Chapter Twenty-One: Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon
Chris: [narrating] Last time on Total Drama Island, campers got sent out on safari!
[the scene opens with Chris on his normal spot on the docks before cutting to Charlotte finding the other campers trapped in the cage]
They made like they were zookeepers, although some of them might wanna look at other careers.
[after the shot of the campers leaving the supply shed is shown, a shot of Angelina attempting to secure the mountain is shown, followed by a montage of Charlotte's failed attempts of catching her target are shown, particularly tranquilizing Katz and his target; the bear]
Mao Mao, Carmen, and Wolf managed to get their targets, which helped a little, although everyone else helped…by sucking.
[Mao Mao's raccoon runaway is shown, along with Carmen and Wolf's chases of the ferret and otter respectively, while Top Cat's failed attempt of catching the possum is shown, particularly the shot of being shot by one of Charlotte's darts by mistake]
In the end, it was sweet, innocent, totally should never handle weapons ever Charlotte that got the boot, proving that sometimes, even a constant smile can't guarantee victory.
[the elimination ceremony is shown, along with Charlotte making her grand exit by hopping on Pegasus; the same deer she'd been trying to catch the whole challenge, much to everyone's surprise. It then cuts to Chris walking along the docks]
This week, our campers will get way too close for comfort. Will Katz and Wolf's pseudo alliance survive another challenge? Will Angelina ever tell Wolf what she saw a while back? Will Katz avoid the Boat of Losers yet again? And who will be voted off this week in the most dramatic campfire yet? Find out tonight on Total…Drama…Island!
(Fade to Opening Theme)
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doin' fine;
You guys are on my mind!
Ya asked me what I wanted to be,
And now I think the answer is plain to see!
I wanna be...famous!
I wanna live close to the sun!
Well pack your bags, 'cause I've already won!
Everythin' to prove, nothin' in my way;
I'll get there one day.
'Cause I wanna be...famous!
(Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
(Fade to Episode)
[the scene begins with the background of an Asian landscape, cherry blossoms on either side over a lush green ground with mountains in the background. Coming up away off in the background is that of a silhouette walking towards the viewer. It cuts to an overhead shot of the figure walking towards his long shadow, looking up to reveal Mao Mao with just his eyes visible on his face. He stops before a red and white temple as a tall looming figure emerges from the other side. The black feline begins to pull out his sword from his holster before the figure leaps into the air, a shining streak of gold before it stops in front of Mao Mao, a few inches of distance between them. Mao Mao's eyes slowly look up at the huge golden figure, only stopping when he sees the head of a familiar figure looking down on him]
Mao Mao: Father…?
[at that moment, the figure resembling Shin Mao leaps into the air again, making what appears to be noises similar to that of a helicopter]
Angelina: [off-screen] Keep it down out there!
[Mao Mao suddenly wakes up from his dream as the shot cuts to Angelina and Carmen standing out on the porch of their cabin, looking none too pleased with all the noise]
Carmen: Oh, you have got to be kidding me.
Mao Mao: [looks out the window as the other guys come out onto the porch] What's going on now?
Katz: [scoffs] His lordship is giving us yet another rude wakeup call. What else is new?
[the camera switches focus to Chris up in the cockpit of his helicopter]
Chris: Welcome back to Total Drama Island! Over the past six weeks, we've watched sixteen campers push themselves to the limit! And then get their butts kicked off the island by their fellow campers. Sucks to be you!
[a montage of the eliminated contestants is played with a clip focused on each character as their name is said]
Bugs [chastizing at the end of the first challenge], Fiona [pushes Tails into Jasper], Mao Mao [makes some kind of grand announcement], Daffy [performs his act in the talent show], Tails [stares down his opposition in dodgeball], Prince John [cowers at burning money], Rainbow Dash [shreds on her guitar], Applejack [chastizing during the paintball challenge], Yogi [tries to sample one of his team's dishes], Aquamarine [smugly assuring herself], Ivy [climbs the rockwall], Jasper [waterskiing through the mud], Robin [assuring Fox during the campout], Usagi [throws her tiara at her target], Fox [crosses his arms], Rarity [brushes her mane], Fiona again [shown trying to scare Angelina], and Charlotte [singing about something].
[Chris is shown walking away from the helicopter and towards the campers lined up on the meeting grounds]
Only six campers remain, and after six weeks of bugs, crappy camp food, and even grosser bathrooms, our six finalists are about this close to losin' it. We strove to come up with the best way to help the campers de-stress…then decided it would be way more fun to handcuff them together…[holds out a pair of handcuffs]...and see if we couldn't push 'em over the edge.
