Day Two
Warning: Sexual references, Mean Girls references, profanity, mentions of suicide and murder.
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Boss: High ratings? No complaints from the parents? The police is not going to do anything?
Boss: Lily, this is great for the show, but for the participants... We'll talk about it later. *hangs up*
Boss: Aileen, my dear! Why are you awake already?
Aileen: Actually... I stayed up all night thinking about it, and I'm thinking about leaving BigTwin.
Boss: Leaving?
Aileen: What? The show will probably be ruined soon anyway, since the police will have to investigate.
Boss: You're wrong. Jonas didn't want to report it.
Aileen: ... WHAT?!
Boss: We can't force him to report!
Aileen: That just gives me more reasons for leaving.
Boss: Go ahead, not my problem. I just didn't expect you to give up so easily.
Aileen: You know what, Boss... I challenge you.
Aileen: A competition. Just between the two of us. If I win, I want an apology from you, for making me do that competition all by myself. And I also want three points!
Boss: And if I win?
Aileen: If you win, I'll leave. Which won't be a problem, because that's what I want to do anyway.
Boss: *amused* Fine. Challenge accepted.
Jack: Did you sleep well?
Kim: Yeah... Considering the situation...
Jack: Are you scared?
Kim: I don't know...
Jack: You don't have to worry. I'm sure there's an explaination for everything. Nobody here is going to hurt you. Especially not while I'm around...
Erika: Eh... Guys, I'm here too.
Jack: Erika!
Erika: Don't you think you should call your girlfriend instead of flirting with poor Kim?
Jack: *sigh* I told you, the relationship is open. We are free to do whatever and whoever we want...
Erika: Kim, want to get some breakfast?
Kim: Sure...
Erika: I don't want to pry into anyone else's business or anything but... What's going on between you and Jack?
Kim: I don't know...
Erika: He seems like the "heartbreaker" type...
Kim: Erika... I think he seems to be a lot more interested in you.
Erika: ... Huh?
Aileen: Hey, let's shut up about guys and remember the reason we are all here!
Erika: Aileen... I don't think we're all here for the same reason.
Kim: The Reason I'm Here...
Erika: I love that song!
Kim: Who doesn't?
Talkroom
Aileen: I don't understand how these girls work... Whatever, I don't need them. It wouldn't surprise me if one of them turned out to be the murderer. Or... Attempted-murderer, whatever the word is.
Jack: Hello!
Kim: Hi Jack!
Aileen: *rolls eyes* Oh great, Mr Sweet Talker is here again.
Boss: *walks in* I've got news for you!
Aileen: What, a new unfair competition? *walks*
Boss: Not this time, Aileen. I brought your friend back.
Jack: Hello Jonas! Good to see you!
Jonas: Hello... murderers.
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Charlie: ... And then she told me, "You can't sit with us" and I was like, "I'm not your bitch" then I walked out of there with my guitar.
Charlie: And after I walked out of there and got my nose piercing... And nowadays I guess I just want to prove to people that they can't just fuck around with me like that.
Rudhira: Well, I will always let you sit with me regardless of what you're wearing!
Boss: Ah, my favorite contestants....
Caelan: When you call us that it makes it sound like there are more of us.
Savannah: She could be talking about participants in an alternative universe... Hey Robert, why aren't you eating?
Charlie: Dude, I walked in on him drinking cooking oil, I think he'll be okay without food for a while.
Robert: *looks around horrified*
Jack: Jonas, we talked about this while you were gone, and we all agree that it seems highly unlikely...
Jonas: "Highly unlikely" my ass. Hm... I wonder if you poisoned me.
Jack: Jonas...
Jonas: You did a pretty shitty job. 'Cus I mean, I'm still alive. You thought poison would make everything look like it was the alcohol, right?
Jonas: Oh, you are so funny. *laughs* Next time, be a little bit more creative! Maybe you should try to strangle me to death!
Jonas: Or you could shoot me with a gun!
Jonas: Oh, or even better, you could stab me to death with...
Talkroom
Aileen: Erika looks very guilty. I wonder why...
Jack: Jonas, that's enough. We are glad you are OK.
Jonas: I think the guy who tried to kill me disagrees!
Kim: Who says it's a guy?
