Current Team(s)
The Macabre Mummies: Jamal(The Wannabe Rapper), Tori(The Gambler), Daniel(The Tragic Villain), Phooka(The Broken Chick), Isaac(The Knight of Justice), Lena(The Hardcore Punk)
The Bloody Banshees: Nick(The Leroy), Misha(The Social Anxiety Girl), Kyle(The Country Boy), Aubrey(The Normal Wannabe), Sherwood(The Loneliest Lone Wolf), Freya(The Squashed Queen Bee)
The Visceral Vampires: Samuel(The Crazy Prepared Weirdo), Natale(The Not-A-Psycho), Antonio(The Creepy Artist), Molly(The Advantage Taker), Aleister(The Catty Boy), Twilight(The Brute with a Brain)
The Dreadful Demons: Kaden(The Hard Worker), Azami(The Arrogant Gymnast), Barnard(The Capitalist), Jaime(The Sarcastic Girl), Kaleaf(The Champion Tree-Puncher), Helen(The Martyr of Zero Sum)
Weliweli Exile: Lucien(The Dumb Hot Blonde)
Challenge Rules: Each team must find one of three small geocache boxes hidden around Nui Kaua and hand it back to Chris for both immunity and one of three campsites with varying degrees of living style. The team that fails to hand a geocache box back to Chris fails the challenge, and is sent to the Po'ino Bonfire for the first elimination of the season. Lucien will then join that team and live with them at their campsite with no tools of any sort to help them.
Location: Nahele Forest
Contestant(s): Nick. Misha, Kyle, Aubrey, Sherwood, Freya
"Where is it?" Freya looked feverishly for an area in the forest. "Ugh, it was so long ago, I'm having trouble finding my way around…"
"What are you looking for so badly?" A voice asked. Freya turned to see the entirety of the Bloody Banshees behind her. She looked around to make sure no one else was there before responding.
"We need to find a maple tree. I know there's a single maple tree in the forest around here."
"Oh yeah, I remember watching that episode!" Both Kyle and Aubrey responded at the same time, before smiling at each other.
"Then Kyle, you go search over there." Freya pointed in a general direction. "Aubrey and I will take over there." She pointed in another direction.
Confessional: Freya: The Bloody Banshees
"I can sense sparks between others before even they can, and I'm not about to have any of that on my team. The less those two see of each other, the better."
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"What should the rest of us do?" Nick asked. "Come on, I'm ready for anything! Anything at all!"
"You're a firecracker, aren't you?" Sherwood rubbed his chin in thought. "You should go on a large run around the island, you see anything that looks strange or interesting, grab one of us, and we'll come get it."
"I'll have it done before noon!" Nick pulled his beanie down over his face, revealing holes in the cap like a ski mask, before running up towards Mt. Immolate, the large volcano in the center of the island. "KIIIINGSTOOON!" He called as he rushed into the trees.
"Misha, you'll come with Aubrey and I." Freya said as she took a meek Misha away from Sherwood. "Sherwood, you stay with Kyle."
"Do you really need three people looking over that big an area of forest?" Sherwood's eyes narrowed.
"Please…" Freya pouted.
Sherwood shook his head. "Won't work on me, sorry." He turned to the other three. "There's been a change of plans. Kyle, you'll be going with Aubrey and Misha. Freya and I have your area covered."
"What?" Freya asked before Sherwood grabbed her arm and started dragging her further into the woods.
"Oh, why did we have to have two villains on our team?" Aubrey asked.
"I know." Kyle sighed. "What I wouldn't give to be on the Mummies right now."
"Because they only have one return?" Aubrey asked.
"No. Well, yes, but no." Kyle replied with a laugh. "But if I had to have a returning player, out of the ones we got, I'd want to have Isaac."
"Yeah…" Aubrey nodded as the three of them walked. "What about you, Misha, what do you think?"
"Ah!" Misha seemed surprised someone addressed her. "U-um...w-w-well…."
