Chris was just tapping one of the fake bodies from the last challenge while talking to someone on the phone "yea… I know the challenge was over but I'm pretty sure Mina ate some of the parts… yes I know they said it was fake but if she ate a part I'd rather not get sued over something like that… uhu" Chris slowly nods before looking to the camera and quickly hanging up "last time on Total Drama, we had quite the dysfunctioning of teams. For our once stable team known as the Jesters, things have become much more… I guess awkward would be a good word for it" the camera flashbacked to Lester crying in a grave with Penny lying on top of him "along with some people showing more of their true colors" it then showed Harmonia's speech as she stared into Vivian's soul. "And then, as always, the Peasants were having a hard time all thanks to their failure of a leader Olena getting herself and Rosalina captured, resulting in a disadvantage for their team" the scene showed Olena talking to Darla and Max "and while she was out, my least favorite interns had themselves quite the conversation… that will honestly do worse for her than good. So I can't really complain!" he smiled "but that was the last challenge. Find out just what will happen in this challenge… today on Castle Chaos!"
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine, you guys are on my mind
The Camera flew into the mansion, Xavier and Dan were walking through the halls when a white sheet with drawn-on eyes and mouth appeared and spooked them. Xavier stumbled as he tried running away, while Dan looked pretty unimpressed. The sheet dropped to reveal Strider laughing to herself. The moment Dan sees her he starts running after Xavier.
You asked me what I wanted to be and I think the answer is plain to see, I want to beeeee famous!
Not too far away, Haden was using a magnifier glass to follow some footprints on the ground. He continues when Xavier stumbles over him and lands on the ground. He scowled down at the other contestant. Xavier rubbed his neck with an awkward chuckle.
I wanna live close to the sun.
Rosalina was excitedly pulling on Vivian's sleeve to try and get her to look over at the two, which only made Vivian roll her eyes a little as she tried to walk away from her.
So pack your bags because I've already won!
further, in the castle, Julia was walking around in a large indoor biome. Behind her was Lester reading aloud from a large encyclopedia. Julia was about to say something when a large venus flytrap appeared and roared at them. Both of them ran away in fear as Vaughn tried to not laugh too noticeably in the distance.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way, I'll get there one day.
Penny and Mina were sitting at a table in a large dining room as they talked to Vincent, who was slowly being dragged away by Violet.
Na na na nana, nanananaan, nanananana.
Olena and Oscar were arguing as they fought over the lever inside of a minecart as it continued to file uncontrollably over the rails. Aaron stood up to try and get them to stop, which only turned their annoyance towards him. While they were distracted Dylan peeked up and turned the lever to the right to avoid going off a dead end.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
Claire was just quietly gaming on a portable console. She started getting more intense before groaning when she lost and throwing it on the ground. Harmonia was nearby just quietly examining her play.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
The group was in a comfy room with a couch. Everyone was sitting around the fire with Lucas and Phoebi sitting on the couch near each other, looking angrily at each other when Dino popped up between them while holding up his boy scout sash. The others begin to quietly whistle.
Dan was frowning as he laid in his bed, looking over to the side to see Lester practically passed out. Away from both of them was Dino, who was snoring loudly. Dan sighed a little.
Confessional: Dan
Dan twiddled his fingers a bit "It's not weird to think this… but I'm honestly really grateful I didn't go yesterday" he smiled a bit. "I made so many friends here. Dino, Vincent, Lester…" he looked away "V-Vivian…. There are just so many nice people here. But, I screwed up last night pushing Lester too hard when I tried to high-five him. I need to be more careful and show my usefulness. Then they just won't see a reason to vote me out!"
XXX
Eventually, everyone got up and went about their mornings. Except for Penny, who was immediately dragged away once she woke up by Violet. Violet had her sit down in one of the many open rooms in the upper half of the castle. Their current location was a doll room with furniture on the smaller side of things.
"Did you drag me here just because you thought it would be funny to watch me sit on the small couch?" she asked dryly.
"Oh don't shove your napoleon complex into everything" Violet responded just as dryly "now listen, we have to find a way to get the rest of the team on our side here. Vivian and Dan at least think they're friends with him. The rest are in the neutral category" she grab a whiteboard and put their faces on different sections of the whiteboard. With them away from Dan's little group.
"Now, Penny, ideas?" Violet pointed down at her.
Penny stared at her for a moment "...so, uh, not to intrude on the master plan yet but you're gonna have to do a lot to prove to anyone that Lester is more than a meek geek. I don't want to be a downer but even I'm skeptical of you"
Violet nods for a bit before slowly stopping "ok, I don't have any proof against him yet. I'll admit that much. But that doesn't mean we can't get that little prick in his own scheme!"
"Yea…. when people ask who your partner is, is there any chance you can tell them that I was just your friend?" Penny joked as she rubbed her neck.
"Trust me I won't even say that" Violet snarked back at her "if you're not gonna help avenge my brother then go hang out with the others. I don't need you for anything besides your vote anyways!"
Penny rolled her eyes as she closed the door behind her as she left. Violet turned back to the board, moving Penny's face back to the middle with the majority of the team.
