Total Drama: What is Real? Episode 2 (Part 1): Reunions and Introductions
"Hey all you guys and gals out there, Kevin Rawlings is in the house!" Kevin exclaims happily.
"This Season, we are back on the Total Drama Action film set, where our contestants will be competing for 2 MILLION DOLLLLAARRS! Welcome to… Total, Drama, WHAT IS REAL?" Kevin added with exclamation as the camera again pans out over the whole set. "And here come all our 1st batch of competitors now, all the classic contestants so far…"
A bus pulls up carrying all the veteran contestants, the door opens…Owen practically bursts out of the bus.
"And here's Owen everyone!" Kevin exclaims.
"Oh god, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M BACK! THIS IS AWESOME!" Owen yells in excitement.
"Me neither." Kevin says under his breath.
"So you're the new host? WOW… such a big celebrity… other than the fact you're a washed-up druggie has-been at 25…" Duncan says smiling viciously as he exited the bus behind Owen.
Kevin narrows his eyes, walks up to Duncan and gets right in his face.
"You listen up, and you listen good punk! Chris may have liked and put up with your bullshit, but this show is under new management…MINE!" Kevin yells at the punk before adding in little more than a venom filled whisper, "I may not be allowed to let my personal feelings towards the contestants affect my judgement to the point that I either help them or target them but I still have them. And just so your clear, my personal feelings towards you are that I hate your guts. So you'd better watch your step and keep little remarks like that to a minimum. Otherwise you'll be in for some serious pain. Got it, DUNCAN?!"
Duncan gets up and is going to say something but then he realizes that since Kevin is the host this is a battle he could not hope to win. So, with reluctance he holds his tongue and walks off muttering angrily to himself.
"Finally glad to see a host who doesn't put up with Duncan's crap, and I'm glad it's you Kevin." Harold says, smiling. He had seen the whole episode from the windows and was beyond pleased.
"Harold MacGrady! Awesome to see you again my man! How are things? And how are Trent, Cody and Justin?" Kevin says, shaking his hand with a genuine smile on his face.
"Good Kevin. I'm starting my own album after this season is over in fact. I don't know about Trent, it's been a few months since I've heard from him. As for Cody and Justin, you can ask them now." Harold says, pointing to both of them as they were exiting the bus.
"Cody, the Codemeister! How's it going dude?" Kevin asks Cody.
"Not bad, not bad… those rabid fangirls can be very hard to deal with sometimes though." Cody says, giving Kevin a fist bump.
"True dat, man, true dat… Justin! How's my favourite male model and singer?" Kevin asks, shaking the model's hand.
"Pretty good. I'm glad you're hosting Kevin… much better than Chris. And I gotta say, for someone just out of rehab, you look pretty good."
Kevin runs his fingers through his spiked blonde hair, and gives Justin a wink, saying, "I try", while grinning ear to ear.
But Kevin's grinning was stopped as there was some commotion coming from the direction of the bus. It was the next contestant trying to get off of the bus, the key word being trying. While for most this would be a simple task, most were not in a neck brace with both his right arm and right leg in a cast. He almost had succeeded when he tripped off the bus and landed flat on his face. This would have produced at least a twinge of sympathy from the host and other five contestants…if it weren't for the person that was so injured and struggling.
"Scott everybody!" Kevin exclaims.
"Ugh… could someone help me up? I think my nose is bleeding…" Scott asks.
Kevin ignores him as the next contestant comes off the bus…Anne Maria!
"Jersey Girl… help me." Scott says to her.
She grimaces, spits on him, and kicks Scott viciously to the side in the stomach, "Why, so you can leave me behind to be kidnaped by Freakzekiel again?"
"There was nothing I could do damn it! None of us knew where you were! How was I supposed to know?!" Scott yells.
"Just an excuse you pathetic piece of white trash!" Anne replies.
"OMG its Kev Rawlings! I have your EX-calibre albums!" Anne squeals in excitement, leaving Scott on the ground, whimpering, "Someone please help me…PLEASE, I can't get up…" But none of the contestants even make a move to help him. Duncan and Anne Maria even laugh.
FINALLY, Kevin walks over and helps him up. "Just letting you know… I'm not doing this because I want to, but because I'm contractually obligated."
"I'll take what I can get." Scott replies, the blood dripping from his nose and mouth onto his shirt.
"Ok, damn… Scott took up too much screen time; everyone's come off the bus already… Staci, Leshawna, Katie, Sadie, Noah, Jo, DJ, Dawn, and Izzy and Alejandro guys." Kevin says with slight disappointment in his voice.
Despite being denied a proper introduction, all of those listed off by the new host were exactly as their fan remembered them…except for Alejandro. The Latino mastermind was still horribly damaged from his dip in lava at the finale of Total Drama World Tour, though he wasn't in a lame Darth Vader rip-off robot body anymore. Instead, he was in a wheelchair with the majority of his body aside his face completely covered by bandages and braces of different kinds.
Scott walks over to the original cast, and spits down at their feet, saying, "I fucking hate you all!" even as his nose still bleeds.
"The feeling's mutual." Jo replies.
Scott walks over to a bench separate from the rest of the cast, and starts to cry again.
"We still have the make-up confessional if you want to use it. I recommend that everyone, in particular those who were denied a proper introduction thanks to Scott, record their thoughts. Let the good viewers know your thoughts and the challenges that you think you will face this time." Kevin says.
CONFESSIONAL
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"I'm back ya'll!" Leshawna shouts at the camera. "And I'm ready to win this thing once and for all! I feel like I have a real shot, I won't be fallin' for any tricks like those Al used last time. I don't think there will be too much competition from the original contestants. The only major players that I can see are Duncan, that Jo girl, my sugar baby Harold and maybe DJ and Noah. Maybe the newbies that were hinted at to us on the bus will be more of a challenge though?"
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"My first objective? Get Duncan and Alejandro out of this game as soon as possible! Duncan is a lying, cheating, sadistic dirtbag who doesn't deserve to be here, and Alejandro…" Harold says clearly with anger but he then almost growls furiously, "GOSH! He used my own code of honour to take me out! That was a low blow, and he will pay the price. Mark my words!"
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"Well, my big mouth screwed me up big-time last time… just keep it shut and concentrate on the game, and I'll be fine. Just don't mention things like my great, great, great…" Staci says, not realizing that she was undermining her own efforts to not repeat the same mistake as before.
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"I cannot believe I got dragged onto this show again. And this season looks like it will likely be the worst one yet! I'm stuck with the Anti-me, the punk, a very broken Aledrago, a Hippie girl, and one consistently pissed off Jockette…" Noah says with a dismissive roll of the eyes.
"And those are just the ones that are bad enough or wired enough that are worth mentioning. So there's not much competition here. While pretty much my only "friends" on this show aside from Owen, Izzy and Cody are the only real threats that I see among us. That's it. And I sincerely doubt that any of the noobs will be much better…or be of any interest to me in anyway" Noah says, his trademark cynical nature on full display for the countless viewers watching the show.
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"Well, I'm back on the show… with the curse long gone. I'm gonna win this time! Nice guys do finish first! Owen proved it; Cam proved it again last year. Now it's my turn!" DJ says happily.
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"What a sad, pathetic bunch of losers, pussies, dumbasses, and weaklings. Izzy's too much of a nut to really make it far, Staci's sure to get herself eliminated first again. Scott and Al are way too beat up and broken to really represent much of a threat anymore, I wouldn't really be surprised if they get pulled out due to the poor shape their in. Cody and Justin making it as far as they did WERE flukes. Without Sierra and any dumb girls to fall back on, they will fall pretty quickly I think. The others aren't even worth mentioning. Aside from Duncan and possibly Leshawna, this will be a cakewalk for me. The only real variables are the unseen contestants. Maybe I'll get some actual competition from the new meat? Probably not though." Jo says in a very nasty tone before laughing at the likely lack of challenge from the unrevealed contestants.
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"They'll all regret laughing at me; and regret leaving me on that curb. THEY'LL ALL PAY! After I'm done… MY NAME WILL BE BURNED INTO THEIR BRAINS!" Scott shouts.
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"No Beth? No Lindsay? No problems… I see two major improvements over pig-girl and Ms. Airhead, smarter and stronger than both of them combined and ripe for the picking. Their names are Jo and Anne Maria. Once they fall for my undeniable charms, I so got this in the bag…" Justin says with a confident smile before laughing manically.
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"I wish Heather was here…" Alejandro says from his wheelchair with what sounds like longing until he reveal his true feelings with, "…so I could eliminate her first! It's because of that Bruja (witch) that I'm stuck in this thing… oh well; causing havoc on everyone else will have to do."
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"OF COURSE the new host has to know Dork, Geek, and the She-Male… and hates me! This puts me at a major disadvantage!" Duncan states with a face fully displaying fury at his situation.
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"I'm back bitches! And this time… NOTHING is getting between that sweet, delicious cash and me!" Anna Maria says with self-confidence and greed brimming in her heavily accented voice.
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"I'm here to prove I can win…or least makes it pretty far on my own. I DO NOT need Sierra's help to win! I've survived a freakin' bear attack and wild dingos! I can handle this, no problem!" Cody says, clearly eager to disprove the notion that he only got far in TDWT because of Sierra.
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" OMG! I can't believe I'm back on the show! Finally, Sadie and I get our second chance to win this thing! Only took another 3 seasons…" Katie says with her trademark bursting happiness.
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"I can't believe we're back on the show! I've been looking forward to this… finally a chance to get revenge on Justin for leaving us at that cave! And if Katie or I win, we can open our own Fashion label… EEEEEEE!" Sadie says with just as much passion in her voice as Katie's.
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"Oh man I'm so stoked! This maybe my final kick at the can, so I gotta take advantage of it!" Owen exclaims to the camera.
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"Izzy is so excited to be back on the show! This time Izzy's going to the top, just like Izzy does when she tie her ankles together and goes up a down escalator! WHOO!" Izzy says happily.
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"I can't say I'm exactly thrilled to say I'm back on Total Drama, but at least we have a new host not named Chris. And I'm determined to win that 2 million dollars for…" Dawn says before being interrupted by a saddened sniffle, "…all those poor creatures on Wakanawa! I sincerely hope none of these new contestants are as bad as Scott, or this could be a very short season for me."
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END OF CONFESSIONAL
"Greeting contestants! Whether you've been deemed heroes or villains by the fans, whether you've been seen on every season of the show or just one, you are here to compete for TWO…MILLION…DOLLARS!
"And not only is our reward greater this time, but the season as a whole is the biggest one yet!" Kevin proclaimed to the contestants who had already been on this show and knew the drill.
"Yeah, yeah…we've heard this before. The fact that were back at the same abandoned film studio that you used in Action doesn't exactly inspire much faith in those old, repeated words." Noah said, his sarcastic wit on full display.
"Very perceptive Noah. It's no wonder you're a fan favourite with that wit of yours. Allow me to address your points. Firstly, while we are at the same location as Total Drama Action, things will be happening very differently. Secondly, this season will have the most contestants of any season! While more will be added later on, right now that includes eighteen new contestants!"
"Yay… more people to join us in our mutual suffering" Noah drawled in his usual tone.
"And now that all of the returning original contestants have been introduced, let's begin bringing in those eighteen brand spanking new contestants!" Kevin happily explained to the camera.
Unbeknownst to the original contestants assembled, a second bus carrying (most) of the new ones had parked not too far from where they were and the first of the new people was making her way towards them. This was in part because one of them raised his is voice in angered alarm.
"What! You mean that's all of the first time people that there are going to be!" Duncan loudly shouted.
Most of the original contestants were at a loss as to why Duncan was reacting so strongly to this. One of the few who weren't at a loss, Noah, spoke out loud for no one the reason as a rhetorical question.
"Aw…Duncan upset that he doesn't have Gwen's lips to kiss or Courtney's heart to break?"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY GEEK!?" Duncan angrily roared, as he got right in front of Noah and lifted the smaller bookworm by his sweater's collar into the air. His normally indifferent eyes now as wide as dinner plates and his legs frantically kicking the air, Noah found himself more frightened than ever before as he looked into almost monstrous eyes.
