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DISCLAIMER THINGY:
JEFF: Hello, I'm Jeff Probst the host of TV's survivor. I'm here to say that this BakaMattSu fellow doesn't own any of the characters presented in the following story, nor any of the television shows it steals ideas from. And he doesn't own me either. He's a pretty unoriginal fellow to use other people's ideas rather than come up with his own, isn't he? Oh well, I guess the point I'm here to make is that he wrote this entire thing for fun, and not for profit, so no harm done...right? Right?
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SURVIVOR: TERRA II
JAPONESS-GAR
Lime
Goddel
Marine
Gennai
Lorelei
Luchs
Cherry
(Yumeji - voted off Ep. 1)
ZAUBERBURG
Bloodberry
Hess
Panther
Faust
Obiichi
Tiger
Hanagata
Otaru
DAY 3
[TEAM JAPONESS-GAR: Cherry is "slaving over a hot stove"]
CHERRY: (To Camera) We lost yesterday is the picture that everyone sees. Sadly, it was quite regretful, but it was bound to happen at some point. I think that it may just serve to strengthen our bonds.
GODDEL: (To Camera) I approached the funny pink and purple marionette and proposed my idea for an alliance. If I continue my diplomatic act, I may still yet be able to bring things to my...er, OUR advantage...
[Scene of Cherry dishing out food. Just as she finishes serving, Lime jerks out her bowl immediately for seconds.]
GODDEL: (digging through an apparent clump of overcooked rice) What? What is this? I thought you were a cook of some sort!
CHERRY: (eyes closed smile) Yes, I am. Sorry, some of it just didn't cook evenly. This climate isn't that well suited for cooking.
MARINE: (to Camera) I think she is trying her best, but it just didn't work out for her. I guess this would be a bad position to have, since some of the others can cook pretty well.
LORELEI: (to Camera, smiling) If Cherry says the climate isn't suited for cooking, I believe her. After all, it's not like it was her fault...
[TEAM ZAUBERBURG: Everyone is sitting around eating breakfast save Hess, who as usual isn't present.]
OTARU: (to Camera) In fact, it's sort of frightening me. Hanagata, that is. It makes me wonder just what he's up to. Another morning has passed, and he hasn't said so much as one word to me...
SOEMON: (stares at the Cameras that won't leave him alone) ....
BLOODBERRY: (reaches for another serving at the same moment Panther does) Hey! You've had enough! This one's mine!
PANTHER: How have I had enough? We had the same amount of rice, you bimbo!
BLOODBERRY: True. But who here has done more for the tribe and deserves more, huh?
SOEMON: (turns to watch the two squabbling over one small portion of rice)
PANTHER: That's a good question. I'm glad you asked it! (points at Soemon) You! Who here deserves this more than the other?
SOEMON: If it's my decision, it will be final.
PANTHER/BLOODBERRY: No problem! Who gets it?
SOEMON: (Grabs the bowl) I do.
[TEAM JAPONESS-GAR: Goddel Holds a secret meeting with Cherry and Gennai]
GODDEL: Alright, so it's already the three of us. If we add one more, our alliance will be unstoppable as the majority voter. Who else should we bring in?
CHERRY: While Luchs is pretty useful, I already have all the skills she does. Besides, I don't really trust her. Lime, well, Lime won't pull her own share when it comes down to it. Frankly, she's too lazy. So it comes down to Marine or Lorelei.
GENNAI: I think we should go with Lorelei, then! I mean, we do already have my scientific mind, but it never hurts to have another!
LORELEI: (coincidentally runs up just that moment) There you three are! We got another letter!
[They join the whole group again, with Lime holding a large ball with writing on it.]
CHERRY: Well, Lime, read it!
LIME: Hai! Okay, here goes!
They tower high unto the sky,
Too far to reach the top...
Whoever wins at this reward,
Has the chance to shop.
(looks confused) Chance to shop? They're giving away the money already?
LUCHS: Not quite Lime. But it would appear the winner is having the choice at their prize...
GENNAI: This challenge must have something to with mountain climbing, I think. What else could 'towering into the sky' stand for?
[Both Teams arrive (and yes, Hess as well) at the challenge area to see giant towering metal cylinders lined up on two sides. Jeff Probst comes out to meet them.]
JEFF: Hello again, everyone. I bet you're all eager to find out what is so special about this challenge.
BLOODBERRY: I'll say. It looks like Lime forgot to put away her building block toys away again!
LIME: (from the opposite side) Hey! I heard that!
