Survivor - Emperors vs Knights
Chapter 3 - Day 2 & Day 3 Part 1
(Edit: This chapter turned out to be way longer than expected...)
Okay, here comes the second week of Survivor - Emperors vs Knights. And this time is going to cover day 2 (including night 1) and then part of day 3 including the first immunity challenge. And then afterwards, one of these twenty people will officially be voted off the island. But before all that takes place, we need to focus on the tribes a little more, especially since we're going to cover night one today.
Okay, surprisingly once again I don't have that much to say here, but I'm gonna do a quick recap: everyone reveals their stories in some way (whether it be in their confessional or each other), Pac-Man wants to be in alliance with Mega Man, Greninja and Sheik are getting along well, Ghirahim is already getting suspicious, and Cloud thinks the tribe's priorities aren't in order.
~KF
Emperors
Night 1
The team's prediction was indeed correct. As a group, they were all aware of the fact that it was set to rain on Kodai Island. None of them were simply aware of exactly the time it was going to start.
And it just so happened to be on the first night. Yet in spite of their own predictions, it was not as if the emperors were elated about the precipitation that was pouring down on themselves and the shelter.
With the exceptions of Shadow the Hedgehog and Ghirahim, everybody sat close together on the bamboo, either staring at the rain that sat in front of them, or attempting at keeping themselves warm.
"Well,... at least we were right when we said that it was going to happen soon..." Peach of all people wanted to look at the bright side of things, even showing a smile to keep the spirit. Yet inside, she knew that it was a rather difficult challenge to keep the entire tribe happy, even if she and Pac-Man were combined, even though the two most positive people on the tribe could not have ignored the negatives when it came to the rain.
Roy was thinking of the firewood that sat beneath the shelter as he finally responded to Peach's comment. "It was a good idea to quickly move that firewood, or else it would have cost us a ton of time collecting it again. Do we have flint?"
"No." Shadow shook his head bluntly.
"That's a bummer." The boy responded as he hung his head down. "We can't use it when we all rise up tomorrow, then..."
"Well, flint these days is almost always the first reward after the first immunity challenge." said Shulk. "We just need to make sure we win so we can have it. The Knights already have that advanced shelter making kit."
"Exactly." nodded Marth. "Now it is our turn to achieve a victory."
"I was hoping that we could have a little Survivor party on the first night." Shulk's smile was there, though it was only because of what he initially thought of prior to the storm. "It's not impossible to start a fire without flint, so if we would have had fire, we would have a good time tonight as we all talk about our own experiences applying for the show, past seasons, and everything. Though we can kinda still do it, everyone's not in the best of moods because of this storm that ruined everything, haha! When Master Hand said that this was going to be a wet season, he really meant it, and it's not even day two yet."
"Hey, you know what?" The Heir to the Monado suddenly spoke. "This is actually a good thing. We're lucky to even have rain because I doubt it rained in the last season of Survivor that much. Full experience, right?"
"Valid point." Shadow replied. "Though it would have been easier for us if we were on the previous season just so our lives would have been easier."
"..." He blinked. "Okay, not wrong there I suppose... But hopefully it'll stop by tomorrow. Our shelter isn't even one hundred percent complete, yet, but at least we already got a good chunk of it done. We're emperors, guys. We can push through this."
"..." Mega Man sighed as his head began to lower. He knew he had to thank Dr. Light that he was one hundred percent waterproof. Otherwise, besides the storm, no water challenges for the blue bomber.
Knights
Night 1
Even with the shelter making kit, it never truly brightened the overall mood of the Knights tribe. Most people were silent, and for the ones that were not were either sighing or grumbling beneath their breath.
"Seriously..." Knuckles blinked his eyes. "It has been raining for hours. We stayed cooped up here before nighttime even arrived here..."
"Yeah, it's safe to say that we might as well just go to sleep." Foxy assumed. "I mean, we've done all we could today. There is no point is trying to get out to do anything for the camp."
"How are we supposed to sleep with loud thunder happening every once in a while?" Sheik thought out loud.
"Oh, don't worry." Shovel Knight unsurprisingly tried to be as hopeful as ever. "I'm pretty sure we all could sleep through it..."
BOOM!
"...Okaaay..." Shovel Knight blinked. "Perhaps we could still sleep through it somehow..."
"That is quite the challenge." Rouge said. "Maybe an even bigger thing to deal with than the actual rain itself..."
"Well if none of us are going to hit the hay anytime soon, maybe this is a good opportunity to discuss plans for tomorrow." Greninja used the time they currently had to their advantage. "Thanks to the kit Rouge and Luigi earned today, it saved us a ton of time; shelters usually take two to three days to build. However, we still don't have a fire. And since we don't have fire, none of us have been eating anything but a few coconuts, which means that we haven't had the chance to cook rice."
