Triumphant: logs, entries, media.

[ORDER minus DUMBLEDORE]

We have a lot to talk about. And there is no point in keeping secrets or splitting off from one another, now. We're either all in -- or we're out. Got it? Good. If all this is going to work -- I need you. We need each other.

Is everybody available to come to my house tonight, say around 17:00? Bring a dish, and I'll have dinner waiting.

[Private]
The new orders from Shackebolt are at least as disturbing as a lot of the other things that have been happening. Yeah, it's typical to pass off missing persons to someone else, but that's usually in a pretty casual way. Not this checking against files and then forwarding it and pretending it never happened. What the hell's going on? Are we being phased away from DMU and this is them putting up some  I don't know, some kind of Berlin wall between us? Or is it something to do with the disappearances themselves that they're suddenly beyond our clearance level? They're not  maybe covering up murders by either Death Eaters or that other lot, are they? I know people are scared, but I'm not sure lying to them is the answer. What happens if everything comes out later on? It will be so much worse than anything we could imagine now.
[/Private]

Who: Dorcas Meadowes
Where: That deep dark alley in Hull that your mum cautions you not to walk alone in at night.
When: Night time
What: Dorcas gets work.
Warning: Violence. Blood. That's probably going to be a re-occurring theme with this one.

***

Damn. She was rusty, but--

If it didn't kill you outright, then it could heal.

( She knew that well. )

[Warded to: DMLE]

Any inquiries regarding missing persons must be checked against Ref. Code SN-4390.

If confirmed, please forward the inquiry to the Department of Magical Usage. You are not to pursue the matter further.

( Owl to the DMLE )

I picked up my quill yesterday and began to put together some notes I had made regarding conflicting accounts of Magical and Muggle relationship during the post-Arthurian era. It's fascinating to review the primary texts and see such desperately dissimilar accounts. It is the work of the historian to review those accounts and determine which one gives weight to - or if one must give weight to both in the end. It is not a task anyone should take lightly.

[WARD: PRIVATE]

I have reviewed it a dozen times. Ran every spell I can think of to trace it, and it has left me - bewildered.

It is pointless to ask who, there are any number of people, but Prisca being in France was to keep her safer... to allow her the opportunity to learn and to grow in a way she could not here. And while her Aunt is aware of the situation, she is unable to give any light to who or what.

Perhaps it is time to bring her home for the summer. She may not prefer it, but it would give her an opportunity to interact with Theodore in a way she has not for years... Yes. I think that it must be done.

He's subnational, she's subnational; you're probably a subnational, aren't you, you wicked thing.


[fixed into the journal with a charm; every so often Evan smiles and points an idle
finger outside of the frame as though to say Is that a subnational? Are you quite sure?]

Isn't it funny, how people sometimes just ~ poof.

Trying to get some writing done and the neighbour's dog won't. stop. barking. I'm sort of torn between going to work at Tilden's and checking it out because this guy doesn't normally go out that much... but on the other hand he's this cranky old man who hates everything (except the dog) and whose conversational skills extend to cornering passersby and ranting about how terrible the world is. DECISIONS.

Quizzes are very entertaining. I am enjoying learning how to tell if someone is a subnational unfriendly though I am not sure how some of the clues fit together. Maybe it's like a cryptic crossword?

Remember to be on the look out. There are some dangerous people among you, trying to get you alone so they can express frustration with the legal system or common values of society or be overly interested in the activities of criminal misfits.

RABASTAN LESTRANGE.

Who: Fenrir, Ivy and Dyrfinna
When: Sunday June 1
Where: Ivy's house
What: Time for a face-to-face chat.
Status: In Progress

( 'This is barbaric.' )

( Owl to Albion Nott )

I'll never understand nostalgia. The past was not that great. People are so intent on only remembering the shiny parts and trying to dig up the past that they're self-fulfilling the "doomed to repeat history if we don't learn from it" saying. We've learned nothing; there were no good ol' days. Enjoy living in the now for once, and maybe it won't seem so bleak. There are a lot of people who your "good ol' days" killed who don't have that opportunity.

FLORENCE

I have a theory and I need someone to hear me out.

A PSA for every length of fuse --

DIAGON AND SOUTH EAST LEGAL AID: SHORT NOTICE EVENT CHANGE

We are delighted to announce an unscheduled addition to our spring keynote series "Rights and Obligations in the New Decade". Tomorrow evening Monitor Lovelace of the Ministry will be taking the 19:00 session to outline journal network best practice and share his unique experiences of developing a framework for improving security without compromising freedom. The schedule will then be off-set by a month.
Hall 3 Diagon Assembly Rooms, 19:00, Monday 2nd June.
All welcome, drinks reception and nibbles to follow.

So if you want to hear my talk about intent -- that's July, people.

My daughter may be a seditious little scorpion, but at 16 she can cast an excellent tracking spell and curse in four languages; one solid point to France, I'd say. (I am generous and claim absolutely nothing for my minimal contribution.)

Critique of the education system aside: pick a card.

[ MEMBERS OF THE FORMER ORDER, EXCLUDING ALBUS DUMBLEDORE ]

Your favourite ex-convict murderous traitor here.

01 -- Unicorn blood can be used to keep a person from certain death.
02 -- If you haven't heard the word Horcrux before, learn it now.

Do what you want with this information.