Chris's Recap
"Last time, on Total Drama Nui Kaua…
Our teams were finally merged, and with the merge, came alliances in the form of the old teams. Who'd've thunk it? After a performance by some former zero sum contestants to celebrate the official merge of the game, and after Pierre had been properly returned to the competition, we headed straight into our first challenge for individual immunity, enduring the pain of continuously standing on a hot coal bed! In the end, Pierre played his Golden Tiki, making use of its second trick and giving himself a free immunity by forfeiting the challenge, which left Galiris, the only other player on the coal bed at the time, with both the individual immunity gained by winning the challenge and the keys to the contestants' new Merge Cabin, which she used to lock Julia in their shared room until it was time to head to elimination! Hahaha, nice one! After the challenge, two candidates emerged to send home in Nixia and Katrina, leaving the Honua alliance somewhat split on who to vote for.
In the end, Zubin voted for Katrina along with the Ka Lani alliance, while the rest of Honua voted for Nixia, leaving Pierre with a swing vote which he instead used to vote for Clay and stoke fires of the loner's paranoia, leaving Nixia and Katrina tied with five votes each.
The tiebreaker was a best of three match of rock-paper-scissors, which Katrina managed to win in the final round, sending Nixia home, and upsetting Evan, who could've played his Heaven Tiki, but didn't. Now only ten remain! As we get ever closer to the end of this game, who will betray whom? One unlucky contestant will find out the hard way right now, right here, on Total! Drama! Nui Kaua!"
*Total Drama Theme Song Plays*
As the music begins, cameras emerge out of all the cabins, and each of the Twist Tikis is shown in different hiding spots.
Dear mom and dad I'm doing fine, you guys are on my mind
The camera zooms around all of the island before moving up and over Mt. Immolate, now with a bonfire and a hang glider atop the volcano, before diving into the water.
You asked me what I wanted to be, and now I think the answer is plain to see,
Galiris and Dominique are both busy trying to avoid being grabbed by the giant octopus. While Dominique is avoiding it feverishly, Galiris is trying to fight it off. Briand jumps in from above and lands on the sea creature's head, causing it to spray ink everywhere.
I want to be famous
The camera pans up to reveal that Lucy and Cassandra had been swimming in the water. Shocked to see it turn black, they immediately begin swimming towards the dock, with the camera following them, where each contestant seen so far runs past Astral who is fiddling with her knife. When she sees a giant tentacle come out of the water, she momentarily is excited, before she realizes she did not summon it and joins the others in running.
I want to live close to the sun
The campers run by the ruined bridge and the entertainment bonfire pit, where Steven and Alice are singing a duet while Clay relaxes nearby.
So pack your bags, 'cause I've already won
A snake slithers up next to Clay and as Pierre creeps towards Clay's guitar case. Clay notices and Pierre bails out, rushing into the forest past Nixia and Evan.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way, I'll get there one day
Nixia and Evan are surrounded by all the animals of the jungle, but when Pierre rushes by, all the animals and Evan rush after him, leaving Nixia standing around confused, reaching out for Evan to come back.
'Cause I want to be famous
Camera moves through the woods to find Julia pulling a resisting Katrina by her hair as Katrina digs her heels into the ground and attempts to continue reading her book through the whole ordeal. When they notice Pierre, the animals, and Evan running towards them, they immediately hide in the foliage of the forest.
Na na nananana nanananana na nanananana
The camera cuts through the jungle, stopping momentarily at the Honeymoon Cabin, where Sherwood is attempting to break into the building, and Chef is getting out of an ATV to stop Sherwood.
I wanna be I wanna be I wanna be famous
The camera stops at a beach where Stephanie is relaxing in a beach chair and chatting up both Hayes and Aleister, the latter of whom is trying his best to seem tough by doing various poses, while Hayes listens politely and intently. Maddie then appears and chases both the boys off while reaching for their hair with a lighter, before closing said lighter and snuggling up towards Stephanie, offering her a chocolate bar.
I wanna be I wanna be I wanna be famous
Zubin and Kevin see the interaction between Stephanie, Maddie, Hayes, and Aleister take place and snicker to each other as they enter their team's cabin, and then immediately rush out of it, leaving the door open to reveal Galiris and Lucy completely covered in ink as Astral tries to clean them off to no avail.
The camera cuts to all the contestants sitting around the Po'ino Bonfire, with the Hang Glider of Shame nearby. As the other contestants whistle the rest of the song, Kaleaf and Lina lean in towards each other, about to kiss when Kaleaf is shoved aside by Deamian and he leans in towards Lina, who in turn is now hesitant and looking away. As Kaleaf punches Deamian out of the seat to reclaim it, the camera zooms out and lines are drawn between the stars in the sky to spell out the name of the show and season:
Total Drama Nui Kaua.
Location: Merge Cabin(Clay and Zubin's Room)
Contestant(s): Clay, Zubin
Zubin silently and calmly thought to himself as he sat in his bed, cushioning his back against the wall with his pillow.
"Okay…" He muttered after coming to a realization and nodding to himself. "Time to do some organizing."
Confessional: Zubin
"That elimination ceremony was...enlightening, and after thinking it over for a while this morning, while I've had the time to process everything calmly and rationally, I've narrowed down Clay's mystery vote to the Ka Malu O three. I know that I, Clay, and Evan thanks to his curse, all voted for Katrina at that ceremony. Nixia and Cassandra most likely did as well, and considering how gung-ho Gal was about blindsiding Nixia, I trust that the rest of my Honua alliance voted for her, which means one of Ka Malu O is behind Clay's vote. To secure his trust completely, I want to get them out of the game as soon as possible, and I can probably use that vote to convince the rest of Honua that someone from Ka Malu O is trying to blow up the game and make things harder for us. For now, Ka Lani and Honua ought to band together in a super alliance until the final seven. Our first target, of course, has to be Pierre because of that Golden Tiki that still has a trick up its sleeve."
End Confessional
As Zubin stood up, Clay rigidly rose from his bed, startling Zubin.
"Where are you going?!" He immediately demanded.
"Downstairs for breakfast..." Zubin responded a little warily. "Want to come with?"
Clay's eyes narrowed. "You sure you aren't meeting with some hidden alliance?"
"Clay, I didn't vote for you or Nixia." Zubin responded honestly. "I was that fifth vote that Katrina received."
"You said you'd talk to Honua to get them to vote her off too, but clearly none of them voted for her if what you say is true."
Confessional: Clay
"I'm in a no-win situation here. If what Zubin said is true, his vote and words may not be enough to keep myself and Ka Lani in the game. If what he says is false, then I have no idea who I can trust other than Evan, but he's back on Kokoke Island right now, and after seeing his girlfriend blindsided like that, I bet he won't be trusting of anyone when he gets back during the next challenge. The worst part of all of this is the vote for me that came out of nowhere at that last elimination. It seems like I have five suspects if Zubin is to be believed. That's Galiris, Julia, Katrina, Kevin, and Lina. If Zubin's lying though, my list goes up, adding both him, and though it pains me to say it, Cassandra to that list as well. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Pierre though. Not only did he seem proud about voting for Nixia, he knows that I wouldn't hand my tiki over to him if he voted me out right now." Clay grabs his head in his hands and looks down at the floor despairingly. "Agh! Why did the merge have to make things so much more complicated than before?"
