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Daphs, that's excellent you got Auror Crouch. Really brilliant. And Draco, Scrimgeour should be a good role. Really distinguished and commanding. I can totally see why they thought to cast you for him.

And Harry! We'll make awesome traitors together, mate. Sirius Black, though. Phew! You must've been brilliant to land that. We'll have to practice being villains. Maybe I ought to grow a mustache for Shacklebolt. What do you think?

Guess not everyone was as pleased with their parts.

And then there are the ones that are too dim to have noticed they should be embarrassed. Can you see Weasley over there? Looks pleased to bits. Ha!

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alt_blaise

I guess Stevens wasn't too happy being stuck in the chorus. I'd have expected a Slytherin to take the disappointment with a bit more dignity, though!

What were you writing to that Weasley chit last night? Having a bit of fun? I see she's down as a janitor. How appropriate!

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alt_daphne

Didn't you see her go all out for her Auror Lestrange role? Black hair, even! It got me to thinking about this summer when she wrote all though private messages to Hydra Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy, and how the only brother she seems to spend a lot of time with is the Head Boy. I thought she might appreciate some companion options other than him and the rest of the Weasley lot, so I offered to give her some acting tips some time. Do you know that she told me most Gryffindors don't know how to behave properly? Of course, she might've just been putting on a show, but we'll see, won't we?

Do you think it would be too forward of me to ask Auror Crouch for advice on how to best portray him? I know that he's awfully busy, and I don't want to be a bother, but it could be helpful knowledge to have.

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alt_blaise

Well. She'll certainly be a project for you. It would be interesting to see whether you could get her to really turn on the rest of them. Don't be too disappointed, though, if she turns out to be just another Measley.

I think if you were to write him the right sort of very careful letter, he ought to be flattered. But do tell him that you know he might not have time to answer.

Perhaps he'd agree to speak to you by Floo, so you could do a bit of an interview with him.

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alt_daphne

One can't be disappointed if one's expectations aren't very high!

I'll start working on a letter tonight. I might have you look at it, to see if it's all right. Or maybe I'll see if Harry or Draco can have a quick glance, since they've actually spent time with him before.

Weasley's reaction to being cast as a doomed cat was just so embarrassing. Delightfully so.

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alt_blaise

Point taken.

You can run it past each of us. But I agree, it might be a good idea to ask Draco, especially.

So very true.

I do wonder what Patil thinks about being cast as a snake. And having to 'eat' Weasley. Pity she can't sing. I guess that really didn't leave them much choice where to cast her.

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alt_padma

For Shacklebolt? Shave your head is more like it. Have you seen photographs of him? Completely bald.

Anyway, you're too right some people aren't pleased - and not just because of their parts. Yaxley was giving poor Karoline an earful tonight about how she's cast her opposite Sandoval! And Weasley? If I were Karoline I'd take Pearson away and give it to someone who'll appreciate it, especially giving a 2nd-year a chance at a speaking part.

I'm just glad so many 3rd-years are represented, with all the competition, you know? And I'm glad there's not too much music in, or I know I'd have been stuck in the chorus where I can just mouth the words! Karoline's asked me to understudy Bradley, too, which should be fun.

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alt_blaise

Last night I did some reading up on Dumbledore and his band, and it was truly illuminating. I think I'll have to do a bit more reading, though, to begin to see what motivated them. Vainglory, obviously, and blood-thirst. But I'm sure each of them had a particular ambition or misapprehension that drove him forward into treason. I haven't found Shacklebolt's yet, but I plan to ask Professor Lestrange what his view of it is. And Miss Professor Carrow, as well. She fought him more than once, so I'm sure she has a unique perspective if she wouldn't mind sharing it with me.

I think I'll look quite striking bald, don't you?

I must say, I think you and your sister are taking a mature view of receiving an unconventional part. Daphs and I were talking about how much grace and coordination it will take to manage Nagini properly: brilliant to cast twins there, really. Have you taken dance, at all? You do carry yourself well. Both of you.

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alt_padma

Oh, I'm sure Miss Professor Carrow could tell you all sorts of things. I think Ptolemy Baddock volunteered to be the historical consultant because they want to make sure we don't pester the real people too much. And because he grew up with so many of them, right? Like Mr Avery and Mr Yaxley. Plus I guess it would be a little weird to be in the play when one of the most dramatic moments is your own mum's death. That would be really hard, I think. Though Karoline said she asked him and he thought it would be brilliant, and even told her things that aren't in the history books about it.

Still, it's a bit odd, isn't it, considering what just happened last week. I think Parkinson and Baddock have talked before, but I wonder if it would help her to cope, hearing from him about losing his mum in the war? He wasn't much older than she was when the first Mrs Baddock died.

Anyway, I'm not sure if bald will be a good look on you. Though it might make you look older.

We've learned traditional dances, of course - Sattriya and Bharata Natyam mainly - but nothing like ballet or anything. Mum and Aunt Sivarti and Naniji are all well strict about posture.

But it sounds like we'll have some opportunities to work in dancing with Nagini, particularly when we chase Weasley about. We've already started thinking about what charms we might be able to use to create the effect of swallowing him up.

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alt_blaise

I don't imagine Baddock can tell me much about the traitor Shacklebolt, though. And really, no one could except one of the teachers. It's not like anyone would admit it if their parents used to have Dumbledore and his bloodtraitors to dinner on Sundays.

You're right, though. It's tricky putting on a play about stuff that happened to people's parents. None of us can remember much of it. Even the seventh years. Of course, now we're old enough to understand, and this is a brilliant way to get us to learn about what happened and the reasons for it. So much better than any lecture Binns would give. Not that he ever talks about anything that happened in the last hundred years.

Just wait and see if you're not bowled over by my rakish good looks when I've shaved for the part. Daphne says it'll be dashing.

You should do a presentation for YPL sometime about your traditions and the dances. That would be really interesting. And there's no substitute for good posture: it's the mark of good breeding.

Luckily, it sounds as if the business with Weasley is the least of your part.