POKE-VIVOR
Hopefully you've just whizzed back from reading AAVGS2 (if not, shame on you!) and are ready to tackle the other survivor story happening in unison.
Butch went last time, is Cassidy's goose cooked? Or is it another Rocket that has their head in a noose…or maybe there is another tandrum going on which causes someone else to go…
Welcome to Survivor 2040 – Pokemon style!
Chapter 2
Law and Tribal Order
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(Shot of a now dismissed Tribal Council late at night as Tom Greenville surveys the damage done after the first council where Minori cast Butch off into the sunset)
Tom: I, like the majority of you, was as ecstatic to see Butch to use my current workers term, sent to the graveyard. However, the most interesting thing at TC was what happened after, understandably, Cassidy was quite annoyed, however, the other person in the three vote equation got a rude awaking…
(Shot of Day 3 – After Tribal Council)
Cassidy: Look, quit your moaning! You are still here, my partner isn't? You got your way…and anyway, why am I talking to you, you voted for me didn't you?
Giselle: So what? If I wasn't so confident that it was going to be one of you two I might have worried, but whilst I know that you two voted against me…
(She turns to the other five, staying WAY out of this)
Giselle: O.K…which one you guys voted for me?
(A moment silence, before…)
Cassidy: Her?
Giselle: You?
(Shot of Casey with her hand up, but amazingly calm)
Casey: Yes, me. Got a problem?
Giselle: Yes I do have a problem! You gave me a heart attack with your third vote, what the heck were you thinking?
Casey: Simple, it was a case of voting off who you don't want on the island right? Try your bunk mate who shouts at you for everything that doesn't match her every comfort, someone who looks out for only themselves, and someone who is completely lazy in working, despite her obvious fitness. Any questions?
(Giselle is for once, speechless)
Cassidy: Heh. It seems that maybe I'm not as doomed as you though, eh Giselle?
Giselle: Shut up! (to Casey) And as for you…
(Casey, despite 4 inches smaller, stands eye to eye with her)
Casey: I'm all ears…
(Meanwhile, behind them)
Todd: Odds are Casey to win at 11-4…
Rudi: Nah, Giselle has got the better fitness, 2-1.
Richie: Maybe, but Cassidy has the training…3-2…
Duplica: (shaking her head) Boys…(to the three girls)…all right, break it up! The last thing we need is a fight as we're heading back…
Cassidy: I dunno, this looks like it's getting interesting (Casey and Giselle, with literally lightning between their eyes)
Rudi: Come on, let's get these back to camp before anything happens…
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(Back at camp)
Casey: No way in hell am I sleeping there any more…
Giselle: That suits me fine, hope the snakes don't bite you in the butt…
Casey: …I've done it many times before, I can do it again…
Giselle: …you could always share with Cassidy…
(Shot at Cassidy's camp, the Rocket is fast asleep)
(Casey goes over between Todd and Richie's camps and parks her butt there. Richie comes over with a modified leaf blanket)
Richie: Hey, you'll be O.K?
Casey: I'll be fine, thanks for asking…
Richie: Duplica said she'd swop if you real…
Casey: No…I don't want anyone to be around her….
Tom VO: Minori's distrust is obvious, and it will be literal survival from now on, as they have to survive from each other…
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DAY 4 – 7.45am…
MAJORI TRIBE
(Shot of Jenny performing some exercises)
Jenny: I was very close to waking everyone up at 3.00am like I do when I begin some training with the pink growlithes on the island. I managed not to, but it's kind of a force like habit…
(Tom VO: Majori spent the last night in safety and wondering who was going to be voted off. In a couple of days time, they may have to suffer the same fate, and even at this early stage, certain people are discussing strategy…)
Jessie: Let's see…so many twerps, so little time…
James: I think we have plenty of time Jessie…
Jessie: Shut up James, you're making me lose my train of thought…(yawns)…but it's too early, let's get some breakfast…
(James collapses as that was a total bomb…)
(Shot of Brock preparing the rice for the breakfast)
Brock: I wonder how everyone is back home…oh well, need to look at the present…
Brock: Whilst it's still great to have a Joy and Jenny on the island, I can maintain some control around them…it's just very hard to do when they are in those swimsuits!
(Shot of Misty and Joy in the ocean, either swimming or trying to catch some fish…)
Misty: Ah…morning swims in this heat…bliss…
(Shot as Joy goes underwater, her eyes closed…suddenly, with one arm, she snatches a fish in incredible speed as she surfaces)
Joy: (happily) Got one!
Misty: (calls) Brock, we've got a fish, keep the fire going!
(Brock nods, as Team Stooges come out, James with a stack of wood, and Jessie…well, with no wood…)
James: I still say why I had to carry these…
Jessie: …a lady never carries the luggage, especially when there is a gentleman around!
James: Well, I'm no gentleman! (And with that, drops the wood…just as Jenny comes up)
Jenny: Hey, you two, stop lazing about! I thought you said you're were getting some wood!
James: But we did! (looks at the floor)
Jenny: (sighs) Incompetent. (starts picking the wood up) (under her breath) Should have expected it from a couple of criminals…
(Jessie hears this and is about to go on a tirade, but James quickly drags her away)
James: Are you crazy?
Jessie: Let me at her!
James: And you'll be voted off like that, come on, let's just see the twerps have got dinner on the go…
(Finally, Tracey and Ash are coming back from water duty)
Ash: It's nice to be like this huh Trace?
Tracey: I know, a vacation…a holiday…
(off screen) Misty: AARRRGGGHHHH!
Tracey/Ash: Misty screaming at a bug…(the two hurry back as breakfast has started with a…well…loud start)
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MINORI TRIBE – 8.00am
Tom VO: After last nights revelations, you'll be forgiven if you thought the group was more subdued. Instead, they are trying the best to carry on without killing each other…
(Shot of Duplica preparing the fire)
Rudi: I didn't know you could cook?
Duplica: Hey, I live alone, you think I order sushi every day?
Rudi: O.K, sorry, that sounded stu…
Duplica: (smiles) …just every other day. (Rudi collapses as Richie joining them laughs)
Richie: O.K, is this enough rice?
Rudi: Should be…
Duplica: And where are our tribal warriors today?
Rudi: Giselle has gone for a jog, Cassidy is sleeping in and Casey has just got up…
Richie: (scratches his head) How can you tell?
Todd (off screen) Argghh…that singing…no!
Casey (off screen) Just call it revenge…
Richie: (hangs his head) I won't say another word.
(Casey comes over to the group along with Todd as breakfast is on the go, just rice though…)
Rudi: Well my dear, did you have a nice sleep…
Casey: (yawns) Sleeping outside…you learn to love it….when you do just wake me up…
Duplica: Aww…maybe Casey-girl is missing her pillow (puts an arm round round Casey and talks in a Mikey like voice)…Miss Casey? You awake yet, I'm amazed you had some sleep after last night…
Casey: If I wasn't half-asleep, I would be frightened.
Duplica: Shall I scare you later to make up for it?
Casey: Deal.
(The guys laugh out loud over the two girls antics early in the morning)
Casey: Last night was horrid for me after Giselle got on my case. I think though the next morning showed that everyone was in favor of me, I'm particularly close with Richie and Duplica being on my side, which is a nice bonus.
