Well, that depended, didn't it? Mo had always thought Ravenclaw house leaders were particularly impressive, and he'd liked Miss Selina last year. And Alice and Ella weren't bad at all, although they were new leaders and so not particularly prone to being overly impressed with themselves.

But then there were others... Mo's eyes slid in that direction without him even being able to help it. There were others who were big-headed bullies who wouldn't know how to lead if someone handed them a rope and a flashlight-hat. He didn't think listening to those types of people would be good for his physical well-being.

Hmm, difficult. Mo put the buzzer back on his head (for hair-raising reasons) and pushed green. Mo was being shocking (in every sense of the word), since he'd always respected authority figures. "I don't think we can generalize like that, Headmistress. Some house leaders would rather lead you to your own death than ask for directions, and I don't think I can follow someone like that."

SPOILER!!: Magical Creature Question

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Onto the next one.

"Think through this one: 'If I come across a dangerous or wild creature outside the magical creature sanctuary, I should probably attack it or fight it off with magic.' Please press the green button if you agree, and press the red button if you disagree." C'mon. Give it your best shot.

Kace was reliefed he answered the previous question right. He did not need to get zapped. I mean if he did it would have been pretty cool. As he pressed the Red button. He closed his eyes and hoped it was right.

SPOILER!!: Next question

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Moving on, time to explain that question. "What were looking for there was something along Captain Montmorency's answer. You should send for help, if you can, but you shouldn't need to run away or blatantly ATTACK the creature. If you need to defend yourself, that's fine, but remember that most magical creatures won't harm you if you don't harm them." She gave the group a stiff nod.

Next question. She delivered in a tone of voice similar to... oh, Alexa Cambridge?

"Prefects and Quidditch Captains don't know more than I do. I should not listen to them and should always act in my own best interests instead."

This question was kind of tricky. Kace had to really think about this one. Once he thought of it, he pressed the Green button and he hoped it was the right answer. Then he pressed the Red button too since he changed his mind and incase it was a trick questions...

Kace was sure the captains and prefects were smarter than him, he was a first year after all, what little did he know. Everyone was smarter than him.

Killing it, she was. Seemed being the niece of a former MLEer turned Department Head was finally paying off. Along with the safety lectures from said aunt and her basic common sense. So now, would she agree with the Headmistress' statement? Well, she didn't exactly agree with it. Following a Gryffindor or Hufflepuff was ALWAYS a bad idea. And that left Ravenclaws and Slytherins. And it definitely depended on both the situation and the person. Like, if it were something duck related, Daichi definitely knew more about it than she did. Likewise Dylan and Quidditch. Kat and the Ravenclaw prefects she didn't know as well, so it would definitely depend on whether or not what they were saying meshed with what she knew.

All that said, Sky definitely wasn't dumb enough to push the red button. But she wasn't about to push the green one, either. So, she didn't press either and gave a "Depends on the person and the situation," as an explanation.

...HAH. Jake almost laughed out loud. But he didn't. That would be mean.

He didn't need to think about the answer to that question, though. Student leaders were generally more experienced and whatever else the question/statement said. A smile on his face, Jake pressed the red button. He did, however, add out loud, "For the most part." Because there were some cases in which he wouldn't listen to certain student leaders.

Nerida didn't exactly agree with it, again she was overthinking it but she didn't want to press the green one because it really just depended on the situation, of course a quidditch captain would know about quidditch more than her. It also depended on who it was, and what they were doing. She wasn't going to push the red button. But she wasn't about to push the green one, either. So, she didn't press either. "Depends on the person and also the situation"

"That's not fair. You're phrasing it weird to either make us seem like total cowards or incredibly dumb people who want to kill all the things and have no idea how to handle themselves without dying." Alice made a face at the Headmistress and rubbed her hand again, even though it was totally numb. It didn't matter, anyway. She'd rather be dubbed stupid than a coward, this was ridiculous.

She still wanted Colin MacKenzie. And not, like.. how many zaps had she gotten so far? Eighteen? Twenty?

Also, how was she meant to answer this one? Alice WAS a Captain, and she always listened to herself. Not some of the others though (like Oakey, lolol, who listened to him? Really?). So she was refraining from answeing this one, because it didn't make any sense. At all. This was silly. And NOT Quidditch related.

But she WAS shooting looks to a certain Alexa Cambridge. "Oi. I'M a Captain and I'm smarter than you. Hit the red one." Ahem.

