Blainley was silently sighing softly as she watched Justin walk through the forrest at night "Oh… I wish I had you as my cohost over him Shion"
"You know you love having me around~" Shion teased her. He was currently sitting in the seat right next to her, devouring a peach in just a few bites "Who would be as fun~"
"Anyone but you" she deadpanned while getting up and walking away "Literally anyone but you"
Shion just shrugged "I'm at least brighter than the old hag in this room with me~"
Blainley seemingly ignored him as she left the room and smiled at the camera "So, last time on Legends! Yes, that. The contestants went through a haunted house, where the Sphinx had to scare the Tengu. But they just couldn't do this task, and had to send home one sad loser!"
It shows Capone screaming and running away from a disgusting girl named Willow "And that loser turned out to be Capone, who got scared by a little gross girl. Can't totally blame him"
"But, even more important than the challenge was the strategies brewing! Justin now has four of his six teammates on his side. And on the Tengu, Jasmine has apparently found the idol. It's gonna be a surprise for whoever she uses that on!" Blainley chuckled.
"Let's see how these two power plays will actually play out in today's episode of… Legends!"
Intro plays
"Dear mom and dad, I'm doin' fine" At the front of the Japanese island, Blainley and Shion were standing next to each other, with them both trying to push the other off screen. Sugar was standing behind them, trying to bring the dazzle and steal the attention from the hosts. While Blainely was enjoying the camera's attention Jake suddenly popped up, before writing something down in his notes.
"You guys are on my Mind" the camera flew to the middle of a large lake in the middle of the island. on the water Rhonda and Justin were sitting on a small boat together. It was so small they were stuck leaning against each other.
"You asked me what I wanted to be" Rhonda smirked confidently at him as she leaned towards him, however, the model looked uncomfortable as they both tipped over the side as some bubbles slowly surfaced. Jackson popped his head out of the water before discretely swimming away.
"I wanna be famous" on the nearby beach Vernon was quietly writing music down on a small notebook. He smiled as he seemingly finished before a bald eagle flew down and swooped the note from his hands.
"I wanna live close to the sun" the bald eagle flew through the forest with its catch. On the ground Nick smiled to himself before writing that down in a bird watching book.
"Go pack your bags because I've already won!" Lightning was running through the forest with a confident smirk on his face as he tried outpacing Wyonetta who was running right next to him with just as confident a smirk.
"Everything to prove, nothing in my way," the duo sprinted past Char, Jasmine, and Donna sitting together on some fallen trees while eating a small snack on their nature trek.
"I'll get there one day" on the other side of the island Anne Maria was lying down on the sand to get a good tan. As Maria enjoyed the sun, Rayna suddenly popped in next to her to enjoy the tan together while winking.
"Cause I wanna be famous!" On the other side of the beach, Sadie was sitting on some stone steps while fawning over Capone. Willow sat behind her, and looked totally out of place and confused about the fawning.
"Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!" On the dock Blainley was on earlier, Peter was snapping pictures of where she stood, taking pictures of her footmarks in the sand before sighing miserably.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous. I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous" All of the contestants were sitting together, with Anais and Jake sitting across from each other. The shorter girl leaned in with Jake, only to kiss him on the cheek. Jake smiled to himself, before immediately turning away from her to write in his notes again as all of the contestants slowly whistled.
Intro Ends
It was early in the morning when Jasmine realized, somehow, everyone else was already awake. "Well, aint that strange?" she jumped out of her bed, changing into her normal attire in a flash. "Better go check on those hooligans!"
Jasmine giggled a little at saying 'hooligan' as she walked out of the room. She could see a light coming from the kitchen, so she naturally made her way over.
"I'm really proud to see you all getting up early in the morning!" Jasmine beamed as she saw them all sitting around each other with serious expressions.
"How's it… going?"
"We were just having a team meeting" Nick smiled casually.
She clapped "Oh, good! Glad I didn't miss anything then"
"You made it just in time for the important part" Anais mused.
"Can you tell me who now doesn't lead the team anymore?" Donna asked the camera "Good! It's Jasmine!"
This caught the Aussie entirely off guard "Wait- why don't you want me to be leader now? We won the last challenge!"
Nick shook his head "Not we. It was really just Willow, Donna, and I. You've done a, no offense, poor job at leading considering how often we've lost"
"Are we just not doing a leader now?" She crossed her arms.
"I wish we were at the free for all segment of the season" Wyo grumbled.
"But we're not there yet!" Donna continued for them "I believe we were about to vote on Nick leading us now"
"If that's what we want to do" Nick blushed, smiling bashfully "How about we raise our hands to see if we want me to lead?"
The first to raise their hand was the excited Donna. It took the others a few moment but Anais and Jake also raised their hands. Seeing that just about everyone else raise their hand was enough for Willow to follow after them.
This left the only two not raising their hands to be Jasmine and Wyonetta.
"Well, I hate to enstate myself as leader, but that appears to be how Democracy works"
Jasmine frowned "Were you planning to only tell me you were 'voting' after you were done with it?"
"W-w-wwe just didn't want to upset you" Willow murmured.
"I also just wanted to see how shocked you would get" Anais mused.
Confessional: Jasmine
"I'm not the kind of girl who feels the need to always lead others, I don't like to force people to do things. But I wish they were all just more upfront about not likin how I'm doing things. I don't think a whole secret meeting was necessary…"
the Aussia ran her hand through her hair "But, well, at least I still have my idol. I hope I won't have to use it until the merge at least but we'll see"
Confessional: Willow
"I feel really bad for that vote, I don't know why I even chose to vote" she slouched froward, "If I weren't so useless I would try repaying her somehow…"
XXX
Later in the day, Jake was out grabbing some berries to stuff his chubby face "Can't believe they won't give me more than a three course meal for the day…"
"Pssssst" Jake turned his head around, trying to see who was talking to him. That's when he saw Rayna crouching in a bush.
"Oh, hey there. Can I help you with something?" Jake casually moved closer to her before crouching "Did you want to form an inter-team alliance?"
"What? No, of course not!" she frowned as Jake was mid crossing it out.
"Oh…" he frowned while removing the cross out.
"I'm here to try helping you get in a relationship with Anais!"
Jake stared at her for a moment, tilting his head "Why would I date her? Isn't she ten?"
"She's just as old as all of us!" Rayna stood up "And she's totally interested in you! Come onnnnn, two geeks getting together, that's a totally cute shipping dynamic!"
He still didn't look very interested in the very premise as he scratched his cheek.
"A-a-a-also, if you start dating Anais, you'd be the first person in the cast to kiss on tv or be the first actual relationship"
"First to date…" a grin started forming on his face "That's a great idea!"
Rayna smiled softly "I couldn't agree more with you. Now, for how you two get together, I was thinking maybe the two of you could meet up in the forest with a picnic, as you get down on one knee and-!"
"I'm just gonig to ask her out" Jake shrugged before trudging away, leaving the shipper with a disappointed frown.
Back at the massive mansion, Anais was just inside a large library. She was examining the room by herself with a small smirk on her face.