Top Cat: Where do you even store random sets of handcuffs?
Chris: That's our little secret, all in the name of today's challenge; the Tri-Armed Triathlon!
Angelina: Oh, I've seen this before, they usually do it at things like county fairs, except with their feet.
Wolf: Only this ain't no fairground, I can tell you.
Chris: Yep, three arms, three teams of two, three arms per team!
Katz: Okay, first of all, I do not get cuffed, I do the cuffing.
Chris: Yeeeeah, it's not exactly your choice to make, neither is your choice of a partner.
Katz: There's no democracy in this place, I swear.
Chris: Winning team members both get invincibility from tonight's vote.
[static buzzing]
Carmen: I have never seen six weeks go by so slowly, that is how much of a headache this is giving me. Sure, I'm glad to have stuck it out for this long, but between the poor air conditioning, awful food, and horrible maintenance of the bathrooms, the last thing I need is to be paired with someone that'll give me a hard time.
[static buzzing]
Top Cat: I don't remember this last time I had to be this physical in doing something, not even my most elaborate of schemes require this much energy out of me. I don't see anyone left that I couldn't manage going against in the final two, so a shoutout to the gang if you're watching this, I just might have hit the jackpot, even if it drives me to insanity.
[static buzzing]
Wolf: This place is like a lot like the backstreets of Venom, crappy living space, food that looks like it was scraped off the streets, and every now and then someone sneaks in your bed to jerk off. The only upside is that the people here haven't driven me crazy enough to stick a dagger in their neck, and trust me, you do not wanna get on my bad side.
[static buzzing]
Mao Mao: This is a message to my people back in Pure Heart Valley, being the strong willed individual that I am, I've successfully made it to the final six, besides the few stumbles, I think I have a clear shot at victory, just need to keep my head above water and avoid suspicious characters voting me off. I already have my eyes set on a few…
[static buzzing]
Angelina: With all that I've had to put with in getting here, I'm this close to the finals. I don't suspect myself as a target by anyone in particular, which is undoubtedly due to my excellent skills of conversation. That'll show the world I'm more than just a ballerina, I'm also a figher.
[static buzzing]
[the scene cuts to the mess hall, and the camera pans across the three pairs lined up at a single table: Katz and Carmen on the right, Top Cat and Mao Mao in the middle, and Wolf and Angelina on the left]
Chris: First of our three challenges; competitive chow down!
Katz: Seriously, do I look like a county fair junkie?
Carmen: Hey, do not start with me.
Chris: Each team will choose a feeder and an eater. Eaters must put their hands behind them making it even more difficult for the feeders!
[the camera pans over to each of the teams, Wolf looking unenthused while Angelina quirks a brow with a grimace, Top Cat and Mao Mao look at each other anxiously, Katz and Carmen scowl at each other]
One last thing…this is the wimp key!
[Chris pulls out a large gold-colored, skull-bowed key from his pocket and holds it up high before the footage cuts briefly to an image of handcuffs against an orange-and-yellow background getting tapped by the gleaming key and opening]
You'll be offered the Wimp Key at each challenge to unshackle yourselves from your teammate. But, if you choose to accept it, you'll both be eliminated.
Angelina: Excuse me, but how do we win?
Chris: Chef's getting platters for each team. Title goes to the team who finishes their platter of delicacies fastest.
Angelina: [shudders] Eeeeeeugh.
Wolf: Listen, I can tell you're squeamish, and since I can handle whatever that chef throws, I'll do the eating while you do the feeding.
Angelina: [breathes a sigh of relief] Thank you, that's very generous of you.
Wolf: Heheheeeee, don't spread it around.
Carmen: I'll be the feeder and you'll be the eater.
Katz: Excuse me, I did not agree to that.
Carmen: If you can inflict weird things onto people, you can handle being fed like a hog.
Katz: Which I refuse to subject myself to.
Carmen: Listen, either you follow the arrangements, or I'll find more than enough ways to skin a cat.
[the two glare at each other intensely]
Top Cat: I mean it's either or for me, what do you say?
Mao Mao: I have a tendency to eat quickly, that should give us a headstart over the others.
Top Cat: Hmm, I like the way you think, I'll be the feeder and you be the eater.
Mao Mao: Sounds fine by me.
