Note to Charmynutty: I plan on accepting applications after I do Season 3. I know it's still a ways off, but I'm still not out of character ideas to use yet and I want to use them before I start accepting other people's fan characters.
(Yoma Nada Tribe)
"…Okay. The sucked big time. Not only was nearly everyone one vote away from getting eliminated, but I lost my ally way earlier than I intended to go with him." Jack noted. "Roscoe's on the jury, so I know he'll vote for me if I get to the end, but half the trouble is actually GETTING there now…"
"Okay, man. You got us. I don't know how you did it, but you got past our defenses and weakened us." Jack told Nelson.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, Jack. I didn't vote for Roscoe." Nelson replied.
"Wait. You didn't? Then who did you vote for?"
"You wouldn't believe my reasoning." Nelson replied, casting a glance over at Molly and Mason, whom were talking.
"You see what just happened, Mason? Because you couldn't put your little rivalry aside, not only is Jack still here, but so is Nelson." Molly pointed out. "Mason, I'm trying to help you here, so why aren't you voting with me?"
"I told you that I wanted Jack gone first. Now Nelson is going to have to wait even longer." Mason replied.
"Mason, no! I NEED your vote this time!" Molly pleaded.
"That was one close Tribal Council. Maybe I should be glad things were so chaotic or else I could have gotten kicked out. All it does, however, is delay my goal of getting even with Jack." Mason noted. "But really. I haven't been in a situation that close since I was fighting off a gauntlet of Locust with a machine gun that had long run out of ammo…"
"Mason has just jeopardized my entire plan and he doesn't even know he did it. In not voting off Nelson, we run an even greater risk of him finding out my secret." Molly said. "The fact that I got any votes at all is because he's getting suspicious. I need to make sure I keep my real identity under wraps to throw Nelson off, because now I have to put up with him breathing down my neck for another three days."
Meanwhile, Anita and Ruth walked up to the shelter, looking pleased and surprised at the outcome of the vote.
"I-I'm glad we decided to go with your idea, Ruth." Anita said. "But are you sure voting Roscoe off w-was a good idea?"
"A strong alliance is just as much of a threat as physical strength." Ruth replied. "In taking out Roscoe, we've dropped Jack's defenses and decreased his overall threat level."
"Leaving us to focus on physical and jury threats?" Anita asked.
"You're catching on quick, Anita." Ruth said with a smirk.
"When we realized that everyone had gotten a vote, Anita and I knew Roscoe was going because we had both voted for him." Ruth pointed out. "It gives us a sigh of relief because we hadn't had a lot of luck getting others to vote with us. Now maybe they will if we change targets."
The nine remaining players decided to go to bed, knowing that the next day would provide answers for some questions.
(Yoma Nada Tribe; Day 23)
"Roscoe was voted out last night, but what surprised me the most was that I had gotten a vote and was very close to getting eliminated." Charlotte pointed out. "I want to know who voted for me, because I know it had to be someone from my tribe. None of the Opito players know me well enough to vote for me."
"Janine, did you vote for me last night?" Charlotte asked suspiciously.
"No. I voted for Anita because she was who I had been targeting for a while." Janine insisted.
"Ruth probably voted for me, then. She's probably after me for trying to get her out." Charlotte muttered as she stalked away, leaving Janine behind.
"She's gone." Janine called out.
Oiler emerged from behind a tree and Watched Charlotte go. "I don't know what I'll do once she finds out I voted for her." He admitted.
"I told you to vote for Anita, Oiler." Janine rolled her eyes.
"Charlotte's a bigger threat, though! You can't deny it!"
"Oiler voted for Charlotte last night and he's been scared that she'll find out. She's getting close because she's already narrowed the culprit down to being someone from Eleda." Janine folded her arms. "I just hope Oiler's good at explaining himself, because once Charlotte finds out he voted for her, I'm not going to be able to get in between them."
"I voted for Charlotte because I thought she needed to go. She's capable of a lot more than she lets on, and she already lets on that she's capable of a lot." Oiler said nervously. "I needed to vote for her with hopes that she would be eliminated because people would see things the way I see them. I guess I was wrong on that."