JEFF: First, let's see what we're playing for... (Uncovers some large crates with the unmistakable advertising spot of the Hanagata council all over it) We've got the choice of some Shampoo and Soap, a few bottles of Sake, or canned food.
OTARU: That food sounds good.
MARINE: (very nervously to the host) Umm...what do we...what do we do... to win?
JEFF: Well, it's quite simple to explain. On each side you'll see there are four very heavy and thick metal lightning rods, each weighing in at 500 pounds, and measuring 20 feet tall. At the far end of the clearing are four holes, each just wide enough and deep enough to hold one of these rods. The objective is to get all of your poles into place before the other team does. Oh, and there is one final complication. Your poles have to remain upright at all times. If they ever happen to fall, your team loses right there. Any questions?
BLOODBERRY: (Smiling) Yeah. How many bottles of sake are at stake here?
OTARU: (disapprovingly) Bloodberry!
JEFF: Survivors, Ready? Go!
LUCHS: (Takes hold of one rod and quickly reads in distances, gravitational forces, and wind resistance. With one throw, her rod plants firmly in place.)
GENNAI: (to Lorelei) This would have been far easier with my homebrewed Lumberjack. I never ended up finishing the design to that one, though. It just wasn't practical.
PANTHER: (Gritting her teeth as Luchs' rod finds it way home, and grabbing herself a rod and running) No mercy! With Faust-Sama at my side, I will not fail!
HESS: (To Faust as he watches both Luchs and Panther) Remarkable test results, Lord Faust. Perhaps they will still be of use to us?
OBIICHI: (Working with Otaru to slowly move one pole) Don't focus on the size of it, Otaru. If you believe it with enough discipline, you can move mountains!
CHERRY: (follows Luchs' lead and tosses the second rod into place) Keep it up, everyone!
BLOOBERRY: Hah! Two can play that game! (Picks up a rod and starts swinging it around wildly)
LIME: (Balancing a rod on her head) Look at me! Look at me!
OTARU: (to Obiichi, while grunting to move the pole) If that's the case, how come you're not moving it any either?
MARINE: Uh, Lime... are you sure you should be doing that?
GODDEL: Of course she shouldn't be! Put that pole down, you crazy marionette, or we'll lose!
HANAGATA: What should I do, everyone? (Gets whacked by Bloodberry's rod, sending him flying away in twinkle) Why does this always happen to me?!
LORELEI: (to Gennai) I don't think is truly the best time to talk about one of your inventions, Gennai-San...
LIME: (tosses the rod high in the sky, catching it with her foot) This is fun! (Laughs at Goddel, who is going insane with fright at losing)
OBIICHI: (to Otaru - the pole still hasn't moved an inch) I'm not moving it on purpose, Otaru. It's an exercise for you to improve your skills!
LIME: (kicks the rod up in the air so that is spirals around, and then lets it crash and rest on one finger) Hey, Goddel, did you want to play, too?
GODDEL: (Eyes bulging) No! Don't!
LIME: (Spins the rod on the end of her finger) Don't what?
CHERRY: (Grabs the rod that no one's touched yet and tosses it in place.)
BLOODBERRY: And it's off! (lets go of the rod and it flies towards the holes at the other end of the field.)
PANTHER: (Just reaching the holes and ready to put her rod into place) I'll never give up until it's over! (Bloodberry's pole comes flying and hits her from behind. Both poles plummet to the ground, causing a small quake.)
JEFF: That's it. Everyone stop. (Lime lets go of her rod and it slams down hard on top of Goddel. Otaru, panting and breathing stops trying to move his pole, Obiichi shaking his head as if offended. Tiger at some point had managed to make her own run down the field to plant her own rod, and lets it slide into place as she is called to stop.) Team Zauberburg, it appears you got a little disjointed when it came to planning. Your rods hit the ground, and thus you lose the challenge. Cherry, since you put in the most rods this round, and your team won, what do you want as your reward, the Shampoo, Food, or Sake?
CHERRY: I believe we shall take the canned goods.
JEFF: They're all yours, Japoness-Gar.
[Japoness-Gar: Celebrating with a small, but exquisite pickle meal.]
GENNAI: (to Lorelei, her hands on her head as if she has a headache) Pickling is quite a process I understand. As a scientist, I've never actually studied it, but I've heard it can be quite interesting.
GODDEL: (Completely wrapped up in bandages, and unable to feed himself. Still, with a sense of pride, he refuses to let anyone know, and just looks on as his stomach rumbles softly.)
