Episode 9: Together, we are ONE!

Island Rockies: Day 17

Similar to the team shuffle, the 11 remaining survivors were called up early in the morning to the center of the island. What would happen this time was a complete mystery.

A few things were different about the Rockies. Two decently large wooden shelters were built, eerily similar to the ones in their teams, and a decently big screen was placed in the middle of it all, which was definitely an abnormal sight, as they hadn't seen any electronics outside the back of Alexa's phone for who knows how long!

"What's up with this place?" Reigen remarked. "Looks like I might have been right about the team thing..."

"Considering you were right about the blindside thing, then should it really be a surprise to a psychic like you?" Captain Falcon interrogated.

He scratched the back of his head, sweating profusely. "Well, uhh, I just get surprised by my own talent sometimes!"

As Alexa walked out to face the two teams, he smiled. "I'm back baby! Big thanks to Don for taking over whilst I was resting... hey, can you guys stop doing that?"

"Huh, what's wrong?" Dedede raised an eyebrow.

"You're both in those groups, still!" He stated with a cheeky grin. "You see survivors, now that we're getting decently close to the end of this game, the teams can get unbalanced REALLY quickly. That's why it's time for New Laau Pama and New Haupia to merge into one tribe!"

"A MERGE?!" Papyrus suspiciously glared at him. "ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT WE WORK TOGETHER? AGAINST WHO, EXACTLY?"

Alexa shook his head once more. "No! It's a free-for-all now, meaning that you will compete in challenges for your OWN benefit, nobody else's! Immunity isn't given to an overall team, but the best performers in the challenges. That's why I decided to come up with this lil' gimmick."

He guided them over to the screen that had already caught the eye of many. It proudly stuck out of the ground, and it read out the names of the eleven remaining survivors.


MARIO = 0

PAPYRUS = 0

SAMUS ARAN = 0

JOSUKE HIGASHIKATA = 0

WII FIT TRAINER = 0

GORDON RAMSAY = 0

KING DEDEDE = 0

JOHNNY BRAVO = 0

CAPTAIN FALCON = 0

LITTLE MAC = 0

ARATAKA REIGEN = 0


"Basically, when you compete in a challenge, each person will get a certain amount of points depending on their placement. For example, first place may receive twenty points, second place receiving fifteen, third receiving ten, all the way until eleventh place receives zero points. The top half scorers, so the five highest, in this case, will be immune in Tribal Council. From the sixth and eleventh scorers onwards, they will be up for elimination in Tribal Council. Those safe are still able to vote, too!" Alexa explained. "Also, if there's ten left, then the top five will still be immune. If there's eight left, then the top four will be immune. That's what I mean by top half, ya get me?"

"Yeah, it's just a lot to take in," Gordon confessed. "So even if there's an odd amount of people, like eleven, then the top five will still be the only ones immune?"

Alexa agreed. "Exactly!"

"Alright, that's my biggest concern out the way." He gave a look of relief. "Still a lot to drink in, though."

Samus gave a nod of understanding. "I get it, and will Tribal Council be the same?"

"Almost..." He said. "Anyone eliminated from this point will become a Jury member! A Jury member shows up to future Tribal Councils to watch them, and they will play a massive role towards the end of the game, so please respect them!"

"So they're eliminated, but play a part anyway." Wii Fit Trainer simplified it for herself. "I see! That position is a reward for making it this far, right?"

"Well, you get a lot of rewards for making it to the merge," Alexa began listing them. "More food and water rations, a cleaner environment to get your water from, two shelters that are sturdier and cozier than the old ones, alongside lighters and even a chessboard. We're drowning you in such luxury for making it this far! The only tradeoff is fewer people are immune, and I imagine things will get a lot tenser as the number of survivors decreases."

Johnny raised his muscular arm right into the air. "Just a question, but what's our tribe name? My personal name would be "Johnny and the Fellas", but anythin' would go."

"What about "Johnny is up for elimination"? That would go too, right?" Alexa teased, causing the Elvis impersonator to rapidly shake his head.

"Heck no!" He denied. "Anythin' but that."

"Right, well, I've already come up with the name a while back. The name is... Laau Haupa and your team color will be yellow!" Alexa revealed.

"So it's a mix of both two tribe names?" Wii Fit Trainer analyzed. "That's clever!"

He gave a bow of appreciation before beginning to walk off. "Well survivors, I'll see you all in a few hours..."

"Again?!" Josuke gawked with despair. "Come on, I'm tired enough."

"Well, you'll find out..." He smirked before disappearing into the trees.

"Man, he sure is cryptic..." Josuke groaned. "At least we've officially made it into the merge!"


Laau Haupa: Day 17

Survivors: Mario - Papyrus - Samus Aran - Josuke Higashikata - Wii Fit Trainer - Gordon Ramsay - King Dedede - Johnny Bravo - Captain Falcon - Little Mac - Arataka Reigen

As the two teams united into one, many alliances that were originally split had reunited and were celebrating over it.

Josuke, Little Mac, and Papyrus were all together, reunited.

Whilst not in an absolute alliance, a group had formed between Mario, Captain Falcon, Gordon Ramsay, and Johnny Bravo.

Lastly, a group had formed between Samus, Reigen, King Dedede, and Wii Fit Trainer.

"WOWIE, WHO KNEW THAT OUR ALLIANCE WOULD BE SO STRONG THIS FAR INTO THE COMPETITION!" Papyrus rejoiced. "THE GREAT PAPYRUS, THE GREAT JOSUKE, AND THE GREAT MAC SHALL SURELY WIN!"

"You bet!" Assured Josuke with confidence. "It's just a shame that Geoffrey and Sonic are no longer with us. I bet they would have been a great help too."

"Look on the bright side, we still got three of us, that's a big chunk compared to the others here." Little Mac cheered him up. "Remember, as an alliance, if any of us are in danger of being eliminated off, we all gotta band together to prevent that! I'm sure Captain Falcon and Johnny are both good friends of mine now, since I saved them from elimination last night, so we got a lot of back-ups."

Papyrus squealed with delight. "SO I HAVE NO CHANCE OF ELIMINATION?!"

"Not no chance, but a really low chance, especially compared to everyone else," Josuke mentioned.

Whilst the trio were imagining their safety, the team of Mario, Captain Falcon, Gordon, and Johnny were happy themselves.

"Glad you managed to survive the team shuffle, Cap." Gordon folded his arms. "Though, when you're on the same team as a crab, a fat smelly loudmouth, and a squid, it's not hard to survive."

"Trust me, it got really tense at some parts." He confessed in response. "Say, why didn't Alexa mention Squidward's elimination?"

"...Hmm, good point, maybe he just-a forgot?" Mario guessed. "It doesn't-a matter, he wasn't-a very pleasant anyway!"

Johnny nodded. "Yeah, he almost got us two eliminated!"

