Survivor - Emperors vs Knights
Chapter 40 - Day 33 Part 2
Alright, everybody. We have finally approached chapter forty of this story, which means that we officially have ten or less chapters to go before Survivor - Emperors vs Knights will officially be completed and my second season of this series will officially come to its end... Even though I don't want it to end because I love this even more than Kodai Island for a number of reasons, but I guess we'll talk about the end just a bit later.
Foxy and Bonnie are the two main targets right now, and Knuckles... might actually turn on the both of them in spite of Foxy saving his life at the Rouge vote... Idk what he's thinking but let's see how the vote turns out tonight. New character reveal for season three as usual.
Historyfan15: Yep. Things seem to be getting worse for the two remaining FNAF people. At this point, they should probably have the mentality of "noting is impossible." Lol.
~KF
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Day 33
Sheik, Shovel Knight, Foxy, Luigi, Marth, Zelda, Knuckles, Bonnie
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"Congrats once again, Sheik!"
"That was brilliant, Sheik. Way to go."
"Way to go to you, too, Luigi. You could have beaten me and you would've won."
"I just had to let Luigi know how well he did in the challenge. I'll be honest. I didn't expect him to be the one guy I had to beat in the end. This is by far his best challenge performance in this entire season, and of course, I just had to kill his dreams from winning individual immunity..." Knowing this, Sheik hung her head down a little with a saddened look. "And based on what's been happening with him lately, him winning the necklace would have been the perfect time... But, as usual, unfortunately Survivor is notorious for being a selfish game... And as much as I would have loved Luigi to win as well as everyone, I want to win Survivor, too. ...Nonetheless, I probably still need Luigi, and especially Shovel Knight. I don't know if he's the other alliance's 'Safe Vote' at this point, but if he's getting votes again, it'd probably be because of his overall story in this game. He just reunited with his brother the other day, so that would make him a large jury threat... But then again, any of the three of us could have our names written down tonight... Those two emperors that are in our alliance are out of the question."
She was at the water well with Luigi and Zelda, the three of them filling up each other's canteens.
"Those three are gonna do everything within their power to overcome us. Them making a last ditch effort to swing Zelda over to vote out Luigi proved it." She recalled, immediately eyeing her fellow Hyrulian. "And I'm not accusing you of flipping back over."
"Oh no, I thought of nothing of it" She shook her head just to make herself clear. "And you are correct. All three of them have proven to be dangerous players."
"And it just adds to the number of reasons on why they all need to go. We just need to predict which of the three of us would get the votes this time..." Her head turned to the plumber. "And as much as I think that you could be a possibility again, I doubt it's gonna be the case, since even they know they already targeted you twice for being their 'safe vote.' We play an idol even if they have the numbers, you would be saved. I already have the necklace, it would be foolish of them to target Zelda of all people, Marth's the most likely person to work with them again for obvious reasons,... so that leaves Shovel Knight of all people."
"I do agree." Zelda nodded in agreement. "Shovel Knight seems to be the only logical option for them. ...Well, perhaps it is safe to say that I in fact won't be torch snuffed tonight... hopefully."
Sheik laughed. "You're good, Zelda. I highly doubt that it will be you tonight."
Luigi chortled also. "Well all that I'm hoping for is that I won't get votes again with a sneak attack."
"I do not know what Marth's overall game plan is at this point." Zelda had to admit. "Now that Sheik brought him over to our side, I feel like there is a much needed discussion between the two of us that has to occur. And yes, I was thinking about it, yet we never really had that many opportunities. However, any conversation in Survivor is crucial. Thus, if we both survive tonight knowing that we are still on the same page, we need to make it a priority to have our discussion if we are both in fact going to work together once more."
Then out of nowhere, the Altean swordsman himself appeared from the trees, making everyone freeze in place with somewhat of an alarmed look upon his face.
"...Marth, what's wrong?" Sheik was the first to speak.
"...Knuckles is flipping."
