A/N: Alright, no more 8,000 word chapters. Things are going to be shorter now. Hope you like them!
"Welcome to season 8 of Total Drama!" Scott said. "It's Bermuda Square vs Tripartite Alliance vs Classics! I'm Scott, your host for this season. In the past, we've had many powerful manipulators, myself included. But, only 2 major manipulators have won: Heather, who managed to pull it off in World Tour, and Mark, the leader of the powerful Bermuda Square in 60 Club. We've taken a power couple from the Tripartite Alliance, Bermuda Square, and the classic manipulators, each with their own ways of manipulation, and put the . Then, each will get 4 newbies on their team, for 3 6-person teams. That's 18 contestants battling it out for $1,000,000! The rules are still the same; every so often, the players will compete in a challenge for immunity. The team that comes in last place in each challenge will have to vote someone out. Once the teams merge, individual immunity is up for grabs, and whoever doesn't win is on the chopping block. The last person standing wins one million dollars! Welcome to Total! Drama! BvTvC!" He said the title one letter at a time, but quickly, as if saying "bee-vee-tee-vee-see." The theme song played.
"Let's bring in the classics!" Scott said. A boat pulled up, carrying Heather and Alejandro, with Alejandro carrying Heather, and Heather having a smug look.
"This game is ours," Alejandro said.
"Heather, Alejandro, welcome!' Scott said. "This is your chance to show down against the manipulators you haven't had a shot to face yet."
"We're the classics, then?" Heather replied.
"Well, you are the classic manipulator!"
"It makes sense you make me your novio," Alejandro noted.
"You fell for me first!"
"True. But I made you nervous first!"
"Also true. By the way, do NOT listen to Lindsay or Tyler when they show up."
"You called?" Tyler said, as he and Lindsay pulled up in the next boat.
"Lindsay and Tyler are here!" Scott said.
"Tripartite Alliance, motherfuckers!" Lindsay said. "Remember me, Heather?"
"Uh, yeah. I told you you lost 60 Club!" Heather replied.
"I thought I read the vote!" Alejandro replied.
"Allow me to play tiebreaker here?" Mark said, as he and Sierra pulled up in the next boat, holding hands. "Alejandro read the votes."
"Dammit…" Heather said.
"Mark and Sierra have arrived!" Scott said.
"We have returned to continue our ass kicking!" Mark declared.
"You two look like a couple!" Lindsay said. "Are you cheating?"
"It's more of a 4-way relationship," Sierra explained. "Mark and Eva are a VERY close second in my heart to Cody!
"Alright," Scott said, "Mark and Sierra, stand on the blue mat. Heather and Alejandro, purple mat. Lindsay and Tyler, orange mat. Let's bring in the new contestants!" A boat pulled up, carrying a girl with her hair in a bun, a black shirt, and blue skirt; a boy with buzz cut brown hair, a red shirt, and blue shorts; a girl with long black hair, eye black, a black shirt and black skirt; and a boy with a mark on both of his shoulder blades drawn with eye black, a red tank top, and blue shorts. "Welcome to the island Parvati, Cynthia, Rajah, and Cody M!"
"EEEEE it's Mark!" the girl with the bun said, running over and hugging Mark. "I'm Cynthia!"
"You wanna piss off Eva?!" Sierra said, both playfully and warning Cynthia to back off.
"Eh, don't worry," Mark said, "my football team's naked in front of each other, but I'm not about to fuck them!" That caused some laughter. Cynthia blushed a little.
"I know I can't go up against Mark or Sierra, and expect any chance of winning," Cynthia said in the confessional. "I'm going to pretend to go Sierra on Mark, and get him to trust me, and then bam! I vote him and Sierra off!"
"Cynthia appears to be a pretty big fan," Mark said in the confessional. "Maybe a stalker fangirl. Do you know what that means? A vote. And I need as many votes as possible in this game."