Some of those present might have tried to help Noah but the first of the new contestants was now becoming visible as she was approaching where all of them were assembled. Everyone except for Noah and Duncan, each too entranced by the emotions of the other, had turned to face the teenage female coming closer with every step. Almost every set of eyes was staring at her in wonder. For some this was because of her appearance: her amazing figure, following fiery red hair, enchanting emerald eyes, and impressive chest made this very understandable. For others this was because of another, more rare, reason.
This more rare reason was hinted at as a massive shadow started covering Noah and Duncan. Neither of the teenage boy noticed that the sun seemed to be blocked out. In particular Duncan was too distracted to notice, he was experiencing something that had been missing for so long.
Gwen had been trying (to Duncan's great annoyance) to get him to stop bullying nerds. He truly hated that, especially since so many of them, like Noah here, were asking for it. But seeing the fear in Noah's eyes and feeling the rush of happiness under his skin had confirmed it was right and proper to Duncan that Noah should be his human prey.
Smiling sadistically for feeling this rush for the first time in months, Duncan threatened Noah by saying as darkly as possible, "You know Bookworm, I seem to remember offering you a lip piercing like mine? But I think I'm going to give a lot than just that."
With that, Duncan, now holding Noah by his collar with only one hand, turned the other into a fist. He was so ready to beat this pompous pipsqueak within an inch of his about to be violently ended short life! But then…a massive object fell onto Duncan's shoulder!
Shocked at this, Duncan turned his head to the right and saw that it was a hand, a hand that though somewhat slender was massive. Though just resting on his shoulder, Duncan could tell that there was so much power there that would not need much to unleash it. Equally shocking to Duncan (and Noah), it was a hand that had bright red fingernails.
Both boys were too focused on the hand to pay attention to the person attached to it until a voice, both full of surface level sweetness but churning anger just beneath that surface, asked, "Is there a problem here?"
Shaken out of his stupor by this voice, Duncan regained his bearings…and his pride. There was no way that he would allow himself to be chased away by her, no matter how freakishly large her man-hands were!
"What if there is man-ha…" Duncan began to say as full of bravado as he could as he turned his head to stare this girl in the eyes. He had stopped when he didn't see any eyes. Instead all Duncan had seen was the bright light green fabric of a teenage girl's tank top. Slowly craning his head upward in disbelief, Duncan believed his eyes less and less as they reached the top of this figure. At the top, he saw a face normally full of positive emotions and self-doubt that showed restrained but unquestionably fierce wrath for him.
Had Duncan not been so surprised by her size or frightened by both her eyes staring daggers and the powerful hand on his shoulder, he would have tried to hit on this girl. But both of those factors were so. Though Duncan wasn't as smart as Noah, he had enough common sense to know that picking a fight with this girl was one he could never win.
So with great reluctance overpowered by greater intimidation, Duncan dropped Noah. As his green Mohawk appeared to be a shark's fin cutting through the sea of the crowd, the same hand that had been on Duncan's shoulder was now helping Noah get on his feet.
After dusting himself off, Noah had just stared at the gigantic young woman before him. Similar to Duncan, he could not believe what he was seeing but not for the same reasons. While he too was shocked by her height, what had amazing him more were her looks and actions. The fact that her features were so large yet so similar in portion and appearance to a supermodel blew even his advanced mind. But even more amazing than that was what she just did. She had saved him; Duncan might have beaten him into dust otherwise! Why would she do that for someone she had never meant before? He could figure that out later. Right now, Noah knew what he had to do…something he normally hated doing.
With a voice still reeling from fear and shock but flowing with gratefulness Noah simply said, "Thank you."
For some reason, those two words had changed this girl's face. Whereas moments ago her expression was one of absolute wrath and anger, now it was gushing sweetness. With a massive smile and eyes twinkling, the gorgeous giant girl replied, "Your welcome."
It was then that Noah noticed some bright red on this girl's cheeks. Why was there red?
Giavanna knew all too well why there was red on her face and she hoped he hadn't noticed. Noah was even cuter in person! It took all of her restraint to not reach out and press his smaller body against hers. The last thing she wanted was to be another Sierra.
Though it was only for a second or two, it felt like the two were stared at each other for an eternity. Neither party was complaining about this and would have kept it up but…
"My, my Giavanna. I knew you'd get a reaction from the original contestants but not like this. Hopefully, the impression you left on them was one for the better, yes?" Kevin asked with a smirk, knowing more than most why Giavanna had just saved little Noah.
"Um…Oh yes, Kevin…" Giavanna said, being snapped out of her trace by his words. Taking one last look at Noah before heading towards the others, she smiled as she added, "…hopefully."
The two then walked towards the other revealed contestants and stood near each other. Every now and then each would sneak glances at the other. Noah wasn't fully sure why. Giavanna didn't have a doubt in her mind as to why.
CONFESSIONAL
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"I… um, have no idea what to make of this Giavanna girl but…" Noah starts to say before blushing and scurrying out of the Confessional.
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The Tall Bombshell is living up to her label as her head is above the camera's sight and her large breasts were occupying the space that would normally be reserved for the person's head. Realizing this, Giavanna lowers her head and the camera reveals an expression of awe on her.
"Oh wow… my first Total Drama Confessional! Ahem!" Giavanna says before she gets a slight blush on her face, "Anyways, I hope I made the right impression on Noah…I really do."
Then her facial expression changes to a very devious smile, "I made the impression I wanted to make on Duncan though. He better not even think of bullying Noah while I'm around."
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"Just you wait dorks! Just you wait…" Duncan says as he cracks his knuckles and laughs. "When there's no one to cover your asses, I'll be there…"
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END OF CONFESSIONAL
The next two contestants were making there way towards the revealed contestants. As they did, they were talking to each. As they were walking and talking, the others took a look at them.
One of them, who was slightly taller than the other, has almond-shaped black eyes and is wearing an orange T-Shirt, blue jeans, and yellow sneakers. The other had dark chocolate brown hair in a Mohawk arranged in a shark-teeth pattern with dark sunglasses over his dark brown eyes who is wearing an army-green T-shirt, grey vest, black jeans, light-brown coloured high-top sneakers, and a sliver crucifix around his neck.
"So you like Shinedown, Linkin Park, AND Three days Grace? Awesome man!" The black haired dude in the orange T-shirt says.
"Yeah, but 3 Doors Down is the SHIT!" The Mohawked boy exclaims.
"True enough man. My name's Damian, by the way." The black-haired, orange T-shirt guy says.
"Mine's Jay, it's a pleasure to meet you Damian." The Mohawked dude replies
They spot the host, and the Mohawked kid, Jay, runs over to him immediately as he says, "Holy Shit, Kevin Rawlings?! You're hosting the show now?"
"Yep, you must be Jay, huh?"
"Ayup, that's me." Jay replies.
"And you must be Damian." Kevin says to the other revealed teenager after shaking Jay's hand.
"Dude! I sampled your new album, and it's pretty awesome if I do say so myself." Damian says.
"Indeed it is and…" Kevin says with a grin as he spontaneously pulls his new album out of the back of his pants, "…my new album, "Yellow Lightning", is now in in stores and in I-tunes dudes!"
Jay gives Kevin an odd look. Noticing this, the host says, "What? I gotta get the word out somehow."
"Have you ever heard of commercials? I heard they're all the rage these days." Jay says deadpanly, eliciting a laugh or two from people nearby.
"Hey, why is Scott sitting alone on that Bench… and why is his nose bleeding?!" Jay asks incredulously as he notices the ginger teenager in isolation and several types of body casts.
"Oh, he tripped on the bus steps, and no one likes him, so I had to help him up. But it's Scott we're talking about here… who cares?" Kevin asks.
Jay glares at Kevin as he says with noteworthy fury, "I do… no one deserves what he went through… NOBODY!" That last part being yelled caught everyone's attention, including Scott's. This only increased when both Jay and Damian walked over to Scott, and sat beside him.
"Hey, my name's Jay." Jay says, pulling off his sunglasses to shake Scott's hand.
"And I'm Damian." Damian says as he shakes Scott's hand.
"Good to meet you guys. Nice to know SOMEONE gives an shit about me here." Scott replies to both of them.
"Dude, I'm you're biggest fan! I even started an online fundraising petition for you!" Jay says smiling.
"YOU did that?" Scott asks in shock, and then hugs him as hard as he can with his one good arm as he added with tears running down his face. "Thank you! If it wasn't for you and Cameron, I would still be in that trauma chair!"
"Whoa man, its okay dude! It's no problem." Jay said in shock before turning to another as he said, "I raised money for Al too."
"So you're the one who raised $200,000 for me? Thank you mi amigo (my friend)." Al says as he rolled himself over to Jay, Damian, and Scott.
"Guys, it's no problem! I'm your biggest fan, head of both Fan Clubs! And no one deserves what you went through." Jay says two his two biggest idols, two of Total Drama's worst villains.
"I can safely say that I agree mi amigo." Alejandro replies, trying to smile, but can't due to the stiffness of his bandages.
"Yeah, me too. Thank you Jay, for everything" Scott says, smiling for the first time today.
DJ walked up to Jay as he said, "Wow, I didn't think anyone coming would even talk, much less be nice to Scott and Al."
Jay smiles and booms out "What, didn't your Mama teach you to forgive and forget?"
Everyone gasped, everyone knew how much DJ cared for his mother.
CONFESSIONAL
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"Did I just hear what I thought I heard him say what I thought he said?" Alejandro asks.
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"Oh SSSHHHNAAAAPPP!" Leshawna says with a snap of her fingers.
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"DJ is a buddy… but DUDE that was a wicked burn! Nice!" Duncan says approvingly.
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"Goodbye Duncan 2.0" Noah says with his normal cynical drawl.
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END OF CONFESSIONAL
Now, DJ was in almost any situation a kind, calm, and often timid person. But one of the few exceptions to that was when he felt like his Mama was insulted. When that happened, DJ would feel a strong anger and otherwise out of character desire for violence. And right now he looked like he wanted to slam Jay into the ground.
"Jesus man! I was just kidding! Don't you know how to take a joke?" Jay said as he laughed with a smile to the larger black teenager.
Unsure if this was genuine, DJ just stared at the new contestant for a second. But as far as he could tell the teenager with the Mohawk was sincere with no offensive being intended. DJ's expressions soften, and he starts to laugh. Jay, Damian, and Scott all join him in laughter (Al can't due to the Bandages). DJ stops laughing after about a minutes and says, "Oh man you had me going for a minute there! You're all right… I'm DJ".
"I already know who are, but it's nice to meet you in person DJ. " Jay says, fist bumping him.
Noah eyes Jay suspiciously. Jay notices, but doesn't care.
CONFESSIONAL
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"I am VERY wary about that Jay guy… maybe it's the shark teeth Mohawk, maybe it's the fact that he was wearing sunglasses? Maybe it's that he seems a little TOO smooth… or maybe it's the fact that he raised online petitions for Al and Scott to get better and is the head of their fan clubs! All those things tell me that I have to keep my eye on him." Noah informs the camera.
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"I cannot believe I'm on Total Drama! And I'm already buddies with SCOTT AND ALEJANDRO!" Jay exclaims like the Total Drama fan boy that he is. He then pulls out a paper bag and breaths into it to prevent him from hyperventilating from his excitement.
"YEAHHHHHHH! This so makes up for the fact that they choose Anne Maria over me last year… what a bitch! Oh, I almost forgot… HI MOM!"
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"Jay seems like a perfectly stand-up guy… and he so had me!" DJ says with a laugh as he claps his hands. "I was seriously considering flattening him for a second. He has one hell of a sense of humour, don't think momma would approve of it, but Momma doesn't always have to approve of everything right? I think I'll be proud to call Jay a friend."
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"Wow… one of the first real buddies I've had on this show. I can't believe someone gave a s**t enough about me to actually raise money for me to get better. That's never happened before… I have no Idea what to think…" Scott says in confusion while scratching the back of his head.