(Shot of Giselle coming back from her jog, and eating what appears to be a sugar cane)
Giselle: My jogging isn't just for fitness, I've been surveying the island and figuring out what things I can eat and not. This way I have an advantage that none of the others don't know…
(Giselle discards the remaining sugar as she sees the group jollying it up round the fire)
Giselle: Oh great…
(As she walks over, she expects the worst…)
Rudi: (cheerfully) Giselle, you joining us?
Todd: Plenty for all!
Giselle: (unsure) Er…O.K…
(Giselle sits down, making sure not to meet Casey's eyes, before helping herself to a share of the rice)
Casey: Is Cassidy on her way for this feast?
Todd: She better hurry up, I don't think anybody wants to cook again…
Rudi: Well, how many can actually cook here?
(Shot as Richie, Duplica and Todd put their hands up. Timidly, Casey does as well)
Richie: You can Casey?
Casey: Well…I need to as I'm on the road…I'm not that good…
Rudi: That's beside the point. There are 5 cooks and I'm sure one of us can cook for Miss Cassidy when she gets up…
(A silence)
All: Nah!
Cassidy: I'M AWAKE!
All: Aw nuts…
(Tom VO: As the tribe becomes more evil by the second, they know their first reward challenge is coming up. Maybe they are trying to patch things up as they'll have to work together sooner or later…)
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MAJORI
11.00am
Jenny: Our first reward…better get prepared…
Joy: Wonder what they got for us?
Jenny: Well, as long as it's something to do with food, we can manage. I should be all right, but there are others you need the food…
Joy: Well, they've done well with the rationing, and people like Ash, Jessie and James haven't complained, they've said they were hungry when they have, but that didn't mean they went straight for the rice bin.
Jenny: Even so…let's just hope…
(Ash-tachi)
Misty: Hey, for a bunch of savages, we're eating well…
Ash: …Hungry…need…food…
Misty: Oh shut up Ash! (whacks him) We need that energy for the reward challenge…
Tracey: …but how is that going to happen if you beat him up?
(Brock chuckles as Misty looks embarrassed as Ash mock tears)
Ash: You do know how I've felt all these years!
Misty: ASH KETCHUM!
Brock: And how is using your energy chasing after him going to be any use?
(Now as Brock hangs his head in the noose, let's see how our favourite losers are doing…)
Jessie: We may be on the same side of the twerps…
James: …but we are still together, through and through…
Jessie: …because we are the unbeatable…
James: …invincible…
Both: TEAM ROCKET!
(Stomaches rumbling)
Jessie: But if the reward is for food…
James: …then we'll work for the devil never mind the twerps…
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MINORI TRIBE: 11.15am
(Shot of Casey washing up)
Casey: I can't believe how angry I was last night, O.K, I have a temper, but I can't believe someone got the worst of me…
Richie: (drying the bowls) Don't worry about Case, as we said, no-one holds it against you, and besides, it was your choice, and you stand by it.
Todd: (hanging the laundry) Yeah, and besides, it just proved one thing…at least you didn't hold a grudge against me for the whole Mole thing…
Casey: That's after Giselle goes off.
Duplica: (helping Todd) Aww…you are hopeless cruel, heartless and evil Case…(goes over to the girl and cups her hands)…I love it!
(The 4 laugh it up, trying to ignore everything that challenges present…meanwhile, Giselle has at least one person on her side)
Rudi: People go against you Giselle because of the way you are. You don't need to change the way you are for anyone, but if not…
Giselle: (sighs) Yeah…but the way I am is the way I am.
Rudi: Don't worry, I'll make sure they go after Cassidy. I don't think that will be a problem anyway…
Giselle: I'd rather have Casey off.
Rudi: Hmmm…why?
Giselle: Cassidy isn't a threat. She's on her own and has no hope and no alliance. Casey is more dangerous in that mole group…and with the ditto girl now an unofficial fourth member…makes it worse.
Rudi: Could always try get Todd to sabotage them again?
Giselle: Nice try.
(Finally)
Cassidy: (in the sea) Is it hopeless? Am I nothing within this sea of rules and boundaries? On my own with no partner…no one to rely on…
(Looks at first Giselle, then Casey…)
Cassidy: …but a Rocket sees every situation…and takes advantage of it.
(The reward challenge is nigh…and everyone must forget every difference they've had, as they try and win their first chance to make things easier for them on the island…)
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REWARD CHALLENGE
Challenge: Fishing with rods and magnets
Rewards: Rods, nets, bait, the whole fishing shebang
(shot of Tom with the 15 remaining survivors towards the seas edge.)
Tom: Er…sorry, I couldn't think of any poems or tree mail or anything like that…*under his breath* Plus it gave me the excuse to see everyone for a longer time…*out loud* Anyway, welcome Majori and Minori to your first reward challenge, and have we got a doozy for you!
Ash (to Misty): Couldn't they have found anyone else for the job?
Misty: I know…what were they on when they found him?
Tom: Today, we have the simple game of fishing. A skill especially in this game you need to be pretty adapt at quickly if you want some extra meat in your diet…well, we're fishing for your challenge, but it's just cardboard fish and magnets…the more you hook though, the more chance of you getting to eat the real thing…a hint in what you will be winning today…
(Shot of the sea, where there are a variety of cardboard fish, each with a weight on them)
Tom: The group must either be on the beach or go into the sea and use the rods and magnets to collect the fish. Each member of the group has just 60 seconds to collect as many fish as you can…there are roughly 100 fish in there so hopefully you won't run out…but it's simply go in there, grab what you can and get out of there. What you get, come back here and put in the basket. You can go back in for a second dip…and also, the more they weigh, the more points you get…
(Washu Diagram Board)
1 weight - 1 point
2 weight – 2 points
5 weight – 5 points
Giselle: That's a bit easy to work out, why the board?
Tom: Well, that's for the lesser in tune with our minds, right James?
James: Hey!
Tom: O.K, you will be competing against each other, so Majori, eliminate one person to make this an even playing field.
(Majori have a long discussion, Jenny first suggests that Tracey because he was the slowest in the last race, Tracey says he's a good swimmer but Jenny isn't convinced. The Rockets are discussing as well and it's difficult to choose. Ash is then suggested as the youngest, but in the end, Jessie decided to stand down.)
Tom: So Jessie to sit this one out…no surprise there…
Jessie: What is this, pick on Team Rocket Day?
Tom: If you're a twerp, it's a national holiday every day. O.K, who is going first?
(For Majori, it's Ash. For Minori, it's Richie. The two shake hands before starting…)
Tom: GO!
(Ash and Richie with their magnet rods go out and hook. Ash takes the hit and hope route and swings the rod around in the sea trying to catch a couple. Richie goes underwater to try and see. Richie however struggles not as used to the ocean underwaters. First round: ASH – 3 points. RICHIE – 2 points.)
Tom: Let's fast forward shall we…
(Second round: Misty vs. Giselle – After a death glare or 6, the two finally dive in. Although Giselle is an excellent swimmer, Misty is the mermaid as a close battle ends with victory for the Waterflower. MISTY – 7 points. GISELLE – 5 points.)
(Third round: Brock vs. Todd – In a sweep for the original trio of twerps, Brock manages to trounce the original mole. BROCK – 4 points. TODD – 1 point.)
(Fourth round: Tracey vs. Rudi – Rudi, an island native, is almost as good as Misty in the water, and gives Minori, their first victory in the ocean. TRACEY – 2 points. RUDI - 4 points.)
(Fifth round: James vs. Cassidy – Words cannot explain how afraid James is. And the fear costs his team as Cassidy takes advantage of the fear factor despite James' decent swimming. JAMES – 3 points. CASSIDY – 6 points.)
