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ORDER ONLY: Quibbler again
Oct. 6th, 2008 09:08 pmXeno is crestfallen, but mostly resigned. It has not gone as badly as we initially feared. You all probably saw Malfoy's journal entry. Here are the conditions the Ministry is demanding:
1) Fine of 75Γ. Much better than the 200Γ we initially feared, and it gets under your 100Γ limit, Minerva.
2) The Prophet publishing group (which is 35% owned by that wretched blighter, Lucius Malfoy) is assigned a 51% stake in The Quibbler.
3) Xeno will take on two Prophet staff writers. One of them is that meddlesome Rita Skeeter. The other one hasn't been determined yet. Xeno will have to pay 20% of their salaries, as they'll still be working on the Prophet.
4) Publication will not resume until after January 1, and then only with a new design and editorial, introducing 'the new, improved Quibbler' as being under new management.
5) The last condition is the simplest but perhaps the most painful. Xeno is required to personally apologise to the Minister of Magic, or as he rather crudely puts it, "I have to kneel down and kiss that toad's bum." Molly has been using her best artful wiles to make him screw his courage to the sticking point.
I foresee the end of my supply of Firewhiskey. Minerva, I sincerely hope you have some more. I think Molly and I will need some for ourselves before this is all over.
1) Fine of 75Γ. Much better than the 200Γ we initially feared, and it gets under your 100Γ limit, Minerva.
2) The Prophet publishing group (which is 35% owned by that wretched blighter, Lucius Malfoy) is assigned a 51% stake in The Quibbler.
3) Xeno will take on two Prophet staff writers. One of them is that meddlesome Rita Skeeter. The other one hasn't been determined yet. Xeno will have to pay 20% of their salaries, as they'll still be working on the Prophet.
4) Publication will not resume until after January 1, and then only with a new design and editorial, introducing 'the new, improved Quibbler' as being under new management.
5) The last condition is the simplest but perhaps the most painful. Xeno is required to personally apologise to the Minister of Magic, or as he rather crudely puts it, "I have to kneel down and kiss that toad's bum." Molly has been using her best artful wiles to make him screw his courage to the sticking point.
I foresee the end of my supply of Firewhiskey. Minerva, I sincerely hope you have some more. I think Molly and I will need some for ourselves before this is all over.
