Private Message to Selwyn and Yaxley

[alt_lucius]

Mulciber, Rookwood and Gibbon have each contacted me in the last twenty minutes.

Is it true you saw it happen?

And right outside the Ouroboros?!


Rookwood thinks we ought to call a meet. Not sure it's wise if - if He has no cause to summon us.

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[alt_selwyn]

Yes.

And yes.

I was coming out of the Ouroboros as he apparated in. The assassin must have been waiting behind the shrubbery, probably with an invisibility cloak given that none of us saw him. He used a portkey to remove himself the instant the deed was done.

I've been waiting for a summons from Him but so far it's just been a lot of people from MLE. Yaxley was just inside the Ouroboros, he came when he heard me call out. I think I've repeated what I saw to at least a dozen people by now, even though what I saw wasn't much.

[alt_selwyn]

As for a meet, I'm at His disposal first, then MLE's, at present.

I've been wondering for the last half hour if Glendower might have been in on it. Yaxley, I do hope when you take evidence from him you'll have one of the Aurors trained in Legilimency close by -- that, or veritaserum. The assassin must have been waiting for a good long time without being discovered.

[alt_lucius]

My G Mordred.

So Yaxley thinks they were after Barty, specifically, then? Not any of us who happened along?

Narcissa mentioned he's been out of town on business - has Claudius given you any clue what sort of mission?

If he's been involved in something putting him at greater risk that would at least give us something to put Gibbon and the others at rest.

And you've made sure Glendower shan't breathe a word to his father - or Cuffe, I trust? Full lid, for the moment.

[alt_selwyn]

Yaxley does think they were after Barty, because the assassin seems to have lurked there for a while, and if he merely wanted to slay Council Members he (or she, I suppose, I didn't get much of a look at the murderer) wouldn't have had to wait so long.

I've no idea what Barty was up to, but surely Yaxley does?

I'd have no fear about Glendower springing a leak to the press. I'm not sure how long they'll be able to keep this hushed up, though. Everyone who was at the Ouroboros knows.

[alt_lucius]

Have you started working with him on a statement, then?

And you're quite right about containment; owls and Floo are already significantly increased here.

Bella ought to know, as well, if he had any particular enemy at the moment.

Merlin. Do not wish to cancel existing appointments for appearance but

[alt_selwyn]

I should add, based on when people arrived the assassin could have taken down either Pummel or Goyle, had he merely wanted to slay Council Members.

If it was Dogstar -- which I'm not saying it was, I have no idea -- they did suggest some months back that they considered Barty and 'Lestrange' (they didn't say which Lestrange they meant; I'd rather guess your sister-in-law, personally) among their top targets. So perhaps they were there for the first sufficiently big fish to come along. I've no idea if they'd have settled for me, if I'd come out a half minute earlier than I did. It's ...unsettling. To say the least.

[alt_selwyn]

As far as statements go, I've got nothing to work with until MLE finishes at least their preliminary work.

There's nothing quite as awkward as officially telling people one thing, only to have to un-tell them a day later. We don't want to suggest it was Dogstar only to have it turn out to be those miserable lunatics from Ireland.

[alt_lucius]

No, certainly. Not suggesting jumping to conclusions but as you say, the word is already beginning to spread. We'll need a credible statement soon, even if it's simply that MLE are deep into investigation.

Calm yourself, Dominic. Grant that it's unsettling but it's more likely that the killer was specifically lying in wait for Barty.

And at any rate, you've less to worry about than certain others.

[alt_lucius]

Trust me, need no reminders that others of us may be in danger. Recall that I was on their list as well (nothing new but suddenly they seem to be ... effective).

There's no possibility that it wasn't him? He had his wand? His other affects?

Mordred, Narcissa

[alt_selwyn]

I didn't get a look at his wand. He was killed just as he arrived, no chance to draw his wand or defend himself in any way. I assume Yaxley's taken a look at it, you might owl him since he's probably a bit too distracted to reply by journal.

I saw the body, after. He was -- come to think of it, I didn't see his wand-holster. Perhaps he dressed in rather a hurry.

[alt_lucius]

Possibly. It's also possible he set aside some of his more distinctive accoutrements depending on his current mission.

I've been contacted by Hopkirk for a departmental meeting at MLE. Apparently for the moment they've decided to treat the threat as a general one.