The NNN Challenge

John Doe (you) was a simple man. Your routine predictable, your physique average. 5”10, brown hair, blue eyes. Honestly, basically nothing could be said to be making you stand out from the masses. It’s a harsh curse to be average, but there can be some good. For example, it makes you the perfect test subject…

You had finally finished his day of work and made it home. The office isn’t exactly exhausting, but it comes with its own form of mental toll. All the hours sitting, doing the same mindless tasks over and over. You’d love to have something more spicing up your life. And for once, you don’t just wish for it, you wonder how you could make it happen.

You place your coat on the hanger by the door and step properly into your apartment, thinking hard, when it pops up. A bright glowing text box in front of your face, rimmed with a small line of blue, and stating the absolute impossible.

*~SYSTEM SURVEY REQUEST: NNN GREETINGS USER ‘JOHN’ SYSTEM IS IN NEED OF A SUBJECT FOR FURTHER TESTING. UPON SUCCESSFUL TESTING USER ‘JOHN’ WILL RECEIVE 4.5 MILLION IN BANK ACCOUNT. SELECT ‘ACCEPT’ TO SIGN UP FOR PROGRAM, ‘DECLINE’ TO OPT OUT, OR ‘INFO’ FOR SPECIFICS.*

You could do nothing but stare for several minutes at this floating box. It felt partially tangible when you reached out, seeming to hold steady for a moment until you pressed harder, and it went unsubstantial and sent you stumbling.

When you finally get over the impossibility of the box itself, the insane technology that must be present for such a thing, you can scarcely believe the message itself. 4 and a half million?!? You know enough to recognize NNN as No Nut November, which automatically expands to such when you wonder if that really is what it’s referring to. You could do that, couldn’t you?

*SYSTEM NOTICE: USER ‘JOHN’ HAS ONE MINUTE TO MAKE A DECISION, OR BE AUTOMATICALLY OPTED OUT.*

One minute to make a decision. Is info a decision? Surely it must be. What even is this? Does it matter for so much money?!?