Survivor - Emperors vs Knights

Chapter 13 - Day 11 Part 2

Okay, week seven, fourth elimination, here we go. Time for another chapter here and today we're going to get rid of person number four, and this time it will be on the Knights tribe. The remaining knights are the following: Luigi, Sheik, Greninja, Krystal, Knuckles, Rouge, Shovel Knight, Bonnie, and Foxy.

And as for the tribe, aside from the typical reaction of their loss, the idol has still yet to be found, and at this point we're going to have Knuckles vs Rouge and Rouge doesn't even know that Knuckles is coming after him at this point even though anything could clearly change (but I doubt that Luigi is even an option to receive votes today). So basically, it might be Zelda vs Ghirahim all over again. Let's see how things will turn out this time...

~KF

Knights

Day 11

Chatan made their way back to the camp, with almost no one saying much initially as they each placed their stuff down in the shelter.

"Well, even though we kept our spirits up, we lost the challenge today." Greninja held both his hands up. "I mean, when you're on a tribe, you want to have as many numbers as possible. This is the part that determines which tribe will dominate this game, but neither of the two tribes are at that point, yet.."

"Alright, team..." said Krystal. "I might not have been competing today but I did see everything going on here. I just don't want anyone to feel down, because everybody out there played their part pretty well, and I guess you can't win everything. You win as a team, you lose as a team. All we can do is simply move on and then we'll... continue to survive basically, haha!"

"Thanks, Krystal." Greninja smirked laughing a bit. However, no matter how much a couple people attempted at making fun of it, there was the fact that they were all (including Shovel Knight) were set to return to Tribal Council.

And Bonnie Roberts knew it all too well as he walked by Foxy Michaels. "Numbers are gonna be even. It's official. We're at war..."

-/-

"I mean, clearly Luigi has no reason to go here. If anything I think it would be downright cruel to vote him off at this point. I can't even find a legitimate reason to send him packing." Sheik was walking with Greninja in the forest getting ready to collect water. "However, this just means that it's either going to be Knuckles or Rouge simply because they were at the wrong side of the vote, and we can't guarantee that we can trust them a hundred percent."

Upon both of them reaching the water well, Greninja placed his canteen on the edge and sighed. "...I really don't want a divided tribe..."

"Our best move is to obviously vote one of them out." Sheik restated. "Even if they say that they're with us, based on what happened last time, they might use it against us when we mix ourselves with the emperors and then they'll flip over, even though we're all bonding as much as we can over here..."

He sighed again, which was being accompanied by a head shake. "Hate to vote one of them out, but unfortunately we have to... I guess it comes down to who would be more trustworthy. Knuckles is already going after Rouge as we speak, and if Rouge somehow does not find out, somebody is going to get blindsided. ...But then again, Rouge is smart. She'll know if there's anything suspicious going on."

"I'd say it's more about who's more dangerous, and if Rouge is that intelligent, then it could be a reason to get rid of her." Sheik said as Krystal came by with her own canteen, watching Sheik pour water into Greninja's. "Then again, Knuckles is clearly gonna be a physical threat later down the road. No question."

"The problem with having a divided tribe is that say if we enter a swap or a merge," Krystal explained. "the emperors will obviously know what's going on when the people on the bottom explain to them the events that are occurring over here. It is not impossible that the emperors will use it to their advantage and bring them in and use them against us in the long run, and then we're all going to be out of the game. So as tribe, it is our best interest to get rid of them, before they possibly get rid of us. And honestly, I like both Knuckles and Rouge in their own way, but for my game, it's still too early for me to care too much about my own individual game here. It's going to be either Knuckles or Rouge, and as long as Knuckles keeps targeting Rouge without having any second thoughts about it,... I said that makes the job way easier."

"I'm not gonna say anything," The vixen said, watching Sheik pouring water into her canteen. "but we just need to make sure the rest of us come to an agreement on who we're gonna send home. One of us says something, and then this person will that person, and then that person will tell the next person, and that's how it's gonna be..."

