Disclaimer - I forgot that I still existed
I really, really hate how long it's taking for me to finish these chapters. It's already taken me twice as long as Euro-Drama Roadtrip to get this far. And it may very well take me another year :(
But another chapter is here. Really hope this was worth the wait.
Euro-Drama Farmyard - Episode 24, Part 1 - Coincidence?
"Last time on…" Lara began, before she collapsed to her knees from laughing. Adrijana stood beside her. Her hair had been pinned in place to cover up the bald patches.
"Last time on Euro-Dram…" Lara attempted to do it again, before once again collapsing from laughter.
"Are you about done?" Adrijana asked irritably.
"Alright…alright…you do it," Lara giggled. "I just…I can't stop…"
"She still can't stop pissing herself over me getting my head shaved. It really wasn't that funny," Adrijana sighed.
"It was," Lara squeaked as she clenched her stomach.
"Last time on Euro-Drama Farmyard, the final 13 took part in a three-fold challenge. First, they had to jump into water infested with stinging weever fish; sucked for Pavils; then they had to face their fears…"
"Sucked for you," Lara snorted, before Adrijana shot her a death glare.
"And finally we had individual dodgeball, which didn't suck for Katerina, because she got immunity. During the elimination, we had more weird and complicated strategy, which included Sveda trying to backstab Eloise, but it didn't quite work out, and they both went home. Well, to the interns' cabin, but you know what I mean."
"Find out what happens next on Euro…Drama...Farmyard!" Lara concluded.
"Seriously? You were ready for that bit?" Adrijana asked irritably.
[Confessional: Please let this chapter be much quicker than the last one. And I hope there's more than one review ;)
Hadi (Israel): Wow! I did not think I would get this far. I have to say, it feels great to have ranked the highest of my alliance, especially since I was the first one out last year. Through no fault of my own, I may add.
Petros and Carolyn walked back to the cabin when Emilia and Lou caught up with them.
"You were right, Carolyn," Emilia smiled. "It does get easier each time."
"Didn't I tell you?" Carolyn giggled.
"It's like the first time I wasn't expecting it and I was all shocked, but this time I knew it could happen, so I wasn't so bothered about leaving," Emilia stated.
"Yeah, it was the same with me," Carolyn agreed. "But it's been a while since I came close to being voted off. Everyone still has a chance to win."
"Not really," Lou chimed in. "Because the winner will be me."
"Well, congratulations in advance," Emilia giggled, giving him a nudge.
"What are you going to do with the money?" Petros asked him.
"Well, I'd definitely like to travel around. I'd really like to go to all those countries that I missed last year. Which one was the first after Cyprus?"
"Um…Israel," Emilia answered.
"Oh yeah, I've heard they have some really nice temples," Lou began.
[Confessional: Kyrgyzstan absolutely slayed at MSC
Petros (Armenia): That's nice, Lou. Spend a few months or even a year or two derping around Europe and forgetting you ever had worries.
Honestly, if I ever tried something remotely like what Lou did, I would have been massacred.
And…[coughs]…with good reason. You should always honour thy parents. It's one of the Ten Commandments.
[he puts his hands together to pray as he waits for the static to cut.
He then groans to himself before walking out of the confessional]]
"So…two allies down," Pavils sighed to himself as he walked with Symon. "Not good…not good…"
"So? Two dangerous threats are out of the game. We already knew Sveda and Eloise had been telling lies to further themselves," Symon pointed out.
"I know they did nothing for you, but half of the people here still hate me. I need as many people on my side as I can get," Pavils sighed.
"Look…I'm sorry…oh…by the way, I should probably tell you what I did last night," Symon said, putting his hands behind his back.
"What did you do?"
"I was relaxing in that hammock back there, and Emilia and Lou asked me to vote with them. I saw this as a good opportunity to undermine Sveda, so I told them about the alliance and suggested voting for Vincenz."
"Oh…wait what!? You told them about the alliance!?" Pavils gasped.
"Look I'm sorry, Sveda was a huge threat and I needed…"
"Emilia and Lou are in an alliance with Petros and Carolyn," Pavils groaned. "Ugh…I don't need all those votes against me."
"Why didn't you tell me this before?" Symon asked.
"Well, you didn't tell me about the Vincenz thing."
"Sveda would have detected that you knew. She can read people's body language."
"And she wouldn't have detected from you?"
