Portkeys

[alt_selwyn]

For your safety and security, all portkeys will need to be turned in for inspection. If you are presently at the Faire, a new one will promptly be issued -- or, if you can take the floo home or apparate, the Department of Magical Transportation will be offering a voucher good for Γ3 of the food or drink of your choice as an apology for the inconvenience.

In the meantime, please keep all portkeys out of the hands of your younger children. The only people carrying portkeys should also be carrying wands. There may be some further announcements tomorrow; if you are currently at home, please do not attempt to use your portkeys (even Ministry-issued portkeys) to travel.

Thank you for your prompt attention.

Comments

Private message to Barty Crouch, Jr and Lucius Malfoy

[alt_selwyn]

Barty -- as Lucius already knows, apparently portkey coordinates all got hopelessly scrambled by the work Tosha did last week. (I told that miserable woman personally what needed to be done; I don't know whether she's lazy, incompetent, or quietly disloyal. She is, in fact, an O'Connor -- though not closely related to Kathleen. Nonetheless. Irish.)

It's being handled. But. I had an idea. We've discussed a few times the problem of unregistered portkeys -- there are quite a few, they're a security risk, etc. Apparently it would be quite a lot easier to redirect all existing portkeys to a single location than to properly fix them. What do you say to the idea of directing them all to some secure location at MLE's HQ?

Naturally, new (registered!) portkeys would be issued for all legitimate purposes.

This would be more than a little inconvenient for you; it would flood your net with plankton, I think, for the most part. You'd have to sort through them all. Still -- thoughts? We could also just direct everyone to some safe and neutral location, but the prospect of netting a few actual troublemakers is a tempting one.

And please let me know what you determine about the O'Connor woman.

Re: Private message to Barty Crouch, Jr and Lucius Malfoy

[alt_crouch_jr]

Excellent idea.

Send them to Truncheon. Special delivery.

The sorting shouldn't be difficult and what we might catch could be worth the effort.

Re: Private message to Barty Crouch, Jr and Lucius Malfoy

[alt_selwyn]

Truncheon it is, then.