Episode 10
Everything Changes
Previously on… Survivor…
Cynthia targeted Candice as her next victim…
"Very well then," Cynthia states. "I was planning on making an alliance with her to go up against the Johto alliance. But since she refused, we will turn our sights on her instead!"
Candice had no way out, and like Sabrina, ended up being embarrassed at Tribal Council…
A smile appears on Cynthia's face. "You know what…" she says. "I'm going to give this to Candice."
Candice's eyes light up. "Really?"
"Of course not! Go rot at Redemption Island!" Cynthia shouts.
And since Liza aligned with Candice, Cynthia targeted her next.
"Go plant in Silver's mind the idea that Liza is teaming up with us to take him out."
After tricking Silver and the Johto alliance into voting out Liza, Cynthia's alliance of herself, Lucian, Karen and Roxanne is now even with the Johto alliance of four. Eight are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Day 28
Orange Tribe
(Cynthia, Janine, Jasmine, Karen, Lucian, Roxanne, Silver, Whitney)
Cynthia gathers together Karen, Lucian and Roxanne before her, with Lucian kneeling before her.
"Now we have four of us against the four of them," she tells them. "Which leaves us in an interesting position."
"A position where we may have to pick rocks," Karen adds.
"That's right," Cynthia continues. "If any of you are unwilling to pick rocks to protect our alliance, please say so now."
Lucian, Karen and Roxanne look at each other, none of them saying anything.
"That's what I thought," Cynthia states. "So as long as we stay strong and vote all the same way, we will go to rocks, and it will be up to luck to be on our side."
Roxanne looks a bit upset, but says nothing directly to Cynthia.
"I believe in Arceus, I don't believe in luck," Roxanne says. "Whatever happens is the will of Arceus. I trust things to be in his control."
Meanwhile, Whitney is angry with Silver.
"You fool! Your selfishness has cost our whole alliance!" she yells at him.
"What do you mean?" he asks.
" 'What do you mean?' It's obvious. There's now four of us, and there's four on Cynthia's alliance. They are now even with us."
"Well, I'm sorry! I truly thought Liza was going after me!"
"It was pointless to vote for her! If she was going after you along with Cynthia, you would have been hopeless anyway! And going after Candice – that made no sense at all!"
"Then why did you vote with me both times?"
"Because I'm loyal to our alliance – unlike you."
Silver looks frustrated. "Well, you know what, we'll just have to get Roxanne to flip over and join us!"
"And if we don't?"
"Then we pick rocks."
Whitney crosses her arms. "You think I'll pick rocks for you?"
"Yes, I do."
"I'll do it for Jasmine, I'll even do it for Janine – but not for you."
"Oh, so who's the loyal one now?"
"Look, Silver, I don't expect you to remain loyal to us for a moment. Even if Jasmine gets four votes against her, I expect you'll vote her out before you'd put yourself on the line."
Jasmine hears this and looks shocked, but says nothing.
"We'll see about that," Silver replies.
Janine finally breaks into the conversation.
"I'll go to Roxanne and try to convince her to go with us," she says. "I don't trust Silver to do it."
"Neither do I," Whitney responds. "You're very convincing – I trust that you can get her to flip."
"It's the four of us against the Evil Three and Roxanne," Whitney says. "Obviously Roxanne is the wild card. If she votes with Cynthia, then all bets are off for what happens tonight."
"I was able to poison Silver against Gold, I think I can poison Roxanne against Cynthia," Janine says. "I have my ways."
Redemption Island Arena
"Come on in, guys!"
The entire Orange tribe walks into the arena and takes their seats.
"We now bring in today's competitors: Sabrina, Giselle, Candice and Liza."
The four girls march into the Redemption Island arena.
"Same rules as before: one-on-one Pokémon battles, between Sabrina and Candice first, then Giselle and Liza. Sabrina and Candice, you're up."
Candice goes over to shake hands with Sabrina.
"After you beat me, I want you to win this game," Candice whispers to her.
They then take their spots across the arena from each other.
"To remain alive in this game! Survivors ready? Go!"
"Go, Alakazam," Sabrina says.
"Go, Abomasnow!" Candice shouts.
Alakazam and Abomasnow face off against each other, with Alakazam making the first strike, when Sabrina commands him to use Psychic.
