Order Only Private message to Alice, Remus, Rachel, Ron, Justin, and Draco

[alt_hydra]

Justin and I found the room where they were treating Ginny. The healer who was helping her was confused, but I saw her memory of what happened.

Two of Crouch's Aurors showed up just a bit ago and told the healer "that's a Phoenix, Bellatrix will want her," and they took Ginny away. The healer is worried because she hadn't finished treating Ginny, and her injuries were quite grave.

That means she's been taken to Buckingham.

Ron, I'm sorry.

Comments

[alt_justin]

Yes, Ron, dreadfully sorry.

-J

Private message to Auror J F-F

[alt_rachel]

I want you to return to your previous assignment.

If there's anything you can do for Ginny, I'll let you know.

Re: Private message to Auror J F-F

[alt_justin]

Yes. Of course.

Yes, quite.

-F-F

[alt_rachel]

Fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK.

Hydra, how well can she occlude?

[alt_hydra]

She doesn't broadcast, but I don't know how well she'd do under questioning.

Private Message to Brodie

[alt_ron]

I want to go after her.

I can try getting in snakewise.

Re: Private Message to Brodie

[alt_rachel]

What are you going to do if you find her?

Re: Private Message to Brodie

[alt_ron]

I'll take the cloak and

yeah

get us both killed, trying to get her out.


Dammit. It's worth trying, isn't it?

Re: Private Message to Brodie

[alt_rachel]

No.

Not right now.

They will be on their guard and ready for us to try something. If we wait, they'll be more likely to be careless. I'm having my contact see if there's anything he can do.

[alt_rachel]

Do any of you know whether she carries poison, or if she uses an Unbreakable Vow, or --

[alt_ron]

No.

[alt_justin]

Shall we proceed to Buckingham? We may be able to find her if it's not too late.

[alt_rachel]

It would be like trying to break into MLE. Old MLE. You'd never get out again.

So, no. I'll see if my contact can get to her.

[alt_ron]

Well? What's he telling you?


Sorry.

Any word yet?

[alt_rachel]

Fletcher healed her up.

He didn't go in for a close look.

Private Message to Brodie

[alt_ron]

Gah.

I really-

I'm not going to do anything you tell me not to, but-

It doesn't have to be me that tries, I mean, if you think I'd do something mad, but-


Are we really not even going to try?

Re: Private Message to Brodie

[alt_rachel]

I am currently trying to determine whether there's anything to try.

Storming Buckingham is not on the table, no.

Alice is going to tell your mother what happened. If you want to go be with your family, go.

If scouting Buckingham seems potentially useful I will send you.

Re: Private Message to Brodie

[alt_ron]

Scouting. Yes.

Anything. Send me.

I'll help F-F. Or anything.

Re: Private Message to Brodie

[alt_rachel]

If F-F can use your help, you can certainly help F-F.

[alt_ron]

I mean, no, she doesn't carry poison. Or have an unbreakable.


Her occlumency's competent. That's what Snape told her.

Which means she won't last under serious questioning.

[alt_rachel]

She knows your animagus form, Ron.

She knows the names of the people in the Order, but that's no longer a secret.

She knows our security procedures. I don't think she's a Secret Keeper for anyone.

What else?

Private Message to Rachel

[alt_alice]

Presumably your contact's identity is still secure.

Merlin.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_rachel]

The only people who know his name are you, Remus, Bill, and Sirius.

The Aurors have a list of people they're not to use lethal spells against, and he's on it, but there are other names on it as well. Still, if it were an Auror who'd been captured I'd let him know, so he could take steps.

I don't think Ginny knows anything that can seriously compromise us.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_alice]

Yes.

We must see what is possible to do, but I trust your judgement about the possible cost and risk involved. You have my full support.

Please keep Remus and myself informed.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_rachel]

Strategically speaking, Ginny is expendable.

I think you're the one who has to decide whether that means she's expendable to the Order.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_rachel]

If she isn't, though, I don't know what that means.

I do not recommend attacking Buckingham. They will absolutely be prepared for that.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_alice]

Yes.