"Exactly." Krystal agreed. "If we don't get a fire going tomorrow, we're all gonna starve to death. Nobody hasn't exactly had that happen to them in Survivor so we'd rather not be the first tribe that dies of starvation here."
"Our best bet is to get up early tomorrow even though we have no idea when we're all gonna fall asleep, knowing that all this is happening..." Greninja suggested to the team.
"Alright, I'm down." Sheik was in on the plan. "I'll somehow force myself on my feet tomorrow."
Cloud Strife meanwhile was one of the couple members of the tribe that was already lying down, as he laid at one of the ends of the shelter, face turned away from the rest of the group.
"It's a shame that the weather is like this. Now the tribe is planning on being early risers when day two arrives, which is not good for me personally. I was actually already planning on awakening before the rest of the tribe, only because of one certain item in the game. I'm aware that we are only in the early days of the game, but I need to locate the hidden immunity idol as soon as possible. All of that is required of me to do is to sneak away from camp so that I can have enough time. Though due to what I just heard, at this point, I might as well try to get up before sunrise... if in fact the sun is visible tomorrow..."
BOOM!
Knights
Day 2
True to his word, there was no more Cloud Strife at the camp, even though the man ended up rising a bit later than he hoped. Nonetheless, who could have blamed him? No one brought clocks on Survivor. Besides, his timing was not as bad, due to the rest of the team still sleeping up to almost an hour after he left at the time, and now he was nowhere to be found.
The rest of the members of Chatan ended up getting up out of their sleep one by one.
"Alright..." Greninja rubbed his eyes trying to get as much as the sleep out as possible. Readjusting was typically such a chore. "Let's get the fire started..."
"Let me get the firewood from beneath the shelter..." Bonnie stood on his feet, Knuckles already getting on one knee to help out as well.
Krystal, however, was glancing in all directions. "Hey, guys? ...Where's Cloud?"
As Bonnie and Knuckles both stopped and stared, Luigi then glanced from Krystal, to the shelter, than to the rest of his team as he scratched his head out of confusion. "I dunno... I thought he was here.."
"You... wouldn't think that maybe he's probably getting extra firewood for the fire just in case?" Sheik guessed with a blink. "He was working mighty hard here at camp yesterday..."
"That may be the case..." Shovel Knight had a hand beneath his chin. "But,... what if he was awakened before the rest of the us in order for him to attempt to find the hidden immunity idol?"
...
It was a perfect time for silence to take over the tribe, that was for sure. Everyone ended up glancing at each other just to see each other's reactions, only for them all to be about the same; mostly smirks with some head shakes.
Bonnie happened to be a bit of both, though he ended up adding a sigh to go along with it. "Did he take his shoes with him?"
"Well, whenever he took them off, he always had them beside his bag..." With folded arms, Greninja shifted his eyes towards said bag, which was still in the spot he slept in. "And it's still here..."
"Great." Rouge placed both of her hands on her hips with a cocked head and a smirk out of sarcasm. "Idol finding on day two. Just what we needed."
"Not only am I a spy, but I am also a treasure hunter, and a very good one at that." The anthropomorphic bat enlightened. "However, finding an idol on day two is basically asking for it. You can be the most talented idol finder the show's ever seen, but if you are caught looking for one, or in this case, separating yourself from the rest of the tribe to the point where ones think you are looking for one puts a target on your back. And to top it all off, it is the early morning of day two. No Tribal Council, no challenge, and day three hasn't even arrived yet. And the fact that Cloud is most likely, almost certainly looking for an idol has just made him anything but trustworthy."
She rotated her head to see Foxy, still lying down in the shelter. "Foxy boy, let's go. We can split up as the rest of the tribe tries to get a fire started. You go check the beach, while I will check the forest. That's the first place where he would look."
"Alright, I'll get up..." Foxy had to scoot himself to get over the bamboo.
"That forest is large." Sheik began to walk away. "I'll look for him too and perhaps we can both split in the forest."
"The more, the merrier." Rouge nodded in agreement.
"Apparently Cloud was out looking for an idol, and now the group has someone to talk about." Foxy stated. "Maybe not as far as him actually voting him out of the tribe, but he just shot himself in the foot. I'll admit, I was thinking of searching for an idol myself, but definitely not this early where people are more likely to stay close together rather than separating themselves from the rest of the tribe. But I gotta admit it. At least he actually tried playing it smart by getting up before the rest of us."
Unlike Rouge and Krystal, it was Foxy that was the one that actually caught Cloud red-handed. If he was not quiet at the time, Cloud would have most likely heard him and pretended he was simply doing something else. Yet it obviously was not the case as Strife found out he was being looked for the hard way.
