EN: Yes, Doobop and I have been spelling Cyfrwys wrong this entire time. Just when I finally got the hang of it too…

AN: Me too… Sorry friends…


Chris' Above Ground Recap:

"This season has been one of the most intense seasons this show has ever seen… and also the most funniest.

"Cumhachtach, despite being the clan with some of the strongest men, has been losing and losing land ever since the game began, starting with a sixth of Crios Cath, down to a fifteenth of the island. Tiberius was crowned the king that Michael and Stan have been following since day one. Bryan and Avi did their best to try to overthrow him, and Frag originally kept him around, thinking it wasn't the correct time. Because of that Avi and Bryan both left the game.

"Mealltach is another clan that has been struggling as of lately. First things first, we have Alice who was painting Molly as this terrible person, but only because the Conwoman had a crush on her. When Anemone revealed this, along with a defunct immunity medal, Alice formed a plan to continue lying to Anemone all the while 'benefiting' from the immunity medal, and having make-out sessions with Anemone. Jarri and Roxanne also began partnering up when they aligned to help Molly out of her situation. With Queen Rose now in a stressful swing position, and a little help from some devious contestants, she called the season's first Special Elimination, effectively voting off Roxanne and pissing off the rest of her team. As much as she has been trying to recover, it is very, very hard for her to do.

"Ffydd. Ffydd, Ffydd, Ffydd, Ffydd, Ffydd. They started off all over the place and ended in a fallen mess. We have Franchesca, who believed in Gamata so hard, production contemplated having Gamata be what the Druidic Artefact modeled. She tried converting Indigo and pissed off the rest of the team that she became the second fallen ruler. Indigo, who only had to simp after every women he had ever met, and by being so foolish, he led to his entire clan's downfall. Ani, because he was telling the truth about spirituality, it led to his downfall. Setsuna, no clue how she's gotten far. By relying on the powers of her box, she has not helped in voting out any single one person, besides her most recent vote. Morgana, Ffydd's most recent downfall, not much to say about her, except for the fact that she communed with ghosts. Spooky. And then, King. The one who has been trying the hardest to keep his clan together, but failing, because he was never the clan King.

"Cyfrwys had really been putting the name in Cyfrwys since the very start, all of them power-hungry, but voting off their first clan leader first, Jeremy. Ever since Laura has taken the throne, she had been betting obscene amounts of land, which has been going the correct way for her, gaining nearly a third of the island to half of the island, in just one challenge. Unfortunately, her clan does not agree with these method, or their just power hungry, I can't quite tell the difference, and they have even resorted to throwing a challenge, ultimately failing. Not quite sure how one fails to fail, but it works for me! Laura surprised everyone last challenge when she put 100 acres up to the plate, trusting her team won't throw the challenge, which they didn't this time. Laura is walking a thin line, it's up to her team to determine this line.

"Alltud has been faring pretty well despite having the hardest challenges of them all, until it came down to their first elimination ceremony in which votes were all-tied, twice. It went down to a footrace, were Gazella was the first member of Alltud, eliminated. Alltud has had a surprising streak after that, still not managing to lose."


Chef's Underground Recap:

"A whole bunch of stuff has happened underground since the game began too!

"Right outta the gate, six unlucky losers were sent straight down into those caves to start their games at a massive disadvantage! Some gave themselves up willingly, while others struggled and fell short of their initial challenge, but the end result was the same for all six, a life underground!

"It was here that they learned how to re-enter the contest! Get the Druidic Artefact and bring it to its True Resting Place!

"Harald yeeted Shelby-lynn down one of the most dangerous features of the Shameterranean, a Pit of Peril! If they touched the bottom of those things, they were out of the game for good!

"Nathan and Lorelei discovered secret stone switches leading to hidden rooms and started sending advantages and other goodies up to the surface, but they were never in complete control of who ended up with them!

"Mathilda started whackin' at the cavern walls with her bat and created a bunch of tunnels that made the maps that Tiberius and Gazella won in the very first challenge ultimately obsolete!

"Harald yeeted Danny!

"Jeremy joined the Shameterranean, and when Avi, Molly, Ani, and Prof came down not long after him, Jeremy yeeted Prof for his betrayal!

"Overwhelmed by the immense change in population, Lorelei yeeted herself, but left a note criticizing Harald, which Mathilda left for all new arrivals to see!

"Franchesca and Gazella entered next, and while Harald tried to scoop up Franchesca, Ani and Molly united themselves with Gazella. Meanwhile, Nathan, Avi, and Jeremy exchanged information with Bryan up above ground!"

"Roxanne was sent down thanks to a special elimination ceremony, and during this time Nathan and Avi found the Druidic Artefact, but Ani, Gazella, and Molly had followed them and yeeted Nathan!

"Indigo bet all his clan's land and got sent down by losing all his acres, before being yeeted right away by Mathilda. Good job, girl!

"Avi barely escaped Ani, Molly, and Gazella, but they found a second Druidic Artefact anyways! Because of this, Ani and Molly began to contemplate yeeting Gazella. But not before Harald gave them all a bit of a fright. Thankfully he didn't want to bother them and kept his distance

"Avi found Jeremy and handed his DA to him so that he could buy time by distracting Ani, Gazella, and Molly, which worked thanks to some timely intervention from Mathilda!

"Roxanne found the True Resting Place, and Harald told her that Ani, Gazella, and Molly had the DA, so she went off to find them!

"A frustrated Ani and Molly yeeted Gazella when she wouldn't give them the DA! Roxanne caught sight of this and yeeted Ani in retaliation, forcin' Molly to realize that Roxanne did a better job of following her philosophy than Molly herself did, and she chose to give Roxanne her DA.

"Jeremy was cornered and tied up by Harald, nearly sending his DA down a Pit of Peril in the process, but Mathilda heroically batted the object back up at the sand cost of her own game.

"Harald was about to take his DA and leave, but when Franchesca called him over for a prayer, he contemplated yeeting her. Joke was on him though because she flipped his sorry butt down a Pit of Peril! She then untied Jeremy and let him leave!

"Bryan and Morgana entered the underground, and Morgana yeeted herself, while Bryan found Roxanne and urged Jeremy to sprint up to her and catch her!

"Jeremy and Roxanne both eneted the True Resting Place at roughly the same time and after realizing they both had DAs, resolved to put both artefacts down at the same time. After a countdown, only one of them was the real one that began to glow. Now in this episode we'll find out which one of those two is going to emerge! Who will rise? Who will start the next wave of Shameterranean mayhem?"

"Find out right here!" Chris butted in. "On Total!"

"Drama!" Chef shoved him out of the way again.

"Crios Cath!"


*The Survivor Theme Ancient Voices Begins Playing As the Crios Cath Theme Song Starts*

As the beginning horns start blaring, various shots of Crios Cath from above are time-lapsed and shown through the screen, notably the highlands, the forest, the bog, the lower fields, the desert, and underground.

