Hunting 101 - Class 13 (Wedensday, period 7)

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There were no handouts or items for demonstration visible in the classroom when the students entered today. John was leaning against his desk, hands in his pockets as everybody filed in.

"Good afternoon," he said when people were settled. "We're going to go off the syllabus today and talk about this past weekend. Now that wasn't so much a hunt as an invasion, but the same basic steps apply. And no that the trolls have been beaten off, it's time to look at what we've learned." John smiled slightly. "So consider this a debriefing."

"Most hunters I know keep a journal of some kind, with information on what they've faced and what they've found to be effective. You now have all faced trolls. What would you consider important to know about them?" He paused and let the class discuss this for a while.

"The other thing you need to consider after this kind of situation, is what did you do right, and what would you do differently if you had to do it again? This isn't to beat yourself up about things you did wrong -- but a chance to learn from experience, to do better in the future. So I'd like everyone to give us one thing they did that they're proud of, and one thing that they'd do differently."

[OOC: Wait for OCDs are up! Have at it!]

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Re: What have you learned about yourself?

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"That doesn't make me feel better, you know," she smiled slightly at him.

Re: What have you learned about yourself?

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure it's supposed to," John said, still smiling. He sighed. "Dawn, the only people I've ever seen who weren't scared in the face of things like this had lost something vital to being human. If you don't feel fear, you don't feel anything else either."

Re: What have you learned about yourself?

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn immediately thought of her sister. "So how do you learn to use it?"

Re: What have you learned about yourself?

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

"From what I've seen, you're well on your way already," John told her. "The trick isn't to not be afraid, but to act, to move, in spite of being scared."

Re: What have you learned about yourself?

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn had been scared the whole time, except for when she's been furious about Sam. Not that she was going to say that out loud. "What kind of ammunition did you and Sam and Dean use? Because that really worked."

Re: What have you learned about yourself?

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

John smiled. "Wrought iron rounds."

Re: What have you learned about yourself?

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"And you just...made them?" For the first time, she was considering that maybe the Council needed a good weapons person.