[The remaining ten contestants walked into camp with happier moods than when they came IN tribal council. Even those that were on the bottom knew it was for the better that Peach, the most controversial character of the season, got the boot.
"Peach was… Something. I'm sure we are all glad to see her gone, but the thing is, I voted on the bottom! I don't know if this makes me permanently on the bottom or what. All that matters is I stay on my feet and don't let this bring me down. I don't even know why I voted Bowser. Just to make Peach happy I guess." - Mimi
"Thank you, everyone, it really means a lot that some people care about me enough to keep me here for another three days," Bowser spoke to everyone as they were standing around the campfire recollecting their thoughts from tribal council.
"Bowser has opened up his true colors to me. I just feel it's crazy how a guy who seemed so nice and pure turned out to be a stressed middle-aged man just trying to provide for a family of nine! Plus he has no one to help him. I see why he's so stressed and grumpy he obviously needs the money most. Will this stop me from trying to win? No." - Daisy
"I'm sorry if I made anyone sad or scared with the way I was acting. I have a short temper and that's probably for the reasons I gave at tribal council. My apologies. I'll try and be better."
"Bowser, you're fine. With what you have to deal with at home, I understand. A single parent having to take care of eight little kids? Must be tough. You have my respect." Dimentio gave him a salute.
Bowser rolled his eyes in annoyance but it was dark so Dimentio couldn't see. "Thank you, Dimentio."
"Dimentio is a control freak. Soon he will be telling us what to do every vote. I know Yoshi was the vote and all that so it was obvious. But when he told us we had to do the buddy system, that got me. He's trying to play the game of a legend and I can't allow that." - Bowser
"Thank you for not voting with me," Mimi said, obviously annoyed. She and Dk separated themselves with the rest of the group.
"Listen. I was but… It was a change of plans. Rosalina was right Mimi. The only way we'll be able to move forward as a group is if we get out Peach. She's crazy." Dk said softly not trying to get in a fight.
Mimi rolled her eyes. "Bowser is a way bigger threat though. Peach can be like a meat shield. Who would vote for us if she's here? I really do hope you know what I'm talking about."
While Mimi was talking Dk was mimicking Mimi and stopped when she stopped talking. "Oh yeah, I understand. Sorry about that. We always have next time though."
"I'm glad you understand. And yes. We DO have next time. Wait, are you saying we shouldn't vote Yoshi out?"
"I mean… Like you said. We NEED meat shields! Yoshi is a big one! I mean there's a whole army of people that are going for him." Dk said which made Mimi quiet.
"Wow, uh, you got me there." Was all she could say.
Dk raised an eyebrow. "Just seems smart to me. Besides, wouldn't you wanna be on the threats good side?"
Mimi scoffed.
"She's with us dude."
"Yes! Good job man!" Yoshi high-fived Dk. He actually felt safe now.
"Yo, maybe a threat alliance is in the order." Dk winked.
"I like that! Me, you, Mimi, Bowser, (Of course), Dime-"
"Hold it, we can't add Dimentio and Bowser in the same alliance. Bowser hates his guts."
"Oh, ok Jojora's a threat, right?" Yoshi thought.
Dk was now playing with a tiny pebble on the ground. "Yeah, I guess. Don't know if she would wanna work with you though. She would probably expose our whole thing."
Yoshi worked out the numbers in his head. "Oh crap. That means there can only be like four people in our alliance."
"Daisy's a threat, right? She was put on the brawns tribe for a reason." Dk shrugged.
"Yeah… Don't know if she would wanna work with us though."
"I think she's really good with Bowser. Maybe Bowser can convince her to come on our side." Yoshi said.
The camera pinned to Bowser and Daisy having a conversation of their own.
The camera panned back to Dk and Yoshi.
Mimi walked up to them.
"What is our plan guys?" She asked, actually feeling eager to be in the alliance.
"Right now, we know we can get Bowser on our side. It's just how do we get Daisy on our side." Dk told her.
"We were thinking Bowser can convince Daisy on our side but we don't know."
"I mean I do have a steal a vote," Dk said, making Mimi and Yoshi face him.
"Wow way to drop a bomb on us, eh?" Mimi said sarcastically.
"That's great though! That puts us ahead of them in numbers!" Yoshi was now super excited.
"That's if Bowser will side with us. If not it's a tie. Five to five."
"I'm going to bed guys." Yoshi yawned. "I think we've been out here long enough."
"Agreed." Dk and Mimi said at the same time.
Omoiyari: Day 22
"Ahh, twenty-two down, seventeen to go." Daisy wrote the next day on the tree bark.
"No one complaining about looking ugly in the morning? What a miracle!" Bowser cheered and went back to sleep.
Daisy playfully rolled her eyes and decided she should cook something to start everyone's morning.
"Yeah, I voted Peach. We were good friends until she started acting all annoying. But hey, I still got Bowser in my pocket along with a few other people! Peach was expendable. Aw man that sounded pretty mean." - Daisy
One by one, everyone started to wake up. Madame Flurrie being the last.
"Hey, wanna be in a threats alliance?" Dk whispered to Bowser who was sitting right next to him.
"Heh, ok sure."
"That sounds like the dumbest thing I ever heard. I wanna be the only threat in the game. Not that stupid jerk Dk who is now wanting to work with me and Yoshi who already has a guaranteed jury vote. I'll have to think about it, but it seems like an easy offer to turn down." - Bowser
Toadette was sipping a coconut.
"Mmmm! Delicious!" She looked at Dimentio. "What's got you all up?"
"Something about Bowser. He just seems off to me." Dimentio said while looking at the Koopa king.
"Oh, he's pissed at you," Toadette said, sounding too calm.
"Pissed?!" Dimentio jumped.
"Yeah, that's the word."
"Why?"
"Because he thinks you're a control freak. Don't worry he's just being silly! Or grumpy. Or stressed. Or whatever adjective Bowser uses!" Toadette said.
Dimentio chuckled while shaking his head. "Oh, Bowser."
"Crap. Bowser is on to me. If he's still here, I can be the one out next. I need to get him on my good side!" - Dimentio
"You would not believe this." Bowser started to laugh as he was talking to his number one ally, Daisy. "Dk asked me for an alliance with the threats of the game!"
Daisy's eyes started to widen. "Oh wow, Dk?!"
"Yep, guess he's working with Yoshi right now. His fault!"
