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Friday, 12 July 2013 19:30![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_hydraI had supper with my family tonight, all of them. Well, not you, Dora (or Bea. Or Sirius). It was Nanella, Pascoal, Uncle Lucius, Aunt Narcissa, Mummy, Daddy, Uncle Raz, Professor Siz, and Draco. It was for my birthday, sort of, only it happened tonight because it was the only evening that everyone was free at the same time.
It was like a lot of family suppers, no one was pretending to be anything they weren't. Well, except for me and for Draco. I tried to pay attention to see if I heard anything that might be useful. I don't know if I did but I'll share it anyway.
First, nobody likes Corax Mulciber. They don't like how he's trying to take control of things, and they also think he's not efficient. Uncle Lucius was able to find out that the man, Boulstridge, that Mr Mulciber called back from his holiday - Mr Mulciber didn't even need him, he just did it because he felt like it, and to show off. Mummy says he's "flashing his cock" instead of doing anything worthwhile.
Mummy also said that Mr Yaxley is unhappy that she and the other Aurors are in charge of monitoring journals now, because he it should be under MLE's control. She said that Yaxley gets more batty every day.
Uncle Lucius was - I think he was panicked, very panicked, when Mr Mulciber tried to take control of the journal monitoring. Mostly because he knew that Mr Mulciber wanted to study Aunt Narcissa's and Draco's journals in particular.
They also talked about Aldrich, a little, because Nanella said something about how she couldn't find any mango stilton (Mummy's favourite) for supper. Mummy wasn't happy that her favourite cheese wasn't served, and it put her in ill spirits. She and Uncle Lucius agreed that the farm must have been taken over by black market opportunists.
And everyone drank a lot of wine.
Well, I don't know if that's helpful, but I thought it might be.
It was like a lot of family suppers, no one was pretending to be anything they weren't. Well, except for me and for Draco. I tried to pay attention to see if I heard anything that might be useful. I don't know if I did but I'll share it anyway.
First, nobody likes Corax Mulciber. They don't like how he's trying to take control of things, and they also think he's not efficient. Uncle Lucius was able to find out that the man, Boulstridge, that Mr Mulciber called back from his holiday - Mr Mulciber didn't even need him, he just did it because he felt like it, and to show off. Mummy says he's "flashing his cock" instead of doing anything worthwhile.
Mummy also said that Mr Yaxley is unhappy that she and the other Aurors are in charge of monitoring journals now, because he it should be under MLE's control. She said that Yaxley gets more batty every day.
Uncle Lucius was - I think he was panicked, very panicked, when Mr Mulciber tried to take control of the journal monitoring. Mostly because he knew that Mr Mulciber wanted to study Aunt Narcissa's and Draco's journals in particular.
They also talked about Aldrich, a little, because Nanella said something about how she couldn't find any mango stilton (Mummy's favourite) for supper. Mummy wasn't happy that her favourite cheese wasn't served, and it put her in ill spirits. She and Uncle Lucius agreed that the farm must have been taken over by black market opportunists.
And everyone drank a lot of wine.
Well, I don't know if that's helpful, but I thought it might be.
Private Message to Hydra
2013-07-13 04:32 (UTC)Sorry I didn't see this earlier. I suppose I can understand Draco worrying about those messages--I say, you'd think Hermione would have known better, what?--but I'm not sure what he was thinking, blurting out your legilimency like that.
Has he apologised?
I hope you enjoyed yourself a little, at least. I'm well sorry it's so difficult to be round that sort of thing now.
-Justin
Re: Private Message to Hydra
2013-07-13 04:44 (UTC)It wasn't terribly enjoyable. I left a lot of things out. Like how Mummy was appalled to see that Nanella has muggleborn servants now, so she terrified them so they'd leave, and then everyone laughed about it. She also has a new shiny silver finger that she keeps tapping on the table and on her wine glass. It's not a nice sound.
And there was more, besides. But I'm rather tired now, and I think I'd rather see you and tell you in person.
Re: Private Message to Hydra
2013-07-13 04:50 (UTC)I know we were prepared not to see as much of each other over the summer but I say, it's less often than I'd hoped.
Do you think we'll ever...I mean to say, she's still utterly convinced you'll marry Harry, what?
-Justin
Re: Private Message to Hydra
2013-07-13 04:57 (UTC)I'm sorry we have to be sneaky. Sort of.
Re: Private Message to Hydra
2013-07-13 05:06 (UTC)Well, you're right: it's late and we should sleep.
Though I wish--dash it, that's not helpful at all. We just have to sneak about for a little while longer, I suppose. (Though I do agree, there's a certain appeal to sneaking, what!)
I'm sorry. About them. Come tomorrow, can you? And you can tell me all about it and we'll shudder over it together.
Sweet dreams, dearest.
-J