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Harry Potter ([info]ab_harry) wrote in [info]hogwarts_dawn,
@ 2021-05-21 09:42:00

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Entry tags:character: harry potter, character: james s. potter, character: kirley duke, character: lily evans potter, character: lily luna potter, character: padma patil, character: savannah monroe, character: scorpius malfoy, character: theodore nott

RP: Meeting
Who: Everyone
When: 9:00 AM, 21st May
Where: Great Hall
What: Harry brings everyone up to date

Harry was getting this explanation down to an art form, but while talking to his friends, it was mostly about giving the evidence, his guesses and letting them spot any problems, it was different when talking to so many people, when he had to convince them that he was right, but he supposed that this was what he did.

"Morning, I wanted to bring you all here to discuss something important, something that will keep away from the journals when possible. As you know, we've uncovered the first clue. While it doesn't tell us where the vault is, the clue and more importantly the way we got to the clue made me think." He stopped pacing and stood in front of the professors' table, looking down at their little group. "The clues were part of my life, part of Ron and Hermione's lives. The twins' store, the chess game to read the Sorcerer's Stone. There's so much that it's directed at us, that it got me thinking."

He jumped so he could sit on the table. "When we got here, we read that they were doing experiments to help with pregnancies. We all took it for good, because none of us knew better, but the younger generations have told us that there were plenty of spells already available, including an experimental spell to create a child without a mother, all done with magic. There were already spells that did what allegedly the Ministry did, so why would the Ministry, why would Hermione, the most logical person I know, approve something so stupid? Why would Padma, a person who is known for her ability to keep her calm, throw a fit and quit instead of staying and sabotaging things from the inside? It makes no sense. Why would I agree to force people to have children? None of this makes sense.

"Parvati had a vision that foretold the end of our civilization. It was supposed to be something that only Ministers knew, but Ministers change and their advisers know and eventually people find out, so here's what I'm thinking. People knew about the end so they wanted more children. Purebloods blaiming the influence of the Muggle world. Half-bloods and Muggleborns claiming that we needed to open more," he said. "But what if behind the scenes they were working together, pushing their own agenda, trying to create spells to force pregnancies, create clones, we don't know this part."

He jumped off the table. "I think we found out. Hermione wouldn't have kept me and Ron in the dark about the prophecy when things were going to hell, and we would have needed the D.A. I believe that the rumours, the 'experiments', they were a combination of us trying to save our people. We must have been working on a way to get people back either through time or death magic, and that was nothing we could have done within the Ministry, so off Padma went and she started researching, while we prepared things for after, for when people came back. I also think that we might have leaked enough conflicting information that countries and magical beings didn't come here to check."

Parvati spoke up. "That might explain why Firenze hasn't answered me yet. They wouldn't be happy if they suspected that we were messing with time and death."

"I wouldn't be happy either, but if we had no choice-" He shrugged. "I don't think the castle did it. I think we did it, but maybe people died before it could be perfected. I could keep things together, create clues, prepare a vault, but I wouldn't have been able to deal with the magic. I might have cast whatever spell I had when there was no more time left. Or we might have had a good spell, but it mixed with all the magic at Hogwarts. We don't know, but we need to find out more. This won't be easy, but from now on, most of our resources will be devoted to researching this. We will find what happened and we'll make sure that it doesn't happen again. Padma will coordinate the research arm of this. As of now, all of your other jobs are secondary to what she needs. This time, I don't need Hermione and Ron. I don't need the D.A.. I need everyone. Every single one of you has something to contribute, whether you know it or not."

He smiled. "And since we're about to throw ourselves into this and probably working more than the regular work day, I'm making official a proposal from Jamie and everyone will have twenty days off to take as you like. You also have ten sick days. Finally if you want to switch day from the weekday to the weekend and it's approved by whoever is your Head, then it's fine too." And if people worked 24/7, 7 days a week he wouldn't say anything, because that was his default. "While we're all here, let's take the time to talk to each other and start organizing time. You can talk to me privately as well if you need to."