With one head turn, Foxy Michaels was already five seconds from him. He was definitely not to curse under his breath right in front of the red fox.
He folded his arms by the time he finally met with the swordsman. "Wouldn't the forest be a smarter place to look?"
"I've already checked there about an hour ago, but I never found anything that stood out." He admitted, finally standing tall. "...Do you plan on telling anyone?"
"Uh, hate to break ya, but all eight of 'em kinda already know."
"...Curses..."
"Well,..." He shrugged as he started to made his way back to camp, Cloud deciding to might as well join him. "you could either lie well or own up to it to the others."
"I..." He thought for a moment. "I'll make my decision right before we enter the camp again..."
"Better hurry up then. And fast." He said as the two started to make their way along the beach. "I'm not personally saying that you're gonna get votes from them now, but if I were you, at this point if I want to not get booted out the game early, I'd suggest you look for the idol in a more subtle way. 'Cause like, we really need you for challenges."
"I suppose so..." Cloud thought his statement was not in the wrong.
"I'm not saying that I'm aligning with Cloud, but I'm not saying that I'm not aligning with him either. However, I do know that I have to align with someone. You can't play by yourself in Survivor, and I don't think Cloud is gonna be the type of person that understands that."
-/-
"What do you think of Shovel Knight?"
"He seems to be a good guy."
"...What do you think of Cloud?"
"Well, at first I really didn't have an opinion on him at all, since we barely talked to each other yesterday. But I don't know what to think of him now."
After Cloud made his confession, Foxy and Bonnie decided to volunteer to collect water for the rest of the tribe while they attempted to get fire going.
"I think me and Bonnie generally get along well. We do have a couple things in common. For one,... I don't think our backstories are the biggest compared to the rest of the castaways on the island, let alone on this tribe in particular, hahaha! But typically in Survivor in the early days of the game, you just want to see where a person's head is. And Bonnie is up first."
"Who do you plan on aligning with?"
"I don't know to be honest." Bonnie shewed a bee away. "Right now I'm more focused on who I'm comfortable with. And due to Cloud's idol hunting, even if I do get along with him, I don't think the tribe trusts him at the moment."
"...Am I making you uncomfortable just by talking like this?"
Bonnie added to his laugh. "No, you're not. If anything that's a good thing. You're the first person that came up to me with any sort of strategy so far in this game. What do you think we should do?"
"Right now I'm trying to play the laid-back kinda guy thing." Bonnie explained his plans. "I'm just gonna let people come up to me at the moment so that they can tell me what they're thinking. Everything they say it's just more information for me so that I can learn over time what to do with it. So far Foxy is strategizing with me a little just so he can know what my plans are, and right now it's all about how the tribe feels overall. But at the moment, I'm just hoping that we can win this first immunity challenge. Things seem to be pretty peaceful, and I don't want it to erupt into chaos if we lose, because then people will be all over the place like we're trying to play musical chairs at Tribal Council."
"Well, I guess we can just let each other know what's going on." Foxy told him. "I keep you informed of what's going on, and you can keep me informed of what's going on. That way we can have as much info as possible. Deal?"
"Alright, sounds good to me."
The two finally made over to the water well, where on the other hand, after Knuckles and Cloud were seen rubbing the two sticks together to finally start a fire (much to the satisfaction of the tribe), Shovel Knight took the now lit coconut husk and placed it down somewhere as his team members began to add more sticks to it to keep it alive.
"I'll get the rice." Krystal was already making her way over to the supplies.
Emperors
Day 2
Just like the knights, the emperors were also successful at getting fire, mainly thanks to Shulk and Freddy applying the same strategy as their opposing team.
An excited Peach Toadstool clapped her hands rapidly at their success. "Great job. Now we just need to make sure we keep the fire going to make sure it doesn't go out. I'll start by adding more wood to it."
"I will go retrieve the rice." Marth lifted a finger. "You all can just keep the fire going. We have barely ate anything since we have been here. Without fire, our day would be a lot more difficult to get through."
Ghirahim had his arms folded. "...Perhaps I should go and collect more firewood and get it out of the way since we're going to use quite a bit of it at the moment."
"I'll go, too." Shulk said.
"Good." Ghirahim nodded as he began to walk. "Freddy, Shadow, you two are rather strong individuals. Both of you can join us."
With Freddy blinking and Shadow simply nodding, off the four of them went.
"Hey Zelda," Peach suddenly said. "I think I finally got a hand of the machete over here!"
"You think?" She asked as she made her way over to the other woman, who was already getting ready to whack away at another coconut. Yet unlike previously, this time she did with just one slice, before she attempted at breaking it open with her bare hands. Though in the end, Zelda had to end up assisting her.
