Fandom High School

John was waiting for the class in the Danger Shop. The usual coffee was provided by the sign in sheet. For the moment the table with those items on it was all that was visible in the room.

"Good morning," John greeted them. "I'm sorry I missed the last two classes, but I understand my sons provided you with some... unique targets to practice with. We're going to continue along in that mode today."

"Origiinally this would have been our paintball class out in the woods, but I thought you all might be more inspired with a different senario." John clicked on something on the room remote he was holding and an exact replica of Umbridge's office, complete with kitten plates appeared.

"You never know when you might need to do an ambush or a blitz attack," he said with a faint smile. "You'll each have a turn to go into our little shooting range with a paintball rifle and one minute to see how many points you can get. Everything in the room is worth something --" He pushed another button and a frozen replica of Umbridge herself appeared in the seat behind the desk, "-- but I'm sure you can guess what is worth the most points.

"Be aware though, that your main target will be firing back so you're going to have to duck and dodge as well." He looked around with a wolfish grin. "You wants to go first?"

At the end of class, John nodded approvingly at them. "Well done. Now of course weapons -- even non lethal ones such as these paint ball guns shouldn't be used except in certain circumstances. There are however some variations you can do if you want to just play a game with them -- waterguns with koolaid or other slightly staining substance can work wonderfully." He paused. "Not that I'm advocating playing this senario out in real life. That would, of course be against our beloved Headmaster's rules. And that's all I'm going to say on that subject. Except to say, don't get caught. Class dismissed."

[ooc: wait for ocd's up! Fire away!]

Once again the class was in the Danger Shop, which was set up to look like a target range again. There was coffee and donuts on the table with the sign in sheet as well as another handout.

"Good morning," John said, putting down his own cup of coffee. "Today we're going to be looking -- and trying out -- various sorts of handguns." He talked at some length about the various types and advantages and disadvantages, covering the information that was in the handout.

"But enough talking," he said finally. "What you're all here for is to get to actually try them out for yourself. So please step up to one of the open spots on the target range. Like last week, the computer will provide whatever gun you ask to try -- as long as that gun falls under the category of handgun and is a projectile -- not energy -- weapon. If you're comfortable with a certain type of handgun, try something different. I'll be around to each of you to observe and give advice and suggestions as I feel are needed. And if you have any questions, feel free to ask. Please remember the gun safety rules we talked about last week and follow them; failing to do so will earn you detention." John looked around at the students and gave a boyish grin. "So, shall we begin?"

[ooc:wait for ocds are up. Fire at will.]

They were back in the Danger Shop for this last class. There was no target range set up this time -- instead there was a number of firearms on a table as well as a table and chair for each student.

"So you've had a chance to try out a variety of different guns," John began. "Hopefully, you've developed a better understanding of them and which types best suit you. Possibly even some of you may be considering acquiring a gun of your own. There's some things still you need to know, whether you own a gun or just use one for target practice or during an invasion -- and that's how to take care of your weapon. Every gun needs to be cleaned and maintained -- preferably after each use. You skimp on that and the chances of your gun jamming or misfiring raise exponentially. So today we're going to look at gun maintainance."

John patiently took a gun of each type they'd played with and demonstrated the proper way to dismantle it, clean and oil. When he was finished he looked back up at the class. "So that's the basics. Your assignment today is to choose the type of gun you think you're most likely to use in the future and clean it. All the supplies you need are at each desk. If there's no questions, you may begin."

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is here. Because I am an idiot today... *facepalm*

As before the class was in the Danger Shop and which was set up in the by now familiar shooting range. The coffee was there on the table by the sign in sheet and another handout.

"Good morning," John said. "Last week, we worked with handguns. This week we're moving on to shotguns. The handout will give you a little of their history and the different types you might want to try.

"One thing in particular about shotguns is the ability they have to use many different kinds of ammunition. For instance, those who took Hunting with me will know that I often use rocksalt rounds against ghosts, but that's just one variation. What I'd like for you to do today is not only try different types of shotguns, but also different types of ammunition.

"As always, I'm here if you have any questions or want advice."

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The Danger Shop was set up like an outdoor target range. Off to the side was a table set up with the sign-in sheet, several handouts, and an urn of coffee.

"Good morning," John greeted the class. "Welcome to Firearms and You. What you should come away from this workshop with is the knowledge of how to take care of and fire various types of guns and the confidence to know when, and more importantly when not to use them.

"You've picked up two handouts; the first one is a general overview of firearms, the history and different types, a number of which you'll have a chance to try out in this class. The second is about gun safety. I expect you all to read it and follow the rules it lists. Not doing so will have consequences ranging from detention to being asked to leave the range for the rest of that class -- or longer for repeated violations." John paused and looked around, trying to figure out which would be the ones most tempted to break the rules. "We're not dealing with toys here and I expect you all to treat the guns as the weapons they are.

"Now for this first session, I'd like to get to know you and what experience you already have. So we're going to go around and have each person give their name and, if you feel capable, step up to the range and demonstrate what you can do. The computer will provide whatever weapon you ask for." He paused. "'I don't have experience' is a perfectly acceptable response."

John looked around and smiled. "So who is going first?"

[ooc: wait for OCD's up. Have at it.]