Order Only: Private message to Black and Miss Granger

[alt_severus]

Black: the most recent variation you sent up, with Miss Granger's alterations, appears to have solved the problem with the salamander oil going inert after cooling. I hesitate to declare victory prematurely, particularly given the travails already experienced, but all testing indicates this particular variation may finally be safe for human trials.

Do let me know when is convenient.

Miss Granger: your work with this project has been impeccable. Should this succeed, Mr Weasley will owe you considerable thanks.

Comments

[alt_severus]

Forgive me for thinking that perhaps you would prefer to discover whether the potion you have worked so hard upon was ineffective before handing it over to Mr Weasley, not after. Several seconds of Imperio should suffice to know whether the potion is effective. If you are afraid of what I disconcerted at the thought, I shall even allow you to choose the command.

If you do not wish to participate in the trial, I will ask Alice to join us; I am certain she will trust me to behave with proper respect for the scientific process.

[alt_sirius]

Oh, I do, of course. That part's fine, no problem.

Things are quiet at the moment. It'll only take, what, about five minutes, right? Start to finish?

(That's what I've heard, anyway.)

[alt_severus]

That you are able to bypass that juvenile sense of humour enough to produce work such as this is enough to prove you are capable of setting it aside when necessary; what must I do to

I do not forsee the need for a lengthy process.

I shall join you at Grimmauld as soon as I am able. Twenty minutes, or thereabouts.

Private Message to Mr Snape

[alt_hermione]

You do know he's just teasing you, don't you?

I mean, he just does that. To everyone. You should see the way he tweaks Harry sometimes.

And Ms Tonks. They go back and forth loads.

Re: Private Message to Mr Snape

[alt_severus]

Thank you, Miss Granger; I have been aware Black's alleged sense of humour clashes quite firmly with my own preferences in being addressed for quite some time. I have given up hoping that he is capable of keeping an interaction cordial and professional by now, but that does not mean I must stoop to his level.

I regret to inform you this variant of the potion did not have the intended effect, meanwhile. Black and I are discussing the results and attempting to determine how to proceed.