The scene panned in. In view was Chris McLean, standing on the Dock of Shame.
"Last time on Total Drama Island…" The camera flashed, showing some of the scenes from the last two episodes. It starts off showing the arrivals of Keesha, Rhonda, Freddy, Rosalina, and Lester. "Twenty-two campers arrived and learned that they'll be spending the next eight weeks at the crusty old summer camp."
Flashing again, the scenes then showed everyone on top of the cliff. As well as flashes to some of the contestants, namely Tamera, Cherry, Ranbir and Andrew, and finally Colin falling. "The campers were faced with their first challenge, jumping off a cliff into the shark-infested waters. While most campers took the plunge, only one ended up taking the dreaded chicken hat." The scene on Lester clinging onto the cliff was shown before cutting back to Chris.
The host held his hand up to his chin in thought. "Though, it could've been two. To be honest, I still don't know if that one guy jumped." Scenes of the campfire ceremony started to flash into view. "Speaking of, at the campfire ceremony, it all came down to him, and Tanner who has done nothing but start drama since he got here." A couple moments of Tanner getting into it with Anisa and also Hannah quickly flashed onto the screen before focusing back on the campfire ceremony with Ashe and Tanner in the bottom.
"In the end, the first camper voted off Total Drama Island was Ashe, proving that being a nobody won't get you anywhere in the Reality TV World." The scene finally cut back to Chris with a huge smirk on his face. "Drama is already brewing in both teams. Tensions are already high and personalities are clashing. It could be any one who will be voted off this week. So find out in this totally dramatic campfire ceremony! Right now, on Total... Drama...Island!"
The scene faded in, showing a shot of the night sky. It was a clear night with not a cloud in sight. There was a clear view of the millions and millions of stars shining in the dark sky.
The camera panned down, showing someone standing on the 1000-ft cliff, gazing at the night sky through a telescope. As the camera zoomed into them, it became clear that Lucien was the one who was stargazing.
The astronomer looked through the telescope with the utmost concentration. In his hands were a pencil and a notebook with a galaxy design. "Hm… I have to admit, this cliff has a winsome view of the stars. I guess it's good for more than suicide dives."
Lucien brought his face away from the telescope, and he opted to write some observations in his notebook. Something seemed different about him though. For once, Lucien didn't seem to be that tired. The usual bags under his eyes were nowhere to be seen and he actually seemed to have energy. Once Lucien finished taking some notes, he looked at his watch to check the time. A drawn out sigh escapes from him. "I should head back soon. It's already late and I should at least get some sleep before the challenge." However, Lucien took another glance up at the sky, and his mouth crept into a small smile. "Five more minutes wouldn't hurt."
And with that, he went back to looking into his telescope. The camera panned back up to the night sky. But it didn't stay night for very long. Time flashed forward and the sun had started to rise. As it did, the camera panned back down to Lucien who brought his face away from the telescope again. Though, this time it was to yawn.
The astronomer stretched his arms upward. He looked up, seeing the sun making its way back up into the sky. "Perhaps… I stayed out too late." He lazily shrugged, and packed up his telescope. Afterward, he started to head back towards the cabins.
The scene flashed near the cabins, and as Lucien was walking past a tree, someone jumped down from it right in front of the Astronomer. He was caught off guard by this and jumped back, dropping his telescope, pencil, and notebook in the process.
"What're you doin out here so early?" asked a dry voice, which belonged to Miriam.
"Y'know I would prefer to not be given a heart attack." Lucien huffed as he picked up his things.
"Well how else was I gonna ask you where you were?" the archer responded. "The sun is just coming up, yet you're just now coming back to the cabins." Her eyebrows furrowed in suspicion, as she looked Lucien up and down. "You weren't doin' any funny business, were ya? Cause then, I'd gotta beat you up." She raised a fist, but Lucien clearly wasn't threatened.
The astronomer just rolled his eyes. "I was on the cliff, stargazing and looking at some constellations. Not that it is any of your business."
Miriam's eyes seemingly lit up at hearing this. She put down her fist. "Oooh, you like doing that too? What's yer favorite constellation? Mine's Orion. Who cares if it's the basic choice? They can fight me."
"I don't know who 'they' are, however my favorite is Vulpecula." He responded. "Also, constellations aren't the only things I look at. I also am into the science side of it, however I think it's not really anything you would understand."
"Yer absolutely right." Miriam replied. Her voice sounded sarcastic, but she was being genuine. "But anyways, I'm gonna go see if I can sneak into the kitchen to do something to mess with that big chef guy. He seems like someone to start a ferocious rivalry with."
"You have fun with that.I'm going to try and at least get a quick nap in." Lucien said before starting to walk back towards the cabins. Miriam was about to head towards the mess hall. However, a very loud air horn rang out, shaking the ground slightly.
The view switched to the girl's side of the Bass cabin. The noise startled most of the girls in there. Celestia, who was sleeping in a lavender nightgown and her mask, screamed and leaped up, latching onto the bunk above hers.
On the other side of the room, Rhonda let out a quick scream before punching a hole in the wall next to her bed in surprise. Her pajamas were a vibrant magenta t-shirt with a wrestler graphic on the front and eggplant purple basketball shorts.
Delanie, in her white t-shirt and black yoga pants, screamed and rolled off of her bed, hitting the floor with a bang. On the bunk beneath her, Tamera jumped up in surprise and hit her head against the top bunk. She let out a small yelp of pain. The HBIC wore nothing but lacey black lingerie. Gotta show the goods off, y'know?
And then there was Harmonia, who just calmly removed her purple sleep mask and sat up. She was dressed conservatively with a black, gothic styled nightgown. There were some frills up the stomach and chest.
As the air horn continued to blow, a shot of the guy's side of the Gophers cabin was shown. Rosalina, in her purple t-shirt with a printed on image of two anime guys making out and pink shorts, fell from the ceiling onto the floor with a splat.
Lester screamed like a girl. He was in a white t-shirt with transformer sleep pants and My Little Kittle slippers.
Colin groaned, and tried to cover his ears with his pillow. The geek's pjs were a pink hoodie with a Jigglypuff face on the front and gray basketball shorts.
Tanner, who just had on gray plaid sleep pants, jumped out of bed quickly. "I'm up dad!"
The air horn finally stopped before Chris could be heard through a megaphone. "Wakey wakey campers! I need you all out here ASAP! There's no time to change."
Confessional Lucien
He gave an irritated sigh. "So much for trying to get some last minute sleep in." He grumbled before yawning.
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Dustin groaned. He got out of bed, showing his pajamas which consisted of a white wife beater, black shorts, and green flip-flops that have a guitar insignia on the top of them. Who wears flip-flops to bed? He simply walked out of the cabin with Lester following him. It took him a couple moments, but Tanner finally got his bearings. He was about to leave the cabin until he noticed Rosalina on the floor.
"Why are you in here?" He asked.
Rosalina sat up, holding her head. But quickly she put her hand down and her smile returned to her face. "It's a room with only guys! A huge, gay, yaoi orgy was bound to happen, and I wasn't gonna miss that!"
Colin hopped down from his bunk, looking really creeped out. However his cheeks were slightly tinted red from embarrassment.
Tanner's face also started to turn red, maybe being more from anger. "What the hell is wrong with you!? That's fucking sick!"
"Yeah, that's kinda weird." Freddy got out of his bunk as well, and when he did, he sure turned heads with his pajamas. Or rather… the lack thereof. The man was completely naked, with the exception of his 'Let's Eat!' bib which may be taking on a whole new meaning.
Rosalina squealed as blood started gushing from her nose and she fainted.
Tanner's face got redder. Both from anger, and clear embarrassment. "What is wrong with you weirdos!?" He snapped before briskly walking out of the cabin.
Freddy just looked confused. "What's his deal? He's acting like Balloon Boy got in."
Colin's face was also redder from embarrassment. "U-uh, p-pants. You, uh, a-aren't wearing any."
Freddy looked down and noticed that he was indeed, not wearing anything to cover his nether regions. The FNAF fan blushed and covered himself. He quickly reached underneath his covers and then pulled out some Five Nights at Freddy's boxers. "S-sorry! I, heh, got hot during the night."
"It's fine." Colin said quickly. He looked away. "Uh, just put them on and head outside, I guess. I'll drag Rosalina out of here."