"Counter with Blizzard!" Candice calls.
Abomasnow blasts its ice at Alakazam, who continues using its Psychic attack on its opponent. The ice ends up freezing Alakazam in a block of ice!
"Yes!" Candice shouts.
"It's not over yet," Sabrina replies. "Use all your might to break free, Alakazam."
Alakazam tries as hard as it possibly can to break free, and it finally does break through the ice. Then it immediately uses another Psychic attack against Abomasnow.
"Blizzard again!" Candice calls.
But it is too late. Alakazam is just too powerful, and it knocks out Abomasnow with the Psychic attack.
"That's it! Sabrina… stays alive!"
Sabrina calls back Alakazam silently, while Candice begins to cry.
"After all those victories, Candice has been eliminated from the game," Ivy states.
Candice calls back her Pokémon, then shakes hands with Sabrina.
"You have to win," she tells her.
"Okay, it's time for our next battle!" Ivy exclaims. "Giselle vs. Liza!"
Giselle and Liza take their spots on opposite sides of the arena, staring each other down.
"To stay alive in this game! Survivors ready? Go!"
"Go, Cubone!" Giselle yells.
"Go, Lunatone!" Liza screams.
The two Pokémon come out of their respective Poké Balls.
"Dig, Cubone!" Giselle shouts.
"Use Psychic, Lunatone!" Liza yells.
Before Lunatone can get its attack off, Cubone digs underground. Then it quickly pops out of the ground and clubs Lunatone with its bone.
"Blast Psychic back!" Liza screams.
But Giselle's Cubone is far too powerful for Liza's Lunatone. After years of training, Cubone can withstand any attack, even ones that are super effective against it. Cubone takes the Psychic blast while continuing to club Lunatone, and eventually, Lunatone is knocked out.
"That's it! Giselle… stays alive!"
Giselle triumphantly calls back her Cubone, while Liza sadly calls back her Lunatone. They then shake hands.
"Liza, like Candice, your time in this game is up, but you two will be the first two members of the jury. You two can go throw your buffs in the fire."
Liza and Candice both go over and toss their buffs in the fire.
"Sabrina, Giselle, congratulations, you are still in this game. You can head back and wait for your next opponents."
Sabrina and Giselle head on back to their camp on Redemption Island.
"As for the rest of you, two of you will soon be joining Sabrina and Giselle… but not yet. You can head back to camp."
The eight Orange tribe members walk on back to their camp.
"It's so disappointing… it's heartbreaking," Candice says, as she cries. "I'm not one to want to have revenge, but it's so disheartening watching Cynthia succeed while I fail. Good must triumph… evil must not win. Cynthia must not win this game."
"I gave it a good run, but ever since Tate was out, so were my chances, really," Liza says. "I'm happy to have made it this far, and I hope Sabrina goes on to win it all."
Orange Tribe
(Cynthia, Janine, Jasmine, Karen, Lucian, Roxanne, Silver, Whitney)
Janine goes over to talk to Roxanne as she is praying by the beach.
"Roxanne…"
"Please don't disturb me, I am praying to Arceus."
"I'm sure Arceus is merciful enough to allow you to pause for a moment to speak to me."
Roxanne sighs. "Go ahead."
"Roxanne, it has come to my attention that Cynthia is not a true believer in Arceus."
"What?!"
"That's right, Cynthia does not truly believe in Arceus, she only says she does in order to impress you."
"How dare she!"
"So I suggest you vote along with us in the Johto alliance and take her out."
"I will speak with Cynthia first to make sure you are telling me the truth. Then I will pray to Arceus and make my decision."
"Very well then, but don't believe Cynthia's lies."
"Arceus will let me know whether she is lying or not."
"I can't convince Roxanne fully, I am at the mercy of 'Arceus,'" Janine says. "I don't know whether Arceus exists or not, so maybe I'm just at the mercy of Roxanne's crazy mind."
"I do not know whether Janine is telling me the truth or simply lying to help out her alliance," Roxanne says. "Nevertheless, if Cynthia is a false believer in Arceus, she will be punished severely."
Day 29
The next morning, Roxanne immediately goes over to Cynthia to ask her about her belief in Arceus, with Karen and Lucian intently watching (Lucian from his knees).
