The Ever-Changing Facets of Reality, Monday, Second Period

[stickitupmyjinx]

Upon entering the Danger Shop, the students would find themselves in the middle of a cornfield. "Today we're going on...The Amazing Race! So pick your partners--I've already got mine," Vanessa said, looping her arm through Wade's elbow, "--and get ready to explore our exotic destination: Dubuque, Iowa*!"

Wait, what?

"We couldn't afford anything better because we spent all the budget on... nothing," Wade said. "There was no budget. This was a test. You all failed it."

"Also, we're doing this here in the Danger Shop instead of actually going to Iowa because A) who wants to actually go to Iowa? and B) Travelocity costs money. So enjoy your time in Iowa, and hurry to complete your tasks before you're last, and get eliminated and left in Dubuque." A beat. "Just kidding!"

"I'm not. I'll abandon your ass here," Wade added. "I'll find a way. So don't fuck this one up."

He waited a moment, looking around. "Oh, we didn't do production assistants this time. So, I guess I need to repeat that we're not legally allowed to do that. Which is bullshit. But at least we can swear."

"Also we can't actually leave you because this is a hologram." Vanessa sounded disappointed by this. "And you know what? Scratch that thing I said before about partners. You're doing this solo. Yeah, that's right, I'm changing the fake rules."

"Best Midwesterner wins!"

Nothing. They won nothing.

*Any resemblance to the real Dubuque, Iowa, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Comments

Second Task!

[stickitupmyjinx]

"Task two, you can either wait for a table at TGIFridays during happy hour," Wade said, waving toward the building where it was jam packed with suburbanites. "Or, you can try to make a casserole with only canned goods and then choke that shit down to bypass the wait."

Re: Second Task!

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Well, Sidon could hardly eat anything that came canned without regretting it significantly later, and he wasn't exactly much of a cook, either, but he did have patience in spades and so he would gladly wait as one might expect a person to do, especially since now he could pass the time by chatting with other people who were also waiting and making some wonderful new friends!

And probably, inadventantly, managing to make his wait margnially shorter, because no one wanted to deal with an overly friendly giant shark man hogging up a bunch of space in your lobby if it could at all be helped.

Re: Second Task!

[scoffs_at_tradition]

Shuri had taken Summer's class twice. She could eat canned goods without even flinching. Much.