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I'm quite excited for the party tomorrow. I've got quite a few errands to run as well -- hols has just flown by. Ardenia's managed to squeeze me in at the last minute -- when I went in for a refill, Mlle Givaudan said it was high time to revisit my profile. I'm excited to see what they've come up with. And there's all sorts of lovely spring sales that I have yet to take full advantage of. Parvati, your mother's latest line is just lovely. I especially appreciated the orange and pink shimmery fabric she's been using.

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If you want a not-date tomorrow, I'm game.

Sure!

I'll be done working with Dolohov after lunch. I'll be flooing down to New London after cleaning up. Which house are you at today so I can pick you up?

My own.

Depending on how long some of my errands take, I might be a touch late. If it looks like I'll be late, I'll let you know, and you can just go on to the party and I'll meet you there.

I'm headed to the city. If you're not around, Hitty ought to be able to let me in if you aren't back yet.

See you soon!

I'll be back within the hour.

And it'll take a bit for me to get tidied up myself. But we'll certainly have time for tea. If Sally-Anne's around at all, she can join us as well.

Thanks, Ced.

It's such good news about Powell's. I'm so glad you finalised the contract with her for the party tomorrow, and I can't wait to see the House fireworks you both have come up with.

I wish hols were longer. And that we were all less busy, what with challenges and meetings and earthquakes and running a wildly successful business.

I wish a lot of things, I suppose.

Anyways. I'd like a proper goodbye before I go away to a stuffy school for weeks and weeks, and I could use a great deal of cheering-up. Do you have an idea of anyone who'd be able to help a girl out?

Okay.

Tomorrow. You. Me. Back rubs?

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Maybe dinner first? That little Indian place we went to over Christmas hols?

Sounds like a plan.

Imogene's Apothecary had what I needed. It was quite costly.

Thank you, Mr Lupin. I did exactly what you suggested, and it worked quite well. I didn't even have to cry.

I've picked up the other ingredients that are more common in two additional shops, to spread things out a bit.

I can start brewing on Sunday night, if you're available to supervise, Mr Snape.

I will be, yes. I will write you out a version of the instructions that is less ... opaque, but do promise me you will not attempt the brewing on your own; I mislike the prospect of you attempting to do so without assistance. This is not a potion that is forgiving of error.

Thank you.

And no. I wouldn't.

Good.

It is not that I believe you incapable of the task; it is that the consequences for failure are dreadfully high, and the margin of error is exceptionally narrow. I will respect your wishes and not help you directly, but I will feel significantly better if I am able to observe your work and verify that you have brewed it properly before you ingest it.

It won't be me who's taking it.

They're making me test it on someone I trust.

I see.

Then you will be doubly motivated to brew it correctly, I suppose.

Yes.

I got the supplies.

Mr Lupin said I ought to buy the most expensive thing in the ingredients case without haggling, and then imply that I'd heard she had access to more rare ingredients.

It worked. Merlin, it cost me, but she happened to have a stock of the Diviner's Mint, and one of the two other ingredients that are really hard to come by, and I just looked a bit desperate and scared (which didn't take much), and paid up without balking.

So that's the first step done.

Anyways. I'm headed back. Ced'll be at the house too, if you want some tea before getting ready for tonight.

Right.

I'm really glad Mr Snape can supervise -- I mean, not that I don't trust you, but everything about that potion is dodgy, including the instructions for how to make it. It's like a recipe for pie crust that says 'add sufficient water,' you know, and expects you to just understand that's going to be less on a damp day.

At least the visions should be interesting. ~~If it works~~ I don't know if I believe that it ACTUALLY lets you see into the future; if it did, wouldn't they learn about it in Divination class?

I think it might be something they save for NEWT levels? I can see how they wouldn't want to risk that people would make it on their own and try it, because if you use it a lot, it's really not good at all.

And maybe the visions just aren't really reliable, or clear. We can always look it up some more at the library when we get back, to see.

Well, Lav is in NEWT Divination. I could see if she's ever heard of it.

And yeah, the fact that it makes you go mad if you take it too often probably means they don't suggest you use it.

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