"Janine told me that you are not a true believer in Arceus!" Roxanne exclaims. "Is that true?"
Cynthia laughs. "You mean the person who has personally studied all the artifacts that prove Arceus' existence? Please. Don't worry about what that minion said; just realize that I am telling the truth."
Roxanne breathes a sigh of relief. "I'm so happy to know this."
"In fact," Cynthia adds, "I heard that there's supposed to be a fast for believers of Arceus around this time. It lasts for ten days or so."
"Really?" Roxanne responds. "Oh, I'm so sorry for eating, Arceus! I'll make sure not to eat anything else for the rest of my time out here!"
"Since I am a queen, I must continue to eat," Cynthia states. "But you – you'd better not eat, or else bring on the wrath of Arceus."
"Oh, I promise I won't!" Roxanne exclaims. "Thank you for notifying me of this!"
She scurries away to the beach to pray for forgiveness.
"There isn't any fast," Karen tells Cynthia. "All you're going to do is get yourself in trouble with Professor Ivy."
"Actually, there is one," Cynthia states. "I declare a fast right now, for both you and Lucian. If only to make Roxanne believe that there actually is a fast."
"As you wish, my queen," Lucian says.
"Forget it!" Karen shouts. "You think I'll do that for you?"
"Our position in the game is at risk!" Lucian yells at Karen. "Obey the queen!"
"Oh, if you insist," Karen states. "Just know that I'm doing this for myself – not for you, queen."
Cynthia simply smirks.
"Perfect, now I have three people willing to starve themselves for my sake," Cynthia says. "That will make them weaker at the challenges, and thus make my victories even easier. It's amazing how easy it was to hoodwink Roxanne, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised, given the intelligence level of all the losers out here."
Later, Janine talks to the other Johto alliance members about the Roxanne situation.
"Roxanne isn't talking to anyone – she isn't even eating," she says. "I don't know what's going on."
"It looks like our plan failed," Whitney laments.
"We don't know for sure," Silver states. "She could simply be acting bizarre because she always does. I think we have nothing to worry about."
"Whitney, always panicking," Silver says. "There's nothing to be concerned about, we're going to be just fine. Even if there's a rock-picking, I'm sure it won't be any of us."
"Silver is too sure of himself," Whitney says. "This is the perfect time to panic! If our fate in this game is decided by the color of a rock, we're doomed! Cynthia has an immunity Master Ball that she can use or give to someone else to decrease their chances of getting the rock. We're going to be at a disadvantage no matter what!"
Day 30
Karen sneaks some rice while Cynthia is sleeping the next morning.
"Ha! She thought I'd actually go through with this 'fasting' plan?" Karen says. "I'm not about to give in to her. I'm just riding with Cynthia until the end, when I will easily beat her and Lucian in a Final 3."
Lucian, however, wakes up and notices Karen eating.
"No eating!" Lucian shouts. "It's the queen's orders!"
"Lucian, you are pathetic," Karen replies as she stuffs her face with more rice.
"I'm going to tell the queen, and you shall be sorry."
"Go ahead, I don't care!"
"That Lucian, he allows himself to be pushed around by Cynthia because of the way behaves," Karen says. "Nevertheless, when I ride with him and Cynthia to the Final 3, no one's going to vote for him or her, so I'll have an easy victory."
Immunity Challenge
"Come on in, guys!"
The eight remaining players walk into the immunity challenge area, which is on the beach near the sea.
"Guys ready to get to today's immunity challenge?"
"Yeah!" a few of the players shout.
"First things first, I will take it back!"
Ivy takes the immunity GS Ball off Cynthia.
"Once again, immunity is back up for grabs. For today's challenge, you will be randomly separated into pairs in a log-rolling tournament. If you fall off the log into the water before your opponent does, you're out, while your opponent moves on. The contestant who wins three log-rolling battles in a row wins immunity. Make sense?"
"Yes," some players reply.
"We'll draw for pairings and then get started."
A few minutes later, the first pair of contestants is on the log.
"Starting out will be Silver vs. Lucian! Survivors ready? Go!"
Silver immediately starts rolling the log to his right, while Lucian desperately tries to keep up. However, the emaciated Lucian ends up splashing right into the water, while bumping his head off the log as he falls in.
