Well, we're starting Episode 2! First elimination ceremony! Excited? I thought so! I am too.
Episode 2:
The camera focuses in on our host, Duskull, and the co-host, Totodile. Duskull starts the show.
"Hello, everyone! Welcome to Camp…um…Duskull. This is the-"
Duskull is interrupted by Totodile. "What he means is the Camp's actual name is too hard to pronounce, so we're calling it Camp PCI. Right, Duskull?"
Duskull responds with a glare, then continues. "Our contestants are all in the main dining hall getting food from our chef, Lickitung. We're going to burst in there and surprise all of them. I believe she's serving waffles today…with a twist. Don't ask what that means."
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"Hey, Minun. What do you think our first challenge is going to be?" asked Plusle.
"I don't really know," she said. "Maybe it'll be a dance contest? We're good dancers."
"I hope you're right," he said. Then they both turned around as the door to the dining hall opened, and Duskull said, "BOO!" very loudly. Kirlia, next in line, dropped her tray. Munchlax ran to the back of the dining hall. Swellow took a defensive position. However, Maractus was extremely unlucky-she fell off her chair and got hit by the mixing spoon Lickitung had been serving with and had accidentally thrown, now covered in syrup.
"OMG, I'm, like, totally the unluckiest girl in the world," she complained.
"Suck it up," advised Honchkrow. "It's gonna get worse." Maractus made a face at him.
"Now, campers, report to the campfire towards the center of camp. I could have contacted you via the loudspeaker, but because that's boring, I needed to do something to wake you up. And something interesting. Don't expect this privilege every day," Duskull said, then floated away with the spatula.
"Getting scared is a privilege?" Marshtomp asked. "You learn something new every day." Riolu, next to her, agreed.
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"All right, everyone. I'm going to explain the rules to you. How fun!" Duskull said happily. "Totodile here will just be…Totodile."
Totodile grumbled something.
"First of all, we have 8 cabins. There is enough room for you to share your cabin with four Pokemon of the same gender and team, meaning five Pokemon per cabin. The cabins to the left are for Team 1, which will be the Dangerous Dialgas, and the cabins to the right are for the Perilous Palkias. Male cabins will always be north, and female cabins will always be south. There you have it. Cabin assignments will be made after Team assignments, but unlike Team assignments, you have a little choice with these. But only a little."
"I have split you into two teams, each with 10 male Pokemon and 10 female Pokemon. I will not accept requests for team changes without good reason…on second thought, I might. Consider it. But probably not act on it. Don't push your luck."
"The Teams are used for some challenges, but not all. Their main purpose is for when we vote. There will be an elimination ceremony at the end of every round. It will be the first opportunity we have to get here after a challenge, unless we can wait until night to heighten the suspense, which I try to do," said Duskull, laughing evilly. "Each person can vote once, and only once. I have ways of knowing who votes twice. Don't do it."
"At each elimination ceremony, I will give out Pokemon Challenge Island ribbons. Whoever does not receive a ribbon has been voted off by the most people. Unfortunately for some of you, you can't just vote for whoever you want off your team. I will be giving some people invincibility, meaning that if they do well enough at a challenge, they can't be voted off. They will automatically receive ribbons, and any votes against them are wasted, so don't vote for people I give invincibility to."
"If you become the unfortunate Pokemon who has to leave this island, that dock behind me," Duskull says, pointing behind him, "will have the Boat of Losers waiting there to take you to Pokemon Loser Island. You don't want to go to Pokemon Loser Island. You want to win."
"When we get a low enough total of campers, we will have what's called the merge. It's when we take away teams, to make it harder or easier on you. Everyone will be working on their own, unless you still have an alliance member or other player who wants to work with you as long as possible. We do the merge when twelve players are left. Most of you will not make it to the merge," says Duskull, letting the words hang in the air for suspense. "And the one who gets out before the merge is lucky number thirteen. How nice."
"We also discontinue voting after there are only five people left. It's not a big enough number. From then, who gets out is based purely on skill and luck, not how your fellow competitors like you."
"Oh, and almost last but not almost least, our prize is 1 million dollars. We're pretty darn rich," cackles Duskull. "Only one more thing to tell you."
