Melly: A very serious, campus wide game of nerf-Assassin.

Type 3 story.
Feel free to jump in with contributions lads, ladies, and the beings inbetween.

This story takes place is the as written modern day of school year 2026.

Prolog:
After every schoolkid took a year off in 2020 to have zoom meetings with their teachers and try not to scramble their brains from boredom and lack of socialization the adults tried to scramble up something assembling a syllabus, and expanded their education into class level IT support.

Back then every now young adult in the class of 2025 was skibbity, 67'ing their way to some truly prolific brain rot. For real, for real. No cap.

So it was that when the Portland State University Fall 2026 Semester kicked off, it was understandable that most everyone in the student body was a little... a little... What's a polite/PC way of saying "socially stunted for their ages?", oh yes, recovering from long covid and short attention spans. They'd survived the end times man, just silly little dudes doing their best.

3 weeks into the semester 18 year old Melly was just finishing boldly drying off after her shower. Having given up trying to have any modesty around her 3rd year roommate Alex after the first week. Alex sure as hell didn't have any, and was herself only wearing a body hugging set of black thong panties at the moment, they were in no way see through but were form fitting enough for Melly to know Alex had her hood piercing in. as she layed on top of her bed covers scrolling idly on her laptop, immodestly spreading her legs and barely concealed privates to an audience of one as Melly pretended to not be stealing glances in the mirror and Alex pretended to not notice/care while drinking in the attention of the Freshman she was going to get to admit was Bisexual any day now.

Both Alex' and Melly's attention was drawn to the base of their door as 2 deep red cardstock envelopes were quickly shoved under it. Alex seemed excited when she saw them and quickly sprinted to the door in nothing but her thong. Melly barely had time to hold the towel over he front let alone wrap it around herself. Alex took 2 steps into the hall then quickly came back inside. Melly staring at her like she'd lost her mind.

"You get an extra life if you catch a delivery pledge but there was no way I was getting any of em on our hall first." Alex said while closing the door and picking up the envelopes in one sweeping motion. That also happened to flash anyone in the suddenly very active hallway her impressive and currently very exposed c cups. As if that statement was supposed to mean anything to the now very certain her Roomie needed medical attention Melly.
Alex quickly began ripping the seal open on one of the 2 notes while handing the other to Melly. Who for her part was immediately kinda confused why this thing had her name on it, then interested, then after talking with her roommate suddenly very competitive.

Inside the higher quality cardstock folding thing was a printed flier for what it proclaimed to be
"THE GREATEST CAMPUS WIDE GAME OF NERF ASSASSIN IN HISTORY" and a glossy picture of last years winners holding 3 seperate absurdly large bags of what appeared to be entirely 5 dollar bills at a bank.

Rules were fairly simply laid out on the invite. After a block of text Melly quickly glazed over reading as it started with some over the top Sorority and Fraternity 20 years of blah blah type circle jerk nonsense (and ended with the fine print and participation contract but that's both beside the point for now, and a useful tool for later hahooy).

The second block of the flier was the rules themselves and they were actually very simple.

NERF ASSASSIN, 15 dollar entry fee (10 of each entry goes to prize pool, Cash only: 5's preferred)
Setup: You are given 3 foam knives, these are your targets, and your lives. Until there is only one person standing; You are playing 24/7.

1. Your goal is to touch your opponent anywhere on their body with either a foam dart or a Foammy knife with their own name on the blade. Yes anywhere, but please note: you can win at Assassin and lose at IRL Prison, don't be stupid, stupid.

2. You must carry a foammy with you at all times. Punishment is 10 minutes to hand over a valid target foammy. Failing that if reported and verified their next death will count for triple taking them out after two incidents instead of three. If you get got you hand over 1 of your life foammy's (with your own name) to your Assassin.

3. If it is your last knife with your own name you must make a good faith effort to now aid them in what is now their quest for what was your target. If however you are handed a blade that just happens to have your name on it (remember 3 people are hunting you as you hunt 3 people, there are 6 knives with your name on them total) it is in fact an extra life for you.

4. Prize money will go 50% to longest surviving player, 30% to player with the most collected Assassinations, 15% split between anyone in the last surviving tenth of the player pool. With the last 5% split between the top 5 content posts on a subreddit for the games.

5. Hints and Tips can be gained via blog posts, pictures and videos of attempts/near misses and successful hits.

Dining facility, the sleeping, and the currently naked are automatically immune. As are class activities and situations with 3 or less people (Gotta have 2 witnesses or it doesn't count!).

The Frat had a batch of cheap rubber knives made from one of their alumni who worked in party supplies, these were actually name plates for 1920 gangster themed events usually, but modified to have the crest of the 2 Greek houses sponsoring the event on the hilt, for them it was the perfect cheap and flimsy but unique marker for the games.

Melly was considering it and honestly on the fence, it sounded fun and the fear of missing out was real. But 24/7 for potentially weeks on end... when Alex spoke up. "I'll pay your entry fee and tell you a secret strat when you're on your last life we don't usually share with freshman, guaranteed victory or bail on a whim for you. If I'm lying I'll be your slave for a week. but if I'm not you have to do something for me!"
Melly was interested for sure at this point mind spinning with the spring break trip she could plan if she won.
"If I'm not lying you have to masturbate to orgasm after hours on the main stage of the theater department. and you have to invite anyone on campus who's already seen you naked before you do!"

After the two girls shook hands. Alex slipped 3, 5 dollar bills into each of the 2 envelopes. While Melly smirked to herself, "You realize that list is just you right? Not everyone is such a huge slu---mp breaker" she quickly covered almost calling you roomie a slut... Melly's current boyfriend didn't attend this school and no one else out here had seen her fully naked yet. Alex for her part had a much better poker face imagining the look on Melly's when she realizes Portland allows public nudity and the immunity shield was right there in plane text.