"There is something about this Cynthia girl I just don't like," Sierra said in the confessional. "Hopefully, she's not on our team. Heh, maybe she'll be on Team Tripartite!"
"Cynthia pretty clearly wants to be on Team Bermuda Square!" Scott mentioned.
"Hey, guys!" the boy with the marks on his shoulder blades said. "The name's Cody, not the one Sierra loves, but you can call me CoCo!'
"CoCo, huh?" Heather said.
"Welcome to the island!" Sierra said. "What's with those marks on your shoulder blades?"
"All you need to know is that it's gotta do with my girl back home, Demi. My nickname's gotta do with her too. Sorry, ladies, I'm taken."
"I wasn't interested!" the girl dressed in all black said, annoyed. "Parvati."
"That sounds familiar…" Heather mentioned.
"My last name is NOT Shallow," Parvati said.
"Oh yeah, human universe Survivor!" Alejandro said.
"I swear, if my name gets me voted out…" Parvati said in the confessional.
"That leaves me," the boy with the black shirt said. "They call me Rajah."
"Wassup, Raj?" Tyler said. "You good being called Raj?"
"All my friends do. I guess we're cool."
"Well," Scott said, "you're on one of these teams. Who do you think you're on?"
"I hope we're on Team Bermuda Square!" Cynthia said.
"Probably Team Tripartite…" Parvati said.
"Frankly, I feel like we may be the classics," CoCo said. "I hope we're the classics; I can take down Heather and Alejandro a hell of a a lot easier than I can take down Sierra and Mark."
"And yet, we beat them in World Tour…" Alejandro said.
"Because I got disqualified!" Sierra argued.
"Yeah, you were supposed to be voted out in Drumheller, dude," Mark said. "And you two went first in 60 Club!"
"I sorta feel like we'll be Team Bermuda Square," Rajah said.
"Well," Scott said, "Rajah, Cynthia, you two are right! Blue mat! Sierra, Mark, CoCo, Cynthia, Rajah, Parvati, you guys are Team Bermuda Square."
"Check it," Parvati said. "You'll hear me say that a lot."
"What does that even mean?" Heather questioned.
"It's a general exclamation. Its meaning depends on when I spit it."
"You're talking like a guy!" CoCo said.
"Well, yeah, I do all the 'boy' things at school; I'm on the football team, I'm roasting everyone with no mercy, and frankly, some guys think I'm just another one of the boys. I ain't afraid to admit that I'm a total tomboy."
"You woulda gotten along well with Eva," Sierra noted.
"I do. We go to the same gym. Well, did, before she moved to Seattle to be with Mark. I mean, with the mansion and all, I don't blame her."
"Yeah, 250 million dollars can flip your life upside-down."
"Well, this is only for a mil," Scott noted. "But a million would be nice for any of you!"
"True," Cynthia noted.
"Let's bring in the next 4 vic- er, contestants!"
"You sound like Chris," Lindsay noted.
"Well, I sure hope I'm a better host than him."
"It's hard not to be," Sierra remarked. "Heck, Topher was the host when me and Cody got engaged!"
The next boat pulled up. It had a boy with buzz-cut black hair, a black shirt, and navy blue pants; a boy with blonde hair, a white shirt, and black pants; a girl with long brown hair, a white shirt, and brown pants; and a girl dressed identical to Parvati, but in red instead of black.
"It's Bill, Aram, Kiki, and Rosemary!" Scott announced.
"Bill, yo," the boy with the buzzcut said.
"Bill?" Heather said. "Alright, then."
"Cool, cool," Lindsay said. "Let's see what you got."
"Oh, I got plenty, girl."
"Hey, y'all," the girl in red said. "The name's Rosemary."
"Rosemary, huh?" Tyler said. "I've got a friend back home named Rosemary."
"Cool," the girl in the white shirt said. "I'm Kiki."