Daisy was only surprised at how Dk would try and flip the script of the game without at least her being part of it.
"I can't be in that." Bowser was laughing to the point where tears came from his eyes.
"Hm, that's really interesting." Daisy finally responded.
"It really is." Bowser finally stopped. "Why would Dk wanna work with the enemy?"
Daisy shrugged. "It's very weird to me too. He just put himself on the bottom. I don't think we should say anything though. Let's just let him dig his own grave…"
"Look. I don't like how we have a huge alliance just to get rid of one person either. It sounds really dumb. But Yoshi is a huge threat and he is such a nice guy but it's merge and I don't think we really have enough time for that." - Daisy
Rosalina was with the other castaways thinking of what she accomplished the last tribal.
"Ok. I blindsided Peach. It's probably the evilest thing I've ever done. It was for the better of the group though and that proved to be right at tribal council. Peach was really mean and bossy and she just made so many people mad in the process. We were never in an 'alliance' in the first place. Unlike me and Bowser, Peach and I did have a few conversations before… Actually, I wouldn't call them conversations when she was talking the whole time. - Rosalina
After eating everyone did daily chores as usual. Madame Flurrie and Dimentio were talking.
"I think Bowser is after me. It seems totally random too. Like it just… Came out of nowhere."
"What makes you think that? He never came to me wanting to vote for you." Madame Flurrie questioned.
"Well… According to Toadette… He wants me gone."
Madame Flurries jaw rose. "Toadette told you that? Are you sure she's not lying?"
"I mean, she said that he thinks I'm a control freak, which is not true, and apparently he doesn't like getting bossed around." Dimentio laughed.
"Well, we can't let our guard down. Bowser could always make a move and team up with Yoshi and maybe get someone on his side. Bowser isn't the brightest of the bunch…" Madame FLurrie spoke in a low tone hoping Bowser wasn't around and heard that.
"Yeah, you're right about that. We can never let our guard down. Bowser has been paranoid and all that lately." Dimentio said.
"Oh, I can trust you, right? You can keep a secret?" Madame Flurrie asked.
"Oh, when you ask me that, it makes me think you have something good Also, yes I can keep a secret."
"It's because I DO have something good! I got the hidden immunity idol on the second day of the merge!" Madame Flurrie said.
"Oh wow! That's great!"
"Madame Flurrie trusting me with this advice is really good because that means I KNOW I can trust her. I just need her to use it for me when I feel I need it. When will that be? Probably the next vote." - Dimentio
Yoshi Dk and Bowser were going spearfishing. It was Yoshi's turn as he was in the water.
"Hey man, I'm really happy you agreed with that deal." Dk held his hand out asking for Bowser to shake it, which Bowser reluctantly did so.
"Oh yeah, no problem. Smarter to align with my own kind. I know I'm next after Yoshi. Let's do it."
"In that case, I'm after you. Now that I see it, man. There are six girls and four boys. There have been cases where the girls teamed up and picked off the men. We're smarter than that." Dk said watching Yoshi get a fish.
"So…. Pick off the girls is what you're saying?"
"No, I'm not saying that. Not at all. We just need to make sure we don't let our guard down and vote off another man. For now."
"Well, the other man is Dimentio, and if you remember I kinda want him out." Bowser laughed trying hard not to give Dk millions of reasons why Dimentio should get out.
"Hey, I see what you mean. But I just don't think now is the time."
Bowser tried to keep his calm. "Then who do YOU think should be the next one out.'
Dk was thinking for a few seconds. "Probably Toadette or Jojora. Toadette seems to have many allies and is using them to her advantage. Jojora isn't playing as hard but is definitely a physical threat and could even end up being a threat in the road."
Bowser actually agreed with some of the stuff Dk said. "Toadette is VERY fishy so I agree with you there. It's like, when I talk to her, I just feel like I can't trust her. I'm sure I'm not her ideal person to go to the end with."
"Hm. Something to think about. Dk is making some good points. Toadette does seem to be a second in command to Dimentio. Kind of like a sidekick who is playing Dimentio as much as Dimentio is playing her! There have been winners like this before. So is Dimentio really the biggest person I should be watching out for?" - Bowser
Yoshi came up with plenty of fish and fist-bumped Dk and Bowser.
Dimentio squinted at the three hanging out and looked at Toadette.
"They are hanging out way too much, don't you think?" Dimentio asked.
"Yeah, Bowser is a very questionable player. He could easily flip and place himself on the bottom. Daisy told me everything about Dk. So now he's not with us either I guess."
Dimentio rubbed his forehead thinking about why Dk and Bowser would just suddenly flip.
"Maybe it's an alliance to get me out!" Dimentio said.
"I wouldn't count that out. I mean, they got Bowser to flip so easily! It's either they are baiting Bowser with an idol or some sort of advantage or they promised to vote you out. Either way, well played by them."
"Do you think you can talk to Bowser maybe?" Dimentio questioned.
"I think he's as mad as me as he is to you. He was really gunning for you yesterday but no one went along with it. He'll get over it."
Dimentio nodded.
"Dang, I HAVE to get on Bowser's good side. They must have something brewing up if they have Bowser flipping to their side in less then a day." - Dimentio
Dimentio finally found the time to get alone with Bowser.
"Hey man, I know you're mad. Just wanna know, what made you so mad at the point where you want me out?" Dimentio asked not trying to get in a fight.
"Look, where I come from I'm the boss! So I do not like getting bosses around. I can do what I want without someone reminding me the gosh dang obvious vote 24/7." Bowser said.
Dimentio was quiet.
"I don't have to listen to you! You made yourself a threat… To me at least!" Bowser kept on.
"Once again, Bowser is proving why he should not be in this game anymore. The imbecile is literally saying I'm a threat right to my face. If someone has that much bravery and courage they must go home. Or he just has a massive ego. I'm betting on the latter." - Dimentio
Omoiyari: Day 23
The merged tribe all woken up in pretty good moods. They all knew the reward challenge was up and coming so they all knew they had to prepare somehow.
"This belly needs FOOD!" Toadette sighed laying back against the ground.
"Hopefully the reward challenge isn't like how it was yesterday… Sheesh." Rosalina rubbed the back of her head nervously.
"Peach is gone, so I don't think so," Yoshi stated. "Also, I'm sure we aren't having two spa days in a row. It will probably be some sort of food reward."
