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Journey to the End of the Night Minnesota by Sithlet
September 14th, 2008 7:45 AMThe 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.
After you participate in Journey Minnesota, please post your adventure in detail here! Tell the world how awesome you became in your transit of our fair city. How the city became ours again. How you tasted the sweet kiss of concrete beneath your feet, your heart in your throat, your chest a white flame.
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My quest ended up being a solo endeavor. I originally teamed up with my beau, but he got caught right before the entrance to checkpoint #2. I skillfully managed to avoid capture by faking a chaser out around a Volvo. Once he was successfully faked out and running the wrong direction around the car, I bolted to the metal fence, grabbed the bar at the end, and swung around, finally getting to the door in a panting mess.
Shit, my water. My water was in my former-partner's backpack. I knew that would happen if one of us got caught, I just hadn't expected it so soon. Luckily, he was nice. And though he was now a chaser, he dropped into the safe zone to hand me a water bottle.
Leaving was another story. I saw a group of people enter and decided that they were my new team. When we left, there were chasers swarming around outside. We used the traffic to our advantage, bolting across the street when cars allowed, and stranding the chasers on the other side as traffic started coming again. We went out of our way, but finally got headed in the right direction, sprinting for 2 blocks. It was then obvious that the chasers had lost us. We semi-jogged, semi-walked for another two blocks until a chaser appeared from a side-street. I must have looked like an easy catch, because though I was the furthest away at one point, the chaser went after me. One of my new teammates valiantly tried to tempt the chaser to chase him instead, but it didn't work. I screamed "SHIT!" in about the squeakiest voice I've ever heard out of myself, and attempted to sprint from my eventual doom. I surrendered my runner tape while the rest of my new team ran off to safety? I wonder if I had attempted to continue solo how things would have ended up. Would I have somehow escaped unnoticed? Probably not. Would I have gotten myself lost? Likely. It's still worth pondering.
I was now teamed with two chasers. We slowly made our way to the Lightrail station, assuming that would be a well-utilized way to get into downtown. Two runners (teamed with two chasers?!) joined us at the station, just as a train was approaching. Shoot, they were safe!
They got off the train one stop later than they would have to get to the next checkpoint. We got off at the same time. Given that they had 15 seconds to escape and some partners, we decided to go to another check point and scope it out. We walked past check point #6 and headed to check point #4, where we met up with a couple of runners. I tagged one of them. One of my co-chasers tagged another, but she was wearing a re-spawn ribbon (what?) which she tried to give to my co-chaser and which the co-chaser rejected. At that point, I was really hungry, so I left those chasers to pursue a Chipotle. I met up with my coworker Seth (another chaser) on the way, and we got tacos.
After that, we spent the rest of our time stalking the last checkpoint, but never managing to catch anyone. The runner-chaser team made it to last checkpoint first.
And then we went to the party. And then I went to sleep.
Shit, my water. My water was in my former-partner's backpack. I knew that would happen if one of us got caught, I just hadn't expected it so soon. Luckily, he was nice. And though he was now a chaser, he dropped into the safe zone to hand me a water bottle.
Leaving was another story. I saw a group of people enter and decided that they were my new team. When we left, there were chasers swarming around outside. We used the traffic to our advantage, bolting across the street when cars allowed, and stranding the chasers on the other side as traffic started coming again. We went out of our way, but finally got headed in the right direction, sprinting for 2 blocks. It was then obvious that the chasers had lost us. We semi-jogged, semi-walked for another two blocks until a chaser appeared from a side-street. I must have looked like an easy catch, because though I was the furthest away at one point, the chaser went after me. One of my new teammates valiantly tried to tempt the chaser to chase him instead, but it didn't work. I screamed "SHIT!" in about the squeakiest voice I've ever heard out of myself, and attempted to sprint from my eventual doom. I surrendered my runner tape while the rest of my new team ran off to safety? I wonder if I had attempted to continue solo how things would have ended up. Would I have somehow escaped unnoticed? Probably not. Would I have gotten myself lost? Likely. It's still worth pondering.
I was now teamed with two chasers. We slowly made our way to the Lightrail station, assuming that would be a well-utilized way to get into downtown. Two runners (teamed with two chasers?!) joined us at the station, just as a train was approaching. Shoot, they were safe!
They got off the train one stop later than they would have to get to the next checkpoint. We got off at the same time. Given that they had 15 seconds to escape and some partners, we decided to go to another check point and scope it out. We walked past check point #6 and headed to check point #4, where we met up with a couple of runners. I tagged one of them. One of my co-chasers tagged another, but she was wearing a re-spawn ribbon (what?) which she tried to give to my co-chaser and which the co-chaser rejected. At that point, I was really hungry, so I left those chasers to pursue a Chipotle. I met up with my coworker Seth (another chaser) on the way, and we got tacos.
After that, we spent the rest of our time stalking the last checkpoint, but never managing to catch anyone. The runner-chaser team made it to last checkpoint first.
And then we went to the party. And then I went to sleep.
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posted by Burn Unit on September 15th, 2008 10:20 AM
um, that sounds like a ringing endorsement if ever I heard one?
posted by Amanda Esque on September 14th, 2008 8:54 PM
Yo! I was the chaser gal with you at the light rail station. :) Great re-cap, and good running with you last night. Mmm, tasty Chipotle.
Glad to hear you had a good time!