*Last time on Survivor Crossover: Dry Dry Desert...*
Following Macho Man's elimination at the end of Episode 3, the eight remaining survivors on Power Flowers once again began hoping for a win to turn things around.
When Meta Knight returned to the tribe from the Exile Oasis, he immediately decided to search for idols without catching a break. Princess Peach and Spy also decided to leave for idol hunting right after his departure.
Meanwhile, Phoenix learns from Waluigi that Little Mac, Jotaro, Samus, Engineer, and Tails all went to search for idols, leaving them alongside the other three to chat with one another. Overall, the day was slow for Super Shrooms.
In the Jagged Rockies, Meta Knight is forced to go back upon discovering a sign that told him that the idol hidden within the location had been found! Much to his surprise, he found Spy on the way back, who revealed to him that the alliance he had set up with Samus, Papyrus, and K Rool, as well as the plan to eliminate Meta Knight in the next Tribal Council, was all a ruse to blindside Samus. Hesitantly but left with minimal options, Meta Knight decided to agree to Spy's plan to eliminate Samus in the next Tribal Council they faced.
In the Cacti Paradise, Jotaro ends up assisting a scared Little Mac by defeating the Pokey guarding the area using his Stand, Star Platinum. With thanks given to Jotaro from Little Mac, the scientist decided to investigate where the Pokey had fainted, causing him to discover the Star Idol: an idol that grants anyone immunity.
In the Koopa Sphinx, Samus is disappointed to find out that her hours of searching was all for nothing, as she failed to find the idol. Shortly after leaving, Engineer and Tails show up, both also failing to find the alliance, but deciding to form an alliance together before heading back.
At the challenge, the survivors had eight rounds where one member from each team dueled in a counting challenge. With five out of the eight rounds won, Power Flowers had secured their first victory of the game, receiving a battery-powered fan, a table, and their own shelter. They decided to send off Waluigi to Exile Oasis.
When Super Shrooms returned to the tribe, they split into three groups that all decided to target one individual person. When Tribal Council finally came around, this plan backfired, resulting in a three-way tie between Jotaro Kujo, Squidward Tentacles, and Little Mac. With most people fearful of having rocks drawn, they all decided to vote the most obvious candidate: Squidward, resulting in his unfortunate elimination.
Who will go out next? What obstacles are in store for the two tribes this time? All will be answered in the fourth episode of Survivor Crossover: Dry Dry Desert!
Super Shrooms: Day 7
Survivors: Phoenix Wright - Luigi - Little Mac - Tails - Gordon Ramsay - Waluigi - Kirby - Engineer - Jotaro Kujo.
"Guess who's-a baaaack!" Waluigi chanted, stylishly sliding over to his chatting team members. "It's-a me, Waluigi!"
They turned their heads to greet him, some giving out a "Welcome back!" whilst others immediately went back to chatting.
"Hey, the boxer, mechanic, and Squidward are-a missing," he observed, twizzling his stache. "Which one of them bit the dust? Hopefully, it was the lanky good-for-nothing with the weird nose!"
"Sounds like he just described a mirror," Phoenix thought to himself, cracking a slightly amused grin.
Gordon pointed to the horizon, putting a hand over his eyes to shelter his vision from the obnoxious sun. "Little Mac went out a few hours ago to the Cacti Paradise, whilst Engineer just went off, though he didn't say where he was going to."
"I don't trust Engineer as much as he wants us to. He may have that friendly wholesome Texan shtick going on, but not only did he dodge a question Alexa threw at him yesterday, he's also not specifying where he's going. I don't know what he would gain from either events, and maybe they're just coincidences, but in Survivor, you have to have an eye on anyone and everyone." - Gordon Ramsay.
"So that leaves..." Waluigi paused, waiting for the confirmation.
"Squidward was eliminated, though Little Mac and Jotaro nearly got out too," Phoenix explained.
Suddenly, they watched as the purple villain began jumping for joy. "Yippee! He's-a gone! I knew a squishy sea creature wasn't going to do us any good."
Much to Waluigi's surprise, nobody else was cheering alongside him.
"Eh, tough crowd!" He shrugged off the silence. "Anyway, if you-a need me, I'm going to be having a well-deserved nap!"