(Sixth round: Joy vs. Duplica – Although Duplica is no slouch, Joy is simply too good for the ditto girl. JOY – 8 points. DUPLICA – 4 points.)
Tom: Er…where's my calculator…ah, here we go. Majori have 27 points and Minori 22 points. Final battle is Jenny vs. Casey.
Jenny: She's my opponent? Are you sure…
Casey: Hey, I may be small but I'm determined!
Ash: Jenny's underestimating Casey…
Misty: …just hope it doesn't bite her in the butt.
Todd/Richie/Duplica: Let's go Case, let's go cuz we all love the Electabuzz!
Casey: (bows) Thank you my adoring fans!
Giselle/Cassidy: Idiots.
Rudi: Hey, they agreed on something…
Tom: Can we get back onto the subject on hand? Casey, you need 6 more points than Jenny to get this come from behind win…on your mark…GO!
(Jenny and Casey enter the ocean, as they thrash about with their rods…)
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Tom: Well…Casey, you tried and you did get the 6 points you needed…Sadly Jenny got 6 as well which means that Majori win the reward challenge!
(Majori celebrate yet again as team Rocket and twerp celebrate together…then realise what they are doing and separate…Joy actually hugs both Brock and Tracey, nearly causing BOTH of them to faint..^_^…whilst Jenny is happy with a job well done…)
(Minori are upset, Casey in particular as she went toe to toe with the policewoman. Richie, Todd and Duplica offer consoling hugs as the rest of Minori look depressed.)
Giselle: Another loss…
Tom: Well, good match but Majori get the real deal. Here we go, rods, poles, nets, scuba gear, spears and bait, either for you to eat or for you to get bigger meat!
(Shot of the bait, which has cockels, small fish and shrimp, which could be a nice alternative seafood meal if they don't catch anything. Misty whoops with joy as she high-fives Joy, Ash, Brock and Tracey…and after a moment James as well.)
(As they carry their stuff back to camp, Minori know the only thing they are carrying is another heavy loss…)
* * * *
MAJORI
James: Fish for supper…
Jessie: …we're saved!
Jenny: No thanks to you though, Jessie didn't help at all and James was scared stiff of that other girl, if the rest of us hadn't pitched in…
Jessie: Hey, I did offer!
Misty: Hey come on guys…
Jessie: Stay out of it red-head twerp!
Misty: Hey I was only trying to help old hag!
(The proverbial vein pops in Jessie's head)
Jessie: OLD…HAG!
(Shot as James tries to restrain Jessie as Brock does the same for Misty…)
Ash: Hey, it took 4 days more than I thought it would for the two of them to be at each other's throats…
Joy: We just won a challenge, shouldn't we be celebrating?
Tracey: Trust on this Joy, we'll be here a while…does any one of us want to try some of this stuff out?
Brock: I think you just volunteered Trace. (pats him on the back)
Tracey: Hey…but…wait…aw nuts…
Joy (chuckles): Hey, don't worry Tracey, I'll come with you.
Tracey: Huh? (smiles) O.K, thank you.
(As Joy leaves with Tracey, Brock immediately goes into depression mode)
Brock: I'VE CHANGED MY MIND, I'LL GO!
Tracey: (smiles) As you said Brock, I volunteered…
(Tracey and Joy leaves the group, as Brock ponders what went wrong…)
Brock: Has Tracey got a thing for Joy? NOOOOOOO…
Jessie: The red-head twerp and the policewoman…they were ganging up on me…and I was in the right…for once…
Misty: Looks like Jessie is back to herself, I knew it wouldn't last…
Jenny: I'm just telling it how it is. She didn't help…she could just accept it and move on, but no, she's goes into a fuss…
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MINORI
(The tribe come back to a state of depression)
Cassidy: Why is it I can never win against those twerps…rocket twerps and regular twerps…
Todd: You know, I'm surprised at the unity they have…I guess that challenge was more suited to them than us, with two water maidens in their tribe…
Giselle: Misty…beat me…(mutters)…I'm never been so humiliated…
Richie: Hey, don't worry, it wasn't all bad, we shows guts and we were good, it's just…well, they were better…
Rudi: We can take pride in what we did, let's just keep our spirits high for immunity. If we lose that, then we are in real trouble…
(The group more or less agrees)
Cassidy: I don't care if I hate every single one of these goody-two shoes, I don't want to lose…especially not to Jessie and James…
Giselle: Misty, there will be a rematch, we're one apiece now…my goal is to outlast you…
* * * *
MAJORI
(Shot of underwater escapades as Joy and Tracey are in the scuba gear, and Tracey grabs a manta with his spear. It's a coral atmosphere, and Tracey is just in his environment as Joy is)
Tracey: This is great. This is the side of survivor you really need to enjoy. And it gives me and Joy to finally get a chance to talk as well…
Joy: Tracey complimented me as a Florence Nightingale of the Orange Islands when we first met. That's probably the best compliment I've been given. It was nice to see him with Ash and Misty again.
(Shot of the two emerging with their last bit of fish which they put in a makeshift basket, made by Tracey)
Tracey: A reward worth waiting for…
Joy: I'm surprised Ash and Misty didn't come along…
Tracey: I'm surprised Brock didn't come along!
(The two laugh as Jenny watches)
Jenny: Am I getting too suspicious or…maybe I'll have a word with Tracey after…
(back to the two fishers)
Tracey: Save it for later?
Joy: Yes, we'll keep it fresh, but a job well done Mr Sketchit!
Tracey: (blushes) Joy…
(Joy laughs as the two high-five. Meanwhile…)
Brock: Lucky….lucky….lucky…
Ash: He's been saying that over and over for the last half and hour…give it a rest Brock-o!
Misty: He's just jealous because Tracey got to go fishing with Joy…don't worry Brock, we'll be adding some food of our own…
(Misty cuts off a small part of bark, where running water comes from)
Misty: Fresh water…
(Ash cuts a tapioca segment off a tree)
Ash: …and desert…
Brock: That's right! I can impress her with my other skills…where's the machete?
(Brock begins hacking with the machette to make some firewood as Ash and Misty sweatdrop)
Ash: He never learns does he?
Misty: Nope…
*Finally*
Jessie: Ah…the blazed sun…
James: …the winding breeze…
Jessie: …it's the perfect day for relaxing.
James: Too bad we're stuck on water duty…
(Shot of Jessie and James making a trip to the water hole…)
Jessie: You just had to remind me of that little thing right?
* * * *
MINORI: 4.00PM
Tom VO: Whilst Majori prepare for a mini-feast, the first of many for any biased Ash and Misty fan…erm sorry…Minori have to make do with what they got. However, people are certainly getting along…well, mostly…
(Shot of Duplica and Casey in the jungle, Casey with the machete like her trademark baseball bat)
Casey: I'll convert you!
Duplica: No chance of that, the Dominators will rule the roster this year!
Casey: And how is that?
Duplica: (smiles) Lots of changes.
(Casey tries to hold her laughter…and fails miserably as Duplica takes a bow as the two girls search for food and firewood)
Casey: Duplica is like my new older sister, she reminds me of Ash in a lot of ways, a bit hyper, a bit cocky…but also very caring and sound.
Duplica: I like Casey a lot, she is so much fun to be around, when you lived most of your life alone, someone like that is just what the doctor ordered. Richie is like that as well, heck, I like most of the group…emphasis on most of course.
