Survivor - Emperors vs Knights

Chapter 5 - Day 4

KoopalingFan back here once again with another chapter of "Survivor - Emperors vs Knights!" And in the last chapter, Peach was the first castaway from this season to be eliminated and now there are nineteen players remaining in the game. So props to you all in your favorite character is still in the game (I'm so sorry Peach fans lol).

Not much to say here, but for this chapter, the game will simply progress from here. We'll simply start with the emperors and then we'll see what the knights are up too. Keep in mind that the last thing that happened before the Nago tribe exited Tribal Council was that it was just starting to rain, so they might have a hard time tonight and even when they got the flint, they still can't make fire. Wish them good luck I guess lol.

~KF

Emperors

Night 3

One by one, the remaining nine emperors of the Nago tribe successfully returned from their first Tribal Council, individually leaning their torches against a nearby tree.

"Wow..." Roy said as it continued to rain. "That was awful..."

"I don't know about you all, but I'd rather not go there again." Marth's comment about the tribal was not specifically about the tribal itself, but he was already remembering the moment he written Peach's name down and sent her home as well as literally the rest of the tribe...

...even Zelda of all people.

"I didn't know if I was going to be getting that emotional at that tribal, but I really felt awful that I had to write Peach's name down. After I had that talk with Freddy I asked around and found out that Peach was going home. I wished I could have written Shadow, but I wanted to stick with the rest of the group all for the sake of trust, or else it would have shown that I was closer to Peach than the rest of the emperors. But now I have another problem, and his name is Ghirahim."

He was seen immediately heading for the shelter. "Ugh... The weather seems even worse than last time..."

"Hey, on the bright side, one less person means more space, hahaha!" Shulk attempted to humor the situation, whether it really worked for his tribe members or not.

Pac-Man ended up holding a hand from the shelter as if he was trying to 'test' the rain. What was he trying to accomplish, the world may have never known.

"It is pretty much self-explanatory. I believe that Ghirahim is going to cause quite a bit of trouble around camp. Sure, Shadow might also isolate himself at times, but at least the majority of the people here can say that he keeps his comments to himself... most of the time. Though if does something, I am not going to confront him directly, because worst case scenario, he could rally the entire tribe and boot me out right behind Peach. I already doubt that I am in the safest position in this game at the moment..."

BOOM!

"Ugh..." said Freddy as he ans the rest of the emperors were now once again together in the shelter. "This is gonna get worse and worse, isn't it?"

"Don't worry, Freddy!" Pac-Man was optimistic. "It's only night three, and then tomorrow only day four! You know what they say: three down, and only thirty-six more days to go!"

"..."

"Well," Shulk spoke. "at least we are somewhat lucky. In Survivor - Samoa, it rained five days straight, so this is nothing."

"Still, this is the 'warmest' we'll be tonight." Shadow spoke, lying down to close his eyes. "Even if we now have the flint, it is impossible for us to start a fire. We really need to get going tomorrow. I'd suggest that we need to be awake as early as we can if they rain has stopped by tomorrow. We are already running low on firewood. And the wood that is out right now in the fire pit is soaked so we have to get rid of them in the morning."

Freddy wanted to shake his head.

"I don't think Shadow realizes the way he talks to people at times. I also don't think he realizes of how lucky he was tonight. I think that if more people wanted to keep both Peach and Zelda around, he would have been gone. I in particular had nothing against Peach, but I just wanted to keep Zelda. ...Hmm. Who knows." The bear shrugged. "Maybe I could be Peach's replacement or something..."

Knights

Day 4

The rain indeed was over by the next morning, and every member of the Chatan tribe was all up and ready for the day. They knew that they needed to retrieve more firewood just like the emperors.

And Cloud Strife decided to take advantage of the situation by making sure all of his tribemates were doing the job correctly.

"I am proud that I am a knight." The ex-member of SOLDIER stated. "Fortunately for myself, I am part of a tribe where not a soul thinks that it's acceptable to simply lay back and do absolutely nothing. The whole day. All nineteen of us that are remaining of the game are well aware how serious the rain can get, which only means that there is more work that needs to be done. In order to make sure we are on the right track, I figured that it was best to aid my teammates as much as possible whenever it it necessary."

After Greninja removed the wet fire from the pit, Krystal was now attempting to ignite a fire with flint.

"Hold up for a minute, Krystal." Strife suddenly jumped in. "I think we need at least a couple more pieces of wood then that. ...Greninja, in the meantime, you can get more wood from the forest. Go see if Knuckles is already there."

"Okay..."

Cloud then turned back around. "I'll take care of this. You can just rinse the pot out in the ocean. Don't lose it. And when you come back, bring back the rice."