CHERRY: How is it, everyone?
[Zauberburg: Faust manages to see Panther in private]
FAUST: Panther, I order you not to submit to that defective Japoness marionette! I will need you around later on for my master plan!
HANAGATA: (pokes in from nowhere, munching on some wild fruits) Master plan? What master plan?
FAUST: (his eyes bore into the other) What are you doing here? Don't you have anything better to do?
HANAGATA: (his eyes begin to sparkle and a dazzling colorful backdrop appears behind him) Ah, yes I do! I, the eternal shirataki light, also known as Mitsurugi Hanagata, am hard at work in order to secure my dearest love! This is a love survivor here before you! Indeed, even now, my own "master plan" is developing, and when I put it into action, my attractive force between me and my desire will be unstoppable! (backdrop disappears, and his eyes return to normal as he realizes he's been left alone. He shrugs his shoulders and strikes a pose, raising his forefinger straight into the air.) Million dollars or not, I Mitsurugi Hanagata will not surrender until Otaru is mine!
[Time passes until both teams face off for their immunity challenge. Jeff stands before a table with two piles of peppers - one pile Blue, one pile Red.]
JEFF: We looked around the area and found some local varieties of fruit. These particular groups of peppers don't grow anywhere else but here in the Kamuna valley. One variety is very sweet tasting, and the other is very hot. What will happen as each of you take turns is I will flip a coin. Heads, you have to eat a blue pepper. Tails you have to eat a red. The whole thing in either case. If you can't finish it, then you lose. Team Japoness-Gar, since you have one less member, whoever eats first will have to eat twice. Let's get to it.
[Lorelei steps up bravely to face off against Otaru.]
JEFF: So, you're going twice, Lorelei?
LORELEI: (grimly) Yes.
JEFF: Alright, then. (Flips a coin.) Heads. Blue pepper, guys!
[Both easily dig in, finding the blue pepper a tasty treat. Gennai and Panther step up.]
JEFF: Tails. Red Pepper.
GENNAI: I'm old enough to have sampled these before!
PANTHER: (breathes out a puff of smoke) They have just enough punch to them.
[Obiichi and Cherry.]
JEFF: Heads.
[Both easily finish them. Marine and Hanagata.]
JEFF: Tails.
MARINE: (her face goes red as she swallows)
HANAGATA: Pathetic marionette! It takes a man to truly stomach something such as a wild pepper! (Takes a large bite, and all seems well. Moments later however, he starts going wild, flames shooting from his mouth as he gags left and right, overturning the table and screaming "Hot! Hot! Hot!")
JEFF: Japoness-Gar, you've won immunity!
GENNAI: Young'Uns just can't stomach a good hot pepper!
LUCHS: It would seem so, at least in 'his' case (points to the Hanagata running around in circles screaming for water.)
[TEAM ZAUBERBURG: Hess counsels Faust from the shadows, as Tiger stands by in a guard-like pose.]
HESS: Lord Faust, it may be time to re-evaluate our strategy.
HANAGATA: (his head pokes in from nowhere again) Strategy? What strategy?
HESS: What is he doing here? Doesn't he have anything better to do?
HANAGATA: (begins to spiral into his love speech again.) Ah, yes I do! I, the eternal shine in the darkness, also known as Mitsurugi Hanagata, am hard at work in order to bring about my destined love! This is a love-
TIGER: (pounds him flat) I honestly don't know how Mamiya puts up with him.
HESS: Still, the fact remains that we must make a wise decision. This loss affects our plans one way or another. Perhaps it would be wise to tilt things in our favor?
HANAGATA: (stands up again) I agree! My love strategy is equally dependent on it!
TIGER: (pounds him flat again)
[IT HAS STARTED TO RAIN AS TEAM ZAUBERBURG ARRIVES TO TRIBAL COUNCIL. AS ALWAYS, JEFF SITS BEFORE A MESS OF SERIOUS FACES.]
JEFF: Things just haven't gone too well for you guys lately. Your team wasn't coordinated with the reward challenge, and then Hanagata had that unlucky break in the Immunity challenge. And so, it would seem one of you is going away for the remainder of the game tonight. Bloodberry, you and Panther have had a fight going on since Day 1. Do you think this has a big affect on the votes tonight?
BLOODBERRY: I don't know what to say, Jeff. Except that you're probably right. I think I can definitely name off at least one vote for me (shoots a glance at Panther, who returns it tenfold).
PANTHER: You got that right, Bloodberry! As long as I'm around, that vote isn't changing!