"Yep." Captain Falcon confirmed. "Luckily Little Mac helped us out, I trust him a lot now."

"Now now, let's not make too many friends." Warned Gordon. "We're getting too far towards the end to have a stable alliance, as much as I want one."

"He's right, this is all for ourselves, but good luck to everyone!" Declared Captain Falcon with a look of sportsmanship.

"Even though I'm going to care about myself before anyone else, I'm still going to try and get Johnny as far as I can with me. It can't be a game of voting with just two people left, so I bet that the final two will either duke it out in a challenge or something else. Whatever it is, I'd have Johnny with me, since we've been an alliance for a while, and it probably won't change." - Captain Falcon.

Meanwhile, at the final group, it felt less of a reunion, and more like a milestone in their journey to victory.

"So, Squidward's out?" Samus studied the remaining people. "There are a lot of threats left to go..."

"Threats?" Queried Wii Fit Trainer. "Oh c'mon, not this again..."

"Unfortunately it'll be difficult to catch a break from finding people to vote off, this game has only gotten more intense now that we're all together. I'm going to try my best to win those challenges so I can stay safe." She said with determination lingering in her voice.

"Well, I am too!" Dedede added. "I don't think a king like me will ever face punishment!"

As he roared with pompous nature, Reigen decided to tell the others how Squidward was eliminated. "It seemed like Little Mac must've caught on to Squidward's lies, so he was blindsided by him, Johnny and Captain Falcon."

Samus gave a nod. "I see. Looks like his own arrogance got him eliminated, though if he managed to pull off whatever he was trying to do, it might have been very beneficial."

"He attempted to eliminate Captain Falcon," He elaborated. "Keep this between all four of us, but he's definitely looking like a threat right now."

"What an understatement," Said Dedede. "That guy can run fast, lift well, and is pretty darn cunning from what I've seen. There's no wonder as to why he does well in all of his challenges, even the ones he loses in!"

"As much as I hate to go against people, I guess we have entered that time of the game where I have to put my kindness aside a little bit." Admitted Wii Fit Trainer with a gloomful, distasteful expression. "But I'm not going to decide until after the challenge!"

Before anyone could respond to her statement, they heard a bell ringing from the distance, causing them to turn their heads to one of the wooden shelters, the origin of the noise.

Standing proudly, Papyrus rung the bell with a glimmer of fascination deep in his eyes. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FORMER LAAU PAMA AND FORMER HAUPIA MEMBERS ALIKE, I HAVE FOUND A BELL!"

...

"Neat?" Reigen responded, quickly followed with an eyebrow raise.

"AHEM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT!" The skeleton continued. "SO MAY THE ENTIRETY OF LAAU HAUPA APPROACH THE SHELTER!"

Abiding by his command, everyone slowly wandered over to the shelter.

Papyrus had two things tucked behind him on the floor of the shelter, he was obviously giddy to show the entire tribe of his findings.

"ALEXA FAILED TO MENTION THESE EXTRA SUPPLIES!" The first item he pulled out was a long wooden spear. "A LONG SPEAR, LIKELY FOR FISHING..."

He then plopped it down in front of everyone for them to see.

"Only one?" Mario assumed, peering into the shelter to see if he could find anymore.

"FORTUNATELY, THERE IS ANOTHER!" Papyrus responded. "NOW, THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE FOUND APPEARS TO BE WHAT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE TO BE SOME SORT OF CAMERA!"

"Oh cool! I didn't know he was kind enough to lend us a camera, but what would a camera be for?" Captain Falcon climbed up and took it off the skeleton, browsing through the old images. "Weird... most stuff here consists of pictures of the island and our tribe. You think Alexa might have left it behind?"

Josuke grinned. "Hey, how about we take a picture!"

"Yeah, who cares if that guy forgot his camera? Without a mirror to remind myself of my good looks, lookin' through a camera is the next best thing." Johnny wrung his hands before posing. "Should I go like this or THIS? Maybe a little bit of THIS?!"

"A PICTURE OF THE WHOLE TRIBE, HOW... WHOLESOME." Smiled Papyrus. "ALLOW ME, THE MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER, TO TAKE THIS PHOTO. I WILL HAVE TO TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM AND DISCLUDE MYSELF FROM THIS PHOTO... AFTER ALL, ONE PERSON HAS TO TAKE THE PICTURE, AND TO SHOW MY OUTSTANDING LOYALTY, I SHALL BE THE ONE TO DO SO!"

Gordon shook his head. "You can be in the photo too if you put an option to delay the time it takes to take the photo."

"WOWIE, REALLY?! ERRM..." Papyrus analyzed the camera. "TOO MANY BUTTONS..."

Giving up, he walked up and snatched the camera off of him. "Let me do it, Godsake."

"A picture, really?" Samus scoffed.

"C'mon, don't be antisocial, just smile!" Wii Fit Trainer encouraged.

"Fine." Her resilience caved in.

The ten members huddled together as Gordon propped the camera up by using a sack of rice to elevate it to a level that looked decent. He then clicked the button, and ran up to the group, adding himself into it before...

*SNAP*

A bright flash hit them in the eye, and Gordon ran back up to check on the image.

"Looks... pretty good. Could be a bit more even, I apologize for that." He observed.

"Where's my camera..." A voice panicked in the distance. "C'mon..."

They turned around to see a distressed Alexa heading towards them before catching the camera in the corner of his eye.

"Hey! This is my camera like I'd give one to you guys." He scalded. "Sheesh, what were you doing with it?"

As Gordon passed it back to him, he looked at the image taken.

"...Wow." He smirked. "Well ain't that just nice. You all just took a picture of yourselves."

"Well, that's what a camera is for." Little Mac defended. "We just thought it'd be nice if we took a picture."

"Y'know what?" Alexa, probably for the first time in the show, gave a genuinely warm smile. "It is a nice picture, I'll admit."

He then walked off, waving. "See ya, and don't forget to show up to that mysterious event~"

"Looks like he won't delete it." Samus said, almost gladfully whilst still sounding monotone.

"HUZZAH! WE MADE THE HOST SMILE WITHOUT IT LOOKING EVIL!" Papyrus cheered.

The whole event brought the survivors closer together for the next while, all of them merging into one group and talking to one another instead of sticking to their own small groups. The picture, whilst taken on a camera that's now in Alexa's possession, managed to reassure a lot of the people that, through the thick and thin, this was just a show...


Roulette: Day 17

The eleven survivors walked over to the beach, awaiting this mysterious event that Alexa had been building up for a while now.

When the time came, they saw Alexa, firmly standing in front of eleven boxes, each one bright green with a red stripe running down the middle. Each box was labeled with a different letter, from A to K.

"Hello, survivors!" Greeted the host. "You're all aware that every last one of you has zero points as of now, so I thought that incorporating a little bit of luck into your daily life would spruce up the game a bit!"

