You’re just testing one

It’s been a good day. I meal prepped my lunches and dinners for the work week, edited Chapters 2 and 3 of my novel, and watched the season premiere of Doctor Who, which I very much enjoyed! After this blog post it will be time to put away the dinners I prepped and walk Darcy (my dog).

Here’s today’s very random First Sentence:

“Just work together.”

I raise a skeptical eyebrow. “This isn’t a school project.”

“Please tell me they didn’t teach you that you can only work with other people if it’s for a school project.”

“Of. Course. Not. But how do you ‘work together’ in a battle to the death?”

She bursts out laughing. “You’re so dramatic! You’re not actually fighting a battle to the death! You’re just testing one.”

“Yes, but the principle is the same. We’re simulating the contestants.”

“You’re testing the program. Talk to the rest of the team. Brainstorm everything that needs to be tested and divide it up.”

“They’re trained assassins and professional imperial warriors. I’m a reality manipulator. I don’t want to talk to them.”

“Then it’s too bad you can’t manipulate them out of your reality.”

“Oh, ha ha ha, very funny.”

“Seriously, though. What are you worried about? You’ve been hired to do a job. They’re not there to pick you as their next mark.”

I can’t say I find that reassuring. I’ve never even killed a bug.