Jonas: Are you implying something, Kim?
Boss: I'm back, and I have some great news for you!
Aileen: Good, it's needed.
Boss: You are going to be photographed!
Everyone: Huh?
Minseo: Hello, I'm Minseo Chou. I'm Boss' stylist, and she chose me specifically for this.
Minseo: It's very simple. BigTwin is going well and a lot of magazines have requested photos of you. We will start with normal photos of you, then we will move on to take photographs in different themes; like winter, friendship, spring, love... Understood?
Aileen: You are making money out of us almost getting killed?
Minseo: Actually, the one who wins the competition will make money, so you are the ones who earn money by almost getting killed.
Minseo: Any questions? Anyone who volunteers to go first?
Minseo: You, with dark brown hair?
Erika: Fine...
Minseo: Smile!
Minseo: Perfect! Next!
Minseo: Marvellous! Next!
Minseo: So much emotion! Next!
Minseo: Wonderful! Next!
Minseo: Oh my...
Aileen: Is there a problem?
Minseo: You were on the cover of a fashion magazine recently, weren't you?
Aileen: Possible, I work as a model at PlumbBob Model Management.
Minseo: I think I will enjoy photographing you today.
Aileen: Of course you will, I've been a model for over two years. *laughs*
Minseo: That's really good. BigTwin will definitely help your career.
Aileen: That's what I'm hoping for!
Minseo: Smile!
Minseo: Flawless.
Minseo: Let's go upstairs and get you all some nicer clothes and makeup. The cameramen can follow, but no filming during the shooting!
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Talkroom
Kim: I wanted to talk to Jack, but I kept hearing Erika's voice in my head, saying "He seems like the heartbreaker type"... I don't understand what his intentions are.
Jonas: Oh dear, look what she did to my hair!
Erika: Dude, look what she did to mine.
Talkroom
Aileen: The photoshoot was great, it's good to have an advantage for once. Everyone forgot to take off their makeup, so when we got back to the house...
Jack: You know what, I'm really rocking this lipstick.
Kim: Indeed you do. Red is really your color...
Jack: *shows off biceps*
Kim: *giggles*
Erika: Red lipstick huh?
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Talkroom
Aileen: It took a while before I realised the weird guy was checking me out.
Jonas: Back in Black?
Aileen: Highway to Hell.
Jonas: I hear that...
Aileen: Your shirt is dirty.
Jonas: I thought you liked it that way.
Aileen: Ha-ha.
Talkroom
Aileen: It was weird, but then I remembered that they all probably have tactics they use to make the viewers like them. So I thought, why not play along to make it more interesting?
Aileen: No one should wear a dirty shirt like that. Take it off.
Jonas: You would like that, huh?
Aileen: There are a lot of things I like-
Erika: GUYS! Get a room!
Boss: You missed the results for today's question.
Aileen: It's hard to watch television while being photographed, don't you think?
Boss: *ignores* The question for today was, "which hair color does most of the participants have"? Overall, not only the ones in the house.
Aileen: And the answer was...?
Boss: The correct answer was "brown hair". Shira answered it correctly.
Aileen: No way! Does that mean I get points?
Boss: Only 1+ point, but that won't matter since you are leaving today...
Aileen: What has that got to do with anything?
Boss: Oh, I'm sorry, did you want to keep it a secret?
Aileen: You know what... It doesn't matter, because no matter what our competition will be, I'm going to crush you!
Boss: Quite the character, isn't she? *smiles* So entertaining.
Aileen: How dare she accuse me of being a coward... *releases hair*
Jonas: Hey, why are the paintings gone?
Aileen: I don't know, I haven't touched them...
Jonas: Damn it, even the vampire-alien porn poster is gone...
Aileen: I don't really understand you, or how your plan - to make the viewers like you - works.
Jonas: Nobody expects you to understand it either.
Aileen: One second, you're like "AAAARGH I'M JONAS BLEEEEERGH I'M SCARY", then you try to stab yourself, and then you flirt with me. What am I supposed to think about you?
Jonas: My personality died together with every person I've ever cared about. I'm not... healthy.
Aileen: Well, the latter is obvious, but who did you lose?
Jonas: Nothing can ever bring her back... Not them either...