"Silver wins! Lucian is eliminated!"
That is when Lucian resurfaces, barely able to swim back to the shore.
"Lucian, are you okay?" Ivy asks.
"Yes, I'm fine," he replies, before falling to the beach.
"Let's get Nurse Joy in here right away!"
Nurse Joy comes in to check out Lucian, where she finds a usual problem…
"He's not eating enough."
"Lucian," Ivy asks, "is Cynthia doing this to you?"
"How dare you blame the queen!" Lucian replies, with Cynthia smirking.
"Lucian, I need to know."
"I refuse to put blame on my queen."
Ivy then turns to the other players. "Anyone else know of any forced starving going on?"
The Johto alliance members shake their heads, while Karen gives a little chuckle. Then Roxanne speaks up.
"I am fasting in honor of Arceus," she states. "Perhaps Lucian was doing the same."
Ivy turns back to Lucian. "Is that it?" she asks.
"Yes," he responds.
Ivy sighs. "Very well. I don't fully believe it, but as long as no one points the finger at Cynthia, she is going to remain in this game."
Cynthia smiles warmly. "Why would you ever accuse me?" she asks sarcastically.
"You're up, Cynthia. You against Whitney."
Cynthia and Whitney take their positions on the log. Cynthia refuses to take off her high heels, even for a precarious challenge such as this one.
"Survivors ready? Go!"
Whitney starts running toward the right, while Cynthia stomps one of her heels as hard as she can into the log. The heel sticks into the log, giving her balance. She then shifts her body weight so that the log spins the opposite way of that which Whitney is running. Whitney ends up flying headfirst into the water.
"Cynthia wins! Whitney, you're out!"
Whitney shrugs as she heads back to shore, while Cynthia takes a moment to pull her high-heeled shoe out of the log.
"Next up, we've got Jasmine and Karen!"
Jasmine looks very nervous going into the match against Karen. There is good reason why, as she is very frail and not built physically for any type of challenge such as this.
"Survivors ready? Go!"
Karen spins the log to the left, then quickly back to the right, and Jasmine splashes in immediately. Karen laughs as she hops off the log in triumph.
"Karen wins with ease! Jasmine, a pitiful effort as she is knocked out right away!"
Jasmine looks sad as she goes back to Silver, who warmly embraces her.
"Finally, we've got Janine vs. Roxanne."
Janine and Roxanne take their respective positions on the log.
"Survivors ready? Go!"
Janine, being a ninja, is incredibly skillful with her body; Roxanne, a schoolteacher, is not used to such athletic procedures. Janine easily maneuvers the log so that Roxanne splashes in, and she stops the log before falling in herself.
"Janine easily wins! Roxanne, you're out of this one."
Roxanne shakes the water off herself as she walks back, while Janine skips back happily.
"Our two semifinals, now. Cynthia vs. Silver and Karen vs. Janine. We'll start out with Cynthia and Silver going at it for a berth in the finals!"
Cynthia and Silver take their spots, with Cynthia again sticking her foot into the log.
"Survivors ready? Go!"
Silver tries running to his right, but Cynthia uses her foot to push the log all the way to the opposite side, and Silver ends up running right off the log.
"What an embarrassing finish for Silver! Cynthia moves on to the final!"
Cynthia shrugs her shoulders, pulls her foot out of the log, then walks back to the beach, along with a soaked Silver.
"And now it's Karen vs. Janine!"
Karen and Janine take their spots on the log.
"Survivors ready? Go!"
Janine runs right, with Karen going along with her. Janine then tries going left, but Karen stays right with her. Janine tries switching directions quickly, but Karen stays with her. The log-rolling battle goes on for about five minutes.
"This is a good one! Who will win?"
Finally, Janine slips right, but quickly recovers back to her left. The change in motion throws off Karen, who goes falling off the side of the log.
"Janine wins and will face Cynthia for immunity!"
Janine is exhausted from the long time on the log, while Cynthia looks extremely confident as she steps onto the log and presses her heel once again into it.
"For immunity! Survivors ready? Go!"
Janine is still catching her breath as the battle begins. Cynthia shifts her body weight back and forth, causing Janine to lose her balance. However, Janine regains control and stays aboard.
