Survivor - Emperors vs Knights
Chapter 16 - Day 13 & Day 14 Part 1
Saturday once again and now is time for a brand new chapter of "Survivor - Emperors vs Knights!" Not too much to say here, only because I already said what was going to happen today in the last chapter, so I guess I can take advantage of this. It is finally time to start talking about Season 3 of my series. However, there's only going to be one and one only detail that I'm going to reveal today.
And that will be... that it is going to be in a brand new location lol. That's all I can say for right now. I know exactly what the season is going to be next time, but right now all I can say is that we will officially be out of Japan after this season is over. It will be in a new location that not even actual Survivor has touched before. That alone is exciting for me, because I always loved seeing the different countries Survivor covers.
But for now, let's just get back to Emperors vs Knights.
~KF
Exile Island
Day 13
It was almost mid morning when Marth decided to take a walk towards the tree mail since he never had anything better to do.
"I didn't even have much to say yesterday..." Marth slowly shook his head. "I mean, I am back on exile again. What is there more to say?"
By the time he got there, he stared down at what was in front of him, only to find out that upon opening there was literally nothing. No envelope explaining his obvious situation, nor anything that explained to him of any possible reward or immunity challenge as compared to all that he done on Nago.
"Perhaps someone from my army would take a glance at this and assume that it is nothing but sitting on an island like this where it rains half the time and no one else is around. But the thing is,... that is simply it. Imagine being by yourself on Exile Island for the rest of your life... Maybe one might actually lose it out here, but I am going to keep fighting and simply wait and consider what I would do depending on whatever tribe I might end up on..."
Chatan
Day 13
Back on the Chatan tribe, Sheik was having a conversation with Zelda by the fire, since the rest of the members were not near the shelter at the time.
"I mean, isn't it interesting that we are both from Hyrule?"
"I could not have believed it myself." Zelda responded to the ninja. "Have we ever seen each other before?"
"Never even heard of you." Sheik denied. "Otherwise I doubt we would be playing on the same season... However, apparently rumor has it that on this season entitled 'Heroes vs Healers vs Hustlers' there were two castaways that attended the same college..."
"I suppose this is the reason to why they rarely allow multiple contestants to compete here on the same season at the same time." Zelda concluded. "I wonder if the team ever thought that there could have been a possibility that we knew each other, but I guess somehow they figured that we did not."
"Well, whatever the case is, at the end of the day, it was good that you have been swapped to this tribe, since now we both know that we come from the same place." Sheik told her. "Because that means that of the twenty of us, we are the most likely to meet outside the game, and after day thirty-nine, we can discuss quite literally everything."
"It would be kind of a lot to cover, that's for sure."
"Okay..." Sheik then decided to change the subject. "Alright, forgive me for asking you something like this, but I'm curious. How were you on the emperors tribe? You felt things were going well for you?"
"Curiosity is fine. Honestly, you know that I was not exactly the strongest of the tribe when you compare myself to Ghirahim or Freddy or Shulk. Hence, the reason to why Peach was the first voted out of the competition and I was spared. Ghirahim on the other hand dug his own grave by generally not fitting well with the rest of us." Zelda knew that even though she was telling the truth, it was not exactly the entirety of it.
"I don't blame you all for sending Ghirahim packing. That is exactly how Cloud was sent home."
"Strength at that point was not everything." Zelda shook her head. "And in the end, the tribe understood that and Ghirahim ended up being unanimously voted out."
"I am getting along with Zelda just fine. We're both from the same world, she's a hard worker based on what she's told me, and she is quite smart and wise. Pac-Man is nice, too. He's an interesting, fun person to be around and I have the feeling that he was really well liked on the old Emperors tribe, and I don't blame them. Me and the other two knights here are quite fond of him as well."
Speaking of Pac-Man, he was currently interacting with Bonnie quite well as they both sat in the chairs the knights won back on day nine, Roberts for some reason laughing at one of Pac-Man stories he had to tell him.
"However, the moment when Pac-Man stepped foot on his beach, he has been talking to Bonnie in particular non-stop, and Bonnie has quickly grew extremely close to him. I mean, it is not the fault of either of them, but I suppose it is just Pac-Man's likable personality. And people are aware that likability can play a factor in someone being the Sole Survivor. Me and Greninja needed to consider who is more risky to keep around anyone, since we do not want Marth screwing up the numbers. So as far as I am concerned, Pac-Man at this moment is the bigger threat."