His odd claim caused Gordon to raise an eyebrow "Well-deserved? What exactly did you do to make having a nap well-deserved?"
"...Good point. Last I checked, Waluigi didn't even participate in the last challenge!" Reminded Tails. "Then he had the luxury of being taken to Exile Oasis, free from elimination!"
Jotaro huffed, folding his arms. "It's clear to me that they likely only exiled Waluigi because he seemed like an obvious target."
Suddenly, the man in purple strutted up to him, angry. "Hey! Who are you callin' an obvious target? Waluigi's done-a nothing to deserve being a target!"
"Well, you didn't really do much last challenge..." Luigi said, toning his voice down with fear.
The words resulted in Waluigi getting even more annoyed. "This doesn't involve you, loser! This involves me and this tall goodie-two-shoes!"
"Never expected someone to call the one who looks constantly annoyed a "goodie-two-shoes", but for some reason, it's not much of a surprise when it comes from Waluigi." - Phoenix Wright.
Jotaro was simply ignoring his words, going back to leaning against the wall, and shutting his eyes. Though he let out "Good grief..." under his breath as he did so.
Yet again, Waluigi's buttons were pushed further, and he snapped, forcefully grabbing the Stand User's white coat with both hands. "Stop ignoring me!"
Kirby gulped as he watched the tension rise further and further, he didn't want either of his teammates getting hurt. Not only that, but he was about to ask Gordon to make food, due to his ravenous hunger.
Though Waluigi's wish of having Jotaro acknowledge him was granted, it was definitely not in the way he wanted. Jotaro's eyes were obscured by the shadow cast from his hat's brim as he slowly warned him. "Let go of my coat."
Such simple words in a near lifeless, menacing tone, but it was enough to make Waluigi let go immediately, his angry, cocky face turned into a nervous, twitchy one within seconds.
"Thank you, now, Luigi was right. The fact that you did not participate last round made them pick you over anyone else. As for why they picked you and not Little Mac, who also didn't participate, you can draw your own conclusion on that one," Jotaro explained.
The purple villain grunted, muttering about how everything's stupid and unfair under his breath as he crammed his lanky body into one of the tents.
"Every day gives me a new reason as to why I shouldn't get on Jotaro's bad side..." Phoenix thought to himself.
Tails chuckled. "Wow, you really handled Waluigi pretty well. Who knew looking so calm could be so intimidating."
"I was originally going to ignore him until he decided to grab my coat," said Jotaro. "He's out of control."
"Don't worry, next Tribal Council will probably be his first and last if he keeps that up," Gordon assured.
"Conclusions can't be made so soon. Let's see how Waluigi does in this next challenge, because he did pretty well in the coin challenge, though his performance on the first challenge could have been a little better," described Phoenix. "Though voting off people because they're annoying isn't that bad of an idea, it's not like I would want people I find annoying to be the one to win."
The fox gave a nod. "Yeah! Besides, all of us here do decent."
"Well, I haven't had a proper chance to show off any physical strength, and I only won a round in the last challenge because Papyrus was my opponent..." Phoenix said to himself.
With the discussion turning a little more light-hearted, Kirby finally decided to set his plan to have dinner made in motion, tugging on Gordon's leg?
"Huh?" Gordon squinted his eyes, confused.
"Poyooooo!" Pleaded Kirby.
"What are you on about...?" He scratched the back of his neck, unsure of what to say.
Luigi shrugged. "I think he's-a hungry?"
"Yaaaai!" The puffball nodded frantically, a wide smile spreading across his face.
"How did you know Luigi...? Y'know what, nevermind. I'm sure most of us are hungry, so I'll begin making something to eat. I'll make sure to have leftovers for when Engineer and Little Mac come back," he stated. "Now, let's get to i-"
"Hey, you guys!" A voice called out in the distance, and that voice belonged to none other than Little Mac.
Kirby groaned, annoyed that his quest for something to eat had been once again halted.
"Welcome back!" Luigi waved.
The boxer placed his gloves on his knees, exhausted from running the whole way. "There's a sign in the Cacti Paradise! It says that someone already found the idol."
