Beneath the Ego - Chapter Two

Choosing a few intriguing contestants wasn't hard at all. Always choose what the producers want - that was Chris's motto for making money and staying alive. Reality shows sucked like that. They were so shallow, but Chris didn't have  many other choices. No other job would take him, at least ones with a pay he could live on. After splurging on himself during World Tour, he was on his last legs. He sometimes wondered if it was worth it, though. He could be something else. Something less painfully degrading. But he chose, well, this nutty job.
Next up was hiring the interns as desperate for money or experience as he was, apparently. They needed to seem tough enough to survive but were otherwise not a challenge to pick. He also needed female interns, so those were a tad trickier. Besides, after Dakota's mishap a season or two ago, what girl WANTED anywhere NEAR the show?
Apparently a few girls - though most just famethirsty maniacs.
"Hi, I'm Bay-" Whatever. Hope the water doesn't take your fake tanner off.
"Hellooooo, I'm-" Sharks or jellyfish? You look like a jellyfish girl.
"Hi there Chris!" You probably should be saying hi to the octopi.
There were only a few that struck Chris as being just normal girls looking for cash or something on a resume. They were all in, obviously. It was much easier to deal with normal kids.
'Normal kids'... Unlike anyone he ever knew.
"Here's the thing, Christopher."
Chris was blushing. He'd just been spitballed, laughed at, and humiliated in Human Studies class during which he was trying to give a speech. As he packed up, a female student stayed behind and approached him, making him blush a little more - embarrassed.
"Nobody's normal. While those kids are wild animals, you're a smart guy. A little weird maybe, but we all are. Normal is just really boring." He remembered her voice being softly reassuring to him, "By the way, your speech was wonderful..."
Rumor had it she offed herself a month or two later. Chris wasn't one to believe rumors, but this seemed common knowledge for students. He did decide, however, in spirit of her, these kids were not normal.
They just weren't crazy.