Confessional: Misha: The Bloody Banshees
"Urf...how am I going to handle this? This is Total Drama! Talking and making friends are needed to survive! Right now even probably thinks that I'm sort of not speaking freak!...which I guess is true in some senses…" Her gaze turns to the floor, and stays there for a moment before she raises her head to face the camera again with more confidence. "No! I can do this! I can say a word or two to my teammates! Alright, time to show everyone what I'm made of! I'm go-" She stops as she hears a knock on the door.
"Hello? Is someone still in there? I think it's my turn to use the confessional..." Kaleaf's voice asks.
Misha quickly goes red and faints.
"Oh...uh...take your time then…" Kaleaf says before leaving
End Confessional
"You know, the last person who dragged me by the arm like this did it for a very specific reason, and that's not something I think you want on reality TV." Freya said.
"Ick, really?" Sherwood asked as he quickly took his hand away from Freya as though she was made of poison.
"No, not really!" Freya got offended. "I only ever go as far as making out for like, a few minutes."
Sherwood shook his head in disappointment. "Look." He rolled his eyes as he pointed to the maple tree both of them were standing in front of.
Confessional: Sherwood: The Bloody Banshees
"I'm still pretty familiar with the island, since it's about all I was able to get familiar with last season. I also am in desperate need of an ally, and who better than the succubus that can't control me because I'm asexual? Not only is she a fellow returning contestant, she's probably already got a way to bring her forwards in the competition. I'd be an idiot not to get in on that. Then, when we're far enough, like say the merge, I leave her in the dust by winning all the immunities. Easy win.
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"Nice job, wolfie." Freya laughed as she brought a hand up towards Sherwood's hair.
He snarled.
She brought her hand away and crossed her arms. "Geez, you're more of a chore to be around than the future lovebirds you sent away."
"With a third." Sherwood pointed out. "Now what was so important about this maple tree?"
"This…" Freya said as she opened a compartment and a hatch of the tree opened up.
A small box was inside the tree.
"Here's a geocache. Our challenge is over. All we have to do is round everyone else back up."
Location: Muliwai River
Contestant(s): Kyle, Aubrey, Misha, Samuel, Natalie, Antonio, Molly, Aleister, Twilight
"Hey, can I ask you a question?" Aubrey asked Kyle. "What's your opinion of me signing up for this show?"
"Aw, I don't mind it none." Kyle shrugged with a smile. "You signed up 'cause you thought it would be fun right? And you're tryin' to prove that monetary wealth doesn't need to define a person, I can get behind that too!"
Aubrey smiled.
"Where did Misha go?!" She suddenly realized.
The two of them looked around a bit, and noticed Misha hiding behind a tree, watching the Visceral Vampires team on the other side of the river.
"Do we have to trek all the way to your shitty old campsite?" Molly asked. "My feet are tired, and I'm sweating up a storm. It's gross, and I want a bath."
Confessional: Antonio: The Visceral Vampires
"Then don't wear a fur coat to a tropical island."
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"We're getting uncomfortably close to the Ka Malu O campsite…" Aleister tapped Twilight's shoulder.
"It was Screaming Winds before it was Ka Malu O." She replied. "And good. In Zero Sum, clues were hidden among our equipment. I wager that, now, there might be a small box for us in there."
Confessional: Samuel: The Visceral Vampires
"Oh, I see what's going on, Chris. This challenge is much easier to win if we listen to the returning cast members, and follow their advice on where to find certain things."
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"Alright, here we are." Twilight said as she stopped and her eyes widened. "Is that what I think it is?"
She rushed up to a fishing spear and held it up. "Yeah, this it, alright."
Confessional: Molly: The Visceral Vampires
"I don't get it, what's so special about some dumb fishing spear? Fish skewered with a spear and then grilled over a campfire are not as good as deluxe sushi from a high end restaurant, so I don't see the appeal of some dumb object."
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"It's just a dumb fucking spear, I don't get what's so important." Natalie grunted.