"Good points!" Bowser nodded.
Dimentio growled quietly.
"Am I the only one noticing this tomfoolery?! Bowser is getting all buddy-buddy with Yoshi over here! Not good! Doesn't help that Dk is with them too! My alliance is getting dismantled by the second. Yoshi is my one obstacle from winning this game…" - Dimentio
Dk looked at his steal a vote advantage he found back at camp a while ago.
"Hm, do I really wanna play this thing? Maybe I can get one more person on our side…" - Dk
Dk pulled Daisy, one of his best allies, aside from camp wanting to talk to her.
"Ok, well remember that steal a vote I found back in the brains camp?"
Daisy nodded. "Yeah what about it?"
"Well, long story short, I may have to use it next tribal because I got myself in an alliance with Yoshi, Bowser, and Mimi. Now if I play this we HAVE the numbers."
Daisy's eyes widened for what seemed like the millionth time this week.
"I don't really think I should use it NOW though unless I feel I absolutely have to. I was gonna ask you if you wanted to be in since you're such a loyal person."
"Personality manipulation. If I call them loyal, they will start to think they're loyal! Or feel guilty enough to stay by my side hehe." - Dk
Daisy gulped and started to sweat.
"So, are you in?"
"Uh, sure!" Daisy did a fake smile.
"An alliance…" Daisy was speaking with Toadette.
"Of four? Wow. And Dk has a steal a vote? Extra wow."
"Yeah, he asked me to be in it."
"Well, if you can't beat them, join them!" Toadette smiled.
"Wait, you think we should join them? Not like I disagree or anything, just seems kinda crazy." Daisy said.
"I mean, what else can we do. If they actually have an alliance of four, why don't we join them?"
"Well, Toadette… If we DON'T join them then we'll have numbers on the other side so… We're swing votes."
"Dk has a STEAL A VOTE though. If he plays it… Then we'll be on their bad side, which is what we don't want."
"True." Daisy sighed.
"Toadette and I are officially swing votes! Yay!" Daisy rolled her eyes. "Whoever we side with would be pissed at us so thank goodness we have a couple of days to actually think about who should go home." - Daisy
"I'm pretty sure Daisy is on our side… Hopefully." Dk told Mimi and Yoshi.
"That… Makes me pretty nervous. Daisy is a loyal player and is probably sticking with the people she said she'll stick with. Which was no US."
"I'm with Mimi here, I don't see any reason why Daisy would wanna work with us."
Dk shrugged. "We still have my steal a vote advantage. If you two don't feel comfortable enough, just remember I got this little thing in the back of my pocket. I am not afraid to use it."
"Dk is confusing me a little. Why would he ask Daisy in an alliance if we already have the numbers with the steal advantage he has? Maybe he isn't as committed to the alliance if he doesn't feel like he should use it for us." - Mimi
Reward Challenge
"Come on in guys!"
It was time for the reward challenge as the ten contestants all walked onto one big mat. They were all glancing at the reward challenge, wondering what they will have to do next.
"Are you guys ready for your next reward challenge?!" Toad asked and everybody clapped and cheered in response.
"Alright! For today's challenge, you all will be divided into two teams… On my go, you'll race through a couple of obstacles till you reach a chest. You'll drag the chest to the base of a tall tower. You all will have to climb the tower then pull the chest up the tower with a rope. Then two tribe members will solve a shrine puzzle. First team to complete the puzzle will win immunity. Wanna know what you're playing for?"
All the contestants nodded and some were eagerly waiting for the reward.
"You all will get Survivor's Outback steakhouse. Steak, baked potatoes, and ALL the fixings. Plus margaritas."
Bowser let out a roar. Everyone there knew steak was his favorite food and he wasn't playing to lose. The other contestants clapped and had a smile on their face. They were all wanting to win the steak.
"Ok, we'll get you in teams. Draw rocks for captains."
Everyone nodded.
Later…
"All right! For team A, Dk was a captain and he picked Yoshi, Jojora, Madame Flurrie, and Mimi. For team B, Daisy was a captain; she picked Bowser, Dimentio, Rosalina, and Toadette." Lakitu announced.
"Alright, survivors ready… Go!"
Both tribes jumped into the water at the same time and walked to the first obstacle: A MASSIVE seesaw
"You have to climb over the massive seesaw and get over!" Toad explained as the castaways did so.
Team A got in a quick lead over team B since team A was already done with the first obstacle. Team B was close though as they finished the first obstacle as well.
The next obstacle was a slippery balance beam.
"If you fall off the balance beam, you have to run back! Which means don't fall off!"
Team A and Team B were both at this obstacle. Team A had four out o0f five of their players across, but Madame Flurrie slipped off giving team B a chance to take a lead.
"OH, Madame Flurrie slipped off! This is gonna create a lead for team B if they can make it across!" As Toad said this, team B ALL crossed the finished line and now was at the next obstacle.
Dk sighed as everyone was waiting for their slowest team member to make it across the balance beam.
Everyone in team B was at the chest and could now start untying the chest.
"Go team B!"
Madame Flurrie finally got across the balance beam and team A was close behind.
"Go team A!"
Both teams were now on the untying portion of the challenge. Team B had a lead so they finished it first. Team A was not too fond of this and started untying faster.
Team B brought their chest to the mat and started climbing the tower with the rope. Daisy decided to climb first and make quick time. Followed up was Dimentio.
Now team A was done untying and brought their chest to the mat. It was a close race. Dk was climbing up the rope and looked over to see Dimentio done, and saw Bowser already halfway up the tower.
"Crud!" He whispered to himself and kept climbing.
Bowser was now finished as well as Dk. Now Yoshi was going for team A and Rosalina was going for team B.
Yoshi was going quicker but slipped and almost fell before getting a tight hold on the rope. He was back at the start of the tower. This made Rosalina finish before him making team B's last castaway, Toadette, be the last one to climb.
Yoshi learned from his mistakes and climbed slowly making him finally get up. Jojora was next up and knew she had to pick up the pace so she did what Yoshi did the first time and completed it.
"It's a close race but it seems like Toadette is finished climbing which means team B can start pulling the rope to bring the chest up!" Lakitu announced and team B did so.
Madame Flurrie threw herself on the top of the tower once team B brought their chest halfway up the tower. The last to go on team A was Mimi.
