Brilliant

[alt_dean]

Team,

You guys were absolutely brilliant today. Draco, Blaise, Daphne: your air assault was perfect. Padma, thanks for the advice earlier. You were absolutely right. Also that was a wonderful secondary defense strategy you created. If I must say so myself, and I really don't mean to be boastful, but the pre-emptive tactic I used went smoothly. Everyone was so focused on building defenses that I just had to wait for her to be alone for a second to start my air assault. I only had to try once, precision is everything. I think she came around just before dinner. It was highly necessary to take her out of the challenge early.

I must ask, who laid the traps in front of our enchantments? It was brill to see Katrina go down. And though we didn't really need some of the information Seamus got out of her, because Blaise had already discovered the position of their flag, but knowing what traps they set around it was helpful for those of us on the ground. That challenge took a long time, but it was fun and you guys and gals were great. The execution was near flawless.


Linus,

Good job today. Sorry to take you down like that, but this was war. Over all it was much fun.

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I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Ron, did you hear what they did to Katrina? After they captured her, Finnigan used a curse we learned in Dark Arts that dislocated her left arm. And said he'd let her heal herself if she'd tell him what she knew about the defenses around her team's flag.

When she didn't tell him, he hexed her some more to jostle her around, because that would make her arm hurt more.

She told him in the end.

I wouldn't get between Katrina and either Finnigan or Thomas tomorrow. It was Thomas's idea, apparently. 'This is war!' Whatever. Arse.

(And Pansy didn't know. Finnigan and Thomas aren't stupid; they had her off somewhere else, far enough away that she couldn't hear Katrina screaming.)

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Yeah, she told me.

When she screamed, Finnigan told her he was just using what you'd all learned about 'light torture' techniques in Dark Arts, and if the other team wasn't going to use them, too, that was our mistake. Don't know what anyone thinks light torture means. Torture's torture, right? And it's rubbish.

I hope Katrina does find a way to get him back. I told her I'd help her if she needs backup, but she said if she does do something, she'll grab her chance whenever it comes not plan it out.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Mmm. Miss Professor Carrow taught us that spell and said it was a good way to make sure an enemy you'd defeated couldn't grab a wand and use it, since you can't do wand movements with your wand arm out of joint. But she added that as an added advantage it can 'soften them up' and you might want to have a quill handy to take notes if they want to start telling you everything they know to try to convince you to put their joint back in place.

Carrow didn't actually use the word 'torture.' But she made it clear what she was talking about.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Ugh.

You're not going to keep taking that, are you? You're still going to switch to Arithmancy, right?

I mean, I know why you did take it, but now-

It's not worth it.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

I've been thinking about that.

I'm not going to be able to catch up in Arithmancy. I probably could have if I hadn't got into CCF, but as it is, there's no way. There just isn't enough summer to make up a whole year's work, and Arithmancy is hard.

But also, if I'm in Dark Arts I'll be able to get the books that might talk about the binding curses Carrow used on Terry. And what he needs to do to break them.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

I sort of thought you might say that.

You know, someone might think that spending time with Gryffindors is rubbing off on you. I mean, Miss P C has tried to kill you twice now, and you want to keep on because you could learn stuff that could help Terry fight back. Oh, sure, you say it's about the books, but what you really mean is you're planning to risk your neck for somebody else. See? There's hope for you yet!