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alt_severusStop peppering me with owls. I'll use the ridiculous journal. Feathers in my tea
Mr McGivern, we may stop looking for the location component in the potion. It's not there. Gratifying to know that I was correct in thinking that Carrow is too much of an imbecile to incorporate that quality into a blood-binding spell. Given the assumed runic component of the writing he used, we may then suppose that that which would keep Mr Boot within Carrow's radius is runic in nature as well. The 'steel' quill reinforces my theory - Carrow was likely using iron, and the iron stylus was a favourite tool for those using blood-based runic magic. If it's a rune that's binding Mr Boot to Carrow's location, it's a simple matter of finding it and destroying it properly. The blood rune is another matter entirely.
Black, I would like to put a stop to this nonsense about the animagus transformation once and for all. My research on the subject - to my vast surprise - reinforces your theory that assuming the animagus form does indeed interrupt the workings of a blood-binding spell. Before you allow this to get to your head, however, recall that time is of the essence, and you are asking a vast deal of a young man under distressive circumstances. Not everyone is as privileged as you were at that age.
Blood-based magic is usually performed once every few months on the subject for the purpose of reinforcement. The bond grows stronger with each new dose. Rather than place an optimistically tall order on the boy, I find it much more plausible to find a way to erase the runes ourselves. It would be an ordeal, but nearly anything is more conceivable than expecting a boy of his age and education to master the animagus transformation.
Lupin and Professor Sprout, I have need of more supplies, and am informed it is not yet "safe enough" to get them myself. I understand that you are the individuals to contact in such matters, and I expect my order to be executed swiftly and thoroughly.
- Calcite - if mercantile sources exhausted or dubious, locate at White Cliffs of Dover qty. 10oz.
- Adder skin qty. 5, preferably unbroken
- Ammonium chloride qty. 2oz.
- Fresh buckwheat qty. 3 bushels
Minerva, you have run out of green tea.
Mr McGivern, we may stop looking for the location component in the potion. It's not there. Gratifying to know that I was correct in thinking that Carrow is too much of an imbecile to incorporate that quality into a blood-binding spell. Given the assumed runic component of the writing he used, we may then suppose that that which would keep Mr Boot within Carrow's radius is runic in nature as well. The 'steel' quill reinforces my theory - Carrow was likely using iron, and the iron stylus was a favourite tool for those using blood-based runic magic. If it's a rune that's binding Mr Boot to Carrow's location, it's a simple matter of finding it and destroying it properly. The blood rune is another matter entirely.
Black, I would like to put a stop to this nonsense about the animagus transformation once and for all. My research on the subject - to my vast surprise - reinforces your theory that assuming the animagus form does indeed interrupt the workings of a blood-binding spell. Before you allow this to get to your head, however, recall that time is of the essence, and you are asking a vast deal of a young man under distressive circumstances. Not everyone is as privileged as you were at that age.
Blood-based magic is usually performed once every few months on the subject for the purpose of reinforcement. The bond grows stronger with each new dose. Rather than place an optimistically tall order on the boy, I find it much more plausible to find a way to erase the runes ourselves. It would be an ordeal, but nearly anything is more conceivable than expecting a boy of his age and education to master the animagus transformation.
Lupin and Professor Sprout, I have need of more supplies, and am informed it is not yet "safe enough" to get them myself. I understand that you are the individuals to contact in such matters, and I expect my order to be executed swiftly and thoroughly.
- Calcite - if mercantile sources exhausted or dubious, locate at White Cliffs of Dover qty. 10oz.
- Adder skin qty. 5, preferably unbroken
- Ammonium chloride qty. 2oz.
- Fresh buckwheat qty. 3 bushels
Minerva, you have run out of green tea.
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Date: 2011-09-26 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-27 06:29 pm (UTC)But the tisane is, indeed, tolerable.
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Date: 2011-09-27 02:03 pm (UTC)What exactly do you mean by your research into the transformation's effect on blood magic?
As for Terry's learning it or not, that's not up to me. He was already working on it when I met him - and he's got the talent for it. I wouldn't have encouraged him if he hadn't had. It's just a question of time. (Privilege, incidentally, or lack thereof, has nothing to do with it. In future you can leave out any similar snide remarks about things you clearly don't understand.)
Exactly how do you suggest we remove runes when we can't get near the lad? And what do you mean, the blood rune's another matter?
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Date: 2011-09-27 06:20 pm (UTC)My research methods are none of your concern, so long as they produce results. Unlike certain others, I do not require an oath to force me to print the truth. However, in the interest of transparency, Headmistress McGonagall volunteered willingly in her capacity as an animagus. Of my sampling population, I felt she would be the most reliable subject. As you can see, she has met with no harm. I also spent nearly a month prior to these experiments in academic research with volumes from the Headmistress's personal library as well as some on loan from the Hogwarts restricted section, but I have the sneaking suspicion that that's not what you were driving at.
Your assertions of Mr Boot's 'talent' are completely irrelevant. Talent means nothing without education and skill acquired over the course of years. As you so astutely pointed out, you are quite unable to be there to hand-hold him through the process, and he is running out of time. You clearly prefer to race the boy against the strengthening bonds Carrow is placing upon him. I prefer to act realistically, and find solutions which depend upon our actions rather than the 'talent' of an oppressed and undereducated adolescent.
The entire point of blood magic is permanence. There are dozens of factual accounts concerning failed attempts to remove or destroy this rune, and the rare accounts which detail a successful attempt are unreliable and implausible heresay. For instance, I am relatively confident that turning counter-clockwise thrice on Midsummer's Eve with a freshly-killed badger tied to one's head will not undo a blood rune. I may certainly test it in the interest of academic rigor, if you are willing to volunteer.
However, I have some optimism as to a theory from which we could all stand to benefit. I will be ready to present it in one month. I have my doubts as to whether Mr Boot will have mastered the transformation before then, though he may certainly try.