All of a sudden, Jotaro's eyes widened slightly. If they found out that he had an idol, he would probably be a bigger target than what he is now. After all, he knows three people here are already planning to eliminate him, so this would be the final blow to his chances.
"Only Little Mac and Waluigi should know that I went to the Cacti Paradise on that day, so unless he spills it now, I should be fine. Little Mac doesn't seem the brightest either; he's a young, naive boxer. As for Waluigi, I don't think I need to worry." - Jotaro Kujo.
"Really? At least Alexa has the decency to let us know that searching is going to be a waste of time," Phoenix said.
"Strange... I remember Waluigi telling me that Jotaro and Little Mac went to the Cacti Paradise a couple of days ago, I think on our fifth day? If that's the case, then maybe Jotaro was the one who got that idol! Unless someone from the other team went there and decided to nab it for themselves... though I still have suspicions over Jotaro. After all, he's incredibly powerful, and having something like an idol would make him a little TOO powerful." - Phoenix Wright.
He nodded, heading over to one of the tents. "Yeah... can I have a power nap real quick? I'll only be an hour, but I'm exhausted!"
"Sure, just don't go into the one in the middle," warned Tails. "Waluigi's in that one."
As Little Mac went for a nap, Gordon finally proceeded to cook dinner, pleasing Kirby. The time it would take to cook the rice would coincidentally take an hour, the length of Little Mac's nap.
Super Shrooms may have been damaged by their first loss in multiple different ways, but it was evident that they wouldn't let this hiccup get to them. With their determination and team composition, they were more than ready to win the next challenge...
Power Flowers: Day 7
Survivors: Papyrus - Meta Knight - Princess Peach - Spy - Patrick Star - King K. Rool - ROB - Samus Aran.
For the first time in a long while, Power Flowers woke up in a great mood. All of the rewards they had reaped from winning one challenge had made things a lot more bearable for them.
Previously, the boiling sun used to make sitting a painful task, as they would usually end up breaking into a sweat or worse from the heat, and some of them even received some annoying sunburns from the long-term exposure to the sun. With the new shelter, the heat was made marginally easier to tolerate, and their sunburns would be given a chance to go down.
Despite the shelter, however, living in such a blazing climate wouldn't be remedied so simply. The problems of sunburns may have gone away, but the heat was still incredibly uncomfortable and bothersome, even if the annoyance of it had been toned down. Luckily, their second prize of an electric fan did wonders, its efficiency was surprisingly high, blowing cool air into the faces of the survivors that needed it more than ever. As for the table they had won, they decided to use it to place the fan on, as well as any leftover food for anyone that was out idol hunting.
Sure, living in the desert was a pain, though it certainly wasn't as bad as it was a week ago.
"Aaaah, that breeze hits the spot!" K Rool said, lounging back as he drunk from his small bowl of water. "I was thinking of going to the Cacti Paradise or Koopa Sphinx to look for an idol, but I don't wanna leave this paradise!"
"You call this paradise?" Patrick asked with disgust, sweating profusely. "That fan's not enough to help me out! I need water..."
"MEANWHILE, WHILST A STARFISH IS FINDING THE CLIMATE TO BE UNBEARABLE, SAMUS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TOO AFFECTED BY THE HEAT AT ALL!" Papyrus acknowledged. "AFTER ALL, YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO GO IDOL HUNTING AFTER YOU'RE DONE EATING YOUR RICE, CORRECT? THIS IS THE THIRD OR SO TIME YOU'VE DECIDED TO GO OUT!"
Meta Knight shook his head. "I don't see how it's so surprising. Some people are just surprisingly durable."
She gave a nod in between mouthfuls of rice. "To add to that, I've been to the core of some planets, and even if I had a suit to help me out, it wasn't one-hundred percent heat repellent."
"I-IMPRESSIVE! THERE'S A PARTICULARLY HOT PLACE IN THE UNDERGROUND, WHICH SOME PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO GET THROUGH. LUCKILY, I'M NOT AFFECTED BY SUCH HEAT!" Papyrus posed. "FOR I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS! AND ALSO BECAUSE I'M A SKELETON..."