(Back at camp)
Richie: No fish biting…(sighs)…hopes the girls get back with something otherwise we are living off rice alone again…
Todd: (chuckles) You thinking about the girls…alone in the jungle?
Richie: (lightly hits him) Shat ap!
(As for the others…)
Rudi: I don't know if Giselle needs someone on her side, but I'll be that someone if she's going to survive…
Giselle: Rudi…he's an enigma…but if it helps my chances of survival, then I'll solve him.
Rudi: The work of survival is a long and treacherous road…so why are we sunbathing?
Giselle: Because I need to work on my tan.
Rudi: Oh.
Giselle: Come on island boy, live a little!
(Also sunbathing…but a fair distance away from Giselle and Rudi is Cassidy.)
Cassidy: If I'm going to be alone, I might as well make the most of it…
(A few minutes later…)
Casey: We're back!
Todd: Oh thank goodness…Richie was getting worried…(a sly chuckle at Richie who hides his head)
Duplica: Aw…how sweet!
Richie: (changing the subject) Have you guys got anything? The fish aren't biting…I guess Majori have stole them all with the equipment they got…
Casey: We found some form of sugar…
Giselle: (overhearing and under her breath) Damn…
Duplica: Guess it's sweetened rice then…
Rudi: (approaching) Hey, adds to the flavour…come on, let's go…
(Rudi prepares the fire as Cassidy looks up)
Cassidy: (sighs) Having to feed with everyone isn't grand, but I got no choice…
Giselle: Well, I can't share the sugar secret anymore…but no-one knew about me using it for myself so I'll still safe.
(It's simple home cooking for Minori, whilst a banquet is prepared for Majori)
* * * *
Joy: You catch, he cooks. It works out don't you think?
Brock: (blushing) Thank you…
Jessie: Real food!
Misty: (under her breath) Not like you deserve it…
Jessie: What was that twerp?
Misty: Nothing.
(Jessie dismisses it, although she still eyes Misty carefully)
Ash: It's hard being hungry all the time here, when something like this happens, you are grateful.
Misty: Ash, you're hungry all the time anyway!
Tracey/Brock: Don't we know it?
Joy: This is real good though…
Jenny: Yes…I must admit that.
Brock: (swoons) Ah, the vote of confidence from two angels…
Jenny: Don't push it.
* * * *
8.00PM
Tom VO: The sun is setting, the food is digesting, and the groups tend to early nights. However, once again, the divides of the previous night in Minori are making members of the group suffer…
Todd: She won't let anyone into her camp, god knows Rudi tried…
(Shot of Rudi in the camp, his eyes closed, not sure if he's asleep yet or not)
Casey: (sighs) I guess I'll sleep outside again…
Richie: (puts a hand on her shoulder) No, not tonight. I will, you can have my place…
Casey: Richie, I coul…
Richie: (calls) Hey Duplica, you don't mind if Casey bunks with you tonight?
Duplica (off screen): Girls night in? You're a sweetheart Richie-boy!
Richie: (blushes) Er…heh…oh boy…
Casey: (giggles) Well, thank you.
Richie: (smiles) No problem.
Richie: I knew Casey from Poke-mole, and certainly enjoyed her bubbly company. I've bunked with Duplica for 4 nights, and she's a riot! I tell you, if all else fails, those two have got my spirits up every day…perhaps the reason why I'm enjoying this much more than I thought I would…
(Whilst Minori tuck in for the night, one member of Majori decides to have a quiet word with another…)
* * * *
MAJORI: 8.30PM
(Most of the group are in the camp, sleeping or trying to sleep. Tracey is up and is bout to bunk off when…)
Jenny: Tracey, can I have a word?
Tracey: Sure Officer. (walks over to her)
Jenny: Now, I know this is not really the time, but when I saw you and Joy out there, I saw the way you were looking at her…
Tracey: (blushes) Well…I…er…
Jenny: She is a woman nearly 8 years your senior, and I cannot have someone like you acting like this. It's for your own good…
Tracey: Now wait a second…
Jenny: …don't talk back young man. The point is that you're too young to think about anything like this, so just walk away before I make you. That's all.
(Jenny goes into the camp as Tracey stares…)
Tracey: Er…what just happened there? And what does Jenny think she doing meddling into my affairs?
(Tracey decides to spend the night outside alone, fuming or brooding…)
* * * *
DAY 5 – 9.00am
Tom VO: Tracey apparently did spend the night outside alone, and perhaps not much sleep as he was thinking…
Tracey: If we lose the immunity today, what does this mean? It seems like Ash, Misty and Brock will decide a Rocket may go…
(looks back at the camp)
Tracey: …but I'm not so sure.
(Shot of Brock cooking)
Brock: Hey, Tracey, can you help cut the fish? We had some left over last night so we're using it as breakfast.
Tracey: I guess when you're out on a desert island, you take what food you can find, even if it is yesterday's leftover.
(Shot of Tracey cutting the two fish left)
Brock: We'll mix it in with the rice and voila, breakfast! And then we'll be 3 and 0 in the immunity challenge!
Tracey: Confident aren't you?
Brock: (nods) I'm surprised how much all of us have been on the same page, even Team Rocket…I guess that's because we know each other so well now after various times blasting off…
Tracey: I don't think we're all on the same page…
Brock: I know. Misty and Jessie are still at each other's throat…I'll guess we'll sort that out in the challenges. Anyway, better get them up…
(Tracey watches Brock go the camp and shakes his head)
Tracey: Blind fool…that wasn't who I was on about…
* * * *
MINORI TRIBE
(Richie waking up)
Richie: (yawns) Sleeping outside…that's a feeling of nostalgia for you…
(Todd walks up to Richie and smiles)
Todd: Oh…so waking up to see a pretty girls face first thing in the morning got boring for you?
Richie: Shad'ap mole!
(Todd chuckles as Cassidy is already up and in the ocean, washing up)
Cassidy: I do things myself now. I eat with them, I work with them in challenges. That's it…if or when we lose immunity, if I go, it doesn't matter. Unless I can convince them I'm not a threat…
(Looks at Casey and then Giselle, Giselle just getting back from a jog and Casey in the water with Rudi)
Cassidy: …and maybe somehow turn the tide in my favour…
(Shot of Casey and Rudi in the pool..er, sea…)
Rudi: O.K, you two aren't exactly seeing eye to eye…but face it Casey, you did vote for her.
Casey: Yes, but I explained why.
Rudi: But I thought you were with us…
Casey: (sighs) It doesn't matter what I say does it Rudi? You'll defend her…just make sure you don't become someone's lap dog…from the way I hear about her, she'll walk all over you.
(Shot of Giselle carefully walking as Casey leaves and dries up)
Giselle: Good, she's out. (smiles) If she was trying to get him on her side…no chance. I'm prettier than she is…
(Giselle goes over to Rudi as meanwhile Duplica exits the jungle with a bit of water and fruit…and a bit of grumpiness)
Duplica: I guess islanders never heard of bug spray…
* * * *
Tom VO: Breakfast is a quiet affair at both tribes, as they are focused on one thing…unless you're Brock…immunity challenge.
Jenny: Another physical challenge and we've got it won.
Joy: They'll be up for it you know…
Jenny: Have you seen them though? A bunch of kids and a couple of villains, with one gone. Physically, they don't have a chance against us, so don't worry!
Joy: I don't think survival is all brawn Jenny…
Jenny: (smiles) But with our brains we've got that covered as well.