"Luck?" Captain Falcon quivered at the idea, as his luck had been pretty minimal so far.

"You see, each of these boxes contains a certain amount of points, ranging from no points to a grand prize of twenty points! Whilst this, unfortunately, involves no skill, you can still rely on Lady Luck to get you through this," he encouraged. "These events are called Roulettes, and whilst the order of who picks what box is decided upon the highest amount of points to the lowest amount of points, none of you have points! Instead, just this once, we'll go in alphabetical order, starting with Arataka Reigen! After everyone has picked a box, you will then be allowed to open it to see how many points are in there."

One by one, the survivors were called up and selected their box...

Arataka Reigen, being the first, chose Box D.

Captain Falcon chose Box I.

Gordon Ramsay chose Box E.

Johnny Bravo chose Box B.

Josuke Higashikata chose Box C.

King Dedede chose Box J.

Little Mac chose Box K.

Mario chose Box A.

Papyrus chose Box F.

Samus Aran chose Box G.

Lastly, Wii Fit Trainer chose Box H.

Upon receiving their boxes, Alexa then commanded the survivors to open up their box, and they obliged almost immediately.


*SAFE HAVEN*

JOSUKE HIGASHIKATA - 20

ARATAKA REIGEN - 15

PAPYRUS - 12

KING DEDEDE - 10

CAPTAIN FALCON - 7

*DANGER ZONE*

GORDON RAMSAY - 5

MARIO - 4

WII FIT TRAINER - 3

JOHNNY BRAVO - 2

SAMUS ARAN - 1

LITTLE MAC - 0


"T-twenty?!" Josuke cracked a large smirk. "Looks like luck is on my side!"

"I predicted that the box I chose would have given me something good," lied Reigen. "I'm a natural."

"Pssh, baloney, ya just got lucky." King Dedede scoffed. "I did too! Ya see me callin' myself some sort of psychic?"

Papyrus jumped for joy. "I-I GOT A HIGH SCORE?! I'M... I'M SAFE?!"

"It appears I am too! Here I was thinking that I was unlucky until now." Captain Falcon shook his head with regret. "Sure ate my own words, thankfully in a good way."

"Z-ZERO POINTS?!" Little Mac's jaw dropped with despair. "Zero..." He repeated to himself.

Samus tutted under her breath at such a low score, though she was slightly thankful for not being last, as that extra point could potentially decide her immunity, after all.

"Just barely off?" Gordon groaned. "Bloody luck, this will be a nightmare."

"You-a bet." Mario pouted.

Wii Fit Trainer managed to smile through her poor score. "Well, there'll be a lot more opportunities to get my points up!"

"This is rigged!" Johnny spat. "I ain't supposed to get two measly points. I ain't ever choosin' Box B again."

"Don't get too defeated or cocky over this, survivors," Alexa warned. "You still got a challenge tomorrow! That challenge will ultimately decide who will be safe for the first Tribal Council in the merge! This is all I wanted you for, so please head off back to your tribes and go back to whatever you were doing..."

The survivors walked back to their tribes, some happy with the number of points they got, some weren't.


Challenge: Day 18

The survivors entered the beach, and for the first time in Survivor, they didn't have to rely on one another to pull through. They all knew that this is a test of their own skill or luck, nothing else.

Alexa read their faces, seeing the determination on some, and cracked a grin.

"Looks like you're all ready to participate in your first merge challenge!" He assumed, to which many of them nodded or agreed with a simple "Yep!".

Behind Alexa were three crates: one was filled with sturdy shovels; one was filled with sacks made from cloth; the final one was filled with maps of the entire island.

He first grabbed the crate filled with shovels and dragged it in front of the others, allowing the survivors to get a proper look at them.

"In this challenge, you will be digging for your points! These points are represented by wooden balls, and they give you different points depending on what color they are." He then pulled out the three balls, each one stuffed in a different pocket of his. "The red ones are the most common, it gives you one point. The yellow ones are uncommon, but it gives you three points. Finally, the black ones are quite rare, but they give you five points."

Alexa then proceeded to put the three balls away and dragged the crate of cloth sacks forward. After doing so, he grabbed one of the sacks and straightened it out. "This sack is where you put all of your points or balls in! It can carry a fair amount, so you probably won't have to worry about running out of space, and if you do, well looks like you probably won the challenge!"

"BWAHAHAHA, I'll probably need five sacks for the number of points I'm gonna get!" Boasted Dedede.

The host gave a chuckle as he lobbed the cloth sack back into the crate before dragging out the final one, the maps. "These maps give you a layout of the island, as well as marking where the points are usually at! What I'm trying to get at is, go to these marked areas, and you'll be set for finding as many points as possible. You'll know where the points lie if you have a good eye..."

After showcasing all three crates and their inner possessions, he pulled out the three balls from his pockets again. "After seventy-five minutes of hunting for these points, you shall all return back to me and I will add up all of the points that you have collected. Not only will they add to your current amount of points, but the one who gets the most points will also receive..."

He paused and held out a white key, a key that would perfectly slot into the keyhole in the mysterious hatch, a key that would lead them to discover the Revival Idol.

Upon looking at it, the faces of Captain Falcon, Reigen, and Little Mac became excited, whilst Johnny somehow forgot about the hatch entirely.

"This key opens up a mysterious hatch somewhere on the island, and you may even find the hatch during this challenge," Alexa hyped, before putting it away. "It leads to an idol if you find and open it, and much like the other idols, stealing the key off of whoever has it in their possession or prohibited! You got to try and get that idol quick, too, because, after today, you'll never be able to use it."

"I gotta get that key! The Revival Idol sounds like something that would give you a second chance, and that sounds too good of an opportunity to pass up! If I get that key and the idol in the hatch, then I'm set for the game, and I may even have a guaranteed victory!" - Little Mac.

"Why does the idol become-a void so quick?" Mario asked. "No other idol is-a like that, right?"

"Well, it's a very different idol compared to the others, but I can't say too much," warned Alexa. "Just try and get it!"

"Of-a course I will, I'm-a number one!" He jumped into the air, brimming with glee.

Each survivor was then given permission to get one of each item from the crates, causing them to be equipped with the shovels, the sack, and the map of the island. It was a lot to carry, especially for the smaller or weaker survivors, but they'd have to pull through if they wanted enough points to become safe by the end of the challenge.

"Survivors, when I say go, you can scurry off to where ever you want!" Alexa said. "Now, let's start the count down! Three..."

"Two..."

"One..."

"Start your first merge challenge... GO!" He cried, causing all of them to run off, analyzing the map.

On the map were several marks that showed where the points would be at. These marks were located on the West and East side of the island (they started the challenge in the South), there were also marks where the old tribes used to be.