Team B got their chest to the tower and now was working on the puzzle.
"Dimentio and Rosalina are working on the puzzle for team B! Team A has GOT to catch up!"
Mimi was struggling on the tower but finally got up. Team A was finally able to start pulling.
"Go team A!"
Now it was a race. Team A pulled as hard as they could while Rosalina and Dimentio studied the puzzle pieces and tried to fit the puzzle together.
Team A brought their chest up the tower and now Mimi and Dk were attempting on the puzzle.
"This puzzle is more confusing than I thought…" Rosalina said worryingly since team A could get a possible comeback.
"Don't focus on them!" Dimentio said. "Just focus on the puzzle!"
Now it was a battle to see who was the smartest duo. Both teams tried out different matches. Some worked, some didn't. Team A was catching up pretty fast though which pressured Rosalina and Dimentio to go faster.
"It's gonna be a close one!"
"Done!"
Lakitu checked the teams' work. He nodded.
"TEAM B WINS REWARD!"
Daisy, Bowser, Dimentio, Toadette, and Rosalina all cheered for the outback steakhouse reward. Even a tear came out of Bowser's eye.
Dk's head sunk low as he dropped the puzzle piece in his right hand. That was the last one they needed to place as well.
"Congrats team A. You guys have won Steak and Baked Potatoes. Go enjoy your reward! The boat is coming right now!"
Team B all high-fived each other and walked onto the bus waving to team A who reluctantly waved back.
"Team A, I'm sorry but you get nothing, head back to camp."
"Hey, we lost but at least Yoshi won't be getting the protein he needs to win the next immunity challenge! For me, to progress in this game, he needs to be out. So, maybe losing was a great thing!" - Madame Flurrie
Omoiyari
The castaways at the Omoiyari camp all looked at each other with glum faces. They just lost the reward challenge and they were o0nly a piece away.
"Ah, I can just imagine us eating those juicy steaks. With baked potatoes on the side, and I'm sure they would be serving cold drinks too. I could have a sprite of coke or…" Jojora started to fantasize.
"Yeah, maybe you should stop thinking about that food before you go crazy." Mimi rolled her eyes, obviously angry about losing the reward challenge.
"Obviously, I need food. I mean, I'm already like, SUPER skinny. I don't wanna be fifty pounds by the time this season ends. I'm surprised I'm taking this well." - Mimi
"Don't worry guys, at least we have enough food to eat right now! Anyone down for some rice?" Dk asked.
"Eh, whatever as long as I eat SOMETHiNG.," Madame Flurrie said laying on the ground.
"Dang… When people say this game is hard, they aren't lying. This makes me grateful for what I have back at home, and that's crazy considering I live in an apartment with my two sisters and we eat ramen almost every day! I need the money as much as everyone else even if I may not look like I need the money." - Madame Flurrie
Reward
The contestants at the reward all walked in with smiles on their faces. Basically the opposite of the people back at camp.
"Woohoo! My second reward! And this time it's without Peach! We also have steak! This could be the best moment of the season just for those reasons! Hell, maybe this will fill me up for the reward challenge! - Bowser
All of the castaways sat down and smiled at their food. It was time to dig in!
"Since all five of us are here, we maybe need to start talking about the game, and all I have to say is Dk is a flipper and it makes me so disappointed. I thought we would all stick together..."
Dimentio, Toadette, and Daisy all looked at Bowser knowing he flips as well.
"Guess they forgot to tell Rosalina…" He mumbled while eating his food.
"Ok, now I'm classified as a flipper when I didn't even FLIP yet! I mean, Yoshi And Dk are cool and all but I don't know if I actually wanna work with them. They're in the minority, BUT with Dk's steal a vote advantage it could put us in a rock draw if I DON'T vote with them. Sooo I would be in majority either way. But, this move could affect me down the line if the jury doesn't like the move I pulled, and BAM I'm officially a goat in this game. Ugh… This is very confusing. Basically, I have to either think about what works for me NOW or long term. I have one more day to think about it and I'll use that whole day to think about it. Which is I guess today…" - Bowser
"Rosalina is right. The question is should we give him consequences for flipping with him?" Toadette asked.
"What do you mean?" Bowser kinda gulped.
"Oh you know, vote him out, forever deciding to be an unloyal ally!" Toadette said a little pissed off while winking at Bowser.
"Basically what I'm talking about is we can vote Bowser. It's a scare tactic but why shouldn't we?" - Toadette
"Toadette… May I speak with you in the other room please?"
Toadette shrugged and walked with Bowser.
"... I must say that made things awkward," Dimentio said.
"I didn't even flip with them! I'm just making friends with them to make them think I'm on their side!"
Toadette nodded. "Mhm… Which is why you don't show up to any of our 'alliance meetings?"
Bowser started to growl. "Why do we even have those things Toadette? This isn't a cult!"
"Hey, it wasn't my plan! It was Dimentio's!"
Bowser started to get angry. "He's controlling the game as we know it! First, he wants us to do the buddy system and now he's making team alliances? You all are getting controlled like puppets which is a reason I MAY flip!"
"..." Toadette raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, I said it!"
"I got no words. Just know what you're doing because I don't REALLY want you out! But you're digging your own grave by the second!" Toadette walked off.
Bowser was annoyed at Toadette obviously. He couldn't believe Dimentio had this control and no one was doing anything about it.
"Paranoid Bowser is back talking about Dimentio is the puppet master. But what he doesn't know is… Dimentio isn't controlling us… We're controlling HIM."
Omoiyari
Chores were getting done around the Omoiyari camp until they saw the people at the reward come back with happy moods like they expected.
Bowser gave a signal to Yoshi and Dk signaling bad news.
"So how was the reward?" Jojora asked just to be nice.
"Oh, it was great we had a good..."
Bowser, Dk, and Yoshi all walked with each other out in the forest with nobody knowing.
"So Dk this is more bad news for you than it is for Yoshi."
Dk widened his eyes. All right then lay it on me.
"Well, Toadette apparently is fine with getting me or you out. I think Yoshi isn't going anywhere from the conversating I heard at the reward."
"Wait, they talked about it right in front of you?" Yoshi questioned.
"Well… I mean, not really but kind of." Bowser shrugged.
"I believe it. We're basically traitors. So now they want one of us two out. What about Mimi?"
