b(Day 1; Seiryu Tribe)/i
Bianna held the way with the others following her.
"Well, robo-toots. Are you there yet?" Celvis asked.
"Indeed. In one minute, we will be there." Bianna said before looking back. "And please refrain from such demeaning terms against women."
i"Great. Coming into this season, I was expecting to be with at least seven different people on a tribe where my flaws won't be automatically be noticed." Galia groaned in despair. "Here I am on a tribe with only four people so my tribemates would be quick to notice my lack of strength."/i
"Well, we are here, everyone." Bianna announced.
The five peopled looked around to see them inside of a grassy field with beautiful flowers everywhere.
"Wow… This place is lovely." Galia said stepping forward.
"It is a decent spot I suppose." Verona said before pausing. "And I think I hear a river."
"At least you don't have to worry about boiling water." Celvis said.
Bianna nodded her head. "All right, everyone. Shall we get started?"
i"Rule number one of Survivor is to pitch up a camp, which we needed more than I had thought since we started this season with less people." Bianna mused. "This four-tribe twist really took me for a loop which is disappointing because I had been studying for this game before so AVOID something like this."/i
"There are only five of us so that means there need to be more effort to make the camp." The robot explained.
"Makes sense." Kenny nodded.
"All right. Which one of you is confident enough to help me with carrying lumber?" Bianna asked.
The other looked at each other as if silently hoping one of them would answer for her. Verona then rolled her eyes as she stepped forward.
"Oh, for the love of… I'll do it!" Verona said before glaring at the others. "Way to be enthusiasts, guys!"
"Yeah but let's be honest. Can you really blame us?" Celvis asked.
Everyone then did a collective sigh.
i"The muscle ratio of the tribes is so unfair! Bianna seems like to be our only heavy lifter and she seems like she could easily be outshined by people like the other robot!" Celvis groaned. "All we have to do is cross our fingers and hope that the first two Challenges are strength-based."/i
"Well, I may not be the optimistic of people but I know we can't just sit around in an emotional slump." Bianna sighed. "Celvis, you seemed pretty agile."
The hobgoblin smirked pointing with two fingers. "You know it!"
"Could you take Galia so you two could collect fruit?" Bianna asked.
Galia's eyes widened. "ME? Why not Kenny?"
"Because you have longer arms than you. You could hold much more fruit." Bianna retorted.
"She's right, you know." Kenny said.
Galia paused before letting out a small sigh. "I suppose that it can't be helped."
"And that is JUST that type of attitude that is going to get you voted off first, Galia!" Verona scolded making the mage winced. "Besides, Suzaku has it worse than us!
"Tell me about it. A fairy. A small monkey. And a supposed celebrity. Yeah, we could have been doing a lot worse." Celvis chuckled.
"Don't be cocky. I had seen this before on previous seasons. Underestimate your enemy and they will trample you." Kenny warned.
i"I am a particular type of Pokemon trainer. The Psychic type. You know the people who not only use only Psychic Pokemon but actually have powers? Yeah?" Kenny said. "Needless to say, I am not allowed to read anyone's mind but that is why I am here. To test out how much of a psychic I can be without using my powers if THAT makes any sense."/i
"Agreed. We cannot let our guard down. Especially since the last two tribes are looking stronger than us in terms of strength." Bianna said. "Getting back on track, Kenny, are you all right making a fire pit by yourself?"
Kenny merely shrugged. "Just like Galia said, it can't be helped. So there is no point in asking if I would be all right with it even though I have to choice."
Celvis blinked twice. "That's… One way of staying positive."
"Come on, come on, come on!" Verona urged. "We are burning daylight!"
Everyone nodded before going their respective ways.
i"Back in my node, I was stuck in a zombie apocalypse with three of the biggest idiots you could ever have!" Verona said before looking to the side. "If they are not shooting gas pumps and car with alarms, they are startling the Witches! Nuh-uh! This is not going to happen again! This time I am going to ditch the idiots instead of aligning with them! I am going to make this the season of the Verona, baby!"/i
b(Suzaku Tribe)/b
i"This four tribe twist really makes things harder for everyone. Now it is easier to get voted out because they are more choices to choose from." Lillian said looking to the side. "All we could hope is there will be a tribal swap soon."/i
Charlie read the map as his tribe followed him with most of them looking excited. All except for one person.
"Oh my goodness! Kat didn't tell me that it took THIS long to make it in her camp!" Le Cock groaned.
"So basically you think that one person who complained about reaching their tribe was over-exaggerating?" Charlie asked looking taking his eyes off his mat.
"No… Well, yes because the others didn't complained that much!" Le Cock said.
"That's editing for ya, Frenchie!"
i"My fellow bandmate, Kat had given advice on how to get far. But all she said is to not do anything to anger anyone! She never told me how hard the walk to the camp on the FIRST day would say!" Le Cock groaned. "I know that this is how most non-celebrities walk and I should follow that example but sacre bleu!"/i
"Come on, Le Cock! Don't give up!" Lillian said flying off the ground.
"Easy for you to say!" Le Cock retorted. "You are flying!"
"But you are a bird? Can't you fly too?" Anke asked.
"Oui but very short distances." Le Cock explained. "What would I give to have fairy wings like yours?"
"I know right? And look! They are giving out little sparkles!" Anke said with sparkling eyes.
"Your eyes seem to have the same effect, Anke." Lillian giggled.
"Um, guys?" Charlie asked.
"Hm?" Lillian asked.
"We are here."
Everyone looked ahead to see their campsite. It was a large C-shaped shore allowing for a lot of seaside view.
"Wow… Our camp is right next to the sea!" Anke said in awe.
"Aren't your home on an island?" Lillian asked with a raised eyebrow. "Don't you already live next to the sea?"
"Yeah. But I never lived next to the sea in another world!" Anke exclaimed.
i"This is so awesome! I am on Survivor! Sur-vi-vor! Out of so many people who had applied for this show!" Anke said with sparkling eyes. "Not only that, I am in another world! Now either of Aiai and Meemee telling me stories about going to a faraway place, it is going to be ME being the storyteller!"/i
Kira suddenly stepped forward and spoke up for the first time. "What are you so happy about?"
"Whoa. It speaks." Charlie said in awe.
"What?" Anke asked in confused.
"What are you so enthusiastic?" Kira asked.
"Um, hello? I am Survivor! Why can't I be enthusiastic?" Anke quizzed.
Kira merely stay silent while crossing her arms resulting in an awkward and creepy silence.
i"Anke is a strange individual. Ever since we started this game, she cannot seem to stop smiling." Kira explained. "Just because you are on Survivor? There had been a lot of dark moments. How could she be possible be so positive?"/i
Charlie lowered his shades before shifting his eyes from left to right. "Okayyyyy… Who wants to start a camp?"
"I know!" Anke and Lillian said in unison.
Le Cock on the other hand was looking in disbelief. "EH? But we just got here!"
"The sooner we get this over with, the less time we can worry about it later." Charlie shrugged.
Le Cock looked like he was about to retort but then sighed in defeat and weakly nodded.
"All right, then. Kira, you are with me for collecting wood." Charlie said. "Seeing that you both are so enthusiastic, how about you two go and collect fruit?"