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Savannah/Jamie
[info]savannah_monroe
2021-05-21 06:10 pm UTC (link)
Savannah knew that people would have lots to talk about. She didn't think she had much to contribute, no matter what Mr. Potter had said. No one had listened to her when she'd mentioned how stupid those experiments were and why, and if they didn't care about that, she wasn't sure that there was anything else that she could add in the field, but there was one she could impact.

Grabbing Jamie's arm, she walked away from where the others were. "Did you see that? Now, that is why we need his birthday as a holiday. He talks and people listen. He talks and says how much he doesn't know and he still makes you feel like he's in control of the situation. He talks and no one talks about rules and regulation, they just do what he says."

She sighed. "We need this, but I agree that we can't have him paraded around like some animal at the zoo. People used to celebrate his birthday without him around, so why not do that? No speeches, no plans, nothing but a day off for everyone and yes, maybe even the occasional party, except that now when people dress up as him, it's probably his father and his son who look like him and not random people who've never met him."

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Re: Savannah/Jamie
[info]curseseeker
2021-05-21 06:47 pm UTC (link)
Jamie looked pointedly at her, then down at his arm where she'd grabbed it, then back at her and raised an eyebrow.

Sighing, he shook his head. "After I just got him to accept that we didn't have to give everyone the day off because it was Lilu's birthday," he muttered. "Savannah, if you make his birthday a holiday, even if you don't parade him around, you make a day that should be about him more about what everyone expects from him. That's all he'll see. His birthday should be about him and the fact he people who care about him are glad he's there, not about how much the rest of the world needs him to do the things they can't or won't."

He put his hands in his back pockets. "What if we picked a different day? What he stands for has manifested in any number of actions that could still symbolize hope and hold him up as a leader, without taking one of the few private things he has away from him. The day the D.A. was founded, maybe. That, more than anything symbolizes his work as a leader, bringing together people who would do the work, just like he talked about today. And it would appeal to him, as well, because despite everything, he's always been the first to say he didn't do any of this alone. And he didn't. He found a way to defeat Tom Riddle. But, it was the D.A. that was here, in this castle, fighting to protect their generation from the death eaters who'd taken over."

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Re: Savannah/Jamie
[info]savannah_monroe
2021-05-21 07:22 pm UTC (link)
"Why should we have the day off for Lilu's birthday?" Savannah asked, very confused at the sudden change.

"It is a day about him. It's a day where everyone celebrates him in their own way. His birthday is about how much everyone wants to celebrate him, and that's why I'm saying no parties, no ceremonies, none of that," Savannah said, "Just like it was long ago."

She shook her head. "Every country, Muggle and wizarding, has a special day for someone important in their history. Who's going to remember when the DA was formed? Do you think they remember when it was formed? I'm not diminishing what they did, but he's the one who saved everyone. It needs to be about him, because it's not just about us now, but people in a hundred years, Muggleborns who don't know, and it needs to have some connection with our lives before. Everyone keeps going on about tradition, but his birthday goes back forty something years for us, fifty now. You see him and see your father. I see him and see a symbol, and people need symbols."

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Re: Savannah/Jamie
[info]curseseeker
2021-05-21 09:38 pm UTC (link)
"Never mind. It was a far more confusing conversation between us that doesn't really have anything to do with this discussion."

Sighing, Jamie took a beat to figure out how to say what he needed to say. "Why are they celebrating, Savannah? These twenty five people who make up the entirety of our society, whose descendants will be the ones to make up any future society we have, why would they celebrate him? The future society is going to be taught by his family, by the people his family calls friends, and by people who don't idolize him."

He shook his head. "Dad isn't the one who saved everyone. He took down Riddle, yes. But, that alone did not save everyone. The people in this room saved everyone. Padma and Parvati were here, in the castle, protecting those students who couldn't protect themselves, fighting back with Luna and Neville and Mum. My aunt and uncle were right there every step of the way with Dad. My grandparents, Sirius, Remus, Dumbledore, Marlene, even Peter all sacrificed their lives for this. There's a reason Dad reads all the names of every person who died, who gave up their life in this very castle so that you and I could debate why we need a holiday. And those same people are going to celebrate his birthday because it's his birthday, not because he saved the world. They are going to teach their children and grandchild, who will be the society of the future, why they choose to do the right thing and why they love not just Dad, but their friends and family. The people like Malfoy and Nott and Regulus will teach the history and might enjoy a day off, but they won't be celebrating Dad."

