Survivor - Emperors vs Knights
Chapter 14 - Day 12 Part 1
Alright, four eliminations down, thirteen more eliminations ago. But, don't worry! Every elimination chapter is always fun considering on the events that occur before it!
So now that Rouge is gone, Nago/Emperors have eight and Chatan/Knights have eight, so everything is even once again. Zelda, Mega Man, Peach, Roy, Pac-Man, Marth, Shadow, Freddy, Sheik, Foxy, Krystal, Knuckles, Bonnie, Luigi, Shovel Knight, and Greninja are all still in the game. If your favorite is one of these players, congratulations. They all have moved up four notches at a chance of them being a millionaire and being the Sole Survivor, or at least being in the final three on Day 39. That's always a plus.
So, where do the tribes go from here?
~KF
Knights
Night 11
The remaining eight members of the Chatan tribe made it back to their shelter, laying down their torches against the same tree as before.
"Guys?" Knuckles spoke causing him to be the center of attention. "I just wanna say thanks. I... I just can't thank you all enough for keeping me here."
"Aw, you're fine, Knuckles." Krystal chuckled a bit. "We're glad you're here."
Knuckles heaved a sigh of relief. "I got my way. Clearly even though I wanted Rouge to go, it was between me and her tonight and it was gonna be a unanimous vote. I thought that if my name came up twice, then most likely I was going. But the third vote for Rouge meant everything. Maybe they all took the time to think about what I had to offer not only to myself, but for the rest of the knights here. And to avoid being targeted again if there's no tribe swap soon, I will do everything in my power to help this tribe win more challenges so that we can have the upper hand in this game."
Aside from the anthropomorphic echidna, Sheik turned her head to Shovel Knight interacting with a couple of the other tribe members.
"So we decided to keep Knuckles around over Rouge because as a group we all thought that Knuckles would be less likely to hurt us in the long run than Rouge..." Sheik sighed. "Sure, I doubt he is going to be the best social player of the two, but I feel that being in the social threat in the long run, especially in the merge where the physical threats are going to be the one targeted over the other type of players, Rouge would be the most threatening to keep around if we prove successful in the end, since social threats almost always become dangerous late game, and Rouge would be too much of a threat to beat in the end."
"Aside from that, earlier today me and Greninja followed every single clue, and when we flipped that rock over, that was where the idol was supposed to be, and it wasn't there. And guess who was the only other person in the tribe that has gone to Exile Island so far?"
And so, she and the frog-like Pokemon decided that it was good opportunity to talk with Shovel Knight.
"...Okay, this might be a little abrupt, but..." She started. "we know you have the idol..."
The man who had just attended his very first Tribal Council simply blinked. "...?"
"..." Greninja blinked as well. "That pause is only making us confirm that you have it. Me and Sheik were looking for the idol ourselves this afternoon and when we flipped over a black rock, there was nothing there, and it was where the idol was supposed to be."
"We just wanted to make sure that you have it just so that we're not just assuming things and jumping to conclusions." Sheik explained.
At that point, Shovel Knight had no idea how to react at all.
"...Well, I got caught red-handed... Maybe I should have took some type creating a fake one..."
Fortunately, Shovel Knight never sat down his bag, so he was able to find the idol and show it to Sheik and Greninja.
"Hmm..." Greninja was eyeing what the idol looked like. "Interesting..."
"I... I managed to sneak my way by the treemail after I was talking to Rouge..."
"Well, don't apologize or anything." Sheik waved her hands out in front of her. "If anything we're lucky that you of all people found it, because this would only bring us closer, anyway. We're not gonna talk about it to each other anymore, though, unless we're in a situation where we have to."
"What can I say?" She said. "I guess you can't always win. Shovel Knight won. I should have looked harder and quick enough, but he found it. But now since he has found it, the only way he would play actually play it on me at this point is if I bond with him more, which hopefully wouldn't be too hard, since me and Greninja wanted to work with him, anyway."
Emperors
Day 12
"Well, eleven days down, only twenty-eight more to go..."
Shulk was witnessing the sun starting to rise after the night of the fourth Tribal Council of the season with his chin resting on his arms that were holding his legs together as he sat near the shelter.
Pac-Man was the next to arise, but pretty soon, the rest of the emperors woke up out of their sleep.
"I already got the fire started by the way..."
Roy stretched. "I'm gonna get more firewood..."
"I'll help..." Zelda volunteered as they both got up as well as Marth, heading off to the woods to gather up.
"...Hey, guys?" Shulk spoke again, trying to not look directly into the sun due to him wanting to keep his eyes. "...Am I playing too hard, here?"
That earned the attention from literally everyone else that remained at the shelter.
