Owl Post meme, a bit late, sorry sorry.

[madam_rosmerta]

OWL MAIL Wizards might not text with a mobile phone all that often, but they do have other methods of communication available when it comes to a quick chat with their mates (or enemies) at any hour of the day. Post your characters, name, and preferences in the title area. You can include a generic starter if you want, or just post a blank. Anything goes. 1. OWL MAIL This might be a little slow for quicker chats, especially if you're close by, but it's good to give the bird some exercise! 2. FIRE CALL Just pop your head into that fire and chat away. Probably not recommended for drunken calls. 3. ENCHANTED MIRROR Those little reflective surfaces that show your friend's face whenever you might need to tell them something. Maybe you can enchant them to connect to any reflective surface around your chosen contact? (Maybe not the bathroom...) 4. HOWLERS Ever received one? It's supposed to be absolutely horrible. 5. OTHER MAGICAL COMMUNICATION The ones above are hardly the only way wizards can reach out to each other for a quick chat. Feel free to invent new items or use something like enchanted notebooks that you write in and the other sees the text at their end. You could also use flying letters, talking portraits, or, well, cellphones, if you will.

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[scurrility]

For being a Death Eater.

[aculeate]

Are you in the Ministry now.

[scurrility]

En route.

Do you suppose they'll attempt to murder me before we reach there? [ it's a joke ]

[aculeate]

Time estimate?

Don't say that. [ it isN'T FUNNY ]

[scurrility]

I suppose once they're done threatening to hex me if I don't put my phone away.

[ it's a little funny ]

[aculeate]

Who is it?

Tell them to expect me.

[ it is not you are the worst husband ]

[scurrility]

They're new.

I will. [ he won't ]

[aculeate]

Fuck me, of course they're new.

You won't, but nice try.

[scurrility]

[ 5 minutes later (because he finally decided to humour them by putting away his phone) ]

We're at the Ministry now.

Everyone is being unnecessarily noisy. It's rather irritating.

[aculeate]

[ what a terrible 5 minutes. some of the worst 5 minutes of her life. she spends it Making Some Other Contact Happen ]

I'll be in soon. They're always irritating, just endure it a bit.

Rabastan is with the children. He says to not be predictable.

[ that is not actually how he put it, but whatever ]

[scurrility]

They're gawking at me and whispering amongst themselves like grade school girls.

Perhaps, I should give them a lesson in propriety.

[ another joke. also he's going to ignore rabastan's input. he is not predictable. ]

[aculeate]

You're the worst husband and I'm bringing divorce papers with me for when I keep you out of prison.

I'm going to be a single mother because of your shite sense of humour.

[ stop making these jokes. ]

[scurrility]

You're not going to be a single mother because we're not getting a divorce.

I may be headed to Azkaban, however.

[aculeate]

If you're kidding we're absolutely getting a divorce.

If you're not, we're probably going to end up there together once I get to the Ministry.

How romantic.

[scurrility]

Rabastan said to not be predictable.

[aculeate]

Rabastan said for you to not be predictable, not me.

[scurrility]

I feel it should be applicable to you as well, however.

[aculeate]

I'm not letting you go to Azkaban over a decade after the war's been over, Rodolphus.

[scurrility]

I'm not going to Azkaban, Lily.

We'll sort this out.

[aculeate]

I worry. I always worry.

I love you. I'll be there soon.

[scurrility]

I love you too.

I'm sorry.

[aculeate]

Don't.

Don't apologize. If you apologize it's like closing a book.

[ ur wife is going to have a panic attack??? ]

[scurrility]

[ do not have a panic attack, lily lestrange. ]

We'll sort this out.

[aculeate]

[ 2 late ]

Always do.

[ if he messages again there won't be an answer, but the reason why will become clear within a few moments as instead of a simple message there is a very sudden flurry of furious movement and the clear, sharp, and cold intonation of fury in his wife's voice as she practically materializes in Ministry quarters close enough to where he's being held for him to hear her. Not literally materializing of course, as the place is warded all to hell, but the idea is there because she's stormed through so quickly. She's demanding to see her husband, they're refusing, and it's clear they weren't at all prepared for her to appear from the aether. Eventually, finally, they bring her to where he is.

(She looks similar to how she did in the war, a barely-contained wildfire that threatens to burn everything it touches. Beautiful but terrifying.) ]

Rodolphus.