"Sounds good to me..." Greninja shook his head again, still not pleased of what he might have had to do that night.

Once her canteen was filled, the female walked away, Greninja making sure she was out of the sight before he could continue his own conversation with Sheik. "Alright, so let's continue to find that idol..."

"Yeah..." She nodded remembering what she need to do, beginning to dig in her bag. "Where were we?"

-/-

Meanwhile, Rouge the Bat was wandering around the camp trying to see if there was anyone in particular she could talk to. Eventually with a few head turns she saw Knuckles heading down towards the beach.

"Hmm..." She placed a finger beneath her chin. "You know, I don't remember the last time I had a major conversation with Knuckles as of late..."

"Recently, me and Knuckles haven't had that many conversations like we used to." She stated her observations. "It's almost as if he's trying to distance myself from me. And I know that it's not me being paranoid."

"What's going on, Knuckie boy?" Rouge actually decided to follow him along. "We haven't spoke that much in a while."

"It's nothin'..." He responded without even taking a direct glance at her, already changing his mind to head back. "I was just worried about us losing the challenge today, and we have. I really wanted us to have an advantage over those emperors over there..."

This time Rouge actually remained in place as she eyed Knuckles with a wrist against her right side. By the time the nineteen year old was out of sight, she shook her head and sighed with a roll of her eyes. "What a good job at hiding important information to say the least..."

"It's not that hard for me to figure how people behave around here, and me and Knuckles would usually share at least a couple convos with each other, mostly things that are not even that related to the game. But for the past couple days we didn't even have that. Now he hasn't even said a whole sentence to me today... All this is making me think that he could possibly know something he doesn't even want me to know about."

By the time she made it back to the shelter, there was Shovel Knight who was getting ready to make his way past her.

"...Hey, Shovel,... come here..." She motioned him.

"..." With a quick second stare, he walked towards her as he was told. "Something the matter?"

"...You know what, Shovel Knight,..." she took a glance off to the side. "I really don't know. I tried talking with Knuckles for a bit and it seems like he's trying to avoid me or something. What do you think is going on with him?"

"Well,..." He had to think fast. "Maybe he's just upset that we lost?"

"I would say that because that's what he told me. But I don't see the correlation here. If anything, based on the type of guy he is, he would probably be complaining heck of a lot more and vent out his frustrations in front of the entire tribe and go on a rant. But, nope. I just feel like he's trying to distance himself from me, like there's something going on that I don't know about. This isn't like him, Shovel..."

"..." He had to think even faster. "Maybe he just feels that it wouldn't be necessary for him to complain in front of us this time? That's the best answer I can come up with..."

"..." Rouge blinked. "I don't think Knuckles would hold back at all."

"Maybe you should try talking to him again..."

"Maybe..."

"I'll be back in just a few. If you find Knuckles, let me alone what he's telling you by the time I get back."

"..."

"Shovel Knight clearly knows why Knuckles is acting like this, and I don't think it has anything to do with the challenge. Both of them know exactly what's going on here that for some reason I am not apart of." Rouge concluded. "...But then I thought, '...Wait a minute... Could I be a target?'"

She was now speaking with Krystal at some other part of the woods, Krystal apparently heading back towards the shelter. "Girl... I think I could be getting some votes tonight..."

"Oh, you think so?"

"Knuckles and Shovel Knight are acting like their usual selves, especially Knuckles." She enlightened. "I could barely get him to talk to me and judging by Shovel Knights answers of his own thoughts on the matter, I feel that he knows something that I don't. ...Have you heard anything?"

"Well if you think you're in trouble, then I guess all you gotta do is strike first before the other person." The vixen suggested. "As far as me and Knuckles are concerned, I haven't talked to him yet today, but I plan to. Maybe just to see where his head is at and then I'll come back to you. But if you honestly think you're in trouble, then I'm right here."