One shoulder raised in a shrug. "If you want to honour my dad, honour what he stood for, the message he would want to leave the world. And let him have one day of peace. Because if there's no celebrations, then making a holiday out of his birthday is really more about what people want from him than what he wants and deserves."

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Re: Savannah/Jamie
[info]savannah_monroe
2021-05-21 09:54 pm UTC (link)
"Because it's not just them. It's the memory of who we were as a society, because we're about to bring in students, Muggleborns who don't know who he is and should, because he will always be a symbol of bravery and the best of what society can be," she said.

She threw her arms up in the air. "And Dumbledore didn't save Europe, but he's still celebrated for stopping Grindelwald even though hundreds of people died for it. There is always one hero. Dumbledore was Europe's hero. Harry Potter is ours. We have a day to remember all that died; it's the Second of May. That day is about death and sacrifice. It's the opposite of what your father's birthday is, and I honestly don't care about Malfoy or Nott or Regulus. I care that we put it down so that from now on, all the new people coming in will celebrate the spirit of who he is."

She ran her fingers through her hair; this was like banging her head against the wall. "I want our society to keep something of who we were. Yes, it's incredibly selfish of me, but I'd like some of my world to stay the same while everything is changing and this is the thing I feel is important. I've gone along with a lot of things, because I didn't care enough, but this? This is important because it's part of who we were, but it will also be important a hundred years from now and five hundred years from now, and you would see this if you weren't trying to protect your father the way you do with your brother and sister."

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Re: Savannah/Jamie - [info]curseseeker, 2021-05-21 10:49 pm UTC
Re: Savannah/Jamie - [info]savannah_monroe, 2021-05-21 11:55 pm UTC
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Re: Savannah/Jamie - [info]savannah_monroe, 2021-05-22 03:39 am UTC
Lily | Open
[info]lovingsacrifice
2021-05-21 09:31 pm UTC (link)
Having sat through the meeting with her mouth agape at everything she was hearing, Lily was trying to get her thoughts in order so she could phrase the questions she had in a way that people would understand. Or, at least that Harry would. While she certainly didn't want to reveal to everyone assembled that she had James had discussed the possibility of trying for more children, Lily didn't see anything wrong with bringing up her concerns about whether or not they might be able to actually do such a thing with her son. It might be a semi-awkward conversation, but she felt it was important enough to bring it up at some point.

Still, they could have that talk when both James and Harry were ready for it. In the meantime, she was content to see what other people might ask before wading into all that herself. Though, she hoped an explanation regarding what Padma might need from them would be forthcoming.

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Re: Lily | Open
[info]ab_harry
2021-05-21 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Harry knew that Padma would take over organizing everyone else Hermione would do the research and she'd tell him and Ron what to do. It was the perfect set up, much like the DA worked, except it was Padma instead of Neville, at least in their last year.

Hoping that there wouldn't be any questions about procedures, he walked around. He saw Jamie and Savannah and maybe he should ask about their relationship now, but maybe he'd wait. He was thinking about it when he saw his Mum not too far away.

"Hey, Mum, you okay?" She seemed... shocked, maybe? She hadn't grown up like us and possibly still expected sanity. "I'm sure we'll figure things out. We always do."

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Lily | Harry
[info]lovingsacrifice
2021-05-21 10:27 pm UTC (link)
Lily trusted that Harry had put the people who he felt were best in charge of everything that needed to be done. He seemed quite good at the delegating part of being in charge of things, which made sense, considering how much he clearly disliked having everyone look to him for guidance.

Staring down at her hands in an effort to stop the racing of her mind, she didn't notice Harry walking over. Not until he spoke, jolting out of her reverie. She smiled softly up at him and nodded her head in answer to his question.

"I'm fine, dear." He was so sweet to ask, and he genuinely sounded concerned. Which made her feel awkward in light of how she was only thinking about herself, when he had to consider everyone. "I'm just wondering what this means for people who might... want... a baby."

