[HPforGrownups] Re: Time-Sensitive Portkeys? (Was: Portkeys and Floo Netw...

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 43245

Olivia:

> Vera said:
> 
> "There seem to be different types of Portkeys and I think this is critical
> to the question ... The Portkey that is used to transport the party from
> Stoatshead Hill, however, seems to have been *time* sensitive. The party 
> had
> to be there by a specific time and it is announced on their arrival as the
> 'seven past five from Stoatshead Hill'."

Olivia:
> 
> I was under the impression that the party touched the portkey at a certain
> time due to the careful planning of Wizard arrivals at the World Cup. The
> Ministry of Magic was afraid that Muggles would notice a sudden wave of new
> (odd-looking) people in the area so all portkey and arrivals by other means
> were carefully coordinated.
> 
> I assumed that the portkey itself wasn't time-sensitive but that the MoM 
> had
> given specific assignments for arrivals.

Eloise:
Actually, Vera isn't the guilty party here, it's me. Nice to meet you, 
Olivia.

You could be right, although the question I would then ask is how the Portkey 
became activated. If it wasn't time-sensitive, then why didn't it whisk away 
the first person to touch it without waiting for the others? There were an 
awful lot of them and I can't think that they all managed to touch it at 
precisely the same moment. After touching it, they have to wait for the 
departure time before anything happens.

But I agree that it was carefully co-ordinated. That was essential.

Eloise

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