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[alt_sirius]

Hullo, you lot.

Just wanted to check and make sure you're all squared away for tonight's full moon. Moony, I know it's been a long time, but I still wish I could be there to help.

Frank, Alice, I hope you've set aside some real, honest-to-goodness tea, not teabags, for morning. (And Remus won't admit he wants them, I know, but the softest sheets and blankets you have, for the next few days.)

And a teddy bear, if you've got one to spare. <--Nevermind, he'll murder me for that last.

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[alt_frank]

Victor and me did the final walk-through this afternoon, and it looks like everything is secure. that bank door really did the trick -- that guardhouse is tight as a drum.

and yeah, we've got everything close at hand for Alice already, so we're set on the tea and the blankets. and we're planning to have some goat stew tomorrow, so we'll have some red meat ready too.

[alt_lupin]

It was all really top rate, Frank. I can't thank you enough.

[alt_sirius]

Up and about?

How'd it go then?

[alt_lupin]

Not so bad. Perhaps it's all the fresh air, or just that they had everything so well prepared, but it was easier than it has been in a while. I was a little concerned on account of Alice, but I needn't have worried at all.

I may just have to stay out here forever.

[alt_sirius]

Not quite forever, I hope. I've an idea you might find appealing. Maybe.

[alt_lupin]

Oh?

[alt_sirius]

Seems rakish to plot considering Hermione's bad news, but to me, the colossal unfairness of it all makes it seem all the more imperative that we get on and DO something about this mess.

Has Frank told you anything about our foray into smuggling?

[alt_lupin]

Something was mentioned a while ago about a boat, I think. Is it related to that?

[alt_sirius]

Not the boat specifically. The smuggling, however ....

If you've read back at all, you'll see that Bill and I have been at sixes and sevens trying to find a front-man for Laszlo Ltd on your side of the channel.

With a little disguising, you might welcome the life of a quiet-mannered shopkeep. The one who can get things for one ....

[alt_lupin]

Now's probably not the moment for it. On top of everything, Alice is due practically any moment (all right, on Tuesday - but it looks extremely imminent!). Not to mention I'm fairly high up the "most wanted" list right now. I don't know if they've circulated Wanted posters (imagine that), but I can't risk Frank and Alice and everyone else's safety by doing anything that'll get me recognised.

When things have died down a bit, though.

It's a shame you can't get into the country and I can't get out of it - this sounds like the sort of thing that ought to be discussed in person.

[alt_sirius]

Well, no, not right this very moment, obviously. You're probably nervous as a cat (sorry, Minerva!) and twice as flustered as she is.

And have you officially joined the ranks of the 'most wanted?' Welcome back to the club, mate! Frank, Kingsley and I have you by several posters, you know. You'll have to step lively if you want to catch us up.

Anyway, as for the discussion, I was thinking of the summer of '78, if you recall it well enough.

[alt_lupin]

I'm not sure on my Most Wanted ranking, but Malfoy seemed to take the whole thing rather personally, and in this marvellous new world order we now live in, that unfortunately counts for something.

Summer of '78, my god, yes of course I remember. Hm, yes that would make sense. I'll have a think, and perhaps we can talk it through when things have calmed down a bit?