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It's been another week! And so, we continue on with some cliffhangers. I haven't got much else to say, so enjoy!
Euro-Drama Farmyard - Episode 11 Part 1 - The Master in Misery
"Last time on Euro-Drama Roadtrip…" Adrijana began as she stood very close up to the camera.
"Hey! What are you doing!?" Lara yelled as she ran over.
"Well, now that I've been voted off, I thought we could use the recap as some cousin bonding time," Adrijana replied enthusiastically. "Isn't that awesome?"
"No!" Lara yelled. "The recap is something only I am permitted to do."
"Oh yeah, the producers came to the intern's cabin just after I arrived as said I could join in if I wanted to," Adrijana replied. "They gave me a typed note to prove it to you."
"Ugh," Lara groaned as she gazed at it. "Fine…just…keep out of my way."
She faced the camera and continued, "The 27 remaining contestants played a game similar to the classic kids game, 'Sardines', where one person from each team would hide, and the others would have to find them and hide with them…"
"The Zebras lost and I was eliminated!" Adrijana interrupted. "A recap needs to be brief. This episode won't last forever."
"Alright then, buzzkill," Lara snapped. "Only 26 victims remain…I mean contestants."
"Jesus, just say victims," Adrijana sighed. "Do you not think anyone has seen the series?"
"Whatever," Lara sighed. "Only 26 victims remain, but only one win. Find out who goes next this episode of Euro…Drama…"
"...Katie!" Adrijana exclaimed.
Lara looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Fanfiction reference," Adrijana explained.
"Never mind," Lara groaned. "Roll the episode."
Beni crossed his eyes as he lay on his top bunk and watched a spider crawled across the ceiling.
"Beni, what are you doing here?" Luko asked as he walked in.
"Watching a spider," Beni sighed. "I just love all its little legs.
"What happened to getting over it?" Luko asked angrily.
"You just, I just can't do it," the Moldovan guy groaned. "Estrella was my little star, and I just can't go on without her."
Luko let out a sigh, "At least your girlfriend is nearby. Mine is miles away. You should have seen how hard I cried at the airport."
Beni sighed, "I remember going on the plane here. It was amazing. Looking at all those little fields and houses. It's like I was God."
"Yeah," Luko said fondly, before shaking his head. "Come on, get out of bed. We're racing the Zebra's go karts into the lake."
"Risking your life for no reason?" Beni perked up. "Sounds like a game for me."
"Welcome to the Felines' Kart Racing into the Lake Championship!" Rikard announced as he stood on the back of a go-kart where Stela and Anton were already sitting. "In the first kart we have Petros, Berto and Carolyn."
Carolyn and Berto waved at the camera while Petros nervously clutched onto an old comfort blanket.
"Can you put that away?" Berto hissed.
"Not until this is over," Petros squeaked.
"And in the second kart we have Stela, Anton, Luko and moi," Rikard continued. "Or least we should have Luko. He went to find Beni."
"He said he'd be a while," Stela stated. "Should we start without him?"
"It's been 10 minutes. I suppose so," Rikard sighed. "On the count of three! One…two…"
Luko and Beni rushed out suddenly and they grabbed one end of each of the go-karts just before Rikard yelled, "GO!"
Stela and Berto immediately started pedalling as fast as they could down the hill. Some such as Carolyn and Luko were screaming in enjoyment while while others such as Petros and Anton were screaming in fear.
The ride lasted about 10 seconds before the karts splashed into the lake.
Carolyn was first to emerge, and she was covered in vomit.
"Arrgh!" she screamed. "How did…"
"Sorry," Petros apologized as he also popped back up. "I got nervous."
"That was awesome!" Beni cheered as he shook the water out of his long hair.
"Let's do it again!" Rikard exclaimed.
"Ugh, count me out," Anton groaned as he swam out of the lake. "Hey look, the Mantises are back from the spa."
"Who cares about them?" Rikard scoffed. "The Zebras are there. They're back from the elimination. I wonder who left."
"Probably Pavils," Luko stated.
"Eh…I'll go out on a limb and guess Symon," Beni said. "What? It's totally unpredictable."
The eight of them all got out of the water and ran over.