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"It sure is nice to have someone like Jay around. He will be a very valuable ally in the weeks to come." Alejandro says with an expression of pondering on his tan Latino face.
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"It is very difficult for me to get a read on Jay. His aura is mostly grey, with hints of black, red, and blue… he is hiding something. I may have to watch him very closely?" Dawn ponders.
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END OF CONFESSIONAL
The next new contestant stepped off the bus and started walking towards her opponents in this season. She was a tall (but not nearly as tall as Giavanna) girl with short jet-black hair in a bob and wearing round violet sunglasses hiding beautiful almond shaped sapphire-blue eyes. She's wearing a dark purple strapped tube top with a gold ring in the centre holding it together, sky blue daisy dukes, and dark brown pumps with purple straps. Surveying those present through her violet sunglasses, the newest contestant says in a condescending tone, "Pfff… not much competition here."
As she is walking towards the others, Kevin walks up to her and says, "Oh, you must be Melody."
"Sorry, I don't have time to talk to washed-up strung out Musicians." Melody says as she walks by him.
The new host's eye twitches, as he doesn't move for a few moments. "I just got out of rehab, so I'm not strung out… and I'M NOT WASHED UP!" Kevin screams angrily.
"You just keep on telling yourself that… maybe all the voices in your head will go away." Duncan says, laughing. Then a nun-chuck-wielding Harold whips him upside the head.
"Thanks buddy." Kevin says.
"Anytime." Harold replies, looking down pleased at the dazed Duncan.
"Wow, who's the Heather clone?" Cody asks, puzzled by Melody.
"Even better question… who's the Hottie?" Jay asks, entranced by Melody.
Both boys were right. Melody was very attractive. And indeed other than the bob haircut, slightly shorter size, and a different color scheme in her clothes, she looked uncannily like Heather.
"I look like her because she's my sister." Melody replies, choosing to answer Cody's question.
"Figures." Noah replies.
Her face brightens up for a second as she shouts, "Damian!"
"Aw crap." The called to teenage male mutters.
"I didn't know you were competing this year too!" Melody exclaimed in disbelief.
"Uh, you know this guy?" Owen asks.
"Of course, he's my brother." Melody says condescendingly with a roll of her eyes.
Everyone there gasps. Damian facepalms himself as Melody frowns.
"Thanks for spilling the beans, sis." Damian replies.
CONFESSIONAL
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"Thank you for shouting to the entire world that I'm Heather's kid brother… I REALLY APPRICIATE IT!" Damian shouts with all the hate-filled venom his voice can muster.
"Melody sees Heather's actions on this show as something to be admired, learned, and improved on… I see it differently. She was a bitch, pure and simple. I'm here to prove that not all of us in this family are like Heather. Assuming that they'll not treat me like a leper now that they know."
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"I have no problems with being Heather's sister in this contest… she would have won if she had been smarter in her scheming, oh and didn't start liking the enemy. I'm smarter, I'm stronger, I'm better, and I WILL WIN!" Melody says before she starts to smile evilly. "And I can't wait to throw it in her face when I do."
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"Who cares if she's Heather's little sis?! Besides, she is hot! That Giavanna girl is not too shabby herself, but she's WAAAAAAAYYYYY to tall for me… I prefer girls like Melody." Jay says.
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Though no one said anything almost every pair of eyes began glaring at Damian. He was showing signs of being greatly saddened. Someone else, knowing what he must be feeling, walked over to him and placed a large hand on his shoulder. Unlike with Duncan, this hand on the shoulder was meant to comfort. This was helped by the words said by the person, Giavanna.
"Hey look guys. Damian maybe Heather's brother… but that doesn't mean he's like her. Give him a chance."
"T-thanks, I-I'm Damian." Damian says as he looks up at her, trying not to blush.
"Giavanna, pleasure to meet you Damian. I hope we can be friends." Gia says, smiling warmly.
"Wow…" Damian says starstruck as she walks away.
"I couldn't agree more Gia…" Jay says, fist bumping Damian before turning to Melody and saying suggestively, "…And as for you, I'll be seein' you tonight."
"Get bent creep!" Mel replies, in angry lack of interest.
"You don't know what you're missing!" Jay replies, grinning.
Several people present, most notably Noah, roll their eyes.
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"Being Heather's brother must be rough… I feel so sorry for him. I know what it's like to be ostracised and stereotyped. Even now I'm picked on for being "too tall" by the girls in my hometown. And sadly my situation is not much better with the guys. One guy I asked out last year said it would "compromise his manhood" if he went out with me. How lame is THAT?!" Giavanna says to the camera, switching from her sympathy with Damian to her unpleasant past.
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"Huh, a girl actually paid attention to me and stuck up for me? I can't believe it! At home, even though I'm the Captain of the Hockey, Lacrosse, and Track teams, the girls either ignore me or pick on me just because I'm HEATHER'S BROTHER! But maybe I can change that, here and now, with Giavanna…maybe?" Damian says to the camera, switching from his unpleasant past to his new found but rapidly growing attraction for Giavanna.
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"That Jay guy just creeps me out… ugh." Melody says before making disgusted gaging noises.
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"She'll give in eventually… no one can resist me for long…" Jay says with swagger before his face becomes much more worried and rational. "Sadly that includes Noah. He'll see what I'm doing sooner rather than later. So he has to be numero uno on my hit list and the first to go!"
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The next person to step off the bus was a tall (but once again, dwarfed by Giavanna) and muscular boy with chestnut coloured hair and amber eyes. He is dressed in a bowler hat, long black coat with a starch-white collar, a grey waist-coat, a cravat of orange and purple, black trousers with black dress-shoes, holding a gold pocket watch that shines in the sun, and a very glossy black cane with a handle in the shape of a raven's head.
To say that his appearance was bizarre and caught the attention of the others would be putting it mildly. Jay sees him (and so does everyone else, it's very difficult not to notice a teen dressed so immaculately) and walks up to introduce himself.
"Wow, I never thought I'd see an English gentleman around here before… are you sure you're in the right place?" Jay asks jokingly.
The tall boy dressed like a gentleman replies with a sophisticated British accent and slight smile, "I can assure you young man with a Mohawk, I am in proper place. For this is where we will be competing for two million dollars, in a manner not too dissimilar from a race."
"Heh, I see what you did there. But could you speak in plain English please? Name's Jay by the way and yours is…?" Jay says, holding out his hand, smiling.
The gentlemanly dressed boy looks puzzled, as if not sure what to say for a second, but then shakes Jay's hand and replies with "I am Erebus, and it is a pleasure to meet you Jay but I must politely decline. For this is the manner of language that I have grown accustomed but I sincerely hope we can forge a friendship just fine." Erebus then releases Jay's hand.
"Uh… ok that's cool" Jay says as Erebus walks away to meet the others.
"Snobby Jerk!" Jay says with his fist clenched close to his face.
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"Stuck-up English Jackass! Think I'm not good enough to speak plainly to me huh? Well Erebus, you have just made yourself my first target once I put my game plan into action and Noah's out of the picture! Trust me, once the bookworm bits the dust then…" Jay threatens the camera before making a throat-slicing motion across his neck and smiling evilly, "…you are GONE!"
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"Greeting and salutations to all! I look forward to competing against all of you, be you large or small." Erebus says as he approaches the majority of those assembled.
His eyes then turn to Melody and he is instantly interested. Walking up to her, he says, "Melody, I must say that Cody's comment that you are a clone of Heather is such vile slander. With your beauty, you are infinity superior and in every way her better!"
Erebus then kisses Melody's hand. While somewhat puzzled by that, Melody was smitten. Like Damian, Melody's relation to Heather left her virtually un-pursued by the guys at her school. Unlike her brother though, Melody had no real issue with this. She didn't find any of the boys in her hometown attractive enough to date. So, with Erebus not only being the first guy to say he had interest in her and with him being the first guy, who she considered attractive, is it terribly shocking that her face began blushing a bright red? This would last a few seconds because…
"You got to be kidding me! Is no body seriously going to ask what is wrong with this poetry spewing pansy?" Duncan said, having since regained consciousness.
"If you take umbrage with me, my not so good sir, I must inform you of some news. If you seek to slander or take up arms against me, that is a fight…" Erebus says, with his amber eyes like flames in anger at being insulted and having his little moment with Melody ruined, as he grasp his cane's raven head shaped handle and revealed the hidden sword, "…you are destined to lose!"
Genuinely shocked that this turn of events, Duncan shut his mouth real quick in fright. This genuinely shocked everyone but for some this turned into something else very quickly.
"Dude!" Izzy exclaimed, "Is that a real cane sword? I've always wanted one just in case I'm at some kind of formal dance and have to fight my way out in the event of a zombie apocalypse!"
"Yes, of course it's real, my dear Izzy. And let me just say it will be an honor to compete against one who is surging with a lust for life while being fully enraptured in honesty."
The impulsive redhead, similar to Melody earlier, blushed. Its not every day that a guy as handsome as this gives you such compliments. As Izzy and a several other people like Harold and Cody marveled at the exposed cane sword, another person was looking at the newest contestant with considerable worry.
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Owen looks into the Confessional camera with that same worried look as when Izzy was clearly impressed by Erebus.
"Breaking up with Izzy was one of my biggest mistakes. I've come to regret it ever since. I was hoping to patch things up with her this time around. But how can I compete against a guy who's not only muscular and handsome but is sophisticated and has a sword?"
Then Owen's natural optimism returned as he says, "Maybe I'm over reacting? Maybe Izzy not that impressed with this E-Bus guy?"
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"Izzy just found a new best friend!" The Wild Redhead exclaims to the camera.
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Yo, Kev! You really lettin' this guy have-a sword?" Anna Maria asked Kevin in true alarm.
"Yep! It's seriously cool, it's a cane sword for crying out loud!" Kevin explained before adding, "Besides, he wouldn't come without it."
"But what if he threatens someone with it?" DJ asked in fright as he started to slightly shake.
"That'll make for good TV." Kevin says with shocking indifference to DJ's fears.
"B-but, what if he k-ki-kills someone with it?" DJ says as he almost reaches near panic. Fortunately for him, Katie, who was standing near him and was shocking able to pull herself away from Sadie, patted the taller teen's shoulder in comfort. The Gentle Giant smiles at the thinner and darker skinned BFF.
"Then we will be sure to disqualify him." Kevin assured him. "Also, sadly, we'll have to kick off the person he decapitated and/or stabbed to death too. But its understood that Erebus will not use that one any of you, right?"
Kevin's words didn't help DJ any. Noticing this, Erebus approaches him, withdraws the sword into the cane, and says, "You truly have nothing to fear my equal in size though darker friend. You have my word that I will not sure this sword on anyone here in anger as a gentleman."
The Gentle Giant didn't have time to wonder the genuineness of this statement as the next new contestant stepped off of the bus. He was a tall, dark, and muscular Hispanic male with messed up black hair and blue eyes that's dressed in a white muscle shirt, navy blue shorts, and brown sandals. Many of the girls, and Owen, were staring at this newest and very handsome contestant.
"Hola Francisco! How are things at the family's tattoo parlour?" Kevin asks Francisco.
"They are good me amigo. In fact I just got a tattoo especially for this season."
"Is that right? In fact, now that you've mentioned it, would you mind showing the others here your tattoos? I'm sure the ladies here and those watching from home would be very grateful."
"Of course. We must give the ladies what they want." Francisco said as he took his shirt off.
As he did, the air seemed to be filled with the same angelic music normally accompanying Justin or Alejandro when they did such an action and the squeals of several very happy girls.
True to his title, the majority of the Tattoo Artist's upper body was covered in tattoos of different sizes, shapes, and colors. He spun around several times so everyone could see every single one. On the right side of his neck there was a blue bird descending in flight. Along his upper chest there were the words "Por Siempre Mi Familia" (meaning "Family Forever" in Spanish) written in a very fancy black print with curving lines under each word with spaces between them. Directly over his heart was a tattoo of a heart having a banner with "MOM" written across it. His left arm had a Chinese dragon spiralling its scaly and serpentine green body along its entire length with the horned and whiskered head being over the knuckles of his left hand.