Confessional: Violet
"Penny is what I'd call a waste of a teammate. She claims that she wants to work with me, but then the next day she just doesn't care nearly as much as me. I wouldn't be surprised if she just told Lester to get me sent home. But you know what? I don't care what she does. I'm taking that geek down, even if it gets me sent home with him!"
XXX
Harmonia was one of the first contestants to get up, drawing in her notebook about the people who seemed to sleep in later than others. That was when she got to a higher part of the castle, just trying to see all the decor when she saw Chris leaving a room. Harmonia walked over with a curious smile "may I ask what's in there mister hostman?"
Chris jumped a little at her sudden appearance "what are you doing up this early? I haven't even woke you all up for our challenge"
"I've always been an early riser. Now, may you answer my question?"
"Yea, not happening" Chris frowned at her "and no it's none of your business" Chris snapped his fingers "hey, intern! We need you over here!"
After a few moments, Darla walked over and stood in the way of the door. Chris smirked to himself as he walked off, not as concerned now.
Harmonia frowned once Chris was gone "excuse me, but I would like to check out that room if you would please move"
"Why would I let a woman dressed up like a dall come in" Darla grinned at her.
Harmonia was taken aback by what she said before going back to her soft smile "oh you think you can say that when you show off a midriff such as that?" She scoffed "is your view of yourself so low that you need to show skin to get boys to notice you?"
Darla didn't seem remotely insulted by her words, just smiling like Harmonia was an old pal "well I never thought someone with a face like that could be this confident"
Harmonia just smiled in amusement "you're rather good at insults, for someone who likely failed 8th-grade math"
The camera continued to record the two of them throwing insults at each other, as the camera started to just speed up until Harmonia eventually decided to leave.
Confessoinal: Harmonia
"I believe I have a small understanding of her now… and she's rather interesting I must say. She seems to take insults as compliments. Which is admittedly something I've never once experienced. Sadly I can't break her down as easily… as compliments aren't quite my forte, but I have the feeling I could still use this revelation somehow.
XXX
The day continued as a normal day from there, everyone spending their time in their more and more specific groups. However, as soon as they heard the speaker go off the majority of the contestants let out loud or annoyed groans.
"Afternoon campers! Another day, another challenge! All of you campers get over to the main entrance to the castle for our next challenge! And don't worry gang, someone will be going home tonight!"
Oscar looked over at the other guys on the Peasants before they started heading over to the entrance, where they find Chris dressed up as an old-fashioned hunter "ah, all of you got here pretty fast. You must have learned your lesson from last time aye Peasants?"
A portion of the team looked over to Olena who just lowered her head to look away from the others. "Anyhow, we're going back to our other theme of the season with the rich proper lifestyle of the people who once lived here… by desecrating the whole place with paintball guns!" he smiled as he held up a few green and pink guns.
"We're shooting paintballs in here? Won't that kinda, I don't know, ruin part of the house?" Phoebi asked, even though she looked pretty into the idea of shooting something… with paint of course.
"It would be a shame to see such an old marvel damaged like that" Harmonia lowered her head slightly.
"Oh don't worry your little heads about it. Darla and Maxy will be walking around all day with bleach to clean up all your messes. Is a nice way of me showing Darla that she should keep her mouth shut. Plus, I just don't like Max" he snickered.
"He s-s-sure likes to punish interns" Aaron murmured.
"Better them than us," Vaughn mused.
"Anyhow, let's get ourselves some hunters and some prey! Harmonia, Penny, Lester, and Dino will be the hunters for the Jesters." he tosses the paint guns at them before turning to the others "leaving Julia, Vivian, Dan, Violet, and Mina as the hiders" he tosses them goggles.
He turned to the Peasants. Phoebi had her fingers crossed as Chris cleared his throat. "meanwhile, you guys have Oscar, Vaughn, Lucy, and Oliver hunting. Leaving Olena, Rosalina, Phoebi, Xavier, and Aaron will be hiding from the Jester hunters." he threw them their equipment "Any questions?"
The contestants at this point we're used to him asking that before ignoring them, so Phoebi just started to quietly try to take Lucy's gun. "Hey, he gave it to me!" she glared towards the other girl, trying to push her back.
"I'd be a better shot, we both know that much" she growled back at her, trying to pry it from her until Chris stepped in her way.
"Nice try smarty pants, but no trading roles! Now, hiders, get hiding! You only have so long to do that so I'd use it to your advantage!"
The contestants looked at each other for a moment "ugh, what are you waiting for!"
"You didn't explain what the hiders should do besides… hide" Julia crossed her arms.
"Ugh, just run around the castle! Every area is a free game and all that. That good enough for you Mrs. specifics?"
Instead of responding Julia and the rest of the Jesters quickly disappeared, running in different directions.
The Peasants had a different plan however "everyone follows me" Olena demanded as she started walking, waving over her shoulder as she looked back to make sure they came.
"Is it really wise to just stick together when they're hunting us?" Phoebi raised an eyebrow at her. However, she sees Rosalina follow behind her while Aaron and Xavier went their own way. Phoebi just quietly sighed before following their team leader.
