To the loyal subjects of the Protectorate:

[alt_ptolemy]

Have no fear, the Little Venice festival is ready and waiting! Take a gondola trip up the Thames, under bridges that for this weekend evoke the City of Canals. Stroll along the Embankment and delight in the food and drink available for purchase. Stop for a time at the outdoor piazzas where entertainment has been arranged.

It promises to be a beautiful day today and tomorrow looks just as fine. Our Department of Magical Law Enforcement has been working diligently to ensure that all those who are loyal may enjoy the pleasures to be found in the world's greatest city. We shall not let the Phoenixes ruin our freedom, nor shall we allow them to spoil our opportunities for celebration.

Comments

Re: Private message to Barty

[alt_rodolphus]

Bella doesn't like to be wrong. She likes admitting to being wrong even less.

If I craft my message so that it's less about her being wrong, and more about how a bastard halfblood managed to yoke us to his cause without fulfilling all the promises he made, she will be more receptive.

Think of the wards and other magic that went into disarray after his death. He did not want the Protectorate to survive him, and in fact went to great lengths to ensure that it would not. That she is left cleaning up his mess should enrage rightly enrage her. She need only be reminded of it.

Re: Private message to Barty

[alt_crouch_jr]

You must know you can count on Tosha for support in this, as well.

Re: Private message to Barty

[alt_rodolphus]

I do.