Competition: Assassins

Finished
Assassins

Your Clan or House has ordered you to track down and eliminate an old enemy threat, by any means necessary. Your Clan or House is willing to supply you with whatever you will be needing in your pursuit, if need be. In a minimum of 500 words describe the nature of this old enemy threat, the means you will use in order to track down your enemy, how you go about ending the conflict and the outcome of your mission. VOICE fiction rubric will be used to judge, Clusters of ICE will be awarded to all who meet the 500 hundred word count minimum, submissions must meet the 500 word count minimum for placement, 2nd Level Crescents will be awarded for top 3 submissions, judging will be based off VOICE Fiction Rubric, story line, how well you portrayed the guidelines of your mission into the story. Thanks enjoy!

Competition Information
Organized by
Magik
Running time
2017-09-13 until 2017-09-29 (17 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
17 subscribers, of which 7 have participated.
Results
1st place
Marcus Armani
Member
Marcus Armani
File submission
Assassins.pdf
Placement
1st place
Member
Master Bentre Stahoes
File submission
Assassins_14185.pdf
Placement
2nd place
Member
Lord Nevan Taelyan
File submission
Impositions.pdf
Placement
3rd place
4th place
Derek Cinn
Member
Derek Cinn
File submission
Assassin_comp-Shortchanged.pdf
Placement
4th place
5th place
Mauro Wynter
Member
Mauro Wynter
File submission
Day_of_the_Jackal.docx
Placement
5th place
Member
A deleted dossier
File submission
Assassins.docx
Textual submission

Not my best work, but I started so I wanted to finish!

Placement
6th place
Member
Alara Deathbane
Textual submission

Alara's heart skipped a beat. It was time. She could see her prey, the sun of Seraph was setting in the background, it was just a matter of time before the time to strike would come. The Savant crept down the alleys of the Meraxis Empire and hung her head low underneath her cloak. She dared not make any eye contact with citizens that walked by in case she were spotted and interrogated for her presence here.

*The rumors and economy this Empire spreads makes me think of a legendary one... Reich was it?* Her lack of memory made her shake her head. *It is time to focus, not time to think on things that truly never existed.*

She placed her hand steadily on her hilt. Perfect. The shiny, newly poisoned Sith Blade she was just awarded was tucked away secretly under her cloak. It was ready for its very first kill. Her poison was meant to paralyze any witnesses it may come across while it would give a killing strike to the victim Scholae Palatinae waited longingly to destroy: The Meraxis Emperor himself.

Alara awaited the arrival of dusk in the city and eagerly watched the Emperor's March begin in the main street. There he was. The Emperor in all his glory: He wore a cheap suit with a ill-shapen bone crown on his head as mockery to any that betray him. The Dark Jedi moved quickly from the alley, hopped onto the medieval rooftops, and observed the early crime scene below.

*Damn,* she thought with a biting lip, *there is no way I'm getting myself in that crowd. I'll never get close enough.* Suddenly a thought popped into her brain that tickled her lips into a smile. Easy. I'll shoot him with my energy bow.

As the crowd drew nearer to her location, she found a tower to stand behind and lifted the bow to her cheek. The dashing emperor's cleanly cut black-hair came into sight, and gave her the perfect angle to strike. She breathed in deeply, called upon the Force for guidance in her mind, and let her fingers leave the bow's string. As if perfectly destined, the shot blasted a bolt of energy directly into the handsome emperor's temple, and knocked him clear off his faux leather throne. The crowd up-roared in both joy and in anxiety as each person was thankful for the shot that saved them from an anarchist Emperor, but were afraid for their own lives and began running across the street in frenzy. Alara let out a chuckle and smiled in satisfaction. The job was done. The Emperor was destroyed. It was time for the new Empress, Elincia Rei, to be in true reign on this planet.

Alara turned behind the tower and quickly flicked her left wrist in front of her to make contact with the Proconsul.

"Has the task been completed?" Braecen's voice echoed over the datapad.

"Aye. The Emperor has fallen. Let's show the rest of these Meraxis what we are made of."

Placement
7th place
8th place
Keiji Suoh
Member
Keiji Suoh
Submission
Keiji Suoh opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
8th place