Confessional Rosalina
The fujoshi still had some blood dripping from her nose, but she was conscious at least. She giggled to herself like a madwoman. "OHMIGOSH! As soon as I was told I should camp out in the guys's side to see any action, I knew I had to do it. And it paid off! I just know Freddy was doing some dirty things under those covers! Probably thinking of all the ways Dustin would dominate him." She gave a shaky, but dreamy sigh. "So… hawt…"
End Confessional
Confessional Tanner
The quarterback was still pretty ticked off. "Why did I have to be put on the team with all of these weirdo freaks? Talking about weird things and acting gross." He spat. "I can't wait to see them leave."
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Confessional Freddy
His face was still a bit red from embarrassment. "Whoops, didn't mean to show off Toy Freddy like that, heh." He sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "I meant to put my boxers back on before I got out of bed, but the airhorn caught me off guard."
End Confessional
The scene then flashed to everyone standing outside of the cabins with Chris standing in front of them. Everyone was in their pajamas still, except for Miriam and Lucien.
By looking at most of the faces of the contestants, it was clear that most of them weren't ready to wake up this early. Drowsiness was thick in the air, which Chris noticed. The host smirked cockily before saying, "Morning campers. I hope you all had a great night's sleep."
"Oh, bite me." Andrew grumbled. He was just in his black boxers. "It's too damn early for this."
"Actually, I say we're right on time." Chris responded. "Because your challenge starts in exactly one minute."
There were some groans.
"What, that's totally not enough time to eat food!" Ranbir exclaimed. He had on an oversized olive t-shirt with tan basketball shorts.
The host snickered to himself. "Oh, don't worry Ranbir. You will be getting your breakfast. Right after you complete your two kilometer run around the lake."
Anisa gasped at this in her dark blue, sleeveless nightgown that drapes down to her ankles. On her head was a matching sleep mask. "But wait, we're still in our pj's! Shouldn't we change?"
"Nope, no time." Chris told her. "Besides, it adds a little more to really make this a tough challenge."
Dustin sneered at the host. "How clever." He said sarcastically, folding his arms across his chest.
Hannah, in her pink long sleeve shirt with a cat on it, and gray sleep pants, has something to say of course. "Chris! This is unacceptable. This is the second challenge in a row where those of us with a larger build are at an inherent disadvantage. It is incredibly fatphobic of you to constantly push these types of challenges!"
The middle age man was clearly unamused. "You're the one who signed up for the show. It's not my fault."
Hannah was about to bark back, but Keesha stopped her. "There is no use arguing." The singer told the blogger. "Just try your best. That's what counts." She had on a pale yellow flower t-shirt with teal athletic shorts which showed off her long legs.
"Well I suppose you're right." Hannah said to Keesha, relaxing her shoulders a bit. "There's never any point in arguing with a filthy white male."
Tanner just rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything.
"With that all out of the way, get on your marks runners!" Chris instructed the contestants. Most of them did as they were told. Though some were more ready than others. "Get set… go!"
With that, the campers took off and started their run. Lester did trip at first, but he quickly got up with an "I'm okay!" and he started to run again.
The scene flashed. In the lead was Tanner, Miriam, and Ranbir. The three didn't have much struggle in the race, and kept on trucking along. But not far behind were Christopher and Anthony. The former seemed pretty fine. In fact, he seemed to have more energy than a lot of the others. Anthony looked a little groggy, but he was able to keep his energy up.
The Type-A was wearing an oversized 49r's shirt with boxers while Anthony had on the same blue boxers he used as his swimsuit. A lot of boxers out here on this day.
"I'm pretty surprised you're able to keep up so well." Anthony told his running partner, giving a little chuckle. "I thought you would just be an all brains, no brawn guy."
"Well, I'm full of surprises." Christopher quipped playfully. "Also, I usually go for morning runs anyway, so this is just a part of my routine."
"That explains it." Anthony chuckled. "Though, I bet you're not used to running around in your underwear."
"Certainly not. I wouldn't normally be this indignant, but it's not like I had much of a choice." He teasingly looked Anthony up and down. "Though, I guess it isn't all bad."
Anthony laughed. "Glad to see the awkwardness is settled. And that you're not too uncomfortable running around in your underwear."
"It could've been worse." Christopher responded. "There are some whose nightwear is definitely not helpful when it comes to an athletic challenge."
"Yeah, but that's probably why Chris did that." Anthony suggested. "Just to make it that much harder for some people." As he said this, Dustin managed to catch up and pass the two. "Y'know, maybe we should save the chatting for later, and focus more on the challenge at hand."
"I agree." Christopher said. With that, the two stopped their conversation and started to put more focus into their running. The camera then panned back further, passing Delanie, Keesha, and Andrew who ran ahead.
Finally, the camera landed on Cherry and Tamera running near each other. The party gal had on a black cami top with a double cherry print on the chest, and red shorts.
"Oh my gawd, how much more of this shit is there?" Tamera panted. "My current attire isn't for running."
The chill girl glanced over at her. "Well, I have to say love, you're certainly managing to pull it off."
Tamera just smirked cockily. "I know. Ain't no one on this island can compare to moi."
"Loving the confidence babe." Cherry told her. "It's refreshing to see more lovely ladies be confident in their looks.
"Well, when you're this much of a bad bitch, it's hard not to be confident." Tamera responded.
"Oh how lovely, please keep telling the world how beautiful you are." The plump girl said. "'Cause it is refreshing, and more women need to have that confidence."
"Oh, you don't need to tell me twice. Glad to see some people recognize that I need to express my confidence." Tamera told her, smirking confidently.
"Of course babe." Cherry replied, going back to focusing on running.
Confessional Cherry
"I meant what I said, however I did have more of a purpose than just that." She told the confessional camera. "My team is pretty dysfunctional, which has already proven to be a hindrance. Luckily the other team has some big personalities as well. Maybe if I help get them going, it won't be such a hard time for us."
End Confessional
Lucien was by himself running, however he didn't really look all too focused on that… or really anything. Even though he was running, the astronomer's head kept bobbing up and down and his eyes were drooping. He clearly was feeling drowsy.
This obviously worked to his disadvantage since he wasn't paying attention to what was ahead of him. Lucien ended up smacking into a low-hanging tree branch, and falling onto his bottom.
"Ngh." He groaned, rubbing his head. "Well that was a rude awakening."
"Lucien!" The astronomer turned his head and saw Celestia running up. "Are you alright?" she asked as she approached him.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He responded as the med student knelt down to look at his face.
"Oh dear, you have a couple scrapes and your face is all red." Celestia told him as she examined his face. "Thankfully, I don't see anything serious."
"Thanks, that's good." He shifted to get up. Celestia helped him get back up to his feet. "I appreciate it."
"Oh, don't worry about it!" Celestia squeaked in embarrassment. Rosalina ran by, not daring to give a glace to the potential heterosexuals. "I-I was just… helping you because you, um, said kind words to me last challenge."
Lucien thought for a moment before he connected the dots. "Oh, that. I was just being honest. You need to keep yourself from being a doormat."
"S-still, it was the, um, right thing to… y'know, say." Celestia muttered before her eyes became pretty determined. "And it's true. I do need to speak up for myself more. So that's what I'm going to try to do!"
Just then, Chris drove by on a moped. He had a megaphone in his hand and spoke through it. "Pick it up people! You not back by dinner time, you don't eat!"
The astronomer side. "Well good luck with that. I believe we should get back to the challenge."
Celestia sheepishly tries to shrink in on herself. "O-oh, right."
Confessional Celestia
"I-it may not be a big deal to anyone but me, but… I do want to be stronger." She told the camera. "Lucien just pointed it out, and that made me think to try and better myself that way. I-I'm really weak, but I don't have to stay that way. Maybe someday, I'll become so strong that I finally won't fear death anymore."
End Confessional
The scene flashed and Lester, somehow, managed to catch up and even pass some of the slower people. However, he was looking a bit tired. Lester panted as he trudged through the woods. He came upon a small river of shallow water and fell to his hands and knees.
The pathetic loser coughed a couple times before throwing up into the water. "I… think… my spleen… ruptured…" He then fell into onto his stomach into the water, right where he threw up just moments ago. "Ugh…"
A voice called out. "Lester!" The geek looked back for a moment before laying his head, face down in the water. Just then, Freddy ran up. "Are you okay dude?" He flipped Lester over, showing the opportunist seemingly unconscious. This, of course, caused the FNAF fan to panic. "Oh no! You're turning into purple guy!"
Just then, Harmonia calmly walked up to the pair, and Rhonda did moments after. However, the wrestler was panting heavily.
