Event Post: Assassin

[hadrielmods]

THE RUNDOWN

Now that everyone has slept off their hangovers and a new crop of poor, unsuspecting souls has arrived in Hadriel, Rage has decided to spice things up a little. She's bored, and who doesn't love a fun game? More to the point, who doesn't love murder?

Starting April 15th, nearly all the residents of Hadriel will be conscripted into a citywide game of Assassin - featuring actual assassination! Beginning the morning of the 15th, when you see your target, you will instantly hate them. The mere sight of them will spark anger that's strong enough to drive you to do awful, awful things. Just look at the way they walk! Only an asshole walks like that. And that shirt? Hideous. Guess there's nothing to be done, you've just gotta kill 'em!

While this rage is not mindless and can be fought, or you can attempt to ignore it and take no action, the only thing that will actually remove it is the death of your target. The moment their heart stops beating, you stop hating them, whether their blood is on your hands or not. Awkward. But hey, you were just playing the game, right? Otherwise, let's hope you can hold out until April 23rd, when Rage decides she's had enough fun and ends things.

So - enjoy the game! Just think of all the fun you'll have! Raiding Rage's armory for murder weapons, trying to talk someone into taking your target out for you, tricking them into the caves so the monsters will do it for you, drowning them in the lake, ignoring your well-meaning friend who keeps trying to talk you down. The possibilities are endless! Thanks, Rage, you sure are livening up this cave experience!

THE DETAILS

Check this list to see who your character's target is - and then check it again to see who'll be targeting them! Feel free to use this post to plot, or find the player on our contact page and work things out in private. Have fun, and don't forget to let us know if an assassin is successful!

Also, if the matchups have any errors (you got matched with yourself, you're on there twice, you opted out but ended up on the list anyway), let us know!

ASSASSIN	TARGET
Adam Parrish	Damian Wayne
Agent Maine	Big Boss
Agent Washington	Bianca
Agent York	Agent Washington
Alcohol Demon	Agent York
Amos Kamiya	Fiona
Arya Stark	Amos Kamiya
Ashley	Newt
Axton	Josh Washington
Beyond Birthday	Tyki Mikk
Bianca	Clear
Big Boss	Ronan Lynch
BLU Scout	Ciri
Blue Sargent	Richard Gansey III
Bob Saginowski	Koda
Bruce Banner	Agent Maine
Bucky Barnes	BLU Scout
Cashmere	Dean Winchester
Cecily Trevelyan	Johanna Mason
Cho Hakkai	Damianos of Akielos
Cibo	Cullen Rutherford
Ciri	Clifford Norman
Clear	Clementine
Clementine	Henry Mills
Clifford Norman	Pellaz Cevarro
Cullen Rutherford	Glacius
Damian Wayne	Peter Rumancek
Damianos of Akielos	Handsome Jack
Dean Winchester	Kamina
Dorian Pavus	Emily
Emily	Rhys
Fiona	Nick Rivenna
Garrett Hawke	Lloyd Irving
Glacius	Cecily Trevelyan
Gren	Bob Saginowski
Handsome Jack	Veek
Haurchefant	Cashmere
Henry Mills	Kara Zor-El
Henry Percy	Vaiz
Jack Sparrow	Laurent of Vere
Jessica	Jinbee Tsukishima
Jinbee Tsukishima	Bucky Barnes
Johanna Mason	Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn
Josh Washington	Garrett Hawke
Kamina	Gren
Kara Zor-El	Alcohol Demon
Kazuhira Miller	Liquid Snake
Koda	Kylar Stern
Krieg	Cibo
Kylar Stern	Krieg
Laurent of Vere	Ashley
Lilith	Yu Kanda
Liquid Snake	Rey
Lloyd Irving	Haurchefant
Maketh Tua	Adam Parrish
Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn	Beyond Birthday
Miriam Day	Sharon da Silva
Newt	Jack Sparrow
Nick Rivenna	Maketh Tua
Noah Czerny	Thom Creed
Pellaz Cevarro	Bruce Banner
Peter Rumancek	Kazuhira Miller
Rey	Miriam Day
Richard Gansey III	Tinker Bell
Rhys	Yu Narukami
Ronan Lynch	Sam Winchester
Sam Winchester	Jessica
Sharon da Silva	Noah Czerny
The Warden	Arya Stark
Thom Creed	Wolf
Tinker Bell	Axton
Tyki Mikk	Lilith
Vaiz	Cho Hakkai
Veek	Blue Sargent
Wolf	The Warden
Yu Kanda	Henry Percy
Yu Narukami	Dorian Pavus

THE OVERVIEW

► April 15th: Rage begins the game
► April 15th-23rd: Murder ensues!
► April 23rd: It's over! Did you win? Yay! Your prize is regret.