"I don't even know what to make of Krystal's answer. I ask if she's heard anything and she won't even give me a straightforward answer, but then she tells me that she's with me, but for all I know, she could be saying that just to make me feel comfortable. Yep. It's official." Rouge nodded her head in complete understanding of what was happening around her. "I think I'm getting some votes. I don't know why, but I think I'm getting some. And people won't spill, so I guess at this point, I just have to tell everyone why I can be useful in the future, and then I'll talk at Tribal Council."

-/-

"So, what do you think? Knux or Rouge?"

"Well honestly, both of them are just as threatening in comparison in their own way. We could use Knuckles if one of us will be with him after a tribe swap for challenges, but then again, we need somebody smart like Rouge in cast we need to plot something against one of the emperors." Bonnie suggested to Foxy as they both were walking along one of the pathways on the beach. "And then if you turn it around, those the exact reasons to why both of them would be threatening."

"Who do you trust the most?"

"..." Bonnie was silent initially. "I'm tryin' to figure that out... There hasn't been an official word of which of the two's getting the boot yet tonight, has it?"

"Not that I know of." Foxy responded. "But this leads me to what I wanted to bring up for quite a while now. Greninja and Sheik are probably just as close as we are. You noticed that, right?"

"I've been noticed that..." Bonnie admitted. "Shovel Knight is probably having more conversations with them than the two of us. Maybe it's something we could think about later on?"

"Oh, clearly we're gonna think about it later on." Foxy could not have agreed with him more. "But if we're not voting any of 'em out right now, we should at least have a say in which of the two will earn their stay for the next couple days. We should convince the rest of the tribe to vote who we think should be going home tonight."

"Shovel Knight, Sheik, and Greninja, specifically Greninja and Sheik are obviously a duo on this tribe just as me and Bonnie are, but I think me and Bonnie as a duo are less noticeable than those two. Shovel Knight is probably being used as a shield for both of them, I guess. But the bottom line is, is now a good time to get rid of them?" Foxy slowly shook. "Heck no. Believe it or not, they're actually right of having a team divided it's not the best idea for us and if we suddenly blindside them now, we'll basically be the next couple players that played too hard, too early. Timing is everything."

"Trust me on this." Foxy stopped in his track to look at Bonnie directly in his eyes. "I'm good with Knuckles. We both have been talking for a bit and I think if we're gonna keep him over Rouge, then we can bring him in for our advantage in the future."

"Ya think so?"

"I honestly think that we can bring in him in."

"I'd prefer to have Rouge go over Knux, but only because so that we can use Knuckles to our own benefit in the future. Just so that when we're ready to blindside someone from those three, then we would have one more person we can count on. And not only that I've been talking to Knuckles a bit more, I think I can trust him way more than I can trust someone like Rouge. Otherwise, than I feel that they're all setting themselves up too nicely. If they're gonna dictate how the vote's gonna go, I wanna get something out of it."

-/-

"'Find another stone that is not as light as day and upon a simple flip over, you have a chance to earn your stay...'"

Greninja, after watching Sheik read the final idol clue, took a glance back at the rocks below and ended up finding a dark colored rock in comparison to the other ones around it that were lighter.

"I guess this is it..."

Sheik walked towards the rock to flip it over so she could check what was underneath of it.

"..."

"...?" Greninja raised an invisible eyebrow.

"...There is nothing there..."

Now Greninja widened his eyes. "...What? What do you mean?"

"There's nothing there..." She shook her head.

"But... I..." The Pokemon was in disbelief. "But, how could that be? I'm sure we were looking in all the right places. We followed all the instructions and everything. So I'm sure that the idol would be where you flipped the rock at... Unless..."

"...Shovel Knight..." Sheik concluded, flipping the rock back over. "This means that Shovel Knight has it. He's received the exact amount of clues that I did..."

"..." Greninja let silence take over him for a few moments. "Well, at least not only we know who has it, but we're close to him, anyway..."

"Let's just leave. Put that other rock back where it belongs..."

"It's a good thing that I'm an explorer! It really works to my advantage!" Shovel Knight wrapped around Chatan's hidden immunity idol around his neck. "I don't think I need it right now, so I'm going to save it for later in case I feel like I'm in trouble."

