Kodai Island - Ponderosa
Chapter 9 - Juror 9
Okay, second to last Kodai Island - Ponderosa chapter, and it's Mewtwo's turn. Yep. Mewtwo, the one being known for basically playing a game like Snake probably intended, except that Mewtwo has a more of a condescending attitude and his actions not being as justified as Snake's game would have been.
I don't even have to ask you all if someone will be angry at him. It's more of a matter of how many lol. Let's see here...
~KF
"Greetings. I am Mewtwo, juror number nine, and this is my Ponderosa."
Night 37
"..."
If Ganondorf was not pleased at his fellow competitors, neither was Mewtwo. It was to the production's astonishment that he actually knew where he was going in spite of never even looking up all the while, unless he was simply staring down at the pathway leading up to Crazy Hand's tent.
"Pit should have went home. I should have known better myself. If I would have convinced at least one of them, then Pit's name would have been written down instead... Then again, they still would have booted me out of here, so I do not know who to blame at the moment..."
Mewtwo opened up the tent, much to Crazy Hand's apparent astonishment.
"Oh, hi Mewtwo! I was too busy looking at some paperwork I didn't see you there! Here, have a seat!"
"With pleasure. I need to spend a little time thinking everything over."
"Oh, well then I bet you can't wait to get into bed after a long, tiring thirty-seven days! Just two more days before the final three! You look exhausted!"
"..." The fact that Crazy Hand had the nerve to bring up the final three never helped anything for Mewtwo.
"I have absolutely no regrets of my game. Maybe I am not the perfect player, but it does not mean that I have to regret my decisions. I mean, I have made it all the way to the final five for a reason. Fifteen others went out before me, so it is not difficult at all to see who had the last laugh, other than the final four."
He was now staring down at the numbers on the scale between his feet. "...242.9..."
"Okay, and you weighed 269 lbs before your adventure started." Crazy Hand was doing the necessary calculations. "So, with that being said, you have lost exactly 26.1 pounds, Mewtwo."
"..."
"Now, tell me. I forgot to ask you a question." The large, glove-like hand suddenly remembered. "What do you personally think was the most challenging part of the game for you?"
"Hmm... Perhaps dealing with a bunch of nincompoops..."
-/-
Mewtwo was seen getting off the boat, subsequently making his way over to the Ponderosa cafe.
However, there was already one major difference in comparison to the rest of the jurors entrance to the Ponderosa, with the except of the first juror for obvious reasons.
"...?"
No one was standing at the door. Not a single soul.
Mewtwo the Pokemon stepped into the cafe, in within one head turn to his left, there was Bayonetta the Umbra Witch and Mario the plumber.
"Ah, greetings Mewtwo!" Mario shared a friendly handshake. "Welcome to Ponderosa!"
Ignoring Bayonetta's grin, Mewtwo's eyes shifted towards the rest of the jury members. They were all either wandering around until they sat at the table, ordering their food, or already eating. Yep. That was just about right. Literally only Mario and Bayonetta seemed to care for Mewtwo at the time.
"...Fools..." Mewtwo mumbled under his breath.
"Ah, we knew you were going to say something." Bayonetta made her first comment.
"You see, everyone here is not on the best of terms when it came to your uh, gameplay." Mario began to explain. "Luckily for you, some are not as ticked as others are. I was originally going to be the only one standing up to greet you outside, but then Bayonetta pulled me to the side last minute since she wanted to see your reaction if there was no one out there."
"..."
"..." Mario waved his hands out to his sides in self-defense. By the time Mewtwo's eyes finally laid on Bayonetta, all she did was snicker.
"...What? I thought it would have been funny. Can't take a joke, Mewtwo?"
Mario sighed. "C'mon. Let's just bring Mewtwo to the mirror..."