"It's the same fishing spear from Zero Sum." Twilight informed everyone. "Which means that charcoal grill over there is also from Zero Sum."
She turned to Antonio. "Yo, Splotch, go check that grill."
Antonio opened the grill up and a small box was sitting in it.
"Well that was easy." He said as he grabbed the geocache. "Let's head back."
Location: Mt. Immolate Summit
Contestant(s): Jamal, Tori, Daniel, Phooka, Isaac, Lena
"But we aren't going to find a geocache up here! We need to look in-" Isaac was shushed by Lena.
"I thought I made it clear that we weren't going to follow your authoritarian rules, muscle man."
Daniel, who had overheard the conversation, gave a heavy sigh.
Confessional: Daniel: The Macabre Mummies
"Figures that we'd be made to walk up the entire volcano before everyone's favorite ham of a hero that is Isaac mentioned we shouldn't go up it. That knowledge would have been useful about half an hour ago."
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Confessional: Isaac: The Macabre Mummies
"I've been trying to say to avoid the mountain since the challenge began, but while this team strikes me as far more capable than the Killer Waves ever were, they don't have the humility required to listen to me when I know what I'm talking about! It's rather infuriating actually, but I'm not going to let any of that show. I need to remain strong and unbreakable."
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"I think I see somethin/" Jamal rapped. "Over there where the waves are comin' in!" He pointed to the beach and the team noticed all of the Bloody Banshees running towards Chris at the docks.
"Do they already have a box?" Tori asked.
"Why would you smile when you ask a question like that?" Lena turned her attention from Isaac to Tori.
"I can't help it!" Tori grinnned. "I love to gamble. Come on, let's head down and see if we can't wrestle it from them!"
"Let's instead go and fucking find one of the other two!" Lena snapped as She, Isaac, and Jamal all followed Tori down the mountain top.
"I think I might actually hate all of them." Daniel turned to the camera, honestly shocked.
"Isaac's my least favorite though. I refuse to believe anyone can be such a combination of goody two-shoes and authoritarian."
Confessional: Daniel: The Macabre Mummies
"I know Phooka was still there when I said that, but she's even less social than I am with this team. I'm not sure what to make of her, but if I can, I want her to beware about trying to ally herself with 'muscle man' as Lena calls him. Our team needs to realize that heroism is dead here. We're in a battle royale for a million dollars, not at some ice cream social."
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Confessional: Phooka: The Macabre Mummies
"I heard everything Daniel said to that one intern about Isaac. I'm really worried about Isaac's actions...I might need to stop him before he does any more harm to this team."
End Confessional
Location: Nui Kaua Field
Contestant(s): Kaden, Azami, Barnard, Jaime, Kaleaf, Helen
"NO!" Azami shouted. "If anyone's going to lead this team, it's going to be-"
"One of the returns, obviously!" Kaleaf interrupted her.
"Then, as someone with practical experience in leadership roles, it ought to be me!" Helen continued.
"Or perhaps it can be the one who doesn't have a reputation for being bossy as all hell!" Kaleaf argued at Helen this time.
"Are they still at it?" Barnard asked Jaime as he and Kaden arrived from the other side of the large resort-like building that was sitting in the center of the field, Kaden holding a geocache box.
"They're still at it." Jaime sighed.
Confessional: Barnard: The Dreadful Demons
"Okay, so, my original strategy for this game involved trying to create or join a majority alliance, but when half the team hates each other, it's a little hard to get one going. I may have to rethink my initial strategy."
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Confessional: Azami: The Dreadful Demons
"I'm sure not going to give up fighting for a leadership position, especially against two people who have ALREADY LOST the game before!"
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"Guys, you can stop arguing like you're three year olds now." Jaime spoke up. "Kaden's got a geocache."
"Check it out!" Kaden held out his palm as Helen, Kaleaf, and Azami all looked at it.
"And just so you know." Kaden whispered to Azami. "You're definitely my first choice for team leader. I'd follow you anywhere."