End Confessional
"Clay, I tried, I failed, that's all there is to this." Zubin spoke in as reassuring a tone as he could manage. He looked through the door's keyhole to make sure no one was around before he moved in closer towards Clay anyways to avoid even the slightest chance of being heard by someone else. "It's my bet that your vote came from a Ka Malu O trying to blow up the game. I'm sure at least one of the other Honua realizes it too. Let's focus on getting Pierre and his tiki out of here again first, alright?"
"Hrm…" Clay tried his hardest to find something in Zubin that would give away a lie, but as Zubin was being entirely honest, Clay could not find anything.
"I don't think it was Pierre that voted for me." Clay finally answered. "I think it was Julia."
"That honestly wouldn't surprise me." Zubin admitted with a shrug. "She does seem to enjoy stirring things up a little too much for her own good. Still though, she's not going to get through to any Honua while Gal's keeping her locked away in their room. Now's our chance to get rid of the golden tiki for a second time. That thing is too powerful to make this game fair or balanced."
"I don't know, I'll need to think about it for a while." Clay admitted. "You're not exactly on Ka Lani's side."
"I'm not on Ka Lani's side, no." Zubin agreed. "But I'm not on Honua's side or Ka Malu O's side either. I'm on our side. The only way we get rid of those three bats is by having all of us working together. I won't ask you for an answer now, I only ask that you give me an honest one later. Now, I'm heading to breakfast, do you want to come with?"
"I'll stay here for a little while longer." Clay decided. "Go eat breakfast."
As Zubin left the door, Clay looked out the window of their room.
Confessional: Clay
"It's a three story drop down there...if I wanted to sneak out of the cabin that way, I'd have to be extremely careful not to fall and destroy my Legacy Tiki, which I can't leave behind anymore now that Pierre is just a room across from me."
End Confessional
Location: Merge Cabin(Dining Area)
Contestant(s): Cassandra, Galiris, Katrina, Kevin, Zubin
"Morning, everyone" Zubin announced as he walked up to a plate of eggs, sausage, and hashbrowns. "Who made this breakfast? It looks delicious!"
"Eat up, Z-man!" Galiris smiled. "Before it gets cold!"
"Is Julia still locked in your room?" Zubin asked before taking a bite.
"No, she specifically requested to be locked into Pierre's room with him and his snake. She's not very happy about giving up the challenge for Pierre when he was just going to play that tiki the entire time, so she's locked up in a room, just not her own room."
"Good." Katrina sighed. "The circus should be kept away from the rest of us for all our sakes."
"Are my ears playing tricks on me?" Cassandra asked, confused. "Did Katrina just identify herself, miss 187 IQ, as one of 'us'?"
"You ought to be grateful. You aren't a complete and utter retard like my two remaining teammates." Katrina shrugged. "You let me know if you want Pierre gone especially, you have my vote."
Confessional: Zubin
"Well...if she's telling the truth...then that was easy. However, I'm sure she'd lie if it suited her, and she is near if not on the bottom right now."
End Confessional
Confessional: Katrina
"Pierre is someone I already voted off this island. As such, he has no business coming back to the competition. I'll deal with Julia myself, eventually, but for now Pierre can't be allowed to continue his game. I'm sure that's what everyone else thinks too, so I'll play to their simple-minded strategy and get myself through yet another round of this competition...if you could even call it that anymore."
End Confessional
"So…" Cassandra couldn't help herself. "My room suddenly got a lot bigger now that you guys all blindsided Nixia."
"Sorry about that." Galiris shrugged as she finally sat down at the table near Kevin. "It was nothin' personal."
"We needed the numbers." Kevin explained further. "It shouldn't happen again."
Zubin smiled at his two true alliance-mates at the table as they returned the favor to him.
Confessional: Kevin
"I think Zubin and I came to the same conclusion about Clay's vote. It's Ka Malu O's fault. I already told Gal. I think we're all on the same page now."
End Confessional
Confessional: Galiris
"After that vote for Clay out of nowhere last ceremony, I'm starting to understand Zubin's thinking of wanting the Ka Malu O out of here. One of them, clearly, is trying to steer control of the game away from my crew, which means they must now be shown no mercy and given no quarter. Once I win my immunity again this week, they're being locked out of the cabin!"
End Confessional
Location: Merge Cabin(Kevin and Pierre's Room)
Contestant(s): Julia, Pierre
"It was you wasn't it?" Julia asked Pierre as she sat down on Kevin's bed. "You voted for Clay at that ceremony?"
"That's correct, dearest." Pierre answered as he pet Silivia as she slithered by. "He's no doubt a wreck now. One less obstacle to deal with as I finally procure that tiki from him."
Confessional: Pierre
"Since the start of this game, my goal has remained the same. Retrieve the tiki Clay's been holding onto since the beginning. Now that his paranoia is at an all time high, I can make use of the wonderful suggestion made last week...and negotiate a trade. True, my golden tiki still has one trick left to use yet, but should I extend to Clay a small spider's thread of hope while he thinks his game is up, I'm sure in his struggle he'll bring the other Ka Lani down with him. Perhaps he'll even make use of the tiki's final trick for me. That would be fantabulous!"
End Confessional
Confessional: Julia
"I don't know what Pierre is planning exactly, but I do know that as long as he is planning something, I have free license to cause as much chaos between the remaining contestants as possible. Plant a few false conversations, and I'll for sure have more than just Clay a paranoid wreck. I would like my own room after all. Or maybe I could get Evan to curse a Honua if enough of us band together to eliminate him! Oh, decisions decisions…"
End Confessional
"So how exactly are you going to get your hands on that tiki?" Julia asked, kicking her legs back and forth idly. "I'll bet sailor girl will lock us all up if she wins immunity again, and I wouldn't put it past anyone else to do the same."
"Well, there's no guarantee of immunity for me tonight," Pierre admitted "but that's precisely why you, myself, and Silivia must make our moves during the challenge itself!"
"Is there even any guarantee that you'll get to do something like that, though?" Julia narrowed her eyes skeptically.
"Oh, no guarantee at all, dear Julia, none to be had whatsoever!"
"Well why are you so happy about it then?"
"Because that's what will make pulling the plan off that much more spectaculous!" Pierre gave a grand gesture before giving a bow. "This is all about recognition! There is no simple coasting along in this game. Unless you fight the tides that attempt to overtake you, you will forever be obscured in the annals of Total Drama history!"
Confessional: Julia
"Isn't going with the flow how Owen won the first Total Drama? I don't think I can recall any winner that won by constantly fighting the social order of the game. Oh well, I guess that's why we're trying so hard to change it. That makes sense...I think."
End Confessional
Location: Merge Cabin(Katrina and Lina's Room)
Contestant(s): Lina
Lina made sure no one was in the hallway before looking through all of Katrina's belongings.
"There's no way she's got the Chris tiki on her person, right?" Lina wondered as she took extra care to leave everything as she had found it when she was done looking through it.
Confessional: Lina
"I can't find Katrina's Chris Tiki anywhere in her stuff, which is a bummer, because if I could just sort of discreetly nab it, we'd get rid of one of the many problems our Honua alliance still faces. I thought having the majority would be easy, but all I feel is just added pressure."
