Survivor - Emperors vs Knights
Chapter 6 - Day 5 & Day 6 Part 1
Welcome back to chapter six of fifty of this story! Not that much to say here, so let's focus on what today's chapter is going to cover. More socializing, surviving, and strategizing and the day six immunity challenge (this time it's going to be from Survivor - Millennials vs Gen X). Losers go to tribal where someone will be the second person voted out of the game. Hope and cross your fingers that it is not your fav!
...I really don't have anything interesting to say here do I? Oh well, here we go...
~KF
Knights
Day 5
The following day, the ten Chatan members were off doing their own thing. There were not that many chores that needed to be taken care of, so for the most part, they spent time having some casual conversations, with the occasional strategy here and there.
Krystal in particular was sitting by the beach doing laundry in the water.
"It was actually kinda nice hearing Shovel Knight explain his story last night. I just find it surprising that he actually spilled the beans of his own backstory, ya know? Because I guarantee that some of us are hiding what happened in our own personal lives before we all got here... including me..." She took the time to wipe a couple tears from her eyes. "All I did was tell people that I am a space pilot for a living. But there is a much bigger truth here. ...I am the last known survivor from my home planet Cerinia... And the worst part about is that I don't even know what happened..."
At that point while she was rinsing her clothes, she appeared to be thinking of it all once more, rubbing her eyes with her free hand.
"I don't even know what happened to my parents, let alone the planet that I came from. I've been trying to figure out the answers to the many questions I have for the longest time. ...But I will find those answers..." She nodded confidently. "...Someday..."
Meanwhile, Sheik and Greninja managed to find Shovel Knight near the treemail as he was exploring the camp he was in, figuring that if he was going to be there for a certain amount of time, he may as well enjoy it for the remaining time that he had out on the island.
"Hey there." Sheik spoke first.
"Oh, hello!" He grinned with glee. "Just out here exploring as usual. Kodai Island is such a beautiful place!"
"I agree." The female ninja nodded. "But anyway, me and Greninja over here wanted to talk to you about something. ...Greninja, look around to see if anyone's coming..."
He did a quick eye search around the area as Sheik whispered that last part of her statement.
"Okay..." She started. "We generally like you. And you know in this game you need as many allies as possible to proceed, but that's why we've come to you. Has anyone else approached and talk to you about being close allies or anything?"
He put a finger beneath his chin. "Not that I know of..."
"Well," Greninja finally started to talk with small grin. "would you take the opportunity to have the two of us right here?"
"..." After blinking, the shovel knight began to chuckle a little bit. "Well I don't see why not, I guess! Tomorrow we're going to have our next immunity challenge and the last thing I desire is to be blindsided and be the very first person voted out of my tribe!"
"We're official, then." Greninja shook hands with him. "I don't think your name is gonna come up as of now, but even if it does, we'll protect you. Knights have each other!"
"I guess I'm going to be part of an alliance now, haha! Ever since I've been here, I can't say that I was exactly 'trying' to be an alliance with someone. I just had the desire to simply be myself, explore while I can, make friends, and have fun! ...And also to be the Sole Survivor of course. But, apparently, I'm needed for others. And if they need me, that means I need them. For all I know, people could be talking behind my back at this very moment and I would not even know what is going on around here. Hmm... I guess it would not hurt a bit if I approached someone..."
-/-
Luigi at that point was all alone in the shelter simply watching the fire that stood before him. But then he suddenly saw the pot leaning a little too much over the fire.
With a sudden gasp, Luigi quickly dashed over to said pot the moment Shovel Knight showed up as they re-balanced the pot in order to avoid the water spilling out on top of the fire, which of course would have been anything but good for the Knights tribe, especially for anyone that was named Cloud Strife.
"You got it?"
"Yeah, I got it." Luigi nodded. "Just trying to avoid having an unhappy tribe because of no fire."
"Yes. Fire is basically ninety percent to our survival on the island." Shovel Knight reminded. "So how are you doing as of now?"
"I'm fine, I guess." Luigi of the Mario Bros. took his hat off his head, thinking that somehow a bug managed to enter his hat due to him feeling as if a bug was crawling through his hair. Realizing that it was not the case, he placed it back on his head. "Just trying to make it as far as I can, you know?"
