3/29 - 12AM: The game begins. Each player has just been informed of their first target.
3/29 - 12:29PM: 12 hours in, the first assassination has been logged: Vera has been MARKED. “I made a quick alliance,” says the assassin.
“Avenge my death with great gore,” says Vera.
2:51PM: A face of defeat adorns Prith’s face, as his assassin marked him as they were leaving class.
3/30 - 1:49AM:
Sammy P thought he could escape his mortality by running away from his assassin after being marked, but death eventually caught him. “I got him so good,” said his assassin, on marking Sam after E-Formal.
4/1 - 11:02AM:
It was a moment of quick thinking and calculated, precise action, weaving among the Spruce food trucks. Having just received their sandwich from Bui's, this assassin saw a familiar head across the street: Hanna. "She was walking with Mona, and she lightly turned her head enough for me to see her glasses. That's when I knew. That's when I planned my attack." The assassin entered sandwich-tucked-between-the-elbow-and-ribcage position, "squeezing just hard enough that they knew all the Bui sauce was going to escape the hoagie," but they didn't care-- this was the big time. They stared for an opening. "Her neck was covered by her hair, so that was a no-go. Her left hand was swinging as she walked, making it difficult for me to make a reliable mark before she noticed. That's when I tested the oscillations of her right arm. She was holding her phone, which made her right hand significantly steadier than the other." Almost as if in slow motion, the assassin uncapped a red marker and lunged, marking Hanna's hand as they passed a halal cart on Spruce street. So long, Hanna. Keep your eyes off your phone next time.
2:34PM:
What a fool! Dayita leaves herself vulnerable while drinking at a water fountain in Towne. “Sometimes water kills,” says her assassin.
8:16PM:
The failed first attempt for this assassin left a foul taste in their mouth. They were so close to the kill, but James got lucky at the last second. “Assassin!” he yelped, saving himself from death.
But not for long. The assassin wanted revenge.
James's luck would not last for a second attempted kill; in the blink of an eye and a flash of purple, at the Starbucks on 39th, he was gone. Rest in Peace, James Feng.
11:16PM:
This assassin went full guerrilla warfare-style and found their hiding place behind the pillar right between JMHH 345 and the escalator. Marker uncapped and on the ready, as soon as the assassin saw that familiar gray hoodie + red Penn tee + goofy grin, they whipped into marking position and in one fluid motion, marked Sean right on the back of his neck.
“HAHA, b**ch!” laughed the assassin, as they threw the marker to the side of the Huntsman floor and fled the scene of the crime. Rumor says that Sean Waxman-Lenz still lies on that Huntsman floor, just feet away from the murder weapon that got him.
4/2 - 2:40PM:
ASSASSINATION on 36th and Chestnut. 2:40PM. Pictured: Sophomore in the school of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Billy Hasley, leaves an Ochatto lunch date in a satisfied post-sushi and Malibu-infused state. This was captured moments after the alleged assassin marked Billy's left hand with blue marker. "He never stood a chance," says the alleged assassin.
6:23PM:
Once upon a 6pm dreary, while Joe pondered, of CIS theory,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of homework bore--
While Joe chatted, lecture recapping, suddenly there came a happening,
As an assassin gently uncapping, uncapping outside the fishbowl door.
"'Tis pigeonhole theory," Joe muttered, unaware of what lie outside that glass door--
Only Joe's assassination and nothing more.
4/3 - 6:10PM
We found an entry from the diary of a certain assassin:
Wednesday 4/3
Dear diary,
Today, I decided to cross through the courtyard from Skirkanich to Levine, instead of my usual hallway route. I look and in the distance, I see teddy walking with Danielle. I wait until they turn, facing away from the courtyard. I immediately hit the gas and ran up behind Teddy, and Danielle sees me and says NOTHING. Before Delaney can say "Teddy watch out" the kill was mine. He couldn't jump through loopholes forever.
Also, the sun was out today and I felt so great! I also answered some of the professors questions in class today and I think I did a great job. I made eye contact with my crush **REDACTED** today, too. :)
Until tomorrow,
***REDACTED***
4/4 - 1:09PM
It was a beautiful morning. Hump day was over, the sun shone, the brothers of OT loaded up on hashbrowns and UTB crosswords in ECaf... But what Danielle was most excited for was the Goats on college green. She hustled out of engineering to ger her hands on some goat. Danielle felt like there was something slightly off with her shadow, but she brushed it off as the fact that she simply hadn’t seen it since October.
