TDNKCI: Episode 1 "Heroism Is Dead Here" Part 1
"We've got a new island now!" Chris exclaims into the camera as he stands on the docks of a barren island of dried up fields and dying forests. "Welcome to Weliweli Island! The centerpiece of our newest season of Total Drama! We've got eighteen fresh contestants being driven here by Chef across the Nui Kaua bridge, recently repaired by our Total Drama Nui Kaua finalists! Thanks a lot guys, we couldn't move on to this season without you! Oh, and here come our victims now!"
The camera turned to focus on Chef driving a hearse crammed with teenagers who all spilled out onto the island.
"Alright, here's the deal, reality show freshmen." Chris grinned. "I'll introduce you in alphabetical order and you'll come stand by me when your name is called, after that, we'll get this show started First, we have Antonio."
A very tall, dark-skinned boy with chocolate brown eyes and a bald head save for a black mohawk that was dyed white on either end walked up towards Chris. He was lanky and long-limbed, though there were slight hints of visible muscles in his broad shoulders and chest with a somewhat trimmed waist. His ears were covered in mostly silver studs and either earlobe had 2 inch plugs in them. His bottom lip also had a silver stud I it along with a silver nose ring on his right nostril. As Chris rose an eyebrow at him, he rose his own eyebrow, which sported a silver rod of its own. "I'm Antonio." He said as he held out a hand to shake. The grey T-shirt he wore had its sleeves ripped off, so the many tattoos ranging from sharp jagged decorative lines and designs to quotes or words that were on his arms were clearly visible, even through the sleeves of his black hoodie with the words "I run faster than your wifi" centered in the middle. His hand itself was covered in black, fingerless gloves and his right arm was wrapped by a few bandages. His dark blue jeans were ripped and faded and his feet sported white socks along with dull green worn out sneakers.
-Antonio(The Creepy Artist)-
"Yes, yes you are." Chris took Antonio's hand like his own was a skill claw and moved the contestant behind him. "Next, we have Aubrey!"
A fair skinned girl, somewhat pale, with an hourglass figure walked up to Chris. She had very long, wavy, dark brown hair that went all the way to her hips. Her dark blue eyes were topped with long eyelashes, and she worked a white blouse with neck ruffles like a scarf along with a blue pleated skirt, black knee socks, and pink sandals.
"I-I'm Aubrey." She gave a quick smile before joining Antonio behind Chris.
-Aubrey(The Normal Wannabe)-
"I'm next! I'm next, MOVE, people!" A very fit girl of Japanese descent, her black hair tied back in a high bun and sporting a red flower accessory, shoved her way towards Chris. She was wearing a red short-sleeved button down dress shirt, a black short skirt, and slip-on shoes. She looked over the other contestants with her almond brown eyes and gave a frown. "Nah, none of you look challenging enough. It'll be a challenge to find someone on my level."
-Azami(The Arrogant Gymnast)-
"It's...nice to meet you too, Azami." Chris said as he moved the girl back towards the other already introduced contestants. "Next up, Barnard!"
A tall, light caucasian boy with a rather average body build walked up to Chris. His wide smile as he shook Chris's hand made his small, oval shaped, dark brown eyes almost disappear entirely. His dirty blonde hair was combed in such a fashion that it resembled the hairstyle of Elvis Presley. He was wearing a t-shirt, khaki shorts, and white running shoes with white short socks.
"I'm Barnard." He introduced himself. "Thank you once again for accepting me, Chris. It's a pleasure to be here."
-Barnard(The Capitalist)-
"You say that now." Chris chuckled menacingly as Barnard joined the others and he looked over his chart of names. "Our next contestant is Daniel!"
A skinny caucasian boy with bags under his round blue eyes walked up to Chris. He had short, grey hair, and was wearing an unzipped red jacket revealing a white t-shirt, as well as blue jeans and black shoes.
"Great." The boy gave a dejected sigh while looking around. "Figures the game would start out in such a dreary place."
-Daniel(The Tragic Villain)-
"Isn't he just a bundle of sunshine?" Chris asked sarcastically as Daniel joined the others. "Next up, we have Jaime!"
A petite, fair-skinned girl with loose, shoulder-length, dirty blonde hair walked up to Chris. Her slim body was covered by a lightweight, grey, hooded sweatshirt, Levi's 505 straight leg jeans, and white socks with red Converse sneakers.