End Confessional
As Lina noticed a small groove in the floorboards under Katrina's bed, a small ray of hope shone in through her room's window.
"Ooh, I wonder what this is!" She giggled as she reached her hand down, felt a round object, and pulled it up.
"It looks like a Chris Tiki…" She observed the tiki that very clearly resembled Chris "but without those notes that explain them, how should I know if this is real or a fake? If it's real and I destroy it, that's game over for me. I better not take any chances."
*taptaptap*
Lina looked to the window, where the tapping was coming from. Silivia was hanging in front of the window. She gave a hiss, though inaudible through the glass, as she was pulled back up to the window she'd been dropped from.
"Ooh...that can't be good." Lina realized as she put the tiki back where she'd found it.
Confessional: Lina
"Okay, okay...So, that snake saw me find a tiki...think Lina, think, there's something you should be able to do...oh! Wait, the room they're in should be locked, so all I need to do is go get Katrina and...wait...if I tell her about this then she'll know I was snooping! Agh, I'm not seeing any good way out of this. There's got to be someone else I can tell without raising Katrina's suspicion...oh, maybe him!"
End Confessional
Location: Merge Cabin(3rd Floor Hallway)
Contestant(s): Clay, Julia, Lina, Pierre
"Pst...Clay!" Lina whispered as she knocked on the door to his shared room with Zubin.
"We'll be fine. She's just one extra number anyways." She immediately heard Clay's voice coming from the opposing door, the one to Kevin and Pierre's room.
"Oh, ha-ha, Julia using her voice tricks." Lina rolled her eyes as she decided to play along and listen in on the fake conversation.
"So it really is both you and Evan against the world then, Cassandra means nothing?" Pierre's voice responded.
"It's pretty simple." Julia mimicked Clay's voice again. "Honua thinks they have control, but they still only have four out of ten players. The six of us could easily pick them off. I know they have something up their sleeves. I've seen the way Zubin acts in our room. So we'll throw a giant wrench in whatever they have planned by voting him off right away. In return, you can eliminate Cassandra next. Evan and I don't need her at all."
"What a strange plan-" Lina murmured to herself before being startled by the opening of a door.
"Lina?" Clay asked. "You did knock on my door, right? What are you doing?"
"Listening in on Pierre and Julia's fake conversation!" Lina responded in a hushed whisper. "Be quiet, they might have heard you!"
Pierre and Julia, of course, had not heard a word of what Clay or Lina was saying, but from the loud creaks in the floorboards, they could tell who was nearby, and who was still downstairs in the kitchen.
"I don't think she, bought it, Pierre." Julia gave a loud and audible sigh. "Gal's plan to even the remaining members on each team isn't going to work after all, I think. Can't we just go back to playing dirty in the immunity challenges like we always do?"
"I still think we should hold onto this stratactic for a while longer," Pierre responded. "Galiris is the key master after all, and we won't be able to pull off Clay's tiki swap without her help. It's a good thing she's too naive to take the tiki for herself."
Confessional: Julia
"You'd be surprised how believable I actually sounded there. It didn't truly matter whether Lina or Clay believed what we said or not, what mattered is that the possibility of it being true was thrown out there."
End Confessional
Confessional: Lina
"As someone who only recently has stopped sleeping in the same room as Galiris, I can say with certainty that she isn't capable of concocting a plan like that. The problem is-"
End Confessional
Confessional: Clay
"So, Galiris is probably the one behind the discord at the last elimination ceremony! It all makes sense now! She's the leader of Honua after all, and seems to have more pull in the alliance than Zubin does. I bet she's the one that voted for me. She's had a grudge against our team ever since Steven joined it back in episode 2 after all. Now I have the identity of the true enemy. The question now is whether to tell Zubin or not. I want to trust him but he's spent the last few weeks directly working with that girl. Man, why does the merge feel like a bike with no brakes?"
End Confessional
Location: Kokoke Island
Contestant(s): Evan
"Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!" Evan kicked up some sand as he stomped in frustration.
"Having yet another tantrum?" Victor yawned as he emerged from his tent. "Keep it down, exile. I'm trying to sleep."
"The sun is at its peak in the sky." Evan replied. "This is the time known as high noon. You ought to have had plenty of sleep already."
"But I haven't thanks to you whining about a girl being voted off. Seriously, I expected you to have a better backbone than that."
Confessional: Evan
"Right, because he was so professional when he was eliminated out of nowhere. Imagine how I feel! I could have prevented that elimination! Katrina could be gone! Ugh, but instead here I am on exile, knowing that Clay's more paranoid than a meerkat, Cassandra's probably lonely and confused, and all three Ka Malu O are still in the game, no doubt ready to cause some serious havoc. The next challenge can't come soon enough. I'll win immunity and get one of them sent home this time for sure!"
End Confessional
Location: Muliwai River
Contestant(s): All Remaining
"Welcome Final 10!" Chris announced with a gesture as Chef brought Evan in from Kokoke Island. "How are you all feeling about your new cabinmates?"
"I wouldn't know." Julia shrugged, mimicking Heather. "I never got to speak to any of them because I kept getting locked away in rooms!" She shot daggers at Galiris, who gave a triumphant smile in response.
"When an animal is being a nuisance, it is only normal to lock it outside." Galiris responded. "This time you shall not even be allowed in the cabin!"
"I'm glad you guys are all fired up for the challenge then!" Chris grinned. "First thing is first, Gal, I will take back those keys!"
Galiris tossed Chris the keys to the Merge Cabin, which he caught and pocketed himself.
"Chris, I have a question." Evan rose his hand. "What if I win immunity?"
"Good question." Chris agreed. "Chef?"
"If the cursed boy wins immunity, he can either take immunity and stay cursed in exile, leaving the cabin entirely unlocked, or her can give up his immunity and temporarily remove the effects of his Curse Tiki, though he'll still control the cabin's keys. Got that?"
Evan's eyes widened.
Confessional: Evan
"Chef, you're awesome! I can totally make use of that! Alright, now's the time to truly show everyone what I'm made of!"
End Confessional
"I wouldn't give such a hopeful look just yet, Evan." Chris grinned. "After all, the theme of this challenge is...trust."
"A trust challenge?" Lina wondered. "How's that going to work for individual immunity?"
"Oh, I have my ways." Chris boasted in response. "First, you will each be paired up with someone else at random. I saw you guys all heading towards your friends just now!"
"Dang, we'll have to win immunity together some other time, buddy." Zubin patted Kevin on the shoulder, who reacted with a small smile.
"Maybe next time, Lina." Galiris gave Lina a similar pat, and Lina returned a similar smile.
Clay and Evan both gave disappointed looks to each other.
"In any case…" Chris continued with his explanation of the challenge "Once you have been grouped into your five pairs, each pair will participate in a series of five trust exercises. The last pair to complete the first four trust exercises will be eliminated from the challenge. Evan, as long as the challenge is going on, you may talk to your peers, even if you yourself have lost."
Confessional: Chris
"The idea is to encourage the heckling of other pairs of course."