While they were walking off, Lucy smirked as she twirled her gun around on the trigger "oh, this is going to be a blast. I always wanted to do hunting but mom thought I wouldn't be any good at it"
Oscar smiled at her "hey, I think you'll enjoy it. Hunting's a pretty fun activity if you have some patience. Granted, was never my activity"
Lucy smiled a bit more at him "well, I have a suggestion then. How about we have a body count competition. I know your thing is about not taking this serious or anything so consider it just some old fashioned fun"
Oscar smiled a bit at her "well, consider it a game then. I don't trash talk much but don't be too surprised if you lose hard" he joked.
"I'd say the same to you, but trash talk isn't new to me" she continued to smirk.
While they were talking Vaughn walked into Oscar, grunting a bit "hey, maybe don't take up so much of the space mate" Vaughn frowned at the guy before continuing to walk.
Confessional: Vaughn
Vaughn was holding a pouch of paintballs, slowly dropping them into his hands "Oscar seems like a pretty upright guy, and that's why I just see no fun with him anytime soon" He smirked "so, I thought I'd borrow some of his paint bullets. Only fair, guy probably would miss every shot anyways"
XXX
Confessional: Oscar
"Honestly, even though most of my team is full of jerks I've been enjoying the season so far. Xavier and Aaron are total bros, Rosalina's pretty funny, and while he wasn't around long Dylan was pretty cool… but then we have Vaughn, Haden, Phoebi, and Olena. Every single one of them seems to act like this game is all business. Honestly, I wouldn't lose an ounce of sleep if any of them left"
XXX
Lester awkwardly held up his gun "I-I never really shot anything… I-I hope I c-can actually h-hit someone…" he held the gun up higher before falling on his back.
"You ok Lester?" Dino tilted his head down at his friend before leaning down and helping Lester up.
Lester smiled up at his friend "t-thanks. H-have you hunted before?" he asked innocently.
"Oh, yea! I went hunting with my group leader not too long ago. I… may have missed the white-tailed deer… by a few miles and hit the troop leader" he chuckled nervously.
Lester had to hide his smile as he pushed up his glasses "well if we're lucky maybe y-you and I can w-work together and see if we c-can hit something"
"Sounds good to me!" Dino smiled "I always wanted to go hunting with the boys" he patted his chest before looking at Chris "so when do we get going?"
"Give it some time" Chris looked down at his watch. Then, suddenly, an explosion went off "alright, you're all good to go!"
"What the heck was that!?" Lucy asked, feeling the ground shake a bit.
"That's not your job to worry about. Just get running" he smirked as he pointed into the castle. The group of hunters began to run in the directions they saw the others going.
/
Olena looked over to the two that had followed her "ok, I'm glad to see our alliance chose to stick together" she smiled a little bit "so, for us to make it through this challenge, we need to think up a good hiding spot"
"Wait, so you didn't have an idea when you told us all to follow you?" Phoebi raised an eyebrow at her "are you seriously telling me that?"
"It's fine" Rosalina smiled at Phoebi "she's always got a totally genius idea brewing in that head of hers!"
Olena blushed faintly "why thank you, Rosa… now, we all remember that hidden room right? Well, maybe we can find another one of those hidden rooms"
"Great… know where to start?" Phoebi crossed her arms "I don't see how it could be remotely easy to find where it could just be hidden"
"We'll find it!" Rosalina stated proudly, before slowly slouching "I just wish Aaron and Xavier followed us here…"
"Oh get your head out of the cloud. Who the hell cares about some guys making out? Literally, nothing could be less appealing" she scoffed.
"P-please don't get her started" Olena whispered towards her yellow-haired teammate before Rosalina butted between them.
"When this is over you and I are totally watching my favorite video together!"
"Greaaaaaat" Phoebi rolled her eyes a bit.
Rosalina hugged her arm with a warm smile as she started to lead the two of them. Olena chooses to walk behind her "are we going anywhere in particular Rosa?" Olena asked with a softer tone than with usual people.
"Nope!" Rosalina smiled "but it's good to be going somewhere rather than nowhere!"
Phoebi glared down at her "that whole idea makes no sense. This is a challenge, we have to think up ways to avoid getting caught and fast or we'll get blamed for this loss!" Phoebi pulled her hand away from Rosalina "I'm going and doing my own thing" she grumbled, turning to walk down a hall before stepping on a small bump in the rug, setting off a mini-explosion. Sending her flying into Rosalina, bringing them both to the ground.
"What the hell was that?" Phoebi looked up, getting even more annoyed.
"Guess Chris left us some traps" Olena murmured in annoyance.
"Honestly It's not that surprising at this point" Rosalina shrugged a little.
"Whatever, I'm still going through my own thing" Phoebi murmured as she got up "I'll just let you two lead. I'm not in the mood for a challenge today"
Rosalina and Olena looked at each other before Rosalina smiled a bit "trouble in paradise?" she started poking her in the side "hu hu hu?"
"Oh shut up!" Phoebi growled as she started to push the two forward.
/
After the hunters went exploring, Dino found himself walking with Lester through the halls. However, they weren't alone as a girl followed closely behind them.