The eleven survivors split up into these four marks:

Mario, Dedede, Reigen, and Samus went to the West side of the island;

Josuke, Little Mac, and Papyrus went to the East side of the island;

Captain Falcon, Johnny, and Gordon went to the old Haupia tribe;

And finally, Wii Fit Trainer went to the old Laau Pama tribe.

The West side of the island was overall pretty sparse in terms of scenery, mostly just sand with the occasional large rocks scattered along with it.

Despite lacking a unique environment, it apparently had a high concentration of points.

"How are we supposed to dig out this whole area and find points?" Dedede questioned. "There's too much to dig!"

"You see those small orange splotches in the sand?" Samus asked the penguin.

"Err, a little bit, pretty faint." He confessed but nodded regardless.

The bounty hunter stuck her shovel into one of the splotches, removing the sand and revealing two red balls.

She placed the two points into her sack and Dedede gave a small nod of realization.

"Ohhh, so you're tellin' me that he knew that not puttin' down any sort of mark for the points would be cruel, so he put down faint ones!" He declared. "Man oh man am I going to have an easy time diggin' up points!"

The penguin got to work on looking for those splotches, but their very faint appearance made it surprisingly difficult.

Mario discovered one of the orange marks, and jumped into the air, slamming his shovel into the sand and flicking it at Reigen by accident. He then proceeded to grab the yellow ball and the red ball from inside.

"Gah!" The psychic cried. "Aim somewhere else."

"Oops, sorry." He apologized.

Regaining his focus, Reigen dug into one of the marks and discovered a black ball inside.

"Five points?!" He questioned to himself. "I knew this mark would hold something great!"

King Dedede then spotted a small mark for himself and gave a grin. "GAHA! I found one of you lil' points. I can't wait to get ma'self a gold mine!"

He firmly stuck the shovel in and flicked the sand away, accidentally causing it to hit Reigen once again.

"STOP IT!" He yelled in anger.

"Sorry, but this is more important!" The penguin winked before looking down at the points.

One measly red ball...

"ONE?!" He growled, grabbing it and bitterly tossing it into his sack. "This ain't fair!"

Many minutes passed later, and the number of splotches was beginning to get quite rare.

"Gah, screw this, I'm goin' to somewhere else!" Dedede gave up.

Reigen agreed. "Yep, this place is empty, I'm out."

"Ooh, I-a found one more," Mario declared, slamming his shovel into it and flicking the sand at Reigen again. "Oops, I'm-a so sorry!"

"GAAH!" He cried, brushing the sand from his hair. "At least I got a lot of points out of this, even if I'm coated in sand."

Inside the hole, Mario had found, there was a yellow ball and a black ball, coming to seven points in total.

"Hooray!" He cheered. "I got a lot!"

The plumber then joined the others in walking off, realizing that Samus had already left to somewhere else herself, probably in an attempt to get the points before anyone else could.

Meanwhile, on the East side of the island, the scenery was much more interesting. Seaweed was scattered across the golden sands, and more rocky areas were present on this side. Not to mention that a couple of beached jellyfish were on the coastline.

"Sheesh, this place is a mess," Josuke admitted. "Just look at these jellyfish! They're everywhere!"

"POOR CREATURES." Papyrus sighed before spotting an orange splotch right next to one of the sea creatures. "HMMM, AN ORANGE MARK? THIS MUST BE THE VISUAL INDICATOR ALEXA WAS TALKING ABOUT!"

"Oh yeah!" Little Mac looked over at it. "Alexa did say something about how a good eye would lead to you finding the points, or something like that. Try digging it!"

Obliging his alliance partner, the skeleton stuck his shovel in and lobbed the sand away, peeking inside.

"WOWIE, THREE YELLOW BALLS! AREN'T THOSE WITH THREE POINTS EACH?!" He queried excitedly.

"Yeah!" Josuke nodded. "We should split all of our points up and share them once we're done. That way, if we find a lot of points together, then we'll all be safe!"

"Maybe, that's a decent idea." Said Little Mac. "Hey Josuke, where's your shovel?"

The teenager gave a grin. "I don't need one!"

Josuke then spotted an orange mark on the ground, calling for his stand Crazy Diamond.

It then proceeded to punch the sand away at a speed more efficient than a shovel before grabbing the two red and one yellow ball inside.

"Wow, you... really don't need one." The boxer's eyes had widened at the sight. "Oh well, time to get more!"

Whilst they were hunting for points...

*BZZT*

"GAH! YOU INCOMPETENT JELLYFISH," Papyrus scalded. "MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, YOU'RE ON ONE OF THOSE MARKS!"

He attempted to pick it up to chuck it back into the ocean, but it just resulted in another powerful sting coursing through his body.

"GRRR... YOU'RE LUCKY THE PAIN ISN'T THAT BAD!" Papyrus threatened.

Little Mac then used his shovel to scoop up the jellyfish and throw it into the ocean.

"THAT WORKS TOO," he pouted. "WHY COULDN'T I HAVE THOUGHT OF SUCH AN IDEA?"

After spending a lot of time looking for marks and digging up the occasional one, they all came to the conclusion that they had dug the place up completely, and began heading to another spot.

"I saw a lot of people heading to the Westside, so we probably wouldn't make it before all of their points are dug up too." Little Mac analyzed his map before pointing towards the old Laau Pama tribe. "I know, let's go here! I think I only saw a handful of people go into the forest."

"SPLENDID IDEA, BUT LET'S HURRY!" Papyrus beckoned them to follow him, as he sprinted into the island's forest.

Whilst the two groups in the West and East side migrated into the forest to go to the tribes, Captain Falcon, Johnny, and Gordon had hefty sacks of points.

"Oh hello, there lil' mark." Johnny dashed over to the faint orange splotch in the light brown dirt. "Mind if I dig ya up?"

...

"Looks like ol' Johnny here is gonna take that as a yes." He winked as he quickly dug it up, pulling out a black ball. "Five more points to Johnny!"

"Man, now that I don't have anyone holdin' me back, I'm going to kick serious butt in these challenges. Wouldn't be surprised if I became the host of next season, I'm just that legendary." - Johnny Bravo.

Captain Falcon grinned. "Another five to you? You probably have around forty points by now! I've been counting loosely, and I'm somewhere around thirty, maybe slightly more?"

He shook his bag and the balls inside banged together, showing off the number of points he had obtained.

"I've only gotten seven..." Gordon mumbled to himself, glaring at the others. "Who knew Captain Falcon would become all buddy-buddy with Johnny again?"

The chef then caught his eye on the old campfire of the tribe, causing him to wander over to it and analyze it.

"Strange how Alexa just left this and the rest of the tribe untouched, you think he'd take it back." He said to himself.

All of a sudden, he caught wind of a small orange mark in the middle of the campfire, just barely visible when he looked straight down into it.

"How the hell did he think that this would be a good spot?!" Gordon whined, removing the wood from the campfire and digging up the small mark.