Lex was fully agreeing with Alice. It wasn't that she would have gone out of her way to attack the creature but given no other choice but running she was attacking head on--no...she was sneaking it up to her dorm

She was in the middle of pressing the green again but then Alice was getting at something. Oh. Oh right. But Alice didn't count. Of course she listened to Alice and considered her smart, she just didn't feel the same way about every other one put in authority.

Blink. Blink.

Press the red. "....Okay..." She slammed her fist down on the RED before going back to hitting the green. There? Happy? We disagree.

This one was confusing. West couldn't help but speak up. "Those are three different things to me." Y'know, cos Prefects and Captains totally didn't know more than him. Not in general. Maybe Dylan sometimes did, but as a general statement the first part was true. The second sentence was in two parts, since he believed in listening to prefects, but also that his own best interests weren't an 'instead' so much as a reason for listening to them in the first place. Contradictory then.

He didn't press, but he was participating, see? See professors? He was.

Dora didn't push any buttons.

She was watching her friends instead, intently amused.

They were providing entertainment in this lesson, and also making valid points. Except Alice, who was demanding that she was smarter than.... well Alexa, okay sure. But that was not a good reason for Dora to press the red button. She didn't agree with the full statement, since she wouldn't always act in her own best interest if the other person was someone she cared about enough to act in their interest instead, and sometimes she did listen to her best, but that didn't warrant her agreement to the statement.

Dora put her elbow in her knee and rested her chin in her palm, staaaaaring at her buttons and then the professors.

The statements were getting worse and worse as they went on, it seemed. Penelope was still completely unimpressed, especially this one. Because really? It was like a few others had said. It depended. Sure, some student leaders probably knew about some things better than she did, but that didn't mean she always had to listen to them or follow what they said. And just because she didn't always listen didn't mean she was always acting only for her best interests. She wasn't that selfish, Merlin's beard. Just because you didn't listen to some people did not mean you were some heartless, selfish person.

So she pressed down once on both buzzers. Just because she could. And she wasn't siding either way.

All right good. She was glad the headmistress was on board with not hurting animals who hadn't provoked you first. She gave a little look to everyone who'd said to hurt the creatures. Hopefully they wouldn't grow up to be weird...creepy people or anything. Just leave the animals alone, okay?!

Okay now this question had a LOT of grey area. She just couldn't help but agree with some of the other students on it. "Well...generally, they are out leaders and would hopefully know the best thing to do and would want to help the best way they can...but that doesn't mean they know more than any one person does. Maybe they don't know what's going on any more than the other students do. It's kind of a situational thing." But she did know that you should listen to your leaders just in case. You should never be rude and ignore anyone really, regardless of their rank. She understood the need for order, even though the idea of ranking and having someone not much older than her boss her around didn't really make her very happy. On the other hand there were some who she trusted, like Ethan, whose advice was probably good. She pressed the red button, but it was still a wishy washy question and really didn't deserve a button press at all. Too many things to consider for one definitive answer in her opinion.

She wondered how many more questions there would be and if they'd be rewarded somehow for their let down of a seminar. Seminar was sort of a strong word for this though, inquisition was more like it. Interrogation. Being held without counsel or representation. Injustice! She fidgeted in her seat and felt a small rebelling coming on, maybe.

ZAAAAA- DING! Almost lost it there, but that young Slytherin had awesome reflexes.

Didn't feel that zap, did he?

Smart Hufflepuff! The RED button turned GREEN and gave a pleasant DING!

It was kinda hard to miss those students who didn't participate with pressing a button. The loud "dings" and "zaps" were noticeable enough to show a gap between the students. "Something vrong vith your buzzers, Miss Tillstorm?" She'd noticed the lack of participation with the last two rounds.

ZAP!

Despite the Slytherin's careful reasoning, the GREEN button glowed RED. Oh, what student didn't joke around every once in awhile? "Oh, you aren't going to re-vrite your judgement on someone because of a little event, are you Miss Somerland?" Somerland...

Summerland. That girl had too awesome of a last name.

Yes, well, that's what happens when you press the wrong button more than once...or even JUST once. Lucky for the fifth year though, the RED button glowed a brilliant GREEN and made a little DING!

"In regards to a situation that endangers your safety, Mister Tempus." It should've been straight forward from there. Leave it to the students to get all technical. Unlucky for the precious Puff though, the once trustworthy way of choosing between options gave him the wrong answer. The GREEN buzzer instantly turned a brilliant RED and...

ZAAP!

