(Flash: This is the third time attempting to type this episode. First time I lost it, second time it was wrecked by a virus, this time, it better work.
Alicia: What about the new girl we hired, bae? You know, Colette?
Flash: Oh, right. We'll bring her in soon. Anyway, Twogami! Disclaimer!
Twogami: *sighs* Very well. Flash does not own any of the contestants in the season of Survivor, or the concept thereof, as they belong to their respective owners. He only owns himself and this new girl, Colette Monarch. Alicia is owned by herself, and I am owned by Spike Chunsoft.
Flash: Now that that's out of the way, let's begin this season!)
A truck was driving down the trail of a dense forest. On the back of the truck, 16 people were on board, half of which had blue buffs, and the other half had dark red. And along with them, the two hosts were with them, looking around the scenery.
"We are in a place known as Apple Woods. A famous location in Treasure Town for its supply of apples, the Wigglytuff Guild frequents here to stock up on the guild leader's favorite food, Perfect Apples." Flash began with a smile on his face.
Alicia, standing next to him, spoke, "It is here where 16 people from all walks of life will be abandoned here and forced to create a new society."
"A lot of people here look pretty smart, so I wonder if I'm going to have some worthy competition. Looking at everyone, the only one that stands out to me is the lady with a…I think that's a tail." -Akiyama
"Aw, yeah! Teach is on Survivor! Now I know this isn't a walk in the park hearing some of my buddies having played the game before, and I'm ready to go! This lady with the pink hair, sitting next to me; I'd say she's a worthy contender." -Vaike
"They must learn to adapt, or be voted out by their tribe!" Flash added.
"I will do whatever it takes to win this game, or my name isn't the esteemed Byakuya Togami. I will lie, make fraudulent idols, and piss people off as I see- is that Celes sitting next to me?" -Byakuya
"Well, this better be worth my time. After hearing from Makoto that he got accepted onto Survivor, I decided to try it out for myself. If anyone here could be a threat…Sayaka is the only one that comes to mind." -Kyoko
"In the end only one will be able to claim the million dollars in their world currency!" Alicia continued.
"39 days! 16 people! 1 SURVIVOR!" The two hosts shouted in unison.
Ciel: Kyoko, Sayaka, Chihiro, Chaz, Lethe, Agnes, Leon, Pit
Obscurite: Celes, Byakuya, Vaike, Lightning, Bowser Jr.*, Nephenee, Maya, Akiyama
Once the truck arrived at the meeting place, a large open clearing with two sets of wooden bleachers painted blue and dark red, respectively due to the tribe colors, Flash and Alicia were the first two to step off the truck and address the survivors.
"Welcome everyone, to Survivor Apple Woods." Flash said. Everyone erupted into cheers of varying degree, some however just stayed silent.
"How about we get some opinions?" Alicia proposed, pointing to a boy with angel wings. "Name?"
"I'm Pit, loyal servant to the goddess Palutena." He greeted with a smile.
"Do you think you'll do any better than some people here?" Flash bluntly asked.
Pit thought about that for a second, and responded with, "Now why would I want to be rude to some of these people off the bat?"
"I can't believe I'm saying that's a good idea." Flash deadpanned, and then pointed to a man with blonde, spiky hair. "How about your name, sir?"
"Name's Vaike, but I just prefer to be called Teach." He answered, flexing his muscles. "Yeah, being in this game will be easy."
Alicia laughed at that. "Oh really now? Do you think you'll win with just muscles?"
Vaike laughed at that question. "That's the plan! I mean, the game's called Survivor for a reason, after all!"
Flash gave the man a look, and then cleared his throat. "Okay, so how about this? We only have first impressions of each other and our names by now, so we're going to begin with our first challenge." Everyone looked around, thinking who might be the best choice for this upcoming challenge. They only just met each other and now the game was starting?
"For the first challenge of Survivor Apple Woods, you will be tethered to ropes, and have to navigate through a cube. During that, you will have to grab two rings and untie them, so you can lasso two platforms to you. First person to do will win reward for their tribe." And then Flash pulled out a piece of flint from his pocket, and continued, "Fire in the form of flint is your reward. Win this, and you'll have a head start in the survival aspect of the game. Pick someone to play this challenge, and make sure you pick well."