"Nice recovery by Janine!"
Janine then tries running to her left, to take Cynthia down. But Cynthia then presses her other heel into the log, giving herself even more leverage. By putting that much weight into the log, she completely throws off Janine's balance, and Janine goes flying into the water.
"That's it! Cynthia… wins immunity!"
Cynthia kicks off one of her high-heeled shoes right at Janine's face as she tries to swim back, then kicks the other one at her for good measure. Janine immediately jumps up, grabbing one of the shoes and throwing it back at Cynthia, who catches it with no problem.
"Stop it now, both of you!" Ivy yells. "There will be no physical fighting going on!"
Cynthia picks up her other shoe, then whispers "Loser" in Janine's ear as the two go back to shore.
"I'll let you put back on your shoes before I give this to you, Cynthia."
Cynthia, however, does not bend down to put her shoes on. Instead, she calls Lucian over, and he kneels down to put both of her shoes back on, then kisses each one of them.
"Okay, Cynthia, this is for you."
Ivy hands over the immunity GS Ball to Cynthia.
"You are once again safe at tonight's Tribal Council. The rest of you, after 30 days, someone is heading to Redemption Island, and you've got tonight to figure out who that's gonna be."
The players begin their trek back to camp.
"Cynthia is a dirty player," Janine says. "First she uses a questionable tactic to win, then she kicks her shoes at me and gets away with it. I wish so badly we could vote her out tonight."
Orange Tribe
(Cynthia, Janine, Jasmine, Karen, Lucian, Roxanne, Silver, Whitney)
As soon as the players get back to camp, Janine immediately pulls Roxanne aside.
"You're voting with us tonight, right?"
"Uh… um… I'm not sure."
"Come on, Roxanne, don't be fooled by Cynthia! She's tried to hoodwink everyone during this game. We four Johto people – well, I take that back, the three of us besides Silver – are smart enough to see through her. Vote with us and you'll be safe. Vote with them, and Cynthia will cut you off at any moment – plus you may even end up picking out the purple rock!"
"Who do you want me to vote for?"
Janine whispers a name in her ear.
"I'll pray to Arceus about it."
Janine sighs. "That's not what I want to hear, Roxanne! I want to hear that you're ready and willing to take a bold step in this game!"
"Arceus comes first, and that's final!"
"Okay, okay!"
"I can't convince Roxanne to vote with us on pure strategy," Janine says. "We are at the mercy of some legendary Pokémon which may or may not actually exist."
"I will pray to Arceus to make sure that I am making the right decision," Roxanne says. "Arceus will let me know who to vote with."
Janine goes back to her Johto alliance friends, shrugging her shoulders and throwing up her hands.
"I hate this as much as you guys do," she says. "As a ninja, I like to have total control of my situation. But we may be picking rocks tonight."
"Maybe we just vote Roxanne," Silver suggests.
Whitney's mouth drops open. "You blockhead! We vote out the one person out of those four who's possibly willing to vote for us? Oh, sure, that makes a lot of sense! Then we end up picking rocks no matter what!"
"This is why we shouldn't let Silver do the thinking," Janine adds.
"We can't vote for Cynthia, because she has immunity," Whitney states. "We can't vote for Roxanne, because she may vote with us. And Cynthia has a Master Ball which she could give to either of her allies. That leaves us with a 50/50 choice, and here's who I say to vote for."
Whitney whispers the name in Janine's ear.
"Oh no!" Janine exclaims.
"What's the matter now?" Silver asks.
"I told Roxanne to vote for the other person!"
"Well, go fix that immediately!"
Janine scampers over to Roxanne to tell her the new person the Johto alliance is voting for. Meanwhile, the "Evil Three" discuss their plans.
"You've got that immunity Master Ball," Karen tells Cynthia. "It makes sense to give it to one of us."
"It does," Cynthia replies. "But that's my decision to make."
"Who do we vote for, my queen?" Lucian asks, from his knees.
"I have someone in mind," Cynthia responds, and she whispers the name to both Lucian and Karen.
"Interesting," Karen responds. "I'll go tell Roxanne."
Karen goes over to tell Roxanne the person to vote off, just as Janine is leaving. Janine sneaks behind a palm tree, hoping to hear what Karen is saying.
