The Bachelor Challenge

Group Date 1, part 2

Day 2: Afternoon

It’s Day 2 and time for the Group Date. This is a great opportunity for the bachelorettes to get to know the bachelor in a casual, public atmosphere, and definitely not claw each others' eyes out to up our ratings. *fingers crossed* Kaley is the only bachelorette who's friends with Eric so the other girls have some catching up to do.

Eric wants to go swimming. It’s the last day of autumn, so I placed an indoor pool for them to visit. At noon, everyone travels to the pool. They're all ready for a good time.

Leah wears nothing but a towel. Girl, this is a public pool. No skinny dipping!!

I don't know if the Watcher has been following this show, obsessively posting on social media, and is not Team Leah. Or if one shouldn't go swimming while completely exhausted and starving.

...but Leah drowned.

There's the Grim reaping and everything. Take a beach bod selfie with Death, girlies! Don't forget to post "watching the competition literally die" to your stories on SimTok. 

Anyway.

I left the game without saving and went back in because apparently I discriminate against occult sims. Jk. Seriously though, I'm not playing a ghost or any occults in this particular challenge. So, I had to reverse time and ensure Leah doesn't die. (By forcing her to take a nap and eat.)

Alternate Timeline

Eric and Morgan sit at the side of the pool and talk. It starts out pretty standard "if money wasn't a concern, what would you do with your life" type date stuff.

Then Morgan confides in him that she can't shake this feeling that she's been here before. She has this dreadful, fuzzy dream of someone dying in front of her in these very waters. Eric freaks out. He thinks he's recently felt the chilling fingers of death also, but he can't place--

Whoa! Whoa! Guys, what? That's craaazzyy! Nothing like that has ever happened. A death during production would be a public relations nightmare. Everyone would be talking about it. They're not so it didn't happen... Those SimTok videos are AI faked! Obviously, Leah is right here. You two need to lay off the bubble bar. Also, do not mention your "concerns" to anyone else. Ever. Sign this NDA!

Quick! I need a distraction.

Snow begins to fall. (It went a mild warm day to cold enough for snow? A little extreme, not helping my "nothing strange is happening here" argument, but gets the job done.) The confused contestants rush inside the cafe to get out of the sudden cold weather.

We’re making the best of the situation. Dancing. Having fun. Forgetting that there’s a heated indoor pool and hot springs here.

In the cozy cafe, Eric, Morgan, Valentina, and Jasmine sit at a table and talk while eating tapas and hummus. Kaley joins as they discuss mental health and the importance of self-care.

Scarlet and Zuri sit off to the side at a table by themselves. Neither attempts to talk with Eric all day. Hmm… I think I know who I’ll start with for one-on-one dates tomorrow. 

The snow turns into a torrential thunderstorm. (Seriously?! Who's in charge of weather? It's probably some nepo baby. Fire them!) We’ll head home early. I don’t want anyone getting struck by lightning forcing me to manipulate time and minds again. 

Plus, these guys are ruining the vibe with their dramatic freakouts. It’s a storm not the end of the world, people. And you’re inside, but keep running outside into the danger, screaming, and we have to leave right now because I’m gonna need the tiny hobbit knife if one more Sim–

Back at the mansion, the grill catches on fire. I don't know who started it. No one confesses, but there are three suspects. 👀

Everyone freaks out except Zuri who grabs a fire extinguisher and bravely puts the flames out. Honestly, she’s a bit too calm.  Like this is a normal daily occurrence. How many fires have you extinguished, Zuri? And how many of them did you start?

As soon the flames are extinguished, the fire sprinklers turn on. Oh c’mon! The irony isn’t lost on a now soaking wet Zuri.

I let her have a relaxing mud bath as a thank you for saving the expensive mansion we're renting... I mean lives, for saving lives.

While she's relaxing, everyone else is outside screaming. Leah is having a bit of an existential crisis as this terrifying "near death" experience has unlocked a buried memory where she died.

While we bring out our on-set psychologist to convince her that's a lie and she's crazy, er, to help her through this difficult trauma, we'll end our day. Next episode our bachelorettes will be going on their first one-on-one dates with the bachelor. See you there!

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