Cumhachtach

A red figure holding a red stag skull flag is shown, before the camera zooms in so only the image of the flag is on the left side of the screen. Meanwhile, the right side of the screen pans over the lands that Cumhachtach owns, before showing its remaining members in alphabetical order, doing various tasks.

Frag is putting in effort to freehand climb up a cliff in one shot, and drumming on a large rock while smiling in a second shot.

Michael is throwing an object as if it were a baseball in one shot, and crouching and peering through some bushes in a second shot.

Stan is side-stepping through water and rallying the rest of the team in one shot, and harvesting some wheat in a second shot.

Tiberius is swinging his greatsword in one shot, and is seen soaking wet and shouting angrily in a second shot.

Mealltach

A green figure holding a green dryad flag is shown, before the camera zooms in so only the image of the flag is on the left side of the screen. Meanwhile, the right side of the screen pans over the lands that Mealltach owns, before showing its remaining members, in alphabetical order, doing various tasks.

Alice is seen twirling her hair suggestively as she looks at someone off-screen in one shot, and breaking out into a sprint through sand in a second shot.

Anemone is tying her curly black hair into a ponytail in one shot, and shouting from atop a tree in a second shot.

Jarri is seen picking fruit off of a tree and examining it in one shot, and tossing a spear in slow motion in a second shot.

Rose is seen playing with a large conifer branch as though it is a fan in one shot, and is running along, clapping and shouting in a second shot..

Ffydd - Clanless

A blue figure holding a blue shaman flag is shown, and soon fire from the bottom of the screen consumes it, signaling the clan's disbandment, and replacing the symbol with the word 'Clanless'. The camera zooms in so only the clanless word is on the left side of the screen. Meanwhile, the right side of the screen pans over the lands that Ffydd used to own before its downfall, before showing its remaining members, in alphabetical order, doing various tasks.

King pulls an incredibly healthy looking carrot from the ground in one shot, and is raising both his arms up in a cheer in a second shot.

Setsuna is shown curiously looking at a trap in the ground in one shot, and calmly firing an arrow from a bow in a second shot.

Cyfrwys

A yellow figure holding a yellow king and queen flag is shown, before the camera zooms in so only the image of the flag is on the left side of the screen. Meanwhile, the right side of the screen pans over the lands that Cyfrwys owns, before showing its remaining members, in alphabetical order, doing various tasks.

Aria is quickly turning her head to look behind her, her twintails whipping around as she does so in one shot, and is cupping her hands while shouting so loud her face is going red in a second shot..

Kalyssa is waving semi-flirtatiously at the camera in one shot, and is swinging a club at something hidden in the grass in a second shot.

Laura is tasting a porridge she's cooking in one shot, and is seen measuring something in the distance using her thumb in a second shot.

Mateo is washing the clan's clothes in a makeshift washbin in one shot, and is beckoning someone off-screen to charge up a hill towards him in a second shot.

Alltud

A dull grey figure holding a dull grey broken chain flag is shown, before the camera zooms in so only the image of the flag is on the left side of the screen. Meanwhile, the right side of the screen pans over the lands Alltud owns, before showing its remaining members, in alphabetical order, doing various tasks.

Angelo is hauling sandstone in one shot, and harmoniously playing a violin in a second shot.

Axel is crouched over and brooding by himself in one shot, and confusedly looking over a map in a second shot.

Carol is facing off against a giant scorpion while holding a makeshift spear in one shot, and is energetically cheering her team on as she sidesteps with them in a second shot.

Maggie is busy dusting off her stone slab bed in one shot, and organizing various makeshift tools in a second shot.

Ryuji is seen cracking open a cactus with a large rock in one shot, and covering his eyes as he laughs and points at something off-screen in a second shot.

Shameerranean

A white figure, holding a druidic artifact, is seen falling down into what appears to be some kind of underworld, before the camera zooms in so only the underworld image is on the top half of the screen. Meanwhile, the bottom half of the screen pans over the Shameterranean caverns, before showing the remaining players trapped there, in alphabetical order, at the moment of their elimination and doing various tasks.

Jeremy is seen getting his torch snuffed by Chris in one shot, and looking up through a hole in the ground in a second shot.

Roxanne is seen getting her torch snuffed by Chris in one shot, and running through the Shameterranean in a second shot.

The camera shifts again this time to focus on a glowing Druidic Artefact on its True Resting Place, and pans up towards a hole in the cavernous ceiling of the Shameterranean, before maneuvering through it and emerging at the Tine Naofa Bonfire Pit, where now only four flags fly. The image fades out, and fire torches spell out the title of the season.

Total Drama Crios Cath


Location: Ionad Desert-Cailleach Bog Border (Production Acres)

Contestants: All Remaining

Chris stood in between King and Setsuna as the rest of the contestants created a crescent around them. "As you all know, Ffydd is no more! These two are all that remain, and they are clan-less!"

"So does that mean they go to us?" Ryuji pondered. "It's got to, right? I mean, we're literally the clan of people that don't belong in other clans."

"Not quite, Ryuji!" Chris shook his head. "It's not that you don't belong. It's that other people belonged more! But now that everyone's lost at least one person, some more than others," he smirked at King and Setsuna, "it's time for a Clan Re-assessment! After the end of a small challenge similar to the one given out at the beginning of the competition, you'll all be separated into four clans of five players each! Cumhachtach, Mealltach, Cfrwys, and Alltud!"

"But wait… if there's only nineteen of us here right now," Laura did the math in her head. "Then is someone coming up from The Shameterranean?"

"That's right!" A voice answered as Chef drove the lucky returning contestant up in his jeep.

"You go out there and play even harder this time, aight?" He let the surface-bound player know.

The player stepped out of the car.

It was bright, the sun, shining down from all overhead directions. They squinted their eyes at the sudden brightness.

Laura gasped.

"Contestants," Chris smiled. "Let's welcome back…"

"Jeremy!" Laura interrupted Chris as she excitedly ran up to Jeremy and wrapped her arms around him.

Chris rolled his eyes. "Way to ruin the suspense, LAURA!" He sighed and spoke unamused. "Yes, Jeremy's back. Hooray."


Confessional: Jeremy: Clan ?

"It's great to be back up top, and even greater that I know I have at least one ally here! I hope we can be placed on the same clan during this re-assessment, but just knowing that she's held on this long and wasn't, like, eliminated right before I placed that DA down is more than enough comfort for now."

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Confessional: Laura: Clan ?

"Yass! Jeremy!"

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Confessional: Mateo: Clan ?

"No! He cannot be here after I worked so hard to get rid of him last time! With Kalyssa preferring to suck up to Laura these days, I'm going to need to start getting my hands dirty if I want to come out of this one on top." Mateo smirked. "Assuming I'm on Cyfrwys again. Of course, who would take my position?"