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Duskull leads the campers to the camp shed. "This is the area for confessionals. Sure, it's small, but you'll all want to go here. This is the place where you can let out your thoughts and feelings with nobody finding out about them, except me, Totodile, Lickitung, Roselia, and the rest of the world that's not on this show. Everyone on the show will not see it. Okay? Now go in and let out your inner thoughts and feelings, and when you're done, we will start the challenge and receive team assignments. All right, have fun!" called Duskull, running to where he last saw Totodile.
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Torchic looks around. "Well, um, I guess I'm the first person to do one of these. I really hope I get on the same team as Sentret and Shieldon. They're my best friends so far."
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Munchlax is jumping up and down. "You know, Lickitung's food wasn't bad today! I ate fourteen waffles with syrup!"
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Wigglytuff sits down, thinking. "I wonder what the first challenge will be." A smile comes across her face. "I hope it's fun!"
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Liepard sits on the floor, curled up. "I'm the first person in here who's not a total idiot," she purrs. "You know, it's a bit bigger in here than I thought it would be. Anyway, I want to ally with Glameow and maybe Honchkrow. If I can't get either of them, I could tolerate some others. But there are too many do-good Pokemon here. I'll get one of them out first."
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Mawile sits on the lone chair in the shed. "I have an advantage of being popular, but no one notices that at every turn I'm plotting against who I could get out. I'm a lot smarter than they'd think. They're all going to get out except the ones I like," she says, tilting her head arrogantly.
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Pikachu is standing outside the room with the door open. "Uh, sorry…I'm not here for a confessional. Just to see what it's like in here. That's all." Then he leaves.
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"Well, now that we're done with that," said Totodile, now at the campfire with Duskull, "I'll let our host get on to the challenge," he said. Makuhita noticed that he spit out the word 'host' like a disease. He spit out the name of his rival Machop that way too. Blech. Machop was disgusting. Luckily, Makuhita could escape from him here, and maybe get rich for it.
"You mean picking teams, my good Totodile," said Duskull. "Okay. I've chosen our 20-Pokemon teams. They will each have 10 male Pokemon and 10 female Pokemon. Any questions? No? Good."
Duskull looked at his paper, then continued. "On our first team, the Dangerous Dialgas, we have: Zorua," letting her walk over to the left side of him, where the Dialgas' flag was, "Machoke, Marshtomp, Minun," he continued. Duskull couldn't help glancing at the frozen Minun, who seemed scared to death that Plusle wouldn't be on her team. Zorua went back and helped Minun along to the Dialgas. She looked depressed but continued to listen.
Duskull resumed his list-reading. "Honchkrow, Munchlax, Kricketune, Glameow, Makuhita, Sentret, Numel," he read, giving the contestants time to walk over to the Dialgas' sign, especially the slow Munchlax and Numel. The Ghost Pokemon glanced at the worried Plusle, then continued his list. "Pachirisu, Swellow, Sneasel, Mawile, Plusle," he said, letting the last word set in for impact. Plusle sped over to the other side faster than even Pachirisu. Duskull finished his list with the last four Pokemon. "Kirlia, Whimsicott, Torchic, and Maractus."
Torchic visibly let out a sigh of relief at being on Sentret's team, but felt bad because Shieldon was his friend too. He looked back and saw Shieldon giving him an encouraging smile. He went and stood by Sentret, hoping that Shieldon made it to the merge.
Totodile took the list to read the Palkias' players. "All right, I get to read this part because I'm a Water-type and so is Palkia. Listen up," he said. All remaining Pokemon's heads turned. "Even though it's clear that the ones of you still standing over there are our Palkias, I'll read your list quickly anyway. Wigglytuff, Shieldon, Liepard," he read. Liepard groaned when she saw Wigglytuff. "Tropius, Dragonair, Mothim, Mightyena, Porygon, Gothorita, Misdreavus, Riolu, Monferno, Onix, Bayleef, Pikachu, Froslass, Buneary, Buizel, Haunter, and Qwilfish! Congrats on a pretty awesome team."
"Okay, now for the challenge. Whoever wins it will pass the elimination ceremony. Whoever loses will have a visit from the elimination fairy. This is what we'll do-it's been planned for, like, forever, and the game show that gave us this idea is a great inspiration. You'll all be jumping off a cliff and into the water below. If you land in the 20-foot-wide hoop, you get two points and invincibility. If you land outside it, you get one point. If you land on the ground below, you get no points. If you choose not to jump, you also get no points, but you get to wear a Torchic hat because you're a chicken. Deal? Let's go!"