"Hey, why are you all wet?" Emilia asked.
"We raced your go-karts into the lake," Beni told her.
"Dangerous and stupid – that's my kind of game!" Emilia exclaimed.
"So, who left?" Rikard asked, looking around. "Emilia's here, Lou's here, Adri…wait, WHAT!?"
"I know," Emilia sighed, shaking her head
"How did that happen!?" Rikard exclaimed in shock.
"We don't know," Lou sighed, before glaring at Pavils. Pavils didn't look back.
"Damn. I will predict it right next time," Beni sighed, snapping his fingers, to which Luko gave him a light nudge.
"Well, that was a traumatic elimination," Alma sighed.
"Tell me about it," Symon sighed. "I say we should go to bed."
"Yeah, that…sounds nice," Emilia agreed, and she walked beside them.
She tapped Symon's shoulder and hissed, "I need to talk to you in the girl's side of the cabin. Right now."
Symon groaned at this, "Fine."
"Hey, I'll race one of you down the hill right now!" Jessie exclaimed as she started to run off.
Nobody followed immediately, but then Beni shrugged and said, "Come on, let's kick her flat little ass!"
"Sounds good," Luko and Rikard said in unison, and the three of them ran up the hill.
[Confessional: Over the hills and far way…
Rikard (Finland): How did Adrijana end up leaving? Did everyone else get wasted before the ceremony?
Anton (Poland): That was quite a surprising outcome. There's a mastermind somewhere on that team. I'm going to put my money on Finn.]
The Mantises were all sitting in the mess hall eating their dinner. Well, besides Tia, who was standing at the window of the kitchen.
"Aleksander!" she yelled. "Come out here this instant!"
There were some sounds of kitchen utensils clanging before Aleksander came over to the window.
"What's up?" he asked.
"Last time I checked, steak wasn't green," Tia said.
"Oh yeah," Aleksander nodded. "There was a powercut yesterday, so everything in the freezer spoiled."
"Really?" Tia stated, raising an eyebrow. "Because the lights in the cabin were working just fine."
"It mustn't have hit you then," Aleksander shrugged. "Now if you don't mind I…"
In a burst of anger, Tia threw the spoiled steak at Aleksander and it landed in his hair.
"Gross!" he yelled. "What the **** is wrong with you? I can't believe I ever liked you."
"Gee, if I'd known a steak to the head was all I had to do to turn you off, I would have done it ages ago," Tia replied, before returning to her seat.
"Ugh," Aleksander gagged. "I better go wash my hair."
Tia looked very proud of herself and she sat back down at the table.
"Well…that was interesting," Vincenz stated awkwardly.
"I liked it," Hadi replied. "I mean, how can you complain about a good massage and pedicure?"
"I agree," Marios added. "Who said guys can't have a little pampering?"
"Well…" Vincenz said awkwardly.
"Come on, Vincenz," Marios sighed. "This is the 21st century. Men don't have to be manly all the time. You know gender roles are ********!"
"Hey, I may believe in God, but I don't believe in gender roles. They're unnatural," Vincenz said in defense.
"Oh, and a man floating in the…" Marios began, but he caught himself in time. "Never mind."
Vincenz raised an eyebrow at this, but shrugged it off.
[Confessional: You swear you'll die when beliefs collide…
Marios (Greece): Vincenz is such a cherry picker! Has he ever even read the Bible?
You can't choose which parts you like and say those are the parts that are supposed to be taken literally. The book itself is self-authenticating,
If that's what you do, then sorry, but you're not a Christian.
[he bends over and comes up close to the camera]
Have you heard the good news? Religion is ****!
Vincenz (Switzerland): I respect the beliefs of everyone, but I'd rather not try and debate them.]
Symon had a very sour look on his face as Emilia and Lou brought them into the girls' side of the Zebra cabin.
"What happened!?" Lou yelled at them as they sat down on the beds.
"Lou, calm down," Emilia sighed. "Now, really, how did Adrijana getting eliminated?"
"Alright, we'll tell you," Symon said, still looking a little irritated. "We were on our way to the confessional, and Jessie came out of nowhere and she grabbed me and put me in a headlock, and she threatened to choke me if we didn't vote with her."
