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alt_billDominic Selwyn just told me over Firewhiskey in his office. He needed it, the bastard.
Our Glorious Lord Protector, in His infinite wisdom, decreed that the entire family had to be wiped out, 'root and branch.'
Two parents, three children. Selwyn says that Barty Crouch and Bellatrix Lestrange killed the parents. Virgil Crispin was assigned the task of offing the oldest son, Herbert, who has just recently left Hogwarts. Apparently, Crispin's ambitions have been noted, and this was part of his initiation into rising higher in the ranks.
Selwyn apparently tried to argue that the younger ones should be spared, put into fostering. But I gather the Lord Protector wasn't particularly inclined to be merciful. So Selwyn was ordered to take out Sophie and her younger brother Justin. It sounds like he didn't have much stomach for it. He told the boy it was all a misunderstanding, and he'd be with his parents soon. Gave him some cocoa with a sleeping potion in it, and then murdered him in his sleep. A kid of about eight. And about Sophie, he said that it was a bit easier. She was expecting the worst, he thought. He wasn't there to cruciate her, but just to end it and it came as 'almost a relief.'
Bloody hell.
Sirius, you can't say anything about this as an addendum to the Grim Truth or anything. This is secret for now, although the news may leak out eventually when none of them show up to the camp.
Our Glorious Lord Protector, in His infinite wisdom, decreed that the entire family had to be wiped out, 'root and branch.'
Two parents, three children. Selwyn says that Barty Crouch and Bellatrix Lestrange killed the parents. Virgil Crispin was assigned the task of offing the oldest son, Herbert, who has just recently left Hogwarts. Apparently, Crispin's ambitions have been noted, and this was part of his initiation into rising higher in the ranks.
Selwyn apparently tried to argue that the younger ones should be spared, put into fostering. But I gather the Lord Protector wasn't particularly inclined to be merciful. So Selwyn was ordered to take out Sophie and her younger brother Justin. It sounds like he didn't have much stomach for it. He told the boy it was all a misunderstanding, and he'd be with his parents soon. Gave him some cocoa with a sleeping potion in it, and then murdered him in his sleep. A kid of about eight. And about Sophie, he said that it was a bit easier. She was expecting the worst, he thought. He wasn't there to cruciate her, but just to end it and it came as 'almost a relief.'
Bloody hell.
Sirius, you can't say anything about this as an addendum to the Grim Truth or anything. This is secret for now, although the news may leak out eventually when none of them show up to the camp.
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Date: 2013-01-23 07:06 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-01-23 07:12 pm (UTC)Are you okay?
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Date: 2013-01-23 07:40 pm (UTC)Private message to Remus Lupin
Date: 2013-01-23 07:44 pm (UTC)Re: Private message to Remus Lupin
Date: 2013-01-23 08:41 pm (UTC)I'm so sorry.
Do you want to come by here, when you're done at work? You could have a drink -- or a cup of tea. Talk it through with any of us, not that we're a substitute for your father, of course. But it's something.
Re: Private message to Remus Lupin
Date: 2013-01-23 09:21 pm (UTC)Sometimes numbness is a good idea, but I don't want it to become too easy of a habit. Frank warned me about that.
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Date: 2013-01-23 08:37 pm (UTC)There's no words.
Poppy. I cannot be at the staff meeting tonight. There is no way I can look at her. What excuse can I best give to stay away? (Medical, I assume. Headache from lack of sleep is not so far from the truth.)
I'll be in Greenhouse 4. Indefinitely.
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