"S-s-so… w-why is she following us again…?" Lester tilted his head up to Dino "n-not that I-I'm complaining or a-anything" he shot her a smile and a wink.
Dino shrugged a bit as he looked back to Julia who was just tailing them "why are you following us?" He asked innocently.
Julia showed a faint bit of disgust at Lester but didn't let it show for long as she turned to Dino "I'm simply pulling the best move I can for this challenge. If I follow you two the hunters on the other team might not think about hitting me. And even if they realize I'm there you two can stop them without losing points"
"That's…" Dino lowered his head for a moment "man that's so genius! I wish I thought of that first!"
Julia didn't respond to his praise, just looking to the side… just staring at the wall. Dino tilted his head a little "do you think she's thinking up another plan?" he smiled at Lester.
"Oh I think she's t-thinking about s-something else" Lester had a small teasing smile on his face. However, Dino didn't seem to get it.
"What do you mean by that?... Do you think she's thinking about camping out with me?" His smile started to increase "I think she'd totally love that! I asked before but she pretended to not hear me"
Lester just stared up at him before looking back to Julia, who was now just listening to their conversation "oh yeah, she's totally a c-camper girl… I-I-I f-feel like I've a-also seen her s-stare at those badges. S-She would p-probably w-want to get some f-for herself"
Julia almost immediately started glaring into the back of Lester's head, while Dino just beamed happily.
"That sounds great!" Dino clapped his hands "after this challenge we can get started with the knitting badge!"
"Please, of course I already know how to knit, it's child's play" Julia frowned, however, it softened faintly at Dino's excitement
"Do you really know how to knit?"
"Of course I do. As I said, it's child's play. I don't know how that could get you excited" Julia just stared at him.
Dino picked at his sash, eventually pulling off a small badge with yarn on it. "Do you wanna wear my badge then? It would be a real honor giving you your first badge, and I can just get a backup once we get back to the Americas!"
Julia stared at the badge, before looking at him and then at the smiling Lester. She sighed with a very faint blush as she picked it up and placed it on her shoulder "great…"
Dino smiled "that looks great on you, you should totally consider being a girl scout!"
"Believe me it's noticed" she murmured bashfully.
Lester grinned to himself at their public display. "she might get the 'I-I love a boy scout badge soon'"
Julia frowned at him again "how funny. Almost as funny as you thinking you have a shot at Vivian" she grumbled, keeping it low enough that Dino can't hear her.
Lester just glared at her, slowly leaning back to talk to her "listen here, V-Vivian likes me, and when we end up t-together at the end of the season just w-wait"
Julia rolled her eyes "desperation. Nothing hotter than that"
Lester continued to glare at her but didn't say anything before scampering up to Dino, acting as nothing happened.
Confessional: Julia
Julia frowned with her arms crossed "I knew that Lester kid was funny… in an annoying way" she grumbled "the only reason I haven't considered voting for him until recently was just that everyone else seems to like him. I mean, how am I supposed to feel about a guy whose entire existence seems to just be about him being a loser that we should feel bad for? I just hope he doesn't affect Dino too much…" she looked at the camera "not that I care"
XXX
Dan was just walking in the hall, looking for a decent hiding spot that wouldn't leave him particularly wide open for attack. However, when he passes an offshoot of his hall that leads to another hall, he found Vivian slowly opening a door to the dark before slowly closing it again. Her head was drooping down sadly.
Dan tilted his head looking over at her, deciding he should check out what was wrong as he walked over "hey" he waved a little.
Vivian slowly turned around before quickly trying to force a smile "o-oh, hey there Dan… found a good spot to hide yet?"
"Not r-really" he shrugged a little, standing closer to her than he usually would "I'm guessing you haven't found any luck either?"
"N-not really… but I'm sure no one is surprised I can't find anything"
Dan just started to look even more confused "what do you mean by that?... Are you not a good hider back home or something? I mean, it's not like everyone can be good at every challenge anyways"
Vivian chuckled a little "right… that's it. Do you… mind if we look together?" she had a faint blush as she looked down.
Dan looked down at her before looking away "well I…. I mean I don't know how comfy that would be if we can't find a big one or…-"
Vivian nods "I get it. You don't want to be stuck with me, I get it…"
Dan frowned looking back to her, seeing how dejected she was. She began to walk away when Dan moved his hand onto her shoulder. Vivian jumped a little, really not expecting him to actually touch her as she swiftly turned around.
Dan had his eyes shut tight, shaking a little as he kept his hand there "I-I-I don't h-h-hate working with you V-Vivian. L-let's look together"
Vivian blushed a little at this but smiled and nodded her head.
Dan moved his hand back and sighed in relief "g-great…. Do you have any idea on where to start though?"
Vivian smiled "y-you want my idea on where to go?"
He nodded awkwardly "that's… what I said… right?"
Vivian just smiled and began walking again "follow me, I know just where to hide!" She announced a little more confidently.
They both began to walk, however, Vivian stepped on a weak part of the ground and fell into a dark abyss. Dan panicked and looked down "Vivian!?"
Dan looked down, trying to see if he can see anything before someone kicked his behind, sending him falling after his teammate. Dan turned to try and look up at who pushed him.