"Chris…" Jaime said as she looked around Weliweli Island. "Great job decorating the island, I love what you've done with the place. I feel so welcomed."
-Jaime(The Sarcastic Girl)-
"Thanks!" Chris smiled, either not picking up on the sarcasm in Jaime's voice or simply choosing to ignore it as he moved her along. "Our next contestant...Jamal!"
A dark skinned boy dressed in a white singlet, grey athletic shorts, white socks, and blue converse walked up towards Chris, bobbing his long black dreadlocks up and down as he moved. "My name is Jamal Brown." He said to an invisible beat towards Chris before turning to face the remaining contestants with his prominent black eyes. "When I win, y'all will frown!"
-Jamal(The Ghetto Wannabe Rapper)-
Confessional: Jaime
"When he wins, Hell will freeze over."
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"Nice to meet you, Jamal!" Chris exclaimed as he shoved Jamal towards the growing crowd of introduced contestants. "Next up, Kaden!"
A tall, somewhat built, caucasian boy walked up to Chris. He wore a blue jersey with the number '12' and the word 'CHAMPION' emblazoned across it in red lettering, as well as a grey, unzipped sweatjacket, black Nike shorts, and black and red Converse sneakers. His skull length, light brown hair, bangs gelled towards the right side of his head, was visible even under his black beanie and white baseball cap with a red skull design on it. Around his neck was a dark purple scarf that complimented his dark purple fingerless gloves on either of his hands, the left of which sported a waterproof watch on the wrist below it. In addition, he was also wearing elbow guards, knee guards, and ankle pads.
"So this is the place huh?" He said looking around. "Well for one, with my different traits and will to win... I have this in the bag, so I'm pretty much guaranteed to win!"
-Kaden(The Hard Worker)-
"The only thing you're guaranteed is bowing to me when I win!" Azami couldn't help butting in.
Kaden looked at her, and for a moment his circular dark brown eyes widened before returning to normal and showing off a hint of light blue. Kaden smiled confidently at Azami.
"I'm sorry, beautiful, but that'll be a bit hard. See, I can only bring you as far as the final 2."
"B-beauti-" Azami blushed before heading off into the crowd of contestants and Chris shoved Kaden after her.
Confessional: Kaden
"That Azami is really hot, and I can tell she's confident and strong. She's exactly my type of girl. If I can help it at all, I want her on my team!"
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Confessional: Azami
"Yeah, sure, Kaden's attractive and all, but he surprised me with his forwardness and that's IT! I won't get all blushy and embarrassed the next time I see him. In fact, I bet I'll go right up to him and tell him I like him!" Azami immediately looks like she regrets saying what she just said, even in a confession.
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"Our...next...contestant…" Chris tried to get himself back on track "Is Kyle!"
An extremely tall and muscled caucasian boy with a healthy tan, oval shaped, cobalt blue eyes, and messy, sandy blonde hair walked up to Chris. He was wearing a plain white T-shirt, a pair of ripped blue-jeans, a pair of Converse high tops, and a camo snapback with a Chase Rice logo on the front.
"Pleasure to be here, Chris." He said with a thick country drawl as he held his arm out for a firm handshake between contestant and host.
-Kyle(The Country Boy)-
"Pleased to have you, Kyle." Chris grinned as he herded Kyle towards the other contestants. "Our next contestant is Lena!"
No one stepped forwards.
"Lena!" Chris glared angrily at a girl.
"Don't parade me like a poodle, McLean." A girl snapped. "I'm honestly shocked Chef hasn't finally snapped and killed you yet."
She was a rather pale caucasian girl who had a fairly healthy body shape, if a bit on the lean side, and had round, very dark brown eyes to the point where they almost looked black. Her dyed purple hair was styled in a unique way, making it look like a series of long spikes combed back, reaching her ears. She was wearing a black sleeveless shirt depicting a pentagram floating above an outstretched hand, plaid pants that had been cut into shorts with ripped stockings underneath, black combat boots, and studded black wristbands with a matching choker.
-Lena(The Hardcore Punk)-
"Lena, everybody!" Chris went to grab Lena before she smacked his hand away. "Yeesh! Fine!" He said as she walked towards the other contestants on her own. "Can the next contestant, Lucien, please come up here?"