"Alright, I've already got a strategy going into this," Rosemary said in the confessional. "Imma make an alliance with some other sucker on this team, and we'll take down the team I'm on until it's just me and my ally left. Then, when we hit the merge, we get the other 2 teams to try to pagong each other, with us voting with the smaller team, keeping them focused on taking each other down, and then, me and my ally make it to the final 2! It's a combination of a Scott and Noah scheme, really."
"Well, I'm Aram," the boy in the white shirt said.
"Hello, Aram," Tyler said.
"You know, I feel like I might end up on your team," Aram said.
"Same," Rosemary replied. Kiki and Bill nodded their heads.
"Well, you're right!" Scott said. "Bill, Aram, Rosemary, Kiki, orange mat. You guys, Tyler, and Lindsay are Team Tripartite Alliance."
"Alright," Bill said.
"Sure," Rosemary said.
"Bring in our final 4!" Scott said.
The next boat pulled up, carrying a boy with a white shirt with a diagonal red stripe and blue pants, and black hair; a boy with a soul patch, black hair, a red shirt with a diagonal white stripe and black pants; a girl that looked identical to Kitty but in blue; and a girl with long black hair, a blue coat and black shirt, and black pants.
"WHAT'S UP, PEEPS?" the boy with the soul patch yelled, jumping off the boat.
"Jeez, is your strategy to deafen the competition?" Heather questioned.
"WHAT? YOU NOT CAN HANDLE BIG V? My name's Victor, and I'm here to KICK ASS!"
"Plot twist: Victor is just Liam in disguise!" Mark said, causing some laughter.
"Liam? That guy's cool, yo."
"I'm looking for physical game to get me that mil," Victor said in the confessional. "Hopefully, I find myself immune at all them eliminations. A cancellation or immunity idol would also help, too. Lone problem is, I gotta stay immune, or these guys boot me, think they can't beat me in the final challenge. Hoping I can also win with my social game, just being all cool to all everyone. Basically, I be looking to do Owen's game in season 1, but with much more immunity. That boy done only won immunity twice in merge: once with Heather, and once to win 'gainst Gwen."
"Hey, everyone!" the girl in blue said. "I'm Mia!"
"You look friendly enough," Heather said.
"Yeah, I like to think I'm pretty nice," Mia said.
"Be careful out there, girl," Mark said.
"I know, I know!"
"Yeah, alright. Can we just get started?" the girl in the black shirt said.
"And who, exactly, are you?" the boy in the white shirt with a red stripe questioned.
"Same to you, boy."
"I'm Gerald."
"And I'm Jenna."
"So, that's what we got, huh?" Alejandro said.
"Eh, could be worse," Heather said.
"Well, I know we're going to dominate these ametuer manipulators!"
"We'll see about that, buster," Cynthia said. "No one beats Mark!" She gave Mark a hug, which he returned.
"Except me," Cynthia said in the confessional.
"I know it looks bad, Eva," Mark said in the confessional, "and believe me, it's only gonna get worse. But you're not here, and I need as many votes as I can get, and as many people looking for the cancellation idol as I can. Just watch; this will go over great."
"Anyway," Scott said, "head to your cabins. Actually, before you go, this season, there are 3 cancellation idols hidden around camp. These 3 cancellation idols form a triangle, at the centroid of which, there is an immunity idol. It no longer looks like a Chris head, and you will discover what it looks like when you find it. It does come with a note, I should mention. One more thing: in the event of a tie, we will not go directly to a tiebreaker. We will instead have a revote. The people involved in the tie will not vote, and everyone else can only vote for the tied players. If there is another tie, the tied players will face off in a tiebreaker challenge. Head to your cabins!"
In Team Bermuda Square's cabin…
"I'm guessing you're on our side, right, Cynth?" Mark said.
"Of course I am!" Cynthia replied. "As long as Sierra doesn't start calling me Cody."
"I was drugged!" Sierra protested. "Damn Chinese grandma, screwing up my chances at winning All-Stars."