Joy: (smiles) I guess…we really need to talk to the others about who is who over there…
Jenny: They said that Giselle girl was a smart girl, a bit too much of a prima donna though…
Joy: I guess we'll talk about it after the challenge…
(Team Rocket)
Jessie: We have to win…I don't want to go…I want to win the million dollars!
James: Yes, I can understand that…but we need to win immunity first. Besides, it's pounds not dollars…
Jessie: True…but that doesn't mean you can contradict me anyway…
James: (sweatdrops) Oh boy…
(Ash-tachi)
Ash: We go for it again?
Misty: We're invincible!
Brock: Time to impress the ladies…
Tracey: Which ones? This tribe or other tribe?
Misty: (smilling evilly) Choose your words carefully Brock…
Brock: Oh, heh…er…gotta go, bye!
(The 3 laugh as Brock makes a hasty retreat, meanwhile, this is a must-win situation for the depleted Minori)
* * * *
Richie: You guys ready?
Casey: Yeah…no choice but to go for the kill…
Todd: We want to stay here…
Duplica: …so let's make sure we do stay here.
(The 4 high five as Giselle and Rudi join them)
Rudi: Fired up?
Duplica: You bet bud.
Giselle: I'm gonna win this, no matter what…
Todd: We're gonna win this Giselle, we all want to stay here, not just you.
(As the 6 begin to leave, Cassidy follows behind)
Cassidy: It's a lost cause, it's against Rocket tradition…but I'm going to go and give it my best for these goody-goods…not give them the satisfaction to see me down and out…
(Cassidy follows, obviously determined beyond belief…)
* * * *
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE
Challenge: 6 rounds of DDR (Dance Dance Revolution). Best grades and most points overall win…
(Shot of both tribes fit and ready for today immunity…)
Tom: Well lads and laddesses…time for a game of games. As you can see here, and don't ask how get got them or the power, is the famous arcade simulation, Dance Dance Revolution.
(Shot of the two arcades)
Tom: We'll be playing one song, Takeshi No Paradisu…
Brock: What's that?
Tom: (sweatdrops) Never mind…the song is irrelevent, the point is, 6 of you, yes 6…will be taking each other on the machine. The first two rounds is Beginner, so two who don't find shaking your bootie may find this appealing. Next two rounds is more difficult, the Standard Settings, so two who are comfortable with your dance steps may prefer this. Finally, the rock hard Expert setting, where you experts can show us what you can do.
(A few gasp, some like Rudi and James are smiling. Others, look downright sick.)
Tom: At the end of each setting, you will get a grade. A is 10 points, B 8, C 6, D 4 and E 2. If you get the AA grade, you get 15 points and AAA is 20 points. I doubt it, but you never know.
(Shot of the groups, then the machines)
Tom: O.K, discuss who is doing what, and then we'll be up and running.)
MAJORI
Brock: O.K, who thinks they are up to the expert challenge?
James/Jessie: I think we should do that!
Ash: As much as I hate to admit it, I think that might be the best idea.
Jenny: I'm not so sure, you want to trust them on the hardest setting…
Jessie: Hey, you can say anything about us being criminals…but no-one says anything bad about our dancing…
Brock: I'll take standard, I can dance…remember the school?
Misty: (sweatdrops) How could I forget? Do you want me to take standard as well?
Joy: I'm not confident…but I could.
Tracey: I think Joy and Jenny should take beginner, Brock and Misty standard, and Jessie and James expert.
Jenny: Huh…hey wait…
Tracey: Sorry, but me and Ash both have two left feet…
Ash: I'm a Pokemon master, not a dancer…
Tracey: O.K, that's settled. All in favour?
(All but Jenny raise their hands. Jenny sighs and raises hers as well.)
MINORI
Richie: O.K, Rudi has volunteered with expert…
Rudi: Thank you.
Richie: We have Giselle and Casey on standard…but we need someone on expert, Giselle, do you want to do that?
Cassidy: I'll do that if she won't.
Giselle: I can do that if I wan't.
Todd: Please…we don't need an argument now, this is make or break if we want to survive.
Richie: Cassidy, do you mind doing the expert…or not…
Cassidy: Ha! All of us Rockets are trained in everything…except dance.
(Random sweatdrop)
Casey: Maybe I should go to beginner and Cassidy to standard…
Richie: But that still leaves…
Duplica (interrupting): I'll do expert.
(All are surprised at the ditto mistress)
Rudi: Are you sure?
(Duplica smiles confidently)
Duplica: Trust me.
* * * *
Tom: Well the results are in and here are the match ups…
BEGINNER
1st round – Richie vs. Jenny
2nd round – Casey vs. Joy
STANDARD
3rd round – Cassidy vs. Misty
4th round – Giselle vs. Brock
EXPERT
5th round – Rudi vs. James
6th round – Duplica vs. Jessie
Tom: Interesting…let's see how this pans out, Richie? Jenny? To the dance floor…
(Mode Beginner – Song 'Takeshi No Paradisu')
Tom: BEGIN!
(The beginner mode is simply that. Beginner. It's simple enough, and both get calm. However, Jenny with her training makes her movements more fluid, and gets more perfects than Richie, who gets mostly 'great' GRADE – RICHIE B, JENNY – A)
Tom: 10 for Majori, 8 for Minori.
Round 2
(Casey gets more of a groove on and Joy's exceptional fitness make this match very even. There was literally 2 points between them overall. GRADE – CASEY A, JOY A)
Round 3 – Standard.
Brock: Oh Giselle, if this were true, side by side…
Giselle: Cram it fanboy, let's dance!
(The standard mode is more difficult, and requires more double steps and more speed. Brock goes a bit too far in trying to impress and slips off a couple of times. Giselle meanwhile are much more determined and focused, and does a good job, only making a few errors. GRADE – GISELLE B – BROCK D)
Brock: Oh…how can I show my face to anyone now?
Ash: Not hard…everyone is still here.
(Round 4 – Misty and Cassidy hate each others guts…but ignore that as they both perform a good dance…then Cassidy screws up with a turn, and Misty with her aquatic heretic walking away with victory. GRADE – MISTY A – CASSIDY C)
Tom: The scores before the big ones are Majori. They are on 32 apiece, with the main event coming up. James and Rudi, expert time…
(The expert mode is super fast with the arrows, much more double steps and need to be on the button with some of the moves. Rudi and James are both super confident, Rudi a dance teacher for pokemon and James taking semesters at modern dance)
Tom: Go!
(Immediately, the skills of James and Rudi show why they were picked for expert. Rudi does some impressive spins whilst James matches him move for move. They are quick fitted, and moving, and despite both of them missing a few, they both come out well off. GRADE – RUDI B – JAMES B)
Tom: Oh boy…40 points each, with one pair left. Jessie, Duplica, get your butts up here, and please make sure this doesn't go into a tie…
Jessie: Oh ho! You think I can't beat her at a dance game? (laughs as Duplica just smiles)
Tom: O.K, the final time we hear this song….and go!
(Shot of Minori as nervous as heck…Majori mostly confident, but some, namely Ash…not so confident)
(Jessie like James, takes her skills as a dancer quite highly, and like James goes through the movements quite well, missing occasionally…but then…)
Rudi: Huh? She's on a AA?
(Jessie looks up slightly…and panics when she sees Duplica scoring perfect after perfect…)
Duplica: Can you…keep up…with my….Komawari Footwork?
