Chris was on his couch in a towel, smiling to himself "ah, nice to finally feel clean again" he smiled at the camera "Last time on Total Drama Castle Chaos, good ol Xavier continues to show his lack of really any skills as he feeds and waters a venus flytrap from a hidden room, causing it to go on a rampage and eat just about everyone besides for a lucky few" it cuts back to the majority of them getting thrown up on "but beyond that, Dan seems to be finding himself getting closer with Vivian, while Lester just continues to simp without knowing whatever is going on. And in the end, our evil little Irish boy Vaughn framed Violet for the wild plant. But in a twist of fate, Vincent took the place of his sister and went flying off to who knows where. WIll VIolet be able to handle competing without Vincent? Who will Rosalina target now that Vincent and Dylan are gone? Find out now on Total Drama Castle Chaos!"
Intro Plays
It was the start of a new day, and Violet was lying down in her bed, not even moving at all. Penny and the other girls stared at her before turning to each other "should… we say something to her?" Vivian whispered to the others.
Julia shook her head "she may have lost her brother but she's still rude to everyone. Besides, it was just an elimination. One day she'll have to spend time without him anyways. Might as well have her get used to it"
Harmonia nods "she'll survive"
While they spoke Penny just quietly stared at the girl, looking down a little.
Confessional: Penny
"I don't know why I feel bad" Penny rubbed her arm "Violet's been nothing but mean to me all season long for no reason. But just seeing her… so down, makes me feel bad. I don't know, she might just be a bully you see at school, but I just can't let her mope around when her brother eliminated herself to motive her"
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Confessional: Harmonia
She smiled with her hands in her lap "that really couldn't have gone better" she giggled softly to herself "Violet was attached to her brother like a parasite and now I can watch her squirm without him. Along with that, their majority is now in disarray. Who knows who will lead us or who will go next. I'm starting to see why this show is so fun for some people!"
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Confessional: Vaughn
Vaughn looked annoyed as he slouched on the wall with his arm crossed "ok… that was a bit of a disappointment but that doesn't matter. I just wanted one of those twins gone and Violet will be out before you know it. That should put that team in chaos before the end of the week" he slowly started to smirk "burning that plant to ashes made that whole challenge worth it anyways…"
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In the Jesters room, Lester yawned as he got up, looking over to just see Dino and Dan sleeping. With Dan frowning a little in his sleep.
Lester smirked to himself as he slowly walked over "Dan, Dan, Danny boy. You've lost a friend. I'm guessing you don't have many of those you snake… I know you have been playing the not interested game to score with Vivian am I right? You think you're so cool because everyone pities your fear of women right?" Lester got on top of him to glare down at him "I hate you."
Dan opened his eyes to see Lester practically face to face with him "um… hi Lester… can I ask what you're doing right not?"
Lester smiled awkwardly "I was… s-seeing how you slept so well since I-I-I always wake up earlier o-on accident" he quickly got up and ran out of the room.
Dan rubbed the back of his neck and looked over to Dino, who was also awake "I really hope he doesn't do that to me while I'm sleeping" the Boyscout murmured with a yawn.
"...I'm probably going to sleep in Vincent's bed after I'm sure Lester is asleep" Dan mumbled, choosing to just assume Lester was hugging him in his sleep… which wasn't exactly great news either.
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Vaughn was snoring, smiling to himself as he dreamed about the fire that started burning through the large plant. He kicked in his sleep before noticing that he was kicking someone. He opened his eyes suddenly and threw the bedsheets off to see Xavier was hiding under them while hugging him.
"What are you doing you, idiot!?" Vaughn tried pulling Xavier off of him, however, he just wouldn't let go.
Xavier opened his eyes and smiled up at him "hey, good morning!"
"What are you doing sleeping in my bed?" Vaughn growled.
"Because you saved me last night, and mom says hugs are the best way to say thanks!" Xavier tightened his grip around him.
Vaughn grumbled but just didn't say anything as he looked over to the other guys. Oscar and Aaron looked amused, while Haden had already walked off.
"What are you two smiling at?"
Oscar raised his hands "hey, nothing man. I don't judge" he smirked as Aaron and he walked off as Xavier nuzzled closer to him.
"I hate this team" he mumbled as he moved his arms to try and pry him off.
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Olena was sitting in a small room somewhere in the Castle. She was looking down at her feet with a small frown.
"What'cha doin?"
Olena turned to see Rosalina just staring at her. Olena quickly sat up, removing any sign of distress from her face "I'm just thinking up a plan for our next challenge. But do you need something of me, Rosalina?"
Rosalina just smiled and sat next to her "I just wanted to be around my bestie!"
Olena looked at her questionably "bestie…?"
Rosalina quickly nodded "Every other girl and guy around here doesn't like listening to me, but you like having me around. And I like being around you, so we're besties!"
Olena smiled softly "well, Rosalina, I'm glad you feel welcomed by me"
Rosalina nods "so, as you know Dylan and Vincent are gone right?"
