Right. Challenge time! Thanks for reviewing, yeezynight14 (don't worry, I have plans for her), Nicky Haugh (despite not being on the same team, there'll be interaction), Bloodylilcorpse (I think she's the first character I've made who can stand Anne Maria at all), OmniPlanckInstant (that's one of the reasons I made her a cheerleader – she's not fast at running, but has a lot of upper-body strength and can do basic acrobatic moves), Gage the Hedgehog (your review was too generic for me to give you a bracketed answer) and SuperKitty4789 (I'm not planning to make her another Julie – there's no point in doing the same character over again).

Our first challenge involved explosives again. We had team totem poles hooked up, suspended from the trees, with time bombs attached.. Our job was to cut them down and get them to the campgrounds before the time ran out, which meant we had only seven minutes to cut and run. First team there got their pick of the cabins.

And as it turned out, even though our first teammate was chosen first, Jo had been the first to the end of the trail, so her team got a trampoline, plus their totem pole had a tiny axe embedded in it. As for us, we got a hacksaw.

Lightning offered to climb the nearest tree to get to the rope. Well, he was more like "Stand back! Lightning is on it!" Then he fell straight down. "Dang, slippery tree. Don't worry, Lightning never quits!" Okay, that was interesting. He apparently liked to talk in third person.

While Staci started babbling again, B was observing thoughtfully. He suddenly smiled and started gathering a few things together. Eventually, he made a log into a kind of seesaw, then led Staci to one end of it. "Oh, okay." she said. "You want me on this thing?"

Then he led Sam to the side of the tree, pointing to the spot. "Whoa, hey! You want me to stand here?"

Then, B jumped on the other end of the seesaw, sending Staci flying...onto Sam's shoulders.

I paused. "A human column, and the one at the top cuts the rope..." I said slowly. I grinned at B. "Great idea!"

We had Scott on Staci's shoulders, Lightning on Scott's shoulders, me on Lightning's shoulders, and finally Dawn on my shoulders. Then B literally had to pick up Dakota and set her on the seesaw, because she was too busy. See, apparently she'd been texting a bunch of paparazzi people to come to the island and take photos of her. Chris wasn't too happy about that either, so once he'd gotten rid of them, Dakota was on Dawn's shoulders, level with the rope. We passed up the hacksaw quickly. Still, she started trying to saw from the wrong side. "It won't work!"

"Teeth down on the rope!" Sam called up. "Down!"

"No, girl, you cannot be that dumb!" Lightning exclaimed.

"Pretend it's Daddy's steak knife." Dawn suggested.

Apparently this was helpful advice, as Dakota cut the rope down in seconds. Yeah, we totally got the major advantage. The Maggots had already gone with their totem pole, but only because a squirrel and its laser eyes had helped them out.

Sam grinned. "B, change your name to A-plus!"

And with that, we rode our way to the campground. At first, it looked like there was no way we could beat the Maggots. They were way ahead. Then B, who was at the front, made a motion. I didn't get it, but then I was right at the back, just in front of Staci.

"B wants us to lean forward!" Dawn called to the rest of us. We all obeyed, as Staci began babbling yet again. The gravity worked well, as we heard Jo yelling "Hey, how did they get in front of us?!"

We reached the campground with ten seconds to spare, but we had to put our log on a stump to claim our cabin. One of them was the same one from the first season. The other looked...actually not that bad. Of course we claimed the good one – hey, there were eight of us. The other six could stand Roach Central until the merge...not that any of them were staying for long.

Okay, look, it was totally not our fault that we had to go to elimination that night. The Maggots should have lost. I mean, you know what happened? They crashed into our cabin, as well as having their totem pole blow up because they were out of time. So not only did we have our awesome place replaced with the twin to the crappy one, we also lost because we lost our cabin. So not fair!
At least we had a clear choice to vote off. Well, two, but I knew which one I'd rather keep around.

We had the afternoon to settle into our cabins. "Wonder whether this belonged to the Gophers or the Bass." I mused.

Dawn looked at the cabin intently. "I think it housed the Gophers."

We chose bunks quickly. Dakota and Staci took one, and Dawn and I took the other. "Isn't this the same bunk Heather and Lindsay had?" I wondered, remembering Heather trying to get on Bridgette's good side by giving her Lindsay's bed. "Which bunk do you want, Dawn?"

I ended up taking the top. I sort of suspected that the reason Dawn wanted the bottom bunk was because it hadn't been where Heather was sleeping. That made sense – if this was the Bass cabin, I wouldn't really want to take the bed Courtney had originally claimed.

I went to the confessional before elimination, to get my bearings. "Ronan, I am going to murder you. Why did you have to persuade me to get on this show? If my teammates don't vote for Staci with me tonight, she is going to drive me insane. I like B. but I don't really know how to communicate with someone who doesn't talk. Dawn's okay, but a little weird, and it seems like Dakota's only here so she can be on TV. Show-off. I don't know about the other guys, but I hope they'll be OK, and as for the other team...well, I better last past the merge now I'm here, that's all I'm gonna say."

The elimination was mostly a no-brainer. However, there was one surprise in store for us. Everyone on the team got a marshmallow. However, the loser's marshmallow was a radioactive little devil, so...yeah, another reason not to lose this show.

One by one, Chris called the names of the safe players. "Scott. B. Danni. Lightning. Dawn. And Sam." I gratefully caught my marshmallow, debating whether to eat it or save it for a day when Chef's cooking became worse than it already was. Yeah, dinner hadn't exactly been edible, but I'd choked enough down to live on.

In the end, I put the marshmallow in my mouth, watching as the last two girls waited for their name to be called.

"And the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom goes to..." Staci had her fists clenched, looking seriously worried. Dakota was dialing a number on her phone, looking totally confident. Well, I guess she had reason.

Chris finally called the name. "...Staci."

"Aw, but I was doing so good!" the chatterbox complained. She caught the marshmallow, and all her mouse hair promptly fell out.

It was even worse than I thought. Not only did Staci lose her place in the game, and all her hair, but the new way home was by...catapult. Yeah, seriously. To get home, you had to sit in a giant catapult, get launched into the air by Chris, and apparently, that was legal.

I walked back to the cabin with my teammates, said goodnight to the guys, and went into my side of the cabin with Dawn and Dakota. Huh, Triple D. Interesting.

My first night on the island ended with me lying on my bunk, reading a book. Not a very promising start, but hey, at least I was still here!

To be honest, I was surprised how disappointed I was at being in the first team to lose. I mean, no team had never lost a member in their time, but being in the team who lost first was actually quite sobering. I wasn't a competitive person, right? So why was I so upset about it?

Not too much difference yet, I know, but just wait. There's plenty of other people who can get kicked out of the game early! I know Staci was off first last time, but seriously, is there any reason to keep her?

Also, with Danni's mention of which bunks the characters had, Dawn is shown in Episode 2 on bunks that were on the same side as Heather and Lindsay's. This doesn't stay constant, as in Episode 4, she is shown on a bunk that is in the same position as Gwen's bed, but either way, I'm going to stick to the story that she had Lindsay's bed, and Danni had Heather's. Dakota had Gwen's, and if Staci had been staying, she would've slept in Leshawna's...or was it Beth's? I think it showed them both.