Annika raises Mark's heart rate

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Annika decides to raise Mark’s heart rate by stressing him out. She attempts to accomplish this mostly by making Mark close his eyes while she pops balloons – her reasoning seeming to be that the anticipation of not knowing when the balloon will pop will stress him out; however, the pops seem to distress Annika more than Mark. She then moves on to throwing pillows at Mark’s face and yelling stressful things at him through a megaphone (such as a dire warning that is an impending financial crisis that will demolish the worth of Mark’s newly-purchased house). Finally, she declares Mark to be a prisoner of war and places a basked over his head while popping more balloons near his face. Annika manages to raise Mark’s heart rate by 24 beats; she earns fourth place.

(Written by Jenny R and proofread by Karl Craven)