Survivor - Emperors vs Knights
Chapter 10 - Day 9 Part 2
Welcome back to this story and now it's time for the official third elimination in this story (it's either going to be Shadow, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Roy, Zelda, Freddy, Ghirahim, or Shulk). The only person who is 100% safe is Marth since because he is on Exile Island, now he can't go to Tribal Council just like Shovel Knight didn't have to go last time, which means that Shovel Knight is going to be the very last person that will attend Tribal Council lol.
So last time Chatan tribe's risky move to send Cloud home actually paid off since they did in fact won that immunity challenge proving to the emeperors that they could in fact survive without Cloud Strife. Good for them, but now the emperors have to pay the price. But like last time, we will get through Exile Island first.
~KF
Exile Island
Day 9
"So how was Shovel Knight?"
"He is someone that I definitely would not mind being friends with in the future."
"I've gotten sent to Exile Island once again by the Knights tribe, though unlike previously, this time it is with Sheik who is apparently a ninja undercover. Hmm... interesting. Anyway, since I am with Sheik, ever since we both got on that boat, I've wondered how would I explain to her about the idol since I knew she was going to find out sooner or later."
The two were by the treemail as Marth showed her the hidden immunity idol clue that he picked up from the other day.
"...And you still haven't found it yet?" Sheik spoke as she stared at the paper.
Marth Lowell hoped that Sheik would believe him. "Trust me. I a hundred percent do not have it in my possession. Check each and every corner of my bags."
"Well, if you're to say something like that then I believe you." The female laughed. "But for my tribe, I don't know if Shovel Knight has it or not. However, this could start to motivate him to look even harder now. I can't wait to get back to Chatan tomorrow so that I could have a look for it myself."
"Greninja was right." Sheik confirmed. "The idol for Chatan is in fact back on the tribe like he predicted, which works to my advantage personally. I bet those emperors chose me over him to keep us guessing who has it. However, no matter who has it, I'm basically aligned with Shovel Knight, anyway. So if anything, this just increased our chances of finding it. Thank you, emperors! Hahaha!"
"So... I guess we can just... hang out on this beach for the rest of the day?" The Legend of Zelda character raised her eyebrow.
"Uneventful, but yes." Marth sighed and begin to walk in the woods. "I'll help with the firewood..."
Emperors
Day 9
Roy, Pac-Man, Shulk, Freddy, Mega Man, Zelda, Ghirahim, and Shadow made their way back to their camp disappointed yet again.
"I hope those knights rip themselves to shreds, especially after our decision that we made today after the challenge." Ghirahim spoke. "I have no clue of how Cloud was sent to be with Peach at Ponderosa, but that is another topic for another time. We lost our immunity challenge. Now we have to deal with the master later on. We did not know that Marth was not the best swimmer, and that cost us a bit of time. Pac-Man can shoot baskets but apparently he can't swim. Really?"
He literally snapped his finger right behind Freddy's back, making him turn around slightly startled.
"Follow me." He mouthed as he was already seeing Shulk wander off to the woods.
"Hey Shulk, while you're out there," Pac-Man got up from his spot in the shelter to bring him his canteen. "Can you fill this up for me? Thanks."
Shadow thought quickly and rose. "I'll volunteer as well."
Ghirahim smirked and muttered. "Perfect."
Yet all the while, it was not as if it never caught the attention of Zelda.
"The minute when we approach the camp, Ghirahim started to pull people to the side and wander off so he could startegize, most likely to take me out of the challenge today. I guess if Marth was here, I would not be surprised if he at least had an idea of getting rid of him, considering that his strategy is to only focus on the challenges. However, what I could potentially do is to point it out to everyone on the tribe in order to let them know that Ghirahim can not be trusted if we are planning on moving forward as one. However, the downside to it is even though I can get the target off myself by shifting the heat to Ghirahim, the number one target for me is Shadow in order for me to have more longevity in the game. The worst part of it all was that Chatan sent out their strongest member. So even if they are willing to keep me around, they might be more motivated to write down Ghirahim's name instead of Shadow's. That being stated, my question to myself is to how do I push Shadow's name out there so that he can be targeted instead?"
The hedgehog moved a couple feet before realizing that he nearly forgot to bring his bag with him.
"Perhaps I could explain to them that we can use this opportunity by continuing to keep the tribe strong, rather than getting rid of our own strongest player so that we could win more challenges. Although, if it does not even work if we lose the next challenge, then we make the move to get rid of Ghirahim. That way if a swap was to occur after, both Shadow and Ghirahim would no longer be here and I would no longer have to worry about either of them."