"Almost every single person here is too disgusted with Mewtwo to even say a quick 'hi' to him." Bayonetta could not have helped but laugh a little. "Let's see... Wolf, Bowser, and Ike do not want to utter a word to the guy, Wii Fit Trainer was literally shouting about how 'awful' he was before he got here, and Donkey Kong, and especially Ganondorf would not even look at him. I just find the whole thing to be quite amusing if I do say so myself."
She and the former Sumasshu member stared as Mewtwo took the time to stare at himself in the mirror, both exchanging glances.
Ganondorf at the table was eating his food, making sure he sat away as far from Mewtwo as possible.
"I will not tolerate such behavior." He shook his head. "If he thought that I would have been completely tolerant of what he did, he is a complete fool. I trusted him to move forward with me so that we would send most of these other castaways packing. Yet, he proved to be nothing but a deceiving liar that deserves to be ridiculed right here at Ponderosa. Through the Tribal Council, I did not know whether I was supposed to be desiring for an amateur such as Link to have his torch snuffed, or the moron that is currently here as of this moment. Yet the moment when it was confirmed that Mewtwo was eliminated, I knew who I was suppose to hope for his demise."
And so, Mewtwo ended up conversing with Mario and Bayonetta of all people.
"At least there are two members here that have not been affected by such immaturity..." The fifth place finisher eye rolled. "Fools..."
-/-
"It's just right over there..."
"Thanks..."
With Mario's help, Mewtwo was now heading towards his temporary Kodai Island home to turn in for the day.
"Finally I am able to enjoy some piece and quiet around here. It is not just the six brats who have failed to understand what Survivor is supposed to represent, I gradually grew tired of the intensity of it all. A shower and a sleep is what I needed. Perhaps if there is one positive thing I can say, is that the people make sure you are completely isolated from the other competitors, since I do not wish to be awakened by an inconsiderate, complaining castaway anymore."
And with that, he closed the door.
Day 38
After going through a mostly silent breakfast (thanks to Wii Fit Trainer out of nowhere coming in the cafeteria just to lecture Mewtwo for five minutes about how flawed his gameplay was), Mewtwo was out and about, taking a long walk along the beach.
"Wii Fit Trainer's mouth deserves to be shut for the rest of eternity."
Unfortunately for Mewtwo, he just so happened to run into the fitness trainer again. Apparently, he was so busy focusing his eyes on the water to his right, he was completely unaware that the fitness trainer was standing directly in front of him. He happened to be just fortunate enough to look straight ahead in time, or else there would have been a collision, even though Wii Fit Trainer was intentionally remaining in her place the entire time.
"...What are you doing here?" He was not afraid to glare and scrunch his invisible eyebrows.
She pointed to a blue mat lying down in the sand. "Do you see this mat? It means that I was just getting ready to perform my workout routine before breakfast. I just had to make a trip back to my Ponderosa home real quick. That's why I ran into you this morning."
"...So you decided that the best thing to do was to leave your precious mat in the sand where it could have easily been blown away?" He cocked his head to the side.
"Mewtwo, the mat was on the table!" She immediately defended herself in response to the criticism. "I'm not stupid enough to just leave it lying in the sand, just how I wasn't stupid enough to just flip and vote people out just to boost that large ego of yours!"
"Just who gave you the right to boss me around like I am some sort of child!? No one has the right to tell me anything as if I am order to do so!" He shouted back.
Wolf, Donkey Kong, Bayonetta, and Ike were all in the cafe when the argument occurred, the four of them exchanging stares of amusement and astonishment, Bayonetta being the only one to actually utter a laugh.
"Mewtwo and Wii Fit Trainer together, arguing at Ponderosa of all places." Donkey Kong thought out loud, looking away for a bit as he placed a finger beneath his chin. "Hmm... Both of them were bitter of me, and both of them were clearly not the best players of the bunch. But about that first point I made... I think that now that the both of them are still at each other's throats is just pure entertainment for me! I mean, one was mad at me for basically no reason, and the other voted me out for no reason. But I guess for Mewtwo it's even worse, since he largely affected the season after the merge started. He really got on everyone's nerves including mine, so I'm gonna give him the silent treatment until he realizes that his gameplay is not perfect... which probably won't even be a guarantee..."