Once everyone got out of the truck, they were given a minute to strategize. Only a minute to assess who would be best for this challenge, if that wasn't stressful enough, they could just pick anyone to play.
Then the minute was up, and the two players were picked. Lethe would be competing for Ciel, and Lightning would be competing for Obscurite. Once they were tethered in, both exchanged a glance.
"Alright, first challenge of the game, let's start this off right! Survivors ready? GO!" The hosts called. Both ladies nimbly maneuvered through the cube, doing whatever they could to start the game off with a good first impression. Lethe did what she could to work quickly and beat Lightning and win the flint. Lightning, on the other hand, was taking her time and maneuvering through the cube not with speed, but with skill.
Both ladies still managed to get the first ring, and moved onto get the second one. Lethe however, was starting to get tired and her movements became slightly sluggish. Lightning smirked, having planned this. The pink haired woman then picked up the pace and made it to the second ring, while Lethe was lagging behind.
"Lightning now to the second ring! Lethe slowing down!" Flash called.
Lethe took a second to catch her breath, and then proceeded to kick it into high gear to get the second ring. Lightning was already at the platforms, and stopped to let Lethe catch up. Once the Cat Laguz got her second ring, Lightning tossed one of the rings, getting the platform. She then pulled it towards her as Alicia called,
"Lightning has her first platform!"
And by the time Lethe got out of the cube, she looked over at Lightning and knew it was all over.
"It's over! LIGHTNING WINS REWARD FOR OBSCURITE!" Vaike hooted in joy, giving Lightning a double thumbs up as other tribe members joined in the cheers. Lethe hung her head in defeat and looked at her tribe. Chihiro and Agnes gave a look that said, 'You tried your best'.
"One last thing I'd like to say before we send you guys on your way." Flash said, handing the flint to Lightning. "We have a little twist for you guys called Exile Island, and the way it'll work until the merge is the loser of the reward challenge will go to Exile Island, but. But. The person being exiled will bring someone from the winning tribe with them."
Everyone looked at each other, letting this twist sink in. "Alright Lethe, who's coming with you?" Alicia inquired.
The Cat Laguz didn't have to think. "Nephenee."
"Okay then, Nephenee, you will accompany Lethe to Exile Island." Flash said. The green haired woman walked over to Lethe, exchanging a smile with her. "Go over to the truck, Colette will drive you there."
The girl in question rolled down the window to the truck. She was a young woman with caramel skin, and had long, black hair tied back into a single ponytail. She wore a green baby doll tee, aqua skinny jeans and black high tops.
Lethe and Nephenee didn't have any objections as they hopped on the back of the truck. Once they were on, Colette drove off to Exile Island with the two girls on the back.
"As for the rest of you, maps." Alicia tossed a map to Kyoko and Maya. "These will take you to your new homes. Ciel to the left, and Obscurite to the right; have a safe 39 days and don't kill each other."
The players didn't have any objections as they went off to their new homes for the next 39 days.
Ciel Day 1
The seven blue buffed players arrived at the campsite they would be staying at for the next 39 days. Upon arrival, they would find that there was a pot, machete and bag of rice waiting for them there.
"Well this looks rather pleasant." Agnes commented, looking around the campsite. "I don't think there will be anything that should hurt us."
Chaz stepped forward and began to think to himself. "Alright, so where's the shelter gonna be?"
"I want to get down to the point here. I came to play the game, and I also know that we need a place to stay. Can't play Survivor when you're dead, after all." -Chaz
Chihiro looked at Kyoko, who just gave him a glance before looking away. "So what do you suppose we do, survival expert?" The detective inquired.
Chaz shrugged. "Hey, I'm just a stunt driver. But a shelter and fire seems to be what we need." So the group went to do those things. Leon and Chaz began clearing a fire pit, with Pit being with them at the time, Agnes and Chihiro went out to look for wood, and Kyoko was making small talk with Sayaka.
