Minoris, Day 13
Carla
"Stealy is finally gone!"
Taranza
"We voted out Stealy unanimously. Since then, the mood around camp has been very joyful. Nobody was sad to see him go."
The entire tribe was sitting on the beach, talking.
Roxanne asked, "is no one going to address our biggest problem?"
"What problem?" Coco asked.
Roxanne explained, "we're down to five members. If we lose one more immunity challenge, and the merge is at a top 10 like usual, we merge at a minority."
Coco
"Who would have guessed a six-year-old would be more strategic than the other four of us combined?"
Majoris, Day 13
Joyce
"We have a two person lead over Minoris. That gives us plenty of power when the merge arrives."
Lucca, Lincoln, Ruby, and May were in the forest, talking.
"Who are we going to vote out?" May asked. "I've been leaning towards Kirby. He contributes the least."
Lincoln nodded.
"That works," Lucca said.
Lucca
"Elliot knows about my idol, so I obviously want him gone. However, it would be suspicious to push that without a reason. I just need him to stay quiet, and he can stay in the game."
Lucca walked up to Elliot. "Have you told anyone about the idol?"
Elliot countered, "why?"
Lucca ignored the question. "Just don't tell anyone, okay."
Elliot asked, "Why not? If you want to save it until the merge, wouldn't it be best to tell all of us? Or are you not planning on saving it to the merge?"
"I haven't decided yet."
Elliot exclaimed, "ah ha! You have a majority alliance, so either you plan on betraying them, or you think they might betray you. Either way, you're considering using it to get yourself to the merge, while leaving the rest of us to fend for ourselves once the merge hits." He continued, "I'll warn you now, Lucca. The longer you wait on telling your alliance, the less they'll trust you when they find out."
Lucca
"Okay. Change of plans. Elliot needs to go next."
Lucca walked up to her allies. "Maybe we could vote out Elliot next?"
Ruby exclaimed, "what? Why?"
Lincoln added, "he's the best in physical challenges. We need to keep him around."
May
"Lucca's really smart. It's strange to see her suggest this. Maybe she knows something we don't?"
Lincoln
"The general consensus was to stick with the original plan. Even Lucca seemed to give up the idea after a while. Reluctantly, that is."
Minoris, Day 13
Brawly sat alone on the beach. Roxanne walked up to him. "Hi Brawly," she said.
"Uh.. hi."
Roxanne announced, "I'll get straight to the point. You, me, Taranza, Carla: final 4."
Brawly
"I was seriously taken aback by that question. It seemed kind of.. blunt. Still, that's kind of already who I want the final four to be, so I agreed."
Roxanne
"Taranza and I are a pair. Carla and Brawly are a pair. If we merge at a minority, we need to be united. Coco is simply the logical choice to vote out."
Meanwhile, Taranza offered the same deal to Carla.
Carla replied, "so, if I join this alliance, I get to the final four with three people I get along with and can easily beat?"
"Uh... that's one way to put it."
"Deal!"
Carla
"It feels like the setup to some weird joke. A child star, a weird alien bug thing, a surfer, and the coolest person ever form an alliance in Survivor."
Majoris, Day 14
"Reward Challenge time!" Elliot shouted.
Reward Challenge: Day 14
The two tribes reached the challenge site and spotted two identical massive obstacle courses.
Lillith began to explain, "I have set up two identical copies of this obstacle course. It consists of four obstacles, each of which can only be navigated through team effort. First is a series of walls that must be lifted by some tribe members to let the others through. The second obstacle is a single ladder that all five must be able to climb. Third is a bridge that must be held up by a lever on either end, requiring teammates to coordinate their efforts. Finally, there is a massive sloped wall. Tribemates must work together to climb up the wall, any way they can. First tribe with all members atop the wall wins reward."
Lillith continued, "the reward in question is a feast consisting of pizza, a fruit salad, mashed potatoes, eggs, and refried beans. Which are definately not just the first five foods that popped into my head."
"Majoris, you have two extra members. Who is sitting out?"
Lucca answered, "me and Kirby."
"Survivors ready? Go!"
Both tribes rushed towards the course. Brawly sped ahead of Minoris and held the first wall up high.