"Since I consider myself to be a 'superfan' of Survivor, I've watched just enough seasons so I could start practicing making fires, building shelter, and working around camp with all types of people with my friends from back home. I was determined to be out here and immediately applied when I found out that they finally let people from other universes play this game. And I wanted to make sure I knew how to do everything I could do before I was finally on my way to Japan. However,... I do gotta admit. Some of the other self-proclaimed superfans out there can crash and burn. I seen them fall short in their own way, and I... and I don't wanna fall into that category. I guess I was thinking of how many more days I could last out here before I could be suddenly blindsided, but it led me to ask the tribe if I was basically doing something wrong. People were always asking me questions about camp life, so I guess it's my turn to ask them a question..."
"What do you mean you're playing too hard here?" asked Mega Man. "I think you're doing perfectly fine..."
"Thanks, but..." He remained silent for a moment. "I've seen some seasons where Master Hand lets people pick 'leaders' of the tribe, and sometimes whoever fitted that role adapted to it a little too well. It made them a threat and caused them to get eliminated. ...I mean, I don't mean to brag or anything, but I think I'm doing a good job around camp... Maybe a little too great..."
Freddy blinked as he continued to listen.
"I don't wanna be the guy that is taking complete control of the camp to the point to where people think that I'm this guy who's amazing at camp and now I'm a threat to leave because of me leading the tribe..."
"Awww..." Pac-Man actually got up from the bamboo, sat by Shulk and placed a hand on his shoulder. "But you're a great leader."
"But, that's the thing." He never looked at him. "When your tribe thinks you're a leader, sometimes it's not good because one person can say that he's taken control of the entire tribe and then everyone wants me out... But, I guess if you guys think that I'm just generally a good leader for the tribe, then thanks, anyways..."
"Don't worry. I guess we're all emperors here for a reason." Mega Man commented with a smirk. "You're good."
"I really felt for Shulk there and understood where he's coming from. Maybe not everyone here has seen most of the seasons, but I have. I know exactly what he's thinking. And the funny thing is that I'm an emperor myself and I feel that I play a similar role to Shulk in real life, so that's something I have in common... Honestly, I think I'm finally really starting to understand why I'm considered an emperor, now. Even though there are ten different personalities here, where all used to gaining control. But as much control we all might have no matter where you're from, Shulk for example might be thinking that the rest of him view him as this person who is just too strong. And we all wanted him to know that we think he's generally a good person to lead the tribe and he's perfect for guiding everyone how to do certain things at camp."
"Thanks, guys..." Though Shulk scratched his head, it was basically used as a cover up so that he can swiftly wipe away a tear from his right eyes. "I really appreciate it... Honestly if I was being gunned for I want to at least make the merge."
A couple of his fellow Nago members chuckled a bit.
"You know what, I don't blame you one bit. I know how you feel" Freddy said. "You continue doing what you're doing."
"It's exactly reminding me of what I talked to Zelda about yesterday. But in Shulk's case, unlike me being afraid of people seeing me as a potential bossy type of guy since I am a boss in real life, Shulk is basically being afraid of having authority at all. More specifically in this case he's hesitant about being the unofficial leader type of thing, and I understand that. When you have ten people on one tribe with most of them not having the outdoor experience, somebody has to step up, and Shulk found in his heart to do that because he wants this tribe heading in the right direction even though we're all emperors with ten different personalities. He's so young. And for that, I can say that I am proud of him for taking that position in our camp."
Day 12
"Come on in, guys!"
Unlike the previous reward challenge, Chatan was the tribe that entered the beach area first, the sun now being high in the sky on Kodai Island as Knuckles sat down the tribe flag once again.
"Knights, get your first look at the new Nago tribe."
And the emperors came in.
"Rouge voted out at the last Tribal Council."
"Hmm... Pretty understandable, I suppose..." Shulk commented as Shadow for some reason looked somewhat disappointed. But other than that, there were literally no big reactions.
"Okay, everybody... Drop your buffs."
Almost instantly, the remaining sixteen contestants knew what was coming, most of them already being full of excitement as they literally dropped their buffs to the ground while a few of them seemed slightly anxious.
"Oh!" Shovel Knight took his buff off from his neck. "A tribe switch up?"
"We are switching tribes." Master Hand confirmed.
Shulk with a sigh was the last to drop his buff on the ground, even being one of the few that were actually a bit hesitant.
"Alright, everybody." Master Hand was now holding a basket floating his way over to the castaways. "Here's the thing. It's day twelve on Survivor and now we are switching tribes. Spoiler alert: we will be going from two tribes, to three tribes."
A few claps and cheers were heard.
"However," He said. "the thing is that this just means that each tribe will have five people, fifteen in total. There are sixteen of you. Which means... one of you will not have a tribe. That person must go to Exile Island."
...
"Oh, god no..." Freddy mumbled his breath with hands on his hips.
"...Not again..." said Shovel Knight with a shake of his head in disbelief.
"Please don't let it be me..." Krystal muttered to herself.