I agree. We cannot storm Buckingham. That would be suicidal.

If there is any way of infiltrating and accessing her that would not compromise your contact, I suspect it would be miraculous indeed.

We must leave her in their hands, and see if an opportunity arises at a later date.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_alice]

Damn it all.

I will tell Molly.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_rachel]

Thank you.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_rachel]

I think even killing her would compromise him.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_alice]

Yes.

It most certainly would.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_alice]

If something were to come up...

I know it's grasping at straws, and there's only so much we can afford to risk -- I am aware of the sort of weighing we must do, and am prepared to be cruel enough to keep us from folly.

I do have some experience in this, after all.

But do please let us know of any opportunities that come our way.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_rachel]

Believe me, I will.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_rachel]

Jason just told me that Broome came and took her to Bellatrix.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_alice]

I see.

Re: Private Message to Rachel

[alt_rachel]

I just realized something. She had her journal with her.

Is there a way to make her unable to read the Order entries? I don't want to think about what compromising intel might be in Order posts two, three, and more years back.

[alt_ron]

Yeah. She does.

I don't think there are any surprises about who we are now.

Yeah, about security. So we need to be more careful about how people come and go here. That anti-polyjuice field seems like a really good idea. Someone's still working on that, right?


She knows names of people she was visiting and planning to visit to recruit them to our side.

[alt_rachel]

Alice has that list, I think. I'll send people to warn them.

[alt_ron]

I'll get it from Honoria, too, in case there's anyone they added. Or were thinking about but hadn't made official.

[alt_ron]

Fuck.

What sort of injuries? Could you tell?

[alt_rachel]

Poppy said she was knocked out.

I think we can assume that if Bellatrix wants to question her, she'll be provided with medical care first.

[alt_ron]

Hydra!

What kind of injuries has she got?

[alt_hydra]

She wasn't able to stand or walk on her own. The healer was still doing diagnostics, but she knew that she was dealing with a progressive curse that causes pain, immobilisation, and so on.

Private Message to Ron

[alt_justin]

Ron,

I expect you'll want to see your family and tell them what's happened.

Rachel's ordered me to continue with my previous assignment, what, which was to eliminate Dyson and Corbyn.

They're likely to be at Buckingham.

If you'd like to come back and help once you've finished, you're welcome along.

-Justin

Re: Private Message to Ron

[alt_ron]

Yeah. If Brodie lets me anywhere near Bham. Not sure she will.


Thanks, mate.

Re: Private Message to Ron

[alt_justin]

Well, you wouldn't be going to Buckingham, would you, old chap, you'd be coming to help me take out two targets, who happen to spend rather a lot of time at Buckingham.

In fact, I had been planning to acquire them on their way into or out of either the Elysian or the Orobouros clubs, so a second person to keep an eye on the second location would be bally well helpful.

But if we were to capture one of them, we could use polyjuice to get inside. Or do you think they've protections against that, like the sort we're trying to get operational at Hogwarts?

At the very least, we could perhaps find out information about the layout of the headquarters and where we'd be most likely to find her. I know time is of the essence but--well, I say, it's a start. Something productive to do, if you follow me.

-J

Re: Private Message to Ron

[alt_ron]

I told her I'll do whatever's needed. And mentioned this.

I expect they have got anti-polyjuice fields up. They invented them, yeah? And now we bloody need them worse than ever.

Would be interesting to know whether they've got them at either of those clubs, actually. That hunt would be more interesting if we could do it from the inside.

Re: Private Message to Ron

[alt_justin]

Agreed, much more interesting. They don't have polyjuice protection, but they do have other methods to prevent uninvited guests from getting past the lounge. I was nearly through the membership application before everything changed. It would be so much easier to get to them there, as well.

Will she let you come?

-J

Private Message to Hydra

[alt_justin]

Hello / goodbye, what? I didn't even get a chance to properly thank you for saving me from having to bathe that ward of patients.

You know there's a good chance Ron will make a play for Ginny, Buckingham or no.

-J