A beautiful lean and toned man with creamy white, lightly bronzed skin walked up to Chris. He had golden blonde hair of medium length in the style of beach waves, and round, blue-grey eyes. He wore a light green tank top, grey skinny jeans, a white and orange letterman jacket, and orange Converse high tops.
"Dude….this island looks so creepy...I wonder if it's where ghosts bury their dead?"
-Lucien(The Dumb Hot Blonde)-
"It...It might as well be, Lucien. It might as well be." Chris herded the boy towards the other contestants before turning back to the increasingly small crowd of players yet to be introduced. "Next we have...Misha!"
A very pale, and rather small girl with surprisingly nice curves and rather large bosom walked up, slowly and shyly, towards Chris. Her totally unrestrained dyed dark blue hair was a bit longer than shoulder length and covered up the entire right side of her face, but on the left side, her round eye was a deep blue. She was dressed in a dark pink dress shirt with a red tie, a black skirt, full-length black pantyhose, and black shoes. She gave Chris a worried expression.
"So those are t-the other c-c-contestants?" She asked. "I wonder if I have to talk to them…"
She looked at the other introduced contestants whole all looked back at her, most with welcoming smiles, others with complete indifference.
"Eep!" She hid behind Chris. "They're staring at me!"
-Misha(The Social Anxiety Girl)-
"You'll be on a team with at least 5 other contestants, Misha." Chris said as he took her by the collar and shoved her towards the crowd of introduced contestants. "Our next contestant is Molly!"
A girl with a peach skin tone and hourglass figure walked up towards Chris. Her brown hair was kept in a high ponytail that went down to her back. She was wearing a fancy white jacket, fluffy around the hood, that looked like it had come straight out of an old fairytale, along with a black tank top, white jeans, and gold flip flops.
"Aubrey!" She pointed at Aubrey and gave her a stern look with her dark blue eyes. "Why did you sign me up for this? Neither one of us needs to be here!"
Aubrey didn't answer as Molly put a hand up before she could. "Actually, now that I think of it, an extra million dollars for me personally would be nice…"
-Molly(The Advantage Taker)-
Confessional: Aubrey
"You see, Molly and I are um, well we're twin sisters. She's my older twin actually, and I don't know, I know she doesn't really care about these shows, but I thought we could do the whole Sammy and Amey thing better than they did so I signed us both up, even though we don't need the money at all...I mean, I want to show you that even people like me can be normal! You can't define a person by their wealth! Unfortunately, Molly doesn't seem to feel that way, so I guess my plan might have backfired just a bit...Eh-heh…"
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"Yes, what a heartfelt reunion." Chris rolled his eyes as he pushed Molly towards the crowd of introduced contestants. "Next up is Natalie!"
A tall and pale girl with a good bit of muscle, average size breasts, and slight curves tried to walk passed Chris. Her hair was dyed dark violet and styled in a short mohawk with the sides of her head shaved. She was wearing a torn black leather sleeveless vest, a loose violet tank top sporting the image of a skull with a pink ribbon on its dome over a rather visible white bra, long arm bands on either of her arms, violet skinny jeans that had many holes in them, and black leather boots. She brought her hand of violet polished nails up towards her gold lip ring, and her silver earrings swayed as she turned to look at all the contestants, her narrow violet eyes scanning them as though she was contemplating which one to eat first after she killed them all.
"Not so fast, Natalie." Chris said as Chef grabbed the girl and shook her as various weapons of all shapes and sizes from brass knuckles to chainsaws hit the ground as they dropped from her person. "No weapons allowed."
Chef put Natalie down as he confiscated her weapons.
"You better give those back right now before I strangle you to death!" Natalie rushed towards Chef who knocked her out with a single punch.
-Natalie(The Not-a-Psycho)-
"The fuck did I just see?" Lena asked, wide eyed. "Who in their right mind thought she would be a good idea to have on the show? That's not fucking drama, that's fucking danger!"
"And isn't it wonderful?" Chris asked as Chef placed Natalie among the other contestants.
"I'd keep a good foot away from her when she starts to wake up." He mumbled as all the contestants immediately cleared away.
"Let's move on to our next contestant, N-"
"Now this is what I'm talking about!" A tall, lightly tanned, lean yet toned boy with narrow dark green eyes walked up as he looked around. He wore a grey tank top, green khaki pants, and dark brown combat boots. On his head was a dark green beanie that his dark brown hair fell down to his shoulders from. He cupped his hands to his mouth and shouted up towards the sky. "NIIIICK KIIIINNNGTOOON IS HERE!"
