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[alt_poppy]

Oh. I do wish the Prophet would find something else to cover than the crowds viewing Sirius's supposed corpse.

Have you seen any of it, Sirius? I hope not. It's truly disturbing. And I say that as someone accustomed to viewing bodies in various discombobulated states. But honestly, between the photographs and the lurid, bloodthirsty, evil-minded things they've quoted people saying.

Even knowing that you are perfectly well and safe, it makes my gorge rise to see it there. Day after blessed day.

It's enough to make me wish someone would blow a hole in London Bridge or transfigure the Ministry of Magic into a giant turnip. Anything that would give them something else to write about!


Even Narcissa Malfoy's choice of robes, if that would do the trick.

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[alt_sirius]

Well, if you really think it would help ....

I've seen a bit of it, yeah, when the villagers have thrown away their newspapers.

All I can say is that he doesn't look a thing like me.

[alt_poppy]

He doesn't. But no one seems to have noticed. Then again, given the state he's in, I suppose it's easy to explain away the discrepancy.

It's perfectly appalling that the photographers are so bent on cropping their pictures to highlight the most gruesome bits. And the things people say about what they've seen!

Meanwhile, the children here are equally savage to one another. It's heartbreaking the effect that wretched ranking paper has had on the vulnerable ones.

[alt_sirius]

Well, there I haven't much advice to offer. I can't say we were the most, er, charitable toward anyone who couldn't assert a certain self-confidence. Or who stood on the outskirts of school society.

[alt_alice]

I remember some rather nasty pranks you lot got up to while in school. And Frank has his horror stories too, from when he was Head Boy.

I hope the children at Moddey Dhoo have a bit more kindness towards one another as they get to be that age, though.