She was sitting beside Roy as they both eyed the fire. "Obviously the knights are not thinking that it is a hundred percent about the physical competition anymore..."
"Clearly..." Roy replied. "I wonder what was going on back there..."
"I am not certain at all, but perhaps we could use this to our advantage." The brunette suggested. "Even though I may not be the most physical of the team, I still have the desire to win challenges. We were still defeated even without Chatan having Cloud. If we need to be a strong, yet unified tribe, my suggestion would be to send Shadow home first, then Ghirahim later."
"I'm down for it." Roy nodded with little to no hesitation. "As long as either one of them goes home, then that is our best interest at this point..."
"If we were to swap or merge anytime soon, the last thing we all need is to be down in numbers." said the eighteen year old redhead. "Shadow and Ghirahim are both two people the tribe would say that can't be trusted. Shadow is more subtle, but Ghirahim is more of an 'in-your-face' type of player. Everytime when I take a look at Shadow, he is almost always silent, and not in a good way. However, if I was stranded on an island such as this alone, I'd choose him over Ghirahim any day... even though I am more likely to hear Ghirahim's opinions face-to-face than Shadow's on certain things since he is clearly the more outspoken one..."
"Let us just split the vote." Roy recommended. "That way if they somehow have something up their sleeve due to the idol situation that is going on, we would know for sure if one of them has it in their possession."
"Good plan." nodded Zelda.
-/-
"I can not believe that we were first once given the advantage to perform better than those Chatan members, and we still lost." Ghiraihm complained. "This is ridiculous. If Marth knew that he was a slow swimmer, why would you volunteer to help complete that part of the challenge. Now he is on Exile Island to where he is now more likely to find the idol."
None of the other three characters that were with him at the water well bothered to say anything.
"Where I come from, I am one of those that are simply used to be victorious no matter where I perform. The job is done, and I come out holding my head high every time. Coming here and losing two of the three immunity challenges is something that I am not familiar with. This has to stop or else, no one from this tribe is winning the million dollar prize."
"Marth stinks at swimming." Ghirahim pointed at the ground just to make his point. "I know it is best to get rid of Zelda right now due to her still being the weakest of the nine of us as well as for my own personal reasons. However, Marth being on exile yet again does sound like a threat to me. I can not afford to be idol'd out here..."
"So if he's on exile with Sheik, what do we do from here?" Freddy raised an eyebrow.
"Hmm..." The tall man placed a finger beneath his chin. "You know what, in my opinion, our best option is to write down his closest ally, Roy for strategical reasons. But only if we know that we can not get rid of Zelda."
"..." Not one blink.
"Yes, I know it is a bit much to target Roy this early even though he has yet to do anything that would make him a target, though Marth is on the island immune from tribal. The idol that he could have will obviously put him in a rather dangerous position. Roy is number one ally, so that will be the least we all can do. But as I am saying, this would only occur if we know that Zelda is not going anywhere anytime soon. ...Even though, there are in fact eight people on this tribe,and we take up half of the tribe here. All we need is one person and we would officially get the majority after tonight's vote."
Freddy blinked. "Well, since Marth is on exile and if Mega and Pac are a pair, shouldn't we just approach Roy to help us get rid of Zelda?"
"...Yes, that would work, too. Roy is lucky..."
"Ghirahim thinks myself, Freddy, and Shulk are gonna vote with him so that we can be four strong, swing over Roy, and take out Zelda. But the reality is, not one of us trust him as far as we can throw him. We are gonna send him home tonight not only because of that, but to make sure my name is not at the top of the list before we head to tribal. Chatan has sent home their strongest member, now it is our turn. I can make it on my own without Ghirahim and I do not need to help him win a million dollars or him to help my own self to win the million."
"And I swear. This will probably be our absolute last time the four of us are talking together like this, since this tribe is going to be just another member short, we will all be thought of every now and then and the others are going to start to wonder what we are doing, and then they are going to resort to stick their noses in our business. So please remember that. I will talk to each and every one of you individually."
With them watching him making his way back with a canteen in each of his hands, Freddy, Shulk, and Shadow exchanged a glance.
"Uh, are we about to blindside someone?" Shulk smirked with a slight chuckle.
"...Get rid of him..." Shadow wanted to make sure he made himself clear.
-/-
"Mega Man, come here!"
Pac-Man noticed Mega Man wandering near as he stood with Roy and Zelda.
"So Tribal Council is happening soon, and since we need to vote somebody off, we have to make sure it's just the right person. And as of now," Pac-Man said. "there are plans all over the place, so we have to have something that is best for all of us."
