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alt_sinistra) wrote2015-08-08 08:53 am
alt_sinistra) wrote2015-08-08 08:53 am
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Good news:
The wards are entirely under our control.
The 83 wards transferred beautifully to the Octoboros wards, and we are now back to the coordinates in use before 1983 (for floo, portkey, etc.) That in a very real way makes us part of the larger world again. We have vastly reduced the chance of another Atlantis or another Ys, and all sorts of other very bad things. We are not at risk of the 83 wards crumbling without notice, and if the other side tries to manipulate the wards, the Octoboros system is very robust.
Not ideal news:
The transfer flow was much stronger than we'd expected - that's part of why the light show all night. It is also settling at a much slower rate than anticipated. Until the magic disperses fully into the ley lines, we will not be able to open additional entry points to the country (such as to Ireland) or be able to take the Octoboros wards down entirely. That will be at least a month or two, maybe a lot longer. We should have better estimates of time within the fortnight. Magic near the major leys and Octoboros points may be unpredictably strong in the meantime: I will have maps later today.
Also, because the flow was much stronger than expected, it was exceedingly obvious to the other side, and there were a number of effects on people and places that we didn't anticipate. I'm so sorry about that. We're still not sure about some of the effects in Ireland, nor a number of other things, so there's a lot of work yet to do.
I'm on my way back to Hogwarts, but I desperately need some sleep before I try to do anything else.
The wards are entirely under our control.
The 83 wards transferred beautifully to the Octoboros wards, and we are now back to the coordinates in use before 1983 (for floo, portkey, etc.) That in a very real way makes us part of the larger world again. We have vastly reduced the chance of another Atlantis or another Ys, and all sorts of other very bad things. We are not at risk of the 83 wards crumbling without notice, and if the other side tries to manipulate the wards, the Octoboros system is very robust.
Not ideal news:
The transfer flow was much stronger than we'd expected - that's part of why the light show all night. It is also settling at a much slower rate than anticipated. Until the magic disperses fully into the ley lines, we will not be able to open additional entry points to the country (such as to Ireland) or be able to take the Octoboros wards down entirely. That will be at least a month or two, maybe a lot longer. We should have better estimates of time within the fortnight. Magic near the major leys and Octoboros points may be unpredictably strong in the meantime: I will have maps later today.
Also, because the flow was much stronger than expected, it was exceedingly obvious to the other side, and there were a number of effects on people and places that we didn't anticipate. I'm so sorry about that. We're still not sure about some of the effects in Ireland, nor a number of other things, so there's a lot of work yet to do.
I'm on my way back to Hogwarts, but I desperately need some sleep before I try to do anything else.
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I tried to sleep a little, but couldn't really.
It's sort of
It's sort of comforting, isn't it, that despite everything that's happened, the model held true. The formula worked, mostly, the numbers held, and things behaved as we suspected they would.
Numbers are so wonderfully dependable, aren't they?
I still can't believe we managed to pull it off.
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My head's still poundingI can't believe it either. At all. And even with the - there's so many pieces I wish we'd had time to do better, rather than doing all we could, and having to trust the rest would work.
I'm about to make the last pot of coffee I've been saving. Do you mind stopping by the infirmary for a headache potion for me, and coming up, and we can see if we can get a summary for Cedric?
Thank you for the maps, that's a great help.
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