His grumpy mood swiftly changed when he observed the contents of the hole, however, which consisted of four black balls, bringing him up by twenty points as he threw them into the sack as soon as he saw them.

"Looks like I'm not going to be at a disadvantage anymore!" He declared with a smirk. "Time to find some more..."

When Gordon turned his head away from his sack to begin his hunt for more points, he noticed that a bunch of other people had appeared, those people being Mario, Reigen, and Dedede.

"Oh bloody hell, it looks like I have to find these quickly before they get stolen." He said in a hurry, rushing around the tribe for any marks.

Dedede peeked under the shelter and saw two yellow balls and a black ball. For a moment, his pupils felt like they had turned to love hearts with how entranced he was at the sight of the high-value points.

"I don't even need to dig these!" Dedede wrung his hands before attempting to scoop them out with his shovel.

All of a sudden, another shovel clashed with him, and he peeked to his left to see Reigen attempt to fish them out for himself.

"GAH!" The royal penguin nudged him in the shoulder. "This is my loot!"

"Finders keepers." He justified with a smug look of composure on his face.

They now fought for the three balls, reaching their shovels under the shelter in an attempt to scoop them out.

Eventually, Reigen managed to swipe the three balls out of the shelter, but they rolled out the other side, causing the "Psychic" to scramble onto his feet and chase after the points, Dedede following him.

When they got around to the other side, they, unfortunately, spotted Mario placing the two of them into his sack.

"Huh?" The plumber looked at them with confusion. "Is-a something wrong?"

He observed their pained, enraged faces as he raised an eyebrow. "Were those-a two yellow ones yours?"

"Wait, you only put in two?!" Dedede asked, grabbing the plumber by both shoulders and shaking him wildly.

"Y-Y-YESSS!" He stuttered with fear.

Mario was finally shoved aside by Dedede as he looked around for the black ball, Reigen quickly following suit.

Eventually, they both spot the black ball, lying next to a tree.

"IT'S MINE!" Dedede called out, waddling after it.

Reigen then ran past, confident in his ability to grab the ball and put it into his bag before Dedede could catch up.

Unfortunately, his dream of having those five precious points was cut short by Dedede, who grabbed him by his arm, causing him to trip over.

Dedede had also tripped over from the sudden movement, causing both of them to be flat on the floor.

When Reigen lifted his head weakly, he observed Captain Falcon grab the black ball.

"Oh, nice!" He pumped his fist. "Who knew he'd just lie them around!"

Similar to when Mario had taken the yellow balls from them, their faces were furious and defeated.

As the mania was going on, Wii Fit Trainer was all by herself.

"I can't believe nobody's bothered to check here yet! I bet there are still some more spots around here, though." She looked inside of her sack. "Five, six, seven... eight... thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen... twenty-one... twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six... twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four... thirty-nine points so far!"

She then stood up and took a big look around, a lot of the dug areas contained mostly red points, though the occasional yellow and black showed up for her.

"Looks like you've taken a lot out of this area." A voice came from behind, causing her to jump and spin around.

Samus was there, digging one of the orange marks she had missed with a shovel, inside were two yellow balls.

"Gah! When did you get here?!" She interrogated.

"Now." Replied Samus. "You're lucky that nobody came here just yet. Time's almost up, too, around twenty or so more minutes I'd say."

"Wow, time went fast..." Wii Fit Trainer admitted.

Samus proceeded to stuff the six points she had earned into her sack, clenching her fist over the end of it to close it.

The situation was slightly awkward, but both went on with their hunt for points for another five minutes.

Before they knew it, they heard the cries of Papyrus, Josuke, and Little Mac from afar as they slowly walked onto the scene.

"ONLY TWO PEOPLE?!" Papyrus gawked before posing. "LOOKS LIKE WE HIT THE JACKPOT OF POINTS!"

He looked around and saw barely any orange marks.

"ERR, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING..." The skeleton announced to his alliance mates.

"Yeah, I've already emptied this place of points. Maybe if you're lucky you could find another one." Wii Fit Trainer shrugged before peering under the shelter. "Nevermind, I found some more!"

She stuck her hand under the shelter and pulled out another black ball, causing her to grin. "This place may just be filled with more, but I don't know if that's the case..."

"In the five minutes I spent looking around here, I found nothing." Samus filled in. "Other than what she just got, there's nothing left to find."

"Aww, man." Moaned Josuke. "All of that walking for nothing?"

"Well, we emptied one of the spots ourselves, so we got a lot too!" Little Mac gloated.

"Would you like a medal?" Samus sarcastically questioned.

To confirm their words, the three who had just entered spent a while looking for more points, and they could find barely anything.

"I knew we should have gone to the old Haupia tribe." Josuke folded his arms.

For the final time spent on the challenge, everyone either attempted to hunt for idols or, in the case of Josuke, Papyrus and Little Mac, they were splitting the points evenly.

"We got ninety-six in total, right?" Little Mac questioned everyone. "So that means we should each have 32 points."

"YES! A TRULY FOOLPROOF IDEA." Papyrus frantically nodded.

They then split the points evenly between them, they had their doubts about whether it would be enough to make them safe from the challenge entirely, but they were hoping so nonetheless.

After doing so, they headed back to where Alexa was early, and after the final ten minutes of searching, the other eight survivors returned too.

"So, survivors, did you enjoy the hunt?" He asked. "You better have! Show me your points."

One by one, each survivor gave their bag to Alexa, and he counted up the points for each one...

After five minutes of counting and waiting, he called back to the contestants. "Survivors, I shall now give you your results!"


Mario - 46

Wii Fit Trainer - 44

Johnny Bravo - 44

Samus Aran - 39

Captain Falcon - 38

King Dedede - 33

Josuke Higashikata - 32

Little Mac - 32

Papyrus - 32

Gordon Ramsay - 31

Arataka Reigen - 27


"Before we add those amazing points onto your total..." Alexa paused. "Mario, step forth."

Proud of getting the most points out of anyone, Mario stepped forward.

As he approached Alexa, the host pulled out the key and tossed it to the plumber, causing him to jump into the air with excitement.

"Oh-a yeah!" He cheered. "Now it's-a time for me to find that-a hatch before it's-a too late..."

"Darn, so close there Johnny." Captain Falcon groaned. "At least he's a good friend of mine."

"Eh, what's the key for?" Asked Johnny.

"You really forgot?" He sighed. "Well, I'll tell you after these results are in."

Alexa then continued. "Now that Mario's received the prize, it's time to add your points onto your score!"