"Right!" Anke nodded.
"You can count on us!"
"Le Cock, I guess that leaves you have to do our fire-pit." Charlie said.
"I suppose I could do that…" Le Cock sighed.
Charlie just rolled his eyes.
i"Oh… My… Gosh… I couldn't have sucked any more at the tribe lottery. I mean look at my tribe-mates. A high-school girl. A fairy. A little monkey. And someone who obviously never walked more than ten feet without complaining." Charlie groaned holding his face. "Man, all I could do is grin and bear it. Who knows maybe we may end up going far with each other./i
b(Byakko Tribe)/b
"All right, gang. We are here." Robert said looking up from his map.
The five tribe-mates looked forward. The campsite was quite small compared to the Seiryu and Suzuku but that was mainly due to having a huge waterfall.
"Hmm… Could be more spacious but at least we got a waterfall to make up for it." Spencer said adjusting his glasses.
"Hell yeah it makes up for it!" Mami grinned before rushing forward. "Let's go diving!"
"Hey, wait! Shouldn't we make a campsite first?" Spencer called out.
Mami skidded to a halt. "But we got all day!"
"But there are only five of us! We need to set up camp as soon as possible." Spencer said.
"I am with Spencer." Robert nodded. "With so few hands, it may take some time to do this. We can go diving later."
Mami hanged her head before going back to the others. "All right…"
"Good, now do anyone know what to make a shelter?" Robert asked.
The others looked at each other.
Robert sighed in defeat. "I thought so."
i"I must admit that I am quite nervous about being here without my tools or people who have about the same knowledge about building than I do." Robert lamented. "I guess I have no choice but lead the way anyway because I don't think anyone will be willing to step up."/i
"All right. Malletman could you help me with the lumber?" Robert asked.
The robot had immediately gotten an unseen grin on his face. "You know it! You think these arms are just for show?"
With that, he started to flex. Spencer just rolled his eyes as Robert chuckled.
i"I hate to brag but I know for a fact that I was going to be one of the strongest people of this season even before I got here!" Malletman boasted. "I mean I wield a giant mallet and I am in the demolition business. How this that not strong?"/i
"All right, all right." Robert said. "Spencer, Mami, could you two get fruit?"
"You know it!" Mami grinned.
"Sure." Spencer said with a shrug.
"What can I do, Robert?" Sugar asked.
"Well, seeing that all of the others jobs are done, you will have to make a fire pit." The builder said.
"Okay!" Sugar said brightly.
i"This could be my chance! My chance to prove that I am not a little girl and could keep up with the older kids and I don't deserve to stay home!" Sugar said narrowing her eyes. "I am sick and tired of everyone going on adventures without me!"/i
Everyone had gone off to do their respective tasks.
"So had there been a Survivor season to have more than two tribes?" Mami asked.
"Yeah. It is uncommon but it happens." Spencer said with a sigh.
"Um, question. What if… One tribe was so bad at Challenges that they ended up losing all of their members?" Mami asked nervously.
"Fortunately, that situation should be impossible." Spencer explained. "There should be a tribal swap sooner or later where it would be two tribes battling."
"Oh, really?" Mami asked before realizing something. "Then what was the point of the four tribe twist anyway?"
"I think it is an attempt to create more drama." Spencer shrugged.
i"Ever since I had learned I had been elected to go on Survivor, I told myself to become the perfect strategybot. No matter how big a fall I take, I will strategize to get myself out of this mess." Spencer said. "If anything, this twist made me more motivation to strategize even more!"/i
"Wow, Spencer. You know a lot about Survivor." Mami said in awe.
"I know. I am well-read." The nerd said proudly.
Mami paused. "I need you."
Spencer shrank back. "I beg your pardon?"
"I need you! I need to align with someone who knows a lot about Survivor!" Mami exclaimed.
Spencer's eyes widened before looking around to make sure if the others was nearby.
"Are you instigating that you want to form an alliance with me?" Spencer asked.
"YES!" Mami exclaimed.
Spencer paused. "But… It is only Day 1."
"What can I say? I am desperate." Mami said looking down.
i"Yeah, it is no secret. I am not the smartest bulb in the janitor's closet. I can't do strategy to save my life. That is why I need to align with someone who does." Mami explained. "Spencer seems really smart and a decent guy to boot so why not?"/i
Spencer crossed his arms in thought. "Well, if we DO align, all we need is one person to get the majority."
"So you will do it?" Mami asked with hope.
Spencer looked up. He then gave a small smile.
"Yes."
Mami's eyes widened before grinning and leaping in the air. "YAHOO!"
Spencer's eyes widened before running forward and clamping his hands over Mami's mouth. "Hey! What are you trying to do? Tell the other tribe-mates? If they found out we made an alliance, they may make a counter-one."
"Oh, right…" Mami said blushing beet red in embarrassment. "Sorry…"
b(Genbu Tribe)/b
"Are we there? I am tired." Drow complained as he and his tribe followed Francesca.
"This is nothing. I travelled further than this!" Tyrone gloated.
"Well, excuuuusing me for not being born in a jungle." Drow said rolling his eyes making Tyrone growl
"Well, if you two quit trying to create tension before we even reached our camp." Francesca scolded before looking ahead. "We are here."
Everyone looked ahead at their new campsite. It was high up on a hill in the middle of the jungle.
"Say. This looks like a nice place to live." Angelo smiled.
"Yeah, if you like rolling down hills in your sleep." Francesca said.
"I'll take that chance." Drow said walking up the hill. "I am beat."
However, Tyrone ran in front of him. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, WHOA! And where do you think YOU'RE going, pretty-boy?"
Drow gave an annoyed grunt. "To have a break."
"Break? We have no time for a break! We have a lot of work to do and we are starting with less hands than we thought!" Tyrone scolded.
"Well, it IS a long walk, Tyrone." Angelo shrugged.
"It was NOT that long!" Tyrone warned. "Besides, like I said, we need all of the hands we could get our hands on. Besides, Drow is just being lazy!"
"I am not!" Drow insisted.
i"Drow needs to get his head into the game. I mean we are on a tribe of five people. Unless there is a Tribal Swap soon, we may have a rough time trying to stay together." Tyrone said crossing his arms. "How the hell could anyone be so laidback in such a situation is beyond me."
"Tyrone ironically enough reminds me of my lil' sister. A regular Mr. Gloom and Doom." Angelo said with a weak chuckle. "I don't know why he is so determined to be a drill sergeant. Schokolade and Roger both tried the same thing and looked what happened to them."/i
"All right. I think we should make a shelter first." Tyrone said. "Angelo, Francesca, could you get some lumber for us?"
"Sure, why not?" Francesca shrugged.
"Drow, you are with me to collect fruit." Tyrone instructed.
The blonde man scoffed putting his hands in his pockets. "Whatever."
i"Coming into this thing, I told myself that I am going to help out with the camp and do my best in the Challenges. That's it." Drow said. "I hate hard work so that is why I don't have a job. I do modeling jobs and partake in fighting tournaments to get my money."/i
"And you, Yuki, was it?" Tyrone asked.
Yuki looked down. "Um, yes…"
"Could you make a fire pit for us?" Tyrone asked.
"Um, all right." Yuki said slowly.