-Nick(The Leroy)-
All the contestants plugged their ears.
"Could you be a little louder?" Jaime asked sarcastically. "I didn't quite catch that!"
"YEAH!" Azami shot back at Nick in an even louder voice. "WHAT SHE SAID!"
"Before anyone else's ears start to bleed," Chris continued "Let's introduce Phooka!"
A somewhat short and more pear-shaped girl with light brown skin and almond dark brown eyes trudged up to Chris. Her dark auburn-ish brown hair was tied into low pigtails that reached down to her upper back, while some of her bangs covered her right eye. She wore a navy blue shirt with black straps covering her shoulders that was clipped to a black skirt that reached down to her lower thighs, while white low Converses with navy blue laces covered her feet.
"I'm Phooka." She mumbled half-heartedly before joining the others.
-Phooka(The Broken Chick)-
"Glad to see we're all awake today." Jaime mumbled.
"Next up…" Chris announced. "Samuel!"
A very pale, very tall, and somewhat round boy with almond shaped grey-greenish eyes walked up towards Chris. His short blonde hair was brushed to the side and he was wearing a grey shirt with the image of a black skull on it under a blue jacket with LONDON written in black across the back of it, dark blue jeans with tears in the knee sections, and grey and black sneakers.
"Happy to be here, Chris!" He said with a smile as he shook hands with the host.
-Samuel(The Crazy Prepared Weirdo)-
"Glad you're psyched, Samuel!" Chris smiled back at the boy.
"You bet!" Samuel replied. "This is going to be the most awesome thing ever!"
Confessional: Samuel
"Time to test if I really am crazy prepared, or just a regular weirdo!"
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"Now that's something we can agree on!" Chris grinned as Samuel made his way over to the other contestants. "Now that that's out of the way, we have one last new contestant," Chris smiled as there was only one new contestant left to introduce. "Tori!"
A skinny white girl with her blonde hair styled in a short bob walked up to Chris. "Sweet, finally I'm introduced!" She was dressed in a plain purple t-shirt and corduroy pants. "I'm Tori!" she turned to the other contestants "Let's all make this game a fun and exciting one, alright guys?" She asked with a smile.
-Tori(The Gambler)-
"It'll be the most epic all-out battle since the very first season!" Nick pointed excitedly, prompting Tori to laugh as she joined all the other contestants in the crowd.
"And that's everyone who is new! Welcome to Total Drama Nui Kaua: The Cursed Island!" Chris rose his arms as some of the contestants clapped with him while others sighed or groaned.
Confessional: Barnard
"I couldn't have been the only one to hear it, but I could tell by the inflections in Chris's voice that we weren't the only contestants this season, so I wasn't entirely shocked with what he said next."
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"As a special twist, this season" Chris smiled "we've brought back 7 previous players from both seasons filmed here at Lake Nui Kaua!" He gestured out towards the water as a large pirate ship that could only be described as ghost-like sailed into view, docked near Weliweli Island's pier, and the returning contestants emerged, also in alphabetical order and Chris announced them. "Aleister, the catty boy! Freya, the squashed queen bee! Helen, the martyr of Zero Sum! Isaac, the knight of justice! Kaleaf, champion tree-puncher! Sherwood, the loneliest of lone wolf players! Finally, Twilight, the brute with a brain!"
Aleister(From Nui Kaua, Ka Lani), was the first off of the ship. He was a rather well dressed boy with pale skin, messy shoulder-length dark red hair, and purple, feline-like eyes. He was wearing black skinny jeans under a black dress shirt with a purple tie and a purple vest. He brought up his hands covered in black gloves to adjust his tie. "Ah, back in the game again, and this time I won't lose so easily!"
Freya(From Zero Sum, Violent Quakes) walked off the ship next. A lean and sexy young woman, she had long platinum blonde hair and violet eyes that seemed to sparkle along with her fair skin. She wore a tiny sky blue tank top that only just barely ended below her breasts and exposed most of her stomach and midriff, while also having a collar that accented her cleavage. On her legs she wore incredibly short khaki cargo shorts that accented her round butt and revealed her slender and long legs. On her feet were dainty open toed sandals, showing off her toenails which were polished white like her fingernails. She also wore a small sapphire heart-shaped earring on either ear. "Thank you so much for having me back on, Chris." She smiled before she scanned over the new contestants. "And with a much more interesting cast than my first season!"