BLOODBERRY: Same to you! I'd love to slam your face right into that voting pot right now!
PANTHER: Just be glad there isn't an active volcano around, or you'd be sitting at the bottom of it right now!
JEFF: Girls, girls! Please calm down. We're here to vote in silence, so please respect your other teammates (they grumble compliance). Hanagata, you're the other seemingly obvious choice. Do you think your losing this immunity challenge will make you a target?
HANAGATA: (Suddenly realizing he's a possible target for the first time) WHAT? You're right! That can't be! To have Mitsurugi Hanagata lose at the first voting? It's unheard of! (turns to desperately look at his team, genuinely scared) None of you are voting for me, are you? Are you? (Everyone refuses to meet his gaze.)
JEFF: It's time.
[ONE BY ONE, EACH MEMBER GOES OFF TO WRITE THEIR VOTE IN TENSION-FILLED SILENCE, HANAGATA TWIDDLING HIS FINGERS EXTRA NERVOUSLY AS HE WATCHES EVERYONE VOTE.]
OTARU: (Writes down "Dr. Hess") This guy is creepy.
HANAGATA: (Holds up "Bloodberry") It's not fair! I haven't even begun my perfect plan to make Otaru mine and they're going to vote me off! Don't you viewers agree that I should be given my chance?
BLOODBERRY: (Digs into the vote, harshly scripting "Panther") Bottom of a volcano, huh? We'll see who gets there first, eh?
[WHEN EVERYONE IS FINISHED, JEFF TAKES THE POT WITH ALL THE VOTES AND STANDS AGAIN BEFORE THE GROUP.]
JEFF: I'll read the votes one by one. Once they are read the decision is final, and that person will have to leave the area immediately. Let's get to it...
[Hanagata tightly shuts his eyes.]
(Unfolds the first Vote) Bloodberry.
[Bloodberry growls at Panther, electricity flowing through the air as both look at each other in silence.]
(Unfolds the second Vote) Panther.
[Hanagata starts looking around confused that none of the votes are for him.]
(The Next Vote reads "Bloodberry") Bloodberry.
That't two votes Bloodberry, One Vote Panther.
Let's see what's next... it's Hanagata.
[Hanagata nervously bites his bowtie.]
(Next vote) Panther.
Panther. Three for Panther, two for Bloodberry, and one for Hanagata.
[The electricity intensifies.]
(He very slowly reveals the next vote) Panther.
Panther, there are two votes left. Unless they're both for Bloodberry, you're in trouble.
(He digs out the next Vote) Panther.
That's enough. We'll leave the last vote unread since it is unecessary. Panther, bring your torch.
PANTHER: (leaps at Bloodberry) Why YOU! I'll kill you for this!
FAUST: (Steps in the way) Stop, Panther. She wasn't the only one to vote. I think it is time for you to go.
PANTHER: (Hitting with the force of a ton of bricks, Panther realizes that Faust voted for her) Faust...Sama... (She sadly grabs for her torch) If you say it is time for me to go...then it is time.
[She holds it out for Jeff, who puts it out.]
The tribe has spoken.
[Sad music trills on as Panther disappears from the voting area. Faust and Hess don't watch. Tiger feels a bit of sadness inside. Bloodberry has a defiant smirk on her face. Hanagata is still looking about, confused as to why he wasn't voted off when it looked so certain.]
And so the teams even up again. Zauberburg, there is a lot to learn from this. It is always better to think of the overall team. Personal desires and conflicts will only serve to get in the way. I hope you'll keep this in mind...and pehaps we won't have to meet in council for a while.
[The music gets louder as the episode ends to show credits.]
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[Panther stands there, downtrodden.]
Apparently, I have failed Faust-Sama's expectations. It's hard to understand just how best to serve him sometimes, but it would seem that he has greater things in mind that don't involve me. On the other hand, Bloodberry is a big @$#%!^@ @^^@@!@# and I hope she gets scrapped by a wild animal out there!
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Chapter Two is over, two contestants are gone, but the whole story has quite some ways to go! Tune in as we see what happens with alliances, plots, and separated lovers! And then be sure to catch Survivor: Terra II after that...
Two episodes have already passed but who will be the ultimate survivor? Does Cherry really not know how to cook rice, or is it the environment as she claims? Is Bloodberry mad that she didn't win that sake? And above that, how long will it take Lime to get bored of playing with those lightning rods? There's only one way to find out! You'll have to wait for this fic's continuation...
Baka! Get outta Here!
