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sarahlooo · 12-22-2018, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

This was more than simply playing with fire, January Bones. You were playing with Fiendfyre. Call it partly paternal instinct if you will, but Charles Hollingberry was having absolutely none of it.

He still could not quite shake the unsettling feeling that all this was going on right under his nose, and two Aurors at that. "Should I also assume that McCullough is unaware that two of his aurors are on rotation here on level one?" he asked rhetorically as he took that seat and made no real attempt at appearing relaxed. No ankle propped up on his other knee, no arm around the back of the chair, no nothing. Just sitting with his arms resting on his knees and fingers knotted together as he looked at the letters now spread out on the table in front of him.

".....Who will guard the guards themselves?" he read aloud while translating the Latin. "or ... Who watches the watchers?" His brow knit and he released a gruff huff in his discomfort. "Was that not a sort of catchphrase of the Cult of Walpurgis?" Charles had been a reporter for the Daily Prophet during their reign of terror and had certain vivid recollections of his daughter becoming uncomfortably close with the ring leader of that organization. "Though...I fail to see a motivation for this kind of behavior given their previous objectives."

...but still.

"Good," he grunted. No more secrets was music to his ears in this situation while the rest of her reasoning he let bounce like water off a duck's back. "We will consider this a lesson learned and leave all excuses and other reasoning in the past."

McCullough, yes... January nodded slowly and formed her words carefully. Sort of. "At the moment, yes... The precautions were taken in the midst of the transition. I didn't feel like waiting." So, she did her research and contacted two aurors that she knew she could trust and two who had proven to work well together. An auror was always on a task, always on a mission, so McCullough shouldn't be too suspicious. Hopefully they'd be back to their normal work in no time.

January lifted her tea cup and took a sip as Charles read the Latin excerpts from the letters. She had done a little research on them. She set her cup down and nodded once. "It was before my time here, but I looked them up." But she had the same thoughts - unsure of the motivation. Well, the motivation was due to Nickels, but Nickels was already serving his punishment. January had always tried to do well as the Senior Undersecretary and truthfully, the idea that people were unhappy with her was almost equally as frustrating as the threats themselves. There was only so much she could have done...

Disappointment was a great fear of hers.

She cleared her throat. "No action has been made against me yet. Which makes me wonder if it's all a hoax, but..." well, the letters weren't stopping and she wasn't going to drop her security to find out. But... yes. No more secrets. Truthfully, she was glad that his anger had stopped at the scolding and they could move forward. Wherever that would take them.

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sarahlooo Shrake Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Rohan Posts: 12,679 Hogwarts RPG Name: Louis Bracken Gryffindor Sixth Year x3 x1	Sardines ♥ BHB ♥ Dallie ♥ Grumpy ♥ MY SUN AND STARS ♥ i love julia Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie This was more than simply playing with fire, January Bones. You were playing with Fiendfyre. Call it partly paternal instinct if you will, but Charles Hollingberry was having absolutely none of it. He still could not quite shake the unsettling feeling that all this was going on right under his nose, and two Aurors at that. "Should I also assume that McCullough is unaware that two of his aurors are on rotation here on level one?" he asked rhetorically as he took that seat and made no real attempt at appearing relaxed. No ankle propped up on his other knee, no arm around the back of the chair, no nothing. Just sitting with his arms resting on his knees and fingers knotted together as he looked at the letters now spread out on the table in front of him. ".....Who will guard the guards themselves?" he read aloud while translating the Latin. "or ... Who watches the watchers?" His brow knit and he released a gruff huff in his discomfort. "Was that not a sort of catchphrase of the Cult of Walpurgis?" Charles had been a reporter for the Daily Prophet during their reign of terror and had certain vivid recollections of his daughter becoming uncomfortably close with the ring leader of that organization. "Though...I fail to see a motivation for this kind of behavior given their previous objectives." ...but still. "Good," he grunted. No more secrets was music to his ears in this situation while the rest of her reasoning he let bounce like water off a duck's back. "We will consider this a lesson learned and leave all excuses and other reasoning in the past." McCullough, yes... January nodded slowly and formed her words carefully. Sort of. "At the moment, yes... The precautions were taken in the midst of the transition. I didn't feel like waiting." So, she did her research and contacted two aurors that she knew she could trust and two who had proven to work well together. An auror was always on a task, always on a mission, so McCullough shouldn't be too suspicious. Hopefully they'd be back to their normal work in no time. January lifted her tea cup and took a sip as Charles read the Latin excerpts from the letters. She had done a little research on them. She set her cup down and nodded once. "It was before my time here, but I looked them up." But she had the same thoughts - unsure of the motivation. Well, the motivation was due to Nickels, but Nickels was already serving his punishment. January had always tried to do well as the Senior Undersecretary and truthfully, the idea that people were unhappy with her was almost equally as frustrating as the threats themselves. There was only so much she could have done... Disappointment was a great fear of hers. She cleared her throat. "No action has been made against me yet. Which makes me wonder if it's all a hoax, but..." well, the letters weren't stopping and she wasn't going to drop her security to find out. But... yes. No more secrets. Truthfully, she was glad that his anger had stopped at the scolding and they could move forward. Wherever that would take them. __________________ January ★ Natalie ★ Evangeline ★ Pierson ★ Louise