"Don't be foolish, dear brother, the Dark Lord had never been SUCCESSFUL in his triumphs until much after the old fool and his followers knew he was coming. What had he done beforehand, play Quirrel as a puppet? He hardly did any damage then, and when he finally took his place at the Tournament it was almost four years since he had already risen."
Rodolphus rose to his feet, heavily walking over to his brandy with a step that echoed through the mahogany office and bounced from the decorated walls. He poured himself another glass.
"This isn't going to be easy, Lucius, and to base anything off of the element of surprise would be wishful thinking. The world is different now and people are ready to take action." His dark eyes moved to Lucius' face as he continued calmly, "We need to make them take haste. Throw up their defenses in panic instead of planning, if we strike quickly, they have less time to fortify themselves against us. Or have you forgotten how long it took us to finally get into Hogwarts? I rather not wait a year to gather my people where I need them, only to loose everything after one battle."
He nodded at his own wording, his eyes on the golden glow in his glass as if he was looking at something of great interest. "We act now. Make them know we are here, make them concentrate on poison control, and while they're busy we can hit them from the side. And the back. Soon they'll be on the verge of war with an unseen attacker, and that, when they are panicking, is when we will plant the seed of doubt in the ministry and watch it grow." He returned to his seat to look at Lucius.
"Frame the Minister and have him taken from power, and well do that to whomever takes his place. We promise protection to all others who are employed, seeing as fear makes people stupid, and they'll no doubt believe the rumors that we spread, and finally, I take my place at the head of the Ministry. They wouldn't be able to touch me, not with the people I have on my side. After that it will be like nothing for us to take over as we intended.
"That's why the Dark Lord failed, Lucius." Rodolphus shook his head, his eyes returning to the darkened window to study his own reflection staring back. "He thought only of the power, not how he was going to grasp it. He tried to fight the wrong people... We must CONTROL those people... Not fight them."
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Date: 2010-12-05 08:01 pm (UTC)Rodolphus rose to his feet, heavily walking over to his brandy with a step that echoed through the mahogany office and bounced from the decorated walls. He poured himself another glass.
"This isn't going to be easy, Lucius, and to base anything off of the element of surprise would be wishful thinking. The world is different now and people are ready to take action." His dark eyes moved to Lucius' face as he continued calmly, "We need to make them take haste. Throw up their defenses in panic instead of planning, if we strike quickly, they have less time to fortify themselves against us. Or have you forgotten how long it took us to finally get into Hogwarts? I rather not wait a year to gather my people where I need them, only to loose everything after one battle."
He nodded at his own wording, his eyes on the golden glow in his glass as if he was looking at something of great interest. "We act now. Make them know we are here, make them concentrate on poison control, and while they're busy we can hit them from the side. And the back. Soon they'll be on the verge of war with an unseen attacker, and that, when they are panicking, is when we will plant the seed of doubt in the ministry and watch it grow." He returned to his seat to look at Lucius.
"Frame the Minister and have him taken from power, and well do that to whomever takes his place. We promise protection to all others who are employed, seeing as fear makes people stupid, and they'll no doubt believe the rumors that we spread, and finally, I take my place at the head of the Ministry. They wouldn't be able to touch me, not with the people I have on my side. After that it will be like nothing for us to take over as we intended.
"That's why the Dark Lord failed, Lucius." Rodolphus shook his head, his eyes returning to the darkened window to study his own reflection staring back. "He thought only of the power, not how he was going to grasp it. He tried to fight the wrong people... We must CONTROL those people... Not fight them."