InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Blow it out your blow hole."

Sam Winchester (tallerthanthou) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-02-16 14:34:00

Entry tags:

:class, :mingle, anya jenkins, doctor facilier, martha jones, nathan harris, nico di angelo, sam winchester, zatanna zatara

Day 258 : Paranormal Studies : Open Class Mingle
[Sam looks over the class. There's someone missing. He knew Reid would be gone from Kitty's announcements earlier, but maybe he was still hoping for something else. He hasn't really allowed himself to get close to people here—not many anyway. Reid was getting in that circle.

But life and class goes on, right? He clears his throat.] Today, we're going to talk about the djinn. Some of you might know them as genies.

Overview : Djinn

But they don't actually live in lamps. They don't even really grant wishes, they just make you think they do.

They're a humanoid species with ornately tattoo-covered skin who usually live in ruins with lots of hiding places. They have the ability to read minds and see a person's deepest desires. They also create a poison they use to infect their prey. This will knock the person out, putting them in a hallucinogenic dream state where they think their wish is being granted. During this time the djinn feeds on their blood—slowly. It can take a few days before the victim dies, but it would feel like longer than that in the dream world.

There are lots of references to the djinn in the Qu'ran and Arab folklore. They're believed to occupy a parallel world to mankind. It's said that they were created by Allah in a smokeless fire.

[ DJINN ]

Practical : Defense of Djinn

If you encounter a djinn the most important thing is not letting them touch you. That's how you get infected and once you're trapped in your own fantasy the chance of breaking out of that is pretty low. During the infection their eyes and hands can glow.

You can break their hold over a person by killing the djinn with a silver knife dipped in lamb's blood.

[ Silver ]

Case Study : Joliet, IL

We came across one in Joliet, Illinois. Some girls had gone missing and we were tracking it. Dean found it in an abandon warehouse, but it got the better of him. Before I got there he managed to play out a couple of days in dream reality. He told me later that he was able to break free of it by killing himself in the dream. You just have to be really sure you're in a djinn-fueled dream to do something like that. Anyway, I had the knife on me and the djinn showed up, there was a fight, and we managed to get one of the girls out of there in time.

[ Joliet, IL Case ]

Questions & Discussion
Okay, I think that's everything, so thoughts? Questions? Anyone want to say be careful what you wish for?

(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, but his canon point is toward the send of season 5, so nothing beyond that. Also, this is backdated to class time.)

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-17 04:36 am UTC (link)
	Hm. I've never experienced that. Why is the blood necessary? [His mind is sorting through a long-gone stack of cards, trying to recall any monsters with a blood weakness.] What about Celestial bronze? Imperial gold? Stygian iron? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-17 04:45 am UTC (link)
	I'm not sure exactly, but blood is a symbol of life. They also feed on blood to survive like vampires and dead man's blood can kill them too, so maybe something about turning their lifeforce back on them. And I haven't heard of any of those metals. [Although "Stygian" resonates with him.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-17 05:00 am UTC (link)
	Sort of like empousa. I never needed blood to kill one though. [Nico shrugs. It's just information to file away.] I've never heard of using silver to fight a monster, except in movies. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-17 05:09 am UTC (link)
	Empousa? [He frowns, but he knows that name too.] The daughter of the goddess Hecate and the spirit Mormo. She seduced men and drank their blood while they slept. [He says it with the lilt of a question to see if that's what he meant. Sam has read the lore, but as far as he knows she's just a story. Possibly the basis for the succubus.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-17 05:20 am UTC (link)
	Um, yeah. There's actually more than one... But yes. Nasty creatures. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-17 05:22 am UTC (link)
	More than one? What's your name? [Since you know some interesting things.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-17 05:30 am UTC (link)
	Nico di Angelo. [He hesitates.] Son of Hades. [Just to see if this guy reacts to it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-17 05:38 am UTC (link)
	[Oh, he's reacting. Some of it is internal, but there is some recognition, surprise, and "oh crap" on his face. It's a very expressive face.] Hades as in the god of the Underworld. [Not that Nico is ringing any bells for him.] ...I'm Sam Winchester. [Son of John Winchester.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-17 05:42 am UTC (link)
	[Now that ... that is the kind of reaction he would get back home. Somehow, it makes him feel better. He once made a little Hermes girl cry just by introducing himself.] Yeah, that's the one. [Yeah, well, "Sam Winchester" isn't ringing any bells either.] That's nice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-17 05:44 am UTC (link)
	Um... [Kind of at a loss here.] Athena used to be here. [He kissed her a few times. Best conversation?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-17 05:47 am UTC (link)
	The real Athena, or someone named Athena? Because I met an Artemis, and she was not Artemis. [And for the record, ew.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-17 05:51 am UTC (link)
	She was the real Athena [At least in her universe] but she'd been reborn into a human body. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-17 05:54 am UTC (link)
	That, um ... Okay. [Stranger things have happened.] You meet many gods? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-17 05:57 am UTC (link)
	...Not a lot. Some pagan gods. Hold Nickar. [There was killing.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-17 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	[Nico's brows scrunch up as he thinks.] Water spirit? [He's not sure. It's vaguely familiar, like he may have heard of it, but only in passing.] If it's outside of Greek or Roman, I'm not well versed in it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-18 03:25 am UTC (link)
	Gods of the winter solstice. They bring mild weather with human sacrifices. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-18 03:56 am UTC (link)
	Boreas. That's what we call him, where I'm from. God of the North Wind as well. [5000 AP, weak to earth attacks.] Never met him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-18 04:01 am UTC (link)
	[If only Sam had more earth attacks available.] I guess there's some overlap when it comes to ancient gods. It sounds like you're familiar with other supernatural creatures too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-18 04:08 am UTC (link)
	There's always overlap. They change and merge and split. I think it has something to do with belief. [Like how his father was Hades, but also Pluto, and each was practically a different god. He shrugs, finding a wall to lean against.] I have to be. It's harder to kill them if you're not familiar with them. Why are you so knowledgeable? What do you do? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-24 03:41 am UTC (link)
	Belief can do powerful things. We were up against a ghost that people believed into existence once. [Throat clearing. This feels like the wrong thing to say to a non human, but he'd find out eventually probably.] I'm a hunter. It's kind of my job to know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-24 03:53 am UTC (link)
	[He frowns - ghosts are kind of his thing - but then shrugs it off. Anything is possible.] Should I know what that is? I'm guessing not the kind that hunts game, and you're the wrong gender to be one of Artemis' hunters. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-24 03:54 am UTC (link)
	[Thanks for noticing?] No, we take care of ghosts and supernatural things that are killing people. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-24 03:59 am UTC (link)
	[No problem.] Oh. Well, that's cool. Are you fully human? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-02-24 04:18 am UTC (link)
	[Well, see, when he was a baby a demon dripped his blood into his mouth forever changing him in some ways buuuut, he's not going to get into that.] That's right. [Watching Nico for signs of not being as okay with this as he sounds.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-02-24 06:10 am UTC (link)
	[He nods.] Okay. It's not common, where I'm from, but our Oracle is a full human. [It's a little confusing, but he's pretty okay with this.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)