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Sam Winchester (tallerthanthou) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-09-01 01:09:00

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:class, charlotte charles, dawn summers, kitty pryde (aoa), martha jones, peggy carter, piper halliwell, saetan sadiablo, sam winchester, sarah manning, spencer reid, yuuri shibuya

Class 005 : Day 234 : Demons : Crossroads Deals
[Sam Winchester is a tall man under any circumstances, but he might seem just a little extra tall while he's standing for the lecture and everyone else is seated. It's probably less imposing since he is wearing plaid though. It's hard to be imposing in plaid.]

Overview : Demons

Demons are humans who've had their humanity stripped away from their time in hell under prolonged and extensive torture. [There is something heavy in his tone. After all, his brother has been through that torture and Sam is set to put himself through the same when he gets back.] When demons appear outside of hell they are usually in the form of black smoke unless they have possessed a human body. When they take possession they look just like that person and have access to all their memories. A body with a demon inside can take a lot of physical punishment, but only as long as the demon is still with them. Once they possess a new body the former one suffers from every bit of damage that might have been inflicted if they're even still alive. If they do live through a possession they'll remember everything that happened. While possessed sometimes the person's eyes will change color, revealing the demon inside.

There are several different types of demons. Today, we're going to talk about Crossroads Demons and their deals. Unlike other demons, they have red eyes. They're also the ones who make deals for your soul. They're named crossroads demons because you can summon them at a place where roads cross. [But, no, he is not going to go over exactly how to summon them.]

[ DEMONS ]

Topic : Crossroads Demons/Deals

Once summoned they can make set up contracts with humans. Maybe wealth or fame or improved health. They can do a lot and it comes true. The only draw back is that when the time is up they get your soul which means death and a one-way trip to hell. The deals are something you have to agree to and seal with a kiss. After that, it's just a matter of waiting. There aren't a lot of ways to get out of them. You might be able to renegotiate, but the house always wins. [You know, unless you're a Winchester.]

[ CROSSROADS ]

Practical : Defense of Hell hounds

When time is up the hell hounds come for you to enforce the price. They're vicious, powerful demonic dogs, who are invisible until you're close to death. Once they're after you, they don't give up until they kill you and drag your soul back to hell. You can delay them with protection barriers of salt or goofer dust. Killing them is not easy especially if you can't see them. Salt and iron are both effective. If you've got something that can kill a demon it should have some effect on the hellhounds.

[ HELLHOUNDS ]

Case Study : Evan Hudson

We met up with a man once named Evan Hudson who didn't do his own summoning. Someone else had opened the door and he walked through it to save his wife from cancer. His time was up and the hellhounds were close. We were able to summon the crossroads demon who made the deal with him. We caught her in a Devil's Trap which is a lesson for another day, but basically, when a demon is inside a particular symbol, they can't leave it.

[He's just going to skip over a lot of details about his father that this case brings up for him. No need to go into any of that.]

Then while I evaded hellhounds with Evan Dean started exorcising the demon. That means taking the demon out of the human host and sending it back to hell. She didn't want that, so she agreed to release his soul. It worked out for him, but that isn't usually the way.

The best way to keep yourself from the wrong end of a crossroads deal is to never make one.

[ EVAN HUDSON ]

Questions & Discussion

Okay, so, has anyone had this happen in their world? Any questions about it? And, if you want, you can talk about what sort of thing might tempt you to make a deal. Just be really careful you don't kiss anyone afterward.

(OOC: 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. He will have additional demon lectures though, so he wouldn't have gone into detail or given multiple case studies. Backdated to class time.)

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	Re: ♦ action - ota notrosesshadow 2013-09-01 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	[Martha had noticed Dawn attending classes since they started. She is particularly impressed with the girl's questions and challenges. It sounds like she's good at seeing both the good and bad in people. Martha likes that.] [They also hadn't met since... was it the support group day? Martha had liked her though.] How are you Dawn? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-09-02 11:18 am UTC (link)
	[ Dawn recognizes Martha almost instantly and smiles brightly upon seeing her. ] Hey! Hi. Hello. I'm alright. You here learning all the things too? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: ♦ action notrosesshadow 2013-09-02 01:22 pm UTC (link)
	All the things. Yes. We have aliens on my world. I find it so fascinating that some of the things that are alien related at home are... other creature related other places. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-09-03 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	I met some aliens for the first time ever just last year. They were all helpful and stuff. Are your aliens helpful? Some of them? I hope? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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notrosesshadow
2013-09-04 11:46 pm UTC (link)

[Martha smiles at Dawns enthusiasm.]

Some. Most aliens I met are similar to humans. Not every human is good, nor is every human bad. Most alien races are the same. There are a few though that are just bad through and through. Then you get the ones that are probably good, but we don't understand them and end up doing something that hurts them so they react in self-defense.

[She realizes she's probably not making much sense and laughs at herself.]

It's all rather complicated actually. Like humans.