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Re: Lily | Harry
[info]ab_harry
2021-05-21 10:46 pm UTC (link)
Harry frowned for a moment and then grinned. "Are you-" He lowered his voice. "Are you pregnant? Trying? Because it's awesome if you are. I'm sure you would have been a great mum and so would Dad... well, he'd have been a great dad not a great mum, but anyone would be lucky to have you as parents."

He grinned. "Why are you so worried? Whatever those crazy people did, it's gone. We're fine. You can have as many babies as you want, although I would recommend less than seven. Molly had seven and I think she wanted to hex them at times." He was joking, of course, but he could imagine that it could get overwhelming.

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Lily | Harry - [info]lovingsacrifice, 2021-05-22 02:39 am UTC
Re: Lily | Harry - [info]ab_harry, 2021-05-22 02:52 am UTC
Lily | Harry - [info]lovingsacrifice, 2021-05-23 07:46 pm UTC
Re: Lily | Harry - [info]ab_harry, 2021-05-23 08:20 pm UTC
Lily | Harry - [info]lovingsacrifice, 2021-05-24 07:48 pm UTC
Re: Lily | Harry - [info]ab_harry, 2021-05-24 08:30 pm UTC
Padma and Lilu
[info]lotusraven
2021-05-21 09:55 pm UTC (link)
Padma had a list and she was making her way down it as she moved around the room. People to talk to, research to organize. She did have to give Harry credit. He knew how to talk to people when he needed them to galvanize. It was almost amusing how much better he was at speaking at times like this than he ever was when in front of the press. But, they could be amused -- again -- at how the world outside the D.A. looked at him when they'd taken care of this latest crisis.

She'd just left Remus and Regulus, after talking to them about analysing the back issues of the paper for any hint of what the real story might have been, when she spotted Harry's daughter not far away. That was a strange thought in and of itself as it was. When she had Parvati had arrived, Ginny was still pregnant with the baby that now turned out to be Jamie.

"Hello!" she greeted the younger woman brightly. "I haven't had a chance to ask yet, do you prefer Lilu? Or is that a family name and you normally go by Lily or Lily Luna?" Jamie had told her, when they woke up from being Ron and Hermione, that the three Potter children had grown up with the members of the D.A. around, their social circle essentially being family and the D.A. It was strange to think this young woman, several years younger than Padma herself, had known Padma as a woman in her forties. "I wanted to talk to you about helping with a particular aspect of the research, if you've got a moment?"

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Re: Padma and Lilu
[info]lilu__potter
2021-05-21 11:40 pm UTC (link)
Lilu was still trying to process all of the information, but as her father outlined it all it made a certain amount of sense. And she'd never known her father's hunches, when they really were hunches and not paranoid thoughts, to be wrong. This was the first real direction they'd had, she could tell that it bolstered a lot of the people here to think they might be able to really work towards answers. It was what they'd needed, she thought.

She looked up as Padma came over, and grinned. "Lilu is perfect. Everyone calls me that," she said, turning towards the other woman. She looked more animated than she'd ever seen her, even the older Padma. "And of course. I want to help however I can. What did you have in mind?" She wasn't quite sure what to expect, but as always when faced with a new situation, she was excited to find out.

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Re: Padma and Lilu
[info]lotusraven
2021-05-22 01:04 am UTC (link)
"Lilu it is, then." Taking a seat on the bench next to the redhead, Padma laid the non-magical journal she used for research in her lap, palms laid protectively over it by instinct.

"What I need is context," she explained. "As long as we were operating under the belief this was just the castle's magic and we all died off because of a fertility experiment gone wrong, the research into how the castle does what it does was relatively straightforward. We were just dealing with figuring out how the castle's magic works. But, in light of what Harry and Jamie have found, we're looking at a range of possible layers that need to be sorted and we're in the dark on what some of those layers were, as you heard. We've asked Remus and Regulus to start going through the newspaper issues that were collected when they first arrived to see if they can find any hints as to the socio-political situation, anything that could give us leads as to the who might have been involved in what. But, you, as well as your brothers, Roxanne, Savannah, and Scorpius were all living through it. You would know things that aren't in the papers or see nuances we don't because we weren't there."