Peach sighed, resting her head on her fist. "I've been kidnapped and taken to so many castles covered in lava that this heat doesn't really tire me out as quickly. I'd still rather be in a well-ventilated bedroom than here, however."
"What the..." Spy glared at her with confusion. "That shouldn't be such a normal thing."
As the conversation slowly dwindled away, Samus took in her last mouthful of rice and placed it on the table, beginning to walk away. "I'm going to the Koopa Sphinx now. I'll be there all day, this time," she revealed.
"With the Jagged Rockies void of an idol, my only choices are the Cacti Paradise or the Koopa Sphinx. The only reason I've not been going to the former is because I know that I'm so close to finding the idol, and since there's no sign saying that it's been found, I know it has to be around there somewhere. I'll have to get it before anyone else does..." - Samus Aran.
"It appears Samus has been getting more and more in a fluster over failing to find the idol located at the Koopa Sphinx. I do not blame her, as if I was capable of feeling that a good portion of my day had been severely wasted, I would possess a great level of anger myself... if I could also feel that emotion." - ROB.
Samus stood up and walked off, a couple of others waving their goodbyes at her, though she didn't look back and thus couldn't notice them.
"Well, is anyone else going to look for idols later today?" Asked Peach. "I think it'd be best if we all knew right off the bat."
Surprisingly, silence struck, even the more powerful and durable members didn't bother speaking up.
Meta Knight broke the ice, albeit with justification. "I won't go just to keep my energy up. I tend to concentrate better when I have more energy, and I'm a lot more precise."
"Don't wanna lose the fat lead, eh?" K Rool gave a toothy grin. "I'm thinking of sneaking a large nap in later today, then going out to find an idol when it's dark."
"Good idea, until you realize that you have little light to work with..." Spy reminded. "So, it's now or never."
The crocodile laughed in response, pointing to his two eyes, one of which being far bigger than the other. "These bad boys can see in the dark pretty well!" He revealed. "What do you take me for, an alligator?"
"Alligators have the same night vision ability as crocodiles," said ROB.
"Eh, whatever, all that you need to know is that alligators are inferior to us powerful crocs!" He roared with laughter. "They're nothing but puny pawns in my eyes, mwahahaha!"
"HOW INTERESTING! I NEVER KNEW THAT CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS HAD SUCH A POWERFUL RIVALRY..." Papyrus gawked at the situation with amusement, he was learning so many facts about his teammates.
Patrick nodded. "Yeah! Crocodiles seem cool, and alligators probably look really ugly!"
"Well, alligators are attractive, after all, they take after the beauty of a crocodile!" He pointed to himself, an aura of accomplishment and arrogance emitted from his pose. "The problem is that they're just full of themselves. I've only met a few, but they're just the worst... would rather hang out with Donkey Kong and his crew of banana-hoarding oiks..."
"I almost forgot that you were on bad terms with DK," said Peach, widening her eyes. "You don't seem too bad for someone who raids islands and steals goods."
K Rool scoffed. "Tsk, those who consider me a villain don't understand my true intentions! My crew needs food, and what better way to get food than to steal from some random tribe of braindead apes?"
"Hmm... if you put it that way..." Peach attempted to sympathize with him. "Can't see the harm in just asking nicely."
"But that's not fun at all!" He whined. "Plundering an island full of its most common fruit and making the others suffer is a nice bonus to feeding my own crew, and mainly myself."
"Now I see why he's called a villain..." Spy placed his hand on his face.
"...Yep," sighed Peach. "I almost thought he was different."
Out of fear of losing reputation from his tribe, K Rool rushed to make amends. "Well, just know that I won't do any of that villainy here! After all, I can't split this team apart, or we'll lose the next challenge, and we'll lose our grasp on the next big prize!"
"I don't care too much for most of these people, they seem foolish or deluded enough to have me lie and get away with it, as well! I've seen people get eliminated time and time again because they keep getting on bad terms. I don't need to be a suck-up to these people, I just have to stay on their good side." - King K. Rool.
"Alright, I guess now is more important than ever," admitted Peach.
Aside from Samus' departure, the rest of Power Flowers stayed intact within their tribe until nightfall, where K Rool set off to search for idols. Despite the alliance between Spy, Samus, K Rool, and Papyrus, none of them spoke to each other regarding the plan involving the next Tribal Council...
