The Real Hollywood U
Released: 26th December 2014
Reality TV Help Quest
Reality TV Help Quest
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Part 1
Jennifer: I heard today’s class is going to be amazing!
You settle into Professor Hunt’s class. A camera crew hovers around, filming everything. Next to you, Jennifer bounces up and down with excitement!
Danny: So, uh, so you need to go to the bathroom or something?
Jennifer: What? Oh, no! I’m just so excited! It’s ‘Reality TV’ week in class! We’re going to learn all about the best, most awesome entertainment there is! It’s the only genre on TV that really tests a person’s character… and shows you who they really are!
Danny: You’re really pumped for this…
Jennifer: It’s gonna be great! We’re gonna get closer than Sister Wives. We’re gonna tough it out like Survivors. We’re gonna Say Yes To The Dress.
Thomas Hunt: Do me a favor, Jennifer. Don’t make this any more nauseating than it has to be.
Jennifer: You don’t like reality TV?
Thomas Hunt: Oh, I more than don’t like it. I hate it. But being a true artist means understanding all forms of media, not just those to your taste. Reality TV may be vulgar and crude… but it is among the most popular forms of entertainment today. And as such, I’m obligated to cover it. That… and the university mandates it.
Jennifer: Yay mandates! So how are we going to learn about it?
Thomas Hunt: Normally, I’d try to breeze through it as quickly and minimally as possible… But this semester, the insufferable publicity-hounds that run this university are forcing me to do something a little different.
Jennifer: Ooo! An exciting twist!
Thomas Hunt: Per the mandate of the university board, you’ll be learning the material… first-hand.
Jennifer: GASP! You mean…
Thomas Hunt: That’s right. We’ll be filming a reality show for the campus TV channel. Welcome to… Thomas Hunt’s ‘The REAL Hollywood U!’
Jennifer: Squeeeeee!
Time - 2 hours
Jennifer: We’re going to be on a reality show? This is amazeballs!
Thomas Hunt: Not the term I’d use, but I’ll let it slide. A select group of you are now contestants, and will have to endure a series of brutal challenges, designed to evoke the entire spectrum of popular reality TV! One by one, you’ll be eliminated, until only a single winner remains. And you won’t just be competing to win. You’ll be competing to understand the deeper appeal of the genre: the drama, the personalities, the audience manipulation. And just to make it more interesting… that final winner will get a reward of 5,000 in Cash!
Danny: That is a lot of money.
Jennifer: Yes. Yes, it is.
Rewards
From across the classroom, you hear a familiar voice snickering… and look over to see Bianca and her entourage!
Bianca: Awww, that’s cute! Danny and Jennifer think 5,000 dollars is a lot of money!
Jenni: #BabyBucks!
Lace Sergio: I once spend 5,000 on a satin kimono! It fit like a dream!
Danny: Gross. And what are you doing here? Since when do you guys even show up for class?
Jenni: Since we heard they’d be filming a reality show!
Bianca: We’re gonna DESTROY you!
Thomas Hunt: Normally, I’d kick you all out for this petty sniping in my class… but it’s actually perfectly in-line with the reality TV spirit. In fact… that leads nicely into the first challenge. Danny and Jennifer… you’ll be living in a tiny apartment with Bianca, Jenni, Shae and Lance!
Bianca: WHAT?!
Shae: Ugh!
Danny: But… but why?
Thomas Hunt: Because drama! THAT’S why.
Part 2
Danny: I have to live… with Bianca?!
The next morning, at 6am… you wake up to the deafening blare of what sounds like an air raid siren! A camera is right in your face!
Danny: Ahhh! What? WHY?!
You pop out of bed and stagger into the hallway to find Jenni pacing around the apartment, blasting an airhorn!
Danny: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
Jenni: It’s the new Vine meme! Airhorning! You wake up all your roommates with an airhorn and snap a selfie!
Danny: That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard!
Jenni: Don’t look so grumpycat! I just got 55 Likes!
You stagger away from her, into the bathroom…
Jennifer: No! Danny! Don’t go in there!
You open the door… to find Bianca and Lance hooking up in the shower!
Danny: AHHHHH!
You slam it shut and collapse to the ground!
Jennifer: Oh, Danny… I’m so sorry…
Danny: I’ve seen things, Jennifer… terrible things… things I can never unsee…
That afternoon, you open the fridge to grab your lunch…
Danny: Hey! Where’s my sandwhich?!
Shae: Oh, it’s a funny story. See, it was there… and then I ate it.