All he could see was a camera and a dark figure holding it up "oh this is going to be so funny when I post it!"
Confessional: Dan
Dan had quite a few bruises on his body but he didn't seem to care at all "I wonder who that might have been…. I mean, I never really got the idea any of the people still in had a thing for recording things besides Claire, and she's been gone for a while now… maybe it was Strider? I mean, if anyone was gonna force themselves to hide out for an entire season it would be the first out. But I guess I'll have to ask about it later, Chris probably just brought in another cameo" Dan got up to leave, turning around to open the door to reveal he had several large pieces of wood lodged into his back.
XXX
While most contestants were hiding or hunting, Mina decided to just use her chance to avoid a challenge by sneaking into the kitchen. Licking her lips as she looked through all the pantries. She looked around, making sure no one was looking as she stuck her hand into a cookie jar. She started pulling more and more out of it, shoving it down her gullet before she heard footsteps coming in.
Mina looked to the side, seeing Chef walking into the kitchen while grumbling. Mina jumped off the table with the pot before hiding inside a lower cabinet. Listening in to Chef talking to himself "freaking show… I don't know how long that Mr. G wants me to keep my mouth shut… I basically gotta pretend I'm sick for every challenge…"
Chef started slamming a small mallet into meat as he kept grumbling to himself. Mina creaked the cabinet open a little to watch him doing what he was doing as she kept munching on her cookies. However, the creak immediately caught Chef's attention as he growled and looked over at her
Confessional: Mina
"I haven't seen Chef that upset before…" she was still eating as she looked confused, not saying anything about the bruises on her forehead "maybe we're not showing him enough appreciation for his food… or maybe it's something else" she dropped the food to hold her head "I'm not really able to think too straight for some reason"
XXX
Cut to a few moments after she creaks the cabinet door open, she was now running for her life with the cookie jar tightly held in her arms. "Get back here you little rat!" Chef yelled as he started running faster.
Mina was a lot nimbler than she looked, easily avoiding multiple pieces of furniture and decor.
Their cartoony cat and mouse chase continued through the halls until bumping into Oscar, who was just walking at his own pace. "Out of the way!" Mina yelled as she pushed him aside, moving him out of the way of Chef.
"Hey!" Oscar frowned at her, before quickly jumping back up "ah shoot, I forgot what we were doing" He started chasing after the two, keeping his gun raised. He clicked his trigger, but no paint came out "what the hell?"
He looked down at his gun, seeing he had no ammo before suddenly smashing face-first into a wall, falling on his back with a loud thud. "Ugh…."
After a few moments, he can hear some paint splattering. He was still lying on his back when Lucy walked over and just looked down at him "are you even trying to shoot them?" she asked, sounding genuine.
"I did just fine hunting…" he rubbed his head as he leaned up "I just lost my paintballs is all" he looked past her to see Mina lying on the ground, painted with their team color.
"Well, I guess I won't need too many more of mine" she tossed him a few paintballs "just don't go losing those"
Oscar smiled to himself "great!" he held up his gun as he stood up "game back on!"
Lucy smirked watching him run off again, then hearing the announcement "and one of the Jesters has been taken out! Better start getting serious Jester hunters!"
She smirked "that'll be an easy win"
/
Aaron and Xavier were currently hiding in a dark area, only having their eyes be visible. "H-hey X-Xavier?" the German teen asked quietly.
"Yea?" Xavier smiled as he looked over at him.
"D-did v-ve have to hide in the dark… a-and so close togezer?"
"It's fine!" Xavier waved his hand nonchalantly "no one will think to link in such a dark area so far away from everything else" As he spoke the light in the room next to them turned on, illuminating them to show they were basically squeezed into a closet together.
"Uh oh," Xavier murmured as his eyes widened.
Aaron tensed up as well, as he began to sweat. They can hear footsteps in the other room when they can suddenly hear what sounded like Penny.
"Where the hell is that other team? Violet won't let me hear the end of it if I can't find anyone…"
They can hear more footsteps before the door slammed shut. Xavier and Aaron immediately sighed in relief. "That one was close hu?"
Aaron nodded, before suddenly the closet opened up, causing them to land on each other. Aaron and Xavier slowly looked up to Penny, who barely stood above them even when they were on the ground.
"Nice of you two to drop in" Penny smiled a little at what she thought was a badass line before shooting them both.
"And it looks like one of our Jesters took a small issue with the Jesters falling behind and took out two of the Peasants!" Penny growled while looking up, before just slowly breathed in and out.
Aaron and Xavier started getting up, with Aaron extending a hand to help him up "and for those of you on the Peasants who are curious, Aaron and Xavier were hiding in the closet together, real close together" the camera showed the speaker "and… in the dark!"
Aaron immediately moved his hand away from her with a deep blush. Xavier however seemed unphased by his announcement.
Both boys can hear a loud stomping noise in the distance, hearing Rosalina yell about "having to find them". However, she was soon cut off.
The camera cut over to Rosalina where Phoebi and Olena had to hold her in place while covering her mouth.