End Confessional
"The final trust exercise is one that the last pair will face on their own, but I'll explain that when we get there. Suffice to say, it's possible that there will once again be two players with immunity tonight. However, it's equally possible that everyone will be vulnerable, or that only one contestant will emerge victorious, all thanks to that final exercise. Now, the legs are all things you've seen before on this show, sorry to disappoint, though we've added a few twists and turns to them to make them hopefully more entertaining. The first leg…
One member of each pair will free-hand rock climb up the side of Mt. Immolate a la Hubert's trek in Zero Sum when he found out it was a volcano. To make things more fun, that person will be blindfolded while their partner guides them from behind.
The first four pairs to make it up move onto the second part of the challenge, a special balancing act across the volcano's summit, over the lava inside it. The partner who could see during the first leg will now be responsible for carrying their partner along an increasingly narrow balance beam. If at any point the partner being carried feels unsafe, or as if they will be dropped into the lava, they can opt out of the challenge, but doing so will automatically move on all the other pairs, regardless of how far along the beam they are.
The first three pairs across the balance beams will then participate in a Nui Kaua toboggan race down the mountain, where the partner being carried last challenge will coach their blindfolded companion and give them directions to steer their toboggan to avoid rocks, pits, and of course, traps! If you wipeout, you must climb back up to the summit and start again. You take off the blindfold for any reason, and the other two teams will automatically move on, regardless of how far down the mountain they are.
The last two pairs remaining in the challenge will then participate in a close-quarters staring contest, Zero Sum style. However...to make things more interesting...I'll be playing confessionals of the remaining players during the challenge. I'll have it rigged so that you'll only see and hear your partner's confessionals. It's sure to be enlightening, hahaha! The pair managing to look each other in the eyes the longest will move on to the final leg of the challenge, which I'll explain when the time comes. For now, let's draw for pairs and get started!"
Confessional: Galiris
"Man, I thought forcing new teams into a trust challenge last season was a tough one, but this? This is less of a trust challenge and more of a mass expose! I mean, I thought confessionals were supposed to be private! Wasn't that the point of them being on the potty in the first place?"
End Confessional
Confessional: Zubin
"If you're listening to this confessional, please be aware that Chris is trying his hardest to manipulate us into distrusting each other. I wouldn't be surprised if he purposefully took them out of context to make the challenge harder. I only ask that you trust me, partner. Trust me now, and I'll do the same for you. You have my word on that."
End Confessional
Confessional: Kevin
"Have I really made many confessionals I'm all that embarrassed about?...Oh! Ooh, maybe that one…"
End Confessional
Challenge: Trust Thine Enemy
Rules: Contestants will be paired up randomly, and will compete against each other in five legs of a giant trust-building obstacle course. The last pair to finish each of the first four legs will be taken out of the challenge, and any forfeiters will immediately advance all other pairs still in the challenge to the next round.
Leg 1: Free-climbing Mt. Immolate, first climber blindfolded.
Leg 2: Second climber carries partner across Mt. Immolate Summit
Leg 3: Carrier blindfolded, directed down Mt. Immolate in a toboggan by partner
Leg 4: Staring contest, while partners' confessionals play behind them.
Leg 5: Prisoner's Dilemma Game(with strings attached)
Contestant Pairs:
Cassandra and Katrina
Clay and Julia
Evan and Kevin
Galiris and Pierre
Lina and Zubin
Location: Mt. Immolate Base (Leg 1)
Contestant(s): All Remaining
"We have our pairs!" Chris announced as the randomly assigned groups got ready to ascend Mt. Immolate. "Cassandra and Katrina!"
Katrina was busy putting on her blindfold.
Confessional: Katrina
"The blindfolded member of the first leg is carried the second leg, and only has to make any effort in the third leg. So long as Cassandra can keep looking me in the eyes, we should be fine, and I can win an immunity without extending any true effort."
End Confessional
"Clay and Julia!" Chris looked over to where Julia was putting on her own blindfold.
Confessional: Clay
"Like I'm going to be blindfolded first! I've got a tiki to worry about, and I'm not trusting a Ka Malu O to be behind me at all! I just need to think of how to get past the third leg of the race without giving this girl any sort of opening."
End Confessional
"Evan and Kevin!" Chris announced as he motioned towards where Kevin was putting on the blindfold.
Confessional: Kevin
"Evan isn't going to trust me right off the bat, so I've got to be the one to put my fate in his hands first. The good news is that I doubt Chris has much he can use to get either of us riled up at each other, so if we can make it to the staring contest, all we have to do is keep eye contact, and the confessionals may as well not matter. That said...I've never been good with eye contact."
End Confessional
"Galiris and Pierre!" Chris motioned towards Galiris and Pierre, where Pierre was putting on his blindfold.
Confessional: Pierre
"It's quite simple really, I'd much rather sailor girl carry me across the mountain. It gives me time to talk into her ear, because if sailor girl gets riled up, all of Honua ends up riled up. Can't form a plan if you're having a fight now can you?"
End Confessional
"And finally, Lina and Zubin!" Lina was busy applying her own blindfold.
Confessional: Lina
"This is pretty good, I think! Zubin and I have been on the same team for forever, and we've come up with a few plans together already, so if I'm not paired with Gal, being paired with Zubin is my next best situation! We should reach immunity easy-peasy!"
End Confessional
"Contestants ready…" Chris announced as all five pairs got ready to climb the mountainside. "Go!"
Pierre and Galiris were off to an early lead.
"Pierre, about three inches up on your right, that rock's going to be the base of your right leg in a few minutes! I'm right behind you, so if you fall, you've got a net!"
"You have my complete faithalty, Gal!" Pierre called back. "Let's keep our immunities, shall we?"
Katrina and Cassandra were quickly closing in on them however, as Katrina hiked up the mountain with minimal help from Cassandra, though not for lack of effort.
"Katrina, slow down a bit!" Cassandra called. "We're still far ahead of the others, let me lead you for a while! This is a trust exercise!"
Katrina slowed down and turned towards the direction of Cassandra's voice. "Well? I'm waiting."
"How about that precipice there?"
Katrina rolled her eyes as she grabbed the precipice she had already been reaching towards when Cassandra stopped her.
Confessional: Katrina
"It's not that hard to remember the layout of the mountain when your team campsite was nearby, and especially when you have an IQ of 187."
End Confessional
Zubin and Lina were making progress, but Lina's short stature and slow pacing were keeping them neck and neck with both Clay and Julia as well as Evan and Kevin.
"How high up are we?" Lina asked Zubin. "I feel like we're really high up, and I'm scared!"
"We're about halfway, Lina!" Zubin informed her. "You're doing great, just keep trusting me and we'll be up there in no time, then you can take the blindfold off and relax!"
"Kevin, we've got to MOVE!" Evan shouted as he noticed Clay and Julia in last place closing in on them. "Zubin and Lina are going to leave us in the dust, and Galiris and Snakepants are practically already at the summit!"
"Gal's at the summit already?" Kevin asked as his pace began to pick up.
Evan's discerning eyes noticed the change in pace, and he made a mental note of it.
Confessional: Evan
"Ahh, so that's how it is then? Good. I was wondering if there was a crack in Honua, and I think I've managed to find it."
End Confessional
"Clay, come on, you've got to help me!" Julia motioned around. "I can't see where I'm going at all, and I don't want to be locked in my room again!"
