Private Message to R Lestrange and A Dolohov

[alt_crouch_jr]

Remarkable how five hours in interrogation can turn a day around. Feeling less entirely useless, at least.

Rod. Appreciate your help. The runes and design offered robust protection. Repellant properties held firm: allowed them no nearer than ten feet, a reasonable buffer zone. Very useful in that regard. Abject failure, though, as an object of command. We tried all likely combinations.

Quite sure it was no inadequacy of the device itself--the first time I raised it, an enormous flock of geese rose from the marsh and assembled before me in formation. The thing works. Just not on inferi. Which the geese found to their dismay.

As did Our Lord's 'guests' to the site today. Came out to spectate as He sometimes does, and brought Greyback and two of his feral followers. Apparently as punishment. Or to impress a point on Greyback. Imperiused the pair to walk into the midst.

Batya. Trust you found your appetite before tonight's festivities at the school? Was glad to avoid supper, myself.

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[alt_antonin]

I am fortunate to have a strong stomach, I suppose.

I find myself wishing He would give up on this farce; He has made his point well enough by now. But if it pleases Him that we continue beating our heads against a brick wall, well, I am His loyal servant.

[alt_crouch_jr]

Without question.

Private message to Barty

[alt_antonin]

I saw your face while He was playing with his toys. Are you all right?

Re: Private message to Barty

[alt_crouch_jr]

Let's just say I took His point.

Re: Private message to Barty

[alt_antonin]

Quite.

I will confess that if the short one had laughed that laugh one more time I would have 'accidentally' shoved him into the arms of the shambling horrors myself, but I was distinctly pleased He was looking at Greyback and not at us.

I wonder how long it will please Him to waste our time with this.

Re: Private message to Barty

[alt_crouch_jr]

Have had the thought that He might be waiting for us to admit defeat. Possibly all we've to do is say we've run out of spells and devices and strategies to test.

That is one thing we've not tried.

Re: Private message to Barty

[alt_crouch_jr]

So. How was the feast of Light?

Re: Private message to Barty

[alt_antonin]

Revitalising, I suppose is the best word for it. You will laugh, but Diwali is one of those festivals that never fails to soothe my soul -- something about the human tendency to celebrate light and fire in these months when the days are growing shorter and shorter speaks to my sense of the perverse. The same part of me that loves the All-Night Vigil so well, I suppose.

Savitha seemed entirely too pleased with herself, though, and not only for holiday celebrations. And something Padma said made me think there are machinations going on behind the scenes to which I am not privy. Not alarmingly so, but I shall keep my eyes open.