"Okay, let's go." Tyrone said.
Drow just rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Whatever."
With that, he and Tyrone walked off with Yuki watched them leave. Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Angelo giving her a reassuring smile.
"Hey, don't worry. Just do your best, all right." Angelo said.
"Um, thanks…"
i"I am not good with talking with people which was why I haven't said a single thing since we first started." Yuki said looking down. "I know that I probably should seeing that this is a social game but Tyrone and Drow... They scare me."/i
"Come on, we have to do our best too." Francesca said.
"Yeah, all right." Angelo nodded.
i"I came into this game to win and to do that I have to think about anything that may affect my gameplan." Francesca said. "We DO need to make our camp as soon as possible because you can only do so much with five people. And you could only do so much NOT to get voted off first."/i
Soon, everyone on each tribe had managed to create their shelter before turning in for the day.
b(Day 2; Seiryu Tribe)/b
Bianna, Verona and Kenny stared at their shelter with less than positive faces. While said shelter was passable, it was still quite poor compared to other shelters.
"This… Barely counts as passable." Bianna lamented.
"Keyword being barely…" Verona grumbled.
i"I am not going to hide my faults. I am a perfectionist. I have to make sure that everything has to be perfect." Bianna said holding her head. "Which was why I am more than a little upset with our shelter seeing that Bianna and I were the ones who did most of the building due to being the only people here who is tall AND strong."/i
"Hey. If it keeps us dry when it rains, that is all that matters." Kenny shrugged.
"True. Still, there is so much to improve." Bianna said shaking her head.
"Oh dear. Oh me. Where is it?"
The three turned around to see Galia walking into the area looking around as if searching for something. She seemed very distraught.
"What is it, Galia?" Bianna asked.
The mage jumped before turning to see the others. "Huh? Oh, it's you, guys! I had seemed to misplace my brooch."
"Really? What does it look?" Verona asked.
"It has green pearls with a sky blue flower on it." Galia said before looking down. "It is one-of-a-kind and custom-made. How could I lose it?"
"Now, now. Galia, retrace your steps." Bianna said. "When had you had it last?"
"That's just the thing! I was wearing it a half an hour ago and I never took it off once!" The brunette insisted.
Bianna's eyes widened. "What? How is that possible?"
"Yeah, brooches don't just slip off your arm!" Verona agreed. "You have to take it off at one point or another!"
"But I really did have it on the whole time!" Galia insisted.
Kenny paused rubbing his chin in thought.
"Look, how far from the campsite were you when you had it on?" Bianna asked.
"Um… Not too far. Literally on the outskirts for most of my time." Galia said.
"Then, it couldn't have gone too far." Verona said. "Let's split up and look for it."
"What!? Are you sure you want to? I don't want to be a burden." Galia said.
"If that brooch is that important to you, Galia, then I don't see how we can't go search for it." Bianna said.
"I'll get Celvis and tell him about this." Kenny said walking off.
"Good idea. Ever since we set up camp, all that guy does is wander around camp." Verona said sternly. "It would be the most work he would have done for his tribe recently!"
It didn't take Kenny to find Celvis. He found the hobgoblin chewing on a mango.
"Celvis." Kenny said.
Celvis turned around to see Kenny. "Oh, hey, Kenny. How is going?"
"Fine. I just wanted you to return Galia's brooch, that's all." The psychic said flatly.
"Oh, is…" Celvis started before realizing what Kenny said. "Huh?"
"You heard me. Galia is looking for her brooch and seemed quite upset about it." Kenny explained.
Celvis narrowed his good eye. "What are you saying? That I STOLE it?"
"Yes." Kenny said flatly.
"Sheesh, if I knew that I would be instantly blamed for something that goes missing, I wouldn't had told you people I was a thief!" Celvis snapped.
"I am not accusing you because you are a thief. I am accusing you because you have kleptomania." Kenny said.
"What are you talking about?" Celvis asked in disbelief. "What are you going on about?"
"Before we got put into your tribes, I read your mind." Kenny explained.
Celvis' good eye bugged out. "What!?"
i"Okay, I may have found a loophole around the rules. I am not allowed to use my powers in the competition but I had used them BEFORE the game started." Kenny explained. "So I pretty much know a lot about everyone. Except for Bianna and Malletman because they are robots."/i
"And how do I know you are lying?" Celvis accused.
Kenny paused before taking a deep breath. "You are one of eight chosen warriors set to save the world. Each of said warriors wields a different element based on their personality and virtues. Yours is lightning due to your sneakiness and speed. You wield large knives though you call them swords. Your role in the party is to cripple your foes with electricity and speed things up."
Celvis paused with his good eye widened open.
"Okay… Maybe you HAD read my mind." Celvis said before jumping up. "Hey! That's cheating!"
"No, I read your mind BEFORE this game started." Kenny said. "Once the game was afoot, I stopped doing it."
"But… But…" Celvis sputtered.
"Look, I could tell that you are not a bad person. You wouldn't have chosen to be a warrior if you wouldn't." Kenny explained. "That is why I came to you instead of ratting you out."
Celvis paused for a moment. He then reached out behind his back and pulled out a brooch that looked similar to what Galia described. Kenny gave a small smile.
"I knew there was some good in you." Kenny said.
"I wouldn't exactly say good." Celvis said before narrowing his eyes. "But I am more good than YOU, you cheap cheater!"
Kenny rolled his eyes with a shrug.
i"I guess there is no use denying not that Kenny had found me out. I am a kleptomaniac. While I am responsible for stealing items from our enemies, I tend to get our group in trouble because of it." Celvis said with a sigh. "I should probably try to control it because my tribe may not be so tolerable as Kenny was."/i
b(Suzaku Tribe)/b
Four Suzaku tribe-mates were sleeping in their new shelter. It was better than Seiryu's shelter but not by much. Still, it was more than enough to give them a good-night sleep.
However, their lumber didn't last very long.
i"DON'T STOP MOVING! CAN'T YOU FEEL THE MUSIC! DJ GOT US MOVING ROUND AND ROUND!"/i
All four people jumped before looking around frantically wondering what was that.
i"DON'T STOP MOVING! FIND YOUR OWN WAY TO IT! LISTEN TO THE MUSIC!"/i
They then looked up to see Le Cock perching on top of a palm tree singing his guts out.
"What the hell?" Charlie asked. "HEY!"
Le Cock immediately stopped his singing to look down.
"Why, bonjour, tribe! How do you like my singing?" Le Cock asked with a grin.
"How do we like your singing? How any person who likes your singing by waking them up!" Charlie snapped.
i"So here we are sleeping peacefully in our shelter, which sucks by the way, and then suddenly Le Cock started to wake everyone up with… with…" Charlie said holding his head. "I don't know what it was but I am not calling it singing, that's for sure!"/i
"Seriously, man! The sun had barely risen up yet!" Charlie scolded. "Why the hell did you wake us up?"
Le Cock blinked twice. "But it is my job to wake you up with my miraculous voice."
i"I am two things. A rooster and a musician. A rooster's natural job is to wake up everyone early. So what do you do when you are also a musician?" Le Cock asked. "Wake them up with music, of course! Yes, their ears will be blessed by me waking them up with my songs."/i
Lillian gave a big yawn. "Le Cock, I am still tired!"