DING! DING! DINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDING! GREEN! GREEN! DING DING DING! GREEN DING!

"Once is quite enough, Miss Johanson!" Please and thank yoouu? Medea didn't know how many more times she could TWITCH during this seminar, but it was starting to become a tad irratible. Her fingers kept twitching to the dings and zaps. Ice cream was needed.

NEEDED! ICE CREAM! NEEDED IT!

Hufflepuff was correeeect! And it showed with a pleasant DING! as the RED buzzer turned a very nice GREEN.

ZAP! ZAP! ZAP ZAP ZAP! ZAP ZAP ZAP ZAP!

And twitch twitch twitch went Medea's hands. And eyes. And lips. And everything else. "Please, Miss Cambridge! You only need to press it just once." Hoooly mother of stress free zones. What in Merlin's beard was she going to say after that again?

...

Must've been difficult for the prefects and captains to answer.

But DING! went the buzzer, lighting up to a brilliant GREEN.

ZAP! ZAP ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! DING! DING! DING DING DING!

Nothing good would come out of clicking both the buttons, no matter HOW many times one pressed them. Except maybe that little DING sound. How was his hand feeling NOW?

So far so good with the Captains. DING! went the RED buzzer, turning a very nice GREEN for the Slytherin.

ZAP! went the green buzzer, turning a brilliant shade of RED.

"Mister Branxton, our school leaders haff been chosen for a reason." She honestly would say more, if she wasn't fidgeting and trying to make the twitching stop. These buzzers were going to be the end of her. General answers for the win!

Perhaps he should've tried the red buzzer first. ZAP! went the green button, turning a nice shade of RED. Although, DING! went the red button, turning an even nicer shade of GREEN.

...Confused yet?

"Your technicality is alvays velcome, Miss Hope." Medea nodded, trying to put on a smile that didn't look so relieved. Honestly, she was glad for the lack of DING or ZAP. And....yea....

Just gunna leave it at that.

DING! Well, at least Mister Fancy Mouth picked the right button.

Oh? Another technical person?

"Very vell, Miss Eventide." If she didn't want to press the buttons, that was fine. That was moooooore than fine. Medea was FINE with it. Though she did hear the Headmistress mention points being given out for participating.

That shouldn't have been so amusing. But it was.

DING! went the red butto- ZAP! went the green button. And TWITCH went the Professor.

Medea just stared, eyebrow slowly raising. She just...Not able to answer at the present moment.

Oh? OH? What was thiiiiiis? No button pressing?

Okaaay.

DING!ZAP!

Could they make a rule about hitting only ONE buzzer for each question only ONCE? Could they? Headmistress?

Ravenclaw being a Ravenclaw. Medea was pretty sure she just spoke what half the students in here were thinking. She could just SEEEEEE it on their faces! The red button gave a pleasant DING however, glowing a brilliant GREEN when she pressed it.


Oooooh dear...

It was honestly surprising how many ZAP's there were.

"Ven it comes to a certain situation..." She started, rubbing the bridge of her nose while addressing EVERYONE, also in reply to Eliza. "...that involves the safety of you and your classmates, there honestly probably von't be enough time to really...debate your options here. Our students leaders vere chosen for their roll for a reason and haff been vell informed on the procedures to take ven needed. They haff your best interest at heart and vill do their best to make sure you are safely avay from votever danger may be present. Othervise...they know vot'll happen if they don't."

Or...perhaps they didn't? She'll just leave that up to their imagination then. Medea smiiiiiled.

Moving onto the next question! So she could twitch less.

"Sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do for the sake of the greater good."

See? Even the professor's reply had to specify a certain situation. Not all situations. Not always. Which was what the statement had said. If it didn't have those absolutes one way or another, more people probably would have actually answered and answered 'correctly'.

And that zap wasn't too bad. Especially since it was only her first one so far.

Next statement though.

Hmm. Yeah, that one seemed right. Sometimes the things that were hard to do, that you didn't really want to do, were actually the right and good things to do. So Penelope simply pressed the green agreement button.

Pretty soon he would be know a Zap Man. Since he was taking all these zap. Nigel should stop soon or he might get seriously hurt.

But please this question was so obvious that Nigel did not even want to answer it. This was an seminar about Safety by Professors. If you say no to this question. Zap. If he was wrong. He would just press both next time.

Nigel needed a break. So he decided to glare at Romanos for giving such an obvious question.