Foxy just watched from afar.

Shovel Knight suddenly walked past, and he almost jumped when Cloud snapped his finger to get his attention.

"Shovel, Krystal is washing the pot and Greninja is on his way to retrieve more firewood with Knuckles. See if you can locate Rouge and figure out what she is doing."

"The problem with Cloud is that he basically has no social skills. He already caught heat for looking for the idol, now he's bossing everyone around as if he belongs on the emperors tribe." Foxy told. "I mean, I am a boss where I work at because we're I'm from, they call me Captain Foxy, even though I prefer to just be called Foxy, hahaha! ...But sometimes when I'm around him I feel like I'm a new employee that just got hired. At this point, I seriously believe that Cloud was put on the wrong tribe. Though most likely he thinks that if anyone should be on the Knights tribe than it should be him. After all, Master Hand did point out that he doesn't even want to be an emperor."

"You guys think that we should start splitting the bamboo soon?" Sheik suddenly came by.

Her idea was immediately shot down by Strife. "No, this is just not the right time. Fire at this moment is the number one priority. And you know what happens when we don't have fire. We can do nothing."

"I know, but that's why I asked people if it was a good idea to start the fire sooner."

-/-

"I mean, it just seems that Cloud forgot that you have to be sociable with others that are around you as well. Just like Sherry said in the reunion show in Game Changers. If you can't relate to the others in some way, no one is going to give you any votes..."

She was now conversing with Greninja as they both wandered through a forest.

"I see what you mean." Greninja nodded in agreement. "I mean, if he's trying to be a leader, he should learn how to adapt to his surroundings, and that includes the other nine people on this tribe. For all we know, we could lose the next one due to lack of communication that could cost us later down the road. Communication is key when it comes to the challenges, and if Cloud doesn't realize not what he's doing, but how he's doing them, that could get us all in trouble. Besides, Shovel Knight is good at leading as well, just him being like, the... most experienced co-worker or something."

Sheik laughed with him. "You got a point there. Cloud is just trying to be the boss. I mean, this is not the emperors tribe. We're all worker bees over here."

"At this point, it's pretty much safe to say that people on Chatan including myself and Sheik are starting to feel like we can generally survive out here without Cloud..." Greninja admitted.

"So anyway, maybe if it doesn't rain tonight than out of boredom, Shovel Knight can tell us one of his campfire stories again. Those are actually kind of interesting and funny at the same time."

"Cool." The water-type Pokemon nodded. "...Hey, who do you think is with Shovel Knight, anyway?"

"Hmm..." She placed her finger beneath her chin. "...As far as alliances go? ...No one that I know of. I think everyone's just trying to fit in."

"...You think Shovel would be a good ally to have?" Sheik was now opening the cover of the water well as Greninja placed his canteen on the edge.

"Well, he does seem like a nice guy... Maybe we should approach him. But for right now, let's just continue to talk to him and get to know him for a little bit and we'll see later on. We do plan on heading down to the beach once we take care of this fire situation."

"Alright, I'm fine with that..." Sheik suddenly paused after placing her own canteen on the edge of the well. "And it would also be a good idea anyway..."

"Why is that?" Greninja retrieved the handle that was used to scoop up water.

"...Because you know, it would be a perfect way to test Cloud's social skills as we're all out on the beach together as a tribe."

-/-

Luigi, Greninja, Foxy, Sheik, Shovel Knight, Bonnie, Cloud, Knuckles, Rouge, and Krystal were finally out in the water generally having a good time for the most part.

...And as Sheik predicted, though Cloud seemed to be relaxing as he floated in the water, he was sort of separated from the other nine members of Chatan.

Meanwhile, Rouge just so happened to be near Knuckles the Echidna, and she out of nowhere playfully splashed him.

"Hey!" He said as he actually fell in the water, a few seconds passing by as his head then shot out of the water. Yet Knuckles actually smirked as his reaction. "You know what you just did, right?"

"What, a young man can't event take a little water?" The bat also had quite a bit of that smirk on her face, her hand reaching her hip. "You know, we're gonna have a few water challenges. And if a little splash is just enough for you to fall over, I might just call you one of the weakest in challenges."

Foxy, Greninja, Bonnie, and Krystal all were not afraid to laugh and snicker directly in front of Knuckles.

"..." He snickered himself with a blink. "Me? Weak in challenges?"

"Prove it to me, then." She folded her arms. "I offer you a challenge. You have thirty seconds to run all the way down there, then come back."