"Oh my, what's going on here?" Harmonia asked, putting her hand up in its signature position.
"I don't know, I just found him passed out in the water." Freddy said. He looked towards Rhonda. "Could you help me bring him back?"
"Why…would I do that?" The rotund woman panted.
"You're the strongest one! It'll be easy for you." Freddy pleaded.
Rhonda finally somewhat caught her breath. "So? We're on different teams, I'm not going to help the enemy." With that, she started jogging off. Though she wasn't moving very fast.
Freddy deflated and looked at the anthropologist. However, she wasn't much help either. "My apologies dear, but I simply do not have any upper body strength. I would not be much help."
The horror lover sighed, but gave her a defeated smile. "It's okay. Rhonda's right, you shouldn't be helping the other team. Still, I appreciate you stopping."
"Of course dear. I shall see you at the finish line." Harmonia told him. She then started walking off, clearly not trying too much in the challenge.
This left Freddy alone with Lester. He looked down at the loser. "Don't worry buddy, I'll get you back." He then picked Lester up, and half carried him on his back and half dragged the loser towards the mess hall. As he was doing so, Lester smirked to himself.
Confessional Lester
"What can I say? I saw an opportunity and I took it." He smirked. "Just like how I saw an opportunity to throw the one guy under the bus. If I didn't do that, I would've left. Granted, my intentions were to just split the votes between me and Mr. First Boot so we could have gotten rid of that stupid jock. But it didn't go entirely as planned." He shrugged. "Oh well, I'm still here."
End Confessional
The scene then switched to the mess hall. Most of the contestants arrived as the camera panned around the room, showing Tanner, Miriam, Dustin, Keesha, Anthony, and Delanie sitting around, waiting for the last couple contestants to show up. Down further was Lucien who had his head on the table, sleeping away, while Rosalina was sketching ferociously in a sketchbook. The camera panned out, and showed that all but 5 contestants made it to the mess hall.
All of a sudden, Freddy burst through the door with Lester still on his back. "Clear a table, STAT!" He rushed Lester over to one of the tables and laid him on it. Celestia ran over to check on him.
"H-he still has a pulse!" She said, checking his neck. "D-d-death isn't coming today for him… hopefully." She shivered. She then came back to her senses and started to tend to the nerd.
Just then, Anisa, Colin, and Hannah walked through the door, all three were dead tired and panting.
"We… made it…" Anisa panted before falling to the floor.
"Nice going you fatasses!" Tanner snapped. "We just lost 'cause of you."
Hannah attempted to glare, but she couldn't muster up the energy to give a full on one. "Shut… up… you-you…I'm too tired… to cancel… ugh." With that, the blogger fell onto the floor herself, with Colin following suit.
"Hold on bitches, if they lost that means we won!" Delanie cheered. "Yas bitches!"
The other members of the Killer Bass started to celebrate as well. But then, Chris walked up to ruin the mood. "Whoa there, hold your horses." Chris said, barely containing his laughter. "That wasn't the challenge!"
"Host man say what now?" Ranbir looked at him with confusion.
Chris then walked up in front of a burgundy curtain. There was a golden tassel hanging from the ceiling next to it. "Who's hungry?" The host then grabbed a hold of the tassel before pulling it down, exposing a huge feast of good looking food including Turkey, baked beans, stuffing, green beans, as well as a ton of other foods. There was a light shining from the feast, and a choir of angels could be heard singing in the background.
The contestants looked on in want and hunger. Drool fell out of Ranbir's mouth like a waterfall.
Confessional Rhonda
"When I saw that buffet, I almost creamed myself! We've only been eating gross slop all week, and the buffet looked and smelled so good." She started staring off into space, drooling.
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Confessional Ranbir
"Dude! Did you see that buffet table? Holy crap I wanted to cry right then and there. You can bet yer ass that I filled up on food!"
End Confessional
The scene flashed to after everyone got their paws on the feast. Where there was once a lot of food, laid just little scraps and empty dishes. The contestants were all scattered nearby, everyone's bellies were completely full and some groans of uncomfort rang out. Ranbir was sprawled out on the floor, and he seemed to have eaten the most judging by how much his gut was bulging.
Chris then walked up and spoke into his megaphone. "Okay campers, time for part two of your challenge."
"Part two? Wasn't eating the second part?" Keesha asked the host.
"I know you don't expect us to run more." Delanie sassily told the host. "Especially not with how much we all ate."
"Please no." Anisa whimpered. "Haven't we been through enough?"
"Let me think about that." Chris paused for a couple moments, clearly not thinking about it. "No!" He spoke into his megaphone. "Because now, it's time for the Awake-a-thon!"
Anthony let out a confused chuckle. "The what?"
"Don't worry, this is an easy one." Chris told him. "The team with the last camper still awake will win invincibility."
"The challenge is staying awake? This'll be easier than night one of FNAF 3!" Freddy said excitedly. "This is a challenge for the gamers!" He raised his hand towards Colin for a high five. The geek raised an eyebrow before smiling and returning the high five.
"It sounds stupid." Andrew grumbled, crossing his arms.
Christopher pondered for a couple moments before the realization hit him. "Wait a minute, it all makes sense now."
From next to him, Harmonia smiled, already having connected the dots. "What does, Christopher?"
"Waking us up early, making us go for a run, and even the turkey feast! They were all ways for Chris to tire us out before the challenge."
"Correct, you are Christopher!" The host told him.
"Damn, he's good." Rhonda said aloud.
"Is that why you still have us in our pajamas?" Keesha asked, looking down at her attire.
"Kinda. It was mostly for my own amusement, but it also fits the theme." Chris received some eye rolls in return. "Anyways, I want everyone to make their way to the campfire pit. That's where we'll be hosting this challenge. Move, move, move!"
People started filtering out of the mess hall as Lucien groaned. "This is going to be my own personal hell, isn't it?"
"Probably." Miriam simply replied, appearing next to the astronomer who jumped in surprised.
"I said not to do that." He grumbled.
"Nyeh, sorry. Force of habit." Miriam replied. She then started to head out. Lucien just shook his head in annoyance and followed her out.
-12 Hours-
The scene flashed to a shot of the sky. Time had clearly skipped ahead as it was starting to get pretty dark out. In the top right corner of the screen, a timer appeared. It currently showed that it had been 12 hours since the start of the Awake-a-thon. The camera panned down, showing that everyone was still awake. Some were more alert than others though. Dark circles were under everyone's eyes. Except for Harmonia, but she's weird.
Ranbir specifically looked like death. He was clearly having the most trouble staying away as he started to teeter next to Andrew. "Drew-dreeeeeeww I'm tired." The treasure hunter leaned his chin on Andrew's shoulders, his eyes drooping even more.
The edgy guy just rolled his eyes. "Ack, get off of me you- oof!" Ranbir had finally passed out, falling forward and bringing Andrew to the ground with him. At the top of the screen, two counters appeared, one for the Gophers and another for the Gophers had 10 on their counter, and the Bass had 11 on it at first, but it quickly dropped to 10.
Andrew ended up pinned underneath Ranbir, and he was flailing his arms trying to get the treasure hunter off of him. "Hey! Get off of me you stupid idiot!" He tried to push Ranbir off of him, but his weak little noodle arms weren't really doing much. "Ngh, come on! Help!"
No one helped.
Anisa yawned from her tree stump. "Oh dear, this is so much harder than I thought."
Keesha, who was sitting on the tree stump next to her, stretched her arms out. "Tell me about it. My eyelids are already so heavy."
The musical therapist brought her hand to her cheek and rested her face on it. "I feel terrible, I can't really do much to help in this challenge. Music would do the opposite of keeping people awake, I fear."
The soul singer let out a small chuckle. "As much as I would love to bring music into this, I'm inclined to agree that it may work against us. Unless we perform some heavy metal."
Anisa giggled at this. "As fun as that sounds, I don't believe either of our voices would really work for that."
"Yeah, you're probably right." Keesha told her, chuckling. He then gave a long sigh. "This truly is more brutal of a challenge than I expected. And we're only 12 hours in."
Anisa cheered her on. "It's tough, but just try to hold on for as long as you can! I'd sing you a little cheer, but we just talked about why that wouldn't be a good idea." She giggled. "I'll just have to do it in my head I think."
Keesha's lips curved upward, not being able to hide her smile. "Even if I can't hear it, knowing you're cheering me on is going to be a big help. Thank you Anisa."