"Least it lowered your threat level for 60 Club," Mark said. "Anyway, Cynthia, I'm REALLY happy to have you on our side. Cody may have been ungrateful to Sierra at first, but I'm not about to make the same mistake with you. We NEED your vote to have any shot. I'll bet you anything that Rajah, Parvati, and CoCo are making an alliance against us right now."
On the other side of the cabin…
"Look," CoCo said, "we need to take down Alliance Bermuda Square, and fast. We need to make an alliance against Mark and Sierra!"
"I'm in," Parvati said, "but we only have 3 votes. Why don't we get Cynthia on our side?" Rajah and CoCo looked at Parvati funny. "Oh, right."
"Well, she's no Parvati Shallow," Rajah said in the confessional. "Suggesting trying to get Cynthia in on an anti-Mark alliance? That's like- no, that's identical to trying to get Sierra in on an anti-Cody alliance! You've got a better shot trying to convince Lindsay to give immunity to Heather than getting Cynthia to vote against Mark!"
"Well, we've got 2 options," Parvati said. "Try to pull a Screaming Gophers Mk III, or win a tiebreaker."
"I wouldn't count on the latter," CoCo said. "Mark's bound to find an idol."
"True. Just try to win challenges, alright? I don't like our chances against any of the 3."
"I've got an idea," Rajah said. "Maybe we should vote out Cynthia? No way they play the idol on her! And just to be extra-sure, we throw the first challenge!"
"I suppose we could beat Cynthia in a tiebreaker," Parvati replied. "Deal."
"So, what should we call ourselves?"
"How about Blue Triangle?"
"I like it," CoCo said.
"Sure!" Rajah said.
In the woods…
Rosemary was looking for the cancellation idol, when she ran into Kiki.
"Looking for the idol?" Kiki asked.
"Yeah," Rosemary replied. "Anyway, I'm glad you're here. I've got a plan to get one lucky member of Team Tripartite to the end, and, well, you just struck gold. There's just one hitch: this plan involves throwing challenges. A LOT of them, and then having to win when the team's down to 2. That's the first part of the plan. The second part of the plan, I'll explain when we get to it."
"So, it's a Scott scheme?"
"Yeah, but don't worry. My scheme requires a good ally, and you look good for the job."
"Yeah, I'm as loyal as Zoey," Kiki replied.
"Alright. Welcome aboard. What should we call ourselves?"
"How about the Thorns? I mean, your name's Rosemary, and roses have thorns, so…"
"Eh, sure, why not?"
"Kiki looks weak enough," Rosemary said in the confessional, "I think I can beat her in the end. Now, I just have to seduce the boys, Aram and Bill. Or, better yet, find that idol! I want to get Lindsay and Tyler out of here first.
In the Classics cabin…
"OK, we need to figure out how to not get voted out," Heather said. "We're the targets, no doubt."
"I have no intentions of repeating 60 Club," Alejandro said. "I wish to repeat World Tour, except that it will be me winning the $1,000,000."
"In your dreams, novio. But I won't kick you in the balls this time."
"Good. That was quite painful. But what are you waiting for? Get that idol!"
"No, you do it. I'm going to try to get votes."
"Alright, then, mi amour." Alejandro kissed Heather on the cheek as he walked off.
"I'm engaged to him, yes," Heather said in the confessional, "but he's also a vote. And in this game, I don't keep track of rings, I keep track of votes. What's the point of a ring if it doesn't give you immunity?"
Later…
"Challenge time!" Scott said over the PA. "Everyone to the dock!"
On the dock…
"Before we get to today's challenge," Scott said, "I need each team to pick 2 swimmers, 2 carriers, and 2 problem solvers. Once you do that, we'll begin the challenge."
With Team Bermuda Square…
"Mark's definitely not a swimmer," Cynthia said.
"That's, like, my achilles heel," Mark said. "That's, like, not a secret."