"Oh, pish-posh! You cannot sleep your whole day away! Especially on Survivor!" The lute player scolded.
"Oh? And what pray tell is so important that you had to wake us up at this hour?" Charlie quizzed.
"Nothing, really." Le Cock said before his eyes lit up. "But now that you all are awake! Let me tell me about my life story."
Charlie's eyes widened behind his shades. "Um, well, that's okay. We are all right!"
"Nonsense! We need something to pass the time so why not with listening to my stories." Le Cock said before flying down.
"Actually, there had been a lot of questions I had been wanting to ask!" Anke piped up.
Le Cock grinned at this. "Oh really? Like what?"
"Was Kat always this nice like on her season?"
Le Cock's grin vanished at this.
"Um, well. Yes, she is just like this was on her season." The rooster said not sounding that happy. "She was the one who kept us from jumping at each other's throats."
"I see! So what did Kat do with the prize money?" Anke asked.
"Um, well, she donated it to our band, of course." Le Cock said nicely. "So we could travel the world playing our music."
"Wow, that is so cool!" Anke said with sparkling eyes.
Le Cock then coughed a couple of times. "Now… Going back to me."
"So how did you meet Donkey?" Lillian asked.
"Huh?" Le Cock asked.
i"People may know Le Cock because he is Kat's friend but I am concerned that he is friends with DONKEY! One of the biggest stars in movie history!" Lillian smiled. "How could we NOT ask him about it?"/i
"You heard me. How did you meet one of the main stars of your franchise?" Lillian repeated.
Le Cock passed. "Um, I was hoping more like my childhood."
Charlie saw the Frenchman's discomfort and instantly smirked. "Don't be ridiculous! I am sure we all want to see that!"
"Yeah!" Anke said cheerfully.
Le Cock paused before looking around. "Even you, Kira?"
The dark-haired girl merely shrugged. Le Cock then sighed in defeat.
"All right. I'll tell you." Le Cock said. "You see…"
Charlie looked around with a smirk. "Looks like Ego Time will have to wait, Frenchie."
b(Byakko Tribe)/b
All five people stood around their shelter. It was quite better compared to Seiryu and Suzaku's shelter. However, it had several thick tree trunks leaning against it for some reason.
"Do you think that would hold it?" Mami asked.
"Maybe not but it's the least we could do." Spencer shrugged. "Especially when you got someone like HIM on the tribe."
With that, everyone glared at Malletman. The robot then launched sheepishly.
i"We didn't really have much of a good night's sleep last night. Malletman kept knocking over our shelter." Mami frowned. "By the time we were fed up with him and made him sleep outside, we were too tired to rebuild and was forced to sleep outside."/i
"I said I was sorry!" Malletman insisted.
"I say you are!" Spencer said. "Just be happy that it wasn't raining last night!"
"Spencer, calm down! I am sure Malletman is just created like that!" Robert reassured.
Malletman winced at this. "You didn't have to say it like that."
"Besides, at least now it would hold up." Robert reassured. "In the meantime, let's get breakfast!"
"About time! I am starving!" Mami grinned.
"Same here!" Sugar smiled.
"Well, might as well." Spencer shrugged.
With that, the three kids walked off. Malletman watched them leave with a depressed glare on his face.
Robert quickly noticed this. "Are you okay, big guy?"
"I think they are still mad at me." Malletman lamented.
"They are just grumpy. Most people are like that in the morning." Robert reassured. "They'll get over it."
"I hope so." Malletman sighed before placing his hand on a palm tree.
Only for said palm tree to fall down due to Malletman leaning against it. Robert watched as the tree crashed onto the ground.
"Um, oops…" Malletman said sheepishly. Robert slapped his head.
i"All right. I have a little confession to make. Even though I am the one of the strongest people of this season, it could easily make a liability than an asset." Malletman sighed. "I guess I often don't know my own strength."/i
Soon, the five were sitting around the fire pit with all of them (except for Malletman, of course.).
"So what can we do today?" Sugar asked.
"Um, well… Might as well talk about our jobs." Robert shrugged. "Anyway, I think I had already explained this but I am a builder and an engineer helping build building and amusement parks.
Mami gave a grin on her face. "All right! I am Mami!"
"Hi, Mami!" The others said enthusiastically. Spencer joined in as well but less spirit.
"I am a rock star and I am taking advice from PuffyAmiYumi." The red-head grinned.
"Wow, you are a rock star! That is so cool!" Sugar said with sparkling eyes.
"Thank you!" Mami smiled. "I am still working on my vocals but I am an expert on a guitar!"
"Sooo… What flaw is stopping you from becoming a rock star?" Spencer asked.
Mami and Sugar looked at Spencer with confused looks on their faces. Robert and Malletman glared at them.
"What do you mean?" Mami asked.
"Nothing. Never mind." Spencer said.
"Well, how about you, Spencer?" Mami asked.
"Me. I am just a student at the school my franchise is based around." Spencer shrugged.
"Yeah, all I am is an elementary student…" Sugar pouted.
Malletman gave a nod. "Well, I am part of a demolition team."
"Shocker." Spencer said flatly making Malletman growl.
"Anyway, my trademark mallet is what I use to destroy old buildings!" Malletman said before sighing. "Which was why I am except that host was such a stickler for the rules!"
"Yeah, imagine him not wanting you to cause property damage." Spencer said.
"Okay, Spencer, I think we can all agree Malletman screwed up but can't we try to forget about it?" Robert asked. "I mean it is only Day 1."
Spencer merely shrugged. "Well, seeing that EVERYONE agrees, it WOULD be annoyingly pointless to keep bringing it up."
Malletman cast Robert a dark glare. "Thanks a lot, Robert."
"No problem." The builder said oblivious to the nasty glare.
i"I am trying to the tribe meditator here. Trying to defuse any conflict between each other and getting them to cool down." Robert said with a small smile on his face. "I am just happy to calm things down."/i
b(Genbu Tribe)/b
Drow was sleeping peacefully inside of his tribe's new shelter. Compared to the others, Genbu's shelter was the best one yet. The others watched him doze away.
"Is he STILL asleep?" Tyrone said in disbelief.
"Yep." Angelo said flatly. "And on such a beautiful day too!"
i"I know that we had a big day yesterday but I still don't see why Drow is spending his time in here sleeping away." Angelo said. "I mean come on, we are Survivor! If you wanted to sleep on a beach, just go there!"/i
"I'll go wake up." The cowboy said walking towards Drow.
"Ah! Angelo! Are you sure that is a good idea?" Francesca asked.
"Considering that I am going to wake him up myself, no, it isn't." Tyrone spat.
Angelo grinned before slowly crouching down to Drow's level as he continued to sleep away.
"WAKE UP, DROW!"
Drow yelped as he jumped up in his place and the others looked shocked at Angelo's sudden shout. The blonde man frantically looked around.
"What? What happened? What?" Drow said.
Angelo chuckled a bit. "Sorry, pardner. Just couldn't resist."
Drow glared at Angelo darkly. "You! What the hell was that for waking me up so early in the morning?"
"Morning? From the position of the sun, it is after noon!" Tyrone retorted.