"No…you see…there's no point in getting mad at each other," Symon sighed. "Petros…that slimeball…he had a secret alliance this whole time. And I thought I was crazy for thinking he was evil…"
"To be fair, it's not like he's the only person who has a secret alliance. There's our one too. And I wouldn't put it behind Sanna to do the same thing," Pavils pointed out.
"He has got to go next…or Carolyn…depends on who gets immunity."
"What about Emilia and Lou?" Pavils asked. "They're way better at challenges."
"True...but we need to get the root of the problem. You don't think Petros could start up another alliance?" Symon asked. "Besides, you and Lou have made up, while Carolyn hates you. Don't you want to stay safe?"
"You do have a point," Pavils nodded. "See, this is why I don't lead alliances. I suck at thinking about this stuff."
Symon patted him on the back as they walked off.
[Confessional: Arrrgh…it's been a month already! Why can't I churn out chapters like I used to?
Symon (Ukraine): Everyone is so secretive about their allies in this season. I can't really blame them though – last time the two alliances were gunning each down, and who made the final 3? Adrijana and Aleksander, who had no allies!]
Pavils and Symon came over to see everyone besides Katerina hanging outside the north cabin.
"So, final 11!" Rikard exclaimed as he sat against the steps. "How about that?"
"It's amazing," Carolyn replied as she sat on the ground next to Petros. "Just…how did I get this far?"
"We've all thought that," Emilia added as she snuggled up to Lou. "I mean, we all just outlasted Sveda. She could read people's freaking body language."
"I think we've already seen that there are no set qualities to winning this show," Hadi pointed out. "I mean, first we had the token fat guy…"
"It's not really nice to call Owen fat," Carolyn frowned.
"Why not? His whole character revolved around it," Hadi pointed out. "Then we had the farm girl Beth, after that…"
"No, Duncan was the real ending," Emilia interrupted.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, Beth won in the Netherlands, but I remember looking up the real winners at one point, and Owen, Duncan, Alejandro, Cameron, Mike and Sky were the real winners," Emilia pointed out.
"Oh yeah," Ilene added. "I remember after every season, the magazines would always clarify who the real winner was. My friend Karin had this argument on the phone with her cousin after All Stars because Mike won in the Dutch region, but Zoey won in the French-speaking region."
Pavils snorted, "Why would they even go to all that trouble?"
There was silence for a few seconds.
"This is usually the point where Marios would come in and explain everything," Emilia giggled before sighing, "I miss Marios."
"He was, like, the heart of the show last time," Ilene sighed. "I remember everyone would talk about him the most on Twitter. Say stuff like, 'The show would be nothing without him'."
"Yeah, I remember that too," Carolyn agreed. "All my friends would fight over who would get Marios, and I'd be standing at the side like, 'You fight, I'll just stick with my…oh…"
Emilia and Lou collapsed with laughter, and it wasn't long before everyone else joined in. Carolyn's face went red with embarrassment as she slowly turned to look at Petros, but he was laughing like all the rest.
[Confessional: Katie Marovitch is the best part of CollegeHumor
Emilia (Netherlands): All my life I've been the obsessed fangirl. It's so weird having other people fangirl over my boyfriend.
Carolyn (United Kingdom): Yeah, it's still hard to adjust…[giggles]…I hope Petros wasn't too mad.
Petros (Armenia): Why should I be mad? It's totally normal to crush on famous people. Like me with Ana Ka…Ka…[pretends to slur]…Anne Frank. Yeah. She's inspiring and kind of cute. And not an atheist.
[quickly dashes out of the confessional]]
"I agree with Hadi, though," Rikard said. "There's no key to winning this show. I mean, I was the first person voted off my team last season, and now I'm the last original member of the Felines."
"What about Katerina?" Ilene asked.
"Well, she switched teams halfway through, so she doesn't really count," Rikard stated.
"Where is Katerina, by the way?" Pavils asked.
"In the mess hall, getting her reward," Ilene replied.
"Katerina's been getting a lot of rewards lately," Pavils noted. "It's kind of making her a threat."
Ilene raised an eyebrow at him, but Pavils winked back. Ilene rolled her eyes in response.
"Pavils, stop trying to cover your ass," Sanna groaned.
"I was just saying…" Pavils said defense.
"No! It's pathetic how you'd try to put someone else's game on the line to…"
"Sanna, he's not worth it," Lou frowned.