She found some time interacting with Greninja near the water well, leaving Zelda with the other two males who returned shortly after the two women conversed.
"Is it just me, or has Bonnie grew as close to Pac-Man as if he is his little brother?"
"I know. They're buddy-buddy. Those two are already like that." Greninja held his fingers together apparently thinking the same. "Well, now we know who is most likely to get the votes... unless Zelda would be considered as the days go on..."
"That depends. Me and her talked and she seems to be highly intelligent." She told him. "I think it is going to be the strategic threat vs the social threat, and we have to look at the pros and cons of each of them."
"...You think Zelda would become a strategic threat?" Greninja blinked.
"Like I said, she is smart, so she could have at least the potential to become one."
"Would Bonnie be willing enough to get rid of Pac-Man?"
"Hope so, because the three of us has to come to a decision. There's clearly not enough room for us to split votes." Sheik shook her head from left to right. "If Bonnie is not on board for getting rid of Pac-Man, then that means we would have no choice but to get rid of Zelda."
-/-
Back with Zelda, Bonnie, and Pac-Man, Zelda knew that she had the perfect opportunity to see where Bonnie's head was at.
"So I noticed that Bonnie has been openly interacting with Pac-Man quite a bit. It may be a concern for both Sheik and Greninja, but if anything, this is good for my game, because it gives a possibility of him working with us in the future so that the both of us could have more of a fighting chance." Zelda then sighed. "This is the old Nago beach all over again. I was with Peach from day one, and she ended up getting voted off. Now I am in a similar situation again..."
"So let me ask you, Bonnie," she started. "what do you think is best for you moving forward?"
Pac-Man looked at Zelda.
"Hmm..." Bonnie Roberts in his mind was actually absolutely hoping a question like that would have never came up. Now he had to think of something quick, yet intelligent enough to say. "Moving forward for me is to make sure people are on the same page as I am."
"That is a good strategy." Zelda nodded in agreement. "What do you think of Greninja and Sheik?"
This was the part where Bonnie knew he had to be careful. "They're both good people. I can see myself being friends with both of them outside the game. Did you know that Greninja basically almost died?"
"Well I think he told me that yesterday." Zelda was apparently already aware. "Very unfortunate. Obviously if he never made it, he would not be on this island right now. ...Excuse me for suddenly changing topics back again..."
Pac-Man looked at Bonnie.
Bonnie actually laughed. "It's cool... And honestly, I think I could still see myself working with them in the future so I can stay in this game as long as possible."
At this point, Zelda knew exactly what he was thinking.
"I've attempted to see if I can strategize with him, but it quite obvious that he simply has no intentions on strategizing with me. He is sticking with Greninja and Sheik, which means even though he likes Pac-Man, we are both in trouble, and I would not even be surprised if I was the target here."
In Bonnie's mind, he became sort of worried.
"Greninja and Sheik were right about Zelda. I can see right through her. If I somehow have plans on not voting one of them out at this moment, since I would not mind keeping Pac-Man here because of the fact that it's one more connection that could work for my game, it seems that at this point, the vote is gonna come down to Zelda."
Nago
Day 13
A large spider was crawling from beneath Nago's shelter as Krystal was stuck with Knuckles at the camp, while the rest of the emperors were scattered all over the place. Mega Man seemed to be searching for a hidden immunity idol, not sure if it was already found by Marth or somebody else, Shulk was fishing for the tribe, and Shadow was standing on a tall rock viewing the horizon.
Thus, it left both of the new members to eye the fire and talk among themselves, Knuckles not taking his eyes off the fire, since he never had anything else to look at other than Krystal at the time. As for the vixen herself, she seemed to busy being lost in her own thoughts to stare at anything or anyone in particular.
Yet a few more minutes later, she chose to finally mouth where her mind was at. "...What are you thinking, Knuckles?"
The sudden voice caused him to move his head from slight surprise, only to stare at the fire once more. "...I dunno..."
