Hunting 101 - Class 14 (Wednesday period 7)

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When the students entered, they found the Danger Shop blank and empty save for John who was waiting for them.

"Today's subject is demons," John began. "Demons are probably the most dangerous thing a hunter can face. Not that all the other things we've covered in this class won't get you just as dead if they have a chance, but with most of them, death's where it ends. With demons, you can lose not only your life, but your soul.

"The good news is that generally they can't physically manifest unless they've extremely powerful. The bad news is that they get around this by possessing people." John hit a button on the remote he held and there appeared behind him a hologram of a man in an office. Something that looked like black smoke came in through the vent and went into the man's mouth. When the man raised his head again, his eyes were smoky black.

John hit a button on the remote and the image froze. "They say eyes are the window to the soul and that is where a demon will reveal itself -- with most low level demons, this is what you get, completely black. More powerful demons will often have yellow or red eyes.

"Of course, they are perfectly capable of appearing completely normal under most circumstances -- that's part of what makes them so dangerous. Often you won't know they're there until they spring whatever it is they're planning on doing. But there are ways to make a demon show itself.

"They will of course, set off an EMF meter. Holy water will burn and smoke when it comes in contact with most possessed. And they will flinch at the name of God. In Latin. Which is 'Christo'." John smiled slightly. "A working knowledge of Latin is very useful when dealing with demons."

"Once you find the demon, you have to take care of it. Generally, with demons, this means exorcism, which sends them back to Hell." John gave a wolfish smile. "Now they're not going to just hold still and let you yank them out of their victim, so you'll need to confine them somehow. In a pinch you can try and use physical restraints although those are always iffy given demons' strength and often telekenisis. But there are other things that work to confine a demon.

"Salt's probably the simplest and easiest to use. Good to use in situations where you don't have much preparation time. But if you do have time to set up beforehand, your best bet is to use something like this." John hit the remote again and a room with a low ceiling appeared, with a ritualistic circle with runes drawn on the ceiling. "This is out of the Key of Solomon -- an excellent reference that has many different sigils and seals that will trap a demon -- or keep one out.

"And then comes the actual exorcism." John hit the remote again and the possessed man from earlier appeared tied to a chair underneath the symbol, and a hologram John read out a Latin exorcism. As it was read, the man twitched in pain, his eyes went black, the chair he was tied to moved around the circle violently -- but never broke out of it. And then finally, he threw his head back and screamed out the black smoke which disappated against the ceiling.

John hit the remote again and the scene faded. "So that's the quick demon primer." He hit a button and they were suddenly standing in the middle of a library. "Your final exam is going to consist of finding, trapping and exorcising a demon. You can spend the rest of this class, looking through the exorcism rituals and protective runes and sigils in preparation for that. And if you have any specific questions about demons or anything else we've covered, this would be the time to ask."

[ooc: Wait for OCD's are up]

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[demons-death.livejournal.com]

you know the drill

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[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz Sherman

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Chris Halliwell

React to the lecture

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

take notes, goof off, miss your kids, talk quietly to your classmates

Re: React to the lecture

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz quietly took notes.

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[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris took copious notes because this was probably the most useful section of Hunting class for him.

And he was in no way trying to stop thinking about little Matthew and little Peri and wondering if he would ever get to see either of them again.

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[narglette.livejournal.com]

Once all the notes possible were taken, her friend (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhigh/1346412.html?thread=78958700#t78958700) nudged, her questions (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhigh/1346412.html?thread=78964076#t78964076) to the teacher asked, Luna faced the thoughts she'd been avoiding all day of Blue and Peri.

"Hey." Luna greeted softly. She wanted to say something more but had trouble coming up with the right words. Eventually she managed, "I will be sending that film to my father for development as soon as Abelard returns."

Re: React to the lecture

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair was more than a little twitchy during parts of this lecture and during the exorcism he got very pale and quiet.

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[narglette.livejournal.com]

Luna nudged her friend with her elbow at some point. "Hello."

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[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

A silent sort of panic rose up in Setsuna from the first word of the lecture; by the time it was finished, she, who hadn't taken her usual notes and had just stared and tried not to shift around too much, was paler than usual. She looked like if you poked her, she wouldn't even so much as blink. Or she might squeak.

Though it isn't recommended that you poke her and find out. At all.

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[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Today was a bad day, with no more kids. So, when in pain, spread it around!

Sokka slooooowwwwly leaned over to Setsuna, and then whispered "BOO!"

Re: React to the lecture

[narglette.livejournal.com]

Luna took excellent notes because demons were one thing not covered by her magical experience or resources.

She had managed to get the ink smears off her face after she woke, face down on her journal, but she hadn't managed to find the girls.

Something told that she mightn't, but there was the very slim outside chance that they had got up early and found their fathers.

Looking around class and seeing both Blair and Chris childless eliminated that outside chance.

And so, excellent note taking occurred so as to help her prepare for the final and keep her mind off things which were no longer there.

Re: React to the lecture

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka took lots and lots of notes, because Fandom demons apparently weren't anything like the demons back home.

Re: React to the lecture

[wannabehunter]

Jo took notes down during the lecture.

Of course, the notes might have borne very little resemblance to the lecture material.

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker is so glad this is the last class of the day. Between missing kids and Teal Dear crises, she just wants a nap.

She takes notes as carefully as she can, given the yawning.

Re: React to the lecture

[blessed_twice]

Wyatt paid a great deal of attention for this class. Dealing with demons was his job, after all.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel took notes, although she occasionally stopped and stared into space.

Study and research

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

or not, if you're confident about your ability to pass the exam

Re: Study and research

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz reviewed the notes that she had taken during the semester for Hunting.

Talk to John

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

Any last questions on the course?

Re: Talk to John

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris approached John after class. "Are you going to be around for the summer, sir?" he asked.

Re: Talk to John

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Setsuna considered, once she was able to, y'know, breath a little bit, bringing up the point to Professor Winchester that a lot of what he said only works for demons of Western mythology, but she didn't. She opened her mouth, but it closed quickly.

Probably self-preservation. It certainly would be one less thing to worry about if Eastern demons were...a little...slighted...

Re: Talk to John

[narglette.livejournal.com]

When John wasn't otherwise occupied, Luna asked, "Sir, what of those demons which do not posses but heckle and harm anyway?"

OOC

[demons-death.livejournal.com]

*wants all the Weechesters back, woe*

Re: OOC

[demonbelthazor]

I take offense to the statement that low level demons have black eyes.