Azami went red a gave a small, barely audible giggle.
Confessional: Azami
"No no no no no no! NO! I am NOT the type of girl who just blushes and giggles when cute guys flirt with her! That would be showing weakness, and if there's one thing i'm NOT, it's weak! I was just...I was surprised alright? SURPRISE! HAHAHA!...*ahem*...I was surprised…"
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Location: Nui Kaua Beach
Contestant(s): Aleister, Antonio, Aubrey, Azami, Barnard, Daniel, Freya, Helen, Isaac, Jamal, Jaime, Kaden, Kaleaf, Kyle, Lena, Misha, Molly, Natalie, Nick, Phooka, Samuel, Sherwood, Tori, Twilight
"Well here we are." Chris said as all the team congregated around him on the beach. "And it looks like the Mummies couldn't bring me a geocache back. That's unfortunate for you guys!"
The Mummies all exchanged concerned looks with each other. "You can all head to your campsite in the Nahele Forest with nothing now." Chris informed them. "Use the time to think about who you want to vote off and replace with Lucien."
The Mummies slowly got up and left.
Confessional: Jamal: The Macabre Mummies
"It was just the first challenge, but we still lost it?/Then I'm gonna vote for the one who caused it!"
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Confessional: Daniel: The Macabre Mummies
"We lost the first challenge of the game?...Figures…"
End Confessional
Confessional: Isaac: The Macabre Mummies
"We lost, and that's a bit of a bummer. Oh well, it's a good thing I'm used to losing the first challenge of the season, hahahahaha! We'll just need to work that much harder next time!"
End Confessional
"Anyways…" Chris said as he took the geocache that Freya was holding. "The Bloody Banshees' new campsite will be…" He opened up the box and read the note inside. "The Average Camp, located here on the beach!"
Confessional: Aubrey: The Bloody Banshees
"Average Camp, woo! That's perfect for showing how I can act normal too!"
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Confessional: Freya: The Bloody Banshees
"I had to reveal a location where an immunity tiki might end up being to Sherwood, and I didn't get the Deluxe Camp for it? What a ripoff."
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"Visceral Vampires…" Chris grinned as he looked into the box that Antonio handed him. "You guys have won...The Deluxe Camp!"
"Woooo!" Molly cheered as she hugged Aleister, who blushed as it happened.
Confessional: Molly: The Visceral Vampires
"Good thing we won the deluxe camp, otherwise I'd probably quit. I'm not going to put up with living in any condition less than the best!"
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Confessional: Antonio: The Visceral Vampires
"Molly...I'm a little worried about how our team specifically living in the deluxe camp will affect her ego. It could get so big that it might just… splatter everywhere."
End Confessional
"And that leaves you, Dreadful Demons, with Crud Camp!" Chris grinned as he took the last geocache from Kaden.
Confessional: Azami: The Dreadful Demons
"I have only one thing to say: CRUD! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!"
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Confessional: Helen: The Dreadful Demons
"And to think I was looking forward to finally not living like a Zero Sum contestant…Oh well, at least I'm not in last place!"
End Confessional
Confessional: Kaleaf: The Dreadful Demons
"Heading to Crud Camp? It's not what I'd prefer, but it's better than heading to wherever the Mummies are going. As long as I keep telling myself that, over and over, I manage to stay calm…" His fists visibly tense up.
End Confessional
"Alright, the lot of you, all head back to your camps." Chris announced. "Go on, shoo! The producers are having a season open party, and I'm late enough as it is already!"
The contestants all grumbled as they went to their various campsites.
Location: Macabre Mummies Campsite
Contestant(s): Daniel, Isaac, Jamal, Lena, Phooka, Tori
"We need to decide who we're gonna off/" Jamal rapped. "But if y'all suggest me I'll do nothin' but scoff!"
"I already know who I'm voting for." Daniel stared at Isaac, who was not with the rest of the team, and seemed to be working on something.
