Chapter 1 - Shaking Things Up
January 1st, 2020
Los Angeles, California
"Good evening America, and Happy New Year! Welcome to season three of Total Emblem. I'm your host Alm Rudolf, and joining me is my co host, Celica Liprica."
"It's been one year since Total Emblem first took off in America. So to honor our amazing country, we're having our contestants go on a national tour. We'll also have our contestants compete in challenges that you all at home have been selecting since our season two finale in August."
"Speaking of the contestants, here they come now."
The vehicles lined up one at a time, and each contestant stepped out when their vehicle was up front. Celica decided to announce the first player, and Alm took the second. They repeated, until the last contestant was introduced.
"Tobin Harris."
I'll never forget what about to me exactly one year ago. I became the first ever boot on Total Emblem. I felt so humiliated ever since that day, but I've learned my mistake. I'm going to listen to my team, and complete these challenges. - Tobin
"Nomah Voir."
Another year older, another year wiser as they say. Well I'm adding onto that list another year to prove to these youngsters that I can still compete. - Nomah
"Catria Whitewang."
I keep replaying the day of the dodgeball match in my head. I shouldn't have slapped Luthier in front of everyone. I should've took him somewhere private, then slapped the hell out of him! - Catria
"Deen Perez."
I was medically evacuated last time, so I'm glad I have another shot at the million dollars. - Deen
"Est Whitewang."
Thank you so much America! Due to your votes in last season's finale, Conrad isn't here! I don't have to worry about him messing up my game this year! WOO! - Est
"Tatiana Marlow."
We don't really have canoes where I'm from, so I figured I would get an automatic boot. I hope this year I'll be able to last longer, and spend more time with Camus. - Tatiana
"Faye Collins."
I'm actually not going to focus on Alm this year. I just need to focus on me, and my gameplay so I can win the money. - Faye
"Boey Jackson."
Mae killed me in the Hunger Games challenge, and made almost everyone flip their vote to me. I'm glad she not here this season, so I can finally say she got her karma. - Boey
"Kilff Hendricks."
In between seasons I learned I'm Silque's half brother through our father. I want everyone to know that I'm not going to act like her at all. - Kliff
"Atlas Santiago."
I did amazing with facing everyone's fears, until I had to hold a snake. If no challenges involve snakes, I think I'll have a shot at winning. - Atlas
"Clive McAllister."
Leaving after my sister, and fiance is upsetting. I wanted to honor their request of winning, but I couldn't even survive the first round of the merge. - Clive
"Python Bytes."
I was doing well in the game, that is until Delthea exposed my alliance. At least she's not here now. - Python
"Camus Young."
Lukas blew up my strategy of keeping secrets last year. So this year, I plan on being more out in the open. - Camus
"Luthier Martin."
I am so happy that my sister isn't here. She made me really upset last time. I'm a little worried about Catria though. I don't know if she's learned her lesson. I'll have to ask her later. - Luthier
"Valbar Smith."
After last season's finale, I got invited to join in All In. Now that I have more allies, I'm ready to take this season on. - Valbar
"Leon Sierra."
I barely missed the top ten last time I played, because I thought playing dead would be a good way to avoid Jason. At least if there's a horror challenge this year, I'm well prepared. - Leon
"Forsyth Austins."
Lukas screwed me over both times I've played. Since Lukas isn't here though, third time's the charm. - Forsyth
"Genny Robinson."
Instead of talking about my game, I have a message for Silque. I hope you're happy with what you did. You emotionally traumatized one of my closest friends. He now has: anxiety, panic attacks, and recurring night terrors. He's not the same. He's been distant from lots of people, When he does talk to someone, he's usually either upset or angry if someone brings you up. - Genny
"Gray Valoroy."
Silque pretty much controlled the merge half of the game last time. It led to so many eliminations, including my own. At least she can't manipulate us now, cause America hated her. - Gray
"Sonya Williamson."
My allies better not think about not listening to me this year. What happened during Cinema proves I won't steer them in the wrong direction. - Sonya
"Kamui Chang."
