Author's Note: Now that I'm back, it's a new episode. Also, it's the longest episode to date, and either the second or third longest of the series (I forget which). At over 4,000 words, I hope you don't get bored.
Previously on Survivor,
Wario and Waluigi passed gas. Everyone within a two-mile radius smelt it.
At the immunity challenge, the Heronia tribe kept arguing about which way to go, and Evillo secured immunity.
That night, the tribe was spilt between voting off either Toad or Mario.
However, Marc thought that the tribe did so horrible, they shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Using the Shun Goku Satsu, Marc killed Daisy, making her the 6th person eliminated.
10 are left; Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Toad, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Wario, Waluigi, and Birdo. Who will be voted out tonight?
Episode 7
No one at the Heronia tribe was able to sleep that night. The memory of the previous tribal council hung too firmly on their minds. Marc had actually killed Daisy the previous night. Her final scream made everyone shiver with fear. Marc was a murderer.
Of course, the fact that Toad didn't seem to care as much didn't help. He eventually got to sleep, and almost forgot about it the next morning.
Toad hadn't totally forgotten about it, though. "Sure, I still remember what happened to Daisy," he said for the commentary. "I don't think anyone will ever forget that. It's just that I think we all have to move on after what happened. It happened, it's done with. We have to move on."
Meanwhile, at the Evillo tribe, the group was making fun of Birdo.
"It's true!" she said. "I could swear I heard someone screaming last night!"
"Yeah, right," Bowser sneered. "And I am the queen of France." Everyone giggled.
Pretty much everyone had been doing this to Birdo all morning. They couldn't believe that she had heard anything. Then again, none of the others had very good hearing.
Later that day, Peach was checking the mail, even though she didn't think there would be anything. She was surprised to find a normal piece of paper inside. Peach took the paper and read it.
"Let's keep it simple," it said. "Come back to (location censored). No questions."
Peach was still nervous of what Marc did the previous day. But she decided to suck it up and tell her tribe it was time to go.
The Evillo tribe arrived at (location censored), with Marc already there. The mats were no where to be seen, so they just stood in the middle of the area.
Soon the Heronia tribe arrived. "Evillo, take a look at the new Heronia tribe," Marc said. "Daisy eliminated at the last tribal council." Most of the Evillo tribe looked a little surprised.
"How are you all doing?" Marc asked. Most of the Evillo tribe said, "Fine." Most of the Heronia tribe said, "Very disturbed." Toad and Birdo each said "Not good."
"Birdo, why did you say 'not good'?" inquired Marc.
"Well, I was sure I heard a scream last night, but no one believes me," she said. The rest of her tribe snickered.
"I believe you," Marc confirmed her. He then added, "Anyways, on to business."
"Everyone, take a step forward," Marc commanded. Everyone did, but the Heronia tribe seemed to hesitate first. Then Marc said, "Drop your buffs. We are merging."
Everyone flinched, but didn't look too shocked as they removed their coloured buffs (yellow for Heronia, red for Evillo).
Marc then handed out Orange buffs. "You are now all members of the Fungus tribe. Please do not comment on the name. I suck at being very original." Everyone attached the Orange buffs to themselves.
"You guys ready to get to today's challenge?" Everyone nodded. "Today's challenge is a straightforward race," Marc said. You will start off right here, and then run into the ocean to obtain one of two flags. You then bring that flag back here. First competitor to bring back both flags wins. Want to know what you're playing for?" Everyone nodded.
"The first three competitors to finish will be able to fly to a bowling alley," Marc announced. Several people gasped. "You will be able to play up to 6 games of either 5 or 10 pin bowling, plus you will get an unlimited supply of pop, hot dogs, and nachos, as well as access to the arcade." Everyone almost died at the thought of this. "Let's get you guys started."
A few minutes later, everyone was at their starting positions. Marc announced, "Here we go! For reward! Survivors ready? GO!"
All ten survivors started running at top speed. Yoshi and Toad were in the front, due to their incredibly light weights, while Bowser and Wario were bringing up the rear.
As the group progressed into the water, Wario gained a bit more on the others, but Bowser kept struggling behind.
Toad was able to reach his first flag in no time, while Yoshi was just half a second behind. Waluigi grabbed his flag at the same time as Mario just a couple of seconds after Yoshi. They were followed by Peach, Luigi, Bowser Jr., Wario, Birdo, and Bowser in that order, although Toad was already back to shore by the time Birdo reached her flag.