"That bitch," Lou moaned.
"And you voted with her?" Emilia asked in disbelief.
"No!" Alma exclaimed immediately. "We voted for Jessie."
"Okay, I guess that's not so bad…" Emilia sighed.
"What are you talking about!?" Lou exclaimed, standing up from the bed. "Me and Emilia are the minority now!"
"Oh, like this is only our fault!" Symon shot back. "If you hadn't been such a baby and just voted for Jessie, this wouldn't have happened."
"Oh, so this is all my problem!?" Lou snapped.
"I didn't say it was all your problem," Symon said in defence. "I'm just saying, you are kind of to blame."
"You wanna fight? 'Cuz I could take you any day," Lou threatened.
"Okay, boys, calm down!" Alma exclaimed, clapping her hands. "We're not going to get anywhere by arguing."
"She's right," Emilia agreed.
"Emilia, this was your idea," Symon pointed out.
"I know," Emilia sighed. "I was curious as to how it happened is all. I didn't know it would end up in a fight.
"Okay, I'm sorry," Symon sighed, putting his hands up in defeat.
"Yeah, me too," Lou mumbled.
[Confessional: What do you think of Symon becoming a bit more crafty? Does it feel OOC, or am I pulling it off well?
Symon (Ukraine): I can't help it! Lou's being a jerk! Why can't he just accept that it is kind of his fault and leave it at that?
Lou (Cyprus): Ugh, I need to stop taking my anger out on everyone.
Sveda (Azerbaijan): Did you know that there's websites on the internet where you can easily look up people's medical records?
Because I looked up the ones for a few people on the show, you know, so I could possibly try and exploit them, and I'm amazed that Lou has no mental disorders. I mean…what…is his passive-aggressiveness really just born out of awful experiences?]
"Hey!" Intern #3 screamed from the middle of the queue in the interns' side of the mess hall. "We want our food."
"Coming," Aleksander groaned as he came over to the window. "I just need to dry my hair off."
"Well, hurry up," Amanda said obnoxiously as she glared into his eyes.
He then proceeded to shake around his hair like a dog, but in Amanda's head it was all in slow motion.
"Okay, I'm ready!" Aleksander exclaimed as he started to dry off with a towel. "What can I get you, Intern #3?"
Amanda's eyes were very wide open at that.
[Confessional: Was there sexual music playing in the background?
Amanda (Sweden): [lets out an extremely high pitched scream]]
"Well, that was fun," Carolyn said enthusiastically as she walked towards the cabin with Petros. They were both dripping wet.
"Yeah," Petros muttered as he wrung water out of his comfort blanket. "I'm sorry I threw up on you."
"It's okay," Carolyn replied. "I washed it off without any problem."
"Mm-hmm," Petros nodded, whilst thinking in his head. "Go away, go away, go away."
"Well, I'm sorry for scaring you like that. It's just…I sort of have a crush on you," she giggled.
"What, really?" Petros asked sarcastically.
"Okay, I suppose that was already clear," Carolyn sighed. "So, is there wrong with me?"
"What? I can't answer that!" Petros exclaimed as he began to walk faster.
"Oh, so you think I'm perfect?" Carolyn asked, also walking faster to keep up with him.
"No…er…" Petros hesitated, before yelling, "UGH, LEAVE ME ALONE!"
With that, he ran into cabin.
Carolyn looked very shocked at what had just happened. A tear fell from her eye.
[Confessional: [insert sad face here]
Petros (Armenia): I feel bad, sure, but my goodness, Carolyn is annoying!
It's…it's just…she's…UGH!]
Carolyn kicked open the door of the girl's side of the cabin, where Stela was already lying. She was pouring with tears.
"You okay?" Stela asked in concern.
"No," Carolyn sighed. "Petros…he turned me down."
"Oh," Stela said sadly. "Well, do you need a hug?"
"That would be nice," Carolyn smiled, and they both shared a hug.
"Well, today went well," Tyge said as he and Sanna went back to the cabin. "We won another challenge, we got a great reward, and…two people might even have hooked up."
"You know, maybe I was wrong. Maybe Eloise has changed," Sanna said. "I think it's great that Vincenz has taken her on."