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Confessional: Aria: Clan ?

"Ugh, now blindsiding Mateo is gonna be even harder! Fucking WHY? Maybe I can convince everyone to vote him off. Ugh. I don't like this. Jeremy, Laura, and Kalyssa are bound to clan up and one Mateo and I off, and I have to make sure it's Mateo." Aria scoffed. "I know I'm bound to stay on Cyfrwys, over say, Kalyssa. I mean, please, she's ridiculous!"

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Confessional: Tiberius: Clan ?

He shook his head. "What a cuck he is. In fact, he's the king cuck, since we've been playing the game without him all this time."

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Confessional: Frag: Clan ?

"Seems like a cool guy. I wouldn't mind getting to know him a little more, but I need someone strong to be my cavalry right now."

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Confessional: Stan: Clan ?

"He'll never last on Cohotach."

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Confessional: Michael: Clan ?

Michael stroked his chin. "He'll be an interesting add to this cast, that's for sure. Also interesting to play with. He has a brain, for sure. The only question is, how big of a heart does he have?"

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Confessional: King: Clan ?

"Jeremy is back, and I am happy for him, though I would have preferred to see Morgana or Ani. In any case though, it's finally time for me to no longer deal with Setsuna around camp. I'm too young to be a parent."

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Confessional: Setsuna: Clan ?

"I literally don't care. I'm more concerned with Clan Re-assesment. What happens if I'm in a clan other than the one King is in? What will I even say or do?"

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Confessional: Rose: Clan ?

"I don't want this to be the way out of my mess. But at the same time a new member would be nice. A clean slate almost. Get them on my side, understand a little. Spread information, and then, maybe it'll work? "

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Confessional: Alice: Clan ?

"Jeremy coming back? Well, he seems to be on great terms with Laura, and she's a great ally to have right now for someone returning to the game from underground. I bet Anemone would want to know about it too, so I think I have a fairly good excuse to call either of them over~."

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Confessional: Anemone: Clan ?

"Ooh. Secrets of the underground, come to me! I'm sure Alice knows what I want her to do."

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Confessional: Jarri: Clan ?

"He doesn't strike me as a bad guy, so I guess he's okay, but I really would've preferred Roxanne come help me out here. Mealltach better get a good new girl after this reassessment or I better leave for Alltud or something."

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Confessional: Ryuji: Clan ?

"Alltud will stay forevermore! I can't imagine leaving these guys. We've bonded so well over these past few days. I don't want to leave them!"

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Confessional: Maggie: Clan ?

She sighed. "Not this again. Last time was so hard, and I really don't wanna fall down into the Shameterranean. I've got friends up here on the surface! But I guess...I mean, so did everyone else..."

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Confessional: Axel: Clan ?

"Maybe I can get to that cuck-calling clan and eliminate him myself! I really just want any clan with someone for me to take down. Anyone! I do not want to leave without achieving my goal."

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Confessional: Angelo: Clan ?

"Perhaps this time, I will be the leader of Cumhachtach. Using that power of theirs, I could play the diplomat with the other clans, something their current king has really been sleeping on. He could have so much information if only worked with his ability! Oh, and congrats to Jeremy for his successful journey to and from the underworld. Truly a chthonic paragon among us."

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Confessional: Carol: Clan ?

"Clan re-assessment? I mean, I would hope I could say I'm good looking, but I'm definitely not heading towards the other two clans, so I feel like I'm destined for Alltud, but you know? I wouldn't have it any other way! I've got Maggie here, and Axel might be strict and stubborn, but he keeps us strong!"

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"To present this challenge for clan re-assessment, we have hired the winner of The Grand Showdown of All Hosts and Host Things Themselves…" Chris turned around to slip a medal on. "ME!"


Confessional: Chef

"I can't believe he chose The Grand Showdown of All Hosts and Host Things Themselves when he could've chosen the winner of The Grand Showdown of All Cooks and Cooking Things Themselves! It's all a load of bull-"

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"Today, we're holding planks!" Chris announced. "It'll be a nice and quick challenge to determine the clans! If you drop, you're out! The male contestant that lasts the longest will not only be crowned the Cumhachtach king, but will also get to decide the members of the Mealltach Clan! Everyone else will be sent towards the clan that they fit in with most compared to the others at the moment! Now then, draw for spots and let's get started! Oh yeah, the clan with the highest amount of time between its players wins the majority of these old Ffydd acres. First place clan gets 800 acres, the next place clan gets 400, third place gets 200, and last place gets zilch!"

"But Ffydd's extra acres only totaled out to 900." Laura crossed her arms.

"I know." Chris smiled. "But we made a mistake during the last challenge. Cumhachtach actually technically tied for last place, so the 500 acres Ffydd had to give up to them are actually 500 acres they'd have to give straight to us, since all the other clans have taken their fair share. So now we have an extra 500 to spread around for you guys. Happy?"

"I guess." Laura rolled her eyes.


The Plank Challenge

"Alright!" Chris announced. "A healthy adult male can hold a plank for about two minutes! If your legs or your hindarms or your stomachs touch the ground, you are out! On my mark… go!"

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"It has been fifteen seconds." Chris announced. "Feels like fifteen hundred."

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Mateo smirked as he fell onto his stomach.

"And just like that, Mateo is exhausted." Chris smirked.

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"We are now at the half minute mark." Chris looked over everyone left. "Laura struggling, Ryuji struggling, Alice trying to hang in there!"

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Laura couldn't keep herself up anymore and collapsed.

"Laura, out of this challenge, can go take a seat by Mateo on the bench."

"Kind of like a date." Mateo sneered at Laura.

"Shut the fuck up and don't ruin this day for me." Laura ordered him as she took her seat.

Meanwhile, Stan buckled out of nowhere and face-planted on the ground.

"Stan, picks a fight with the earth and loses, right at the forty second mark." Chris announced.

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Ryuji followed not long after.

"Ryuji, joining him on the bench."

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"We are at the one minute mark…" Chris broadcasted. "Sunny skies with pain in my eyes! Pain as in the pain settling in!"

Alice gasped as her arms spread out and she lay on the ground.

"Alice, just over a minute, her arms must be feeling the burn."

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"Nice." Michael was counting the seconds in his head to deal with stress.

"It's second 69…" Chris let the other contestants know what Michael found so amusing.

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"We are at the eighty second mark…" Chris announced. "These contestants, even while they stay motionless, are getting tired."

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Aria dropped to the ground.

"Arianna out just as we're nearing the hundredth second."

"I know, Chris."

"Getting frustrated with me over it!"

"Shut up, Chris!"

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"Fifteen more seconds until the two minute mark." Chris let everyone know as all their arm and leg muscles tensed up.

Anemone fell.

"Anemone following Aria to the bench!"

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Frag couldn't hold himself up any longer.

Maggie followed a second later.