"Right after we got back at camp from the challenge, I pulled Marth aside immediately and told him that I've finally made the decision to flip." The young adult explained. "Now, don't get me wrong. It really does break my heart to not work with Bonnie and Foxy, but let's face it. I need to get to the end, here. I'm tired of being on the bottom, and for all I know, they could have been targeting me for being a physical threat. ...And also, I need to help Marth, who clearly knows that he needs me. So the best thing to do is for me to join Marth, by being in with the enemy. Long-term, it would prove to be beneficial for the both of us if we have any chance of getting to the end."
"You're kidding me..."
"I know it sounds surreal, but no, I am not." Marth replied. "His intentions are that he needs to distance himself from the other two on the bottom in order for him to be seen as less of a threat."
And then, there came Knuckles himself.
"Sorry I'm late, but I'm here I am."
The ninja gained some sort of questionable look on her face. "You're flipping..."
"I mean, I hate to do it." The echidna lifted his hands only to drop them moments later. "I hate to do it, but I have to. I don't know how they're gonna take it, but I'm tryin' to win this game like everybody else. We should just get this conversation done before somebody listens. Three of us vote for Bonnie, three of votes for Foxy, that's it. Kay?"
"Woah, woah, woah, Knuckles..." Sheik was already waving her hands out in front of her. "I appreciate you working with us, but try slowing down a bit. This all of a sudden is quite a bit to take in..."
"Knuckles flipping, changes everything." Impa's student could not have believed it. "...I... Knuckles... I honestly don't even know what to do with him. I certainly never expected that. I mean, sure that's apparently just one more person we can count on, but... wow. I mean, of course I am not going to ask him anything that might push him back, but still. I'm still trying to process it as we speak... though I guess there's some more planning I got to do if I'm going to work with Knuckles of all people. Perhaps he's trying to get over our differences for something? I don't know... I just got Marth the other night, now this... You know what they say, though. The more the merrier."
Unbeknownst to all of them, a familiar red fox was seen eavesdropping them from the trees in the forest. Turning on his heel, he already began to make his way back to the shelter, far too irritated to continue observing.
Luckily for him, Bonnie Roberts just so happened to be at said shelter by the time he came back.
"I eavesdropped. Guess what? …Knuckles is flipping."
"..." He almost instantly widened his eyes dropping his jaw. "...What?"
"I heard them all talking. Marth told them that Knux was flipping over to their side and then Knuckles confirmed it. They're splitting the votes between the two of us..."
"..." After eyeing randomly in all directions in disbelief, all Bonnie did in the end was cover his eyes with both of his hands. It was unlike him to be irritated at something, but yet he was, even though he seemed to be mostly frustrated with the overall situation. Knuckles for him only managed to put salt on the wound.
"Are you serious? ...You've got to be kidding me. Just... unbelievable." Foxy Michaels was a whole mix of emotions, holding onto his head out of annoyance. "I wish I never came up there, but something told me to go up there anyway... Knuckles... after all that I've done for him, he's gonna stab me in the back in the worst possible time he could. Like,... what part of him thinks that this is really a good idea? Not only that it's terrible for my game, but also for his own game as well. I mean, I'm not trying to be ignorant and butthurt about it because it's been almost forty seasons of Survivor, it's just that I think that it's such a horrible move."
"Can't believe this man..."
Five minutes later, the two ended up at the beach sitting down near the tribe flag, Bonnie sucking from a coconut.
"I know..." Foxy mumbled under his breath before staring at Roberts right in his face. "I mean, you know this makes absolute no sense, right?"
"I know, Foxy. I know..."
"Like, in what better position would Knuckles be in if he's with them? He's already ticked off half the tribe before, now there's even less of a chance of him being taken seriously by the jury. We were already taking him to the end and he was already on the bottom. So now he's gonna flip over to the Chatan Alliance even though he's gonna be at the bottom there as well? ...I mean, I don't know anymore, Bonnie... I just don't."
He placed a friendly hand on his shoulder. "Guess it's just you and me, then. Huh? Us against the world..."
"The only reason I came here so I can calm down and vent. Everyone needs to vent elsewhere once in a while... But... I literally saved him before the swap! Shadow saved him twice, one more time than I did! So now if I'm not here, I have to explain to Shadow on why Knuckles is flipping. We already lost Marth, so I really want to know what is going through Knuckles's mind right now..."
