Private message to Barty Crouch, Jr

[alt_bellatrix]

As the subject did not come under discussion directly last night, I write here to say that your dedication to your pursuits under the service of our Lord is a credit to you. Do not let the heaps of flowers, the pearl-clutching, and the weepy letters to the Prophet allow you to doubt that.

Also. Good to have you back.

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[alt_crouch_jr]

Was never gone.

Confess that examining the body was disturbing. It's undoubtedly mine. Can't fault any of you for mistaking that.

However. Cannot understand why no one dug further into Selwyn's account: clearly 'my' behaviour upon Apparating was anomalous. Did you really think I'd be taken in so humiliating a way? Wand not drawn?

[alt_bellatrix]

You were arriving at a club where your friends are known to gather and welcome you with open arms. It is typically considered ill-mannered and hyper-vigilant to arrive on such a scene with wand drawn out in preparation for unfriendly fire.

Certainly the sort of thing I'm known to do, however. And now you, too.

[alt_crouch_jr]

I never Apparate anywhere without being prepared for surprise at the other end.

Would expect nothing less of you.

[alt_bellatrix]

Ah, even in the face of my very dead body?

[alt_crouch_jr]

If it were your body and the wand not drawn, I'd certainly question the eyewitness more thoroughly. Did no one ask Selwyn to drop that memory in a Pensieve?

Clearly I need to sharpen my reputation.

I'll take it as a performance incentive.

[alt_bellatrix]

Our first priority was to set our sights on the assassin, and not to idle over Selwyn's trauma.

But yes, I think that's the best way to take it.

[alt_crouch_jr]

Since when were hugs and kisses customary reception at Ouroboros?

[alt_bellatrix]

They never seem to have any for me. You can't imagine how I mourn.