Phooka nervously gave a slow nod.
"I personally don't think he's done anything wrong, but he is the only return." Tori stated. "And I think it would be one interesting experiment to see how a team made entirely of new contestants does against the other three teams, who each have two returns on them."
"The hell is he even doing?" Lena asked as she got up and walked away from the group to where Isaac was.
"The hell are you doing?" She asked as she squatted near Isaac who was busy weaving palm fronds together.
"Making the roof of the shelter." He responded with a smile. "We need a place to stay after all. Don't want to live in a cave like Team Maskwak from Pahkitew do we? I'm not about to sulk just because of one loss. There's too much to do still."
"Shit." Lena sighed as she took some of the palm fronds and attempted to weave them together.
"I don't like you." She said. "You're trying too hard to be a leader of a team that's made it clear it doesn't want one, but after seeing you actually trying to build this shelter, I gotta give you props, muscle man, you might be earning just a little of my respect."
"I'm glad to hear that." Isaac laughed.
He switched from weaving palm fronds together to working on the shelter structure.
"So…" Lena looked over at the palm fronds Isaac and weaved and noticed how superior they looked to hers. "Muscle man, how did you do that?"
"Oh that, well I just-" As Isaac explained how he weaved the palm fronds to get them the way they were, Lena noticed he was having a lot of trouble moving the large trunks and branches around by himself.
"Trying to build a shelter by yourself, you're a fucking idiot." She got up and helped him move the materials around. "So uh...Muscle man, how exactly does one build a shelter?"
"Oh boy…" Isaac sighed as he seemed to get lost in memories. "That takes me back. I think it was actually one of my season's bigger antagonists that taught everyone on my team how to build a shelter. As with any building, the shelter begins with a strong foundation. We don't want it to be movable by anything. We also need thick supports because we can't have the roof collapsing on top of us, and we need to cover the roof of the shelter with palm fronds and other foliage to prevent rain from ruining it."
Confessional: Isaac: The Macabre Mummies
"It took all I had to not try to 'tell' Lena how to make a shelter. She's definitely been the most vocal in opposing the idea of me leading this team. Somehow, though, I managed to show her by just going about my business and she figured out on her own."
End Confessional
"Wow, you're doing really well over there!" Isaac said as he and Lena came close to finishing the shelter.
"I gotta give some credit to you too, muscle man." Lena sighed. "You irritate me to no end, but man, this shelter would have never got done without you here. That Daniel fucker needs to learn to chill."
"Daniel?" Isaac asked. "Oh no, he's not-"
"Yeah, it looks like you'll be voted off if you don't do something, muscle man." Lena shrugged. "Look, I'm tellin' you 'cause I respect you, but you still annoy me to no end, so I don't plan to do anything about it. Hell, I'll probably still vote for you. You need to give one convincing argument as to why you should stay. Otherwise, your second chance is gonna fucking end right as it begins."
Isaac nodded. "I guess I have no choice then. But first, let's finish this shelter. Maybe if we hurry, I'll have enough time to use it, at least once."
Confessional: Isaac: The Macabre Mummies
"So, Daniel is playing his hand against me this early is he? Very well then! We shall settle this at the elimination ceremony! I shall meet you in battle head-on, Daniel! Justice is not so easily defeated!"
End Confessional
Location: Po'ino Bonfire Ceremony
Contestant(s):
Watching: Lucien
Participating: Jamal, Tori, Daniel, Phooka, Isaac, Lena
"Tori, Daniel, Isaac, Lena, Phooka, Jamal…" Chris said as the Macabre Mummies walked up to the Po'ino Bonfire Pit. "Let's all welcome Lucien, back from Weliweli Island."
Chris motioned to Lucien who was standing nearby. He gave a wave to everyone.
"Hey, Mummies!" He smiled. "Looks like I'm about to become one of you guys!"
"Which one do you think you'll be replacing?" Chris asked with a devilish smile.
"Uhh…." Lucien pointed at Tori. "That one? I dunno."