Danny: In what way is that a funny story?
Shae: Maybe you had to be there.
Jennifer: It’s okay, Danny. I was going to make us a salad. Let me just wash some veggies in the sink, and… Ahhhh! GROSS! Why is the sink full of fur? Did someone skin a chinchilla?
Lance Sergio: Oh, that’s just my body hair! I shaved it all a few minutes ago! I’m as smooth as an oil-slick seal!
Danny: Why. Would you shave your body hair. In the kitchen sink?!
Lance Sergio: Well, I used it do it in bed, but my sheets got all scratchy…
Danny: Uggggh…
That night, you settle in to watch some TV with Jennifer… When Bianca staggers in, drunkenly waving a huge wine glass around!
Bianca: Well, well, well. If it isn’t Danny. Just sitting around, being all gross and lame and stupid. Classic Danny!
Danny: How are you already drunk? It’s like 6 pm!
Jennifer: It’s reality TV. Nothing brings out the drama like someone getting Real Housewife trashed.
Danny: Yeah, but what kind of an adult gets trashed on… is that Peppermint Schnapps?
Bianca: So I like the Schnapps? So what? It’s Schnappy!
Danny: Go home! You’re drunk!
Bianca: This IS my home!
Bianca swings her arms wildly and shoves the TV over! It falls and shatters on the ground…
Danny: And THAT was your TV!
Just then, Jenni runs over and dunks a bucket of paint over your head!
Jenni: Paint Bucket Challenge!
Danny: …I’m going to murder all of you.
Late that night, you pull Jennifer into a closet for a private conversation, making sure no cameras can follow you…
Danny: I can’t take this any more, Jennifer. Bianca and her entourage are, literally, the worst human beings on the face of the Earth. I think I’m going to drop out.
Jennifer: No! You can’t, Danny! We’re in this together, to the end! They’re the ones who should drop out! Wait… that gives me a great idea… On shows like this, someone always gets kicked off for getting out of hand! We just have to make one of THEM lose it! And I know just how to make that happen…
The next morning, you wake up to Jenni banging furiously on your door!
Jenni: WHO DID IT?! WHO STOLE MY PHONE?!
You step out to find that the house is completely trashed! All the other housemates stand back, horrified!
Shae: You have no idea what you’ve done! Jenni’d phone is the only thing keeping her sane!
Lance Sergio: She’s a monster! She broke my grooming spoon!
Jenni: THAT’S NOT EVEN A THING, YOU MORON!
Jenni spins around and slaps Lance! Immediately, a siren blares, and red lights flash!
Jenni: Uh oh.
Professor Hunt strolls into the house…
Thomas Hunt: Striking another contestant is against the rules! Jenni…you… are… EXPELLED!
Jenni: What?!
Thomas Hunt: …Not really. That’s just my catch-phrase. But you are off the show.
Jenni: Fine! Whatever! You’re all dumb anyway!
Jenni sulks off. Jennifer slyly slips her phone into her purse as she goes.
Rewards
Thomas Hunt: I think that’s just about enough of this challenge…
Danny: Thank. God.
Jennifer: So what’s next? Do we solve a mystery? Go on dates? Move into an even smaller apartment?
Thomas Hunt: None of the above. I’m sure you’ll recognize the next challenge as an incredibly tedious staple of reality TV… The brutal physical obstacle course!
Part 3
Jennifer: A physical challenge? I don’t like the sound of that…
You all follow Thomas Hunt to a studio backlot… where a massive mansion set has been erected… and lit on fire! Girders sway and wobble, dust rains down from rickety boards, and jets blast searing flames!
Thomas Hunt: To play the part of Captain Griff Slade, Chris Winters fully trained himself to be a fireman who could handle a crisis… using this extremely realistic stunt course! Your objective… to get to the end of the course. Last place will be… ELIMINATED! GO!
Bianca: Yeah, I don’t even WATCH action movies…
Lance Sergio: And I happen to be allergic to fire…
Shae: For the last time, Lance, that’s not how it works!
While they stand around whining, Jennifer grabs your hand and takes off into the course!
Jennifer: Come on, Danny! We’ve got this!
Shae: Hey, wait! Don’t let them win!
You rush into the course, dodging swinging beams and hopping over flame jets! Jennifer races alongside you, while Bianca and her entourage trail after!
Danny: This… hff… isn’t… hff… so bad!
You can see the exit just up ahead! You sprint towards it… And the floor right under you falls away!
Danny: Ahhhhhh!
