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Sam Winchester (tallerthanthou) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-05-12 13:43:00

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Class 002 : Day 218 : Wendigo [action]
Welcome or welcome back to Paranormal Studies.

[Sam starts off with another disclaimer-type comment for the new students as he did at the beginning of his last class about how this isn't a class on hunting.]

Topic: Wendigo

Today, we're talking about wendigos. The name means "evil that devours" and it's a pretty good description. They were actually human once, but something happened to them. Something extreme. Maybe long, cold winters without enough supplies. Whatever the case, they find themselves turning to cannibalism to survive. Obviously, not every cannibal becomes a wendigo, but some do. It changes them. The get taller, leaner, faster, stronger, vicious and always hungry. [Sometimes this class sounds like a scary story, doesn't it? He should teach around a campfire.]

They often hibernate for long periods of time, storing live food. Meaning they abduct and hold people, eating them slowly, stripping off pieces of skin and keeping them alive as they do it as long as possible.

It's the perfect hunter. It has all the power it needs for any prey and the intelligence too. It can stalk you without you knowing it's there, biding it's time to take out a full traveling party. It can also imitate human voices to lure you out.

[ WENDIGO ]

Case Study: Black Water Ridge, Colorado

We—Dean and I—were sent coordinates to Black Water Ridge, Colorado, where we discovered a Tommy Collins had gone missing on a hike. With some research I found people had been going missing in that area in 23-year cycles. We needed better information of what we were up against, so we found a survivor of a "bear" attack. [He actually uses the finger quotes, yes.] It's not unusual for people to come up with neat labels for things that don't make any sense to them, so it's important to look through all records for anything that doesn't seem to fit. Sometimes it's swamp gas or unusual diseases or animal attacks. This time it was a bear attack.

The survivor was able to tell us the thing that killed his family was smart and fast and didn't sound like a man or an animal. With a little more research we were able to figure out we were up against the Wendigo.

Knowing that didn't exactly make things easy from there. We ended up out in the forest with a guide, and Tommy Collin's sister and younger brother. We had to keep all of them safe while finding and rescuing Tommy and not getting ourselves killed in the process. The guide didn't make it. [He clears his throat a little. It's one of those moments where the weight of turning hunting into a class topic catches up to him. He's talking about some pretty strong subjects here even if this was a pretty easy case compared to a lot of what he faced. There was always a body count.]

We did recover Tommy. The Wendigo had been storing people in an abandoned mine. Dean also managed to kill the Wendigo.

[ BLACK WATER RIDGE, COLORADO ]

Practical: Defense of Wendigo

So, how did we do it? Fire. They are vulnerable to it. He was shot once in the chest with a flare gun. There are also some protection symbols from the Anasazi. If they're drawn correctly and you stay in their area of protection they'll act as a ward, keeping a wendigo at bay. A lot of taking them on is knowledge, skill, and luck. There is no conventional fighting with them, but it's also possible silver-tipped arrows can take them down.

[ ANASAZI SYMBOLS ]

Questions & Discussion

Okay, I think that's everything I had. Has anyone else ever heard of or encountered a Wendigo or something similar? Or are there any questions?

(OOC: Backdated to late afternoon. Mingle style. Notifs are off so tag Sam during class with questions or catch him before or after. Use your discretion with the links provided. Sam didn't necessarily cover every detail, but feel free to bring more into it. Warnings for talk of cannibalism and torture.)

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mysterymelody
2013-05-17 02:39 am UTC (link)

[If she didn't have to pause on her way out to make sure the few loose papers in her notebook stayed put, she likely wouldn't have spotted Klara. She's... surprised once she does-- less from how long it's been, and more that Sam's class was not really kid-friendly, in her opinion.

She's not about to voice how she feels Klara shouldn't be here so bluntly, though, and takes a moment to decide what to say]

...You're interested in such things?

