A little drop of Rain

So as I was walking through the back ways of the Wilk, I noticed that they have basilisk detectors hanging up in each corner; an obvious precaution so you can peer around the corner to ensure there are no basilisks hanging out in the halls before accidentally running into one and dying.

I’m not sure if I should be happy or worried.

On one hand, the precaution is nice.  If a basilisk happened upon those halls, it would have a hard time killing people because they would be able to see it first and merely get turned to stone.  So I guess that’s a plus.  However on the other hand, why would we even need the precaution if there weren’t a reason to think we’d need it?

Basilisk detectors seem to give off the feeling that there have been basilisks there in the past or that there is a fear they might come.  I wouldn’t doubt that.  I mean, Utah never had a St. Patrick to run off all the snakes, and the Wilk seems as right a place as any to have mythical snake-like creatures slithering about.

(Actually, this also makes me wonder about the HFAC…but I’m not too worried there.  I mean, they already have a phantom [and according to Divine Commedy, a senior who got turned into Cosmo] roaming their halls.  I don’t think there’d be room for a basilisk, even if it DOES have those crazy tunnels and hallways.)

Ah well, I guess I can just avoid those back hallways of the Wilk and wait for the Daily Universe with a stoney student on the front page.