alt_hermione: Hermione knows something you don't (Swot)
Our first group of Sleeper potion is ready for the field. Mr Davidson, we'll want plenty of people handy to help them assimilate and adjust when they wake up. Have your team made any headway in figuring out who they all are at the first site?

Mrs Longbottom, we've also prepared some restoratives and nutritional preparations to give them as they regain consciousness. Even with the stable stasis, they'll need to kickstart their metabolisms. If we can arrange for family members to be there, that would probably be helpful, too, but I don't want to wait to identify them before we start waking them up. It's going to be a long process.

What I'd like is for our Potioneer assistants, along with the Healers assigned to the project, and any Muggles who are going to help, to assemble in the first designated site. It was outside of Stirling, wasn't it? If everything goes according to plan, we can branch out, but we'll still want Healers in case of complications. And probably some soldiers in case something really goes wrong.

We've built up a considerable amount of potion stores and I estimate that if we maintain production at this rate, we'll be able to wake a further 200 sleepers every week while still putting up an additional 100 doses to increase stock. That way when the supply lines are straightened out and we're ready to really to revive the rest, we'll have enough.

Will Friday be enough time to put together the team? We'll need the the Stirling Secret Keeper to write down the secret so everyone can get there.
alt_hermione: (Unhappy)
Mr Lupin, I saw what you wrote to Mrs Longbottom.

This is one of those times where we're supposed to be happy for people but it's not really all that simple, is it?

I mean, if it makes Terry happy then that's a good thing, I guess. And if it makes the Longbottoms happy then there's no harm in it, surely.

So why do I feel...not happy? I don't know what else to call it. I'm not cross; I'm not upset by it (though...is Sirius a little upset? He seemed a bit, I dunno, false when we were talking about it over breakfast--like he's trying to convince himself that he's happy for them?); anyway, I'm not upset; I'm not jealous or anything like that. (But I wonder if any of the other Moddey children are? I wouldn't be surprised, and I wouldn't blame them if they were.)

I suppose I'm a little puzzled, and a bit...I don't know. I think it's clear that Terry's trying to find a sense of belonging. I mean, that's why he left Moddey for Sherwood, and that's why he's joined the Zulu companies. That's probably why he's doing this, too. And I'm glad that the Longbottoms are so willing to call him one of their own, but I have a feeling that this isn't going to fulfill him any better than anything else.

And I guess that makes me feel really sorry for him. And hate that Carrow did that to him, but that doesn't help, Carrow's dead and the damage was done long before he died, anyway. I guess I just wish Terry didn't need so badly. It makes me wonder if he'll ever really, really be happy, because he keeps looking for his happiness outside of himself.
alt_hermione: Hermione knows what she's doing (Default)
I talked to him.

He's not going to quit but he's really cross with Sally-Anne and Ron and Pansy. And from what I can see, he's got every right to be.

He's calmer now but it's unfortunate we're back to school tomorrow because I'd like him to talk to you when he's not feeling so strained but that's not going to happen while we're at Hogwarts.

He--it's been hard for him this holiday. Harder than usual. And I didn't help matters but we're all right now, I think.

Anyway. At least he's seen that it's better to stay than go it alone.
alt_hermione: Hermione gets bad news (bothered)
Mrs Longbottom asked me and Pansy to talk to the house-elves and find out what sort of magical compact binds them, in case we ever need them to work against a future Headmistress or Headmaster.

I tried to tell her that it just doesn't work like that. Isn't she pureblood? How is it possible she doesn't know that house-elves don't have written compacts? Or is it more that because she's a pureblood she's never even given a thought to what binds house-elves to their masters?

I mean, look at that miserable elf of Sirius's--he'd like nothing better than to stab Sirius in the heart and run to your mother, Draco--but he can't.

Now Pansy and I have to sweet-talk the elves to try to find out what the limits of their obedience are and it's a colossal waste of time.
alt_hermione: Hermione approves (Happy)
Mr and Mrs Longbottom,

You should both come tomorrow but don't go to the Shack. There's a cave in the hills just outside the village. Sirius has used it sometimes when he's come to visit Harry. It's a bigger area but it's still secluded and really, it would have been next to impossible to get everyone through the tunnel to the Shack or have them Apparate into the Shack from somewhere in the village.

Mrs Longbottom, nearly everyone's decided that they do want to join up, although Luna has some questions and Draco's dead-set against joining, which isn't surprising at all, but don't worry it doesn't mean he wants to be a Death Eater any more than he wants to join the Order, even if he will go on about magic tattoos and how nift they are.

Terry, are you going to come too?
alt_hermione: Hermione knows what she's doing (Pleased)
Mr Longbottom's coming to the Shrieking Shack on Saturday so that we can practise Apparating during the Hogsmeade weekend. I guess the tricky part is going to be going down the tunnel without anyone noticing but maybe if we wait until almost everyone's gone who's going (and I think even some of the NEWT-level students might go, since it's the first weekend in the village without Madam Umbridge searching everyone's sacks when they come back), we should be able to get into the Whomping Willow without too much trouble.

But the other thing is that Mrs Longbottom wanted me to tell everyone that if you're interested in being sworn in to the Order, well, she'd be willing to come and do that, too. And if you want, she'll come and answer questions before you make a decision.

I'm telling her to come because I'm pretty sure that at least a few of you want to be sworn in right away. But I wanted to let you all know, too, so you can think about it ahead of time, or any other questions you might want to ask her when she's there.

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