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Monferno looks nervous. "I hate to sound like such a sissy, but being a Fire-type, water really isn't my thing. I don't know if I'm going to be able to do this challenge or not. I guess I'll decide while I'm there."
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Froslass looks thoughtful. "I can slow my jump because I float, and I have some swimming experience. I'll go for it."
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Buizel sits on the chair, smug. "I know I can do this. I'm a swimmer and a surfer. And if I'm lucky, it can win me some support from the girls and from possible alliance members. I still plan to be one of the top players."
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Onix growls at the camera. "Why, of all things, did it have to be a water challenge? I'm going to slam Duskull and Totodile with my tail until they change it. GRAAAA!" he shouts. Then a crunching noise is heard, and suddenly he looks sheepish.
"Uh…the chair broke. Yeah, I'm getting out of here now."
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Haunter wanders in to the confessional building. "Hey, um, who broke the chair? Well, anyway, I just wanted to get in here to say that, for the record, I'm actually a pretty good diver."
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Torchic sighs at the camera, looking both sad and angry. "Torchic hats? Really? And they had to rub it in because it's a water challenge. Oh, my life gets so weird sometimes…why is the chair broken? I'll take this out of here…"
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"The Torchic hats thing was mean to Torchic, although Duskull and Totodile probably weren't thinking about it at the time," Marshtomp admitted. Then a grin crossed her face. "It was pretty hilarious, though. Ha!"she laughed. "Hilarious."
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The campers gathered at the edge of the cliff Duskull had directed them to. Sneasel looked off. He wasn't really afraid, but he knew that some of his teammates were. He looked up as Totodile said something."
"I'd suggest one of you starting. Dialgas, you first."
Before he had even finished the sentence, Marshtomp ran and dived off the super-steep cliff, landing exactly in the middle of the circle. "Two points!" called Duskull.
Marshtomp swam to the beach, far down from the cliff, and waited for the next contestant. Pachirisu dashed forward and essentially fell off the cliff. Because of her bad timing, Pachirisu scored only 1 point.
Following Pachirisu's dive were Machoke, scoring two points, Makuhita, also scoring two, Sentret, getting one, Maractus, with two, and Mawile, who landed just outside the hoop, but still not inside for two points.
After Mawile's dive, Numel came up to Duskull, saying, "I'll take my Torchic hat now. I don't feel like doing it," he said, yawning.
"All right, said Duskull, passing him one. Numel carried it in his mouth, but was too lazy to put it on.
Munchlax tried to make the dive, but was scared of heights and also took a chicken hat. Glameow almost didn't do the dive (as a cat, she hated water), but did it and got one point. Sneasel did an almost perfectly aimed dive, scoring two, and Swellow followed with the same score. Kricketune dived, but hit the edge of the cliff and got zero. Luckily, except for minor bruising, he was okay.
Next, Whimsicott floated down for one. Plusle and Minun dived together, both hitting the beach and getting zeroes. They, like Kricketune, were okay. Kirlia made up for some bad scores by gracefully landing in the hoop. Honchkrow swooped down for a two as well. Zorua made a decent jump and got another point. The last person to go was Torchic. He whimpered. "Do I have to?" he asked quietly. Duskull gestured to the pile of Torchic hats. After seeing them, Torchic defiantly decided to do the jump.
"Three, two, one," he said, then jumped. Less than a second later, he realized he didn't want to and tried to grab onto the cliff, but couldn't. He went into the water and scored a one. Then he accidentally started drowning.
"Aaah! Help!" he screamed. Swellow swooped down from above and carried him to shore.
"Thanks," he managed weakly.
"Don't mention it," she said, winking.
He blushed, but she walked away. Totodile counted the point total, and whispered it to Duskull, who wouldn't announce it until after the Palkias dived.
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Monferno looked at the camera, worried. "With Torchic having dived, this really puts more pressure on me to do it. I just don't know if I can," he said, downcast.
