Private Message to Toshenka and Stephen

[alt_lucius]

Well, thank Mordred that's over.

Stephen, he did well. Quite well. Let me know if time with others his age will help him put this behind him. Harry's spending most of the holiday with us at the Manor; he could go flying with the boys and not dwell on what's been done.

Tosha, it seems you took the curse for us all in conducting Weasley elsewhere; you might be disappointed you separated, however, for Razzer joined us in Oban. (Thankfully he did not press us for details of the event, other than to ask if it had been successful.)

Dominic seemed to need the refreshment almost more than anyone. Kept going on about last Friday (and this), and how unpredictable He is becoming. Believe the business with Bettina truly unsettled him.

Don't know if you know this but Chloe locked him out that night. Then there was her outburst toward Razzer's astronomer, of course. Advised him that if he's truly worried about Our Lord's wrath being visited on his wife, he ought to counsel her toward more discretion, in future. He wasn't pleased with the remark but was too far in his cups already to give much protest.

Unfortunately, that did not stop him fretting over what might come next. First preventing Bettina Yaxley from holding a wand to punish Claudius. Then this business of forcing your ward to get his hands unnecessarily bloody, Stephen. He even suggested that Our Lord might take a notion to combine the two and force one of our children to kill one of our wives. (Do not need the night terrors that conjured!)

In the end we decided to book him a room. If he's having that much trouble with Chloe, she surely would not appreciate his arrival by Floo, stinking of firewhiskey, smoke and blood magic.

Merciful Morgana, it's been an absolute bitch of a week.

Comments

[alt_antonin]

Bitch of a week, true, but Cyprian's sword was tonight exhilarating. How often does one get to lead a rite that powerful?

(Pardon me; the exaltation has not worn off yet. I expect I will be vibrating slightly for the next three days from channelling that much magic.)

Dominic did seem unwell, yes -- it's a good thing he had you there to take care of him. I hadn't realised he was having that much difficulty at home. Do you think there's anything we might do to assist?

As for Our Lord -- I do not know what to think there. Must confess I'd thought you were exaggerating, when He was so much like old after Ireland -- but this week, I finally take your meaning. Troublesome.