Helen(From Zero Sum, Raging Flames) followed Freya of the ship. She was a girl with long black hair and violet eyes. She was dressed in a school uniform and looked around with a certain air of authority about her. "New island, new contestants, same feeling of creeping regret for signing up for a second go at this…" She mumbled to herself.
Isaac(From Zero Sum, Killer Waves) was the fourth contestant to walk off the ship. He was tall and caucasian with a very muscular build and was wearing a plain extra large white t-shirt along with a pair of khaki cargo shorts. Short and spiky auburn hair topped his head and his round silver eyes rested atop a large grinning face. "I cannot thank you enough for the chance at a fresh start, Chris!" He nodded before turning to face the new contestants. "If you are pure of heart, I'm sure we'll be able to get along famously!" He announced. "But should your intent be vile, I warn you that you will meet a spirited opposition, and mark my words, you will fail!"
Kaleaf(From Nui Kaua, Honua) followed the other returning contestants off the ship. A boy with light chocolate skin, he had almond shaped dark brown eyes and flowy shoulder length emo dark brown hair. He wore a pure white shirt with a center that looked like it had a red tear going down the middle with black on the right side. His legs sported a pair of all black shorts down to his lower thighs with their cuffs being a faded white. On his feet he wore black converse. "Back on the show again, but this time, I plan to win! Watch me redeem myself!" He announced to both Chris and the contestants.
Sherwood(From Nui Kaua, Ka Malu O) walked off the ship after him. He was a lanky and slightly tanned boy with oval shaped green eyes and a head of black hair styled like it might be that of a vampire's. He was wearing a suit jacket over a green shirt along with black slacks. "Ahem." He cleared his throat. "My name is Sherwood, and if you end up with me on your team, you'd do well to keep me around."
Confessional: Sherwood
"I've already learned from my past mistakes. This season, I'm going to need to talk. Make no mistake, I'm still only looking out for number one, but if I have to step on others to do it, so be it."
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Twilight(From Zero Sum, Screaming Winds) Was the last returning contestant to step onto the beach of Weliweli. She was rather hardy and somewhat thick in build, though one could still see muscles on her. Her shoulder-length brown hair from her first season, Zero Sum, had grown to be long, reaching halfway down her back, though she still had her single pink highlight. She looked around with her eyes, one blue, the other green, and surveyed the contestants, both new and returning. She stopped and took a breath before introducing herself. "I am Twilight Church. I am an athlete, I am impatient, I think puzzles and the like are stupid, I am a trained martial artist, I can help with most if not all manual labor one might require, I do not tolerate idiots, I do not tolerate spoiled brats, and I do not tolerate nonsense. Remember that if I'm placed on your team."
"And that's everyone, for real this time!" Chris grinned. "All 25 of you! Welcome to Total Drama Nui Kaua: The Cursed Island!"
Confessional: Phooka
"Kaleaf is returning? He and I are cousins, so hopefully we can form a family alliance moving forwards! I know I could use it, since I'm not feeling up to socializing with any of these other faces yet, that's for sure."
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Confessional: Sherwood
"It's good to be given a second chance. I never got to get my strategy rolling in Nui Kaua, being voted out first, before the remarkably useless brainiac of Katrina. This time things will be different."
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Confessional: Freya
"I'm back on this dump of an island to play the game that was robbed from me during Zero Sum. This season, there's no Oswald to get in my way and I can compete to my full potential. My first order of business? Get rid of these other returns. They don't need to be here, only me."
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Confessional: Twilight and Helen
"We are kind of in the same boat for our reason for accepting the return offers." Helen says as she and Twilight fight for more space in the stall.
"We were both forced out of the competition by some shitstain of a contestant." Twilight said. "This time though, if we aren't the final two, we'll damn sure be eliminated fairly."
"It's really all about the closure for the two of us." Helen finished before they turn the camera off.
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Confessional: Azami
"Yeah, I don't think any of those seven are going to make it. I mean, of course I'll be the only one left in the end, but here's the thing, those seven returns already lost. They're already losers, it's what they know, and it's how their 'new game' will play out. Especially any that end up on my team."