*SAFE HAVEN*

JOSUKE HIGASHIKATA - 52

MARIO - 50

WII FIT TRAINER - 47

JOHNNY BRAVO - 46

CAPTAIN FALCON - 45

*DANGER ZONE*

PAPYRUS - 44

KING DEDEDE - 43

ARATAKA REIGEN - 42

SAMUS ARAN - 40

GORDON RAMSAY - 36

LITTLE MAC - 32


"With these results, it's concluded that Josuke, Mario, Wii Fit Trainer, Johnny, and Captain Falcon are all safe from tonight's elimination!" Alexa announced, giving applause. "However, that also means that Papyrus, King Dedede, Reigen, Samus, Gordon, and Little Mac are all up for elimination! Choose wisely, survivors, and please head off back to your tribe..."

Obeying his command, the eleven survivors wandered off back to the tribe, Josuke in the lead with the most amount of points, with Little Mac lagging behind with the least amount of points.


The Hatch: Day 18

Mario walked around the coastline, he was told by Captain Falcon to head North of the island, as that's where he had found the hatch alongside a few others prior. To show his gratitude, Mario vowed to not vote for Captain Falcon no matter what.

"Where's that-a hatch..." The plumber asked himself, looking around the beach.

The soft, powdery sounds of the sand as he walked along with it soon turned to metallic banging, causing the plumber to jump with shock and look straight down. To his relief, the hatch was right under his feet.

Mario pulled out the key he was awarded and studied the metal hatch, assuming that this was the one Captain Falcon and Alexa were talking about. From the corner of his eye was keyhole, and he jammed the key into it, shaking it a small bit before twisting it to the right, a subtle clicking noise came from the doors.

With a gulp that came from his inexplicable anxiety, he pulled open the unlocked hatch, and inside was darkness.

"I can't see-a thing," he surveyed, and there were no sources of light in the abyss he stared into. "Well, here goes-a nothing."

The jump into the hatch was slightly delayed out of hesitation, but he quickly built up the curiosity and determination to enter.

He fell for a whole second before his feet collided with the ground, it was made of rock as opposed to the metal that the hatch door was made of, and he looked across the pitch-black room.

Thankfully, a faint and ominous hue was seen from across the room, the light was a blood-orange, and it lured Mario over to it.

Upon further inspection, the light was shining upon a stone podium with a small white angel statuette resting on it.

"Is that the idol?" Mario asked himself, reaching out for it and quickly nabbing it.

Now that he was close enough to the light and podium, Mario managed to catch some text on the podium, causing him to lean towards it in an attempt to lead the text, obscured by the darkness.

He could barely make it out, and it got harder to read the further down he read.

"THE REVIVAL IDOL

USE TO REVIVE A..."

The rest of the text was impossible to read, and the light in the room was fixed to the wall, meaning that he couldn't pry it off the wall to read the rest.

Instead of attempting to read it any further, Mario quickly began escaping the room and discovered that a small ladder was at the other side, leading up to the hatch he had opened.

With gusto and anxiety, he jumped onto the ladder and swiftly scurried upwards, not looking back, and with the angel statuette in his right hand.

Before leaving the area, he closed the hatch door, locked them, and retrieved the key, not knowing what to do with it...


Laau Haupa: Day 18

Survivors: Mario - Papyrus - Samus Aran - Josuke Higashikata - Wii Fit Trainer - Gordon Ramsay - King Dedede - Johnny Bravo - Captain Falcon - Little Mac - Arataka Reigen

As Mario returned to his tribe, they had once again split into groups, similar to yesterday.

Little Mac, Papyrus, and Josuke were in their usual alliance group.

Captain Falcon, Johnny Bravo, and Gordon Ramsay were together, discussing who to eliminate quietly amongst themselves.

Finally, Reigen, Wii Fit Trainer, Samus, and King Dedede were similarly talking about who to eliminate.

Mario was then quickly approached by the three groups, who were interested in his findings.

"Did you get the idol?" Josuke asked. "What does it look like? Do you know what it does?"

The plumber then lifted the idol into the air, so everybody could see it.

"I might as well show everyone this-a idol. Not only am I-a safe from elimination, but they probably knew I had it anyway! I'll have to use it this-a Tribal Council too, or it will-a expire." - Mario.

Papyrus gawked at it. "AN ANGEL?"

"Whilst I couldn't see what it-a said on the podium due to-a the darkness, I think I know what it does," teased Mario before continuing. "It's the Revival Idol, so maybe it-a brings back someone who got eliminated?"

"Pssh, seems like a waste! The last thing we need is more people to worry about," King Dedede grunted.

"HMM, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD BRING BACK SONIC!" Papyrus recommended. "WASN'T HE UNFAIRLY ELIMINATED?"

Little Mac nodded. "Yeah, I feel like he should get a second chance."

"And add to your alliance?" Samus caught onto their scheme, shaking her head. "Mario, my recommendation is to not use the idol at all, it will just prolong this competition, and especially reviving Sonic would bring back a massive threat. We may not have the best relationship on this island, but nobody, including yourself, will benefit from bringing back anyone."

"I'll... I'll think about it." Mario responded. "You do have-a point."

Johnny raised an eyebrow. "How 'bout this. We bring someone back, then we vote em' off the next Tribal Council!"

His snarky chuckling was cut short by Wii Fit Trainer scalding him. "That's just cruel! Besides, he may get enough points to be immune in the next Tribal Council."

"Oh, yea..." He pouted. "Yeah, just throw the thing away!"

Mario eventually gave in to the majority and agreed. "Okay, I won't-a use it! Moving on from that, what happened whilst I was-a gone?"

"We were all discussing who to eliminate, do you have anyone on your mind?" Samus interrogated.

The plumber profusely shook his head. "I-a don't know. I was-a too focused on getting the idol that I forgot that I had to-a vote someone tonight."

"Go ahead and say it already!" Dedede commanded. "You have the second-most amount of points, just go on and say it! We all know that somebody's in the back of ya' head."

Without even realizing, Mario DID have someone in the back of his head, although he was originally too scared to say it, because once he'd say it, it would be like signing a death warrant. Despite this, Dedede's pestering, as well as the reward of eliminating that person caused him to reveal it.

Hesitantly, he pointed towards Samus.

"Sorry Samus, but I feel like you're a too big of-a threat." He confessed. "You've been a hassle for-a many people since the very beginning!"

"Now hol' on there. She hasn't done a single sin during the time I was with her!" Dedede defended. "I don't care for this chick, but you definitely got the wrong idea there."

Gordon held his hand up. "I can confirm that she's nothing but trouble."

Seeing someone who was also in danger of elimination caused Samus to pursue him, determined to stay in the competition.

"The team naturally split into two factions following the first elimination of the game." She began, glaring at Gordon and Mario. "Due to this, I had no choice but to try and coordinate with my group to eliminate people from the other group, otherwise we'd all be eliminated. It wasn't personal, only Squidward took it somewhat personally and well, he's now eliminated. I no longer have any gripes with Captain Falcon, the one I originally tried to eliminate, but considering that Gordon and Mario are attempting to eliminate me over something I was forced to do is ridiculous. Talk about trouble-making..."