"Ah, there we go." She grinned at her work, even though Zelda helped her in the end. "Maybe I should have just opened it with the machete, but at least I got the hang of handling the machete pretty well, because I'm pretty sure that we're gonna swap and then I have to make sure I contribute something to members of the other team."
"Don't worry." Zelda shook her head with a warm smile. "I'm pretty sure whenever we do swap, the knights would understand that you are just trying to survive out here learning new things."
"Yeah, you're probably right." Peach thought out loud. "Thanks, Zelda."
"I am quite fond of Peach." Zelda admitted. "I do love how open she was of her experiencing something she never had before. She knows that she isn't used to living in the outdoors, sleeping on bamboo while suffering through a storm, we barely any food or water. She's expressed that women like her are the type that nobody would expect to apply for Survivor. But Peach is and she's working her absolute hardest at the camp despite this experience being completely out of her comfort zone, and she knows that she does not have to prove anything to no one but herself, yet she simply volunteers to do the hardest tasks in the camp just so that she can learn. And that is where she has my upmost respect, as she can inspire others that are in her position to come out here for this adventure."
"Hey Peach, don't think you are the only one that wants to impress others. Even though I've had some experience with the outdoors due to me traveling, food was already packed back then. Never in my life I ever had to live off the land." Roy admitted. "You're learning things just like I am."
"Same here." Marth added as he came back with the rice.
-/-
While they were gathering in the forest, Ghirahim was already talking.
"It's quite clear we know who the majority is."
All three of them immediately stopped at what they are doing as their six eyes all faced Ghirahim as if a sudden Survivor twist was going to occur.
"...What?" Freddy had no idea what words should have escaped from his mouth.
"Seriously?" Shulk blinked.
"I am serious." Ghirahim was one hundred percent confident on what he was thinking with a quick nod, still breaking down different pieces of wood. "The four of us that are standing in this very area right now are the ones that are on the bottom. It's clear cut."
"It took me only two days in this game to realize exactly who is in the majority alliance." Ghirhaim told. "Even if they are not in an alliance, I'm sure they are planning too. Ever since Roy explained his story, Marth has been close with him ever since. Peach and Zelda clearly get along well. No question. Also, I've witnessed Pac-Man interacting with Mega Man quite a bit even though at times he attempts to distance himself from him, and it's not working. But the point, those three pair up, it's 6-4. I mean, look at Survivor - Micronesia."
"I mean, it was a very similar situation if any of you have seen Survivor - Micronesia." The man continued to talk. "Also, I love how the four of us that are here at this moment are conveniently the four strongest individuals of this tribe, which further adds to my theory, which is most likely a fact. And I can even predict that if were to lose this first challenge,... they would gun for you."
"...Me?" Shadow hunched an invisible eyebrow.
"Without offense, they would without a doubt see you as the... 'weakest' of us four. I wouldn't even actually blame them. They would wish to remain in the game just as much as we are. If they proceed, afterwards, they would go after Freddy in some possible 'split-vote' plan, I will be next, and they would save Shulk for last in a unanimous vote since he is the doing the most around camp. So for our overall vision, we just need to decide how are we exactly planning on handling the situation."
Shulk's confounded expression never changed one bit.
"..." He just stared with a single blink, but then he all of sudden began to laugh just a little. "Haha, did I... did I miss something here? I thought we were all one big happy tribe with not even the thought of voting someone off, let alone an already established majority alliance. I'm pretty sure me, Freddy, and Shadow are all thinking the same way. Forget playing too hard, too early. Ghirahim is playing like a maniac, basically, haha! I don't think they are all that close together. I don't even know if Mega really wants to even align with Pac-Man (even though he potentially could). I mean, though as insane as Ghirahim is acting right now, all I know is that we know that he wants one of those six out. And as long as they're options out there for me personally, that's all that matters for my game in particular."
"I recommend that we simply hurry up here before they all begin to feel suspicious, but we might want to keep in touch, just to make sure we're all safe. I'll come up with a name for this alliance later."
Without him noticing, there in fact was the occasional glances between Shulk, Freddy, and Shadow.
Emperors
Day 3
The following day, the fire was already going, and Zelda was carefully stirring up the rice in the pot. She, as well as the rest of the red team knew that day three was most likely the day the first immunity challenge was going to take place, and they all knew that they had to eat something before it takes place. However, aside from Freddy Fazbear, Zelda was the only one awake at the time. And so, she took the advantage of the time she had and already began to prepare the rice so that it would be done before the other eight people in the shelter arise from their sleep.
Speaking of Fazbear, to pass the time, he told her that he planned on retrieving tree mail for the team.
However, as he thought of himself leaving the camp, Zelda noticed something about Freddy that looked rather off. He had his neutral look in his eyes, but some part of it gave Zelda a vibe that Freddy was actually a bit... nervous.
