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[GROUP CHAT: TRIVIA TITANS]
*Tess has added Joel Adams to the group*
TESS: Trivia night is ON, nerds. Saturday. Two weeks from now. My house. No excuses.
AARON: Who are you calling a nerd?
GIDEON: You wear glasses.
TESS: HOT NERD!
SOFIA: Try not to look tragic when I win. I’d hate for your faces to ruin the group photo.
JOEL: How did you get my number?
TESS: Joel, let me reintroduce you to Aaron, my husband in cybersecurity.
JOEL: Remove me from this group.
KENZIE: Joel, wait...
*Joel Adams has left the group*
*Tess has added Joel Adams to the group*
TESS: Nice try, dark and broody. You’re in.
JOEL: No.
SOFIA: Yes.
GIDEON: Yup.
AARON: I don’t want to sleep on the couch, so yes.
KATE: This is the Ninth Circle of Hell, and there’s no escape. Trust me, I’ve tried.
KENZIE: ... [ typing ]
JOEL: Still no.
TESS: Kenzie’s fake fiancé doesn’t get a vote. When the ring is real, the vote is real.
*Joel Adams has left the group*
*Tess has added Joel Adams to the group*
*Joel Adams has left the group*
*Tess has added Joel Adams to the group*
TESS: This is the cardio I was born for.
GIDEON: Give it up, Joel.
AARON: Resistance is futile.
SOFIA: And if you keep this up, Tess will put you on snacks duty.
KATE: Hey, I’m in charge of snacks. I’ve already planned a raw veggie platter with a ranch dip.
GIDEON: Sweetheart, I beg you, have mercy.
SOFIA: Save it for the bedroom, you two.
KENZIE: Ooh, that sounds delicious! Nothing beats a thick dip.
SOFIA: Wow. That’s one way to spice up trivia night.
KENZIE: I mean, the dip! The dip sounds delicious! I could go all night with the right dip.
GIDEON: You’re just digging the hole deeper, Kenz.
TESS: Sweet Kenzie, gone rogue.
JOEL: Okay, leave her alone.
TESS: Fake fiancé, real body bodyguard!
AARON: On a side note, celery will never be delicious.
SOFIA: No one panic. I’ll bring candy, chocolate, chips, and other deep-fried goodies.
KATE: Sofia? What are you talking about?
SOFIA: Crap, crap, crap. Wrong group.
KATE: There’s another group? AND I’M NOT IN IT?
*Aaron Sinclair has left the group*
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*Joel Adams has left the group*
KENZIE: Uh... I think it’s just the three of us now.
KATE: Bunch of cowards.
TESS: Leave it to me.
*Tess has added Aaron Sinclair to the group*
*Tess has added Gideon Walker to the group*
*Tess has added Sofia Wargrave to the group*
*Tess has added Joel Adams to the group*
TESS: Now apologize. All of you.
AARON: Sorry, Kate.
GIDEON: Sorry, sweetheart.
SOFIA: Apologies are not my thing. But fine, I’ve deleted TEAM SUGAR RUSH.
KATE: You should all be ashamed of yourselves.
KENZIE: I’m sure they are. And I’m sure they’ll never create another secret group again.
GIDEON: We won’t.
KATE: Wait, there’s already another group, isn’t there? Gideon always has a backup plan.
KATE: Gideon?
GIDEON: Fine, I’ve deleted SWEET & GREASY.
SOFIA: It was a ridiculous name, anyway.
GIDEON: Hey, no one came up with anything better.
JOEL: DOUGHNUT DISTURB.
JOEL: FRY ME TO THE MOON.
AARON: I want him on my team.
SOFIA: No way. I call dibs on the Word Wizard.
KENZIE: We are so going to win trivia!
TESS: Nice try. You might have Brains McBroody on your team, but you will LOSE.
KATE: Why does trivia feel like the eternal blood sport?
JOEL: You know what feels eternal? This chat.
*Joel Adams has left the group*
*Tess has added Joel Adams to the group*