I'm so loving Gud's listen-and-post!! You have more patience than I do, Gud, because I gobbled it all up in one fell swoop.

Kreature

I LOVE this spelling of his name! So perfect.

I'm relistening as we speak. So many details I missed the first couple of times. Such a rich universe!

Kreature's tale is heartbreaking, and explains a lot. I wondered how Regulus was supposed to have swapped the lockets and now it all makes sense, poor Kreature. Giving him RAB's locket was a really nice gesture.

There is a real sense of isolation now, just waiting for Kreature to return and watching death-eaters appear outside. Lupin has just turned up and is baffled by the ability to find Harry as well, I still don't have any ideas as well. It sounds like they at least will get some news about the outside world, he said that they were all being watched but I had to leave off at that point. Maybe they'll start getting some help from the Order now that they've made contact with Lupin.

I still don't have any ideas as well.

C'mon, Gud, you can figure it out! Do you want a very oblique hint?

It's something that's been present in the books from the very beginning.

Lupin has just turned up and is baffled by the ability to find Harry as well, I still don't have any ideas as well.

Google Earth!

So Lupin's visit could have gone better, but Harry is right. That does explain why Lupin has been so miserable, but it wasn't really a surprise that it was a werewolf thing, with Lupin it's always a werewolf thing.

I was sort of envisioning that the ministry had been dissolved, but a silent coup makes more sense. I should have figured that out from the conversation in the first chapter. Anyway, that sort of explains why the others are being watched instead of being hunted. They have to give some illusion of the ministry still being the ministry.

I've found out that Snape is now the headmaster. Once again, one year for the DADA teacher. However, I'm not sure about the cleverness of Hermione stuffing the portrait of Finneus into her handbag of holding. Wouldn't that sort of give away there position. How about just closing the door to his room? He could hear things I suppose, but at least they wouldn't be carrying him around with them all the time. Having that portrait with them seems dangerous.

Kreature has brought back Mundungous. I love "Just one more, for luck". I starting to really like Kreature, well I've always liked Kreature, I suppose I just like him in another way. So Umbrage has the locket, another character I've always liked since she is so wonderfully vile.

All those Death-Eaters outside are really confirming the Snape is a good guy position. The only way it makes sense that Snape hasn't gone in Grimwald place or given the secret is if he sold Voldemort some story of how he couldn't enter the place or reveal the secret. I'm sure Snape can enter, and I'm pretty sure he could give away the secret if he wanted to.

I like how Harry makes the decision to act on going into the Ministry. Ron and Herminone seem ready to prepare indefinitely and it takes Harry to make speculation into reality.

I'm leaving off with the start of another vision. Voldemort is still off looking for Gregorivich apparently.

Harry finished his vision when Voldemort killing a woman shielding her children. I'm thinking Harry is wrong about Voldemort killing her whole family, because been there, done that, had his body destroyed. Maybe Voldemort will find Gregorivich soon and I'll find out what's up with Harry's wand.

The ministry infiltration has begun. I'm amused by how many W.W.W. products Hermione has packed in her bag of holding, the twins are like Harry's Q. Personally, I think flushing yourself to work would be bad for morale. The new ministry sculpture is pretty sick.

So far the plan has gone like one of Mal's plans. Right now Ron is trying to fix the office of rain, Hermione is off with Umbrage, and Harry is wandering about the administrative offices. The minister I guess is still imperioused, but he seems very natural talking about catching Arthur in an act of subversion. I suppose it's not a very important point.

As I left off, Harry has inspected a pamphlet and discovered Moody's eye on Umbrage's door. The whole eye thing is pretty vile, but then Umbrage wouldn't be Umbrage without be vile.

Personally, I think flushing yourself to work would be bad for morale.

Har. And yet some days at my job...

So far the plan has gone like one of Mal's plans.

double HAR! I find myself looking forward to your posts every day, Gud.

Hypothetical Dialouge:

Ron: What are we going to do?

Hermione: I expect Harry has a plan.

Ron: Thank God.

Hermione: It's possible you don't recall Harry's other plans.