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[Jo]
Yay Severus is here. Remember he came for Christmas. WHICH MEANS IT MIGHT BE OVER SOON. I don't know, a few more weeks? I hope not too long.

I like friends.
[/Jo]

[Severus]
I probably shouldn't mock the hell out of them yet.
[/Severus]

[Mill]

I might see you again soon.

I hope so.
[/Mill]

[Private]
The potion definitely made me sluggish at training. Which meant I was sore all day, or more than usual at least. I don't know. Beth's probably right that I should take them and it is a lot milder than the regular one at least but being out of it in a spar and getting beat up every morning is going to be a fucking bitch. Maybe just  every other night. I still feel utterly wrecked even with that sleep but  Well, it's not like it's for that much longer anyway. One month? Two? One way or another everything's going to go to shit and then I'll have plenty of time to rest.

I miss Mill. I can't  It's hard to remember her face and I don't know if it's time or my mind and I hate that. I hate that I can't always think straight and I don't know how to react to things, normal things, and getting angry or scared at stupid shit and my hands shaking and never really feeling safe even in Slytherin. And I don't  Rufus said co-operate so I co-operate and it feels so simple like that, and it's good, just, getting a simple instruction and following it and not having to  muddle through things that should be easy, but everyone's upset about it and we're all stressed and tired and I miss normal. But it's not We aren't going to get normal back. It's always different.
[/Private]

[Jo, Rufus, Tibby]

I'm starting to forget what Mill looked like.
[/Jo, Rufus, Tibby]

[Moody]
I'm meeting Severus in a safe location at 5.30. I'll have my journal and shouldn't be long unless we decide to do more training, though I'm expecting to be back well before six.
[/Moody]

Cast a simple revealing charm to see pictures of the DMLE's werewolves calming riots in Ottery St Catchpole. It's very inspirational.

[Hogwarts]
If you haven't seen them in the Quibbler yet, don't reveal them. A couple of them rank up towards the worst I've seen in the war.
[/Hogwarts]

[the pictures from this article are included, under the simplest of obscuring spells so people can't happen across them by accident, coz they're icky]

[Amelia]
Your boyfriend has a baby. And he's freaking out. At the entrance hall.
[/Amelia]


after rufus breaks aubrey's nose(!!):
[Severus]
What the fuck Nott sent Rufus a baby. In the post. BY OWL. Motherfucking shitbears.
[/Severus]

[Jo, Aloysius]
Um. Fucking. THEY OWLED RUFUS A FUCKING BABY. I'm in the kitchen feeding it.
[/Jo, Aloysius]

[Lily]
Strange question, do you have any spare nappies? Rufus has a case of  unexpected baby.
[/Lily]

much later in the night after returning from grady's:
( Private )

[Severus]
I really quite hate it here.
[/Severus]

[Jo]

I really kind of hate it here if you somehow hadn't noticed. It makes me feel weird. School's supposed to be in the past and  I don't know. I talked a bit to Beth about it, it's like, being stuck here, all the stuff that happened after I left gets  foggier. And I feel like people keep watching me like I'm going to run off and tell the Death Eaters all our plans, and god forbid I take the initiative to do anything useful, and none of their potions people have replied to my question about what they need and I can't sleep and I'm tired and I can't keep anything straight in my head.
[/Jo]

[Rufus]
Please tell me there's something useful I could do that isn't just soliciting people to beat me up.
[/Rufus]

( Beth )

( Private )

[Hogwarts]
Does anyone else want to train with me? I need to work on blocking and dodging mostly so, basically, it's a call for people to try and beat me up.
[/Hogwarts]

[Jo]
Hypothetical Baby Jack is not werewolf bait.
[/Jo]

[Private]
Oh, the Potions classroom. Good times. I think with the supplies here added to what we had at Albion I might as well work on stocking up our most useful potions. I wish we had six months to brew some felix felicis, but then I bet people wish that fairly frequently.

Grab books from library. God I missed that library.
[/Private]

[Hogwarts]
Also I know our stock but what potions were you low on before we got here?
[/Hogwarts]


[Rufus, Moody]
Which reminds me I still have four doses of veritaserum if you want to be sure about anyone from rehab.
[/Rufus, Moody]

[Severus]
We're joining the Order at Hogwarts. You can't imagine how excited I am.
[/Severus]

[Aloysius, Kate, Elle, Jo]
New Years Resolution. I'm going to be the epitome of maturity. Don't let me kick anyone in the face.
[/Aloysius, Kate, Elle, Jo]

[Private]
Lots and lots of space and stone floors. Must practice falling. If Patty's there I can see if she wants to spar too.