-/-

By the time the clouds came out, the sun was already starting to set as Knuckles lied down in the shelter.

In spite of Foxy approaching him, Knuckles was actually the one who started the conversation upon hearing his footsteps. "Hey..."

"'Sup..."

"...Is she still going?"

"Well,... hate to break it to you, buddy..." Foxy folded his arms. "But apparently Rouge came up to Bonnie and told her that she think she's a target and she would like to find out why..."

Knuckles cursed under his breath. "Well,... looks like we're gonna have a live tribal tonight... 'cause I'm not just gonna sit there and pretend she's not going home since she already knows. I just... ugh... I just don't wanna go home. That's all I gotta say..."

"Look..." Foxy changed his tone of voice. "...Okay, I generally like you. Alright? I think at this point we both need each other. I got Bonnie with me already. When we get through this tribal, we're all gonna work together. Greninja and Sheik might be running the show right now, but once we get Rouge out of the way, most likely we're gonna have a tribe swap. If the three of us make it to the merge, we're gonna stay solid. I have a million more reasons on why I'd like to keep you over Rouge."

"Well, you sure are doing a good job making me feel at least a little less on edge here, especially after knowing that Rouge was actually smart enough to figure out what's going on."

"Trust me, though." said Foxy. "All we gotta do is to convince the rest of the tribe to keep you in over Rouge, and then you will be with me and Bonnie, and whoever else we can trust in the future. You have to stay here. Okay?"

"Alright..." The Master Emerald guardian at that point did not know exactly what to say.

Finally, the group was seen picking up their torches and beginning their second journey to the Tribal Council.

Tribal Council

Night 11

With torches in hand, the Knights tribe minus Shovel Knight all entered the Tribal Council area, placing down their torches in their holes as they all sat down in their spots, facing Master Hand immediately.

"Shovel Knight, you have finally made it to Tribal Council." He said. "Behind you is a torch, go ahead and grab it, dip it in, and get fire."

The rest of Chatan watched him do what was ordered, the only legitimate knight of the yellow team making their way by them to dip his torch in the fire pit.

"This is part of the ritual of Tribal Council where in this game, fire represents your life. When your fire is gone, so are you..."

He sat down in the remaining spot once he finished the procedure.

"So, Shovel Knight, this is your very Tribal Council." Master Hand noted. "Thoughts?"

"Well, like anyone else, I naturally hate the feeling that we are forced to sacrifice one of our own in order for the rest of the team to move forward." He expressed. "Because that person deserves to be here, just as everyone else deserves to be here."

"For you, to be fair, you were the only one from this tribe that was safe from the last Tribal Council because you were on Exile Island." The host of SurAnvivor brought up. "And your tribemates explained that the idol itself could be on exile, or it could be hidden at your camp."

"I suppose you are indeed correct about that possibility." Shovel Knight nodded in agreement as Sheik took a quick glance at Greninja who was staring directly at the shovel wielder. "They are smart players. Some of them have seen season past where normally the idol would be on exile, but it has been almost forty seasons at this point. Thus, time have simply changed. Yet whether that is the case or not, um,... hopefully they would all still keep me around, even though worst case scenario, this could be both my first and last Tribal Council."

"Sheik," He called the ninja. "you have also been on exile. Anyone confronted you on the possibility that you might have it?"

"Well of course someone had to bring up. And overall, it was the usual general questions based on the life on Exile Island as well as the possibility of me having it. All I can say is that even if I do have it and if I decide to tell anyone, than there would be a possibility of that person gaining trust."

"And then again, it could pretty much work against you depending on how many people that know."

She agreed. "Double-edged sword, to say the least."

"Let's get back to what's going on right now. The emperors celebrated of course since they won today's challenge, and after tonight, each team will have eight members each. No tribe will have the overall numbers after I snuff the next torch." He reminded. "Luigi, predict the future. Do you think the knights will eventually have the upper hand? Most of the time as of late when we have twenty people playing a season, the merge is at thirteen. So if it's the same this season, will you guys be the ones that will have the majority?"

