I will see you tonight. I will be a bit late finishing up some research, but I promise I will not be too late.

How do you feel about Reykjavík?

Do you have an escort for the Masquerade, young Lestrange?

1. -Check Journal of Wizarding History for article by Stockhex, J.
2. Find references for "Wizards during this time found it could be dangerous to associate with Muggles", et al - check Ludwiffe - You've seen it somewhere in the past two weeks.
3. Find notes from looking at Killjoy's journals c. 1645 - Don't want to bother Brookstanton with that again at the moment - assuming the journals even survived Bellatrix's temper the mudbloods & blood traitors.

I have been working on a project with the permission of our Lord and believe it is time for us to all begin to discuss it in more detail.

In short, I have felt that the Outer Circle needs more direct guidance. While most whom have been in His service for longer are well prepared, there are still many who have been within his ranks only a year at most. My proposal to the Dark Lord was that those of us whom are among his inner circle would undertake the training and responsibility of those in the Outer Circle.

It would be our responsibility to keep our eyes on those whom are our Mentees. We would train specifically with them, look for weaknesses, and work to encourage more appropriate behaviour publicly when necessary. Although they would continue to answer to all of us, they would have the direct guidance of one of us in order to settle them and help them best learn to serve His will.

In preparation for this, I have begun working with names and considering how rightly to place these individuals in order to best facilitate their learning. For the moment, I have come up with some initial placements. I am of course, open to your suggestions or improvements. Naturally, all final decisions will be made by our Lord.

Will you ensure that Laelia has an appropriate costume regardless of what Mother may or may not have ordered? I am afraid Mother's expectations may be somewhat unlikely.

Also I have business Friday evening; you need not plan dinner for me.

For Friday:

The Lainsborough off Diagon Alley. 7pm. Give your name to the maitre'd. He will be expecting you.

Rabastan Lestrange.

It would actually be a marriage up, he has more maturity on him than Regulus and is a stronger servant to our Lord. I do not know why this is only now occurring to me.

What can you tell me about the DMLE's activities on the night of the Masquerade?

There are six of us. We must each be willing to take on the Outer Circle at this point in time. Each one of them should have an Inner Circle mentor that they are responsible to. In most cases these decisions are clear cut - the person who brought them into the fold is likely the person they would begin with, but there may be some cases where that is not the most beneficial to his plan.

I will begin with who has brought them in and then the Inner Circle will meet and we will make final selections. Hopefully by the end of the week we can announce the pairings to the Outer Circle.

I know I would like for any under my care to train thoroughly for the rest of the month if we are to be fighting at the Masquerade.

Are you free this coming Friday evening?

Apparently the Inner Circle will be meeting this morning. This coming on the heals of my conversation with the Dark Lord proves only that what I was saying was true. The younger generation has no comprehension of the seriousness of the duties that they are requested to perform and we must impress it upon them.

Avery is Xavier's son; he is not some halfblood prodigy like Snape but rather the son of one of his Inner Circle. We should not be required to have these conversations.

Perhaps I am too dire. After all, this is the DMLE and their information and informants may be less than trustworthy. But Gavin has too much information and could compromise too many. This cannot be taken lightly.

Barty: Take care of Gavin Avery. Be careful and clean - nothing should point back to you.

The Corners will also need to be taken care of. Once again, this should be done carefully and cleanly. I do not wish to see any more arrests this week. If you think you can do the job, convince me below.

An absolute waste. The only thing that can be said for the situation is that at least she did not marry a flat out Muggle. Still, there is absolutely no one to care whether a Muggleborn family line continues - and yet the Nott family line continues without an heir. Too many pureblood Wizarding family names die out and mine will not be among them. But if Lucia cannot give me a son I do not know what the answer is.

My father would consider me a failure, but it has not been for lack of the attempt although that would make no difference to him although that does not solve the problem at hand.

The Library being closed is going to put a stop in my research for a bit - perhaps I should look at the preliminary material for the next book. I hate to do that, but without access to certain collections - assuming they were not obliterated in the Lestranges' haste to destroy everything not related to the shield - it will be difficult to continue working on my current project. Thus, it makes sense to begin briefly on the next.

And Lucius' thoughts are good. I believe he will be pleased by the ideas.

We wear our masks for a reason. The day will come when we will be able to state our goals and missions publicly. When He is triumphant and our world is a place of peace, purity and prosperity.

In the meantime, discretion is essential. We do not wish the entirety of the Wizarding World knowing our identities, but more importantly, we do not wish the DMLE who consider us a threat to their power knowing our identities. When you are given a mission for the Dark Lord, you are to carry it out well and accurately, yes, but you are also to leave only the marks he wishes to have left. If you cannot accomplish this, or if your identities are in some way compromised that will be noted.

Any questions?