You plunge into the pit… and in front of you, Jennifer spins around and thrusts out a hand! You grab Jennifer’s hand just in time! Jennifer pulls you up onto the ledge!
Danny: You caught me!
Jennifer: What did I say, Danny? We’re in this together ’til the end!
You and Jennifer sprint to the exit, bursting out into the light! Moments later, Bianca and Shae stagger out after you…
Thomas Hunt: Well, that appears to be everyone. Except…
You all look back… to see Lance standing at the very beginning of the course!
Bianca: LANCE! What are you doing?!
Lance Sergio: Well, it’s just… I don’t want to bruise my abs… or singe my hair… or trigger my sensitive allergies..
Thomas Hunt: Lance… you… are… expelled!
Lance Sergio: But still beautiful!
Bianca: Oh, for god’s sake…
Jennifer: That means… we made it to the next round, Danny!
Rewards
Danny: What’s next, Professor Hunt? What madness do you have in store for us?
Thomas Hunt: Let’s just say I hope nothing bugs your stomach…
Bianca: What?
Thomas Hunt: You’ll be eating bugs.
Part 4
Danny: We have to eat… WHAT?!
Professor Hunt leads you to a long table, covered in a half-dozen bowls…
Bianca: Is… is that one moving?
Shae: I think I’m going to throw up…
Danny: What are these?!
Thomas Hunt: Oh, just some exceptionally interesting foods the university threw together. Over there, we have a bowl of ant larvae… here are some fried tarantulas… here’s some dead mouse wine… that’s wine with a dead mouse in it…
Danny: We figured that out…
Addison: What’s that one at the end there?
Thomas Hunt: Four-week-old Taco Bell. Part of a sponsorship deal that fell through. I’d… stay away from that one.
Bianca: This is horrible!
Thomas Hunt: Oh, it is. Not to mention cross-culturally insensitive. But the whole point of reality TV is pushing the line, testing the boundary, riding up to the edge of good taste and smashing past it!
Jennifer: He’s right, Danny. Reality TV is all about life at its most extreme… And there’s nothing more extreme than an eating challenge! Come on! Let’s chow down!
Danny: I… I don’t know…
Time - 6 hours
Bianca: Ugh, whatever! I can handle some stupid grubs!
Bianca grabs a handful of larvae and shoves them into her mouth!
Bianca: Ugggghhh… so… nasty…
Jennifer: Come on, Danny! Eat!
You turn and grab a fried tarantula! You grab a fried tarantula, swallowing it in one bite!
Danny: Surprisingly… crunchy… like… and eight-legged Cheeto…
Jennifer: Mrfff ffrrrm rrrfmm mrrr!
You look over… and see a live octopus wrapped around Jennifer’s face!
Thomas Hunt: The state of contemporary entertainment, everyone. And I can’t help but notice someone’s not eating at all…
Shae: Yeah, funny, right? It’s almost like I have a shred of dignity left.
Thomas Hunt: You… are…
Shae: Expelled. Yeah. I get it.
Shae storms off, leaving just you, Jennifer and Bianca!
Danny: I guess we’re going to the next round!
Rewards
Thomas Hunt: And then there were three. Soon, this farce of a class draws to a close.
Bianca: Can you just hurry up and crown me the winner already?
Thomas Hunt: Not just yet. The next challenge… will be a mental challenge! A true battle of wits!
Part 5
Danny: A mental challenge? I’m going to need to prepare…
You, Bianca, and Jennifer meet Professor Hunt in a film studio…
Danny: Okay… mental challenge, here we go.
Thomas Hunt: A key part of any reality TV show is the retrospective, the clips that show viewers what they’ve already seen.
Jennifer: I love those! They help me remember what I saw happen ten minutes ago!
Thomas Hunt: Right. We’re going to see just how much attention you’ve been paying!
Danny: Uh oh…
Thomas Hunt: Jennifer! Who came in last during the physical challange?
Jennifer: Lance! It was Lance!
Thomas Hunt: Danny! What did Bianca eat first during the eating challenge?
Danny: Uh… the larvae!
Thomas Hunt: Bianca! Who blasted an airhorn while you were living together?
Bianca: That was… um… Lance? No! Danny! No! Me?
Danny: …seriously?
Jennifer: She’s so self-centered… she has no idea what anyone else did!
As the challenge continues, you and Jennifer do well, but Bianca flubs question after question!
Thomas Hunt: Bianca… you… are… EXPELLED!