I know I missed final five last season, but I wouldn't play it any other way. Sure I lost the million, but I was able to tell my allies about Silque. - Kamui
"Jesse Yager."
"Jesse?"
Huh? Sorry. I zoned out. What was your question?
"Can you tell me about Silque?"
Silque? Silque who?
"Don't pretend you don't know. Silque Hendricks was your girlfriend last season. The one that betrayed you, and revealed she never loved you."
I'm not talking about it. Don't even try, camera guy. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT IT! LEAVE ME ALONE! - Jesse
"Matilda Castillo."
I was in the semifinals last season, but I got eliminated because Silque checkmated me. I'm ready to go to the finals, and win the million that I was robbed from. - Matilda
"And, finally, Saber Garcia."
I somehow managed to be the only one to beat Silque. I'm so happy she's not here, but the aftermath of her actions and betrayal still lingers. - Saber
"Welcome to Total Emblem America!" Celica greeted
The twenty four players applauded for a minute, until All shushed them up.
"As you all know, we have one million dollars to give away to the winner. Like always, we also the season by picking teams, but not this year. Your teammates were predetermined by where you live in America. Everyone please come up, and take a look at this board. If you're on team one, go on the blue rug. If you're on team two, go on the white rug. Finally, if you're on team three, go on the red rug."
ATLAS, California, Team 1
BOEY, Alabama, Team 3
CAMUS, Utah, Team 1
CATRIA, Montana, Team 2
CLIVE, New York, Team 3
DEEN, Texas, Team 2
EST, Montana, Team 2
FAYE, Wisconsin, Team 3
FORSYTH, California, Team 1
GENNY, Alaska, Team 1
GRAY, Arkansas, Team 2
JESSE, California, Team 1
KAMUI, Texas, Team 2
KLIFF, Washington, Team 1
LEON, Texas, Team 2
LUTHIER, Florida, Team 3
MATILDA, New York, Team 3
NOMAH, Illinois, Team 3
PYTHON, Arizona, Team 1
SABER, Florida, Team 3
SONYA, New York, Team 3
TATIANA, Idaho, Team 1
TOBIN, Colorado, Team 2
VALBAR, Texas, Team 2
"If you're on team one, your team name is: the Pacific Panthers. If you're on the team two, your team name is: the Middle Monkeys. If you're on team three, your team name is: the Atlantic Alligators."
"Wait a minute Alm." Jesse retaliated "I live in Nova Scotia, not in California."
"True, but you and Geoff do own a beach house in California. You live there sometimes, right?"
"Well yes, but it's just for vaca-"
"Then you're on the Panthers team."
Alm is right. This season is America themed, not Canadian. - Jesse
I'm pretty happy with who I have on my team. I have Saber and Sonya, and I don't have to be with Catria. - Luthier
I'm with Leon and Kam, so at least the Texan alliance can form again. - Valbar
So, I'm on a team with: my bubbly airhead cry baby sister, the first loser, and Professor Puke. Half of us were in the first five boots in season one. This is just what I needed this season: to be in Team Victory 2.0. - Catria
"Now that you have your teams, it's time to get to your first challenge. Here in California, there are many earthquakes. You all are going to be putting on this virtual reality headsets. The simulation will be a town in an earthquake. There's also many falling objects that want to avoid, because you'll be eliminated if a falling object hits you. Every five minutes, the location will change. You'll move to a new town that's yet to be destroyed. Also the earthquake magnitude will increase, thus making more objects fall. The first team to get all eight members crushed will be eliminating someone tonight."
I'm ready to crush this challenge! - Boey
Virtual reality was how I got eliminated last time. I really hope I don't get deja vu. - Leon
I'm not worried about this earthquake challenge. Us Californians are used to them. - Atlas
The players enter the virtual reality. They don't feel anything at first, but the earthquake soon starts at a 3.0. Everyone started running when they saw the first object fall from one of the hotels. Slowly, more objects starting falling. Everyone was able to avoid those objects too. The last thing to fall in round one was the glass windows.