On his back was a large phoenix that was rising from its own ashes and fiery death triumphantly in vivid reds, yellows, and oranges. The last one was on his left side and left lower upper body and was a tattoo that was similar to an etching and therefore was a mixture of greys and blacks that looked like something put on metal. It was the most detailed of the tattoos, depicting an artist with his head on a table and buried into his arms while owls and bats are surrounding him and seemingly poised to attack the artist. Written on the table in white letters was "El sueño de la razón produce monstrous" (meaning "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters" in Spanish).
The number, variety, and detail of the tattoos on Francisco stunned everyone. Everyone was so stunned that most didn't hear Kevin say, "Very impressive Francisco. But I notice that your right side is largely devoid of tattoos. Any particular reason why?"
"I have yet to find some artistic inspiration for that side." Francisco says in a neutral and matter-of-factly manner as he shrugs his shoulders after putting his white short back on.
The recently re-shirted teenager than noticed somebody near the back of the crowd, somebody in a wheelchair. After what was a brief but strong facial expression of pure hatred and contempt, his face becomes perfectly calm and civil as he approaches the other Hispanic male among the cast.
Reaching Alejandro, Francisco introduced himself, "Hola Alejandro, as you already know, I'm Francisco. I must say; I've been looking forward to meeting you in person for a very long time."
"Really? Why is that?" Alejandro asks in genuine curiosity.
"Simple. Because I've always dreamed of this moment since you first appeared on the show so I could LOOK INTO YOUR VILE GREEN EYES AND SEE IF I COULD FIND A SOUL!" Francisco said in a perfectly calm and normal tone before switching to loud volcanic fury without a single pause or detectible shift in effort.
Alejandro, and everyone else present, was truly in shock at this effortless switch from Francisco. But the Tattoo Artist was far (FAR) from through with Alejandro. For the next three to five minutes, the normally restrained and quiet Hispanic teenager unleashed an endless succession of Spanish words that contained some of the foulest swearing and creative insults that had ever been recorded by a camera of Total Drama.
Among the countless kinds of insults, two of them which give a small light onto the nature of the rest were that Al must have been conceived by his mother having sexual intercourse with a lubricated donkey dick and that if he wasn't in a wheelchair that Francisco would do things to him that would make "The Disasters of War" (a famous collection of horrific recreations of images from a bloody civil war in Spain) look like "Dora the Explorer".
After Francisco was finished, the silence was absolute as every pair of eyes stared at him and Al. Alejandro, so well known for his ability to hide his true emotions, had his mouth gaping open.
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Alejandro looks beyond confused as he simply asks, "Dora the Explorer?"
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"I don't know what he said to him but the look on Al's face was priceless!" Cody says smiling.
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"Finally, a pretty boy with muscles who has a brain and I can respect!" Noah says with a smirk.
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"I might not have understood the words Francisco said to Alejandro but I easily understood his aura. I can't remember the last time I felt such pure negativity towards another person. But what's so strange is that aside from his feelings about Alejandro and one or two others here, Francisco's aura is full of compassion and concern." Dawn reveals, confused by this aura based contradiction as she stares into the camera wide-eyed.
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"That felt really, REALLY good. My only regret is that I held my strongest feelings back." Francisco says.
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"I do not like this season so far one little bit! It's bad enough that Alejandro is here but now there's also Erebus and Francisco to muscle in on my title as the head of the sexiest man here department!" Justin says in justified concern about his only unique position being threatened.
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Katie and Sadie are sitting together in the Confessional as they are giggling together.
"I am so loving this season so far and it hasn't even started yet!" Katie says to the camera.
"I know right! Not only is Justin here but we also have Erebus and Francisco! They are all so super yummy!" Sadie adds with smile on her face.
"Yeah, DJ is so yummy." Katie says with a large smile and dreamful expression on her face.
"LIKE OH MY GOSH! You like DJ!" Sadie said in happy surprise.
"Um…ah, like, where did you get that idea?"
"You, like, just said it, silly." Sadie said bluntly while still being clearly happy for Katie.
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The majority of people were still in shock from Francisco's Spanish tirade. The few that weren't noticed the next person had already walked down to where they were assembled without a word. One of those few people who noticed the next contestant's arrival was the show's new host.
"Wow. I never would have excepted that from you Francisco." Kevin says in reeling shock before returning to a normal demeanour as he says, "Anyway, the next contestant is already here so be prepared to meet another new face people."
Everybody looked around and several moved throughout the area in search of the newest person. No body could find any trace of any additional person in there presence.
"Kevin, there's no body here." Harold said. "Besides, if there were we would have heard them."
"You would think so Harold but no. I assure the next contestant is in this very space. And as to why you didn't hear anything, let's just say that this person doesn't say much…or anything."
"What? Is this guy another prissy primadonna like Justin or a mute weirdo like B?" Scott said, his sneer now restored to what it once was.
"Hey! I'm not a primadonna! I'm much prettier than Madonna!" Justin said loudly in offense.
"B is not a weirdo! He's a much better person than you will ever be Scott!" Dawn said, showing an anger never before seen from the Moonchild.
"Aw, did I press some buttons? Well as I recall you voted B off of the island just like me. My only regret about getting rid of B was that I didn't get rid of you first Fairy Princess. Because I…" Scott says to Dawn.
The Moonchild would have protested but then she and the others noticed something that Scott didn't. Behind the wounded ginger there was the long shadow of a pillar…but something had changed. Unless of course, pillars often have electric blue eyes!
He didn't know how it had happened but for the second time today Scott fell flat on his face. It seemed like somebody had struck his feet but there was no body behind him. Was there?
Scott soon got his answer after being turned on his back and looking at someone whose entire body was covered in black cloth. For obvious reasons, Scott didn't believe what he was seeing.
"What the Hell? What are you? Some kind of…" Scott began to say before…
"NINJA!" Harold exclaimed it was unreadable if his voice was one of fear or joy.
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"I know that I had a fear of ninjas during Total Drama Island but I conquered that fear…" Harold says in confidence before adding with hesitation, "…by knocking myself out in the bathroom."
The Nerd then regained his normal self-confidence as he says, "But that doesn't matter. My point is that I've come to recognize the awesomeness of ninjas! And its even better when one of them takes down the red-haired Duncan the second."
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"Seriously, is there some kind of law that every season has somebody who doesn't talk?" Duncan asks.
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"While I can't approve of the ninja hurting Scott, I'm glad he, she got him to stop insulting B. I still feel very guilty about being tricked by Scott into voting him off last season." Dawn says.
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"Yes, Harold, a ninja. Everyone, this is Ari." Kevin says to everyone there. "As you can likely guess, this is somebody who won't be engaging in long-winded conversations. In particular about whether Ari is a boy or a girl. Honestly, even we don't know which this person is."
Everybody looked at Ari is shock. The Ninja moved its head up and down in a "yes" motion.
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"How do you put someone on a reality television show without knowing his or her gender? And while we are on the subject of absurdity, what is up with the all-black ninja outfit? Here's a little history lesson for you boys and girls. Ninjas only wore outfits like that at night. You know, when you WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE THEM! Otherwise they'd just stick out like sore thumbs. They were an ancient order of assassins, not cultural heroes or supernatural fighters!" Noah says in frustration, this is clearly something that he's thought about before.
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"As I was helping Scott get back up, I swear I saw some boob under all that cloth..." Jay says with confidence before showing a look of realization as he says, "Jesus that sounds wrong. Still, Ari's a girl, I know it."
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"Yeah. So it's really obvious that Ari is a guy. He's just my great, great, great…" Staci says.
The sound suddenly goes off and a message appears on the screen that says, 'We at Total Drama are going to be merciful and spare you this rant which lasts over forty-five minutes.'
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Though intrigued by Ari for a reason he couldn't put his finger on, Duncan decided to turn his head and see if anyone was coming towards them. Sadly for him there was. Upon seeing who was coming next, the Delinquent's eyes widened while he clenched his hands into fists and contorted his face into one of rage. All he says is an angry and loud, "YOU!"
Hearing Duncan's reaction, everyone turns to see the next contestant approaching them. He is a shorter boy with brown eyes and dark brown hair covered by a sideways yellow and white ball cap. This person is also wearing a yellow-green Tee with a dark green skull in the center, blue jeans, and yellow and white sneakers steps.
"Hi Duncan, looks like your happy to see me." The shorter kid says, grinning mockingly.
"Greg, the brother of Gwen, everybody!" Kevin happily exclaims.
"Are there any other siblings of previous contestants that you have hidden away?" Noah asks the host in a sarcastic manner.
"No, Noah, I think three will be more than enough." Kevin answers. "Besides, I'd wager dollars to donuts that we will get the most drama out of these three, right Greg?"
"Oh of course Kevin. Just ask my buddy Duncan. We've gotten along perfectly since he started dating and corrupting my sister!" Greg said in a manner conveying a deep loathing beneath surface level civility.
Said "buddy" Duncan was merely grating his teeth angrily as he walks over to Greg. With his fists clenched Duncan stares right into Greg's eyes and growls out, "Prepare for your life to be a living Hell you little fuck! For every bullshit prank you've ever pulled! Now that you don't have Gwen's skirt to hide under, your dead meat! Let's start with to a punch to the face; you won't be smiling then, will you?"
Duncan then pushes Greg to the ground, and raises his fist to make good on his threat. Similar to Noah earlier, part of the reason for Duncan acting so strongly was a long overdo personal grudge. Ever since he started dating Gwen, Duncan became the victim of Greg's pranks and was never able to prove it or get Greg to stop, for risk of getting on Gwen's bad side. True, Duncan often picked on Greg when Gwen wasn't around but that was beside the point…at least to Duncan. Either way, Gwen wasn't here and seeing Greg on the ground in a curled up in a defensive position was such a rewarding sight.
Far less rewarding for Duncan was feeling a small but hard object plow into his face and send him crashing into the ground. Dazed and confused, Duncan stared up from the ground to see what had hit him. Imagine his shock and anger when he was a familiar Geek standing over him.
"And Cody for the knockout over Duncan again!" Kevin exclaims, impressed with the Geek and pleased that Duncan got put in his place.
Cody was pulling Greg off the ground he as asks, "Hey, you ok dude?"
"Yeah, I've dealt with him before. I'm Greg", Greg says, despite having Kevin already introduced him to everyone present.
"Pleased to meet you, I'm Cody." Cody says.
"Dude! I know who you are, I'm your biggest fan Yo!" Greg says full of passion.
Cody gets greatly worried for a second as he asks, "Are you a "Sierra" type of biggest fan?"
"What!?" Greg exclaims in genuine shock before understanding where Cody was coming from. "Oh…I see what you mean. No way yo! Sierra gives me the creeps, big time! Besides, me and you, despite what a lot of your fan girls would like to believe, are straight." Greg replies.
"Great! I think we'll get along just fine then." Cody says smiling, but then he gets a worried look on his face. "Uh…not because your straight I mean! I'd be fine if you were gay. I mean I'm not gay but I'd be fine if you were. I'm not a homophobe… I love gay people! No, I mean…"
Cody would have continued to ramble on but thankfully Greg stopped him by saying, "I get it Cody. You don't need to explain yourself. But I think you just added fuel to the fan girls' fire. You likely know this already but if there's ever the slightest hint of you or Noah being involved in those activities, a hundred yaoi fanfics go up the next day with a snap of the fingers."
"Don't remind me. While I do like the idea of making so many girls happy, it's made me getting a date with a girl hard…er." Cody says with a faint layer of sadness in his voice admitting this.
"I get it man. But for whatever it's worth, there's only one person I thought you should be with and I'm related to her." Greg says, knowing that saying this about Gwen will cheer Cody up.
Cody did indeed get a smile on his face. But then that smile disappeared and was replaced by an expression of sadness. Greg would have asked what caused this shift if Duncan had gotten up then off of the ground.