"Trouble-making?" Queried Gordon. "Oh *CENSORED* off, will you? You're the one making trouble around here."

"Any other arguments than petty swearing?" Samus asked, highlighting the immaturity of his words.

Gordon simply put his hand over his face, frustrated.

Wii Fit Trainer sighed. "I guess she's right. I hated splitting into factions, but I had to vote for the others if I wanted to be safe!"

"Exactly," Reigen agreed. "Honestly, I don't think Gordon should drift to the end, sure he's not a powerful threat like a few others that I won't name, but he's definitely going to make it to the end."

"He's pretty immature, so I'm going to vote for him myself, I'm not just going to let his comment on me being nothing but "trouble" stand," said Samus.

Gordon was beginning to get flummoxed at this point, and it showed on his face. He knew that things were going grim for him now that he looked like a fool in front of Samus, he shouldn't have agreed...

But there was hope on his side, as Papyrus declared otherwise to Samus. "HANG ON!"

"Hmm?"

"CHEFS MUST STICK TOGETHER!" He yelled. "AND I THINK YOU SHOULD VOTE SOMEBODY ELSE INSTEAD."

"Like who?" She questioned.

"EEERM..." He gazed at the others who were up for elimination. "WELL, THERE ARE OPTIONS, THAT'S ALL I WISH TO SAY!"

Gordon felt even more screwed than he already did, now that Papyrus was making poor arguments for him.

"I'm stumped..." Little Mac admitted.

"JOSUKE, LITTLE MAC, PLEASE DON'T VOTE FOR GORDON!" He cried.

"What's with this skeleton and him being so attached to me? Is it seriously because I'm also a chef? Whatever it is, I'm almost grateful for him not voting against me, though he's God awful at coming up with reasons why, but it's not like you could best Samus in a debate. She is very threatening..." - Gordon Ramsay.

Josuke shrugged. "Well... what do you guys think?"

He turned to Captain Falcon and Mario for their opinions.

"I... don't know myself." Captain Falcon admitted.

Gordon was surprised to hear such a thing, after all, he and Captain Falcon had a strong alliance back then, and now he's stumped on whether to vote him or the person who had tried to vote him off prior?

"Obviously I'm going to vote Samus, I just don't want her knowing, because I don't want her to have anything against me again, or I'm screwed. What's really going to be a pain in the butt is getting Johnny to vote her, because I know how stubborn he can be when the situation involves women." - Captain Falcon.

"I'm-a going to-a vote Samus," Mario announced. "I don't know about you."

"Sorry Gordon, but I think Reigen and Samus have the right idea. I love your cooking, though, don't get me wrong!" Wii Fit Trainer reassured.

King Dedede laughed. "Well ain't this some predicament. It's almost a perfect split between Gordon and Samus, but I think I'm gonna go and vote for Gordon. Now that Papyrus is the chef, he ain't so special."

"Not to alarm you all, but I think it's time for us to go to Tribal Council now. It's nearly dark." Josuke reminded.

"Well, good luck in-a Tribal Council." Mario gave a small smile. "Let's-a head up!"

The eleven survivors split into small groups and walked up to Tribal Council, still discussing who to eliminate.

"Johnny, I know who to vote." Captain Falcon leaned in closely. "Let's vote Samus."

"Huh? Oh c'mon, I get that it's the Merge or whatever, but do we really have to make hard choices this early?!" Johnny folded his arms. "Can't we just vote that Gordon guy?"

He denied the request. "I'm sorry but we can't let a threat like Samus stay any longer!"

"Oh, fine," he grumbled. "Just don't tell her that I voted for her."

"Phew..." Captain Falcon sighed under his breath, full of relief.

Meanwhile, Papyrus pestered Josuke and Little Mac further about Gordon.

"PLEASE GUYS, VOTE FOR SAMUS INSTEAD! IT SHALL BE WORTH IT," he pleaded.

"Well, if you're so passionate to keep Gordon, we'll go through with it! That's what alliances do." Little Mac accepted.

"Not sure if it's the right choice, but Samus seems a lot more of a threat than Gordon..." Admitted Josuke. "I guess I'll do it."

Papyrus gave a confident grin as he marched over to Tribal Council alongside everyone else. This would be the first time in Survivor where every single contestant went to a Tribal Council at the same time...


Tribal Council: Night 18

To their surprise, Tribal Council had been renovated since the merge. A fresh coat of grey paint covered the wooden walkways and floors of the area, making it look a lot more drab yet luxurious than usual. There were more torches scattered around, and they shined brighter than ever before. The final big change came from the stumps, which had been upgraded into two benches that just barely provided enough room for eleven, and next to the benches were the torches of the survivors, which were unchanged. A third bench was also present and was located right next to the walkway that the eliminated walked down, it was theorized by many to be the Jury bench.

After cramming themselves onto the bench, Alexa soon appeared, his usual grin on his face.

"Do you like the renovations?" He asked without giving enough time for an answer. "I like to hammer in your position as those who made it to the Merge by changing things up a bit. You're no longer on stumps, the whole place got a nice fresh coating of paint, and there are more lights!"

"Renovations or not, this place still looks crummy," Reigen shuddered as he observed his surroundings.

Alexa rolled his eyes before beginning his first question. "Captain Falcon. As the survivor with the fifth-most points and the one who is just barely safe, how are you finding this point gimmick?"

"It's pretty nerve-wracking to say the least," he started. "Not only are you given a random amount of points from that Roulette thing, but you also get a LOT of points from these challenges. I don't think many people will be safe for long, even I won't be."

The host nodded with understanding. "I see. What about you, Papyrus? You're on the opposite end of the spectrum, as you're just barely in the danger zone as the one with the sixth-most points."

"A VERY INTERESTING MECHANIC TO THIS SHOW, I MUST SAY. HOWEVER, IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT THE TOP FIVE ARE THE ONLY ONES SAFE INSTEAD OF THE TOP SIX!" He stomped his feet on the wooden floor. "IT'S RIDICULOUS! I'M ONLY A COUPLE OF POINTS AWAY FROM BEING SAFE, SO WHY NOT A PITY IMMUNITY?"

"Well, I feel like having more than half of the people remaining be immune is a bit much, even if it's only a one-man difference," Alexa explained. "Speaking of which. Samus, how does it feel participating in a challenge for nobody but yourself?"

"Refreshing." She stated. "Cooperation is very important, but not having to rely on others makes things a lot easier, and I have high hopes that it will pay off soon enough. I've already gotten a lot of points, and I'm only in danger of elimination because of the Roulette."

"Yeah, the Roulette will be quite bothersome or useful in the future, it all depends on your luck!" Alexa then wrung his hands. "Now, I bet my bottom dollar you're all itching to begin this first Merge council, so let's get down to business and vote."

Each survivor stood up and voted in order...