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"Hey." a now conscious Natalie nodded towards Twilight. "You're like the one Zero Sum character I could stand. Nice to meet you."
"Hey." Twilight nodded back. "I'm cool with roughly a third of that cast, so don't insult my friends, newbie."
"Oh you wanna be like that do you?" Natalie tossed a punch that Twilight caught.
"Violence from anger is bad for your health." She responded as Lena and Nick both came up to restrain Natalie as she calmed down. Twilight tilted her head towards Kaleaf, who was busy talking to Phooka. "Tree-Puncher over there can tell you the same thing. The violent ones are always gone first."
"Speaking of violent…" Chris grinned. "Allow me to officially introduce the lot of you to Weliweli Island. It's where plenty of you will be spending a lot of time."
"Figures." Daniel gave a depressed sigh.
"It's the central focus of many of this season's main twist: Curses!" Chris exclaimed. "Every episode, a different curse will plague the island. Sometimes it only affects one team, sometimes it affects everyone, and sometimes it only affects a single player. Some are good, some are bad, some you'll know beforehand, others will be revealed as a surprise, some you can choose to take or leave, and some you'll have forced upon you. Our first curse, for you lovely 25 contestants is a curse that I like to call 'First Curse.'"
"You don't say." Jaime rolled her eyes sarcastically.
"As I was saying." Chris squinted his eyes towards Jamie, who folded her arms. "The contestant that receives this curse is given a tremendous responsibility, the ability to create and name the four teams, and, as the contestant to correctly guess the number I was thinking of in their interview, Lucien, you are today's lucky cursed contestant!"
"I'm cursed?" Lucien's eyes widened. He poked his arm. "But I'm still alive!"
A few of the contestants snickered.
"Sorry bro, you're cursed." Chris nodded as he tossed Lucien a clipboard. "Now we'll give Lucien a while to get the teams ready, and then we'll jump right into our first challenge!"
Confessional: Lucien
"Dude...I get to pick the teams? And it says here I should write myself as an extra on one of them once all four teams have six members. I'm totally going to make a dream team combination!"
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"Alright!" Chris exclaimed after all the contestants had waited for a few minutes. "The teams have been created! To tie in with curses, each of the team names will be associated with a horror creature! Let's start with the Macabre Mummies!" A logo of a white mummy appeared in the upper corner of the screen as a camera zoomed in on an empty white mat.
"Jamal, Tori, Daniel, Phooka, Isaac, and Lena. This is your new team!"
Confessional: Jamal: The Macabre Mummies
"Macabre Mummies is the name of my team/once I win us this challenge, we'll be living the dream!"
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Confessional: Daniel: The Macabre Mummies
"And just like that, there's no one I like on this team. Figures as much."
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"Oh, this is wonderful!" Isaac exclaimed as he brought the whole team, whether they were willing or not, into a giant group hug. "I can already tell you'll perform better than my team from Zero Sum!"
"And…" Chris continued. "Nick, Misha, Kyle, Aubrey, Sherwood, and Freya. You six can go stand on that red mat. From now on, you will be known as the Bloody Banshees!" A red banshee logo appeared in the corner as the camera zoomed in towards an empty red mat.
Confessional: Freya: The Bloody Banshees
"Ah, I remember Zastin, that nerd from my team back in Zero Sum, talked about banshees once. They were apparently beautiful women in life who used looks to their advantage." Freya then begins to giggle. "It's like this team was made to have me on it!"
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"Hey Mummies!" Nick called from the Banshees' mat. "I hope you're ready to lose to the Kingston!"
"Oh, tell me I did not just hear beanie mask here trash talking us." Lena stepped up to defend the Mummies. "You better be able to put your money where your mouth is!"
"Lena, we mustn't stoop to their level." Isaac warned.
"I just want a clean fight, muscle man." Lena said back. "And don't try to order me around. I don't know about your previous season, but you definitely aren't the captain of this team!"
"Yo, Chris!" Natalie called out. "There's still a good fucking 13 of us left, where do we all go?"
"I really would like to know what team I'm on." Samuel agreed.
"Alright fine, sheesh." Chris continued to read off the teams. "Next up we have the Visceral Vampires-"
Chris looked over at Lucien. "Hey, did you really name all these teams so that their adjective and noun start with the same letter? Macabre Mummies, Bloody Banshees, Visceral Vampires, Dreadful Demons, really?"