Confessional: Anais
The braniac smirked, holding a book in her hand "While everyone else is looking around or just lounging, I'm looking for potential hints to where the idol is. I don't have much in faith for Blainley's intelligence but I'm sure at least one person in charge here knows what they're doing"
XXX
As she continued to look, practically turning half the library on its head and still not making any progress whatsoever.
"Maybe I did put too much faith into how the host would handle the idol situation…"
Before she went to examine the other half of the library, she could hear someone suddenly came into the room. She shoved the book back into its spot before looking to the door with a bright, innocent smile.
Jake had come in, smiling innocently "Oh, Jake, it's just you. I was actually a bit worried it was one of the others"
He just shrugging "I just came to see if you wanted to talk"
"What do you wish to discuss?" Anais leaned off of the book shelf.
Jake walked until he was standing in front of Anais "Do you want to go out?"
She stared back at him, taking several moments to even comprehend what he was saying "u-u-um, w-what do you mean by go out exactly?"
"Like dating, basically an even stronger alliance than a normal one"
Anais's face lit up in a deep red as she glanced away "Yea, yea sure" she tried to look at least marginally cool as she leaned back on the bookshelf "We can do that. I guess…"
"Great!" the big boy clapped his hands together "And then after the challenge we could go on our first date!"
"R-right, sure, sounds like a good time" she nodded.
"See you then, then" Jake waved her goodbye, not even saying anything else as he left the room. But Jake's lack of romantic terms didn't seem to distract Anais, who was only getting redder now that he was gone.
"O-o-oh god, I've never dated b-before. I-I'm going to t-t-totally embarrass myself" she clutched her head, panicking.
With many thoughts swirling around in her head, she couldn't even focus on her mission of finding the idol.
In another part of the mansion, Wyonetta was just exploring the place on her own "They've gotta have at least one room for working out" she murmured, using a flashlight as she examined the lower levels of the castle. It was covered in cobwebs and plenty of old artifacts at that. She could even see things from the prior challenges like the treasure chests and a robotic horseman.
There were rooms in every direction around her with some of them creeked open. "I doubt there's a lifting room down here… but now I'm just curious what that chick could even need with all this storage space"
She flashed into a few rooms, getting the faintest sight of red beady eyes inside these rooms. "Creepy" Wyo rolled her eyes.
"HEY WYO!"
The jockette shouted in surprise, jumping back and flashing the assailant in the eyes, causing her to collapse on the ground.
"My eyes" they whined, rubbing their eyes rapidly.
Wyonetta glanced down at them, finding it was just Donna "What were you doing here?"
"I just wanted to see what you were doing" she smiled up at her "So what were you doing here?"
"I'm just looking for something to work out with. Satisfied with that?"
"Mmmmmmmm, more or less" Donna smiled as she jumped back up "But why are you so worried about working out? Aint challenges a workout"
She just shook her head "Lightning got absolutely mutilated in a challenge, I'm not making the same mistake of getting soft and getting obliterated"
The explorer slowly nodded "Well, I'll be happy to help you look then!"
"No" Wyo stated firmly.
"Come on, come on, come on, you know Mittens and I are good at directions!" Donna started bouncing up and down as Mittens moved to her shoulder and rapidly nodded.
Wyonetta silently stared at the two of them. She let out a small sigh "Fine, do your thing quick"
Donna lit up, before turning to the camera "Do you know where some workout equipment might be?"
"Let's not take too long…" Wyonetta grumbled when she was dragged away rapidly.
Donna moved as fast as her skinny little legs would carry her, eventually reaching an even darker segment of the basement. That's where they found some random dumbbells lying on the floor.
"Huh, I admittedly wasn't expecting you to deliver on anything" the Jockette smirked, curling the weights "Mm, they're a bit easy but I guess it won't be an issue"
"Glad to have helped" Donna cursied, lowering her head with a small smile.
Wyonetta silently rolled her head before moving her flashlight to see if there was any other weights lying around. That's when her light landed on a giant bull's head.
Both of them screamed in fear, with Wyo putting a hand in front of Donna to keep it away from her. But, luckily, the monster didn't seem to move at all. Its beady eyes just stared face forward.
She moved the flashlight's light down slowly, finding that the torso and legs were more or less human. And boy was it stacked.
"Ohhhh, it's a minotaur!" Donna beamed "A monster that runs around in a massive labyrinth. Pretty scary"
Wyonetta just let out a small sigh, looking around the monster to see it was switched off "Yea, looks like we're safe for now"
While she was examining the area behind it, she suddenly laid eyes on something. It was a small wooden statuette of Blainley. Her eyes slowly widened as she reached for it.
"Hey, do you think we're good to go back up now?" Donna tilted her head.
"Oh- yea, sure" she quickly backed away from the idol, picking the weights back up "Yea, better not keep everyone waiting"
Confessional: Wyo
"I wasn't betting on finding that idol down there, but later I'm absolutely going back for it! Sure, I can probably start carrying this team now, but considering they eliminated Lightning over Willow I'm not taking the chance"
XXX
Meanwhile, on the other end of this area, the Sphinxes were out and about as well. Jackson and Char were the only ones still in the forest proper.
"So… do you want to talk about how the last elimination went?" Char asked nervously.
"Not at all," Jackson growled lowly.
The wide boy nodded slowly "I understand. But I'm sure you'll come up with something. You've always got something clever brewing!"
Jackson actually nodded to his declaration "You're right. I have the perfect plan brewing. In fact, two of them"
"Will I… want to know what those are?" Char started getting nervous.
The emo boy started thinking about it before shrugging "I'll share it etiher way since you're my only ally. So, what we need to do in this next challenge is harm Justin, ruin that "perfect" face of his!"
"A-and the second?"
"We'll use his looks against him. All those girls want a piece of him, so we just need them to fight over who will actually have him. Clearly Rhonda has no shot with him compared to the others with how disgusted he gets by her, so she'd be an easy point"
Char scratched the back of his head "We'd… still be down by one vote I believe"
"Ah, we'll just work Rayna or Sadie in after he's not as attractive. Trust me, this is going to work beautifully for us"
The larger boy just nodded slowly, not wanting to ruin his moment.
Confessional: Char
"I'm just so worried about Jackson whenever he suggests a plan. Last time it totally blew up in his face, and it's extra worse because I do want to stay in the game, but actually harming Justin just to stay in doesn't sound fair either. Maybe… I can work on Rhonda, Justin does treat her poorly so maybe I could help"
XXX
Meanwhile, Justin was sitting out by the beach, just wearing his swim trunks as he bathed in the sun.
Naturally, to his sides, all the women on his team were just trying to stay near him. Anne Maria was wearing a red bikini top and bottom, Rayna was now just wearing a half-red half-blue bikini, Rhonda wore a vibrant fuchsia bikini with purple polka dots, and Sadie was wearing a pink top with dots all over it as well as a pink bikini bottom.
"Eeee, Rhonda, we're totally matching with tops!" Sadie squealed, sitting right next to Rhonda "If we have any swimsuit challenge we should, like, totally swap!"
The Wrestler just glared at her "Yea, not interested in your stupid swimsuit. I bet you think you'll look better in mine but good luck rocking an outfit better than me!"
