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[alt_charlie]

Thank you to everyone who's sent birthday greetings, and to everyone here at the reserve who's gone out of their way to make today such a lovely day!

(And special thanks to Copacati, our Peruvian Vipertooth, who could've bit me today and restrained herself. Don't think she knew it was my birthday, but I appreciate it anyway.)

Now I'm going to go back to pretending I don't know about the birthday cake Emmett's been cooking up for me for dinner, and defending my Mum's shortbread against all comers. If any of you lot of ravenous beasts want some of it, you'll have to ask really nicely.

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Re: Order Only Private Message to Bill Weasley

[alt_charlie]

Yeah, good thought. I just want to do something, ugh.

Let me see if I can come up with an approach that isn't "I heard from the family gossip that your boss is a bigoted arse, how does that make you feel?" 'Cause yeah, once he gets sand in his knickers over something, there's no getting it out. And either way, tonight's probably not the best time to start the conversation, not when I'm sulky enough myself. (And it's not like I can start off with, hey, heard you're having relationship problems, so am I! Let's bond over that!)

The pawns are thinking of setting up a fortified encampment and armouring themselves in dragon-hide. Rd3.

Re: Order Only Private Message to Bill Weasley

[alt_bill]

Another tip: the topic of Lucius Malfoy can be a touchy one, too, by the way. Apparently Lucius Malfoy does not look kindly on his clerk chattering about his affairs to anyone else, so Percy is scrupulously careful about what he says about the man.

I had one other thought, and you may tell me I'm crazy, but what do you think?

You mentioned that the dragons were getting tetchier than usual, and you think it might have something to do with the wards?

Do you think...could whatever it is be affecting people, too?

a4.

Re: Order Only Private Message to Bill Weasley

[alt_charlie]

Yeah, if he's idolising Malfoy as much as you say, anything that even hints that the sun doesn't shine out Malfoy's arse would probably make Perce stop listening. I'll be careful not to even hint that Malfoy's anything other than Merlin returned.

...I wonder if I could convince him that I admire Malfoy (and Percy for working for Malfoy) if I try hard enough, or if I'd gag on the words as they came out of my mouth.

And. You know. I've been keeping an eye out for it, and thinking it's just the usual sort of thing where whenever the dragons are in a mood, we all seem to pick it up, too. But you're suggesting that whatever magic they're working with the dragons to keep the wards working isn't just making the dragons cranky, it's spilling over onto us directly? Not just us picking up on the dragon moods?

Merlin. Now my skin's crawling at the thought.

I'll watch and see if it gets better after the Solstice. ...And maybe I'll spend a few nights over at Laszlo's after I get off duty, instead of sticking around here. Just to make myself feel better.

Qg3.

Re: Order Only Private Message to Bill Weasley

[alt_bill]

Don't try praising Malfoy if you don't think you can make it convincing.

Although. He admires the man so much he'd probably swallow it. Ugh.

About the dragons, and the wards: I dunno, like I said, it's a crazy idea. I wonder if you might write to Dumbledore and run it past him. I remember, there was some report at an Order meeting that he'd come to see you--and then obliviated you afterwards--so apparently, he's been researching this. Maybe he'd have some ideas, or tests to suggest? It might be another clue that might help something fall into place for him?

Rd8.

Re: Order Only Private Message to Bill Weasley

[alt_charlie]

Yeah, that's a good idea. Though -- ugh, I'm still a bit creeped out by all that. I was saying to Tonks a little while back, I can definitely think of circumstances where I'd flat out ask him to obliviate me, if only so I couldn't give away secrets by accident, but it's more than a bit disturbing to know that there's someone walking around out there who remembers conversations with you that you don't remember. And not just once, but multiple times.

If you can't trust your own brain...

And I don't know. I think I could be convincing. If I was careful. And if Perce thought that at least one of us wasn't sneering at Malfoy behind his back, it might help a bit -- because he's not an idiot, and no matter how careful you lot are, he knows you too well, and it's harder for you to act like Malfoy isn't against everything we stand for. But he doesn't know me as well as he knows you, so that might work out a little better for us?

I don't know. I'm grasping at straws, here.

At least that message from Ginny left me a bit hopeful, yeah?

Here, have some more trebuchet-building. f5.