DISCLAIMER THINGY:
JEFF: Hello, I'm Jeff Probst the host of TV's survivor. I'm here to say that this BakaMattSu fellow doesn't own any of the characters presented in the following story, nor any of the television shows it steals ideas from. And he doesn't own me either. He's a pretty unoriginal fellow to use other people's ideas rather than come up with his own, isn't he? Oh well, I guess the point I'm here to make is that he wrote this entire thing for fun, and not for profit, so no harm done...right? Right?
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SURVIVOR: TERRA II
JAPONESS-GAR
Lime
Goddel
Marine
Gennai
Lorelei
Luchs
Cherry
(Yumeji - voted off Ep. 1)
ZAUBERBURG
Bloodberry
Hess
Panther
Faust
Obiichi
Tiger
Hanagata
Otaru
DAY 3
[TEAM JAPONESS-GAR: Cherry is "slaving over a hot stove"]
CHERRY: (To Camera) We lost yesterday is the picture that everyone sees. Sadly, it was quite regretful, but it was bound to happen at some point. I think that it may just serve to strengthen our bonds.
GODDEL: (To Camera) I approached the funny pink and purple marionette and proposed my idea for an alliance. If I continue my diplomatic act, I may still yet be able to bring things to my...er, OUR advantage...
[Scene of Cherry dishing out food. Just as she finishes serving, Lime jerks out her bowl immediately for seconds.]
GODDEL: (digging through an apparent clump of overcooked rice) What? What is this? I thought you were a cook of some sort!
CHERRY: (eyes closed smile) Yes, I am. Sorry, some of it just didn't cook evenly. This climate isn't that well suited for cooking.
MARINE: (to Camera) I think she is trying her best, but it just didn't work out for her. I guess this would be a bad position to have, since some of the others can cook pretty well.
LORELEI: (to Camera, smiling) If Cherry says the climate isn't suited for cooking, I believe her. After all, it's not like it was her fault...
[TEAM ZAUBERBURG: Everyone is sitting around eating breakfast save Hess, who as usual isn't present.]
OTARU: (to Camera) In fact, it's sort of frightening me. Hanagata, that is. It makes me wonder just what he's up to. Another morning has passed, and he hasn't said so much as one word to me...
SOEMON: (stares at the Cameras that won't leave him alone) ....
BLOODBERRY: (reaches for another serving at the same moment Panther does) Hey! You've had enough! This one's mine!
PANTHER: How have I had enough? We had the same amount of rice, you bimbo!
BLOODBERRY: True. But who here has done more for the tribe and deserves more, huh?
SOEMON: (turns to watch the two squabbling over one small portion of rice)
PANTHER: That's a good question. I'm glad you asked it! (points at Soemon) You! Who here deserves this more than the other?
SOEMON: If it's my decision, it will be final.
PANTHER/BLOODBERRY: No problem! Who gets it?
SOEMON: (Grabs the bowl) I do.
[TEAM JAPONESS-GAR: Goddel Holds a secret meeting with Cherry and Gennai]
GODDEL: Alright, so it's already the three of us. If we add one more, our alliance will be unstoppable as the majority voter. Who else should we bring in?
CHERRY: While Luchs is pretty useful, I already have all the skills she does. Besides, I don't really trust her. Lime, well, Lime won't pull her own share when it comes down to it. Frankly, she's too lazy. So it comes down to Marine or Lorelei.
GENNAI: I think we should go with Lorelei, then! I mean, we do already have my scientific mind, but it never hurts to have another!
LORELEI: (coincidentally runs up just that moment) There you three are! We got another letter!
[They join the whole group again, with Lime holding a large ball with writing on it.]
CHERRY: Well, Lime, read it!
LIME: Hai! Okay, here goes!
They tower high unto the sky,
Too far to reach the top...
Whoever wins at this reward,
Has the chance to shop.
(looks confused) Chance to shop? They're giving away the money already?
LUCHS: Not quite Lime. But it would appear the winner is having the choice at their prize...
GENNAI: This challenge must have something to with mountain climbing, I think. What else could 'towering into the sky' stand for?
[Both Teams arrive (and yes, Hess as well) at the challenge area to see giant towering metal cylinders lined up on two sides. Jeff Probst comes out to meet them.]
JEFF: Hello again, everyone. I bet you're all eager to find out what is so special about this challenge.
BLOODBERRY: I'll say. It looks like Lime forgot to put away her building block toys away again!
LIME: (from the opposite side) Hey! I heard that!