"Who would've guessed she could be this strong with a body like hers?" Phoebi grunted, barely keeping her in place.
"S-She's not that heavy" Olean frowned at her, however, Phoebi didn't care to look back over at her. However, both girls stopped arguing when they saw Harmonia just quietly walking around. She turned her head towards where they were only to find they had disappeared.
"Hm, I must have heard an Elephant's blowing somewhere else. Oh well, can't be helped" Harmonia began to walk in a different direction. Leaving the three girls to sigh in relief as they hide behind some curtains.
Confessional: Rosalina
"I can't believe that!" Rosalina was furious scribbling down images of Aaron and Xavier holding each other in the closet "I mean seriously!? Why didn't I run off with those two!?" she banged her head against the wall.
XXX
Confessional: Phoebi
"That woman is beginning to drain me" she growled slightly "First "Lucy" now Rosalina. This alliance needs some straightening out!" she slammed her fist into her hand "just gotta choose which one to fix first. Because let's be real, both of them could use a talking to"
XXX
"Hey, Chris, Chef kinda needs you for a moment" the cameras suddenly shifted to Chris sitting in a fancy-looking room with cameras watching everyone. He was currently looking over to Darla, who was just leaning at the entrance of the room.
Chris frowned at her "I'm in the middle of a challenge what do you want?"
"I told you, Chef wants to talk" Darla smiled a bit more at him, "says he found the intruder and totally wants to beat him up! You should get there fast!"
"We actually got him!?" Chris stood up with a smile "great! We could totally turn this into its own challenge!" He walked out, not remotely concerned by Darla sticking around.
"Ok you ugly skank, you can go ahead!" Darla called to someone, who was revealed to be Harmonia. Who walked forward from the dark with her hands behind her back.
"Thanks, you. You annoying drain to society." Harmonia nodded her head slightly towards her.
Darla smiled at the dig "you really are a terrible piece of work! I can't imagine how anyone on your team puts up with you"
"Yes yes. Now get going before I get tired of your company" Harmonia waved her off as she walked into the room. Harmonia sat down on the chair Chris was watching as she intensely watched the screens and everything that was going on for the contestants.
"Now for me to enjoy the show" Harmonia leaned back and watched the contestants, seeing Violet walking by herself. Trying to sneak around hoping no one can find her.
Harmonia smiled to herself "well, I was never the type to only enjoy watching…" Harmonia tapped something on the keyboard in front of the cameras. Causing the area Violet was standing in to suddenly explode with pink paint.
"What the-" Violet looked down at the paint covering her body "what the hell!?" She screamed in anger.
Harmonia just softly giggled to herself "oh, this will almost be too much fun."
She continued to tap every other button on the keyboard. Just wanting to see what she could pull off.
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Vaughn was walking with his arms behind his head, seeming rather laid back with his approach this time around. That was until he saw Violet covered in paint "oh, looking good aye lonely girl?" He had an even larger shit-eating grin knowing she wasn't suspicious of him.
"What the hell do you want?" Violet growled at him, obviously not looking amused by the sudden paint attack "were you the one who set this up?"
Vaughn shrugged "I kinda wish I could, but Nah. I don't really know how you got covered in all that paint honestly. Even if it's funny"
Violet just growled more at him "you're so lucky you're not my main concern" she started walking away from him, trying to get some of the paint out of her hair. Vaughn couldn't help but laugh a bit as she passed by.
Haden then appeared near him, actually surprising Vaughn a little. He was also snickering to himself. Vaughn couldn't help but glare a bit at him "what do you want detective boy?"
"Can't a guy laugh at random coincidence? Like the venus fly trap being in our room the night before everything went down… then somehow Violet was the main suspect. How very amusing" the Detective smirked as he looked down at the floor "almost like it wasn't a coincidence aye?"
Vaughn rolled his eyes "you really think I'm the only villain around here? As far as we know literally half of the people still around could have done it. You have nothing on me"
"Maybe the fact it was Xavier's? You two are pretty close" Haden smirked, not faltering at Vaughn's own bluff.
"Psh. Like I care about the baker enough to sabotage the other team. Xavier is just a good friend, I could never see him wanting me to sabotage for someone else"
Haden just smirked back at him "clever way to deflect. I suppose I was expecting this to be easy enough for a child to catch you in your own webs" Vaughn smiled seeing Haden grab a recorder from his pocket and click the stop button. "But I do hope you know I'm not an easy one to outsmart"
"I'm glad to say I'm the same way" Vaughn patted him on the shoulder as he started walking past him "but just know while you may be smart, I'm definitely stronger" he squeezed his shoulder for a moment before continuing on his path.
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Dan rubbed his head as he slowly got up "w-where are we?" he looked around to see that the two of them had landed in what looked like an abandoned mine.
"This is… new" Dan slowly got up, rubbing the dust off of himself when he realized he couldn't see Vivian anywhere "V-Vivian?" he called out, only to not get a response.
"Oh jeez," he murmured worryingly as he started speed walking around the area to find her. It takes a few minutes but he eventually finds Vivian lying unconsciously on her back.
"V-Vivian?" he lightly shook her shoulder, however, she didn't wake up. He looked around nervously before picking her up in the bridal carry.