Bianca: Yeah, well… this show sucks anyway! I’m going to get drunk on Wild College Girls! They’ll respect me there!
Thomas Hunt: I very much doubt that.
Rewards
With Bianca gone, it’s just you and Jennifer left…
Jennifer: This is it, Danny… we made it to the end!
Thomas Hunt: Not exactly. You see, there’s one final challenge left. Both of you, please meet me in the pavilion… and wear something nice.
Part 6
Jennifer: This is it, Danny… the final challenge!
You show up at your campus’s sprawling pavilion, which has been transformed into a marvelous stage strewn with flower petals. A single table has been set up in the center with two chairs. You sit in one, and Jennifer sits in the other.
Danny: What happens now?
Jennifer: Hmm… this is usually the part of the show where there’s some kind of a shocking twist where they change the rules in a way that creates maximum drama!
A screen descends in front of the stage. As touching music rings out, a retrospective plays, showing your journey with Jennifer… You see yourselves start the contest together… scheme together in the apartment… support each other as you eat gross things… and then…
Jennifer: What did I say, Danny? We’re in this together ’til the end!
The screen rolls up, even as the music keeps playing…
Danny: What does it mean?
Jennifer: Maybe we get to win together?
Professor Hunt abruptly emerges from behind the curtain!
Thomas Hunt: On the contrary. It means your friendship will be put to the test!
Danny: Oh no… it’s The Hunger Games all over again!
Jennifer: What happens next, Professor?
Thomas Hunt: Intrigue. Romance. Drama. These are all vital elements of a reality TV show. But there’s one last element we’ve been missing…
Jennifer: …betrayal.
Danny: B… betrayal?
Time - 8 hours
Jennifer: What do we do now, Professor? How does this end?
Thomas Hunt: It’s time to see just who gets the prize… which is, may I remind you, 5,000 dollars in Cash.
Danny: That is a lot of money.
Jennifer: Yes. Yes, it is.
Thomas Hunt: If you reach under your chairs, you’ll find two orbs. One is labeled Split. The other is labeled Steal. You’ll have to choose one. If you both choose Split, you’ll split the money 50/50. That’s 2,500 dollars each. If you both choose Steal, neither of you gets it. And if one of you choose Split and the other chooses Steal… then the person who Stole gets all the money. All 5000 dollars worth.
You and Jennifer look at each other uneasily… the cameras pull in tight on the two of you…
Danny: What are you thinking, Jennifer?
Jennifer: What are YOU thinking?
Thomas Hunt: This is what it all comes down to. Trust… friendship… drama… and greed. What will you do?
You reach under the table and feel the two orbs. You look Jennifer in the eyes…
Jennifer: …
And you choose steal.
Danny: Here goes nothing.
You lift your Steal Orb… And see that Jennifer has chosen Split!
Jennifer: Oh…
Thomas Hunt: Well, well. That’s what it all comes down to, in the end. There is no form of entertainment more raw and painful than reality TV… and no act more raw and painful than the betrayal of a friend. Enjoy your reward, Danny. And let me say, you are exactly the person I thought you were.
Danny: …thanks?
Rewards
You look over to where Jennifer is turned away, sniffling softly…
Danny: Hey, come on… it’s just a game, right? And aren’t we supposed to cause as much drama as possible?
Jennifer: I know. I know. I just… I thought this was one of those shows where against all odds, friendship would triumph… But it turned out to be one of the shows where the friendship falls apart due to a selfish betrayal!
Danny: Sorry…
Thomas Hunt: But not sorry enough to split the money. In the immortal words of Bianca… Classic Danny. If it’s any consolation, Jennifer, the ratings on the campus network have been explosive. This is the most watched Hollywood U program since that viral video of Professor Gringles doing squats in his tighty-whities. Now, the entire university knows you… as the kind, devoted sweetheart snubbed by Danny!
Jennifer: I’m… I’m the sweetheart?
Thomas Hunt: Oh, definitely. Everyone out there is rooting for you. I’ll admit… even I found myself somewhat moved by your devotion.
Jennifer: Wait… does that mean… you enjoyed this reality TV?
Thomas Hunt: There may have been elements that were… not entirely awful.
Danny: You’re lying! You totally liked it!
Jennifer: Professor Hunt loves reality TV!
Thomas Hunt: I never said that! Turn off those cameras! Edit that out!
Jennifer: Hee hee!
Jennifer: I heard today’s class is going to be amazing!
- Danny
- Jennifer
You settle into Professor Hunt’s class. A camera crew hovers around, filming everything. Next to you, Jennifer bounces up and down with excitement!