Olena nods, smiling a bit at the hope that Rosalina was going to talk strategy "of course. Vincent was the strongest member of the Jesters from what I saw"
Rosalina nods "right, right. But with them gone, which of the boys will even kiss when no ones looking? Xavier and Aaron? I mean, those two do seem to be the type to do it in secret but I don't see why they wouldn't at least tell me they were doing it right? Right! And then there's Vaughn, what if it was a 3 timing match and I wasn't even invited!? Oh, oh! We should make nicknames for each other to show how close we are too! Call me Rosa… and I'll call you Lena! I love that already!"
Olena just stared at her, not able to think half as fast as Rosalina's mouth moved. "R-Rosali-" Rosalina looked at Olena expectantly.
"Rosa… if you don't mind I'd rather not talk about Yaoi…."
Rosalina smiled "no worries Lena! We can just read it!" Rosalina grabbed one from out of nowhere and just nuzzled up to Olena so they can read it together. Olena's eyes widened looking down at it before covering her eyes with a deep blush.
"T-that's well-drawn…."
Confessional: Olena
"I-is there a reason Rosalina is always trying to hang out with me?" Olena for once looked confused as she scratched her neck "l-like, she's always coming up to me with her comics. I-Is that what people our age to do court people? I don't get it. There's got to be a reason she's doing this, there's just gotta!" Olena was so focused on this she totally forgot about her feelings about being a crummy leader.
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The groups continued to go off and do their own separate things for a decent chunk of the day… but then the evening began to roll around. Then they heard the castle intercom go off "everyone. First real challenge in too long is about to begin. Everyone make it to the graveyard stat!"
"Graveyard? We're having a challenge there?" Olena questioned with a raised eyebrow. But at the same time was happy to get up and get past Rosalina and her comics.
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Both teams made their way to the elimination graveyard, some of them looked nervous to be there suddenly while others were just ready to get this started.
"I hope he's not just making us eliminate someone again…" Mina murmured nervously.
"It wouldn't be the hardest vote in the world at least" Oscar smirked as he gave Olena the stink eye.
"No elimination yet kitties!" Chris smiled as he stepped forward. Behind him, Chef had bolts attached to his neck.
"Oh, I get it" Phoebi smirked, "we're going to be going through pseudo-science and do a Frankenstein challenge right?"
Chris clicked a button, immediately sending a volt through Phoebi "zip it! This is the one thing I've had to control in a while so let me have it!"
Phoebi zipped her lips shut while Lucy snickered a little next to her. Chris smirked as he went on "anyways! Yes, it's a Frankenstein challenge. But. to make your Frankenstein, you're gonna need some parts! Where will those parts you need, you may ask?" He didn't wait for a response as he gestured to the graveyard.
"Any chance you got a grave-digging badge?" Julia smirked slightly at Dino.
Dino chuckled bashfully as he looked away "oh I got that so long ago I don't know if I even still have those skills"
Julia stared blankly at him before taking a step back. "I'm starting to think those badges aren't really" Vivian murmured to Julia who only nodded in agreement.
Chef raised his fist towards the group "get going so I can change out of this costume faster!" He growled, getting most of the contestants to run off before they faced his consequences.
"Gotta say, I like being in charge again" Chris smiled.
"I wouldn't get too used to that" Chef chuckled as he walked off.
"Not funny Chef! Those were just some flooks!"
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The groups split up into the graveyard. Currently, the Peasants were looking around a mausoleum. Oscar rubbed his arm against a smudged name on one of the graves nearby "do you guys think Chris would actually make us hunt bodies?"
Vaughn shrugged "either way they're just bodies. At most, the only problem is how unsanitary they are"
Aaron raised his hand to say something, but just chose to remain quiet "yea… z-zat's the only problem w-with this"
Xavier smiled as he sat on one of the stones, looking around a bit "Hey, where did everyone go?"
Vaughn and Xavier looked around before seeing that they were suddenly ditched.
"Eh, they probably wanted to cover more ground" he grinned as he held up a shovel "so, who wants to handle the bodies, and who wants to dig them up?" he looked over at Xavier and Aaron in particular. Both boys quietly looked at each other hesitantly. Before pointing at Oscar.
"He's got it!"
"I f-fully trust Oscar with zis"
Oscar was about to say something before the two grabbed their shovels. Vaughn smiled and wrapped an arm around his shoulder "Hey, don't worry about it! Once you handle one, the rest are nothing. You two, go and pick a grave why doncha?"
Aaron and Xavier gave him a small salute before walking off. Xavier looked a little at Aaron, surprised to see a small smile on his face "hey, Aaron, whatcha thinking about?"
Aaron turned to Xavier with a small blush "o-oh it's nozing. I just never expected to be doing somezing like zis"
"I...think most people would say that" Xavier murmured as he looked down at his shovel.
"I-I meant m-more in ze… having f-fun with friends d-doing new things…" he looked away bashfully.
Xavier just smiled "oh I get it! It's because you have trouble getting out there right? Well, Aaron, I think you're the best friend I could ask for! You and Vaughn!" Xavier gave him a huge with a wide smile. Aaron blushed a little but actually smiled in the hug.
"If you got time for huggin you have time for digging!"
"Yes sir!" Xavier let him go before he began to dig. Aaron slowly followed after him, smiling a little more as he glanced a little at Xavier.
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Phoebi and Lucy were currently walking into an underground mausoleum. Phoebi was choosing to stick close to Lucy, in case she got nervous about this whole thing or anything.