"Not much Cynthia knows can creep me out," Mark said in the confessional. "Sure, she'll bring up facts that I don't bring up all the time, but pretty much everything about me is commonly available information if you ask, or look at my scouting pages, but I won't bring it up unless you ask or I've got another reason to bring it up. I haven't bothered to take 'em down, and I probably won't, especially since fans are probably already circulating archived versions of them. Heck, I bet Sierra's slapped one on her blog!"
"I'll swim," Sierra said.
"So will I," Cynthia said. "As much as I'd like to be in the same pair as Mark, I also want immunity."
"Well, in that case, I was more crazy about Cody then you are about Mark!"
"Yeah, I'm a bit more levelheaded ."
"That's good news," CoCo said. "I'll carry."
"Yeah, I'm a pretty good carrier, too," Parvati said. "Too bad Eva's not here."
"It's sad, yeah," Mark said.
"Aw, cheer up!" Cynthia said. "At least I'm here for you!"
"Yeah, that's nice!"
"OK, he and Eva don't look so strong," Parvati said in the confessional. "Maybe Big House threw them in the wrong direction?"
"I'd like to say this again," Mark said in the confessional, "yeah, Cynthia's friendly, but I'm all about Eva. I'm playing Cynthia for a vote, alright? No need to break the TV, Eva."
"Mark's got a good brain," Rajah said, "right?"
"Yeah," Mark replied. "I'll do the puzzle. And so will Rajah. This looks good to me."
"Alright," Rajah said.
With Team Tripartite Alliance…
"I'll do problem solving!" Rosemary said.
"I feel like the problem solvers will have to solve a puzzle," Rosemary said in the confessional, "which allows me to take time, which means challenge loss, which means my plan works. And hopefully, Lindsay can get the boot."
Rosemary nudged Kiki.
"Oh!" Kiki said. "So will I!" Rosemary smiled.
"I call swimming!" Tyler said.
"That leaves Lindsay, me, and Bill," Aram said. "I'll carry."
"You wanna swim or carry, Lindsay?" Bill asked.
"She may not look strong," Bill said in the confessional, "but she doesn't look smart either. And the name of this team begs to differ from her being dumb."
"I'll carry," Lindsay said.
"Honestly, I could do any of these," Lindsay said in the confessional, "but I don't want Aram sabotaging this team for the sake of voting me out. He seems like that sort of guy. Rosemary, though, she seems legit."
With team Classics…
"I'll carry," Alejandro said.
"So will I," Jenna said.
"I swim, alright?" Victor said.
"Sure," Mia said, "if you don't mind swimming with me."
"No problem. You look like a good swimmer, no?"
"Aw, thanks!" Mia blushed a little.
"OK, she's cute," Victor said in the confessional. "Question is: she my type? We find out soon, no?"
"That leaves you and me as problem solvers," Heather said to Gerald.
"Sure," Gerald said.
"I'm like the jack of all stats," Gerald said in the confessional. "My biggest strength is that I have no weakness, and my biggest weakness is that I have no strength. I can do anything well, but I'm not going to dominate at it."
"Alright," Scott said, "I need the swimmers on the dock, the carriers on the red mat, and the problem solvers on the green mat." Everyone took their positions. "Good. In this challenge, the swimmers must swim out to a raft and loading bay, where they will load 2 heavy crates onto the raft, by dropping them from one of the 5 loading bays. If a crate falls off the raft, you'll have to go back for a new one. If you run out of crates, your team will immediately forfeit the challenge. Once you get your 2 crates to shore, the carriers must pick up the crates, and throw them into a cement square with your team's color on it. This will break the crates, releasing the puzzle pieces contained inside. The carriers must then bring the puzzle pieces to the problem solvers, where the problem solvers will use the puzzle pieces to assemble an idol. The first 2 teams to complete their idol win immunity, and are safe for the night. Last team to complete their idol will go to elimination, where someone will be the first person voted out. Also, special reward for first place. I'll get to that at elimination. We clear on the rules?" Everyone nodded their heads. "Alright. Swimmers, on the long stretch of the dock. Be sure to line up in your team's lane."