Jessie: What the…
DDR: Oh, combo stopped!
Jessie: Damn it!
(The shock spiral Jessie a bit and Duplica romps it in the end. GRADE – DUPLICA AA, JESSIE C)
(As the song ends, a tired ditto master gets up as Casey glomps her. Rudi offers a hand in admiration as Richie and Todd hug as well. Giselle just smiles as Cassidy breathes a sigh of relief. On the other side, Jessie kicks a rock in disgust, ignoring everyone, including James. Jenny shakes her head whilst the others look down in sadness…)
* * * *
Tom: Well…er…well it certainly didn't go the way I expected, but I guess it had to happen some time…so Minori, well done, immunity is yours!
(He hands the immunity idol to Rudi, as the group celebrate…)
Tom: And for Majori, I'm afraid we'll see you tomorrow at Tribal Council.
(Shot of the tribes, differing emotions as for Majori, they face Tribal Council for the first time the next night…)
MINORI TRIBE
(As they leave, Rudi can't help but ask…)
Rudi: How the heck did you get all that?
Duplica: (smiles) Komawari Theatre. A style I learnt from a legendary actress Sana Kurata...well, Todd, Casey and Richie could tell you better. I met her when I did my cameo in Poke-mole, and she taught me her steps. I simply copy her style and used it on there…when you're in my line of business, any sort of things you can do to get yourself noticed can work out…
Richie: Well, no arguments here…you were wonderful.
Duplica: (blushes) Oh…thanks…
Richie: (also blushes) Er well…I meant that you were wonderful on the dance floor…I think we deserved that…
Casey: I think we surprised them more than anything, that will show them not to underestimate us!
Giselle: It seems there is more to everyone here than meets the eye…
Todd: I think we all knew that when we started this, but congratulations, another 3 days for us!
Cassidy: (to herself) Another 3 days to convince everyone not to throw me off…
* * * *
MAJORI
Tom VO: The shock defeat of immunity means that people have to think about a few things…most of all, who to go tomorrow?
Ash: O.K…that was surprising…
Brock: Guys, I'm sorry, I screwed up…
Misty: Brock, I don't think it really mattered by the end.
Ash: (sigh) I guess we go to Council…not exactly looking forward to that…
Tracey: The problem is now we have to choose someone to go…
Misty: (looks at Trace weird) Tracey, shouldn't it be obvious? We go after Team Rocket…
(Before Tracey says anything, Ash interrupts)
Ash: I guess…would you prefer Jessie?
Misty: (nods quickly) Yeah, she's the brains, James will simply be a weak pretty-boy once she's gone.
Brock: But why a girl…even if it is Jessie?
Tracey: Would you rather see Joy off?
Brock: (shakes his head completely) No way…
Tom VO: Whilst everyone's favourite losers have a long hard think…well, as long and as hard as James' mind can hold it.
James: Are we doomed?
Jessie: I don't see it like that. I see it like a chance to try and plot, and scheme, and try to outwit everyone else to vote for someone else.
James: (cries) We're doomed!
Jessie: (sighs) It's not over until the fat lady sings, and I don't see any fat ladies around…and any comments about my weight will result in immediate pain.
James: No ma'am!
Jessie: Anyway, lets just go along with them for now and try to see if there is a light at the end of the tunnel…
(Jessie and James leave, to contemplate their fates. Meanwhile, two representatives of authority are having a similar discussion…)
Joy: It seems a bit early to discuss anything like this…
Jenny: Always helps to be prepared, and be ready, I think almost everyone will vote for the Rockets, but I've thought ahead.
Joy: Huh?
Jenny: What chance have either of them got in winning this…the danger comes…
(Jenny begins to talk as Joy's eyes bug out. And on this important moment…we decided not to reveal anything like the evil nymphs we are…^_^)
* * * *
5.00PM
Tom VO: Minori's luck is on the up and up…as proven by their late lunch…
Casey: We've let loose today, we've been swimming, sunbathing, playing games, simply enjoying ourselves…I think most of us deserve it…most of us.
(Shot of Richie, Giselle and Rudi preparing the rice, as more luck happens)
Casey: I've…
Todd: …got a…
Duplica: …bite!
Richie: Come on you three little fishermen!
(All three bring a fish they've caught as Rudi looks on appreciatively…)
Rudi: All right, we eat tonight!
(Shot of Giselle giving a glare to Casey, who doesn't notice it…or really care…as she
quickly gets into a conversation with Duplica, where Richie and Todd join in. Giselle sighs, pretty much giving up, and along with Rudi, begin adding their snippets in…)
Giselle: I'm trying to get into conversation, but with so many problems, it's hard not to bite your tongue. Still, I've got 3 days to rectify that…)
(Finally, Cassidy, who was on fire wood duty, comes, and she joins the meal, not really talking much though…)
Richie: I wonder who they'll pick?
Giselle: I think they'll go with a Rocket. After all, who likes them? (a smile to Cassidy as the Rocket huffs)
Todd: I dunno…seems too obvious. But I can't think of anyone else that could go off…I dunno much about Tracey though….
Rudi: …and I dunno much about Brock either.
Duplica: You'd get along with him well Rudi.
Rudi: Would I?
Giselle: Yeah…you're both bad womanisers.
(The group laugh as Rudi goes into sulk mode. However, even if the kinks out of their relationship still need to be ironed out, the only thing they have in common right now is 3 more days safety on the island…)
* * * *
10.30PM
(Minori are back to being snug. This time, it's Todd sleeping outside on Casey's behalf, and Richie has joined Rudi, with Casey and Duplica in the other camp, Cassidy and Giselle of course in their own camps.)
(On Majori, the nervous group are all sprawled out in the camp, except for one person…)
(Shot of someone outside watching the moon…Joy.)
Joy: I'm one of the few who gets to apreciate this. One of the few Joys that is, the world that is outside, the life, the living, and the love. Everything I do is a joy to do…and this is no different.
(Joy stands up and looks back to the camp. She shrugs and goes outside to sleep…)
* * * *
DAY 6 – 8.00am
MAJORI
Tom: Day 6, and it's the day of reckoning for a groggy Majori tribe.
(Shot of Misty sitting down by the bank of the ocean)
Misty: I just don't want to today…
(Shot of James going into the sea to try and catch some fish)
Misty: …I guess James wants to make a point not to vote him off. Fortunately, he doesn't need to worry. Unfortunately, his partner does.
(James makes a quick thrust with his spear…no comments on that comment please…managing to get two fish with one weapon.(Shot of Misty sitting down by the bank of the ocean)
Misty: I just don't want to today…
(Shot of James going into the sea to try and catch some fish)
Misty: …I guess James wants to make a point not to vote him off. Fortunately, he doesn't need to worry. Unfortunately, his partner does.
(James makes a quick thrust with his spear…no comments on that comment please…managing to get two fish with one weapon. James emerges victorious…)
James: Whoo hoo!
Ash: James got some lunch?
Jessie: James proved himself useful?
Brock: I'm officially scared.
(Shot of Brock round the fire as a bit of rice comes in)
Brock: The meat is sacred round here. We won the battle in the reward challenge, but we lost the war in immunity.
Tracey: Eat first, worry later.
(Shot of Jenny and Joy coming up to the group with some water for the day)
Joy: I don't like it but…
Jenny: Trust me, it will be alright.
(To the group, Tracey welcomes them)
Tracey: Hello ladies!