Charlotte had no luck getting anything out of Ruth, so the German woman walked along the beach before Molly waved her over. "Charlotte, can I talk to you for a minute?" The Minjo asked.
"Please. It'll take my mind off of what I'm trying to figure out." Charlotte replied as she came over.
"Look, I think it would be in your best interests to vote Nelson off next." Molly explained.
"Why Nelson? He doesn't seem like a threat." Charlotte reasoned.
"He's not a physical threat, but he's a severe mental threat." Molly replied. "Charlotte, you're obviously a sneaky person, but I know that Nelson is just as sneaky as you are. If you give him the chance, he'll blindside you before you even know it's happened."
Charlotte paused. "Nelson DOES seem the sneaky type. Are you sure?" She asked.
"How else do you think he's made it this far?" Molly asked.
"I want to get more people on my side since Mason isn't thinking straight. Charlotte's just as crafty as me, only she doesn't hide it." Molly pointed out. "If I'll have any chance at securing a vote to get rid of Nelson, it would probably be with her."
"Molly makes a good point. Mason may be strong, but Nelson can easily beat most of us at a trivia challenge." Charlotte pointed out before sighing. "Great. Now I have multiple targets for when we go to Tribal Council."
"Where IS Mason, anyway?" Charlotte asked. "I thought he was up by now."
"Uh…He WAS here a second ago." Molly scratched her head when she saw Mason wasn't with her.
"Where's Jack?" Charlotte asked flatly.
Meanwhile, Nelson had gone over to talk with Ruth and Anita after Charlotte had left them. The nerd couldn't help but smile despite the fact that the vote didn't go his way.
"You guys were the ones that voted off Roscoe, weren't you?" Nelson asked.
"We were. We thought that separating a strong alliance was more-important than targeting a physical threat." Ruth replied.
"Your logic makes sense. Believe me." Nelson said. "I'm just glad I'm still here. Now I think I actually have a chance at avenging all of my allies that the others backstabbed."
"If you're interested, we're thinking of targeting Mason next."
"I know it isn't an official alliance, and I'm almost afraid to call it that because I think I'll jinx Anita and Ruth, but I think this will work perfectly." Nelson said. "I can avenge Urtha, Shamus and Ginny out here with help, and that's just what I intend on doing. I don't care who goes first as long as they get what they deserve in the end."
"Nelson's got a good head on his shoulders and was just struck with major bad luck in the pre-merge days. I don't feel bad giving him a bit of a hand." Ruth pointed out. "Now that we've weakened a strong alliance, we can focus on some threats and take them out while we have the chance, depending on who wins Immunity."
"I think Mason's a good target, but Molly's a jury threat." Nelson pointed out. "If he wins Immunity, would she be a good target?"
"But Molly's an even lesser physical threat than I am." Ruth reminded. "We could take her out anytime."
"But that still-"
"Okay, seriously! Get away from me, man!" Jack's voice shouted. "You just made me lose the fish I was in the process of catching!"
Everyone in the camp turned to see Jack by the fishing spot, Mason standing over him and not looking pleased.
"I figured it was high time I told Jack what I thought of him. This would make everyone see things my way and get rid of him." Mason said. "If this doesn't work and ends up with Jack getting eliminated, I don't know what will."
"It serves you right!" Mason said. "You still think I'm useless?! Have you even HEARD what I've been saying all this time?!"
"Trust me, it's what I've been wanting to forget for about twenty days now!" Jack moaned.
"You think I'm afraid of your back-talking?! I had to kill five strong Locust with a broken bottle!" Mason roared. "My team considers me the best there is because of my accomplishments!"
Sitting aside silently, Anita's eye started twitching.
"And what accomplishments would those be?" Jack rolled his eyes. "Being able to tie your shoes in the morning?"
"Don't give me that! I was the third person in history to hijack an enemy monster capable of mass destruction and then turn it on the Locust!" Mason shouted. "You think your insults will affect my self-esteem?!"
"No, because that would mean that you actually had any to begin with."
"M-Mason, please! This isn't the best time!" Molly said, getting in between the two.