"I really don't know what he's trying to accomplish, but tribal is literally a couple minutes away. I've just got finished talking with Bonnie near the flag, and there's no time for me to talk with anyone. So, you know what? Now I gotta fight even harder so I will at least make it past this tribal, let alone until the finals. I had a plan for me and Bonnie, but at this point, we're screwed. It's out the window. Thanks to Knuckles. Now I feel like I'm the stupid one here for fighting to keep him in over Rouge..."
Tribal Council
Night 33
The eight remaining players all had their torches in hand, one by one entering the Tribal Council, following the usual procedure as they all waited for Master Hand to bring out the five jury members.
"We'll now bring the members of our jury... Shulk, Roy, Shadow, Greninja, and Freddy voted out at the last Tribal Council."
With his grin representing his way of saying hello, Bonnie, Knuckles, and Foxy all watched as he sat down, Foxy shaking his head, still not exactly over his elimination round.
"Foxy, let's just get started with you." Master Hand actually pointed him out. "You're already shaking your head, not pleased at all to see Freddy sitting there."
"I don't even feel like it was even about Freddy at all. It was certainly more about Marth and Sheik. Freddy just paid the price. But, yeah. I'm not gonna lie. It's not the same not having him around."
"Alright, let's put the spotlight on Marth and Sheik for a minute." The host decided. "Sheik, at the last Tribal Council, you chose to take Marth's vote in an attempt to get the majority back, and clearly, your plan proved to be a success. However, if the line is still in the sand, that technically means that it is four against four. Marth could very well still want to work with Knuckles, Foxy, and Bonnie against the rest of you if he wanted to."
"Well, let's just make this clear." The ninja started to speak. "I took Marth's vote away and told him that he could either stay with us or be voted out."
Marth did not eye her.
"So that basically means that if Marth choosing to flip right back over, and if those other three are still tight, then that means the eight of us are drawing rocks. And I'm... pretty sure no one wants to draw rocks over something like this, especially since we all made it this far."
"Marth, how did it feel having your vote taken away?"
"..." He sighed to start it off staring down at the ground. "Like I was being forced to surrender because I didn't want my life to be cut short."
Roy curled his lips.
"I mean, I suppose given the fact that I was out in battle back in Altea, one could say that I have seen something like it before, yet I never have, even though there was in fact as if a line was drawn in the sand back in the day. But now, it is almost as if I am in fact the enemy the Chatan Alliance needed to have the numbers."
"Marth, I wasn't trying to make you appear as 'the enemy.'" The Hyrulian shook her head of that. "I was never trying to make you look like the bad guy in front of the jury or anything. All I wanted was to have the majority back."
"Oh, I know, don't get me wrong." He nodded in understanding. "I understand your exact intentions. That was what I honestly felt like in the moment."
"So basically what I'm getting at, Marth, is that you were... forced to work with the Chatan Alliance due to your vote being taken away, and forced to work against the people, who you actually wanted to work with."
He gradually bobbed his head up and down.
"So, Bonnie, Foxy, and Knuckles, let's have your opinion on it, since Freddy unfortunately can't speak for himself, since he's on the jury."
He slowly turned his head side to side with somewhat of a humorous smirk.
"Now that you two are back on the bottom in probably one of the worst ways possible, now it's your turn to fight to get to the top."
"Well, we basically already avenged Shadow, so I guess we have to find some sort of way to avenge Freddy, now." Bonnie said. "I don't know how in the heck we are gonna be back in the majority, but, never say never."
"But Bonnie, fortunately for you and Foxy, you both won the reward challenge at the family visit."
Knowing that the Loved Ones visit did in fact took place, it resulted in a variety of reactions from the jury bench.
"Even if one of you is going home tonight, safe to say, it was at least rather fortunate for a loved one of yours be brought out right here on Kodai Island." Master Hand recalled. "And you two chose Luigi and Shovel Knight in return."