"...You're okay, Freddy?" She questioned quietly as the bear immediately rotated his head to face her, apparently too busy in his thoughts to think about his surroundings.
He gave an honest sigh. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just worried about how this is gonna play out. That's all."
She just had to give a warm smile. "Don't worry. Everything's going to be fine. I promise you that no one is speaking of you whenever your back is turned. And even if, comments have been nothing but positive."
"I'm not asking for people to throw a whole pity party just for me, nor am I trying to get sympathy." Freddy wanted to make himself clear. "But in all honesty, I am trying as hard as I possibly can to gel and get along well with the rest of the tribe. I am a boss where I came from, which was why I was put on here. But, I don't want to be the guy who everyone thinks that I'm bossing around everybody and trying to take control of everything. Although at the same time, I feel as if I'm too laid back in terms of the game itself, then people would think that I am not doing anything at all. You never know what conversations people have behind your back, because you can't keep track of nine people twenty-four seven."
He was seen grabbing an envelope from a urn, representing as the 'treemail' for the camp. Curiosity got the better of him as he already began to open the envelope.
You know in high school even though people were generally fond of me, I never really cared about fitting in because it was a priority for me. But out here, since you are playing for a million dollars, you have to fit in just to stay on the good side of some people in hopes that they will keep you here. I believe that the social game is one of the hardest aspects in Survivor. Like, you have to adapt to pretty much everybody, and at times it's hard to really know what people think of you, and in a game like this, I know it's where it matters to most."
Day 3
It was now a bright sunny day in Okinawa, Japan, and there came the moment the twenty castaways were all waiting for: the first immunity challenge of the season.
"Come on in, guys!"
With the emperors leading first, the knights quickly followed as both teams stood on their respective colored mats on the ground, Shulk and Cloud placing down their tribe flags in the process.
"Alright." Master Hand started. "You guys ready to get to your first immunity challenge?"
All twenty castaways either cheered, clapped, or simply nodded in response.
"For today's challenge, it is also about making choices. This is a perfect test to see how a group of people coming from different walks of life will work together. Here's how it's gonna work." Master Hand began to elaborate. "All ten of you will be hooked together as you all race through a series of obstacles in which there will be a set of keys at the end to unlike two members at a time. You will all race through a rope tunnel, climb over a series of ropes in order to reach a high platform, race down the ramp to get to leap over a couple more obstacles in any way you can. After balancing on a balance beam, by the time you get to the end, the last two members of the tribe, while still hooked together, will complete a puzzle."
"Here's the catch." He raised a finger. "For the first obstacle, the rope tunnel and the final obstacle, the balance beam, you can either make your lives a little easier, or a little more difficult. You all will have the option to have less rope to deal with to get through that tunnel, and you also have the option to have more room for the balance beam. However, if you use one shortcut, then it adds ten more pieces to the puzzle. Use both, an extra ten pieces. There could be up to seventy pieces in total. I highly suggest you make the right choices. First tribe that finishes the puzzle will then have the puzzle makers unlock themselves, which they will raise their tribe flag, winning immunity, where the winning tribe will be safe from the vote. Losers, Tribal Council where someone will be the first person voted out of Survivor - Emperors vs Knights. ...Now, here's the immunity idol."
Pulling a large piece of cloth, the immunity idol was revealed to be some sort of statue of a samurai, resulting in a couple claps.
"In addition, of course you are playing for a reward, which you guys probably already know what it is." He then picked an item which at that point, it was what all the survivors expected. "Fire in the form a flint."
And once again, the castaways all cheered.
"I will give you guys a minute to strategize and we'll get started."
The two teams immediately huddled up.
"Okay, we just need to really figure out who's going to be first and who's going to be last in the line..." said Mega Man. "I think the last two people in line should be the two people that should do the puzzle."
"I agree a thousand percent." Shulk went along with his idea. "I don't know if I'm the absolute smartest at puzzles, and something tells me that the two people in front are gonna do the puzzle, so I guess that means the strongest guys have to be in the middle or something?"
"And what about the shortcuts?" Roy added.
"Well, I think it depends on if we are behind or not." Zelda assumed.
"We need to decide who do we think is going to be the best at puzzles." said Shovel Knight from the Knights tribe. "Who are the two that are going to be in the back?"
"I'm 'okay' with puzzles, but I'm not the number one person that would ace it with ease." Krystal had to admit. "However, I can keep my balance quite well, so maybe you guys can drop me off right before the puzzle."
"I'll volunteer for the puzzle." Rouge lifted a hand in the air.
