...He marveled that it had only been one week; it felt like he'd been here for...months, maybe.

So yeah, the start of a new year. One that happens to be in Beacon.

...that one ill-advised year of computer science.

Gratia Mindaro - Hallway Navigation

A green-grey satchel slung across her body, her black jacket and checkerboard-grey skirt tidied up for a new semester...

So I'm noticing a few people in the IC are saying it's a new year or a new semester, so I just wanted to point this out:

<Snipped quote by Lugubrious>

We're only in our second week of Beacon.

Quite a few, actually.

My Hider [+]

Blowout soon

Shockingly high sodium chloride concentrations scattered about after them combat matches

Salt doesn't effect everything.

Could keep out all manner of demons with it.

<Snipped quote by KabenSaal>

That's actually a misconception propagated by Supernatural. salt has never had any form of supernatural repelling qualities.

In ancient Jerusalem (as well as other desert areas) salt was used to purify and preserve meat. Because of how fast meat spoiled in desert countries you needed salt unless you were going to butcher and eat the animal immediately. This caused salt to become a symbol of purity and life in many ancient cultures because food was life and salt was necessary to preserve it.

Supernatural took this a step further by saying that since it was a symbol of purity demons, unclean as they are could not abide it and as a symbol of life ghosts being without life could not tolerate it. Before Supernatural salt had no demon slaying or ghost banishing qualities.