Mason didn't listen. "I've squashed FOOT SOLDIERS twice my size!" He said. "You think I'll let someone like you walk all over me?! The Locust King himself wasn't even given the chance before I splattered him everywhere!"
Anita was clenching her fists and forming a scowl. Her eye was twitching at a much-higher rate now. People were too focused on Jack and Mason to pay attention to her.
"Jack, calm down." Nelson said as he approached the koopa.
"This moron just cost us the biggest meal we could have had yet!" Jack snapped. "And for what? Some self-satisfying rivalry that I don't even know about?"
"The last person that called me useless was a huge Locust and that was right before I shoved a broken-down chainsaw through its stomach!" Mason said. "You think I'm going to let you get the best of me now?!"
"Why not? You've been doing it since we started." Jack shrugged.
"If you think I'm going to take that after I survived thirty-five angry Locust soldiers at once by myself, then you've got-"
"SHUT UP!!!"
Everyone turned and saw a furious Anita storming over, not looking like anything they had seen from her in the game.
"Shut up! Shut up!!" Anita shouted as she got into Mason's face. "J-Just shut up!! I've H-HAD it with your bragging!!"
Mason back away. "Uh…What?" He asked, stunned at the furious teenager.
"You don't know ANYTHING about survival!! You're definition of 'survival' is going against an army of SEMI-advanced beings w-while armed with guns, explosives, high-powers vehicles and a platoon of s-soldiers that are armed with the same things as you are!!" Anita roared. "I had to spend five days trapped in my school, with no way to get out, with a psychotic, murderous, vengeful, UNKILLABLE spirit!!!"
Everyone watched as Anita started getting more and more hysterical, as if they had seen this behavior after she had woken up from a nightmare. No one dared to stop her.
"Everyone trapped in the school with me…My ENTIRE class!! They were all k-k-killed off one by o-one in horrific, g-gruesome and extremely-violent ways!!!" Anita shrieked, making Mason back away from her even more, despite the fact that Anita still got into his face. "W-When we all found our teacher, it was j-just his upper torso hanging from the inside of a broom closet!!"
That was more than enough to make everyone stare at Anita with wide eyes. She still wasn't done.
"And to top it all off, the s-spirit couldn't be harmed!! One of my f-friends died trying to k-kill it! All I could do was h-hide for five days, hoping and p-praying that it w-wouldn't find me!!" Anita shouted, tears streaming down her face. "T-Ten students and t-three adults were all killed within five days, most while I was watching!! And the worst part?! Every time I have a nightmare, I r-relive one of those d-deaths!! S-S-So just shut up about survival, b-because I've been through way m-more than you!!"
With that, Anita turned and ran away, face in her hands, leaving everyone frozen, eyes wide and slack-jawed. Ruth quickly rushed after her.
Jack sat on a stump in stunned silence. He quickly removed his shades. "That…That was so messed up!! Is that what's been bugging the kid since the start?!" He asked. "How is she not in a lifetime of therapy after that?! Mind you, I can't really blame her for the nightmares, though. Anyone that goes through something like that has a right to be that terrified."
Anita sat on a rock, sobbing into her hands and not paying any attention to the camera. "I…I h-had to do it…I h-had to…" She sobbed in between tears.
Anita sat behind the shelter and curled into a ball, pressed against the back of the shelter. As Anita continued to cry, Ruth approached her, sat down beside her and silently pulled the hysterical girl in for a comforting hug.
Not a lot of people felt like going to sleep when night came in, especially not with Anita's recent outburst. Anita once again slept outside the shelter, but this time Ruth was out there with her.
(Yoma Nada Tribe; Day 24)
"Well, due to Anita's little outburst yesterday, I don't think she's going to be targeted for a bit. Whether or not it was her intention to play the sympathy card, it worked." Molly explained. "Not that it really mattered. She's in no real danger yet and by the time she DOES get eliminated, people won't feel as bad voting her off."
"Mason, about that little outburst yesterday." Molly said.
"It's already forgotten, Molly. I assure you." Mason said. "I don't hold anything against Anita for yelling at me."