Sanna raised her eyebrows at this.
"You know, it's getting a little chilly out here. I'm going to go inside," Emilia said awkwardly, gesturing at Lou to follow her.
After a couple of seconds, Pavils said, "I guess I'm not welcome here either."
With that, he also went off.
"Can you believe him?" Sanna hissed.
"I'm sorry, but I don't see the big deal. He was just stating something," Rikard shrugged.
"I think it's obvious. Now that Eloise and Sveda are gone, he's going to do whatever it takes to stay in the game," Sanna continued.
"I know. He really thinks we're going to forget about what he did to Ilene?" Carolyn asked.
Ilene just sighed at this.
"I…uh…better go," she said.
Once she had gone, Symon got up and said, "If Ilene can forgive him, why can't you?"
With that, he also left.
"Then there were five," Petros muttered.
"Congratulations, Sanna," Rikard chuckled. "You got six people to leave in two minutes."
"I'm sorry, it's just…"
"Let's change the subject," Hadi interrupted.
"So, how does it feel to be the last person left from the season 1 merge?" Carolyn asked Sanna.
"Brilliant," Sanna replied. "I don't really like losing, so it's great that I'm going to have two top 10 positions. But I really want to make it all the way this time."
"Don't we all," Carolyn sighed. "I still think I've done the UK proud no matter where I finish. We deserve a good position after doing so badly at Eurovision. Think about how great it would be to have the UK hosting once again."
"I think I said last season that I'd have a season in Greenland," Sanna said in memory. "I still think we should. It'd be interesting."
"I don't know where I'd host it. I mean, there's so many great places you could hold it in my country," Carolyn sighed.
"Do you think the queen would let us do a season in Buckingham Palace?" Sanna asked.
"I don't know. That would be epic though," Carolyn giggled. "Where else? Maybe Legoland – that would be cool."
"Oh, I went there a couple of times when I was a child. The one in Denmark, I mean," Sanna stated, sighing in memory.
"Didn't you say last year that you hated Lego?" Carolyn asked.
"Well, yeah, but I loved all the rides," Sanna replied. "The best part was that I didn't have to queue."
The others laughed at this.
"Oh! But…this is a funny story," Sanna began as she tried to hold in her laughter. "There was this one rollercoaster that wouldn't allow disabled people, so me and my sister got this big coat and she had me sit on her shoulders as we stood in the queue."
"No way!" Hadi exclaimed. "Did it work?"
"No. The guy managing the ride noticed, but he was so impressed that he told his boss, and he gave us a load of free merchandise. We got to go on national news as well," Sanna replied.
"That is so cool!" Rikard exclaimed. "You went on national news?"
"Yeah. We got, like, two weeks off of school to go on talk shows and radio stations," Sanna said in memory. "We got all this free stuff from all these companies. It was like Christmas, only way better."
"That is just…so badass," Hadi said, visibly impressed. "I wish that could have happened to me. I remember Tamon was in the news after his dad invented those bath toys. It really sucked since it was right after we stopped being friends."
"I know the feeling. I remember…um…this guy who used to be bully me…he'd always be in local news for winning sports and stuff," Rikard replied.
"Is he dangerous?" Sanna asked. "Why don't you say his name?"
"No," Rikard sighed. "It's just…I don't think anyone should have the said the names of people who bullied them. You don't know what will happen when you have crazy fans behind you."
"Oh yeah!" Hadi exclaimed. "Wasn't that guy who pushed Johannes around…Halldór, was it? Some crazy fan hacked into his Facebook and leaked a load of personal information."
"Yeah, that was awful. I heard about it from Luko," Rikard agreed, before sighing, "Like, I know he did some horrible stuff, but he didn't deserve that."
"I know. I always see Tamon get beat up when I'm walking to my new school," Hadi stated. "Though to be fair, he did show up in the finale, so everyone would have found out who he was anyway."
"True," Rikard agreed.
There was a bit of silence, before Hadi said, "Where would I have a season? A temple would be cool. Plus, it would piss off my relatives."
"Kind of a shame. I thought it had some cool ideas in it," Rikard admitted. "Now…where would I have one? I dunno, I kind of like Sanna's ideas of going somewhere cold. I think I'd hold it in a forest."
"What about you, Petros?" Hadi asked.
"Hmm…" Petros responded, sitting up and adjusting his hat. "I don't know. Anywhere in Armenia would be a good challenge."