"I agree" Sadie smiled "I think you really pull yours off well! Where did you get yours from?"
Now Rhonda was starting to blush faintly "I just got it at some random store. Target or something"
"Maybe after the season we could go together~?" Sadie scooted closer.
"Not interested"
Sadie drooped "Aww, I was hoping Rayna, Katie, you, and I could get some super cute clothing together"
"Still not interested" she deadpanned "And if you ask again, I'll be just fine to toss you across the lake like a stone"
"S-sorry" the big lady nervously nodded, though she didn't move away from Rhonda, if anything she moved slightly closer with that same warm smile on her face.
Confessional: Rhonda
"I despise Sadie. I despise her, despise her, despise her! She thinks she's just so great, that anyone would be basking in her warm smile or whatever the fuck she wants to do. Even worse, she's with all the other girls trying to mess with my man! Anne Maria's bad enough, but three women challenging me on it? No thanks"
Rhonda started punching her open palm "Once they're gone Justin's gonna gave a mouthful of Rhonda!"
XXX
On the other side, Anne Maria was lying next to Justin, doing the exact same thing of sunbathing.
"Man, it's beautiful out" Rayna smiled, casually rolling onto her side to be right up in Maria's business.
The Jersey Reject didn't open her eyes as she frowned "Do you need help with something pipsqueak?"
"Just enjoying the view" she mused.
"Listen here you little shit" Anne Maria turned her head to the shipper, getting ready to insult her when she saw Rayna's nice swimsuit.
Rayna just smirked at her "Yes~"
"Just try to keep it down, will you?" Anne Maria grunted, closing her eyes again "I'm trying to relax"
"I'd be quieter if I had your lips on mine"
"Don't push it" she growled.
Rayna just grinned, leaning ever so slightly closer "I'll try not to"
While all this was going on, Justin was still just enjoying the sun, letting out a small sigh of relief.
Confessional: Justin
The model was looking at himself in the mirror, "Brain, I don't know how you do it, but well done! I've got this whole team under my handle, and it's all thanks to you and my calves, ankles, chin, smile, and well, just about everything!"
He smirked, but that's when he noticed a small bruise on his arm "Oh no. That's going to ruin my arm modeling deal! When did I even bruise it?" He raised his arm to more thoroughly examine the spot.
"It's probably those rotten beds. I'm going to have to put Char on blast until he fixes them to my standards"
XXX
"Attention campers! For today's challenge we'll be out on the beach, so you all better get your swimsuits on and ready!" Blainley announced.
Justin smirked "Good thing we came out here to relax then"
"Doubt they'll give us the head start, but I won't mind just relaxing for the time being" Rhonda crossed her legs as she got more comfortable.
After some time, the rest of their team and the Tengu. "I-I hope this challenge isn't going to be another scary one…" Willow shimpered slightly.
She was wearing a two piece bathing suit, the top being a white tube top and the bottom being a green, frilly swim skirt. The musician had a faint blush wearing her outfit.
"Hopefully you didn't jynx us with that" Nick joked. He was wearing a simple pair of green swimtrunks with silver stripes on the side.
"D-d-d-do you really think I jinxed us!?" she started panicking.
Nick just gave her a blank expression "I was… joking Willow. Jinxes aren't actually a thing"
"Oh, ok…"
The Boyscout tried to not roll his eyes as he glanced away from her. To his side, Donna was wearing a pink one piece with purple frills on her arms and at her waist. She was also wearing cute little pink flip flops.
"You're looking good Donna" Nick smiled softly at her, causing the explorer to faintly blush.
"Well thanks! It's super duper uper comfy!"
Jake stuck his finger in his bellybutton as he looked at them "Sure doesn't look comfy when you're in the water"
The first-in-line was wearing a plain white t-shirt with dark red swimtrunks "These, however, were the first pair ever made by the company"
Donna beamed at him "OH, that's a fun fact! I've never worn something as special as that"
"Yea, I wouldn't assume so" he smirked.
Standing next to the plump boy was Anais, wearing an orange one-piece swimsuit with black sandals "I think we can all agree it's at least not as awkward as that late night challenge… that one was quite unbearable"
"Well, I can say you looked just as good then as you do now" Jake grinned down at her, causing her to flush red.
"J-j-jeez, that's the first time someone's tried flirting with me" she admitted, glancing away from him.
"Ooo, double points" Jake smirked before crossing off 'first to flirt with their partner' and 'first to flirt with small girl'.
Jasmine smiled a bit, standing away from the others "I guess I'm happy people are starting to get along with each other better"
The giant Aussie was wearing a teal bikini top and bottom, both of them looking rather plain. Next to her was Wyo, who had mostly been quiet since they got there. Similar to Jasmine, Wyonetta was wearing a bikini, though hers was a dark purple.
"Nice outfit Wyo, you're looking great" she complimented with a small smile.
"Uh, thanks. Yours definitely fits you" Wyo murmured back.
Jasmine slowly turned to her with a stronger smile "And thanks for not voting to remove me, I appreciate that"
"Don't take it like we're good buds or anything" Wyonetta shrugged "I just don't really care who our leader is. It's not like your leadership is what caused us to keep losing. I'd put that more on… some of the others"
She gestured to the others. Willow was quietly hiding from the camera, Anais was still getting flustered while Jake wrote down in his notes, and Donna was talking to a herd of crabs that were trying to pinch her.
"They are a rambunctious group" the Aussie mused.
On the other team's side of the beach, Jackson and Char were just casually standing around. The edgy boy wore swim trunks that are mainly dark grey in color, though on the left leg they would have two thin, red stripes running up the side.
Char meanwhile wore blue trunks and a white tank top. "I'm always excited for beach day!" he beamed.
"Bit too bright for it" his friend grumbled.
"What, are you the type to go to the beach when it's cold out?" Anne Maria frowned.
He shrugged "somewhat"
"Hello there campers!" Blainley suddenly appeared on the water, smiling at them "Today's another day, and another day means another challenge!"
"I'm curious to see what type of aquatic themed challenge we'll be doing" Anais grinned, just interested in the gimmick.
"Glad someone finally appreciates the work Shion does in doing all our research. Today is one of the world's most classic mythological tale, Homer's Odyssey!"
"T-the guy from the Simpsons?" Willow tilted her head, getting an annoyed frown from Anais.
Blainley shook her head "No, nothing to do with that Willow. This story, however, is about a man leaving a bloody war and getting lost in the sea. So, for this challenge you'll be rowing through three of the Odyssey's main challenges"
She tossed Nick and Justin a map. They opened it to find the first stop was an island with small bones drawn onto it, after that was an island covered in pink flowers, and then the last event was a massive above-water cave with a whirlpool at the other end of it. Their paths then lead them back to the camp's shore.
"These look… dangerous" Justin murmured.
"That's the point!" Blainley grinned.
As she spoke, Shion and Sugar slowly rowed their boats their way. The ships weren't very big, just looking like a simple viking longboat. On each of the seats was an oar on both sides.
Sugar waved at them "We got your ride!"
"Do… we have to row the whole time?" Sadie whimpered.
