Open Totally Innocent. Completely Harmless. (Probably.)

[Hachiro Kaster]

Chiro had been at Hogwarts long enough, he’d decided, and he’d laid low and been a generally good boy. Unfortunately, his mother had not put a time frame on his good behaviour, so he figured enough time had passed now. It was late afternoon as he leaned lazily against the low stone wall of the courtyard, one foot propped up on a bench, the other tapping away against the stones beneath his feet. He was holding a small enchanted firecracker in his hands - completely harmless, of course (probably). There was a group of students not far away, totally unsuspecting, probably, since they hadn’t seen him yet, and if they had, they hadn’t moved so probably didn’t suspect he had something in his hands. A little harmless chaos never hurt anyone… right?

Right. He quickly flicked the firecracker up into the air, and it popped with a burst of colourful sparks. See, completely harmless. He turned to look away, as if he had nothing to do with the whole thing at all. Who me? He would ask, because this had nothing to do with him at all.
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Out of Character:

The firecracker was set off in the courtyard so anyone in the courtyard would have seen it, it was quite loud though so not impossible for those outside the courtyard to have heard it.

 

[Miles Flynn]

Miles had decided he was going to make the most of the nice enough weather and try and spend some time outside. Though, he couldn't fully be bothered to trek all around the grounds or anything. Instead, he'd just decided to hang around in the courtyard, finding a nice corner to sit in so he could perhaps try and do this History of Magic homework that needed to be handed in for the next lesson. He'd honestly been putting it off for far too long, and he really wasn't in the mood to lose house points or end up in detention for not doing it. Not that he was really making much progress with it, nose scrunched up as he flicked through a book on the Witch Trials he had picked up from the library.

But, he was so focused on the boring book that he hadn't noticed the firecracker being thrown into the air. Not until it had exploded, causing his heart to almost jump right out of his chest as he looked up from his book. "What the hell," he huffed, looking around as he tried to calm down his beating heart to try and work out who had just thrown that, "That could give someone a heart attack."

 

[Hachiro Kaster]

Chiro bit down on the inside of his cheek, hard, almost drawing blood to keep himself from the fits of laughter he was about to unleash. But no, not right now, he couldn’t be found out so soon. He turned his head to see Miles, one of the boys in his year and attempted to feign absolute innocence. “Yeah, weird right?” he asked, eyebrows raised like he was just as surprised as everyone else. “I mean who would do that, craaazy,” he shook his head in disappointment, crossing his arms like the obviously concerned individual that he was. “Truly, no regard for public safety. Shocking.”​

 

[Miles Flynn]

He hoped that when a Professor or a prefect came to investigate what was going on, because no doubt they would, they wouldn't think that Miles was somehow responsible for any of this. Pranking wasn't really something he was incredibly good at, and mostly he just felt bad for the people who ended up getting caught up in other people's pranks. As one of the Slytherin boys decided to try and criticize public safety, Miles wasn't entirely convinced that he actually cared about that. Hachiro completely sounded like he was trying far too hard to sound innocent. "Yeah, very convincing," Miles huffed with a shake of his head, "You need to lie better."

 

[Hachiro Kaster]

Chiro pressed his hand to his heart like Miles had just offended his entire family line, and gasped. “Lie? me?” He shook his head, downright offended, in appearance at least. No one would be able to tell it came from him anyway, and it’s not like anything was broken. “I’ll have you know, I’m a pillar of honesty, and integrity actually.” He even added a solemn nod for effect, because he was so honest and had so much integrity - the glint in his eye gave him away though. Not that he was really trying. “But if I was lying - which, I’m not - what exactly would you suggest? Should I throw in some tears and a tragic backstory about how my mum died in a magical accident?” he grinned, rocking back a little on his heels. “Or do I just need to work on my delivery?”​

 

[Miles Flynn]

As the Slytherin just continued to pile it on and on, Miles couldn't help the shake of his head. If it hadn't been obvious that he was lying about being responsible before, now it was completely obvious that he was the one to blame for the firecrackers. "You're trying way too hard to try and act innocent," he responded with a roll of his eyes. "Like, all that stuff about public safety? No one actually talks like that." Not unless you were trying to lay it on thick and seem more innocent than you actually were. "just a simple 'what was that?' would have probably worked better." He wasn't an expert on lying or pranking, but he knew whatever Hachiro was trying really wasn't working.

 

[Hachiro Kaster]

Chiro blinked at the boy, feigning offence as he placed his hand over his heart in shock. “You wound me,” he said in utter (exaggerated) disbelief. He was shocked, shocked and dismayed at such an accusation. “Are you suggesting that I, a concerned and upstanding member of this school, would ever resort to deception?” He sighed dramatically moving his arm to his forehead to weep. This wasn’t how you treated a concerned citizen after all. “Besides, I was genuinely worried about public safety. Firecrackers can be dangerous! What if someone had a heart condition? Or, worse - what if a professor had been nearby?” He shuddered at the very thought of such an effect, and tilted his head as he looked at the Gryffindor, smirking. “But, hey, if you think a simple ‘what was that?’ would’ve worked better, I’ll keep that in mind for next time.” He wasn’t sure what he was going to do for next time, but he was pretty sure there would definitely be a next time.​