Carolyn sighed at this as she rubbed Petros' neck.
[Confessional: It's worrying how much time I spend trying to think of things to say
Hadi (Israel): Sanna needs to watch her mouth. We have a secret alliance. Is it hard to believe people might have another secret one with Pavils?
Sanna (Denmark): That was fun. I'm surprised that I went almost two seasons without bringing that up. It's definitely one of my proudest moments – though winning this contest would definitely top that.
Carolyn (United Kingdom): Sanna's story was pretty effing epic!
[sighs] It feels so wrong to have nice conversations with people who I'm fighting against.
Rikard (Finland): As much as I hate the people who bullied me, I'd never wish for them to be attacked by the internet.
Petros (Armenia): [chuckles] I'm still laughing at how Sanna got half of the group to clear out in less than two minutes.]
Katerina arrived in the mess hall, only to be greeted by Noah and Dawn.
"Hey, guys," she greeted. "Long time no see."
"I know, right?" Noah responded, looking a little irritated. "We're supposed to be fan favourites and the producers barely give us anything to do. I'm not complaining though. It's easy money."
"Put some pride in your work," Dawn giggled, giving Noah a nudge, before turning to face Katerina. "Welcome to dinner theatre. Congratulations on being the sole-immunity winner. What would you like tonight?"
"Well, for my main course I would like rice with bits of sausage and carrot," Katerina replied. "And for my dessert…hmm…"
[Confessional: I lied about being Canadian
Katerina (Macedonia): I'm not really sure who to go with for my reward. I mean, I was going to go with Sveda or Eloise, but they're eliminated now.
Who do I not know that much about? Ilene's with me so she's fine.
I already know about Petros' alliance with Emilia, Lou and Carolyn, so there's not much point in going after them.
Pavils…he's a moron, but he's not worth looking into. I think I'll give Symon a pass too since he's a fellow Slav.
But I thought…since there's two secret alliances, could there be more?
Hadi was part of the couple's alliance, but could he have started another one? And Sanna too...
Rikard's kind of a wildcard as well...]
"...Sanna," Katerina concluded.
"Interesting choice," Noah commented.
"Also…" Katerina added. "Could I have Ezekiel to watch them with me?"
Dawn shut her eyes. "I don't think we're going to have any disturbances if we attempt to get him tonight so…I suppose you can."
"Thank you!" Katerina squealed as Luko and Beni pushed in a giant TV. "Hi, Luko."
"Zdravo," Luko greeted while Beni tipped his hat. "How does it feel to be in the final 11?"
"Incredible!" Katerina squealed. "And I promise I will get a Balkan to the final 3!"
Beni was about to open his mouth to say something when he stopped himself.
"Okay, so…Sanna," Luko said as he bent over and opened the cupboard under the TV, which had a number of DVD boxes. He took out the one labelled 'Sanna', opened the box, and put it inside the player.
"Enjoy!" Beni exclaimed before he and Luko took off.
[Confessional: 59 confessionals to sit through, folks!
Petros (Armenia): I'm really worried that I'm the one who Katerina picked. I cannot have her knowing about my alliance. Ugh…
Sanna (Denmark): I doubt Katerina picked my confessionals. And hopefully not Hadi's. Still, whoever gets picked…sucks to be them…
Katerina (Macedonia): Literally the first ten or so confessionals are Sanna bitching about Amanda. I mean, God, talk about something else!
Beni (Moldova): [rolls eyes] Oh yeah, that's right, Aleksander's not a "true" Balkan.]
"I know what Tyge did was wrong, but it's best if he pretends he still has amnesia tomorrow. It's best we don't get in trouble," Sanna sighed to herself on the screen.
Katerina sat at one of the tables with her dinner, while Ezekiel snuggled up next to her.
"Wait…she barely did anything between Amanda's elimination and Tyge getting amnesia?" Katerina asked, raising her eyebrows. "They were at least five episodes apart."
"At least it wasn't as bad as Sadie," Ezekiel croaked.
"Oh yeah, she did nothing after Katie got voted off. They may as well have left together," Katerina agreed before sighing. "I hope this wasn't a waste of time."
The next confessional came up,
"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer," Sanna said in a mocking tone. "Come on, Amanda, I am not an idiot. Still I'm immune, that's good."
"Sh, this is interesting," Katerina hissed at Ezekiel.
[Confessional: Will this new found information actually go anywhere?