-/-
"Alright, here we go." Master Hand announced as the teams all had a band around their waist with the color that represented their tribe, as a long chain hooked the castaways together. "Let's start with our leaders. It is gong to be Roy leading the emperors, followed by Peach, Shulk, Marth, Freddy, Ghirahim, Pac-Man, Shadow, Mega Man, and Zelda. Bonnie is leading the Knights tribe, followed by Luigi, Greninja, Foxy, Cloud, Knuckles, Sheik, Krystal, Rouge, and Shovel Knight.. It is our first immunity challenge of Survivor - Emperors vs Knights. For immunity and reward. Survivors ready?"
Both Roy and Bonnie proceeded to get into a starting position.
...
"...GO!"
And thus, the challenge began, with the two aforementioned leaders racing down a ramp as the rest of their teammates followed in suit.
"...So far, nobody is going to use the shortcut to get through the rope tunnel. That means that we're gonna have a challenge right out of the gate." Master Hand noted. "Peach struggling to get through early, though. Bonnie on the other hand is throwing himself through the obstacle, but Luigi is having trouble trying to not get tangled up."
As a result, Bonnie had to pull Luigi by an arm as he himself needed to make through, since neither of them had the desire to slow down the rest of the Knights tribe.
"Try to leap through, guys!" Shulk suggested crawling through behind Peach. "Just throw yourselves through it!"
"Everybody in the rope tunnel now!"
Unfortunately for the Knights tribe, Luigi could not have helped but get tangled up quite a bit in the ropes.
"Luigi slowing down even though he's trying his absolute hardest to get through it and it's slowly costing his tribe. ...Peach making sure she doesn't slow her team down."
Greninja ended up having to push Luigi on his back. "Bonnie, keep pulling him. You two are almost out!"
"You can just see the look on Bonnie's face that he's giving it his all, having to pull himself as well as the rest of his tribe including Luigi, but he's getting very close to the end."
On the other hand, after Roy escaped, so did everybody else one by one, the eighteen year old having to pull Peach out of the tunnel as the rest of the emperors began to follow.
"Nearly almost all the emperors are through as Bonnie is finally getting out for the knights!"
Yet due to the time advantage the emperors had, once Zelda was through, they took the early lead.
"Emperors are through! Start unlocking!"
And Roy quickly grabbed the keys that were supported by a tall, circular stand right next to him as he began testing which key was the right choice for the lock to be picked open.
"The knights are almost through trying to catch up!"
"Ugh..." Roy already went through three of the ten keys and none of them were working.
"Take your time, Roy!" Marth called standing three steps behind him. "Panicking will not make it any easier!"
"The knights are all through! Bonnie trying to work with that lock!" Master Hand then took a glance back at the emperors for a quick moment. "...Roy and Peach are now free! Shulk is now leading his tribe!"
Peach and Roy remained on their mat as they both began cheering.
"Alright I'm done!" Bonnie's lock was now open as he and Luigi separated themselves from the rest of the team, with Greninja now leading.
"Knights are starting to close the gap as everyone starts climbing up!"
"Good job!" Peach jumped up and down clapping rather rapidly, Shulk quickly pulling himself along with Marth not that far behind him.
"We are nearly neck and neck!"
"Everybody okay!?"
"We're good!" Krystal shouted back at Greninja as Rouge had just now started climbing. "Just keep moving!"
"It's a long way up. Remember: you are as fastest as your slowest! ...Zelda starting to struggle a little bit."
"Take my hand." Mega Man used his remaining hand to hold onto the rope as Zelda took the offer well. "Be careful not to fall."
"Now it's the knights who are in the lead, but barely!"
Bonnie started to clap as Luigi simply watched. "Keep it up! You all are doing great!"
Both Greninja and Shulk were getting rather close to the top. Once they were able to grab the platform and climb up, they proceeded to help their tribemates one by one.
"Once you all are on the platform, then the leader can start working with the lock." Master Hand reminded them. "Get all your tribe members on there!"
Krystal and Rouge both pulled Shovel Knight on board.
"You're good, Knights! ...You're good, Emperors! It is still a close race! It all depends on the locks!"
Luckily for the yellow team, Greninja was the one who managed to unlock himself and his teammate first as he and Foxy separated themselves from the remaining six.
"Go, Knights! Head back down!"
Fortunately for Shulk, he managed to open the lock not too long after the opposing team took off.
"Okay I'm good."
"Shulk and Marth are now free! It is now Freddy leading the emperors, and Cloud leading the knights!"
However, Cloud Strife must have forgotten that he had five other tribe members that were chained up to him as he kept sprinting, knowing that he was racing down the ramp, resulting in Sheik stumbling and Krystal and Rouge literally falling over causing them to slide down the rest the way, which ended up in Shovel Knight being dragged down as well.
"..."
"Okay, guys. Try to stay close to me." Freddy warned the rest of the emperors as he began running down the ramp, while checking his teammates for the few moments that he could have.