She smiled. "I'd like to have you either come in and talk to my team or write down whatever you can think of that's happened in the last two years. Anything that stands out as odd, anything you know about the events Harry described, the experiments, Hermione's actions as minister, things you might have overheard said at family gatherings, rumours about 'the opposition' as Jamie named them. Anything you can think of."

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Re: Padma and Lilu
[info]lilu__potter
2021-05-23 02:06 am UTC (link)
She was a little disappointed that what Padma wanted wasn't more exciting than a history lesson, but she did understand the reason for it. Figuring out context was going to be vital in understanding what had happened, solving the clues, that sort of stuff. And Lilu was good with details, so even though it was a little boring she'd do what she could.

"How about I write up everything I can think of, and then come in and talk to someone. They can read through the notes, and then if there's anything they need more information on or want to be expanded, we can talk about it. Honestly, I was out of the country a lot until I came here, but I remember bits and pieces of what was going on. And there's probably some information from abroad that might be helpful."

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Re: Padma and Lilu - [info]lotusraven, 2021-06-04 10:23 pm UTC
Scorpius/Kirley
[info]hd_scorpius
2021-05-21 10:04 pm UTC (link)
Scorpius didn't think his special talents would be needed, but he still had things that he could do. They weren't as important, but he felt that between the spa (and he still needed to work out some of the kinks in the spell in the hot tub, but if he could manage, he'd have it done by end of the week) and the clothing line, he'd be fine.

There was another person who didn't seem to care much about the new revelations. "Hey Kirley, how are you?" he said, as he moved closer. "It's like they get off on the plotting and scheming, isn't it?" He probably shouldn't sound so negative, scheming was a Slytherin trait after all, but this was just tiring and he really didn't care what had happened. He was more interested in making sure that nothing bad happened now.

"How's your music? Are you and Myron writing?" He couldn't wait to hear new music, even if there was ten years of foreign music that he had never heard.

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Re: Scorpius/Kirley
[info]kirley__duke
2021-05-21 11:49 pm UTC (link)
He and Myron had been up well into the night working on another song, this one a remake of one of their very earliest ones. It had been popular enough, but never considered one of their top hits. Now, though, he thought they had something special now. It wasn't the same without the rest of the band, but they weren't the same wet behind the ears kids they'd been when they'd first started out and they were finding a good groove.

However, they'd always worked best at night, so being told that there was a mandatory 9 am meeting had not gone over well with him. He'd thought he was done with all the Ministry bullshit, having happily handed the treasury off to Lucius to scheme over. He mostly stopped listening after a few minutes, though he supposed it was important information. There wasn't much he could offer in the way of support, though, so he mostly spent the time watching people and trying not to fall asleep on Myron's shoulder.

His mate was rather tense, and Kirley made a note to sign up for some time away from the school. They could explore London, find all the interesting places, and maybe get high. It couldn't be any harder to find the good stuff in 2038 than it had been in 2008.

Still thinking about London, it took a minute for him to realize that Potter was done, and Scorpius was talking to him. He pushed off Myron's shoulder and turned towards the young man. "Tired. It's my bedtime," he explained, then laughed a bit at the comment. "I don't think they know any better way to get off. It's sad." Kirley was absolutely sincere in that sentiment.

"It's good. Really good. We've almost got what Savannah wants done, and we're working on a new piece as well. That's not close to being done though. Needs fine-tuning." It was a transition to work as a duo rather than as part of a large group, but they were getting there. "How's the spa coming. Do you need anything?"

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Re: Scorpius/Kirley
[info]hd_scorpius
2021-05-22 12:22 am UTC (link)
Scorpius laughed "I'd like to say that I don't see how it could be, but I lived that life too. I miss it. Most shows were at night, then you had dinner, before the parties. This being up in the morning is still very strange." He grinned. "The upside of that is that I don't have memories of my Dad and Mr. Potter getting off together. It is a very good upside. And I probably shouldn't have said that. Pretend you didn't hear it."

He chuckled. "I think you need more sleep than you think if you're calling your boss by your daughter's name. Then again Savannah is sort of bossy so I can see the slip of the tongue." He sighed. "We're ready to open except for the spell in the hot tub. I think I'm going to ask Theo or Peter to help me so we can have it open by Monday. I really want it open."