"How could you be so sure?" Drow asked grumpily.
"Because it is basic survival knowledge?" Tyrone asked flatly as if he was talking to an idiot.
"Anyway, now that you are up, how about you join us for lunch?" Angelo asked.
Drow gave a growl. "I am not hungry."
GROWL!
Everyone paused with wide eyes at this. Suddenly, Angelo smirked.
"How could you get that hungry by sleeping?" Tyrone asked flatly.
Drow let out a sigh. "Fine… Because this is my stomach's decision, not mine!"
"If you say so." Angelo shrugged as the two men joined the ladies sitting around in a circle.
"So what's for lunch, anyway?" Drow asked.
"The same thing as yesterday." Francesca said throwing Drow a mango who caught it. "Nothing but fruit."
"Hey, it is only the second day. We still need to get stuff like fishing gear and rice." Angelo said. "But enough about that, let's talk about each other!"
"All right, I will…" Francesca started.
"I think Yuki should start." Tyrone piped up.
"M-Me?" The child sputtered.
"Yeah, I haven't heard much of a peep from you since we started." Tyrone nodded.
i"A main virtue of a team is communication. So I decided to test it out with my tribe." Tyrone said crossing her arms. "I decided to go with Yuki first because it is clear that the kid needs to come out of her shell if she wants to make any friends in this game."/i
"Seriously, kid. You can't be a wallflower for this game." The Tasmanian tiger said.
"Um, a wallflower?" Yuki asked.
"Someone who spends most of their times in the corner purposely avoiding any kind of contact." Francesca said.
"Oh…" Yuki said.
"So what do you do?" Angelo asked.
Yuki looked down. "Um, um…"
"How about your parents?" Tyrone asked.
"Um, well…" Yuki said.
"Why did you go on Survivor?" Francesca asked.
"Uh, guys? I think you are scaring the little runt." Drow said flatly.
"We are only giving her topics for them to work with." Tyrone insisted.
"Come on, kid. Speak out whatever is on your mind." Angelo offered.
Yuki paused for a moment. "I…"
Everyone looked forward.
"I… Have to go."
With that, she got up and ran off.
"Yuki!" Angelo called out but the child was long gone.
Drow gave a small smirk. "Nice work, guys. I think you may had frightened her into quitting."
Tyrone immediately glared at Drow. "Well, at least we are TRYING! Which is something you haven't done since we started!
iYuki panted heavily. "I… I just can't do it. Having all eyes on me was bad enough but they were practically BEGGING for an answer. Running away may have made things worse but I don't think I could face someone as forward like that."/i
b(Day 3; Seiryu Tribe)/b
i"I had found my brooch and I couldn't be more happy! If I had lost it, then I don't know what I will do." Galia smiled with a sigh. "I still can't believe I was that clumsy to lose it. I wondered how I had managed to do so."/i
Verona, Kenny and Celvis watched as Galia walked through camp.
"Well, we found it." Celvis said with a small smile.
"Yep." Kenny nodded. "Galia is once again with her brooch."
"But what I don't get is how Galia could be so careless and to lose it in the first place." Verona said. "I mean sure the woman looked scattered-brained but come on!"
Kenny looked at Celvis who turned away not wanting to look Verona in the eyes.
"I have no idea…" Kenny said.
"But the main thing is that Galia got her brooch back and that's it." Celvis said quickly.
Verona raised an eyebrow and was about to question Celvis' questionable actions until he heard a voice.
"Everyone gather around."
All four members turned their heads to see Bianna walking over with a letter.
"Ooh, is it…" Celvis said with his good eye sparkling.
"Indeed. We are about to have our first Challenge of the season." Bianna said.
"All right. So what is it?" Kenny asked.
Bianna read the letter. "It says do you hate having to go fetch puzzle pieces?"
Celvis paused. "What the hell does THAT mean?"
"Maybe it is a twist of those puzzle piece retrieval Challenges." Kenny reasoned.
"Oh because this one isn't enough." Celvis said rolling his eye.
i"One of the benefits of this four-tribe twist is that instead of facing off against one tribe, we are facing off against three. That means we don't have to win to avoid elimination." Verona said. "Of course, that still doesn't stop us from winning. The other tribes may surprise us."/i
b(Suzaku Tribe)/b
Anke, Lillian and Le Cock were sitting in the shelter talking to each other.
"So what do you guys do after every show?" Anke asked.
"Yeah, do you have any superstitions that you do?" Lillian asked.
"Superstitions? No, nothing like that!" Le Cock said before realizing something. "Oh! But I always put on glitter on my face before every show!"
"Why?" Lillian asked.
"Why?" Le Cock asked with a smirk. "So I could sparkles like diamonds!"
"Wow!" Anke said in awe. "You are so cool!"
Kira was a good distance away watching the three talk. She then tilted her head in confusion.
i"I just don't get my tribe. They are almost always excited about something no matter how trivial it is." Kira said crossing her arms. "How are they going to react when something bad happens to them? What would they do?"/i
The dark-haired girl continued to stare at them until Charlie walked in.
"All right, guys! It is Challenge time!" Charlie called out getting everyone's attention.
"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" Anke grinned as everyone gathered around. "The first Challenge of this season! What are we doing?"
Charlie read the letter with a confused look on his face. "I don't know. It just says do we hate fetching puzzle pieces?"
"How can we hate it?" Anke asked. "This is our first Challenge!"
Kira looked at Anke. "Right…"
i"Our first Challenge! Our first Challenge! I am so excited! We get to do things we probably had never gotten the chance to do in real life!" Anke cheered. "I wonder what new Challenges Tiny had thought up for us in this season!"/i
b(Byakko Tribe)/b
Sugar made her way over to the treemail box with a determined look. She looked up at knowing that there had to be a letter inside.
i"This is it. Today would be the first Challenge of the season and that gives me everyone from each tribe is going to give their all." Sugar said narrowing her eyes. "This is my chance to prove that I could rough it up with the best of them and prove that I could go with the big kids."/i
With that, the pink-clad girl reached into the treemail box and pulled out a letter. Nodding her head, she made her way back to the others.
"Guys! Guys! We got treemail!" Sugar called out getting the others' attention.
"All right! First Challenge! Way it on me, baby!" Malletman smirked punching his fist into his palm. "What does it say?"
"It says "do you hate having to go fetch puzzle pieces?" Sugar read.
"Um, no." Mami said. "Actually, DOING the puzzle on the other hand."
"Don't worry, a few of us would only be doing the puzzle." Spencer reassured. "Usually the first Challenges have people doing at least one of two or three parts of it."
"That's a relief." Mami said with a sigh.
i"I am quite glad that at least one part of the Challenge would have a puzzle part. Usually in the Challenges, it is always the roided-up show-off that is the star." Spencer said crossing his arms. "Perhaps I could show that I am just as much as an asset as Malletman."/i
b(Genbu Tribe)/b
Yuki walked with her head now. She let out a deep saddened sigh.
"Hey, Yuki!"
The child yelped before turning around. She saw Angelo and Francesca making their way over.
"Are you all right, little lady?" Angelo asked concerned. "You seem to be getting more jumpy every day."
Yuki paused for a moment before looking down. "Um, well…"
Angelo frowned. "Listen, we are sorry that we scared you yesterday."
