Hunting 101 - Class 5 (Wednesday Period 7)

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When the students came in, they found the usual set up, with a bunch of handouts sitting beside the sign in sheet.



"Good afternoon," John said to his students when everyone had taken their seats. "Today we're not going to be talking about ghosts or demons or any other kind of creature or entity. Today we're going to talk about curses. The handout gives a definition and a brief look at various types of curses.

"There's also some information some examples on some cursed objects for you to look over." John paused to give them a chance to read through the information.

"Not all cursed objects are like that. Some are very mild, the equivalent of a mosquito bite, something you could just overlook as a run of bad luck. Some are worse, deadlier. There are ways that are supposed to cleanse an object or place, to break the curse." John paused. "Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. As you read, there's a wide variety of the type of curses. To successfully break a curse you really need to know how it was cast and by whom. And sometimes, often, that information is difficult to come by. Especially with older items. In that case, when you can't find exactly the origin of a cursed item, the best thing you can do is get out of its way." He looked around the class meeting various students eyes. "If it's a piece of land that is cursed, you clear out and make sure anyone else there does as well.

"If it's a cursed object, try to handle it as little as possible. Silk, salt and iron can all make it safer to handle an object, but nothing will block every curse. You can try to destroy the object, but often that's not going to work. Your best bet is going to be put it somewhere it won't be handled, won't be a threat. Find a spot as far away from people as you can and bury it." He smiled grimly. "If you can't get out of its way, you get it out of yours."

John got up and paced the front of the room as he continued talking. "For the next class, I'm not going to lay out for you what you need to know and need to do. You're getting the exact same information that I usually have at the beginning of a hunt. In fact you already have it. That's the rest of those handouts. Your homework is to pair up and go over that information, and plan out what you're going to do next Wednesday. I'm available if you have any questions or want any advice, but you'll have to figure out what you're after on your own.

John smiled at them. "So you better get started."

[OOC: wait for OCD is up; go nuts :)]

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Research assignment

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

Pair up and discuss what to do next week.

The information you have are two newspaper articles detailing the deaths of two teenage girls, Ashley Taggart age 15 and Valerie Brown age 16. Both were found dead at the same dance studio in the town of Hume. Both of them had been found the same way -- dead on the floor when they had been practicing alone. There was no signs of foul play, it seemed both of their hearts had given out. But both girls had been incredibly healthy with no signs of heart problems.

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge reads over the handouts as he looks for someone to partner up with.

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[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"So, any first guess?"

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[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

As he waited for a partner, Alec glanced over the handouts and shook his head; this was some seriously weird stuff.

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[notawitch.livejournal.com]

Will scanned the room, and headed over to the first free person she could see. "Hey. Have a partner yet?"

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[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Me?" Alec grinned. "I guess I do now. I think I've seen you around - I'm Alec."

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[deanforrester.livejournal.com]

Dean raised an eyebrow at the articles, blinking at the general lack of helpful information. Crap.

He looked around for someone to partner with, who was hopefully better at this than he was.

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[smartestone]

Hermione looks up from reading her handouts again, looks around, and sees Dean. "Still need a partner?" she asks.

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[deanforrester.livejournal.com]

"I do, yeah." He looked pleased, and waved the handouts. "All I got is maybe the ballet barre-thingy was cursed by a jealous dancer."

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[demonbelthazor]

Bel looked over the information and put money on it being the shoes.

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe moved over near Cole ans smiled a little as she looked up from the handouts.

"Cursed dancers, huh?"

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[demonbelthazor]

"Hopefully not an omen for Homecoming," Cole said, winking. "You find a dress yesterday?"

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[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter read through the assignment wondering what other information they'd be able to find on the two girls.

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[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Peter." John nods towards the handouts. "Wanna give this a go?"

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[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Certainly," Peter replied with a nod. "What do you think?"

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[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely looked over the notes while he waited for a partner.

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[likethegun]

Sam was trying to partner himself up with someone different each week, so he made his way over to Seely. "Hey," he said. "Have you got a partner yet?"

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[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Seely grinned. "Not yet."

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[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

So Conner's two previous experiences with cursed objects had involved an ancient Egyptian statue and a fossilized dinosaur bone, each of which had made a friend of his evil. In Cassidy's case it had been kind of scary, and in Kira's? Well, damn hot.

Still, he didn't think all cursed objects would have that happy side effect, so he went over the notes pretty extensively while he tried to figure out which unlucky schmuck was stuck with him pick out a partner.

Dammit, this was harder than getting a date, and even that was something where he was losing his touch.

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[forgottenpants]

Pete wandered over. "Don't suppose you know anything about 'dance studios'?"

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[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Only that there's usually a lot of hot girls in 'em," Conner said. "Why?"

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter sat and read through the the newspaper articles. Nothing like starting with nothing to go on.

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[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Hey, need a partner?" Alanna sat down by Walter. "And I didn't punch Blair today. Though if I see Faithful, my good streak is breaking."

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn began making notes as she read through the handouts.

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[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Hey Dawn," Peter said. "Still need a partner?"

[OOC: Will need extreme slow play. Busy day at work on Thursday.]