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TODAY'S ACTION
as reported live on 12.07.00 by Command
Day 9, 10:52 PM:
Night's end. Dedication of the day to Jason, one tough Fugitive. See you tomorrow.
Day 9, 10:09 PM:
Remember when Jason and Chris were still playing this game? Command gets the urge to talk to them every 90 minutes or so, dials six numbers, and then hangs up. No pickup for Zoe tonight. She's tough. She's an elfin crackerjack.
Day 9, 7:48 PM:
Now she's gone,
And I'm out with a friend,
With lips full of passion,
And coffee in bed.
Command is done with Dylan for the day. Squeeze is where it's at.
Day 9, 3:50 PM: Turns out the olfactory characteristics of karma are legend: Good karma smells of strawberries and fresh cream, and bad karma smells distinctly of bitter almonds.
Day 9, 3:03 PM: Old habits die hard: Jason calls in to report his location -- from his apartment at 57th and 7th in Brooklyn. Command tells Jason to please get some sleep.
Day 9, 12:45 PM: Zoe herself has the aural halo of good karma. Part of her elfin mystique. Can you smell karma?
Day 9, 12:25 PM: Punishment, of course, is a karmic concept. Command has no hand in cosmic arbitration.
Day 9, 12:15 PM: We're cracking down on the webHunter. From now on, he/she will be utterly reliable in providing updates on his/her location once an hour, on the half-hour. You can keep track of the blossoming personalities in Today's webHunter. If there's no sparkle to the narrative, the punishment will fit the crime.
Day 9, 11:20 AM: Warriors...Come out to pla-ay...
Day 9, 11:15 AM: Jason's gone, like a train. No more of his cherubic face in early morning car rides. No more of his keen observations to fluff our Fugitive Log. He says he spent a lot of time in a karaoke joint on the Bowery. A real Sherpa, he.
Day 9, 10:40 AM: We have Jason here at Command. We are "debriefing." The man has a beer in hand. He's looking forward to returning to his girlfriend. Ah, the life of the Fugitive. He has been rehabilitated.
Day 9, 10:30 AM: WebHunter Mark Tafoya's capture of Fugitive Jason has been confirmed. We repeat, Jason has been captured. Zoe is all alone. L'etranger.
Day 9, 9:40 AM: There is a developing situation. Command has dispatched someone to investigate.
Day 9, 9:05 AM: FUGITIVE DROPOFFS: Jason, Greenwich St. and 7th Ave., 8:55; Zoe, Grove St. and 7th Ave., 8:58.
Day 9, 8:45 AM: Command prepares to resume updates.
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DAY 9 RUNDOWN
Goodbye, Grandma. It's Zoe's game now.
Fugitive Jason’s quest for $10,000 ended in a high-speed, on-foot chase through the streets of Greenwich Village this morning, as webHunter Mark Tafoya tracked him down. The Fugitive known as "Grandma" to fellow Fugitives Zoe and Chris is done.
Jason’s capture, which unfolded in dramatic fashion just after 9:30 AM, came close on the heels of Fugitive Chris’s downfall on Tuesday. Now, nine days into the 17-day contest, only Fugitive Zoe, and her $10,000 bounty, remain.
"I had the attitude that I already had the $10,000," Jason said upon his return to Hide/Seek Command. "There were just three simple things I had to avoid -- getting caught, breaking the rules, and letting Zoe get more points than me. Obviously, I didn’t avoid them all."
Today's capture earned Manhattan-resident Tafoya $1,000, which he will split with web Viewer and NYU senior Heide Agas who sent him an email tip that helped him track Jason down.
Although pleased with his early success, Tafoya was not satisfied with a single catch. "I still have all day and I’m gonna get Zoë," Tafoya said after the catch. "I want to win that ten thousand."
If Zoë evades capture for the next 9 days, she’ll take home the $10,000 prize that Tafoya and thousands of others covet.
Is she nervous? After Jason’s apprehension this morning, she used all of her scheduled call-ins to taunt her hunters with modified Bob Dylan songs, an allusion to the morning’s Dylan-based Clue.
The Clue, sung to the tune of Dylan’s "The Times They Are A-Changin'," charged the Fugitives to organize and stage a protest outside a New York University building. Both Jason and Zoe acted quickly -- perhaps too quickly. Jason was nabbed on the way to drop off his evidence at the Drop/Box. The task was immediately aborted after Tafoya procured Jason’s Fugitive ID.
Here are the capture details:
- Jason was on his way to drop off evidence of Day 9 Task completion. Walking west on W. 3rd Street, a trumpet’s cry from the Blue Note jazz club, he was pondering where to seek shelter for the rest of the day.
- At the same time, webHunter Tafoya was walking east on W. 3rd. Tafoya, who lives in upper, upper Manhattan but says he knows the Village like the back of his hand, immediately recognized Jason by his eyeglasses. He stared through them, and saw the fear of a Fugitive who knew his time was up. "Excuse me!" Tafoya yelled from a distance.