"Showoff." Carla rolled her eyes.
Lillith commentated, "Brawly providing a helping hand to Minoris. Majoris appears to be lagging behind."
"Majoris seems to have taken on a strategy of each tribe member lifting each wall together. For Minoris, Brawly is doing all the heavy lifting."
Lillith continued, "It seems Minoris's strategy paid off. They are through to the ladder."
Minoris began climbing the ladder single file. The most athletic of the group (Brawly, Carla, and Coco) went first, with Roxanne and Taranza behind them.
Lillith commentated, "Minoris finishes the second obstacle just as Majoris finishes the first."
Majoris, urgently attempting to catch up, failed to form a strategy for the ladder. Therefore, their slowest and weakest member, Joyce, ended up going up first.
Carla took quick action for Minoris. She pulled the lever and gave a quick gesture to usher her team forward. After the rest of the tribe ran across, Brawly pulled the lever so Carla could cross. Minoris had cleared the third obstacle before Majoris cleared the second.
"Minoris taking a strong lead."
Minoris began forming a human ladder to get to the top of the wall. Brawly was at the bottom, then Carla, then Coco. Roxanne and Taranza climbed up and then held Coco up, allowing Carla and Brawly to climb up the wall. Before Majoris could even reach the levers...
"Minoris wins Reward!"
Majoris, Day 14
Majoris went back to camp in defeat.
Ruby
"We were just destroyed in the reward challenge."
Kirby
"*sigh*"
Lucca addressed the tribe, "Alright, that was a crushing defeat."
Lincoln sighed.
"But," Lucca added, "the real goal is the immunity challenge. If we win, we are guaranteed to merge at a majority."
May
"Lucca is very strategic, but she doesn't really understand the morale of the tribe. She sees everything in wins and losses, which disconnects her from the rest of us."
Minoris, Day 14
The five remaining minor characters were celebrating their victory.
Brawly
"Beating the reward challenge has given us hope for the immunity challenge."
Carla
"We have to win immunity."
Majoris, Day 15
Lincoln asked the tribe, "what do you think the immunity challenge is going to be?"
Lucca suggested, "maybe a mental challenge? We haven't had one since day 10."
Elliot said, "I hope so. We're really more the brain team than the brawn one."
"Except for you," Ruby added.
"Rude!"
Ruby clarified, "I meant you're really strong, not really stupid."
"Oh ok," Elliot said.
Ruby
"If we win immunity, no one in Minoris can do better than seventh place."
Kirby
"Hi iy aye."
Minoris, Day 15
Coco shouted, "we have treemail."
She began to read silently. Eventually she looked up and asked, "does Majoris have any good swimmers?"
Immunity Challenge: Day 15
The two tribes arrived to the challenge spot. There was nothing on the beach, however some castaways noticed flags on a log far into the ocean.
Lillith explained, "this challenge is simple. Out off shore, there are ten flags, five green and five purple. Each tribe member must swim out and grab one flag. Each tribe can only have one member in the water at a time. First tribe with all their flags wins immunity."
"Majoris must have two members sit out. This cannot include Lucca or Kirby, as they competed in the reward challenge."
Majoris delibirated for a while. Eventually, Lincoln stated, "I'll sit out."
May added, "so will I."
"Survivors Ready? Go!"
Lillith began commentating. "Lucca and Brawly are off! Brawly with a quick head start. Being a surfer, that's expected."
"Brawly gets Minoris's first flag. Now he just has to swim back."
About when Brawly reached the shore, Lucca grabbed Majoris's first flag.
"Lucca gets her first flag! Coco begins to take off for Minoris!"
Lucca swam back with the flag. Coco swam towards the log.
"Coco grabs Minoris's flag. Lucca is approaching the shore quickly! Can Majoris make up this gap?"
Lucca crawled out of the water and tagged Ruby. At the same time, Coco tagged Roxanne.
"Minoris is now a full person ahead."
Ruby swam much faster than Roxanne.
"Ruby is closing the gap!"
Ruby reached the flag faster than Coco, Lucca, or Brawly. She managed to swim back before Roxanne reached the flags.
