Getting Started
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Texts in italics are when a character is giving a confessional that the other players cannot hear.
Both tribes have already been transported to their separate camps and are beginning to work. The only supplies each tribe is given are a pot, a machete, one water canteen per player, a map to a water source and enough rice to supply the tribe for approximately two weeks.
Capzo Tribe (Zoey 101) - Day One
The Capzo tribe got off of their boat and began to celebrate successfully reaching the island. They hugged, high-fived and introduced themselves to each other.
After the hugging and introductions had passed, the tribe looked at the beach and forest where they will be spending the next few weeks. The beach itself was quite clean, seeing as the island had been mostly untouched by human civilization, outside of a couple of native tribes. The beach ended at a gorgeous forest where there were several trees around and the ground in the forest was covered with fallen leaves, loose sticks and various other forms of vegetation including bamboo. Various rock formations were also visible, including a shelf that one could stand under for shade from the hot sun.
Chase: So what do we do now?
Zoey: Obviously we need to get to work so that we can live here for a while.
Quinn: I think we need to start by choosing a leader so that we know what we're doing.
Zoey: OK, does anyone actually want to be the leader?
Nicole: Why not you? You seem like you would be a good leader.
Logan: No way. We can't have a girl lead us.
Chase: I'm cool with it. All those in favor of Zoey being the leader?
Everyone's hands raised except for Zoey and Logan.
Chase: OK, we have our tribe leader. Zoey will lead us to victory.
Most of the tribe murmured in agreement and they surrounded Zoey to hear what she had to say.
Zoey: Coming into this, I didn't want to be the leader. If things go wrong, it's easy to blame the leader for it and then I would probably get voted out. But we need some sort of leadership if we want to survive, so if they all want me to step up, I guess I'll have to. Hopefully, I can use this position to make some friends and hopefully I can help this tribe a lot.
Zoey: OK...we need to focus on shelter, fire, food and water. How about we just have two people working on each?
Everyone else simply agreed with whatever Zoey said because for now, she was the leader. Zoey then split the tribe up into pairs in order to get as much work done as possible. Zoey and Michael would work on building the shelter, Logan and Quinn would try to make fire, Chase and Lola would try to find sources of food and Dustin and Nicole were sent with the map and canteens to find the water source.
Chase: As soon as we decided that Zoey would lead us, she just got us to work. There was no arguing or protesting; she just gave us a direction and we followed it. And right now, we're getting a lot of work done. Zoey's actually doing really well as a leader so far.
Logan and Quinn sat on the ground, making a small pile of tiny twigs and leaves.
Logan: I can't believe I'm taking orders from a girl.
Quinn: What's wrong with having a girl leader?
Logan remained silent, choosing not to answer the question.
Quinn: Whatever.
Quinn: I don't get what Logan's deal is. Girls can do just as much as guys can do. I guess Logan's one of those guys who thinks guys are better than girls. I would love to see a girl win just to shove it in Logan's face."
Chase and Lola came back into camp with coconuts and plantains that they found in some of the surrounding trees. Dustin and Nicole had also returned with all of the canteens filled with water. Zoey and Michael were struggling to build shelter with the materials they had. As soon as they had a small pile of materials to burn, Quinn started to make fire. Quinn took off her glasses and borrowed one of the canteens to place a small drop of water on her glasses lens.
Quinn: By using the water on my glasses, I can create a sort of magnifying glass so that I can use the sun to make fire.
Quinn angled her glasses so that the sun hit the water and could concentrate on their materials. Within a few minutes. Quinn's pile of kindling began to smoke, which eventually turned into flame.
Nicole: Wow, good job Quinn!
Zoey: Nice work!
Logan added some slightly bigger sticks to the fire to keep it going.
Logan: You did all right.
He said this to Quinn without much emotion in it.
Logan: I'll admit it. Quinn managed to start the fire. Good on her. But that doesn't change the fact that I'm going to beat her. I would be embarrassed to lose to someone like her.
Nicole: Oh my gosh! Our tribe is working amazingly! We've got a fantastic leader in Zoey who just took charge and we already have so much done! We already have food, water and we even have fire on the first day! We are going to be the best team EVER!
Havic Camp (Victorious) - Day One
The Havic tribe hopped off the boat that had transported them to their tribe's beach on the other side of the island. Immediately, the eight people began to celebrate that they made it to the beach. They started off by hugging each other and introducing themselves to one another. They then looked out at their camp, which consisted of the same conditions as the Capzo tribe's.
Beck: I think we have a good tribe so far. I've talked to some people and everyone seems really nice. We have your typical strongman, an enthusiastic girl, we got a couple of nerds that could be good around camp, and we got a hot girl and we got a goth girl. It's definitely quite the crew. I say let's get this show started.