Brock: Allow me to take those off your lovely hands…
Jenny: Oh please…(Joy giggles as Brock does take them off…and nearly collapses under the weight but manages to hold on.)
Jenny: It's survival, and we're going to survive, and someone cannot. It's simple as that…and it will be at Council as well.
Jessie: Come on, let's fill these up…
James: …because this will be the last time we'll drink this.
Misty: Island water isn't the best beverage you know…
James: …compared to some of the water we drink, this is heaven.
Misty: (sweatdrops, unable to comment…)
Tom VO: Majori's feet are firmly on the ground, but one will soon be blasting off…
* * * *
MINORI TRIBE
11.00am
(They may not be the Suzaku Seven, but these band of misfits have made survival theirs for tonight. And after a quick breakfast, it's time for a bit of fun…)
Rudi: GO!
(Part fun, and part strategy, as the swimming race begins. Giselle and Cassidy are next a neck as they head off…but…)
Giselle: I think we went too far…
Cassidy: (Sarcastic) Really, what gave you that idea?
(Shot of everyone else turning back sooner, and the two girls sigh…especially as Rudi wins by a bit over Casey.)
(shot of Giselle and Cassidy come back)
Rudi: I guess brains don't work in the heat of competitveness do they girls?
Cassidy/Giselle: SHUT UP!
Richie: Stop that unison thing, it scares me, almost like you two are working together?
Cassidy/Giselle: ME WORK WITH THAT? I'D SOONER DIE! (look at each other, realise what's just happened and turn away)
Todd: You know Ash and Misty act like that…
Rudi: Uh oh…it isn't what we think it is, is it?
(Giselle arms herself with a stick and chases after the hapless Rudi, pissed beyond belief. The group laugh it off as in times like these, especially if you've seen End of Evangelion, you can watch it many times over and over before you finally decide to laugh at it. However, one no laughing matter is Majori's impending doom….)
* * * *
MAJORI TRIBE
Time: 3.00pm
Tom VO: It's 5 hours before Majori tribe…who WON'T be voting off Ash any time soon…go to their first tribal council. And a number of members are actually having second thoughts of an obvious choice…
(Shot of Team Rocket walking into the jungle)
James: No, if we have to survive, we can't.
Jessie: I can't believe you thought of that idea…but you are right.
James: We don't have a chance if we vote for one of the twerps. There are 4 of them and 2 of us. For us to have a chance, we need Joy and Jenny on our side, and that's not happening. So, we do the unthinkable.
Jessie: Unpassable.
James: Unforgettable.
Jessie/James: We WON'T pick one of the twerps….
Jessie: Instead, we vote for someone who may just be more hated than us…
James: I heard the other night about Jenny and Tracey's little spat. Maybe there is a tunnel light going for us, or the poke-gods have finally answered our prayers for wealth. Took ya time!
James: Now let's get out of here before they think we're plotting something.
Jessie: Now we wouldn't do that, would we?
(The two laugh evilly as villains do as a shot of the beach shows Ash, Misty, Brock and Tracey by a fire)
Ash: What was that?
Misty: Oh, just Team Rocket plotting something. Don't worry, it will fail like it always does.
Brock: I don't know what they are trying right?
(Shot of Tracey looking in the distance)
Brock: Right?
(Tracey comes back from dreamland)
Tracey: Oh sorry…no, no idea, they're doomed.
Ash: Anyway, let's just spend this day relaxing. Think of it as a vacation…
(Shot of Joy coming from the jungle, with a basket of ripe fruit)
Joy: Fruit here!
Ash: Oh yeah…hungry…
(The other three stooges collapses as Joy comes over with the food, preparing for lunch. Jenny meanwhile exercises her right…to exercise…)
Jenny: Want to be at my best for Council…I'm still a model police officer from Pinkan Island…as long as no-one finds that out…
(One of these 8 mentioned will be up for the chop in a matter of hours…)
* * * *
5.00pm – MINORI
(The final game for the day for Minori is the aquatic game of chicken-fight, gentle, kind and passive…definitely not!)
Giselle: If you drool on me, you're dead. The reason I'm doing this is to prove I'm the best chicken-fighter…on the island…got it?
Rudi: (gulps) Got it.
Duplica: (impatient) Is your lovers spat over?
Casey: Come on Todd, let's just end it quickly!
Todd: Are you sure Mikey won't be jealous?
(Casey bobs her tongue at Todd, whilst Richie looks very embarrassed.)
Duplica: You O.K?
Richie: Er…yes…(brightens up)…are we going to play?
(Shot of the group in the sea, with Casey, Duplica and Giselle in respective green, violet and blue swimsuits on. Todd lifts Casey on his shoulders as Rudi gently…and without provocation from Giselle…lifts her up in position, whilst Richie is the last and most reluctant…and nervous…but finally puts Duplica on his shoulders as Cassidy looks on.)
Cassidy: Enjoy your youth as long as it lasts…it will be hell from then on.
Casey: CHARGE!
(The three way fight begins in the ocean, and one team quickly gets eliminated as Giselle pushed a wayward Duplica off, eliminating Richie and Duplica.)
Duplica: Hey, no fair!
Richie: Er…that was my fault, I wasn't very steady.
Duplica: Ah well…kick their ass Casey!
(Giselle seemingly in control, however Casey is much lighter and Todd quickly moves her into a position where she simply taps the unstable Rudi and Giselle down into the water and into defeat)
Todd: Yay!
(Todd lets go of Casey and the two high-five, as a dripping and grumpy Giselle lets loose on her partner)
Giselle: How could you let go? We were winning!
Rudi: Well, er…I was having problems holding you…
Richie: Uh oh…
Todd: Hey, it's just a game…
Giselle: (rage) Are you calling me heavy?
Rudi: NO! NO! I was just unstable, not your fault at all…
(The next few seconds are unhearable as the curses flow through the Tech girls mouth…shot of Todd holding Casey's ears, and Duplica has her earplugs on.)
Richie: Didn't think someone from Pokemon Tech would have known all that…
Cassidy: So miss popular isn't so sugary sweet after all?
Giselle: You stay out this unless you want to be like him…
(Shot of Rudi with spirals in his eyes, as the game ends. However, for the other tribe, the game is just beginning…)
* * * *
MAJORI – 7PM
(Last minute check…)
Joy: Are you sure?
Jenny: Yeah. He will be surprised…especially if those two criminals think as well. They are sure to vote for him I think…
Joy: O.K…
Ash: Down with the Rockets?
Misty/Brock: Sure!
(Shot of Tracey however looking at the sun setting)
Tracey: It's the end of this era…or is it…was she ever in it at all…
Jessie: To survive…yada yada…let's just do it.
James: Do it…to it.
(The 8 wanderers are about to wander into the first step of destiny…)
* * * *
TRIBAL COUNCIL
Ash: Wow, this brings back memories, eh Misty? Tracey?
Tracey: Yeah…the release of Lugia…
Misty: (looks at Ash with a blush) Yeah…
Tom: Hey, no kissy faces today, we've got a job to do!
Ash: Kissy faces? Who? Where?
Brock: Ash…forget it.
Tom: Yes. Because the only thing you guys need to worry about is Tribal Council…and the vote…
(Shot of the temple recreation and Tom in the centre, with the 8 seats surrounding him. Each member of the tribe takes a seat as Tom begins the interrogation…)
Tom: I mean, it's great to see you guys…but I didn't think I'd see you this soon, I thought you'd waltz through most of the immunities. Ash, what went wrong?