The Mummies all laughed.
"Really?" Chris asked.
"She's kinda cute so I hope not." Lucien laughed. "I'd rather replace one of the guys."
"What do you think about that Daniel?" Chris asked. "Do you think he'll get his wish?"
"I'm sure he will." Daniel sighed. "Because I think we can all agree we're voting Isaac off."
"No." Isaac stood up. "We cannot all agree on that. I am not sure about the rest of you, my teammates, but when I am faced with a choice to vote for someone who I might not get along with, or to vote for someone who does absolutely nothing but complain or scheme, you can bet that I'll vote off the schemer, any day."
"Figures." Daniel rolled his eyes. "You really don't have a clue how much you've rubbed everyone here the wrong way, do you?"
"As a matter of fact, I do. It was the main reason I didn't tell any of you to make a shelter and instead took on the task myself. I believe it is you, Daniel, who does not understand how much of a mistake you are making in getting rid of me this early. So I ask the rest of you to not vote for me. I'm not telling you to vote for anyone, just humbly requesting for the second chance that I came back to this game for. I am loyal, strong, and overall an asset to the team. Please do not let the label of returning contestant be the deciding factor in your vote. Vote for someone you truly believe contributes nothing to our team effort. Vote for the one who does nothing. Or don't. Just please consider absolutely everything."
Phooka shifted uncomfortably.
Daniel gave another sigh. "Are you done?"
"For now." Isaac sat down. "There is no need to be so passive aggressive."
"Well…" Chris said as he looked at some clouds rolling in. "I guess we should vote before it starts raining, huh?"
Confessional: Chris
"Did I mention this season is going to take place during the wet season? Because it is! A hah hah...Ahahahahahaaaah!"
End Confessional
"Jamal, you're up first!" Chris grinned as he pointed to Jamal.
Jamal slowly walked up to the voting booth, thought for a moment, and wrote a name down.
"Tori…" Chris announced. Tori got up to take her turn voting. She also took her time before writing down a name.
"Daniel!"
Daniel did not waste any time. He wrote down Isaac's name and showed it to the camera near the voting area. "Your game ended a long time ago. Stay out of this one."
"Phooka."
Phooka took the longest time out of anyone before writing a name down, and when she came back, she still didn't look sure of her decision.
"Isaac..."
Isaac too, did not waste any time. He wrote down Daniel's name and showed it to the camera near the voting area. "I do not mind that you dislike me, nor that you want to vote me off. I mind that you want to do it for the wrong reasons, and that outside of some unsettlingly strong hatred for just about everyone on the team, you seem to offer us nothing by way of challenges. Hopefully the rest have reached the same conclusion as me."
"And Lena."
Lena walked up to the voting area, stared at the blank piece of paper for a while, before finally shaking her head. "Fuck it."
Lena walked back.
"I'll go tally the votes." Chris smiled.
The Macabre Mummies all looked at each other for a while.
Chris soon came back.
"Alright!" He said as he revealed a platter with five crystal balls on it while Chef drove across the nearby bridge in the Horror Hearse, and pulled up with the Coffin of Shame. "There are five commemorative crystal balls on this plate. If I call your name, you come up and receive a crystal ball, enjoying the fact that you're still in the game. If you don't receive a crystal ball, you're out! You must get in the Coffin of Shame and ride the Horror Hearse off of the island!"
The contestants all nodded.
"Alright then." Chris grinned. "Our first crystal ball goes to...Tori!"
He tossed a crystal ball to Tori, who caught it and walked up to where Chris was.
"Next...Phooka." Chris announced.
Phooka walked up and took her crystal ball.
"Our third crystal ball/ goes to Jamal!" Chris rhymed as Jamal took the third crystal ball.
"And our fourth crystal ball...Lena!"
"Fuckin' finally." Lena walked up to grab the fourth crystal ball. "Call my name fucking first next time, McLean. You scared the shit out of me!"