A magnitude 3 earthquake wouldn't do much, but it's going to get interesting once we hit around 6 or 7. - Forsyth
Once again, no one was eliminated in rounds two, and three. That all changed however, when they entered the 6.0 earthquake.
Once six hit, there was pretty much nowhere left to run. Everyone was getting knocked out left, and right. - Saber
The Royals decided to stick together, but immediately got eliminated by the falling glass. Gray and Tobin were next to go when two lamp posts struck their backs. Nomah was the next to be eliminated when he, and several cars, fell through the earthquake cracks. Camus tried to protect Tatiana when several wires fell, but both of them got stabbed in the head. Kliff and Faye watched Atlas and Boey get taken out by falling wood, only for Kliff to also get crushed by wood one second later. Faye ran the opposite direction, and bumped into Deen.
"Hey Deen."
"Hello Faye. How are you holding up?"
"I almost got taken out by three pieces of sharp wood, and watched Kliff, Atlas, and Boey go out. Other then that, I'm good. How are you doing?"
"I saw the Royals go when the glass fell out the buildings. I haven't seen anyone since."
"Maybe we could stick to-"
Faye was interrupted when she got crushed by a falling trash can from the third floor of a nearby building. Deen hesitated, but quickly ran out of the way of more falling objects.
Not even one minute into the fourth round, and we're down to eleven: my alliance of eight, the sisters, and Deen. - Genny
Jesse, Kamui, Leon, and Valbar ran into Sonya, Saber, Luthier and Genny.
"Hey, you guys." Kamui panted "How's it going?"
"Could be better." Sonya sassed
"Why are you guys just standing there?" Saber then asked "You don't know where the debris could strike."
"We're in the middle of a four way intersection. I doubt the debris could even hi-"
Jesse was suddenly interrupted when a toilet flew over, and hit his head."
"OH SHOOT! RUN!" Kamui commanded
A TOILET?! REALLY?! That was seriously uncalled for. - Jesse
The alliance only made it a few feet when they suddenly noticed Catria and Est get hit by several falling bricks.
"Is it over?" Valbar pondered
"No." Leon sighed "The Panthers still have Genny, and the other teams have three players left. Luthier, Saber, and Genny for the Alligators, and you, me, Kam, and Deen for the-"
"That's four for you!" Luthier corrected
"Sorry. Four Monkeys, and three for the-"
"YOU GUYS! THERE'S A FLYING FRIDGE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK!" Sonya hollered while interrupting him
All In quickly attempted to dodge, but Genny couldn't get away fast enough. Her right foot got chopped off."
"DANG IT!" she hollered
"That's game." Celica announced as she turned off the goggles "The Panthers lose!"
Jesse was such an idiot for not moving out of the way. - Camus
It's thanks to you, we lost the challenge. - Tatiana
The first boot is tough, I'm going to go with Python. - Jesse
Genny couldn't move out of the way, so the fridge got her. - Python
Sorry Jesse. I want you gone tonight. - Kliff
"Welcome to your first elimination ceremony Panthers. As you can see, we have eight players but only seven pieces of apple pie. If you don't receive a piece of pie, you're heading home."
Alm took several pieces of pie, and started passing them out.
"Forsyth, Camus, Tatiana, Kilff, and Atlas. You guys no votes. Genny, you're safe with two votes."
Come on Panthers! Genny was the reason we lost! - Forsyth
"Python, and Jesse. You're the last two players they have yet to receive a piece of pie. The pie is going to…...neither of you."
"WHAT?!" the Panthers exclaimed
"Both of you have three votes each. So, we need to do a tiebreaker. That will be determined by a revote since some players voted Genny. If you voted Genny, you must switch your vote to either Python, or Jesse. If you did not vote for Genny, you can either keep your vote the way it is, or switch to the other person. Before we vote though, Python and Jesse will get ten seconds to plead their case. Python, you're up first."
"OK. I really think you need to keep me around. Jesse screwed up by not paying attention to the rubble falling from the hotels. He threw the challenge for us. He's the reason that we're here now. Vote for him, and not me."
"Thank you Python. Jesse, it's your turn."