"Afraid of being the first one out of the tribe?" Shovel Knight cocked his head to the side.
He immediately nodded as if there was no day six in Survivor. "Absolutely. I mean, even though I helped Rouge win that challenge for you all, I still as if I'm the obvious weak link here that needs to get out first for the sake of physical strength on the team..."
The actual knight of the group of ten actually blinked being quite surprised a bit. "...You?"
"I mean, it's obvious..." He shifted his eyes diagonally to the side with hands behind his back. "You know that on every tribe in the history of Survivor there's obviously going to be the weakest link. And for this tribe in particular, it is none other than me... Maybe not solely based off physical strength, but for other things as well, such as... the tribe possibly thinking that I'm insecure..."
Shovel Knight could not have believed that Luigi was thinking that way. To him, there was absolutely no reason for Luigi to be so hard on himself. "Well, I don't necessarily assume that there is a weak link on the tribe at all, even though I understand where you are coming from. But nobody on here is worrying about a 'weak' link. If anything, people are irritated at Cloud for him dictating the rest of the tribe."
Luigi sighed as he waved it off. "Maybe you're right, sorry... Maybe it is just me being insecure out here. I'll admit that, though... I've had my fair share of insecurities growing up, and maybe I'm just wondering what people think of me. Not that I care too much of what people think based off what I accomplished with my bro, but we both know that things are different in Survivor. Reputation and perception is everything."
"Luigi is a fish out of water even though he is on the Knights tribe. I can not even blame him thinking that he is the weakest member, since he is normally the type that gets picked off first, and in most circumstances, Luigi would fall right in that category. And as a result, he is simply uncertain and nervous if we had to go to Tribal Council tomorrow night. But it doesn't have always have to happen that way... I think he needs someone that will reach out for him. And if I have to be that person, then I am willing to work with him. I just feel downright sorry for him because I know that he is a smart guy. Maybe he just needs to work on his social skills..."
"Do not beat yourself up over it. We are all worried about being the first to go, but I have my own reasons to why I feel in danger at times. But that is why it is important to play this game for others. I don't know if you've been strategizing with anyone or not, but if you haven't, then..." Shovel Knight's extended his arms out lazily for a quick second. "I'm here."
Luigi grinned. "Thanks."
"No problem." He replied. "Don't think that it is over for you just because of your physical status in comparison to the rest of us. But if you honestly feel that way, just continue on as normal. Continue to work on the shelter or whatever needs to be done around here, but... maybe start sharing some conversations with others in order to build relationships. The more you interact with them in some way, the more likely people are going to understand you and who you are as a person. You don't have to purposefully try to impress others just for the sake of it, but... simply be yourself."
He nodded and kept his grin, this time showing teeth. "Alright, maybe I can work on my interactions with these people. Thank you, Shovel."
"You know, for starters I would check in on Greninja and Sheik. They seem to be rather fine individuals to be around."
"I like Shovel Knight." The tall plumber had to admit. "He really helped me today. I have my own reasons to why I feel that I could be in trouble, and he has his own reasons to why he could be the first to go. We just have to do what we can. But if we are in fact in trouble, if he wants to be my emperor, then I can be his knight. He suggested that I need to work on my relationships with others. So perhaps he could be a good start."
Day 6
For the second immunity challenge of the season, there were a series of obstacles that were followed by a large chair with ropes tied up to it. Up above were three rows of numbered bags ranging from one to thirty, with two tables that stood near the end, one being for each team.
"Come on in, guys!"
The Knights tribe all came in with an overall confident attitude, stepping onto their yellow mat one by one, ignoring the thunder that sounded.
Soon afterwards, the emperors showed up.
"Knights, get your first look of the new Nago tribe." Master Hand announced. "Peach voted out at the first Tribal Council."
As a summary, the Chatan members nodded in response, none of them being surprised at all.
"Alright, you guys ready to get to today's immunity challenge?"
The castaways answered 'yes' in a variety of ways.
"First things first, I'll take back the immunity idol."
Krystal walked it over and gave the idol back to the Master Hand, who then placed it on a nearby stand.
