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_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.