Rhonda groaned "Ugh, I'm going to have to carry another challenge"
"I'm sure we can handle a little physical challenge" Nick smiled to his team "Wyo, Jasmine, I hope you two can at least help push us ahead"
"I'll see how hard I can carry" Wyo grumbled.
"You got it" Jasmine smiled back.
Blainley just clapped her hands "Get in your boats. This challenge is gonna be a dangerous one, so it'll be easier for us if you all got through the challenge before night so we can find your bodies after"
Willow whimpered miserably, before Jasmine just carried her like a suitcase over to their boat. Eventually they all sat in rows of two.
For the Sphinx, from back to front was Rhonda and Char, Rayna and Maria, Jackson and Sadie, and then finally Justin at the front who didn't have any oars.
Then on the Tengu; Jasmine and Jake sat in the back, then Willow and Nick, followed by Wyonetta and Donna. Anais sat at the front, examining their map.
"Are we all ready to go then?" Blainley smiled.
"We're good to go" Justin smiled, giving a thumbs up.
"Also set" Anais nodded.
Blainley just waved her hand "Then get going!"
With this go-ahead they rowed as fast as they could, using the map to get the direction they needed to row to.
Confessional: Anais
"I know exactly what we'll be dealing with in this challenge. This first island, with the skull, clearly that's going to be the Cyclops. The island with plants? That's the lotus flower. And finally, the whirlpool is definitely the monster Charybdis"
While most people wouldn't give two shits about her knowledge related to Greek mythology, the short girl had a massive smug smile on her face.
XXX
The teams slowly rowed into the ocean proper. The Tengu were going far faster overall, but thanks to Rhonda the Sphinx weren't falling too far behind.
"Try speeding up" the wrestler glared at Char, who was sweating up a storm "I-I'm trying!" he whined.
"Ugh, this is so pathetic" she grabbed the oar from him before going double time on the oar, actually making them go faster.
"Sorry" Char tapped his fingers together with a small blush "B-but, um, I know a way I could help you back…"
Rhonda just eyed him suspiciously "Are you hitting on me or something? Sorry, but I can't say you hit the bar"
"I-it's not that" he started blushing "But, um, Jackson wants to help you get with Justin by eliminating your… competition"
This caught her off guard. But, once the surprise was gone, she looked to be seriously considering it "I'll mull it over a bit. I have an easy way to get one of the others on my side no problem"
"Yes, no rush on the agreement" Char smiled warmly "I wouldn't want to force you into doing something"
"Not like you could either way" she smirked proudly.
He just laughed softly. "Land incoming!" Justin called to his team, pointing to the island with multiple skulls and skeletons strewn around the shore.
"I was hoping the skeleton on the map would just be a little bonus detail" Sadie whimpered.
Eventually the two boats landed, finding a little wooden sign waiting for them. "Wonder if that's important" Nick wondered.
"I doubt they just left it for fun" Wyo deadpanned before going up to the post. Crouching down she found it read as such:
"Hello contestants! As I'm sure Anais has talked your ears off about, this first island is the Cyclops! Before the teams can leave this island, they will need to steal the golden fleece, or just a golden wool jacket. Once you have it you're free to move onto the next island"
Wyonetta frowned "Cyclops? That might be a fun challenge actually"
"Let's focus on finding the fleece" Nick noted "A giant monster fight would only slow us down"
Further on the island, the contestants could see multiple sheep munching on grass. They all had a bright yellow dye to them. The two teams glanced at each other, before they started running as fast as they could for the sheep. Rhonda was the first to grab one, hoisting it over her shoulder.
Before she could report this back at her team, everyone could hear loud rumbling coming from further in the island. She just turned her head, growling slightly to try intimidating the source.
The rest of the contestants just hid in a few bushes. That's when a massive humanoid monster with only one eye.
It looked around, clearly annoyed when it noticed Rhonda holding one of the lamb. "We gonna have a problem?" the wrestler glared up at the monster.
She got no response, instead the cyclops grabbed her and all the sheep that were currently grazing before making his way back to a large cave on the mountain. "Let me go you bastard!" she repeatedly punched and bit on its arm, before quickly stopping when she found it was made of metal.
In a completely different area, Shion was standing in a VR room, using the technology to walk around as the giant cyclops "Now this is the fun part~" he giggled before crushing a tree with his foot.
"Ah drats, I was hoping we wouldn't have to chase after the cyclops" Anais grumbled a bit.
Sadie stood up with a terrified expression "We gotta go in there and help Rhonda!"
"Well, we'd have to go in there for the sheep either way" Anne Maria and both of the teams got out of their bushes, moving closer slowly and carefully. Eventually they found the giant cyclops going into the cave and lying on his back, holding the sheep and Rhonda in a pin.
"Do we have a plan then?" Donna looked toward the new team leader "I don't think it will be happy if we wake him up"
Nick nodded "The current plan will be to just sneak in and take one of the lamb. If we make it out before the Sphinx, it might also be worth waking the monster to distract them while we make it out"
"So we're going to just run away?" Wyo frowned "That's so boring, come on, this challenge is the first fun one"
"It's best to think smart" Nick smiled "If the monster wakes up before we get out I'm just fine to go for knocking it down on the ground"
"Sounds good. Are there any objections to this-" Jasmine started before Jake just ran past them. He wasn't paying attention to anything as he went straight for the cave.
"Wait, Jake!" Anais called, trying to pull him back but he was already too far away.
Nick groaned loudly "Ah screw it, we're gonna have to just go now, let's move!" he waved his hand before they all started running, excluding Willow.
"I-I'll just guard our flank…" she murmured before sinking lower into their bush.
On the other team, they were having a much harder time coming up with a plan when they saw Jake just running at the cave.
"Ok, let's just follow their plan" Jackson deadpanned.
"Better than my plan" Char smiled before they started rushing in after them. Inside they could see stone steps leading up to a pin, where the lambs and Rhonda were all tied on the stone with 'dinner' being written above them.
"Gotta… get… lamb" Jake whispered, pulling himself up slowly over the stone steps. Pretty soon after Sadie, Wyonetta, Jasmine, and Jackson started climbing up after. Eventually they made it to the top, finding the sheep were all effectively intact with razors lying next to where they laid.
While they were climbing, the rest stayed on the ground "Do you think it's going to wake up?" Rayna worried.
"If it wakes up I'll be able to pacify it" Justin smiled charmingly "Nothing has ignored my charm yet"
Just as he said that, an alarm went off in the room "Wakey wake cyclops! You've got a meal to be taking!" Blainley announced.
Almost immediately the ones on the ground backed away from the monster as it slowly stood up again. Its first instinct was to look at the contestants already up by the sheep, until it was distracted by a whistle coming from the contestants on the ground.
"Down here big guy!" Justin smiled before ripping his shirt off, showing off his impeccable body. Just about every girl started staring at the handsome man, even the monster was checking him out.
That was until it delivered a strong kick to his torso, sending him straight into a wall with a loud thud.