Ash: I think some of us in the group underestimates the abilities of our opponents. Simply put, in that environment, they were better than we are. Will that happen again? Maybe? Maybe not…
Tom: Surprisingly thoughtful reply from young Master Ketchum here. Now, Jessie…last time, a Rocket went off for Minori, so that means you've outlasted one Rocket…but the signs aren't good in this team for your survival. Have you got a plan?
Jessie: Yes.
Tom: That's it?
(Jessie nods as Tom scratches his head)
Tom: Heh…O.K…Joy, a water maiden of the Orange Islands…how have you found this familiar environment with a fellow maiden and everyone around here…
Joy: I know most of these people when I first came here anyway, and I ones I didn't I've quickly found to enjoyable company…it's sad being here, but we have to be at one time or another, I just hoped it wasn't this soon…
Tom: As much as I'd love to talk to you some more, we have a time budget, so we better get this one over with. In front of each pillar as you can see, is a laptop, a microphone and some earphones. The laptop is for you to type in the name of your chosen evictee. The microphone and earphones are for you to speak anything you want, about what's happened on the island, and also for the reasons of your vote…and the earphones means no-one can hear you…I've explained this to Minori one time, and that's the last time I say that. So, everyone get ready to vote…
(Shot of all of them in front of the Mole-ish type settings)
Tom: (loud) GO!
(Shot of each member of the group voting for someone, let's see some of the comments…)
Ash: It's weird…I haven't really had many problems with the group, even Team Rocket. It's just been a true vacation.
Misty: The sun and sea is heaven for me. Hey, I'm a poet and I don't know it.
VOTE – JESSIE
Misty: Time's up (whispers) old hag!
Brock: It's been great. Friends, enemies…and two lovely ladies in Joy and Jenny! If all else fails, it's great seeing them in the open and without the constraints of their jobs…
VOTE – JAMES
Brock: Sorry, I can't vote for a woman, even if it is Jessie! Besides, Jessie should be gone anyway, so one vote won't matter…will it?
Tracey: I come from an island home, and this is simply a remembrance of my old skills. I hope to put them to use…and along with my friends, make a real surprise in this game.
Jessie: Team Twerp and Team Authority are not getting the best of me today…no way! Besides, I'm enjoying my time away from work anyway, I want to stay…and I certainly want to win!
James: I haven't got much to say about the group, the distrust is there, but the hatred isn't. I just hope we can wise up and somehow survive the group before we survive the island.
VOTE – JENNY
James: If there is a chance to survive, we must take it. Besides, Team Rocket and a policewoman…no good.
Jenny: Survival on this island is different from the rancher world in Pinkan. However, I'm getting a grip on it despite difficult control. I hope it keeps that way…
VOTE – BROCK
Jenny: As tempting as a criminal is, they have no chance. This guy disgusts me at times, but he's with a strong group, I've noticed that. Break them up and quickly.
Joy: I'm in my element here and I'm loving it. I don't want to end this experience for anyone but I have to vote for someone. And to that someone…I'm sorry.
* * * *
Tom: The votes have been tabled…(loud)…headphones off!
(The group comply as Tom indicates above him)
Tom: Above me is a large screen where the results have been complied into the database. If you have been voted against, your name will come up. If your name comes out the most times, you will leave immediately to make a confessional, before being shipped out back to your journeys of training, breeding, thievery, police work or nurse work. In the event of a tie, there will be a revote done on the computer. If after that attempt it is still tied, then one of two things will occur. In the first instance, the person with the most past votes will leave the island. However, if it is still tied or in this case, no votes have yet been cast, a question will be asked about the person who is opposite you. With that, the results have been tabled…and there is no tie, so we'll have some off by the end of the day. Let's get to it!
(Shot of the screen)
Tom: Remember, the most votes mean you've gone. So without further ado, the first vote…
(Shot of the screen as 'JESSIE' flashes across the board)
Tom: JESSIE
(Jessie snorts, either not bothered or not caring)
Tom: Second vote…JESSIE
(Jessie sighs)
Tom: Next…JAMES…wow, a Rocket sweep, you guys are popular so far!
Jessie: (sarcastic) Ha ha.
Tom: Next vote…BROCK?
(Brock looks up amazed.)
Tom: Next vote…JENNY…wow, I think I'm just as surprised as you guys are…
(Jenny is now also staring at the screen with a keen eye)
Tom: JENNY, that is 2 for Jenny, 2 for Jessie, 1 for Brock and 1 for James. The 7th vote…BROCK.
(All eyes are on the screen. Jessie is biting her nails, Brock is just in a trance, James is hugging his knees and Jenny is trying hard not to seethe.)
Tom: We have three people with 2 votes. If the next vote is for James, Ash, Tracey, Misty or Joy, we go into a tie. However, as I said there isn't one…James you can breathe easy. The final vote…and the 1st person of Majori to go…
(The final vote is cast…)
Tom: JENNY.
(The officer is dumbstruck, unsure what is going on.)
Tom: I know you don't believe it, but the results do not change. Miss Collete, please come up here.
(Jenny walks up, unsure how to take it. Meanwhile, Jessie and James sneak a quick high five as Tom explains what next.)
Tom: Jenny, your tribe have voted you off. Your sending is complete. (the Power of One is played) Please leave.
(Jenny walks away, not a word, not anything. Denial or acceptance? You decide.)
Tom: Well, that surprised me, as did all of you, but now is a time to celebrate, you lucky seven survived this crucial first Council, and so for now, I bid you farewell until tomorrow.
(The group leaves, nobody actually that surprised, although Brock is a bit shaky and Misty is a bit confused…)
* * * *
Jenny's final words;
I can't believe it, what went wrong? My voting strategy, if I had gone for Jessie, I would still be here…did my survival plans fail, I don't believe that. (sighs) But I'm gone, I guess it did fail. I guess I may have trod on more toes than I thought…and I paid for it…no one is perfect, remember that, and I still have a long way to go.
Jenny's time on the island, 6 days
(Surprise vote – Tracey)
Tracey – I'm voting for Jenny. This will be a surprise but the reason is a warning. Why would anyone mess in anyone's affairs without even proof is beyond me? Being a policewoman is one thing…being one in a game is another. You are dismissed.
Jenny's ways of survival were hard work and discipline. This didn't sit well for the two criminals, and indeed, a number of people caught onto her bossiness, including Ash. However, she seemed safe until two things went wrong. She decided to go after Brock instead of Jessie or James, believing she was safe, and two, by criticising Tracey after his swim with Joy. Tracey's changed his vote and therefore was enough to send Jenny to her doom.
Votes:
Jenny (3) Tracey, Jessie, James
Brock (2) Jenny, Joy
Jessie (2) Ash, Misty
James (1) Brock
Author's notes;
And in no surprise, the officer goes off. Sorry, didn't want to make it obvious that either Rocket goes quickly, and with 2 votes for Brock as well doesn't make things as clear cut as it is.
And as for next time;
In Minori, one of the remaining seven gets a potential blackmail which may help to ensure their survival…
Whilst in Majori, the table of votes leaves more questions than answers, as Tracey, Joy and Brock explain their votes.
Reward challenge – Survival can be based on luck as well. A simple cup and hidden ball game can result in a lovely little food gift for the winning tribe…
Immunity challenge – Maybe that swimming helped, as they have to dive underwater to release a chest…first for it to get to the top of the pole wins.
And the third member to be cast away with the ashes of many pokemon…