Private message to Lucius Malfoy

[alt_selwyn]

Just got pulled off the dance floor to handle a minor crisis. At least, I hope it's a minor crisis.

Apparently a dozen or more people were trying to use portkeys to get home and wound up in some very odd locations.

I am absolutely certain that Magical Transportation was informed of the business surrounding Ireland this week, because I informed them myself. If Moira O'Connor couldn't be bothered to make the necessary adjustments -- well. I suppose there's been one dead O'Connor in the last week. I'll take care of the second one myself.

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[alt_selwyn]

Circe and Morgana, I just got a call about a pair of twin four-year-olds who were holding a portkey when it activated -- HOURS early -- and took them, not home, but off to the home of some elderly witch in Brighton. Who fortunately had the sense to floo them straight back to London and they've been reunited with their parents, but we clearly need to do something IMMEDIATELY.

[alt_lucius]

I was about to ask if you were confident they'll have the matter corrected by the time the majority of guests leave.

Sounds as if your answer would have changed, anyway.

How many incidents have been reported so far?

[alt_selwyn]

Fifteen Sixteen.

I got a firecall from a staffer in Magical Transportation. They're trying to fix it. Not sure if they'll manage it soon enough.

There's a way to deactivate the lot, apparently. That will inconvenience nearly everyone, but at least I'll be able to stop worrying about any four-year-olds getting dropped into deep water, instead of on the doorstep of a sensible old lady.