Katerina (Macedonia): [slaps her face] Sanna joined the Couple's Alliance! It should have been obvious, they were allies last season!
Oh yeah, I don't buy this 'not technically allies' crap. Once allies, always allies.
I need to tell Ilene!
Rikard (Finland): You know, Emilia and Lou never came back to me on that alliance. Maybe I'll ask them again tomorrow.
[twitches a bit] I'm sorry – I'm just so mad that Stela lied about Sveda. What did she ever do wrong?]
Rikard arrived in the boys' side of the north cabin, where Lou had just dressed down to his underwear.
"Hey," Rikard greeted.
"Oh, hi," Lou replied. "Hey, thanks for saving Emilia tonight."
"That was last night. Tia saved Emilia tonight," Rikard pointed out.
"Oh, yeah," Lou remembered. "Well, thanks for the night before."
"Well, no problem," Rikard smiled. "Hey, you never came back to me about that alliance."
"Oh, yeah. I guess we forgot about it," Lou sighed. "Well…um…hopefully we'll have an answer tomorrow. I'll ask…"
"Sh," Rikard hissed as he gazed out the window. "No more about it now."
"Why? What's…" Lou asked as he also looked out of the window, only to see Hadi walking up the front porch. "Oh!"
"Hello. Can I sleep here tonight? It's getting a bit lonely in the east," Hadi told them.
"No problem," Lou told him. "Come in."
"Hey, you missed Sanna's story about Legoland," Hadi said.
"Legoland? What's that?" Lou asked.
"It's a theme park," Rikard told him as he unbuttoned his shirt.
"Okay. What did she do at it?" Lou inquired.
"She stood on her sister's shoulders, and they put on this big coat to try and get on a ride that didn't allow disabled people," Hadi told him. "It didn't work, but she got to go on national news."
Lou immediately burst out laughing, "That is f***ing amazing, yeah."
[Confessional: I GOT INTO OESC!
Rikard (Finland): [shrugs] I guess I'll have to wait until morning.
Lou (Cyprus): You know what? If Carolyn and Petros aren't okay with allying with Rikard, we should dump them. Rikard is our friend, and Petros constantly judges me. Who do we really want to take to the end?
[his eyes go wide] Oh, they meant Lego as in the toy! [slaps his face] I am so slow.]
Katerina rushed towards the east cabin.
"Ilene! Ilene!" she cried as she reached the porch. "There's something I need to…oh."
Katerina stood awkwardly at the door as Ilene and Carolyn lay in their beds giving her weird stares.
"Er…hi," Ilene said awkwardly. "Carolyn…um…decided to…you know…as you can see."
"Yeah, that's fine," Katerina said casually.
"Was there something you wanted to tell her?" Carolyn asked.
Katerina hesitated for a moment, before a sly look appeared on her face, "No. I suppose you can hear it too."
As she climbed onto one of the top bunks, Ilene asked her, "What's going on?"
"Well, I went to mess hall for my reward," Katerina explained. "And I chose Sanna."
"Sanna, really? I would have gone with p…p…perhaps a better option than that," Ilene replied, her cheeks going red.
"Well, I had my reasons," Katerina stated. "But I found out something interesting."
"Oh, what?" Ilene asked.
"Well, it turns out that Sanna is in a secret alliance," Katerina told them.
"What? For real?" Ilene gasped.
"It's with Hadi, right?" Carolyn asked. "They were allies last year."
"Yeah, they have an alliance of five – it's her, him, Rikard, Emilia and Lou," Katerina stated.
Carolyn's eyes went wide. "You're kidding!"
"I'm just as shocked as you are," Katerina shrugged. "Well, it's getting late. We better turn out the lights."
Carolyn nodded in agreement, and switched the lights off before settling down.
[Confessional: Dave Rubin drank the 'progressives are all SJWs' Kool Aid
Katerina (Macedonia): I just came up with that on the spot as soon as I saw Carolyn. Heh, serves her right for trying to intrude on us.
I kind of feel bad now…but I suppose it should keep us safe for a while.
Carolyn (United Kingdom): What!? Emilia and Lou started another alliance without telling us!? Oh…I just…I want to…UGH!]
As the sun rose in the sky, Petros sat against a tree talking to himself.
"Final 11. Final 11 – finanananal elelele…"
He suddenly stopped when he saw Carolyn stomping over.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You'll never believe what I found out," Carolyn snarled.
