Scioly Assassination 146: A Superstore By Any Other Name

[JoeyC]

Tick. Tock.

“Waffletree!”
“Umphhh...”

A Walmart, lights out, dark and sinister. Amidst a now-growing circle of people lay waffletree, tackled by amk578.

Tick. Tock.

“What do you have to say for yourself?”

They were upset, understandably so. Two of their number had been picked off, and the rest terrorized under this horrific game.

Tick. Tock.

Raised voices. The guards, with no orders to the contrary, remained at their posts.

Tick.

A lick of shadow at their heels.

Tock.

A muffled scream, halting the interrogation.




BONG.

The emergency lights flickered once, twice then went out.

BONG.

Shouts from hunter and hunted alike rang through the suddenly empty store.

BONG.

A storm of fear, leaping, twisting, the very darkness itself seeming to come alive to rip, tear, buffet and smash amongst the screams of terror, fear, and triumph…..





“WAFFLETREE!!”

pepperonipi dug themselves out of the rubble and raced over to the next aisle. MadCow2357 stood there in shock.
Surrounded by boxes of spaghetti and pasta lay waffletree’s limp body and a single piece of paper.



EDIT: typos

[JoeyC]

Anyone may protect or accuse, but only a total of 3 protects per clue will be allowed. You cannot both protect and accuse/second on the same clue. Changes and redactions will be allowed. All protections are valid until I post the next clue.
People will die. Admins and mods are immune unless they PM me stating that they are in the Walmart and therefore consent to being targeted. Obviously, this list will not be shared.
Note to future Sassies: please do not target the bot, that would be weird.
Each clue will last 48 hours, after which I will strike. The dead may not post.
I will provide clues which plainly point to the next victim, and occasionally to myself.
I will continue to post with my true account, and may provide hints there.
SilverBreeze, JoeyC and TheChiScientist may not contribute to ID, since they know my identity. waffletree may not contribute either for the same reason (and also because they’re effectively dead).
Everyone starts with 0 accusations. The correct protector will earn an accusation with each correct protection. There must be two people to successfully accuse, one to begin the accusation and one to second it. The second person does not need to have an accusation.
When accusing someone of being the Assassinator you must use the following template "I accuse (place name here) because (give reason here)." If you don't use this template when accusing the accusation won't count.
Once someone has made three incorrect accusations, they may not accuse or protect anyone.
If I do not reply in 7 days after all protects are made, the first three people to PM me get a free accusation. However that accusation must be made next time the user posts and cannot be stored as an extra one to use later.
I win after 15 incorrect accusations have been made, but the number needed to win goes down by one with each death. (waffletree doesn’t count)
The Assassinator reserves the right to add to these rules as they deem necessary.

As you can probably tell there is way too much effort put into the story. I may split the story and the clue into multiple posts.
Not everything is quantitative.
Inbox is open.

Edit: clarifications

[BennyTheJett]

So everyone is an officer? Odd. This is gonna be fun.

[LittleMissNyan]

Whoooo FINALLY hopefully I do better than last time

[BennyTheJett]

Wrongfully accusing me. Tsk Tsk. JK, I totally deserved to die there.

[AwesomeSauceis1]

Deep breaths. Focus. Deep...breaths.

(Oh god no here we go again)

[Creationist127]

An open Sassy game? I sense impending chaos...

[raytay]

Oop I can try and help without having to sign up in advance!! (probably won't be super helpful though)

[JoeyC]

As more people found their bearings and rushed over to the new center of attention, dxu46 cried out in surprise. A paper plate had been flung at him, not unlike a frisbee. Glancing around, he caught a glimpse of a figure in a dark, jaggedly cut cloak, before they disappeared back into the shadows.

Written on the plate:

ORPEQ/ORPEQ TL2TI2TI2P3 LOH2TI2TIP3
mix it up

[MadCow2357]

As more people found their bearings and rushed over to the new center of attention, dxu46 cried out in surprise. A paper plate had been flung at him, not unlike a frisbee. Glancing around, he caught a glimpse of a figure in a dark, jaggedly cut cloak, before they disappeared back into the shadows.

Written on the plate:

ORPEQ/ORPEQ TL2TI2TI2P3 LOH2TI2TIP3
mix it up

Bearings = vehicle event?
jaggedly - jaggie34?