"Once again immunity is back up for grabs. For today's challenge, three people from each team will head over to a series of obstacles. Each time, that same person will be in a chair, to which five people from each team will have to pull up to retrieve all thirty bags in numerical order, with one person from the five collecting ten bags at the time. Once you have all thirty bags, you will untie each one to reveal a lettered tile that will help you solve a Survivor phrase, in which the remaining four team members will complete. First tribe that finishes win immunity, safe from the vote. Losers, Tribal Council where someone will be the second person voted out of Survivor - Emperors vs Knights."
"In addition, you're playing for a reward. Wanna know what you're playing for?" He went over to a nearby wooden table. "The winning tribe will win... fishing gear."
Upon removing the cloth covering the items, the tribes could not have been any more elated. "You know you want it this early in the game. Nets, traps, bait, and to top it all off, a boat will be waiting for you back at camp. I know that judging by your reactions, it is definitely worth playing for. Before we start, Chatan, you gotta sit somebody out. Who's it gonna be?"
Chatan had a brief discussion.
"...Luigi, you think you can solve the puzzle?" asked Cloud.
"I think I can." He nimbly nodded. "I did it right for the first challenge."
"Alright, knights. Who's it gonna be?" Master Hand was ready.
Krystal raised her hand.
"Krystal is sitting out. Take a spot on the bench over there." The host of Survivor pointed. "Everybody else, I'm gonna give you a minute to strategize and we'll get started."
-/-
"Alright, here we go." Master Hand said. "Shadow is going to run the obstacle course first for the emperors, and Knuckles is gonna try it first for he knights. Playing for immunity and reward. Survivors ready?"
Shadow and Knuckles both got into running positions.
"...GO!"
The moment they immediately they took off, down came the rain. Both anthropomorphic animals wasted no time getting over the slightly inclined net for the first obstacle, before beginning to leap over five bars.
"Impressive! Shadow and Knuckles are blazing through the course!" Master Hand noted. "Shadow is just up ahead by a couple seconds!"
As the teams cheered, the two males leaped over those bars with little to no trouble, before beginning to quickly get through the side-step obstacle, yet Knuckles seemed to have a little more strength in the legs, almost completely catching up to the opposition.
As a result, both representatives of their respective tribes got in the chair around the same time as each of them pulled a lap bar over them for safety reasons. Knuckles was already reaching above him with one of his arms.
"Okay, pull! Pull me up!"
"Now you gotta use that rope to pull your tribemate up to those numbered bags!"
Ghirahim, Freddy, Shulk, and Roy were all pulling on Shadow while Cloud, Foxy, Greninja, and Bonnie were all pulling on Knuckles.
"Both tribes doing a good job! For now Shadow and Knuckles have to get numbers one through ten! ...Shadow is one number ahead as he is getting number four. Knuckles has his third bag."
Cloud ended up having a piece of rope stuck around him as he tried to purposefully run off a little, using his entire body to pull onto the rope, as both chairs had to quickly be risen up, or dropped down slightly to get the bags in numerical order.
"Shadow is done."
"Okay, go, go, go!" shouted Shulk as he, Ghirahim, Roy, and Freddy all ran forward with the rope to drop Shadow down carefully. And by the time he done so, he picked up two different piles of the ten tiles he collected, placing them all down on the table. At that point, Knuckles began to do the same, only making one trip.
"Go, knights!"
Greninja began to make his way to the obstacle course the moment when Roy was getting ready to take his turn on it.
"Emperors have a bit of a lead!"
Now Greninja knew that he had to catch up, nimbly getting over the first obstacle and immediately getting to the bars.
Marth from his group of puzzle makers clapped his hands. "Keep ahead of him, Roy!"
"Roy's now back! Greninja coming up!"
"Pull as hard as you possibly can!" shouted Ghirahim as his team of emperors plus Shadow all pulled on.
"Greninja is back! Start pulling him up!"
"Okay a little higher!" Greninja ordered as he was now retrieving bag number thirteen.
"This time you're getting numbers eleven through twenty." Master Hand reminded everyone as he watched the two tribes continuing to work together. "Emperors still have a bit of a lead, but the knights are clearly not giving up."
By the time Roy was done, the four team members pulling onto him quickly, yet carefully dropped him down.
"Roy trying to make one trip and he's struggling... Go, emperors!"
Freddy began to make his way back as Greninja was finally done retrieving tiles, having an easier time taking one trip to drop his tiles off on the table.