"Frag and Maggie both out!" Chris announced.

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Jarri slumped down.

"And Jarri joins them!"

"Ugh… my poor abdominals…" Jarri pouted.

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"We are now a full two minutes in." Chris explained. "Everyone who is still in is under incredible stress, but no one wants to lose."

Angelo collapsed while Chris was talking.

"Looks like I spoke too soon!"

"I didn't want to lose either, Chris." Angelo laughed as he headed towards the bench.

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Rose's arms shook heavily and soon, she, too, fell into the sand.

"Rose, out!" Chris called.

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Setsuna and Michael both dropped at once.

"Setsuna, Michael, both out at the same time!" Chris observed.

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"Carol and Kalyssa following their lead!" Chris announced as both girls dropped. "We're down to our final four contestants, Jeremy…"

Jeremy dropped.

"King…"

King dropped.

"Axel…"

Axel dropped.

Tiberius dropped immediately after.

"And with 138 seconds, Tiberius is our winner, he REMAINS king of Cumhachtach!" Chris exclaimed with arms in the air.


Confessional: Tiberius: Clan Cumhachtach

"As I always will be."

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Tiberius winked at Rose. "And you, lovely lady, remain queen of Mealltach."

"Ew." Rose visibly shuddered.

"And all the other women get to stay too. I haven't changed my mind about any of you *sniff*!"

"Ew." The rest of former Mealltach shuddered.

"You get one more, Tiberius!" Chris let Tiberius know. "Carol, Maggie, Kalyssa, Aria, Laura, and Setsuna. Who will it be?"

Tiberius rubbed his chin. "I'll go with the blonde, curly ponytail. Cute, I like it." He pointed at Maggie before he turned to Aria. "Just to let you know twin-tails, it totally would've been you if you weren't so fierce with the Vult."

"You know… I've never been more relieved in my life." Aria sighed.


Confessional: Maggie: Clan Mealltach

"Well I'm glad you're relieved, Aria, but I'm terrified! I don't know any of these people except kind of Jarri, and now Carol and I are on different clans!"

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Confessional: Carol: Clan ?

"I'm gonna miss her, but I mean, it's not like we can't meet up at the border or something!"

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"Alright, we have Mealltach!" Chris announced. "We also have Cumhachtach, consisting of Tiberius, Stan, Michael, Frag, aaaaaaaannnnnnd… King!"


Confessional: Michael: Clan Cumhachtach

He smirked. "Good to know." His fingertips tapped each other. "Good to know."

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Confessional: King: Clan Cumhachtach

"Ah, yes, a clan that can work together!"

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Confessional: Frag: Clan Cumhachtach

"So, stuck on Cumhachtach still, with the same ruler who probably wants me gone, but I do have a vote block, and King is fresh blood so hopefully we'll have a bit of a better time with him here."

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"And Cyfrwys." Chris smirked. "Laura, Mateo, Kalyssa. You three are staying. Jeremy, you'll be returning, and rounding the five of you out, from Alltud, is-"

"Wait, what?" Aria interrupted.

"You heard me right." Chris nodded.

"But I was OG Cyfrwys. Doesn't that mean I get to stay?"

"Nope, turns out some people fit the 'cunning' category more dominantly than you do. Sorry. Anyways, the last person is Ryuji."

"Wait. Really?" Aria rose a brow.

"Don't get me wrong, Aria." Chris shook his head. "I'm not saying that you're not cunning, I'm saying that you explicitly are more well rounded than Ryuji, who spends most of his time outsmarting your clan."

"Hey, he's got me pegged." Ryuji shrugged.

"So wait…" Aria looked over.

"Which means, Angelo, Aria, Axel, Carol, and Setsuna!" Chris turned to everyone left. "You guys are all Alltud!"


Confessional: Carol: Clan Alltud

"So we lose Maggie and Ryuji and get Setsuna and Arianna? Can… uhm… can we trade back?"

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"Chris." Mateo raised his hand. "Aren't you forgetting to crown a new random Cyfrwys King, uh, I mean ruler?"

"Not even a little bit." Chris smiled. "Production has randomly selected a ruler from all five of you!"


Confessional: Jeremy: Clan Cyfrwys

"I swear to the druidic gods if it's me again…"

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"Congratulations, Cyfrwys!" Chris smiled. "Your randomly selected ruler is… Laura!"

Laura's lips stretched into a confident smile.

Kalyssa laughed. "Oh, how funny!"


Confessional: Kalyssa: Clan Cyfrwys

"No, not funny! I wanted to be the Queen! Now I have to keep kissing her ass until I stab her!"

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"So…" Axel looked over both Setsuna and Aria. "What do you guys do?"

"Hi." Setsuna waved. "I'm Setsuna. I'm good with a bow, I guess. I'll be here for a couple episodes, I guess."

"Uh… huh…" Axel nodded warily at Setsuna before looking at Aria. "And you?"

"Oh me?" Aria asked. "Well, I'm Aria, and anyone on Cyfrwys will be the first to tell you about how much I got along with everyone!"

"Hm." Axel nodded, eyeing her.


Confessional: Axel: Clan Alltud

"I know this girl. I called her out at the very beginning. I don't trust her. I never will."

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Plank Reward/Reassessment Challenge Acre

1st Place: Alltud: 6,700 - 7,500 | Angelo, Aria, Axel, Carol, Setsuna

2nd Place: Cumhachtach: 2,500 - 2,900 | Frag, King, Michael, Stan, Tiberius

3rd Place: Mealltach: 2,700 - 2,900 | Alice, Anemone, Jarri, Maggie, Rose

4th Place: Cyfrwys: 16,600 - 16,700 | Jeremy, Kalyssa, Laura, Mateo, Ryuji

"Alright!" Chris smiled. "Now that everyone knows their new teams… it's…" He took out a megaphone and blasted everyone with the noise. "CHALLENGE TIME!"


Location: Crios Cath West Shore

Contestant(s): All Remaining

"Today…" Chris beamed at the players. "We revisit one of my favorites from The Cursed Island! Clans Cumhachtach, Mealltach, and Cyfrwys, you will all be running out into the water and gathering garbage to return it to shore and build yourselves a trash palace! The bigger the trash palace, the better your place will be! But you don't just want to make it big, you also want to make it sturdy, because Alltud will be allowed to try and knock down the trash palaces, starting with the top pieces of garbage, and if they can successfully knock a trash palace down, or knock down enough trash to form a palace of their own that isn't the smallest, they'll be safe! If they fail to knock down a trash palace, or collect enough trash to make a palace of their own, they'll head to elimination along with the smallest trash palace of the main three clans after the Alltud round is over! Now, place your bets!"

"Alright." Tiberius turned. "What we thinking, men?"

"No way." King grinned. "You mean to tell me that you care about what we think?"

"Haven't you seen me heeding council in the past?" Tiberius sniffed at King. "I am the model Cumhachtach ruler, second only to D-… second only to God."