"Rouge is pretty cool." Knuckles could not have helped but laugh. "She's a good person to have. Say if I'm mad about something not going right at camp, or if we lose a challenge or somethin', then I have her so I can laugh at... Not laughing at her of course, but with her you know? ...Don't take this the wrong way, 'cause I definitely not the romantic type, especially out here on Survivor 'cause even I'm not dumb enough to fall for it... But I... think she's a little entertaining if I was being honest, hahaha!"

Rouge grinned as Knuckles took off in the water.

"I'm not really trying to purposefully flirt out here." Rouge actually shook her head. "It's just part of my natural personality."

Sometime afterwards, Bonnie wandered past Knuckles in the water with a large smirk. "Is it working for ya?"

"She's alright." The echidna chortled in response.

Emperors

Day 4

"So because of us not having the advanced shelter making kit," said Roy. "quite a few of our palm fronds ended up falling off the shelter last night during the storm. So now we have to stock up on palm fronds even more, unless we all want to sleep on the sand in the rain, which will then make all of us sick, and then we will never win a challenge."

Overall, the emperors were separated all over the camp, with only Roy, Shulk, Marth, Freddy and Mega Man remaining...

...until Shulk all of a sudden decided to leave. "I'm going to wash my clothes with Zelda in the water..."

No words ended up being spoken as the emperor wandered off as the rest of them in the area continue to work.

"So guys..." Roy began to speak. "What's next?"

"You mean what's best for us as a tribe?" Marth questioned. "Well, for me personally, Ghirahim and Shadow are clearly rubbing people the wrong way. Zelda on the other hand is one of the nicest people I've ever met... besides Peach of course."

"Well, none of them are conveniently here right now." Freddy pointed out. "Let's talk while we can..."

"Well, as much as we all know about the whole 'keeping the tribe strong' thing," Roy talked. "we need to realize is that sometimes keeping the tribe strong is not always going to be our top priority, especially when we all merge. Ghirahim is going to become a physical threat and then we would have to vote him out anyway if we somehow had the numbers at merge. But for now, he's doing a pretty decent job of having a big personality out here..."

"Exactly my thoughts." Marth could not have agreed more. "I am not so sure about Shadow myself. I feel as if he thinks we do not know what we are doing.

"So, who would you guys rather see?" questioned Mega Man.

"I'd rather keep Zelda around to be honest." Fazbear stated his opinion. "Our strategy can't be all about keeping the tribe strong all the time like Roy said. Zelda is a genius at puzzles and she can be a really great help whenever we need her.

"Okay, so that leaves Shadow and Ghirahim..."

"Yeah, basically. But in my opinion, I still want to win a challenge or two." Roy replied. "So I guess our safest option is Shadow. Not the most sociable person here, and also not the absolute strongest in our tribe. Makes sense if you ask me. However, if Ghirahim keeps rubbing people the wrong way, I wouldn't mind seeing his torch snuffed either."

"Well, we have our options open." Mega Man bobbed his head up and down. "That's always a plus. Just as long as we know what we want over here."

"I feel that if we were to go to Tribal Council at this moment, Shadow the Hedgehog might be the most vulnerable by just a bit." Mega Man predicted. "The tribe isn't on the best terms with him. However, believe it or not, I feel like that I could actually work with Shadow somewhat. One reason being is that Shadow is more likely to listen than Ghirahim, so he's easier to talk to. And like I said before, I'd like to keep Shadow here for now as long as I can just so I can duck under. Although, this means that I have to make sure that it's either gonna be Zelda or Ghirahim. But, this also means that I might have to control Shadow as much as possible to decrease the chances of him being targeted."

-/-

Luckily enough, Mega Man actually found the time to talk with Shadow individually as Mega Man almost ran into him as Shadow was heading back to the camp, which made Mega Man turn around and follow.

"Mega, when you get a chance, we need to look for the machete. Rumor has it that it has been misplaced and we need to look for it as soon as possible."

"Alright, then..." He said. "...So, who would you rather see go next?"

"Nothing is a hundred percent certain yet, but as of now, my mind is still set on Zelda. She's not the only one that might be good with puzzles."

"Well okay, I guess... Uh, thanks for the compliment?"

"If you think if it was what you made of it, you can take it however you want."

"...Alright..." Mega Man blinked, not knowing what to think of Shadow's comments at all. "But anyway, I'm fine with booting off Zelda as well. However, I am worried about how the tribe sees you at the moment."

"Well, I apologize if I don't have the charming personality of Miss 'Princess' Peach Toadstool." He sounded a bit annoyed. "It's just who I am, and if they do not understand, that's their problem."

"...But, Shadow,... see, the thing is, that might make you a target. They might consider on voting you out simply because you don't get along with everybody here. And I'm not saying that just to scare your or anything, but I feel that it's just what they might think. Ghirahim is also in trouble because of this, but even worse. But if you continue on isolating yourself with the rest of the people here, they would kick you first before Ghirahim and Zelda."