"I think that in my opinion that will depend on relationships in the past, present, and future." answered the Mario brother. "That's what this game is all about. Whether how people will feel about you in the long run will really put that connection, as well as the entire tribe to the test. Sometimes it's not about tribal lines when it comes to the merge. I have seen plenty of the recent seasons. But so far, there are not many cracks that I can point out, especially since the tribe as a whole wants to continue to be together as one."

"Is this tribe still unified, even though two people other than Cloud were left out of the vote?"

"...Well, I guess the tribe's plan was to make sure that we all clear the air for them and we patch things up and move forward, even though we're all in front of you again."

"Knuckles, you were one of the two people that were left out of the Cloud blindside." Master Hand recalled. "How do you think you feel with your tribe at the moment?"

Rouge glanced directly at him.

"My overall vibe with the tribe hasn't changed even though there was a plan that was taken place that I was not a part of. They chose to get rid of our strongest competitor, and I don't even blame them because I would have one hundred percent disagreed, anyway. But since tribe harmony is without a doubt still the absolute number one priority when it comes to Chatan then we all need to vote the same exact person we consider to be the most dangerous out of all of us..."

"...Oh?" Rouge intentionally placed a hand on her chest leaning back just for the sake of exaggeration. "Really? Am I perhaps getting a torch snuff tonight?"

"Yep. You could be going home."

Literally every single person of the Tribal Council all stared at Knuckles, Rouge widening her eyes in reaction.

"I was gonna try and play it out as it is what people do when you wanna blindside someone," Knuckles never even looked at Rouge yet. "but since she already knows she could be the one that me getting the votes tonight, there's clearly no point in hiding it anymore. That being said, it's best to hear the truth. Rouge has been trying to flirt with all the guys on here and until she proves that she stops doing so every five seconds, we might take into consideration that maybe we should keep her around for a couple days."

"But we're already at Tribal Council and you seemed willing enough to work with me, Knuckles..."

"That was back then on day two or something." He waved it off. "This is night eleven now, and a lot can happen within a week. One minute you trust someone with your life, next minute you don't trust someone as far as you can throw 'em. That's my relationship with Rouge right now."

"Really, Knuckles?" Rouge shook her head. "Why would you just change your mind like that, Knuckles?"

"...Because of the way you've been acting!" He finally faced her. "You've flirted with three people, now. Oh, and by the way, other than two seconds ago, that was the first time you've called me by your real name. Ninety-nine percent of the time it's something else..."

"Literally the rest of the tribe calls you 'Knux' by short..."

"But not one of them calls me 'Knuckie'..." Knuckles retaliated. "They say it's not what you say, it's how you say it, but in this case it's both. You call me Knuckie with a tone that speaks to me that you're trying to get something going on so that you can pull me in only to backstab me late in the game. But, don't worry. You're not gonna get away with it for that much longer..."

"...Alright!" Master Hand said. "It looks like I need a little catching up, here! Knuckles, you basically think that Rouge is trying to play the flirt card on people?"

He bobbed his head up and down.

"And why do you think that?"

He shrugged. "Worse case scenario, she probably wants a relationship with one of us in real life."

"She wants a relationship with one of you in real life?"

"Master Hand, that is a thousand percent not true. I'm not trying to start a relationship with one of the guys here, nor am I even trying to be flirtatious here on purpose." The spy agent defended herself. "It's just always been part of my personality. When you do brain-brawn-beauty seasons, that's literally what certain people of the beauty tribe act like. Charming personalities, good looks, everything."

"Last time I checked this is not one of those seasons..."

"Just because this is not of those seasons doesn't mean anything, Knuckles." Rouge replied. "If I choose to have a little fun with the guys, then that's how I socialize with people."

"Well even if you aren't, which you are, then that makes you a social threat, anyway."

"It's that threatening to you, huh?"

"But Rouge, whether you think Knuckles is right or not overall, sometimes a charming personality does label you a threat."