"I…" Clay looked around nervously. "Try that one there?"
"I can't see where you're pointing, that's the point of the blindfold!"
"Your upper left! A bump in the mountain!"
"Ah, I've got it!" Julia exclaimed happily. "Hey, feel like causing some trouble?"
She turned towards where she believed Evan and Kevin were still climbing.
"Kevin, duck!" She shouted mimicking Evan's voice perfectly as Kevin suddenly came to a halt and sheltered his head.
"That wasn't me, Kev!" Evan shouted from below Kevin. "It was the parrot chick! Don't let her get to you, only listen to my voice if it comes from below!"
"And Galiris and Pierre are up!" Chris announced as Galiris and Pierre reached the top of Mt. Immolate. "The pair moves on to leg 2 of the challenge!...Oh! As will Cassandra and Katrina!"
Chris looked over the mountain.
"The other three pairs are still fairly close to each other, it's still anyone's challenge!"
The three remaining pairs fought hard to reach the summit, each one passing the others momentarily before falling back into the pack again.
"Woo!" A cheer erupted as Lina hoisted herself onto the summit, followed by Zubin, who sprawled out and relaxed.
"And Lina and Zubin move on to Leg 2 of the challenge!" Chris announced "Evan and Kevin and Clay and Julia are the last two pairs remaining in Leg 1! One pair will move on, but another pair will be forced to sit and watch the rest of this challenge on the sidelines, giving up their chances at immunity, and possibly their chances at one million dollars!"
"Clay…" Evan looked over at Clay. "You have one of them with you. I don't..and I'm cursed to boot."
"Evan, I can't just give up my shot at immunity…" Clay sorrowfully refused.
"Yeah, you better not, Sir Paranoid!" Julia shouted. "We can beat them if we just-"
"Kevin!" Evan shouted. "Galiris is waiting for you at the summit, hustle man, hustle!"
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me…" Clay looked on is disbelief as Kevin's pace picked up once more, and Evan sped up with him.
"What? What's going on?" Julia wondered.
"And Evan and Kevin complete Leg 1!" Chris announced.
"DAMMIT!" Julia shrieked as she took off her blindfold, and noticed how close she actually was to the summit.
Confessional: Julia
"If only I was just a little faster! Maybe if my nervous wreck of a partner did any actual work this challenge, we'd have beaten those two!"
End Confessional
Location: Mt. Immolate Summit (Leg 2)
Contestant(s): All Remaining (Clay and Julia out of the challenge)
"Leg 2 is about to begin, contestants ready?" Chris looked over at Cassandra carrying Katrina, Evan carrying Kevin, Galiris carrying Pierre, and Zubin carrying Lina. "Go!"
Almost immediately both Zubin and Galiris were halfway across the planks over the summit, with their partners, meanwhile Evan and Cassandra struggled in the rear.
Confessional: Pierre
"And now, we commence the riling up of the sailor, a suitable distraction while Julia works on breaking down Clay on the losers' bench."
End Confessional
"Gal, I must confess something." Pierre snickered. "My Golden Tiki's final trick is that I can see into the confessionals of the other contestants. I know all about the plan for my elimination, and I can safely tell you that it's not going to happen."
Confessional: Pierre
"This is a bluff, of course, but the more splendiferous the bluff, the more riled I'll make our precious Gal. Besides, I'd think it fairly obvious I'd remain the favor to go home thanks to my tiki anyways, not terribly hard to see coming, even if no one's outright said anything yet."
End Confessional
"No, you're definitely going home tonight, and if not then next week." Galiris responded. "I bet it was you who voted for Clay at-"
"Why would I vote for Clay, Gal?" Pierre's grin grew wider. "I want his tiki, no? He won't will it to me, and I won't know who he does will it to if he's eliminated, that's why I want him to stay around. No, whoever voted for Clay last week wants his tiki to be willed to them. Does anyone come to mind who seems to desire Clay's trust?"
Galiris gasped. She then regained her composure.
"I'm listening, snake. You have until the end of the challenge to tell me whatever it is you have planned."
Confessional: Galiris
"So that's what's been going on! Zubin's tryin' to get that tiki off of Clay too! I don't know about this though...I can't have any of my crew distracted with something as unnecessary as tiki shenanigans! So one way or another...I need to eliminate the distractions to my crew, even if it means doing something I don't want to. After all, my thought process is what does it matter who has that tiki in the final five when we're Honua strong until the final four? One of us will get it eventually won't we?"
End Confessional
"Can't you go any faster?" Katrina asked as she noticed Cassandra sliding into last place. "Or do you just not want immunity?"
"I do want immunity!" Cassandra responded. "But I also don't want to drop you, you lanky, hard to carry, smartass!"
Meanwhile, Kevin and Evan were having problems of their own.
"Kevin, you've got to stop looking down, dude." Evan grunted. "Sorry this is going slowly, but I need to be sure I don't drop you."
"Zubin and Lina across the balance beam!" Chris announced as Zubin and Lina crossed the beam, gave some cheers, and Zubin began to put on his own blindfold.
"Ka Lani girl, pick up the pace!" Katrina urged.
"Kev, I'm going to go a bit faster, and it'll be bumpy, alright?" Evan asked a clearly worried Kevin as he began to speed up anyways.
"Galiris and Pierre across the balance beam!" Chris announced as Pierre gave extravagant bows while Galiris began to put on her own blindfold. "Evan and Kevin, Cassandra and Katrina! It's still anyone's challenge, but it looks like Evan and Kevin have this one…"
"I opt out!" Kevin called as he covered both his eyes with his hands. "I can't handle this!"
Confessional: Evan
"Well, if you're going to give up on the challenge, then I certainly won't be playing with you in the foreseeable future. Only those that can handle the challenges should be competing."
End Confessional
Confessional: Kevin
"I couldn't help it...I didn't want to end up in a robot suit like Alejandro, or damaged beyond repair like Ezekiel…Sorry Evan."
End Confessional
"And with that, Cassandra and Katrina, though in last place, get to move on to Leg 3 with the other pairs!" Chris announced as Cassandra and Katrina finally crossed the balance beam.
Confessional: Katrina
"A win by default, eh? Well, whatever gets me to the end, I guess."
End Confessional
Location: Mt. Immolate
Contestant(s): All Remaining(Clay, Evan, Julia and Kevin out of the challenge)
"We're here at Leg 3 of the challenge!" Chris announced as a blindfolded Zubin, Galiris, and Cassandra all got on different toboggans, where Lina, Pierre, and Katrina were all already sitting respectively. "Be careful with this mountain, guys! Lots of dangerous rubble around this time! Contestants ready…..Go!"
Galiris and Pierre took off at lightning speed, followed closely by Zubin and Lina, followed closely in turn by Cassandra and Katrina.
"Right!" Pierre announced as Galiris leaned to the right. "Forwards!"
"Left!" Lina chirped as Zubin shifted his body. "Hole ahead, pull up or we'll wipeout!"
"Left, Right, Left, Left, Lean in more!" Katrina and Cassandra were quickly gaining speed, and slowly but surely overtaking their competition.
"Galiris, we have a problem. Right." Pierre announced as Galiris leaned to the right to avoid a jagged spike in the rough mountain. "We need a way to either lose your Honua friends, or a way to overtake the girls in first."