Toad's intense speed got him back to his starting point in almost no time at all. Yoshi wasn't that far behind, but he was starting to slow down. Bowser's slow speed forced him to take his flag after Toad had deposited his.
As each of the competitors dropped their flags and ran back for their second, some of the positions changed. Birdo was able to get a little bit ahead of Wario, due to her fair endurance. Bowser Jr. and Luigi passed Peach on her way back to the water, and became almost neck-and-neck. Yoshi still continued to slow down.
Toad soon became far ahead of everyone else. He grabbed his last flag just seconds after Yoshi reached the water.
Although most of the positions stayed the same as Toad ran back to the finish, the speed of Wario, Yoshi, and Mario started to slow down some more, causing Waluigi to pass the red plumber.
Toad was able to slam down his last flag as most people had just grabbed their last flags. Ironically, Bowser had only started for his last flag 12 seconds earlier. "Toad wins reward!" Marc called. "Only two more can earn it."
Everyone started giving it their all for the last two spots. Bowser seemed to increase his speed a bit and was soon only a couple of feet behind Wario.
However, the moment Yoshi reached the shore with his second flag, he instantly stopped and fell to the sand from exhaustion. So did Mario, when he was just feet from the finish line, causing Waluigi to slam his flag down. "Waluigi wins reward!" yelled Marc. "Only one space left. Who's going to earn it?"
Luigi started to get a bit physical with Bowser Jr. The green plumber actually pushed the prince of Koopas to the ground and started running as if his life depended on it.
Unfortunately for Luigi, his brother recovered from his exhaustion and started to crawl toward the finish line.
Marc could tell that it was going to be a close finish, so he pulled an instant-develop camera out of his pocket and set it near the ground.
His hunch was right. Mario dropped his flag over the finish line just as Luigi crossed and slammed his down. The camera flash went off. Marc picked it up and waited for the picture to develop.
Even once the photo had developed, Marc had to study it for several minutes to make sure he wouldn't be mistaken. This studying took so long that Peach and Bowser Jr. both made it to the finish line before the winner was called. They didn't bother slamming down their flags, as they knew that one of the Mario Bros. had won.
After a couple more minutes, Marc knew who the winner was, as the flag was just a couple of centimeters below. He called out the winner's name just before Birdo made it to the finish line. Yoshi was still unconscious in the sand. Marc yelled:
"Mario wins reward!" Bowser threw up his hands in disgust, forgetting that he was still partway into the ocean, and he sunk. Luigi's mood dropped a lot.
Mario weakly cried out, "Wahoo!" and then instantly plopped his face in the sand. "Um, could-a someone pull-a me up?" Everyone except Luigi (was too depressed), Wario (he had just come back to shore), Bowser (struggling to swim back) and Yoshi (still unconscious in the sand) laughed at the plumber's situation.
Bowser had almost made it back to shore just as Mario regained his strength. "Congratulations, Toad, Waluigi and Mario," Marc said. "You get to go to the bowling alley. The helicopter is right over there." He pointed to the machine a few dozen meters away, and the threesome walked over to it, still happy about their win.
Marc then turned to the other seven competitors; just as Bowser walked back carrying Yoshi, who was beginning to wake up. "The rest of you, I've got nothing for you," Marc told them. "Head on back to the Heronia camp. All luxury items of the Evillo tribe have already been brought there." The seven headed back to their camp, as Yoshi came to.
"What happened?" Yoshi asked Bowser.
"Waluigi and Mario made it to the finish line after you were knocked out," Bowser said. "Luigi was pretty close too, though."
Yoshi started hating himself on the inside. He wished that he never would've stopped running.
Two hours later, the threesome of Toad, Waluigi and Mario had arrived at the bowling alley, and were already partway through their first game. The three also had a really big pitcher of Root Beer (best, soft drink, ever), a basket of French fries and about a dozen hotdogs.
After the game was finished (Toad with 113, Mario with 172 and Waluigi with 180), the group decided to check out the arcade. Inside, they found a huge selection of games to play. This included half a dozen pinball machines, some FPS rail shooters, Marvel vs. Capcom, a DDR stage, and even a cabinet for the original Donkey Kong. As if this wasn't great enough, the trio also found three giant buckets of quarters, seemingly to be used for the arcade.
The three played some pinball for a while. Mario and Waluigi didn't have much luck, but Toad was a complete wizard. As he continued to rank up his score (still on his first ball) while the other two had finished, the plumbers decided to have a little chat.