"Just you wait you dorks, I'll get you... ALL OF YOU!" Duncan screams at Cody, Noah, Harold, and Greg as he wipes the blood from his nose and stomps of angrily muttering to himself.
"I'd like to see you try!" Greg exclaims to Duncan before continuing to talk with Cody.
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"Duncan's the biggest jackass I know! I have no idea what Gwen sees in him!" Greg says in anger as he makes his true feelings about Duncan known before switching tunes and speaking with an equally strong joy, "Unlike Cody…Cody's awesome! He's the guy Gwen deserves. Duncan don't deserve shit!"
The Prankster's voice then dials the back on the emotion and replaces it a more questioning tone. "I love Gwen to death but even I have to ask...why is it that she hasn't considered Cody before? I mean, I could understand Trent. He was a cool guy. But I will never understand how my big sis could overlook Cody's loyalty to hook up with creep Duncan!"
As the emotion returned to Greg's voice, he ended this Confessional, "I can't speak for Gwen but I knew who the right guy for my big sis was ever since she put her hand in Cody's pants!" He eyes go wide in realization "WAIT! WHAT I MEANT WAS-
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After Duncan left them, Cody and Greg continued talking with each other. The two quickly discovered that in addition to a hatred of Duncan, they also shared a love of technology, musical instruments, and Star Trek…a strong basis for a beautiful friendship if there ever was one.
The two would have continued this conversation and ignored the next contestant to come…if it wasn't for the fact that many of them reacted with gasps of utter shock at said next contestant.
Turning their heads, Cody and Greg saw the reason for everyone's reactions of shock. The next person to have gotten off of the bus and reached where the others were was a very short girl with black eyes, long black hair tied in a pony-tail, and tan skin who was wearing a blue-green spandex gymnastics suit, a rabbit's foot on a chain around her neck, and yellow-green flats.
Her left hand was holding a large and heavy suitcase that was barely being held above the ground. But that wasn't why everyone was staring at her…the reason was because she was missing a right arm! Devoid of even a stump of a limb, there was nothing, absolutely nothing!
As everyone stared at this girl, she stared right back at them with her black eyes. She was unsure about how to react to everyone's curiosity. Eventually she made a choice.
"Yes, I have no right arm. If you would like to stare at it later, I ensure it will still be there." The One-Armed Girl says, in which a certain playful humouring and dreaded hurt could be heard.
"Yes it will, my dear. Everyone, this is Nanon. And as you can see for yourselves, she has no right arm. But don't let that fool you. This girl who should be more than capable of competing." Kevin says, repressing his own minor and self-shame inspiring sense of disgust.
"How the Hell is she suppose to compete against us? She'll be useless to whatever team she's on! She only has one arm for God's sake!" Melody shouted in confusion, totally indifferent to the brief but still obvious look of hurt of Nanon's face.
That look was replaced by a look of realization that there was a table right next to her with cups of hot tea that nobody else seemed to notice. This gave her an idea to put this bitch in her place!
"Kevin, is there any Oolong tea on this table?" Nanon asks, ignoring Melody's comment.
"Uh…yes. You're actually standing right next to a fresh up Nanon." Kevin says to her.
"Oh…goody!" Nanon says in joy before developing a look of disappointment and sadness, "But I don't want to put my suitcase on the dirty ground. What's a helpless girl with one arm to do?"
Everyone, even Kevin, looked at Nanon confused as she continued, "Oh but I do love tea so. I've been drinking it every since I was a little girl. My mom would always sing The Teapot Song, as we would drink it together. You all do know the words, right?
"I'm a little teapot…short and stout…here is my handle…" Nanon sings as she gestures to her left arm holding the heavy suitcase. But as she was singing Nanon was doing something else.
Still holding the suitcase, she had removed her right shoe. This revealed that she was wearing socks that did not cover her toes, which wiggled freely as her right foot was slowly raised.
After she sang, "…here is my spout…" Nanon had her right leg extended almost perfectly vertical and her big toe and pointer toe grasp the handle of the teacup containing the Oolong tea. Then with seemingly no great effort she put the cup to her face and drank the said Oolong tea. It was amazing to everyone else, who had been silenced by how she was using her foot with the same natural ease as any of them would use one of there hands. Adding to the shock factor was when Nanon finished her cup of tea and flipped it through the air so it landed back on the table.
Staring at everyone's puzzled faces; Nanon had a justified smirk and simply said with satisfaction, "Lovely."
A few people, like Duncan and Melody, had looks of complete disgust. Jay, on the other hand, put his hand over and ran to a nearby trashcan to barf. Jay issued forth a commanding, "BLARRRRGGGGHHHH!" Nanon once again said, "Lovely", though this time it was with sarcasm and a roll of the eyes.
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"Izzy can double joint both of her elbows but Izzy NEEDS to learn how to do that!" The Wild Redhead who speaks in the third person exclaimed to the camera.
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"I'm ashamed to admit that I wondered if Nanon would be a disadvantage. But I'm very happy to have been proven wrong. After all, I'm not a stranger to being judged by physical features." Giavanna says to the camera.
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"It doesn't happen often but if I see something worth of praise, I respect it. Nanon may prove to be a worthy opponent. If only I could do that!" Jo says, switching respect for jealousy instantly.
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"Whoa. But there's something just as amazing to me. How did nobody notice that table before?" Noah says in wonder, both at Nanon's action and his logical observation.
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"Hopefully that silenced any accusations that I'm weak or handicapped. The way I like to see, I'm not handicapped because whereas most people only have two hands, I have three." Nanon says to the camera, repeating a sentiment that she's clung to her entire life.
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"What a asshole!" Duncan says in reaction to Jay puking into a trashcan.
"Hey! Tell me you weren't considering doing the same douchebag!" Damian says to Duncan.
"Yeah Duncan, shut the Hell up you hypocrite!" Greg yells at his mortal enemy.
"You wanna fight twerp? Because Gwen's still not here to save you and I'm not going to be blindsided by Cody a third ti…" Duncan says before feeling someone tapping on his shoulder.
Turning around, the Delinquent sees a still green-gilled Jay who weakly says, "If you want to get to him, you'll have to go through me."
"Is that right? You can barely stand, how are you going to…ACK!" Duncan began to say smugly before being punched in the face (again) by Jay and fell onto the ground (again).
"Sorry..." Jay says as he turns to face Nanon, "… I've just never seen anything... oh crap... BLARGGGGGGHHHHH!" Jay tries to say as he barfs again, all over the fallen Duncan, to the laughter of all, accept Ari.
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Ari is writing on a notepad before showing to the camera to reveal her thoughts: "I didn't find that funny, just disgusting. But I will admit Duncan had it coming."
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"It's okay, people have been grossed out by me before. Nothing I haven't seen before, sadly." Nanon says with a sigh.
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"I think me and Jay could be friends. Anyone who knocks Duncan on his ass can't be all bad." Greg says.
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"Goddamned freakshow bitch made me throw up..." Jay groaned under his heavy breath until he angrily proclaimed, "SHE'S GOING DOWN!"
Then the Puppetmaster without any puppets yet slaps himself and takes a couple of deep breaths.
"No, stick to the game plan, Jay. THEN knock her off! I have to build a stable and strong alliance before I can take people like her and Noah down. If I can get about half a dozen people into an alliance, then I'll dominate this game! And Damian and Greg, two people who both have clean slates and possibly useful connections to some of the most capable pervious contestants that have ever been on this show, plus DJ, probably the nicest big guy here, are as good a start as I'll find." Jay says smiling deviously.
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Duncan is sitting there angrily and still covered in Jay's barf as he says, "When did the universe decide to take a massive shit on me?!"
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"Awesome! That was like something out of the 1932 classic Freaks!" A voice of someone unknown happily exclaimed.
Turning their heads away from the minor show they had just seen, the others saw the next contestant approaching them. He was a teenage boy who's on the taller and fatter side sitting at a desk. Both his skin and eyes under glasses are black. His hair, both on his head and on his face is brown. The hair on his head is starting to slightly thin on his head leaving the impression of the starting of baldness.
While his facial hair is both a thick but short beard that fully covers his chin line and two lengths of hair from his beard that form an almost mustache but each end stops under his nose. There is a very small gold earring on his right ear. As far as clothes, he's wearing a brown jacket, a yellow t-shirt that is visible underneath the jacket, blue jeans, and most oddly of all a sloppy dark red tie that's not fully tied.
"Carlyle! Finally! How's my favorite little Cinefile doing?" Kevin said happily.
Despite this and Carlyle's genuine smile, there were gasps and outcries of full rage from two people who seemed almost incapable of such feelings.
"Like OH MY GOSH! What kind of sick people are letting in this season Kevin?!" Katie said.
"Like, yeah! We refuse to compete with somebody who sleeps with little kids!" Sadie added.
To say that things became awkward after this would be an understatement. After a few moments, it, Carlyle and Kevin realized what had just happened.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Time out! I think we've got a The Crying Game level of misunderstanding at work here. And it's only slightly more awkward than me actually being a chick with a dick!" Carlyle exclaimed.
"Katie, Sadie, I said Cinefile! Not pedophile!" Kevin explains. "A Cinefile is somebody who has a love and knowledge of movies that can range from extreme to borderline obsessive."
"Oh…sorry Carlyle." Katie and Sadie said in disturbingly perfect unison.
"It's cool. It was a perfectly honest mistake." Carlyle said before turning to face Kevin. "So, great to meet you Kevin! The movie version of "Restrained Progression" was awesome, man! It was incredible even with the glacial pace of its development. I almost died from laughing for so long after his father yelled at Mike Truth, "There's always currency in the plantain boutique!""
Both Carlyle and Kevin then started laughing hysterically while no one else got what they Hell they were talking about. Even so, one had a glint of realization in his eyes.
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"It seems like Carlyle is on really good terms with the new host. It might not be a bad idea to get him into my alliance. Sort of like Sierra but without pissing the host off through obliviousness." Jay says to camera with a dark smile.
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END OF CONFESSIONAL
After that initial snafu, Carlyle got along with pretty much everyone there and entered a few general discussions about Carlyle's favorite topic of interest…movies (of course).
But a sudden explosion interrupted those discussions! Looking at the smoldering center, they contestants saw the form of a person covered in black soot who was somehow still standing.
"Cough, cough. It wasn't…cough…supposed to…cough…burn!" The standing soot covered figure said in exhausted wonder in-between coughs of soot before falling on his back like a tree.
The majority of those present either didn't fully process what had happened or were laughing. Moved by concern for his well-being, Giavanna, Dawn, and Nanon all rushed over to help him.
"Am I…cough…am I in Heaven? If not, there's a lot of pretty faces here." The soot covered male said in a deliriously happy manner.
"Thank you for the kind words but sadly this isn't Heaven. This is the set of Total Drama." Dawn said.
"So you know, pretty much the opposite of Heaven." Nanon added with a small smirk.
"Oh…ok. Could one of you please help me up? My body really hurts right now." The soot covered male asked.
"Sure. I'll help you." Giavanna says before bringing the soot covered one to his feet.
"Thank you Miss Nice Lady Type Person." The loopy one covered in soot says.
After Giavanna brought him to his feet and stayed by him to keep him upright until he could stand on his own, the soot mostly fallen off of his body. This revealed his feature to the rest. He was a fairly short white male with short dirty blonde hair. He is wearing a white-buttoned shirt with a black jacket over it, blue jeans, and red shoes. But the most eye-catching feature is a black cape extending to his ankles that is kept together by a golden diamond shaped holder on his chest with a bright and shining ruby center.
As the soot fell off of his body, he still unnamed contestant started to regain his bearings. They didn't fully come back until he saw Nanon as he says in the loudest shock he could muster, "OH MY GOD…I BLEW OFF YOUR ARM!"
He then started looking around frantically as he was saying, "Hurry! Help me find it! Maybe we can put it back on! Someone get a needle and some duck tape. Duck tape fixes everything!"