"Just so you know Sayaka, I know your tricks. I know you say you're an esper," But she was cut off when the pop idol added,
"But I'm just a pop idol, right?" Kyoko just blinked and shook her head.
"Just what I was expecting out of Sayaka, just blind ignorance to the fact I'm on to her. I know she's probably expecting me to say something to that nature. But I know how dangerous she is, and that's why I've got to take her out soon." -Kyoko
Chaz and Leon finished making the fire pit, and the former said to Pit, "Alright angel boy. Make us fire."
Pit just blinked at that and responded, "Shouldn't we wait till the people getting wood come back?"
Just as he said that, Chihiro came back with a bundle of twigs in his hands, and placed them in the fire pit. "I know it's not much, but it's something."
"So you gonna start us off by being useless?" Chaz asked Pit then, looking at him.
"I'm far from useless! I have wings! I command an army! I can probably last longer than you ever will here!" Pit objected, giving Chaz a death glare.
"This guy, Chaz I think his name is, calls me useless? If I was useless, then why would a goddess need my help in the first place? I'll show him. I'll outlast this jerk and show him what for!" -Pit
Agnes then walked up to the three, and then placed her wood in the fire pit. "I would have gotten more, but this wasn't all I found."
"What'd you find, Anges?" Sayaka asked hopefully. "Food other than rice?"
Kyoko groaned, looking away. "It's called Apple Woods for a reason, Sayaka. What'd you expect would be out here?"
Sayaka just smiled, partially expecting that kind of reaction out of Kyoko.
"My strategy is to try and be dumb so that my tribe won't see me as a threat. A detective who's really smart or a dumb, but international, superstar; who are you more likely going to look up to?" -Sayaka
Obscurite Day 1
The seven dark red buffed players then arrived at their campsite, finding similar things that Ciel had for them.
Byakuya stepped forward and said, "Alright, let's not get too caught up in the introductions; let's just get camp set up."
"I want to get straight to the game with Celes. We like each other as classmates, so I don't see what could go wrong here. Let the strong work on shelter and the weak and annoying work on fire." -Byakuya
So the Obscurite tribe got to work right away in making camp. Byakuya and Celes watched as Lightning and Vaike were making shelter as Maya and Junior were busy clearing out a fire pit.
Akiyama approached the scion and asked, "I think you want to start the game too early. Doesn't that seem a bit out of place when making camp?"
"What's it to you?" Byakuya wondered in response. "I am going to win this game, and I wish people would just let me."
"Now here, here. Where's the fun in that, Byakuya?" Celes mused, a faint smile coming to her lips.
"Akiyama is right in the sense we want to start the game early. But something about him makes me think he's going to be a valuable asset to Byakuya and myself. Why not align with him, I say?" -Celes
"Exactly. Because, I believe it would be more fun to have a little challenge, wouldn't you agree?" Akiyama too had a faint smirk, but it quickly faded.
Meanwhile, Vaike and Lightning were building the base foundation to the shelter. "Make sure that this is sturdy. I don't want it falling on us." Lightning said.
"Trust me, Lightning. Teach has got this all under control." Vaike responded.
"Are you sure about that? I don't think you could lead a cat out of a paper bag." Lightning commented.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Vaike sounded curious instead of offended.
"Don't take it personally." She reassured, getting back to work on the shelter. Back with Maya and Junior, Maya had finished making the fire pit and looked at Junior. "You sure you want to try it?" She asked.
"Trust me. I got this." Junior smirked. After placing a pile of wood on the fire pit. The koopa then took a breath in, and breathed fire on the wood, getting a nice fire going. "See? We didn't even need the flint."
"This tribe is going to see more use in me then what others thought of him. He's a nice guy once you get past that 'kidnapping princesses' mentality. I don't know how I'm going to prove myself, but I'll do whatever I can!" -Junior
Exile Island Day 1
When Colette had dropped Lethe and Nephenee off, she drove away leaving the two to their own devices. In front of the two, there were two clay jars and a note attached to the podiums they were on. Lethe read it.
"Pick one of these two jars and take what's inside." Both girls chose an urn and reached in to find a piece of paper. Nephenee found that her paper was a clue to the hidden immunity idol, whereas Lethe found a blank paper.
