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[alt_alice]

Bill has just informed me that there is strong reason to believe that Percy Weasley has been killed, presumably while in Snowdonia. The Weasley family has yet to receive official notification, and we still don't know the specific details.

Molly, my dear, I'm so very sorry.

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Re: Private message to Mum and Remus

[alt_lupin]

I've been assuming since we heard that this was a set-up of some kind, the sort of 'accident' that swiftly gets arranged once someone's made the sort of wide range of homicidal enemies that Percy acquired for himself.

Arranging for red-haired muggle prey would be easy enough, but possibly insufficient, especially given that the muggles are armed with knives against wands. It's possible the hesitation had some outside assistance, though.

I'm not sure we'd want to suggest that to Molly, however. If anything...it might comfort her to believe that Percy would have balked at murder for sport.

Re: Private message to Mum and Remus

[alt_neville]

Wait, what? The hesitation had...outside assistance?

You're talking Imperius?

I dunno. At least it didn't seem to occur to Seamus...or if it did, he didn't mention it to me. He did seem really puzzled why Percy didn't act, though.

No wonder, though, if the woman looked like Ginny.

Ugh. How horrible.

Re: Private message to Mum and Remus

[alt_lupin]

Yes, Imperius. Though there are any number of other spells that could freeze someone into place for a few seconds.

The muggle with the knife might've had a magical assist, as well. Hard to know.