Confessional: Justin
The model frowned deeply as he looked at himself in a larger mirror, finding bruises all over his figure "I think… from now on I'm going to have to take a back seat in the challenges…"
XXX
On the upper level, Sadie was the only one to run to Rhonda, who was tied down with a pissed expression on her face. "Oh, Rhonda, are you ok? We all got so worried when you disappeared!"
"Well you don't have to worry about me, I can clearly handle myself just fine without your help"
Sadie just smiled softly as she tried to undo the rope around her, however, she just couldn't manage to do it. "Ugh, just try loosening it a little, I'll be just fine to undo this on my own"
The girly girl slowly nodded, doing everything in her power to loosen the rope around her, and while it wasn't much she did manage it. "Good" Rhonda nodded, before flexing her entire body, causing the rope around her to break loose.
"Woah!" Sadie looked shocked "How'd you do that so easily?"
"Because I'm that much stronger than you" she grumbled, just moving past her to help Jackson with his shearing.
She didn't seem to mind as she quickly went to join them.
"This is almost too easy!" Jasmine smiled as she sheared the lamb, basically doing it like a pro "I haven't sheared a little bugger like this in years!"
She looked up, finding Wyonetta was grabbing a rock and pulling off her sock as she watched the cyclops just harass and stomp down on the people below. It was also trying to pull Jake off, who was now the first to climb onto its head.
"Whatcha doing over there mate?"
"Gonna strike it down to make our escape easier" she smirked.
Jasmine frowned "I don't know how easy it's gon be when that thing is the size of big city buildin's"
"You're acting like I can't handle that" Wyonetta smirked, putting the rock in her sock before she started spinning it around rapidly. She glanced over her shoulder, watching Jasmine shear all of its wool off.
At the same time Jackson was getting through his shearing a good bit slower, just trying his best to not accidentally harm the goat.
"I got it!" Jasmine smiled, raising the golden fleece.
Wyonetta smirked before flinging the rock-filled sock at the monster's eye. Wires and electricity shot from its eyes as it clutched its head. It bellowed out in pain before slowly starting to back up until it slammed into the wall, before falling down onto his knees.
"Let's get going!" Wyonetta yelled before grabbing Jasmine and sliding down the steps while Jackson was still just trying to get some last bits.
"Oh give me that" Rhonda growled before shearing the rest off, causing the goat to yelp in pain "There, we're good now" she grabbed Jackson and Sadie, lifting them over her shoulder before starting to run down after Jasmine and Wyo.
Eventually the entirety of both teams made their way out of the cave before it collapsed in on itself. Jackson was holding their golden fleece, which looked like junk, while Jasmine carried theirs as they all raced back to their boats.
Anne Maria ran a bit slower than the rest of her team, even being around Char's speed when she glanced to the side to see Willow and Jake slowly running alongside them.
"Sorry not sorry nerds" she smirked before moving her leg to trip them, causing them to both land flat on the ground.
"Nice job" Justin grinned as all the Sphinx got to their boat and took off, using this chance to get ahead of the others.
Nick frowned, going back with Jasmine to help the two weak links up and onto their boat, "Are you two ok?" Nick smiled softly.
"F-f-f-fine" Willow murmured with a small blush.
"Vengeful" Jake murmured at the same time.
"That's, uh, the spirit" Jasmine smiled awkwardly before putting them down on the boat and getting right back to their rowing.
Anais stood at the front of their ship as usual "Ok everyone, the next one is likely the Lotus flowers. If ingested they will make you not want to leave the island, so try breathing in through your nose over your mouth, in case a pedal flies into your mouth"
Jake raised his hand to say something, only for Willow to shake her head at him while slowly lowering his hand. He frowned and looked down sadly.
"I don't know if there's any actual plant that would make you want to stay on an island like that" Donna pointed out.
"Right, and there aren't actually cyclops either" Anais deadpanned.
The other team didn't have the luxury of knowing what was potentially coming as they were the first one to land on the island. On there was yet another wooden sign waiting for them.
"I wonder what this one is" Char smiled, crouching down to read the note "Make it to the other side of the island… while carrying the boat. Oh oof"
"Ugh, another challenge I'm going to have to carry in" Rhonda rolled her eyes before lifting the boat with her arms, surprisingly managing to fully lift it up, though her arms were starting to wobble.
Char smiled before moving in behind her "Let me help with that, I wouldn't want to leave you to carry us all by yourself"
He moved his hands, taking on the load from the back end while Jackson suddenly moved to help lift the front. Rhonda frowned slightly, but the weight for her to carry lessened a bit "Uh, thanks I guess"
"Looks like the rest of us just get a nice walk" Anne Maria smirked as Rayna, Justin, and Maria started moving ahead of them.
Sadie, however, walked right next to them "t-tell me if any of you need a break" she smiled.
"We will" Rhonda grumbled.
Further on the land, the group of three looked around, finding the area to just be a whole island covered in pink flowers just like the map said.
"I aint see no traps on here" Maria frowned, kicking one of the plants to find no response.
Justin just continued to walk forward "There's likely a trap around here just waiting for us…" he murmured, before repeatedly tapping his forehead "Come on, come on. Think of something"
"Do I hear the voice of a beautiful hunk~" a voice spoke, walking from a larger set of flowers, revealing themself to be Sugar in a pink bikini.
The male model recoiled, a look of shock and a bit of disgust formed on his face "t-this must be our next monster we have to take on"
"You can take me on if you want" Sugar grinned, doing a flirtatious pose "But no, there's no danger floating around on this island. Besides what's in the air" she smiled before pulling out an electric fan that blew pink powder into their faces.
Justin was the first to be hit by this powder, causing his eyes to widen, before his expression turned droopy and he collapsed on the ground.
The cloud started floating closer to Anne Maria when Rayna grabbed her and rolled them down an incline to avoid getting a facefull of the dust. They would land at the bottom of the incline, finding themselves lying in an even larger group of Lotus.
Anne Maria grunted angrily "Uh, great, now I'm covered in gross grass" she looked down, finding she was right on top of Rayna, causing her to start blushing.
"Now I'm glad I saved you" Rayna joked with a small smirk.
"Yea, whateva nerd" Anne Maria rolled her eyes, getting ready to get up when she noticed they were surrounded by another cloud of pink pollen. Their eyes slowly dilated before collapsing on the ground.
Confessional: Anne Maria
The Jersey Shore Reject just smiled calmly, dressing herself up like a cliche hippie "Those flowers were pretty nice, man…"
XXX
Elsewhere on the island, the remaining members of the two teams were simply walking together. Sadie had swapped him for Char a good while ago and Anais just wasn't tall enough to help her team carry their boat.
"Where did everyone else go?" Char frowned "I didn't expect them all to ditch us after we started"
"It is a bad idea for them to leave us while we have to work" Jackson nodded "We should, I don't know, consider forming an alliance between us"
Sadie frowned slightly, just glancing at Rhonda to see what she would say about it. The wrestler was frowning just as much as she was "We'll talk about that later!"
They continued walking forward, feeling the cool wind blow against them. "Let's keep it going everyone!" Anais instructed with a smile "We're making good progress thus far, and if we keep avoiding the plants we should be fine"
Anais watched the contestants move, smiling a bit when they started moving faster. She took a slow yet deep breath of accomplishment. That's when the pink pollen slowly poured into her mouth, resulting in the same problem as all the others.