"It's my pleasure!" She responded, giving Keesha a bright smile.
"How sickeningly sweet." Dustin snarked.
Over with the Bass, Lucien was sitting with both Celestia and Miriam. Once again, the astronomer actually seemed to be fully awake. The same couldn't be said for his two companions.
Miriam was seeming to do better than the two. Though, it was hard to really tell due to most of her face being covered by her mask and bangs. Dark circles formed under her eyes, and everytime she would blink, she did it slowly.
Celestia was a hot mess as usual. Even with her own mask, it was still very clear that she was exhausted. Her head would start to bow forward and her eyes would start to close, but then she would snap back up with a small squeal and look around erratically to make sure she was still at the campfire pit and not somehow in the afterlife.
Lucien of course noticed this and told the med student, "If you're clearly having so much trouble staying awake, why don't you just go to sleep. As someone in the medical field, you know more than anyone else how dangerous it is to not sleep."
"Nyeh, that's rich coming from you buddy." Miriam said dryly, poking the astronomer's side. He flinched and quickly slapped her hand away.
"N-no!" Celestia said a bit too forcefully and loudly. She realized how she sounded and ducked her head slightly from embarrassment. "Sorry… But I can't fall asleep just yet. I-I can't be dead weight to the team." She then paused as her eyes got really wide. Her eyes darted back and forth once again, looking out for a threat that wasn't there. "B-b-besides. What if I fall asleep and a b-bear comes and attacks!? I'll be sleeping and I could die without knowing! Or worse! W-what if I beat myself up and end up k-killing myself in my sleep? I had a dream like that once. EEK! There was a bear in that dream too! He was the mastermind!"
"Relax, that isn't going to happen." Lucien told her. "Besides, we're in the middle of everyone. If a bear came from any direction, it'd get to some of the others first. You'd have enough time to wake up, realize what was happening, and flee."
"Yeah, besides I totally would take the bear down." Miriam said. "I'll bop it right in the kisser." The archer raised her fist up to help show her point, which earned an eye roll from the blonde next to her.
Confessional Lucien
He gave a long and drawn out sigh. "I don't know how I managed to get stuck babysitting, but I guess having others to talk to is helping keep me awake." He thought for a moment before groaning. "This is the worst possible challenge for me. I hate it here."
End Confessional
"I… guess you're p-probably right." Celestia rubbed her arm timidly. But then she tried to muster up a determined look (which looked pathetic) and said, "But my first point still stands! I was the weak link in that first challenge… I almost didn't jump. So this challenge, I have to prove that I can stay awake!"
-24 Hours-
Celestia did not stay awake.
The scene flashed to 24 hours into the challenge. The sun was back up in the sky, and the normal dark circles returned to under Lucien's eyes. Miriam looked down at Celestia's sleeping form as the counter for the Killer Bass appeared and went down to 9. "Well, she lasted longer than I thought."
As the camera panned around Anisa and Tamera were all shown to have fallen asleep as well. The Killer Bass's counter went down to 8 while the Gophers' counter went to 9.
"Congrats on making it to the 24 hour mark, campers!" Chris announced. Next to him was a young lady. She appeared to be dressed as a maid with a long black apron dress in a pinafore style with four silver buttons along the middle of the torso of her dress and a purple rose emblem on the right side of the skirt. Underneath that, she had a purple dress shirt with long angel sleeves and a black tie on. On her head, was a black head dress with lace and a fake purple rose attached to it. She has stockings, black gloves, and purple mary-janes. The young woman's skin was pretty pale and her gray eyes had an unwavering gaze. Her black hair was wavy and styled in a medium length bob that went down to her shoulders, and she had straight-cut bangs to go along with it as well.
The new arrival didn't go unnoticed. "Who the hell are you?" Delanie asked, walking up towards the two.
"This is Maelle, the head intern." Chris told everyone. "She's going to be watching over you guys while I go get some shut-eye."
"Love to see that you're not partaking in the same torture you're putting us through." Dustin snarked.
"He is the host." Keesha pointed out to her fellow musician. "We're basically under his rules at the moment."
"Glad to see someone respects my authority." Chris said, giving Dustin a pointed look. The brunette crossed his arms and huffed. "I'll be back in about 12 hours. But you better prepare, because that's when things are going to start getting a lot harder." The host smirked before turning his back to the contestants. "So have fun." With that, he took his lead.
Delanie looked at the head intern with a raised eyebrow. "So what, you're in charge now I'm guessing?"
"That is correct." Maelle told her. "I am just here to fulfill my duties. However, I am not permitted to have conversations with any of you during this challenge, so I am going to have to ask you to head back to your team."
"Well screw you too, bitch." Delanie exclaimed. Maelle didn't react at all, which only served to annoy the actress even more. "Really? Nothing?" Still no response. "Ugh, fine." She turned on her heel and started to storm off.
Confessional Delanie
"With Tamera already out of the challenge, I was hoping to take the oppurtunity to steal her thunder by playing the role she's trying to fit better than she is. But this is the worst challenge to try and get a rise out of everyone! Everybody still awake is too tired to react to anything, and that maid is a stone cold bore!" She then crosses her arms confidently before talking obnoxiously loud. "Well guess what bitches, Delanie Freaking Rios does not fuckin' give up!"
End Confessional
Delanie Freaking Rios didn't make it very far storming off. After a couple steps, she fell to the ground and passed out as the counter for the Bass went down to 8.
The camera then switched over to Colin and Freddy who were next to each other. Colin was leaning back on his arms, nonchalantly, while Freddy sat up, slightly rocking back and forth with energy. The two were pretty deep in a conversation, and by that I mean Freddy was talking the former's ear off. Though, it didn't seem like Colin was minding too much, despite how tired he looked.
"And oh my gosh when I noticed that Lefty had the puppet inside of him, and not an endoskeleton it absolutely sent me into theory mode." Freddy prattled on, barely taking a breath as he spoke. "Like where did the puppet even get the animatronic costume? Did it just find the costume? Was it made for the puppet? But if that's true, then it's a question of who would've made that!"
Colin shrugged and gave a yawn. "Maybe Henry? I don't know, doesn't the true ending cutscene confirm that Henry brought all of the animatronics there?"
Freddy's eyes lit up. "Oh! That would make sense!" He became a bit sheepish. "Wow, that should've been obvious. And I call myself a Five Nights at Freddy's connoisseur."
"And I call myself a fat bitch. We're both what we claim." Colin quipped, smirking at his joke. Freddy's brow just furrowed at this though. Seeing it didn't land, Colin blushed slightly from embarrassment. "Er, well there's so much really in depth lore… And, y'know with so much of it, some obvious things are going to slip through the cracks. You can't expect to connect every single dot."
"Yeah… I guess you're right." The smile returned to the excitable guy's face.
"Besides, your main focus is probably Ultimate Custom Night since it's coming out soon, isn't it?" Colin asked.
Once again, Freddy's eyes lit up, this time even brighter. He grabbed his chubby friend's arm and started to excitedly shake him. "Oh my Fazbear! I am so damn excited!" He said as he continued the nerd talk that people won't understand without knowing much about the Five Nights at Freddy's lore. "Like it's totally just one big love letter to the fans, right! And I just know that there is going to be some big reveal. Not to mention that there's 50 animatronics! That's insane! Like there's so many great-"
Confessional Colin
The geek gave a small, tired smile. "It's… actually really helpful talking to Freddy. His energy is really helping keeping me awake. Not to mention he, uh, is really fun to talk to." His face then got red as he awkwardly rubbed his arm. "And… him being in his underwear is also a bonus."
End Confessional
Tanner leaned against a tree stump, not really doing much. Next to him, Cherry sat on her tree stump, filing her nails trying to pass the time. Between the two, Cherry looked to be much better off compared to the quarterback whose dark circles were much more noticeable.
Tanner huffed. "God, I wish we at least had something to entertain ourselves. The boredom is absolutely killing me."
Cherry looked down at him. "Tell me about it darling. I can stay awake for days on end partying my life away. But not having anything to do is really puttin' a downer on things."
"Maybe we could try and entertain ourselves." Tanner sent a suave smirk her way, causing the party girl to chuckle.
"Someone isn't shy."
"C'mon, do I look like I need to be shy?" he continued. He puffed his chest out slightly, trying to make himself more appealing.
Cherry sent him a playful smirk. "Don't get too cheeky now. We do have an audience after all."
"Eh, these nerds would probably get a rise out of it." He joked.