"I say we bet for some big land." King shrugged. "We're just building stuff, ja? Easy for Cumhachtach! Not so easy for the others, I think."

"I mean… he does have a point." Stan nodded.

"But we could always just lose more acres again." Tiberius warned. "We don't need another Bryan here to cuck things up."

"What is… cuck?" King tilted his head.

"We'll tell you when you become the king of the clan." Michael joked as he put a hand on King's shoulder.

"I say go for it." Frag suggested to Tiberius. "If not, well, it was an outsider that suggested it to you."

Tiberius nodded. "I'll think about it."

Over on Mealltach… Rose stayed onto the podium.

Maggie rolled on her heels.

"What's up, Maggie?" Anemone asked.

"Oh, u-um." She kept her hands behind her back. "I'm just used to all of us agreeing because of Alltud, and… all that stuff…"

Jarri sighed. "We all get how you feel. It doesn't really help our opinion on her."


Confessional: Alice: Clan Mealltach

"I don't know what Jarri is talking about. I love Rose's tactic." She sighed. "Such a little girl always wanting to please everyone so much to the point where it screws her completely over. And in my favor too!"

End Confessional


"Alright," Jeremy began. "I think maybe we should-"

"I've got this, Jeremy." Laura smiled back at him before moving up to the podium. "No worries."

Ryuji put a hand on Jeremy's shoulder.

"I feel you, man."

"Just so you know, Jeremy," Mateo chimed in, "She's done this since she became queen the first time."

"Quite frankly, I'm not going to listen to what you or Kalyssa has to say right now." Jeremy replied. "Call it paranoid, but I can't just trust people who voted me off."


Confessional: Ryuji: Clan Cyfrwys

"Well, I think I'm starting to get a sense of the dynamics of this clan at least."

End Confessional


Alltud huddled together, though Aria and Setsuna were clearly uneasy with it.

"So, how does this work?" Aria asked.

"We have to come to a unanimous decision." Carol answered. "Figure out what we'll bet."

"I'll just go with whatever." Setsuna shrugged. "I'm not the best with acres."

"Well, I think we need to bet big." Aria suggested.


Confessional: Aria: Clan Alltud

"Now that I'm not on Cyfrwys, I hate their guts. Their guts stink like Alcott's pits! I want them to go down, down, down. I don't care about any of them. Laura? Don't care. Jeremy? Don't care. Kalyssa? Don't care. Ryuji? Never cared. Mateo? I despise him! Their defeat will be their biggest yet!"

End Confessional


"We don't just need to bet big." Axel mentioned. "I have a plan." he spoke seriously in a low tone. "And I'm going to need you all to agree to it."

"Well, what is it first?" Aria asked.

No answer.

"Well, what is it first?" Angelo asked.

"We're going to bet all 7,500 acres." Axel whispered to Angelo and Carol, who were huddled right beside him.

"I am totally for the thrill of it." Carol was immediately on board.

"I may need a little more of an explanation." Angelo was not. "We have been explicitly warned time and time again that if we lose all of our land, we're all going to the Shameterranean."

"That's sort of the point." Axel replied. "Arianna and Setsuna are outsiders. We have had next to no contact with any of them, and can't assume they have our best interests at heart."

"This is a reckless plan, Axel. Think about what might happen to Ryuji or Maggie if they're on the losing end of this."

"The Cyfrwys clan is full of snakes." Axel informed. "Ryuji will have no trouble finding one that is unhappy with their position to keep him safe. Meanwhile, Mealltach will probably bet low, so they won't lose much land if they do come in last."

"The way I see it…" Carol reasoned. "Betting big is actually the most defensive we could be for Ryuji and Maggie, it'll give them a huge safety net if there is no Alltud if we lose, but if we win, then the other clans will be scared of us. They'll keep Ryuji and Maggie around to stay competitive."

"That's a fair point." Angelo nodded. "And I suppose it does help Aria and Setsuna work hard. We won't see anyone throwing a challenge if they think they'll be sent to the Shameterranean."

"Um, hello, what are we planning?" Aria tapped her foot.

"We're betting everything." Axel finally told her.

"Cool." Setsuna shrugged.

"Okay, look, I know I said big, but I didn't say every-fucking-thing."

"Yes." Axel nodded. "Drop that 'nice' façade of yours, it'll be useless for you in this clan. And we are betting everything, because you're a Cyfrwys snake, and if we lose, at least you'll be back in the dirt where you belong."

"Hrm…." Arianna growled at Axel. "Fine." She spoke through gritted teeth. "But only if we get to follow my strategy for the challenge."

"By all means." Axel smiled under his surgical mask. "After all, it's your game on the line."


Confessional: Arianna: Clan Alltud

"I hate him too now." She sighed. "At least he's smart enough to rip the façade off so I don't have to try so hard to keep it up."

End Confessional


"Alright!" Chris called. "Clan leaders and Alltud, come up and give me your wagers!"

"2000 acres!" Tiberius flexed.

"500 acres…" Rose bet meekly.

"You're up, Laura." Chris reminded her.

"Oh," Laura had forgotten about Ffydd's disbanding. "10,000 acres then."

" WHAT?!" 10,000 acres was more than enough to stun Jeremy.

"Jeremy, how do you think I managed to get enough acres to bet this much in the first place?" Laura smiled back at him. "Even if we lose, we'll still have more than what all the clan's started with. And that's more than could be said about most clans here."

"Yeah but…" Jeremy couldn't find the words. "Nevermind."

"I won't." Laura beamed.

"You should!" Axel spoke out. "Chris, we've talked it over. We're going all in. 7500 acres!"

The rest of Alltud nodded behind him.

Aria shot a confident sneer to a shocked Mateo.


Confessional: Mateo: Clan Cyfrwys

"It must have been my imagination but… I could've seen… was that… a sneer she gave me?"

End Confessional


"Alltud, off the heels of Ffydd's complete destruction has just announced that they are all in!" Chris cheered.

"Setsuna, what are you doing going along with that ridiculous plan?!" King called out to Setsuna.

Setsuna shrugged back at King. "Being part of Alltud, I guess."

"With the bets set…" Chris wrapped up the betting phase. "I'll give all the teams a minute to strategize and we'll get started."


Challenge: Return of the Trash Palaces

Rules: Contestants must race to the shore of Crios Cath and pick up any trash they find on the coast. With that trash, they compile it to make a tower. The clan with the largest tower wins.

Alltud Rules: Alltud must either choose a clan or divide their clan to try to knock down as much tower as possible. Alltud is only allowed to attack the top half. If they successfully knock down a tower and build their own trash palace, they will be deemed safe.


