Scioly Assassination 87: Crossfire

[Assassinator]

I broke into foreverphysics's evil criminal mastermind lair. It wasn't that hard, really. Hacked the security system, blew the reinforced door to kingdom come, and marched right in.

"What the -- What are you doing here?"

"If you'd care to listen, I'd like to be so bold as to be the next psychopath to terrorize Scioly."

"All I care about is getting back to formulating my plan for world domination."

"See, that's why I'm here. There's a little problem."

"Which would be...?"

"Well now, Scioly can't have two psychopaths, can it?"

We both reached for the gun, but i got there first. I guess I did Scioly a little bit of good. Nowadays there's only one psychopath instead of two. (Note -- dead for purposes of exposition only.)

Being a criminal mastermind is difficult though. I can't do it alone. I have an accomplice among the officers who can misdirect, confuse, and potentially nullify protects. All that jazz.

Of course you're going to try to stop me. I dare you to.

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1. The officers will be the next five people who send in correct answers to the clue. Put in a bit of thought before answering. If you have not been around for awhile, it is less likely that you will be able to identify me.

2. Non-officers may post.

3. People will die. However, there are some exceptions. I will not kill administrators or moderators. In return, I ask that they not reveal my identity.

4. Officers may die, but an officer may protect another officer. Protections must use the following template, "I protect <username> because..." A reason must be provided, but reasons are not required to be reasonable.

5. Once an officer has made five incorrect accusations, he or she may not accuse or protect anyone.

6. The Assassinator will provide clues that plainly point to his next victim, and occasionally to himself.

7. The Assassinator may continue to post with his true account, and may provide hints there.

8. When accusing someone of being assassinator, the accusing officer must use the following template, "I accuse <username> because..." Again, a reason must be provided, but reasons are not required to be reasonable.

9. Once "killed", a user may not make any statements concerning the identity of the Assassinator.

10. The Assassinator may kill after forty-eight hours or after all protections have been made, whichever comes first.

11. If the Assassinator does not reply in 7 days after all protects are made, each officer receives a free accusation. It can be saved to be used later.

12. Each officer starts with one accusation, and can earn accusations as they protect correctly. Accusations are transferrable, but the transfer must be declared.

13. The Assassinator wins after 25 total incorrect accusations have been made, but the number required goes down by one with each kill.

14. The Assassinator is not one of the officers.

15. One of the officers, chosen at semi-random, will be a double agent working for the Assassinator. As long as this officer is alive, one protect for each clue will be nullified at random. The process will be truely random through the use of a random number generator to determine which protect is nullified.

16. Officers are allowed and encouraged to accuse each other of being the double agent. These accusations count against the officers in the same way that normal accusations do. Once accused, the double agent is out of the game (this does NOT count against the officers as a kill) and the officer who accused correctly may protect twice on each subsequent clue.

17. The Assassinator reserves the right to add to these rules as he deems necessary.

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The entry clue is in the introduction. Find the common link.

Catch me if you can.

EDIT -- Rules changed a bit in response to http://scioly.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php? ... 00#p208800. EASTstroudsburg13 makes a good point.

[foreverphysics]

"Well now, Scioly can't have two psychopaths, can it?"

I'm not a psychopath. I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.

[TheGenius]

If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one ... Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. -Robert Oppenheimer

Fixed. It might be beneficial to note that Robert Oppenheimer is often called the father of the atomic bomb (Souce: Wikipedia). Remind you of anyone? Of couse, the assassinator could just be quoting Bhagavad Gita, but that seems unlikely.

[silverheart7]

Atomic bomb... I smell Littleboy... AGAIN

[twototwenty]

I wasn't going to be an officer again, but this game looks pretty promising, and summer is getting pretty boring, so I decided to go ahead and do it anyway. I'll probably sit out the next game. Who else has sent in thepm to become an officer?

[tuftedtitmouse12]

If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one ... Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. -Robert Oppenheimer

Fixed. It might be beneficial to note that Robert Oppenheimer is often called the father of the atomic bomb (Souce: Wikipedia). Remind you of anyone? Of couse, the assassinator could just be quoting Bhagavad Gita, but that seems unlikely.

Again, I don't get involved, but I would like to point out that A Thousand Suns is the name of the 4th album by Linkin Park.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Thousand_Suns

[chia]

"Well now, Scioly can't have two psychopaths, can it?"

I'm not a psychopath. I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.

+1

[foreverphysics]

...
Someone search up "The Radiance" by Linkin Park. The lyrics.

[silverheart7]

The Radiance

We knew the world would not be the same.
A few people laughed, a few people cried.
Most people were silent.

I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita;
Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince
that he should do his duty, and to impress him,
takes on his multi-armed form and says,
'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.'

I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.

[From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/l/linkin-pa ... yrics.html]

Robert Oppenheimer ~ That name keeps popping up...

[foreverphysics]

/facepalm
Do I need to spell it out for you? Yes? Okay, here goes:
The line "Now I am become Death, destroyer of the worlds" is originally from the Baghvad Gita. However, Robert Oppenheimer launched the line into fame wiht his legendary speech. Linkin Park decided to base their entire fourth album off this speech, leading that line into even greater publicity. A Thousand Suns is very politically inclined, and Robert Oppenheimer's speech was appropriate for this album. Because believe it or not, Linkin Park is actually remotely famous. In fact, the first and second to last song directly references "the fires of a thousand suns".

God save us everyone
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns?
For the sins of our hands, sins of our tongue
The sins of our father, the sins of our young

This is why Robert Oppenheimer keeps popping up. Because he made the line famous, and Linkin Park based their fourth album off it.