Danny: So, uh, so you need to go to the bathroom or something?
Jennifer: What? Oh, no! I’m just so excited! It’s ‘Reality TV’ week in class! We’re going to learn all about the best, most awesome entertainment there is! It’s the only genre on TV that really tests a person’s character… and shows you who they really are!
Danny: You’re really pumped for this…
Jennifer: It’s gonna be great! We’re gonna get closer than Sister Wives. We’re gonna tough it out like Survivors. We’re gonna Say Yes To The Dress.
Thomas Hunt: Do me a favor, Jennifer. Don’t make this any more nauseating than it has to be.
Jennifer: You don’t like reality TV?
Thomas Hunt: Oh, I more than don’t like it. I hate it. But being a true artist means understanding all forms of media, not just those to your taste. Reality TV may be vulgar and crude… but it is among the most popular forms of entertainment today. And as such, I’m obligated to cover it. That… and the university mandates it.
Jennifer: Yay mandates! So how are we going to learn about it?
Thomas Hunt: Normally, I’d try to breeze through it as quickly and minimally as possible… But this semester, the insufferable publicity-hounds that run this university are forcing me to do something a little different.
Jennifer: Ooo! An exciting twist!
Thomas Hunt: Per the mandate of the university board, you’ll be learning the material… first-hand.
Jennifer: GASP! You mean…
Thomas Hunt: That’s right. We’ll be filming a reality show for the campus TV channel. Welcome to… Thomas Hunt’s ‘The REAL Hollywood U!’
Jennifer: Squeeeeee!
Time - 2 hours
Jennifer: We’re going to be on a reality show? This is amazeballs!
Thomas Hunt: Not the term I’d use, but I’ll let it slide. A select group of you are now contestants, and will have to endure a series of brutal challenges, designed to evoke the entire spectrum of popular reality TV! One by one, you’ll be eliminated, until only a single winner remains. And you won’t just be competing to win. You’ll be competing to understand the deeper appeal of the genre: the drama, the personalities, the audience manipulation. And just to make it more interesting… that final winner will get a reward of 5,000 in Cash!
Danny: That is a lot of money.
Jennifer: Yes. Yes, it is.
Rewards
- 20 Cash
From across the classroom, you hear a familiar voice snickering… and look over to see Bianca and her entourage!
Bianca: Awww, that’s cute! Danny and Jennifer think 5,000 dollars is a lot of money!
Jenni: #BabyBucks!
Lace Sergio: I once spend 5,000 on a satin kimono! It fit like a dream!
Danny: Gross. And what are you doing here? Since when do you guys even show up for class?
Jenni: Since we heard they’d be filming a reality show!
Bianca: We’re gonna DESTROY you!
Thomas Hunt: Normally, I’d kick you all out for this petty sniping in my class… but it’s actually perfectly in-line with the reality TV spirit. In fact… that leads nicely into the first challenge. Danny and Jennifer… you’ll be living in a tiny apartment with Bianca, Jenni, Shae and Lance!
Bianca: WHAT?!
Shae: Ugh!
Danny: But… but why?
Thomas Hunt: Because drama! THAT’S why.
Part 2
Danny: I have to live… with Bianca?!
- Morning!
- Afternoon!
- Night!
The next morning, at 6am… you wake up to the deafening blare of what sounds like an air raid siren! A camera is right in your face!
Danny: Ahhh! What? WHY?!
You pop out of bed and stagger into the hallway to find Jenni pacing around the apartment, blasting an airhorn!
Danny: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
Jenni: It’s the new Vine meme! Airhorning! You wake up all your roommates with an airhorn and snap a selfie!
Danny: That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard!
Jenni: Don’t look so grumpycat! I just got 55 Likes!
You stagger away from her, into the bathroom…
Jennifer: No! Danny! Don’t go in there!
You open the door… to find Bianca and Lance hooking up in the shower!
Danny: AHHHHH!
You slam it shut and collapse to the ground!
Jennifer: Oh, Danny… I’m so sorry…
Danny: I’ve seen things, Jennifer… terrible things… things I can never unsee…
That afternoon, you open the fridge to grab your lunch…
Danny: Hey! Where’s my sandwhich?!
Shae: Oh, it’s a funny story. See, it was there… and then I ate it.
Danny: In what way is that a funny story?
Shae: Maybe you had to be there.
Jennifer: It’s okay, Danny. I was going to make us a salad. Let me just wash some veggies in the sink, and… Ahhhh! GROSS! Why is the sink full of fur? Did someone skin a chinchilla?
