Private Message to Antonin and Barty

[alt_narcissa]

Lucius just told me about Cadmus's difficulty.

I trust neither of you have any lingering symptoms? It might be prudent to take stock, particularly if there's any possibility the traitors used other curses with delayed effects.

(Forgive me if I am pleased that for once, my husband seems to have escaped unscathed.)

Barty, can you tell us anything more about the other incident - the one in Bedford? Shall it impact trade greatly? If there are items one ought to have on hand before they run short, one would like notice. Lucius has been trying to get a better brief on what's happened - whether it was the same group or another instance of the new spell used at Saltash. Tosha, are you going to inspect the area for comparison?

Comments

[alt_crouch_jr]

I'm fine, Narcissa. No need to worry.

(Nothing to forgive.)

Investigation on-going re. the spell used in Bedford. Initial report is that it is merely Fidelius, but given Saltash, Mysteries are giving it a full evaluation, looking for any variation. No telling how long before they consent to brief the rest of us on their conclusions.

If one were planning any building projects using wooden framing, one might purchase the lumber sooner than later. Or if one had a special fondness for alpaca woolens...

[alt_narcissa]

My dear, I worry whether there is need or not.

Wood and alpaca? Well, that hardly seems worth a fuss.

[alt_antonin]

Which makes one wonder whether this was something planned, or a target of opportunity. (And if planned, then why, and what niche it fills, and who brought the location to someone's attention; if opportunistic, then what the opportunity was, and why it was on someone's radar for the opportunity to be seized, and what the precipitating incident was. And, of course, why they felt the opportunity worth taking.)

I am up to my eyeballs on data from Saltash, though I'm certain Mysteries is keeping at least a few cards close to the chest. It's the effect that's driving me mad -- it's unlike anything I've ever seen before. (Coincidentally, Auri has recently given me several books on locational magics, after some of the conversations we've had lately. Useful.) And the fact that whatever it is, it's clearly new, and clearly powerful; there are very, very few wizards who could create such a thing, and I had rather thought they were all working for us or no longer a going concern. Troublesome.