"Imagine how they feel!" Chris laughed as he gestured towards Isaac and Daniel.
"Isaac, Daniel...this is the final crystal ball of the night."
Isaac and Daniel both looked up at the crystal ball.
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Chris tossed the crystal ball Daniel's way. He caught it and turned to Isaac.
"It looks like the team has spoken." He said.
"I suppose they have." Isaac stood up. "But your attempt to break me, to make me angry or shout, whatever it is that possessed you to gloat that to me, it will not work. For you see…"
He talked as he so cooperatively got into the Coffin of Shame that Chris decided to let him say his piece.
"It is my firm and stalwart belief." Isaac said from the Coffin of Shame as his team looked over him. "That justice always wins in the end! I may have been eliminated, sure, but my mark has already been left. The Macabre Mummies will never truly be free of me, for as long as even one of you retains the mere thought of listening to conscience over emotion, the ideals I stood for haven't been defeated. It would be vain of me to say I can now join the likes of the true heroes of both my first season and Nui Kaua, but I am certain that thanks to this experience, I'm just a little closer. And every night, you will all be sleeping under the roof of a shelter built by justice and cooperation, a shelter that was made to weather even the most difficult of storms, much like justice still lives on! If not on my team, then on another, but still it lives on! It lives on and it will continue to live on, all the way until the finale." He turned to Daniel. "My elimination is only a delay of the inevitability you wish with all your heart isn't true. The fact that there is not a soul you could conceivably win against in the finals should they possess even an ounce of the justice you despise." He then turned back to face all the Mummies. "You all have your work cut out for you, but I know things will work out in the favor of the good in the end. So I am pulled away by this hearse with a defiant smile of justice!"
A crack of thunder was heard as rain began to fall on Isaac's smiling face. It clearly took all the mental strength he had to keep the smile up. "I've said my piece, and now I must go. I'm sure Artemis misses me greatly. Oh boy, I am not looking forward to the talk we'll have when she finds out my placing in the competition."
Chris closed the lid of the Coffin of Shame and Chef drove the Horror Hearse down the bridge off the island.
"Huh." Lucien scratched his head. "I guess I'm taking his spot then."
"Yep!" Chris turned to Lucien. "Lucien, as of right now, you are the newest member of The Macabre Mummies! They'll lead you back to their terrible campsite that apparently already has a shelter to shield you from the rain tonight! Man, you should really thank whoever had the genius idea to build that! Oh yeah, he left!"
As everyone left the Po'ino Bonfire area, Daniel snuck back to read the votes that Chris had tossed into the fire.
Confessional: Daniel: The Macabre Mummies
"I would be lying if I said I wasn't just a little concerned that Isaac became a martyr for someone or instigated someone to oppose me, so I checked just to make sure."
End Confessional
Daniel quickly pulled the papers out of the fire and read over them.
He nodded as he looked over each one.
"Figures." He sighed with a small smile before tossing the papers back into the bonfire, and heading off to join the rest of his team where there was a shelter from the rain.
The camera then cut to Chris, under an umbrella, standing on the dock.
"Now that is a first elimination ceremony! We have 24 campers left now! What challenges await them? Who will be this season's biggest heroes? Who will be this season's biggest villains? It's still too early for even me to tell! But we'll find out the answer to who the next contestant to leave is next time!
On Total Drama Nui Kaua…
The Cursed…
Island!
