Pomona and I arrived this morning via Portkey along with Horace Slughorn, Cordelia Carpenter, and a number of people from Hogsmeade--Rosmerta, for one. There were several Portkey times for our area. Hooch and Acton are coming later. Brutka, too. Apparating, possibly. I'm not certain.
Security is stringent, but that's no surprise. As soon as we arrived, they herded us into a queue, relieved us of our wands, and passed us through a stone archway that turned out to be infused with some sort of disillusionment charm. In our group it did nothing more dramatic than ruin a few hairdressing and cosmetic enhancements. Rosmerta was a bit fussed about the fact that it took the sparkle out of her robes.
They're checking the contents of everyone's satchels and inspecting wands. We did have one of our group questioned about why his wand showed signs of having been used by someone other than himself: he was able to point to his four-year-old daughter and persuaded the officer that it was simply a matter of child's play.
We've been hearing rumours, since we got through into the grounds, that they have caught a number of people using polyjuice or glamours as disguises, and that they found some potentially dangerous devices hidden in rucksacks or concealed under clothing. A number of arrests have been made, apparently, but from what I can see, they are mostly trying to put a smiling face forward.
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Security is stringent, but that's no surprise. As soon as we arrived, they herded us into a queue, relieved us of our wands, and passed us through a stone archway that turned out to be infused with some sort of disillusionment charm. In our group it did nothing more dramatic than ruin a few hairdressing and cosmetic enhancements. Rosmerta was a bit fussed about the fact that it took the sparkle out of her robes.
They're checking the contents of everyone's satchels and inspecting wands. We did have one of our group questioned about why his wand showed signs of having been used by someone other than himself: he was able to point to his four-year-old daughter and persuaded the officer that it was simply a matter of child's play.
We've been hearing rumours, since we got through into the grounds, that they have caught a number of people using polyjuice or glamours as disguises, and that they found some potentially dangerous devices hidden in rucksacks or concealed under clothing. A number of arrests have been made, apparently, but from what I can see, they are mostly trying to put a smiling face forward.