If someone had told me last month that I'd be fighting for my life — in both love and literal survival — because of a dating app, I would have laughed in their face. Hard. But here I was, stuck in a half-broken elevator with four strangers, all because we signed up for "TrueMatch Quest," the hottest, craziest new dating app on the market.
It was supposed to be simple. Swipe. Chat. Date. Maybe fall in love.
Instead?
We got an "exclusive real-life experience" that turned out to be a deranged scavenger hunt across the entire city, complete with fake kidnappings, embarrassing dares, and—oh right—someone definitely chasing us with a rubber chicken sword.
Allow me to introduce the unlucky contestants:
Jessie – Queen of sarcasm, serial ghoster, and somehow our unofficial leader.
Milo – Tech geek with a heart too big for his own good (and the worst liar in the group).
Zara – Fashionista, vlogger, and the only one who packed high heels for a "casual adventure."
Leo – Amateur magician, terrible cook, full-time chaos gremlin.
Me, Tessa – Professional overthinker, underachiever, and apparently now... a fugitive from love?
The madness started when we were lured into a "special event" hosted by TrueMatch Quest. The prize? A luxury vacation for two... with your perfect match.
The catch? You had to survive a series of increasingly ridiculous and suspicious challenges designed to test "romantic compatibility." Think "Escape Room" meets "Wipeout," with a splash of blind dates from hell.
And now, somewhere between dodging flying cupcakes, getting locked in an abandoned zoo, and accidentally releasing a parade of confused alpacas into downtown traffic, we were beginning to suspect this wasn't just a marketing stunt.
Something bigger—and way crazier—was going on.
And trust me, falling in love was the least of our problems.