Mega Man was now with the three as Pac-Man began to explain what he was just informed of.
"We need to keep Zelda here tonight. As dangerous as he and Ghirahim might be, there could be the possibility that one of them has found the idol before Marth has since he is on Exile Island. Roy said that he wants to do a split vote plan to flush out the idol and he says that the perfect plan could be that me, you, and Roy all write down Shadow, while Zelda, Freddy, and Shulk all write down Ghirahim, and when Master Hand announces that we are going to have a re-vote, we need to choose which person goes home. Who do you think it's the best option?"
"You guys still haven't decided?"
He watched Pac-Man shake his head as an answer.
"...Don't you all think we should just unanimously vote someone out so that we have less of a risk someone being unhappy and angry by the time when we return here tonight?"
"Unanimously?" Pac-Man began using his index finger to scratch his head. "Doesn't that mean we all vote the same person at the same time?"
"It means that every single person is in on in agreement on something." Roy clarified. "He's saying that we all vote for the same person, meaning either Ghirahim or Shadow."
"Ohhhh... That makes more sense."
"I mean, think about it." Mega Man broke it down as Freddy was heard walking towards the group. "I don't think it's likely that either of them has the idol, and knowing both of their reputations here, if we split the votes between the two of them then the other person stays might feel isolated from the rest of the team, which will eventually motivate them to flip on us."
"The moment when I heard that they were splitting the votes between Shadow and Ghirahim, my heart sank." One of the smaller emperors admitted. "Not only Shadow's name will be written down again tonight, but now there's a possibility that Shadow might be voted out. And for my game, I can't afford to have Shadow upset. I need to have him as close to me as possible to let him know that I really need him to stay. Now I have to convince everyone to not only not split the votes, but to make sure Ghirahim goes home instead... And the last thing I want is to say too much to make my own self a target then I'm one that is getting a torch snuffed tonight..."
"Trust me." The humanoid robot said. "Normally I am all for split vote plans, but since Shadow and Ghirahim are the type of people that will get angry rather easily, especially Ghirahim, they will no longer feel like they're part of the team. And since Ghirahim is more emotional than Shadow is, then we're in for a nightmare."
"I think I might have to tell Shadow to write down Ghirahim at this point..."
-/-
"They're splitting the votes..."
"...Really?" Shadow popped an invisible eyebrow at Freddy.
"Roy apparently came up with a plan to have himself, Pac, and Mega write down your name, and me, Shulk, and Zelda write down Ghiraim. But Mega Man thinks that we should all unanimously vote out Ghirahim..."
Shadow simply stared.
"You think we should tell Ghirahim?"
"There are so many fake plans on top of one another, covering up the real plan that is about to take place here." Shadow spoke. "Everybody here is out for themselves to get that money, including me. But apparently my name is much further on the chopping block than I thought, and I gotta make sure I do anything I can to make sure I'm not going home..."
"...I'll tell him." Shadow lowered his head. "This might make him think that our four votes would be enough to take out Zelda. We're fine as long as thinks that it's someone else that will get hammered on tonight."
Now the emperors were gathering their torches one by one with bags packed leaving the Nago camp.
"I won't be surprised if Tribal Council is rather interesting. All I can say is that someone is not about to be in the best of moods when they find out the truth..."
Tribal Council
Night 9
It was the second trip to Tribal Council for the Nago tribe minus Marth as they all entered the area once again. This time, since all eight of them already had their torches in hand, they simply placed them down in the slots behind them, sitting down in the seats in front of them, each eyeing Master Hand waiting for him to begin to Tribal Council discussion.
"Alright, so last Tribal Council, the main topic was the immunity challenge where this tribe clearly didn't want to lose again, causing Peach to get voted out." The master started. "You guys then won the next challenge, but before the challenge today took place, you all were absolutely stunned to see Cloud, seeming a very physical guy, gone second at the knights first Tribal Council."
A few nods confirmed it.
"Zelda, at the last Tribal Council, you and Peach were the targets of the vote. But because of what the Knights tribe decided to do, does that give you an advantage?"
"It definitely does." She agreed a hundred percent. "Challenges were Nago's top priority, so they chose to send Peach home because of it. However, it seems to be the exact opposite for Chatan. And the more this tribe thinks about it, I'd say that it definitely increases my chances of staying here tonight."
"But master," Ghirahim was already talking. "just because those knights decided to boot out their strongest member doesn't mean we have to. If anything, this could be an advantage for the entire tribe. If we vote off a weak link tonight,"
Zelda almost instantly shifted her head with a slight glare.