*Final Confessional: Isaac
"I can't say I expected to be the first one voted out of my team, but looking back on it, I certainly did come across as a bit of a leader type, and I guess that team doesn't want anyone for a leader. It's unfortunate too, because now if their shelter breaks, Lena has to teach a whole nother contestant how to build one from the crash course I gave her. It really is a multi-person job. Not to mention how all over the place they're going to be in challenges, and I'm most worried about their team chemistry. Lucien better be the medicine that team needs, but enough about them. This confessional is supposed to be about my thoughts, so here goes: I certainly don't like being the first one to go of course, but honestly? I'm much happier with the game I played this time. I came to the competition honest, and played fairly. I cared for my teammates, and I leave knowing that another contestant is taking my spot so my team doesn't have any sort of numbers disadvantage yet. As of right now, I don't hold a grudge against any of my team. I do feel somewhat sorry for Daniel, as his actions can only lead to that much greater loss later, but I will continue to watch the show to root for the Mummies as a team, regardless. I cannot tell if I was voted against completely, which is probably the case considering I'm not the best public speaker despite my love for it, but I don't know. I like to think a bit of me managed to rub off on at least one person. I guess I'll never know."
End Confessional*
The Votes(for those who are curious):
Jamal voted for...Isaac
Tori voted for...Isaac
Daniel voted for...Isaac
Phooka voted for...Isaac
Isaac voted for...Daniel
Lena voted for...Daniel
AN:
First, a quick explanation of how this works: If they're one of my OCs, I first explain why they, of all 6 team members, are the returning OC from their team. In all other cases, I explain why I selected the submitted OC, as well as tell any stories that I feel are worth mentioning about their development as I worked on the challenges and elimination order. Next I generally talk about what I used the OC for as well as my thoughts on their elimination. Finally, I give the OC a rating (That is strictly my own opinion), of either Hero, Villain, or Neutral, as well as highlight what I think was their best moment this season, before asking you guys what you think about the OC, and what you think their best moment was.
Author's Thoughts About [Isaac]:
So, the reason I personally put 4 of my own OCs into this story was specifically to make sure that no matter which team lost the first challenge, none of you who submitted OCs would have your character eliminated first, but Isaac specifically, as a returning character, has a story behind him as well.
Originally, the returning Killer Waves member was meant to be Victor from Zero Sum, this alpha-male type villain, who would serve as the dickish but undoubtedly powerful antagonist he was originally conceived as, and would play Freya's 'minion' this season, but as I looked over the cast more and more, I thought of much better ways to use Freya than to just pair her up with one of my own OCs, and I decided to go in the opposite direction. Instead of a Killer Wave that would be a supporting antagonist, I decided to bring back a Killer Wave that would serve as a supporting hero instead, and to be perfectly honest, I couldn't be happier that the Mummies lost the first challenge, because Isaac being eliminated first is the Perfect way to introduce you to how truly competitive this season is going to be. He was built up as the leader of this team, and as a possible one of the driving forces of the game going forwards, showing off survival knowledge that most of the players didn't know anything about, only to be eliminated first thanks to Daniel's constant work on taking away Isaac's credibility behind the scenes. It's a great way to show that not even a supposedly powerful player is safe.
Another reason Isaac got the boot the earliest is because, well, there wasn't much room for him to grow from where he was. I was already able to show his growth as a person since his loss in Zero Sum, and how he's gone from a White Knight(who would defend someone he liked blindly, thinking they were the best and could do no wrong) to an actual fair and caring individual, if a little over the top when confronting people he thinks are doing wrong, who genuinely thought about what the right thing to do was all the time, and that was really all I needed from Isaac as a character. Just to say 'hey, he's learned from his original experience, and here is how he acts now because of it.' and even in Isaac's final confessional, he says he's more proud of the game he played this time, despite being voted out first.
Having studied his actions throughout this season, Isaac, receives the status of: Hero
Isaac's best moment: It was tough for me to decide between him 'teaching' Lena how to build a shelter, or his farewell speech and warning, but ultimately, I need to give it to the shelter building. It does a good job of highlighting Isaac's personality when things are completely dire. While most of the team is scheming on who to eliminate, Isaac understands their biggest necessity is a place to actually stay, and manages to earn Lena's respect as he leads her by example rather than words while they build the shelter together. It was a good highlight of the dutiful den-father role he attempted to undertake this season.
But that's just what I think. What about you guys?
Is Isaac a Hero, Villain, or Neutral?
What do you think his best moment was?
And what do you think the next episode's curse will be?