"Mathieu, calm down. You didn't injury Nanon. She hasn't had a right arm since birth." Dawn said to the panicking person.
Shocked by this the person looked at Nanon who simply nodded her head "yes". "Oh…sorry for freaking out then and WAIT A SECOND!" That same person then turned his head to face Dawn. "How did you know that my name was Mathieu?"
"That's easy. It's all over your aura. Every person's name becomes a part of who they are after a few years old because of how often we use them and are called by them." Dawn answered.
"Uh, what are you…oh, your Dawn. I should have known. I hope you have a better season this time." Mathieu says with a real smile on his slightly black face because of some stubborn soot.
"I hope so too." Dawn said with a smile in return.
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"Given how the universe seems to be conspiring against me, I really hope I don't end up on the same team as the human fireball!" Duncan exclaimed to the camera in worry.
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Mathieu looks at the camera in wonder, "Seriously though, that illusion shouldn't have burned?"
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END OF CONFESSIONAL
"Hahahaha…oh, that was priceless! I'm so glad I decided to let you arrange your own entrance!" Kevin says to Mathieu as he wipes a tear. "I don't think the next person could hope to top that."
"KEVIN!" A female voice shouted in utter joy as the sound of loud footsteps was also heard.
"What the…?" Kevin starts to ask before being suddenly tackled to the ground.
Once Kevin recovered enough to realize who was now on top of him, he couldn't help but smile as he says, "I stand corrected."
After getting back on their feet, the contestants got a good look at the girl who tackled Kevin. She was a tall girl with long, flowing blue hair, round green eyes, and violet lips dressed in a pink tank top, tight white shorts, and short lime-green heel-boots. She was now hugging him.
"Kevin! I'm happy to see you! I can't believe they finally let you out of rehab and are hosting the show! It's so good to see you again; I was starting to think I never would!" The blue haired girl says as fast as she can while still hugging Kevin tightly with her eyes getting watery.
"I'm happy to see you too sis. It's been such a long eight months but I'm very happy to see you. Also I'm very happy to see that your latest album just went triple platinum, by the way." Kevin says to the girl, apparently his sister.
"Your sister? Does that mean that she's…?" Leshawna started to ask before…
"OMG! It's Britney Clark! EEEEEE!" Katie and Sadie say in unison as they charge Britney.
As the BFF's continued to shower Britney in praises that proved their fan-girl status, most of the others remained silent for a couple of reasons. One, they didn't want to risk pissing off Kevin by mocking his sister. Two, most didn't have an extremely high opinion of her music but didn't want to create any bad blood between them and Britney without seeing how she was as a person first. Nevertheless, most of the contestants did not have very favorable opinions of Britney Clark. This was because almost no one had a high opinion of her music and many had younger siblings who would listen to her music constantly. However, a few people were willing to extend an olive branch to Britney who couldn't be more different if they had tried.
"Hello Britney, I'm Jay. While I can't say that I'm actually a "Brit-Brit" fan, your songs are a occasional guilty pleasures of mine." Jay says to her, somewhat out of that actually being the truth but more so out of seeing how it would be wise to get on Kevin's good side through her.
"I've never been a fan of your music but I'm very grateful to you for your philanthropy, like your recent benefit concerts for battered women and to save the rainforest." Dawn says.
Though not exactly the compliments she was expecting, Britney was pleased with them as she says, "Thank you two very much. I…"
"You got to be kidding me! Are we really going to let this slide?" Melody asks in anger. "Are we really supposed to believe that having the host's famous kid sister competing will be fair?"
"Yeah! That's right! Whatcha pullin' here Kevin? Gettin' her confidence levels up a-bit 'cause her music sounds like-a elephant seal bangin' with-a rusty set of bagpipes?" Anna Maria asks.
"You give it way too much credit Helmet Hair. The bubble-gum pop crap she puts out sounds more like someone performing invasive surgery on a howler monkey!" Jo says, adding to Anna Maria's insult and removing the legitimate questioning started by Melody.
Melody, Anna Maria, Jo, and a few others than started laughing as they added insults to Britney.
Britney says nothing but starts to get noticeable upset by the accusations against her. Kevin knew his little sister well; she was far from perfect and had her share of personal flaws. And this was one of the reasons why he protested so strongly for her to not be a contestant, the backlash of being related to him and the likely already unfavorable opinions of her among the others possibly bringing out those personal flaws. He knew he had to step, if only this once to set things straight.
"Firstly. I didn't want Britney in this season for exactly this reason, you thinking she was getting any special treatment from me. Let me set the record straight and say that is not that case at all. From this point onward, Britney is just another contestant and nothing more." Kevin says, his voice mostly calm and levelheaded but restrained.
"Secondly. If you recall, my "Ex-Caliber" albums were bubble-gum pop crap too. But my music got better as I matured and honed my own style. Britney will likely do the same herself later."
"Thirdly. While Britney will be just as exposed to physical hardship, emotional tiredness, and the possibility of elimination as anyone else…I will NOT ALLOW YOU TO PICK ON HER BECAUSE OF WHO SHE IS OR HER REALATION TO ME!" Kevin says, switching from the same restrained calm to the great fury in his voice that he continued to speak in.
"Understand that its only because I'm determined to not be like Chris MacLean that I don't kick your asses off this show myself! I won't be able to protect her from your slander after today but if you keep this up I'll make eliminating you my last official act as Total Drama's newest host! So if you want the chance to win that 2 mil…SIT DOWN, AND SHUT THE FUCK UP, OR I WILL PERSONALLY THROW YOUR STUPID, IGNORANT ASSES OFF THIS SHOW MYSELF! IS THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR?!"
All of Britney's naysayers were suddenly silenced. No one, not even crickets, made a sound.
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"I didn't want him to get in trouble but I was seriously touched when Kevin defended me!" Britney says to the Confessional camera. "While I would like some special treatments like Courtney got during Total Drama Action, I realize why that couldn't be the case…sadly."
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"After being chewed out by the new host, intimidated by the 50 Foot Woman, whipped upside the head by Doris, threatened by the sword carrying Dr. Seuss fan boy, humiliated by that pipsqueak Cody for a second time, and being punched AND thrown up on by that Jay guy…I decided it was best to keep my mouth shut and not say what I truly thought of Britney. Good call I guess." Duncan says to camera like he just dodged a massive bullet, which he in fact did.
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END OF CONFESSIONAL
As everyone recorded from Kevin's outburst, the next contestant, who had shared the same bus as (most) of the new contestants, didn't share their desire to get off of the bus.
Very nervous and shaking slightly, a short Japanese girl slowly exited the vehicle and looked around cautiously, as if she were a prairie dog fearing some signal to retreat into its hole. Sadly for this prairie dog, she didn't have a hole. The bus doors closed behind her and jumped frightened by the sound of the doors closing.
Shaking even more, the Japanese girl started to slowly make her way to the other contestants. While vibrating from nervousness, her physical features ands clothes were the same as from her audition tape: short black hair, yellow horn-rimmed glasses covering small round onyx eyes, wearing a sky-blue t-shirt and black pants. The only detail that was different was her not wearing a white lab coat.
"Hey Nise! How are you doing?" Kevin shouted as she was still very far away. This causes Nise to cry out in terror as she squats down and hides her head.
Seeing this, Kevin cursed himself. He realized that he should have known better. He knew that Nise was already a very shy and socially awkward individual. Plus he figured that his shouting just moments ago made her even more on edge. Once again, if he had his way Kevin would never have picked Nise as a contestant, it just seemed so cruel to him.
The new host then turned around to ask one of the contestants if they could please bring Nise to them. However, turning around he realized that one of the contestants was not with the rest. Turing his head back towards Nise, Kevin saw that the contestant who was missing was already at Nise's side. Smirking, the host asks no one in particular, "How the hell does she do that?"
"Hello Nise." Dawn says while at the girl's side and patting her shoulder in comfort, "Its okay. It's understandable that you're nervous. This must be a big shock. Do you need anything?"
"N-no." Nise stammered, looking at Dawn with quivering eyes. "S-sorry, I g-guess I over-r-reacted."
"Don't be silly, you have nothing to be sorry about. Your not use to or skilled with interacting with others so its only natural that your going to be very shy and afraid. Even though they might not be showing it, everyone's nervous. So in a way you're the most honest one here." Dawn said with a smile to the trembling Japanese girl.
This seemed to momentarily cure Nise of her shyness. Smiling and taking Dawn's hand, the two small teenage girls walked to the other contestants.
"H-hi, guys." Nise said to the others.
"Hi. What's up?" Damian asks.
"What? "Up" is a relative concept. It has no intrinsic value." Nise says, still a little jittery and falling back on her almost entirely logic based thinking like she does when that happens.
"S-sorry. Sometimes I can't h-help but t-think about so-something too much." Nise explains in between fright inspired stammers.
"That's fine. Let's try an icebreaker. Do you know any jokes?" Greg asks.
"N-not really. And right now t-t-timing isn't m-my st-strong s-suit." Nise says in weak stammers but with a slight smile on her face.
A few of the contestants around her developed slight smiles on their faces as well. The smiles and friendly faces are enough to encourage Nise to continue speaking as she says, "I know I don't seem like much but I'm hoping to get some more self-confidence, like Cameron did."
At this Jo (who had been holding her tongue) couldn't help but scoff before saying, "Dream on, Baby Rattle! That's about as likely as a sheep standing on its hind legs…less likely actually."
At hearing that the very small bubble of self-esteem Nise had built up had burst and she looks very sad. Many of those around her give Jo angry looks before trying to comfort her.
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"Ba-baby ra-rattle?" Nise asks in confusion while shaking at the name Jo used for her, unaware that her shaking and stammering was the very reason.
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"Thank God Jo stopped that pathetic little pity party." Scott says, his voice full of bile.
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"That was seriously uncalled for Jo! What could you gain by upsetting Nise?" Giavanna asks, her voice loud with moral protest as she lowers her neck to keep her head in the camera's shot.
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"Your likely thinking I was too hard on the Baby Rattle. Well tough! I'll admit Cameron outwitted me and respect him for it but I refuse to allow any other nerdy little weaklings to entertain any similar delusions of grandeur. Especially if they may not be entirely delusional." Jo says with firm, like cold iron, conviction.
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"Jo may be one of the biggest bitches in this series' history, but she's right, Nise's shyness and social awkwardness is a very easy weakness to exploit… which I will fully take advantage of…" Jay says, and then laughs darkly.
END OF CONFESSIONAL
But the largely collective hatred for Jo and sympathy for Nise were interrupted when a beeper on Kevin starts to, well, beep. Signaling some interns, Kevin had what looked like a bull's-eye target connected to a pole raised by said pole to the top by an elevation system that was the means of connection.
"What's that for, Kevin?" Britney asks her older brother.
"Just setting something up for a bit later…nothing to worry about now. Besides, here come the last three new contestants on the bus." Kevin says while looking in the direction of the bus.
Indeed, three teenagers were coming towards the rest as the bus finally left the empty film studio. In the front of the trio were two girls who were in a discussion that had been happening for a while now. On the left was a shorter girl of Aboriginal descent with short black hair and round onyx eyes who was wearing a purple and violet striped sweater, torn acid-washed jeans with a faded brown belt with a slightly tarnished brass belt buckle, and black and white striped sneakers. On the right was a taller Arabic girl with long, flowing black hair (complete with white headband), almond shaped green eyes, and brown lips who was wearing a red tube top, white jeans, red sneakers, and a gold crucifix necklace around her neck. And picking up the rear of the trio was an Arabic teenage boy who was tall and thin while still being muscular. He had dark brown hair in a mullet and dark brown eyes while wearing a sky-blue T-shirt with a gold crucifix in the centre, Khakis, and brown sandals.
Once the trio got there, Kevin starts introducing all three of them to the other contestants in a manner that was a cross between a game show host and the presenter of a fancy fashion show, "Let's get the introductions out of the way. First, to you left, sporting the torn acid washed jeans, please welcome the lovely lady Solita!" The "lovely lady" just smiled and waved at the others.
