Day 26: Triggered
The first thing the journalist did, after he sat down, was to turn over the clipboard containing the list of approved talking points.
Ever since then I've been playing a game of 10-dimensional chess.
I am not sure what game he thinks he's playing. KerPlunk, perhaps.
“Is there a conflict of interest between your well-publicised online work as a thot, and your behind-the-scenes role as armourer in this movie?” he enquires.
With one eye, I flash the mansplainer my best 'Yes girls can be armourers too; haven't you seen the Mandalorian?' expression. My other eye is focused on the screen of my mobile, as I pout my lips for my 9:15am Instagram selfie and apply the Lana Del Rey 1950s-chic filter.
“I mean, in your work as a thot, you are very much the focus of attention,” he clarifies. “Where-as working as an armourer effectively buries your name deep in the end credits of the film.”
“All I see are transferable skills,” I reply, coolly. “As an armourer I am responsible for firearm safety on set. As a thot I have a responsibility to ensure there are no wardrobe malfunctions. If I decide to go braless and then slide the spaghetti strap of my top partway down one shoulder, I need to be confident that the remaining strap will maintain its integrity. Because if it fails during a livestream, then I can kiss that Tik Tok sponsorship goodbye.”
To illustrate the seriousness of this situation, I withdraw my Glock from its shoulder holster and point it towards the man's head while mouthing a gunshot.
“The safety is off,” he remarks, blankly.
“That's correct. There are no safety nets in life.”
“No I mean the safety is off on the gun you are pointing at me.”
He ducks just in time to avoid the bullet that punctures the wall of the trailer behind him.
“They pay me to prevent accidents like that from occurring,” I explain, as I kiss the smoking barrel of the gun, withdrawing my lips a split second before a second bullet punches a ragged hole in the roof of the trailer. A sudden shaft of sunlight spotlights my tanned, heavily moisturised kneecap.
“That's right, drink it all in boy,” I murmur to myself. “If you want to see more then you'll have to pay me, piggy.”
“Well, I guess you should be getting back on the set,” says the journalist, flexing his manspread like he is performing sexist yoga.
“I could hang for a while,” I reply. “Pour me a shot of that tequila.”
A nearby gunshot is followed, a few moments later, by screams.
The journalist half looks up from his notebook.
“They're just rehearsing a scene,” I explain with reassuring confidence.
He nods and returns to his scribblings.
“So I have to ask you – is there any truth to the rumour that you accepted a donation of 5000 pastel-toned pant suits from the Clinton Foundation?”