New Acres and Wagers:

[2500] - [2900] Cumhachtach: Tiberius bet 2000 acres

[2700] - [2900] Mealltach: Rose bet 500 acres

[16,600] - [16,700] Cyfrwys: Laura bet 10,000 acres

[6700] - [7500] Alltud: Everyone bet 7500 acres


Location: Crios Cath West Shore

Contestant(s): All Remaining

The contestants were all lined up along the edge of the Lower Ceol Fields all hunched over, ready to bolt to the garbage already clinging onto some of the rocks.

"On my mark." Chris called.

Some contestants lowered even further.

"Get set…"

A wave crashed against a rock.

"GO!"

Most of the contestants struggled to run on the rocky beach. The rest of Alltud, walked along, waiting for something to be built, save for one member.

Mealltach hit the shore first, Maggie tossing trash to Jarri, who passed it to Anemone, who passed it to Rose, who passed it to Alice.

"Mealltach, first with the trash!" Chris sat on a chair designed for lifeguards. "Employing a great strategy!"

"Men," Tiberius yelled. "Let's do what they're doing!"

Chris held his oprea goggles to his eyes. "Frag on the shore, copying Mealltach."

Mateo reached the shore.

Chris leaned in a little further. "Mateo on the shore for Cyfrwys! Aria following closely behind him!"

Mateo turned around. As Chris had mentioned, Aria was in fact right behind him. He clicked his tongue. Instead of her innocent smile and rather gentle movement, what he saw was a menacing glare. She moved with her arms outstretched, mainly for balance, but they were rigid. The very second that Mateo managed to grab a piece of trash. Aria tackled him into the waters.

Mateo threw her right off of him. He emerged from the waves. "Aria!?" He picked up a piece of trash, about to throw it to Laura, but Aria whacked it out of his hands.

Mateo picked up another piece of trash that Aria reached for. "What are you doing?"


Confessional: Mateo: Clan Cyfrwys

"I have no clue who this woman is, but whoever it is, she's extremely sexy. Especially in that bathing suit."

End Confessional


"Mateo and Aria engaging in a cat fight!" Chris trumpeted through his megaphone. "I mean, hey, it was never against the rules or anything."

Aria took a few deep breaths. "I'm making sure you go home," she clicked her lip. "You brainless puppet master." Aria kicked him in the balls, effectively stunting him, while she tackled him into the water again.

Laura had begun to pick up Mateo's 'slack' and go into the water to toss trash herself. She and Aria made eye contact for a few seconds.

A big wave of water reached the shore of the rocky beach. It washed right over Aria and Laura sweeping them off the ocean.

"While Cyfrwys struggles to get trash, Cumhachtach and Mealltach have made a lot of progress! Cumhachtach especially!"

Stan perched his hands on his hips. "Okay, we got a good foundation and some height."

Michael sighed and stretched his neck. "Yeah," he looked off. "Let's start making it taller…"

King returned with a heap of trash. "Åh herre gud. Good job, men!" King clapped as he left to get another heap. "Keep up the good work!"

"Finally," Michael gestured at King's seemingly shrinking body, "someone who appreciates our hard work!"


Confessional: Michael: Clan Cumhachtach

"And finally someone who I have a solid alliance with!"

End Confessional


Confessional: Stan: Clan Cumhachtach

"Michael is… overly fond of King. I sense something more than simple appreciation in his tone. Perhaps it's in my best interest to scoop King up before he can, and Frag is certainly in the market for allies."

End Confessional


Rose ran back with her load of trash as Alice kept making the palace taller and taller. "Alice! Alice! The tower is toppling!"

"Is it?"

"Oh dear, we need to fix the sides and have it triangulate more." Rose and Alice worked together. Anemone ran over to help with the wobbling tower. Jarri rushed to Maggie to collect trash.

Chris held up his megaphone. "And Mealltach taking a break over height, and worrying about strength! Cyfrwys getting a little more work done, but not enough to catch up."

Axel stood by Cyfrwys' dainty little tower, a rock in his hand. He tossed it, and caught it. And tossed it, and caught it.

Kalyssa stuck another long pipe into the rocks. "May I help you?"

"No." Axel didn't stop tossing his rock. "Keep working."

Kalyssa glared at Axel.


Confessional: Kalyssa: Clan Cyfrwys

"Well, I'll give anyone three guesses as to who Alltud is trying to throw under the bus this challenge. Still though, this presents an opportunity. As far as I'm aware, Laura is public enemy number one in Aria's and Mateo's eyes, but if I stick with her for one more vote, I might be able to finally claim that crown for myself!"

End Confessional


"Hi, King." Setsuna nearly scared King half to death as he placed down a piece of trash only to see her appear out of nowhere.

"Gah! Oh, uh, ja, hello."

"How's it going?"

"It's going well, working hard in the challenge…" King tried his best to get past Setsuna, but she kept accidentally blocking his path.

"Förlåt, you are in my way, making it hard to compete."

"But, I wanted to ask for-"
"Setsuna, we're on different clans now! I'd love to help out but you and I both need to focus! Go hinder Cyfrwys like the rest of your clan!" King quickly brushed past her. "Ursäkta mig!"

"But…" Setsuna looked out over the water as King went to get more trash.

She tossed a rock in frustration, shaking loose the garbage he'd just placed down a bit.

"Cumhachtach slowing down, taking their time!" Chris announced. "While Mealltach is speeding up a little, keeping a steady pace!"

"You're doing great, Maggie!" Jarri beamed as she and Maggie both put some trash down on their palace.

"Thanks!" Maggie smiled.


Confessional: Jarri: Clan Mealltach

"Maggie is it! Maggie is it! Maggie is how I can get myself out of this mess! We haven't had time for Alice and Anemone to isolate her and turn her against me, so if I keep being supportive now, while they're more focused on the challenge, I think I can carve a path forward!"

End Confessional


"Cyfrwys working together, dunking Aria in the water!" Chris announced as Laura and Mateo both pushed to keep Aria below the waves as she struggled to break out of their grasp.

"You little liar!" Mateo growled.

"Grgg...help!" Aria managed to call out.

"I'm on it!" Angelo answered as he rushed out towards Cyfrwys.

"Angelo is now heading out into the ocean, going to help Aria!" Chris shouted.

As Angelo arrived, he found himself in the midst of flailing arms and feet. "Gah, get-, get off of her!" He managed to sort of pry Aria free, and she quickly took the opportunity to get out of there, but Mateo and Laura kept up their assault on Angelo.

"What are you two doing?!" Jeremy asked as he ran by with some garbage. "Don't let Alltud distract you, build!"

"Sorry, Jeremy~!" Laura called sweetly as she let Angelo go. "Go after the exile." She whispered to Mateo, who nodded with a grin.


Confessional: Mateo: Clan Cyfrwys

"Ah, what a bonding experience that was, working together with my admittedly attractive queen to try drowning a dissident. I sure do love authoritarians. They make excellent puppet rulers."

