Order Only -- The situation.
Nov. 22nd, 2011 10:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_mcgonagallSeverus will be making his home here, in the castle, for the foreseeable future. He has body-bound Milland, and we have locked him up in the caretaker's old dungeons -- no one uses them anymore. He will be quite happy there: while Severus feels that anything less than Azkaban is luxury, I insisted that he be provided with amusements and creature comforts, and that Severus visit him regularly. (Of course, I doubt those visits will be terribly pleasant for either of them, but that is neither here nor there. Solitary confinement is inappropriate.)
Poppy, you needn't have worried. The object of Polyjuice must be alive for the potion to remain effective. Milland will be safe as houses for the rest of the year, even if Severus grows angry with him.
As for the Polyjuice situation. Severus had brewed a small supply of his own, but not nearly enough for an entire year. We shall have to help him obtain the ingredients, now that the deed is done. Fortunately, the caretaker's rooms are like warrens. I had known that discipline was once stricter at Hogwarts, but I had no idea of the extent of it -- it makes the Lord Protector appear moderate. Once we have cleared out some of the rooms, they will serve perfectly well as Potions laboratories, and I doubt anyone knows that they exist.
Milland's rooms were surprisingly devoid of clues. He is the sort to keep a date-book -- a stroke of luck. Severus was not pleased to discover that he will be expected to entertain both Gwendolyn Acton and Cordelia Carpenter for alternating teas nearly every day of the week. When Milland awakes, I suppose we (Severus) shall know more, assuming he is not an occlumens.
As for Severus' insubordination, we need say no more about it. He and I have worked it out between us and there shall be no more nasty surprises.
Poppy, you needn't have worried. The object of Polyjuice must be alive for the potion to remain effective. Milland will be safe as houses for the rest of the year, even if Severus grows angry with him.
As for the Polyjuice situation. Severus had brewed a small supply of his own, but not nearly enough for an entire year. We shall have to help him obtain the ingredients, now that the deed is done. Fortunately, the caretaker's rooms are like warrens. I had known that discipline was once stricter at Hogwarts, but I had no idea of the extent of it -- it makes the Lord Protector appear moderate. Once we have cleared out some of the rooms, they will serve perfectly well as Potions laboratories, and I doubt anyone knows that they exist.
Milland's rooms were surprisingly devoid of clues. He is the sort to keep a date-book -- a stroke of luck. Severus was not pleased to discover that he will be expected to entertain both Gwendolyn Acton and Cordelia Carpenter for alternating teas nearly every day of the week. When Milland awakes, I suppose we (Severus) shall know more, assuming he is not an occlumens.
As for Severus' insubordination, we need say no more about it. He and I have worked it out between us and there shall be no more nasty surprises.
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Date: 2011-11-22 11:17 pm (UTC)And that ignores the issue of holding Milland captive indefinitely.
I know you suspected Milland, but if he was that much a threat and if you're willing to hold him prisoner, why could we not have done that ourselves without Snape's being any part of the bad bargain?
And. A year?! Why should he be here so long? Or if we keep him here that long, why would he consent to leave then? What are his motives? Why does he wish to be here? Did he not have a perfectly serviceable laboratory set up in your house?
I sincerely doubt it's that he was lonely and wished the company of a school full of students and their well harried teachers and staff. He wants my stores and Pomona's crops.
Have either of you given actual thought to this scheme?
Merlin, Mordred, and Morgana, indeed.