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	[after] lostababyfang 2013-05-19 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	[She might be the first to admit that maybe the class was a little more graphic than she had expected, but Klara wasn't put off by it either. The fact that others seemed surprised by her presence does make her feel a bit uncomfortable. She tries not to show it, her face expressionless.] I wanted to learn about things from other worlds. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[after] mysterymelody 2013-05-21 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	That's very admirable. [Her composure gets points too. Her expression turns gentle as she leans down slightly though] But isn't this a bit much to start off with? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[after] lostababyfang 2013-05-24 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	[It's a little suffocating to have someone this close being this...nice. She is still getting used to it. But she doesn't try to shift away this time like she has done in the last few days.] I have to start somewhere. I don't know if I was here when the class started. Where would you start learning about the supernatural? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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mysterymelody
2013-05-25 02:53 am UTC (link)

It was a bit ago... He started with a lecture on ghosts... [She keeps her discomfort at that topic under tight wrap, just shifting the notebook in her grip before shifting topics]

Well, I began with this class because the subject was close to what is present on my world: beings that consume humans. That's what I'd recommend, to start with something similar to what you know of or what's possible in your world. It's easier to build your way up than to begin with concepts and information that are radical.

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lostababyfang
2013-06-01 01:59 pm UTC (link)

This isn't very different from things I've read before at home. [Well it is, but vampires drink human's blood and wendigos eat their flesh, so it's not that different to her. Monsters are monsters--even if Eric says they can they choose not to be.]

I wish I had been here for the ghost lecture, but this was...informative. [She's trying to find a nice way to phrase things. She doesn't want to insult Tear and tell her she's intruding. Insulting adults is bad behavior her parents never would have accepted.]

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	[after] mysterymelody 2013-06-06 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	["Informative", she says. Raising her eyebrows a fraction, Tear settles back in an upright stance while giving a bit of a side-eye to the young girl. It's not condescending or negative, really just bemused] Was what you read considered fiction on your world? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[after] lostababyfang 2013-06-06 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	Some of it. A lot of the books claimed to be telling the truth. [And she knows that some of it was, even if she wasn't sure just how much. The books on vampires alone were full of confusing statements.] The teacher said he fought a wendigo, so they should be real. He doesn't have a reason to lie about it here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[after] mysterymelody 2013-06-07 02:53 am UTC (link)
	I'm certain that such things exist in Sam's world. But not every world is the same; there are those that only humans and ordinary animals inhabit, nothing supernatural but much fiction and myth people think truth. Did you know any of that "fiction" to be real in your world? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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lostababyfang
2013-06-07 03:01 am UTC (link)

Not every world is the same, but a lot of things people don't like to accept even when they are real. [Well, of course they won't be real everywhere, but the fact they exist somewhere is enough for it to be interesting to her. She hesitates to response to that last question because she's not ready to say anything yet, but maybe if she just...leaves some of it out, it won't be so bad. She won't be lying more than she already is.]

...I know vampires exists.

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	[after] mysterymelody 2013-06-07 03:30 am UTC (link)
	[A faint chuckle; that's a bit of wisdom there, despite Klara's young age. But the girl's hesitation, combined with her answer, does concern her more than she lets on. Does she know of vampires because she was attacked, and the memory of that gives her pause to bring up? Does she ask the girl directly, or piece it together on her own...] Just those...? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[after] lostababyfang 2013-06-07 03:54 am UTC (link)
	I've read some books about werewolves and sea creatures, but...just vampires. No one would believe me. [She could tell her about that at least. Her father wouldn't have believed her either. As far as he was concerned, she was a demon who fed on humans. It didn't matter whether that was entirely correct or not.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[after] mysterymelody 2013-06-11 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	You can't have been the only one in your world to come into contact with them. Someone out there would believe you; you just hadn't found them yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[after] lostababyfang 2013-06-21 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	I'm a minor. If adults around me don't believe me, then it means no one will. [Because adults run the world and if you cannot even get your own parents to believe, then you'll just have to leave it at that.] To them, vampires aren't real because bad things are only done by humans. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[after] mysterymelody 2013-06-25 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	So am I. But I got where I am anyways by proving myself, over and over no matter what the adults said, until the right one saw me. Trust me-- it might take a while, but someone will take your side if you keep at it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[after] lostababyfang 2013-07-02 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	[It makes sense. Tear doesn't seem like someone who would make up things like that and if people believed her, then it's because she deserved to be believed. Klara looks down at the notebook in her arms.] That doesn't matter anymore. I'm here, not there, so...it doesn't matter that they didn't believe me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[after] mysterymelody 2013-07-03 02:42 am UTC (link)
	[The corners of her mouth pull up, but it's a sad kind of smile; that attitude is really like how she used to be as a child, at first] Well...it won't hurt to keep it in mind. For when you get back. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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