Lucy looked around once they got down there, just seeing a large stone coffin. On the sides were small cubbies with bodies in them. "Now this is the kind of thing I joined for" she smirked to herself as she walked over to it. Phoebi meanwhile was just stood by the entrance.
Lucy smirked at her "what? Are you scared the body will come back to life?" She playfully teased.
"Like I would be scared of some decomposing bodies!" Phoebi scoffed as she slowly walked forwards "it's just that bodies spread diseases so easily. You know how the Black Death went with them leaving bodies everywhere"
Lucy rolled her eyes "oh relax, you can't even man up against some untouched bodies?"
"I-I can handle this just fine!" Phoebi was blushing hard as she walked over to the stone coffin "see, watch!" Phoebi slammed the top off. Lucy shut her eyes, expecting a trap to go off only for nothing to happen.
"Hu… I guess that's not so bad then" Lucy slowly walked forward and peeked inside, However, the moment she looked inside a figure jumped out of the coffin with a shovel and tried to smack her upside the head with it.
"Lucy!" Phoebi called, genuinely sounding worried as she dove onto her, pushing them to the side as the figure swung towards the air. Before either of them could get up, the figure jumped out of the coffin, stepping on Phoebi's back and running out. But at this point, that was hardly Phoebi's number one focus.
Phoebi's eyes were wide open as she stared down at her teammate, seeing that she accidentally locked lips with her on the way down like she was a lucky anime protag. Phoebi had the biggest smile on her face before it slowly started to shrink as it went on.
While Phoebi was making it to the promised land, Lucy's entire face was red, not expecting this sudden kiss. After a few moments, Lucy pushed her off "w-what was that?" she lowly growled.
"N-nothing! It was an accident! I-I really didn't mean it"
Lucy sighed a little, still obviously blushing as she tried to keep up her cool-girl appearance "yea, yea. Whatever. Let's just keep looking before Olena starts asking about things"
Phoebi nodded, not saying anything as she followed behind the flustered Lucy "you aren't a half-bad kisser either" the punk girl spoke up with an amused smirk, trying to keep it from getting awkward. As they walked out, Haden lifted one of the bodies he was hiding under with a small smile.
Confessional: Phoebi
Phoebi was lightly touching her lips as she looked down "I expected our first kiss to be… well, a little more magical? Her lips weren't nearly as soft as I had hoped either…" she continued to touch her lips like this was the hardest test she's ever had before.
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Confessional: Haden
"Last two challenges haven't been my best, I'll be the first to admit that. But I'm starting to feel like at this point I'm on the outside of the team now… Olena is "besties" with Rosa, Phoebi and Lucy are basically dating, and the same goes for the three stooges. Only Oscar is as out as me, and he's still friends with those three idiots. I have to find a way to get into some heads fast…"
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The group of Jesters decided to more or less stick together. Dan, Harmonia, and Vivian chose to look in another area to cover more ground; Dino, Julia, and Lester then went to another corner of the area. Leaving the last group to be Penny, Violet, and Mina. Penny and Mina walked ahead of Violet, who was practically dragging herself along.
"Do you think she's ok?" Mina whispered to Penny "I-I know she's not very nice but I feel bad just seeing her like this..."
Penny looked back to see Violet trip over a small grave and fall on her face with a small groan. Penny sighed a little as Mina and she went back to help lift her.
"Are you ok Violet?" Penny tried to ask politely, however, all she got in response was a small grunt. "I'll take that as a certain yes"
Confessional: Violet
She was just sadly slouching on the wall, not even looking directly at the camera "I always did stuff with Vincent, so I don't know what to do now… maybe if I do bad enough they might just send me home…"
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Dan was quietly walking around the graveyard as he put a few bones into a bag. He looked pretty unphased by the whole body's thing, barely even looking grossed out by it.
A few feet behind him were Harmonia and Vivian, who was walking at a leisure pace "so, why are we following this guy?" Harmonia asked with a small yawn.
Vivian just smiled at her 'friend' "because he asked me if I wanted to look with him" Harmonia can pretty easily see her excitement "he… still wanted us to keep a distance from him, but he was comfortable with me walking around with him in a spooky graveyard"
Harmonia rolled her eyes a little "Vivian dear, I don't know how impressed most people would be by a guy asking you to help them with something while forcing you to keep a distance. It sounds like begrudgingly working with someone you have a restraining order with… and why am I here?"
Vivan smiled awkwardly "I… didn't want to just talk with myself as he looked around and I don't know where Lester went..."
Harmonia sighed a little "you do fit your appearance Vivian dear. But I'm sure Dan's not the type to love personalities either way." she smiled softly "I think you have a real shot with him!"
Vivan's smile was much smaller as she nodded "o-oh, thanks for the encouragement, Harmonia…"
"It's my honor dear!" Harmonia smiled wider before looking forward to seeing their, Dan was gone "hu, he ran off…"
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Julia and Dino were just walking together. Dino scratched the back of his head after walking a few feet farther "hey… where did Lester go?"
Julia shrugged "the kid probably got scared of the bodies and went crawling back towards Daniel"
"H-hey, there's nothing wrong with him getting nervous" Dino had a smaller smile as he bent down to dust off a grave.