"I mean, we can't just sit here. We have to do something, because you know that if I'm gone, you're next. This is the one tribe the emperors have the majority on, and they know it. We already have the favor in the swap as a whole, and the emperors are gonna retaliate by picking us two off."
"If we lose the next immunity challenge, I know that I'm going to be on the chopping block because if they still want to win challenges, I am not as strong as Knuckles over here and they're gonna choose the weaker of the two. Marth is already on Exile Island and he's gonna replace somebody that will not help anything at all of course. So it's not like me and Knuckles can vote for each other over here, which means that our only option is somehow finding a hidden immunity idol if Marth somehow does not have it even though he's been to exile the most. You never know."
"We'll keep an eye on one another in the forest. I'll check one side, and you check the other." Krystal suggested.
-/-
Luckily for Knuckles, he was a great digger. If something was lost in the sand, he would have dug it up in a hurry. His best interest would have been that the idol was somewhere on the ground. Fortunately for him, he seemed to be somewhere in the forest, as where the majority of the idols in Survivor were found...
...Unfortunately, Shadow the Hedgehog came by at just the right moment to find Knuckles digging occasionally, looking all over the place for the most part.
"...Ahem..."
Hearing his voice immediately caught him off guard as he turned around in an instant.
"..."
He laughed out of nervousness scratching the back of his head. "Uh,... hi?"
"I don't blame you." was all Shadow had to say. "...Is Krystal looking for one?"
"She could be, but I don't know for sure." Knuckles never exactly wanted to throw Krystal under the bus, yet at the same time, he felt that he had to get the target off of himself. "You three have separated and I just took advantage of that..."
"So you did..." Shadow nodded in agreement.
"...I'm gone, now. ...Right?"
"Nothing is certain until Master Hand reads the votes at the Tribal Council, if we're even going depending on this next immunity challenge. Anything can and will happen, just as he always says."
"Alright..."
"Maybe I'll spare you instead of Krystal, maybe not." said the black hedgehog. "However, since we are having a one on one conversation at this moment, perhaps we can use this opportunity to learn about one another. What was your position on the other tribe?"
"...Wait, seriously?" Knuckles blinked in reaction.
"I'll tell my story if you tell yours."
"Knowing me of all people, I would have easily dismissed Knuckles and let him continue on what he was doing and reported him to Mega Man and Shulk, but then I figured that if I was deciding between him and Krystal on who to keep, I wanted to learn more about Knuckles' position prior to him coming here on the island. And unfortunately, as much as I hate to reveal information about myself, especially for this game in particular, being honest and explaining to him what I have gone through afterwards is the only way he would have spilled."
"...Well," Even though he was thinking about the tribe, it was one of those moments for Knuckles where he had to only care about himself in a selfish game such as Survivor. "me and the tribe all bonded together well since day one, but after Cloud got blindsided, me and Rouge were on the outs since we were the only two people that chose to vote for Luigi instead because they thought that I was never going to write Cloud and that Rouge was too close me, which she wasn't because I didn't like after she talked about me behind my back basically."
"He went on. So two days ago when we had to go to tribal again, it was between me and her because the tribe didn't want to be divided so early in the game. I wouldn't have been surprised if it was me that was going home because I might become too big of a physical threat to keep around over someone like Rouge that is someone like Vati if you know what I mean. Though, me and Foxy talked for a bit and he told me that he was going to convince the tribe to get rid of Rouge over me, because he told me that I'm someone that he wanted to work with. But overall, one of us had to be the sacrificial lamb so that we can all move forward say if there was going to be a swap and now look what happened."
"Hmm..." With all this information in mind, Shadow knew all too well that it was quite something to think about.
"I really don't care who goes home as long as it's not me at this point. Since Rouge left last time, and we never swapped, then I would have remained on the bottom of the totem pole all alone with no options. What other choice did I have? I felt that I had to tell Shadow of what was going on to increase my chances of staying over Krystal to prove to him that I can be trustworthy, especially after we made a deal that if I was to tell my story, I would hear his."
"Where does Krystal stand?" He asked.
"She was just somebody that was in the majority, which was literally everybody but me at that point as much as they all tried to pretend it was the eight of us together at that point."