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Shieldon looked at the camera admiringly. "Torchic was really brave. Even if we got put on opposite teams, we're still friends, and I'll definitely admire him for it."
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"All right, Palkias! Jump!" said Duskull.
Qwilfish was the first to jump, obtaining a flawless 2. Following her were Buizel, Haunter, and Froslass, who also got all perfect scores. Buneary managed a 1. Tropius jumped next, but hit a rock, obtaining zero points. Several competitors looked down to see if he was okay.
"Yes," he weakly replied.
Porygon accepted a chicken hat after explaining that he wasn't sure how he would react to water. Onix did the same. Misdreavus did a dive that just landed inside of the circle. Mightyena got a 1-pointer. Pikachu and Bayleef, the next divers, also got ones. Riolu got a two. Wigglytuff dived but landed on the beach. Mothim managed to get a decent 1. To the surprise of all her fellow competitors, Gothorita got a perfect two. Dragonair followed with another two. Liepard refused to get her fur wet, put was pushed in by the charging Shieldon, obtaining a one instead. She glared at Shieldon as he dove as she swam to shore. Shieldon almost hit the beach, but managed to land in the water, getting a one. Monferno backed away. "I can't do it," he said despairingly. Duskull tossed him a chicken hat.
Totodile finished calculating the point totals, then announced them. "Dangerous Dialgas, your total score was twenty-three. Perilous Palkias, you had…" everyone held their breath. "twenty-two. See you at the elimination ceremony, Palkias," said Duskull, grinning.
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Liepard shakes her fur, but is still soaking wet. "It's got to be Shieldon who goes. He's shown us all that he's careless. I won't let him stay in."
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Shieldon looks guiltily at the camera. "I didn't actually mean to push Liepard in. It just sort of happened. I wasn't looking, but she stepped in the way…sorry, Liepard, but it was an accident. I mean it."
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Riolu stares at the camera, thinking. "I have invincibility, and so do quite a few other members of our team. So we're safe…it's an interesting idea, especially if the Pokemon you wanted to vote off gets a two. I need to see if I can get some Pokemon to vote with me. That seems like a smart move."
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Buneary peers from side to side, looking around. "I only got one point. I hope I don't get eliminated," she says, scared.
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"All right, welcome to the first Pokemon Challenge Island Elimination Ceremony!" says Duskull brightly, holding a bunch of blue-and-green ribbons with 'Pokemon Challenge Island' written on them. "Each of you, except one, will receive one of these. Before we start voting, I'll warn you that you cannot vote for the following Pokemon: Froslass, Dragonair, Haunter, Riolu, Gothorita, Qwilfish, Misdreavus, and Buizel. If I were you, I'd vote for someone who's not one of them. It'd be a waste if you did."
"Excuse me Duskull," said Totodile, pushing the ghost out of his way. "Keep in mind that your teammates Porygon, Tropius, Onix, Wigglytuff, and Monferno got you no points. They would be obvious choices to vote for. If none of them are for you, you could still vote for Bayleef, Mothim, Mightyena, Buneary, Liepard, Pikachu, and Shieldon. Now, get started voting!"
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Tropius stares at the camera."I know I'm in a bad position to vote, considering that I might get out and all, but I voted for Porygon. I really don't trust him. I wanted to see if some other Pokemon would agree with me. Bayleef voted for Onix, but I got Misdreavus to vote for Porygon with me. She doesn't trust him either."
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Buizel has his arms crossed, sitting on the chair. "Liepard talked some Pokemon into voting with her against Shieldon. Qwilfish doesn't like Shieldon, and Mightyena just thinks that if he does something like that again, he could be a threat. At least four of us are voting for him, maybe more if we're lucky."
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Gothorita stares into the mirror in the side of the shack. "I don't like it," she says, somewhat quietly, "but I had to vote for Tropius. He's just clumsy. I think I'm the only Pokemon voting for him, so maybe I'm wasting my vote, but a clumsy Pokemon on a team is just not helpful. Sorry, Tropius," she says, looking up.
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Pikachu sits on the chair, looking excited. "I'm voting for Onix. I don't like him-his anger makes him kind of a bully. I know Riolu and Bayleef are with me, and I heard Wigglytuff arguing with Mothim, trying to get him to vote for Onix too. He's just too dangerous."