Molly blinked. "Uh…Have you tried to apologize at all?" She asked.
"Why? I didn't do anything wrong."
"…Seriously?! Mason doesn't even make the attempt to save himself and at least admit that he was at fault for setting Anita off?!" Molly asked. "I DID think that it would be possible to pull Mason out of this, but since he hasn't made the attempt to make things right, I'm sure everyone's mad at him after that."
"I'm actually impressed that Anita was able to survive such a feat. It makes me feel good to know that there are people out there capable of surviving as much as I do." Mason said with a smirk. "I know that she got a little riled up, but hey, it's the very first life-threatening situation she survived. Anyone would be scared at that point."
Meanwhile, Anita was walking up to the treemail box alone, her head still hanging low.
"Um…Anita?"
Anita turned and saw Ruth coming over, looking more concerned than she had ever been in the competition. "Oh…H-Hi, Ruth." She said.
"Anita, I can't believe that you had to go through all of that. All of a sudden, your nightmares make perfect sense." Ruth said. "I can understand why you didn't want to tell us anything, but I wish I could have known about it before."
Anita sighed. "I…I c-can't change what happened at my school." Anita replied. "I j-just hope that I n-never have to deal with anything like it again. I'm s-sorry I yelled at Mason, though. I f-feel bad about it."
"He had it coming, dear." Ruth replied. "In fact, I think we should target him next."
"Mason was the one to set Anita off, and when someone causes something like that to happen to such a timid girl, it's time for me to set things straight." Ruth said. "I did it with Buzz back on day 3, and I can do it again. It'll be easier now, though. Not only is the majority of the people angry at Mason, but he's a physical threat."
"I r-really appreciate Ruth for being so supportive of m-me since the start. I know s-she can be a little crafty, but at least her heart's in the r-right place." Anita admitted. "As f-far as my nightmares g-go, I'm sort of g-glad I got it all off my chest. It m-makes me feel good for s-some reason…"
Anita reached into the treemail box and pulled out an envelope. "L-Looks like the next challenge is up." She said.
"Then let's go show it to the others." Ruth said.
The two went back to camp as Anita carried the treemail. Everyone gathered around the two when Anita announced that they had mail.
"Is it Reward or Immunity?" Jack asked.
"D-Doesn't say." Anita asks. "It's w-wondering if we're g-good at obstacle courses."
Mason cracked his knuckles. "Let me at it." He said. "This is gonna be good."
"I wouldn't be so confident." Janine warned, looking cross. "We're all fairly athletic."
"If Mason thinks we're going to forget what he said to cause Anita's little outbreak yesterday, he's got another thing coming." Janine said. "Sorry, but when you're given a choice between a timid girl with a messed-up past or an egotistical man who probably didn't do half the things he says he did, who do you think people will side with?"
(Immunity Challenge)
The nine finalists emerged from the jungle and into a large clearing. Walking over to the gold mat on the ground, everyone stepped on and waited for the host to start talking.
"Welcome to your second individual Immunity Challenge, Yoma Nada. Here, we will see exactly how nimble and athletic you all are." SSBFreak pointed out. Everyone suddenly saw a line of nine obstacle courses, most of the parts going over a small body of water. "These obstacle courses are made up of four parts, and they all must be crossed in order to finish. First, there is a crawl under a low-hanging rope fence, followed by a long, narrow beam over the water. After that, you have to climb a wall of slippery rocks, and then finish the challenge by jumping across four small platforms over the water. Keep in mind that if you fall on any of these obstacles, you have to keep trying it until you finish. The first person to finish the course will win Immunity and be safe from elimination at tonight's Tribal Council."
Everyone looked at the obstacle course, knowing that this would be an extremely-painful challenge to try and do.
"If you'll all get into position, we can start." SSBFreak continued.
Everyone lined up at the starts of the obstacle course, at the start of the low-hanging rope net, ready to start.
"Okay. For Immunity, Survivors ready?" SSBFreak said. "…Go!"
Everyone quickly dove under the rope net, although Ruth and Oiler took the time to get onto all fours before starting the trek through the course.