"Mimi… They didn't really say anything about her. She isn't a threat like the three of us though so I don't think they would wanna get rid of her, unless we can put the target on her back but I don't think that's possible." Bowser explained.
"Sadly, I don't think either. This means, unfortunately, they are voting for one of us guys."
"That is the BEST news ever! Now they won't be targeting me as usual! Even though an ally of mine could potentially go home, at least I'm still in the game!" - Yoshi
"Hey, don't take anything Toadette says seriously… She's just hurt right now." Daisy was now talking to Bowser.
"Yeah I shouldn't, I just can't help but feel worried!"
"Hey, it's survivor, we're ALL worried. So I can't blame ya! Just don't try and ruin your chances of not getting voted or anything." Daisy did a small laugh.
Bowser nodded. "That's harder than it looks."
"Hey, you've been able to do it for twenty-three days now. You don't wanna mess anything up now. For all I know, you're safe." Daisy was serious now.
Bowser sighed. "You're right. Just keep me updated all the time you know? I need to know if the vote flips on me or if it's on Yoshi. I'm not even fully in their alliance yet and now I'm a bad guy."
"I think it's mainly DK everyone is worried about. So it wouldn't make sense to come after you but, maybe we could if we're scared of an idol play, since you know splitting the votes isn't doable. " Daisy ranted on.
"Now Daisy's telling me all of the plans! I didn't even ask for it. She's a really trustworthy person. Just sucks we are both in different alliances. Maybe we can just play secret agents together and see what each side's plans are. I don't think Daisy would do that, unfortunately. She's too nice - Bowser
"Yeah, thank you for telling me though. I really appreciate it." Bowser smiled and Daisy smiled back.
"No problem! Anything to help out a friend!"
Dimentio was watching over and got suspicious again.
"Now Daisy is sweet-talking Bowser? Things are getting worse. I'm sure my time in this game is limited. I have to win immunity oh my god. Ok, I just need to calm down. I have enough time to regroup with everyone, even Bowser since he 'isn't on their side yet' but me making an alliance meeting is the reason he's mad in the first place. So maybe not the best idea." - Dimentio
Dimentio then had an idea.
"I remember back in the Capi camp right after Merlon went home, everyone at Capi, (Besides Kamek) Was in an agreement to go to the end together. I just need to get everyone on Capi on the same side as me. Then we could have a secret alliance all the way until the final four." - Dimentio
Dimentio discussed to Rosalina and Toadette about his plan, and unsurprisingly, they were fine with it.
"Dimentio is playing the game so hard. I know that I'm not dumb it's just best to keep him around as a meatshield so I know my butt isn't on the chopping block. It's always going to be Dimentio, not me." - Toadette
"What about Mimi though?" Rosalina asked softly.
"I don't know. We know she is with the others. Sadly, I know Rosalina, but maybe we'll have to do this one without her." Dimentio explained.
"Yeah, I expected that. Can't believe I thought me and Mimi were ever friends." Rosalina sighed.
"Maybe she sees something in Dk and Yoshi. Something we don't see. Maybe that's why Bowser is so quick on flipping as well." Toadette said as she watched Bowser, Yoshi, and Dk having a good time snorkeling with each other.
"What, do you think he thinks we're not good enough for him?" Rosalina asked.
"I mean… They seem to be having a good time. They all have a bunch of stuff in common. I mean look at me I don't know anything about snorkeling and they look like they've been doing it as friends for ten years now!" Toadette sighed.
"Toadette has a point sadly. I guess I'm not good enough for Mimi OR Bowser. Guess there's no point in being nice to people when they aren't gonna be nice back. Thank you Mimi and Bowser for realizing that…" - Rosalina
Dimentio looked down at his feet. "I don't even think we should ask her because then our whole thing can get exposed and that would NOT be good for any of us," Dimentio said and Rosalina and Toadette nodded.
"I think she would since she's so buddy-buddy with Yoshi and Dk now. We still have Madame Flurrie, Jojora, and Daisy with us though so we're fine." Toadette said.
"Well… About that, Daisy might be with them too. I saw her sweet talking Bowser over there, so maybe she's planning on flipping."
Toadette then remembered the conversation she and Daisy had.
Wait, you think we should join them? Not like I disagree or anything, just seems kinda crazy." Daisy said.
"I mean, what else can we do. If they actually have an alliance of four, why don't we join them?"
"Well, Toadette… If we DON'T join them then we'll have numbers on the other side so… We're swing votes."
"Dk has a STEAL A VOTE though. If he plays it… Then we'll be on their bad side, which is what we don't want."
"True." Daisy sighed.
"Uh… Yeah, that really stinks." Toadette came back to her senses.
"I remember that conversation we had. I'm a swing vote. Wow. I could side with whoever I want. I totally forgot. I don't wanna betray Dimentio but also, would it be smart too? Maybe, maybe not. All I know is that I have a big choice right now." - Toadette
Dimentio later then saw Mimi walking by herself. Dimentio reluctantly joined her walk to talk about the Capi alliance he really wants to happen again.
"Hello," Mimi said.
"Hi, so I heard you're with the other alliance now." Dimentio didn't know what to say so he decided that was the smartest place to start.
"I don't know yet. Bowser and I had a conversation earlier. We don't know what we wanna do. We aren't on a side yet."
This was a sort of relief to Dimentio. He still had a chance to make the alliance he wanted.
"Oh, well, I wanna make an alliance with you," Dimentio said.
"Who will be in it?" Mimi stopped in her tracks wanting to hear more.
"It's the Capi alliance. The brains of this game. I remember we had it but right when it was formed we swapped and you and I were split up with Toadette and Rosalina." Dimentio said.
"Oh yeah, I remember that! I actually really want to! I know it hasn't been that long but it feels nostalgic to when we were on our own! (And with Kamek of course.)"
"I know right? So are you in?"
"For sure" Mimi nodded.
"Everyone wants me in their alliance, it's crazy! It may seem like a surprise but all I said back there with Dimentio was true. I would love to be back in the Capi alliance. It will hopefully help me progress in the game." - Mimi
"Mimi surprised me. She really wants to be in an alliance and… I wasn't really expecting that. It seemed like she would be against it because of her own alliance, but nope! She wants to team up with me, Rosalina and Toadette and hopefully take over this game." - Dimentio
Dimentio informed Rosalina and Toadette about the news. Rosalina almost cried when she heard her good friend Mimi would work with her again.
