Game On

Game On

By Kailey Wallenius, Feature Editor

Senior Kennedy Merrel walked outside to the bus, ready to head to the elementary school for Peer. After talking to her classmate, she was hit with a stream of water: She was out. Starting on Feb 28th, Senior Assassins, has taken over seniors lives.

Senior assassins, a game not affiliated with ZCHS, has been played for over 5 years by Zionsville seniors. A game of stealth and paranoia, where the goal is to eliminate a weekly target.

“We really want to make sure this is like our big thing, to get some normalcy back into our high school experience,” senior and co-director of Senior Assassins Allison Soards said.

The game began with everyone choosing their partner, a very important part of the game.

“Typically people choose people who they are close friends with, but then some people choose someone you would never expect who are in completely different circles so you don’t have any crossover,” Soards said.

The game was moved up a month this year, due to it running long last year.

“Last year, it was three and a half months,” Soards said. “[The game] took longer than I thought it was going to.”

If there’s ever an argument on whether or not someone is shot, the directors have a simple solution.

“Last year they put the two teams that were trying to figure out the problem into a group chat and they said figure it out in 10 minutes,” Soards said. “As of right now we are planning on doing the same.”

Attempting to appeal multiple times, as she was shot during Peer, Merrel was unsuccessful in getting back into the game.

“I’m really mad about getting out this early,” Merrel said. “Normally I wouldn’t care, but the way it happened is why I’m mad.”

Paranoia is going to be needed for the rest of the game, especially around people you thought you could trust.

“Watch your back, just because some people are out doesn’t mean they can’t still help or turn against you,” Merrel said. “In this game you have to build bridges, not break them.”