Aileen: I lost my dad when I was eight. Don't beat yourself up, there is nothing you could have done.
Jonas: ... If only that was true... Although it isn't... and nobody could ever hate themselves as much as I do when I think about it...
Aileen: Look... I'm sorry, but I'm leaving today. Do me a favor and find someone to talk to. I don't know what happened to you, but you can't live like that.
Jonas: *ignores the last sentences* Why are you leaving?
Aileen: First of all, I don't want to get killed. Second of all... I don't get along with anyone here.
Jonas: I hate those three. Kim is too much of a goody-two-shoes, Erika can't just mind her own business, and Jack flirts with all of them.
Aileen: Wow... You stole the words right out of my mouth. I'm convinced it's Erika.
Jonas: I'm convinced it's all three of them, but I don't care if they kill me.
Aileen: Fine, whatever. Do you want to watch when I compete with Boss?
Jonas: Sure, I'd love to watch...
Talkroom
Aileen: I wish I could figure him out. Oh well... I'm leaving today anyway. The only thing I should worry about is how to lose this competition without looking like a loser...
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Boss: Are you ready?
Aileen: Adjö.
Jonas: I didn't know you spoke Swedish too...
Aileen: It's a shame we couldn't get to know each other better. *hugs*
Jonas: Farväl.
Ready, set...
Go!
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Talkroom
Aileen: I kept running, fighting to win. And I asked myself: "Why do I even care? I want to leave anyway, so why do I even bother trying?"
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Talkroom
Aileen: And that's when I realized, no matter how fucked up it is, I wanted to win. I wanted to stay. I remembered what I told my mother before I left for BigTwin...
"Aileen Yahentz is never second best. Either she wins the competition, or she never participated in it to begin with. And when I get home, we will have enough money to afford everything we need. I won't have to work anymore, so I will be able to go back to school and get an education. Maybe I can become a doctor like papa always wanted me to be. Losing is not an option."
Aileen: And that's how it's done!
Jonas: What? You are staying?
Aileen: Yes... *hugs tightly*
Jonas: Thank you.
Aileen: Huh? For what?
Boss: Aileen...
Boss: I apologize for making you do that competition all by yourself. It was very unprofessional. The three points you requested will be added to you.
Aileen: Thanks Boss, I appreciate it.
Jonas: Do you think the murderers miss us?
Aileen: Nah, they are probably just sad we didn't leave forever.
Jonas: *laughs*
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A couple of hours later...
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Erika: *cleaning the sink*
Savannah: I'm really sorry, but you missed a spot...
Erika: Who the fuck are you and why are you commenting the way I clean?!
Savannah: I'm the darker side of Savannah Lichtenstein... Evil Savannah.
Erika: ... What?!
Savannah: I don't have time to explain myself. Listen, I think we are being fooled.
Erika: What do you mean?
Savannah: I, and four others, are locked inside a house where we are supposed to compete against each other for money, as part of a reality show called "BigTwin". Does that sound familiar to you?
Aileen: *sleeping*
Aileen: *sings* I can't find your face in a thousand masqueraders. You're hidden in the colors of a million other lost charades.
Aileen: In life's big parade, I'm the loneliest spectator. Because you're gone without a trace in a sea of faceless imitators.
Aileen: I can't take another night, burning inside this...
Aileen: Hell is living without your love. Ain't nothing without your...
Aileen: Touch me, heaven would be like hell, is living without you.
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End of Day Two!
Summary:
This chapter was very Aileen-centered and therefore focused a lot on her. She challenged Boss to a competition and made a deal: if she lost, she would leave BigTwin, if she won, she would recieve 3+ points and an apology for how Boss treated her in Day One. We also found out that there is a second house with other participants who seem to think they are the BigTwin contestants.
Jonas came back and revealed that he will not report the murder attempt to the police, for (so far) unknown reasons. After that the participants were photographed and we found out that Aileen is a model. She flirted a lot with Jonas and the two of them realized they had more in common than expected. Aileen won the competition against Boss. At the end of the day one of the participants from the other house, Savannah, appeared in front of Erika and explained that he thinks they are being tricked.
Points:
Aileen: 4
Jack: 3
Kim: 3
Jonas: 0
Erika: 0