Lucien shrugged. "I mean...I thought it was, like, good luck or something dude. Right?"
Confessional: Phooka: The Macabre Mummies
"Well, that's one person I'm glad isn't on my team. I don't mix well with idiots."
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"There's no superstition like that, dude." Chris eyed Lucien warily before continuing to read off the teams. "In any case, Visceral Vampires, you are Samuel, Natalie, Antonio, Molly, Aleister, and Twilight."
The named contestants all headed towards a yellow mat as a yellow vampire logo appeared in the corner of the screen.
Confessional: Natalie: The Visceral Vampires
"This team sucks, the only contestant on it that is even remotely as athletic as me is Twilight, and she's too fucking soft in person."
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"Finally, the rest of you." Chris turned to the final six remaining contestants. "Kaden, Azami, Barnard, Jaime, Kaleaf, and Helen. You will henceforth be known as the Dreadful Demons."
A pitch black demon logo appeared in the corner of the screen as the contestants took their mat.
Confessional: Azami: The Dreadful Demons
"Gotta give him credit, Lucien knows how to make my team not suck!"
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"What the fuck?" Natalie complained. "The Demons look stacked as hell and this team is complete shit!"
"They're my dream team, man!" Lucien exclaimed as he went to join the Demons before he was stopped by Chef. "There a problem, dude?" He asked.
"That bit about you being the extra on a team was a lie." Chris smiled at Lucien as Chef ushered the boy away from the Demons' mat. "The second part of your curse is that while everyone else heads back to the main island, you'll remain here, on Weliweli, in exile, and you'll join the team that loses the first challenge after they vote someone off!"
"Whoa!" Lucien's mind seemed blown
Confessional: Lucien
"That was an awesome twist to the curse! Dude, he totally had me going there! Thing is though..." A slight hint of knowledge shown through Lucien's eyes. "I think that team might have trouble getting along without a mellow guy like me there."
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Location: Nui Kaua Docks
Contestant(s): Aleister, Antonio, Aubrey, Azami, Barnard, Daniel, Freya, Helen, Isaac, Jaime, Jamal, Kaden, Kaleaf, Kyle, Lena, Misha, Molly, Natalie, Nick, Phooka, Samuel, Sherwood, Tori, Twilight
"This is Nui Kaua!" Chris explained as the contestants all got off their team boats and stood on already placed team mats on the dock.
"Hey look!" Aleister pointed. "It's the Ka Lani campsite!"
"That's actually a good segway, Aleister!" Chris grinned. "That might look like Ka Lani's campsite, but it's actually what will hereafter be referred to as 'Average Camp'. Incidentally, a wonderful camp full of luxury and decadence now sits in the middle of Nui Kaua field, said camp will be hereafter referred to as 'Deluxe Camp', and we gathered six of Zero Sum's camp luxuries at random and placed them in the old Screaming Winds camp area from the same season. Which we will hereafter refer to as 'Crud Camp'. The final campsite, located in Nahele Forest, has diddly squat!"
"I think I've picked up on what's going on here." Barnard said. "Our first challenge is going to determine which team gets to live where for the season, isn't it?"
"Correct, Barnard!" Chris nodded. "Your first challenge is a simple one that I like to call 'Gifts of The Land'. There are 3 small boxes, or what are known as geocaches, hidden around this island. It is up to you and your teammates to find either the Deluxe Box, the Average Box, or the Crud Box, and bring it back to me at the Po'ino Bonfire Pit to both earn yourselves something that can be called a 'camp' as well as immunity. The team that doesn't find themselves a box not only has to make do with their campsite of nothing, but will also be the first team to eliminate someone who will then have to lie in that."
Chris points over to a coffin being towed by a hearse. "This season, losing contestants will lie in the Coffin of Shame and ride the Horror Hearse off of the island, leaving any dignity they might still have behind them."
"I have a question." Samuel asked. "What if we're claustrophobic?"
"Then you can ditch the coffin once it crosses the bridge to the mainland." Chris shrugged. "Or jump into the lake, your call. The point is, that's our elimination method this season. Now, are there any questions about the challenge?"
"OH!" Azami rose a hand up. "ME! I have one! Can we grab more than one box?"
