Order Only: Private message to Alice Longbottom and Bill Weasley

[alt_sally_anne]

Do you know if private messages are still private? The ones not on the Order lock, I mean.

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[alt_sally_anne]

Oh and also Daphne wants to join the Order.

I've invited her over to Pansy's tomorrow evening. Do you want to send one of the grown ups over to talk to her before you make a decision?

[alt_alice]

That's very good to hear.

I would like to have a chat, yes. What would work best, do you think? Would it be too much if Remus and myself were to both talk with her? You, Ron, and Pansy could certainly sit in so she wouldn't feel outnumbered.

[alt_sally_anne]

Well okay. We told her to come to Pansy's tomorrow night, but you know Pansy's isn't under Fidelius so now I'm wondering if it would be better to give her the secret to 12GP and we could all go through the floo and talk there, if you wanted to ask her questions before you let her in? Although it really depends on whether you're worried about being somewhere like Pansy's.

Anyway I don't think you and Mr Lupin would be too many although it might be better if it were you and Professor Spout, since she knows Professor Sprout and that might be reassuring. Although she met Mr Lupin back when he worked at Hogwarts. Also if you decided you didn't trust her it would probably be better if she didn't know about Professor Sprout.

Ron and Pansy and I should definitely be there, whatever you decide. We'd all fit in Pansy's sitting room, at least.

[alt_alice]

There's a fine line, yes.

We can easily set up something temporary at Pansy's to give us a little more security. You're right, Remus would be a familiar face, and he tends to be a steady quiet sort (unless he's cross, of course), and a little less overwhelming than jumping right to meeting Sirius.

Once she's in, and I'm assuming she will be, we can certainly take her to Grimmauld. I think it would also be very wise to have her talk with Professor Sprout and Madame Pomfrey as well, but after we've sorted out things on our end.

[alt_sally_anne]

Well one other thing to think about regarding Mr Lupin is that the full moon's tonight. So he might not feel up for much tomorrow.

[alt_alice]

Yes. We'll play it by ear. If he can't come, perhaps Tonks can.

[alt_alice]

I've been wondering since our conversations about Daphne and her security whether it would be worth our while to set up a safehouse specifically for non-Order Galleon members? A place they know they can go to in New London?

[alt_sally_anne]

I think that would be a good idea.

But, I think someone from Hogwarts should be the secret-keeper, then. Because if you have to write notes and pass them around it would make it a lot easier for them to fall into someone's hands from MLE (someone who isn't Auror Brodie, I mean, or Ron).

Maybe Ron. Or Neville.

But, setting up the Fidelius in New London itself would be hard to do without attracting attention. Also, that's sort of telling the cleverer galleon-holders that it's not just a load of kids at Hogwarts but there are adults involved too.

[alt_alice]

It's certainly worth thinking about. I'll see what we can do. Having the secret-keeper be a student would be ideal.

And yes, it does suggest things, as does what happened with Sarah, but it's also far better to provide support than not, I think.

[alt_sally_anne]

WAIT I just realised that could give you the wrong idea.

She didn't say anything incriminating in a PM. But she wanted to know if they were still completely private, and she let me know she wants to join (but she didn't say 'your organisation of seditious rebels trying overthrow Our Lord' or anything like that. And I doubt anyone pays much attention to Daphne's PMs.)

If they aren't private anymore you should probably have them say something on the radio.

[alt_alice]

Yes, our latest reports are that everything's still secure. And believe me, we plan on broadcasting very thoroughly the moment we find out they're ready to start recording things again.

[alt_sally_anne]

So can you come tomorrow night? Or maybe it would work if Mr Lupin came? To swear her in, I mean.

Or to ask her questions and see if you think it's okay to let her in.

I don't know. How do you usually do this? When Professor Dumbledore swore all of us in he just did it.

[alt_alice]

Yes. I can certainly come.

There's no one way to do this, really. I think it would be best to sit and talk for a little, to make sure she'd be fully on board, but I see no issue with swearing her in at the end of our conversation if she's prepared to move forward.

[alt_sally_anne]

Good because I think she's ready.

Also, what makes you so sure, with the private messages? Surely they're TRYING to reconstruct an archive to start recording them again.

[alt_alice]

Bill was involved in the process last time, and as such, has a fairly good idea of how long it takes to set up. Some of the charms are particularly complex, and take a while to complete under the best of circumstances, so we have a rough idea about how long it'll take to get things up and running again.