Everyone lined up. "Go!" The swimmers dived into the water, and began swimming for the rafts incredibly fast. "Some very fast swimmers in the water!" Everyone began cheering their team on, as Victor and Mia quickly took a massive lead.
"Yo, even me, the one and only Victor Roland," Victor said in the confessional, "be having trouble keeping up with Mia in the water. She some sort of mermaid or some shit?"
"I'm kinda decent in the water," Mia said in the confessional. "Olympic team's been breathing down my neck to hit them up."
"You just bought yourselves a one way ticket outta here at the merge," Mark said in the confessional. "Rule 0 of playing Total Drama: Don't scare a wild Mark."
Victor and Mia made it to the raft before anyone was even halfway out.
"You know, I kinda worried that this team gonna smack us," Victor said, as he loaded the raft.
"Why?" Mia asked.
"Look how far those guys are behind us. Think: will Alejandro and Heather really want to take us to the merge?"
"True. I'm guessing you're looking for an alliance?"
"Yeah. And if there's an exile twist, I want to keep that under our control"
"Oh, that sounds good!" Mia released the second crate. "Let's call ourselves New Atlantis, because we're both so good in the water!"
"Sounds good to me." As Victor said this, he and Mia were quickly on their way back.
"How the hell are they loaded already?!" Sierra questioned.
"Crazy," Bill said.
"No one should be able to swim that fast!" Tyler said in the confessional. "These guys seem like they're swimming faster than Michael Phelps!
Sierra and Cynthia, and Tyler and Bill, arrived at about the same time. Sierra and Cynthia, however, were able to load their raft first, after Bill accidentally pulled the wrong rope, dropping a crate into the water!
"Shit…" Bill said.
"Don't sweat it," Tyler said. "If anyone, I should be worried!" Tyler loaded the first crate onto the raft, and moved the raft to the 3rd loading bay.
As this happened, Victor and Mia returned with their raft. Alejandro and Jenna were on it almost instantly, quickly picking up the crates. They had a little trouble moving the crates, but were able to smash them open before Sierra and Cynthia or Tyler and Bill were able to return. Heather and Gerald were on it almost instantly.
"The other swimmers not back yet," Scott said, "and Heather and Gerald are already on their puzzle!"
Sierra and Cynthia returned, with Tyler and Bill not far behind them.
"SCOTT!" a yell came from the puzzle boards, the person responsible for yelling it being Heather.
"Team Classics think they have it!" Scott said. He looked at their puzzle. "They do! Team Classics win immunity!"
"LET'S GET IT!" Victor yelled, pounding his chest. He hugged everyone on the team, as Alejandro and Heather kissed.
"Team Bermuda Square, Team Tripartite Alliance, you gotta fight if you wanna be safe tonight!"
"Perfect…" Rosemary said under her breath, smirking. "Throw it," she whispered in Kiki's ear. Kiki replied with a thumbs up.
"I don't think Lindsay and Tyler can find idols," Rosemary said in the confessional, "and Bill and Aram are total wildcards. I want to get rid of Aram, because he's the biggest threat to my plan. Then, I slip Bill an idol, and boot out Lindsay and Tyler."
Aram was able to take the lead over CoCo and Parvati, but Lindsay fell behind both of them, though only slightly. They all broke their crates at about the same time.
"It's neck and neck!" Scott announced. "This puzzle is for immunity! Go go go!" Mark and Rajah were able to work quickly, as were Rosemary and Kiki. Rosemary, hoever, tossed a piece aside. Rosemary and Kiki were able to take the lead in solving their puzzle, when Rosemary "discovered" they were missing a piece.
"Shit, we're down a piece!" Rosemary said. "Look for it, Kiki!"
