Survivor - Kodai Island

Chapter 11 - Day 9 Part 2

Alright, so the new Tatakai tribe has to go to Tribal Council, something that half the team isn't used to. Let's see if it's really three against three as Ike, Link, and Wolf go against Bowser, Fox, and Snake. Wolf has an immunity idol, and Fox and Snake are on the chopping block. How is this gonna turn out?

On a side note, majority of the players from the old Sumasshu tribe is safe from Tribal Council for the first time. However, whoever is voted out at this one coming up will determine the fate of the game. Let's read and find out who's going home!

~KF


Tatakai

Day 9


For the first time in the game, the Tatakai tribe returned to their beach with nothing other than themselves, much to their great disappointment over the outcome of the challenge that day. They could have sworn they were going to win, but seconds before they were finished, their entire stack fell to the ground, and by that point, it was clearly too late.

"Well, we tried it." Wolf was the first to speak. "We were this close to finishing the challenge and all of a sudden, all the blocks came tumbling down so now we have to live with it. I really want to send Sumasshu back to Tribal Council."

Link nodded in agreement. "Hey, even though we lost today, at least Sumasshu's getting a break. With them already losing the first two immunity challenges, I couldn't help but actually feel sorry for them."

"At least we know it isn't the end of the world." Ike glanced at the bright side. "We're giving them a break today so that they can lose next time. When we come back strong at the next immunity challenge, they'd better hope that they're enjoying their time away from tribal while it lasts."

Wolf laughed at that. "Yeah, then we're gonna make them feel even worse by making sure we not only beat them, but by making sure they humiliate themselves. I hope it is a complete blowout."

Bowser nodded. "Even though I'm disappointed, at least I can say that I'm glad I am finally off that stupid joke of a tribe. Anything but Sumasshu and I'm happy."

"Despite me being on Tatakai, my team still lost." Snake recalled. "Yet, maybe losing today could be a good thing. This tribe has three from old Sumasshu, and three who have been on Tatakai since day one. Somebody's gotta go. Ike, Link, and Wolf aren't breaking up obviously. They need one more person to vote for whoever they want… which is me. I wanted to blindside Mario after Falco went home, but obviously I have bigger things to worry about. So I hate to do it, but I have to throw Bowser and Fox under the bus. Maybe I can sneak around Bowser and Fox so I could have some side conversations with Ike, Link, and Wolf. I only have a matter of time."

As he was now standing by the boat with Ike, he found his time to strike. "So, how do you guys feel going into Tribal Council for the first time?"

"...Meh, pretty mixed." Ike shrugged after thinking for a moment. "I'm interested to experience it in person since I'm a fan, but at the same time, I love winning, and us not winning today is a bummer. Since it was an immunity and reward challenge and we came in last place, we didn't even get to bring a tarp back here. I really hope it doesn't rain tonight…"

Snake sighed. "Well, since this is gonna be your first tribal, what do you think it's best for the tribe?"

"Well, as far as I'm concerned, for me personally, I'm a strong player. You are clearly a strong physical player as well. I don't think Wolf and Link are as strong as I am, not that I'm bragging or anything. But, they're good enough in challenges. So hopefully, we can't beat Sumasshu at the next challenge.

With him laughing a little at the end of his statement, Snake expressed his own thoughts. "I agree. If keeping the tribe strong as a priority here, then that's what we need to do. Nobody on this tribe is weak, though, so the best thing for us to do is to get rid of the… 'weakest' physical player here."

"...Okay…" Ike paused and stared. "...Who do you think that would be?"

"...Fox." Snake answered. "I have more reasons, too. He's been on the bottom from day one only because he was in Bowser's alliance, who refused to work with Mario because they thought he was taking control of the tribe, which he wasn't."

"I see… So he and Bowser are on the outs of old Sumasshu?"

"Yes. We already sent two people from their alliance home and I wouldn't mind sending a third member right after Falco got the boot. I'm writing Fox's name down tonight and not Bowser's simply because that of the six of us, Fox is the weakest physical player of the tribe, especially when it comes to those two." Snake explained. "Sure, Bowser's running speed isn't the best, but turtle's a monster compared to McCloud."

"...Turtle…" He blinked. "You mean dragon?"

"Whatever he is, he has to stay." Snake answered. "That's the bottom line."

-/-

"Did any of old Sumasshu talk to you?" Wolf inquired walking along with Link on a pathway to get water.

"Just some small talk with Fox, but nothing strategic at all." Link replied staring forward. "However, Ike told me that Snake wants to vote Fox out because us five are stronger than he is."