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Shieldon sits on the chair, looking at the floor with a worried expression on his face. "I'm voting for Liepard-I don't want her to try to get revenge on me! I don't know if anyone else is voting for her, though, and I think she gathered some Pokemon up to vote for me, like Buizel and Qwilfish. As far as I've heard, no one's voting against Bayleef, Buneary, or Pikachu, and Porygon's the only person I've heard who might vote against Mightyena, but he was leaning towards Mothim. I don't really get why they'd vote Mothim off, but…" His voice trails off. "I hope it's not me getting off."
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Haunter stares at the camera. "My vote's for Mothim. He's just too peaceful to help us here-we can't win with players like him and Wigglytuff on our team. They're just not helpful," he says. He pauses. "My original vote was going to be for Monferno, but I can't fault him for being a Fire-type. After all, if I were a Fire-type, I wouldn't have done it either. I hope too many Pokemon don't vote against him," Haunter finished, then left the confessional room.
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Onix snarls at the camera. "I'm voting Monferno off. I don't like his attitude and his confidence. He's just a wimp when it comes to water. I don't like him."
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Froslass stares at the camera intently. "I think Wigglytuff has to go. She doesn't take the game seriously enough," she says coldly. "It's not personal, but she won't be the winner, and anyone can see it. I just don't think she's a good addition to our team. Sorry, Wigglytuff," she says, before leaving.
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"All right, everyone! I have all the votes!" called Duskull, motioning everyone to look at him. "Totodile, do the honors."
"Gladly," smirked Totodile. "All right, first ribbons go to: Froslass, Dragonair, Haunter, Riolu, Gothorita, Qwilfish, Misdreavus, and Buizel. You were already invincible, as I said before."
The Pokemon all walked up to claim their ribbons, then sat down back in their seats, leaning forward. Totodile continued. "Receiving no votes against them, these Pokemon may also come to get ribbons: Bayleef, Buneary, Pikachu, and Mightyena."
The Pokemon walked forwards. Mightyena, who had known that Porygon might vote against her, breathed a sigh of relief, and sat back down with the others.
"Receiving only one vote against them: Tropius and Monferno," said Totodile loudly. Monferno looked confused, then happy. He had expected to go home this episode, but for some reason Pokemon just hadn't voted against him. He noticed Onix glaring from the back corner for some reason and was startled. He'd have to watch out for Onix.
"These Pokemon had two votes each: Porygon, Wigglytuff, and Liepard. None of them will be going home today, either," said Totodile. Liepard calmly walked up to accept the ribbons, sitting down next to Buizel and Onix.
Onix, Shieldon, and Mothim all looked around nervously. Duskull whispered to Totodile, "Okay, Shieldon I might have expected, but not Mothim or Onix. What's up?"
Totodile looked at the votes, then frowned. "Duskull, we have a tie. They each received four votes against them. What do we do?"
Duskull frowned, then said, "I know." He called out to all the Pokemon.
"Everyone, Onix, Shieldon, and Mothim each received four votes against them. You'll all get to vote again, this time only for one of them. I'll hand out the papers, then we'll vote again. Happy voting!"
Shieldon frantically looked at Riolu and Pikachu, next to him. "Guys, you're…you're not voting for me, are you?"
Riolu smiled comfortingly. "Of course not. You're our friend. We're voting for Onix, right, Pikachu?" he said. "Yep," said Pikachu.
"Th-thanks! I mean it!" said Shieldon. "I was going to vote for Onix too. He scares me, like Liepard. If they work together, that could be bad."
Meanwhile, Liepard sat talking to the Pokemon who she managed to get to vote with her. "You all voted for him, right?" she purred at Buizel, Qwilfish, and Mightyena. They all nodded. "Let's go find other people who might vote for Shieldon. It's easier now that the choice is limited,"
"I will vote for Shieldon," said Gothorita. The other Pokemon all turned around in surprise. "It's not that I don't think that he's a good Pokemon, but if he wasn't paying attention and knocked Liepard off the cliff, well, it could happen again, to any of us. My original vote was for Tropius for the same reason."
Wigglytuff and Mothim sat in a corner, worried. "Mothim, why would they vote you off? You're so likable," said Wigglytuff, eyes wide. "I can't understand why anyone would take you off either."