"Well, we don't know that for a fact," Tyge pointed out.
"It's obvious if you ask me," Sanna stated before yawning. "Well, we better get back to the cabin."
[Confessional: MmmMMMmmMMMm
Tyge (Norway): I think this game has changed for the better. We may just get our happy ending after all! And not a rehash of All Stars - I caught up on the show during last year, and things do not end well.
Sanna (Denmark): I don't completely trust Eloise, but…maybe she has changed. Vincenz sure seemed to have done her good.]
It was 8 o'clock the following morning, and Vincenz was meditating against a tree when Eloise walked over to him.
"Hello," she said kindly.
"Oh," Vincenz said, opening his eyes. "Good morning, Eloise."
"Good morning," Eloise smiled, sitting down beside him. "So, I've been doing a lot of thinking."
"Sleeping – it tends to organize a lot of your thoughts," Vincenz nodded.
"So, a lot of people think that we're a thing…" Eloise began.
"Yeah, I know. People are silly," Vincenz chuckled.
"Well, I was thinking…" Eloise took a deep breath. "Do you wanna get together? For real?"
Vincenz looked a bit surprised at this.
"What…really?" he asked. "I mean…you sure?"
"Vincenz," Eloise said, moving towards Vincenz and grabbing his wrist. "Nobody has ever treated me like you have, everyone either treats me like a…oh, I've already gone over all this."
"I know, but…oh, it just doesn't seem right," Vincenz sighed, shaking his head. "I mean, I'm me…you're you. It just…"
"You know what, I won't force you into anything," Eloise sighed. "But…I'd love it."
She walked off with that, and Vincenz went back to meditating.
[Confessional: Two couples in this episode…and both are super-awkward.
Vincenz (Switzerland): Eloise wants me to get together with her? I mean, I adore Eloise but…does it seem right?
I mean, she's a world famous supermodel, and I'm just some guy from the Alps. And…I wouldn't wanna to be stuck in all of that media and stuff…
[he sighs]]
Emilia and Lou were sitting on the porch making out when Jessie came over and kicked Lou in the back.
"Ouch, Pav…" Lou yelled before turning around. "Oh, it's you."
"Isn't it cute how you blame Pavils for everything?" Jessie chuckled. "You really are mentally re****ed!"
"I am not!" Lou yelled, standing up to face her.
"Hey, I won't judge," Jessie shrugged. "My little sister has ADHD. And she makes a very good decoy when me and my friends steal from clothes stores."
"Cool story, but I don't have ADHD," Lou snapped. "By the way, we know about how you messed with Symon and Alma's heads."
"Why thank you, but I can't take all the credit," Jessie giggled.
"Why, who else played a part in it?" Lou asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, I shouldn't tell you…" Jessie sighed. "But Pavils did some planning too."
"Pavils?" Lou repeated. "What kind of planning?"
"I've already said too much," Jessie said quickly. "Gotta run!"
Lou started to boil with anger.
"Lou, come on…" Emilia sighed, putting her arms around him, but he pushed her off and stormed into the boys' side of the cabin. Emilia put her head in her hands before going into the girls' side.
Finn was getting dressed and Symon was stretching when Lou came in, while Pavils was lying down on his bed, wearing nothing but his underwear.
"Pavils, we need to talk!" Lou yelled.
"Joy," Pavils said sarcastically, sitting up in his underwear. "What's up?"
"Hey, should we leave?" Finn asked.
"It doesn't matter," Lou shrugged, turning to face them.
"Yeah, better leave anyway," Finn replied, and once he'd finished tying his shoes, he went out the door. Symon followed him a couple of seconds later.
"Jessie said you had a part to play in Adrijana's elimination," Lou said sternly.
"So?" Pavils asked, raising an eyebrow. "Is it that much of a shock?"
"Yeah, she said you were part of the plan," Lou replied.
"What plan?" Pavils asked.
"Don't play dumb. Symon and Alma told us all about it," Lou snapped.
"About what!?" Pavils exclaimed. "Whatever Jessie did to stop me from getting eliminated, I had nothing to do with it."
"So, you don't know that Jessie tried to choke Symon to get him to vote with you?" Lou asked.
