set to work counting through the tips he and Faye had earned the day, only interrupted momentarily by the distant sound of a muggle car backfiring. It was purely coincidence that he paid enough attention to the radio to hear the words breaking news, then gunshots, and finally Knockturn Alley. Quickly gesturing to the person standing closest to the little machine, Al pointed at the radio. “Oi, can you turn that up?”

[andrew-davies]

Andrew wasn’t sure what to do with himself. Too much information had been thrown at him in the past week. Dom was alive and safe and finally back in town, though she wasn’t willing to talk to him--or anyone for that matter, it seemed. What had she gone through to make her close in on herself that much? What had been so bad that she couldn’t talk to him? He punctuated his thought with a punch to the training dummy. Then there was Jennifer--pregnant--with his child. Another punch. He couldn’t help either of them, he couldn’t protect them, so he took it all out on the dummy during his training.

The past summer, he’d taken to training in Knockturn alley--it was secluded, quiet and no one would ask what he was training for. The only people who knew he trained there were Dome and Alice. He’d started training with Alice, though he needed to be alone, to sort through his thoughts by himself. Before it could register, he heard shouts coming from outside. Andrew stopped his punch mid-air and turned around, noting the short glow of spells being shot, somewhere else in Knockturn Alley. Quickly grabbing his wand from his bag and moving into the streets, he grabbed the first person he could find. “What’s happening?”

[loralyxdavies]

As a newbie, Loraly had been assigned a station in one of the alleys just outside The White Wyvern. She was to lie in wait until she heard the signal and then close in along with the others to keep the attack deep within Knockturn Alley. The upper part of her face was painted with smears of black over her eyes while the lower half was hidden by a scarf, charmed to stay in place unless she pulled it down. The scarf was partly there to hide her identity, but also to make it harder for her to rely on her vampire instincts right away. She wanted to prove she could be useful with her magic as well as her vampire abilities. Hearing someone coming, she hurried to meet them, throwing up a temporary invisible block to keep them from running any further. “You really shouldn’t be down here if you want to avoid trouble.” 

[xmollyweasleyii-blog]

Molly’s interest had been piqued at the sight of Aurors rushing past her desk, murmurs of Knockturn Alley barely reaching her ears. Knockturn Alley meant Death Eaters, and if the aurors had been called, maybe there was news about Lucy. She scrambled to pack up her thigs; 8:00 was too late to be at work, no one would care if she left now. 

Molly apparated off in a rush, stumbling slightly as her feet came into contact with the cobblestones that lined Diagon Alley. Looking up, she found herself facing the barrier that had been erected. A small crowd was beginning to form, Aurors attempting to shoo them off to safety in the surrounding buildings, but Molly found herself standing stock still, staring around for any familiar faces who could tell her what was happening.