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alt_franktonks and me managed to get back to Young today. turns out the black wands are a team of wizards who come sniffing around once a month. just like Llanfyllin. she told us some of the girls they ask about go missing, and she's nearly out of the sheaths we found for her a few months ago because so many folks are worried about getting pregnant. had a few health scares with one or two who've taken matters into their own hands too. so there's that.
she managed to get us a meeting with Petunia too. bit of an understatement to say she wasn't happy to see us. she took a while to allow that she was Petunia, and even then, she didn't say it outright, just stopped insisting she wasn't the person we were looking for. the picture of Dudley didn't do any good. said it looked nothing like her boy, and she didn't recognise his handwriting in the note, claimed he couldn't have written it because it had decent spelling, and said we'd faked the lot.
told us to piss off. among other things.
I don't know if she really thinks we faked everything, was terrified we had some political reason for hunting her down because of her relation to Harry, or was just trying to sort through the fact that her son might still be alive.
anyways. that was a bit of a sticking point. don't know when we'll try to talk to her again, but I figure it'd be best to let her cool off a bit first. she seemed healthy enough, at least.
she managed to get us a meeting with Petunia too. bit of an understatement to say she wasn't happy to see us. she took a while to allow that she was Petunia, and even then, she didn't say it outright, just stopped insisting she wasn't the person we were looking for. the picture of Dudley didn't do any good. said it looked nothing like her boy, and she didn't recognise his handwriting in the note, claimed he couldn't have written it because it had decent spelling, and said we'd faked the lot.
told us to piss off. among other things.
I don't know if she really thinks we faked everything, was terrified we had some political reason for hunting her down because of her relation to Harry, or was just trying to sort through the fact that her son might still be alive.
anyways. that was a bit of a sticking point. don't know when we'll try to talk to her again, but I figure it'd be best to let her cool off a bit first. she seemed healthy enough, at least.
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Date: 2013-10-01 03:52 am (UTC)I've never heard of any spell or device like that, and I know plenty of families would be awfully keen to pay to have someone come test their late bloomers.
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Date: 2013-10-01 08:53 pm (UTC)I can see how they could expect muggleborn girls to have magical babies. maybe they up the odds a bit by having them in some sort of breeding programme with other muggleborn.
not sure how they'd go about testing babies before they show, though. and they're not just taking muggleborn girls, either. so maybe they've got a way of testing the mother? chances of having magical kids? family histories?
whatever it is, they've got a fairly high hit rate considering.
then again, we don't know how many people they've got who have had non-magical babies on their watch either. could be they've just got numbers on their side.
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Date: 2013-10-01 01:35 pm (UTC)I told him we've got message buttons in all those camps so we can get word in to them. We can follow up in person. Assuming Davis at Maidstone is willing to listen. It's another visit to Chipstead, and I know Young's worried someone will get suspicious about who she's talking to all the time. But she'll want to hear this news, and I hope Poppy's right that we can offer some help.
Anywiz. Have a look at Bill's message. I think he wants to know whether the camps will rebel, and if they do, whether they've got any chance. I reckon you and Kingsley are the ones to answer that.
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Date: 2013-10-01 08:48 pm (UTC)had a meet up with davidson and turner today to see what their assessment was.
I like the idea of using the message buttons, so do they. I don't think out and out rebellion is the way to go here, but we've got options.
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Date: 2013-10-02 03:30 am (UTC)I've got to get into the field more often, I think. Losing my touch. How could I have not thought of those buttons after spending so much time replicating the little buggers?
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Date: 2013-10-02 04:00 am (UTC)You do need to get out into the field, though. I won't argue about that. Want to make one of my runs with Frank this week?
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Date: 2013-10-02 04:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-01 09:33 pm (UTC)Thanks for being the ones to go to her. Under almost any other circumstances it'd make sense for it to be me, but if you think she was obstinate with you two and you're total strangers, well, if I'd shown up we'd have had the camp authorities down on us in a trice.
Though if she did start shrieking about her sister and James, that'd clear up her identity rather tidily. Not that I'm recommending it.
As for the other, Dora's right about using the buttons. It's just the sort of thing they can do with them. But it'll be tricky.
They ought to pace it. And if we work with them we might be able to fake a fair number of deaths in the worst-affected camps, as Bill suggests. Get them out and back to health.
Maybe we should see if Aldrich is ready for a few more mouths.
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Date: 2013-10-02 11:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-02 04:42 pm (UTC)he's glad she's still alive, but he's a bit hurt that she didn't think his letter was real. I can see how he wouldn't have been in the mood to talk about it.
he'll come round soon enough, though. maybe you can help him with the next letter.