"Aw…" Lethe groaned. "I picked you because we we're comrades back in the Mad King's War."
"Now now, don't get the wrong idea Lethe. If you were looking for an ally, I'd be happy to help you." Nephenee had a country accent in her voice, but she tried to act quiet about it.
"I'm kinda nervous people will vote me out because of my accent. I reckon that since well, people can vote you out for anything, game wise or not. But I feel a bit more relaxed around Lethe, since it's true. She and I fought alongside each other." -Nephenee
"Oh you don't have to act quiet around me, Neph." Lethe soothed. "I'm not gonna bite."
Nephenee chuckled at that, and shared her idol clue with the Cat Laguz. "So now what?" Nephenee inquired.
"We set up a shelter for tonight, that's what." Lethe answered, and the two girls got to work.
Ciel Day 2
Despite popular thoughts from the others, Agnes just managed to find the water well last night. So Chihiro and Pit went to go fill up the canteens with the water, and then made mental notes to boil it.
While they were at it, they engaged in a bit of small talk. "So what do you do for a living?" Pit wondered.
"Probably less exciting than what you do, but I make computer programs, and rather good ones." Chihiro answered.
"I think Pit's going to be someone that I want to look up to in the long run. He seems like a nice enough guy. But what I want to know is, can I trust him?" -Chihiro
"Ah, I wouldn't say…less exciting. At least when you're doing what you do you're not getting shot at by various Underworld creatures. Well, I hope not." Pit commented.
Chihiro sighed. "Well I wanted to ask if I could trust you. I know it's a bit early, but I just don't feel safe right now."
Pit shook his head. "Nonsense. You can trust me, buddy." He smiled when he said that.
"Chihiro is a nice kid. Sure, he's a bit nervous that people will see his as a liability or a threat, but there's just no way that they would do that. Because I don't see him as one." -Pit
The programmer had a smile on his face as they went back to camp, and began boiling the water they had. Except Pit just happened to not have it dawn on him to keep the water inside the canteens when he went to boil it.
Long story short…he unintentionally put out the fire. And Chaz was there to just stare. "You…knucklehead…" The stunt driver breathed, getting a bit upset.
"That's just great! The angel puts out our fire, our one thing to keep us from getting cold at night, and that idiot just puts it out! Fantastic, you know what? I'm going to put his name down at Tribal Council." -Chaz
Watching this, Leon and Kyoko were talking about things. "Is Pit going to be the first to go now?" Leon wondered.
"Not yet. I want to know how Pit will do in challenges first before I can make a choice." Kyoko responded. "He may seem scatterbrained here, but maybe he's better than we think he is."
"Just like Sayaka, huh?" Leon chuckled, but quickly cut it out.
"I don't know about Sayaka, man. She's alright, but Kyoko keeps telling me that she's dangerous. Like, I know what happened in the past, but who's to say that she's going to stay that way?" -Leon
Obscurite Day 2
It was early in the afternoon, and Celes was talking with Akiyama. "So if you would like, Byakuya and I would like to form an alliance with you, Akiyama." The gambler offered.
Akiyama thought about it, then said, "What you told me is true, right? We're the final 3 to beat?" Celes nodded.
"I wonder how much I should really trust Celes. Promising me final 3 is good and all, but I wonder if she has a backup plan later on down the road that I don't know about. All I can guess is, she is a dangerous player." -Akiyama
Meanwhile, Vaike was busy making adjustments to the shelter with Junior. "Gotta say, Junior. You really want to help out, don't you?" Vaike chuckled.
"I like Junior; he's eager, he's willing, and he's able. Now here's what Teach wants to know. Does this little guy want to learn from the best, or is he just playing me on?" -Vaike
"I sure am, Vaike." Junior nodded, handing the axe wielder the machete. "I was thinking we could cut off some leafy branches and make that a roof."
Vaike nodded, and went to go cut off some branches that had a lot of leaves on them. "You know kid, I was thinking that Teach could take you under his wing, show you how to get stuff done."
Junior perked up at the mention of that. "You mean an alliance?" He asked.
