Take the best offer

With all the craziness going on, you actually consider the offer. From the guy's memories, he's never done an older woman. In fact, it scares him due to his own inexperience.

"Really, I'm flattered that you'd consider me, bu ..."

"Then what are we waiting for." She loops her arm in yours and drags you toward a path through the bushes.

"Ah, um, won't they miss you?" you try to stop being kidnapped (that's a pun)

"Oh, don't be silly. It's not like I'm kryptonite and you're superman, although maybe I can help there."

Holy crap. This woman is not going to take a no. Maybe if I use the pen and ... Wait! That's the safety code phrase: kryptonite and superman.

Immediately your mind pulls up the proper rely. "Peter Parker wasn't afraid of spiders."

"Wonder Woman has a golden lariat."

"Supercar was a marionette show."

"Do you have any idea what's going on here?"

"The Purple Pimpernel was a sissy."

"Right. Look lad, there's five students taking the same test and one Type A trying to sabotage everything. None of them know about any of the others."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"I'm really horny, and you need experience," she purrs licking her lips.

"But what about the Bloom?"

"You mean this?" She holds up the necklace causing it to glow in the moonlight. You turn to look back, but you've rounded the hedge and can't see Alexandra any more to know if this is real or not.

"How, or better, why grab and tell me?"

"We've had our eyes on you for some time during training. This maze of idiots has proven that you can handle just about any situation. The only thing it hasn't proven is whether you can tell if I'm really your contact or just another thief that happened to pen them and get their skin and memories."

With that, she holds up a pen. You don't spend more than a nanosecond looking at it but watch her eyes looking for the telltale signs of another pair just behind those lenses. It's almost too shadowy to tell for sure, but you can see the pen slowly being leveled at you.

You choices are limited, and you have little time. Your own pen is in your hand, and you could do a preemptive strike. That way you can find out for sure, and it is acceptable protocol to verify your contact that way if you think he or she has been compromised.

There's also option number two. It's bold. It's dramatic, and it might be real fun. So you do it.

(Author: Wordsmitty)