Everyone else moved past her while she started breathing deeply before flinging herself into the forest of plants.
Eventually, the remainders of both groups came to the other end of the island. Sitting at the edge, they found Sugar sitting with a confident grin and her legs crossed. To her side was Justin, who just looked totally out of it while handing and feeding grapes to the intern.
"Welcome contestants!" she smirked at them "I'm the queen of the Lotus"
Donna frowned "I don't remember that being in the story"
"Well that's the challenge now!" Sugar crossed her arms "And as you might have noticed, some of your partners are gone due to the Lotus. For the Lotus Queen to save them, you must all give me something I want"
Rhonda just growled at the woman as Justin fed her another grape. At the same time the people on the Tengu finally noticed that Anais had fully disappeared.
"What do you want then, mate?" Jasmine frowned as she helped her team place the boat down by the water.
"That's for you to find out" Sugar giggled before snorting like a pig "So you better act quick to find me what I want! The longer they're smelling lotus the longer the affect is going to be"
"Is there… any chance you can bring all our teammates back then?" Char smiled hopefully "We kind of lost a good few"
The blonde just giggled hareder "Sorry, but I don't think I'll be doing that"
Char, Jackson, and Sadie sighed in defeat, knowing almost half of their team was missing.
"Ok team" Nick clapped his hands together "Jake, you find Anais and bring her back. The rest of us can split up and try to find what she actually wants"
"I'll take Wyo and Willow then" Jasmine grinned "We'll explore the northern part of the island while you and Donna can go for the south"
Nick silently frowned but quickly nodded his head "Sounds like a good idea!" he smiled, grabbing Donna's hand before leading her away. The explorer blushed faintly as he led.
In the other group, Rhonda was just staring at Sugar with an intense disdain. "So… I'll go looking for Anne Maria and Rayna" Jackson spoke up
"Guess the rest of us will go find the stuff we need" Sadie smiled at Char and Rhonda, just being ignored by the latter.
"I'll be sticking behind" the wrestler frowned.
The big gentleman turned to her "What? Why?"
"I… don't like this lady. And I'm pretty sure I know what she'd want from our team"
The others slowly nodded before the remaining contestants left her behind.
Char and Sadie were walking around, just trying to find something at least pretty enough for Sugar to want to accept.
"Sorry about my friend's sudden outburst" Char smiled at his partner "I don't want to force people into alliances"
"Oh it's fine, I don't mind at all!" Sadie smiled back "I just want to be in an alliance with Rhonda"
"Oh, have you two started becoming friends?"
"N….no not really" she admitted with a blush "I think I annoy her, but she's just so strong"
Char smiled "Well, I'd be happy to help you two get along better. Rhonda's upset thinking you and Maria want Justin for yourselves"
"Oh, I'm not really into Justin" she admitted "Rayna and the other girls just hang out around him so why not?"
"Well, that's step one to getting Rhonda to not hate you" he chuckled. That's when they heard two people cooing nearby.
Char frowned slightly as they walked closer to the noise. On the ground they found Anne Maria lying on top of Rayna as they watched a pretty bee fly onto one of the Lotus and take its pollen.
"Oooooooooo" they both awed at the sight in unison.
Sadie frowned as they walked closer to them "They're… really out of it aren't they?"
"That's how it looks" Char quietly moved closer, awkwardly lifting Anne Maria onto her feet as Sadie did the same to Rayna "Are you two ok?"
"We're… just fine" Rayna smiled.
Anne Maria also smiled, looking sweeter than any of them had seen her as "It's always nice when I have Rayna around~"
"Oh Maria~" Rayna giggled as both girls started puckering up.
Char frowned, looking uncomfortable at the situation as he pulled Maria away from the Shipper "Ok, so we're probably going to have to drag them back away from each other"
"I-I think that's all we could do for this." Sadie frowned, also moving her lotus partner away as they made their way back.
Confessional: Char
The big gentleman had a worried expression "I'm glad no one else got infected with the lotus dust, or whatever it is, because if we were all acting like Rayna, Justin, and Maria, I'd honestly be worried for how this all ends"
He blushed a little while tapping his gut "I-I also don't want to wake up in the middle of nowhere without something covering this"
XXX
While they were doing that, Jake was also looking for his lotus-sick teammate. "Anais… Anais where are you?" he called for her, not really coming off as very worried. Above him he could hear something ruffling the leaves and branches.
Jake looked up "Are you up there?"
Asked and he did receive, as Anais lowered herself on some vines, smiling down at Jake "Ooo, Jake, hi hi hi hi"
"Hey… whatcha doing in the tree there?"
"Climbing, silly!" Anais giggled before booping his nose.
"Ok, yea, great" Jake smiled while extending his hands "Why don't you just come down here so I can catch you? I promise I won't drop you"
"Or you can come up with me" she giggled before hiccuping. The big guy jumped, trying to grab her before she disappeared back into the leaves.
Jake fumed, "Fine, I'll have you know I was the youngest in my family to climb a tree and break my head open!"
With his strange declaration, he climbed his way into the trees. He looked around rapidly, finding Anais was now swinging away from him. "Hey, get back!"
He cried before grabbing a vine and trying to swing after her. She was moving almost like it was second nature, while Jake was almost immediately getting stuck in a tangle of vines.
"I have no idea what we're even looking for" Donna admitted as Nick and her walked around aimlessly, completely hardcutting away from the others.
Nick smirked "I think you know how to find what we're after"
That's when she lit up and looked at the camera "Do you know what she would want?"
After a few minutes she clapped her hands excitedly "Good! Thank you!" She beamed, pointing in the direction she was told.
Her partner made his way in that direction, almost tripped on something hard that was hidden in a bush. Nick smiled, picking the object up and finding a small golden trophy with '#1' on it.
"Oh, good" he smiled raising it up "This looks like something we were supposed to find for her"
"I knew that would lead to where we need to go" Donna grinned proudly.
Nick smiled, patting on the head "Yea, good job as always"
The explorer blushed faintly, but her proud smile grew larger "t-thank you!"
"Now… maybe we should take about something a bit more serious" his smile slowly disappeared "Even after we voted to replace Jasmine as leader she's trying to take a leadership role over Willow and Wyonetta. Maybe we should consider her for elimination if we lose"
"I don't think we'll need to worry about that" Donna smiled innocently "But if we lose, and no one else has a reason to go, I won't mind"
Nick smiled, pulling her into a surprise hug "I'm happy to hear that"
Donna flushed red, not quite sure how she should react to the hug. She was about to return it when Jake and Anais suddenly came crashing around them.
"A-are you two ok?" Donna walked over to them, finding both were totally out cold.
"I take it they're not" Nick sighed slightly "You want to help me drag them back?"
She just nodded before helping pick Anais up. The boyscout quietly grunted before helping Jake off the ground "H-he really owes me for this one…" he murmured whilst following his partner.
Eventually, the Tengu all arrived back to Sugar's throne. Rhonda was still standing to the side, though she now looked less annoyed and more considering something.