"Everybody, take one, don't unravel and reveal just yet until I tell you to." Master Hand began making his way around the contestants as they each drew a piece of cloth from the basket until Luigi was basically the last in line.
"I guess fate chose me for this season..."
"Alright." The master saw that everyone was ready. "Everybody, reveal."
They all either slowly, or quickly, unfolded their piece of cloth to reveal the both that they drew from the pile.
"..." Roy hung his head back a bit in surprise. "...I'm orange?"
"...Looks like I'm moving..." Knuckles blinked as he dropped a cloth with a red buff in hand. "Least it's the same color as my fur so I'm not too mad about it..."
"Staying on Chatan..." Greninja muttered to himself staring at his second yellow buff in a row.
"..." Unfortunately for Marth Lowell, all that time spent on unfolding his piece of cloth and all that came out of it was literally nothing.
A few of the emperors stared in reaction.
"If you are red, come to the red mat. If you are yellow, come to the yellow mat. If you are orange, come to the middle. Marth, you can stand right in front of them." Marth told everyone.
"Okay..."
"Greetings, fello!" Shovel Knight greeted as he shook hands with Freddy.
"Who are you?" Krystal asked, stepping onto the red mat.
"I'm Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog." He folded his arms in response.
"Nice..."
"The moment I found out that I was not going to be part of any tribe whatsoever was not only frustrating, but I knew that I was going to have the feeling of being isolated and on my lonesome once again." Marth said. "It is as if you are shunned to the side not wanting you to be a part of something. I can not even find out what is going on with the other tribes, or... anything. And the worst part is the fact that I have already visited Exile Island not once, twice. And I just so happened to be picked of all people..."
"Alright." Everybody was swapped now. "Let's get to the tribes. For Nago, we have Shadow, Krystal, Mega Man, Knuckles, and Shulk. So this means that Krystal and Knuckles, you two seem to be in a bad spot. 3-2."
Krystal sighed and decided to verbally reply. "Well Master, it may appear that way, but we seen seasons past. Everything simply may not always be as it seems."
"Okay, for Chatan, we have Greninja, Bonnie, Pac-Man, Sheik, and Zelda. Pac-Man, Zelda, you two are also on the outs on the opposing tribe."
"Don't worry, Master Hand!" Pac-Man was still as excited as ever. "We'll make it! Besides, at least we get to meet new people! I was getting kinda curious to see what some of the knights were like."
"And then, we have the people in the middle. Foxy, Shovel Knight, Luigi, Freddy, and Roy, you all are going to be on a brand new tribe where once again, the original knights seem to have the majority. Roy, what does that mean for you?"
"Well, if my days are numbered out here, this is a worst case scenario." He explained. "However, me and Freddy do hope that there are some cracks in here. Just because of the fact that the Knights tribe has seemingly won in this situation does not mean what lies underneath is irrelevant."
"And finally," Master Hand held his hand out. "Marth, you're all on your own... again..."
He sighed in reaction as he was now the center of attention. "Very unfortunate to say the least. However, I will simply push through as I did the other two times..."
"Just so we're clear, Marth, though you're all alone, the good news is, you are automatically safe from being voted out next tribal. You will join the tribe that goes to Tribal Council that loses a member. But on the other hand, you can not even interact with anybody. Though at the end of the day, you're still in it. Boat's waiting for you. Head on out."
"Farewell for now..." Marth exchanged goodbyes with some of the other competitors with a wave.
"And as for the rest of you, the game has officially changed. Orange team," Master Hand tossed a map for the third tribe. "map to your new home. You are officially starting over with no shelter and a tiny portion of rice. Your tribe name is Motobu. Head on out."
"I was not pleased when I found out that I was going to an empty beach at all." Foxy complained. "You mean to tell me that we're gonna be somewhere where we have no food, shelter, fire, or anything, and we're gonna be happy about it? Not in a million years. Oh well. Guess I can pretend that I'm on a pirate on a deserted island wanting a rescue or something..."
New Tribes:
Shadow, Mega Man, Shulk, Krystal, Knuckles / Sheik, Greninja, Bonnie, Zelda, Pac-Man / Luigi, Shovel Knight, Foxy, Roy, Freddy
Marth
Alright, after the Knights tribe recovered from their most recent Tribal Council, I've decided to take a quick look for the emperors a little bit in order for a brief break from all the action happening within the game as Shulk opened up on his thoughts and fears of being the unofficial leader for the tribe (I wanted to give you guys all a break, too. This chapter is even the shortest in the story so far.) However, now the tribes have finally been swapped from two tribes, to three times, plus Marth going to exile for a third time. Poor guy... Guess I only have one question.
Question:
1. What are your overall thoughts on this tribe swap? Is your fave safe?
Vote on your top five players this season and I will see you all on Wednesday where we will officially start with the new tribes!