Koopa Sphinx: Day 7
Survivors: Engineer - Samus Aran.
Samus was two hours into her search, she had seen Engineer looming around the building's exterior as well as the rubble surrounding it, and she had mainly made an effort to both avoid him and search for the idol. She once again had the urge to give up, after so many hours and days of finding it, but the lack of a sign proved to her that there was still one to be found.
Her last resort was to check out the Sphinx's door, which would lead to the Tribal Council area if it wasn't blocked off.
She inspected the torches beside the door, both had steel frames, and the flames had been extinguished since yesterday. They were ordinary torches at first glance, but she noticed something slightly off about one of them.
A long, faint crack wrapped itself around the left torch. What was weird about the crack was how it wasn't jagged or split into multiple paths, it was a straight line that enveloped the torch, almost highlighting it. To anyone else, this wouldn't have been noticed, but upon realizing that the right torch didn't have this strange artificial crack, Samus knew it had to mean something.
The bounty hunter proceeded to do the traditional inspection tactic for the torch, simply tugging it towards her, hoping some sort of mechanism would occur.
And, to her luck, Alexa was as cliche as she thought...
A loud click was heard, alerting Engineer, who wasn't too far away, to the location. Shortly after the click, the ceiling above her opened up, and a small flower-shaped statue struck the sand.
Samus walked up to the statue, immediately assuming it was an idol. She picked it up and read a small tag that was attached to it:
*Well done! You discovered the hidden contraption attached to the Koopa Sphinx! You have been rewarded with the Fire Flower idol, which not only triples the votes of the person you cast it on, but nullifies the first vote that is given to that person! Remember, you can also cast this idol on yourself!*
She couldn't help but break a large, triumphant smile upon reading those words. All of her hard work had finally paid off in full, with an incredibly useful advantage at that.
However, the celebration was short-lived, as she heard someone clearing their throat from behind.
"Damn... you actually found that lil' guy, huh?" He shook his head, hands on his hips. "All of that time spent searchin' for this? It's a darn shame, I tell ya. I guess I'll have to keep a lookout for that idol if we ever get into the same team."
Samus nodded. "Don't worry, just stay out of my way and I won't have to use it against you."
"Alrighty then! See you around..." He waved goodbye as he walked off. "Might as well go back and tell the others that you found the idol."
She bit her lower lip as the mercenary strolled off.
"Great, I may have finally gotten what I wanted, but now the entirety of Super Shrooms will be aware that I have it. Hopefully, it doesn't come back to bite me later, but I highly doubt I'll get away scot-free..." - Samus Aran.
Cacti Paradise: Night 7
Survivors: King K. Rool.
The moon was half-full, a weak white beam of light that scattered across the pitch-black desert as sand danced in the slightly cool and prominent winds. The night was dead-quiet, and not a single creature roamed around the sands.
All but one, that being K Rool, slightly tired but determined to look for another idol. If he had another, he could not only get his second advantage, but he could also hide it from Papyrus, which would make surviving a lot easier.
Eventually, he made it over to the Cacti Paradise, beginning his search, unaware of the sign much like the rest of his team.
For a full hour, he checked every cactus he could find, looking around it, on top of it, even below it via digging. Eventually, his frustration and fatigue won over, and he had to cut his midnight adventure short.
When walking back, he noticed a peculiar looking sign in front of the area, and with a gulp, he ran up towards it and read it in full:
"Somebody here has already found the idol! You may still look around here, but your chances of finding an idol are a zero-percent. Lots of love: Alexa!"
K Rool's jaw dropped to the floor, he had spent a grueling hour looking around the spiny patch of vegetation, even accidentally pricking himself a couple of times, and learning that it was all for nothing brought anguish to his already irritable mood.
Out of pure anger, the king sprinted up to the nearest cactus, slamming his fist into it and launching it twenty to thirty meters away. Whilst this deeply injured his fist and made him more fatigued, he was done venting over the time wasted.
As he walked back to tribe, King K. Rool plucked spines from his sore claw, thinking nothing of it...
*TO BE CONTINUED*