School Assembly, Friday Afternoon

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Harriet was beaming as she walked out on stage. "Good afternoon. I'm Harriet Jones, Dean of Students."

Before she could continue, there was a heckling from the back of the auditorium, sounding not unlike a certain flame haired god of the dead. "Yes, we know who you are!"

Harriet fixed the back of the room with a look. "If I could continue, please?" There was silence. "Thank you. Now, there's been a recurring problem with gremlins at this school, so in the interests of educating you about this potential danger, we've arranged for some people to speak here this afternoon. I urge you to give them your attention, and don't be afraid to ask question. After they finish, of course."

[ooc: You have must waited for the OCD! Instructions (cause I was tired when I OCD'd and it kinda got away from me...): Speaker, please ping into the space for your talk, then ping into the ask questions thread when you're ready to answer questions. Students who are speaking, just ping in with your talk, and people can ask questions off that ping. Hades modded with permission!]

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Hermione Granger

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(She totally counts as a guest, shut up)

Re: Hermione Granger

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"My name is Hermione Granger, and I've never been bitten by a gremlin. However, I don't think that makes me any less qualified to speak for them, because in nearly a year and a half, I've had no problem at all avoiding a bite," Hermione began. "I'm sure the gremlins don't mean any harm. They're simply doing what gremlins do. I'm sure that we're actually on their territory and they're just reacting to our presence as best they can. It isn't as if they mean to make you hallucinate. Biting is probably the gremlin's only natural defense, and one that's worked for them for however long they've been here. Not to mention that with some of the anti-gremlin sentiment I've seen, they might know our general reactions enough to think they have to defend themselves. Especially when we're hinting at experimentation. Honestly!

"We aren't going to get rid of the gremlins, and we shouldn't. This is as much their home as it is ours- moreso, even. I'm sure if we made the effort to live comfortably with them, the problem will resolve itself."