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So, that Oliver Pennyworth bloke that Zabini was writing to.

Do you happen to know if he's the person who manages Zabini's money? (He is someone who manages money for people -- I checked.)

I have a hunch I know why they're suddenly corresponding.

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alt_padma

He's mentioned someone named Pennyworth before but I'm not sure just what he does for the family.

Why, what do you think it is?

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alt_seamus

Well, you know how the challenge was to curse people who've failed to live up to their potential?

Anyone who tries to solve all the problems in their life with snobbery and galleons is failing to live up to their potential as a pureblood wizard, I think.

I put a curse on Zabini so he'd think it was a good idea to give money to any charity that asked him for a donation.

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alt_seamus

And I suggested to a load of different charities that this would be a good week to ask.

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alt_seamus

Did you know there's a Spattergroit Research Foundation? And a society for the cultivation of Giant Hogweed and one to protect Bowtruckles?

SO MANY GOOD CAUSES. I'm sure he'll feel a warm glow of satisfaction with his good works, even after the curse wears off.

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alt_padma

When is it supposed to wear off, then?

Oh, and by the way, did you do the one on Linus? He was tripping over himself trying to apologise to everyone by late Saturday night but by the time I found him to remove it it was already gone.

(That was another good one, though, even if it was incredibly annoying. I almost wish I'd done anything more than stinging hexes but like I said, I just didn't think ~~Harry~~ it would go over well. And no use making yourself into the one everyone's really trying to get.)

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alt_seamus

Oh yeah I did the one that made him apologise to everyone for everything. It was actually two hexes, the one that makes you insult yourself plus another one to make him really mean it.

I didn't intend him any real harm, you know, but I reckoned the people who got dropped ought to get hexed. (Besides, he wanted me to insult myself in that blackmail challenge. Turnabout's fair, right?)

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alt_seamus

The curse on Zabini should wear off sometime this week. Not quite sure when. Keep an ear out for his heartbroken shriek of anguish when he looks at the statement from Gringotts!

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alt_seamus

I hope the next challenge is as entertaining as this one was.

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alt_padma

That's rather brilliant. He does tend to think any problem can be solved with sufficient application of gold.

I'm sure I could have done more this time but after what happened to Thomas I thought I'd better go easy. I did make sure to hex everyone who'd been eliminated (even Lines) but mostly I laid low. Next challenge will be enough to make up for that, don't you think?

(Don't hex me for not living up to my potential, though!)

By the way, did you know that Lestrange tried to read everyone's minds not too long ago? She told me that she would 'keep my secret' about Pure Victory but I don't think she really understood what she saw.

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alt_seamus

You're safe from me on this challenge! Anyway it makes sense what you decided.

I wondered if Lestrange was trying to read my mind when she stopped me to chat. Do you think she brought up Pure Victory just to make you nervous?

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alt_padma

I'm not sure.... I mean, we didn't actually talk about Pure Victory at all. Then all of a sudden she was writing to me about it.

The thing is, I think what she saw was those copies that got put in people's bags a while back, remember? And I did look at one then, but of course it was rubbish.

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alt_seamus

Well, yeah. She either saw it in your head, or she guessed you might have seen one, given the rumours that went round after Professor Dolohov wrote about 'seditious materials.' (For that matter, maybe someone put one in her bag. I know she read the first two, and I didn't see her reading the proper third book once it was released.)

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alt_padma

She also as much as said that Council families can enjoy the privilege of 'little vices' like hanging on to contraband. So maybe she did get one and she's kept it.

Which wouldn't be too surprising, I mean, it can't have been worse than the official one.

Hey, can you Occlude? She said something about it to me, that the only way to really Occlude is to practise with a Legilimens. I think she thought I was trying, maybe. But I mean, who wouldn't?