Order Only: Private message to Albus Dumbledore

Albus, could you possibly meet with me? Late tonight (after 9 pm) or sometime this weekend?

I'm having difficulty with some of the stuff Mulciber's forcing me to do. I had an incident yesterday where I came within a hair's breadth of doing it myself, without being forced. Without even being asked.

Please, I'm rather desperate. I would appreciate it very much if I could consult with you.

Private message to Corax Mulciber

I finished the interviews with the camp administrators this afternoon.

Ashford: Mr Pemble was quite the collection of grumbles. Ironic, since Ashford's allotment is going to be cut the least. He complained of being understaffed, the difficulty of changing procedures, the new reporting requirements, etcetera. My general impression: laziness.

Chipstead: Mr Hibben was quite difficult to read in terms of his attitude, but he was entirely cooperative. His questions were intelligent and strictly on-topic. He seems to be quite efficient. Certainly the camp looked to be in good condition.

Maidstone: Mr Spillett blew hot and cold. At first, when I told him what was expected, he was cheerful about the whole thing. Almost overly so. When I started to go into the reporting requirements, however, his whole attitude changed, and he began to throw out objections. I let him natter on a little, but eventually made it quite clear that he wasn't going to wheedle out of the plan. Left him thoroughly cowed and I doubt you'll have much trouble--on the surface, at least.

I smell a rat, however. I think Mr Spillett has some reason not to want us to look too closely at his procedures or records.

Sevenoaks: Ms Beerling also seems efficient, producing records promptly and answering questions correctly. I anticipate no trouble.

Swale: When I explained the plan and the expectations, Mr Martin gave me a sense of a man caught in a surge of fear, but trying his best to hide it. I would have to go back and probe a little to try to get a sense of what's going on there. I'm not ready to suggest he's soft about muggles and worries about the effects on their health. Perhaps he fears an uprising, since the cut to their allotment is the most severe.

Private message to Auror Lamont

I think you know I've been doing camp visits in Kent this week to inform the administrators of Mulciber's plan to experiment with cutting the food budgets. Just wanted to pass along a tip: something about the administrator at Maidstone, Garth Spillett, raised my hackles a bit. Call it a hunch. He was quite gung ho about the plan--until he learned about some of the reporting requirements, and how we would be taking a look at camp records, and then he did quite a bit of wriggling to try to get out of it. Especially when I started talking about the budget records. Giving off all sorts of tells of a guilty conscience.

I've made some quiet inquiries, and I've picked up hints and rumours that something's amiss at Maidstone. Hints of records being in disarray, and mistreatment of the residents. Um, the female residents, in the ways that Mulciber doesn't like (although I haven't mentioned that aspect to him).

It's probably worth an audit for financial troubles at least.