He struck a confident pose as he picked her up, however, his entire body was shaking and he had his eyes shut tight "I-I'm j-j-just c-c-carrying o-one of the boys…" he murmured as he started walking.
Dan slowly trudged forward, making sure to not trip over anything as he kept walking.
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Penny was walking by herself as she continued on her hunt, sneakily rolling between some random assorted objects like a cabinet. She looked past the cabinet, not seeing anyone further down the hall as she held up her gun.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Penny jumped in surprise at the voice, before just looking back to see the Dino posse. She sighed a little in relief.
"I'm trying to find the remaining Peasant girls… but they seem to be rather good at hiding…"
Dino smiled "well, maybe you can go with us then! We've been hot on their tail for a while now"
"Oh, you know where they went?" Penny immediately perked up as she looked at the boy scout.
"Well… maybe knowing is an exaggeration…" he smiled bashfully.
"They've basically been going in circles now" Julia stated dryly, not having taken off Dino's badge.
"I-I don't know w-why you keep saying that… this looks different to me" Lester smiled as he rubbed the carpet "t-the last one o-of these were blue… this is red"
Julia growled at him "a-are you color blind? That's the same one we've been walking on for an hour!"
Dino cleared his throat "how about we keep looking? It'll be best if we just keep looking for the others and not focus on… "wasted time""
"Well, on the topic of wasted time they're right over there" Julia just pointed down the hall to show the group of three girls trying to sneak into another area.
"Hey there they are!" Dino immediately nodded, the group of hunters and Julia were about to move after them before suddenly Dan pushed past a turning wall. He groaned as he finally walked out of the dark basement, he was covered in bruises all over before falling down onto the ground, making sure to move Vivian to the side so he didn't fall on her.
"Dan? Where did you come from?" Penny raised an eyebrow at the two of them.
"Too… tired to say" Dan groaned with his head down on the floor.
"Well, let's ju-" before Dino can finish what he says they suddenly see multiple pink paintballs flying past their heads. They turned around to see Lucy smirking as she fired over at them.
"Crap!" Dino grabbed Julia and moved her behind him so he took most of the splats "L-Lester, you and Penny can-"
Before he can say anything Oscar appeared on the other side of the hall, quickly aiming at Vivian and Dan. Lester stood in the way of them "o-ok, m-maybe Penny should run after them"
"Are you sure tha-"
"Just go!" both of them yell at her, as they get pelted by paint balls. Penny nodded and started running past Oscar.
Penny looked down the hall to see Rosalina running slower than the other two girls, who were pretty easily outpacing her.
"I'm starting to think now is when we have to cut our weakest link Olena" Phoebi side eyed Rosalina, who was panting.
Olena frowned at her "Rosalina will do just fine keeping up" as she says that Rosalina and her get pelted in the back.
Causing them both to fall on the ground. Phoebi kept running until she ended up in a corner.
Back with the other group, Dino was being coated head to toe in paint as he forced Julia behind himself. By them was Lester, Dan, and Julia. Lester was using the exhausted Dan as a human shield while holding Vivian close, incidentally putting his head close to her chest.
However, the group suddenly heard a few clicks. Dino slowly opened his eyes to Lucy and Oscar banging and smacking their guns.
"Did we run out of ammo?" Oscar frowned as he looked into the gun hole.
"Ugh, I knew I shouldn't have traded my ammo for you!"
The camera cut back to Penny smiling a little at Phoebi "well, sorry in advance if your team blames you" she taunted before popping her in the shoulder with paint.
"Ugh, great" the braniac groaned as she held her shoulder.
"Hey, what are you doing in here!?" Chris yelled on the intercom.
"Oh, sorry Christopher. I was looking to try and find someone on the opposite team up here. My deepest apologies" they then heard Harmonia's.
Chris cleared his throat as the contestants hear Harmonia's rustling in the background "the Jesters broke their short losing streak and won today's challenge! Meaning, Peasants, I'm seeing you back at the elimination ceremony"
Phoebi and the other two girls just groaned in defeat.
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The teams stood together as the challenge pulled to a close. All the hidders were covered in paint with the exception of Julia and Vivian. Penny raised an eyebrow at Lester, who looked like he was barely covered in paint while Dan was practically painted on.
"Well, Jesters, Peasants. You all played pretty well. And I'm happy to say only one of our interns will be cleaning it all up now" the host eyed Harmonia who just looked away innocently.
"Anyhow! Jesters, have a good evening. You aren't voting anyone out today" they all cheered as they walked off.
"But you peasants, lucky dogs, will get to vote out someone tonight"
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Not long after the teams were left to their own devises Penny felt someone tap her shoulder in the hall. She jumped and looked around, just to see Harmonia smiling at her.
"Oh, hello Harmonia. Can I help you?" Penny asked politely.
"I saw how well you did in the challenge. It was truly incredible" She kept up her smile before leaning down to face her "don't make it too obvious but I know you and Violet are working together. I want to join your alliance"
"A-alliance? H-how do you-"
"I have my ways dear" Harmonia smiled "now, may I join? I believe your fight against Lester is a worthy one"
"You want to eliminate Lester? Why? He protected Vivian really well to win the challenge" Penny tilted her head as Harmonia kept smiling.
