The 8th Floor Mods (ministry_mod) wrote in frontpagenews, @ 2011-12-12 21:28:00 |
|
|||
DESMOND JENKINS, WEATHER WIZARD: ...and for those of you in Hogsmeade, hang onto your brollies because it looks as though the rain is going to be with you for just a little while long. And that just about wraps up... Hang on a sec, folks.
DJ: My producer is waving frantically at me. We’re just going to go to another record right now, but we’ll be right back with the latest on the situation.
ROBARDS: There's no need to panic. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement is working diligently to resolve everything. I'm only stepping away briefly to reassure you all that we'll get this under control quickly. Until then, please stay in your homes. Minister Smethwyk hasn't decided whether or not to reinstate the travel restrictions but clearly, something will have to be done.
BOB DUNN, REPORTER: I’m here at the Odeon cinema in Wolverhampton where just half an hour ago during a show, it started to rain popcorn from the theatre ceiling. We have a have a member of the Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee here and I believe they are currently working with an Obliviator to convince the Muggles that this is a publicity stunt.
PENELOPE CLEARWATER: That's right. We're doing everything we can to make this go away. Our hope is that the darkness of the theatres has made documenting the incidents impossible for witnesses. Unfortunately, there are just far too many muggles who disappeared before the Obliviators arrived and once they share their stories and learn that their experiences weren't unique, it will be nearly impossible to convince them that nothing happened. This is simply too far outside the realm of what they consider normal to be easily forgotten.
JORDAN: I've got here, "A message from OSTENDO." All capital letters, OSTENDO. What do you reckon it stands for? Sounds ominous. "The time for hiding is over. Secrecy may have been a necessary evil of the past but the world we live in has changed. It isn't right, fair or even possible to keep magic a secret for much longer. We won't allow it. We will no longer stand by as muggles die from diseases we've long known how to cure. We won't sit silently through another war while they put themselves in the crossfire because they're unaware of the danger." That sounds fair enough. It's always bothered me we never read the names of the muggles on Victory Day. They're not any less dead, are they? In a lot of ways, the war was all about them and we still couldn't be arsed to tell them to clear out until we could make sure they wouldn't get blown to bits during their morning drive to work. Anyway, "We will not allow the bigoted few to put their comfort and concerns about 'preserving their culture' above the welfare of billions. We fought and won a war meant to put prejudice to rest once and for all but instead of holding ourselves to a higher standard of morality, the Wizarding World has taken the easy way out. You've no longer got that option. We demand change and we demand it now." And that looks to be it, ladies and gentlemen. Now how about some more Bowie?