![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Order Only: Anniversary preparations
Apr. 30th, 2009 03:28 pmVery briefly:
Mundungus Fletcher reports that things are hotting up a bit for the more unsavoury merchants on Knockturn Alley. Surprise inspections, a few threats and scuffles even, etcetera. (Dung regaled me at great length with one tale about a notoriously tough biddy whose licence was determined to be deficient; in the resulting melee her cart of dodgey potion ingredients was overturned. She was dragged off ranting and raging at the MLE agents about 'sticking your buggering wands where the sun don't shine.') I rather think this is a little more than nervousness over the Anniversary celebrations beginning tomorrow; I think they are trying to trace and clamp down upon any new possible avenues for smuggling. Well, more than than the usual black market activity, at any rate. This may be further fall out from your recent escapade, Sirius.
There is no doubt, however, that security is being heightened in general. It is clear that the Ministry wants no trouble tomorrow. There will be little movement in and out of the camps, as all work permits for the next three days are suspended. Extra rations of food have been announced (along with a small tot of grog), apparently in the hopes that the animals will forego making any trouble as long as their bellies are (mostly) filled for once. Everyone in the department has been informed to expect overtime hours tomorrow--all weekend, in fact.
Kingsley and Frank, have either of you heard from Alastor? I haven't, not in awhile. He was in Ireland I believe last month, and Bill said one of the forgers met with him about the second week of April. But I haven't received a report from him recently; I was wondering if either of you had.
Alice, it's about time for me to do the birthday visit with Divyesh Shah's family. I'll need the letters and reports when you have an opportunity to forward them to me. Thanks.
Mundungus Fletcher reports that things are hotting up a bit for the more unsavoury merchants on Knockturn Alley. Surprise inspections, a few threats and scuffles even, etcetera. (Dung regaled me at great length with one tale about a notoriously tough biddy whose licence was determined to be deficient; in the resulting melee her cart of dodgey potion ingredients was overturned. She was dragged off ranting and raging at the MLE agents about 'sticking your buggering wands where the sun don't shine.') I rather think this is a little more than nervousness over the Anniversary celebrations beginning tomorrow; I think they are trying to trace and clamp down upon any new possible avenues for smuggling. Well, more than than the usual black market activity, at any rate. This may be further fall out from your recent escapade, Sirius.
There is no doubt, however, that security is being heightened in general. It is clear that the Ministry wants no trouble tomorrow. There will be little movement in and out of the camps, as all work permits for the next three days are suspended. Extra rations of food have been announced (along with a small tot of grog), apparently in the hopes that the animals will forego making any trouble as long as their bellies are (mostly) filled for once. Everyone in the department has been informed to expect overtime hours tomorrow--all weekend, in fact.
Kingsley and Frank, have either of you heard from Alastor? I haven't, not in awhile. He was in Ireland I believe last month, and Bill said one of the forgers met with him about the second week of April. But I haven't received a report from him recently; I was wondering if either of you had.
Alice, it's about time for me to do the birthday visit with Divyesh Shah's family. I'll need the letters and reports when you have an opportunity to forward them to me. Thanks.