Private message to Lucius Malfoy and Barty Crouch Jr

[alt_selwyn]

I've been pondering the issue of retrieving Charlotte Smythe's journal, and it occurred to me that since presumably the traitors are reading the responses, we could use the journal to communicate with them via private message. Perhaps we might offer young Meg's fellow traitors a bargain of sorts: if the journal is returned to us promptly, Meg will be transferred to Azkaban but will remain alive. If not, or if they write in it again ... well, I'm sure Auror Lestrange could think of a suitable response.

Their response would be instructive, if nothing else. Give us some sense of what they're made of.

Comments

[alt_crouch_jr]

Quite.

And, yes, I'm sure Bellatrix has a number of suitable responses to hand should they be necessary.

[alt_selwyn]

I left a reply to yesterday's message, private. You're copied on it, on the off-chance they reply with something you might find useful.

[alt_crouch_jr]

Thank you, yes.

I trust they will find your message sobering.

[alt_lucius]

Don't know that I share your confidence that they are reading the responses, Dominic. But it does no harm to offer them an ultimatum, if you wish. Will leave it to your discretion.

[alt_selwyn]

I think they're likely reading them. If they're clever they won't reply, of course.