Self-Expression- Monday- 4th period

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Today the Danger Shop looked a lot like a music classroom. Because today it was a music classroom.

"I'm giving you guys a rest from talking about anything today," Kitty greeted them. "In case you haven't guessed, we're going to play with music. Like art or hitting things or anything else, I don't think you necessarily need to be good at it, but there's something kind of freeing in making a noise. Bonus if it's pretty. So you can go around and try out some of the instruments, or if you want to sit at a table and try your hand at writing lyrics, that'll work, too."

Advanced Criminal Justice, Monday, Period 3

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The Danger Shop looked like the interior of a warehouse today, so things were a little different. There was also a table with your weapons of choice, so they weren't that different.

"Not all fights are about you fighting off wave after wave of grunts," Batman said. "Sometimes those grunts are better organized. Sometimes they know how to work as a team. Sometimes they're aided by an actual leader. For today, we'll assume that this is a leader who joins his grunts into battle. If you encounter this, you have two basic options: Focus on the leader and take him down to cause disorder among his troops, or pick off the grunts first so you won't get distracted when you're fighting your toughest opponent."

"I'll usually choose the latter, since it also forces the leader to change his strategies on the fly. And I'm better at that than he is." That was a blanket statement to keep you warm with Batman's self-confidence.

"If you go for the boss first, attempting to snipe him with a long ranged weapon can work if you work quickly. You will have batarangs available to you if you want to attempt that. Otherwise, we'll start. Same ninjas as before, but you'll know the boss when you see him."

As a quick demonstration, three black-clad ninjas suddenly jumped Batman at the command of a ninja in samurai armor in the distance. Batman reacted as you might expect. Batarang thrown at the samurai (which was cut out of the air with a katana), grapple line to one ninja, who was pulled in for an elbow strike, sidestep a katana slash into a roundhouse kick to the second, flip over the third, grabbing his head, and throwing him head-first into the ground over Batman's shoulder. Batman then charged the samurai, ducked a sword strike, and rose up into an uppercut.

That was a hint: the guy's face was vulnerable. Take notes.