The finalists crawled under the netting, on their stomachs because there really wasn't much room to get on their knees underneath the ropes.
Charlotte, Janine, Jack and Nelson took an early lead, crawling faster than any of the others and were well on their way to get out of the first obstacle well ahead of anyone else. Anita, Mason and Molly were falling a bit behind, but looked in relatively-good shape. Oiler and Ruth brought up the rear for taking the extra time to get close to the ground before starting.
It didn't take long for the leaders to emerge from underneath the rope net. Jack had emerged first, while Charlotte and Nelson came out at almost the same time right after. As the three raced up the short staircases to the narrow beams, Janine emerged from underneath the netting.
Charlotte and Jack took a moment to get their balance as they started walking across the beam over the water. Nelson, on the other hand, raced across without thinking. He promptly lost his balance and fell off the beam less than halfway across.
"Nelson's in the water! If he wants to catch up, he has to try the obstacle again!" SSBFreak announced.
As Nelson swam over to the start of the narrow beam to try again, Charlotte wobbled for a second before plunging into the water as well. The German woman moaned as she started swimming back to the start to climb out of the water.
Janine started her trek across the narrow beam as Nelson climbed out of the water. Janine managed to make it about one-third of the distance before falling into the water.
Around this time, Anita emerged from underneath the netting. As the blonde girl rushed up to the beam, Mason and Molly finished the first obstacle.
As a soaking-wet Nelson and Charlotte started making their way across the beam, Nelson much-more carefully this time, Jack had managed to make it to the end of the narrow beam on his first attempt. The koopa smirked as he rushed over to the nearby rock wall on the platform he had stepped onto.
"Jack is currently on the rock wall while almost everyone else is on the narrow beams." SSBFreak announced. "Oiler and Ruth are still at the low-hanging rope net."
Charlotte growled as she stepped up the pace, still being careful not to fall into the water again. "I won't let him beat me that easily." She said to herself.
At the same time, Nelson was slowly managing to work his way across. The lanky nerd was going at a much-slower pace than Charlotte, but he was still well ahead of the others.
Mason started making his way across, trying to catch up with Anita, whom was nervously trying to get herself across. Mason didn't last long and almost instantly fell into the water. Molly rolled her eyes as she started walking across her narrow beam, a little easier due to her small stature.
Jack grabbed a rock and pulled himself higher up the wall. "Okay. This isn't that bad. I just need to have a good grip here." He said to himself as he pulled himself up higher.
Meanwhile, Charlotte had just made it across the beam. Narrowing her eyes in determination, she raced over to her rock wall and started climbing it at a faster rate. She quickly lost her grip and fell back down, but quickly tried again and started climbing.
Oiler and Ruth finally emerged from the netting at the start of the course. The two raced up to the narrow beam and started walking across, passing Mason (whom had fallen off a second time). Oiler fell off the beam quickly.
In the meantime, Nelson had made it across the beam. "That was more nerve-wracking than I would have liked." He sighed as he went over to the rock wall and started climbing. Back on the narrow beam, Anita and Molly had just fallen off.
"Nelson has just arrived at the rock wall, but has to catch up with Charlotte, who in turn has to catch up with Jack." SSBFreak announced. "Everyone else is at the narrow beams, but Janine and Ruth are the only ones not currently in the water."
While climbing, Jack looked to his left and saw that Charlotte was rapidly gaining on him. The shaded koopa growled. "Not gonna happen, sister!" He roared as he picked up the pace.
Of course, this just made Charlotte climb faster as well. "Run, coward! Run!!" She taunted with a maniacal grin as she climbed after Jack.
Meanwhile, Nelson fell flat on his back after the third attempt at climbing the rock wall. The lanky nerd grunted in annoyance as he scratched his head. "How the heck am I supposed to do this?" He asked as he grabbed hold of a rock and tried climbing again. This time, he was starting to gain a little bit of elevation. "Okay. I think I'm getting the hang of this now."
Anita, now soaking wet, stumbled her way across the beam, pausing every time she felt herself losing her balance. Passing Mason (whom promptly fell off the beam again), Anita paused for a few seconds before continuing onward. Janine was just ahead of her, also taking an extremely-cautious approach after falling in the water a few times.
