caged npcs (keymasters) wrote in caged, @ 2013-10-11 14:35:00 |
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Entry tags: | ! 97-10, [ ic/ooc ], [ muggle studies ] |
IC/OOC: Guest Speaker!
WHO: Theseus Travers and Muggle Studies for 6th and 7th years.
WHEN: 11th of October, during class!
WHERE: Muggle Studies Classroom
SUMMARY: Theseus Travers is a guest speaker.
STATUS: IC/OOC
Today in Muggle Studies, we have a guest speaker! Alecto stepped aside to allow Theseus Travers, the Squib who wrote about his experiences in Wizard's Heritage, to speak further to the class.
Travers is about fifty, a small man with wispy greying hair and a big pair of glasses. He has a twitchy, mousy look about him and rubs his hands together a lot when he's talking.
The first thing that he did was give a recounting of how his magic was stolen from him by a Muggle child. In each class, he called up a volunteer to play him as a ten year old child in a dramatic reenactment, while he played the Muggle. The volunteer had to stand innocently, while Travers snuck up behind them and grabbed them. Then the volunteer was to scream and writhe in faux agony, while Travers ran away to the back of the classroom.
Travers then explained that this was exactly what had happened to him. A Muggle had gone to Hogwarts in his place. He told of the hardships that he had faced in his life -- his rejection from Hogwarts, his inability to find a wife or a job. He quoted statistics about higher rates of suicide, divorce, unemployment, and homelessness for Squibs.
Towards the end of this speech, he burst into rather noisy, undignified tears, and then acted as though he expected someone to come up and comfort him. He ended his talk by tearfully exclaiming, "This is the price of accepting mudbloods into our world!"
Questions were not allowed. Please feel free to post IC/OOC reactions!