After the hugging and introductions had passed, the tribe looked at the beach and forest where they will be spending the next few weeks. The beach itself was quite clean, seeing as the island had been mostly untouched by human civilization, outside of a couple of native tribes. The beach ended at a gorgeous forest where there were several trees around and the ground in the forest was covered with fallen leaves, loose sticks and various other forms of vegetation including bamboo. Various rock formations were also visible, including a shelf that one could stand under for shade from the hot sun.
Trina: There's nothing here! Where are the houses and food?
Tori: It's a survival competition. We're supposed to make our own shelter and find our own food.
Trina: But I don't want to do that!
Jade: Put up or shut up, because we have to work if we want somewhere to sleep tonight..
She stepped into the forest, shoving Trina as a sign of her irritation.
Trina: I hate it here already! Everyone here has a problem and we don't have anything here! I only agreed to come on this show because they told me I would be on TV and that I'd be a star! I can't believe I agreed to this!
Tori: I think that Trina made a very bad first impression when she complained about how we would have to survive. We're only ten minutes into the game! People are going to be looking for reasons to vote someone off. She just gave an easy one.
Jade stepped up and stood in front of the small crowd.
Jade: We should really get working on building a shelter first so that we can have a place to sleep.
Robbie: But none of us even know what we're doing!.
Andre: Yeah, this is probably the first time any of us have ever done this!
Cat: Well, once my family went camping and my brother saw this snake in the woods. He picked it up and it bit him so we had to leave for the hospital.
Everyone turned to look at Cat as if she were insane.
Tori: How is that supposed to help us with building a shelter?.
Cat: Easy. Don't pick up snakes.
Tori: Ugh..seriously! Can anyone here start us off with building a shelter?
Sinjin: Excuse me, I believe I may be of assistance.
Sinjin walked up to where Jade was standing and faced his fellow tribe mates so that he could be heard.
Sinjin: The supplies here are relatively rudimentary but they are still useful. There are plenty of big sticks and leaves that we can use to build a decent roof to cover our heads. The bamboo shoots in particular will be helpful in making a decent structure-
Jade: Yeah, yeah, yeah, just tell us what to do already.
Sinjin appeared slightly hurt by the interruption but then began to delegate to the other tribe members what he wanted them to do. The tribe started to work on their shelter under Sinjin's lead.
Sinjin: Back at home, I do a lot of backstage work. I've done a lot of scenery construction and have been responsible for all kinds of stage and set props. So construction is nothing new to me and I knew I would be able to use those skills to help my tribe in building a shelter.
Andre: I never would have thought that the skinny white boy would have much to offer out here. He seems like a kook but underneath all that are little nuggets of information. Sinjin might prove to be more useful than I thought.
Tori: Sinjin took charge when we needed to build a shelter. And that's great; we all appreciate it. But I don't see anything Sinjin can offer us after the shelter is finished. He's clearly not going to be an asset in competitions and he probably won't be able to hold up well here in the wild. I don't even think he weighs 100 pounds. So even though Sinjin's awesome, he may have to go early.
Capzo Tribe (Zoey 101) - Approaching Night One
The entire tribe laid on the beach as the sun started to go down, covered with layers of leaves for warmth. Their shelter hasn't been completed to the point where they could sleep under it without it collapsing on them because having only two people work on the shelter wasn't enough. Logan was being flirtatious with Nicole as they laid together. Michael, Quinn and Dustin had already fallen asleep. Meanwhile, Chase, Lola and Zoey were lying down together, none of them trying to sleep at the moment.
Zoey: I was laying on the beach tonight with Chase and Lola. None of us could sleep so we were just getting to know each other. As we were talking, I was thinking 'Yeah, this feels right.' I think these are the people I want to go far with. I feel good with both of them and feel we can work together well.
Zoey: Hey guys, would you consider working together to get as far as possible?
Chase: You mean, like an alliance?
Zoey: Yeah, like an alliance.
Lola: I'm OK with that.
Chase: Yeah, I'm in too.
Lola: Wait, we're only three people in a group of eight. Shouldn't we get a fourth?
Chase: I was thinking Michael, he seems cool.
Zoey: OK, we'll talk to Michael later. But we're all good right now?
Chase: Yeah.
Lola: You bet.
Chase: I just joined an alliance with Zoey and Lola which I think is great. I kinda like Zoey for how she stepped up to be a leader and Lola seems pretty cool. We're going to talk to Michael later about joining our alliance so hopefully that will go OK. I think we could go really far.
Zoey: I want our alliance to go to the final four. It's early to be planning that far ahead but if we play our cards right, we should be able to get there. But if anyone turns on the alliance, they are going to have a big problem with me.