"She did what!?" Pavils yelled in shock. "I had no idea. The only thing I did was decide who we should vote for!"
"Oh," Lou nodded. "Wait a minute! That doesn't make any sense? Why did you vote for her?"
"Well…" Pavils began.
"Why didn't you vote for me? You hate me! Or Emilia – you could have broken me!" Lou exclaimed.
"Why would I want to do that? And piss you off more?" Pavils pointed out.
"Um…" Lou said hesitantly.
"At least you and Emilia have reasons to not like me. Adrijana, on the other hand, she's only doing it for the sake of it. Remember when she made me wear a diaper made of potatoes?"
"Yeah," Lou chuckled. "I remember that. I had to wear pine-branches. I'm kinda glad I got eliminated in the first round."
"Haha, it's so good to talk to you like a normal person," Pavils said.
"Oh…huh…well…" Lou said hesitantly.
"Look, I know some of the stuff I did to you was horrible. And not just you – Emilia, and Luko too, but is holding a grudge going to solve anything?" Pavils asked.
Lou frowned at this, "I will never forgive what you did! It damaged me forever…I…I…ugh, what's the point?"
"Hey, I wanted to ask you a question," Pavils remembered. "What happened to you?"
"What?" Lou asked in confusion.
"So far this season, you keep saying that you had it way worse than me," Pavils said, putting his hands on his hips. "I'd really like to know what happened."
"Wait, what? That's none of your bus…"
"You got to ask me a question. I get to ask you one," Pavils said simply. "Come on."
Lou took a deep breath, "Fine. I'll tell you."
[Confessional: Yawn, we've heard all this before.
Pavils (Latvia): Wow, I had no idea…this guy he talked about sounded way worse than Felips. Lou, I'm sorry I doubted you.
Lou (Cyprus): [stretches his arms] I feel good after that. It's great that me and Pavils have decided to stop fighting, even if we are in different alliances.
Still…[he chuckles]…it's a little pitiful that he got so upset over no longer being popular.]
The Mantises were in the mess hall eating breakfast.
"Well, it's a good thing even Aleksander can't mess up cereal," Marios said optimistically as he continued to eat from a bowl of Rice Krispies.
"Too bad he's able to mess up the milk," Tia groaned as she spat back into her bowl.
"I agree, this isn't very nice. Maybe I'll do without breakfast today," Ilene sighed, pushing her bowl away. "I'd die for some waffles right now."
"Mmm…Belgian waffles," Hadi said fondly.
"I don't think it's that bad…once you get past the slight sour taste," Tyge stated before letting out a burp. "Excuse me."
"You call that a burp?" Sanna repeated. She quickly chugged down a glass of water before letting out a very loud belch.
She earned a few glares, but shrugged it off.
"Hey, did you hear who got eliminated?" Katerina asked the others.
"Yeah, Adrijana," Marios sighed. "Yeah, I'm bummed, but hey, she's won before, and I'm sure I'll still see her around. Still, it sucks that Emilia and Lou aren't in the majority anymore."
"Okay, everyone, it's time for the next challenge!" Lara screamed as she stood on the same rock and the twenty-six remaining contestants gathered over.
"Hey!" Adrijana exclaimed as she ran over from the distance. "So sorry I'm late. There was a long queue for breakfast…so, what's going on here?"
"We're about to start the challenge," Lara explained.
"Yeah, duh," Adrijana responded as she climbed up onto the rock. "What kind of challenge? I need to know in advance so I can explain it."
"Excuse me!?" Lara exclaimed. "I'm the host here."
"Yeah, turns out I don't just get to do the recap, I also get to co-host the whole thing from now on," Adrijana explained. "The producers sent a memo."
"How come I didn't get it!?" Lara whined.
"Alright, there was no memo," Adrijana sighed, shaking her head. "But I'm sure the producers will approve of this…arrangement."
"I honestly doubt it. I'm the star of the show!" Lara insisted, getting in her cousin's face.
"You kidding? I won last season. Obviously people want to see me," Adrijana responded.
"Well, you can't call it much of a win when Ania carried you to the final four!" Lara snapped.
"Hey, if it hadn't been for that volcano, we'd still be cursed!" Adrijana shot back.