"Do tell."
"I was in the cabin with Ilene, when Katerina came in and told us that she picked Sanna for her reward, and she found out that Sanna is secretly in an alliance of five people, including Emilia and Lou," Carolyn responded, still annoyed.
"What?" Petros asked in shock. "Could it be true? You know, I wouldn't put it behind them…they have left the alliance before…who else is in the alliance?"
"Rikard and Hadi," Carolyn replied.
"Oh yeah, Sanna was in the Couples' Alliance last year," Petros remembered. "They could have re-united. And they did say Rikard was voting with us."
"Mm-hmm," Carolyn nodded. "This is all coming together now."
"Wait a minute!" Petros exclaimed. "Why would they have agreed to vote off Zeferino? And Agnessa. If Hadi was in the alliance, surely they would have been there too."
"Oh yeah," Carolyn remembered.
"I know. I'll bet Katerina picked one of us. She knows about our alliance, and she knows how we know about her alliance. She must have made it up to keep a target off their backs," Petros stated.
"That makes sense," Carolyn commented.
"But…we don't even know if this alliance exists. I mean, I could buy that Ilene and Katerina stayed allies. Maybe Eloise and Sveda got together, and that would mean Pavils probably got dragged along."
"I wouldn't be surprised if he still thought Stela was lying," Carolyn snarled.
"But I just don't get how they would have gotten back together. I mean, Katerina is pretty easily fuelled by feelings, and I can't see Ilene starting it again…but Ilene could be a façade…"
"Symon is still in the wrong either way," Carolyn reminded him.
"Point…but back to Emilia and Lou. Why would they have voted off Zeferino and Agnessa? Maybe to keep away suspicion? Did the alliance only start yesterday?"
"It's a mystery," Carolyn sighed.
"Well, I say we keep it to ourselves for now. Well, you, me, Ilene and Katerina, but you get the point," Petros advised. "We can discuss it more later."
"Okay," Carolyn nodded. "Now that we're both up, what do you want to do?"
"Just keep talking to be honest," Petros replied. "So…um…uh…"
[Confessional: And they sat in silence for 20 minutes
Petros (Armenia): There are so many possibilities for what's going on that it's making my head explode.
Carolyn (United Kingdom): Petros is such a genius for managing to figure all that stuff out. I never would have remembered that they helped us vote out Zeferino and Agnessa.
I really have no idea what's going on.
Ilene (Belgium): Katerina explained what actually happened. I really hope Petros and Carolyn don't figure out that she lied.]
As Aleksander served Amanda breakfast, she noticed the look on his face.
"Why are you so happy?" Amanda asked him.
"Well, Sveda's finally out, no thanks to you," Aleksander replied.
"Look, I did my best…"
"Did your best? You f***ing allied with her!" Aleksander yelled. "Just forget it, Amanda. Any chances we had are now kaput. Gone. Over."
Amanda scoffed and rolled her eyes, "Like I'd ever fall for you."
"You and I both know that isn't true."
"Just…shut up!" Amanda yelled at him.
Most of the others sat at their table in silent confusion or faint laughter.
"Those two are inevitable," Luko hissed, jerking his thumb at them.
"A year ago I would have said she's out of his league, but at this point, they're at the bottom together," Johannes, who was sitting beside him, replied.
"Oh yes. Totally agree," Beni said in mesmerized tone.
"Whoops, force of habit," Johannes sighed.
"I was joking anyway," Beni chuckled. "So…Katerina picked an interesting choice."
"Oh yeah," Luko agreed.
"Why? Who did she pick?" Tyge asked.
"Sanna," Luko told him.
"Oh no! That can't be good," Tyge sighed. "We had this…er…voting agreement with the Couples' Alliance. Now she knows."
"Why is that bad? Only Sanna and Hadi are left. Why would she care about a two person alliance?" Johannes asked.
"Good point…I don't know, it still feel like something is going to go wrong," Tyge sighed.
[Confessional: Cosmo and Rwanda
Amanda (Sweden): I don't know what kind of reverse psychology Aleksander is trying to play on me, but it's not going to work.
I am never going to date that stud…I mean…creep.]
Emilia and Lou were making out behind a bush.
"I love moments like this," she said. "We can just forget everything and make love."
"Oh!" Lou exclaimed, accidentally spitting saliva all over Emilia's face. "I'm sorry."