JEFF: First, let's see what we're playing for... (Uncovers some large crates with the unmistakable advertising spot of the Hanagata council all over it) We've got the choice of some Shampoo and Soap, a few bottles of Sake, or canned food.
OTARU: That food sounds good.
MARINE: (very nervously to the host) Umm...what do we...what do we do... to win?
JEFF: Well, it's quite simple to explain. On each side you'll see there are four very heavy and thick metal lightning rods, each weighing in at 500 pounds, and measuring 20 feet tall. At the far end of the clearing are four holes, each just wide enough and deep enough to hold one of these rods. The objective is to get all of your poles into place before the other team does. Oh, and there is one final complication. Your poles have to remain upright at all times. If they ever happen to fall, your team loses right there. Any questions?
BLOODBERRY: (Smiling) Yeah. How many bottles of sake are at stake here?
OTARU: (disapprovingly) Bloodberry!
JEFF: Survivors, Ready? Go!
LUCHS: (Takes hold of one rod and quickly reads in distances, gravitational forces, and wind resistance. With one throw, her rod plants firmly in place.)
GENNAI: (to Lorelei) This would have been far easier with my homebrewed Lumberjack. I never ended up finishing the design to that one, though. It just wasn't practical.
PANTHER: (Gritting her teeth as Luchs' rod finds it way home, and grabbing herself a rod and running) No mercy! With Faust-Sama at my side, I will not fail!
HESS: (To Faust as he watches both Luchs and Panther) Remarkable test results, Lord Faust. Perhaps they will still be of use to us?
OBIICHI: (Working with Otaru to slowly move one pole) Don't focus on the size of it, Otaru. If you believe it with enough discipline, you can move mountains!
CHERRY: (follows Luchs' lead and tosses the second rod into place) Keep it up, everyone!
BLOOBERRY: Hah! Two can play that game! (Picks up a rod and starts swinging it around wildly)
LIME: (Balancing a rod on her head) Look at me! Look at me!
OTARU: (to Obiichi, while grunting to move the pole) If that's the case, how come you're not moving it any either?
MARINE: Uh, Lime... are you sure you should be doing that?
GODDEL: Of course she shouldn't be! Put that pole down, you crazy marionette, or we'll lose!
HANAGATA: What should I do, everyone? (Gets whacked by Bloodberry's rod, sending him flying away in twinkle) Why does this always happen to me?!
LORELEI: (to Gennai) I don't think is truly the best time to talk about one of your inventions, Gennai-San...
LIME: (tosses the rod high in the sky, catching it with her foot) This is fun! (Laughs at Goddel, who is going insane with fright at losing)
OBIICHI: (to Otaru - the pole still hasn't moved an inch) I'm not moving it on purpose, Otaru. It's an exercise for you to improve your skills!
LIME: (kicks the rod up in the air so that is spirals around, and then lets it crash and rest on one finger) Hey, Goddel, did you want to play, too?
GODDEL: (Eyes bulging) No! Don't!
LIME: (Spins the rod on the end of her finger) Don't what?
CHERRY: (Grabs the rod that no one's touched yet and tosses it in place.)
BLOODBERRY: And it's off! (lets go of the rod and it flies towards the holes at the other end of the field.)
PANTHER: (Just reaching the holes and ready to put her rod into place) I'll never give up until it's over! (Bloodberry's pole comes flying and hits her from behind. Both poles plummet to the ground, causing a small quake.)
JEFF: That's it. Everyone stop. (Lime lets go of her rod and it slams down hard on top of Goddel. Otaru, panting and breathing stops trying to move his pole, Obiichi shaking his head as if offended. Tiger at some point had managed to make her own run down the field to plant her own rod, and lets it slide into place as she is called to stop.) Team Zauberburg, it appears you got a little disjointed when it came to planning. Your rods hit the ground, and thus you lose the challenge. Cherry, since you put in the most rods this round, and your team won, what do you want as your reward, the Shampoo, Food, or Sake?
CHERRY: I believe we shall take the canned goods.
JEFF: They're all yours, Japoness-Gar.
[Japoness-Gar: Celebrating with a small, but exquisite pickle meal.]
GENNAI: (to Lorelei, her hands on her head as if she has a headache) Pickling is quite a process I understand. As a scientist, I've never actually studied it, but I've heard it can be quite interesting.
GODDEL: (Completely wrapped up in bandages, and unable to feed himself. Still, with a sense of pride, he refuses to let anyone know, and just looks on as his stomach rumbles softly.)