"We're voting off this person tonight," Karen whispers to Roxanne. She then writes a letter in the sand, hidden from Janine's view, then quickly skewers the sand to erase it.
"I understand," Roxanne replies. "I'll pray to Arceus about it."
"Remember – Arceus is on Cynthia's side," Karen states, before leaving.
"Cynthia is probably going to give that immunity Master Ball to Lucian," Karen says. "That's why I hope Johto votes for Lucian. But if they don't, then Roxanne must stay loyal to us, in order to give us a shot at picking rocks. If we would pick rocks, there would be one of us picking rocks as opposed to three of them. That's a huge advantage in our favor."
Tribal Council
The eight remaining players march into the Tribal Council area, setting their torches in their designated place. They then take their seats across from Professor Ivy.
"We now bring in the members of our jury, Candice and Liza."
Candice and Liza both give glares at Cynthia as they take their seats.
"Cynthia has now won four immunities in a row," Ivy states. "Silver, are the rest of you even trying?"
"She's just better than us," Silver responds. "That's all there is to it."
"There's more than that," Janine breaks in. "Cynthia used questionable methods to win today, and that's why she won."
"I saw nothing wrong with what Cynthia did on the log today," Ivy states. "Cynthia, you have to be pleased to be holding that GS Ball once again."
"I have it, but I don't need it," Cynthia replies. "I just like holding it over everyone else's heads."
"Now, I must ask, are there any clear alliances here?"
"There are," Silver responds. "There's the four of us who were members of the Johto tribe, and there's the 'Evil Three.'"
"Who, may I ask, are the 'Evil Three'?"
"Cynthia, Lucian and Karen."
Cynthia smirks. "We're also going to be the Final Three."
"What about you, Roxanne?" Ivy wonders.
"I will vote with whoever Arceus tells me to," Roxanne replies. "That's my strategy."
"Interesting. So a legendary Pokémon will determine the fate of tonight's vote. And if Roxanne votes with the so-called 'Evil Three,' there will be a tie. Has anyone thought about the possibility of picking rocks?"
Jasmine squirms in her seat. Whitney nods silently.
"Are you willing to pick rocks for your alliance?"
All the Johto members nod their heads, while there is no response from the "Evil Three" or Roxanne.
"Lucian, why no response from you?"
"I'm hoping my queen gives me her immunity Master Ball to use and keep me safe," Lucian replies.
"I'm hoping for the same thing," Karen adds. "But regardless of which one of us two gets it, that puts us at an advantage even if we do have to pick rocks."
"Anyone who uses an immunity Master Ball is immune from picking rocks," Ivy states. "So yes, if there is a double tie, your alliance will be at an advantage."
"We look forward to taking complete control of the game," Karen states.
"Johto, anyone nervous over there?"
Jasmine shakes with fear. Silver puts an arm around her.
"We're all nervous," he says. "But we have to stay strong, it's our only hope."
"But will all of you stay strong? That's the question. Cynthia, you have immunity, I know you're not giving it up."
"You got that right," Cynthia replies.
"The rest of you are fair game. It is… time to vote. Cynthia, you are up first."
The Tribal Council theme "Tally the Vote" begins to play as the players go to vote.
Cynthia goes to vote.
Janine goes to vote.
Jasmine goes to vote.
Karen goes to vote.
Lucian goes to vote.
Roxanne goes to vote.
Silver goes to vote.
Whitney goes to vote.
"I'll go tally the votes."
Ivy gathers the votes, rearranges them, puts them back in the voting urn, then returns to her usual spot.
"If anyone has an immunity Master Ball, and you would like to play it or give it to someone else to play, now and only now is the time to do so."
Everyone looks over at Cynthia. Karen makes a motion for Cynthia to give it to her, while Lucian pleads with Cynthia through begging eyes. Cynthia then stands up.
"I am going to…" she announces.
Everyone in the tribe hangs on her words.
"…keep it for myself."
Karen's jaw drops open. Lucian's eyes tear up. The Johto alliance looks shocked, but pleased at the same time.
"Very well then. Once the votes are read, the decision is final, and the person voted out will be asked to leave the Tribal Council area immediately. I'll read the votes."
Ivy pulls out the first vote.
"Janine."