-/-
Just about half an hour, Mewtwo made it back towards the cafe. In spite of what he said last night about being alone, he had no regrets at all about going outside, which resulted in him accidentally meeting Wii Fit Trainer. He felt that he needed to take a breath of fresh air, eye the ocean for a bit, and take a peaceful walk without having the thought of any type of action that was going on within the game. Being stress free was anything but irritable.
"When I returned to the cafe, there sat Ganondorf Dragmire at the table reading a book. I was unaware that reading was apparently one of his pastime hobbies, but there he was. He did not notice my presence initially, but after me standing near him for a minute due to me being curious on when he was going to put the book down and realize I was there, but after a minute or so, he finally looked up to see my face."
"..."
"..." Mewtwo started to cock his head to the side again.
"...May I help you?"
"I was just curious on whether or not you were going to notice that I was standing two feet from you at this very table." He explained. "Have you changed your behavior from last night?"
"Behavior?" At worst, Ganondorf could have flat out begin to yell at the person who caused his blindside to happen. Yet at the same time, two sudden thoughts prevented him from doing so. Not only he apparently did not want to waste his energy dealing with Mewtwo, but the other one stuck out. Before his blindside, the two were in a rather strong alliance with one another, so they were around each other for quite a few days, just enough time for them to study one another. In conclusion, Ganon figured that the Pokemon asked that question on purpose just for a reaction.
Thus, the outburst never happened.
"...I... did not have the patience to argue with you the previous night." He said with a head shake. "I've been through enough for three weeks on that island. Now that I think about it, I thought of it as a blessing that I was the first jury member. Not counting the Ponderosa staff, I had the whole place all to myself for a few days."
"And how was it?"
"...Peaceful."
He nodded as if the answer was predicted by the cut-throat player.
"Though I forgive you for causing my demise, of course I am not going to have amnesia and forget that it ever happened. It happened, and it will never leave my mind. You cost me the title of Sole Survivor and you were probably the very last individual I planned on going after."
"I apologize if you feel that way. Though, it is not required of you to moan about the matter."
"..." It never even took Dragmire a full second to realize that Mewtwo still had yet to have second thoughts on his decision making."
"This is one of the main reasons why I never uttered a sound in Mewtwo's direction; because he is far too stubborn to realize where he was in the wrong." Ganondorf shook his head in dissatisfaction. "Yet on the positive end of the spectrum, at least I was able to elaborate on how wrongful it was for what he did. If it takes him a long while until he admits that he made a foolish mistake at the reunion show, so be it."
-/-
Mewtwo was taking the time to observe the scenery that surrounded him. From the palm trees, to the Ponderosa cafe, and then to the water, all the while only rotating his head with folded up arms.
"I have yet to make certain individuals come to their senses and realized what I had to do to move myself forward, but it takes only one person to approve of my own game, which is none other myself. I successfully made it all the way to the final five in spite of being a big target. Whether my strategy was loathed or not, one can not deny the success I received as a result from my efforts. I have fought hard to get to where I was, and I hope that ones at home will understand where I come from. In order to make it, you have to lie, cheat, and steal. For some players like myself, it is the only way to play Survivor. You have to be able to play the game yourself before you yourself get played. That is how it works. Therefore, I rest my case."
Okay, so I guess that's it, then lol. More than half the jury is not satisfied of Mewtwo's actions in the game at all. Other than Mario and Bayonetta, not a soul cared lol. He even got into another fight with Wii Fit Trainer at Ponderosa itself! ...Oh well... At least he was trying to patch things up with Ganon...
Question:
1. What do you all think of Mewtwo's game? (I can just imagine the replies lol)
One more Ponderosa chapter to go and this fic will be officially be done! If you liked Mewtwo (somehow), vote for him on my poll and I will see you all next Thursday!