Mothim, on the other hand, did not look at all worried. He wore a necklace with a peace sign on it, and held it up for Wigglytuff to see. "We must be at peace, with everyone, but especially ourselves. If I get out, remember that, Wigglytuff."
"Okay," she said quietly. On her paper, she wrote down 'Onix' for the second time-she wanted him out because he was a bully.
As the last person (Tropius) dropped his vote into Duskull's hand, Duskull whistled for everyone's attention. "All right, everybody! The votes! Let's see, the first ribbon goes to…drumroll please…" Totodile slapped his leg a few times. "Uh, good enough. First ribbon-Shieldon, who only received five votes! Come on up, Shieldon!"
Shieldon ran up, grabbed his ribbon, and sat back down next to Riolu and Pikachu, who both grinned at him. "I can't believe it wasn't me! I thought Liepard would have got more people to vote for me!"
Although Pikachu and Riolu didn't want to admit it, they thought she would have too, but it obviously didn't happen that way.
"Between Onix and Mothim, our last ribbon goes to…Onix," said Duskull. "Apparently, Mothim, people just thought you were too peaceful. Boat of Losers for you, en route to Pokemon Loser Island. But on the bright side…well, I'll just tell you after your Last Confessional. Goodnight, everyone! If you want to see Mothim off, meet us at the dock in fifteen minutes."
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"Hey, everyone," says Mothim dreamily. "I'm sad that I'm leaving, especially because I'll have to be leaving Wigglytuff alone. But it's cool. I know that being peaceful is a hard thing, especially with a place as competitive as it is here. I won't let that get to me."
"Duskull also said that I should talk about which Pokemon I'd like to win. In my humble opinion, I'd hope Wigglytuff could do it. You've been awesome, Wigglytuff, and I won't forget that."
"Peace out, everyone! See you on Pokemon Loser Island, man!" Mothim says brightly.
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Everyone from both teams was gathered on the docks, sad to see Mothim go. Even the Pokemon who voted him off felt guilty, because even if he wasn't a great competitor and was a bit strange, he was still a nice Pokemon. Wigglytuff was at the front, hugging him until it was time for him to go. She smiled sadly, and let him walk over to where Duskull, Totodile, Lickitung, and Roselia stood, by the Boat of Losers. Before he boarded, Duskull pulled him over.
"The four of us, we have a secret which we need to let you know," said Duskull. "If you're worried about Pokemon Loser Island, don't be. It's a five-star resort with room service, a huge pool, and everything you could possibly need. You'll also be able to watch the other competitors do their challenges on the TV. You'll get other footage that we'd normally cut out of the regular-length show."
"Thanks, man. See you later," said Mothim. He gazed at the crowds, especially Wigglytuff, then left, growing further away from the island and across the deep blue sea.
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That night, Liepard called a meeting with Buizel, Onix, and Qwilfish called a meeting between the four of them deep in the woods. "I'd like to propose an alliance. We could work much better as a team, and vote together permanently. Onix, I know you didn't vote with us today, but that was only because of Monferno. We don't have to vote together, but we should. Who agrees?"
"This would be a benefit. I'm in," said Buizel, though he didn't plan to keep Liepard as leader.
"Yes! I'm mad! An alliance would make it so that we'd be less likely to get voted out," said Onix.
"Sure, whatever," said Qwilfish.
Froslass listened from behind a tree, then drifted back towards camp.
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Well, this is another chapter of the story over! I never really planned to get Mothim off in the first challenge, but it felt logical to do it, and to be honest, he wasn't ever one of my favorites, and Shieldon and Onix were my two other choices, who I had more plans for. I feel bad for Wigglytuff...poor girl.
Don't worry, though! Mothim will be back in later episodes, as well as everyone on Pokemon Loser Island. They're not gone forever, and everyone is a possible candidate for Season 2.
Speaking of which, I'd like to know if anyone has any ideas for Season 2. Even though I'm not going to start writing it for probably an eternity, I'd be willing to accept ideas for new characters and also whether to bring back any old characters or not.
By the way, if you spot any errors, let me know. I forget quotation marks all the time. I'd be glad to fix them if you told me where could find them. Just put it in your review!
Who will get out in the next episode? Find out in Episode 3, because I have no idea!