[the footage flashes ahead as Chef drops a platter of food in front of all three teams. Each has four separate dishes on them: something shaped like a cake and dripping in sauce, a bowl of something yellowish-orange, a third dish mostly obscured save the fruit topping it, and a whole chicken which just happens to have an unusual color]
Top Cat: Okay, call me pessimistic, but I don't think chicken is green in nature.
Carmen: Either it's food coloring, covered in mold, or a combo of the two. Maybe not even chicken to begin with.
Wolf: Hmmm, doesn't look like the worst thing imagineable, at least I can tell this looks like food.
Angelina: I don't think I've ever seen cheesecake served in this place.
Katz: How ironic, when we get something that actually looks edible, we have to chug it down like common street rats.
Mao Mao: Ah well, this looks like it'll be simple enough for me to handle.
[a quick cut shows Carmen putting her hand behind Katz, Top Cat putting his hand behind Mao Mao, and Angelina putting her hand behind Wolf. A drumroll opens the background music for the challenge as it shows Carmen shoving a spoonful of food into Katz's mouth]
Katz: [gulps] Easy with that spoon, woman!
Carmen: Less talking, more eating! [shoves another spoonful into the feline's mouth]
Angelina: One, two, three, open. [puts the spoon in Wolf's mouth after he swallows]
Wolf: This ain't tea time, sugarplum, might wanna pick up the pace.
Top Cat: [shoves a spoonful into Mao Mao's open mouth] Okay, we're doin' good, we're doin' good.
Mao Mao: [swallows] Haha, this is nothing.
[Carmen continues to jam more food into Katz's mouth, enough for it to splatter on both of them]
Katz: [mouthful] You sadistic bi-GUH!
Wolf: Hurry up with the chicken!
Angelina: This isn't easy on me, you know!
Top Cat: Aw, crumbs, we gotta step it up! [inserts an entire cheesecake into Mao Mao's mouth]
[as Katz continues to be forcefed by Carmen, both messy as ever, Angelina suddenly gets an idea]
Angelina: Wolf, heads up!
Wolf: What?
[Angelina pulls the entire tray up to Wolf's face, which serves as a distraction for everyone else]
[the scene cuts to black before the episode continues]
[the scene shows the exterior of the mess hall before showing the interior]
Chris: The winners of the first challenge are…Wolf and Angelina!
Wolf: [now with stains on his face] You smartass…you got guts.
Angelina: Thank you, it did help us win after all.
Katz: [groans] The indignity…
[static buzzing]
Carmen: While we didn't win the eating challenge, it gave me some peace at mind to take my stress out on something.
[static buzzing]
Katz: [wipes his mouth] One way or another, that woman will not get out of this unscathed, let me assure you…on a lighter note, for all the campers that have left the island, I just want to say that I admire each and every one of your strengths. I'm aware some of you may think that the strategy I used wasn't the most ethical, but I can assure that it was never personal, and I merely sought to win in the best way I knew how. As such I hope you will take that into consideration for who really deserves to win.
[static buzzing]
Mao Mao: [wipes his mouth] Okay, little bit of a setback there, but never mind, I'm sure we'll carry on regardless.
Top Cat: Rather upbeat, aren't you?
Mao Mao: Well in the face of adversity, one can never doubt themselves for too long, there are always more pressing matters at hand.
Top Cat: Huh, I get what you're saying there, kinda reminds me of the gang all the way back in New York.
[static buzzing]
Top Cat: Maybe Mao Mao's more perceptive than I've given him credit for, for someone theatrical, he's got a good sense about him.
[static buzzing]
Mao Mao: With how Top Cat and I have been talking a lot more since I came back, he seems to take after myself for a little bit, well, as much as a con artist can.
[static buzzing]
[the scene cuts to the docks where Chris is shaking the wimp key over the campers]
Chris: Last chance for the tempting wimp key before part two!
[Carmen and Katz face each other]
Katz: Dare you.
Carmen: Don't even think about it.
Wolf: Think you can handle me for another round?
Angelina: If I can handle my cousin, I can handle a space pirate.
[static buzzing]
Wolf: That girl's sharp, I respect that.
[static buzzing]
Top Cat: Care to explain, or leave us in suspense?
Chris: On the beach, you will find three canoes.
[a shot of the canoes is shown]
Chris: One for each team. Your challenge is to paddle your canoe, while wearing handcuffs, hehehehehe, all the way to Boney Island.
[a shot of the aforementioned island is shown, as usual surrounded by fog and grey clouds]
Chris: Once there, you will open a package that is waiting for you. GO!