Lance Sergio: Oh, that’s just my body hair! I shaved it all a few minutes ago! I’m as smooth as an oil-slick seal!
Danny: Why. Would you shave your body hair. In the kitchen sink?!
Lance Sergio: Well, I used it do it in bed, but my sheets got all scratchy…
Danny: Uggggh…
That night, you settle in to watch some TV with Jennifer… When Bianca staggers in, drunkenly waving a huge wine glass around!
Bianca: Well, well, well. If it isn’t Danny. Just sitting around, being all gross and lame and stupid. Classic Danny!
Danny: How are you already drunk? It’s like 6 pm!
Jennifer: It’s reality TV. Nothing brings out the drama like someone getting Real Housewife trashed.
Danny: Yeah, but what kind of an adult gets trashed on… is that Peppermint Schnapps?
Bianca: So I like the Schnapps? So what? It’s Schnappy!
Danny: Go home! You’re drunk!
Bianca: This IS my home!
Bianca swings her arms wildly and shoves the TV over! It falls and shatters on the ground…
Danny: And THAT was your TV!
Just then, Jenni runs over and dunks a bucket of paint over your head!
Jenni: Paint Bucket Challenge!
Danny: …I’m going to murder all of you.
Late that night, you pull Jennifer into a closet for a private conversation, making sure no cameras can follow you…
Danny: I can’t take this any more, Jennifer. Bianca and her entourage are, literally, the worst human beings on the face of the Earth. I think I’m going to drop out.
Jennifer: No! You can’t, Danny! We’re in this together, to the end! They’re the ones who should drop out! Wait… that gives me a great idea… On shows like this, someone always gets kicked off for getting out of hand! We just have to make one of THEM lose it! And I know just how to make that happen…
The next morning, you wake up to Jenni banging furiously on your door!
Jenni: WHO DID IT?! WHO STOLE MY PHONE?!
You step out to find that the house is completely trashed! All the other housemates stand back, horrified!
Shae: You have no idea what you’ve done! Jenni’d phone is the only thing keeping her sane!
Lance Sergio: She’s a monster! She broke my grooming spoon!
Jenni: THAT’S NOT EVEN A THING, YOU MORON!
Jenni spins around and slaps Lance! Immediately, a siren blares, and red lights flash!
Jenni: Uh oh.
Professor Hunt strolls into the house…
Thomas Hunt: Striking another contestant is against the rules! Jenni…you… are… EXPELLED!
Jenni: What?!
Thomas Hunt: …Not really. That’s just my catch-phrase. But you are off the show.
Jenni: Fine! Whatever! You’re all dumb anyway!
Jenni sulks off. Jennifer slyly slips her phone into her purse as she goes.
Rewards
- 2 Diamonds
Thomas Hunt: I think that’s just about enough of this challenge…
Danny: Thank. God.
Jennifer: So what’s next? Do we solve a mystery? Go on dates? Move into an even smaller apartment?
Thomas Hunt: None of the above. I’m sure you’ll recognize the next challenge as an incredibly tedious staple of reality TV… The brutal physical obstacle course!
Part 3
Jennifer: A physical challenge? I don’t like the sound of that…
- Have 15 unlocked Plots
- Spend 1000 Cash
You all follow Thomas Hunt to a studio backlot… where a massive mansion set has been erected… and lit on fire! Girders sway and wobble, dust rains down from rickety boards, and jets blast searing flames!
Thomas Hunt: To play the part of Captain Griff Slade, Chris Winters fully trained himself to be a fireman who could handle a crisis… using this extremely realistic stunt course! Your objective… to get to the end of the course. Last place will be… ELIMINATED! GO!
Bianca: Yeah, I don’t even WATCH action movies…
Lance Sergio: And I happen to be allergic to fire…
Shae: For the last time, Lance, that’s not how it works!
While they stand around whining, Jennifer grabs your hand and takes off into the course!
Jennifer: Come on, Danny! We’ve got this!
Shae: Hey, wait! Don’t let them win!
You rush into the course, dodging swinging beams and hopping over flame jets! Jennifer races alongside you, while Bianca and her entourage trail after!
Danny: This… hff… isn’t… hff… so bad!
You can see the exit just up ahead! You sprint towards it… And the floor right under you falls away!
Danny: Ahhhhhh!
You plunge into the pit… and in front of you, Jennifer spins around and thrusts out a hand! You grab Jennifer’s hand just in time! Jennifer pulls you up onto the ledge!