Yuki looked shocked for a moment turning her head up. "Um, it is all right."
"No, it is NOT all right." Angelo said sternly. "We want to show you that it is okay to let your true self around us."
Suddenly, his face lit up.
"I know! How about we start an alliance?" Angelo asked.
Francesca's eyes widened as Yuki looked up.
"Really?" Yuki asked.
"Of course! Tyrone and Drow are both major Debbie Downers and we need positivity on our tribe." Angelo said. "That is why I want to start an alliance."
"This early?" Francesca asked in disbelief.
Angelo merely shrugged. "Why not? We had already gotten a good opinion on everyone's personalities and I think this is the best alliance! What do you girls say?"
"Um, okay…" Yuki said.
Francesca paused wondering how to answer.
i"Um, how did a conversation about "We are sorry we scared you" turned into "let's put two strong men into the minority"?" Francesca asked in disbelief. "Sure, I think Tyrone and Drow have negative personalities but at least they look like they could help in Challenges! To make things worse, Angelo just made said alliance without even telling me about it! Pretty careless, man!"/i
"Hey, we got treemail!" Tyrone's voice called out.
"Yes!" Francesca grinned happy that she was able to avoid an awkward situation. "Let's go!"
"All right." Angelo said as the three made their way over. Soon, they saw Tyrone with Drow.
"Well, what does it say?" Drow asked with a yawn.
"It says if we hate collecting puzzle pieces." Tyrone read.
Francesca raised an eyebrow. "That's awfully vague. Especially for the first Challenge."
"Well, we don't know what the Challenge is until we actually go there!" Angelo grinned. "Let's go!"
The others nodded their heads.
i"Challenges? They are part of my strategy. I know for a fact that my laziness would make people whine a lot so I need to prove myself as an asset to my tribe by kicking butt there." Drow said putting his hands behind his back. "I know when to put in effort when it is really needed and that time is now."/i
b(Immunity Challenge)/b
All fours tribes slowly made their way onto their respectively tribe mats looking ready for the first Challenge of the season.
"Welcome, Survivors! Are you ready for your first Challenge?" Tiny asked making everyone nod. "Good. Take a look."
Everyone looked to see four bags on the shores. Also in the ocean were four boxes. This immediately confused the castaways.
"Here it is. There is a bag of puzzle pieces on the sand with one person having to solve it to win Immunity. The catch? The stand you do the puzzle on is over in the ocean. When I say go, two people from each tribe drag this platform back onto the shore. It is when two more tribe-mates will drag the platform to the puzzle-solver so then they could solve it."
Everyone looked at each other knowing how much teamwork came into play.
"The first three tribes to solve their puzzles first wins Immunity granted them another day in this game AND fire in form of flint. The losers will get a date with me at Tribal Council tonight where one of you will leave this game." Tiny said. "Also, I have a big bag of rice for the winner of the Challenge."
Everyone nodded knowing it was worth playing for.
"Now I give you a minute to strategize."
b(Later)/b
It didn't take for all fours tribes to pick out their members. For the swimmers, they had chosen Celvis & Galia, Lillian & Le Cock, Robert & Mami and Drow & Tyrone while for the people pulling it on land, they had picked Bianna & Verona, Charlie & Kira, Malletman and Sugar and Angelo & Francesca with the rest as the puzzle solvers.
"All right, for Immunity! Survivors, ready? GO!"
All four pairs in the ocean immediately started to pull on the rope connect to the platform trying to pull it to shore realizing how difficult it was. Lillian had to fly up above the water to lift her rope.
"Hey! She is flying! I thought she was supposed to have a limit on her flight!" Francesca called out.
"In her defense, it doesn't really help her current situation that much." Bianna reasoned.
"Le Cock, try to keep your head over the water!" Lillian called out.
"Again..." The bird said while sputtering out water. "Easy for the flying fairy to say!"
"Celvis, are you all right?" Galia asked concerned.
"Don't worry, I could swim!" The thief reassured. "I'll just pull the rope with my teeth!"
The four pairs then made their way towards the shore pulling their crates with all of their might. Drow & Tyrone were in the lead with Robert & Mami slowly trailing behind with Celvis & Galia and Lillian & Le Cock tied for third place.
Everyone waited patiently while cheering on their respective pairs. Soon, Drow & Tyrone were the first to reach the shore.
"Nice work, guys! We'll take it from here!" Angelo said as he and Francesca took the crate and started to pull on it.
"Hurry, Le Cock! We are trailing behind!" Lillian shouted.
The rooster poked his head out of the water. "Not like I could do anything about it."
Meanwhile, Robert & Mami made their way over to the shore with their platform.
"Double M, it is all up to you down!" Mami said.
Malletman gave an unseen smirk. "Alrighty then!"
With that, he grabbed the platform with both arms. Much to everyone's surprise, he lifted it up easily.
"Okay, now that HAS to be breaking a rule." Charlie said.
Malletman hummed a jovial tune as he made his way over to Spencer with Sugar following. The latter didn't look that happy for some reason. The giant robot easily made it past Angelo and Francesca before setting the platform in front of Spencer who smirked and gotten out his puzzle pieces.
Meanwhile, Galia and Celvis had managed to get their platform to shore.
"I apologize for us not making us behind." Galia said with her head down.
"There is nothing you can do except use your own power…" Bianna sighed.
"So much for rice…" Francesca muttered watching Spencer get to work on the puzzle.
"Don't worry! Just focus on not getting last!" Angelo called out as the two continued to push the platform.
Spencer smirked as he finished putting in the last piece of the puzzle. "Hey, Tiny!"
The host paused before making his way over to the platform Spencer was at. Everyone looked on eagerly.
"Spencer got it! BYAKKO WINS IMMUNITY AND RICE!"
The Byakko tribe cheered for their victory. The others looked unhappily but knew that they were nothing we can do.
"Well, guess there is nothing we can do but try and stay alive…" Charlie muttered. "Come on, guys! Let the lead out!"
"We are almost there!" Lillian called out.
"Finally!" Le Cock groaned still poking his head out of the head.
Meanwhile, Angelo & Francesca had made their way over to Yuki.
"Here… We go, kid." Angelo wheezed. "It is up to you, now."
Yuki paused before nodding her head grabbing the bag of puzzle pieces to try and solve it. Meanwhile, the other two pairs pulled their platforms against the sand while gritting their teeth in pain.
"Keep pulling!" Bianna encouraged. "We still got a lead over Suzaku!"
"Well, you don't have to tell ME twice!" Verona nodded before she continued pulling.
Despite his lack of strength. Meanwhile, Yuki was doing the puzzle but in contrast to Spencer who had done it easily, she was having a lot of trouble with it with her tribe noticeable.
"Hang in there, Yu!" Angelo called out.
"Just try to focus and concentrate!" Francesca yelled.
Yuki nodded before continuing to work on the puzzle with the others struggling to keep up. Soon, Bianna and Verona had finally reached Kenny.
"Kenny, we are counting on you!" Bianna said. The Pokemon trainer nodded before going to work.
"Come on, Kenny! You can do it!" Celvis called out.
"Charlie, Kira! Don't give up!" Lillian cheered.
