SF0 / colandergirl / Journey to the End of the Night: Chicago/DC 2009

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Journey to the End of the Night: Chicago/DC 2009 by colandergirl

May 4th, 2009 10:35 AM

INSTRUCTIONS: Simultaneous pursuits across Chicago and Washington, D.C.

The city spreads out before you. Rushing from point to point, lit by the slow strobe of fluorescent buses and dark streets. Stumbling into situations for a stranger's signature. Fleeing unknown pursuers, breathing hard, admiring the landscape and the multitude of worlds hidden in it.

For one night, drop your relations, your work and leisure activities, and all your usual motives for movement and action, and let yourself be drawn by the attractions of the chase and the encounters you find there.

If you participated in this two-city simultaneous Journey in any way (as a player, chaser, or volunteer), please post your story here. Tell us your story of fear, lust, pain, speed, alienation, loneliness, hate, and desire.

The most exciting part of the night was my first chase. A few minutes after having been tagged (just down the street from the secret checkpoint) our group began chasing a cluster of blues. I chose my target, a fit, slim girl, and stayed on her. Chasing her down an alley, around corners, trying to keep my shoulder bag from getting in the way (definitely going with a backpack next time) and slowly gaining on her was so thrilling. A man protectively pulled his daughter out of the way of this footchase. When I finally caught her, we chatted and exchanged stories as we wandered slowly back to our respective groups of friends, now all wearing pink armbands.