"Just keep telling me which way to turn!" Galiris leaned forwards. "I can handle fast speeds and rough waves, be they made of water or land!"
"Right!" Pierre announced as he too leaned in. "Right…Left!...Left! Left! Left! Alright Gal, now hard left!"
*THUD*
Pierre and Galiris's toboggan rammed into the backside of Cassandra and Katrina's.
"Hey!" Katrina snapped as she looked over at Pierre, "Get your own path down the mountain!"
"Katrina, what was that, what's going on?" Cassandra asked.
"Just focus on turning when I say, Left!"
Cassandra groaned as she leaned to the left.
Confessional: Pierre
"Push the other contestants towards undodgeable obstacles. Hasn't that always been the Ka Malu O way?"
End Confessional
"Gal, hard right!" Pierre announced as Galiris shifted the toboggan to the right, just in time to avoid collision with a field of tire shredders. Katrina and Cassandra were not quite as lucky, and their toboggan toppled over.
"And a wipeout by Cassandra and Katrina!" Chris announced. "They'll have to hike back up and start again...meanwhile, Galiris and Pierre are closing in on the finish line, and Lina and Zubin are right behind them, like owls silently flying through the sky, swooping down!"
By the time Cassandra and Katrina were on their feet again, both the other pairs had crossed the finish line.
"Galiris and Pierre, Lina and Zubin!" Chris announced raising his hands up. "Move on to Leg 4 of the challenge, the close-quarters staring contest!"
Confessional: Lina
"Woo! I think we might have this one in the bag now! No way Gal can stand looking Pierre in the eyes longer than Zubin and I can stare at each other!"
End Confessional
Confessional: Galiris
"Only one thing matters when I enter these challenges, and that's winning immunity. I don't care if Pierre gets it to, there's other Ka Malu O to take out, and Honua isn't without its share of Ka Lani distractions either. All I want is to make sure that I'm not on the receiving end of any votes.
End Confessional
Location: Nahele Forest
Contestant(s): All Remaining(Cassandra, Clay, Evan, Julia, Katrina, and Kevin out of the challenge)
Leg 4
Galiris and Pierre stood across from each other, as did Lina and Zubin, each contestant with an earpiece, poised to play the confessionals of their partner in their ear.
"Remember…" Chris announced. "The first one to look away from their partner loses the challenge for both of them, and the final pair will move on to the last, special leg of the challenge! Contestants ready…..and...Stare!"
Galiris's stare towards Pierre began to burn with hatred as she listened to his confessional.
Old Confessional: Pierre
"The sailor girl in Honeymoon with me is clever in her own right, but perhaps not cautious enough. I'll be able to fill her head with all sorts of lies about what my precious Golden Tiki does, and she will in turn spread the misinformation to her own team."
End Old Confessional
Meanwhile, Pierre was listening to some interesting tidbits himself
Old Confessional: Galiris
"Now, I've got no way to prove what I was just told is true, but what I have learned is that both Victor and Pierre claim that Pierre has the Golden Tiki, and since Pierre hasn't ever talked to Victor to my knowledge, Honua can finally one-hundred percent confirm the Golden Tiki's location. I guess I'll know if what he was telling me is true or not by watching Ka Malu O's next elimination ceremony."
End Old Confessional
Zubin and Lina were unfortunately, not faring much better, thanks mostly to what Lina was hearing in her own earpiece.
Old Confessional: Zubin
"There is no way I'm going to actually say that to them right now. I can't be the one taking credit for anything. In fact, all in all, this challenge was a good look for the other contestants into Honua. They're now convinced that Gal is the one calling the shots, and our alliance is going to the final 4 in an ideal world, but I'm certainly not the player they'll be targeting come merge. I actually sort of owe Gal a bit now, I think. The pragmatist in me was about to sacrifice Lina, but it was because of her decision that we managed to win today. I suppose it takes more than strategic know-how to make the correct calls in tense situations. Heh, I guess that's why she's our captain." Zubin laughs a bit at his own humor before the confessional cuts out.
End Old Confessional
"I was going to be a...sacrifice?" A tear began to roll down Lina's face and while Zubin listened to Lina's own confessional…
Old Confessional: Lina
"Wow, this is great, Julia's giving away all this information because she thinks I'm a quiet loner! It's too bad for her that Gal's going to hear all about this talk when she gets back from Honeymoon. Honua's finally in a position of undisputed power for once. You think we're going to turn on each other now, when things are going our way? Only Ka Malu O rodents are self-centered enough to think that way. Ooh, trash-talking the other teams is fun!"
End Confessional
He realized just how much more loyal of an ally Lina could have been had she not just heard the confessional that she heard. A tear began to roll down his face as well.
Out of feelings of betrayal or guilt, they both averted their eyes for a split second, but it was all that was needed.
"Galiris and Pierre win Leg 4!" Chris announced as both Galiris and Pierre ended their staring contest. "Now time to explain Leg 5!"
Location: Merge Cabin Exterior
Contestant(s): All Remaining(Cassandra, Clay, Evan, Julia, Katrina, Kevin, Lina, and Zubin out of the challenge)
Leg 5
"Galiris, Pierre…" Chris looked at both Galiris and Pierre. "This is a familiar sight, eh? Congratulations, you both win immunity….is what I'd like to say, but there is still one last game to play today. I'm talking of course about the prisoner's dilemma game from Zero Sum! You will be given ten seconds to decide privately whether to ally with or betray your trust partner for this challenge.
If you both choose to ally, you will in fact both receive immunity, however, the Merge Cabin will remain unlocked, and everyone will be free to move around to their hearts' desire.
If one of you chooses betray, and the other one chooses ally, the betrayer will receive sole individual immunity, the keys to the Merge Cabin, and a clue to One. Final. Twist Tiki.
Finally, if both of you choose betray, no one will win immunity, the cabin will remain open and unlocked, but you will both receive the clue to One. Final. Twist Tiki. Are the rules of this game understood?"
"Yes." Both Pierre and Galiris nodded.
"Then write down your answers on these pieces of paper." Chris announced as he handed both Galiris and Pierre scraps of paper. "Your ten seconds starts...now!"
10…
9…
8…
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Pierre wrote down his answer
5…
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3…
Galiris wrote down hers
2…
1…
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"Time's up!" Chris announced. "Let's see your answers! Pierre, you first!"
Pierre revealed his answer…
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… Betray.
"Galiris?" Chris asked Galiris to reveal her paper as well.
Galiris sighed, clearly agitated, and looking at Pierre with daggers.
She turned her paper around.
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… Betray.
"Both contestants have betrayed each other!" Chris announced. "That means no one is safe tonight, but both Galiris and Pierre will receive clues to the location of the last remaining Twist Tiki out in the island!"
Confessional: Zubin
"This is bad. Pierre just got a clue to another tiki, and Gal thinks they're a waste of time. We need to vote him out tonight, or there may not be another chance."
End Confessional
Confessional: Galiris
"I don't have the keys to the cabin, and I don't have my immunity, but at least Pierre doesn't either, and Honua can stay strong...but what Pierre said in the challenge does ring true to me! I can't afford to have any of my alliance distracted with things other than eliminating Ka Malu O, and if that means making an executive decision as the head of my little alliance, then I'll do that!"