"What's wrong?" Emilia asked in concern.
"I just remembered something," Lou said as he stood back up and dusted himself off. "Last night Rikard asked me why I never came back on the alliance."
"Oh yeah. We forgot," Emilia sighed. "Well, I guess we should go tell Carolyn and Petros before we forget again."
"Why do we need to go to them for everything?" Lou complained. "In fact, why do we need them anyway?"
"Sorry…"
"Do you not remember how they tried to screw us over yesterday?" Lou asked. "Putting an alliance with Sveda over our safety?"
"Well, yeah…but we left before and it didn't work out."
"That was different. That was when I tried to take charge, and, no offense to myself, but I'm not much a strategist. You, on the other hand, you saw right through the flaws of Petros' plan. You could dominate this time!" Lou exclaimed.
"Oh, stop it you," Emilia giggled, putting one hand to her face.
"Unlike you, I'm not just saying that. We could start an alliance with our friends – Rikard. We might even be able to get Sanna or Symon on our side," Lou said.
"I'd rather not have Symon. He's proven that he's not very trustworthy," Emilia sighed.
"How?" Lou asked.
"He told us about Eloise's secret alliance. We don't want him telling other people about our alliance," Emilia pointed out.
"Oh yeah. That's true," Lou nodded. "So, when should we tell them?"
"I actually think we should tell them now," Emilia said. "Then hopefully they'll have calmed down by this evening."
Lou sighed at this.
[Confessional: Nobody understands the OVSC references I make :(
Lou (Cyprus): It'll be sad saying goodbye to Carolyn, but Petros can lick my a**. All he ever did was complain about me.
Emilia (Netherlands): I'm going to regret breaking this alliance – Carolyn is my friend after all.
But it's for the best. I don't think Petros is a bad guy, and I wish him and Carolyn the best, but he clearly doesn't care about our game.]
Hadi folded his arms as he leaned against a tree in the forest. Sanna sat in her wheelchair across from him.
"Okay, I don't believe anyone is watching. What did you want to talk about?" Sanna asked as she looked around.
"Well, I wanted to see what you thought about expanding our alliance," Hadi said. "You said you were interested in including Emilia and Lou, or Katerina and Ilene."
"I didn't say that. I just said it was better than allying with Sveda," Sanna pointed out. "Look, I don't think we should try anything."
"Why not?" Hadi asked.
"We're in a great position. I haven't gotten a single vote since the start of the merge, and you always get called out early as well. Whatever we're doing is working."
"I really don't think we can count on that," Hadi said in response. "The voting is very unpredictable. Ilene went from almost leaving to getting no votes. Stela went from getting no votes in the first round of the merge to being eliminated two episodes later. We're just as likely to be next as anyone else."
"Not…a single…vote," Sanna repeated, emphasising on her consonants. "I'm not in the mood to be taking risks. If you want to round up allies, go ahead, but I won't be a part of it."
"What? You're going to leave?" Hadi asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No. I'll still vote with you. This isn't an official alliance after all," Sanna reminded him.
Hadi groaned, "Okay, maybe you're right, maybe you're not. But I'd rather stay safe and…well…I'll have to think about it some more."
Sanna giggled, "Let's get back to the others."
Hadi shook his head as he followed behind her.
[Confessional: What have you done today to make you feel like shit?
Sanna (Denmark): I'm not trying to piss Hadi off. [fixes her hair] I'm just looking out for myself. If he wants to look out for himself, he'll join me in not changing anything.
Hadi (Israel): Now that I've made it this far, I'm really determined to win the whole thing. [clenches his fists] But I've no idea where to go from here. Anything I do from here could potentially go wrong. [sighs]]
Pavils and Ilene were sunbathing on the grass when Pavils sat up and said, "I've got to pee."
Ilene nodded before turning to her side.
A few seconds later, Rikard approached her.
"Hey, girl," he greeted. "Do you mind if I join you?"
"No," Ilene smiled. "Join us if you want."
"Who's us?"
"Oh, Pavils went to the bathroom," Ilene explained.
"Right," Rikard nodded slowly. "You must have a very strong heart to be able to forgive Pavils."
"Um…uh…is that a…ahem…compliment?"
"I suppose so," Rikard replied, giggling a little.
"Well, he seemed to, you know, feel bad about what he…he did, and I d-didn't want him to-to be my enemy," Ilene said in hesitation. "He's become a brother to me."
