Diary of An Assassin Entry #42 I chose the location of this assignment based on several criteria. First, the restaurant has outdoor seating, allowing me to have a public hit with ease of escape. Second, the restaurant itself is located in a tightly-packed part of the city, meaning I had many options for an escape plan through the many alley ways. Finally, it has good souffle. Target was a banker of some sort or another. Stole the wrong person's money. Nothing new. I sat at a table just outside where the target had reservations. I ordered a salad, but requested no tomatoes, and explained it aggrivated my gout. The mint I had taken moment before masked my breath with a rank smell. I made it a point to brush my hair, which was cut short and colored brown. I also ordered a creamy soup, and made it a point to have some in my beard for the waitress to point out. Beard was full, slightly greying. I had considered feigning a Brooklyn accent, but decided not to overplay the role. I wore a black button-down shirt, tucked into a nice pear of jeans, and with a corduoroy blazer. After I finished my souffle, the target had just ordered his meal. The hit was clean and quick, and I made my escape. Jumping the short fence surrounding the outside eating area, I sprinted down the street, and made a left at the first alley. I had one man following me, a waiter from the restaurant, and I fired a warning shot back at him. He desisted. I wound through two more alleys and finally climbed up a fire escape. I ascended to the fourth floor, and entered a small, empty apartment. I took the stairs the remaining 6 floors up to the roof, and jumped a small gap to the adjacent apartment building. I left that building, and crossed to a hotel. Back in my room, I cleaned and stored my weapon for disposal. After that, I removed the clothing and dissolved it in a small bucket of fluid, which I then diluted with water from the bathtub and flushed down the toilet. In my maintenance bag I took out dropper 3 (for blue eyes, with a splash of green) and the Fabio (long and full blonde hair). The drops would go in last, as they lasted the shortest. I took the Fabio which would take roughly 20 minutes to accelerate my hair growth. The new hair would be blonde, but I would need to trim the remaining brown from the ends. As my hair grew, I trimmed my beard into a short goatee and brushed in a blonde coloring. Finishing up, I put on a lotion to make my face slightly greasy. My outfit was corduoroy pants, loose, with a loose-fitting beige long-sleeve shirt; California hippie. I put on my glasses, and began an AR-scan of the room for DNA. Removing a small crawling bot from my pouch, it destroyed everything my glasses marked, then did a follow-up scan of the room as I finished packing. I popped a mint to neutralize the previous one. Leaving the hotel, I had a backpack with all my belongings, wearing my glasses and reading my phone. I walked the two blocks on the main street to the restaurant where police had cordoned off the restaurant, and on-lookers were gathered. On the way I had smoked a fake clove cigarette for the aroma. I found the waitress who had served me before and started making small-talk with her. I verified she did not recognize me, and began to scan the scene for evidence. Aside from the few hair folicles (loaded with false DNA), and the bullet casings (linked to a pistol found near the lake), everything looked in order. A quick tweet-pic of the scene from a temporary account (1 tweet, then deleted), and I wiped and dropped my burner into a trash can. Took bus to train station, and left for safe house 12. Notes ===== Hit takes place at restaurant with outdoor seating Target has reservation, just inside where A is sitting A makes point to emphasize certain features on current appearance: - Hair cut, color, length - Beard - Clothing - Defining feature: a twitch, or speech pattern - Order something but request removing an ingredient due to allergy - Fake an accent Hit is a public display; A shoots target, runs for it A takes advantage of set path, already designated due to previous research - Sticks to alleys - Eventually climbs escape ladder, enters into apartment building - Eventually leaps over roof top to second apartment building - Leaves second apartment building, crosses street into hotel A changes appearance - Trims beard - Changes clothing - Modifies hair length via specific medicine - Changes eye color with drops A returns to the scene, now with a changes appearance, to verify no evidence - Using special glasses with AR capabilities to scan scene - Talks to same waitress to get details Satisifed that the hit was successful, and no evidence remains, A fades away.