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[alt_bellatrix]

Travers, Gupta, Yaxley.

Leave your post at Calais and find me at once. We're a few kilometres to the east - I've sent up a signal.

There's been an incident. Zuckerman is down and we need a full sweep.

Keep your books out, it's the fastest way to communicate.

We have less than twenty-four hours.

Comments

[alt_rodolphus]

What's happened? You're not hurt, are you?

[alt_bellatrix]

I'm fine. Busy.

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[alt_alice]

Did you see this?

What does she mean?

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[alt_molly]

Anything that discomfits Lestrange has to be good news for us.

(Still no change on the clock.)

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[alt_alice]

yes. good.

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[alt_lupin]

Twenty-four hours until what? What on earth can that refer to? Have the French imposed some sort of time-limit on filing proper papers for the extradition, perhaps? Though I doubt that qualifies as an incident.

A full sweep sounds like they're searching for something, or rather someone, and if someone's been injured in this "incident"...

Is it too much to hope that he got away?

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[alt_kingsley]

It's not too much to hope, I think. If there was an 'incident' and she still had him in custody, she wouldn't be participating in the search herself. She'd be hustling away as fast as she could in the other direction with her prize.

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[alt_alice]

If she's got twenty four hours we might too.

I wish there was a faster way to send word to Mrs Finch-Fletchley, but one owl's already on the way.

[alt_crouch_jr]

Bellatrix.

Say the word, and I'll come through.

[alt_bellatrix]

We're fine. As I said: twenty-four hours.

[alt_crouch_jr]

Yes. I understand you, but that's the outside window. You need all the resources you can get now.

I'm in Dover already and headed to the checkpoint in the tunnel. I'll be through within the hour.

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[alt_bill]

Bloody hell, it sounds like he really might have done it.

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[alt_alice]

Whatever he's done, it's got them scrambling.

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[alt_lupin]

But why twenty-four hours? What does it mean?

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[alt_alice]

Poison?

Or perhaps a tracking spell?

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[alt_bill]

I can't ask the analysts if they have any idea. We all operating on the no contact basis.

[alt_bellatrix]

Good good, you don't want to miss the fun.

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[alt_alice]

no news is good news.

no news is good news.

no news is good news.

Give them hell, Sirius

[alt_lucius]

I've just spoken to Dideron again. You ought to have all the resources you require at your disposal - but let me know if there is anything else I can arrange. I can free myself to come as well, if it will help.

[alt_narcissa]

No.

NO.

Oh, you should have ignored the gendarmes and incapacitated him when you first arrived, Bella.

Oh, this is maddening!

[alt_bellatrix]

Calm down, Cissy, there's no call to fret.

And as much as I agree with your sentiment, you know that our Lord is looking to the future and wishes to stay on a friendly basis with France.

[alt_narcissa]

Oh, I understand why you didn't - it's just infuriating when he ruins a perfectly good mood and what was going to be a beautiful, red-letter day for us all.

Perhaps this will at least give more credence to Lucius' conversations with the government there, once they see how one despicable man can pose a threat to us all.