"Go, knights! It is going to be Freddy versus Foxy now..."
Both players knew they had to get through the obstacle fast no matter who was in the lead.
"Foxy is flying through this as if his life depends on it. He is certainly gonna close that gap!"
And by the time those two completed the course, it was nearly neck and neck.
"You are now picking up numbers twenty-one through thirty. Afterwards, you can start working on the puzzle." Master Hand glanced above him to check the weather. "Rain coming down hard."
Though of course they still continued, the emperors having a slightly harder time with Freddy since he was heavier, causing him to be nearly dead even with Foxy, giving him a slight advantage in the end.
"Knights, you're good! Start working on the puzzle!"
And nearly a dozen seconds later, down came Freddy Fazbear.
"...Emperors, you're good! Puzzle makers, start working!"
At that point, it was Luigi, Sheik, Rouge, and Shovel Knight working on the phrase for the yellow team, which meant that Mega Man, Zelda, Pac-Man, and Marth were all trying to solve it for the red team.
"Flip each tile over." Sheik suggested. "We need to see how many of these we really need..."
"Okay, we have six blank spaces, which means that we are only using twenty-four letters here." Zelda confirmed. "Toss the blank ones aside and we can start with the words that are most simple than the ones that might be a little bit more complicated."
"Good plan." Marth nodded in agreement, mixing a few letters together in order for him to test whatever word he was thinking in his mind. "One word has... twelve letters..."
Pac-Man turned and faced Zelda. "How are we going to figure out a word that has twelve letters?"
"We have to." Zelda responded, she and Mega Man following Marth's strategy. "We can not afford to lose again..."
The rest of the castaways, including Krystal, all observed the puzzle makers doing their job, hoping that whatever team they were on solved the unknown phrase first.
Elapsed Time: 20 Minutes
"You have now been out here twenty minutes." Master Hand floated in between the two puzzle making stations. "Luckily the rain has stopped, but you all have been out here for a while. Seems to be a recurring theme in this challenge. Starting from Millennials vs Gen X, this phrase right here seems to be a little more difficult than anticipated."
Shovel Knight had a hand on his head. "Come on, Shovel... Think..."
"But what word has twelve letters that we might know?" Sheik asked no one in particular, using some of the blank tiles to cover up whatever they came up with at the time due to Ghirahim looking over to cheat and mouth to his team.
"Ugh..." The emperor himself slapped his face out of frustration. "This is ridiculous..."
Pac-Man was rubbing his finger beneath his mouth. "Looks like this is going to be a little trickier than I thought..."
Ghirahim mumbled. "Thank you, Captain Obvious..."
Luigi had absolutely no clue, shaking his head and taking a moment to scratch it.
"Well..." Mega Man stared at the progress Nago had made at the time. "So far we have 'do not', so obviously it's telling us that we shouldn't do something..."
"What shouldn't we do, then?" Marth asked.
"Well as far as I know, neither of the P's we have can make a word that is two letters. I doubt 'up' is one of them..."
Pac-Man sighed and placed down an 'O' at a random spot of the last word and eyed the rest of his the puzzle makers. "We have to come up with something..."
"..." After a blink, Mega Man decided to arrange the O and the two P's at the beginning of said word, widening his eyes after a couple moments. "Oh my god..."
"...You think it's 'opportunity?'" guessed Zelda. "I was already thinking of that five letter word... 'do not' ... 'waste'?"
"...Emperors out of nowhere are quickly scrambling!"
Suddenly the emperors all turned around announcing that they figured out the phrase Master Hand was looking for. With the host of the game show looking over, much the knights already disappointing and worried actions.
"...'Do Not Waste The Opportunity!'" Marth read out loud.
"EMPERORS WIN IMMUNITY AND REWARD!"
Mega Man, Marth, Zelda, Pac-Man, and the rest of the Nago team all cheered together within an instant. Their dream of winning the next immunity challenge came true at long last.
Of course on the opposite end of the spectrum, the Chatan tribe could not have been any more disappointed.
"Unbelievable..." Cloud complained with a head shake.
-/-
The nineteen, soon to become eighteen survivors of 'Emperors vs Knights' all stood on their respective colored mats.