"That's great news. I am super excited for these guys." Toadette smiled.
Dimentio was doing stretches for the upcoming immunity challenge. He was sure he needed it the most and would not like to lose.
Yoshi, Bowser, and Dk, all had the jitters as well. This was obviously an important immunity challenge for almost everyone in the game.
Immunity Challenge
"Come on in guys!" Toad yelled waiting for the ten remaining castaways to walk on the mat.
They all came in in a single line with Bowser being the one to place their flag down into the ground. Everyone was smiling at Toad to know what their challenge would be.
"Are you guys ready for your immunity challenge?"
Everyone clapped and cheered. This immunity challenge had a lot of stakes.
"All right, first things first, Yoshi I need immunity."
Yoshi groaned playfully and took it off for Toad.
"All right, once again, immunity is back up for grabs. In this immunity challenge, all ten of you will have to dig for a ball. Once you end up digging the ball up, you'll have to shoot it in a basket! First five people to do this go on to the next round!"
There were nods from the remaining players.
"The five players will then have to carry a HUGE bag of balls from one mat to the other! The first two to complete this will go on to the final challenge, on this final challenge you will have to shoot the balls into the basket until the basket drops. The first player to do this wins immunity!"
The players clapped for what was sure to be an interesting challenge.
"Alright, we'll get in positions and get started."
Later…
"Alright! For immunity! Survivors ready?... Go!
The castaways all ran into the dirt to start digging. They all hoped for the luck to be on their side.
"Don't just look in one spot, the ball could be anywhere!"
Toadette ended up finding a ball and ran to try and shoot the ball in her basket.
"Toadette found her ball!"
Daisy found her ball as well, now everyone else felt they had to speed up.
Daisy and Toadette took turns shooting but Daisy made hers before Toadette even though Toadette found her ball first.
"Daisy, the first player to advance to round two!"
Jojora and Dk found the balls and ran to the shooting section.
"We have three players all trying to get their ball in the basket! One is finished, and six are still looking furiously for the ball!"
Jojora's ball rolled around the rim as she looked at it in fear.
"Jojora advances to round two!"
Toadette and Dk were starting to get frustrated so they started going faster.
"Yoshi has found his ball!"
Toadettes ball rolled around the rim and ended up dropping in.
"Toadette advances to round two!"
Rosalina and Bowser both finished at almost the same time and now it was a challenge.
"We have four different players shooting for two spots into the next round!"
Madame Flurrie, Dimentio, and Mimi all were still not giving up and one of them got to get up and start running to make their ball in the basket.
"Madame Flurrie is good!"
Now it was down to five players who were wanting to win immunity badly.
"Yoshi's shot is good! One more spot left!"
Bowser was starting to growl while the others were keeping their composure.
Dk's ball rolled around the rim.
"..."
"Dk's ball did NOT get in!" Toad said in astonishment.
Dk cursed under his breath and ran to pick up his ball.
Finally, Rosalina ended all the suspense by making her ball in the basket.
"And Rosalina advances to the next round! Daisy, Jojora, Toadette, Yoshi, and Rosalina all still have a chance for immunity!
The others all congratulated the people who had a chance to win immunity and walked to the bench.
"Next round! Survivors ready… Go!"
The remaining five players all ran up to the bag of balls and started to realize how heavy it actually is.
Daisy was picking up her bag and then dropping it to take a few seconds to pant.
Yoshi picked the bag up and walked with it making him super tired but in the lead.
Jojora was pushing it with all her might but had her only in 4th place.
Rosalina decided to let a few balls go which made the bag less heavy.
"Rosalina is trying a strategy I didn't even think of! The downside is she'll have to go back to grab the balls!" Toad observed.
Toadette tried pushing it Jojora but the bag didn't even move an inch. She knew there was no point in going anymore.
"At this point, it's down to Yoshi, Daisy, and Rosalina!" Toad said.
Daisy was almost to the end she just needed a couple of more lifts. Yoshi was almost there but dropped with his bag nearly at the end.
"Yoshi drops! He's trying to get back up but can he?"
Rosalina made it to the end but has to grab all her balls and bring them back, which would probably take multiple trips.
"Rosalina is running as fast as she can!"
Daisy threw her bag to the finish line and layed on the ground tired.
"Daisy advances to the next round! It's down to Yoshi and Rosalina!"
Toadette and Jojora just watched the two try their hardest to go in the next round.
Yoshi started to get up. He grabbed his bag and took a step.
"Rosalina advances to the next round!"
Rosalina had all her balls back in her bag and she sat on the ground to catch her breath.
"Rosalina's strategy worked out, and now Yoshi, Toadette, and Jojora are out of the challenge!"
The three sat on the bench as the next challenge was about to start.
Later…
"Ok, this is the final challenge between Rosalina and Daisy! Survivors ready? Go!"
Rosalina was the first to shoot a ball and it went in. After that Daisy followed up with one. The two exchanged makes and misses and the pressure was getting on to them.
"This is for immunity!" Toad yelled.
Daisy's basket was starting to come down which was a good sign.
"Daisy is making progress!"
Rosalina's basket moved a little bit but not as much as Daisy's was moving. Rosalina knew she had to make the majority of her shots now.
"Rosalina is falling behind but she can still catch up!"
Rosalina's basket started to move down faster now. It was catching up to Daisy's basket and now it was a challenge.
"These two have been fighting for immunity, I'm sure they both don't wanna lose it now!"
Rosalina started making shot after shot. She kept her composure and just let the ball out of her hands and it was working. It was the opposite with Daisy, who started out hot, but now was falling behind.
"Now Rosalina has the lead! What a change in events!" Toad watched the two make balls in the basket.
Rosalina now only needed a few more makes until the basket ended up dropping.
Daisy cursed under her breath and fortunately for her started making more balls while Rosalina was starting to slow back down.
"Both of them need a few more shots left!"
One of the girls' baskets dropped.
"Rosalina wins immunity!"
Rosalina stood there in shock. She never expected to win an immunity challenge.
Daisy went up to hug her and congratulate her.
"Congrats Rosalina." All the castaways were now at the mat, and Toad gave Rosalina the necklace and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Rosalina, you have won immunity and you are safe from tonight's tribal council."
He then looked at the other eight castaways.