Julia didn't say anything as she fidgeted with another grave "this is Total Drama Dino, and that guy spends the whole season being scared and pussyfooting around everyone"
Dino nodded a little "but some people come to this season to have some fun!" He smiled a little more as he went over to her "I mean, that's why I'm here."
"Well some of us want to win Dino" Julia rolled her eyes as she started digging.
Dino stood next to her "oh come on, you can't just be here for winning. Where's the fun in that?"
"I'm not here for fun Dino" she stated dryly "I don't know how that's hard to get"
Dino just smiled at her "well, consider that my new goal then. I'm gonna make you have a great time here!"
Julia just chose to focus on the challenge as she continued to dig. However, once she got to the coffin, a boxing glove shot out of the headstone. Smacking Dino across the face. Dino groaned as he was flung into another headstone. Julia came back out while holding two legs "Dino?"
Julia saw Dino groaning in a pile of headstones as she jumped over towards him. Dino smiled like a doofus up to her "heyyyyy Julia!"
"Dino? Are you ok?" Julia looked down at him, waving her hands in front of his face without getting any reaction from him or his eyes.
"I'm great!" His smile was still out there as he tried getting up before groaning and falling back onto the ground face first. Julia sighed a little as she slowly helped him up.
"See, this is why I didn't come here for fun" Julia helped him up before hoisting his arm over her shoulder "if you don't take it seriously you just get hurt"
Dino looked down at her and smiled "well, even though… I'm pretty sure my brain is bleeding I'm having a lot of fun looking around with you!"
Julia's expression didn't change at all as she breathed in deeply before walking forward "let's just go get you to Chris to make sure you aren't gonna die if you pass out"
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Lester was quietly walking around the graveyard, looking around as he looked through all the open coffins. He looked around, seeing that no one else was nearby. Lester leaned forward, trying to look as thoroughly as possible before flailing his arms and falling into the coffin.
"Ohhhh, my leg!" the weak nerd groaned loudly. The nerd closed his eyes tight as he held his leg. It takes a few moments before he opened his eyes, waiting for anyone to come by. Eventually, he can hear footsteps and quickly closed his eyes tight. "Hello!? Is anyone there?"
Lester could hear the other steps reach the edges of the holes as he slowly opened his eyes "g-guys?" Lester looked up and saw Penny, Mina, and Violet staring down at him.
"Lester? How'd you get down there man?" Penny crouched down and reached her hand down. Lester smiled meekly as he raised his hand up and took hers.
"D-Daniel r-ran into me and j-just pushed me in there… I-I don't know why" Lester looked like he was about to cry as Penny started hoisting him up.
"Hey, Lester, don't cry. I'm sure Daniel didn't mean to do anything like that!" Mina tried to smile friendly at him. However, it didn't seem to help him at all. Lester was about to get out before falling back down with Penny on top of him. He started wheezing in pain as tears started rolling down his cheeks. Above the grave,except for Violet looked down with genuine disgust while Mina was looking worried.
Confessional: Penny
Penny was covered in dirt as she sat down on the confessional chair, however, she was stuck sitting on a booster seat. She naturally looked unamused but chose to not bring it up. "Daniel must have done a real number on his confidence… but at the same time, I really don't think Daniel would do something like this. Besides being awkward around girls he except seems like a nice guy"
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Olena and Rosalina were walking alongside Haden. Rosalina was sticking close to Olena as she held all the body parts they had collected "hey, Lena. Why did the detective join us again?"
Olena smiled softly at her, keeping a small distance from her "Haden is a trustworthy member of the team Rosa, plus, as a detective, he must know something about how to find sturdier parts"
Haden smiled back smugly "and I'm more than happy with the arrangement of you two digging and holding while I do the serious work"
Rosalina just smiled at his comment "sounds reasonable to me!"
Olena's expression changed a little, but Rosalina didn't care or notice. Haden, on the other hand, can see some annoyance from her as he kept smirking.
"Oh come on Ol' Lena. You'll be fine!" Haden smiled, before raising his hand for the two. Both of them walk into his hand, not expecting a sudden stop.
"What was that?" Olena murmured.
Haden slowly pointed to two hooded figures slowly trudging through a cobblestone path. Behind them was a wagon with a pile of bodies on them.
"That's eerie…" Olena murmured quietly.
Haden turned towards Olena "well, they seem to be off doing their own thing so it's not our problem. Let's just go look some...where else…." Haden slowly trailed off seeing that he was only talking to Olena.
"Of course she walked off. She's your girl, you can't watch her?" Haden pointed accusatory at her.
"M-my girl!? She is but a potential ally for both of us." Olean frowned slightly before looking around to try and find her, only to see Rosalina sitting on the wagon.
"Well. she's not our problem now" Haden shrugged it off before Olena ran past him.
Haden sighed "she's a terrible leader…" he took a step towards where she went before quickly turning around to go somewhere else.
Olena quietly ran up to Rosalina, trying to remain as quiet as possible. "Rosa" she whispered over, but didn't get any response "Rosa!" She whispered much louder. Rosalina turned her head around and smiled at her "hey Lena!"
The two figures turn back to Olena, she couldn't see their expressions however as both of them grabbed onto her.
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The groups continued to walk around, picking up parts for a while when they suddenly hear something over the intercom. "Alright campers! Today's challenge is over, everyone report back to the castle with your parts!"