"Uh…sure." Vaike agreed reluctantly. "Don't know if that's what I meant, but whatever!"
"Vaike is kinda easy to talk to. I'm willing to bet he was born without a brain…nah, that's impossible. But the point is, I can work with him and get an easy vote on my side." -Junior
Immunity Challenge! Day 2
"Come on in guys!" The hosts called, the players coming into the challenge area. The truck engine could be heard from behind Flash and Alicia.
"We are now bringing in Lethe and Nephenee from Exile Island." Everyone had a varying applause when both Lethe and Nephenee made their ways to their respective tribe mats.
"Guys ready for today's challenge?" Flash asked. Everyone nodded. "Alright, for today's challenge, 6 members of each tribe will race across a series of mainframes while carrying 3 coils of rope. You will use that rope to pull a heavy crate to the finish platform. Once that is done, the two remaining tribe members will disassemble that crate and use it to solve the puzzle waiting for you at the end. First tribe to finish wins immunity." And Flash yanked off a cloth covering the immunity idol, which was a golden statuette of Treasure Town. "With this at your camp, you cannot go home. However, without it you will go to Tribal Council and someone will be the first person voted out of Survivor Apple Woods. Worth playing for?"
Everyone agreed to that.
"Alright, we'll give you a moment to strategize, then the fun will begin." Alicia chuckled and had a unsettling grin on her face. Only Flash felt he knew what that meant.
Ciel
Running the Mainframes- Sayaka, Leon, Chaz, Lethe, Pit, Agnes
Puzzle- Kyoko and Chihiro
Obscurite
Running the Mainframes- Byakuya, Vaike, Lightning, Nephenee, Maya, Junior
Puzzle- Celes and Akiyama
"Alright, first immunity challenge of Survivor Apple Woods everyone! Survivors ready? GO!" Flash shouted. The 12 running the mainframes began sprinting for the coils of rope. For Ciel, Chaz and Lethe carried them while on Obscurite, Lightning and Vaike took care of that. Getting over the mainframes seemed to be no problem for either tribe, though Ciel was lagging a bit behind. This gave Obscurite the lead.
"Obscurite, taking the lead here!" Flash called.
On the second mainframe, the tribes would find it was a bit harder to get up there. To make up for lost time, Pit led his tribemates running with him use him as a stepladder to get up. And surprisingly, he made for a pretty good one, as he only grunted a little whenever anyone got on his shoulders and climbed over. However, Nephenee saw this and made a motion to her teammates to let her help the others up. Fortunately, as she was wearing her armor, it didn't hurt as much when someone stepped on her shoulders.
"Pit and Nephenee letting their tribemates use them as stepladders to get across! A brilliant strategy!" Alicia chimed in.
Ciel would be the first group to get over the mainframes, now they had to use the ropes to pull the crate on the finish platform. This proved to be a bit hard for the group, allowing Obscurite to catch up to them. Once they all got over, Vaike and Lightning did what they could to pull the crate up so Celes and Akiyama could work on the puzzle.
Both tribes started on the puzzle fairly quick, though one would notice that Chihiro was going really fast, not wanting to go to Tribal Council. Kyoko shared his thought, as did Celes and Akiyama.
It was a tight race, both tribes neck and neck, but then,
"Alicia!" Akiyama called. "I think we got it!"
Alicia went to check the puzzle and said…
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…"They've got it! OBSCURITE WINS IMMUNITY!" The whole tribe let out a cheer of happiness of having won the challenge. Chihiro looked down, but Kyoko put a comforting hand on his shoulder and whispered, "We'll beat them next time."
Once everyone congregated on the mat, Flash handed Lightning the immunity idol. "Good work by everyone today, especially the puzzle workers. That was a tight race. Obscurite, you're safe for the next three days, grab your stuff and head back to camp. Rest easy." They did so, leaving Alicia to say this to Ciel.
"Ciel, not so much for you. You've got a date with us at Tribal Council, where one of you will be the first person voted out of the game. We're giving you tonight and tomorrow to decide. Grab your stuff, head back to camp, see you then." And then the blue buffed tribe trudged back to camp.
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