Drow crossed her arms getting impatiently. "What the hell, Yuki!? We can behind!"
"I-I'm trying!" The child struggled.
Soon, Charlie & Kira had finally reached Anke.
"Okay, Anke, it is your turn." Charlie said.
"All right!" The monkey nodded grabbing the bag of puzzle pieces.
"Tiny!" Kenny called out. The host quickly ran over and checked the tiger's puzzle.
"Tyrone has it!" The host said. "SEIRYU WINS IMMUNITY!"
As the Seiryu tribe cheered, both of the remaining tribes looked at their respectively puzzle solvers wondering was this was how they were going to lose their first Challenge of the season.
Both girls continued to work on their puzzles and both of them were looking like they were studying a lot. They knew this was it for the both of them. Everyone waited eagerly for them to win.
"H-Hey! I think I got it!"
Everyone's eyes bugged out as he ran over to the girl who said that and looked over her puzzle for a moment.
"ANKE HAS IT!" Tiny yelled. "SUZAKU WINS IMMUNITY!"
Anke has in relief as her tribe cheered her on. Genbu looked defeated as Yuki looked down with her eyes watering.
b(Later)/b
"Congratulations, Byakko! You had won Immunity granting you another day in this game! You also found flint!" Tiny said before throwing Byakko a piece of flint. "AND a big bag of rice!"
He then looked at Seiryu and Suzaku.
"Seiryu, Suzaku, you had also won Immunity along with flint as well!" Tiny said before throwing both tribes pieces of flint.
He then looked at the unhappy Genbu tribe.
"As for you, Genbu… You got a date with me at Tribal Council where one of you will be leaving this game. You have all day to figure out who. You may head back to camp."
b(Genbu Tribe)/b
Angelo, Francesca, Tyrone and Drow gathered around the area not looking that happy.
"We had it! We had a second-place lead!" Drow groaned holding his head.
"I agree. That was bull!" Tyrone nodded.
i"We had a huge lead over Seiryu and Suzaku and we should have easily gotten second place but no, Little Miss Snowflake!" Drow said slapping his head. "Truth be told, if I wanted to vote emotionally, I would had gotten rid of Tyrone but Yuki was the only one not pulling her weight in the Challenge."/i
"All right. Let's just make this quick and painless." The blonde man snapped. "We have to get rid of Yuki."
"Why? Because she is the only one who is a bigger liability than you?" Tyrone asked.
Drow growled before glaring at Tyrone. "Shut up, kitty! I had done my part in the Challenge!"
"Well, so have I!" The feline said crossing his arms.
"Boys, boys, come on! It is FAR too early to point fingers!" Angelo said stepping forward.
"Indeed. The game had barely just started." Francesca agreed.
"Tsk. Fine." Drow said. "Yuki should still go."
"Fine, I admit it." Tyrone said with a deep sigh. "The kid has to go.
"Well, seeing that the plan had been already made, can we adjourn this meeting?" Angelo asked.
"Of course! I want to go take a nap!" Drow said stretching before heading over to the shelter.
Tyrone rolled his eyes before walking off leaving Angelo and Francesca by themselves.
"You are going to try and save Yuki, aren't you?" Francesca asked flatly.
"Yep." Angelo said narrowing his eyes.
i"I am a guy who does things his own way. I don't really believe in strategy. I just believe in my gut. And my gut is telling me the tribe is targeting the wrong gal." Angelo said sternly crossing his arms. "Sorry, Drow but I don't like Debbie Downers like you and Tyrone. I think it is him to be the first to walk into the sunset, not Yuki."/i
Angelo and Francesca made their over to Yuki who was sitting on a log hugging her knees looking upset. The child looked up to see the two coming.
"Hey, are you okay?" Angelo asked concerned.
"No…" Yuki said holding down. "I had cost the tribe the Challenge and now we are all going to Tribal Council."
"Hey, hey, come on! It is all right…" Angelo said crouching down to his level.
"I… I just froze up when I realized that it was up to me and I freaked out." Yuki frowned. "What started out for a normal puzzle became more complex. I am so sorry."
"It's okay! We were never going to vote for you, anyway!" Angelo grinned.
Francesca winced at this while Yuki looked up.
"R-Really?" Yuki asked in surprise.
"Of course not! We are in an alliance, aren't we?" Angelo grinned. "Now how would you feel about getting Drow out?"
Yuki paused. "I would be more than happy. He doesn't seem that friendly."
"Then Drow, it is!" Angelo grinned. "Don't worry, kid! We won't let you…"
"Um, Angelo? Can I talk for you for a moment?" Francesca asked.
"Um, okay?" The cowboy said before turning to Yuki. "We will be back later, okay?"
"Um, okay." Yuki said as he watched the two walked off.
i"I wish I could say that I could trust Angelo's words. Don't get me wrong, I could tell that he was completely honest…" Yuki paused. "But I don't think Francesca is being honest. Every time Angelo said "we", she always fidgets uncomfortably for some reason."/i
The two walked a bit into the jungle to talk.
"Well, what is it, Francesca?" Angelo asked.
"You tell me! What the hell was that back there!?" The wrestler snapped making the dark-skinned man jump.
"What the hell was what back there?" Angelo repeated confused.
"Getting us in an alliance with the tribe's weakest member!" Francesca scolded.
"Huh? I just thought it was the best alliance we can make this early in the game." Angelo shrugged.
"Angelo, didn't you heard what I said?" Francesca yelled. "Alliance with weakest member! One who cost us the Challenge!"
"So? Strength doesn't give you the right to have a negative influence." Angelo pointed out.
"Look, I know that Drow and Tyrone's attitude are not good for team morale there is truth in their words!" Francesca insisted.
"I never said that what they are saying is wrong, I am just saying I don't like their personalities." Angelo said calmly.
"Angelo, please! If we were on a tribe of eight at least, I wouldn't have minded this idea so much but we are on a tribe of FIVE." Francesca pointed out. "AND we will be the first tribe to lose a member."
The young man paused before looking down in thought. "Gee, you are right. I guess I didn't think this through properly."
Francesca gave a small sigh of relief.
Suddenly, Angelo looked up with a grin. "Oh, well! I guess we just have to see how well we can do without Drow."
Francesca's jaw dropped as she slumped her shoulders.
i"THIS is Victoria's brother!? No wonder she is so grumpy when she first came on her season! It is like no matter how many words I put in this guy's ear, it always goes out the other one!" Francesca said holding her head. "I have to try to get Angelo to see my way because it is far too early for a tribe division! Especially in a tribe of four!"/i
After giving up trying to talk to Angelo, the wrestler made her way over to Tyrone who was sitting on the shore.
"Hey, Tyrone." Francesca said getting the feline's attention.
"Oh yeah, Fran. What is going on?" He asked.
"Well, Angelo wants to keep Yuki and vote off Drow." Francesca said.
Tyrone's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Oh hell yeah! Let me guess! You are coming here to ask you to help you vote him off right!"
"Wrong." Francesca said sternly. "I think it is not a smart idea for Drow to go yet and Yuki is clearly our weakest player."
Tyrone's smile vanished. "Then why are you telling me? It can't be to try to get Angelo to see your way because I won't be that motivated to do so."