Danny: You caught me!
Jennifer: What did I say, Danny? We’re in this together ’til the end!
You and Jennifer sprint to the exit, bursting out into the light! Moments later, Bianca and Shae stagger out after you…
Thomas Hunt: Well, that appears to be everyone. Except…
You all look back… to see Lance standing at the very beginning of the course!
Bianca: LANCE! What are you doing?!
Lance Sergio: Well, it’s just… I don’t want to bruise my abs… or singe my hair… or trigger my sensitive allergies..
Thomas Hunt: Lance… you… are… expelled!
Lance Sergio: But still beautiful!
Bianca: Oh, for god’s sake…
Jennifer: That means… we made it to the next round, Danny!
Rewards
- 20 Cash
Danny: What’s next, Professor Hunt? What madness do you have in store for us?
Thomas Hunt: Let’s just say I hope nothing bugs your stomach…
Bianca: What?
Thomas Hunt: You’ll be eating bugs.
Part 4
Danny: We have to eat… WHAT?!
- Danny
- Jennifer
Professor Hunt leads you to a long table, covered in a half-dozen bowls…
Bianca: Is… is that one moving?
Shae: I think I’m going to throw up…
Danny: What are these?!
Thomas Hunt: Oh, just some exceptionally interesting foods the university threw together. Over there, we have a bowl of ant larvae… here are some fried tarantulas… here’s some dead mouse wine… that’s wine with a dead mouse in it…
Danny: We figured that out…
Addison: What’s that one at the end there?
Thomas Hunt: Four-week-old Taco Bell. Part of a sponsorship deal that fell through. I’d… stay away from that one.
Bianca: This is horrible!
Thomas Hunt: Oh, it is. Not to mention cross-culturally insensitive. But the whole point of reality TV is pushing the line, testing the boundary, riding up to the edge of good taste and smashing past it!
Jennifer: He’s right, Danny. Reality TV is all about life at its most extreme… And there’s nothing more extreme than an eating challenge! Come on! Let’s chow down!
Danny: I… I don’t know…
Time - 6 hours
Bianca: Ugh, whatever! I can handle some stupid grubs!
Bianca grabs a handful of larvae and shoves them into her mouth!
Bianca: Ugggghhh… so… nasty…
Jennifer: Come on, Danny! Eat!
You turn and grab a fried tarantula! You grab a fried tarantula, swallowing it in one bite!
Danny: Surprisingly… crunchy… like… and eight-legged Cheeto…
Jennifer: Mrfff ffrrrm rrrfmm mrrr!
You look over… and see a live octopus wrapped around Jennifer’s face!
Thomas Hunt: The state of contemporary entertainment, everyone. And I can’t help but notice someone’s not eating at all…
Shae: Yeah, funny, right? It’s almost like I have a shred of dignity left.
Thomas Hunt: You… are…
Shae: Expelled. Yeah. I get it.
Shae storms off, leaving just you, Jennifer and Bianca!
Danny: I guess we’re going to the next round!
Rewards
- 20 Cash
Thomas Hunt: And then there were three. Soon, this farce of a class draws to a close.
Bianca: Can you just hurry up and crown me the winner already?
Thomas Hunt: Not just yet. The next challenge… will be a mental challenge! A true battle of wits!
Part 5
Danny: A mental challenge? I’m going to need to prepare…
- Level Danny
You, Bianca, and Jennifer meet Professor Hunt in a film studio…
Danny: Okay… mental challenge, here we go.
Thomas Hunt: A key part of any reality TV show is the retrospective, the clips that show viewers what they’ve already seen.
Jennifer: I love those! They help me remember what I saw happen ten minutes ago!
Thomas Hunt: Right. We’re going to see just how much attention you’ve been paying!
Danny: Uh oh…
Thomas Hunt: Jennifer! Who came in last during the physical challange?
Jennifer: Lance! It was Lance!
Thomas Hunt: Danny! What did Bianca eat first during the eating challenge?
Danny: Uh… the larvae!
Thomas Hunt: Bianca! Who blasted an airhorn while you were living together?
Bianca: That was… um… Lance? No! Danny! No! Me?
Danny: …seriously?
Jennifer: She’s so self-centered… she has no idea what anyone else did!
As the challenge continues, you and Jennifer do well, but Bianca flubs question after question!
Thomas Hunt: Bianca… you… are… EXPELLED!
