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[alt_nymphadora]

Frank, Alice. Didn't realise how sore I'd be today. Oi! Made cleaning bogs less merry than usual. But, seriously, thank you. I'm coming back as soon as I can manage it. May need to wait for the weekend, though. We've been busy in the garden, and Beth's been bringing people through our secret room as fast as we can turn the space around. That requires a bit of play-acting on the public side to cover up. Besides, Bea's a bit of a handful at the moment, and is in a phase where she gets very cross about being left.

Mind you, I came home from work this morning to find she's got a new favourite game: pulling the doggy's tail until he yowls.

Charlie. Sorry I missed seeing you. Shame to have come so close and not have overlapped. Such is the life of a menial worker, though. Those floors must be mopped or the business of the Protectorate couldn't be done!

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[alt_charlie]

Hullo from Bill's! And no worries -- we'll cross paths sooner or later. I had a lovely morning stowing boxes and hauling bags, and a lovely afternoon having the kids climbing me like a tree and demanding storytime.

I firecalled in and I've tomorrow off as well -- only need to be back by midnight -- but it's looking like the bulk of my day's spoken for. I'll stop by next time, and in the meantime we can write some banal non-locked messages to establish that we remember each other from school so that if anyone comes looking, it won't seem odd if I do.

If the soreness is too bad, meanwhile, see if you can turn up some of that mint-and-rosemary suspension in beeswax -- the brand we use up here is called "Dragon Wing", but I don't know if that's available down by you. Some days it's the only thing that gets me out of bed.

[alt_nymphadora]

Thanks for the suggestion. I think we may have something like that out in the shop.

Enjoy tomorrow.

I think getting totally away from work once in a while is a definite good thing. Being at Moddey, or going into the camps with Frank, or spending a weekend day with Bea and my blokes--those are the things that make going back to work not so terribly awful when Monday comes.

[alt_hermione]

It's a good thing Sirius isn't a real dog because a real dog might turn round and bite her, but then maybe if the dog bit her she wouldn't pull his tail, either.

I don't think those Irish Muggles thought they'd get bit, either. They actually thought they could trick someone like Auror Lestrange.

Has anyone else been listening to the wireless?

[alt_nymphadora]

We turned it on here for a bit after people came in talking about what had happened. But it's just the same report over and over, so we've shut it off again. We've got a few copies of the evening Prophet, too, but it says even less, really. Prints the surrender document, but it only says what you'd expect.

I think you're right. That IMA lot thought they could blow up a whole pack of death eaters. Council wizards. Whatever. Shame they weren't clever enough to get it done.

Has anyone heard anything beyond what the wireless and the Prophet have said? How did their planning fall apart?

[alt_alice]

The weekend will suit just fine. And goodness, Sirius is tolerant.

It was rather nice that you were able to sit in on our impromptu meeting yesterday. I'm just writing up about it tonight for everyone else to weigh in.

I'm wondering, Tonks love, whether there's a chance to talk to Beth more about whether she's able to communicate at all with the people she gets out of the camps once they're gone, or if they just vanish into the ether. Seeing as we've been thinking about building connections, I figured it'd be worth asking about even though she can be touchy about that sort of thing. I know Aleks does a marvellously good job keeping in touch with the people we get to France, and one never knows when one might need numbers on one's side.

[alt_nymphadora]

Well. Even Sirius has his limits, even if Sinbad is very patient. While I was watching them, he all of a sudden turned back into Sirius and then growled at her! Bea went very still--you know that look they get, with their eyes so big and their mouths open in surprise, just before they suck in a huge breath and begin to shriek?--she went dead still, and then began to laugh and laugh!

But on the serious side. I wish when we were talking it all over last night we'd known what was going to happen today in Ireland. Have you heard it? IMA tried to blow up Malfoy and Lestrange and Selwyn and some others during the surrender ceremony, only the Aurors knew already and killed the lot of them.

Expect Mac and Moody have words to say about that. And you, Kingsley, Frank and the rest, as well. I'd like to know how it went pearshaped.

I'll talk with Beth. I think we can have that sort of conversation now. As long as I don't push for more than she's willing to tell. I expect she'll want to stay in the middle between us and anyone she's in contact with.

[alt_sirius]

Yeah, that was not exactly the outcome I envisioned. Next time Sinbad might just give her a tiny nibble (don't worry, I won't hurt her really) just to reinforce that tugging is not acceptable.

I keep thinking there's a Grim Truth in all these events but then I can't think what there is to say besides 'Don't believe what you hear.'

The more I think about it the more action seems like the best example to set.

[alt_macnair]

You think I know how it went pearshaped?

How's that?

Can't believe that they hire out to have bogs cleaned when it's easy enough to spell a toilet to self-sanitise. Or is that the kind of job they keep on file especially for half-bloods? You're wasted on it, but glad to know we have your eyes roaming 'round the place.