Oiler climbed back onto the beam and started walking across. Unfortunately, he slipped a short ways into his walk and hit the beam on the way down into the water. Oiler's leg popped off as he went down. In the meantime, Ruth had overtaken Molly after the Minjo had fallen off the beam close to the end of it. The elderly Raposa slowly made her way across, without mistake but still far behind the leaders.
Jack scrambled to the top of the rock wall. By now, Charlotte was almost right behind him as she climbed the rock wall on her obstacle course (Nelson was about halfway up his). Jack raced over to the edge of the platform he was on that overlooked the four small platforms that were out in the water. Looking down, Jack saw that he was at least fifteen feet above the water. Jack hesitated a moment, but he leapt out to the first platform and landed wobbly on it.
In the meantime, Charlotte had finished the climb to the top of her rock wall. In a similar fashion to Jack, the German woman raced over to the edge of the platform and took a moment's hesitation before leaping out to the first platform.
Jack grunted when he saw Charlotte right behind him. "How many times must I do things faster than you?!" He asked before leaping to the second platform.
"As many times as it takes, comrade!" Charlotte shouted as she leapt to her second platform. Unfortunately, she didn't hit it dead on and fell headfirst into the water.
"Charlotte's down! This leaves things wide open for Jack!" SSBFreak announced.
Jack grinned. "That's more like it." He said as he leapt to the third platform. However, he didn't leap far enough and slammed into the pillar the platform was on, causing Jack to fall into the water for the first time.
"Jack's in the water as well!" SSBFreak said. "If Nelson hurries to the top of his rock wall, he can win!"
Janine finally reached the end of the narrow beam and instantly started climbing. "This'll be a piece of cake." The strongwoman said to herself as she climbed upwards with ease. "I just need to do this fast."
Shortly after Janine had started climbing her rock wall, Charlotte had climbed to the top of hers. Because she had fallen into the water earlier than Jack, she was actually ahead of him now. Not wanting to waste the lead, Charlotte leapt to the first platform with ease. By the time Jack had climbed back up onto his starting platform, Charlotte had also jumped to the second platform.
"Come on! Fall!" Jack taunted as he leapt to his first platform.
"Not a chance, comrade!" Charlotte replied as she leapt to her third platform and landed on it.
Jack growled. "I was so close! I need to beat her!" He said as he leapt to his second platform in a last-ditch attempt to catch up.
By now, everyone else had realized that they had no chance. Nelson had just finished his climb to the top of his rock wall, Janine was halfway up and Anita had just started. Ruth and Molly had just crossed their narrow beams while Mason and Oiler still hadn't crossed their beams yet.
Unfortunately, Jack didn't get the chance to catch up. Charlotte landed on the fourth and final platform, and then quickly jumped to the nearby finish platform to end her run.
"And that's it! The challenge is over!" SSBFreak announced. "Charlotte wins Immunity!"
Charlotte let out a victorious cheer and dove off her platform, landing into the water cleanly.
(Later…)
"Congratulations on winning Immunity, Charlotte." SSBFreak said as he placed the Immunity Headdress on Charlotte. "You have a one-in-eight chance at winning the game."
"Thank you, comrade." Charlotte said with a smirk.
SSBFreak turned to the others. "However, I will be seeing all of you tonight at Tribal Council, where one more of you will be voted off. All I can say is that I really hope the results aren't as chaotic as they were last time." SSBFreak said. "I'll give you the rest of the day to make the decision, so you can all head back to camp for now."
(Yoma Nada Tribe)
"I won Immunity today, which is good because I was close to being voted out last time. Then again, I guess we all were." Charlotte said. "Strategically, I'd still like to vote out Ruth, but I know that people will be targeting Mason because he set Anita off the way he did. I don't want to do it yet, but if I don't vote with everyone else, I'll be singled out."
"It's going to be Mason, right?" Ruth asked.
"Now we've all got a reason to get rid of him." Jack said. "It'll be good to go through a day without having him breathing down my neck."
