How to Blow Things Up: Period 2, Week 3

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

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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[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.'

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[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

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

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[solo_sword]

Jaina looked around for someone to partner with, and spotted Seely. She was a little worried about the grin, but he didn't put off psychotic vibes... "So when are grenades a good thing?" she asked.

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[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"If you need to ricochet them off a wall," Seely said. "Molotov will just break."

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[big-head-boy.livejournal.com]

"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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[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Cally said. "Need partner?"

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[big-head-boy.livejournal.com]

Dib nodded. "Sure."

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[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

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

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Still in her goth make-up from last period, Molly went over to Savannah. "Hey, I'm Molly, want to be partners for this? I don't think I've actually met you yet."

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[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

Savannah looked up and smiled. "Hey, I'm Savannah. And sure."

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[dbiers.livejournal.com]

"..." D looked at her as she cast a glance over the class. "...Molly?"

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[solowhistler.livejournal.com]

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

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[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie waved hesitantly, and then said, "So, are you nervous about this? Because I'm trying not to be."

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[solowhistler.livejournal.com]

Abigail waved back, and shrugged. "I don't know. I guess I'm a little nervous. But I don't think we'd be out here if there was any real threat to what we were doing."

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[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

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

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[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't use them," Zuko said simply because he was so open to new experiences.

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[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"If you don't want to use explosives, why are you taking this class?" Dean wondered.

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

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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[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin wandered up and said, "Looking for a partner?"

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Works for me, dude," Anders replied. "Things you can throw? So right up my alley."

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[dbiers.livejournal.com]

"Should I be worried to see you playing with explosives?" D teased by way of greeting.

[ooc: I couldn't help it.]

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[snow-white-boy.livejournal.com]

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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[not_in_the_book]

Ronan waved to the partnerless one. "Hey, looking for someone to pair up with?"

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[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco wasn't bouncing in his seat, really.

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[the_merriest]

Well, Rikku certainly was!

"You wanna pair up? Are these real grenades? Mine are back in the weapons locker. I love grenades. Uh, and they're way easier to transport around than Molotov cocktails, and they don't require prep time, just pull and throw, so that's an advantage. Hi! I'm Rikku! Have we met?"