"I think you guys need to keep me in this game. I can help you through my experience, and wisdom of the game. I can be the leader you guys need to secure your way into the merge. I don't think Python can help you as much, because he was weak in the challenge. Looking back at Maui, he was also really lazy. If you keep him, he'll slow you down. I'm also a lot stronger than him, so you'll need in the physical chal-"
"Time. Thank you Jesse. Now that you've got the change to hear both cases, it's time for the revote. Atlas, you're up first. Please head to the confessional."
I'm keeping my vote for Python. Jesse made valid points in his argument, and those points are why I voted for Python in the first place. - Atlas
My fellow Royal is on the chopping block. I have to vote Jesse. - Forsyth
I want to keep my vote. Jesse might be stronger, but he's dumb for not moving. - Tatiana
I'm still voting for Python. There's no way I'm letting Jesse leave. - Genny
I need to repay Jesse for what my sister has done to him. I have decided to switch my vote. I'm now voting Python. - Kliff
Jesse, I'm sorry. A part of being a good leader is being on alert at all times. With that last challenge, you failed at doing that. - Camus
"Alright, the votes are in. I have calculated the votes, and…..we have ANOTHER tie!"
"NO WAY!"
"UGH!"
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!"
"COME ON!"
"Yep. Python and Jesse each got four votes. So, we have a tiebreaker trivia question. Whoever correctly answers first will get to stay. If you guess incorrectly, your opponent gets the chance to steal. Python, Jesse, here is your question. California has a football team called the San Francisco 49ers. Why is that the name of the football team?"
"I think I know the answer Alm! The 49ers are named after the 1849 gold rush!"
"Congratulations Python! You get to stay in the game!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Jesse screamed
"Sorry Jesse, you are eliminated. Please go, and make your final confessional. Everyone else, please go with Celica. She will escort you to your team RV's."
THIS IS *BEEP*ING BULL*BEEP*! I DESERVED TO STAY OVER THAT LAZY SON OF A-
*KNOCK KNOCK*
WHAT? I'M MAKING MY FINAL CONFESSIONAL!
"Sorry to interrupt Jesse, but I need to ask you something?"
What's up, Alm?
"How would you like another shot at the million dollars?"
Yes! I want to get back in the game!
"Great! Please come with me."
OK! - Jesse
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This season, on Total Emblem America…
The alliances
"It's you and me to the end."
"I'll stick by you, no matter what."
"You've got yourself a deal mi amigo."
"I'm not voting you. Trust me."
"We need to stick together more than ever."
"The enemy of our enemy is a friend."
The drama
"I did it once, I'm not afraid to do it again."
"You know what? I'll keep your secret. If you vote for-"
"Please. Tell me what's wrong."
"Don't touch me. I don't want to be touched."
"What did she do to you? I need to know!"
The fights
"If you say what you said one more time-"
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?"
"You know what? Kiss my ass!"
"HE IS SPIRALING OUT BECAUSE OF YOU!"
"I'm here for the million dollars. DON'T YOU EVER FORGET THAT!"
"I will lie, cheat, and steal to get that money. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MESS IT UP FOR ME!"
The tears
"How could you do this to me?"
"You know what? We're over!"
"I didn't do anything to you!"
"I don't know what to do anymore!"
"I've never told a lie in this game!"
"This game is so *beep*ing hard!"
"I HATE THIS *BEEP*ING GAME!"
And….. brand a new twist that will shake up the Total Emblem game FOREVER.
"It's time to introduce a new twist called Unalienable Rights. As you all know, America was founded under three unalienable rights. Those rights are: Life,
"I'm using my life token."
"Wait ...WHAT!?"
Liberty,
"Since we have survived ten eliminations. We now have the freedom to play the game as individuals."
"NO WAY!"
"OH MY GOD!"
And Pursuit of Happiness."
"I need to find this treasure before anyone else from the first five boots. Do you want to help me?"
"I need your help. If I win this pursuit, I'll be back in the game."
"I need you to steal the next clue from Jesse, and his team."
"At least it's only the first five eligible to return. It us helps dwindle down the competition for the treasure."
"Even though I can't return, at least I'll be able to help you return."