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Chapter 20 by joeschwartz

What do you say?

You've got bigger fish to fry.

"I'm sorry Diana," you tell your friend, "But there's something weird going on, and I'm hoping Jasmine here is going to help me figure it out."

Jasmine nods seriously. "I'll do my best."

"Weird? What are you talking about?"

Diana looks flustered, and then turns to one of the few guys, Doofy Dan, lanking his way down the hall. "Dan! Want to sign a bunch of non-disclosure wavers and then get naked?"

Doofy Dan throws a thumbs-up and tosses his hair. "Righteous, Teach! Let's do it!"

Casting you a final, frustrated glance, Diana takes him firmly by the arm and drags him off.

"Ok, sorry about that," you say, "so, what do you think is happening?"

"I've been giving it some thought," Jasmine says, "And I think the best thing for us to do would be to rule out some of the obvious possibilities. I'm personally going to rule out holodeck simulation, because I feel quite real, although I invite you to do whatever tests you like."

Jasmine pauses expectantly, but you gesture for her to continue.

"What I'm more concerned with," she frowns, "is the possibility that we've been placed into some kind of Truman show situation with a bunch of actors. Also possible is that everyone here is real, but they've all been hypnotized to behave a certain way, except for some reason, you and I. Finally, we may be in some kind of altered reality, where the rules place you at the center of everything but for some reason we're the only ones aware of the change."

"...those are really the most plausible explanations?"

She gives you that sexy, Cheshire grin. "No, the most plausible explanation is that your friend Diana is a wildly unethical teacher with a crush on you, and that by coincidence this hallway is mostly full of women who find you attractive. The possibilities I named are just a lot more fun."

You watch a tall redhead with waist-length hair walk by you, eyeing you with a small smile on her face. When you meet her eyes, they dart away and quickly dart back. You sigh.

"Ok, let's start with the that," you finally say, "How do we disprove your simplest explanation. Maybe I'm just having a good-looking day...it doesn't have to be Truman Show, rated X."

"Sure," Jasmine responds, "And if that's the case, what's one thing that would never happen in real life, but would happen in this...sexy truman show?

How do you test this?

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