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	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-09-05 12:36 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds like an exceptions to every rule kind of deal, which I totally get. Complicated makes things way more interesting anyway. I kind of live, breathe and eat complicated for breakfast, lunch and dinner. [ Hold up, it's about to get all geeky up in here. Dawn snickers a bit. ] And? If I were a Hobbit, I'd eat it for second breakfast and elevenses too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: ♦ action notrosesshadow 2013-09-05 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	Oh believe me... [Martha grins.] Second Breakfast and Elevenses complications are part of my life too. But I wouldn't have it any other way. [Well, minus the whoel Tom bit. That would be nice if it were simple.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-09-06 12:41 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I mean I keep trying the normal thing but it gets boring after the not so normal. So it's kind of like a relief with the abnormal intrudes into the normal... which it always does. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: ♦ action notrosesshadow 2013-09-08 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	But your abnormal is this supernatural stuff too. Are you supernatural beings like Sam's supernatural beings? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-09-09 10:30 am UTC (link)
	Some of them. Like we have demons, lots of different kinds, both good and evil. And we call some of them by different names. But I've never heard of this crossroads one. Which probably means we just haven't run into one yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: ♦ action notrosesshadow 2013-09-09 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	Demons in your world aren't universally evil then? Much like aliens aren't universally evil either? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-09-11 11:22 am UTC (link)
	Oh no. They're black and white and all shades of grey. Like humans. Some of them are even my friends. I need to meet more aliens and figure them out. Mostly we deal in the supernatural instead of the extraterrestrial. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: ♦ action notrosesshadow 2013-09-11 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Huh. [Definitely a different picture than what Sam is teaching.] Are all supernatural creatures pretty gray then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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the_dawnster
2013-09-14 12:39 pm UTC (link)

[ Yeah, very different from what Sam is teaching, which bothers her a little bit. But she also understands that there are people in her world who kill indiscriminately too, unfortunately. It's just a different perspective, with different motivations. ]

Oh yeah. Every demon sect has their good bad and in-between. I think the only ones I've ever come across that are hellbent on destruction across the board are hell gods and hell demi-gods. But usually even they have motivations, whether it's to get back to their home or to find a queen or even to claim the world as their own.

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	Re: ♦ action notrosesshadow 2013-09-15 01:37 pm UTC (link)
	Still, when getting home involves destroying the world, that's usually something not to be desired. I prefer shades of gray too though. Allows you to find the good in people. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-09-15 02:02 pm UTC (link)
	I agree! It seems to me that everyone deserves the chance to choose good over evil. And sometimes they even deserve the chance to evolve and change... no mater what species they are. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: ♦ action notrosesshadow 2013-09-15 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	Right. [Except she's not fully of that opinion. A certain Time Lord for one clearly needs some sort of help. She wasn't all that upset when Lucy shot him. Oh she hurt for the Doctor, but she felt nothing for the Master. But that's not what this discussion is about.] What's the craziest thing you've come across? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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the_dawnster
2013-09-15 06:01 pm UTC (link)

Well, if we're not talking super evilest of the evil and just crazy? There was a Hell God that made people sing their true thoughts, like, you know, all those things that people think and don't actually say out loud? It was like living in a musical until we got rid of him. Which... was kind of cool until you realized that baring that much emotion through his power made people go all explode-y.

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notrosesshadow
2013-09-16 05:36 pm UTC (link)

Seriously? That’s… wow. I’ve never met anything like that. Empathetic aliens for sure, but nothing that had us baring our emotional souls until we burst into flame!

[She thinks it over a little longer before wrinkling her nose and shaking her head.]

The music theater bit sounds a mite awful as well. I’m not a singer. Did you guys make it through before everything got… explode-y?

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	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-09-17 11:58 am UTC (link)
	Oh yeah. There were minimal casualties before we understood what the Hell God was actually after after he'd been accidentally summoned. [ She grins a bit. ] That's me. I'm research girl. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: ♦ action notrosesshadow 2013-09-17 12:13 pm UTC (link)
	Nice to meet you Research Girl. Do you get super powers with that title? [She's obviously joking though.] Research wasn't one of the things we did on our travels. Well, I did when I could, but he was more of the talk until something made sense. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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the_dawnster
2013-09-17 02:10 pm UTC (link)

Nope. Pshh I wish. [ She'd feel so much more helpful in her world if she had super powers. But nope. The monks who created her forgot to add anything spectacular about her. Aside from that whole destroying the world potential. ]

Oh man, your research was experience. You probably know all about all the aliens and their home worlds. I mean, it's pretty cool to think about how each alien species got to where they are and the way they are. Each world has a history and... all that information.

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	Re: ♦ action notrosesshadow 2013-09-17 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	Oh Dawn, I hope you get to experience it some day. The history of everywhere. Even earth. Shakespeare! He was bloody brilliant. And quite a flirt. And did you know he got his idea of the witches from three aliens? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-09-20 02:25 pm UTC (link)
	Ohmigosh you met Shakespeare??? What? Really? A flirt? Tell me more! [ She's way too excited, okay? ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: ♦ action notrosesshadow 2013-09-23 01:06 pm UTC (link)
	[Martha can't help but laugh.] Well, you know the sonnets he writes? The ones about his Dark Lady? People suspect he fell for a servant woman. But as it turns out, he started writing them when he met me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)