Janine at first looks upset, but then she breathes a sigh of relief. She knows that she will be immune from picking rocks.
"Janine."
Silver gives a jealous look over toward Janine, while Jasmine looks very nervous.
"Janine."
All the Johto alliance members look on nervously to see if the next vote is for Janine.
"Karen."
Karen does not look surprised upon seeing her name.
"Karen."
Karen looks resigned to her fate.
"Karen."
Silver smiles a small grin, while grasping the nervous Jasmine's hand.
"Karen."
Ivy takes out the final vote, opening it up extremely slowly.
"Nineteenth person voted out of Survivor: Shamouti Island…"
Karen sighs.
"Excuse me, we have a tie! This vote is for Janine!"
Karen looks surprised, but not as shocked as the Johto alliance. Silver is utterly stunned, while Jasmine sheds a couple of tears.
"We will revote, but first, each of you who is tied may give a reason why you should stay. Janine?"
"Roxanne, your mind is clouded," Janine pleads. "Arceus isn't telling you to vote for me, he's telling you to vote for Karen. I can feel it myself."
"And Karen?"
"Do not displease Arceus, Roxanne," Karen states sternly.
"Okay. It is time to revote, but Janine and Karen will not vote. Everyone else must vote for either Janine or Karen. Cynthia, you take the voting urn back as it is, once again, time to vote."
Cynthia grabs the voting urn and starts on her way back to the voting booth, while the Tribal Council theme "Tally the Vote" starts up again.
Cynthia goes to vote.
"Who do you think I'm voting for?" Cynthia says, holding up her vote for Janine.
Jasmine goes to vote.
Lucian goes to vote.
Roxanne goes to vote.
"Arceus, let your will be done," Roxanne says.
Silver goes to vote.
Whitney goes to vote.
"I'll go tally the votes."
Ivy once again gathers the votes, rearranges them, then returns to the players.
"Again, once the votes are read, the decision is final, and the person voted out will be asked to leave the Tribal Council area immediately. I'll once again read the votes."
She takes out the first vote.
"Janine."
She pulls out the second vote.
"Janine."
The Johto alliance looks on nervously again.
"Karen."
Karen sighs, upset to see her name so early.
"Karen. Two votes Karen, two votes Janine."
Everyone looks on nervously, save for Cynthia, who seems to not even care at this point.
"Karen. Three votes Karen, two votes Janine, one vote left."
Janine realizes that for sure, she is not going home. But she knows the fate of her alliance may be on the line, so she is still very nervous as Ivy pulls out the final vote.
"The final vote is for…"
Ivy opens up the final vote extremely slowly.
"Janine."
Jasmine puts her head into her hands in sorrow, while Silver looks over at Roxanne angrily. Lucian still seems to be very upset.
"We will now pick rocks. Janine and Karen are immune from picking rocks, as is Cynthia. I will put five rocks into the voting urn. Each of you will pick one out. If you get the purple rock, you are sent to Redemption Island."
Ivy goes back to the voting booth, drops five rocks into the voting urn, then returns to the players.
"You may not look while picking one out. If you do, you will be automatically eliminated. Once you have picked a rock, close your fist over it and do not let anyone see it."
Jasmine picks a rock.
Silver picks a rock.
Whitney picks a rock.
Lucian picks a rock.
Roxanne picks a rock.
"On the count of three, I will tell you to open up your hands and reveal your rocks. One, two, three!"
Jasmine opens her hand, seeing her rock to be gray. Roxanne is relieved when her rock turns out to be gray as well. Whitney sees her rock, and it is also gray.
That leaves Lucian and Silver, and the one with the purple rock is…
"Silver, no!" Jasmine screams.
Silver looks at his purple rock in anguish.
"Silver, you have the purple rock," Ivy states. "That means that you need to bring me your torch."
Silver does not say anything, but goes over to kiss Jasmine on the lips. Jasmine is hysterical as they kiss.
"You can't go, you can't!" Jasmine cries. "I can't go on without you!"
"Jasmine, it's a game," Silver replies. "You go ahead and shock everyone and win this thing."
Jasmine continues crying hysterically, while Silver goes over to get his torch. He brings it over to Ivy.
"Silver, the tribe has spoken."
Ivy snuffs out his torch.