"Pac-Man stumbling a bit but he doesn't fall over!" Master Hand once again shifted his hand to 'face' the other tribe. "Now the knights have to leap over those obstacles even though they are chained together. You might want to have some patience even though it is a race to that puzzle."
Strife rolled his eyes as he and Freddy were now leaping over the bars, their teammates doing the same.
"Knights still have a slight lead..."
With a sudden gasp, Zelda fell chest first into the dirt as she ended up having to stumble over the third bar. That, plus the fact that she was already last in line was not exactly a good combination for the emperors to catch up with the opposition.
"Emperors are falling ever further behind by Zelda."
"We can't even see what's going on from over here." Peach said to Roy, who stood all the way back on the mat on the first obstacle.
"Come on!" Cloud shouted as he promptly raced to the next yellow mat as he began his wait for Knuckles, Sheik, Krystal, Rouge, and Shovel Knight. Yet as impatient as he might have been, his team managed to finish that part of the challenge rather quickly.
"Knights are good with the fourth obstacle! Cloud now has to unlock himself and Knuckles and then they have to decide how they're gonna handle the balance beam."
"Please tell me it's this one..." Unfortunately for the strong knight, Cloud had no luck with the first key that he tried.
Freddy meanwhile was finally getting on the mat, pulling his tribemates forward as soon as they were within reach, Zelda immediately dashing towards him when she got over the final bar.
"Emperors can work on their next set of keys as the knights are already moving onto the final obstacle before the puzzle, choosing to not use the shortcut, which means that they're going for the smallest puzzle!"
"Seriously..." Freddy was shaking his head growing frustrated after the first three locks he tested would not work, knowing that the Knights tribe are extending their lead. Though by the time he got to lock number six, it was finally opened, forcing Freddy to heave a sigh of relief.
"Freddy and Ghirahim are now done! And it is now Pac-Man leading Shadow, Mega Man, and Zelda, while Sheik leads Krystal, Rouge, and Shovel Knight over the balance beam... and the women are making it look easy."
Shovel Knight was the one struggling just a bit, but he managed to keep his balance as he continued to make his way over.
Pac-Man actually pulled down the lever, causing the beam to suddenly split open, thus becoming slightly wider.
"The emperors have chosen to take a shortcut in hopes to save up sometime, knowing that this means they get an extra ten pieces for the puzzle. Will it actually pay off, as they're finally catching up with the knights?"
By the time Shovel Knight made it across, the four remaining emperors simply ran across, catching up with them in no time.
"They're coming..."
"Don't worry, Shovel, they still have more pieces than they do." Sheik assured him.
"Both tribes are on their mat! Now the rest of the emperors have to catch up!"
All the way back to the first obstacle, now Peach, Roy, Bonnie, and Luigi are all climbing along racing to the top of the platform where they were to meet Shulk, Marth, Greninja, and Foxy.
Roberts was the first one that made it up, followed by Roy by at least a second, the former quickly pulling up Luigi, while Roy had to lie down on his stomach to pull help Peach onto the platform since she was slightly behind Luigi.
"Go, go!" Bonnie said as he and the other knight raced down the ramp with Greninja and Foxy, Roy, Peach, Shulk, and Marth not that far behind.
Pac-Man covered his hands over his mouth. "Don't give up, guys! We're still in this!"
"Get over the obstacles!" shouted Master Hand as the eight players began to do so, the yellow team making little to no troubles, as Peach in spite trying her hardest, she struggled just a bit. Fortunately for her she had her team to back her up.
"Now the four knights plus Cloud and Knuckles have to make it over the balance beam!"
The four emperors nimbly made their way over to Freddy and Ghirahim so that they all can simply run across the balance beam, causing them to nearly catch up with the knights once again.
"Go, knights! ...Go, emperors!"
As Sheik began working on the last set of keys for the knights, Pac-Man was doing the same for the emperors.
"We are neck and neck once again. It's gonna come down to the puzzle." The host of the show predicted.
Though it was the emperors that actually proceeded first, as Pac-Man and Shadow were quickly unlocked, Mega Man and Zelda immediately dashing towards the puzzle while still being chained.
"Go, knights!"
And the same was said for Rouge and Shovel Knight.
"This is it." said the master. "All you gotta do is to solve a puzzle, grab the keys, unlock yourselves, and raise your tribe flag. Just a reminder, the knights never used a shortcut, but the emperors used a shortcut for the balance beam, which means they have ten extra pieces."
"Don't worry, Mega Man and Zelda. I know both of you told us that you were great at puzzles. Don't worry about the knights if they're in the lead!" Peach suggested.
Bonnie crossed his fingers for his team as Shadow the Hedgehog simply had his arms folded.
"All four puzzle makers are working together very well, despite them still being chained up to each other."
