Introduction to Personal Weaponry [Monday, second period]

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"Some of you may have noticed that there was some... excitement last week. That disrupted my class schedule." Max smiled just a bit. "So as much as I'm sure it will pain each and every one of you, we're going to forgo a final exam in favor of covering the last category of weapons that I wanted to examine."

What a tragedy! This was the point where students were free to wail and tear their hair.

"That last category is important because it's the same as the last category of so many things: everything else. It's one of those categories we have to have because people don't do things in neat, well-ordered ways. That means there are quite a few weapons that just don't fit. And a lot of times, the fact that they don't fit makes them interesting."

"Actually, I sort of lied, this will serve as an exam of sorts. I'm not going to tell you anything about these weapons. Pick a couple to play around with and see if you can figure out how to use them best. Hopefully, if you've been paying attention this semester, you'll figure something out. Or at least come up with some creative new uses." Max wasn't picky on that one.

With that, Max dumped a box out on his desk, spilling an assortment of bolas, lassos, boomerangs, kubotans, and a couple of canes. "And as always: be careful."

Comments

The activity

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Lots of fun stuff to play with this week. At least in Max's opinion.

Re: The activity

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex picked up a lasso and gave it a few swings, wondering if he could actually catch a classmate or something. Probably best not to try so he didn't get into trouble but he thought about it.

Re: The activity

[glacial_queen]

Karla liked the kubotans. Mostly because she could think of all sorts of ways it could come in handy, whether she was hitting someone with it or holding it as she hit someone. After this week, the desire to hit someone was running pretty high.

Re: The activity

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

Kurt tried throwing a boomerang, because it seemed like it would be the easiest to get the hang of. After several throws that completely failed to come back to him, he managed one that actually arced nicely.

He was so busy celebrating that he wasn't paying attention when it came back and hit him in the face.

Re: The activity

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce went for the boomerangs. While he considered himself highly skilled with thrown weapons, he hadn't had much experience with boomerangs. He found the proper throwing motion to get it to return quickly, then started wondering what could be done by taking another look at boomerang design.