"Well, that's great, but I don't think I would have forgiven him, like," Rikard admitted.
"I'm sorry. I mean, I don't want you to leave…I mean…is this why you came to talk? I'm sorry, just wondering?"
"No. I just noticed you were on your own so I, like, though it would be an awesome time to mingle, but you brought up Pavils…I know I'm very blunt sometimes. I'm sorry," Rikard sighed. "Let's talk about something else."
"Alright…uh…um…well…can you pick something?" Ilene asked awkwardly.
"Okay, let's see…uh…ffff…fruit! What's your favourite fruit?" Rikard asked.
"Apples. Hands down," Ilene smirked.
"Oh my gosh! Me too!" Rikard gasped as he sat down beside her. "You know, I've never understood the saying about, you know, how you can't compare apples to oranges. I mean, what's wrong with comparing apples to oranges? Apples are way better!"
"Yeah, I know. And I agree," Ilene slightly chuckled.
There was a silence for a few seconds before Rikard blurted out, "Vegetables. Favourite vegetable."
"Hmm…carrot. Though I think that might be a fruit now," Ilene answered.
"Maybe. I don't actually know," Rikard giggled.
[Confessional: A carrot is in fact a vegetable, but can you blame them?
Ilene (Belgium): I don't know why me and Rikard haven't talked more. He's a fun guy.
Rikard (Finland): You know what my favourite vegetable is? Mushrooms.]
Petros and Carolyn were still chatting near the cabins when Emilia and Lou approached them. Emilia took several deep breaths.
"Can we talk in private?" Emilia asked. "It's important."
"Oh," Carolyn said in concern. "Let's go into the cabin."
The four of them entered and the two girls sat on the beds.
"So, what's up?" Carolyn asked.
"Don't take this the wrong way," Emilia said, taking a deep breath. "We don't think this alliance is working out."
"What!?" Petros exclaimed in shock before Carolyn shushed him.
"We just…well…we don't feel like you care about our safety, and we don't agree with your voting choices sometimes," Emilia continued. "We think it's best if we go our separate ways. We're probably not going to vote you off any time soon."
"You know what? If you don't think this is the best choice for you, you can leave if you want," Carolyn stated. "We'll be fine."
Petros' eye twitched as Emilia and Lou went for the door.
"Uh…um…if you…uh…don't mind me asking," he began, before clearing his throat. "Would you happen to joining a new alliance?"
Emilia's eyes went wide.
"Should we tell them," Lou mouthed at her.
"I suppose it's no harm," Emilia responded, and they turned back. "Okay, Rikard asked if he wanted to start an alliance with us, and, you know, we've been friends with him for longer. We're not going to tell him about the alliance we had."
"Okay, got it," Petros nodded as he watched them walk out.
As soon as the door shut, Petros and Carolyn looked at each other with open mouths.
"Oh my gosh!" Petros exclaimed.
"You mean…Katerina might have been right?" Carolyn asked.
"What do you mean 'might'? Petros gasped. "They just said they were in an alliance with Rikard!"
"Well, we don't know if Sanna and Hadi will be there too," Carolyn pointed out.
"Oh yeah, it's such a coincidence that Katerina tells you Emilia and Lou are in an alliance with Rikard, and then they tell us themselves the very next day. What are the odds of that?" Petros asked sarcastically.
"Okay, you have a point," Carolyn nodded, before sighing. "I just didn't want to believe it."
"We'll deal with it later. Until then…" Petros responded before being interrupted by the intercom.
"It's challenge time! Everyone report to the mess hall!" Lara announced.
Sanna and Hadi were the last two to arrive as Lara said, "Okay, you're all here."
Adrijana stood beside her. Her hair was pinned at the back to cover up the bald spots.
"So…uh…are you going to tell us about today's challenge?" Katerina asked.
"Well, you see, the challenge isn't quite ready yet. So just hold on for now," Lara replied. "Until then…how does it feel to have gotten this far?"
Nobody bothered to answer.
"Chatty," Lara scowled.
"Sorry, we just, like, already discussed it last night," Rikard said apologetically.
Join us next time when the next challenge will be revealed, some more contestants will win immunity, and two more unlucky players will leave, bringing the total down to a mere 9.
Next time on Euro...Drama...Farmyard
(Also, I haven't designed the next character for season 3 yet, but I will PM anyone who reviews when it's finished)