"And I agree. Then in that case since at this point Knuckles is clearly the reason why I'm apparently in trouble other than being out of the vote last tribal, Knuckles, even though we all know he's good at challenges and everything, you know what's gonna happen when we get to the merge. Should I spell out the word?"

"Though in my defense, master," The last of his kind spoke again. "if, or at this point, when we swap, a tribe that could be almost exclusively be filled with knights for all we know, could in fact use my strength to win challenges so we can all be safe if it's still Emperors vs Knights this season."

"...Well in that case, then I could be use to gather intel from all the emperors to see exactly how they are playing." Rouge jumped onto Knuckles's own logic.

"Okay, then it sounds like both of you could be just as threatening in your own way." Master Hand noticed the rabbit of the group. "Bonnie, you are smiling like it's no tomorrow."

He began to laugh. "I should've brought my popcorn here today. Even though I feel bad that we have no choice but to vote one of them out, this is pure entertainment right here. Times like these I'm right in front of my television watching tribals like this. But this time, since I get to be a part of it, maybe it's time to give a shout out to all my friends and family watching back home. This is what's happening right now."

A few other laughs were made from the tribe, both Knuckles and Rouge even smiling as a result.

"Alright, so if it does so happen to be Knuckles vs Rouge, we have presumably, the physical competitor versus the social butterfly, Both are as equally threatening as the other for a variety of different reasons depending on the circumstances. Krystal, how are the rest of you are going to vote?"

"Well, since both of them are both the correct answer in this situation," the vixen talked. "we just got to do what's best for us as a tribe so that we can move on and work with whoever we'll end up once we all head back to camp and continue to live together."

"Foxy, you agree with that?"

"Yeah, that whole 'living together' things sums it up." The red fox nodded. "That's what happened last time after those two were left out of the vote in the first place. We're all being one big happy family and sometimes some of us do things others might not want,... but we're still a family. Though this time, it seems that the seven of us are deciding which family member is um... the favorite to keep around for the benefit of the whole family."

"...Key word: favorite." Master Hand repeated.

"Hey, I'm all against families having favorites, here." Foxy had his hands out chortling a bit. "But unfortunately when you are playing a game like Survivor, sacrificial lambs do occur once in a while. I wish I can bring back both of them, but typical brother and sister can't seem to get along and we were already watching the both of them anyway."

"With that being said, Knuckles, if it's you tonight, what will be your final pitch to this tribe if you wanna stay?"

"Well, if you want me to help you win challenges, then..." He unfolded his hands in his lap as he stared at the rest of the Chatan members. "I'm here. I mean, I'm a fighter and I will fight for each and every one of you here. No offense, but we already got rid of Cloud. If a tribe swap is somehow not happening after tonight, then I'd rather not send two strong people packing and us coming here twice in a row while the emperors laugh at us..."

"Rouge, same question. What's your final pitch?"

"My final pitch would be all about trustworthiness. I can guarantee that if you all need that one extra person you can count on come a merge or a swap, I'm the one you can rely on if we are planning on getting rid of those emperors in case they are all plotting something that can blow up in our faces. And in order to avoid that, I will make sure we're all still united as a tribe even if I'm not the most physical on this team."

"Then again, that could make you a threat..."

"Oh, game on, Knuckie." Rouge told Knuckles in which he rolled his eyes in response.

Greninja slowly shook his head.

"Alright, it is time to vote. Greninja, you're up."

With a sigh, he stood up and walked off to the Tribal Council voting booth.

Knuckles was the one who voted after him.

"Like the master said..."

He flipped his vote to reveal 'Ruge' without the extra vowel needed.

"The tribe has spoken..."

With actually smirked with a blink as it was soon Bonnie, Luigi, and Foxy's turn to place their votes in the urn, the red anthropomorphic animal taking his time spelling out the name.

Once Sheik and Krystal placed in their votes, Rouge ended up being second to last.

"By the way, since you don't like being called that..."

She flipped her vote over with Knuckles' name being edited to the way she wanted it to be shown.

"I'm calling you that anyway just because."

After Shovel Knight had his turn, Master Hand was ready.