"Throwing that piece away makes me look legit," Rosemary said in the confessional. "And with no one to blame for the loss, I can take down Aram."
"Scott!" Mark called.
"Team Bermuda Square thinks they have it!" Scott said. He looked at their puzzle. "They do! Team Bermuda Square wins immunity!"
"YEAH!" Mark yelled. Team Bermuda Square ran into a huddle, and began jumping around.
"Dammit!" Rosemary yelled, knocking over the puzzle.
"Rosemary, slightly ticked about going to elimination!" Scott said. "Team Tripartite, I'll see you at elimination, where someone will be the first person voted out."
In the woods…
"So, what's the plan?" Kiki asked. "Do we take a shot at Lindsay and Tyler?"
"No," Rosemary replied, "Bill and Aram are probably going for them. That allows us to blackmail them for 2 votes against Aram. Plus our 2, that's 4, that's a majority. And booting out Aram will make it easier for us to execute stage 1 of the plan: reduce team Tripartite to you and me at the merge. Aram's too strong for his own good. Let's take him out."
"Sure. But when do we talk to them?"
"Just pass them this note at dinner." Rosemary handed Kiki a note.
"Got it, but are you sure about this? It's Lindsay and Tyler, Rose!"
"Calling me Rose already, huh? That's alright. But don't worry. I've got a plan."
In the mess hall…
Rosemary dropped her fork, and got down to pick it up. As she looked up, she found a piece of paper!
"I see this piece of paper taped to the bottom of the table," Rosemary said in the confessional, "and my instincts tell me that it's a clue to the location of a cancellation idol, or better yet, the immunity idol! But, I can't let the rest of the team know I have it. Only other person that can know is Kiki, and later, Bill."
Rosemary grabbed the paper, and stuffed it into her shoe, and picked up her fork, acting like nothing happened. She then nudged Kiki. Kiki passed Lindsay a note under the table, and Lindsay took it. The camera changed angles to show the note.
"Lindsay and Tyler, this note is likely your ticket to staying in the game," the note read. "Let's be honest: you 2 are the targets from Bill and Aram, since you're returnees, and they're newbies. However, at least with you, we know what to expect. We are voting for Aram tonight. Vote with us, and you will be OK. WARNING: do not tell anyone else about this, or we will vote you out, as this deal will become useless. Also, voting for the wrong person will be accepted as a rejection of our offer, and will result in one of you being voted out in the revote. -Rosemary and Kiki."
"Initially, I feel a note being passed to me," Lindsay said in the confessional, "and I think, 'what is this, the a 20th century middle school classroom?' But then I read it, and it's my ticket to not going home first. Time to do some good old-fashioned note passing to my fiance!"
Lindsay passed the note to Tyler, who also read the note. Tyler seemed happy.
"Guess I'm actually gonna have a shot at this!" Tyler said in the confessional. "Thanks, Kiki and Rosemary! But making big moves like that is gonna get me to dump you…"
"OK, so, what's the plan going into the vote tonight?" Aram asked.
"I've made up my mind," Rosemary said.
"So have I," Kiki said.
"Me three," Lindsay said.
"Me four," Tyler said.
"So you don't have anyone in mind?" Bill asked.
"The obvious vote would be for Lindsay or Tyler, for obvious reasons," Aram said, "but I don't wanna go back to elimination."
"But do you really want to play with them?" Bill questioned.
"We're right here!" Lindsay said.
"You ain't got the numbers, though," Kiki replied. "You vote for Tyler, you're gonna be OK."
"Sure thing," Aram replied. "I just wanna make sure it's not me tonight."
"Don't worry," Rosemary said, "you're not going home tonight, I promise."
"My strategy is simple," Aram said in the confessional, "take it one elimination at a time, and just make sure it's not me each night. That's it."
"Promises are like my grandma's old microwave," Rosemary said in the confessional, "easily broken by the great Rosemary. No, you are not hearing the story."
