ORDER ONLY: Business in London

[alt_mcgonagall]

It has been remarkably quiet at Hogwarts; the end-of-year business has all been nearly completed, the necessary repairs to the castle have been scheduled; and, thank God, Professor Acton is away on holiday - a walking tour of Britain. I have grown utterly sick of that woman in staff meetings; she grates.

I have been informed that I will be required in London for a significant chunk of the summer - I shall leave Hogwarts in a week, and I shan't return until mid-August. I hadn't thought that my presence would be so necessary, but the Lord Protector seems to wish to discuss his various educational initiatives with me, and I have been requested and required to spend some time selecting a proper home in Wizarding London, outfitting it to reflect my status, and so forth. I must admit that I had no intention of ever enjoying the spoils of the Protectorate, but it seems that it is politically necessary for me to do so.

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[alt_frank]

have a cold one at the Leaky for me, min.

I've been meaning to talk to you about our Hermione -- al got pretty worked up over her being stuck in buckingham and all when things were going to hell, and seeing as how she'll be there a few months out of the year, we were thinking of what we could do just in case she needs to get out of there quickly. any road, we were wondering if you thought an emergency portkey would do the trick. do you know, would she be able to use a portkey in buckingham?

I was thinking of coming up with something small we could clip to her bracelet like, but if it wouldn't work in buckingham, we'll try and work out something else.

[alt_mcgonagall]

I've been trying to discover this very thing. No, I don't believe a Portkey would work. There may be some other, subtler magic we could employ, however. I suspect that I will be invited to Buckingham many times over the course of this summer, and I intend to seek out any artifacts that we might use for this purpose.