Leaving -- Interruption
1 February 2038
Sade,
You're doing a great job. I don't care if the powers that be like it or not. You just remember that you are telling something beautiful that needs to be told. Now that you aren't struggling to finish chapters on time, have you looked at the DA list?
Adrienne
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1 February 2038
Adrienne,
Thanks. Mr. Hopkirk is supposed to get back to me later today. Constance demanded copies as well. I am quite sure she will make her opinion known with due haste. What happened to letting the DA topic lay? I am cleaning off my desk while I wait to hear back, and I am sure I will find my copy somewhere in this snowstorm of parchment. You would not happen to have found the answers to any more of my questions, would you?
Sadie
1 February 2038
Sade,
Charity Burbage was the Muggle Studies teacher at Hogwarts for six years. The Prophet reported her resignation from that post in July of 1997. She had just had an article printed about the need of the magical world to be accepting of the muggle world as a whole and the importance of "new blood" being brought into the old families. From the tone, I suspect she had a thorough background in the health problems that occurred in Europe's royal families during their limited marriage option years. She disappeared that summer. After the war, when the memorial was in its planning stages, Draco Malfoy came forward with details. His statement says that she did not, in fact, resign from Hogwarts. Rather, she had been abducted by Death Eaters. He said that Voldemort killed her himself. I guess that article made her a threat to the power structure he was building.
I don't even know where to begin when it comes to Dolores Umbridge. She was at Hogwarts for one year - during which time she was the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Hogwarts High Inquisitor, and the ministry appointed headmaster. The Prophet from that year is chalk full of all these crazy decrees designed to give her complete control over the school. Hogwarts is really supposed to operate as an independent institution; I don't know how Cornelius Fudge got away with half the things they did that year. I've attached a summary list of all the decrees. After Albus Dumbledore was reinstated as headmaster, she retained her original position with the MOM. During Pious Thicknesse's tenure as minister, she became the Chair of the Muggle Born Registration Committee. Basically, that means she held show trials convicting all muggle borns of "stealing" magic and had them carted off to Azkaban. She ended up incarcerated there herself when everything was said and done.
Would it be a Lavendar Brown for whom you were looking? Lavendar can't have been that common of a first name. She's on the injured list from the Battle of Hogwarts. I've got a marriage record for her and a Seamus Finnigan, and they have two daughters.
There's a Mandy Brocklehurst who is the proper age, but there won't be any later information to find. She's on the casualty list from the Battle of Hogwarts.
Adrienne
Sadie had fully intended to sort the parchment on her desk into properly organized piles, as well as figuring out whatever it was that had Adrienne so concerned about the DA list. (She was acting incredibly strange.) Before she could get that far, however, she was interrupted by a sudden influx of owls from work.
1 February 2038
Sadie,
I am very disappointed, dear. After all we had talked about, I had hoped that you would dig a little deeper with these installments. I do realize that you have been under a level of deadline pressure to which you are not yet used - which is why I had hoped you would allow me to assist you. You are obviously swamped. You need help. Let me conduct interviews for you, and then you can concentrate on wielding that talented little quill of yours. It will make your life ever so much easier.
Don't fret. These are only rough drafts, and there is still plenty of time in which to fix them. You have a wealth of wonderful information here; you just need a little guidance as to how to properly present it. Be in my office at nine tomorrow morning, and I will point out the places which you need to flesh out and find a little more dirt.
Looking forward to it,
Constance
1 February 2038
Dear Miss Creevey,
I must say that I enjoyed the rough drafts of your new chapters immensely. They are, of course, rough drafts and need some editorial attention, but all in all I think you are on to something simply spendid here. You have quite the flair for making your characters engaging on a personal level, and readers eat that up. Well done.
I should like to see the revised copies on my desk in two weeks time. At that point, I would also like rough drafts for two new chapters and to hear that you have gained cooperation from at least one more DA member.
It is the 40th anniversary this year - as I am sure you are aware. It would be much to our advantage if the first installment of this project was ready for release on the anniversary date itself.
Sincerely,
Winston Hopkirk
President, W. W. Publishing
1 February 2038
Sadie,
It would be most helpful at our little meeting in the morning were you to bring along your source material. A fresh pair of eyes is always a wonderful way to spot potential important aspects of a story that your inexperienced ones might have missed.