"I was more so referencing the television aspect, but you're probably right." The plump girl responded. She looked around, seeing who was close to them. Thankfully, the only person within ear reach was Dustin, who had been fast asleep for a bit. "So… may I ask where's your head at?"
"I can gladly give you a peek." Tanner smirked, his hand going for the button on his pants.
Cherry laughed and playfully smacked the jock on the shoulder. "Not what I meant you randy bloke. I mean where is your head at in the game?"
"Ah, well that isn't as fun to talk about, but I guess I can indulge such a hot babe." Tanner responded. "Frankly, as of right now I'm focused on trying to keep myself from boarding that pathetic little boat. For whatever reason, these nerds want to get rid of me." He rolled his eyes.
"Well, to be quite fair, you were causing some tiffs." Cherry told him. "But I do think it would be good to have you around for a while. We are at a big disadvantage when it comes to brawn. And with you as our most physically capable member, I don't think it would be good to lose you this early."
"Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks so." He told her, the annoyance clear in his voice.
Cherry went back to filing her nails as she continued. "Well you're still here compared to that other kid, so that should've given you a clue that other people feel the same way."
Tanner raised an eyebrow and scratched the side of his head. "I guess, honestly I didn't really think about that. I was pissed I was even in the bottom two."
"Well, I'm hoping that helped light a fire under your bum." Cherry told him. "Frankly, I don't see the target on your back going away anytime soon."
"Well, what do you think I should do about that?" Tanner asked.
Cherry shrugged. "Admittedly, I'm not too sure. However, I can at least tell you that I have your back, at least for now."
Tanner smirked. "Well, that's at least good to know. I guess I can say the same too. Can't let the hottest babe on the team leave too early, can I?"
~~36 Hours~~
Night had once again fallen. There was another pan around the area, showing who had fallen asleep. For the Gophers, Dustin was the only one to take the fall, making the counter for the Gophers to go down to 8. Over with the Bass, Anthony fell asleep as well, laying down next to Christopher's feet. Their counter went down to 6.
The perfectionist looked down at his sleeping teammate, letting out a small yawn in the process. Christopher clearly was really tired. He looked miserable, however he still was determined to stay awake for hours to come.
This didn't go unnoticed. "Christopher dear, I'm afraid you are not looking too hot." Harmonia noted, from the log to the left of the Type-A. Strangely, she still did not have dark circles under her eyes.
"Ha! He always looks hot, even if he is girly pop." Rhonda laughed. She was laid out on the ground in front of the two. "But yeah dude, you look tired as hell."
Confessional Rhonda
"Listen, even though the two hottest guys are fruitier than my dad's shrimp cocktail, they're still the only ones that deserve my presence." Rhonda told the confession camera. "Most of the other losers aren't worth my time. And hey, maybe I'll get Fruit one and two to let me watch them hanky-pank." A lewd grin formed on the wrestler's face.
End Confessional
Christopher let out a small sigh. "I am tired, exhausted even. But I want to try and give us a better chance at winning the challenge." He told them. "We won the first, giving us an early lead number wise, however I think it would be best if we widen that lead."
"Now that's the thinking we need!" Rhonda said, pointing at the perfectionist.
Harmonia raised her hand to her lips, and she had a somewhat serious look on her face. "I do agree that would be most beneficial, however you must be careful not to put your health at risk, darling."
"It'll be fine." Christopher responded. "Sleep can be made up."
The anthropologist raised an eyebrow. She then set her hands on her lap and looked down with a small smile on her face. "Christopher, may I ask if you have heard of The Spider's Thread?"
"The short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa? Yeah, I do." Christopher told her.
Harmonia looked up to him and chuckled. "Of course, scholars and the pathetic weeaboos alike know of it. Only the most pitiful neanderthals haven't heard of the story. "
"Wait, what is it?" Rhonda raised an eyebrow. "I haven't heard of it."
Harmonia put her hand back up to her lips and chuckled. "Thank you for proving my point dear." Harmonia then glanced up to Christopher. "Know what, why not a little game to help keep us try and stay awake?"
Chrisotopher raised an eyebrow. "Uh, sure."
"How about, you try and figure out why I wanted to bring that story up with you." Harmonia told him. "You are a smart man, so I'm sure you can figure it out."
Christopher just jet out a small, tired laugh. "Really? Making me have to figure that out on my own. How cruel." Christopher said sarcastically. It was in good jest, and Harmonia didn't take offense.
"I don't understand what is so funny." Harmonia said, though she didn't seem to really care. "I do have a small prize for if you're able to figure it out by the time the next person is eliminated."
Christopher chuckled. "Sure, alright."
Just then, McLean made his way back to the pit. Chef came with him, however he was dressed up as a pink sheep and holding a small harp. Maelle then followed, rolling up a small table with a purple blanket over it.
"Gotta say, I'm impressed campers." Chris told everyone. "Because you have reached the 36-hour mark. But, as I promised, we're about to take things up a notch." He motioned his arm to showcase Maelle, who ripped the blanket off. Underneath was a small stake of books. "Time for some fairytales!"
Multiple contestants let out groans of annoyance at the announcement. Chris took a book, and opened it as Chef took a strum at his mini harp. Chris let out a chuckle at Chef's costume, which caused the big guy to growl and send a glare the host's way.
Chris cleared his throat before speaking in a very monotone and dull voice. "Once upon a time, there was inside this boring kingdom, and a boring village. And inside this boring, sleepy village filled with boring, sleepy people, who did very boring, sleepy-"
The camera switched to a close up of Miriam's face. Her eyes were slowly starting to sink. As Chris continued, she tried to fight her eyes closing. She then closed them as a dream sequence of counting Chef in his sheep costume. One Chef. Two Chef. Three Chef. Four Ch- Bam! All of a sudden, Miriam fell back and hit her head. This helped wake her back up, and she sat back up while rubbing her head in the process.
All of a sudden, things get… weird as the shot switched to the moon. "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" started to play as Chef leaped across the camera's view. He seemed to have a costume change, now wearing a pink tutu and absolutely slaying it. He danced a bit, hopping on the tips of his toes to the right and then to the left. Then, he threw some magical sparkly dust at the contestants. Because this situation needed to be gayer.
As the sparkles hit Lester, Hannah, and Rosalina, the three started to yawn. The same happened with Andrew, Christopher, and Lucien. Then, Tanner was shown getting hit with some of the sparkles, and falling to the ground with a thud! He started to snore just as Keesha was also hit with some of the sparkles, and suffered a similar fate as she fell back off of her stump. The Gophers' counter went down to 6.
Next, Rhonda was seen walking to a tree to try and lean on it, but then some of the sparkles hit her, and she fell forward into the tree which knocked it over. The Killer Bass's counter went down to 5 before the scene flashed.
~~~39 hours~~
Lucien and Miriam were laying on the ground, starting up at the stars. While the dark bags under Lucien's eyes were still there, he seemed to have slightly more energy than normal. Miriam on the other hand, looked as if she was ready to fall asleep.
Lucien looked over at the archer and raised an eyebrow. He noticed her eyes were starting to droop. "Hey Miriam." This made her snap her eyes back open and look in Lucien's direction. "Yeah?"
"You mentioned you like looking at constellations. How did that start?" Lucien inquired.
Miriam just looked back to the sky. "I used to look at stars with my brother."
The astronomer raised an eyebrow. "Used to?"
"Yeah."
The short and simple answer clued Lucien in to the fact it was something Miriam didn't want to talk about. So he didn't pry. Instead, the stronomer raised his arm up, pointing at something in the sky. "Look up, do you see the big dipper?"
Miriam searched the sky for a couple moments before finding it."Yeah, I do."
Lucien lowered his arm and rested it on his stomach, a small smile formed. "That was actually the first constellation that I had found."
"Really?" Miriam's voice was clearly tired, however a small bit of curiosity poked through.
Lucien tilted his head slightly. "Mhm. It was a summer night when I was 11. My mother… had someone over, so I took to spending time in a park nearby our apartment. We had learn about constellations in class not too long before that, and I remembered the big dipper. I looked up, trying to find it." Lucien's smile widened slightly. "It took me an embarrassingly long time to find it, but once I did I stared up at it in awe." Lucien gazed nostalgically up at the sky as memories flooded his mind. "It was beautiful to see it for the first time. But also… comforting."