End Confessional
Confessional: Evan
"On the bench, Clay was coming to me with some weird conspiracy theory about Galiris gunning for him, but I don't buy that at all. Honua hates Ka Malu O almost as much as we do. I wish I could go back to the Merge Cabin with him and Cassandra and get to the bottom of this, but for now, I'll just stick to my gut."
End Confessional
Location: Merge Cabin
Contestant(s): Cassandra, Clay, Galiris, Julia, Katrina, Kevin, Lina, Pierre, Zubin
"Sorry, she's busy right now." Katrina guarded the door from Galiris who was trying to enter the room.
"But I want to talk to Lina!" Galiris tried her best, in vain, to peek into the room.
"Sorry, but that's a no go."
Confessional: Lina
"I learned...in the challenge today...that I'm number four in my Honua alliance, and I might have even been number 5 back when Lucy was still here. That's why I can't be sure that I trust what they're saying to me anymore! I can pretend I'm just upset that I was super close to winning immunity and couldn't do it, and I should fool them well enough, but I think it's clear that no one comes into this game hoping to place 4th, they come in hoping to win, and if that means turning on my Honua friends, then I just might have to slit their throats...metaphorically of course."
End Confessional
Meanwhile, Zubin, Clay, and Cassandra were in Cassandra's room.
"So that's the plan today?" Cassandra asked as Clay kept lookout to make sure no one was listening in on them.
"If we play our cards right, Pierre goes home, and we can forget all about that final twist tiki." Zubin nodded. "Honua's got his votes covered, but just to be safe, we'd like Ka Lani to vote for Katrina. That way if he plays his golden tiki as some after-vote immunity, we still send a Ka Malu O home. It's safe to say none of us want any of them to win the million."
Confessional: Zubin
"Honua, at breakfast today, seemed to all have a silent agreement on getting rid of Pierre, but that becomes complicated when Pierre has his golden tiki for us to worry bout, which is why now, I want to convince Ka Lani to vote for Katrina. Ideally, none of Ka Malu O will pick up on the plan, but even if they do, they should only catch me campaigning for Katrina's elimination, which ought to make Pierre think himself safe.
End Confessional
"Just think about not having to deal with that snake anymore." Zubin left the Ka Lani to think about it.
"It sounds like a good plan to me…" Clay admitted to Cassandra as the two whispered closely to each other, "But that's the thing...it feels a little too good to be true, you know? I feel there's someone pulling that guy's strings if he isn't trying to pull ours."
"So what are you thinking?" Cassandra asked. "Vote for Zubin?"
"I'm thinking we vote Gal." Clay responded.
Confessional: Cassandra
"Zubin came to Clay and I with this really good plan to split the Ka Lani and Honua votes between Pierre and Katrina, but then Clay comes out and says that Zubin's probably being used by someone, and Galiris is really athletic, smarter than she presents herself to be, and is in the majority alliance, and if we don't take this chance, we might not get another one. Still though, I think Zubin's really smart, and wouldn't put it above him to plot something. Going into the vote tonight, I really don't know what's going to happen...but I bet the one that goes home tonight won't see it coming."
End Confessional
Confessional: Clay
"I'm just having trouble trusting that Honua, after blindsiding Ka Lani at last elimination, has suddenly changed their minds and are now gunning for Ka Malu O, especially when the more athletic people besides Gal are the remaining Ka Lani members. It just doesn't feel right. I want to trust Zubin, he's my roommate here and all, but I already know that I can't trust the rest of his alliance."
End Confessional
Julia and Pierre were busy attempting to work over Kevin in his and Pierre's third floor room.
"Join us in the vote, and be on the winning side, just an idea." Julia mimicked Heather before leaving.
"I thought she'd never leave." Pierre grinned as he turned to Kevin and closed the door. "Am I correct in assuming you're gunning for me?"
"Yes." Kevin nodded. "I'm voting for you tonight."
"I have a better idea." Pierre looked around. "You, me, Clay, Zubin, and Evan. There's five of us guys. If we all band together and vote off Katrina, we get the number on the girls, and we can pick them off one by one, next being Cassandra, then Lina, then Julia, and then we'll be at the final six with Galiris, and you two and Zubin can try your hand at beating myself, Clay, and Evan. A true brains vs brawn competournament."
"That idea...is interesting…" Kevin admitted.
Confessional: Kevin
"The plan for Honua was to vote for Pierre, but it's true that if Pierre does go, there's nothing to stop the girls from forming some sort of majority alliance and picking the rest of us off. If we eliminate Katrina...then we can reverse the situation and form a boys' alliance, and if Gal is the last girl remaining, then she, Zubin, and I can probably force Pierre, Evan, and Clay out of the competition easily."
End Confessional
"Who are you thinking tonight?" Julia asked Galiris as they waited in their room.
"Would you be opposed to getting rid of Pierre again?" Galiris asked. "He did keep you from immunity last challenge after all, and we may not get another chance."
"That sounds...wonderful." Julia grinned.
Confessional: Julia
"As if! Look Gal, I'll get rid of Pierre again when the time is right, but while he still has that tiki of his, he's a great tool of mine to keep around, especially over you! You think you can influence my vote? You've got another thing coming!"
End Confessional
"You're upset about something in the challenge aren't you?" Katrina realized as she looked at Lina moping in her bed.
"Yeah…"
"Well, I'm a vote if you want it. We can prove that we can make big games."
Confessional: Katrina
"I'm not a retard, I know my name is being thrown around out there, and if I have to make nice with the quiet Honua girl and vote with her fragile emotional heart, I will, as long as my name doesn't appear on those slips of paper!"
End Confessional
Location: Po'ino Bonfire Elimination Ceremony
Contestant(s): All Remaining
"Well, this was….quite the interesting challenge." Chris grinned as he looked over the final ten players on the island. "Kevin, you opted out. Any regrets?"
"Oh, definitely." Kevin nodded. "I probably really made Evan mad, and now not only does no one have immunity, but Pierre's been given clues to yet another tiki."
"That's a good point." Chris smiled. "Pierre, you now have a clue to the final hidden twist tiki on this island, and Gal's gone on record many times saying that she doesn't believe in them. Essentially, it's yours for the taking, do you think that puts a target on your back?"
"Chris, I want a target on my back." Pierre responded with a smile of his own as he stroked Silivia's chin. "I'm out here trying to make this game come to life for those watching at home, and escaping elimination after elimination is my Modus Operandi. I want all eyes on me, because when all eyes are on me, my tricks blossom and flourish the most."
"It's interesting that you mention escaping elimination when both you and Galiris had the opportunity to share immunity, but instead you both chose to betray each other, and now you're both fair game to eliminate."
"That's true, Chris, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about this whole thing." Galiris responded. "I mean, here I am, in command of a Honua four, but anything's possible in this game. For all I know, Clay and Pierre don't have any rivalry going on at all and instead of 4 vs 3 vs 3, it's a 4 vs 6 scenario."
"Lina, Gal brings up a good point." Chris turned to Lina. "Maybe Ka Lani and Ka Malu O aren't at odds with each other, maybe they realize they need to work together to win, maybe the teams aren't as divided as they would appear to be."