Constance
1 February 2038
Dear Miss Creevey,
Please excuse the liberty, but I just had to tell you. I snagged a copy of your work that was being passed around the offices. It was lovely, dear. I noticed that Ms. Smith seems to be sending quite a few owls your way lately, and we all know how she can be. I just thought you might need a few words of encouragement.
Yours truly,
Abigail Weldon
Interdepartmental Communications, W. W. Publishing
1 February 2038
Sadie,
Darling, I've had the most brilliant idea. You are going to come with me to tea with my mother and father tomorrow afternoon. We'll get together in the morning just like we planned and head over there after we've gotten some work done. This is just what you need to help you shake off that Harry Potter worship infection you've been exposed to of late. I know you tried very hard to be impartial, dear, but you are new at this. Luna's enthusiasm for her ex was bound to start rubbing off on you. After you've been doing this for a few years, you will learn to keep a little more distance between yourself and your subjects.
Until tomorrow,
Constance
1 February 2038
Dear Miss Creevey,
Constance has just told me that you and she are working on the potential general public release version of your work. Good girl. I am glad to see you stepping up and taking the initiative in this matter. I look forward to seeing the result of your labors.
Sincerely,
Winston Hopkirk
President, W. W. Publishing
1 February 2038
Sadie,
Awful news, dear. I am afraid I will have to cancel our appointment. Apparently, there has been some sort of problem in the Belgian office. Normally, Natalie would take care of things like this, but she, unfortunately, has not yet returned from that debacle at the American offices. I am sorry; we will have to reschedule when I return. Such are the perils of being senior staff. I would be thrilled if you stepped up and used this time to do a little digging on your own. Have something to surprise me with when I return from my trip.
Constance
Sadie was positive that her neighbors had heard her sigh of relief when she finished Constance's last letter. She had had no idea how she was going to get herself out of working toward Constance's vision for her project. Although, tea with her parents might have proved interesting. There was something very odd about their version of their time at Hogwarts. Anyway, she still had no idea how she was going to deal with Constance, but at least she had a little time to figure it out now. The next owl tapping at Sadie's window was much more welcome. It was from Luna.
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Sade,
You're doing a great job. I don't care if the powers that be like it or not. You just remember that you are telling something beautiful that needs to be told. Now that you aren't struggling to finish chapters on time, have you looked at the DA list?
Adrienne
[more]
1 February 2038
Adrienne,
Thanks. Mr. Hopkirk is supposed to get back to me later today. Constance demanded copies as well. I am quite sure she will make her opinion known with due haste. What happened to letting the DA topic lay? I am cleaning off my desk while I wait to hear back, and I am sure I will find my copy somewhere in this snowstorm of parchment. You would not happen to have found the answers to any more of my questions, would you?
Sadie
1 February 2038
Sade,
Charity Burbage was the Muggle Studies teacher at Hogwarts for six years. The Prophet reported her resignation from that post in July of 1997. She had just had an article printed about the need of the magical world to be accepting of the muggle world as a whole and the importance of "new blood" being brought into the old families. From the tone, I suspect she had a thorough background in the health problems that occurred in Europe's royal families during their limited marriage option years. She disappeared that summer. After the war, when the memorial was in its planning stages, Draco Malfoy came forward with details. His statement says that she did not, in fact, resign from Hogwarts. Rather, she had been abducted by Death Eaters. He said that Voldemort killed her himself. I guess that article made her a threat to the power structure he was building.
I don't even know where to begin when it comes to Dolores Umbridge. She was at Hogwarts for one year - during which time she was the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Hogwarts High Inquisitor, and the ministry appointed headmaster. The Prophet from that year is chalk full of all these crazy decrees designed to give her complete control over the school. Hogwarts is really supposed to operate as an independent institution; I don't know how Cornelius Fudge got away with half the things they did that year. I've attached a summary list of all the decrees. After Albus Dumbledore was reinstated as headmaster, she retained her original position with the MOM. During Pious Thicknesse's tenure as minister, she became the Chair of the Muggle Born Registration Committee. Basically, that means she held show trials convicting all muggle borns of "stealing" magic and had them carted off to Azkaban. She ended up incarcerated there herself when everything was said and done.
