Hunting 101 Class 3 -- Tuesday period 5

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When the students entered, they saw John sitting at his desk and two tables set out at the front of the room. One holds the sign in sheet and a pile of handouts. The other holds a number of curious items.

John waited until all his students had filed in and taken their seats.

"So last week you faced your first senario with a ghost. Nobody managed to get themselves killed and everyone eventually managed to take out the ghost." He leaned back on his desk. "Even more impressive, no one took out the house as well. Two things it's always good to remember: don't burn down a house while you're still in it. And ghosts can turn incorporeal at will. You can't set them on fire."

John pushed away from his desk and went over to a side table where a number of items were laid out. "There are however a few things that you can use when fighting a ghost that actually do more harm to them than to you. Iron temporarily disrupts a ghost's energy. Anything you can find that's iron -- some crowbars, fireplace pokers, cast iron frying pans -- " John had examples of each of these and held them up in turn, "can be used as a weapon against a spirit."

He the frying pan down and moved down the table where he picked up a salt shaker. "Salt is probably one of the most versatile weapons a hunter can have. Salt circles can be used for protection against not only ghosts but demons and some other evil entities." He put the shaker down and picked up a small crystal. "Salt can also be used offensively and rock salt such as this is the easiest to handle. It disrupts a ghost's energy much the same way iron does. Rock salt pieces like this or some larger, can be thrown, either by hand or using a weapon such as a sling shot." He moved down the table a little bit more to where there was a pile of much smaller crystals. "Smaller crystals such as these can be useful as well, when packed into shotgun shells." He picked up such a cartridge also sitting on the table. "You've heard of buckshot?" John grinned. "Well this is ghostshot.

"And it's not something you can just buy from any sporting goods store. You have to make it yourself." John handwavily demonstrated how to load shotgun cartridges with rock salt, explaining how as he went. When he was done he headed back over to his desk. "All the information we've discussed is covered in the handout you took at the beginning of class, including a list of steps in how to reload shotgun shells. Feel free to come up and examine everything, and try your hand at making rocksalt cartridges. Also I'd like to know how much experience and how comfortable each of you is with firearms, so I can set up balanced groups for next week's practical."



[OOC: wait for OCDs are up, have at it! ]

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Sign in

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Collaspey format

Re: Sign in

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Helen Haras-Uquara

John's lecture

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take notes, talk quietly, etc.

Re: John's lecture

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen was quite intent on his words.

Re: John's lecture

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Johnny was in a rather pensive mood. He took notes, listening quietly.

Re: John's lecture

[withoutverona]

This was something he could use; Romeo took extensive, detailed notes.

Re: John's lecture

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

As usual, Firekeeper ignored the handouts. She did listen attentively though, even if she had no idea what 'firearms' were.

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Jack took notes, wondering if he'd be able to make those shotgun shells.

Re: John's lecture

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Michael listened, wondering why iron and salt, of all things, disrupted ghosts.

Re: John's lecture

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Hannibal took a few notes but spent most of the lecture just watching.

Re: John's lecture

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Dōjima jotted down a few notes, but spent most of the lecture just listening.

Re: John's lecture

[spiritandsword]

Annja was taking careful notes

Re: John's lecture

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

This all sounded really important, so Lion-o was writing down everything.

Re: John's lecture

[heromaniac]

Momoko took extensive notes. She knew some about salt from her own world, but the idea of shooting it from a gun? Wow.

Check out the exhibits

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Look at the objects, try the reloader, talk amongst yourselves

Re: Check out the exhibits

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. Helen looked at all of the objects quite carefully, memorizing them, then used the reloader to make a few rocksalt cartridges.

Re: Check out the exhibits

[withoutverona]

Romeo reverently played with the equipment, the cartridges, the reloader. It was clear he loved and understood these tools.

Re: Check out the exhibits

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper examined the objects on the table, holding them out for Blind Seer to inspect as well.

Re: Check out the exhibits

[heromaniac]

Momoko stared at the reloader, the rocksalt, the catridges, and the ease with which some of her fellow students seemed to handle them astounded her. She read her notes at every step and somehow managed to finish a cartridge.

Firearm experience

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Tell John your experience with guns.

Re: Firearm experience

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Helen shrugged. "Not much actually. Some with the priests - enough to be a decent shot with targets, but not much else."

Re: Firearm experience

[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes my dad would let me go out and shoot guns on the base," Lois said, shrugging. She didn't do it too often. "Just targets and stuff. I'm not a great aim or anything."

Re: Firearm experience

[withoutverona]

"At home I carry a gun every day, and have since I was perhaps 13," Romeo said, flatly. "I hit what I aim at."

Talk to John

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for any other questions or issues.

OOC

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Up early because I have an early shift tomorrow but I should be home by 4:30 to pick up pings then.