He turned his head to look at his conversation partner, and saw that she was asleep. Lucien sighed. "How rude. I give you a story, and you fall asleep." However, it was clear he didn't actually mean those words. His features softened and he looked back up at the stars.
The camera flashed, switching over to the trio of Hannah, Rosalina, and Lester. The three were deep in conversation about everyone's favorite topic: yaoi.
"Oooh, I absolutely love when the uke is so feminine and helpless against the sexiness of his big, hawt seme." Rosalina cooed, getting flushed over lewd thoughts.
Hannah shook her head. "While that does provide entertainment, I have to say that getting our expectations swerved with a more masculine uke tends to provide a more entertaining experience. It shows how masculinity is something to be dominated, which is something that goes against the patriarchy! And that makes it good."
Rosalina squeezes her cheeks in giddiness. "As long as it's hot, I don't care!"
Lester tried to hide how weirded out he was getting from this conversation.
Confessional Lester
"Wow…" He cringes. "Even I'm cringing at this discussion. But I'm doing what I have to so that the neanderthal leaves. And I already have a plan in motion." He gives the camera a smirk. "Rosalina didn't come up with the idea to sneak into the guys' side of the cabin.
End Confessional
"You, ah, you know what's a really hot trope? Accidental cuddling." Lester crossed his arms and nodded his head confidently.
This was just the hook that Rosalina and Hannah needed. Rosalina specifically started to bounce up and down in excitement. "You're so right! Eeeee! Just imagine, they get close without meaning to, however the feelings that build between them are just so undeniable despite that! And then, they get to know each other more, and then they start dating, which means they then GET IT ON!"
"Exactly!" Lester said.
"I have to say, I'm surprised a male like you could find such art so appealing." Hannah told him.
"What can I say, I know my good BL tropes." Lester said. He then looked around before saying, "Y'know, a challenge like this is perfect for a trope like that to happen."
"You're absolutely right!" Rosalina squealed, jumping up. "We have to make sure it happens!" She started looking around, seeing Tanner's sleeping form in one spot, then seeing Colin and Freddy together, and finally Dustin. She took a couple seconds to plan who she wanted to pair with who.
Once her decision was made, Rosalina ran over to Colin and Freddy. She grabbed a hold of Colin's hand and started tugging him along. "H-hey!" Coin exclaimed.
"Oh, bye Colin!" Freddy smiled and waved as his friend was dragged away, not even questioning it.
"What are you doing?" Colin asked Rosalina. Finally she came to a stop and pointed next to a sleeping Tanner. "You, sit here until you fall asleep!"
The geek looked at Tanner's sleeping form and then gave Rosalina a deadpan look. "I hate myself, but not that much."
The fujoshi huffed, crossing her arms. "Well you hafta!"
"Yes, I absolutely have to sit next to the biggest jerk on the island." Colin said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"That's right!" she told him. "Because if not, I'll hafta kill you!"
"Don't threaten me with a good time."
Rosalina grabbed onto Colin's shirt and pulled him to her level, sending the geek a threatening glare. His eyes widened in fear. "You listen here punk! You better sit here like a good little Uke! Because if not, I am gonna draw the raunchiest, smuttiest, most NSFW yaoi picture of you and Chris McLean and post it for the world to see. That art will follow you for the rest of your life, and even if it's forgotten by other people, you'll never forget it. It'll always be in the back of your mind, tormenting you for the rest of your days. You will forever question and beat yourself up over not listening to me. It'll be so traumatizing for you, that no amount of therapy will ever scrub your mind clean. Even on your deathbed, as you head towards the light, the last image that will play in your mind will be this piece of smut art. Do I make myself clear?"
The chubby guy gulped nervously. "Y-yes ma'am!"
"That's kouhai to you!" She yelled.
"Yes kouhai!" Colin responded back, both fear and confusion seeping into his voice. The fujoshi let go of his shirt and went back to her bubbly self. "Awesome! Now you stay here, and you better not move~!"
Rosalina then skipped away, leaving him alone next to the sleeping jock. He groaned before taking a small green cube out of his pocket. "Well, since I don't have anyone to talk to anymore…" He then popped the cube into his mouth and ate it.
Confessional Colin
His eyes were slightly red. "Man, Rosalina can be scary. The raunchy art isn't even what made me crack. Staring into her eyes was, like, staring into Satan's eyes. Filled with burning rage and the souls of the damned, y'know?"
End Confessional
Rosalina then skipped happily over to collect Lester. "C'mon, let's make some moments!"
"Oh, I like where this is going." A creepy smile crept onto his lips as Rosalina took his hand, and dragged him over to Freddy.
"Hi Rosalina, hi Lester!" Freddy waved.
The fujoshi dropped the opportunist off next to Freddy. "You two sit there and bond before falling asleep in each others' arms." She told them.
Freddy looked over to Lester, who returned the look with an eye brow wiggle. "Ok! Though, I don't know about the sleeping part. I still want to try and win."
"Just bond and become a hot yaoi couple. I don't care how!" She told him as she skipped back over to Hannah.
Freddy just looked at Lester and smiled. "Have you heard about our lord and savior Freddy Fazbear?"
Confessional Rosalina
She sat, absolutely filled with excitement as she clapped her hands. "Yes, it's all coming together! I'll get my yaoi in due time! The sexual tension between Freddy and Lester is at its all time highest with Freddy carrying Lester on his naked back during the run! And just imagine the potential between the smartass geek and the big bully jock! Oh the stories just write themselves!" Her eyes started to swirl from being a psycho. However she gave a small sigh. "Sadly, there is no one for Dustin. Sucks for him for falling asleep so early."
End Confessional
As Rosalina returned to Hannah, she saw that the blogger had fallen asleep. But what was weird was the fact Andrew was next to her, just spinning his pocket watch nonchalantly. The counter for the Gophers went down to 5.
"Oh! You're the emo twink who is super tsundere!" Rosalina exclaimed, catching the hypnotist off guard.
"Um, What?"
"You heard me." She smirked.
"Ugh, whatever." He responded, walking away. "I'm just trying to walk around to stay awake, I'd prefer it if I didn't get your weirdo on me. You're too peppy."
Rosalina giggled, pretending to be shot in the heart. "Ooh, I think I just got cut from all that edginess."
Andrew just scoffed. "Tch, like someone like you would understand."
Rosalina just snorted as he walked back to his team, not taking the emo seriously.
Confessional Andrew
"Listen, it's not looking so great for my team. They're looking to be absolutely useless in winning this challenge. So I just thought I'd try and help our chances." He gave the camera a cocky smirk, thinking he was the shit.
End Confessional
~~~48 Hours~~~
Once again, the sun rose upon Wawanakwa. Checking around the camp, it seemed Colin and Lester were the next two to fall asleep as the Gophers' counter went down to 3. Lester just slept soundly next to Freddy. His arm lightly brushed against the FNAF fan's knee. But other than that, there wasn't much contact.
But of course one of Rosalina's ships had to come true. After Colin had fallen asleep, he and Tanner had snuggled up to one another with Colin resting his head on Tanner's chest. Giggling could be heard, and you all know who it's from.
"I knew it!" Rosalina squealed. Her loud, squeaky voice managed to wake the football player up. It took him a couple moments to get his bearings, but once he realized what was happening, he shot up. "What the hell!? Why the hell is the gorilla spooning me!?"
This, of course, woke Colin up from his short lived slumber. "Ngh, keep it down."
"What the hell's the matter with you, freak? Trying to feel up on me. People are watching this, I don't want to be seen doing that shit. I'm a ladies only zone!" Colin just looked confused, still slightly disoriented from being woken up.
"Oh, don't hide your love! It was meant to be." Rosalina told him.
"Shut up with that, will you?" Tanner snapped. Colin finally started to wake up fully. The geek looked between Rosalina and Tanner as he started connecting the dots. "Wait… last night… you made me move over to sit near Tanner. You did that so we'd cuddle in our sleep!" He accused Rosalina.
"Duh! I'm setting you up for the sexy yaoi scenes. The exclusive ones!" The fujoshi smiled innocently.
"So you made this happen?" Tanner asked, starting to get confused on top of angry. "What is wrong with you!?"
"You asked that like ten times already!" Rosalina told him jokingly. However he didn't find it funny.
"I can't stand you weirdos." He stormed off back to the cabins as other campers started to wake up.
Chris rested his elbow upon a podium as he sipped on some coffee. "Jeez, you people are absolutely brutal! How are you still awake?" He turned to the rest of the contestants who were out of the challenge. "As for the rest of you, go and get a shower. For heaven's sake, you stink!"