"But you will have a shot at getting back into this game. Take your torch and head to Redemption Island."
Silver blows a kiss to Jasmine, then leaves the Tribal Council area.
"Of all the Tribal Councils on this island, that had to have been the most intense and the most dramatic," Ivy states. "Grab your torches, head back to camp, good night."
The "Evil Three" and Roxanne get up triumphantly to get their torches. Janine gets up slowly, as does Whitney. Jasmine is still crying, so Whitney goes over to give her a hand.
"I can't," Jasmine cries. "I can't go on without Silver."
"Jasmine, it's a game," Whitney replies. "We're all in the same boat now."
"No, I can't!" Jasmine continues to cry. "I won't go on!"
"What is going on over there?" Ivy asks.
"I want to go to Redemption Island," Jasmine speaks up.
Ivy looks shocked. "That's the first time I've heard you speak up all game, Jasmine. Really? Are you quitting?"
"I don't want to quit, I want to go to Redemption Island to be with Silver," Jasmine replies.
"If that is what you want, you may leave."
"No, Jasmine!" Whitney exclaims. "Think about this for a moment. Silver can still come back into this game, and you may still be around at that point. No one's going to vote off you. They'll vote off Janine, they'll vote off myself. They won't vote for you. So keep your senses – stay with us."
Jasmine chokes on her tears, then makes a decision.
"I'm going to quit," she states.
"Quit?" Ivy asks.
"I mean, go to Redemption Island."
"Very well then, if that is your final choice, you may bring me your torch."
To Whitney and Janine's amazement, Jasmine walks over to her torch, picks it up, then brings it in front of Ivy.
"Per your wishes," Ivy states.
She snuffs out Jasmine's torch.
"You will have a chance to get back into this game. Take your torch and head to Redemption Island."
Jasmine waves to Whitney and Janine, then heads out of the Tribal Council area.
Ivy looks stunned. "That by far was the craziest Tribal Council ever; everything changes in the blink of an eye. The rest of you, as long as you don't want to quit too, you may grab your torches, head back to camp, good night."
This time, the six remaining players all get their torches, and they all head back to camp, none of them quitting.
Redemption Island
Silver comes walking into the Redemption Island area to meet Sabrina and Giselle.
"Oh, it's you!" Giselle exclaims.
"Come join us on the island of misery," Sabrina tells him.
"Stupid purple rock," Silver mutters.
"Purple rock?" Giselle wonders.
"That's right, I picked out a purple rock after a double tie, so I was eliminated," Silver states.
"Bad luck," Sabrina responds. "And I know how good you are of a trainer, so I can't wish you any luck in our battle."
Silver chuckles. "The same to you. You get any help, you're going to blow me away."
A few minutes later, the three notice another person coming towards them.
"Who is that?" Sabrina wonders.
"No!" Silver yells, seeing that it is Jasmine.
Jasmine rushes over to Silver, sets down her torch, and embraces him.
"Silver, I couldn't go on without you, so I asked to be sent here," Jasmine tells him.
"No, Jasmine, you didn't have to do this for me," Silver replies. "I wanted you to win."
"I had to," Jasmine states. "I can't go on without you."
Giselle looks on with interest.
"Jasmine is a good trainer, an excellent one, in fact," Giselle says. "But if Silver loses to Sabrina, I may not even have to battle. Jasmine may just quit the game right then and there."
Silver kisses Jasmine again on the lips, before the two go to eat some rice that Sabrina has prepared.
"This was the most shocking night ever," Silver says. "Not only was I knocked out in a bizarre fashion, but Jasmine then took herself out of the game for my sake. It really can't get any worse."
Who voted for whom:
Cynthia – Janine, Janine
Janine – Karen
Jasmine – Karen, Karen
Karen – Janine
Lucian – Janine, Janine
Roxanne – Janine, Janine
Silver – Karen, Karen
Whitney – Karen, Karen
Scenes from our next episode:
There is controversy in a Redemption Island battle:
"The battle should be declared over!"
Cynthia offers Whitney and Janine an opportunity to stay in the game:
"Bow down before me," Cynthia commands.
And the mighty Cynthia struggles in an immunity challenge:
Cynthia immediately begins having trouble, because her high heels are slipping on the very small spots for her feet.