"Hey, hey!" Johannes exclaimed, clapping his hands. "Our contestants would really like to know their challenge. Can we save the sibling rivalry for later?"
There was no arguing after that.
"How does he do it?" Lara asked Adrijana.
"I dunno. Drugs?" Adrijana suggested.
"Not important," Lara shrugged, before turning to face the remaining contestants. "Today's challenge will be a variation of the first ever challenge of Total Drama Island."
"Wait, does that mean we'll be jumping from a cliff?" Rikard asked, raising his hand.
"Well, yes and no," Lara replied. "Since there is no cliff on this farm, we constructed one out of a hill near the lake, and some wooden planks."
"Who's we!?" Intern #3 yelled, before showing everyone her bleeding palms. "This is six hours worth of manual labour! I'll sue you for this."
"Yeah, well I'm the person with a gross worth of 200 grand, so good luck with that," Lara replied sarcastically. "Anyways, grab your swimsuits and we'll meet there in 20 minutes."
She was about to walk off when Marios said, "We don't have swimsuits."
"Okay, then," Lara nodded, looking back. "In that case, stay in your regular clothes and we'll go to the cliff now."
[Confessional: I've already clarified that they swim in the lake in their regular clothes, right?
Beni (Moldova): Awesome, I am a champ at diving! I was on the diving team at my school, but I quit after two weeks because I saw the rest of the team stuff one of my friends into a locker
Sometimes you have to put bros before…er…something to do with diving that rhymes with 'bros', but I don't know what it is yet. I'll come back to that.
Sveda (Azerbaijan): [she shudders] I'm really scared of heights. It's probably the only thing I fear in this world – everything else is a breeze, but…ugh…
Petros (Armenia): [sighs] Another incredibly painful challenge – that go-kart race was bad enough. I'm glad nobody teased me too hard over the comfort blanket.]
As Petros walked to the cliff, Stela came up to him.
"'Sup?" he asked as he adjusted his hat.
"Carolyn told me about how you blew her off," Stela said.
"Ugh, lemme guess, we're gonna magically become a couple now thanks to you," Petros said sarcastically.
"Maybe if I'm lucky," Stela said, rolling her eyes. "Anyways, you should really apologize to her. It was pretty harsh."
"The girl wouldn't leave me alone," Petros groaned. "She doesn't seem that bad to be honest, I'm sure we have some of the same interests but…ugh, she was just really creepy when she tried to get me to like her. I don't wanna get in a relationship during the game anyway – that would require trust, something I just don't have."
"Well, this 'thing' you don't have made Carolyn stay up all night crying into her pillow," Stela said, put her hand on Petros' shoulder. "You should be grateful I'm a heavy sleeper."
Stela walked off, and Petros groaned, "God hates me."
[Confessional: Oblongs reference! ;)
Petros (Armenia): When Duncan dumps Courtney, the whole fan base is all [he uses a girly voice] eeeeiiii, he finally got rid of that bitch. Gwuncan forever, but when I say no to Carolyn, I'm a huge jerk!
I'm such a bad luck magnet, and unfortunately, I doubt it's some ancient curse that will be broken when the show ends.]
"Yeah, we made it first!" Luko cheered, as he and Beni reached the top of the 'cliff', landing on the wooden deck.
"Wahoo!" Beni cheered. "Happy dance! Happy dance!"
He then started doing an improvised dance routine, which would have been extremely dorky had anyone else been doing it.
"You okay?" Luko asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Come on, Luko? Join me! You only live once," Beni offered.
Luko thought about it, then shrugged, and started dancing uncontrollably.
"Ha, don't it feel good?" Beni asked him.
"Yup," Luko nodded, and they continued to dance when the Mantises all arrived at once
"Woo, oh yeah, uh-huh," Beni continued to cheer, when he noticed the others, and stopped suddenly. "Why, hello, would you like to join us?"
"Er…not particularly," Tia replied awkwardly.
"Oh, come on, Ti-Ti," Beni pouted, going over and putting his arm around Tia's shoulder. "You don't wanna bust a move with me on the dancefloor?"
He flicked his hair, making Tia blush.
