Miles T. Bletchley (ng_miles) wrote in beyond_dark, @ 2008-01-23 19:31:00 |
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Entry tags: | * january 2006, - complete, - owl, miles bletchley, xiomara hooch |
OWL: To Hooch, from NPC (well, Miles, actually)
Date: January 2, 2006
Characters: Hooch, NPC Quintus Quiggins (Miles in disguise)
Location: to Hogwarts
Private/Public: Private
Rating: PG
Warnings: -
Summary: An old friend of Hooch's owls her to set up a meeting...
Miles had not forgotten his prisoner in the dungeon. It had been quite some time, and he was very grateful that the house elf was keeping him fed and watered.
He'd gone over his plan a number of times, and it still seemed like the best way to get to Hooch. Get to Hooch, and he'd get to her broom. He had spent the day before questioning his prisoner, finding out all he could about her, considering Quiggins was the foremost expert on her life, and that he went to school with her. He was close to her - close enough to actually get 'in' and possibly on her good side in a way Miles could not.
He was tired after giving the man Veritaserum, and casting Imperius to make him talk. It was dirty and tiring work. But now he knew what to do. He had no other choice.
Licking his lips, he reread the owl he'd forced his prisoner to write. As he attached it to the owl's leg, he took a deep breath. There was only one way to find out if his plan was going to work, and if this Quintus Quiggins really did know Hooch as well as he claimed.
Xiomara dear,
Long time, no hear. How are you? Yes, I know I should have written to you sooner, but word came to me that you were back in Hogwarts. What a surprise, I find myself back on this side of the channel, just for a change of scenery.
I've been keeping out of mischief on the continent, and I figured if I want to know what's truly going on over here, I should go right to the woman who keeps her finger on the pulse.
Any chance you want to have a drink and catch up? I'm here, in Hogsmeade, all weekend. Any chance we can meet up?
Yours,
Quintus Quiggins.