"then this tribe will become even stronger." He finished his sentence. "That way if Chatan loses the next immunity challenge, it would make them look foolish of their decision to boot out possibly the strongest person in that tribe over there."
"But Ghirahim," Master Hand decided to step in. "this is exactly what makes the emperors and knights in this game two different types of people. This tribe right now could be considering to get rid of the weakest links in order so that you all can continue to dominate in challenges, but for the knights, it could be a completely different story going on over there. And at the end of the day, they still won today's challenge. So for them, whatever they are doing is actually working. If it they just so happen to win the next immunity challenge, you guys will be down in numbers."
A few eyes including Zelda's continued to remain on Ghirahim.
"...You know what," the tall man began to shake his head. "that might actually be a valid point. I'm not going to ridicule them for it. It is part of their game and I respect their gameplay. If they are going for long term, that's go on them... However, we are not the Knights tribe. Let me make myself clear for everyone involved. We. Are. Not. The Knights tribe. We must continue to do whatever we were doing so we can somehow be up in numbers soon."
"But Master Hand," Zelda began to speak again. "perhaps indirectly taking a bit of advice from the knights wouldn't hurt. They're proving right now that because they won the challenge today, that not everything has to be about physical strength. For all we know, some challenges are going to have those that include our minds only. I do not mean to gloat over my success in any way, but even this team could agree that I can do a puzzle of some sort."
"Though most parts of the challenges are related to physical capability." Ghirahim argued back, this time finally glaring at Zelda. "Therefore, we can not simply keep those who only excel in puzzles alone."
Zelda simply sighed.
"Roy, what do you think the challenges are all about?"
"...All of the above." He replied. "I do believe that we need both brawn and brains if we need to win challenges. We do have some strong players, smart players, and all around players. So I believe that we would be foolish if we simply focus on physical strength alone, but at the same time, winning immunities should be some sort of priority around here."
"Freddy, you're nodding your head."
"I do agree... with everybody." He said. "Everybody is right to some degree. We need some strength, some brain power, and some that communicates well with others, and that is what I believe Chatan could be focusing on. But if we were to get rid of a physical player right now, I'm just hope that I'm not the deer in the headlights. ...I mean, I was literally picked by the knights on who they thought were the strongest, so it can put a guy like me in a difficult situation."
"Don't worry, Freddy." Ghirahim told him from the other side of the top of row. "You aren't going anywhere."
"It is obviously me at this point, master." Zelda nodded in confirmation. "Ghirahim has been targeting me since we lost the first immunity challenge and nothing has changed at this point."
"Well, if we want things to go our way this tribal, we should simply get rid of one of the weakest players of Nago at least one last time."
"Well, Ghirahim," The Hryulian turned her head towards him again. "when you say that getting rid of me is the best option, are you saying that is best for Nago's interest, or are you saying that for your own interest."
Ghirahim shrugged in response. "A little of both, basically..."
"Excuse me, can I ask Ghirahim a question really quick?" Pac-Man suddenly raised his hand, his curiosity starting to get the best of him.
"...Go on ahead!" Master Hand held his hand out as Pac-Man was now the center of attention of the tribal, him rotating his head to Ghirahim.
"I just have a question. ...Who are you?"
"Yeah..." Shulk nodded to back Pac-Man up. "I've been wondering about that for the longest time myself. Literally every other person on this tribe including Peach has at least explained what they do for a living. ...But I feel like we haven't really got to know you that well..."
He main remained silent as his eyes shifted back to the host.
"...Well, Ghirahim,..." Master Hand decided to play along. "who are you?"
Literally every last person all focused on Ghirahim as they all awaited for his answer.
"..."
"..." Zelda raised an eyebrow.
"..." The grey skinned male then smirked at the master. "...The unknown."
Mega Man actually facepalmed, Zelda ended up burying her face in her hands, and there were even a couple snickers heard from the tribe.
"...Okay?" The reality TV show host did not know exactly how to reacted. "...Are you perhaps a mystery?"
"Yes, let us leave it at that."
Zelda at that point was eyeing the floor as Shadow for some reason never took his eyes off of him.
"...Well, after another Tribal Council discussion about the challenges and how should people vote, I think now is the time to put this show on the road." The discussion had come to a close. "...No pun intended..."
A few laughs were heard once more.
"It is time to vote. Shadow, you're up."
He hopped out of his seat and proceeded to the Tribal Council voting booth to cast his vote, followed by Roy and Mega Man shortly after.
"This was the only vote I can make. Nothing personal."
Freddy and Zelda were the ones that voted next, Ghirahim and Pac-Man being next in line.
