Nuisances

[alt_draco]

Lovegood, do us Prefects a favour: the next time you end up with a completely inappropriate book in lieu of the proper text, discuss the unfortunate mishap in private with the Professor. I've just had to confiscate a copy of Intra Profundis (the wrong one) from a Firstie. He (and you're lucky I'm not naming names, you-know-who) had the bright idea to tuck the book into his Charms text as a disguise, but it actually ended up being a dead giveaway. When one is reading Charms in the common room, they don't usually have three or four of their mates crowded around, trying to elbow their way in for a closer look. Meanwhile, I've handed the book over to Pennifold; she'll see that it ends up where it ought.

While I'm at it, a few of you need to embrace a little thing called the double entendre. And I don't just mean Firsties.

All that said, Dark Arts is going to be brilliant this year. Loads more work all around for most of us, but work of a welcome sort. Thank you for meeting with us individually to consider the various curriculum options, Professor Dolohov.

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Private mesage to Harry

[alt_draco]

Let me know how your meeting with Dolohov went. Did he advise that you go for practical?

Private Message to Draco

[alt_padma]

Ugh, tell me about it! Someone got the bright idea of duplicating specific pages to make it easier to pass them about.

It's completely daft. And to make matters worse, Lovegood gave her copy away instead of sending it back to Mrs Brown like I told her. Honestly. We've got far more important things to talk about at Prefects' meetings but now we'll have to spend half the time on this utter nonsense.

But Professor Dolohov is pretty brilliant, isn't he? I haven't had my interview yet. How did yours go? (Was it really short or really long? I can't imagine there'd be a between for you! Brocklehurst and Corner weren't talking much about theirs, except that Michael said he came out more confused than when he went in. Fawcett said hers was really quite short.)

Private message to Pansy

[alt_draco]

Did your meeting with Professor Dolohov go well? I have to say that I enjoyed it - we even talked a bit about the time we met briefly while my family was on holiday in France. I also told him about how I accidentally got Brutka his job when I got lost wandering around muggle Paris, hah. He knows loads about international relations so I'll definitely be talking to him more about that to see if it's something I'm really well-suited for.

He said there was no doubt that the Practical track would be the best fit for me, which is what I was hoping for. Even so, I fully plan to look into the theoretical side of things when the opportunity comes up.

And speaking of Oh, and by the way, Lucius Lonsdale actually had two copies of Intra Profundis out in the common room. I find it utterly disastrous that someone so unsubtle was named after my Father, and I told him as much. Anyway, I gave one copy to Melinda and kept the other. I didn't know if you and Sally Anne had seen it yet, so if you want to take a look, it's all yours.

Private Message to Draco Malfoy

[alt_blaise]

You've had a proper look at one of them, haven't you? Must say I rather like the idea of the lover being so in control. It makes perfect sense in a relationship like that with such a gulf between his standing and hers.

He had a proper closet of implements, no? That was ... educational.

But honestly, I couldn't carry on and read the whole thing. So much of it was ridiculous. And. It was so obviously written by a witch. So overblown--the phrases she used! Her soul fluttered? I'm sure something was vibrating, but I doubt it was her soul!


So. Have you heard at all who's been sloughed off into the Theoretical?

Private message to Madam Dolores Umbridge

[alt_draco]

Madam Umbridge,

I didn't want to presume, so I left this bit out of my public post, but it did occur to me... might it be you we have to thank for installing Professor Dolohov in our classrooms? This year's brought so many changes that I wondered if this was one that you had a hand in. If so, I think I can speak for both myself and my peers when I say that it's one we're all thankful for.

I'm much looking forward to the prioritisation of YPL at Hogwarts - at long last - and hope that we can meet soon to discuss my role within the programme.

Sincerely,
Draco Malfoy

[alt_antonin]

You are quite welcome, Mr Malfoy, and thank you and your classmates for indulging me. I enjoyed our talk, and I'm glad you have been enjoying your classes thus far.

I've turned up the copy of that journal article I could not locate during our talk, by the way -- as I suspected, there was a shelf of journals that did not make it to my office during unpacking, and my back copies of Relations Internationales was one of them. If you are still interested and were not simply indulging me, you may stop by my office one afternoon this week and pick it up.