Just the facts, Ma'am

This week's assassins excerpt is the story of two talented assassins who used some clever tactics and kept their facts straight...

'Cthulhu Calling' killed 'John Locke'

'Cthulhu Calling' writes,
"Just the facts, ma'am"

FACT #1: 'John Locke' attends Quantum Physics; unlike my previous target, he is known not to skip classes.
FACT #2: He uses a bike to travel on campus.
FACT #3: There is only one convenient bike trail leaving Loomis Lab.
FACT #4: There is a mammoth tree about 6 feet away from the bike trail, providing perfect cover from the trail. Any bicyclist will be hurtling towards the tree much too quickly to react.
FACT #5: 'John Locke' is dead.

John was a worthy adversary; he had his syringe o' doom out and ready even while on his bike. No paranoia, however, is enough to shield against the deep forces beneath this Earth.

'John Locke' writes,
I, too, have some facts to bring to the table:

FACT #1: I knew that my assassin was a ruthless one since I had killed him in the Spring 2005 game, a feat which required careful planning despite our being in the same CHP class.
FACT #2: I knew that he was playing this semester, and that he had killed three people thus far. I also knew that he knew that I was in Quantum Mechanics, since I had seen him hunt 'paloma' outside of it several times. In fact, I had even shot him at one point, because I believed him to be my assassin (before he actually was mine).
FACT #3: I knew his alias and his class schedule (even though he had removed it from Facebook weeks ago). I was hoping that I would eventually get to use it on him. He knew that I knew this, as I had spoken to him over AIM about this fact a mere 16 hours before.
FACT #4: With the exception of my CHP class, I figured that the only other of my classes known by a fellow assassin was my QM class, known by this particular individual. Hence, I figured that I only needed to be careful around Loomis.
FACT #5: I was careless, and once I got outside and on my bicycle, I figured that I was invincible. I even joked around by aiming my syringe o' doom at David Grayson as I sped past him. About five seconds later, though my gun was still aimed in that direction as I went past the large tree, I failed to notice the person standing behind it. In fact, I didn't even realize that there was someone there until I felt water droplets hit me from the side. Unfortunately, it was too late.

FACT #6 (a.k.a the Useful FACT): I have a month- old version of everyone in the CHP group's Facebook profile. If their schedule and/or picture isn't posted now, there's a good chance that it was posted then. You'd be surprised at what you can get simply by asking. This especially applies to you if you are Cthulhu Calling's assassin.


Originally published on Tuesday, October 11, 2005, in the game Campus Honors Program Fall 05

This was the final kill made Cthulhu Calling in the game. He finished in 2nd place with four kills. 'John Locke' only got one kill.