Aurelia West has been sent on ahead to welcome everyone into the Slytherin Common Rooms, while Louis Walles leads them down the stone steps just off the Entrance Hall to the dungeons where Emily Spencer is waiting to set a few ground rules before proceeding through.
"Lucia Dinapoli will also be available," Emily says after going through her list of upcoming highlights and memorable reminders, "she's just skipped off to her dorm to grab a deck of tarot for anyone interested in a reading before turning in."
The house basilisk, Basil, slithers on by. Emily cracks a smile, caressing an affectionate finger across his scales.
"This is Basl," she informs, hissing his name in Parseltongue. "Can anyone take a guess what he might be saying?"
Task:
Even if you haven't taken the class with Professor Lestrange yet to grasp his full meaning, perhaps you'll understand the inflection and intention behind our basilisk friend's greeting if you decode the following Cryptogram by Sunday August 29th at 11:59pm HOL-time and send to raves.activity@gmail.com to receive 10 beans! Alternatively, you can post 100 words below presenting a piece of creative writing that includes a Basilisk in the story.
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