Wolf completely stopped in his tracks. "...Oh, really?"

"Yeah." Link nodded, also putting his walk on hold. "What do you think?"

"Hmm… Bowser was right after all…" He thought out loud. "...Well, lemme tell ya' what I think. Okay, I know how important is to keep the tribe strong and all, but since we all believe that the six of us are strong together, sometimes tribes can survive without a certain person. In this case, it's Snake."

"You saying that we should vote Snake out instead?" Link raised an eyebrow.

"I would vote Snake out. Yes." He replied. "He might be the strongest of the team, but we still have us two, Ike, and Bowser. And Bowser himself is the second strongest of those three. Bowser wants Snake out for being a potential major threat because he thinks that he's the brains behind the Mario alliance."

"...I see… I dunno what to do, now." Link sighed shaking his head. "This game is complicated on so many levels. Last thing I want to do is to vote out the wrong person and then it bites me in the rear end."

"Hey, it's Survivor." Wolf reminded him. "It's complicated. In predicaments like this, it only proves how complicated things really are. But one thing's for certain, we can't just think about the next tribal. Say if we merge, Snake will then try to run the show and then he gets jury votes for his gameplay, and then he wins a million dollars. I think we should get him out while we can."

"...That's a... pretty valid point right there." Link had to agree. "...I'll have to think about this within the course of the afternoon."

-/-

Later on in the day, Bowser was unusually silent. He had an arm leaning against the shelter with a somewhat worried on his face. To further show his concern, he took his free hand and slowly slid it down his face.

O'Donnell then came by with new information. "Alright, lemme tell you something."

"I'm listening…"

"...You were right."

"...What do you mean?" He widened his eyes a little.

"I've just got finished talking to Link a few minutes ago after we went to get water." His thumb pointed back in the direction he came from. "He told me that Snake was having a conversation with Ike about throwing Fox under the bus because us five are stronger than he is. But the thing is, if this is going to be the case if we go to tribal again next time, then what's the point? Get rid of the next weakest? That'd be Link or… hate to say it, me of all people. I don't know if Snake thought that far into it, but I don't wanna go home."

"...So, what are we gonna do?" Bowser blinked after looking away for a brief moment.

"I'm gonna talk to Ike." Wolf decided with a nod. "Tell Fox that we're gonna save him. But the one thing you cannot do is to rat out our plan."

"I won't, unless I want be a Survivor idiot and be one of those people." Bowser shook his head slowly. "I'll tell Fox to act like he's comfortable as if we're getting ready to blindside one of you."

"Fine."

Minutes later, Fox came back from snorkeling again with a stingray on the spear. "So… heard anything?"

"Snake's trying to blindside you."

"...What?" Fox raised his eyebrow and dropped his jaw.

"Yep." Bowser nodded. "I was talking to Wolf yesterday of how threatening Snake is after he lied to us about being in an alliance together, and now he's at it again."

"So, what's happening now?"

"Wolf told me that he had a conversation to Link about what Snake said to Ike. He told me that he's throwing you under the bus because even though we're a strong tribe, you're at the bottom."

Obviously, Fox looked super ticked off.

"I'm in so much hot water right now." Fox shook his head, being the most irritated since the moment he stepped on Kodai Island. "Snake is trying to kick me to the curb. We were right, but still, like Bowser said, he's definitely living up to his name. When you have someone like that around, it causes trouble quickly. I can't have someone like that around. So now the only thing I can do is hope that Ike, Link, Wolf see that tonight without me being desperate."

"What should I do? Act like I'm not going home?"

"That's the best way to go." Bowser answered. "That'll make Snake think that you think he's not gonna write your name down."

"...Wait a minute…" Fox began to think for a moment. "Who does he think we're gonna write down?"

"...Here he comes…" Bowser whispered, looking in the direction Fox came from. "Uh... He never spoke about yet... You know what, tell him that we're gonna vote for Link."

"Hey, guys." Less than a dozen seconds later, Snake met up with his old tribemates. "Tryna to break up the others."

"Dude, we've been trying since we first got on this new tribe." Bowser laughed. "I'm trying so hard to make them vote off Link. Of those three, Link is the weakest, and I feel that he's gonna be close friends with Ike. Two of us Sumasshu people are already gone, so we need to take action here and finally show Tatakai what we're really made of."

"Okay." Snake nodded after being 'reassured'. "I just talked to Wolf at the water well saying that Link should be a target anyway, and not one of us."