"Guess we're done then" Lucy sighed a little, seeing as at most they just grabbed a foot and an arm.
"Oh I'm sure we've got more than enough, Vaughn's the type to probably crawl around graveyards for fun so he's probably got this."
Lucy chuckled slightly before they made their way back. Everyone seemed to be there with the exception of Olena and Rosalina. Most of the contestants can also see Lester quietly standing on the opposite side of the group of Dan.
"Well, campers!" Their host smiled as he looked over the group "looks like the Jesters win our first of three parts of this challenge!" He smiled.
"What!? How'd they win? No way you could count all we had in one go!" Phoebi growled before pointing at Vaughn's group, which had a huge pile of parts in front of them.
"Oh, did I forget to say there would be a penalty for not having your whole team make it back? My mistake!" Chris snickered as the group of Peasants groaned.
"Now, uh, where are those two…?" Chris scratched his chin in thought.
"Wait, you don't know where they are?" Julia asked dryly, still holding Dino up.
"Of course I do! I sent Max and Darla to scare and grab a few of you" Chris waved his hand "they're probably just on their way!"
Lucy and Phoebi side-eyed each other with a 'is he serious?' look. But Aaron, surprisingly was the one to speak up "a-are v-ve sure z-zat's s-safe when z-zere's a p-person r-running around and snatching up people?"
Chris tapped his chin before smiling "ah, good idea Aaron. Your guys' disadvantage will be that you have to wait five minutes to start and if Olena and Rosalina don't get back by the end of the time, you guys get an even worse punishment!" The majority of the team save Xavier and Oscar glared at him.
Aaron chuckled bashfully. H-hehe, s-sorry guys"
"But you, Jesters. You guys get to follow me and get a head start as long as they take to get back!" The Jesters cheered in victory as they followed Chris inside.
The Peasants all looked at each other "so… do we have literally any idea where those two went off to?" Vaughn asked begrudgingly.
"I think they went West…?" Xavier scratched the back of his head "I really can't remember"
"I think Olena told me she was going towards the hill" Haden had a small smile as he pointed towards a tree perched on a large hill, which was the opposite direction she had gone. "Yea, definitely that way"
"Ok, we should split up" Phoebi decided for them "Lucy, Oscar, Aaron, and Xavier. You guys wait for the time limit to be over and get to work with the body. Meanwhile, I'll go looking around with Haden and Vaughn. Sound fair?"
Lucy looked a little surprised Phoebi wasn't wanting to partner up with her again but nodded with everyone else.
"Great. Don't screw this up you three or it won't just be Olena on the chopping block" Phoebi threatened with a small smirk before walking off with the other two.
"I kinda miss when she spent her time just trying to score with Lucy…" Oscar murmured "but let's go, guys. This challenge can't be too hard." He started walking after the Jesters.
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Chris smiled at the contestants as he stood upon a large platform "hello kiddos! As you can all guess, this challenge will be taking some inspiration from a challenge from everyone's favorite season… Action!" Chris waited for a response, only to hear crickets.
"Not fans, I get it. Well, either way, your challenge will be using your pile of bodies to create two bodies and then bring them up to give them life! However, as I said, you Jester have five minutes to do whatever you want. I wouldn't waste that time!"
Confessional: Oscar
"Well, it sucks having to wait around, but on the flip side, Olena wrote her death warrant today." he smiled a bit "and once she's gone we can start winning no problem"
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Vaughn stood with his arms behind his head "well, I guess they're not around here anymore" They looked around the hill and found absolutely no sign of either girl.
"Are you sure those two went up here?" the brainiac stared accusatorily at the detective.
He just shrugged "who knows where they went off to. They just told me where they were going. Maybe she lied and chose to go in a different direction. I didn't read her mind"
Vaughn smirked a bit "or maybe someone sabotaged them" he shrugged "but hey, that might be me guessing"
"Are you trying to assume something old sport?" Haden looked over at him with an amused smirk.
"Oh no, no. I wouldn't accuse you of sabotaging the team… I wouldn't want a target on my back or anything" Vaughn just smirked wider at his teammate.
"Can you two measure against each other some other time?" Phoebi stated dryly. "Because I want to actually win a challenge and get ourselves a winning streak"
Haden and Vaughn turned to her before slowly nodding. "Alright detective boy" Phoebi pointed at him "use your magnifier glass or whatever to try and find clues of them. Vaughn and I will start to spread out. I don't want to see either of you two until you find them got it?"
Vaughn snickered at Haden but they both nodded and went their own directions.
Confessional: Phoebi
Phoebi had a small smug smirk on her face "without Olena it's obvious the smartest person on the team has to take over in her absence. Honestly, at this point, I should just do this more. And I'm obviously not distracting myself from earlier. Only an idiot would let her random theories boil over." Her smirk stayed on her face, but it slowly twitched.
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Back at the real challenge, the Jesters were getting to work combing through all their body parts. Mina was quietly looking at the leg of an old body "um… Chris? These parts aren't real… right?"