"Oh, I forgot you walked off before Lester began to feel up Vivian's body. While she was still sleeping too. He is quite the little creep"
Penny's eyes widened in shock hearing her say that.
Confessional: Penny
Penny still looked shocked "I...I can't believe Lester would do something like that! I mean, I know he has a hting for her and she doesn't like him, but feeling her up while she's sleeping!? That's actually evil!"
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Confessional: Harmonia
She currently had a shit eating grin on her face "I may have exaggurated what Lester did in the challenge. But if I can find my way into the one alliance on this team I'll take it. Once Lester is gone I can always just throw Violet under the bus anywyas." her smile grew a little "this will be a wonderful season"
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Meanwhile, the Peasants main alliance was in the middle of their own pep talk. Olena was frowning faintly at Phoebi who looked pretty unbothered by her staring. Meanwhile Rosalina was smiling to herself as always with Lucy just looking off to the side. Not really caring who they vote.
"So, who do we vote then?" Phoebi asked while smiling at Olena.
"You know, I was considering downsizing this alliance instead…" Olena murmured towards her, however she remained unimtimidated by her.
Phoebi waved her hand "I don't see why we would replace Lucy. He's been nothing but helpful so far. Oh, I meant "she's" sorry"
Lucy perked up slightly at Phoebi calling her 'he' before clearing her throat "um, ok, uh. I don't think we should start splitting up yet! We're stronger togehter you know"
Olena looked confused at her before looking at Rosalina "do you have any stance on changing up our alliance?"
Rosalina shook her head "I have no prblem with our alliance! All of you gals have been so fun!"
Olena sighed as Phoebi smirked at her. Before the leader could say anything Phoebi spoke up "ok, next plan girls. Let's get to who we vote…"
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Later that evening the losing team was sitting at the graveyard, Chris smiled to himself as Darla held the marshmallows up. She looked like she was exhausted from all the cleaning.
"Glad you made it just in time for the Peasants elimination ceremony!" Chris turned to the group "and you all were pretty indecisive this time around. Wonder who could possibly go home."
The team looked a bit nervous from that "but Olena. You and Rosalina are actually safe today" Darla tossed the marshmallows over to them. Resulting in a grin from both as Rosalina hugged her side.
"Lucy! You and our two closeted boys are also safe!" She tossed the marshmallows to Aaron, Xavier, and Lucy. Aaron faintly blushed seeing Rosalina squeeze Olena tighter as she stared over at the two of them.
"And, with two votes each, Vaughn and Haden are also safe!" they both catch their marshmallows before staring at each other.
"So. Down to our final two. Oscar, you're just not that popular on the team compared to others. While Phoebi, you're really unpopular! But only one of you can be sent home today…
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Oscar! You're out my friend!"
Oscar looked a little surprised before just sighing "well, it was fun at least. I don't really know what I did to be sent home. But I'll see you guys around" Oscar smiled at Aaron and Xavier, who smiled back.
Oscar turned back to Chris, but before he can say any goodbyes he was encased by a coffin and was sent flying.
"Everyone has to be so damn friendly. Jeez. Well, Peasants. Can't say I was too surprised you chose him. I'll see you all around another day!"
Most of the contestants walked off, with the exception of Lucy, who she grabbed by the shoulder "in case you're wondering, I meant what I said earlier. I'm not dumb enough to just jump to say something stupid. Now, if you want to leave those in the know to just you and me… I would be sticking close by my side"
Lucy gulped slightly but slowly nodded her head.
"Good. Good. Maybe next time you'll realize to not keep secrets from me" her smirk grew before she got up "be prepared for the next few challenges. Olena's shitty leadership won't be all you guys worry about"
After a few moments of Lucy sitting there in fear, Chris appeared behind her with a wide smirk "well, what a way to end a challenge!" he pushed Lucy onto the ground, who was still in thought "And thus, we've lost our third Peasant. But that seems to be the least of their problems as Vaughn, Haden, and now Phoebi just causes more and more chaos on their teams. But, it seems the Jesters are on their way up to them as Violet's anti-Lester alliance continues to grow larger and larger. But, will this scheme work out for Violet, or bring her towards her brother earlier than she already would?; will Vivian's image issue become worse after being carried for a full challenge?; and will Dan ever fully get over his fear? Find out next time on Total Drama Castle Chaos!"
Votes:
Oscar- Phoebi, Olena, Rosalina, and Lucy
Phoebi- Oscar, Aaron, Xavier
Vaughn- Haden
Haden- Vaughn
AN: and so Oscar is out. I don't expect many people to be surprised by his elimination. I would admit he was the character with the least going on plot-wise. And so, he's gone. But, this chapter also sets up Phoebi's role as an antagonist. I've been waiting to get here for a while now. And I'm happy enough with her set up for that so far. And as we get further into the merge, I would honestly be pretty happy to hear who thinks goes next. I know for some they're not sure, which is honestly nice. I always liked more twisty eliminations anyways.