Chris smiled. "Each team may only hand me a maximum of one box, and to keep things fair, only I have the keys to open them, so you won't know which campsite you won until you bring the box back to me. Anyone else?"
No one else had any questions.
"Alright then!" Chris smiled as he blew on an air horn. "Get to finding those boxes!"
Immediately all four teams rushed off in different directions.
Chris turned to face the camera.
"And our 25 contestants are on the move!" He said, gesturing with a smile. "Who will find which box? How will the returning players fair amongst the new ones? How will Lucien fair on Weliweli and how will his dream team fair without a mellow player? What special surprises await everyone? Find out in part two of the premiere of Total Drama Nui Kaua..
The Cursed…
Island!"
AN: Episode 1, Part 1 complete! Episode 1, Part 2 should come along shortly (in a few days or so, I reckon). Most episodes will only take up a single chapter, but this one is a special exception because with 18, 21, 22 or 25 contestants to get used to depending on how familiar with my TD universe, you lovely readers have enough information to absorb already, and you'd likely enjoy the challenge more in a fresh chapter where half of it isn't spent on introductions. That said, look at this cast! Nearly everyone here is so competitive, I love it! Anyways, I've decided that after each chapter, in addition to a 'Final Confessional' that I like to give an eliminated contestant, I'll also give my overall opinion on them. Since no one has been eliminated yet this chapter however, I will instead show you the THEME SONG! (Woo!)
*Total Drama Theme Song Plays*
As the music begins, seven hearses pull up and drop off coffins with the names of each returning contestant, out of each coffin, a video camera emerges.
Dear mom and dad I'm doing fine, you guys are on my mind
The camera zooms around both Nui Kaua and Weliweli Island, showing the various campsites on each one, before heading up Mt. Immolate and diving into the lake.
You asked me what I wanted to be, and now I think the answer is plain to see,
Kaleaf and Helen are submerged and fighting each other for control of a fishing spear as very slow and large fish swim by them, when they turn to see Natalie swimming towards them both with knives in her mouth, so they immediately leave, before Natalie is hit on the head by a car battery. Camera then pans up to see Samuel look over the edge of the canoe that he and a rolling eyed Twilight are sitting in.
I want to be famous
The car battery explodes and sends pieces flying everywhere. The camera follows one of the pieces to Nahele Forest where Azami and Kaden are busy racing each other. As Kaden dives forward to protect Azami from the oncoming piece of machinery, he accidentally tackles her to the ground, making her blush. Camera then zooms out to reveal Jaime has seen the ordeal and she rolls her eyes before noticing that Barnard and Isaac are caught in a debate, and pulling Barnard out of it.
I want to live close to the sun
Camera shifts to the docks, where Molly is posing, while Antonio appears to be painting her portrait.
So pack your bags, 'cause I've already won
Camera turns to reveal Antonio has portrayed Molly as hideous and demonic as he shows the artwork to the camera with a deadpan expression.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way, I'll get there one day.
Aubrey walks by and notices the artwork. She points at it and laughs before heading off. Antonio turns to see a very displeased Molly and gulps.
'Cause I want to be famous
Molly moves towards Antonio as he backs up, but is stopped by both Phooka and Lena, the latter of whom walks Molly off the dock and into the lake before spitting in it.
Na na nananana nanananana na nanananana
The camera quickly shifts towards Weliweli Island, where Lucien is making a one-man campsite, Misha is quietly staring at him, hiding behind a tree whenever Lucien looks her way, and Daniel is digging in the ground, following a clue to an Immunity Tiki.
I wanna be I wanna be I wanna be famous
Camera shifts back to the main Nui Kaua Island where Aleister is doing various exercises before Freya walks by him with a wink and he stops to go follow her. Though the camera heads the other way.
I wanna be I wanna be I wanna be famous
Kyle is singing country music into a microphone as some interns and Chef watch him happily, before it's taken by Jamal who begins to attempt to rap and the interns disperse, annoyed, and Chef gets a twitch in his eye.
As the rest of the cast is crowded around the Po'ino Bonfire, whistling the rest of the tune, Tori and Nick are locked in what appears to be a serious staring contest, interrupted by Sherwood who holds up a hand as he jumps up in between them. Chris nods and tosses him a crystal ball that ends up falling into the fire, causing the flames to spell out the name of the show.
'TDNK: The Cursed Island'