"Um, Waluigi," Mario started nervously, "can I-a talk to you about-a something?"
"Sure, fire away," the wicked plumber in purple responded.
"I was actually wondering if I could possibly convince you to…"
"Stop," Waluigi interrupted. "I know what you're going to say. It's really obvious, actually. And my answer is I'll have to think about it. I don't hate you as much as everyone thinks, but my Brother… let's just say he might not like it."
Mario looked confused. He said, "I just wanted to challenge you to Marvel vs. Capcom!"
"Oh, sorry," the wicked Waluigi wesponded wespectively. "But, I accept your challenge! You're on!"
Meanwhile, at the new Fungus Tribe's camp, the seven… ah, screw the manners. The seven losers, yes losers, we're trying to get along. Wait, that's a lie. Only some were trying to get along. Luigi was resting in the shelter, and most of the former Evillo tribe stayed amongst themselves. The only exception was a threesome consisting of Peach, Yoshi and Birdo.
"So, let me get this straight," said Birdo. "You want me to diverge myself from the Evillo alliance, join you guys to form a majority, and potentially get everyone ticked off at me?"
"Uh, yeah, that's basically it," Peach responded.
"I'll probably have to think about it," Birdo answered, and she walked away.
"Their offer is actually pretty good," Birdo said for the commentary later. "I'd finally be able to get rid of one of the jerks who have been with me the past 15 days. On the other hand, the best they could promise me is the final 6. Once the others of the original Evillo tribe are gone, they'll take me out."
"I'm pretty surprised she didn't go right for it," Yoshi also commented. "She would probably be next to go if she didn't. I also thought that she liked me. I like her." There was an awkward silence, before Yoshi yelled "Give me that tape!"
Back at the Bowling Alley, the three winners had finished with the arcade and their third bowling game. They seemed to be getting bored with it, when Toad said, "Who's up for five-pin bowling?"
Mario and Waluigi looked puzzled. "Five-pin bowling?" Mario asked, "What is-a that?"
Toad started to explain the game. "There are a few differences between five-pin and ten-pin bowling. First, obviously, there are only five pins. Secondly, both the balls and the pins are smaller. Third, the ball has no holes; you hold onto it like a normal ball. Fourth, there are three throws per frame, instead of two. Finally, instead of scoring one point per pin, you score 5 for the head pin, 3 for the pins next to the head pin, and 2 for the edge pins. Any questions?"
Mario seemed to understand, but Waluigi raised his hand and said, "Could you repeat that? I wasn't listening."
Toad rolled his eyes and explained again.
The next day was a pretty boring one. Mario, Waluigi and Toad had come back, looking fatter than usual. Everyone was fairly jealous at them, but this was quite obvious as everyone always is when someone else wins the reward.
Luigi hadn't gotten out of the shelter since he came back from the reward challenge a day earlier. If that wasn't proof that he was bummed, nothing is.
Mario was attempting to cheer his brother up. "Come on, Luigi," he said, "you can't-a stay in there forever."
"Just-a watch me," the green-garbed plumber said without looking at his brother.
"Luigi, I know I'm not supposed to do this, but…" there was silence. Luigi looked at his brother, who was digging through his bag. About a minute later, Mario pulled out…
"A hot dog?!?!?" Luigi cried.
"It's-a cold by now, and there-a might be a little sand on it, but I-a wanted to bring you-a something to cheer you up," Mario said, as he gave his brother the frankfurter.
Luigi smiled and ate the hot dog. "Mario may always get-a more attention than me," Luigi said for the commentary later, "but he-a always tries to cheer me up whenever I'm-a depressed. He-a always succeeds, too."
The next day, as he hadn't had contributed much to the new tribe yet, Luigi was checking for some tree-mail. Sure enough, there was a folded up message inside. It read, "Come on back to (location censored) for the first individual immunity challenge, as well as a surprise."
"A surprise?" Luigi asked out loud. He wondered what it could possibly be.
The new Fungus tribe arrived at (location censored). Marc was already there, as usual.
"I'll take back the immunity," Marc said. As Wario handed it back, Marc said, "The immunity is no more. Instead we'll be playing for the individual immunity." He held up a necklace that had a smaller version of the idol attached to it. "Before we start, I'd like to show you guys the surprise.