"...Alright." Shadow nodded after hearing him out. "Thank you for taking the time to be honest with me. Where I stood on this tribe was that after Peach left, the tribe was against me and Ghirahim since we apparently 'never got along with anyone.' However, the only reason to why I stayed over Ghirahim was that he was more aggressive than I was. Come to think of it, I ended up having to vote against Ghirahim as well, since he thought that us two, plus Shulk and Freddy were at the bottom. Yet in the end, that proved to be false. He was much too paranoid for me to keep around, so with no other option, I had to vote for him with the tribe, knowing the risk of me possibly being the next to go if there was no swap and if we lost the next immunity challenge."
"...So you were the only one on the bottom as well?"
He nodded in confirmation.
"Dang..." Knuckles could not have believed it. "I'm in the exact same position as you are... well, not at this moment in particular..."
"I learned quite a bit about Knuckles's position in the game at this point." Shadow was leaning against the same rock as before with folded arms. "In the pre-swap, we were apparently in similar situations. I was on the outs of my tribe, and he was on the outs of his tribe. As something minor, we both originate from the planet of Mobius. But back to this game in particular, we were the only ones that were considered to be possibly the next boots, and we both just so happen to be on the same tribe as we speak. And to top it all off, he's certainly going to be more physical than the other knight will be in the challenges, especially since the vixen sat out a couple. All this leads to exactly why Krystal should be the target over Knuckles. But then again, if Knuckles mouths, he's a dead man walking. Though, I highly doubt he would..."
The two performed a respectable handshake.
"Appreciate it, man..." Knuckles said as the two began to make their way back to camp.
Motobu
Night 13
It was a calm, quiet night at the Motobu beach as the members of the new orange team were sleeping peacefully in the shelter...
...all except for Freddy Fazbear.
"Those knights have been watching over me and Roy non stop throughout the whole day as if they were police officers. When they say they work hard, the really meant it. They really don't want the minority of the tribe to find an idol, since this is a new tribe and there's a third idol in the game. The Knights alliance wants to make sure they find an idol before us. So about halfway through, I forced my idol search to a stop just so that I had a chance to look for it at night since I assumed that no one else would be awake."
He slowly rose from the shelter and began to walk.
"The hardest part of it all was making sure my mind knew that I needed to stay awake while pretending to be asleep, or else I would screw my own chances of finding something around here."
"Good thing I quite like the dark..."
Freddy seemed to have an easier time in the night than he thought. He managed to find a rolled up piece a paper inside a clear bottle in the sand far away from the flag. Fazbear figured that it was possible that the only reason to why no one else saw it at the time was because of the group hardly being that far away from the camp even though all five of them explored.
Nonetheless, that thought entered Freddy's mind after the fact, since he was far too excited as he opened the bottle to read.
...
Although, he suddenly gasped with a hand over his mouth. "...What?"
"And so, I read this note, and even though it wasn't a hidden immunity idol, at least I know where it would be... It's apparently hidden at the next immunity challenge... In front of everyone... Oh, boy..."
Day 14
"Come on in, guys!"
All three tribes made their way across the sand as they approached their first immunity challenge as new tribes. When taking a glance, they found three makeshift jail cells made from wood as they stepped onto their respective mat.
Also, hidden in Motobu's jail cell in one of the corners was an item wrapped up in an orange cloth.
"Alright, you guys ready to get to today's immunity challenge?" Master Hand asks before going to Nago where Mega Man was ready to give away the idol. "I'll take it back. Thanks, Mega Man."
He went back to the table to place it down.
"This time, not one, but two tribes will be immune from tonight's Tribal Council. Second place is officially an option. With that being said,..." Master Hand pulled out an even smaller version of the taller immunity idol. "once again immunity is back up for grabs. For today's challenge, it's all about how well both the emperors and knights can cooperate and communicate with each other properly. It's a series of rescues. There are three cages with three prisons in each one. Your entire tribe will be locked up except for one tribe rescuer. On my go, one rescuer will go out and retrieve their tribe flag. Using your hands, start digging until you are able to make your way into the first cage where you will release your first tribemate who is tied up. Together, you will dig into the second cage to release two more tribe members. Use the sticks and rope around you to build a pole so that you are able to retrieve a key that will allow you to enter the third cage, as well as you now being with the rest of your tribe."