"That's very true, Chris." Lina nodded. "I mean, this morning I was sure I knew who was going to go home, but after this challenge...now I'm not so sure."
"Zubin, she said after this challenge, and as we all know, she had the pleasure of viewing at least one of your past confessionals."
"I can imagine which one it was, too, Chris." Zubin nodded. "And I don't think I day has gone by since the fear challenge where I haven't regretted my actions regarding it. I can only imagine how hard it must have been for Lina to hear what she did, but I think what's important to take away from those confessionals is that they happened in the past, and what may have been true then, may not be true anymore in the present."
"Katrina, that's an interesting insight Zubin has just shared with us." Chris looked at Katrina. "Those confessionals might have been from ages ago, do you think that can discredit them?"
"Confessionals are made to state the truth." Katrina responded. "If it can be true once, it can be true again. Anything said tonight at this elimination ceremony needs to be taken with a grain of salt, including what I'm saying now. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fucking retard."
"Clay, getting pretty hard to tell what's true and what isn't true huh?" Chris asked Clay.
"Chris, you don't know the half of it!" Clay laughed to cope with how on edge he truly was. "First, I get this vote out of nowhere for me, then I have all these different people telling me who it was...It was Pierre, it was Galiris, it was Zubin, it was Katrina...There are only two people that I know didn't vote for me last week, and that's myself and Evan. Hopefully though, if everything goes as planned, I'll know the truth by the end of this elimination ceremony."
"But can you handle the truth?" Julia asked with a grin.
"Wow...everyone's feelings seem to be all over the place." Chris laughed. "Clay, why don't you head up first? It's time to vote."
After Clay had gone, Zubin walked up. After him, it was Kevin.
Confessional: Kevin
"Sorry about this...but it's my game's best option."
End Confessional
After Kevin went, Galiris walked up, and then Cassandra.
Confessional: Cassandra
"You're too much of a threat for your own good right now. Sorry."
End Confessional
Pierre walked up, then Lina, then Julia, and then Katrina.
Confessional: Katrina
Katrina gives a loud and exasperated sigh.
End Confessional
Finally, Evan was all that remained.
"Alright Evan." Chris announced. "You're cursed, so stand up, and state your vote."
Evan stood up. He looked at Clay and Cassandra.
He looked at Kevin.
He looked at the Ka Malu O contestants.
"...I vote for….Galiris."
Galiris's eyes widened as Evan sat down.
"I'll go tally the votes." Chris announced.
He came back with the grin of the Reaper.
"You're going to love this one…" He grinned. "If you receive the most votes, you must come up, ride the Hang Glide of Shame off of the island, and you must give up all hope of winning any money off of this show. I'll read the votes."
He reached his hand into the voting urn.
"Oh, the Curse Tiki votes for Evan, by the way, just thought I'd get that out there." He snickered as he pulled out a real piece of paper.
"Oh, if anyone has a twist tiki, immunity tiki, or some other tiki and would like to play it, now would be the time to do so."
Evan's hand went towards his pocket,
As did Pierre's
As did Zubin's
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… But none of them moved to play their tikis.
"Alright then." Chris announced. "The first vote goes to…Pierre.
The next vote is for...Clay.
Another vote for Pierre.
A second vote for Clay.
One vote for Galiris, counting Evan's vote, that's 2 votes Galiris, 2 votes Clay, 2 votes Pierre, 1 vote Evan, four votes left."
Zubin turned to look at Ka Lani in shock.
"What are you doing?" He mouthed.
Clay gave a sad shrug.
Galiris bit her lip as she looked on nervously.
"One more vote for Galiris...that's 3 votes Galiris, 2 votes Clay, 2 votes Pierre, 1 vote Evan, 3 votes left." Chris continued to speak. "And we have a third vote…
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For Clay. That's 3 votes Galiris, 3 votes Clay, 2 votes Pierre, 1 vote Evan, 2 votes left."
"What's going on?" Kevin nudged Zubin in the shoulder, who returned Kevin's confused look and gave a shrug.
"One vote for Zubin." Chris announced as he pulled Zubin's named out of the urn.
"That's 3 votes Galiris, 3 votes Clay, 2 votes Pierre, 1 vote Evan, 1 vote Zubin, 1 vote left."
Chris reached his hand into the urn, and pulled out the final piece of paper.
"Placing 10th in Total Drama Nui Kaua…
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Chris turned the slip of paper over.
"Clay. Sorry bro, I guess that's the game. You'll get to take care of any business you may still need to do in your final confessional. Production will take care of the rest."
"Dammit." Clay groaned as he stood up. "I wish I could've gotten farther, done more…"
He and Evan shared a hug before he moved on to Cassandra.
"*Sniff* I'm gonna miss you…" She said as she wrapped her arms around him. "Look me up after the show, okay, please?"
"Sure thing…" Clay agreed. "Alright then…" He turned to face everyone else.
"It looks like things didn't go the way I'd hoped, but now that I'm eliminated, I'll let you know that I do in fact have the Legacy Tiki, it gives its bearer an advantage in the penultimate challenge, and I'll have to will it to someone new in my final confessional. Good luck finding it now, guys. I plan to hide it well."
Clay sighed and boarded the Hang Glide of Shame. "I do think this elimination proves one thing though, even the seemingly strongest alliances have cracks in them. Evan, Cassandra, give those cracks hell."
And with that, Clay flew off as he caught a breeze.
"I couldn't have said Clay's words any better myself." Chris grinned. "It's clear from those votes all over the place that this truly is still anyone's game. Go ahead and head back to either the Merge Cabin or Kokoke Island. You're all safe...for now."
Chris then turned to the camera.
"We've finally cracked single digits as we reach our final 9!" Chris announced as he gestured upwards with his arms. "How will Cassandra and Evan, the final two Ka Lani, fair now that their communication is limited solely to challenges? What third special trick does Pierre's Golden Tiki hold? Can the Honua alliance survive this gigantic fracture or will the Ka Malu O three manage to take over? Find out barely any of this next time…
On Total!
Drama!
Nui Kaua!"
*Clay's Final Confessional
"Shit man...I was so confident when I finally made it to the merge too, only to have all of that confidence shattered. I'm almost certain it was Gal's vote that sent me home, no doubt she really is in cahoots with Ka Malu O now, I guess. I'm proud of the game I played though. It was honest, fair, and I never voted against anyone in my alliance. I played a clean game all the way through, and I'm rooting for Evan and Cassandra to get to the finale for me. But enough about any of that….I have a decision to make, and that's who to will this Legacy Tiki off to...My first instinct is to give it to Evan, but seeing as he's on Kokoke, Pierre would figure that out in a matter of seconds. Instead, I'm going to will it to Cassandra with the trust that she'll find a good hiding spot for it, and won't let it fall into the wrong hands. You've stuck with me since the beginning, Cas. Thank you. This is me returning the favor."
End Confessional*
The Votes(for those who are curious)
Cassandra voted for…Galiris
Clay voted for…Galiris
Evan voted for…Galiris
Galiris voted for…Clay
Julia voted for…Clay
Katrina voted for…Clay
Kevin voted for…Pierre
Lina voted for…Zubin
Pierre voted for…Clay
Zubin voted for…Pierre
The Curse Tiki voted for...Evan