Chris smiled and waved his hands "as far as I know they're all fake. But considering how this season has gone, I wouldn't be shocked if I was wrong here too"
Mina didn't look like she was remotely put to ease by that as she slowly looked around. She slowly leaned down, sticking her tongue out as she got close enough to lick it before Penny bopped her on the back of the head "you are not taste testing to see if they're alive or not"
Mina groaned weakly as she rubbed her head "sorry…"
"I feel like I shouldn't have to say this but think before you try to eat something"
Julia had a small smirk on her face "who would've guessed the child would be the team's mom?" she nudged Dino a bit, who was currently just trying to fit an arm to the body.
"Child? I thought Penny was as old as the rest of us?" Dino tilted his head a little at her, earning a small, quiet groan.
On the other side of the body, Lester and Dan were both putting parts together. Dan smiled a bit at his friend "can you go grab some fingers, Lester? This hand is missing... A few" Dan tried to keep his smile up as he looked down to a hand that had bite marks in it.
Lester smiled nervously at him, slowly nodding his head before walking off the ladder and falling face-first on the ground. He kicked the latter as he fell, causing it to fall on him. He weakly groaned, raising his head to find his glasses had been broken.
Penny and Mina immediately turned towards Lester, trying to help him up but he just weakly fell back down. Dan dropped down the ladder, lifting him pretty easily "Lester, dude, why'd you just jump off your ladder?" He sounded and even looked confused.
Lester, however, couldn't even face Dan before running off crying. Dan quietly watching him run off, not sure what to say as Mina and Penny just stared at him. However, in the corner, not doing anything to contribute was Violet. Who was frowning towards Lester.
Confessional: Dan
Dan rubbed the back of his head "I don't know what has gotten into Lester today. First, he woke me up while… lying on top of me, and now he looks like he's scared of me" Dan had a faint blush on his face "does… Lester has a crush on me and feels dejected because of this morning? Oh, that's going to be awkward…"
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Confessional: Violet
"I watched that little sleaze just fallson top of himself" Violet didn't look as apathetic as she did before, but rather looked annoyed "I bet he's the one who framed me too! He's the reason Vincent isn't here anymore I know it!" Violet slammed her fist into the confessional wall "and if there's one thing I'm gonna do before I go back to Vincent is avenging him!"
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Oscar, Xavier, and Aaron were stuck just sitting at their body tray, not getting anything done since they still had a few minutes before they could start. Near the body pile, Harmonia and Vivian were hiding together.
"Harmonia, is there a reason we're over here and not helping our team?" Vivian looked a little nervous being near the enemy's camp.
Harmonia softly giggled at her question "we're going to be helping our team Vivian, just in a different way. That's all"
"A-are we going to sabotage them?" Vivian was just getting more nervous by the second.
"I will be, don't you worry your pretty little head" Harmonia pats her head. Vivian frowned, moving her head a little.
"S-so what did you want me to do then?"
"Oh, so simple. All you have to do is distract the boys like girls as you do"
Vivian stared, not sure what to say about that before immediately covering her chest with her hands "w-what!?" Harmonia however was quick to muffle her voice before the Peasant guys could hear them.
"Vivian, don't you wish to win this challenge?" Harmonia smiled softly at her. Trying to come off as reassuring.
"I-I'm not doing that Harmonia. I can't believe you'd even ask me to show myself off to a bunch of guys!"
Harmonia's smile slowly became a blank stare "Vivian, dear, don't you think Dan would be impressed by you managing to take them out and help give us the win? Do you really think a guy like him would just like a girl who's nothing but a body? Not willing to get her hands dirty or even do something for anyone but herself?" Harmonia slowly leaned forward. Vivian felt like she could see Harmonia's face slowly darken as an eerie grin grew on her face.
Vivian stumbled back a little "o-oh, u-uh, if you think the…" she gulped a little "if you think the team would appreciate that"
Harmonia went back to her polite smile "wonderful! Now, if you would be so kind as to distract them?"
Vivian nods quietly, getting up from their hiding spot and looked over to the three guys. They all quietly looked back at her.
"Uh, can we help you?" Oscar called over to her, a little confused.
Vivian sighed to herself, trying to not look like she was mortified as she slowly started over "hey b-boys~" the three boys immediately started blushing a bit as they kept their attention towards her. However, Lucy just looked skeptically at her.
"M-my team was boring me a bit… but you guys seemed cool. Do you mind if… I stick around?" she tried her hardest to give Aaron a flirty smile. Which was more than enough for him to become a blushing mess.
Xavier just smiled innocently "sure! The more the merrier!" Vivian didn't quite expect his reaction but forced her flirty smile to stay up as she sat close to the group.
Vivian was quick to notice Lucy's look before puckering her lips and winking at her "I-I always thought you looked really cute Lucy" Lucy tried to not show any blush as she crossed her arms and just looked away, obviously a bit flustered.
While Vivian worked her magic, Harmonia quietly snuck towards the parts, grabbing handfuls of their parts before grabbing a small knife to carve what looked like a bite mark into some of the arms with a grin.
Harmonia slowly started crawling back towards her group before giving Vivian a thumbs up. And Vivian had never been happier to see one in her life.
Confessional: Vivian
"That was the worst thing I think I've ever had to do" she had her arms crossed under her chest "I came here to avoid that, but that proved the only time I can really help is by using my body! That's probably why Dan even let me adventure with him, so he can have an easy scapegoat that would distract the gross monster… I hate this show"
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Back in the field, Olena grumbled to herself, not looking remotely amused by her current situation. Behind her, Rosalina was playing Uno with Max and Darla.
