Private message to Augustus Rookwood

I've been asked to make myself available for conversation with you regarding the wards. I have access to the stone at Dover and can arrange communication with those in charge at Stornoway.

Our previous social encounters did not allow much chance for deeper or nuanced discussion, but my own field of astronomy does of course touch on locational magics in various forms and combinations. My first published work (now rather outdated, admittedly) was a study of the effects of strongly magical locales on benchmark charms and directional tools, though my research has gone in other directions since.

What aspects are most urgently in need of discussion from your perspective?

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Alice, others, can we come up with some suitably obscure name that does not make it obvious that we have a committee for wards and the other arcane magical idiocies we keep finding? Or who's on it. "Private message to the work group using the first Astronomy Tower workroom" lacks something, but it's about all I can think of that might work.

Similar names for other working groups might be handy, now I think about it.

I'm getting some interesting commentary out of Rookwood. (I'm playing it as 'your demands touch on my interests, and I happen to be willing to talk to you, but please do explain it from first principles', and seeing what I get.) He's confirmed several of our conclusions about the interactions, and mentioned several things we hadn't been able to confirm but seemed likely.

Along with some rather more dubious data. (You all know he's had decided ups and downs for several years at least, right? I'm fairly sure this is a coherent day but that just means he might be deliberately misleading as opposed to accidentally.)

The two I want to ask about: he mentioned that the earliest wards had something to do with a 'muggle replant function'. I've asked him about that, but no idea if he'll answer.

Also, do we know if anyone has made it between Ireland and elsewhere since December 1995 who is not of Irish descent? He said: "There was a rite performed that winter that makes it nigh impossible for those of Irish blood to travel to England. It also makes other travel between the islands difficult at best."

Wards and other magical oddities group: I've an observation to do tonight, related to this. Meeting at 1 tomorrow, when we might know a bit more? I'll post a notice in the workroom, and see if I can catch the people who can't see this before supper.