"Sadly, one of you will be the third member of the jury. Will see who that is tonight. Congrats." He patted Rosalina's shoulder.
"It feels so great to win immunity. I never thought I would! I'm really enjoying this game and it'll be sad to see who goes next. But sadly that's part of the game... " - Rosalina
The ten castaways were all congratulating the new immunity holder, Rosalina.
"Thank you guys, seriously, I'd never think I would win an immunity challenge. Especially since I've never done sports before."
"Hey, we all have our moments, congrats!" Dk congratulated her.
"Phew! Dimentio nor Jojora won immunity. Now it's time to decide who me, Yoshi, Mimi, Bowser, and hopefully Daisy vote next. We got this." - Dk
Bowser was on the hammock. Sure it was time to strategize but he knew someone would go up and ask him the vote sooner or later.
Dk, Yoshi, and Mimi were all in their usual talking location. They all knew what time it was.
"Ok, Jojora, Daisy, or Dimentio. One of those three have to go." Mimi said.
"We can vote Jojora off but… Dimentio is a huge strategic threat and can manipulate anyone to get on his side!" Dk said which made Mimi feel a little guilty about siding with Dimentio in the first place.
"Yeah, but Jojora is one of the strongest players in the game! She never won an immunity but she came up close all three times! She could go on a run if we don't watch her." Mimi said.
"Yeah, BUT Jojora doesn't play strategy as Dimentio does. Either way, they are both big threats and one of them has to get out." Yoshi nodded.
"Daisy isn't on our side I'm pretty sure as well, so she can also be someone we need to vote off. She got second in the immunity challenge after all!" Mimi said.
"Well, isn't this a threat alliance? Why don't we vote for someone like Toadette out?" Dk asked.
"Yeah but… I think it would be best to get rid of a strong player this time. Because don't we wanna get rid of the threats before they get rid of us?" Yoshi asked and Dk shrugged while nodding.
"I agree, but we gotta make sure next time we gotta send someone weak packing. If we vote out all the threats we'll be the only ones left." Mimi said.
"And that's also true." Yoshi nodded at Mimi.
Daisy walked up to Bowser.
"Finally, someone is wanting to talk to me!" He sat up in his hammock. "What's up?"
"Well, I'm not siding with Dk and Yoshi, I know I need to make a move and go with them, but I just can't do that when I know I have a good chance at being on the bottom." Daisy rubbed the back of her head.
Bowser nodded. "Well, Daisy, with Dimentio and his group, you are on the bottom. I mean, if you think about it, you're the strongest out of the six of you guys. They will notice that and come for you when they feel you aren't needed anymore."
Daisy kept listening.
"This is why we allied the threats of the game. It keeps us away from the weak players that would vote us off the first chance they get.
"If it's a threat alliance then… Why is Mimi in but not Jojora or Dimentio?" Daisy tried to find the logic in that.
"Oh, to be honest, I don't even know. That doesn't matter though!" Bowser looked back at Daisy. "I'm siding with you. Wherever you go, I'll go."
Daisy had a look of concern on her face.
Dimentio was with his alliance.
"Vote is Yoshi I'm guessing?" Dimentio asked.
"Eh, I wouldn't mind seeing Bowser go. That guy is a ticking time bomb! He'll blow up on you in any second. I'm scared of him." Jojora said, laying back.
"I sort of agree with Jojora. I'm not scared of him but he definitely isn't the best human being on this island." Madame Flurrie said.
Dimentio nodded. "I don't mind, Bowser has been a pain in my neck for too long. But, we can still get him on our side if we just don't vote for him."
Daisy nodded. "He said he'll side with who I side. And it's pretty obvious where my loyalty lies right now."
"Oh, that's great! So now we have more extra protection. Hopefully, no idol is played on any of them. Unfortunately though splitting the votes is kind of hard to do since we can't trust Mimi or Bowser." Jojora said.
As on cue, Mimi walked in on the talk.
"Hi, guys! Just wanted to know what was going on!"
"Oh, nothing. We're just deciding which one of those muscles for brains to vote off." Toadette said and Rosalina glared at her.
"Toadette has changed. She used to be super nice and treat everyone like a friend, but now she is just a mean person that likes giving mean and rude names to people. She's still a great friend to me but I wish she was to other people! - Rosalina
"Mimi are you with us?" Dimentio asked.
"Of course I am!" Mimi winked at Dimentio hinting that she was with the four.
"Well, we are voting either Bowser or Yoshi. Now that you're with us we have enough to split the votes between them!" Madame Flurrie said.
"About that guys… Dk has a steal a vote advantage where he is granted the ability to steal any of our votes." Daisy spoke up which made the alliance have to rethink.
"So, I'm sure Dk will use it on the target. So now we need to just throw all our votes on someone since splitting the votes won't work since one of us will get the boot anyway." Dimentio thought.
"What if me, Madame Flurrie, and Toadette act like we're with them? Then they would think they have the numbers!" Mimi thought up which made Dimentio shrug.
"Alright, if Dk plays the steal a vote though then we'll have to throw all our votes at one person," Dimentio said.
"I'm playing both sides for one and one reason only… I wanna be the one that determines who goes home. I don't really know who I'm siding with yet, so I just have to see how tribal goes." - Mimi
Bowser's idol was in his bag. He knew it would be a crazy tribal and it may have to be played.
"I've been told that we have the numbers now by Dk… But, I don't really know if I wanna go out just because some girls said they would vote with us. This idol could change the whole game. - Bowser
The ten players grabbed their torches and walked off to tribal council.
Tribal Council
There were different types of animals and insects at the tribal council area, all watching the ten castaways come in and place their torches in the torch holder. Toad was up watching the contestants with his hands behind his back and a straight face. Once they all sat down. Tribal Council commenced.
The jury came in. Prince Peasley walked in still looking way better than everyone sitting at tribal council, followed by Peach who had so much makeup on her face you couldn't tell her from what she actually looked like. She glared at the contestants and gave a smile to Daisy.
Daisy gave a weak smile to her.
"Ok, we just had a crazy tribal, and now what some of you might say was the loudest player here, is now out. How was it at camp?"
"Well, it was way more peaceful that's for sure," Bowser said.
Peach rolled her eyes.
"But, it still doesn't mean there was tension around the camp. I think it's confirmed there are two sides."
Toad nodded. "Do you know who's consisting of these alliances?"