"As some of you may know, Daisy was not voted out at the last tribal council, but instead I decided to kill her." The former Evillo members gasped in shock. "However," Marc continued, "I felt kind of bad about it afterwards, so I asked for a little favor from a friend to reverse that. Now, to help with the immunity challenge, here she is!" At that moment, a certain princess in an orange dress ran out from the nearby jungle.
"Daisy!" nearly everyone yelled. Everyone on the former Heronia tribe, particularly Peach, was thrilled to see her alive.
"That's right, folks," Marc announced. "I had my friend resurrect Daisy. However, because her torch was put out, she is still out of the game. However, she is allowed to have one last part in this game before she leaves. Time to get to today's challenge.
"How many of you have played Simon Says?" Marc asked the ten survivors. Everyone put up their hands. "Good," said Marc, "because that's exactly what's going to happen. It's a big game of Simon Says. Anything goes. You screw up and you're out of the challenge. Last one standing wins the individual immunity, cannot be voted out at the next tribal council, and guaranteed an 11% chance of winning the game. Understood?" Everyone nodded. "Good, because there is one last twist: I will not be Simon, Daisy will be."
Some people looked surprised. "That's right," Marc said, "I will just be watching from the sidelines, looking for people to screw up. Daisy will be calling all shots. Are you guys ready?" Everyone nodded. "Then it's time to start. Get over here, Daisy."
Daisy walked over to where Marc was standing and announced, "How are you guys doing?"
Answers were mostly, "Good".
"That's great," Daisy said, "but now it's time to start the game! Daisy says that the game starts now!" No one even flinched.
"Daisy says stick out your tongue." Everyone did so.
"Daisy says, raise your right arm." Everyone did so, although Wario had to think for a minute as he forgot which way is right.
"Suck your tongue back in." Wario, Luigi and Birdo did so. Marc caught them.
"She didn't say 'Daisy says'! Wario, Luigi, Birdo, go sit on the loser's bench." The trio did so, although that didn't stop them from griping.
Daisy restarted the game. "Daisy says lift your other arm." Everyone did so.
"Daisy says suck your tongue back in." Everyone did so.
"Daisy says clap your hands repeatedly." Everyone did so, causing Marc to plug his ears from the noise.
"Stop clapping your hands." Bowser Jr. did, and he realized his mistake only seconds later. He didn't wait for Daisy to tell him his mistake; he just sulked over to the loser's bench.
"Okay guys, stop clapping your hands," Daisy said. No one stopped. "I said stop clapping your hands!" Everyone kept on clapping. "What part of 'stop clapping' do you not understand?" It didn't change a thing. "Daisy says stop clapping your hands." Everyone did so. "You guys are smart," Daisy said impressively.
"Daisy says jump up and down." Everyone did so.
"Stick your finger up your nose." Waluigi and Mario did so. Mario instantly slapped his forehead by mistake, but Waluigi kept digging in there.
"Go sit on the loser's bench, you two," Marc told them. The followed the command, but they felt depressed. Only Yoshi, Bowser, Toad and Peach were left, now.
"Stomp your feet," Daisy said. No one moved. "Nice."
"Daisy says shake your junk." Everyone started shaking their butts like a pack of crazy animals.
"Daisy says stop." Everyone stood still.
"Daisy says stand on one foot." Everyone did.
"Now run in place." Bowser, Yoshi and Toad started running without moving forward. It was too late by the time they realized their mistake.
"Peach! Wins first individual immunity!" Marc yelled at the top of his lungs. The princess gasped in both surprise and joy.
"Come on over Peach," Marc said. The princess walked over to Marc, who placed the immunity necklace around her neck.
Marc then announced, "Peach, you are safe at tonight's tribal council. For the rest of you, someone's going home. Say a final goodbye to Daisy, then head on back to camp."
All ten survivors bid their farewells to princess Daisy and walked back to camp.
Back at camp, things were quite… how would you say it… random. Yeah, that's it, random.
"So, I won the first individual immunity," Peach was saying for the commentary. "It feels great, knowing I'll be here for at least another couple of days."
Peach was just relaxing in the shelter when Toad came up to her.
"Um, princess…" Toad started.
"You don't have to call me princess here, Toad," Peach responded. "We're both off duty."
"Alright, Peach," Toad continued. Now he started speaking softer. "I was wondering if we could possibly form an alliance."
Peach stared at Toad, confused. "Why would you want to create an alliance?" She asked. "The Heronia tribe isn't in any real danger yet."
