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Prompt Post #1
ROUND 1
FUCK IT WE'LL FIGURE OUT SPECIFICS LATER
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(Anonymous) 2017-05-06 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)"So, this guy..." He pointed at the niffler which was cuddled up against Newt's chest. "He knows you?"
Newt nodded, rubbing a gentle hand over the niffler's head.
"That's good... apparently the little guy's been robbing some thieves. Caused enough chaos that they asked us to take him out of the way."
Newt smiled a little, his face brushing against the top of the niffler's head.
"He got a name?" Percival asked. "I can find a pen and some paper, if you want to write it down. Or you could just tell me, if it'd be easier.."
Newt hesitated for a moment.
"Nick." He mumbled.
"Alright." Percival smiled. "So we have Nick and Pickett, and we have Spot. I think you might be better at naming creatures than me, what do you think?"
Newt hesitated, but a slight smile twisted at the edge of his lips, and Percival felt it was a victory.
"Do you need to put Nick back in his bag? Or maybe a box? A cage?" Percival suggested, and Newt flinched and shook his head rapidly.
"Alright." Percival agreed after a moment. "However you want to do it is fine by me. Thank you for your help with the photographs. Now, the people who did this, they are bad people. They've hurt a lot of innocent people and a lot of creatures, and I don't want them to get away with it ever again. So what I'd like to do is... I want to bring a case against them. I have some evidence, and I plan to find more. But would you be willing to testify against them?"
Newt hesitated, glancing to where the photographs were resting. He frowned a little, his hands clutching tightly to the niffler. He patted his fingers through the dark fur, seeming to find the touch calming.
"You don't have to." Percival said softly. "I will find enough evidence to stop them, no matter what you do. This will be hard, and I don't want to put you through it if you don't want to do it. Whatever you do, I am going to stop them. I am going to do everything I can to help ensure that no one else gets hurt by them. But if you want to testify, it might help." He picked his words carefully, not wanting to ask too much from him, to feel that he had forced him into it.
Newt reached for the photographs, looking at them in turn. He froze at the sight of Rufus Grimsditch, watching as he looked from side to side. Newt was clearly worried to look at the image, almost hypnotised by the sight of it. He took a few deep breaths, still cuddling Nick against him. He closed his eyes, and breathed slowly for a few seconds before he looked up at Percival, seeming to want guidance.
"If we can convict him then we can make sure that he never hurts anyone else again. We will protect the creatures as well, regardless. I know you're an expert, and I hope that with your knowledge we are going to take positive steps for creatures in the US. That's regardless of if you testify or not. Even if we can't convict him, I would like your help with creatures. You are the best we've got." He smiled a little, and Newt mirrored that, glancing back down at the photographs that were resting on the desk in front of him.
"I want to testify." Newt said softly, glancing up at Tina. She squeezed his shoulder and nodded.
"We're all going to support you, every step of the way." She promised, and that seemed to soothe him.
"You are very brave." Percival told him gently, hoping to reassure him, to stop him from worrying. "And it will help. All being well, we are going to get this sorted soon."
Newt nodded. His fear was obvious, his eyes sparkling with concern, but he was determined. Percival could see that strength in the way that he squared his shoulders, looking up at Percival for a moment and then looking away.
"It's going to be alright Newt, I promise you that." Percival swore.
Newt hesitated, then reached for a pen, writing a single word.
"Children?"
"We will do what we can to save the children." Percival promised, and Newt smiled up at him. A warmth settled in Percival's chest at that tender look.
"I'm going to try and sort this as quickly as possible. Thank you both for coming in. Auror Goldstein, if you can take Mister Scamander home and let him rest. I will update you if there is any progress, but for today I believe you should take some time to relax. Maybe help Miss Goldstein with her cooking, and see if you can keep Nick out of trouble..."
Newt flashed a smile at him as he left, and there was such confidence and hope in his eyes that Percival felt that he was going to be able to succeed. That Grimsditch would be taken out of the picture, that the children would be rescued, that Newt would recover. It was with that confidence driving him that he made his way along the corridor to the President's office.
He knocked smartly on the door before pushing it open, nodding formally at the woman behind the desk. She looked up at him.
"You look like you've had a good day."
"Scamander is speaking." Percival explained. "And he is willing to testify."
"Against Grimsditch?"
"He identified his photograph, and Arnold's, without prompting from a mixture of images including aurors. No hesitation. He grabbed them straight away, and he didn't want to take a look at it any more. I believe him."
"Are you convinced?"
"I'm convinced." Percival agreed. "And I want your permission to raid his properties."
"Evidence?" She asked with a faint smile.
"I believe he has an obscurial. Possibly two. And they need us to save them before they lose control. That is evidence enough to hurry up the raid. We've got eyewitness testimony from a wizard. We won't have a better opportunity than this."
"Then, Director, bring me results."