End Confessional


"Cyfrwys and Alltud are fighting each other for this challenge!" Chris announced. "Meanwhile, Cumhachtach and Mealltach are well oiled machines!"

Tiberius, consensually, hoisted Frag on his shoulder so they could have even more height on their trash palace. King and Stan followed the same suit as Michael went to get more trash from the ocean. rip the ocean.

Rose's assembly train of trash was starting to pick up such a steady pace that everyone was moving in fluid motions.

"These two clans have boiled the act of trash palace building down to a science! Both Clans neck and neck. Whereas Cyfrwys still has veeeerrry little done!"

"Sorry about this, Ryuji!" Carol apologized as she and Axel waited by the trash palace while Ryuji placed another block of garbage.

"You guys don't hate me, do you?" Ryuji quirked a brow.

"No, not at all!" Carol assured him. "Don't worry, we're on your side!"

"Ryuji." Axel calmly locked eyes with him. "You're an insufferable prankster. I don't like you."

"Gee, thanks." Ryuji rolled his eyes.

"However, you aren't a villain. You're on a clan that is full of them though, use this as an opportunity to get rid of one."

"Alltud!" Aria cried in a raspy voice. "Ditch Cyfrwys for now, let's focus on the other clans with more trash!"

"Setsuna is all alone hucking rocks at Cumhachtach!" Chris announced. "Building a mini-palace of her own. It's not enough!"

"Hup." Setsuna tossed pebble after pebble at the Cumhachtach palace, occasionally stealing some trash that managed to fall on occasion.

Axel, not moving from his spot, chucked his rock. It hit Mealltach's palace, which was blocking Cumhachtach's tower.

"Axel, aiming for one clan and hitting another!" Chris taunted.

"Can it, McLean." Axel muttered under his breath.

"It looks like Alltud is changing course a bit! Setsuna and Axel are now taking on Cumhachtach, Angelo and Carol are taking on Mealltach, while Aria remains further inland, getting ready to build up a trash palace of Alltud's own!"

Chef chuckled beside him. "When you can't make sand castles, you make trash castles!"

Chris ignored the joke. "And with Alltud ignoring Cyfrwys, they've finally managed to build something nearly half the size of Cumhachtach's tower!"

Aria turned her head, her twin-tails whipping around her. As she lugged trash onto the palace, she spoke to Carol. "Hey, Carol. Could you *grunt* get some trash from Cyfrwys?"

"No problem!" Carol saluted.

She rushed over to the Cyfrwys tower with a branch. She stood on a boulder Kalyssa had been using to reach the top of the palace and pile more trash. With the branch, she batted down about a fourth of the tower. At that point, she hauled all the fallen debris. Angelo ran over to help her with it.

The two raced over to where the site had been, and Alltud stopped what they were doing and piled and piled and piled and piled until finally… The Cyfrwys tower collapsed from a lack of stability.

*BZZZZT* Chef pressed time on his incredibly loud buzzer.

"THIS CHALLENGE IS OVER!" Chris announced. "ALLTUD wins by, not only building their own trash palace, but also by knocking over the one that belonged to Cyfrwys! Congrats Alltud, you not only risked the entire team going to elimination, drowning, and suffocating in horrible waste, but you also won yourselves 7500 acres, all from former Cyfrwys territory! Cyfrwys you lost yourself 10 grand plots of land and a player. Hop onto Chef's jeep and let's get rollin'."


Confessional: Jeremy: Clan Cyfrwys

"This is not okay, guys. I just got out of the Shameterranean! I'm not about to just go back in there! I will not be another Isaac!"

End Confessional


Confessional: Laura: Clan Cyfrwys

"I have before me an interesting decision to make, now that Aria has been replaced with Ryuji and that Jeremy has returned. A very interesting decision indeed."

End Confessional


Confessional: Ryuji: Clan Cyfrwys

"Hey man, I'll vote for any one of these guys right now. I just don't want it to be me."

End Confessional


CHALLENGE RESULTS AND ACRE CHANGES

1st Place: Alltud (bet 7500 acres) [7500] - [15,000]

2nd Place: Cumhachtach (bet 2000 acres) [2900] - [4900]

3rd Place: Mealltach (bet 500 acres) [2900] - [3400]

4th Place: Cyfrwys (10,000 acres) [16,700] - [6700]


Tine Naofa Bonfire Elimination Ceremony

Contestants: Jeremy, Kalyssa, Laura, Mateo, Ryuji

Each Cyfrwys member sat down with their torch alight behind them.

"Cyfrwys," Chris noted. "Long time no see? How's everyone been? Mateo?"

"I have been thinking, Chris." Mateo replied with a smirk. "What makes a person a person and not a puppet being strung along by some other force? I can't help but feel that Laura acts like a different person around Jeremy than around the rest of us."

"Of course I do." Laura shrugged. "He's cool and I missed him, and you assholes voted him off for no good reason."

"And now that I'm not the ruler, I'd like to maybe not be voted off like that again." Jeremy joked. "I'm so freaking hungry after spending that long down there."

"Ryuji, how has your transition been?" Chris moved on.

"Real shitty considering I had little time to get to know my team and now I'm being hit up with all this drama. Don't get me wrong though, I'm taking notes."

"You are part of the cunning clan for a reason, after all." Chris laughed. "Kalyssa, tonight's vote, what's it going to be based on?"

"Tonight's vote…" Kalyssa brought a finger to her lip in contemplation. "Will be based on… those who have fallen from grace."

"Jeremy, gotta be hard to hear that one." Chris turned back to Jeremy.

"I know precisely who I'm voting for after hearing that remark." Jeremy shrugged with a nod.

Mateo smirked.

Laura remained stoic.

Ryuji's eyes moved a mile a minute taking mental notes.

"Well then," Chris smiled. "It is time to vote. We'll go in alphabetical order this time. Jeremy, you're up."


Confessional: Jeremy: Clan Cyfrwys

"You've voted for me once before and wouldn't even give me a chance. It's time you've felt what it's like to be surrounded by darkness and eating bugs twice a day."

End Confessional


After Jeremy came back, Kalyssa was sent up.

She happily scribbled a name down on her parchment.


Confessional: Kalyssa: Clan Cyfrwys

She blew a goodbye kiss into the camera before waving devilishly.

End Confessional


When she returned, Laura walked up to the voting area.

She took out the pen to write votes.

She took a deep breath.

She stared directly ahead.


Confessional: Laura: Clan Cyfrwys

"My memory is long, and unerring. Time to collect a debt."

End Confessional


After she returned, Mateo was called upon to vote.


Confessional: Mateo: Clan Cyfrwys

"How fitting that we would lose the first challenge of the second round of play. History… truly is cyclical."

End Confessional


Finally, once Mateo had returned, Ryuji cast the final vote of the night.


Confessional: Ryuji: Clan Cyfrwys.