Thus, the result was the two pairs constantly pacing back and forth all over the place.
"Whatever you do, guys, don't panic." Shulk said as he simply stood in his place calmly, Ghirahim rotating his head to face the other tribe.
"Oh, no, no, no, no, Shovel. Over here." Rouge corrected Shovel Knight as she moved some pieces around so that they were in the right place.
"We are still neck and neck, though the emperors have ten more pieces to deal with... But both teams' puzzles are starting to come together."
"Oh, goodness..." Luigi mumbled under his breath as his heart began racing.
"Come on..." Foxy muttered as well.
Roy had his palms together.
"The knights are getting closer and the emperors are getting closer, but the emperors are working slightly faster. Perhaps they chose the right two people to work on the puzzle..."
However, due to the yellow team having less pieces to deal with, they managed to finish their puzzle in less time, which turned out to be an actual knight.
"The knights have it! Get the keys and use one of them to unlock yourselves!"
Rouge and Shovel Knight's teammates all began to cheer in their own way as they watch Rouge making quick work of the keys as Mega Man and Zelda are placing down their final pieces of the puzzle.
"...Mega Man and Zelda finish their puzzle!"
Unfortunately for them, it was too little, too late as the last pair of the Knights tribe were unhooked, Shovel Knight promptly raising their tribe flag.
"THE KNIGHTS WIN THE FIRST IMMUNITY CHALLENGE!"
The members of the yellow tribe erupted in complete celebration, where in contrast, the same simply could not have been said for the red tribe.
Ghirahim had his hands placed on his hips, shaking his head down low as Freddy and Shadow simply had their arms folded, Fazbear staring at the actually completed puzzle, which turned out to be a famous emperor.
"Alright, knights. Here you go." Master Hand handed the tribal immunity idol to Shovel Knight. "It was a very close battle, and it came down to the decision you all made as a group to not take any of the shortcuts, and it paid off. Congratulations. Here's your flint. Take it and head out."
Shadow's eyes rolled away as Greninja managed to catch the flint.
"As for the emperors, sorry to say, but it's gonna happen tonight." The large hand shared the unfortunate news the losing tribe never wanted to hear. "Because you lost the immunity challenge, one of the ten of you will be going home. You have the afternoon to figure out who that's gonna be. I'll see you all at tribal."
"We were desperate to win in the end, so we took the shortcut, and it costs us the challenge." Shadow said. "However, both women, Peach and Zelda were slowing the tribe down quite a bit, and if it weren't for them, we would have gotten away with a victory, anyway. Sometimes the first Tribal Council can determine the rest of the game. So if it was solely up to my decision, I'd like to have the team be as strong as possible, and whether they'd like it or not, neither of those two women delivered as far as the physical aspect is taken into consideration."
What a long challenge I made... All challenges will be listed on my profile.
Alright, since the Knights tribe won immunity, my sincere apologies to anyone who is a fan of the following: Peach, Zelda, Ghirahim, Marth, Roy, Shadow, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Shulk, and Freddy. Your fav is officially going to Tribal Council lol. And they were super close, too. I guess they feared that the knights were gonna take over the rest of the challenge, so they tried thinking ahead by doing the shortcut. Even though it basically might have hurt in the end, Mega Man and Zelda were great in spite of the ten extra pieces. So that means that the emperors were basically no more than a few seconds or so behind, so overall both teams did a great job. But unfortunately, there is only first place at the moment and there's nothing the losers can do except pay the price, which is going to Tribal Council.
For all the ones that don't know about Tribal Council, it's basically a torch lit place the castaways have to go to at night where the tribe must vote someone off to go home in any way they can. (And I say in any way they can, but Tribal Council, as the fans know, is... complicated to say the least, especially if you've watched the majority of the season lol.) Oh, and by the way, all challenges will be listed on my profile as each of them is shown, whether it would be an old Survivor challenge, or a new challenge that I made myself such as this one.
Now let's get to the obvious questions. Not just about who might be going home though, since the challenge of course wasn't the only thing that occurred this chapter. Still...
Questions:
1. Who do you all think might get the boot here and why?
2. What do you think about Ghirahim's assumptions about a possible majority alliance between the supposed "three pairs" (Peach, Zelda, Marth, Roy, Mega Man, and Pac-Man)?
3. Is Cloud basically shooting himself in the foot at the moment?
4. Do you all typically get excited whenever it rains on Survivor just to see how the castaways react?
5. For whatever reason, who do you generally feel sorry for on this cast so far?
The winner pick poll is still up and Luigi is still in the lead, with Mega Man, Knuckles, and Rouge all tied for second! Vote for your winner pick on my profile and watch my "Emperors vs Knights" YouTube intro if you haven't already and I will see you all on Saturday where the very first person is going to be voted out of this season!