"Well…maybe, but…I can't dance," Tia sighed.
"Ah, now it's all coming out!" Beni exclaimed. "I just knew it!"
Luko had a very confused look on his face as Beni moved onto Katerina.
"Katerina. Kitty-kat," Beni said smoothly. "I see you have to usual do today. Did you smuggle those hair-bobbles in with you?"
"Why, yes," Katerina giggled. "I happen to be a master at it."
"Figures," Beni smiled. "Well, it's totally worth making yourself look beautiful, which you are doing a perfect job at regardless, on the inside and the outside."
"Oh, you're too nice," Katerina said modestly as Beni brought his fingers down her arm.
"Hey, hands off, sly!" Katerina exclaimed, pushing him away. "I'm sure Estrella wouldn't want you to see this. Besides, I may have a guy waiting for me back in Muskoka."
"Oh yes, your damsel in distress…or should I master in misery," Beni responded, clicking his tongue. "You see that more and more these days, huh?"
Katerina nodded as Beni did a twirl and moved onto the next girl.
"Gah!" he exclaimed in shock when he realized it was Lara.
"Hi, Beni. What are you going to say about me?" Lara asked in a smooth tone.
"Ugh, no!" Beni exclaimed in a disgusted tone. "Just…no!"
"Why not? What's wrong with me?" Lara asked as she batted her eyelids.
"Look, you're pretty, but, ugh, there's a heart of stone under there," Beni responded. "Just…get on with hosting."
Lara sighed to herself as she stomped over to a spot farther from the edge of the cliff, and Adrijana followed behind her.
"Okay, here's the challenge!" Lara announced. "If you look around this cliff, you will notice that there are a bunch of ropes put together to form a target. You are aiming for the smallest one in the centre of the lake, and if you land there, you score your team 12 points. Depending on which part of the target you land on, you could earn anything between one point and twelve points, with the except of nine and eleven."
"Why does the EBU hate those numbers so much?" Marios asked rhetorically.
"Moving on," Lara continued. "The team with the highest score wins, and the team with the lowest score loses. Since the Mantises have two extra players, their two lowest scores will be taken away, and the lowest score of the Zebras will also be taken away. Each team will take turns sending one person down. Mantises will go first, Felines second and Zebras third."
"Oh, me first! Me-me-me-me!" Beni exclaimed excitedly, as he ran over to the edge, but Lara grabbed one of his suspenders.
"Easy there, man, a Mantis has to go first. Sanna?" Lara suggested.
"You know it!" Sanna exclaimed. "Tyge, push me!"
"Got it!" Tyge exclaimed, and he grabbed the handles and pushed as fast as he could.
"Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Sanna cheered as she fell into the water with a splash.
"Sanna kicks off the Mantises score today with four points!" Lara announced.
"Not bad," Sanna nodded as she flapped her arms about. "Can someone help me?"
"I'm on it!" Johannes exclaimed as he jumped into the water.
"Okay, me next! Me next!" Beni exclaimed as he leapt off the cliff, and he did a near perfect dive, barely splashing as he landed in the water.
"Not bad," Lara commented as she peered over the edge.
"You..." Beni began as he swam to the surface. "Don't get to cheer."
Lara pouted at this, so it was up to Adrijana to say, "Beni earns ten points for the Ferocious Felines!"
"Yahoo!" Beni cheered, and he started dancing hysterically again.
"That's a good start for us, huh?" Rikard cheered, wrapping his shoulders around Anton.
"I can see us pulling a victory," Stela commented.
"I wasn't talking to you," Rikard snapped, to which Stela just sighed.
"Okay, who will be the first Zebra?" Lara asked, turning to face the eight members.
The eight of them all looked at each other, with different degrees of nervousness.
"I'll do it," Symon sighed, and walked towards the cliff, before leaping off.
"Come on, Symon!" Alma cheered as he fell into the water.
"Ooh, not a good start for the Zebras. Symon was way off," Lara stated. "2 points."
There was a series of groans from the other team members.
"Some team-mate," Jessie groaned, folding her arms.
The others glared at her and she sighed, "You guys take everything way too seriously."
"No we don't!" Sveda protested. "We're free!"
