"Accio Potato... Accio Carrot... Accio Apple..." On and on and on Toby summoned the food, filling the pockets of his robes and lab coat until he was left holding a large, solitary potato. Okay... he was armed.

Toby was a kid that could EASILY DEAL with fast-paced, chaotic environments, but this was just making his head SPIN. But he was visibly very calm, which was strange considering his usual not-calm demeanor. Still, his thoughts were all over the place. Though... he managed a little smile at Red when he caught her eye, because his manners still went that far. Oh, and Marigold was here too, MORE PEOPLE. GOOD.

"We're all good," Toby nodded to Gabe's question, glancing around at everyone and feeling pretty confident in his assessment. And Gabe sounded a little less than okay. Shaky voice and all. "I think it's best if we provide a distraction, everyone aiming for Airey, and then whoever wants to go, just run for it, yeah? And maybe get... someone." Like Truebridge, or the Healer, or Romanos, 'cause the latter seemed friendly with Airey. "The door's open, so whoever wants to run-" glances at Kyroh and Maddie in particular there "-should make a break for it as soon as we go for Airey. And then... maybe a second wave. If we provoke him enough to chase us, one of us can lead him to the cupboard and lock him in. We need to get that Peter kid to help if we can. Hoo-... Airey seems obsessed with him."

Right, so now they just had t- KYROH NO!

Toby watched with WIDE EYES as the second year Ravenclaw jumped up and went straight on the offensive. WELL. That was one way of getting started.

But that Thornton kid was... protecting Hook? (And using MAGIC quite well, which was ENCOURAGING and something Toby would have pointed out, if not for the situation.) Toby... could sort of maybe understand the motivations there, but Hook... was out of control. They needed to gET HIM INTO THE BOO BOX.

"Charge or run, guys. He can't get all of us." Or... y'know, they could stay back and fire from here, in case theat wasn't true. "Here goes, I guess..." Their cover was sort of blown by now anyway.

Without further ado, Toby darted out from under the desk and headed for Kyroh and Hook. As he charged (and skidded a little in the mess that was the classroom floor) he pointed his wand at the large potato in his hand and turned it to a large dollop of mush, before launching it STRAIGHT at Hooksteed's face and stepping in front of Kyroh so he was between the two, looking much more confident about this spur-of-the-moment idea than he felt. Already he was getting an apple out his pocket, ready to turn it to mush to throw again. He was incredibly hesitant about using any other magic; this was STILL a teacher, after all. Deep down. Very... very deep down.

"Mutiny!" Would Airey run at him? Could Toby lead him to the cupboard? ... Probably no, he seemed to be pretty unpredictable, this Hook guy, but Toby would never have let Kyroh face him alone. Protector urges, y'know. "Down with Hook!"

Might want to start running soon, Ky. Please. We like our Ravenclaws alive.