Samus Aran: If I didn't pursue you and attempt to get you eliminated, then I would be out myself, so this is my only shot of staying. Judging by how everyone's voted, I'll barely win. (Gordon Ramsay)

Gordon Ramsay: Not going to lie, I've never been more nervous on this show until now. I mean, at least I'll be jury, but being the first one isn't something that I'll just accept. (Samus Aran)

Mario: I'm-a sorry Samus, but you've-a caused me and others so-a much trouble that I just can't-a forget about it. (Samus Aran)

Wii Fit Trainer: Your cooking is great, but you may just drift to the end and pose a threat then if I don't get rid of you. After all, everyone tends to eye the most powerful in terms of candidates for elimination... (Gordon Ramsay)

Papyrus: I HAVE SAID IT TWICE AND I SHALL SAY IT THRICE: CHEFS MUST STICK TOGETHER! THANKS TO LEARNING HIS COOKING PATTERNS AND TECHNIQUES, GORDON HAS HELPED ME BECOME ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED CHEFS ON THE ISLAND, AND AS A THANK YOU, I SHALL PROTECT HIM FROM ELIMINATION! (Samus Aran)

Arataka Reigen: Sorry, Gordon, but if anyone's going to drift to the end without being considered for elimination, it'll be me... hopefully. That's what I predict, anyway! (Gordon Ramsay)

"Survivors, before I read out the votes, would anyone like to play an idol?" Alexa questioned, peering at the others.

...

"I-a have this angel statuette!" Mario called out.

Alexa nodded. "Aha! I knew you'd find it, all according to plan. However, the idol will have no effect on tonight's Tribal Council, so we shall discuss it after tonight's elimination!"

Knowing this, Mario's theory of it being used to bring back an eliminated contestant was now more confident than ever.

...

"I also have an idol that I wish to play," Samus revealed, causing Gordon to gulp.

Alexa squinted his eyes. "Two idols in one night? Wow! Let's take a looksie at that idol, shall we?"

To the surprise of everyone, she stood up and handed him a wooden idol in the shape of a skull.

"Aha! The Idol of Curses." He analyzed. "Using this idol, you will become completely immune for this Tribal Council. However, for the next THREE Tribal Councils following this one, all votes towards you will be doubled. Unlike other idols, you have to use it once you choose to play it, though, with this one, you have the opportunity to use it at a later council. Do you wish to use the idol and activate the curse?"

She smirked, that type of advantage was the push she needed to survive tonight's Tribal Council, and she gave a nod of approval. "It's my only option, so I will choose to play it."

As soon as he heard the description of the idol, Gordon hung his head with despair, he had officially been eliminated before the votes were even read aloud.

"Very well," said Alexa. "Don't say I didn't warn you."

...

"Okay, now it's time for me to read out the votes!" Announced Alexa.

*VOTING TIME*

First vote goes to Samus Aran, which is nullified.

Second vote goes to Samus Aran, which is nullified.

Third vote goes to Samus Aran, which is nullified.

Fourth vote goes to Samus Aran, which is nullified. (Samus can't help but give a sigh of relief over her safety.)

Fifth vote goes to Samus Aran, which is nullified. (Gordon groans.)

Sixth vote goes to Samus Aran, which is nullified.

Seventh vote goes to Samus Aran, which is nullified.

Eighth vote goes to Gordon Ramsay. One vote Gordon.

Ninth vote goes to Gordon Ramsay. Two votes Gordon.

Tenth vote goes to Gordon Ramsay. Three votes Gordon.

"To nobody's surprise, our first member of Jury and the tenth one eliminated from Survivor Crossover is... Gordon Ramsay!" He revealed. "Gordon, please hand me your torch, your time is done..."

"Well played." Gordon shook his head with disbelief.

"I-IMPOSSIBLE!" Cried Papyrus. "THIS IS SIMPLY... IMPOSSIBLE!"

"Since when did she get that-a idol?!" Mario froze up, in shock over the events.

Gordon stood up and retrieved his torch, walking over to Alexa.

He passed it to him, almost as if he was in a hurry, and turned to his tribe.

"Well, that was a bloody nightmare from start to finish. I don't think I would've won that even if she didn't have the idol. I'll keep an eye on you all though since I will be jury," Gordon placed his hands on his hips. "Where will I be staying, Alexa?"

"Like a motel but high quality," he summed it up.

"Thank *CENSORED* Christ for that." He said before walking off.

"Bye Gordon!" Mario waved.

Captain Falcon yelled over too. "See ya around, Gordon!"

Soon, everyone was yelling bye at him, causing the chef to smile as he walked down the walkway...

Alexa then turned to the tribe, specifically Mario.

"Now, about that Idol of Revival..." He said. "You have been given the opportunity to bring back one eliminated contestant OTHER than a jury member of your choice. Whether that be Eggman, Gruntilda, Peter, Soldier, Sonic, Wario, Mr. Krabs, Geoffrey, or Squidward. Who will it be?"

The lights felt like they had dimmed from the intensity of the situation, and Mario thought carefully about who to bring back.

...

...

"I'll bring back-a nobody!" He said.

"N-nobody?" Alexa went blank. "Errm, what? I didn't think you'd err, say that."

After a minute of awkward silence between the two, Alexa groaned.

"Okay, fine! I was going to have it be really cool with them returning the next day, but I'll pick it myself!" He proclaimed bitterly.

"Well in that-a cas-"

"Nope, your opportunity is gone!" Alexa grumbled.

"Oh... okay." He pouted in response.

After the mildly immature moment, Alexa concluded the Tribal Council. "Gordon definitely hated a lot of the stuff here, and he was probably one of the more foul-mouthed contestants too. Despite this, he was rather strong for a simple old human, and his status of the first Jury member will forever be legendary. Goodnight, survivors!"


Gordon's Last Words: "Did I have fun? Not really. Was it an experience I'll never forget? Yes, but definitely not for the right reasons. Did I see myself winning? A little bit, but I feel like I'm more fit to run my own cooking competition than to partake in a survival one..."


VOTES

Samus's Voters (NULLIFIED): Gordon Ramsay, Mario, Papyrus, Josuke Higashikata, Little Mac, Captain Falcon, Johnny Bravo.

Gordon's Voters: Samus Aran, Arataka Reigen, Wii Fit Trainer, King Dedede


IDOLS

Idol of Attacking - Wario. (USED)

Idol of Defense - Captain Falcon. (USED)

Idol of Mirroring - Wii Fit Trainer.

Idol of Curses - Samus. (USED - CURSE WEARS OFF IN 3 MORE TRIBAL COUNCILS)

The Revival Idol - Mario. (USED)


REMAINING SURVIVORS

Laau Haupa (Yellow Team)

- Mario

- Papyrus

- Samus Aran

- Josuke Higashikata

- Wii Fit Trainer

- King Dedede

- Johnny Bravo

- Captain Falcon

- Little Mac

- Arataka Reigen