Order Only: Legilimency
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alt_justinHullo, all,
Have any of you undergone questioning yet? I say, I've just come from there and there's a bloke from the Ministry whom I believe is one of their Legilimenses.
He was sitting in the room letting one of the others ask most of the questions, what, but occasionally he would break in and ask something in just the way Hydra's said her mother taught her. For example, the Auror asked a few questions about my own relationship with Draco, what, and then the wizard in the back would ask something like, 'How did he feel about you and Miss Lestrange breaking off your engagement?' and then he asked, 'What did he tell you about his own family's standards?' as if he hoped I'd think about conversations in which Draco maligned his aunt or expressed frustration at being expected to marry another pureblood. 'What other things did he confide to you?' and so on.
The other line of questioning was about Hermione, what. The primary interviewer asked me if I'd ever had direct contact or conversations with Harry's servant, and the Legilimens interjected a question about Hermione's wand. I say, I'm jolly well sure he thought just asking the question would make me picture her wand or her holding her wand--if I'd ever seen it, what.
Let's see. They asked about Mr Milland and any detentions I'd served with him (which was well simple, what, as all my detentions had been with Professors) and back to more questions about how I adjusted to life here after moving from France.
At any rate, the point is that we can't assume everyone can occlude, what, and we can't assume that everyone who knows anything or suspects anything will be questioned where someone we trust is controlling the conversation. I say, particularly people who came to book club or have a Galleon.
Harry, this morning's meeting went jolly well--good form, old man--well, apart from poor Daphne--but even if they all have the best of intentions, what, I think someone's bound to let something slip.
Have there ever been any hint of conversations or indications here at school that Draco was actively involved with an insurgent organisation? I mean, could anyone not in the Order already have any sort of information that MLE could use against him?
-Justin
Have any of you undergone questioning yet? I say, I've just come from there and there's a bloke from the Ministry whom I believe is one of their Legilimenses.
He was sitting in the room letting one of the others ask most of the questions, what, but occasionally he would break in and ask something in just the way Hydra's said her mother taught her. For example, the Auror asked a few questions about my own relationship with Draco, what, and then the wizard in the back would ask something like, 'How did he feel about you and Miss Lestrange breaking off your engagement?' and then he asked, 'What did he tell you about his own family's standards?' as if he hoped I'd think about conversations in which Draco maligned his aunt or expressed frustration at being expected to marry another pureblood. 'What other things did he confide to you?' and so on.
The other line of questioning was about Hermione, what. The primary interviewer asked me if I'd ever had direct contact or conversations with Harry's servant, and the Legilimens interjected a question about Hermione's wand. I say, I'm jolly well sure he thought just asking the question would make me picture her wand or her holding her wand--if I'd ever seen it, what.
Let's see. They asked about Mr Milland and any detentions I'd served with him (which was well simple, what, as all my detentions had been with Professors) and back to more questions about how I adjusted to life here after moving from France.
At any rate, the point is that we can't assume everyone can occlude, what, and we can't assume that everyone who knows anything or suspects anything will be questioned where someone we trust is controlling the conversation. I say, particularly people who came to book club or have a Galleon.
Harry, this morning's meeting went jolly well--good form, old man--well, apart from poor Daphne--but even if they all have the best of intentions, what, I think someone's bound to let something slip.
Have there ever been any hint of conversations or indications here at school that Draco was actively involved with an insurgent organisation? I mean, could anyone not in the Order already have any sort of information that MLE could use against him?
-Justin
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Date: 2014-06-10 09:45 pm (UTC)Daphne is going to be put through the wringer, obviously. Maybe they'll ask Donovan about him, because he's on our side, but since he's not in our year they won't have a lot to ask him.
Sally-Anne, Pans, I know you've had a rough few days, but could you talk to her? See if she's okay? I mean, obviously, she's not happy. I don't think she'll talk about the Galleons, but her just sort of stomping off like that is not good. At least she wasn't at a lot of the meeting where we talked about subversive stuff.
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Date: 2014-06-10 09:47 pm (UTC)If they're nervous, that's pretty expected, I'd imagine.
And if loads of them are thinking about Pure Victory, that'd be expected too.
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Date: 2014-06-10 10:36 pm (UTC)She's furious at Draco. About a lot of things. I think we can trust her a lot more than we have, I mean I think we could have recruited her, but this would be a really bad time to tell her anything she doesn't know already because she can't occlude even slightly.
If there is any way to make sure Hydra's the one legilimising her -- Daphne knows there's a lot she doesn't know, and not just about Draco.
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Date: 2014-06-10 10:52 pm (UTC)I don't think she's the vengeful type, at least.
Re: Private message to Sally Anne
Date: 2014-06-11 12:13 am (UTC)She has a tendency to see terrible people as better than they are, though, and she knows it. Bole was one, her crush on Crouch was another example, and I think in some ways she's thinking that Draco was yet another.
I can't tell whether she believes the rumours because I've tried to steer the conversation away from what's actually true and toward what she feels about it. I don't want to lie to her if I can avoid it, I'd much rather avoid being put in the position where I need to. So I've tried to focus as much as possible on how she feels and how she's doing.
Re: Private message to Sally Anne
Date: 2014-06-11 12:24 am (UTC)Should I try to get her alone and legilimise her? It could give me an idea of how easy to read she is, and what's actually on her mind right now.
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Date: 2014-06-11 12:30 am (UTC)I mean, I don't know how much she's worked out. Or what she's thinking about. Or what she's worried about MLE finding out from her. She's the one who read Pure Victory, like the whole thing out loud. If she's thinking about that -- how much trouble do you think she'll end up in?
Re: Private message to Sally Anne
Date: 2014-06-11 12:36 am (UTC)I don't know what trouble she'll be in. I suppose it depends on if they're focused on getting information about Draco and Snape and Hermione, or if they're also on the lookout for disloyal behaviour in general. So far I haven't had the impression that they're looking for the latter.
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Date: 2014-06-11 12:48 am (UTC)Re: Private message to Sally Anne
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Date: 2014-06-11 01:04 am (UTC)Re: Private message to Sally Anne
Date: 2014-06-11 01:18 am (UTC)And, I hate to say it, but it's hard to incriminate someone when they're not guilty. Because even if he was awful, Teddy wasn't wrong about Draco.
Re: Private message to Sally Anne
Date: 2014-06-11 01:50 am (UTC)Draco really can't come back, even if MLE decides they believe Mr Snape kidnapped him. Because he can't let your Mum legilimise him.
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Date: 2014-06-11 04:13 am (UTC)Re: Private message to Sally Anne
Date: 2014-06-11 05:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-10 09:54 pm (UTC)Can't be helped now, though.
They don't actually have a lot of Legilimens in MLE, I don't think, but enough of them to cause us trouble, I guess. If it's Mr Penderyn, I've met him. DId he have a lot of white hair and a short, pointy beard? I haven't noticed him here, but then maybe I wouldn't have, cooped up in this tower most of the time. No one's called me yet. I expect I'm not top of their list to talk to, being a Gryffindor and all.
So I take it your occlumency held up? Good show!
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Date: 2014-06-10 10:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-10 10:51 pm (UTC)