"Emperors, congratulations." Master Hand gave Zelda the immunity idol, who nodded in acknowledgement of their victory. "You all clearly sounded like you needed it. Guess that win was well deserved."
Some of Zelda's tribe members could not have agreed more.
"And in addition, you also earned your fishing gear." The Survivor host reminded. "...And one more thing..."
Literally everyone including the Knights tribe all froze in place.
"Because of the fact that you all won immunity, you now get to choose one person from the Knights tribe to go to... Exile Island."
Jaws dropped, hands were on their own faces, bodies were seemingly frozen stiff, and some eyes never blinked.
Freddy was one of those jaw dropping individuals. "...Oh my god..."
Greninja slowly facepalmed himself in disbelief.
"You all will choose one person to go to Exile Island." Master Hand restated. "By doing so, not only you are sending someone where they can't bond with anybody, but you are also sending someone that will not attend tonight's Tribal Council, meaning that they will automatically make it to day seven. I assume you all need a minute to discuss with each other."
The yellow tribe all stared as the opposition conversed with one another.
"...Alright, Nago. Who's it gonna be?"
...
"...We're gonna send Shovel Knight." Freddy announced.
Shovel Knight lowered his head while still staring at Fazbear in particular.
"Shovel Knight." Master Hand called. "You are officially going to stay on Exile Island. You will not return until tomorrow morning on day seven."
He sighed with a shake of his head, his head not completely being lowered.
"Just one more moment..." He apparently was not done at the time. "In addition to yourself, now your team has to decide who will be joining him from the Nago tribe."
Everyone was shocked in disbelief once again, yet at that time, a few of the knights were seemingly excited, whereas the emperors for the most part simply stood.
"Start discussing..."
As Shovel Knight had already stepped off his mat, the rest of his tribe were all huddled up as they talked it out.
"Alright, knights. Who are you sending with Shovel Knight?"
"...We're gonna send Marth over there." announced Greninja.
"Marth, step away from your tribe."
With a sigh, he stepped off his mat.
"Dang..." Roy mumbled under his breath.
"That poor guy..." Pac-Man felt sorry for him.
"Alright, so here's what is gonna happen..." Master Hand wanted to make himself clear. "Both of you will get on a boat and head off to Exile Island and spend the night. There is nothing over there, so you two will have to work together in order to survive alone. The good news is of course, neither of you will be going home, even though Marth's tribe already won immunity. The bad news is that neither of you can be with your tribe and bond with anybody."
Neither of them made any sort of reaction.
"Alright, your boat is waiting for you. Head on out. Emperors, congratulations. You guys can head back to camp." The Hand dismissed ten of castaways and took one last glance at Chatan. "Knights, unfortunately this is your first loss ever in this game and I got nothing for ya but a date with me at Tribal Council where someone will be the second person voted out of Survivor - Emperors vs Knights. I will see you all tribal. Head on out."
"Sort of a double loss here... First we all got to go to tribal, now Shovel Knight is being sent to Exile Island. I don't know why they chose him of all people, maybe they just wanted to pick a random person, maybe they figured he's worked hard around camp or something, but it is what it is. After tonight, the numbers will be even. I said before that I wanted this tribe to continue to be at peace, but I guess the peace has to be disturbed somehow and it was gonna happen anyway." Bonnie shrugged with a smirk. "Oh well. Guess we gotta just deal with it, get it over with, and move forward. Life goes on."
...Surprise! I'm bringing Exile Island into this! Hahaha!
I've always wanted to make a season that included Exile Island, and I figured it wouldn't hurt if I do it this season. Exile Island has basically been a staple since Survivor - Exile Island (even though it kinda basically happened one time in Palau), and so it's my turn to do it. It's not gonna take cover the entirety of the game. Just for like, half of the pre-merge. Like Master Hand said: Exile Island has its cons and pros. No Tribal Council for either of them, yet it's... basically gonna be heck for them lol. It's always been a miserable place whoever goes there.
Questions:
1. How do you expect Marth and Shovel Knight to interact with one another?
2. Who might be in trouble on the knights tribe?
3. Who is seemingly in the safest position of Chatan?
Vote for your top five players this season and I will see you soon where the next person will be voted out of Survivor - Emperors vs Knights! I'll add this challenge to my profile!