Truncheon's off-site. I don't know where. He might actually be at Doughty Conduit, or possibly they're conducting the interrogations elsewhere, which isn't unheard of.
I can't be too obviously about lingering. And there's no telling when they'll bring him in.
Oh, Merlin, I'm sorry you saw that. I didn't think --
Sirius used polyjuice. That was Sirius taking me out.
Worked a treat.
If I'd seen you I'd have written sooner. Sirius got sick, and he'd been hexed -- and Terrie wanted explanations. But we're all right. Neither of us was captured.
I don't know what it's called exactly, it causes stinging and gets worse over time. He was able to shrug it off while we were getting away, but once we were safe -- and on top of him getting sick -- you can imagine.
I know how to reverse it, though, just not how it's cast. He'll be all right. I'm not taking him anywhere else tonight, though, not even back to 12GP.
Which I ought to have used on her, when I had the chance, Mordred curse me. I was turning, there were too many people in the way .... I had her down. I could have ended it if I'd been a bit quicker. But then Crouch was closing and - Ellie - I knew Remus was still inside. We only had moments to escape.
If I'd stayed, I'd have had to duel Crouch with 20 odd bystanders right there.
There were too many people, lots of them were our friends, several were in the way. Could you live with yourself if you'd tried to hit Bella with the killing curse and hit Jill Hibbering?
And you were not going to be able to duel Crouch. Not with that many Aurors. You'd have made yourself a gift to the lot of them.
Come back to 12GP. I need to leave in an hour or two, and I don't want Tonks alone in the house, or without someone who can side-along her once we disable the Floo.
Want you to know I've seen this. Do, please, tell us if you hear from Sirius. Or Remus.
The rest of the Hogwarts contingent are all in the library listening to one of the Headmaster's Sunday lecturers. I've just been and pulled Albus away to alert him. He's gone back in and has his eye out for any sign that it's necessary to evacuate.
We aren't panicking, but if it's necessary, we'll get the children out.
Starting to get crowds watching. The Aurors keep snapping at them to get back, but you know how people are. The girl behind the counter here at the takeaway looks like she's about to jump out of her skin, too.
Crowd's getting too thick, I can't see much. No sign of Sirius. Somebody inside the shop is screaming at people, although I can't tell who it is or what they're saying.
I don't dare stay much longer past when my takeaway's ready. The girl behind the counter keeps looking at me like she's trying to decide if she knows me.
Yeah, good plan. I don't like leaving Tonks without any way out, though -- I'll ask Draco and Hermione to come back so they can side-along her if she needs to evac. I have to be back at the Reserve by no later than 1:30 or I'll be in the shit, and it's not a good time to be in the shit.
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Date: 2014-10-27 12:33 am (UTC)It happened fast, Ellie was shouting at us to run, and Remus was pulling me over to the floo, and he didn't follow me
No-one else has come through
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Date: 2014-10-27 12:41 am (UTC)I see.
You're secure at the moment? Who else is at Grimmauld?
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Date: 2014-10-27 12:44 am (UTC)Tell me Bea is safe. Just go get her and check on her for me, would you?
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Date: 2014-10-27 12:45 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-10-27 12:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-27 03:41 am (UTC)The Floo's down, though, you'll have to apparate.
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Date: 2014-10-27 03:48 am (UTC)Private Message to Remus and Sirius and Ellie
Date: 2014-10-27 12:38 am (UTC)Please be okay.
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Date: 2014-10-27 12:39 am (UTC)There's --
There's a Dark Mark over the shop. And one of the Aurors has Remus.
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Date: 2014-10-27 12:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-27 12:46 am (UTC)I"m trying to look like I'm just waiting for a takeaway.
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Date: 2014-10-27 12:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-27 01:04 am (UTC)I'll be at Grimmauld as soon as my takeaway is ready. (Had to order something, I was getting funny looks.)
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Date: 2014-10-27 12:48 am (UTC)Oh, Charlie.
Right now the clock says we're all safe. Those of us in the family. I'll keep watch.
Private message to Charlie, Alice, and Tonks
Date: 2014-10-27 12:52 am (UTC)You do realise I won't be able to save him. At best, I'll -- well. No guarantees of anything, really.
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Date: 2014-10-27 12:59 am (UTC)Truncheon's off-site. I don't know where. He might actually be at Doughty Conduit, or possibly they're conducting the interrogations elsewhere, which isn't unheard of.
I can't be too obviously about lingering. And there's no telling when they'll bring him in.
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Date: 2014-10-27 01:33 am (UTC)Sirius used polyjuice. That was Sirius taking me out.
Worked a treat.
If I'd seen you I'd have written sooner. Sirius got sick, and he'd been hexed -- and Terrie wanted explanations. But we're all right. Neither of us was captured.
Bellatrix apparently doesn't want Sirius alive anyway.
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Date: 2014-10-27 01:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-27 01:43 am (UTC)Well, you tell Sirius from me that his Auror impersonation is damn convincing from a distance!
Tonks and I are here at Grimmauld. She's all right, a bit shaken up but hearing you were both all right helped.
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Date: 2014-10-27 01:50 am (UTC)It needed to be convincing, though. It was our only chance of getting out.
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Date: 2014-10-27 02:36 am (UTC)Private Message to Remus and Sirius
Date: 2014-10-27 02:48 am (UTC)What sort of hex? Have you been able to care for him? to reverse it?
Re: Private Message to Remus and Sirius
Date: 2014-10-27 03:06 am (UTC)I know how to reverse it, though, just not how it's cast. He'll be all right. I'm not taking him anywhere else tonight, though, not even back to 12GP.
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Date: 2014-10-27 03:13 am (UTC)It wasn't Bellatrix who cast the hex, then? Even so, do keep an eye out for any sign it was more than a common hex.
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Date: 2014-10-27 03:26 am (UTC)Which I ought to have used on her, when I had the chance, Mordred curse me. I was turning, there were too many people in the way .... I had her down. I could have ended it if I'd been a bit quicker. But then Crouch was closing and - Ellie - I knew Remus was still inside. We only had moments to escape.
If I'd stayed, I'd have had to duel Crouch with 20 odd bystanders right there.
Re: Private Message to Remus and Sirius
Date: 2014-10-27 04:43 am (UTC)And you were not going to be able to duel Crouch. Not with that many Aurors. You'd have made yourself a gift to the lot of them.
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Date: 2014-10-27 01:06 am (UTC)Should we Apparate back to 12G or stay put?
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Date: 2014-10-27 03:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-27 03:28 am (UTC)We'll gather our things and be off in a few.
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Date: 2014-10-27 01:07 am (UTC)The rest of the Hogwarts contingent are all in the library listening to one of the Headmaster's Sunday lecturers. I've just been and pulled Albus away to alert him. He's gone back in and has his eye out for any sign that it's necessary to evacuate.
We aren't panicking, but if it's necessary, we'll get the children out.
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Date: 2014-10-27 01:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-27 01:33 am (UTC)If we should need to run, we will get ourselves to safety. Don't attempt to come to us. That would add difficulty to the task.
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Date: 2014-10-27 01:10 am (UTC)Starting to get crowds watching. The Aurors keep snapping at them to get back, but you know how people are. The girl behind the counter here at the takeaway looks like she's about to jump out of her skin, too.
Crowd's getting too thick, I can't see much. No sign of Sirius. Somebody inside the shop is screaming at people, although I can't tell who it is or what they're saying.
I don't dare stay much longer past when my takeaway's ready. The girl behind the counter keeps looking at me like she's trying to decide if she knows me.
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Date: 2014-10-27 03:22 am (UTC)I'm glad you're all right.