"Liar…" Fox said in his confessional. "The audacity. I'm thinking: this dude lies so much he doesn't even know that people can see right through 'em. Stop lying."

"I do hope that they see our way." Snake continued. "Wouldn't be surprised if Link gets more strategic if he's still here tomorrow on day ten. What I'm gonna go do right now is to talk to Wolf and see who we're throwing the ball at, and then I'll talk to Ike again."

"Yeah, you do that and we'll just um…" Bowser scratched his head. "Sit here and hope they use their brains. It's the Tatakai tribe. So, I really hope they play smart."

When Snake was out of sight, Bowser and Fox looked at each other and immediately began laughing.

"He's a snake alright." Fox said.

-/-

"'Sup?" Wolf cocked his head to the side with his arms folded. He was finally able to reunite with Ike again. Of course, it was a good thing, especially since at that point, they were due to be on their way to Tribal Council in about twenty minutes.

"I heard from Link you're targeting Snake." Ike replied. "Is this true?"

"I am." Wolf answered with a quick nod. "I'm writing his name down because of the possibility that he could be the biggest threat of the whole game. Snake just spoke to me and he thinks I'm writing down Fox tonight."

"Same here." Ike bobbed his head up and down. "...To be honest, if I am writing Snake's name down, I'm worried about what's gonna happen to this tribe in the long run…"

"Understandable." Wolf could not agree more. "There are consequences about not voting out Snake, but there are consequences in not voting out Fox… I'm starting to second guess myself on this Snake vote… I dunno..."

"I'm starting to second guess myself writing down Fox." Ike blinked before chuckling slightly. "I guess this is what it feels like when you know you're going to tribal tonight."

"I guess we'll just have the three of us decide and have a brief discussion right before we leave." Wolf concluded. "It may be our last chance that we're gonna talk to each other like this after all."

"That's fine, then. If we just find out where Link is we need to talk immediately. ...What name do you think Fox and Bowser are telling Snake to write down?"

"Hmm..." He placed a thumb underneath his chin to think. "...I guess Link makes the most sense... Unless, they're somehow, someway, pulling this big massive trick over are heads are we're falling for it right now."

"I don't think that would make sense." Ike shook his head in disagreement. "That would force a 3-3 tie. I really don't want it to be a tie."

"About twenty minutes before tribal, we're suddenly confused on who to keep tonight." Wolf explained. "Besides being the strongest, another reason to why we can't vote for Bowser is because of him being the first one to speak of something that happened back on his tribe, and the possibility of him actually telling the truth. But, it's Survivor. So in my mind I'm like: 'Snake'... 'Fox'... 'Snake'... 'Fox'... But either way, they both have their benefits. I'm just ready to get this over and done with because this whole Tribal Council thing is already driving me crazy a little."

Bowser, Snake, and Fox were then seen grabbing their torches before they walked to Tribal Council for the third time, yet for the first time, they will be traveling with Tatakai members who had yet to go to tribal, which would be a new experience.


Tribal Council

Night 9


As the group of six entered Tribal Council, Master Hand waited until they were all seated, with the tallest people choosing to sit in the back three seats.

"For those of you who don't have the torch, get one, dip it in and get fire." Master Hand ordered as Ike, Link, and Wolf promptly stood to grab an unlit torch and follow the same procedure as the Sumasshu tribe back on day three.

"This is part of the ritual of Tribal Council where in this game, fire represents your life and when your fire's gone, so are you."

As each of the three Tatakai members sat down, Master Hand began the discussion.

"Alright, so the swap." He started. "One tribe has Sumasshu in the minority, while the other two tribes are divided literally perfectly, including this one. Three from Sumasshu and three from Tatakai. Wolf, how does all that play out knowing that three people from the opposing tribe are coming into your home with Ike and Link?"

"Um, well normally in Survivor, if a certain tribe is on the bottom since they're in the minority, they're the targets and there's nothing they can do except hope for a miracle." Wolf shrugged for a moment. "In this situation however, it's three against three. So unless somebody has an idol that I don't know about, there's gonna be a 4-2 vote at least."

"Would it mean that you would have pull somebody over from Sumasshu?"

"Exactly." Wolf answered. "If you want to keep Tatakai together, then what other choice do I have? There isn't."

"Unless it's the other way around." Master Hand took his index finger swirled it around in a circular motion.