"Rosa, are you really that unconcerned about losing this challenge? If they lose without us they're gonna vote one of us out!"
Rosalina shrugged "Maxy and Darla said that we can't leave anyways. Why worry about what you can't control?"
"I still don't feel good about being on the chopping block whether it's my fault or not" Olean grumbled.
"You need to have more fun Olena" Maxine said, trying to sound empathetic "this game is meant to have fun with. Plus, you guys have your big alliance. You're probably fine!"
Olena slowly turned to her "you know about our alliance?"
Darla smirked at the contestant "of course we do! We're the interns, we know just as much as Chrisy Boy, if not more"
Olena slowly crawled over "what can you tell me about the other competitors? What works best at motivating my team? Would you know something we can all agree on?"
Darla and Max side-eyed each other before the apple-shaped intern turned back to Olena "look, I think you're one of the best contestants, believe me, I know you're a sweet person. But we can't just tell contestants how to make their lives easier. Chris would just kick us out."
Darla nods "I would love to tell you about them though. After all, you're one of my favorites as well!" she looked like she had a genuine smile on her face.
"Oh, well I appreciate your willingness to cooperate, Darla, now, can you answer my questions?"
Darla opened her mouth, about to say something when Max covered her mouth quickly and started whispering towards her. "Darla, I know you work on bizarro rules but please try to not say anything"
Darla smirked a bit, just continuing to talk under the hand before suddenly licking her hand. "Oh, gross Darla!"
Darla jumped towards Olena "your team just hates when you're bossy and tell them every last thing you want to do. Oh, oh. If I were you I would eliminate Xavier and Aaron, those two are always up to something dastardly"
Olena smiled as she mentally wrote this down while Max was just slapping her forehead. However, Olena didn't get to listen for much longer when Phoebi finally found them standing by a group of graves.
"Oh, finally! I got you two!"
Rosalina and Olena turned towards her before Rosalina ran over "oh now Lena can stop worrying! Come on, come on we gotta hurry to the challenge and totally win it so Lena and I can relax back at the girl's room and read through my comics, and then we can-" Rosalina rambled on before dragging both girls after her.
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The group of Peasants makes it back to the boys and Lucy, who were all still grinning like goofballs. Which immediately made all the returners except for Rosalina suspicious.
"What are you kitties smiling about?" Vaughn asked dryly. The four slowly turned towards them.
Oscar rubbed his knuckles against his chest "Vivian was totally hitting on us"
Phoebi had a mocking smile "oh, that's it right? I see. You really could've fooled me, because it seems like our pile is noticeably smaller." she pointed angrily at the pile, and the group slowly noticed the same conclusion.
"Oh boy…" Xavier murmured bashfully "o-our fault…"
"Oh, it's definitely your fault! All of you idiots just let her get away with it"
Olena momentarily stared at Xavier and Aaron, who were just trying to explain themselves. However, her stare was interrupted by Haden picking up a limb, looking at one of the bite marks.
"D-did one of those Jesters actually chew through some of our parts!?" Phoebi sounded a bit shocked "that's the least hygienic thing I've ever heard, even if they're not real"
Vaughn smirked a bit "I wonder which one of them could possibly have done that"
The group as a whole looked over to Mina picking at her teeth. While they glared at the Jesters, Haden was still examining the bite marks.
Confessional: Haden
"Someone on that other team must have quite the ego…" he smirked as he threw the arm over his shoulder "those obviously aren't real bite marks. Not even close. I feel like the person on the enemy team just wasn't trying to even trick me. I'm a detective, it's our job to look at bodies and say "hey, that's now how that part beds". But whatever, I'll just find who did it and get everyone to treat them as a pariah. Like if Al was found out pre-merge like he would've if everyone else wasn't handicapped" he smirked confidently.
XXX
After a few moments, Chris walked over "oh, you're all here… and missing some parts. Well, now's your time to try and catch up! Only got so much time before we start judging!"
Olena looked at the pile before at the group "ok Peasants, here's how we're doing this. Vaughn and Xavier will handle the head, Phoebi and Aaron will cover the arms, and that just leaves Oscar and Lucy to do the legs. Any questions?"
"Yea, why aren't you two doing anything?" Vaughn stated accusingly "if anything you two should do the whole thing to make up for costing us a lead"
Olena and Rosalina looked a little at each other, with Rosalina naturally looking more excited for this than she was as she quickly jumped at the parts, trying to mush them together.
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Both groups continued to work for a few more minutes, the Jesters were getting things done fast. Dino was stitching the arms and hands together while the rest of them stared up at their masterpiece.
"I think we got this one in the bag" Penny smiled proudly "I knew even without Vincent we could do this!"
Violet crossed her arms as she continued to quietly sit far away from the others. Lester raised both of his hands up for a high-five. Dan just smiled at his friend's return to friendliness as he slapped his hands back, but apparently, he slapped them too hard, causing Lester to go falling back, knocking Dino down from where he was along with all the loose body parts.