"Hey, glad you two managed to find the others" Jasmine smiled at them.
"W-we didn't find anything…" Willow murmured.
Nick just smiled before patting her on the head "Hey, don't worry, I found all we need" He then turned to Sugar, placing Jake on the ground "We have your precious item"
"Bring it to me then!" Sugar beckoned with a small frown.
The boyscout walked forward, getting down on one knee before raising the golden award up to her. The large woman awed at the trophy "Yes, this is exactly what I needed!"
She scooped the trophy out of his hands, holding it close to her body as she waved to the cameras "I would like to thank my momma, uncle steve, and the industrial complex!"
"C-can we move on?" Jasmine smiled, hoping to not upset the Lotus queen.
Sugar just frowned down at them "Yea, sure, fine. Go ahead" she waved dissmissively. The Tengu didn't try ruining their chances as they all rushed to their boat, dragging Jake and Anais along.
Rhonda scowled watching them row away slowly. She glanced over her shoulder to see that none of the others were even close to her yet "Ok, I see I'm going to have to do this myself"
She walked up to Sugar, staring sternly "If you let me wake Justin up, would getting a kiss from him later be good enough for you?"
The southern woman's eyes lit up "If you can convince him you're all free to go!"
"Great" Rhonda grumbled before grabbing Justin and lightly slapping him over and over again to wake him up.
Eventually, the model seemed to recompose himself. Grunted slightly as he rubbed his cheeks "What… where am I? Who was clapping my face?"
"We need to give the intern what she wants so we can move on"
Justin smirked "Well, that's my expertise~" he turned to the intern, who was staring at him like a slab of meat.
The model flexed his pecs confidently "Can me and my friends pass, beautiful?"
Sugar just licked her lips aggressively "Well we can get the payment now or after the challenge. Your choice big stuff"
"Did I… miss something?" He frowned.
"She basically said we can move on if you kiss her now or later" Rhonda grumbled.
Justin's expression turned pale at the very idea "I-I think I'll be fine to save… that for after the challenge"
"Might as well get it over with while we're waiting for the others" Sugar giggled like a little school girl. However, her giggling immediately stopped when the rest of their team finally arrived.
"I couldn't find anything she'd want" Jackson admitted, awkwardly avoiding Rayna and Maria as they still tried to hug each other.
"We solved it, let's just get going" Rhonda lead the others back to the boat, with Justin being the first one of them to hop inside.
"Let's move, move, move" Justin panicked. The others quickly chased after him and got into their boat, trying to make up for all their lost time. Still on the island, Sugar excitedly waved them goodbye with a white handkerchief.
Confessional: Sugar
"I know I'm not supposed to be gettin in a relationship with contestants, but c'mon!" Sugar bellowed "We'd be the cutest darn pair in this show. I've won multiple beauty pageants, and I'm sure he's won some awards for being a big slab of hunk! We're meant to be, and that much should be obvious" she smirked confidently, crossing her arms.
XXX
Further in the lead, Anais and Jake had finally come to, with Anais using the map as she leaned against the front of the boat. "We should be… getting close to the cave"
"Yea, it's right here" Wyonetta deadpanned, pointing out a massive cave that was practically in front of her.
"Wow… that lotus pollen is really starting to get to me" Anais murmured, rubbing her eyes.
Their boat rowed into the cave, finding it was almost pitch black. After a few moments of rowing in the dark, splashing from side to side, the back seat started glowing. Specifically where Jake was sitting.
Some of them turned to him "What happened to you?" Willow frowned, tapping Jake's stomach.
"Oh, the glowing? Another kid was threatening to be the first to eat a glow stick a few weeks before I came here. Clearly I had to beat them!" he smiled, shaking his stomach to make the glow a bit brighter.
"At least now we can see better" Donna smiled.
"Yea, we can see the spikes getting closer to impaling us" Nick nervously pointed forward, directing them to multiple stone spikes sticking out from under the water.
"Oh bugger me" Jasmine groaned "Everyone on the right, row as hard as you can!" she called before picking up her pace.
With their collected strength, they managed to swerve out of the way over and over again, barely managing to avoid cuts into their haul. "I-I'm going to be sick…" Willow whimpered weakly as her face turned as green as her hair.
"Just keep it in your mouth" Wyo frowned at her, when she noticed a stalactite was suddenly flying down at them. She stood up, lifting Willow like a bat before slamming the stalactite like she was hitting a baseball.
Surprisingly, the stalactite was flung away, slamming into the walls nearby. "Owwwwwwwwwwwww" Willow whined.
"Oh you'll be fine" the jockette rolled her eyes, before they all felt the water around them shake, dropping both of them on their asses. They grunted in pain, with Wyo being the first of them to raise herself back up.
That's when she saw that the outside's light was starting to illuminate them again. However, the happiness of finding the exit was very short lived.
At the edge of the cave, they could see a giant multiple headed snake on one side with what looked like calm water on the other.
"Everyone, let's go right" Jasmine called to her team "That half looks safe"
"Wait, we have to go straight!" Anais bonked Jasmine lightly on the head "We have to go straight down the middle or else one of the two monsters is going to eat us"
"I don't see no monster" the Aussie grumbled "But fine, down the middle works"
The Tengu slowly rowed down the middle, making sure to careful avoid the massive snake heads. But that's when they heard the Sphinx breach the exit and were swiftly gaining.
"We're not going fast enough" Donna worried.
Nick smiled encouragingly "slow and steady wins the race. I bet they'll go so fast they just go straight for the whirlpool"
Behind them, the Sphinx weren't going to the right but for the multiple snake heads. "I-is this close enough?" Char worried, watching a snake get close enough it almost scraped its fangs into him.
"Perfectly close" Rhonda smirked, leaning close enough for one of the dragon heads to fly at her. It looked like it was about to chomp down on her head when she grabbed its head by its fangs.
Just about everyone on the Tengu was shocked, with their jaws only lowering when they saw Rhonda moving her arms as hard as she could, dragging part of the neck's body.
"W-we need to row faster, while the snakes are distracted" Jasmine commanded, rowing faster.
"We don't know if there's any traps ahead!" Nick pointed out with a frown "We should keep our current speed."
Jasmine and Nick started frowning at each other when Rhonda finally managed to lift the lizard. She took one solid step to the side, turning her shoulders as she swung the massive lizard as hard as she could.
The Sphinx weren't nearly far enough, getting smashed by the giant lizard.
Rhonda smirked as she let go, seeing their ship was destroyed "I think that means we win"
Confessional: Sadie
"D-did you see how easily she lifted that!? Like, that was totally crazy! I can't believe she just, like, does that without even breaking a sweat. She's totes cool!"
She beamed excitedly "I-I hope she can show me how to be more… like her in general" she blushed a little "After being here for a while, I've started realizing I maybe relied too much on Katie for the physical things"
XXX
With only one ship still together, the Sphinx made it to the shore. Blainley smiled, having waited on them.
"Well, well, well. Congrats on winning once again! Your team is looking to be the one to beat"
"That was amazing Rhonna" Sadie smiled, patting the wrestler on the back.
"Rhonna?" She frowned.