[the three teams knock the host over as they rush to the canoes]
[Carmen is about to get in the canoe first, but Katz pulls her back]
Katz: Oooooh, no, you don't. You took charge last time, I'm taking charge this time. Period.
Carmen: [sighs] Fine, I suppose I can be fair to you.
Angelina: [as Wolf pushes them out] You know, this feels reminscient to me.
Top Cat: [as he pushes Mao Mao and their boat out] Been a while since I got in one of these things, not since we fished Brain out from the river.
Mao Mao: I'm sure that's a story to tell.
[the scene cuts to the two felines out on the lake]
Top Cat: And so Benny's mother says "it doesn't matter to me, mayor or not, I still love you." I guess we got lucky on her bein' blind.
Mao Mao: Hahaha, you guys are so bad. But at least you've got the benefit of doing a good turn every now and then.
Top Cat: Yeah, well, we ain't ya' typical gangsters, we're not all about shootin' up the streets as we are givin' ourselves food and profit.
Mao Mao: Yeah, at least you're honest about your work, which is more than I can say for some people…
Top Cat: I guess I should count myself lucky you didn't beat me over the head for what I do, like you ain't that crazy.
Mao Mao: [sweatdrops] Uh, no, of course, yeah, that'd be real stupid, wouldn't it, hehe, heeee…
[the scene cuts to Angelina and Wolf]
Angelina: So after disputing over a name, we settled on the Pirate Princess, and wouldn't you know it, I'm on a boat with a real pirate.
Wolf: Well, guess that makes you the princess, init? I tell ya', kid, you've been lucky to be where you are, compared to the things I've seen.
Angelina: I can only imagine…um, Wolf? There's something I've been wanting to tell you…
Wolf: I'm not interested like that.
Angelina: Very funny, I know all about you and Fox. But that's not it, a while back, before the biking challenge, I found this rock with your name on it.
Wolf: A rock…strange, but it don't seem like much.
Angelina: That's not all, there was also this thing that said "my craft" on it.
[Wolf pauses, Angelina takes notice]
Angelina: Wolf?
Wolf: That's code.
Angelina: Pardon?
Wolf: Take the Y out and you'll see.
Angelina: But that just gives me "mmm, craft".
Wolf: Look at the letters, and who was present at the time to match them.
Angelina: Okay, um, there was me, you, Carmen, Charlotte, Rarity, Fiona, Mao Mao, Top Cat, and Katz…but there's no K in the saying…oh my God.
Wolf: I think you just cracked the mystery there…and I've got someone to keep my eye on…
[the scene cuts to Katz and Carmen]
Katz: You're not pulling your weight up at the front, I'm the one doing all the work.
Carmen: I'm pulling my weight just fine, it's you who won't stop complaining back there.
Katz: Oh, sorry, I wasn't the one who was mercilessly shoving food into someone's mouth.
Carmen: Okay, maybe I came on a little forward with that one, but consider it to be a taste of one's own medicine.
Katz: Excuse me?
Carmen: Katz, how dumb do you think I am? I can read you like an open book, it takes one to know one.
Katz: I see…just what do you plan to do about it? Forfeit and get us disqualified?
Carmen: Of course not, but so long as you work with me, things should go by a lot smoother, and it will save your behind from getting voted out.
Katz: Hmm…perhaps I misjudged you, for someone so perceptive, you've even got me stunned, a rarity that few can achieve.
Carmen: Well, I tend to be full of surprises, seems it extends to stoic and creepy red cats.
[the scene cuts to the campers arriving on shore. Angelina holds the bag for her and Wolf and pulls out what appears to be half of a tiki statuette. The sound of Chris' helicopter is accompanied by sand being blown everywhere]
Chris: [through a megaphone] Welcome to the second part of the second challenge!
Carmen: Do you have to blind us at any given time?!
Chris: What you've got are the split remains of a tiki doll, one that will curse you with bad luck if you take it off its residence island.
Top Cat: Why is this a thing to begin with?!
Chris: The pieces of that need to be returned to the Cave of Treacherous Terror, and you might wanna do it double quick! Because the longer you have the doll, the worse your luck! Oh, yeah, one of you has to piggyback the other! Enjoy! [flies off]
[Angelina and Wolf glance at each other]
Wolf: [bends over] Hop on, cowgirl.
Angelina: [climbs up] Why, thank you, trusty steed.
Mao Mao: Climb aboard, I can carry a lot on this back.
Top Cat: Well, call me honored. [climbs onto Mao Mao's back]
Katz: I am not playing a horse, do you understand that? [climbs onto Carmen's back] It's time for you to repay the favor.