- Jason knew he was in trouble. But he wasn’t going to go down without a fight. He darted towards the busy traffic along 6th Ave., desperate to keep Tafoya outside of the 5-foot radius necessary for capture. A high-speed foot chase followed for half a block. But Tafoya moved too fast. He closed ground quickly, and bagged Fugitive #2 near the corner of W. 3rd and 6th Ave. Jason handed over his Fugitve ID, Tafoya called Command, and Command hit the scene to confirm. Indeed, the end had come for Jason.
The chase for Zoe is still on. Catch her if you can. Day 10 resumes on the Lower East Side.
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Photo of the Day #1: webHunter Mark Tafoya cools off his hot hand moments after the catch.
Photo of the Day #2: Tafoya claims his check for one... thousand... dollars, to be split with web Viewer Heide Agas.
COMMAND CENTER LOG
EVENING TASK
[ to viewers, 9:00 AM Day 10 ]
Purchase vitamins, to keep your strength up for the rest of the game.
EVENING TASK CLUE
[ task to fugitive, 4:40 PM | clue to viewers, 5:10 PM ]
Oh what did you see, our eagle-eyed hunters?
Oh what did you see, our darling young ones?
I've met a stumbling fugitive running with scurvy,
I've run into traffic and suffered beriberi,
I've sung karaoke and been cheered by an audience,
I've dealt with the rickets and terrible night blindness,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard,
And it's a hard clue's a-gonna fall.
BREAKING NEWS: JASON ENDS ON A BLUE NOTE
WebHunter Mark Tafoya Nabs Second Fugitive Outside Greenwich Village Institution
Fugitive Jason was apprehended on West 3rd St. by today's webHunter, and Upoc gang member, Mark Tafoya at about 9:30 this morning. More news as we beat the information out of him.
DAY TASK: ABORTED AFTER CAPTURE
[ to viewers after capture ]
Instigate a protest at NYU with three or more participants, including you, all holding large protest signs.
DAY TASK CLUE #1
[ to fugitives, 9:00 AM | to viewers, 9:30 AM ]
Come gather 'round people
Wherever they roam
And take up a cause
That you want to bemoan
The streets of the U
Will serve as your home
So go make big signs
And find friends to engage'n
All hold words to the sky
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
FUGITIVE EVIDENCE: Photo
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WEBHUNTER
Mark Tafoya, Inwood, Manhattan
[ 9:00 PM ]
[ Command ]
• Zoe, I’ve got to hand it to you, you’re a clever girl! Your superior knowledge of Dylan songs has kept you just one step ahead of me all day, and I’m sure it’s helped you to amuse yourself as well. Just know that I was one short block away from you very early today, and just after catching Jason. Your good karma kept you ahead of me…but how long will it last??? Keep it up, you’ve got a few days to go! My hat’s off to you!
[ 7:26 PM ]
[ West 4th ]
• West 4th station...if she won't come to play, the play will come to her...if she has the guts to stick around.
[ 6:27 PM ]
[ 6th Ave. and 3rd St. ]
• Been scouring every pharm in the village. Back at 6th Ave. and 3rd, where I caught Jason. Zoe, why are you so cowardly, hiding uptown??? Come out and play!
Full webHunter Log
Selected emails from viewers submitting tips to the webHunter on his Blackberry
The Good:
From: Heide Agas
To: webhunter@sitesherpa.com
Sent: Thursday, Dec 07, 2000 9:39 AM
Subject: maybe i'm not reading into the clue enough
hmm ... maybe to go to NYU, find some students, make some signs and protest something? it's a big thing at NYU, so who knows! maybe i'll have to get to class early to see if i can see them. heh.
perfect places to hang out would either be in front of the library (right by the park on west 4th) or perhaps in front of main building (on washington pl, east of the park).
just a suggestion. watch me be wrong! good luck either way.
From: Peter Jhon
To: webhunter@sitesherpa.com
Sent: Thursday, Dec 07, 2000 9:34 AM
Subject: tough clue
My guess is to go to NYU in the area of Washington Square Park. Look for
either protesters, or fugitives that are trying to solicit students to hold up signs. Good luck.
From: Kevin Sniffen
To: webhunter@sitesherpa.com
Sent: Thursday, Dec 07, 2000 9:41 AM
Subject: Clue
Go to Washington Square Park's Dry Fountain and look for them with maybe a sign of some sort.
Some different ideas:
From: O'Keefe, Jason
To: web.hunter
Sent: Thursday, Dec 07, 2000 10:45 AM
Subject: RE: Jason Caught???
Good idea. FYI, Carmine Street between Varrick and 6th has a ton of crap that I think Zoe would like. I'd stick my nose there sometime today.
Humor:
From: Alison McCarthy
To: web.hunter
Sent: Thursday, Dec 07, 2000 11:05 AM
Subject: rollerblades??
do you have them? at this point speed is of the essence!
From: Alison McCarthy
To: web.hunter hunter@sitesherpa.com
Sent: Thursday, Dec 07, 2000 3:05 PM
Subject: RE: zoe
She has mentioned the following foods
portobello mushrooms
garlic mashed potatoes
olives
don't know that she is a vegetarian but she likes high quality grub
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