"And to you right, please give a warm welcome to that sexy desert flower, Mary!" Kevin says, keeping the same manner and tone of voice. The "sexy desert flower" simply blushes.
"Last, but not least, being in the lucky position of being in-between these ladies, meet Joseph!" Kevin says, in his last usage of this manner of speaking. Like Mary, Joseph only blushes.
After the initial awkwardness of their introductions wore off, the three newest contestants felt much more comfortable. Mary and Solita continued as they were before being introduced, talking about matters of Christianity. They continued talking about this for some time (there was a much longer space of time in between the trio's introduction and the next contestants to come). Unfortunately, they were standing near somebody who didn't exactly have the most patience in the world and had her low amount of patience worn to the breaking point.
"Will ya' stop that Christian Crap already!" Anna Maria shouted as she was spraying her hair. Then Jersey Shore Reject had a wonderfully awful idea. Taking that same can of hairspray, Anna Maria sprays the can's ooze killing contents directly in the face of the closer of the two, Mary.
As the Arabic girl was coughing violently with eyes that were now burning, Anna Maria was laughing…for about five seconds. This was because Solita with moments that shocked everyone punched Anna Maria right in the face. While the Jersey Shore Reject fell, Solita caught the can of hair spray and fired directly into Anna Maria own face.
After the Mary had recovered and Anna Maria left the pair with anger and stinging eyes, Solita and Mary continued talking. As they did, Joseph got to know a few of the other contestants. There was one in particular whom he was hitting it off with well…
"No way dude. I can't believe that's even possible. There's no way that you could not eat for over 200 days!" Owen says to Joseph with a smile despite his disbelief.
"Oh, my mistake. I fear I have misled you Owen." Joseph says with a chuckle at realizing the misunderstanding. "I said that my church fasts for 210 but that doesn't mean we stop eating. What it actually means is that we adhere to what a lot of people would call a vegan diet, meaning that we can't eat meat, fish, eggs, dairy, and other food products that come from animals."
"Oh…I think I get it now. I don't think I could handle that. A lot of my favorite foods come from animals." Owen says before asking, "Is it really, really hard to go without them for so long?"
"You have no idea. I'd be lying if I said there weren't times where I feel like just forsaken my tradition and faith for a double bacon cheeseburger. But then I remember why I'm doing this. It is an exercise in self-denial to weaken the passions that lead to a person's moral corruption." Joseph admits before reaffirming his commitment to his faith.
"That's awesome man! Take it from me, when you die, your going to get some special treatment." Owen says with a smile and genuine encouragement for his newest friend.
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"Once again, I must be honest, I thought for sure that I was going to hate Owen. With his massive girth, he is without question an avid follower of the deadly sins of gluttony and sloth." Joseph says to the camera before admitting what is actually the case.
"Though his weight and the more important implications of moral failing it carries do bother me a bit, I can't bring my self to hate Owen. Whatever his weaknesses of the flesh, he's a good guy. Not only is he one of the few people that I've encountered since coming to Canada who has a active interest in learning more about my faith but there's not a hint of judging suspicion in him."
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"Aside from that inappropriate "sexy desert flower" comment and Anna Maria spraying me in the face, I think things are going well. Joseph and me were sure that we'd encounter far greater collective resistance for our beliefs, as we always do. Maybe it was because those most likely to offend aside from Anna Maria us were silenced multiple times before we were introduced? The Lord does work in mysterious ways. Plus I think I've formed a good start of a friendship with Solita." Mary says to the Confessional with unexpected graduate at the good fortune shown.
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"I was fortunate in having the inspiration to start talking to Mary on the bus. By appearing along side the faithful Christians, some of there assumed moral righteous washed off onto little old me. While I do want to forge a friendship with Mary, this gives me another great advantage. After all, who would ever imagine that their elimination from this game was engineered by the orphan girl whose friends with the pious Christians?" Solita says with a sinister smile on her face.
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END OF CONFESSIONAL
"So Kevin, does this mean that the introductions are finally over?" Noah asks.
"Not quite yet Noah. I said those were the last three to be introduced on the bus. There are still two contestants that need to be introduced. And if my watch is correct, the first of those two should be just about here. In anticipation of his arrival, allow me to ask you all, shall we dance?" Kevin says as he looks at his watch trying to fight a grin slowly creeping up on his face.
For about thirty seconds, there was only silence and shared awkward stares for the contestants.
But then a sound started to be heard in the air. It started in low but then it started to grow. It was the sounds a grand operatic score with different instruments foreshadowing some great arrival. A few of the more musically educated (Noah, Giavanna, Erebus, Nise) started to recognize it. Carlyle developed a vast grin, he had a feeling what this music was and why it was being played.
And Carlyle's feelings would be proven correct as a military helicopter came flying above them with external speakers blaring Richard Wagner's classic music piece, the Ride of the Valkyries!
As the helicopter made its descent not too far away from the teens, the stirring voices of opera singers playing the female warriors of the Norse gods and clouds of kicked up dust filled the air. The music roaring in their ears and the dust flying in their eyes made the teens briefly powerless.
Once the helicopter left seconds after arriving, their sight and hearing returned to them. It was then that the contestants saw what the helicopter had dropped off, who is dropped off, actually. He was a white skinned male of average height and build with both a beard and moustache of five o' clock shadow along with bright yellow eyes similar to Erebus' but not exactly the same. In terms of clothing he wore an army cameo vest with a bright red shirt underneath it, grey pants, a tan cowboy hat, and a dog tag necklace. Noticing that he has a black glove and watch on his right hand, the other teenagers notice that his hands are on his hips as he is surveying them all.
Despite the epic entrance, this person says to them all in the most normal of voices possible, "Hi, I'm Rob. Nice to meet you all."
After the initial clash of the epic entrance contrasting with the simple introduction wore off, Mathieu asks, "What the Hell Kevin? Why does G.I. Joe here get such a elaborate introduction?"
"Feeling a little upstaged, uh Mathieu?" Kevin says with a smirk before explaining, "While very elaborate compared with the rest of your introductions, I thought this was the best way to show why we chose Rob to be one of the contestants in this season of Total Drama."
"And what would that be?" Nanon asks.
"I'm glad you asked." Kevin says before pressing a button. Pressing said button lowered the target that was raised before the introductions of Mary, Joseph, and Solita. Once lowered, everyone saw that the previously undamaged target now had seven bullets holes on the bull's-eye, which formed a smiley face with five holes forming the smile and the other two the eyes.
"As you can see, there are seven bullet holes in this target and none of them were there when the target was raised. Rob placed all seven of them while flying on the helicopter that brought him. As this hopefully shows, Rob is an extremely skilled sniper who's in the American military." Kevin says.
Everyone else looks at Rob with varying degrees of awe on their faces.
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"Truth be told. I wasn't entirely comfortable with such a dramatic reveal. Its just so out of my element, I'm far more comfortable being unseen in the shadows as I get the job done quickly. But hopefully I left a good impression on others. To make it I need to find a strong platoon." Rob says to the Confessional camera in a down to earth yet calculating manner.
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"I think I'm going to like Rob! Anyone who references Apocalypse Now in such a badass way is good in my book any day!" Carlyle says with unhidden excitement at the epic movie reference.
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Ari is seen writing on her notepad and she shows to the camera what she has written, "Though I know my skills are impressive, I think I just found someone here who is my equal. Excellent!"
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"Ok, I'm not entirely sure how but I KNOW I need to get Rob in my alliance pronto!" Jay exclaims, deeply impressed.
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Izzy is still humming the music of Ride of the Valkyries as she sings in unison with that music, "Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit!"
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END OF CONFESSIONAL
"Before I bring most of you to meet the final contestant, I must address something that can't be ignored. I'm new to this show so I have to ask… does a narcoleptic monkey run this show!?" Kevin asks the contestants who aren't entirely sure if that's meant to be a rhetorical question.
"What the Hell am I suppose to do with a guy on crutches and another whose trapped in wheelchair!?" Kevin shouted in loud confusion before calming down enough to say in a normal voice, "Alejandro and Scott, I must disqualify you both because you're incapable of competing."
Aside from a single voice of protest from Jay, pretty much everyone else cheered at this news. Both Alejandro and Scott were very noticeably (and understandably) pissed off about this news. But then Kevin explained more of what was going to happen.
"You will be taken somewhere where you will be completely healed of your remaining physical injuries. When you are back to the statuses you had before the accidents occurred on this show, you will be placed back into the game. Given the degree of your injuries, this likely means that you will not re-enter the game until much further down the road.
"While I'd personally like to kick you two out of the game right now, I must give you a fair shot. Try to think of it like this. Aside from Jay and maybe one or two others, you two are easily both the most hated contestants for what you did in pervious seasons. On top of that, you are both far less physically useful than you were before your injuries. If placed in the game now as you are, there's very little reason to believe that you wouldn't be the first ones eliminated no matter what. Do you two understand what I mean?"
After thinking about it for a few seconds, Alejandro and Scott understood that everything Kevin just said made perfect sense and was ultimately going to be the best option for them.
Kevin summons some interns and says to them, "Ok, you guys, get these two to know where."
"Do you mean the secret location sir?" One of the interns asked Kevin.
"No, I mean the lollipop factory...OF COURSE I MEAN THE SECRET LOCATION! Which by the way, is no longer a secret is it jackass?!" Kevin shouted again before sighing in defeat. "I guess its fine though, not only will they not tell me where it is but also what the Hell its even for. Just get those two out of here, so they can start the long and painful healing process."
With that, two of the most vile and hated of the show's contestants were taken away…for now.
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"Well, that's half of my first objective already done before the first challenge even started." Harold says very pleased.
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Francisco is seen with his hands clamped together and happily sending up grateful prayers in rapid Spanish.
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"I'm very pleased with how this turned out. Not only is Scott out of the game but also he will be healed. Though pleased at the time, I've come to realize that what happened to him was so cruel. Maybe the healing process of their bodies will make both Alejandro and Scott better people when they return?" Dawn says to the camera with hope in her voice.
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"While the immediate benefits to this are obvious, I think this is ultimately going to be a possibly bitter-sweet development. Despite them not being here, when they return they will be at their physical primes and likely more mentally refreshed than the rest of us will be when they come back. However, as Kevin said, pretty everyone except that Jay guy don't like or trust either one. Even if there bodies are better nourished then the rest of ours will be, they'll have few allies. But with their return inevitable and their biggest fan boy still here, there's no reason to breathe easy." Noah says to the camera, his voice is full of cynical understanding and reasonable concerns.
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"Despite this being a major setback for the moment, this could be what makes the game for me. Once they come back into the game, I know that Scott and Alejandro will not hesitate to join me. Regardless of whenever they come back into the game, they'll be friendless and obvious targets. And if there added to my alliance, no matter how big or small it is by then, it will much stronger. As long as I stay in the game until their return, the likelihood of me winning is so much greater." Jay says to the camera, his is voice is full of optimistic understanding and reasonable hopes.
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"I hope you all sleep with one eye open because when I come back, YOU'LL ALL WISH YOU HAD NEVER BEEN BORN!" Scott shouts at the camera with his volcanic hatred unhidden.
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"Shocking as this may be, I see nothing but good things coming out of this for me. Hopefully by the time I'm brought back most of them will already be eliminated or exhausted. I know that aside from Scott and that Jay guy I have no friends or allies to draw upon. But if I'm brought by the merge, I should be able to power my way though all of hatred towards me to final victory." Alejandro says in a calm voice that betrays the villainous maelstrom storming loudly within him.
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END OF CONFESSIONAL
With that all of the contestants (minus Alejandro, Scott, and the last one to be revealed) followed Kevin through the abandoned film studio that would be the location of Total Drama's 5th season. It was pretty much exactly as it was during Total Drama Action. Apart from it become slightly crappier from a period of not being used that equaled more than a year, there were only three different details worthy of note.