Would it be a Lavendar Brown for whom you were looking? Lavendar can't have been that common of a first name. She's on the injured list from the Battle of Hogwarts. I've got a marriage record for her and a Seamus Finnigan, and they have two daughters.
There's a Mandy Brocklehurst who is the proper age, but there won't be any later information to find. She's on the casualty list from the Battle of Hogwarts.
Adrienne
Sadie had fully intended to sort the parchment on her desk into properly organized piles, as well as figuring out whatever it was that had Adrienne so concerned about the DA list. (She was acting incredibly strange.) Before she could get that far, however, she was interrupted by a sudden influx of owls from work.
1 February 2038
Sadie,
I am very disappointed, dear. After all we had talked about, I had hoped that you would dig a little deeper with these installments. I do realize that you have been under a level of deadline pressure to which you are not yet used - which is why I had hoped you would allow me to assist you. You are obviously swamped. You need help. Let me conduct interviews for you, and then you can concentrate on wielding that talented little quill of yours. It will make your life ever so much easier.
Don't fret. These are only rough drafts, and there is still plenty of time in which to fix them. You have a wealth of wonderful information here; you just need a little guidance as to how to properly present it. Be in my office at nine tomorrow morning, and I will point out the places which you need to flesh out and find a little more dirt.
Looking forward to it,
Constance
1 February 2038
Dear Miss Creevey,
I must say that I enjoyed the rough drafts of your new chapters immensely. They are, of course, rough drafts and need some editorial attention, but all in all I think you are on to something simply spendid here. You have quite the flair for making your characters engaging on a personal level, and readers eat that up. Well done.
I should like to see the revised copies on my desk in two weeks time. At that point, I would also like rough drafts for two new chapters and to hear that you have gained cooperation from at least one more DA member.
It is the 40th anniversary this year - as I am sure you are aware. It would be much to our advantage if the first installment of this project was ready for release on the anniversary date itself.
Sincerely,
Winston Hopkirk
President, W. W. Publishing
1 February 2038
Sadie,
It would be most helpful at our little meeting in the morning were you to bring along your source material. A fresh pair of eyes is always a wonderful way to spot potential important aspects of a story that your inexperienced ones might have missed.
Constance
1 February 2038
Dear Miss Creevey,
Please excuse the liberty, but I just had to tell you. I snagged a copy of your work that was being passed around the offices. It was lovely, dear. I noticed that Ms. Smith seems to be sending quite a few owls your way lately, and we all know how she can be. I just thought you might need a few words of encouragement.
Yours truly,
Abigail Weldon
Interdepartmental Communications, W. W. Publishing
1 February 2038
Sadie,
Darling, I've had the most brilliant idea. You are going to come with me to tea with my mother and father tomorrow afternoon. We'll get together in the morning just like we planned and head over there after we've gotten some work done. This is just what you need to help you shake off that Harry Potter worship infection you've been exposed to of late. I know you tried very hard to be impartial, dear, but you are new at this. Luna's enthusiasm for her ex was bound to start rubbing off on you. After you've been doing this for a few years, you will learn to keep a little more distance between yourself and your subjects.
Until tomorrow,
Constance
1 February 2038
Dear Miss Creevey,
Constance has just told me that you and she are working on the potential general public release version of your work. Good girl. I am glad to see you stepping up and taking the initiative in this matter. I look forward to seeing the result of your labors.
Sincerely,
Winston Hopkirk
President, W. W. Publishing
1 February 2038
Sadie,
Awful news, dear. I am afraid I will have to cancel our appointment. Apparently, there has been some sort of problem in the Belgian office. Normally, Natalie would take care of things like this, but she, unfortunately, has not yet returned from that debacle at the American offices. I am sorry; we will have to reschedule when I return. Such are the perils of being senior staff. I would be thrilled if you stepped up and used this time to do a little digging on your own. Have something to surprise me with when I return from my trip.
Constance
Sadie was positive that her neighbors had heard her sigh of relief when she finished Constance's last letter. She had had no idea how she was going to get herself out of working toward Constance's vision for her project. Although, tea with her parents might have proved interesting. There was something very odd about their version of their time at Hogwarts. Anyway, she still had no idea how she was going to deal with Constance, but at least she had a little time to figure it out now. The next owl tapping at Sadie's window was much more welcome. It was from Luna.
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