Havic Tribe (Victorious) - Approaching Night One
The shelter has actually been mostly constructed by the time sunset was approaching. Sinjin had done a good job of making the most out of the materials so that a decent shelter could be built. Trina was the first person to lie down inside of the shelter and take a nap. Beck and Cat were trying to figure out how to get some coconuts down from the trees on the beach. Robbie, Jade and Sinjin had begun to gather firewood in hopes of trying to start fire on their own. Tori and Andre had gone off with the provided map in order to find their water source. The two of them had traveled deep into the forest and followed the marked trail until they found a wooden cover atop a well that the map indicated as their water source. Tori approached the well and pulled off the cover to reveal a plentiful supply of water that would last them the duration of the game. She took her canteen and submerged it into the water to fill it.
"That was easier than I thought it would be," Andre said with a smile, dipping his own canteen into the water.
Tori looked around to make sure no one else was around and turned to Andre.
Tori: Do you trust me?
Andre: Sure, I trust you.
Tori: I want to form an alliance with you. You seem like a nice, strong guy and I want to go with you all the way to the end.
Andre: Don't you think it's kind of fast to be forming alliances?
Tori: Probably but you need to work with people in order to get further in this game. The people who stay alone are the easy people to vote off. Have you never watched shows like this before?
Andre: Not really. I just came because I thought it would be fun and I could meet new people.
Tori: I did too but I also came to win. Do you want to form an alliance with me or not?
Andre: All right, I'm willing to go to the end with you. I promise i will not betray you. You're kind of hot, anyway.
Tori laughed at the compliment and the two of them shook hands to seal the deal.
Tori: We should probably head back with the water before the others start to get suspicious.
The two of them filled everybody else's canteens and began to make their way back to camp.
Tori: I made a Final Two deal with Andre because i felt he would be very trustworthy. He's strong so I won't have to worry about him getting targeted early and hopefully, we can dominate and go very far in this game.
Andre: Tori seems smart and charming. I think I may have stumbled into something I shouldn't have but as long as she's loyal, she'll be a great partner. I'm crossing my fingers on her."
Meanwhile, Trina had woken up and was watching Sinjin and Jade try to make fire. Sinjin was vigorously rubbing sticks together while Jade was using her body to block the wind from blowing out whatever they might have. Sinjin's sticks snapped as he rubbed them. Trina yawned as she watched.
Trina: Why don't we have fire yet? I'm cold!
Jade: You know, you could actually try and help us instead of laying around here. You've hardly done anything all day!
Sinjin: You're pretty hot when you're mad, you know that?
Jade: Shut it, creep.
Trina: It's not my fault you and the nerd here can't make a fire.
Sinjin blushed in embarrassment and muttered a small apology.
Jade: Whatever, you suck at life.
Jade: There's a lot of things that I hate right now. I hate this island, I hate how little we have, I hate our shelter, I hate that we can't make fire. But most of all, I hate that Trina girl. She thinks that because she's privileged in her normal life that we should carry the bitch around in a chariot. Well, I'm not carrying her around. She's dead the next time I see her in the streets. And the creepy Sinjin boy's not much better! He's hitting on me while we're trying to make fire in the cold? What the hell is wrong with him? I can't wait to vote some of these idiots off.
Trina: We have an OK shelter...yippee I guess. But we still don't have crap. And the goth chick needs to take a chill pill. She can't make fire and she's taking it out on me. It doesn't matter though. I'm going places in life; she's not.
Sinjin: Our tribe already has some drama and unfortunately, I found myself sitting in the middle of it. I'm hopeful that we can move past the fighting or if we don't, that I at least won't get dragged into it.
One day down...38 to go. Already we have people settling into camp life well and alliances are being formed.
A/N - This story is still in the experimental stages in terms of writing. It's kind of trial and error with each chapter. It will take a while for me to figure out the right rhythm as well as how to best keep the story appealing and stay true to both Survivor and the Victorious/Zoey 101 characters (For those who are requesting ships, various ships will be represented but I can't possibly represent all of them.) Feel free to leave any thoughts, comments, critiques, or questions.
A/N - One more thing...I am not making anything up except for the plot. The Survivor competition in this story follows the same rules as the actual Survivor. Other than hidden immunity idols, which we'll go into later in the story, I didn't add any confusing twists and kept the game mostly straight-forward. I wanted to keep the game simple because I understand that there probably aren't a lot of actual Survivor fans reading this. If anything confuses you or if you think I'm BSing you at any time in the story, feel free to ask questions and I'll be happy to answer them as best as I can because I am that much of a nerd.
Based on the reviews, people seem pretty open to the idea, which I'm very excited about. But a good idea isn't worth anything if executed poorly. I really hope I don't let you guys down; the possibility that I will is very realistic and that scares me. Fingers crossed! Hope you like it!