The first was that instead of two sets of trailers, there were three (because of their likely being three teams instead of two with the large amount of people present and more hinted at for later). The second was that the craft and service tent that served as the mess hall was at least triple the size it was for Total Drama Action (again likely to accommodate the greater number of people). But it was the last difference that was the most striking and would prove to be the most vital. Smack dab in the center of the film studio lot was a massive and imposing black building. Every single visible surface was covered in thick black glass that could not be seen through. If Death or the Devil (which ever is more frightening to you) created a building, this would be the design.
Naturally, several people asked Kevin what that building was. The new host only says this, "You'll find out soon enough but I'll say this much. Apart from the new contestants, everything that makes this season different from all of the others is hidden behind that thick black glass."
As they continued on their way, some looked back at the black building and wondered.
"And here's the expanded Crafts and Services Tent where…" Kevin starts to say once there inside said tent turned mess hall area until…
CRAAASSSSHHHHH!
A loud crashing from the kitchen interrupted Kevin's restating the obvious (which you already know, dear reader). Two voices, one that everyone knew and one that no one knew, followed from the other side of the closed doors that led to the actual kitchen faculties of this eating area.
"Boy! Don't you dare be smashing any more of my good kitchen supplies!" The voice everyone knew shouts.
"They have it coming, greasy one! Their Chinese creators and masters cannot save them now! The pots seek to humiliate me because of my choice of hat!" The voice no one knew shouts.
"But your not wearing a hat? And you smashed a kettle?"
"Exactly! But the pots still desire to embarrass me and frankly they encourage the kettles!"
"I think Kevin's finally on the other side. Go pester him and the other kids, crazy boy!"
"JAWOHL! Then I'll leave you, pawn of the pots and crony of the kettles. Hahahaha!"
About two seconds after that, a sound like that of someone jumping up into the air was heard. About three seconds later, a familiar face, of a familiar black and often-angry cook appears.
"Kevin! You might be a Hell of a lot better than Chris and you might actually pay me but you can't do this! You can't leave my kitchen to be ransacked by some kind of…!" Chef Hatchet shouts before Kevin interrupts him with, "Mr. Hatchet, I understand your outrage but please control yourself. I'll make sure you are reimbursed for whatever he might have damaged."
This was enough to get the angry chef to stop shouting because unlike Chris MacLean, Kevin would actually make good on promises like that. Satisfied, Chef returns to the kitchen
"Ok, so we have one last contestant to reveal and let me just say…we outdid ourselves with this one!" Kevin says returning his attention to the teens with a mix of fear for said contestant and anticipation for the ratings boosting reactions of those who had to compete against the wacko!
"What do you mean outdid yourselves with this one?" Noah asked in confusion while thinking to himself, 'A seven foot tall girl, a ninja, a girl with one arm, a military sniper, a possibly psychotic poet, and the siblings of both Gwen and Heather weren't enough for you!?'
"You see kiddies…" Kevin began, ignoring Noah's question, "…as you likely know, Chris MacLean had one of the biggest egos I've ever encountered in all of my years in show business. An ego so massive that the U.N. could have regarded it as an independent nation! Does anyone disagree with that statement?"
Not a single person there, old contestant or new, offered any objection to that claim.
"Very good. Now then, it's because of that nation sized ego that he actually put into his contract with the studio a 'Chris clause', saying that," Kevin said before taking out a piece of paper and reading a line from it saying, "…no season of Total Drama can take place in this or any other universe, even one ruled by any "ant overlords" who I offer my allegiances to, without the involvement of a individual human male type person called Chris or be at great risk of…"
After pausing for a second to stop reading, Kevin withdrew the piece of paper and continued talking to the contestants who were rightly confused on so many levels, "But thankfully Chris never said it had to be Chris MacLean, only a "individual human male type person called Chris". So basically any male in anyway named Chris would do. And with that, and a confused prayer to whatever God could be twisted enough to make him…I present to you the final contestant of "Total Drama, What Is Real?"…Chris!"
"It will be rain tonight." A voice says, the voice that nobody knew from the kitchen. But this voice wasn't coming from the kitchen. It was now coming from…
ABOVE!
"Let it come down!" A shape shouts as it falls from the tent's top to the other contestants.
Landing his feet and seemingly un-phased by the drop, Chris adds, "The multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him…" to conclude a set of quotes from William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
The other contestants simply stared at this person, this Chris. Even given some of the others seen so far today, very little could have prepared them for a sight such as this for the final contestant.
For one thing, not an inch of skin was visible; almost every physical feature was covered by dark cloth. The most notice of which was the forest green body suit with covered his upper and lower body. His gloves and shoes were both equally black and intimidating. A long black cloak draped his figure from behind, exposing a sky blue satin lining. But it was the face, the mask that drew the eye the most. This mask wasn't the white, smiling "Comedy" mask from his audition tape. Instead, this mask was a fiery Hellish red with a large furrowed brow and a darker red used on the crow's feet near the glaring, golden eyes and on the temples of the head. Along with this fierce scowling face there was the metallic gold fanglike teeth and snarling mouth. The overall effect was a mask that could put anyone on edge with its extreme agitation and masculine rage.
And that's exactly what this mask, the whole person of Chris actually did, put everyone on edge.
As all of the other contestants stared at this enigma, Chris seemed to ignore them and says, "I must take some offense to that Kevin, not for myself but for things twisted. You imply that twisted is automatically wrong. Does that mean that to you pretzels, twisted dough, are wrong?"
Kevin, knowing better than to answer such an absurd question, didn't say anything to Chris. Likely expecting this, the Enigma began to slowly look at all of the others present in silence.
"I see that quite a few of you people in this room have the male husband bulge, especially the women! I respect that…unlike those pots with their plans and those kettles with their coups. Unlike those cold containers I'm sure you see the error in believing that there are no centaurs at Oxford." Chris finally says to those who would be competing against him.
Then Chris placed both hands over the demon mask's mouth as he let out a light chuckle as he says, "LOL! Please forgive me; I forgot that I was wearing such a Faustian fitting face cover. Allow me to remove this and present to you my actual face."
Chris did take off the demon mask but he didn't show them his true face. Instead what they now saw was a smaller version of the "Comedy" theater mask that Chris wore during his audition tape. Despite this, Chris acted like his face was exposed as he breathed deeply before saying, "AH! That's better, so much less restricting and dishonest. Anyway, you all know my true face. Now that we are all on a first name basis, you may all validate my reality by calling me Chris."
Again, everyone just stared at Chris is absolute silence, mostly out of fear or confusion.
"Surely you must think of me as some matter of masked murderous madman. While I can't deny the first and third of those three "M" words, the two with six letters, I'm not the middle "M" word. I assure you all that I mean you all no harm and that as docile as a newborn baby, but much cuter. As a gesture of good will, would you do me the honor a simple, warm handshake?" Chris says as he extents one of his black glove covered hands to Jay, the closest person.
Looking at this masked figure with understandable confusion, Jay shook Chris' hand.
"That's the spirit my horse haired hombre! I'd just to reiterate that I mean you no ha…" Chris starts to say while shaking Jay's before…
CRASH!
Still shaking Jay's hand, countless knives fell out of Chris' other sleeve and crashed to the floor.
Despite that Chris acts as if nothing happened as he keeps shaking Jay's hand. Three or four more sets of over two-dozen knives each fall out of Chris' other sleeve. Chris still didn't notice.
Only after the fourth or fifth grouping of knives fall didn't Chris finally look at them, "Um, that's odd. I can't imagine what's keeping that cof…?"
CLANG!
Suddenly a coffee pot fell from the same sleeve as the possibly hundreds of knives.
"Ah, that's where it got to. But where's the cream? There's a funny moral in that horsehair one. Two mice fell into a bucket of cream. One drowned. The other one struggled…until he drowned. The moral of the story is to not fall into a bucket of cream." Chris says, emphasizing "cream".
No one, especially Jay, dared say a word to one who clearly wasn't all there in the head, if at all.
CONFESSIONAL
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"Izzy's just been corrected…NOW Izzy's found a new best friend!" The wild redhead enthusiastically proclaimed before adding, "Between Chris, Erebus, Noah, and maybe Owen, Izzy's gonna have a great season!"
(Static)
"Those unknowing slaves trapped in the chains of rationale must believe Chris to be mad. But for a kindred spirit of chaos such as myself, he will bring so many thrills to be had!" Erebus said to the camera in poetic verse as he praised one who filled most with fear.
(Static)
"I don't mean to be racist y'all but Chris is so crazy he's gotta be white!" Leshawna exclaimed.
(Static)
"Chris is what happens when you combine Elton John's fashion sense with Izzy's insanity, with a little bit of Lost-calibre what the fuckery…who, or what the Hell is this guy?!" Jay exclaimed in confused alarm.
(Static)
"Trained by the Army, I've been trained to fear no man, but that thing…it scares me." Rob said, his normally coincident confidence cracked.
(Static)
"No, I ain't-I ain-I ain't talking about that freak, alright?!" Anna Maria exclaimed to the camera.
(Static)
"One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind that mask? What dreams of chronic and sustained cruelty?" Noah asked the Confessional with genuine wonder.
(Static)
Chris, still wearing the same costume and mask as before, is happily singing the song, "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" made by Lesley Gore in 1965.
"Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,
Everything that's wonderful is what I feel when we're together,
Brighter than a lucky penny,
When you're near the rain cloud disappears, dear,
And I feel so fine just to know that you are mine.
My life is sunshine, lollipops and rainbows,
That's how this refrain goes, so come on, join in everybody!"
(Static)
END OF CONFESSIONAL
Kevin stares into space in total horror until he realizing that he's being filmed. "Uh…yeah. That's really something Chris. Anyway…there you have it viewers! All of the contestants have been introduced, whether original or first timer. Tune in next team to see what teams will be formed from these lump of clay and what first challenge will be the fire that hardened or cracks them. Right here, on…TOTAL DRAMA, WHAT IS REAL!"
Co-author's note
And there you have it; every contestant initially promised has been seen and heard! True some were seen and heard much more than others but we will make the effort to give all of the characters a fair shot as long as they are in the game.
Remember, not everything will be as it seems in terms of character interactions so far. Some things (friendships, romances, rivalries) will not be as they are hinted at here but others will be exactly as they are hinted at here. You'll have to see which are which.
Here's a quick cheat sheet for the 18 OCs in this story (in the order introduced here):
1. Giavanna the Tall Bombshell;
2. Damian the Hellraiser;
3. Jay the Puppetmaster;
4. Melody the Mirror Image;
5. Erebus the Machiavellian Poet;
6. Francisco the Tattoo Artist;
7. Ari the Ninja;
8. Greg the Prankster;
9. Nanon the One Armed Girl;
10. Carlyle the Cinefile;
11. Mathieu the Magician,
12. Britney the Famous Singer;
13. Nise the Quantum Physicist to Be;
14. Solita the Orphan;
15. Mary the Female Religious Wacko;
16. Joseph the Male Religious Wacko;
17. Rob the Sharpshooter; and…
18. Chris the Enigma.
Order of Elimination: Alejandro (for now); Scott (for now).
One last thing before ending this long introduction chapter. So, we are very interested in hearing what you all think of the OCs, their interactions with the original contestants, your thoughts about what's being set up in the story, and how the chapter was written over-all.
Sincerely, Rufus T. Serenity
Co-author's note:
I must give credit to my friend Rufus T. Serenity for his most excellent editing and writing, and if you want to check out more of our work, I recommend Rufus' fanfic, "Mad Mikey", you will not be disappointed!
As for my work, there are my "Aftermath" stories, Ezekiel's Return and his Deal with a She-devil, Sam and Dakota and the price of Fame, and Scott's Recovery and his plea to Dawn. Of Course, these are all lead-ups to my (solo) main event, TOTAL DRAMA ALL-STARS!
So please read, review, and spread the word!
Sincerely,
James, TheGunmaster.
Nanon, Erebus, Chris, Mathieu, Britney, Giavanna, and Rob all belong to Rufus, Kevin Rawlings, Jay, Damian, and Greg belong to me, while every other OC and the storyline belongs to CRGGL... Thanks for the Ideas man!
