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[alt_sirius]

I've just been told about Justin.

This is exactly what I was talking about this afternoon. WHY did he go after Antonin bloody Dolohov on his own? Or Ptolemy sodding Baddock or whomever.

Was it really necessary to put an eighteen-year-old in harm's way at this stage?

Alice. Enough. There are plenty of us to assume the risks. Rachel, put them on reserve, please. At least until the worst threats have been resolved.

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[alt_rachel]

And keeping them off the front lines is not necessarily protection.

Honoria Sandoval is dead. Fell down dead, in her own quarters. Justin thinks Dolohov managed this somehow, we're trying to figure out how.

[alt_alice]

Oh. Lord.

How on earth?

[alt_sirius]

Bugger.

[alt_rachel]

Apparently while visiting Ginny Weasley today, Honoria received an urgent owl from her brother Orion, saying that her grandmother was dying and she should come to her bedside to receive her grandmother's blessing. The owl said that Lana had already come and gone, that she'd be safe.

We found the note. It's Orion's handwriting. I'm not sure if he cooperated in luring her, or if he was coerced. Or Imperiused.

The curse is slow-acting, designed to kill hours after it was cast. If we'd known earlier When used to kill, it's frequently mistaken for natural causes, though heart failure is a thoroughly suspicious cause of death in a girl Honoria's age.

Dammit.