"Because if Angelo gets his way, YOU will be his next target." Francesca said.
Tyrone's eyes bugged out. "WHAT!?"
"Angelo just doesn't like your personality." Francesca shrugged.
"But it is not my fault! That Drow prick is driving me nuts!" Tyrone snapped. "He wouldn't stand one day in the jungle without you, me and Angelo! Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if poor Yuki have to literally drag the twat around!"
"All right, all right! I get it!" Francesca said. "Listen, I am leaving you with a decision."
"Oh?" Tyrone asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes. Either you go along with Angelo and vote off Drow and may end up facing Yuki in a tiebreaker at the next Tribal Council resulting in a Tribal shift." Francesca explained. "Or you can vote off Yuki and we will vote off Drow unanimously at the next Tribal Council."
Tyrone paused at this. "So I am the swing vote?"
"Pretty much." Francesca shrugged. She then sighed. "Granted, I would LIKE this to be a straight forward vote."
i"So basically I am the swing vote tonight. I could either get rid of that lazy bum, Drow and be later forced into a tiebreaker with Yuki OR I could vote off Yuki and we can vote off Drow with no ill feelings between the majority." Tyrone said crossing his arms. "In the end, I am voting between strategy or personal feelings. Since I am stuck with such a decision on Day THREE, then I shudder what will happen later on."/i
b(Tribal Council)/b
The five Genbu members had made their way up the hill in the dead heat of the night. Soon, they had made their way to the hut where Tiny was waiting. They then saw twenty unlit torches by the side.
"Welcome, Genbu tribe. Please take your torches and lit them in the fire." Tiny said as everyone obliged. "Remember in this game, fire represents life. If you flame dies out, so do you."
Everyone lit their torches and rested them behind the seats before sitting down.
"So Tyrone, how did you react to the four tribes twist?" Tiny asked.
"Oh my goodness! It was an eye-opener!" The dark feline said in disbelief. "It was already easy enough to get voted out but now you have a 1-in-4 chance of being voted out! That means you cannot be too careful!"
"Wise words." Tiny nodded. "Yuki, how is your new tribe?"
"Um, well, it is… okay…" The child said looking to the side.
Tiny paused. "Um, okay, then. Could you expand on that?"
"Tiny, don't even bother. The others had been trying to get a peep out of her for the last three days and to little success!" Drow said.
"Drow, could YOU expand?" The host said.
"Whenever somebody try to talk this kid, she always looked away and/or running away!" The mactor said. "To be fair, I do feel a little sorry for her. I know I would hate being badgered by a bunch of stupid questions."
"Badgering!?" Tyrone said in disbelief. "We are just trying to break her out of her shell."
"That's just the thing! She clearly doesn't WANT to break out of her shell!" Drow said.
"Being a wallflower on Survivor will get you NOWHERE." Tyrone said. "We are TRYING to HELP her!"
"Want to help her?" Drow said. "Leave her alone! This isn't 24!"
"24!? What do you take us for!?" Tyrone said clearly offended.
"Calm down, guys!" Tiny asked. "Ugh… it is literally the first Tribal Council. So Drow? You are okay Yuki not talking to anyone."
"Pretty much. It is not Yuki not talking to anyone that bothers me." The blonde man shrugged. "It is just that she cost us the Challenge in the worst way possible."
Yuki winced at this and Tiny noticed this.
"Yuki, what is your story in the Challenge?" Tiny asked.
"Well… I was going to do the puzzle but everyone's eyes were on me making me uneasy… I am just… blanked." The little girl frowned.
"Angelo, how do you think the vote will go tonight?" Tiny asked.
"It will go as the majority expected!" The cowboy grinned.
"All right, it is time to vote." Tiny said. "Angelo, you are up."
The cowboy grinned before getting up and making his way to the voting table before grabbing the pen and writing down a name. "I wish I could say that this is hard but it is really isn't." He said holding up "Drow".
Tyrone narrowed her eyes before walking over to the table and taking the pen angrily. "I just KNOW this is going to bite me into the tail later."
Yuki slowly made her way over before making her way up a stool. With a timid look on her face, she took the pen. "Sorry but Angelo really wants you gone." She said holding up "Drow".
Drow walked over to the voting table with both of his hands inside of his pockets. With a small yawn, he grabbed the pen with a bored look on his face. "This isn't because you are anti-social. This is because you suck at Challenges." He said holding up "Yuki".
Francesca walked over with her arms crossed. With a small sigh, she shook her head and wrote down a name. "Sorry, kid but you DID cost us the Challenge today." She said holding up "Yuki".
With that, she walked back. Tiny then got up.
"I'll get the votes." He said walking off.
Everyone waited patiently for the host to return. Soon, he does exactly with the urn.
"I'll read them out. Whoever gets voted out has to leave the Tribal Council area immediately."
"First vote, Yuki."
Yuki let out a big sigh.
"Second vote, Drow. One vote, Yuki. One vote, Drow."
Drow raised an eyebrow but merely shrugged it off.
"Third vote, Yuki. Two votes, Yuki. One vote, Drow."
Yuki nodded her head.
"Fourth vote, Drow. Two votes, Yuki. Two votes, Drow. One vote left."
Drow seemed surprised at first… But then he narrowed his eyes tightly.
"First person voted out of Survivor…"
Everyone looked ahead eagerly knowing it would be close.
"…Is Yuki."
Angelo's eyes bugged out as Francesca shook her head. Tyrone looked to the side as Drow had a calm look on his face and Yuki merely sighed.
"Yuki, you have to be bring me your torch…"
The child got up and looked up at the still-shocked Angelo. "It is all right. I know you did your best."
Drow narrowed his eyes as she picked up her torch and made her way over to Tiny placing her torch in front of her.
"Yuki, the tribe has spoken." Tiny said putting his snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"Bye, Angelo, I miss you." The little girl said walking off while waving on her way to the Loser's Lodge.
Tiny watched her leave before turning to the others. "So in the end, you chose to vote off a liability in the Challenges and camp life. But judging by the hinky vote, I could tell that not everyone feels the same way. Let's see how this affects your tribe. You may head back to camp."
The four remaining Genbu members gathered their torches and walked off. Drow brought up the rear looking upset. Despite the vote exactly his way, he still got a hinky vote cast against him narrowly voting him off. Fortunately, he knew who cast the hinky vote and unless he gets rid of said person, he will never get a moment's peace on the island.
i"Here I am… The first boot of the season… I should have seen it coming. The minute I saw that I was put on a tribe with four strong people, I knew my days were numbered from the start." Yuki said with a sigh. "I just hope that Angelo didn't get himself into trouble for trying to save me. He may be loud but he was nice with me."/i
RESULTS
Yuki: Drow, Francesca, Tyrone.
Verona: Angelo, Yuki.
And thus Yuki was the first boot of the series. Coming into this, I wanted the first boot to have a positive personality in contrast to the other first boots. Zoro was a lazy bum with no sense of direction, Caroline was anti-social, Nick Boy was an annoying pervert and Nina was a diva. Yuki was just a sweet girl who has trouble speaking with other people.
NOTE: I don't know why I gave Yuki winter clothes. Especially on Survivor. I guess it just suited her shy personality.