As they started to walk off, Harmonia stood up. "Actually Chris, I believe it is time I tap out."
"You're giving up just like that?" Christopher asked her. "We're so close."
"Of course, I am simply at my limit. I don't think I could stay awake for much longer." The anthropologist responded.
"You don't even look tired." Andrew noted.
"I may not look it, but I am about to fall asleep at any moment." She dusted the skirt of her dress off absentmindedly. "Apologies, but I won't be sleeping on the ground."
The host just shrugged. "Sure, whatever. It's your funeral."
"I wish you luck boys." Harmonia said to her teammates before heading back to the cabin. The Bass' counter went down to 3 as Christopher huffed.
"Well, that leaves us our final six campers." Chris announced as Maelle made her return. On the Bass, Christopher, Lucien, and Andrew were still awake. While on the Gophers, Cherry, Rosalina, and Freddy were standing strong.
"Look at this, it's guys vs. girls." Chris said.
"Hey!" Freddy whined, but it was ignored.
"Now it's time for the biggest obstacle." Chris said. "Something so boring, so sleep-inducing. That if you don't fall asleep to this, you can stay awake through anything."
Freddy and Rosalina shared nervous glances at each other. Chris then held up a large, blue book and set it on the podium. "The history of Canada, read to you by Maelle. Because she talks really boringly."
The maid gave the host a side-eye, not appreciating the comment. However, she didn't say anything.
The contestants on the other hand, were vocal with their annoyance.
Maelle took her place at the podium and opened the book. It turned out to be a pop-up one as an image of a beaver came from out of the book. "Chapter One: the beaver. A real fine symbol and a 'real' fine hat." The maid spoke with an incredibly monotone voice, even more so than normal.
"Well this is going to be an absolute drab." Cherry said, frowning.
The scene flashed, and Cherry was proven correct. It was absolutely a drab. So much that she, Rosalina, and Andrew all fell asleep. As the contestants dropped like flies, the counters went down to 1 for the Gophers and 2 for the Bass.
"... Which of course was the precursor of the discussions leading to the war of 1812." Maelle droned on, her voice not changing from the same tone.
Lucien smirked to himself. "We may win this one yet."
Just then, Christopher then slammed to the ground, completely passing out on the spot. Lucien's smirk disappeared. "Or not." The Bass counter went down to 1.
The last two standing both looked absolutely exhausted. Like they both could fall at any second.
"You two are unbreakable I swear." Chris said, laughing to himself. "But, we're pausing for a quick bathroom break. Any takers?"
Freddy bit his lip as his leg shook. He thought for a moment before standing up. "Yeah, I don't think I can hold this in for much longer."
"You have five minutes." Chris told him.
The scene flashed to the communal bathroom. Freddy sat on the toilet and started relieving his bladder, closing his eyes at the pleasure. But when he opened them, he wasn't at Camp Wawanakwa anymore.
Freddy looked around, and instantly recognized the office he was now in being from the first FNAF game. "Cool!" He noticed a little tablet that he picked up. When he did, the screen came to life, showing the view of the stage with three animatronics on it.
"It's them!" Freddy exclaimed. Just then, the camera went out for a couple moments. Freddy's heart started to beat faster in his chest. Then, the picture came back on in the blink of an eye. However, something was noticeably different.
One of the animatronics was gone.
Freddy stared at the screen with wide eyes before a confident smirk appeared on his face. "This is what I've been readying myself for." He pressed down on the tablet with his finger as the scene flashed back to reality.
A cameraman went into the bathroom in search for Freddy. He opened the stall door the FNAF fan was in, asking, "Hey Freddy, you in here man?" But as he opened the door, Freddy was seen sitting on the toilet passed out with his underwear at his ankles. He seemed to be muttering in his sleep. "Chica… heheh, no don't grab me… Heh, stop it."
The scene then flashed to Chris and Maelle. The former was impatiently waiting for Freddy to return and was slightly annoyed with having to wait. However, he didn't have to wait much longer as an arm came from off screen and handed the host a note.
A smile formed on his face as he read it. "Well it looks like Fredbear has taken a dive on the can. Which means… Lucien wins the Awake-a-thon!"
The astronomer didn't really seem to care too much about the news. "So does this mean i can sleep now?"
"Sure, do whatever you want dude." Chris responded.
Lucien nodded before falling forward and passing on the ground right then and there.
The scene flashed to a little later in the day. The sun was almost starting to set as everything had a warm yellow glow. Most of the contestants were still in bed sleeping, but there were a couple who felt fine enough to stay awake.
At the cabins, Tanner walked out of his side, yawning as he did. He still had an irritated look on his face from earlier.
Of course, things got worse for him pretty quickly since Lester was sitting on the steps of the cabin sorting out some fantasy cards from a game.
The jock grimaced before kicking Lester to the ground, causing his cards to fall and scatter on the ground. "Move it geek." Tanner walked past him.
"Hey! That was mean!" Lester whined.
The taller guy let out a scoff. "What, did that hurt your feelings?" He laughed. "God you're every bit as pathetic as you are weird."
"My mom doesn't think I'm pathetic." Lester huffed to himself as he started picking up his cards. This just caused Tanner to laugh.
"Wow, that's even sadder. You're mom's a dumb bitch if she actually thinks that."
Lester's face started to turn red with anger. "Shut up! That's uncalled for!"
"Go cry to your mommy about it." Tanner taunted. "You'll be seeing her soon anyway." With that, he took his leave.
Lester was left there absolutely fuming over the interaction. He finished angrily picking up his cards while muttering under his breath. "We'll see who's going to see their mom first…"
Confessional Tanner
"Listen, I need these geeks off of this island. Once that sicko who thought making my look gay on tv was okay leaves, I'm hoping to get that pathetic bowl-cut kid out next. Yeah the loud, screechy whale is more annoying than he is and the pink-haired gorilla is more assaulting on the eyes. But honestly, his existence just offends me the most. He's so pitiful." The jock rolled his eyes. "But I need to make sure he can't perform well in the challenges so more eyes fall on him. And that starts with messing with his head."
End Confessional
Confessional Lester
The nerd crossed his arms and gave a bitter scowl. "Screw him! He's so cocky for no reason." Lester's scowl then turned into a smirk. "And I can't wait to see that cockiness shattered when he's voted off tonight. He made it too easy with his unbearable personality and his big freak out earlier."
End Confessional
In the woods, Dustin sat on a tree stump just strumming his guitar. For once, he didn't seem too grouchy. If anything, he looked somewhat serene.
That serenity was broken as Keesha approached. Dustin just raised an eyebrow at her arrival.
"Hey Dustin." The soul singer greeted.
"What do you want?" He asked, his eyes lowering back to his guitar.
Keesha walked over and sat on the ground next to his stump. "It's about tonight's vote. Wanted to see what you were thinking."
"Why do you care?" He responded, keeping his works short and sweet.
Keesha looked up at him and chuckled. "I told you after the last challenge, I think you're a dependable member of the team. I respect your opinion on who should go home. Also, this one is a bit of a toughie. This wasn't a challenge where someone can royally screw it up for their team."
"Then you should look at the weakest links and the ones causing dysfunction in the team." He told her. "It'll be best to keep the team strong."
Keesha brought her knees up and rested her arms on them."Admittedly, I don't think it's completely fair to point out weak links. We haven't been here long enough to see everyone's strengths."
"Stop trying to act like Mother Theresa." The brunette said, sending an annoyed look Keesha's way. "Saying that is just a way to try and put yourself in a favorable spotlight. Some people are just naturally more dead weight compared to others. It's not being mean, it's just the truth."
Keesha smirked. "You really don't put up with any bs, do you?" She leaned back, keeping herself up with her hands on the ground. "You are right. I just feel bad for thinking about it though. It's not fun to feel weak." The soul singer took a deep breath. "I guess that means I could look at the drama side of the coin. Tanner does seem to have the most rifts in the team. Getting rid of him could help us build chemistry."
"And get rid of our most physically capable member?" Dustin raised an eyebrow. "Do you want us to suck more?"
The soul singer bit her lip and thought for a couple moments. "I… I don't really care for him, but you have a point. But if not him, then who? He brings the most drama and dysfunction."
"Well… I do have someone in mind who is both not a huge help in challenges and causes trouble." Dustin told her.
Keesha looked up at him, ready to hear his thoughts.