The girly girl blushed a little "Oh, I was just wanting to come up with a cute nickname. Friends do that, right? Katie and I have, like, ten of them for each other!"
Rhonda quietly grumbled as she walked away from her, getting a slightly amused grin from Jackson as they all walked off.
Justin didn't get to walk too far away when he noticed Sugar was already waving flirtatiously at him.
Confessional: Justin
The model had multiple kiss marks on his face as he frowned "Well, at least my team knows I put in a serious sacrifice for them. They probably wouldn't have won without me. But, just as important, my brain has come up with a new plan"
He smiled, leaning forward while resting his elbows on his knees "I'm basically on a roll here! But, with Sugar effectively wooed, I have an intern under my wing. I could use her to get ahead in just any situation if worse comes to worse"
Justin flexed his biceps "I guess I'm starting to become the full package now" he smirked, flexing his pecs one at a time.
XXX
"And with them winning, the Tengu will be sending home yet another contestant. If they haven't died already…"
Blainley glanced into the water, finding Jake acting like a boat for Anais and Willow while the others just floated onto land.
"That was embarrassing" Wyo grumbled into the sand
"I'll see you all tonight" Blainley smiled "Because one of you is going home"
They all groaned before the scene cut to later in the evening. The losing team was now making its way to the elimination ceremony by the coast, after changing into their normal outfits.
"No one really screwed up, it's going to be a hard vote" Donna frowned sadly.
Willow nodded "I-I really just don't want to vote for anyone…"
The explorer quickly nodded "I hope none of us hold a grudge if we're sent home!"
"O' course mate. Only one person can win" Jasmine smiled.
"Exactly right" Nick agreed, smiling just as warmly as the Aussie.
Wyonetta just looked at them "I'm absolutely going to take it personally if I go here"
Anais and Jake just nodded in agreement as they arrived and sat down at the elimination ceremony. Blainley was just waiting for them with a casual smile "All of you ready for tonight?"
They all nodded at different levels of confidence "Good, because tonight may be one of your most eliminations. So let's see how it goes"
Confessional: Jake
"Nick told myself and Anais we could lead the next challenge if we were to vote with him. So being at the top of the totem poll is fine by me!" He scribbled onto a face he was covering
Confessional: Wyo
The jockette just stamped Nick with an annoyed expression "If we had just rowed faster we might've escaped Rhonda's death blow. And his friendly boyscout attitude is just kind of annoying me now"
Confessional: Willow
The scared little girl looked between the photos before just stamping herself "I-I-I was the most useuless today, they'd be doing so much better if it wasn't for me being on their team"
XXX
"Your votes have been tallied, and we will now be handing out… gyros" she raised multiple in her hands. "And the first of you that is safe is… Wyonetta, for taking down the giant"
Wyo raised her hand, catching a wrapped up gyro in her hands "This is an actually pretty good treat"
"Yea, who would've guessed the Greeks were good at something" Blainley mused "Also safe we have our newest couple, Jake and Anais!"
Jake glared at Wyonetta as he only caught the second marshmallow. Anais, on the other hand, was blushing faintly when she caught hers "D-did you have to tell that to everyone?"
"I do. I was wondering if anyone else wanted to bet with Shion and I" Blainley smiled "But fine. Donna, you're also safe"
The explorer cheered, getting ready to grab the gyro before Mittens snatched it and started running away with his new snack. "This leaves us with our final three losers" Blainley smiled at the remaining contestants.
"Jasmine, some people feel like you're not accepting the change in leadership. Nick, your leadership wasn't even that good. And Willow, you're probably the most expendable member of the team… but surprisingly you're safe"
The thin girl whimpered as the gyro slammed her in the head "g-great…"
"So, one of you will be going home tonight. And the one who survives will likely be taking over the team as leader"
Nick and Jasmine silently glanced at each other. Their discussion on 'not taking it personally' seemed to have gone away, as both of them were frowning deeply at the other.
"And the one of you going home will be…
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"I'm sorry to see you go" Nick smiled at her "But you played well and hard"
"Thanks" she smiled back before reaching into her pockets "One second, I think I have a going away present in here somewhere…"
Jasmine smirked "Ah, here it is" she raised her idol in the air "I'm sorry Nick, but I don't really want to go this early in the game"
Blainely smiled "Well isn't that a surprise! Looks like Nick's the one going home"
The boyscout frowned, crossing his arms "Well, I can accept defeat. Well done finding that idol Jasmine, I should've known you'd be the one to find it"
"Thanks" she smiled softly.
As they spoke Blainley cleared her throat "Does that idol have the Blainley seal of approval?"
"Oh, yea, prob…ably…" the Aussie started turning pale as she looked over the idol, not finding anything like a seal "Where would that, uh, be?"
Blainley walked up to her, examining the idol's base "Hm, nope, there's no seal. Looks like you've found yourself a counterfeit"
"You didn't tell us about any counterfeits!" Jasmine glared "Or anything to do with the seal"
She shrugged "I didn't think anyone would be making fake ones. Wasn't us at least"
Jasmine silently slouched forward, holding the bridge of her nose as she tried to not get too mad "Well… that's a bit of an annoyance."
The Aussie was about to speak again when Willow hugged her from the side. Jasmine looked down at her, just surprised by the contact "I-I'm sorry y-y-you have to go…"
"It's fine" she smiled softly, patting her head "I'm sure you'll all do fine without me. Just remember all I told you about foraging, ok?"
Willow slowly nodded her head, still hugging her in silence.
"Well, that's very sweet" Blainley smiled as the contestants heard a rumbling coming from nearby. That's when the cyclops from earlier appeared, smiling down at the Aussie.
"I'm guessin that's how I'm goin home then?" Jasmine pointed up at it, just getting a small nod from Blainely "Of course it is…"
Without another word the cyclops grabbed her and lifted her up. It waved her goodbye before spinning in a circle and chucking her across the lake as hard as it could. On the ground Willow just watched in absolute horror.
Confessional: Willow
She looked miserable, even worse than how she usually was. The little wimp was hugging herself "I-I feel like Jasmine is the only one who puts up with me… I knew I wouldn't last long, but outlasting her i-is honestly the biggest shock yet"
Confessional: Nick
The boyscout whistled to himself, casually creating a fake idol "I didn't think anyone would break into my housing for nicknacks. I mean, it's clear it was fake, her chin was too sharp. My work is just not up to snuff"
Nick smiled as he shook his head "Oh well, I won't loose too much sleep over Jasmine forgetting what they actually look like. I just hope she learned her lesson and I can lead this team to true victory"
XXX
AN: And back to Legends, this challenge was a lot longer than I was expecting it to be, but we're done either way. I've basically planned for Jasmine to go around here since the original elimination order, where I had her at her highest of 7th. But she was fun, I liked her dynamic with Willow while she lasted.
Terrible Tengu (6/9)- Jake, Willow, Donna, Nick, Wyo, Anais
Secret Sphinx (7/9)- Justin, Sadie, Rhonda, Jackson, Rayna, Anne Maria, Char
Order
18th- Vernon
17th- Peter
16th- Lightning
15th- Capone
14th- Jasmine