Carmen: [scoffs] Fine, but don't grip into my shoulders.
[the scene cuts to Top Cat and Mao Mao stopping by a section on the beach]
Mao Mao: Hold on, I think we're off course, we need to be further into the forest.
Top Cat: We must have taken a wrong turn back at that golden rock.
Mao Mao: Golden…rock…
Top Cat: Um, Mao Mao, you alright there?
Mao Mao: What? Oh, no, it's fine, just thinking about something is all.
Top Cat: What about? I mean, so long as you don't mind me asking.
Mao Mao: Well, it's a little hard to explain, but last night, in my dream, I thought I saw my father…
Top Cat: Oh, really? What was it like?
Mao Mao: He was standing over me in that big gold armor of his…looking down on me…brings back memories…
Top Cat: Oh…bad experiences?
Mao Mao: [sighs] My father never paid much attention to me growing up, focused more on my sisters and their training…and had this tendency of never getting my name right.
Top Cat: Wow, what a complete jackass. Is everyone else like that?
Mao Mao: To be honest, I don't even know much about my sisters, they all seemed indistinguisable from one another, with me as the small outlier…the only one I could really talk to was my mother…
Top Cat: Geez, that…that's harsh, man…I don't see my family much these days either, but…at least they knew I was there…we came from the streets and had to find shelter for ourselves…eventually, I found the members of my gang one by one and…well, they've sorta been my family…
Mao Mao: I get what you mean, in fact, I could say the same thing, Badgerclops and Adorabat, they're basically family to me…ironic given the former's also had family issues…
Top Cat: Wow…that's deep…
Mao Mao: Yeah…oh, crap, the challenge, we need to get a move on!
[the scene cuts to Angelina and Wolf arriving at the cave]
Wolf: Haha, that's two points in the bag!
Angelina: Right, time to drop this thing in…[trails off as a giant purple spider comes down on its web]...eep.
Wolf: C'mon, it's just a spider, it's not gonna-
[the spider lands right on Angelina's head. The white mouse lets out a loud scream as her lupine parter winces, unable to cover his ears. Worse comes when a horde of spiders crawl out from the cave, causing Wolf to edge back as Angelina continues to panic]
Wolf: Oh, for God's sake!
[Wolf runs away from the horde with Angelina still freaking out on his back, just as Carmen and Katz arrive]
Katz: Retreating because of a few spiders, pathetic. Just a few more-[feels Carmen stop before a set of woolly beavers]-oh.
Carmen: Yeah, I'm not equipped to deal with this at the moment.
[Carmen and Katz make a getaway as fast as they can with the beavers in pursuit just as Mao Mao and Top Cat are seen coming out from a bush]
Mao Mao: Great! There's no telling how far the others have gotten!
Top Cat: Hold your horses, there doesn't appear to be anyone else at the cave. Which means…[takes the tiki doll and chucks it into the mouth of the cave]...hole in one!
Mao Mao: Haha, hotdog! That's what I'm talkin' about!
[static buzzing]
Mao Mao: I know we've barely known each other for a few weeks, but Top Cat really brings out the zest in me, ya' know. Perhaps if he turned to a life of fighting crime, he'd fit right in at the Sheriff's Department.
[static buzzing]
[the scene cuts to the teams standing before a large tiki statue and standing before a table each with a velvet cover over the contents]
Chris: And that's a point for the TC Double M dream team!
Mao Mao: Up top, gimme five!
[the two felines high-five each other]
Chris: Soooo, an awesome day, huh? Moldy food fights, carnivorous beavers, but it's time for someone to win this thing. Point each for everyone but Carmen and Katz, who could still pull a stopper as this challenge is worth two points. Today's final challenge…is the Totum Pole of Shame and Humiliation!
[Chris pulls the cover off Angelina and Wolf's table to reveal wooden carved replicas of the eliminated contestants' heads, right down to the fine details]
Angelina: [picks up the head resembling Charlotte] Wow, these are so accurate. I almost wouldn't mind one of me.
Wolf: [picks up the head resembling Fox] Mmmm, hello, good-looking.
[the scene cuts to an example of an totum pole in the order of elimination]
Chris: [off-screen] Your task; assemble the heads in the order of which your comrades were voted out. [on-screen] Unless, you want…[holds up the wimp key]...the wimp key! Time for heads to roll. [blows his whistle to start]
Katz: [picks up the heads of Applejack and Yogi] Well, look who I found…[bonks their heads together]...what a shocker, they're hollow, just like their snotty little attitudes.
