The Quest

Who: Remus Lupin & Lily Evans
What: A needed discussion about the Sirius situation and what Bellatrix knows.
Where: The Evans-Potter safehouse
When: Friday 14th June
Warnings: Language

( And do the rest of us out of our chance to be stupid as well? )

Who: Peter Pettigrew and Severus Snape
What: Two ambivalent Death Eaters realize that they’ve been duped and are in over their heads in some treacherous waters.
When: 13 June, evening
Where: Mulpepper’s Apothecary & Snape’s flat
Warnings: References to torture and dark magic

( Guess who’s going to take the fall for it? It certainly won’t be Lestrange. )

Who: Remus Lupin & Peter Pettigrew
What: Peter is still trying to break up with Remus but Remus isn’t having it
Where: Peter’s flat
When: 12 June, morning
Warnings: Vague references to torture and PTSD

( James and the broken boys. )

Who: Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy
What: Can we keep Bella from rampaging? (Spoiler: at least for the moment)
When: 13 June
Where: A tea shop overlooking Diagon Alley
Warnings: Bigoted DE language; discussion of homicide.

( Narcissa quietly enjoyed her tea and the knowledge that she would never embarrass Lucius so. )

Who: Remus Lupin & Sirius Black
What: Sirius tells Remus that Bellatrix knows about his lycanthropy and the animagus secret. Remus shares he has been talking with Snape. And it turns out that Sirius has his own little monster problem to deal with.
Where: Their Flat, Hogsmeade
When: 7 June evening
Warnings: Language.

( I am fine … Whatever she cursed me with didn't even work, obviously. She just wanted to get a rise out of me. Merlin's tits, I hate her so much. )

Who: Peter Pettigrew, Bellatrix Lestrange, & Rodolphus Lestrange
What: Bellatrix needs to break something. Rodolphus needs to know what the Order knows. And Peter is sort of caught in between.
Where: Unplottable cabin near The Park
When: Tuesday 4 June 2019
Warnings: Use of the cruciatus curse. With evil people doing evil things.

( To think, we could have done this as men. )

Who: Arlo Mulciber & Severus Snape
What: Severus Snape learns that Arlo is practicing non-traditional and perhaps even rather dark and dangerous magic on his patients.
Where: St. Mungo’s
When: 11 June, afternoon
Warnings: Dark Magic.

( That’s… a little more unconventional than I’d expected from looking at the chart. )

Who: Lucius, Narcissa, and Rabastan
What: Contingencies and Curses
When: 4 June (While Rod is recovering)
Where: Malfoy Manor Library
Warnings: Bigoted DE language; plotting homicide;

(  … not Wimbledon. )

Who: The Brothers Lestrange
What: After Rodolphus quite literally put his life on the line, the two brothers have something of a personable moment.
Where: The Terrace
When: Saturday 1 June
Warnings: References to but no descriptions of torture

( Deterred might be a stretch. Her wrath is banked like a fire for the night, but there's going to be a flare up. It's just a matter of when and how and who gets burned. )

Who: The Prewett twins
What: Proof of concept
When: Thursday night, 6 June
Where: Outbuilding on the Prewett grounds
Warnings: None significant.

( Heels over head, I'm falling heels over head... )

Who: Bellatrix Lestrange and Sirius Black
What: Patented Black family bitchiness, an unwelcome revelation
Where: The Three Broomsticks
When: Friday, 7 June 2019, morning
Warnings: Prejudice against werewolves, muggleborns, vague threats of killing said people and also a baby (Harry). Also a curse!

( It’s bad enough you’re already a blood traitor, but now you’ve taken up with a monster. )

Who: Rabastan Lestrange and Fabian Prewett
What: Proper appreciation of birthday presents
When: Evening of 30th May
Where: Rabbit's flat
Warnings: None significant, just language and a fair amount of innuendo.

( The toasts this birthday had definitely been interesting. Rabbit hoped it was all indicative of an interesting year to follow. )

Who: Rodolphus Lestrange, Bellatrix Lestrange, Edward Nott, Charles Avery, Rabastan Lestrange, & Arlo Mulciber
What: For the past two weeks the Lestranges have been busy putting plans into motion for trouble about to unfold soon.
When: The latter half of May
Where: Various locations, mostly on Lestrange property
Warnings: Various death eater plotting. The last section is the darkest and most graphic of the vignettes in with blood magic, actual bleeding, and references to torture.

( 13 MAY: I have just heard that Dolohov has succumbed to madness. )

( 19 MAY: They will be their own undoing )

( 23 May: Our future hangs on a precipice )

( 25 MAY: You must be bored. )

( 27 MAY: Are you drunk already? )

( 31 MAY: I would have expected better of you. )

Who: Rabastan Lestrange and Clarissa Gamp
What: Up to no good, and finding out they aren't the only ones
When: BACKDATED to Saturday 18th May, during the Gryffindor v Ravenclaw quidditch match
Where: Hogwarts, specifically McGonagall's office
Warnings: Some language, general DE cattiness, passing reference to wild fantasies...

( You know that if we are caught I'm going to blame you entirely, of course. )

Who: Clarissa Gamp and Severus Snape
What: Rissa needs something.
Where: Mulpepper’s Apothecary
When: BACKDATED: Monday, May 13th. After this.
Warnings: Awkwardness.

( It wasn’t that she enjoyed making the unwilling dance to her tune, but... )

Who: Frank Longbottom and Alice Travers
What: Some disagreements over baby and marriage
When: 8 May
Where: Their home
Warnings: Raised voices

( I've been ready to marry you for two years, Alice. )

Who: Sirius Black and Frank Longbottom
What: Investigation
Where: The DMLE
When: May 18th 2019, morning (before this.)
Warnings: None of significance.

( He did not trust the clock above the door. )

Who: Fabian Prewett
What: Floo mishap
When: Late evening 19 May
Where: Fabian doesn't know yet! It's a mishap. Not where he was going anyroad.
Warnings: NSFW language

( ... why the f&%k he'd ended up in this dark and unpleasant building was beyond him )

Who: Rabbit, Severus and Peter
What: Planning meddlesome shenanigans
When: Evening of Monday 13th May
Where: The Terrace (Lestrange townhouse) in London
Warnings: Nefarious plottery of a fairly generic nature

( Considering his past with Snape, it was almost comical that Peter was sitting here with him now ‘working’ together. And Rabastan was-- a very different animal entirely. )

Who: Fabian Prewett & Andromeda Black (soon to be Tonks)
What: Old friends catch up after their disgraces
When: Fall 2010
Where: Andromeda's home
Warnings: None significant but dysfunctional family talk

( Going to exchange your old stresses for trying your hand at wedding planning, then? I don’t know that it’s a wise career move, but if anyone can pull it off, I suspect it’s you. )