Shaking her head she gave the professor a bright smile "No, certainly not ma'am. I just don't understand the questions." Heh, that was one way of putting it. She wasn't exactly lying but wasn't confessing the full truth either. AND she didn't care to get zapped again! Folding her hands nicely in her lap she sat there nice and straight and listened for the next question.

Hmmm, that answer could be either! What if it was a bad thing? Would you still do it because it was for the sake of the greater good? Ew! Nope, she wasn't answering that question, for the simple fact auntie might get upset with her if she answered it saying she would even if it was bad!

Well, it was a loaded question that only another question could answer, and the answer she got in return was just about as muddy as the question in the first place - but that's what she'd been expecting and that was sort of a lot of clear expectations for something as unpredictable as the content of the original question. Eliza just gave a small shrug and smiled back at her teacher. She liked the woman and knew she probably didn't know how to tell the students to think and reason any better than the students knew how to do themselves anyway.

This next question was pretty easy too. She may not like it, and the question may have sounded like an excuse for some really poor behavior, but she knew there were situations where you had to really think of the big picture. Even if you wished you could take the big picture and break into thousands of small pieces to solve and fix perfectly on their own individual time - sometimes there just wasn't the option for that. So....she pressed the green button to agree.

Hm? Pressing only once? But...but that wasn't nearly as fun. Sure her hand HURT now and she could feel it twitching but that was half the fun--that was the ONLY fun from what she was seeing.

She pretended to listen to what the Professor was saying as she rocked from side to side while she helped herself to more ice-cream. It was almost done now and she was set to ask for an ice-cream break to go get more but then the next question came.

Unfortunately she agreed and slammed her fist down on the GREEN but. Once. Just once. See?

Er...but maybe just one zap? She slammed her fist against the RED once. Again, only once...but then just once more....and another, nothing serious. She could stop any time she wanted to. This was no big deal. Press. Press.........PressPressPressPress. Ahem. She was done.

Kat tried not to make a face with the previous question. The one about the prefects and captains one. She was so tempted to press the green button, because obviously... it was her. Hello. Prefect and stuff. She also had lots of respect for the other student leaders too... but of course. There were the ones who pressed the green button.

Y'all got stares. Excuse me. Especially with her ickle little Snakey sister. CASSIA. AHEM. Kat wasn't part of the event, okay? No hate on her.

The next question. Yep, sacrifices and that stuff. Kat had been in one of those experiences before. It wasn't as enjoyable as she wanted it to be, but at least everything is okay now. The prefect then pressed the GREEN button. So far, no zaps? Awesome.

Keep it that way, Hudson, yeah?

West eyed Professor Romanos right back and then pressed the green buzzer. Finally a statement that didn't have any ambiguity. West was comfortable agreeing with that, sometimes YOU did have to do stuff you weren't really ABOUT for the benefit of all.

*beam*

And was it just her, or was Professor Romanos twitching every time the buzzers went off? And giving relieved smiles to those of them that hadn't anwsered? Interesting. Though, with all the people who were trying to amuse themselves by pressing the buzzers lots of times, it wasn't really that surprising. In fact, Sky herself was ready to hex the buzzers somewhere far away from one Alexa Cambridge if she. Didn't. Stop. But before she could get her wand out, the Gryffindor thankfully did stop. Whew.

Now that that was over, she pressed down on the green button.

Laura listened to the next question her hand was still hurting from the zapping and she knew this one, she went to press the button but slipped and pressed the red one. OOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Laura looked shocked at herself for slipping. "No I didn't mean to.." laura pressed the green button like 10 times really fast, showing everyone that was supposed to be her answer.

Forrest relaxed a little as he got two correct answers in row. Well, maybe it wasn't so hard. He still didn't like this game though, and he was beginning to be distracted.

...

Green. That's what he pressed.

Nerida gave a smile towards Professor Romanos who seemed happy with the ones that hadn't answered, or pressed the button. The DING noise made her twitch too. Though it wasn't surprising everyone pushing them repeatedly, was getting annoying. Hearing the question she pressed the green button.

So, he had not pressed one of the buttons during the previous question. Why not? Because he felt awkward with the question being asked, that's why. He shifted his body until he said crossed legged on the cushion and listened to the next question or statement.

He thought for a few seconds before his hand went to the green button. His hand hovered above it, unsure before it landed down.

Theo expected that zap. He wasn't happy about it, but he didn't complain too much this time around. His fault for not thinking things through properly. The next question was pretty simple, and he even agreed with it completely for once! He looked at both buzzers carefully, then pressed the green one.