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Arthur Weasley ([personal profile] alt_arthur) wrote2010-12-21 08:17 am

Order Only: Emergency Floo call in the middle of the night

Something's happening at Taunton Deane. I was rousted out of bed at 3:00 a.m. by Griderson, telling me to get into the office as soon as I can. He wanted to know anything I could tell him about the security arrangements of the camp, given that I had just visited it recently. Details are sketchy, but it appears there was a disturbance timed to coincide with the performance of a Christmas programme. Griderson is being tight-lipped, but I think some administrators are being held hostage. I wonder if one of them is Charles Chicory.

Bill, get me any information you can glean.
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[personal profile] alt_sirius 2010-12-21 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you heard anything more? Were any of Davidson's people involved?
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[personal profile] alt_bill 2010-12-21 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, Dad. There's a lot of activity at MLE headquarters this morning, along with a great deal of confusion. I do know the Regional Administrator was at the concert and is one of the hostages. What they want isn't clear yet--they aren't bothering to negotiate with anyone outside. I heard one rumour that the gates were opened shortly after the alarm went up--not security forces going in, but someone, or several someones going out. So maybe they were taking one or more hostages somewhere else? No idea yet, although enforcers are combing the countryside. Otherwise, it looks as though we might be in for a siege.
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[personal profile] alt_bill 2010-12-21 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
One extremely odd thing: someone in my network has been ordered to prepare a report on an urgent basis, to pass up to line to the MLE on--get this--the wizarding antecedents of J.S. Bach.


???

I have absolutely no idea what that is about.
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[personal profile] alt_bill 2010-12-21 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
All right. I'm getting the news with a bit of a lag, but there's another report now. It was a group that had the Regional Director in tow. They've been apprehended and the man has been rescued, albeit badly hexed.

They were heading to the regional warehouse of the Sleepers. Apparently they tried to Imperius him to get him to awaken them, but he couldn't. Didn't have the power to do so.
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[personal profile] alt_molly 2010-12-21 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll say. J.S. Bach wasn't a wizard at all, was he?
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[personal profile] alt_bill 2010-12-21 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
No, but you know how the Ministry likes to rewrite history to claim the most important as one of our own, Mum.
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[personal profile] alt_bill 2010-12-21 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Good question.
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[personal profile] alt_kingsley 2010-12-21 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I've sent Davidson a patronus and heard back from him. He had nothing to do with this and is just as surprised as us.