Slightly transplanted discussion of the bizarre world of student learning outcomes assessments, written for the "Damn, your fandom is good at what you do" fest and because I was nostalgic for some Jus In Bello AU.

"We have to write a what?" Dean stared.

"A hunting outcomes assessment study," Sam replied patiently.

"Bad guys die. Those are the outcomes."

"Yeah, we've been getting away with that for years, as long as Victor Hendrickson was in charge of the Paranormal Branch. But the Feds have finally gotten around to writing some real regulations for the hunting world, and now Hendrickson has bureaucrats to answer to."

"So what do we need to do?"

Sam opened the manual. "Well, we need to keep records on our hunts. Resources used, both material and human. We need to show that we use several different types of weapons, and that we constantly reflect on our hunts and use the results of our outcome studies to improve future hunts."

"Oh, you mean like, if we get our asses kicked, we don't attack the creature that way again."

"Pretty much, yeah. I've got a great idea on how to report our last hunt. The way we had to totally change gears in the middle, when we figured out it was immune to silver bullets? I even collected one of the dented bullets as evidence! Bounced right off that thing's hide."

"If it doesn't work, change it. Yeah, I had that one figured out before I could read. Why do we need to write a paper about it?"

"Because if we don't, they take our badges and salaries?"

"Remember that time in Jackson, when we got arrested, and that cop with the crew cut decided to beat my head in? Those were the days."