First Petal

[drivensnow]

It has come to the Ministry's, and therefore my, attention that Hogwarts is in need of some... Assistance. Given the Headmaster's unfortunate inability to keep things under control at camp and even now under his very own roof, the Ministry has seen fit to appoint me High Inquisitor.

I can assure you that this is a very good thing, despite what you may be thinking and on behalf of the Ministry I would like to formally apologize for the events at camp. It is unfortunate that his carelessness would result in such an unfortunate occurrence. I can assure you that while I'm here, none of you will get so out of control.

You may have heard that it was dark magic responsible, but I can promise you that this was a lie made up only to justify a few rowdy teenagers. This will not be tolerated while I'm here, believe me. Everyone's safety is of my utmost concern, and it's up to me to prune the thorny hedges and keep everything nice and orderly.

With that said, I do not tolerate disobedience of any kind, and if I catch any kind of behaviour like what was displayed at camp, the consequences will be severe. This is the only warning I am going to give anyone. I fully expect to get along with every student here, however, so do not let my faith go unrewarded.

Finally, along with my position as High Inquisitor, I have also been appointed Herbology Professor. But considering the importance of the position, it would be best for you to refer to me as Inquisitor Snow rather than Professor.

Comments

[filters are typically good ideas]

[arachnoble]

He can't come up with an answer every time. He'll stumble sooner or later.

It seems like the Ministry is nervous, for some reason or another, if they need an inside man. And you can give him the benefit of the doubt, but I won't. He seems to believe he has the power to fire staff, and that does not sit well with me.

[forever filter]

[myblimpisbigger]

It doesn't sit well with me either, but until he actually abuses his power, we can't touch him. I have no doubt that he will, but my point is that we ought to be quiet until then. If we push him now, it will make him more on alert and thus harder to trip up. Do you see my point?

[yes good]

[arachnoble]

He's threatened to sack me in order to get me to roll over and obey him. If that's not abuse I'm not sure how much more he needs to do.

Though I suppose we do have to subtly uncover his true nature.

[myblimpisbigger]

Subtlety is really the only possible course of action here. Unfortunately I don't believe many of our colleagues share that view.

[arachnoble]

We can only hope they'll listen to reason. I know a few of the staff members are very protective, but being subtle would more than likely be a better way to protect our students and children from anything that could possibly happen then being extremely aggressive.

[myblimpisbigger]

I think it best I make a filtered announcement espousing exactly that view. Hopefully this can be headed off before it becomes a bigger mess than it needs to.

[arachnoble]

You mean hopefully everyone else will calm down and listen.

[what do you mean she's being hypocritical.]