"Look, you seem pretty terrifying to me right now, and that's literally the only reason I'm writing your name down. I have no personal beef with you or anyone else on this clan."

End Confessional


"I'll go tally the votes." Chris announced as Ryuji returned.

The minutes passed.

Cyfrwys all sat around the bonfire.

Chef yawned near the entrance to the Shameterranean.

Chris returned.

"I've tallied the votes." He informed them. "If you have a hidden advantage or immunity medal and would like to play it, now would be the time to do so."

Laura looked around.

Mateo stared forwards, as did Jeremy.

Ryuji momentarily locked eyes with Kalyssa, who gave him a grin.

She reached into her bag, and pulled an empty hand back out. She stuck her tongue out at him tauntingly.

Ryuji's brow furrowed in confusion as he focused his attention on the votes.

"If you receive the most votes, you will be asked to enter the Shameterranean, alone, immediately." Chris announced. "I'll read the votes."

He reached into the voting urn, and pulled out a vote.

"Jeremy."

Jeremy bit his lower lip.

"Mateo."

Mateo smirked as he rested his face in his hand.

"A second vote for Mateo." Chris announced.

Jeremy's eyes began to water a little.

"Laura." Chris read the next vote. "That's one vote Jeremy, one vote Laura, two votes Mateo, one vote left."

He took out the final vote, but didn't read it yet.

He kept it for tension.

Jeremy crossed his fingers.

Kalyssa sat upright as she crossed her legs.

Ryuji looked around with shifting eyes.

Chris opened the piece of paper.

"First person to head into the second Shameterranean, Mateo." Chris showed Mateo his third vote. "That's three, that's enough, you need to bring me your torch."

"You're only getting rid of the director because his actress is off on holiday." Mateo snickered as he grabbed his torch and brought it up to Chris. "I was always choice number 2, remember that."

"Mateo…" Chris smiled. "The clan has spoken."

He covered the torch.

Mateo's fire flickered out.

"Well," Chris turned to the rest of Cyfrwys. "With that vote, there has been a definite shift in power in this clan. Hopefully it's for the better. I've got nothing else for you, head back to your camp."


*Mateo's Elimination Confessional:

"I know I'm not out of this game yet. If Jeremy can last from our first loss all the way up until his return, then I can last twice as long. I assume the vote for Laura was Ryuji, which means Kalyssa duped me along with the lovely tyrant. I'm not the only one to have fallen from grace, that's for sure. And remember, I was choice number 2. Choice number 1 got lucky to be placed on Alltud when she did, and she better hope she doesn't find herself down here."

End Confessional*


Shameterranean

Contestant(s): Mateo

Mateo stepped down the stairs. His footsteps echoed all about. He smirked.


Confessional: Mateo: Clan Cyfrwys

"I remember that one lad who decided to let go of the bar at the very beginning. I'm starting to understand that strategy now."

Postpone Confessional


Mateo headed forwards, only going forwards until he reached a pit of peril. He smiled and took a few steps back. A wall met his backside, which opened up a tunnel. A note was left on the wall.

To whom it may concern,

-Mathilda


Resume Confessional

"His only problem is that he wasn't alone. I have about a few days worth of free-time down here to analyze everything about this cavern. Find my way around. Explore my stage!"

Postpone Confessional


He found a button along a wall and pushed it. The alcove treats had already been taken.

"A tremendous hiding spot." He muttered.


Resume Confessional

"I will become The True Puppet-Master of the Underworld!"

End Confessional


The Votes:

Jeremy voted for Mateo

Kalyssa voted for Mateo

Laura voted for Mateo

Mateo voted for Jeremy

Ryuji voted for Laura


20/36 Remaining. 19 Above Ground.


AN2: Alright, first Roxanne, because she's eliminated for realsies now, and then we talk about Mateo.

Roxanne: Holy Shit is Roxanne one of the robbed goddesses of this season. She deserves so much more than she got. She's super high up on the "I'd love to have this character in Resurrection" list. Roxanne was in a really bad spot after Molly sort of eliminated herself, and in an even worse spot when Rose's psyche got the better of her and she called a special elimination. Then, she just got unlucky that the person she was up against was someone who seemed to have just a little more plot relevance with coming up to the surface than she had.

Having studied her actions throughout the season, Roxanne receives the status of: Hero

I could talk about how she was opposing Tiberius and Alice, how she tried to save Molly, how she didn't yeet Molly when she totally could have and just taken the fake DA, but even with all of that, I would make her a hero purely because of her jury speech. It appealed to one of our major themes and it made her a bit of a martyr like thing.

Roxanne's best moment: Oh, without a single freaking doubt it was that jury speech. She was sort of seen as a bit of a more physical player than one that really strategized, but she delivered a really eloquent and persuasive argument as for why she shouldn't be sent to the Shameterranean on the grounds that Rose brought up. It was too bad two of the jurors just took the chance to get rid of a physical threat.

Mateo: Imagine getting swap screwed by not swapping. Now Mateo is all alone down in the Shameterranean, but he's got a lot of time to craft a strategy all his own, and if he's patient, he could very easily become a true puppet master and the director of the inevitable tragedy that is the Shameterranean.


EN2: I have no idea how many times the word 'shooketh' popped up in this episode's outlined. Lemme copy-paste for you.

"Tiberius, heeds advice to King's super shooketh self"

"Laura, ain't heedin', Jeremy is shooketh"

"Everyone is shooketh"

"Laura is S.H.O.O.K.E.T.H."

If you guys aren't shooketh, Doobop and I haven't been doing our jobs properly. Anyways, that was sort of the joke of the outline, but that didn't really bleed into the chapter. We really aren't trying to be funny. Honestly, the sixty-nine joke was a thing, but it was more out of Michael's stress rather than him just being a goofball. Haha, after scrolling I found it! The winner of The Grand Showdown of Hosts and Host Things Themselves. Dere we go, joke of the chapter. Maybe I should change this to my favorite part of the chapter. Now that humor isn't much of a thing. It would have to be when Alltud was coming up with their bets. There was just a lot of back and forth between Doobop and I and giggling and stuff.


EN3: You know, I really love playing games with people. Hey, you know a great place to play games with people? Discord. We share many links there where we play lots of games. And we read fics, whether it be Doobop's fic or some random fics or a full-blown book one of us has and wants to listen to. You know what else Discord is good for? Memes. We share a lot of memes about these fics, funny or unfunny, who cares! On top of that, the Discord is a place where Doobop and I get on a lot. You interested in having full-blown conversations with us? Join Doobop's Discord Today! Don't have a Discord? Get one! Absolutely free! I've freaking downloaded Discord and almost exclusively use it on my phone. You don't even really need headphones! Link on Doobop's profile.


AN3: Oh, it looks like my discord plug is already accounted for. I'll give one again. The link is on my profile. It's fun. Everything secretnobody said in that last editor's note is true.


AN4: And as always, thanks for reading!