Private message to Gus

Do you have a few moments this weekend? I'd like to pick your brains about the Octoboros system a bit -- I feel as though with the one having been stolen, whoever is behind the modified Fidelius may have incorporated some of the things they could glean from the Octoboros system. The Ireland wards, too; we know from experience that there was traffic back and forth and that at least a few of the groups Black is associated with had contacts in Ireland, and it's possible that they were able to pass information about the Ireland wards from side to side. If they have access to a strong magical theorist, who has pieced together multiple sources, it might explain why the modified Fidelius is so damn odd. (It is driving me spare; I would like to unravel the problem.)

I am upon Our Lord's business on Saturday until evening, but if you'd like, I will host supper, and throw in a chance at the library for bribe.

Private message to Ptolemy Baddock

Augustus and I have been working together on the Fidelius variation used on Saltash, trying to unpick how exactly it works and how it might have been developed. It occurred to me tonight that Gus's memory for detail no longer being what it once was might mean he had not consulted you as a resource.

Would it be possible for me to stop in Monday afternoon and call upon your expertise with journal monitoring? I am looking for, in rough order from what I expect to be most to least relevant:

— mentions of Fidelius, particularly discussions of the difficulty of casting it and variations upon the standard method;

— discussions of experimental runic technique;

— mentions of Albus Dumbledore;

— traffic coming in from journal holders outside the wards, with a particular concentration on conversations that might be coded or otherwise convey information through channels other than the obvious.

I will of course fill out whatever paperwork you deem necessary.