Comments

Rey (Assassin: Liquid Snake | Target: Miriam Day)

[circumitus]

Rey's main obstacle right now is having just recovered from her canon update, she's physically and mentally not in a very good place right now, though she should be fully healed from her injuries by the 15th.

Having had her head messed with before in a not much different way, she isn't someone who would readily kill a person without just cause. Especially if that is a person she's never even met before. In any case, years of her brother beating a conscience into her has a way of keeping her out of that kind of trouble. For the most part.

That said, she's more than capable of looking out for her own skin. She's a synthetic humanoid with two hundred years' worth of various soldiers' memories and has fire/heat manipulation abilities, so she's plenty useful on her lonesome. Similarly, she would be willing to offer protection from other assassins, if anyone would be interested. She makes a pretty good meatshield.

Lastly I would like to avoid her dying for this event, as I'd like to hold out on that experience for her a little while longer.

So yeah, I'm game. Hi.

[dogsanddaughters]

So, these two ought to meet. Miriam's a brat and a half, so she'll probably annoy Rey without even trying. She also wouldn't question why someone she's never met before would want to kill her, which could lead to some awkwardness later on. Thoughts?

[circumitus]

Rey would... definitely question this as well, seeing as she has no reason to hate the guts out of this stranger she's never seen before. Which will be an even bigger tip that something's up, so maybe it's a good thing. :|b

[circumitus]

Hey! Just coming back to ask if you'd like to do a top level for their meeting yourself or if this works for you instead. This way Miriam can run into Rey at some point during one of her patrols or visits to the armory. :)

[dogsanddaughters]

I think I'll just tag you there ^^

Just an FYI, some drunken idiot crashed into a power line last night, so my internet is acting up. So if you get a tag that looks unfinished or doesn't have any words, blame my internet, and I'll do my best to fix it.

[liquid_serpent]

It's not over yet!

I'm so sorry for this guy being Rey's assassin. He's a total egotistical brat and loves fist fights. And guns and big robots. But always loves a good punch up.

[circumitus]

Oh good, Rey is pretty fond of those things, too! Except for the big robots. She kind of hates big robots. And robots. Despite being part-robot herself. Hypocrite.

And like I said on plurk, he's welcome to start out taking a potshot at her from a distance with his rifle. She's a tough cookie and can survive some pretty horrible injuries. I'm okay with doing whatever since Carlisle-mun has offered to use his healing for whatever damage is done afterwards!

[liquid_serpent]

Ah nice. So, Liquid won't get to kill her after all. Will they get into the fist fight before or after the pot shot?

[circumitus]

I'd like to keep her alive, yes! Rey is a pretty resilient 300lbs synthetic humanoid with a cybernetic skeleton, plus she can hold her own in a fight, even after being shot a few times. (Plus it's all too tempting to pull a New Vegas and have her get shot in the head hahaha damn I've been playing too much Fallout.)

In any case she won't be actively trying to kill Liquid in return, since by then she might have an idea that something's up. If you'd like we can have this set towards the end of the event, or someone can intervene. She has some CR that would prooobably be upset with her if she got killed.

Edit belatedly but wow. To answer your question, I was thinking they could get into the fistfight after the potshot! If that works for you.

[liquid_serpent]

Sounds good to me! Will you be posting up Rey's log thread for Liquid to reply to and I can reply with him aiming the shot and it all goes from there?

[circumitus]

I can post a top level commnt once the event log goes up!

[tongueamok]

He's got Rey's back, so long as she doesn't mind him talking a thousand words a minute and calling her Miss Prochainezo.

[circumitus]

Eggselent.

How's this: Rey wouldn't aim to kill Liquid because she would get by then that people aren't in control of their own actions, so they can fight for a while before Rey manages to escape. She can then meet up with Carlisle to deal with any damage that's been done (since she's getting freaking shot, lol)?\

Game plan? y/n?

[tongueamok]

He will be so thrilled to help you, Rey. SO THRILLED. They maybe his goddess will forgive him and he can leave this awful place where people don't remember him.

Spoiler: he can't leave this place. He's stuck with folks not remembering him.