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Re: Scorpius/Kirley
[info]kirley__duke
2021-05-22 12:46 am UTC (link)
"That would mean they do know how to get off, so I say good for them. Bad for your brain though," Kirley said, grinning back. Kirley had never had any hangups over sex, but even he'd admit that the idea of seeing your parents fucking would cross a line. He wondered if Savannah would agree. He was sure she'd seen some things growing up. Possibly he should apologize for that. "Hear what? I heard nothing."

Kirley realized what he'd said, and shrugged. "One of them is always bossing me around, so it's basically the same thing," he said, unconcerned over the mixup. "That'd be brilliant. I'd offer to help, but to be honest, I plan to go out this weekend with Myron and I doubt we'll be functional for any sort of spellwork. Music, sure, anything beyond that? Probably not."

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Re: Scorpius/Kirley - [info]hd_scorpius, 2021-05-22 01:10 am UTC
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Padma and Theo
[info]lotusraven
2021-05-22 03:07 am UTC (link)
Padma had never been one of the more...colourful...members of her house. Many of her housemates had taken great pleasure in turning the stereotypical image of the Ravenclaw bookworm on it's ear. But, she had shared the near obsession that could arise when there was something that needed answering. The Ravenclaw common room during revisions had never been a place for the feint of heart of thin-skinned.

It was that single-minded focus she was bringing to the work ahead of them now.

Moving through the Hall, she spotted Theo off to one side and adjusted her trajectory to bring her path to him. "Good morning, Theo. We wanted to research everything. I guess we got our wish?" she asked with a teasing laugh. "I've got some thoughts I wanted to share and a proposition, if you have a few minutes to spare? I know your ogre of a Department Head is probably waiting to drop a ton of work into your lap, after all."

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Re: Padma and Theo
[info]forgetme_nott
2021-05-22 03:26 am UTC (link)
Theo had been lingering off to the side just watching people mingle here and there about whatever points of interest they had in the speech. He knew he had a few things to think over, and would when he had time to focus. Overall he was pleased, it was what he had wanted. Not exactly what he wanted but so close it was passable. The plan was a good one, the speech did what it was clearly intended to do, and onward they would go doing what he was going to do anyway, but now with less restrictions and more focus.

Although he did have a lot of questions and odd thoughts all tangled up in one mass. He just needed time to muse on it all and declutter his thoughts.

"Good morning, Padma," he said in turn as he saw her draw closer. He was anticipating her talk, although the specifics he could only guess at. He smiled with contentment and a slight shrug. "Some weeks are luckier than others," he said wryly.

He gave a small chuckle and a nod. "Sure. I think I got a few minutes I can spare for you. What proposition?"

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Re: Padma and Theo
[info]lotusraven
2021-05-22 03:56 am UTC (link)
"So accommodating." She chuckled as well before growing more serious within the very next breath. "If anyone else here can understand the complexity of what we're looking into, I think it's you. The layers of possible magic that could have all converged to create this situation mean we've got more potential paths of study than we do resources to get us there. We have some of the best minds in recent history at our disposal and I want to start consulting with...well, nearly everyone since most people here either have a background in some sort of esoteric magic or they witnessed the times in which this magic was created and may have knowledge of context clues their unaware of."

Tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear, she sighed. "Throw in adding Draco and Hermione to our core team, and organizing everything, it's going to be a lot of work and I'm going to need help keeping everything going. I would like to ask you to take on the role of Deputy Head. If I'm busy with one branch of the work, I want people to be able come to you if something else comes up that needs our attention. Think you're up to it?"

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Re: Padma and Theo
[info]forgetme_nott
2021-05-22 02:02 pm UTC (link)
Consulting with him on the matters at play he had expected but a promotion of sorts on the other hand had caught him a little off guard. He smiled genuinely at Padma, who he regarded with a respect he rarely afforded to others. He was in fact very flattered and it showed.

"I believe our work together will be of a great benefit to everyone. It's very rare to have someone who understands things in the same context that I do. We have the potential here with the people present to accomplish great feats," he said in understanding. Bringing in others was necessary to seeing the complete picture and he didn't at all mind in helping to facilitate the process, even if dealing with more people meant he'd have to work a little harder personally. It would be worth it. It could be fun too, in some ways.

