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[alt_bill]

Yaxley's dead.

Percy was abruptly called to the office at close to 11:00 pm last night by Lucius Malfoy with the news and has been there through the entire night. He just stopped by here at the Burrow to give me the news before heading home for a shower and going back in. No one's answering any questions about how Yaxley died; when Percy inquired, Lucius looked so thunderous that Percy didn't dare press.

Bloody hell, Minerva, do you know what's going on?

Comments

[alt_draco]

Oh, that should be perfect, then.

[alt_bill]

What's your reasoning, out of curiosity?

[alt_draco]

My father's "faction," as you put it, don't like the Mulcibers.

A divided MLE that fights amongst themselves will probably worry more about internal affairs than external ones.

[alt_nymphadora]

Afraid I think that sounds really bloody dangerous for anyone in a thousand mile radius of Mulciber's new desk.

[alt_draco]

How is "really bloody dangerous" new for anyone around here?

[alt_nymphadora]

There are different kinds of danger. And it can make a difference. That infighting could end up with lots of collateral damage. Starting at the Ministry where some of us work.

I think it's a fantasy to imagine the Death Eaters are just going to kill each other off.

It would be nice if it happened, mind you, but I think it sounds more likely there'll be a major pissing contest between Mulciber and your Aunt where the measuring posts are things like number of insurgents captured, number of confessions extracted, number of traitors ferreted out of Ministry departments and camp administrations and everywhere else.

And since it's Mulciber, I expect halfbloods are going to have fresh targets painted on our backs. It's a particular 'concern' of theirs, blood purity is.

Sorry. Didn't mean to make that personal. And maybe you know some things about Mulciber the rest of us don't. What separates the factions, do you know?

[alt_draco]

But council members do kill each other, especially when they're divided.

And the Lord Protector seems to have been offing more of them himself ever since they've been jousting around.

I live with and call your Death Eaters family. Harry has to call the Lord Protector Father, and bears the weight of responsibility if Daddy isn't pleased with him. Hydra - well, do I even need to say it? And Hermione sleeps in Buckingham Palace. Apologies if I sound unsympathetic to those of you who have to work with them, but I don't see the point in trying to predict what they'll do next because in the end, you can't. And if your prediction is right - well, good. Then you can prepare yourself for the fallout.