"Now everybody is in the last cage and you have to get through the final door by using that same pole to retrieve one more key. First two tribes with their flag that crosses the finish line, wins. Losers, Tribal Council where someone will be the fifth person voted out of this game. Choose your tribe rescuers, and we will get started."
-/-
"Alright, here we go. We have our rescuers." said Master Hand as he began to call out. "It is going to be Shadow for Nago, Greninja for Chatan, and Foxy for Motobu. For immunity. Survivors ready? ...GO!"
The tribes who were in their separate cells all began to cheer as the three dashers took off from their respective teams, dashing along the sand, making a right by some of the trees where the tribe flags stood near the water.
"Shadow's already off to an early lead, but Greninja and Foxy are not too far behind!"
The hedgehog managed to grab the red flag first and quickly begin to make his way over to Nago's jail cells. By the time he got there, he nimbly begin to dig his way under, Knuckles the Echidna on the other side waiting for his new teammate. Sure, it was arguable that Knuckles would have been sent as the initial rescuer, but the tribe figured that speed mattered more to how well one could have dug under, and they viewed Shadow being just a bit faster than Knuckles.
"All three rescuers are digging." Master Hand noted. "...Shadow and Greninja managed to get in about the same time. ...Here comes Foxy."
Now they all had to untie the second rescuer. Shadow needed to untie Knuckles, Greninja needed to untie Pac-Man, and Foxy needed to untie Shovel Knight.
"Come on, Greninja!" said Pac-Man jumping up and down with his hands still being tied together on the post. "Don't give up! You can do it!"
"Knuckles is now free!" Master Hand called. "Now they gotta start digging in order to reach the second cage... Wow! Look at Knuckles go!"
The echidna was digging as if it was the only way out of a burning castle in order to make it to the outside. Not only he made it through with little to no trouble at all, he was now digging as fast as possible to help Shadow get through.
"Nago is extending their lead as Chatan and Motobu are just now starting to dig."
Fortunately for the other two teams, they still had a decent shot. Pac-Man and Shovel Knight were two of the smallest characters of the cast, causing them to get through in a hurry, making them rival Knuckles's digging. However, the small downside was that they still had to help get Greninja and Foxy through.
"...Shadow's through... Here comes Pac-Man... and Shovel Knight! Knuckles and Shadow are now in the second cage, starting to untie Shulk and Mega Man."
As physical Knuckles was, he was not the best at untying knots, making Shadow help out just a bit after he freed Shulk. However, they quickly freed Mega Man shortly after. Though in the end, it caused the other two tribes to make up some time, even if it was just by a few seconds.
"...Sheik and Bonnie are now untied! ...Freddy and Luigi... are now free! All three tribes are now working on their poles!"
"Don't rush, guys." Greninja said. "We're still in this..."
And in a few seconds later, there came through Greninja into the second cage, Foxy and Shovel Knight bringing up the rear. Sheik, Bonnie, Freddy, and Luigi were the next castaways that were set to be freed from the ropes.
"Once those tribe members are free you can start making a pole in order to reach that first key."
For Shovel Knight, he was rather brilliant at tying the sticks together, so it caused them to gain the advantage over at least one of the other competing tribes.
"We need to make it as tight as possible..."
"Nago's gonna give it a go..."
It was Shulk that chose to reach out for the keys, his long pole sticking through one of the many open spaces of the cage, reaching as far as he could to get to the keys that were hanging on a post.
"You got it..." Knuckles blinked as the Heir to the Mondao now had the key ring on said pole as Freddy decided to go for Motobu, Sheik being the one for Chatan.
"...Shulk drops his keys!"
"It's okay, we still got this. Just drag it the rest of the way..." said Mega Man as Shulk now had to focus on the keys on the ground.
"...Freddy has his keys and he's making a big risk by bringing the pole back in as fast as possible!" The host of Survivor observed. "Sheik is rather doing it more slow and steady making sure she doesn't mess up."
Since Freddy's tribe was actually the first to retrieve the keys, Luigi was able to unlock the door for the team first.
"Motobu takes the lead as they are now in their third and final cage thanks to Freddy's big move!"
