How to Blow Things Up: Period 2, Week 3

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Today the class wasn't meeting in the Danger Shop.  Following the directions in the note handwavily delivered, the students would find themselves in a clearing with sandbag 'bunkers' at one end facing a large pile of stones and twisted metal that had landed after the school exploded.  On the other end, several rows of different types of grenades were laid out carefully.  Aly stood in the middle, trying not to be nervous over her students' first experience in class with live explosives.

Once everyone was assembled, she spoke up.  "Morning, everybody.  As I hope you've noticed by now, we're not in the Danger Shop.  Which means that the grenades over there are live.  Today's not the day to fool around, and if I see anyone doing so, they'll be lucky if they just get detention."

Confident she had everyone's attention, she nodded.  "This is going to be fun.  Those of you who haven't handled live rounds before, don't be nervous, you'll do fine."  She spent a bit of time going through the development and uses of different types of grenades before going on to the proper procedures for arming and throwing the weapons. 

"Grenades aren't always the best choice of explosive," she said, wrapping up.   "The delay between pulling the pin and the explosion means you can throw it, but the enemy could throw it back at you or it could bounce off a wall and roll back towards one of your allies.  So what I want you to do today before trying them for yourself is discuss with a partner or two the tactical advantages of grenades.  Why use them and not a Molotov cocktail that can't come back at you?  Or a gun which has a longer range?"

"After that, come over and try them out for yourself."

[OOC:  Whee, things go boom!  Aly's completely serious about the penalties for horsing around in this class.  If you want to get detention ping in the OOC thread, otherwise I'll give you a heads up if your character is skirting the line.  Please wait for the OCD is up!]

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[Explodey 5-29] Discuss

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

So when would these be tactically effective? Why would you carry them? What are other options that would be more or less useful?

Or, you know, random thoughts on 'ooh, blow things up now.'

Re: [Explodey 5-29] Discuss

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Seely grinned. In a disturbingly similar way to how he grinned at Aravis.

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"Well, grenades are a lot easier to carry around than a Molotov cocktail, and-"
Dib realized he was talking to himself. That was no good. He looked around for a partner.

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Savannah looked at everything as she waited for Anders since he had become her de-facto partner.

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Abigail looked over the information she'd written down as she waited to see if anyone wanted to partner up.

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[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean looked over the information as he waited for someone to partner with.

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Oops, Anders had been a little too out of it to snag a partner right away . . . so he was hanging around waiting. Sort of like trout fishing, except without the trout.

Or those gross squishy little salmon-egg things.

Or any kind of fishing tackle, really.

Or the body of water.

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Haku looked around for a partner, in his mind neither would be very effective when one had exploding tags that ignited when you wanted them too.

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[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco wasn't bouncing in his seat, really.

[Explodey 5-29] Hand Grenades

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

There are quite a few different types to try out.

Most common are the fragmentation grenades (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenade#Fragmentation_grenades), but there's also concussion grenades (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenade#Concussion_grenades), and smoke grenades (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenade#Smoke_grenades) to try out.

Be sure to hold down the safety lever while pulling the pin like Aly showed you. Aly's right there while everyone tries for any questions or to make sure nothing blows up on the wrong side of the sandbags.

Re: [Explodey 5-29] Hand Grenades

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Despite his grin, Seely followed Aly's instructions extremely carefully as he tried out the grenades.

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Abigail took great care with the grenades, trying one of each and grinning with each explosion.

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The fragmentation grenades are a little too intimidating; just knowing they're real makes Charlie more anxious. But the concussion grenades, now...

Boom!

Yeah, that's fun.

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Carefully following Aly's instructions, Savannah tried one of each of the grenades.

"Oh wow..."

She might have bounced a little.

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It took a little bit more finesse and concentration to do everything he needed to with the sling on, but Dean managed well enough.

The explosions as the grenades went off had Dean grinning widely.

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Zuko seemed mostly interested in the smoke grenades as he pondered how much easier it would make trying to escape a guarded complex.

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Haku tried them all. Finding the smoke grenades somewhat faimilar to things he'd used as home. He smiled and tried the otehrs, making a point to take some home to Zabuza sometime.

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Molly tried out each type of grenade and thought about the best way to use each of them. She didn't like to think about using either of the first two on people though.

Re: [Explodey 5-29] Hand Grenades

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Marco followed Aly's instructions carefully, all the while grinning like a maniac and making boom noises randomly.

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[dbiers.livejournal.com]

Once everything was well underway, D tried her hand at each of the grenades.

It might come in handy later.

Re: [Explodey 5-29] Hand Grenades

[the_merriest]

Rikku spent a few minutes examining the grenades, comparing them to the ones she knew previously and squeeing a bit.

She's an old pro at this, but these aren't quite the grenades she knows and there are people around and Aly is awesome, so she still makes sure she's following directions and doesn't do anything stupidly showy. Just your standard toss, pull, and clap your hands and squee madly when things go BOOM.

"This is the best class ever," she sighed.

[Explodey 5-29] Talk to Aly

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Because she's around both before and after class.

Re: [Explodey 5-29] Talk to Aly

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"Explosions!"

Why yes, Deadpool was on the scene, however did you know?

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Because it's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood, a beautiful day in the neighbourhood, oh, won't you be mine...oh, won't you be mine...