RP: Moody and Nicky Who: Alastor Moody and Nicolette Macmillan Where: Ministry of Magic When: Tuesday, 18 May, 2025, afternoon Rating/Warnings: Summary: Alastor delivers the news about Marlene.
Alastor was taking some time in the afternoon to leave Marlene's bedside long enough to go into the office for the purpose of dealing with the few details of being Unit Head Vance, as his second in command, couldn't deal with herself and gather what reports needed his attention. The reports, of course could be taken with him back to the farmhouse. Alastor could read reports while Marlene slept to keep himself from going crazy with the waiting and watching as her condition grew worse. She was pale and tired and bleeding and there wasn't an enemy Alastor could hex or kill to protect her.
It did wonders for his disposition. He'd nearly snapped Lupin's head off for asking after her condition as he passed the werewolf in the house when Lupin was just about to return to the school after a training session with Dumbledore the evening before -- and he LIKED Lupin! His men were tiptoeing around him now and it was enough to irritate Alastor further.
Just as well he wasn't staying in the office more than an hour or two at most. He had his watch if something came up and he doubted anyone in the Division wanted to deal with him. He'd put in enough hours driving himself into exhaustion and then used his medical leave, he could take time to be with Marlene now.
But, before he could return to his self-appointed Guard Dragon duty, he had a message to deliver.
He wasn't in the mood to deal with Marlene's Rosamund. Starting a pissing contest with him this time around would result in the battering ram side of his temper. But, he'd told Marlene he'd let the woman know. So, he sent a quick interoffice memo to Macmillan asking her -- almost politely -- to come up to his desk as soon as possible and growled at a passing trainee who walked too slowly.