Speaking of Fazbear, he out of nowhere began to think of the hidden immunity idol as Shovel Knight and Luigi were not untying Roy. With Foxy glancing over at their progress, Freddy glanced around the final cage he was in. And within moments, he saw what was figuratively calling out to him in one of the corners. Almost immediately, he grabbed the orange piece of cloth a and stuffed it inside his pants.
"Nago's trying to untie Krystal... Here comes Chatan now trying to untie Zelda!"
And Motobu was already beginning to test their pole once more, Freddy still taking the role as the person to actually reach for the keys.
"Alright, now this time, slow and steady..." Shovel Knight strongly recommended Freddy using the opposite strategy compared to previously. "We're already in the lead..."
Listening, Freddy took his time, yet he never intended to lose his lead. Thus, he managed to be both quick and careful as the keys were pulled in.
"Nago now testing their pole... but it's starting to break apart..."
Shadow cursed under his breath as Shulk could not have even reached the keys before the knots tied on the pieces of wood were loosening.
"Bring it back in! Bring it back in!" Knuckles shouted. "We gotta tie them a little more tighter!"
Krystal shifted her head to find Greninja reaching for the keys, and at the same time, Roy was the one who managed to unlock the door.
"Come on! Come on!"
"All of Motobu is now running to their mat..."
"MOTOBU WINS IMMUNITY!"
The new tribe of orange all cheered in great excitement.
"We're now looking for second place!" Master Hand announced as the stakes were raised even higher.
"Chatan has their keys!"
Shadow cursed under his breath as Sheik managed to snatch the keys off the pole as soon as the pole was close enough, just as Nago was going for their second attempt.
Yet like some of the challenges in Survivor, even the greatest efforts proved to be too little, too late.
"Zelda unlocks the door for Chatan and now they're all running to their mat!"
Shadow shook his head.
"CHATAN WINS IMMUNITY!"
Watching Chatan celebrate in victory, Knuckles decided to take out his anger and frustration on Nago's pole, kicking it so hard it almost completely fell apart against the door of the cage.
-/-
"Motobu, despite being a brand new tribe, you guys pulled it off. Immunity." Master Hand gave the immunity idol to Luigi as his tribe clapped in reaction. "Nobody going home from your tribe. Head on back to camp."
"Chatan, at least you all came in second. Nobody going home from your tribe either." The second place immunity idol was given to Pac-Man. "You guys can head on out where all five of you will live to see day fifteen in this game. You all are almost at the halfway point this season."
Shulk, Mega Man, Krystal, Knuckles, and Shadow all watched the other ten Survivor competitors heading out.
"Nago, got nothing for you but a date with me at Tribal Council. I will see you there. Once you all have voted somebody off, you will then gain Marth who will come later tonight. You have the afternoon to decide who's going to get the boot. Head on out."
"Worst case scenario, of all the tribes here, this tribe now has to go to tribal." Knuckles was clearly not happy. "If there is one thing that I can't stand is when someone other than myself has to decide my fate for me. It doesn't even matter for those three emperors since they're not going home, anyway, while for me and Krystal, we're already screwed over. We're done..."
(I found this idea from Survivor - Pearl Islands, but the challenge itself apparently started in Thailand. Speaking of challenges, they'll all be updated by next Wednesday.)
Alright, so Mega Man, Shadow, Knuckles, Krystal, and Shulk will go to Tribal Council next time, and whoever gets voted out this time will be replaced by Marth, and it seems pretty clear that it's Knuckles vs Krystal (due to the fact that Nago is the one tribe the emperors have the majority on, they appear to be playing it safe by targeting one of those two and Mega Man, Shulk, and Shadow wanting to have an even stronger connection), and Knuckles already had to go against literally at the last Tribal Council lol. Also, Freddy found an idol today. So he, Marth, and Shovel Knight all have idols.
Questions:
1. If Motobu was going to Tribal Council and an emperor was going to be sent home, would it be either Freddy or Roy at this point? Otherwise, would it actually be someone from the majority?
2. Which of the five members of Nago is going to get the boot?
Vote for your top five players this season if you haven't already and I will see you all next Wednesday for the fifth official elimination of the season!