"I think that no matter whose name I would have put down on here, somebody is going to get blindsided. I can't wait!"
After Shulk took his turn on voting, he sat back down in his seat.
"I'll go tally the votes..."
Ghirahim chose to whisper to Shulk who was conveniently directly next to him. "Do you think it is going to best just us four that voted for her, or there is going to be more?"
"We'll see..."
Master Hand came back with the urn. "If anybody has a hidden immunity idol and you wanna play it, now is the time to do so..."
Shulk took a glance at everyone before turning back to the master once he realized that there was no idea that anybody chose to play.
"Okay. Once the votes are read, the decision is final." Master Hand told them. "Person voted out will be asked to leave the Tribal Council area immediately. I'll read the votes..."
Zelda brought both of her hands together, yet she kept her composure.
"First vote... Ghirahim."
He shrugged his shoulders, not even concerned in the slightest.
Zelda blilnked.
"Zelda."
Now Ghirahim faced Zelda with the biggest sarcastic smirk.
"One vote Zelda, one vote Ghirahim."
Freddy rocked his head from side to side as Shadow lowered his head a little, yet still kept his focus with arms folded.
"...Ghirahim."
Though his smirk was gone, he still seemed pretty confident
"...Ghirahim. That's three votes Ghirahim, one vote Zelda."
He moved his head slightly similar to Shadow.
Shulk had his body slumped over as Zelda stayed in her position.
"...Ghirahim."
At that point, his eyebrow immediately lifted.
As Mega Man simply stared, Pac-Man actually kept a smirk.
Zelda blinked agian.
"Third person voted out of Survivor - Emperors vs Knights. Ghirahim."
He just sat there, with both eyes widened and both eyebrows raised.
"That's five, that's enough. You need to bring me your torch."
"..." Sigh. The man slowly rose up from his seat and picked up the torch that was right behind him.
"I do not know what you all were trying to accomplish by the decision you made, but whatever what the plan was, good job I suppose..."
Zelda never took her eyes off of him.
"Ghirahim, the tribe has spoken."
He actually smirked largely as he stared at him putting his torch out.
"Time for you to go."
And with that, he simply left.
Pac-Man kept his confident smirk as everyone else eyed Ghirahim until he was out of sight.
"Well, even though clearly you guys didn't vote for the absolute weakest member of the tribe as what the person voted out was suggesting, this time it is just like Roy said. I think the knights just gave you some advice. Grab your torches, head back to camp. Goodnight."
And the eight members of the new Nago team picked up their torches and exited the area.
#Blindside
Votes:
Zelda - Ghirahim
Ghirahim - Zelda
Roy - Ghirahim
Shadow - Ghirahim
Mega Man - Ghirahim
Pac-Man - Ghirahim
Shulk - Ghirahim
Freddy - Ghirahim
18th Place: Ghirahim
"Quite a shocker to say the least. I could've sworn I made some sort of agreement with three of the members of my tribe, and I felt that the rest was at least acknowledging of what I was suggesting to help the tribe when it came to the competition. Nonetheless, whatever reason why I am no longer in the game, perhaps it was a good idea to send me packing sooner rather than later. Otherwise, things would have gotten just a bit more complicated..."
Castaways Remaining:
Zelda, Marth, Roy, Shadow, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Shulk, Freddy / Luigi, Shiek, Greninja, Krystal, Knuckles, Rouge, Shovel Knight, Bonnie, Foxy
And there you have it. Ghirahim is eliminated in 18th place. Kind of interesting of how I didn't even want to write about Ghirahim (never cared for him that much initially) even though I put him in this story (Skyward Sword was one of the few Zelda games I played) but after quick research, he's actually an interesting villain (never completed Skyward Sword lol) and he seemed like he could have been a big character in this and he's already out lol. For this vote, I give credit to Shadow, Zelda, and Mega Man, the former wasting no time in betraying Ghirahim, Mega Man most likely persuading the tribe to not only forget the split vote plan, but to also target Ghirahim over Shadow. And even though Zelda preferred to send the hedgehog home, at least she got rid of someone that she wanted to get rid of eventually anyway.
So now with the emperors now down to eight members, all they could hope for at this point is that Chatan needs to lose the next immunity challenge so the score can be even after both tribes would lose two members each. Otherwise if they lose yet again, things of course would not be getting better for the Nago tribe.
Questions:
1. Do you think it was a good move for the tribe to send Ghirahim home, or do you think it was too early?
2. Who do you think this move benefited the most?
3. Which of the two knights would actually find the idol? Shovel Knight or Sheik? ...Unless somebody does? (lol)
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