Wilderness Survival Redux - Week 4 | Thursday Morning, A Clearing in the Woods

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

The clearing was set up with a number of targets down one end and a table with a number of weapons laid out on it down the other.

"Since take-out stores don't grow on trees, it's likely that stranded in the wild, you'll need to catch your own food," Callisto said. "This is a selection of the kind of weapons to might be able to make and use to accomplish that."

After giving a brief demonstration of each weapon, Callisto continued. "I want you to spend the rest of the class examining these and yes, you can try them out. But do anything stupid, anything at all, and not only will you be spending the rest of the term in detention, you'll wish I'd used these on you."


[ooc: OCD threads coming are up.]
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Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Sling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_%28weapon%29)

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory bit her lip and picked up the sling, swung it around, and let a rock fly.

It hit a tree straight in the middle of the trunk.

Pleased, Rory tried to hit the same spot again. Sadly, it went about a foot too high this time.

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders glanced over from where he was working with the slingshot. "Not bad, Gilmore!"

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory smiled. "Thanks. I don't think I could actually kill something with this, though. I'd eat, like, bark and berries."

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I don't think I could either. I try not to be that familiar with my food." Anders frowned down at his slingshot. "And if a bear tries to eat me, this thing is too small to take it down anyway, so I guess our cunning plan is to make sure to only get lost in the wilderness when berries are in season."

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"If a bear tried to eat me, I'd totally just play dead," Rory said solemnly. "Or climb a tree. That always works on TV."

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders had his suspicions about that logic, but refrained from comment. "Don't want to gamble on the chance of it being a friendly helpful bear, huh?"

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"I don't think I'm going to meet Winnie the Pooh in the forest here, no," Rory replied with a small smile.

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Damn. Then I guess we are stuck with foraging for our own food, huh?"

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

A skipping rope that could kill in more ways than one, D was slightly impressed.

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Overconfident from his "success" with the slingshot, Tyler may have been a little careless with the sling.

Or a lot careless, as a rock whizzed near Callisto's head.

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto reached out and caught the rock as it passed by her head. "Detention."

Re: Weapons! - Sling (WSR - Wk4)

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler had the general idea that arguing with Callisto on this point would have been stupid. "Fine. Detention."