ORDER ONLY: Private Message to Fred and George

[alt_pansy]

Well, gents, I suppose you've heard by now of the latest plan Our Most Glorious Lord has to ruin my academics and possibly kill me.

Sally-Anne thinks someone chose me to get to Lucius, because obviously I'm not cut out for the Council, which means I'm in the lovely position of being perceived as a failure before I've even begun. Lucius has given me absolutely nothing to work with, and we have no idea what we'll be asked to do. I suppose the key will be to fail as gracefully as possible, while appearing to try very hard, but without getting too singed in the process.

I'll keep an eye out for Ron. We'll all be keeping an eye out for each other, I'd imagine.

I'm not sure what the rest of the term will be like. I'll do my best to lend a hand when I can, but I don't know how much of my time this is going to take.

And I may be a bit late getting you that feedback for the spring line.

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[alt_fred]

You know you didn't have to do this to impress our customer base.

[alt_george]

Although it can only help.

[alt_fred]

Yeah.

Also, consider the entire Weasley Wizard Whizbangs catalogue at your disposal for appropriate mayhem. That's for you, Ron, Hydra and Draco, too. We'd prefer, of course, if you can do it without leaving any bodies in suspicious places.

Seriously, any way we can help, count on us.

[alt_pansy]

I was thinking advanced samples of some of the things you'll be cooking up couldn't hurt. So yes, that's good to know.

Private message to Pansy Parkinson

[alt_george]

All right then? Must have been a helluva shock.

Listen, don't worry about the spring line, or anything else. We have Hitty's help, and plenty of galleons, thanks to you, and we have enough ideas to keep us going for months. Packaging and ads are all set for the next product push, so it's really a lull where you can concentrate on this.

It'll be all right, yeah?

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[alt_pansy]

Okay. Good.

And yes, it was.

This is not going to be pleasant.

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[alt_pansy]

I suppose it's a blessing that people are most likely going to discount me from the start. It'll make it easier to focus on just saving face and keeping the rest of them from getting hurt.

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[alt_george]

The journals and the Galleons will really help, too.

We can try to hit up Fu for ideas, too, come to think of it. The man knows more about the strategy of surprise than probably anyone in the Protectorate.

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[alt_pansy]

We do have a bit of an advantage, don't we?

Thanks, you.

I feel slightly less like vomming.

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[alt_george]

If I were there, I might suggest sneaking out for a snogging session. That would take your mind off things.

Of course, if my snogging technique weren't up to the challenge and you were to vom anyway, that would put a damper on things.

Literally.

(You can laugh. That's the point of this.)

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[alt_pansy]

Hah! It totally worked.

I seem to remember having no complaints about your snogging technique, but as you know, any good research outcome requires multiple trials.

Might you be up for revisiting this next Hogsmeade weekend? If I'm not off tow-rowing, that is.

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[alt_george]

I'd be very happy to come for a Hogsmeade weekend to investigate what sorts of fireworks we can conjure up together.

So to speak.

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[alt_pansy]

Lovely.

Something to look forward to.

If I have to go off and fight Patil or something instead, I'll be quite put out.