"Oh, they know it's not gonna happen." He laughed shaking his head. "We figured that these three would try and throw each other under the bus, but apparently their gameplay is to fight us until one of us goes down so they can take over our own beach. But, I don't see that happening. Why would people force a tie when there are eighteen people left in the game? That's sort of a large number if you ask me. It doesn't add up at all."

"Really?" Master Hand asked. "So in that case, Bowser, Fox, and Snake are in trouble if things don't go your way. But Fox, then again, it could be the other way around. It takes one person from the Tatakai tribe alliance to break the vote and suddenly you guys have a foot in the door."

"I think that me, Bowser, and Snake have been conversations with each of the three people of Tatakai since they one. They may seem like a solid three, but everyone knows that everything isn't always as it seems. It all comes down to who's at the bottom of the original alliance."

Snake smirked largely as if this was exactly what he wanted to hear.

"Link, you're shaking your head. You're not buying it."

"I'm sure not." Link replied. "They don't know who's with who on here. They haven't been with us since day one. All three of them were on the opposite tribe and they know it. I'll make sure that one of those three goes home tonight."

"So two different stories here." Master Hand concluded. "That means somebody's lying. Bowser, if Fox is telling the truth, what will tonight's vote mean to you?"

"Tonight's vote would basically be a compromise. All six of us are strong members." He began to elaborate. "But, it comes down to basically the weakest of the strong. Sad, I know, but at least that person would be voted out due to becoming a potential threat say if that person gets very deep in the game. You know, you can't just think about the next tribal. For example: should we worry about this person now? Later? You never know until you make that decision when you write that name down on the parchment over there."

"What could be a potential threat in your game?" He asked.

"See, I'm thinking about long term here." He answered. "All of these are great people unlike my horrible Sumasshu tribe. Despite that, I gotta vote somebody out who I think I can't beat in the long run should I make it far. ...And it pains me to say that because I wanna think I can beat anybody, but I'm not the only one here unfortunately…"

"Ike, when Bowser says that a threat to him is someone who he thinks he can't beat if he were to make it farther in this game, how does that make you feel?"

"I understand, because if I was in his shoes right now, there's no doubt in my mind that I would say the same thing." He agreed with the turtle, dragon-like creature. "I'm physical, but am I that much of a threat to the people around me? That's the main question, and it comes down to how people perceive me in the game. All I can say to these guys right now that this is my first tribal, so you never know what I'm capable of, yet not capable of, until it happens."

"...What do you mean by that?" Link looked rather confounded.

"What I'm saying is that if people are trying to vote me out now, they might miss the opportunity to work with someone that would probably help them get further in the game depending by the circumstances."

"Fox, if people are throwing your name out there," Master Hand said. "what reasons would you give the three Tatakai members of keeping you here?"

"Uh, where do I start?" Fox looked up slightly to think. "Well, I've been busting my butt off at camp. This is a physical tribe and I can sure help whenever they need me, as much as I need them. But looking at the other five members of my tribe, it's pretty obvious that they're tougher than I am, and that's actually good for me. This is one tough tribe and we're all in the same boat. Yet the thing is, if I were to get to the merge and complete in the challenges, am I the most obvious threat?"

"Just look at Sumasshu." He continued. "Ganondorf? Mewtwo? Captain Falcon? Donkey Kong? Those are four people and they're from both teams. I might be stronger than Mario and Pit, but those are just two people. Those four alone is a strong team, even though they were dragging behind since they're not the fastest. They would have been the victims tonight and not us, because if that tower never fell, we would have most likely won."

"So Snake, what would be the bottom line for this vote?"

He thought for quite a few moments. "...We need to get our hands dirty."

Bowser, Fox, and Wolf all glanced at Snake immediately after he responded to Master Hand's question. Although, the former two in particular knew exactly where he was going with that statement.

"...Alright, it is time to vote. Link, you're up."

With the Hyrulian going up first, he proceeded to the Tribal Council voting area. Soon afterwards, Fox was up next, writing down the person who he thought was after him, which was of course, Snake.

"You are the biggest threat." He stated. "I want you to know that you're not the only one who is playing this game right now. You may have knocked two of my friends out, but in doing so, this is what you get."

Snake paid no mind to Fox since he assumed that he was writing down another name.

Once it was Bowser's turn to vote, he had a similar speech to Fox.

"You have been lying to me and targeting my alliance just because Mario said so." Bowser glared at the camera. "Look up the word karma in the dictionary, and this vote is what you will see."

Even though Snake actually looked at the tribemate this time, he still never thought too much of it.

