Midnight Pals: Opening Line

JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: i have excellent newssss
Rowling: the british people have decided that harry potter hassss the greatesssst opening line of all time
Poe:
King:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Rowling: jussst a real top opening line
Rowling: a real banger

Barker: oh yeah? is that right?
Poe: clive
Barker: no no no let's hear this
Barker: so what is the opening line of harry potter
Rowling: itsss
Rowling:
Rowling: itsss a really good line
Barker: haha she doesn't remember
Rowling: I DO REMEMBER

Rowling: the opening line of harry potter isss
Rowling: issss
Rowling:
Barker: haha she forgot the line
Rowling: I DID NOT FORGET THE LINE
Rowling:
Rowling: sssomeone get me the book

Rowling: but you know what'sss better than the firssst line in harry potter? the firssst line in cormorant ssstrike
Rowling: whenever cormorant sssstrike isn't around, people should be asssking where'sss cormorant ssstrike?
Barker: nobody's gonna be asking that

Rowling: the british public hasss chosen harry potter as the best opening line ever!
Rowling: [gazing thoughtfully out window, into the night] now sssomeday
Rowling: ssomeday the british public will read a sssecond book
Rowling: but rejoicccce becaussse today iss not that day!

Poe: does anyone actually remember the first line in harry potter
King: i think it was something like "in a hole lived a harry potter"
Poe: i don't know about that
Barker: no that definitely sounds right
Barker: that's definitely it

Rowling: the british public hasss once again vindicated me!
Rowling: the people who made mushy peasss and kidney pie their national dish have once again proven their impeccable tassste!

Rowling: this alssso meansss i'm right about the transs
Rowling: the british public isss on board with my final ssolution
Poe: whoa uh
Poe: i don't think that follows, joanne
Rowling: maybe you weren't lissstening edgar
Rowling: GREATEST. OPENING. LINE. OF ALL TIME!