As she queued up, it suddenly occurred to Danielle that the figure emerging from behind her shadow had a marker. And she got got.
6:32PM:
As the sun came down, Nathan found himself yet again among the late-at-night Detkin crowd. As the familiar scent of day-old Zesto's mixed with burnt-out capacitors came over him, Nathan let his guard down and hunched over, ready to start in on the grind known as Rahul Mangharam's Embedded Systems and Microcontroller Lab. After all, no mortal being outside ESE would step into such a place out of hours.
He was wrong. His assassin came in like an owl, leaving a red mark on the back of Nathan's neck. In classic Nathan fashion, though, he turned around and laughed and even offered to clean the assassin's entire apartment, on the way to his 50-mile run tomorrow morning.
4/8 - 4:54PM
Matt could not, would not, on Chi boat.
Matt could not, would not, with a goat.
Matt will not keep watch after his test.
As his in succeeds in their quest.
4/8 - 11:22PM
Amy knew who had her from the get go, but an aggressive lunge off the escalators caught her by surprise.
"Pls don't hate me" the killer pleaded,
"I hate you" was the response he got
4/8 - 11:25PM
“I’m an active game master lol”
4/9 - 12:02AM
The red baking: under the assumption of peace and cookies, Selina shows up unprepared before being slit in the throat by her killer.
Don't accept cookies from strangers
4/9 MIDNIGHT: The targets have been scrambled. Every remaining assassin receives a new target.
4/10- 1:47PM:
Morning star Ingemar sat on a wall
Au revoir, Ingemar had his downfall
And his assassin and a purple pen
Made so Ingemar wouldn't assassinate again.
4/17: LEVINE LOBBY CHECK-INS
“The lack of OT assassinations has us game masters bored. To remedy that boredom, tomorrow (weds), you have to take a picture of yourself in front of the Penn eng sign outside Wu and Chen bw the hours of 11am and 4pm. Send it immediately to this groupme (while you are still there-- be honest). If you dont send one by 4pm tomorrow, you're out. B)” - Game Masters
Cautious and wary,
but to check in, she forgot.
rest in peace, Hana
4/22 - 8:34PM
Distracted by the smooth jazzy voice of NIB Jack Jenkins, Evan let his guard down right before chapter and left his hand open for his assassin to ruthlessly slash with a green marker.
4/23 - 3:02PM
On the day of her birth, her mother dipper her in the river Styx. Through the pain and fire she endured and came out untouchable, invincible. Alas her mother gripped her by the ankles and when the time came, betrayed through espionage, she was struck down as her assassin left a mark true to her only weakness- Nidhi’s ankle.
4/24 - 12:10AM
Today, we remember Nikolas Alvelo, who survived only to 22 years, 6 months, and 9 days. From Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Nik loved teaching, music, and Tyson Bees. He is survived by the entire brotherhood of OT. Rest peacefully, Nikolas Alvelo, and we hope that in your next life, you are more careful when walking home with a friend adorning an uncapped black marker.
4/24 - 12:51PM
At the copa (co) Copabanana (Copabanana )
The hottest spot west of engineering (here)
At the copa (co) Copabanana
Margs and nachos were always the fashion
At the copa she died
Copa, Copabanana
Their name was Assassin
They had a marker
They stood from their restaurant chair, they saw Danielle walking out there
And when she finished, he followed her over
Assassin went a bit down Spruce
Danielle had no excuse
And then the ankle was bare and opportunity was there
There was ink and a single mark
Now Danielle died in despair
4/24 - 11:58PM
Griffin died.
4/24 - 12:33PM
DOUBLE-D-KILL: Everyone knows Delaney Kaufman is a big ourdoorsy girl and loves camping-- outside Towne 100 to wait for her target: Daphne. The classroom teems with OT brothers, and thankfully another assassin was on the ready to distract Daphne so that Delaney could make her strike. After making the (ridiculously light) mark killing off Daphne, Delaney, full of glee, didn't even notice when her assassin, the very brother that helped her distract Daphne, turned on her and took Delaney out. Well-played, assassin. And almost well-played, Delaney.
5/1 - 12PM
Haroni had a hey day watching the juniors pass by on Locust.
It's too bad that her assassin took advantage of her focus.
Now the remaining assassins have a week left to determine a winner: ally, jacob, or rohan?
5/9 - 3:1PM
In a wave of post exam relief, Ally was blindsided
At the end of the Spring 2019 semester, two assassins stand victorious: Rohan and Jacob.
~ Written by Celine and Jason