After Ike, by the time the former spy agent went up to the voting area, he wasted no time writing down the name of the anthropomorphic fox.

"In this case scenario, we needed to throw each other under the bus." Snake stated. "That's the way things need to be. Hopefully we're in a unique situation where we actually need each other. Keep in mind that I was planning on working with you and Bowser, but that obviously can't happen now. Sorry."

Unlike Snake, Fox actually was staring dead at Snake when he saw him hold up the parchment to the camera. His facial expression was in fact a blank, yet irritated stare.

"Here goes nothing..." Wolf stated with a sigh, finally writing down a name after he was the last one to head up to the urn. When the lupine was done, he sat back down in his spot directly in front of Bowser.

"I'll go tally the votes…" said Master Hand.

Bowser shook his head slowly while Fox looked as confident as ever. Yet deep inside, he knew that his life in the game was on the line. Snake on the other hand was completely certain both inside and out.

Returning with the urn, Master Hand looked at the new Tatakai tribe. "If anybody has a hidden immunity idol and you wanna play it, now would be the time to do so."

All six Survivor contestants simply waited, including Wolf O'Donnell, who also chose to eye each of his tribemates just to see if someone else would stand up.

No one did.

"...Okay. Once the votes are in, the decision is final, person voted out will be asked leave the Tribal Council area immediately. I'll read the votes…"

"Here we go…" Bowser whispered to himself.

"First vote: Fox."

He shook his head unsurprisingly.

"...Snake."

Snake's small smirk immediately dropped upon seeing his name being read.

"One vote Snake, one vote Fox."

"Solid Snake. Two votes Snake."

Now he was glancing around his tribe with completely widened eyes. Bowser only stared back in anger. Wolf all the while found the whole thing amusing as he could not help but snicker a little under his breath. Knowing this, he nimbly covered his mouth.

Master Hand unfolded the fourth vote to reveal. "Snake."

Obviously at that point, the mercenary was completely stunned at what was happening in front of him."Three votes Snake, one vote Fox."

"Aw man..." He covered his face with his left hand, shaking his head gradually.

"Third person voted out of Survivor - Kodai Island: Snake. That's four, that's enough. You need to bring me your torch."

"..." At first, Snake simply stared in utter shock for at least a few seconds. "Wow..."

Finally standing to walk over to his torch, he sighed with a shake of his head. Yet, he still had a smile on his face. "Good job."

"Don't 'good job' me!" Bowser shouted.

"Snake, the tribe has spoken."

When the master snuffed his torch, he shook his head once more, still astounded by the voting result.

"Time for you to go."

Snake turned around and held up a hand as a farewell. "I'll see you all at the reunion."

Fox turned to Wolf while holding the biggest look of relief on his face. "Thank you."

"Well, in spite of Snake's shocked reaction," Master Hand observed. "it seems that this tribe has come to the unanimous decision to vote him out. Let's see how this plays out in the long run as this tribe discussed. Grab your torches and head back to camp. Goodnight."

With them heading out, Fox and Bowser glanced on each other, knowing that they just had their best moment in the game so far.


Votes:

Bowser - Snake

Fox - Snake

Snake - Fox

Link - Snake

Wolf - Snake

Ike - Snake


"Wow… The last person who I thought was gonna be sent home tonight was me… I don't know how these people got together and managed to vote me out of this game. Maybe it was Bowser and Fox the whole time, but they're still in the game, and I'm not. Props to them."


Castaways Remaining:

Mario, Donkey Kong, Captain Falcon, Ganondorf, Mewtwo, Pit / Link, Wolf, Ike, Bowser, Fox / Lucario, Samus, Sonic, Wii Fit Trainer, Little Mac, Bayonetta


And there you have it. For once, Bowser and Fox got a break in the game. And they could be right! Perhaps they blindsided possibly the biggest potential threat in the whole game. After all, he was actually going to work with them and blindside Mario back on the Sumasshu camp, but then he changed his strategy and throws the target back on Fox without any shame, and people saw right through it. I know that this would say a lot to the other tribes, especially to Samus and Captain Falcon.

Questions:

1. Do you feel that Snake was once of those people that got screwed over by the swap?

2. If this tribe went to Tribal Council again, who do you think would get the boot and why?

3. Do you agree that Snake was possibly the biggest threat of the remaining players?

Don't forget to vote on my poll on your top five players! Also, I made a YouTube introduction for this fanfic! Since I can't post a link, type in "Survivor - Kodai Island (Official Intro)".

I encourage all Snake fans to review!