Private Message to A Dolohov and Raz Lestrange

[alt_crouch_jr]

Heads up. Your resident meddler has decided to search incoming post. Claims it's students she's surveilling.

Intend to make a point about the bounds of her authority. Consider yourselves on notice that anything bearing the Ouroboros seal requires clearance protocol prior to opening.

All incoming post to either of you will be so marked.

Comments

[alt_antonin]

Duly noted, dearest. And I appreciate the warning; the damnable woman is beginning to grate on my last nerve.

[alt_crouch_jr]

Though Our Lord sees fit for her to hold that place, He's given no indication she's not to be toyed with.

Shall we have some sport while biding our time? Surely you both deserve that much return for your pains.

[alt_antonin]

Sadly, I fear providing too much of an open show might result in further harm to Raz, or darling Madam Toad deciding to strike against me the way she has against him -- which I would be forced to answer, and while the woman is no great plotter, she would have to be far more of an imbecile than she actually is to not have arranged for a dead-man's drop with whatever additional evidence she's promised to fake against him. Right now, our attention is best spent in unearthing and dismantling her precautions there.

I am amusing myself at the moment by teaching the children about malicious obedience; Harry is already quite the study.

[alt_crouch_jr]

Tch.

Spoilsport.

[alt_antonin]

Prudent, my dearest of children. There will be time to take it out on her later.

Mind you, that prudence is binding my hands, not yours. I did say 'too much of an open show', after all.

[alt_rabastan]

Only beginning?

[alt_antonin]

Well, yes, all right, she tore past my last nerve weeks ago, but I will not make things worse for you, dear one. Mind you, once we manage to niffle out the extent of her conspiracy against you, all bets are off -- and I do believe you have earned the right of first casting. Begin planning now.

In the meanwhile, while we are writing somewhere darling Dolores cannot see the extent of our conversation -- is there anything in particular you'd like me to cover with the children? I am doing my utmost to correct for the travesty she is forcing upon them in your stead as much as possible, but I do not know how long I will be able to keep it up; best to get the critical things handled early.