"Yeah," said Toad, "but you never know what could happen. Someone could defect."
Peach thought for a minute before saying, "Sure, an alliance it is." Toad smiled, and the pair shook hands.
Meanwhile, the rest of the former Heronia tribe was gathering together.
"So, who are we planning on voting out tonight?" Yoshi asked the Mario Bros.
"It's-a got to be Bowser," Mario declared. "We all hate him, and he's-a proved that endurance matches are a piece of-the cake for him."
"You know something?" Yoshi said. "That is a great point you made. Bowser it is, then."
At the same time, most of the Evillo tribe was chatting together. The only one who seemed to be absent was Birdo.
"So, are we ousting Mario tonight?" Waluigi asked the group.
"Well," Bowser said, thinking as hard as he could, "I think we should. He's a fairly strong player, and we all despise him."
"But dad," Bowser Jr. interrupted, "What about that Toad guy? You know how much of a threat he is!"
Bowser looked at his son. "You're right that he's a threat," he explained, "which is why we should take him out after Mario. Would you rather spend another day with Mario or Toad?"
"Good point," the koopa prince said.
That night, the ten survivors made their way to tribal council. Marc was waiting for them (like, duh!). The group sat down.
"Princess Peach," Marc began, "how does it feel to win the first individual immunity?"
"It feels great!" Peach replied enthusiastically. "With this little baby on, I know I'm going to survive out here at least a little longer."
"Mario, how did you, Toad, and Waluigi enjoy the reward?" Marc inquired.
"Well, we-a had quite a bit of fun," Mario said. "We-a ate great food, used the arcade, and played-a plenty of bowling."
"You mean there was no strategizing going on?" Marc asked, puzzled.
"Not really," Mario responded. "There-a seemed to be some in the arcade, but it-a was actually just a question on whether or not someone wanted a game."
"Wario," Marc asked, "How do you think the first vote is going to go tonight?"
"I think that it's gonna be a 5-5 tie between someone from Heronia, and someone from Evillo," Wario responded. "Of course, you never know if someone flopped to the other side."
"Birdo, do you think Wario's prediction could be correct?" Marc asked.
"I don't know," Birdo said, shaking her head. "We'll just have to see."
"Alrighty, then," Marc said. "Before we get to the vote, Peach, do you want to give immunity up?"
"No way!" she yelled.
"Okay," Marc said. "Peach is immune, you cannot vote for her. Everyone else is fair game. It is time to vote. Luigi, you're up."
The ten survivors cast their votes. Some of them follow.
Voter: Votee: "Reason"
Mario: Bowser: "You-a know very darn well why this vote is for you."
Bowser Jr.: Mario: "It was either you or Toad, and frankly, I like Toad better."
Birdo: ???: "I just feel that it's for the best."
The votes were cast, and Marc said, "I'll go tally the votes."
He came back with the voting urn. "Once the votes are read, the decision is final. The person voted out will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately.
"First vote: Mario." The red plumber looked shocked, very few others looked surprised though.
"Mario. Two votes Mario.
"Bowser." The koopa king started breathing harder.
"Mario. Three votes Mario, 1 vote Bowser." "Mama-mia," breathed Mario.
"Bowser."
"Bowser. Three votes Bowser."
"Bowser." Bowser was getting really uncomfortable.
"Bowser. Five votes Bowser." "No!" whispered Bowser Jr.
"Mario. Five votes Bowser, Four votes Mario. One vote left." The heat kept getting more intense.
"Seventh person voted off of Survivor: Mushroom Kingdom," Marc said as he turned the final ballot. "Bowser. You need to bring me your torch."
Bowser gave his son one final hug. "Go get 'em, junior," he said, and then reluctantly brought his torch up to Marc.
"Bowser, the tribe has spoken," Marc said, snuffing out the torch. "It's time to go."
Bowser looked at his son one last time, and then walked off, never to be seen again.
"Well folks," Marc announced, "I've got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that you pretty much can't trust anyone at this stage. The good news is that you nine will now represent the jury. Grab your torches, head on back to camp."
The nine remaining survivors grabbed their torches and walked back to camp.
Author's closing notes: Now that Bowser is gone, it looks like the Evillo tribe as a whole is in trouble. Was Birdo's decision to join the Heronias a good idea? Will her alliance with Peach and Yoshi last? Here's a hint; the answer is the same as the answer to the question "Why do mosquitoes exist?".