At elimination…
"Alright," Scott said, as Team Tripartite walked in, "welcome to our new elimination area!" There were stands on both sides, a much larger fire pit, a ramp directly to the dock, and a bridge across a creek to an isolated voting booth. "You like?"
"I'm guessing the creek was added between 60 Club and BvTvC?" Aram questioned.
"Yeah. We decided that prior elimination areas were boring. We may not have the exciting elimination exits, like the hurl or flush of shame anymore, but hey, at least our elimination areas are cool! We couldn't lose to 60 Club's elimination areas! Oh, have a close look at those totem poles when you get a chance. They have inscriptions of big Total Drama events, such as the first ever immunity idol being played by me, Trent getting blindsided in season 1, or the invention of Kittying by Mark."
"That was fun!" Mark said.
"Eh, blindsiding Trent wasn't all that," Heather said. "Inventing Kittying was probably a lot more fun. Why can I never have fun with idols?!" There was some laughter.
"Hey, there's 4 idols out there, Heath," Gerald said. "Maybe you can have some fun this season."
"Anyway," Scott said, "Team Tripartite Alliance, get voting. Rosemary, you're-"
"Hey, what about the special reward for us?" Jenna questioned.
"Oh, right! I almost forgot! Team Classics, since you won the challenge, you win a clue to the location of a hidden advantage in a challenge. If someone on your team can find it first, you can play it at any challenge to give your team an advantage. Once the team stage ends, the advantage can be used to give an individual an advantage in an individual challenge. Anyway, Team Tripartite, you're up first." Rosemary got up, and walked to the new voting booth.
"You are not gonna fuck up my plan," Rosemary voted.
"You lost to Bermuda Square twice, and you'll lose again," Bill voted.
After voting…
"The votes are in!" Scott said. "If anyone has a cancellation idol and would like to play it, now would be the time." Rosemary looked at Lindsay, who gave her a thumbs up. Aram looked at Kiki, who nodded her head. "Alright, I'll read the votes," Scott said. "First vote…
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...Tyler. Second vote…
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...Tyler. 2 votes Tyler."
"Ouch," Mark said. Tyler gripped Lindsay's hand.
"Third vote…
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...Aram. 2 votes Tyler, 1 vote Aram. Fourth vote…
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...Aram. We're tied, 2 votes for Tyler and Aram. Fifth vote…
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...Aram. 2 votes Tyler, 3 votes Aram, 1 vote left. The sixth and final vote is for…
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...first person voted out of Total Drama Bermuda Square vs Tripartite Alliance vs Classics, Aram."
"WHAT?" Aram exclaimed.
"Sorry, boo," Rosemary said. "Million dollars."
"You promised!"
"Promised? Promises are worth no more than a penny in this game."
"True," Mark, Sierra, Cynthia, Alejandro, Heather, Scott, Lindsay, and Tyler all said at the same time.
"Aram," Scott said, "by a 4-2 vote, the club has spoken."
"Be careful. Roses have thorns, especially this team's rose." Aram walked off.
"Well, those reactions can only mean one thing," Scott said, "blindside with a capital b. Clearly, we're in for a fun season. Head back to your cabins, and get some rest for tomorrow. Good night." Everyone walked off. "And, just for you at home, here are the votes!"
"You lost to Bermuda Square twice, and you'll lose again. But this time, you'll lose to me, Tyler," Bill voted.
"You are not going to fuck up my plan, Aram," Rosemary voted.
"I'm voting Tyler, because I don't wanna face the Tripartite Alliance," Aram voted.
"Guess I'm voting Aram!" Kiki voted.
"I don't know about this new girl, but Aram hasn't really talked to me. I'll go with the plan,. I vote Aram," Lindsay voted.
"Sorry, Aram, you're cool, but I wanna ensure my safety," Tyler voted.
"And here's the clue that Team Classics got!" Scott said. "Near a tree by a river/there's a hole in the ground/where a better chance of winning/is somewhere around."