"I'm fine with the vote. And we're taking out a threat at the same time." Nelson shrugged.
"Dude, have you SEEN how Mason does challenges?" Jack asked incredulously. "The lugnut couldn't even make it past the second obstacle."
"Frankly, I don't care who gets voted out as long as it's someone from Opito. I really think my patience is starting to pay off." Nelson said. "Now is the time for me to strike back on the others and take them all out for everything they put me through since we started."
After the decision had been made, Jack went over to talk to Molly. "We're voting out Mason." He said.
"And by 'we' you mean 'you', right?" Molly asked.
"No. I'm serious this time. Everyone's on board."
Molly paused, then looked down in thought. After a few seconds, she looked at Jack again. "Okay. You've made your point." She said. "I just hope I can get by without him."
"You've still got me, right?"
"I suppose so."
"Personally, I'd like to take Mason a little bit further into the game because I know I'll have an uphill fight without him around." Molly said. "However, he's dug himself far deeper than I care to help him out of, and everyone voted out from this point on will be on the jury. At least if I get rid of him and make it look like I feel bad about it, he'll vote for me."
"I'm still voting for Jack. The challenge today proved that he's a physical threat because he got extremely close to winning." Mason pointed out. "I'm sure people will vote him out because they see him that way and I'll finally be rid of him. This Tribal Council is going to be unanimous. I can feel it."
(Tribal Council)
The nine remaining players walked into Tribal Council, each carrying a lit torch. Finding their spots on the stumps, everyone sat down and waited for the council to start.
"Before we begin, let's bring in the members of our jury." SSBFreak said. "Although currently, the only person on the jury is Roscoe, who was voted out at the last Tribal Council."
Everyone watched as Roscoe came back into Tribal Council. The large rat was now wearing a leather jacket, which was opened to reveal a white shirt. Roscoe was wearing shades and his red cap was gone, showing the tuft of gray fur that was underneath it. Roscoe walked over to an empty bench and sat down alone.
"Roscoe is just here to observe. You are not to address him and he will not address you." SSBFreak explained. "Jack, you've apparently been in an alliance with Roscoe, so how did you feel after the results from the last Tribal Council?"
"You kidding? I was shocked at how the voting went. Roscoe and I just thought that the physical threats would be targeted first, but apparently, there was more going on than we originally thought there was." Jack scratched his head.
"Amen to that." Roscoe muttered, folding his arms.
"Will Roscoe's absence affect your game?"
"Oh, yeah. With him gone, it's going to be a tough road because we've relied on each other for most of what we did." Jack replied. "It'll be hard, but I'm going to try."
"Anita, I hear that you've told everyone where your nightmares originated from." SSBFreak said. "How do you feel?"
"I f-f-feel fine now. I-I just don't like reliving those d-days I suffered through." Anita said, slumping. "I d-didn't want to bring it up, but I j-just couldn't take it anymore."
"Keeping feelings bottled up too long will do that." Mason shrugged.
Anita's eye started twitching again as she silently pulled her fist back to give Mason a sucker-punch. Janine held her back.
"Do you think you revealing why you're so scared will stop the nightmares?"
"NOTHING w-will stop the nightmares." Anita shook her head. "W-What I lived through j-just can't be forgotten."
"Yeah, man! I mean, that was so messed up!" Jack added. "I think I'LL be having nightmares after hearing what Anita went through!"
"Suddenly, I'm glad I missed it." Roscoe said with a smirk.
"Charlotte, you won Immunity." SSBFreak pointed out. "Did you need it?"
"After the last Tribal Council, we ALL needed it." Charlotte replied, rolling her eyes. "The last Tribal Council was a wake-up call for all of us to step up our game, and I intend to do just that."
"Do you think you would have been voted off tonight if you didn't have it?"
"Not this time. I'm almost confident the vote will go a lot smoother tonight and I'm not a target now."
"Not yet, anyway." Roscoe muttered.
"Mason, who do you think is going home?" SSBFreak asked.
"Jack. Who else?" Mason asked. "I mean, he was extremely-close to winning Immunity. I think that tells everyone that he's a physical threat."
"Are you just saying that?"
