Order Only: Private Message to Snape and Dora

[alt_sirius]

So.

We were talking last night about lessons at Grimmauld and - well, the thing is that Dora insisted we tell you outright that it'd be ... good ... if you came and did the week of Potions with the Juniors.

She wanted me to be the one to officially invite you. So that you'd be certain we welcomed didn't mind you being there.

So. Consider this an invitation to Grimmauld.


I'll behave if you will I figure there's no reason we should let our differences stand in the way of educating our next wave.

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Private Message to Dora

[alt_sirius]

Good enough?

Circe, that was harder than I thought it'd be.

Re: Private Message to Dora

[alt_nymphadora]

Exceeds Expectations, I'd say.

I mean, it wasn't Outstanding, but it wasn't Dreadful, either. So an E, it is.

Re: Private Message to Dora

[alt_sirius]

Ta, Professor. Best I could manage.

Which kids from Moddey do you think Alice shall send?

Re: Private Message to Dora

[alt_nymphadora]

Hm.

D'you know, I know it means I've got old, but I can't tell ages anymore. You know, fourteen from sixteen or what have you. I'm not sure which of the Moddey kids are OWLs age.

Terry Boot's the same age as Hermione, though, right? So I expect they'll let him come. But are there others that old? There are some that are older that I've met there. And, of course, I expect they're behind in their learning, so maybe it will be some of the older ones she sends.

[alt_severus]

I see.

I will agree that the children's education is the most important concern; in service to that goal, I accept your invitation grudging though it might be

Inform me of what ingredients the potions laboratory is in want of and I will arrange to bring them with me so that we need not tax your stores.

[alt_sirius]

Well, Remus and Dora have made a habit of skimming off Laszlo's inventory in order to stock the lab. So we've got enough cauldrons, beakers, braziers and all the standard (easy-to-get) ingredients. We've been going through the fifth-year potions textbook in the library here to make sure we've got everything it mentions - rat spleens, armadillo bile, frogs' eggs, that sort of thing. Plus the laboratory is in what used to be my parents' still room, so it's got all the dried flowers, plants and herbs you'd want. Except aconite, naturally; we made sure to get rid of that. If it's commercially available, we can get it. It's all the restricted substances we've got in very limited quantities, if at all.

And of course, there are still plenty of doxy eggs and billywigs in certain rooms in the house. If you care to go harvesting.

[alt_severus]

I will forego that particular pleasure, though I believe it is traditional, when one is to be invaded by a bevy of teenagers for a fortnight, to take advantage of the opportunity afforded by their labour.

I will inspect If the prospect is acceptable I will stop by the house Saturday evening to inspect the laboratory and determine what additional ingredients might be required. If we are to have a proper laboratory I will assign Miss Granger to a course of study unrelated to the exam curricula; her intellect is served extremely poorly by my having to tutor her in fits and starts in a makeshift laboratory with whatever ingredients we might cadge as we go.