The scene then flashed to later in the evening. The camera zoomed in on the campfire pit where the Gophers were sitting at an elimination ceremony. Like last time, Chris stood in front of them behind an oil barrel. Laying on the barrel was a plate full of marshmallows.
Most of the Gophers still looked pretty tired from the Awake-a-thon. Freddy was actually asleep.
"Alright Gophers, I'm gonna need to see some votes. Get to it." Chris instructed.
Confessional Lester
"Well, I wonder who I'm going to vote for." He told the camera sarcastically as he marked out a picture of Tanner.
End Confession
Confessional Anisa
The musical therapist looked conflicted. "I hate having to vote, it's so stressful." She paused for a moment, coming up with her decision. "I do not like Tanner one bit! But…" She marked a picture of Rosalina out. "No one deserves to feel uncomfortable. Not even him."
End Confessional
Confessional Rosalina
She crossed out a picture of Anisa. "Sorry, yuri just isn't as hot as yaoi." The fujoshi shrugged.
End Confessional
"You've all cast your votes and made your decisions," Chris said, "there are only nine marshmallows on this plate, when I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow, the camper who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately return to the Dock of Shame, catch the Boat of Losers and, leave. And You can never come back… ever."
Anisa cowered in fear at the thought.
"The first marshmallow goes to… Cherry."
As Chris called her name, the party gal smiled and got up. As she made her way over to retrieve her marshmallow, she started pumping her fist in celebration.
"Keesha."
Keesha let out a sigh of relief and got up to get her marshmallow.
"Colin, Freddy."
Colin quickly pinched himself to make sure he wasn't asleep. Before heading over, he made sure to shake Freddy awake. The FNAF fan jumped. "Don't bite me Mangle!" Once he realized what was happening, he blushed from embarrassment. "Heh, sorry." Tiredly, he walked over and got his marshmallow with Colin.
"Dustin, Hannah."
Hannah scowled, being called up with a straight, white male. But she was happy to be safe nonetheless. Dustin didn't really seem to care, expecting to get his marshmallow anyway.
"Lester."
"Oh thank you!" The opportunist jumped up and ran over to collect his marshmallow.
"This means we have three more campers, but only two marshmallows." Chris taunted, trying to make Anisa, Rosalina, and Tanner sweat.
The only one to really be scared of this was Anisa. Tanner just scowled at potentially being in the bottom 2 again. Rosalina didn't really seem to care. She was still in her bubbly mood, just kicking her legs back and forth.
"Well, with the least amount of votes, I guess you can collect your marshmallow Anisa." Chris told the musical therapist.
She gasped and breathed a big sigh of relief. She quickly went over and got her marshmallow.
This left only Tanner and Rosalina. The jock sent a glare to the smaller girl as her smile finally fell and she gave a worried look.
"Campers… this is the final marshmallow of the night…" Chris held the fluffy treat up as Rosalina started to bite her nails and Tanner rolled his eyes.
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The blonde smirked as he stood up. As he started to head over to collect his marshmallow, he gave Rosalina the finger. Gotta try and make him as unlikable as I can folks.
"Was that really necessary?" Anisa scolded, putting her hands on her hips.
Tanner just scoffed. "Please, after how she humiliated me it's the least I could've done." A marshmallow, courtesy of Anisa, was thrown at his head.
Rosalina didn't even really react to the gesture from Tanner, just looking kind of sad. "Awww, I didn't get to see enough guys hook up."
"Oh the horror." Dustin said sarcastically, rolling his eyes in the process.
Rosalina's smile returned to her face though. "Truly! Oh well, I still got to see Tanner cuddle with a guy!"
"Shut up!" the quarterback yelled.
"Bye everyone! Make sure if any of the guys start making out someone takes a whole lotta pictures of them!" Rosalina waved, making her way to the dock of shame. She received some waves, notably from Hannah, Lester, Freddy, and Anisa.
Confessional Lester
The opportunist angrily grabbed his hair and growled. "How the heck did that guy manage to get enough votes to send Rosalina home!?" He then groaned and facepalmed, letting his hand slowly slide down his face. "Ugh, guess this is a second failure." Lester crossed his arms and glared at the camera. "But next time we lose, I'm making sure the jock hits the road."
End Confessional
The scene then flashed. It was a bit later in the night. Christopher walked out of the communal washroom. But as he did, Harmonia was there waiting for him. "Good evening Christopher."
The Type-A jumped, not expecting her to be there. "Harmonia!? Oh jeez, you scared me." He clutched his chest, waiting for his heart rate to go down.
"Apologies dear, that wasn't my intention."She told him, putting her hand up to her mouth. "I actually am here to ask if you figured out my little question."
Christopher raised an eyebrow, trying to think of what she was talking about.
"Oh, how disappointing, you don't even remember." She gave a small sigh. "It was why I brought up The Spider's Thread to you."
The lightbulb went off in Christopher's head. "Oh yeah!" He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Sorry, I didn't think you were being serious."
She leaned forward, her eyes opening slightly wider as she stared up at Christopher. "Of course I was being serious." Her smile was still plastered on her face. "Though, maybe I'll give you a chance to try and make a quick guess. It's not that hard, really." She leaned back and held her hands in front of her. "And remember, there's a prize if you correctly guess."
"Uh..okay." He scratches his cheek awkwardly, trying to think it over. He took a couple moments before coming out with what was probably the first answer to come into his head. "It's your favorite short story?"
Harmonia sighed and shook her head. "No, that is not it. The disappointment continues."
"Sorry?" Christopher gave her a confused look.
"Hm…" She pondered over a thought for a couple moments. "Y'know I'm feeling quite generous tonight." Harmonia told him. "How about I still give you the prize?"
"Uh, if you want."
The anthropologist raised her hand to her mouth in her signature pose. "But first, you must promise me that you will try and figure out the answer to my question. Truth be told, it could be something that can help you achieve success in this game."
This piqued Christopher's curiosity. "Really? Well, that seems like a deal I can't refuse." He sent Harmonia a smirk. "I accept."
The anthropologist giggled. "Oh how wonderful. Now for your prize…" She once again leaned forward and stared up at Christopher, but this time she seemed as if she was staring into his very being. "You win... an alliance. One between me and you."
Christopher's eyes widened. "An… alliance?"
Harmonia nodded. "And if you so please, we could even add Anthony and the ogre, just to add some numbers."
He held his hand up to his chin in thought. He took a couple moments to think it over, but he soon smiled back at Harmonia. "I accept." He held his hand out to her. The anthropologist giggled, and took it. The two shook hands, and from there an alliance was formed.
The camera started to pan to the left. And a couple hundred yards away, Lucien stood, watching the two. He couldn't hear what they were saying, but the handshake between his two teammates gave him an idea of what was going on. And from there, the camera then panned up to the moon and the stars shining bright. And soon after, it faded to black.
Reasoning: Oh this was a painful one to do! Rosalina was easily the most fun character to write. However, in a first season with a goal of doing the TD trilogy, it seemed like the best time to use her as fodder. Also, she made it pretty easy with her yaoi obsession. Of course she had to be the one to make the NoCo moment of this story happen XD. But honestly, what's crazy is that Rosalina was my second TD oc I made years ago. And she's managed to go up until now to get eliminated. Now, it's mostly due to the stories she was in not being completed or her not competing, however it's just fun to think that an oc meant to be fodder never got eliminated in 8 years.
Votes:
Anisa: Rosalina
Cherry: Rosalina
Colin: Tanner
Dustin: Rosalina
Freddy: Tanner
Hannah: Tanner
Keesha: Rosalina
Lester: Tanner
Rosalina: Anisa
Tanner: Rosalina
Rosalina: 5 votes
Tanner: 4 votes
Anisa: 1 Vote
And another one down. Yeaaahh, I was supposed to finish the next Towering Fortress chapter before getting back to this, but couple of peeps inspired me to get back to this. Honestly, I had a lot of fun and am pretty proud of this chapter! I think it starts up a lot of potential plot lines, and I'm excited for that! Also, we were introduced to our first intern. Going to be doing them again for here. I'm going to introduce one of the 4/5 interns in each episode. And little recap, this is a prequel to Towering Fortress, so this just kinda confirms that Maelle is still working for Chris by the time TF comes around. But yeah, don't have much to say. As always, if you have an OC here that I'm writing, please tell me if I'm still doing a good job and keeping them in character. I want to make sure I'm doing them justice and trying to make them authentic with my little spin on them. But until next time, Duces! ~MG