Hopefully you will take the time to read this, although I wouldn't blame you if you ignored it.
What with everything that's going on, I reckon it's a time of reflection for all of us, before we head off to whatever lies ahead, and, in my case, that reflection has, rightly, made me feel very uncomfortable.
Anyway, I suppose what I'm really trying to say is that, I know treated you very badly when we were together, and I don't try to kid myself. The way I acted was totally despicable. No excuses or smart lines. Just.....I'm sorry. Seems a bit inadequate, but I truly am.
Good luck in whatever lies ahead for you, and stay safe.
All the best,
George
[OOC - there isn't the usual Weasley shower of glitter when this message is opened. Just a small trickle. It's a sort of tradition]
In view of the mass hysteria concerns expressed during our last announcement of the Peril Indicator machine, we've made a few changes.
Yes, and we've got it working better than ever too.
The machine is now in the War Room, and is of course covered by the wards there.
Below each bank of lights, you will see a little capsule with a name on it.
It is very important that you do not attempt to remove any capsule that doesn't have your name on it (unless you are a particular fan of projectile vomiting in the case of our capsules), as they are (or will be) individually warded by the owners.
If you remove the capsule with your name, then you can see a little clamp at either end. Place a lock of your hair in one clamp, and pull it taut before clamping the other end. You may now ward it in any way you see fit. No one else should need to remove it from this point onwards. Hopefully this, added to the War Room wards should allay your fears.
Putting the capsule back in will bring your hair into contact with your piece of foe glass, and the lamps will light up, showing your current level of peril. The green light indicates safe, the yellow, imminent peril, and the row of 10 red lights are on a scale of 1 to 10 "Mortal Peril"
Showing a level of yellow, or 1 red light is fairly normal for our current situation.
We think
We only used an inch off the top of Moody's Foe Glass, so we have reframed it, and left it in the War Room too. Perhaps it will be of some use, or else it can go back to his room.
The parcel when opened will emit the obligatory shower of glitter, accompanied by a loud fanfare that sounds as if it was created on wind instruments. Of the human variety.
Inside is a pair of spectacles, heavily charmed to give the wearer a sense of euphoria.
There is an additional charm which makes a "humorous" false nose and moustache appear, to the delight of any onlooker.
There is a small card.
Happy birthday Ron! Here's a pair of Glee Goggles to cheer you up when you are feeling low. Spread the joy! You know the old saying, "Smile and the whole world smiles with you"
It was something Padma said about remembering the codenames
We think we've got a translator charm.
So if you say the REAL name first, it tells you the codename.
So if we said "Hermione" then the machine would say "Bushbaby" "Silva" and then we could start to send the message.
Also we could make it recognise groups of people. So you didnt have to send the same message dozens of times. Like....."Canons" for the flying team. If we had all the codenames related to that in the translation charm, it would be much quicker.
Think its a go-er?
We think we can make it work
Honest.
Locked to the Safehouses and Allies (but not Mum and Dad and all those plugs)
