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[alt_cedric]

Two more copies of V5674936-OGM have been submitted. Two copies of V1138-THX for the recruiting captains to sign in my travelling kit. Oh the changes on the fly that being Head Boy forces, I think I've filled out more Variance forms in the last week than I can count.

Between class, paperwork, revision, paperwork and Head Boy duties I've fallen behind in my personally improving reading.

Melinda, I won't be around the mornings of Saturday May 11th and 25th. We shouldn't need to adjust any prefect schedules for those days, but I won't be around to fill in.

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[alt_umbridge]

Really, Mr Diggory, I had thought you better at managing the forms by now.

I cannot begin to make out what you were doing yesterday evening between ten and eleven-thirty (and why were you not in your dormitory, in fact?) Kindly explain yourself.

And I expect you to set a much better example in relation to the forms, for that matter. I am sure you must realise that students look up to you, to show them how to do the right thing in the right way.

Now, these requests for a future absence, are they really necessary? I had the most pleasant owl from Mr Cantervale first thing this morning, expressing how interested he was in your taking the position. Surely, these other trifling try-out events are not at all necessary, if someone of his calibre is interesting in hiring you?

[alt_cedric]

I think that my level of frustration with the forms is a good indication that I am not temperamentally disposed to a desk job. I will try to provide the best example I can of the respect the forms deserve.

While the interview with Mr Cantervale was fascinating and my father has spoken highly of him in the past, particularly in relation the the Holyoke family's mad scheme to start a Hippogryph Polo league, it was only for a summer internship. The tryouts that I attended over holidays and those scheduled for May are long-term, highly paid contracts doing what I love best, flying. Wise Action Never Delays and all that.

Yesterday evening during that time I was helping Professor Siz adjust the astronomy equipment for the observation session of the evening. The weather was better than she anticipated when preparing in the morning, so it necessitated a different load out of telescopes to compensate for the moon rather than minor cloud cover. We also discussed the Guild meeting of the afternoon, she sought my insight as a student who has recently gone through the process of learning the material. In particular I believe it was NEWT level coverage of Astronomical impact on complex rituals, OWL level discussion of the importance of one time and irregular events and entities over +6.5, how different her new projection stones felt as a student compared to both natural observation and orreries with accompanying slides and how this impacted when different topics could be introduced, when I felt most comfortable learning about phenomena unobservable due to our confinement to northern latitudes.

[alt_umbridge]

I do hope you will consult further - my office is always open for such concerns, of course, dear boy - with trusted and reliable adults who might best guide you in these little decisions. The first position of one's adult life can set the stage for so much that follows.

I have, just this once, amended your form for you. See that in future I will not need to follow up again like this. Were there any other teensy matters you discussed, no matter how slight or passing? I must know everything under discussion, in order to monitor for appropriate conversations between staff and students.

Now, it is also Wednesday evening: when will the minutes from the Prefect meeting be delivered to my office?

[alt_cedric]

Linus hasn't been by with the minutes? I'll check with him.

Thank you for the offer of advice.

I didn't think that you cared about the details of the current draft of an as yet unpublished book, so I summarized. I will be more verbose in the future.

Private Message to Madam Umbridge

[alt_cedric]

Linus says that he turned the minutes in at the HJC lounge before serving this evening's detention. Mr Crabbe tossed it onto a table before closing the door in his face.

Re: Private Message to Madam Umbridge

[alt_umbridge]

Indeed. I will follow up directly with Mr Crabbe. And Mr Moon, if necessary.

By Morgana, we have a process for a reason.