"Me. Yoshi, Dk and Mimi are one, and Madame Flurrie, Daisy, Toadette, Dimentio, Jojora, and Rosalina," Bowser said.
"I noticed this, there are more brains than any other tribe right now. Brawn only has three and beauty only has three." Dk said. "If we two team up then that's six to four. I'm sure the brains have an alliance so why not come after them?"
Mimi whispered to Yoshi sounding a little mad about that comment and Dk shook his head to her.
"I think Mimi's mad because Dk just said she needs to get out soon along with me, Rosalina, and Dimentio," Toadette said.
Dk came back to looking at Toad. "Ok, well that was not what I meant… Dimentio, Rosalina, and Toadette are a duo. I don't see why no one else in that alliance sees it. The only reason why we aren't voting one of them is so we can get rid of a bigger threat."
Yoshi now whispered to Dk sounding as annoyed as Mimi.
"I'll just stop talking right now," Dk said.
"You just gave away your plans!" Toad said
"I think I'm the one who's getting votes." Daisy sighed. "I'm the only Brawn member on this site and I guess they realized it."
None of the members on this side confirmed or denied that they were voting for Daisy.
"Rosalina, how does it feel to have immunity at a time like this?" Toad asked.
"Well, I'll be honest… I don't wanna sound cocky or arrogant but I don't think I needed this. I maybe should have thrown the challenge to Daisy."
Daisy looked at her and shook her head. "Nah, you deserved it. You won so keep it."
Rosalina sighed and wrapped the necklace around Daisy's neck.
"Woah, what are you…"
"I wanna give immunity to Daisy."
Prince Peasley and Peach had shocked reactions. Both liking the move Rosalina pulled.
"So, to be certain, you ARE giving immunity to Daisy?" Toad asked and Rosalina nodded while smiling.
"W-Wow! Thank you!" Daisy hugged Rosalina and sat back down.
Yoshi whispered to Dk who then whispered to Bowser who then whispered to Mimi. They all nodded.
"Daisy, do you feel you would have been out without this immunity?"
"There's always a possibility. You can't be too sure while playing Survivor so, yeah I do think there was a chance I could have been getting my torch snuffed."
"Also, the four of them are whispering like teenage girls." Peach whispered to Prince Peasley and he smiled nodding.
DImentio whispered to Mimi.
"You're still on our side right?" Dimentio asked and Mimi nodded.
"I have no intentions of flipping, I am loyal to the brains alliance."
"Wait, so they're voting Rosalina?"
He and Mimi kept whispering and Dimentio delivered info to Toadette and now it was a live tribal.
"Wait, so are they voting for me or Rosalina?" Jojora asked, confused.
"I don't know! Mimi said that the three are up in the air. It could be either one of you!" Dimentio said.
"We need to calm down, we have the numbers. We just have to hope absolutely NO advantages are played!" Toadette said.
During all of this Rosalina was not regretting what she did for Daisy.
"So, the vote is…?" Bowser asked.
"Let's think about it," Dk said.
After all the whispers were done, everyone sat down.
Toad smiled. "Now THAT is survivor. Are we ready to vote?"
Everyone nodded.
"Ok, Mimi you're up."
Dk looked at his advantage but shook his head.
Mimi walked up, wrote the name she was voting, and spoke.
"Sorry, but this is a move that will hopefully help me through this game. Sad it has to be you."
Dk walked up followed by Dimentio, Madame Flurrie, Toadette, Daisy Bowser, Jojora, and Rosalina. Rosalina spoke.
"It sucks it had to be this way. I need to vote for you for me to stay in this game."
Yoshi was the last one to vote and walked back to his seat.
"I'll go tally the votes."
Everyone looked at each other as Toad came back with the urn.
"If anybody has a hidden immunity idol and would like to play it now would be the time to do so."
Everyone looked at Toad. One player dug the idol out of his/her bag and walked up to Toad to place it in his hand.
"Too risky to keep it in my bag." He/she nodded at Toad and sat down.
"This is an idol… Any votes for Bowser will not count."
The jury's eyes widened as they questioned his decision.
The other players all looked surprised as well.
"First vote…"
"Yoshi."
Yoshi gulped.
"Jojora."
Jojora shook her head and wished that Rosalina would've given HER the necklace.
"Yoshi."
"Jojora. That's two votes Yoshi, two votes Jojora."
"Yoshi."
"Jojora. That's three votes Yoshi, three votes Jojora."
"Bowser. Does not count."
Bowser clapped.
"Bowser. Does not count. That's two votes, Bowser. Both do not count."
"Bowser. Does not count. That's three votes Bowser all of them don't count. Three votes Yoshi, three votes Jojora. One vote left."
Jojora sweated while Yoshi didn't even watch Toad pull out the parchment.
"Ninth person eliminated and the third member of our jury…"
"..."
"Jojora."
Prince Peasley was laughing while Peach just stared at Jojora stand up.
Yoshi took a huge sigh of relief. Jojora frowned and grabbed her torch. She brought it to Toad and looked at the torch. Not saying a word.
"Jojora the tribe has spoken."
Snuff.
"Good game guys. Have fun and I can't wait to see the final three." She nodded at them and everyone waved goodbye.
"It's like they say. Anything can happen in Survivor. And it seems like the impossible just happened. Hopefully, this will keep everyone on their toes. G'night."
The nine remaining all walked off and Mimi had some glares from her old alliance.
"Well, I'm out. After this crazy game, I finally get to sit here and try not to cry. I feel my physical game is the reason why I was out and they felt threatened by me. I wasn't a threat though. They had a chance to get rid of Dimentio and they didn't take it. Good luck to them.
Votes
Dk - Jojora
Yoshi - Jojora
Bowser - Jojora
Mimi - Jojora
Toadette - Bowser Dnc
Madame Flurrie - Bowser Dnc
Rosalina - Bowser Dnc
Daisy - Yoshi
Dimentio - Yoshi
Jojora - Yoshi
Wow. This took longer to come out than expected. Total Drama episode three will come out in a few days. Both series' are going pretty well so far.
Jojora - She was a fiery personality until the Prince Peasley boot. After Prince Peasley went home I felt that she didn't get enough lines and was a background player. That of course wasn't supposed to happen since I don't really want any player to be that way. Either way, I liked her as a character. I don't know if she'll come back for all stars just yet.