She then started jumping about hysterically, which made Finn laugh.
"She's something, huh boy?" he said to Pavils.
"I've no idea what you just said," Pavils replied.
"Mantises, which of you is next?" Lara asked.
"Hey, do you need some help?" Beni asked Symon as he swam out of the lake.
"I'll be fine," Symon assured him as he got to the surface. "My left arm is just a bit weak."
Once he stood up, he rolled up his sleeves, revealing that his right arm was a lot more toned than his left arm.
"How is that possible?" Beni asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Nuclear. It's a bitch," Symon chuckled.
"Well...it's great that you can laugh about it," Beni responded, nodding his head.
"It's what we do," Sanna replied as he came over. "You know what I can't stand?"
"I dunno, what?" Beni asked.
"Hang, let me rephrase that," Sanna said, shaking her head. "You know what? I can't stand."
Beni and Symon both started snorting with laughter.
[Confessional: Sanna, you f***ing ripped off Jack Carroll!
Beni (Moldova): I think it's great that people can laugh about their disabilities. Personally, I'm rather insecure about my ADHD - it got me bullied for the first fourteen years of my life, and now the same girls who used to punch me in the head want me with them in bed.
Symon (Ukraine): Having a good laugh after yourself feels great. Too bad I can rarely do it.]
"Hell, yes!" Tyge cheered as he feel from the cliff. The dive didn't land very well, and he ended up landing on his back.
"Dritt," Tyge groaned as he landed in the water.
"Tyge landed in the '7' zone!" Lara announced. "If you add Sanna's 4..."
"11 points to the Malicious Mantises!" Adrijana exclaimed. "What? I can do maths in my head."
"Congrats, you get a gold star," Lara said sarcastically, before turning to face the Felines. "Who's next?"
"Coming through, coming through!" Luko exclaimed, pushing Lara aside before he jumped off the 'cliff', doing a flip along the way, before landing close to the centre.
"Eight points," Adrijana stated.
Felines - 18
Zebras - 2
Mantises - 11
"Tyge! Tyge! Are you okay!?" Sanna asked in concern as he continued to float in the zone.
"I'm fine. I'll be out in a few seconds," Tyge assured her.
"You should come quick. Someone's about to land," Sanna replied, before Luko landed in the water, not far from the Norwegian guy,
"You okay? I could have landed on you," Luko asked Tyge, before he swam towards the surface.
"I'm okay," Tyge assured him as he also began to swim over. "It was just a dive. I've seen both of you do far more dangerous stuff. No offense."
"None taken," Luko assured him.
"I think I bruised my back, though," Tyge stated. "Dritt, dritt."
"There's some muscle-relax cream in the bathroom. Will I get it?" Luko asked him.
"Yeah," Tyge replied as he sat down on the grass, and turned to Sanna. "They really do have everything in that room. I still can't believe they have an abortion knife in the girls' room."
"Yeah. It took six of us to get it off of Anka," Sanna sighed. "It was the most disturbing thing I ever saw. I hope they never air it."
"They probably didn't," Tyge assured her. "Ouch! This is painful. Ugh...I'm sorry, it's so unlike me to complain."
"Don't worry about it," Sanna stated, before she was interrupted by a light splash. Pavils had just landed near the centre of the lake.
"Ten points!" they heard Lara yell.
Felines - 18
Zebras - 12
Mantises - 11
"Great dive," Tyge complimented as Pavils came to the surface.
"Thanks," Pavils smiled. He then looked at Sanna, who didn't make eye contact.
"Well, I best be going," the Latvian stated before going off.
[Confessional: I just realized that Beni completely ignored me.
Pavils (Latvia): So, Sanna still doesn't forgive me. I don't care. This will be a slow process. I've got Lou, and that's enough for now.]
So, Adrijana is now a co-host, Lou and Pavils finally made up, and Beni is f**king shameless. How's that for an episode?
Please review whatever your opinion, and...
Disclaimer - [burps] Ah, that BLT sure hit the spot!
Oh, you made a BLT for lunch?
Disclaimer - No, I found one in the fridge.
I MADE THAT EARLIER! I WAS SAVING IT!
[grabs Disclaimer and starts beating his head against the wall]