Extending his hand to shake her own he nodded. "I'm up to the task."

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Padma and Harry
[info]lotusraven
2021-05-22 03:08 am UTC (link)
Leaving Theo, Padma headed straight for Harry. He was one person she needed to talk to sooner rather than later and who knew when she'd be able to nail him down once he and Jamie took off for another day hunting for clues. She was sure if anyone else other than Jamie or Parvati had known what Harry and his best friends had done to her, they'd be confused as to her willingness to work with them now. But, this was bigger than that.

"Harry," she greeted him briskly, coming up alongside as he stepped out of another conversation. "Would you mind stepping out to the antechamber with me a moment? There's something I've been thinking about and want you to consider. But, I don't think this particular detail need to be shared in the open just yet, not until I can be sure whether or not it's involved or not."

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Re: Padma and Harry
[info]ab_harry
2021-05-22 03:19 am UTC (link)
"Padma," He answered with a grin, before starting to walk, before she even explained the reasoning. Harry understood the need for privacy, but also he didn't think she'd ask without a reason, even if she didn't share it.

"At this point, we might as well discuss just about anything, because who knows what's involved and not involved. Nothing we learned until now has made sense, so let's turn things on their heads and figure it out," he said as they walked. When they got ouside, he still cast a privacy spell around them. "What is it?"

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Re: Padma and Harry
[info]lotusraven
2021-05-22 03:40 am UTC (link)
"And, normally, I'd agree with you," she acknowledged, unsurprised when he beat her to casting the privacy spell. "But, in this case, I think it's better to keep it amoung those a little more level headed...which means I'm only sharing with you because it's something you already know about," she teased with a smile.

"I know you have more knowledge than the average layman about the the Department of Mysteries and what's inside it...or what was. So, I'll be frank. Something's been bothering me ever since I arrived. The veil. Death magic is my speciality and that is the room I work in. Ministry legend says the Ministry was built on that location because that was where the veil was there and couldn't be moved. Whether that's true or not, I don't know. But, I do know moving it would not have been an easy proposition and would have taken a lot of power."

She bit her lip because even she didn't like the direction her thoughts had taken her. "At first I thought about it because it couldn't have been moved to just anywhere. So, if we could find a way to track it, work in parallel with your hunt for clues, maybe we could also find this vault. But, last night after you told us this new theory, I had another thought. If we were that desperate, would we have tried to use it in our scheme to bring everyone back?"

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Re: Padma and Harry
[info]ab_harry
2021-05-22 03:55 am UTC (link)
Harry listened to everything she had to say and he had to admit that he hadn't even thought about the veil. He was glad for the privacy spell, but had to smile at the gentle tease. "Good thing that we know that we would have never used it if it was me, because I would have said no regardless." But if they had talked him into using it, showing him the logic, he would have considered it.

"Alright, let's start from the beginning. You're right that it's been there for a long time. Some people said that the Ministry was built there because it was easier than finding a way to move it. I could never find confirmation either way." He sighed. "I might have been tracking leads about the veil to see if I could bring Sirius back, so- Maybe I would have considered it."

He thought about moving it. "We found a way to cancel every trace of our existence from London. We must have found a way to move it. Honestly, the easiest one would have been to use house-elves. They can move things we can't and they can also get into places we can't. I think you'd have to look into house-elf magic. On the other hand, we can give this job to Ron. He can actually track down house-elves, make a list of manors and talk to them until he finds the right ones. It might be faster than trying to find it in the entire country. Also I was going to say that not everyone could see it for what it is, but at this point, I think everyone here has seen a dead body. Maybe not the younger generation. To anyone who hasn't seen a dead body at whatever age they are now, it'd be just a random arch."

Where would they put that veil? "If we used it, it wouldn't be in the vault anyway. We'd put it somewhere else. Honestly, if we were desperate, we would have tried anything. You know that. We've done plenty of crazy things in our lives, what's one more."

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Re: Padma and Harry - [info]lotusraven, 2021-05-22 04:50 am UTC
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