Shadow literally stopped whatever he was doing and stared directly in Mega Man's eyes. "...Are you serious?"

"You think that I would be having this conversation with you right now that could make me a target like this?" The blue bomber asked. "Shadow, I'm not gonna lie. I really might need you in the future, so I don't think the best thing for you to do is to throw me under the bus, or else we would both be in trouble. I don't care if Ghirahim goes, but I have to have at least one of you stay, because I am trying to stay in this game as long as possible."

"..."

"...?"

"Last time I checked, Ghirahim was explaining to me, Fazbear, and Shulk that we were apparently on the bottom facing the supposed 'Pair Up Alliance.'" The Mobian recalled. "However, Mega Man of all people is approaching me explaining that I might be a target solely because of where I stand socially. He didn't even mention the alliance that he was supposed to be in at all. So in the end, it could mean two things. Either he is considering on flipping against his own alliance, or the alliance... does not exist... Though the more I think about what Mega had to say, the more likely it's the latter. There is no Pair Up Alliance. So at this point, I need to really figure out what's going on here. As of now, I do not care who goes home. It is time to start gathering intel."

"We'll talk later." Were Shadow's last words as the two made their way back to the shelter.

Knights

Night 4

For the fourth night on the Chatan tribe, the ten players were out of the shelter and surrounding the campfire, lucky enough that for once mother nature chose to not let it rain.

"And then, by the time me and my partner woke up around seven in the evening, it was getting rather dark out at the time, and we couldn't find our way back because we lost our map a while ago. So to survive we decided that we were going to make a campfire and go from there, and hopefully find our way back home the next day... which of course, we did, because here I am sitting here right now and not being mauled to death by a wild animal."

Most of Shovel Knight's tribemates laughed.

"Shovel Knight seems to use this time to share to us one of his personal stories with his apparent partner back where he came from. Sort of a way to pass the time while we're out here in the wilderness. Not bad, I suppose. Probably his own way of expressing himself to the rest of us. Oh, by the way, he doesn't say 'partner' as if she's someone that works with him. It's basically his own professional way of saying 'girlfriend.'" Rouge laughed.

"How did you meet your partner?" asked the curious vixen.

"Ah..." Shovel Knight actually paused as he remained staring at the fire. "It's sort of a long story. Do you all think that now is the most appropriate time? It is getting quite late."

"Oh, don't worry about it." Rouge waved it off. "We got plenty of time right here on Kodai Island. Our curiosity is simply getting the better of us. Just go ahead and spill."

"Well, alright then." He decided to do it. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt..."

"So I did leave behind a partner from back home and her name is Shield Knight." The shovel wielder spoke himself. "We were always quite the duo; almost always going on every single adventure together. To this day I wonder how and why in the world she would choose me of all people to be with me of all people, but I guess she knew that we have such a lot in common. We share every memory together, and now it will forever remain that way after I thought I've lost her for good went she went missing one day. ...But I dunno if I should go into details at the moment, but what I do know is from that day on, I knew that we would always be with each other through thick and thin... And maybe she herself could give this competition a chance someday."

He was now sharing a laugh once again with his fellow Chatan members.

"Shovel Knight is rather interesting." Greninja commented. "I really like the guy and I think I can be genuine friends with him outside of this. But that also means that maybe he would be a good person to have for my game. I didn't have a chance to interact with him in a one on one conversation, but I'm sure I will be speaking with him soon."

Okay, so this is the shortest chapter in the story so far, thanks to the opening, the first three days, and then the first Tribal Council. But at least you guys get some sort of a break this time and learn what the emperors were doing after Peach were sent home, and how things were with the Knights. Hmm... For the latter nothing big seems to be happening yet except for Cloud and his lack of social skills, and the whole Rouge and Knuckles thing, finishing things off with Shovel Knight (Just so you know, Krystal will finally get a confessional next chapter. Consider this to be "Episode 2" is this were an actual TV series so this is good lol.)

On the other hand, at this moment at the Emperors tribe, there are three targets that are up for consideration for their next Tribal Council, Zelda, Shadow, and Ghirahim. However, certain people (Mega Man and Freddy) are playing their own individual game just for themselves. So this means that the emperors are playing for themselves while the knights so far are all about tribe harmony. They even tested how Cloud would interact with the other nine members at the beach today. Interesting.

Questions:

1. Where would Shadow go from here?

2. Do you think Cloud is going to realize that when it comes to the social aspect of the game, then he should... you know, step it up? lol

Vote on your top five players of this season if you haven't already and I will see you all again soon!