"I'll go tally the votes..."

Knuckles hung his head down as Rouge crossed her right leg over her left with a fist beneath her chin, her head bending over as well.

"If anybody has a hidden immunity idol and you wanna play it, now would be the time to do so..."

Though Sheik wanted to eye Shovel Knight, not one person from the tribe exchanged a glance.

"Okay." The reading of the votes was now set to begin. "Once the votes are read, the decision is final. Person voted out will be asked to leave the Tribal Council area immediately. I'll read the votes..."

He uncapped the urn.

"First vote... Rouge."

She slowly shifted to Knuckles realizing he spelled her name incorrectly just as he did with Luigi's name.

"...Knuckles."

He formed the weirdest facial expression as Rouge almost snickered.

Foxy had his arms folded and Krystal tilted her head.

"...Rouge. Two votes Rouge, one vote Knuckles."

"..."

"...Rouge."

She sighed and slowly shook her head, Greninja giving her some sort of look of sympathy, Bonnie curling his lips.

"Rouge. Four votes Rouge, one vote Knuckles."

The echidna had his eyes widened slightly.

"Fourth person voted out of Survivor - Emperors vs Knights. Rouge. That's five, that's enough. You need to bring me your torch."

"Guess my time's up..." Rouge got up from her seat and went to retrieve her torch.

"It sure is..." Knuckles mouthed crossing his ankles.

Everyone watched the bat placed down her torch.

"Rouge, the tribe has spoken..."

"Yep..." She nodded as she watched her torch being put out.

"Time for you to go."

Before she could leave, she turned around and faced her tribe for one last time with a big wave. "Take care of yourselves, and each other."

"Bye, Rouge."

"Take care, girl."

"We'll miss you."

She blew a kiss at Knuckles with completely caught him off guard as she made her way down the steps as a few of his teammates were trying at their best to hold back laughs.

"Well, it seems like someone was an emperor in this situation that has won the battle against his opponent." Master Hand added the finishing words to put the Tribal Council discussion to a close. "But at the end of the day, a knight has fallen. You guys seem to be hoping for a tribe swap, let's see what happens next. Grab your torches, head back to camp. Goodnight..."

Knuckles could not have been any happier as he and the rest of Chatan got up from their places and begin to make their way back to camp once the torches were grabbed.

Votes:

Luigi - Rouge

Sheik - Rouge

Greninja - Rouge

Krystal - Rouge

Knuckles - Rouge

Rouge - Knuckles

Shovel Knight - Rouge

Bonnie - Rouge

Foxy - Rouge

17th Place: Rouge

"I guess I did alright out here even though I only lasted eleven days. Maybe if I would have not given a hundred percent of myself out there, especially to the guys, perhaps it would have increased my chances of my torch still being lit. But I gotta hand it to them. I guess if they saw me as a potential social threat that should be considered of getting the votes, then good move on their part. I'm rooting of them all... especially for you, Knuckles, hahaha! There, I said your name right this time."

Castaways Remaining:

Zelda, Marth, Roy, Shadow, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Shulk, Freddy / Luigi, Shiek, Greninja, Krystal, Knuckles, Shovel Knight, Bonnie, Foxy

I wouldn't be surprised if Knuckles and Rouge somehow end up being good friends outside of Survivor after the season has finished "airing" lol. But other than Shovel Knight finding the idol, that's pretty much all I can say... Wait, Shovel Knight found the idol, and Sheik and Greninja both know that he has it. Though I guess for this move in particular, I would say that it was generally the whole tribe's decision to target Rouge over Knuckles, I would also say that it was Foxy who manged to make sure that he convinces the rest of the tribe to keep Knuckles in over her since he feels that he could be a number he can use in the future with Bonnie.

Questions:

1. Would you have preferred to see Knuckles go over Rouge? Why or why not?

2. Do you see a tribe swap happening soon, or will the castaways have to wait even longer?

3. Are Sheik and Greninja going to tell Shovel Knight that they know he has an idol? If they are, when exactly do you think it'll happen

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