"Lester!" several of the contestants immediately looked worried at him, seeing as a large number of parts were falling on top of him. Mostly ignoring that Dino fell face-first on the ground. Penny and Mina helped move the parts off of Lester.
While the group was distracted with Lester, Julia quietly lifted Dino up and moving back away from him before he has a moment to say thanks.
Chris walked back into the room, holding up a smoothie and taking a sip as he looked between the two teams "yea… times up" he took another sip before walking over to the Jesters.
"So, not bad I'll admit" Chris pointed at its head, which looks like it had holes in it "ignoring all the missing body parts, I will have to dock some points for it being damaged"
They looked down dejectedly "but hey" Chris continued with a smile "those Peasants had less time than you, who knows if they even have all the parts they needed" he snickered to himself before walking over to the other room.
Olena sighed in defeat as she sat on the ground, sweating a bit. Rosalina meanwhile was looking like she was barely even close to tired as the rest of them just sat there as Phoebi put on some final touches.
"Hands down Phoebster! It's judging time" Chris walked forward. The Peasants immediately stood up, waiting for what he had to say.
Chris slowly walked forward to their frankenstein. It had a bucket on its head along with what looks like metal and plastic from the trash trying to look like armor.
"..." Chris turned to them "let me guess, you guys didn't have all the parts and just wanted to hide that behind "armor" is that right?"
"Do… v-ve get points for honesty?" Aaron asked sheepishly.
"Nope," Chris stated dryly "but! You do get points for making it look stronger. It's not actual armor or anything, but at least you tried hiding the fact you weren't finished" Chris side-eyed the other group before pulling out a speaker "and it looks like our Peasants win, giving them a two in a row victory!"
The Jesters immediately slouched, all of them shooting looks at Lester and Dan.
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Confessional: Phoebi
She looked angrier than she had earlier as she continued to slowly feel her lips. "I think my hypothesis on why this kiss felt weird is getting close…" she moved her hand away and scowled "and I don't like it one bit!"
XXX
The group quickly ended up at the elimination ceremony. Where Chris stood before them with a bag of marshmallows.
"So, you all failed today, and I'm honestly surprised you found a way to screw it up. But that's not important now. What's important is finding out who screwed up the worst. Because there are quite a few candidates at hand! The first two safe are Vivian and Harmonia. As Vivian put herself on the line to save herself some points." Vivian looked down, showing nothing but shame as Harmonia happily grabbed hers and gave him a small bow.
"Also safe are Penny and Mina, the short squad will live another day" Mina ate hers while Penny just slapped hers away.
"I'm getting really sick of those short jokes Chris!"
"Be happy you're not going home today Mrs. Napoleon complex" he smirked before looking towards the last five. "Speaking of lucky, Dino, Julia. You guys get to be besties another day" both contestants smiled as they grabbed their marshmallows, with Dino shooting her a wide grin. Julia however, just looked away from him.
"Just leaving us with you three..." Chris smiled towards Dan, Lester, and Violet.
Chris smiled "I'm sure you're surprised to hear it VIolet, but, you're also safe. Leaving us down to our two meek geeks. Lester, you've been clumsy all challenge long. Meanwhile, Dan, some people on the team are starting to question your character."
Dan looked very nervous, as did Lester. But the short geek always looked that way to be fair.
"And… the final marshmallow of the night will go to...
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"Neither of you!" he cackled as he threw the marshmallow over his shoulder. Both boys stared in shock at him.
"W-what?" Lester stood up a bit.
"This team's drama is finally picking up" Chris smirked, "no way am I just letting one of you guys go. So all of you can go home. But just be prepared for that next challenge, the Peasants also get themselves an advantage."
The Jesters groaned but all of them got up. Going to their rooms. However, Penny was stopped before she could get to her room by a hand pulling her into a closet.
"What th-" the hand covered her mouth before the lights came on, revealing it to just be Violet.
"What do you want?" Penny frowned a little as her voice was muffled "I swear I didn't vote for you"
"I know you had a thing for my brother so just listen here Penny" Violet moved her hand off her mouth "well, I'm willing to give you a go-ahead if you help me eliminate the guy who framed me!"
Penny was blushing a little as she stared back at her "I don't know what you mean by crush. But Vincent was a nice guy so I'm willing to help you… if you really know who it is"
"That sniveling dweeb Lester. Help me eliminate him before he ends up getting another one of us out!"
Penny stared up at her, taking a moment to even process the idea of Lester being something beyond just a shy geek. Violet silently waited for her answer. Penny opened her mouth to talk before the screen froze. Chris groaned as he smacked the screen.
"Well, guess this stuff is as old as it looks. But, that brings the question up for next time. Will Penny join forces with Violet? Will Violet realize Lester is innocent of that crime specifically? Will my interns learn to keep their mouths shut? And lastly, will Dan catch on to whatever game Lester is trying to play? find out next time on Total. Drama. Caslte Chaos!"
Votes
Violet: Dan, Vivian
Dan: Lester, Penny, Mina, Julia
Lester: Dino, Violet, Harmonia
AN: and our first non-elimination challenge. I realized the last challenge was kinda filler in its own way beyond Vincent going home. So I decided to try and add on more to this challenge and maybe start some plots for those who have mostly just been there up til now. Anyways, not much to say beyond that, hope everyone is excited about who goes next.