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[alt_alice]

I know all of you are exhausted, and heart-weary. Please be good to one another in the coming days. Sleep if you can. Don't forget to eat. We'll see what we can do to have a small memorial of sorts over the weekend, barring any new chaos that may come our way.

There are still a significant number of people out there who will try their best to interfere with what we have planned, and I've no doubt they will fight us every step of the way. Be prepared to mobilize should we need it -- the ongoing threat our remaining enemies pose to us is a top priority.

Remus and I have been talking, and for the time being, Hogwarts seems the most obvious place to use as a seat for our transitional government. It is defendable, and yet still accessible for those who will need to come to treat with us. We will continue our attempts to move the Board to sack Dolohov, and make the castle as secure as possible. Are there any objections? Might we move the colocation box to a more convenient location while we're at it? I've no objections to the students and staff who are currently here staying as long as they chose, and we can anticipate moving to a more permanent location once things settle, optimistically, well before the term would begin.

Thank you all of you who've been helping to track down the last of the missing students, and for everyone who has been helping to escort parents.

Some specifics we identified for tomorrow (or, rather, later today -- it is late) follow below, and I'm sure we're missing things -- feel free to add to our ever-growing list.

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Re: Private Message to Professor Sinistra

[alt_sinistra]

I like seeing that from you.

Tomorrow. Mum says my sister's wild with grief, Andie's mum. And that she's saying some awful things. There's no reason you need to hear that, or anyone else who doesn't have to be there.

Marzipan and looking at stars with you to come home to, though, that would be a great help to have in my head to look forward to.

Thursday. I plan to ask Georg to come here, once we've done the committee meeting.

I don't want to push you if you aren't sure now, because so much has changed. Is changing. Will be changing.

But if you want, still, we could do the formal parchment work for the apprenticeship and make it properly formal.

Re: Private Message to Professor Sinistra

[alt_evelyn]

I know I don't have to be there, but I wouldn't mind if you wanted company. If you don't, I wouldn't take offence, but I'd be willing.

And if she decided to get angry at me instead of you, or the both of us, well, that might be a little easier for everyone all round, and I wouldn't be bothered in the least. They're just words. Words coming from a place of sadness. I've been through far worse.

Re: Private Message to Professor Sinistra

[alt_evelyn]

And oh.

Truly?

With the Guild and everything?

You're sure? I haven't even taken my NEWTs yet, after all.

But it'd be an absolute honour. Yes, please.

Re: Private Message to Professor Sinistra

[alt_sinistra]

Some of it, with Di is - she's blaming the Order for not saving everyone. And no reason you need to hear that. (You needn't prove either your bravery or your caring to me, you know.)

The parchment work, yes. It's unconventional, but we're doing a lot of unconventional things all over the place. I think Georg will be glad to let me see how it works. You've done so much excellent work already.

It'd also make some things easier. As an apprentice, you could request things at the Guild yourself, for example, and not have to wait for me.

Re: Private Message to Professor Sinistra

[alt_evelyn]

Marzipan for after, then. And possibly brandy.