fandomhigh | Sensory Deprivation Combat Training; Monday, Third Period [03/06].

"When it comes to the senses we use when engaged in combat," said Ignis, now currently without his sometimes-co-teacher, which was probably a good indication that they were moving on from sound, at least, "sight and hearing are likely the two most people think of as the most useful. Obviously, touch is a big one as well, perhaps even more crucially than all the others, though that one is a little more difficult to work around in a class like this. However, one sense that we don't really think of as having much of an influence on our fighting skills is smell.

"Obviously, if one is tracking beasts in the wilderness," he continued, "smell can be very helpful, but what about other situations? Is scent something that can help or hinder us in a battle or a fight? I'd like to take some time today, for us to think about this and try to consider whether or not this is a sense that is important in these matters. Take some time, think about moments when scent provided useful or helpful clues for you, in any situation, not even necessarily combat, and try to think about what difficulties you might face if you could no longer smell. It's almost difficult to think about, really, which is why it might be enlightening to take some time and do just that: think about it.

"And then," he nodded slightly, "we'll try an activity to put your sense of smell to work a little, and create more of an awareness of those subtle things we may not really think about when we fight. But first...any thoughts, to get us started?"

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With something you can smell.

Take some time, think about the sense of smell in a practical way, how it may or may not be helpful or harmful in a combat situation, and whatever thoughts you may have on the matter.

On the field, you will have four different variations of enemies, all mostly just faceless, featureless automatons except for the very subtle aroma that each seems to give off: some give off a strong scent of gasoline or oil, another is distinctly cinnamon and sweet, another still has an earthy, almost decaying aroma, while the last group is almost light and citrus.

All these scented enemies are scattered and mixed up; your goal is to find and dispatch as may of the soldiers that fit the scent profile chosen for a short period of time, before it switches to a new one. Some soldiers smell stronger than the others, and there is, occasionally, gusts of air that will shift to blow the aroma in different directions for an additional added challenge.

Perhaps a bit of an awkward exercise, to run around sniffing enemies, but Ignis would swear by the fact that being able to tell the subtle differences in the scent of various types of daemons has saved his life numerous times...

Who likes to think he can smell a daemon from pretty much a mile away, but, if you've ever smelled most daemons, that's not really that hard to do, actually.

I'm just surprised he didn't make one coffee-scented.

Guillermo de la Cruz

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