CHERRY: How is it, everyone?
[Zauberburg: Faust manages to see Panther in private]
FAUST: Panther, I order you not to submit to that defective Japoness marionette! I will need you around later on for my master plan!
HANAGATA: (pokes in from nowhere, munching on some wild fruits) Master plan? What master plan?
FAUST: (his eyes bore into the other) What are you doing here? Don't you have anything better to do?
HANAGATA: (his eyes begin to sparkle and a dazzling colorful backdrop appears behind him) Ah, yes I do! I, the eternal shirataki light, also known as Mitsurugi Hanagata, am hard at work in order to secure my dearest love! This is a love survivor here before you! Indeed, even now, my own "master plan" is developing, and when I put it into action, my attractive force between me and my desire will be unstoppable! (backdrop disappears, and his eyes return to normal as he realizes he's been left alone. He shrugs his shoulders and strikes a pose, raising his forefinger straight into the air.) Million dollars or not, I Mitsurugi Hanagata will not surrender until Otaru is mine!
[Time passes until both teams face off for their immunity challenge. Jeff stands before a table with two piles of peppers - one pile Blue, one pile Red.]
JEFF: We looked around the area and found some local varieties of fruit. These particular groups of peppers don't grow anywhere else but here in the Kamuna valley. One variety is very sweet tasting, and the other is very hot. What will happen as each of you take turns is I will flip a coin. Heads, you have to eat a blue pepper. Tails you have to eat a red. The whole thing in either case. If you can't finish it, then you lose. Team Japoness-Gar, since you have one less member, whoever eats first will have to eat twice. Let's get to it.
[Lorelei steps up bravely to face off against Otaru.]
JEFF: So, you're going twice, Lorelei?
LORELEI: (grimly) Yes.
JEFF: Alright, then. (Flips a coin.) Heads. Blue pepper, guys!
[Both easily dig in, finding the blue pepper a tasty treat. Gennai and Panther step up.]
JEFF: Tails. Red Pepper.
GENNAI: I'm old enough to have sampled these before!
PANTHER: (breathes out a puff of smoke) They have just enough punch to them.
[Obiichi and Cherry.]
JEFF: Heads.
[Both easily finish them. Marine and Hanagata.]
JEFF: Tails.
MARINE: (her face goes red as she swallows)
HANAGATA: Pathetic marionette! It takes a man to truly stomach something such as a wild pepper! (Takes a large bite, and all seems well. Moments later however, he starts going wild, flames shooting from his mouth as he gags left and right, overturning the table and screaming "Hot! Hot! Hot!")
JEFF: Japoness-Gar, you've won immunity!
GENNAI: Young'Uns just can't stomach a good hot pepper!
LUCHS: It would seem so, at least in 'his' case (points to the Hanagata running around in circles screaming for water.)
[TEAM ZAUBERBURG: Hess counsels Faust from the shadows, as Tiger stands by in a guard-like pose.]
HESS: Lord Faust, it may be time to re-evaluate our strategy.
HANAGATA: (his head pokes in from nowhere again) Strategy? What strategy?
HESS: What is he doing here? Doesn't he have anything better to do?
HANAGATA: (begins to spiral into his love speech again.) Ah, yes I do! I, the eternal shine in the darkness, also known as Mitsurugi Hanagata, am hard at work in order to bring about my destined love! This is a love-
TIGER: (pounds him flat) I honestly don't know how Mamiya puts up with him.
HESS: Still, the fact remains that we must make a wise decision. This loss affects our plans one way or another. Perhaps it would be wise to tilt things in our favor?
HANAGATA: (stands up again) I agree! My love strategy is equally dependent on it!
TIGER: (pounds him flat again)
[IT HAS STARTED TO RAIN AS TEAM ZAUBERBURG ARRIVES TO TRIBAL COUNCIL. AS ALWAYS, JEFF SITS BEFORE A MESS OF SERIOUS FACES.]
JEFF: Things just haven't gone too well for you guys lately. Your team wasn't coordinated with the reward challenge, and then Hanagata had that unlucky break in the Immunity challenge. And so, it would seem one of you is going away for the remainder of the game tonight. Bloodberry, you and Panther have had a fight going on since Day 1. Do you think this has a big affect on the votes tonight?
BLOODBERRY: I don't know what to say, Jeff. Except that you're probably right. I think I can definitely name off at least one vote for me (shoots a glance at Panther, who returns it tenfold).
PANTHER: You got that right, Bloodberry! As long as I'm around, that vote isn't changing!