Bianca: Yeah, well… this show sucks anyway! I’m going to get drunk on Wild College Girls! They’ll respect me there!
Thomas Hunt: I very much doubt that.
Rewards
- 20 Cash
With Bianca gone, it’s just you and Jennifer left…
Jennifer: This is it, Danny… we made it to the end!
Thomas Hunt: Not exactly. You see, there’s one final challenge left. Both of you, please meet me in the pavilion… and wear something nice.
Part 6
Jennifer: This is it, Danny… the final challenge!
- Danny wearing a Fade to Black Outfit
- Jennifer wearing a Blue Bombshell or a Fade to Black Outfit
You show up at your campus’s sprawling pavilion, which has been transformed into a marvelous stage strewn with flower petals. A single table has been set up in the center with two chairs. You sit in one, and Jennifer sits in the other.
Danny: What happens now?
Jennifer: Hmm… this is usually the part of the show where there’s some kind of a shocking twist where they change the rules in a way that creates maximum drama!
A screen descends in front of the stage. As touching music rings out, a retrospective plays, showing your journey with Jennifer… You see yourselves start the contest together… scheme together in the apartment… support each other as you eat gross things… and then…
Jennifer: What did I say, Danny? We’re in this together ’til the end!
The screen rolls up, even as the music keeps playing…
Danny: What does it mean?
Jennifer: Maybe we get to win together?
Professor Hunt abruptly emerges from behind the curtain!
Thomas Hunt: On the contrary. It means your friendship will be put to the test!
Danny: Oh no… it’s The Hunger Games all over again!
Jennifer: What happens next, Professor?
Thomas Hunt: Intrigue. Romance. Drama. These are all vital elements of a reality TV show. But there’s one last element we’ve been missing…
Jennifer: …betrayal.
Danny: B… betrayal?
Time - 8 hours
Jennifer: What do we do now, Professor? How does this end?
Thomas Hunt: It’s time to see just who gets the prize… which is, may I remind you, 5,000 dollars in Cash.
Danny: That is a lot of money.
Jennifer: Yes. Yes, it is.
Thomas Hunt: If you reach under your chairs, you’ll find two orbs. One is labeled Split. The other is labeled Steal. You’ll have to choose one. If you both choose Split, you’ll split the money 50/50. That’s 2,500 dollars each. If you both choose Steal, neither of you gets it. And if one of you choose Split and the other chooses Steal… then the person who Stole gets all the money. All 5000 dollars worth.
You and Jennifer look at each other uneasily… the cameras pull in tight on the two of you…
Danny: What are you thinking, Jennifer?
Jennifer: What are YOU thinking?
Thomas Hunt: This is what it all comes down to. Trust… friendship… drama… and greed. What will you do?
You reach under the table and feel the two orbs. You look Jennifer in the eyes…
Jennifer: …
And you choose steal.
Danny: Here goes nothing.
You lift your Steal Orb… And see that Jennifer has chosen Split!
Jennifer: Oh…
Thomas Hunt: Well, well. That’s what it all comes down to, in the end. There is no form of entertainment more raw and painful than reality TV… and no act more raw and painful than the betrayal of a friend. Enjoy your reward, Danny. And let me say, you are exactly the person I thought you were.
Danny: …thanks?
Rewards
- 5 Diamonds
You look over to where Jennifer is turned away, sniffling softly…
Danny: Hey, come on… it’s just a game, right? And aren’t we supposed to cause as much drama as possible?
Jennifer: I know. I know. I just… I thought this was one of those shows where against all odds, friendship would triumph… But it turned out to be one of the shows where the friendship falls apart due to a selfish betrayal!
Danny: Sorry…
Thomas Hunt: But not sorry enough to split the money. In the immortal words of Bianca… Classic Danny. If it’s any consolation, Jennifer, the ratings on the campus network have been explosive. This is the most watched Hollywood U program since that viral video of Professor Gringles doing squats in his tighty-whities. Now, the entire university knows you… as the kind, devoted sweetheart snubbed by Danny!
Jennifer: I’m… I’m the sweetheart?
Thomas Hunt: Oh, definitely. Everyone out there is rooting for you. I’ll admit… even I found myself somewhat moved by your devotion.
Jennifer: Wait… does that mean… you enjoyed this reality TV?
Thomas Hunt: There may have been elements that were… not entirely awful.
Danny: You’re lying! You totally liked it!
Jennifer: Professor Hunt loves reality TV!
Thomas Hunt: I never said that! Turn off those cameras! Edit that out!
Jennifer: Hee hee!