"Yes, he is." Roscoe said with a smirk.
"Why would I do that? That obstacle course was near-impossible for me to do and yet Jack almost won it!" Mason insisted. "He's a lot stronger than people think."
"Okay, I think that's enough questions." SSBFreak said. "Charlotte, you have Immunity. Are you keeping it?"
"Definitely."
"Charlotte is immune and cannot be voted out tonight. It's now time to vote." SSBFreak said. "Anita, you're up."
Anita got up and left the hut, going down to the table. "Y-You deserve this." The blonde girl said as she wrote a name down and placed it into the urn.
Charlotte, still wearing the headdress, wrote a name down. "It's against my better judgment, but I need to go with the flow." She said as she voted and left the table.
Jack scribbled a name down and turned his ballot around, showing Mason's name. "This will be the final nail on the coffin." He said with a smirk as he placed the ballot into the urn.
Molly, still shaking her head in hopelessness, wrote a name onto the ballot and placed it into the urn. "Now the game begins…" She said as she left the table.
Nelson couldn't help but grin as he wrote a name down. The lanky nerd shoved the ballot into the urn and left the table, still smirking.
Janine, eyes narrowed, wrote a name down. Making sure she voted for the right person, Janine placed the ballot into the jar and left the table.
Ruth wrote a name down, looking ticked-off. The elderly Raposa gave the camera a stern glare, as it directing it to the person she was voting for, before voting and walking away.
Mason smirked and wrote a name down, showing it for all to see. "Everyone will see things my way now." He said proudly, having voted for Jack once again.
Oiler was the last to vote. He approached the table and wrote a name down, placing it into the urn. The test dummy gave a satisfied nod before leaving the table.
Once all nine people had voted, SSBFreak left to fetch the urn and returned moments later. "When I read the names, the person with the most votes will be asked to bring forward their torch and leave Tribal Council immediately. If anyone has the Immunity Idol, now would be the time to play it." He explained. Again, no one moved. "It's time to read the votes…"
"…First vote, Mason." Mason couldn't help but smirk.
"Jack. That's one for Mason and one for Jack." Mason gave Jack a sinister and triumphant smirk.
"…Mason." Mason paused, then looked at the host, confused.
"Mason." "Wait. What?"
"Mason." On the jury bench, Roscoe gave a smirk.
"Mason." Mason turned to Jack, whom waved slyly.
"Mason." "How did…"
"Mason." Anita couldn't help but feel great. "Last vote, second member of the jury and tenth person voted out of Survivor: Central Hub…"
"…Mason. You need to bring me your torch." SSBFreak explained.
Mason slowly stood up. "How could you all do this?" He asked everyone with wide eyes. He quietly grabbed his torch and approached the host.
"Mason, the tribe has spoken." SSBFreak said as he extinguished Mason's flame. "It's time for you to go."
"This was a mistake." Mason warned everyone as he left Tribal Council.
Once Mason was gone, SSBFreak turned to the others. "And so ends another Tribal Council, which proves that even if you think you're safe, you aren't. Mason didn't see that coming, though I can't understand how." He admitted. "There are eight of you left, and one more will fall shortly. However, considering how some people have been eliminated, I wouldn't suggest ruling yourself out as a target. You can all head back to camp."
The eight remaining players stood up, collected their torches and left Tribal Council. Both Jack and Anita brought up the rear, both looking extremely pleased with how the vote had gone. The two looked at each other and they each gave a smirk. Although they each had their own reasons, they had both eliminated who they had wanted.
"I don't get their logic. Why would they vote me off when Jack is clearly a bigger challenge threat? He deserves to be here; not me." Mason insisted defiantly. "I can't believe that everyone voted me out though. Was Molly pressured to vote for me? I don't know of any other reason she would want to get rid of me…"
Voting History:
Mason – Anita, Charlotte, Jack, Janine, Molly, Nelson, Oiler and Ruth
Jack – Mason
Author's Note: Mason's an interesting case. He was one of the first characters I cast, but his sole purpose was to be the one to set off Anita like he did. As soon as he did what he was meant to do, he became expendable and was promptly booted.