"Kirby is off! Roxanne has her flag."
Kirby swam incredibly slowly as Roxanne swam back at an average pace.
"Roxanne has reached the shore, but Kirby still hasn't gotten his flag."
Taranza quickly took off. Kirby finally reached the flags, but clumsily dropped his.
"Kirby drops his flag! Taranza has now reached the flags."
As Taranza swam back to shore, Kirby went underwater to recover the flag, not realizing that it was floating.
"Taranza has reached the shore. Minoris only needs one more flag."
Carla swam out. Kirby finally recovered his flag.
Lillith announced, "Kirby isn't even at shore yet, and Carla has the final flag. I don't know if there is a way for Majoris to recover."
Indeed, Carla passed Kirby and reached the shore first.
Lillith shouted, "Minoris wins immunity!"
Majoris, Day 15
Lincoln
"And we thought the reward challenge was bad."
Joyce
"I didn't even get to take my turn..."
Lincoln, Ruby, Lucca, and May were talking.
"Who should we vote out?" Lincoln asked, "Kirby, right?"
May agreed, "he did cost us the immunity challenge."
Lucca nodded, and Ruby gave a thumbs up.
Lucca wandered off on her own, only to be confronted by Elliot.
Elliot sternly asked, "you're not playing your idol, of course."
Lucca hastily replied, "of course not."
"You do plan on keeping it until the merge, right?"
Lucca hesitantly responded, "yes."
Elliot pointed out, "you hesitated, but why? You have a majority alliance. You wouldn't be planning on betraying them? Or maybe you worry they'll betray you? That they don't trust you?"
Lucca, caught of guard, said, "I..."
Elliot added, "just know that if they see you play that idol behind their backs, they won't trust you, and if they don't trust you, I'll have no trouble joining up with them. The three of them, plus me and Kirby, are enough to vote you out."
Elliot
"I told Lucca, 'if you play that idol now, you're going home the next tribal council. No questions asked.' My strategy is to psych her out. She's a logical player. To beat her, I need to put her in a situation where she won't use that logic. I don't trust her, but I need the rest of the tribe to see it that way."
Tribal Council
The seven members of Majoris walked into the council room.
Lillith said, "hello, Majoris." She asked, "you lost both the reward and immunity challenges by large margins. How has that affected your morale?"
May answered, "it's killed our morale. We were feeling confident about a 7-3 or 6-4 merge, but not anymore."
Lillith said, "a 6-4 merge could still happen."
May replied, "true, but we were at our best these past three days. We still were defeated soundly. Twice!"
Lillith then asked, "Ruby, will these losses effect voting?"
"Yes."
"Will you elaborate?"
"No."
Lillith asked, "Elliot, do you think you're in danger."
Elliot said, "yes. Not in much danger, but I wouldn't be surprised if I was voted out."
Lillith said, "okay. Time to vote."
Voting
Elliot
Kirby
Kirby held up Lucca's name.
"Bye bye."
Ruby
Ruby held up her ballot, which had 'Kirby' written on it, as well as a quick doodle of said character.
"Nothing personal."
Lucca
May
Joyce
Lincoln
Lincoln held up Kirby's name.
"Sorry. You're just the natural choice. You were nice to be around."
Lillith said, "I'll tally the votes."
She left and then returned. "Once the votes are read, the decision is final, and the person will be asked to the leave the tribal council area immediately. I'll read the votes."
"First vote: Kirby."
"Kirby. Third vote: Lucca."
"Lucca. That is two votes each for Kirby and Lucca."
"Kirby. Sixth vote, fifth person voted out, Kirby. You need to bring me your torch."
Kirby complied. Lillith extinguished the torch.
"Kirby, the tribe has spoken. It is time for you to go."
Kirby
"Bye by ayi!"
The Tally
Kirby (5): Joyce, Lincoln, Lucca, May, Ruby
Lucca (2): Elliot, Kirby
Next time:
Tensions rise between Elliot and Lucca.
Elliot
"If she takes me out, I'm taking her down with me."
And Minoris becomes a united tribe.
Brawly
"The five of us get along so well. I think if we win immunity, we can make top five. Majoris just doesn't have the same unity we do."