BLOODBERRY: Same to you! I'd love to slam your face right into that voting pot right now!
PANTHER: Just be glad there isn't an active volcano around, or you'd be sitting at the bottom of it right now!
JEFF: Girls, girls! Please calm down. We're here to vote in silence, so please respect your other teammates (they grumble compliance). Hanagata, you're the other seemingly obvious choice. Do you think your losing this immunity challenge will make you a target?
HANAGATA: (Suddenly realizing he's a possible target for the first time) WHAT? You're right! That can't be! To have Mitsurugi Hanagata lose at the first voting? It's unheard of! (turns to desperately look at his team, genuinely scared) None of you are voting for me, are you? Are you? (Everyone refuses to meet his gaze.)
JEFF: It's time.
[ONE BY ONE, EACH MEMBER GOES OFF TO WRITE THEIR VOTE IN TENSION-FILLED SILENCE, HANAGATA TWIDDLING HIS FINGERS EXTRA NERVOUSLY AS HE WATCHES EVERYONE VOTE.]
OTARU: (Writes down "Dr. Hess") This guy is creepy.
HANAGATA: (Holds up "Bloodberry") It's not fair! I haven't even begun my perfect plan to make Otaru mine and they're going to vote me off! Don't you viewers agree that I should be given my chance?
BLOODBERRY: (Digs into the vote, harshly scripting "Panther") Bottom of a volcano, huh? We'll see who gets there first, eh?
[WHEN EVERYONE IS FINISHED, JEFF TAKES THE POT WITH ALL THE VOTES AND STANDS AGAIN BEFORE THE GROUP.]
JEFF: I'll read the votes one by one. Once they are read the decision is final, and that person will have to leave the area immediately. Let's get to it...
[Hanagata tightly shuts his eyes.]
(Unfolds the first Vote) Bloodberry.
[Bloodberry growls at Panther, electricity flowing through the air as both look at each other in silence.]
(Unfolds the second Vote) Panther.
[Hanagata starts looking around confused that none of the votes are for him.]
(The Next Vote reads "Bloodberry") Bloodberry.
That't two votes Bloodberry, One Vote Panther.
Let's see what's next... it's Hanagata.
[Hanagata nervously bites his bowtie.]
(Next vote) Panther.
Panther. Three for Panther, two for Bloodberry, and one for Hanagata.
[The electricity intensifies.]
(He very slowly reveals the next vote) Panther.
Panther, there are two votes left. Unless they're both for Bloodberry, you're in trouble.
(He digs out the next Vote) Panther.
That's enough. We'll leave the last vote unread since it is unecessary. Panther, bring your torch.
PANTHER: (leaps at Bloodberry) Why YOU! I'll kill you for this!
FAUST: (Steps in the way) Stop, Panther. She wasn't the only one to vote. I think it is time for you to go.
PANTHER: (Hitting with the force of a ton of bricks, Panther realizes that Faust voted for her) Faust...Sama... (She sadly grabs for her torch) If you say it is time for me to go...then it is time.
[She holds it out for Jeff, who puts it out.]
The tribe has spoken.
[Sad music trills on as Panther disappears from the voting area. Faust and Hess don't watch. Tiger feels a bit of sadness inside. Bloodberry has a defiant smirk on her face. Hanagata is still looking about, confused as to why he wasn't voted off when it looked so certain.]
And so the teams even up again. Zauberburg, there is a lot to learn from this. It is always better to think of the overall team. Personal desires and conflicts will only serve to get in the way. I hope you'll keep this in mind...and pehaps we won't have to meet in council for a while.
[The music gets louder as the episode ends to show credits.]
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[Panther stands there, downtrodden.]
Apparently, I have failed Faust-Sama's expectations. It's hard to understand just how best to serve him sometimes, but it would seem that he has greater things in mind that don't involve me. On the other hand, Bloodberry is a big @$#%!^@ @^^@@!@# and I hope she gets scrapped by a wild animal out there!
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Chapter Two is over, two contestants are gone, but the whole story has quite some ways to go! Tune in as we see what happens with alliances, plots, and separated lovers! And then be sure to catch Survivor: Terra II after that...
Two episodes have already passed but who will be the ultimate survivor? Does Cherry really not know how to cook rice, or is it the environment as she claims? Is Bloodberry mad that she didn't win that sake? And above that, how long will it take Lime to get bored of playing with those lightning rods? There's only one way to find out! You'll have to wait for this fic's continuation...
Baka! Get outta Here!