Carmen: Mmm, I wonder what could have caused them to act such a way? Which reminds me, we're screwed unless we complete this thing.
Top Cat: Okay, so Daffy got booted second, right?
Mao Mao: No, I think it was Fiona, it's just that she came back.
Top Cat: Right, the two heads. [puts one of the Fiona heads on top of the Bugs head]
Angelina: Hey, Wolf, we're starting, what are you…what are you doing with Fox's head?
Wolf: [suddenly puts his paw down] Um, nothing. [shifts as Angelina peers from behind] Cut it out. [holds it up, but at the wrong angle]
Angelina: Awww, you carved your initials into it.
Wolf: [blushes] Shut up.
Chris: Hohoho, lemme see that! [looks to see the back of Fox's head with the initials and snickers]
Wolf: Yeah, yeah, yeah, laugh it up.
Chris: Most people kiss someone they like, dude carves their head. [chuckles] Mr. Tough ain't so tough-[a Yogi head strikes him down]-AW!
[the camera pans over to Katz holding Aquamarine's head looking in their direction]
Top Cat: [tries to get Fox's head over Usagi's] Agh, why are these so tall?
Mao Mao: Maybe we should have built it the other way around?
Chris: [off-screen] Weeee have a winner!
[the shot pans out to reveal Katz and Carmen's totum pole complete as Chris holds their uncuffed hands up, clearly still dazed from the impact]
Chris: [slightly slurred] Cartz and Katmen take it! That means anybody can get voted off tonight…[falls to the ground]
Carmen: Okay, I admit, that was pretty satisfying to watch.
Katz: I don't stand for humorless dimwits.
[Mao Mao and Top Cat glance at each other, but still smile regardless]
[static buzzing]
Carmen: Just when I think Katz's run out of tricks, he still finds a way to surprise me.
[static buzzing]
Top Cat: You know, even though we lost, I still feel good all things considered. Maybe it's down to my comradery with Mao Mao, man would be an asset to the gang if he ever wanted to join.
[static buzzing]
[the scene cuts to the campfire ceremony as usual]
Chris: You've all cast your votes and made your decision. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow tonight must immediately return to the Dock of Shame to catch the Boat of Losers. That means…you're out of the contest. And you can't come back ever. The first marshmallow goes to…Katz.
[the red feline catches his marshmallow with a grin]
Next; Carmen.
[the lady in red also grins as she catches her prize]
Four campers are left, but only three marshmallows. The next marshmallow goes to…Wolf.
[the grey lupine catches his marshmallow, looking satisfied]
Angelina.
[the white mouse also catches her treat with satisfaction. Top Cat and Mao Mao suddenly look anxious and glance at each other]
Yep, that's a surefire way to wipe the smile off a camper's face. Show 'em a plate with only one marshmallow on it.
[static buzzing]
Angelina: I would just like to say, it's nothing personal, just that I felt it needed to be done.
[static buzzing]
Carmen: While I don't hold anything against you, the cards were just stacked that way
[static buzzing]
Katz: From one feline to another, let it be known that this was merely strategical, and based off intellect.
[static buzzing]
Wolf: Once this is over, I could settle over a few drinks as compensation.
[static buzzing]
Chris: I'm left with just one marshmallow for the night, and either Mao Mao or Top Cat is about to go home.
Mao Mao: [stands up] If I must perform a sacrifice, then I will do so voluntarily.
Chris: What are ya' doing, you're wrecking it! [points for Mao Mao to stick back down to which the feline does] The last marshmallow of the night goes to…
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Mao Mao! [tosses the marshmallow] Top Cat, it's time for you to go, bro.
Mao Mao: [catches the marshmallow in surprise] What?! Top Cat's been in the game longer than I have!
Top Cat: Yeah, it sucks I got the boot, but at least I didn't leave empty-handed.
Mao Mao: What do you mean?
Top Cat: Follow me, mon ami. Later, ya'll! [walks to the dock as Mao Mao follows before turning around] While you were inspecting the map earlier, I came across these shell halves. [pulls them out from his pocket]
Mao Mao: Oh…you want me to have one…
Top Cat: That's the idea, smartass.
Mao Mao: Heh, you're a jerk.
Top Cat: Too true.
Mao Mao: Still, thanks for giving me this.
Top Cat: Hey, a little something to remind us by…aaaand this. [boops Mao Mao's nose with his finger] See ya' around.
[Mao Mao watches as Top Cat boards the boat and sets off into the night]
(Fade to Credits)