Do not kick anyone in the face.
[/Private]

[Albion]
My sources tell me that post is now being checked for terrorist activity and a list is being made of those who subscribe to The Quibbler. Mostly it just makes me want to send a whole lot of fake plans through the mail system.
[/Albion]

[Private]
No reply from Carlotta, I guess I'll owl her. And we'll see if Severus can find anything out about where Libitina is. Nothing from the owl to Xeno, either.

God, I ache. I'm going to need to walk this off, I think, really don't want to lie down and have all my muscles seize up after that workout. I just need to keep working on my speed. And falling properly. And shields. If I could find a good place to train that had a stone floor it'd be good, I think.
[/Private]

[Rufus]
Apparently they're all keeping their heads pretty low, I've been to follow some leads and will see what comes of that, going to try another owl now.
[/Rufus]

[Aubrey]
Want to learn to cast the killing curse? Just in case.
[/Aubrey]

[Doris]
You know people. We're trying to get hold of the people who work for the Quibbler, find out if there's anything we can do to help them. Not surprisingly a fair few of the names I recognise are dead now, but there's still Carlotta Pinkstone, Libitina Quirke and Xenophilius Lovegood. I'm going to try and hail Carlotta on the journals but do you know how to get in touch with any of them?
[/Doris]

[Carlotta Pinkstone]
You've written for the Quibbler quite a bit - we're trying to get in touch with people involved to see if there's anything we can do to help out with the blacklisting and all. Like the man said, we have a responsibility to give the citizens the truth.
[/Carlotta]

[Private]
Training with Aubrey and Severus. I'll ask Jo too. Who else? We're starting to run low on time, I think. I wonder if Moody would, though right now I expect he's busy trying to manage the Order. Maybe later in the month. Or start of September. Rufus would probably be up for it too.
[/Private]

[Albion/Order]
So. Proper burial?
[/Albion/Order]

eta:
[Angelica Bobbin]
Are the rumours true, that the Longbottoms' bodies are defiled and on display? And how public are we talking? Like, the Atrium where anyone can see, or are they kept for only those high ranking enough to appreciate the blasphemy?
[/Angelica Bobbin]

[Private]
Tired. Two small cups of coffee a day really doesn't cut it after an all-nighter and it's already more than reccomended. Fucking . God I just feel so exhausted after everywhere my emotions zinged around all bloody weekend, hot and cold and up and down and I wish

I wish I was real enough to have that with Jo. We don't have time. We don't have anything. I guess that just fucking adds to the tragedy of it, doesn't it?

When did this really start? Was it Millicent or was there really never any choice?
[/Private]

[Jo]
I love you. You know that right? Like, really really know?
[/Jo]

It doesn't actually make the government look very good when someone so closely connected is posting screaming rants in a public journal network about the Dark Lord's vengeance against those who dare speak against him or take things from her. Mrs Lestrange doesn't actually work or speak for the Ministry of course, I'm aware of that, but I'm quite sure that she is connected to them in the eyes of most of the populace due to her family and social connections, and it's tremendously disappointing that her quite honestly atrocious behaviour might reflect badly on those fine offices. I know when Mrs Bagnold was the Minister, anyone acting like that would have been summarily disciplined, likely fired or at least suspended, but I suppose us terrorists are just extraordinarily strict about things like decorum and not looking like a homicidal nutter.

( Private )

[Rufus]
I need to take an hour or two in the morning to go to church if it's okay.
[/Rufus]

eta:
[Aloysius, K El Elle]
For the sake of more than one person knowing, I have a plain steel lockbox among my things with important documents in it - the usual stuff, will, birth certificate, marriage certificate, contact details for my family, death letters. It's locked and warded but the key is hidden at the bottom of the glass terrarium Cleo lived in.
[/Aloysius, Elle]

[Albion]
???
[/Albion]

after Rufuf's post:
[Severus]
Were you involved?
[/Severus]

[Albion]
I love you guys.

For the record, I have nothing but sympathy for those who are grieving.

[Albion]
EXCUSE ME. HAVE WE ALL LOST TRACK OF THE CALENDAR AND NOT REALISED IT WAS OUR FEARLESS LEADER'S BIRTHDAY? SHAME ON US. SHAME.