"Yeah, seeing Mario, Link, and Sonic from last season was in fact nice." The bunny grinned. "I took some time getting to know Mario a little bit from what little time we had. I... wish I got to know both Sonic and Link, too, only because of the fact that there were on the season before us, but of courses you can't bring the whole tribe out on any reward."
"Luigi... How was your bro?"
Though a warm smile came out, Luigi was staring off to the side initially, not even know what to say to start it off. "...Well, I guess I can say that without a doubt it brought me great relief to see him again, and I'm pretty sure Mario is relieved as well. I'm glad that I could in fact do something for him for once, rather than him always doing for me all the time."
Sheik, who was sitting next to him, began to rub his back.
"Sure, that's what older siblings do, but because of him always doing more for me, every time he does something, I figure that I owe him something in return, and I wish I would have even more opportunities to pay him back. Perhaps the visit can start things off. And... I'm pretty sure everyone here already knows that he's the reason why I'm even here so that I can have an opportunity to prove myself out here, but I am not afraid to admit that I don't know what I would have done if it wasn't for my brother."
Everyone watched as he went on.
"And even though me and my brother are two different people on two different seasons, since, you know, I don't want me whole Survivor experience to be all about my brother, at the same time, I've got to give credit where it's due. When we lost our mom a while back, besides dad of course, Mario did everything in his power to make sure I was alright. Soon afterwards, that was when started doing all our adventures and everything."
...
Literally every single person at that Tribal Council all gave Luigi some type of reaction of astonishment.
Master Hand actually pointed that out as well. "...Everyone here looks... kind of surprised at what you just said, Luigi."
"I am in fact, shocked." Zelda replied. "This is my first time hearing about this."
"Same here." Shovel Knight commented. "I did not know your mom passed away, Luigi... You have my condolences."
"Thank you." Luigi thanked with a genuine smile. "But yeah, master. It took me a while to get over it, but Mario helped me through it. I'm good now... even though of course I still miss her."
"Hey, you know what?" Bonnie began talking again. "Even though both me and Luigi are in two separate alliances, we both started on the same tribe together back on day one. And over the past thirty days, I can say that he has indeed grown a lot out here. No doubt about that."
"I agree with Bonnie very much." Shovel Knight backed him up. "He's had to go over quite a few obstacles since he first started out here. I remember him performing in the opening challenge as if it was yesterday. And in spite of everything he has gone through before he came out here, what I really like about him is that he is not frightened at all when it comes to coming out of his shell. He is indeed a strong person."
"Thank you, Shovel Knight."
"...Well,... we just went from talking about Bonnie, Knuckles, and Foxy being on the bottom thanks to Sheik taking Marth's vote to suddenly talking about Luigi overcoming his personal obstacles."
The entire tribe laughed.
"I guess we can get back to the first topic before people get too emotional here." Foxy smirked, nearly everyone laughing once more. "Now even though it's me, Knuckles, and Bonnie all on the bottom, I really feel like it's more of me and Bonnie, since we're the perceived 'tightest pair' in the tribe."
Knuckles himself turned to him.
"Knuckles is not the target on everyone's minds at the moment, even though all three of us are physical players, since me and Bonnie were 'randomly' paired up in that challenge, I believe that put the final nails in both of our coffins. It's us against the world right now, but we're dealing with it."
"Marth, from what I'm hearing, I can say that this is not the first time a pair in this game has been brought up. You and Roy, who's already on the jury, were also seen as a pair in this game."
"Correct, master, and I completely understand how Foxy and Bonnie are feeling since I can in fact relate to their situation. However, due to my own situation, plans change, and allegiances change. That's the best way I can put it."
"Marth, are you happy with your alliance? Or do you still want to work with your old alliance?"
All eyes were on Marth Lowell.
"..." He heaved a heavy sigh. "The best way I can explain it is that for me at this point, my options are rather limited. Right now I'm trying my absolute hardest to not hurt my game anymore from this point forward, since we're already down to eight members left of this tribe, and the finals are just around the corner. I don't know if I would still get there, nor do I know of the jury's perception of me at this point, so... I suppose I should simply stay quiet."
...
"Alright, then. It is time to vote. Knuckles, you're up."
With the voting session beginning, the only remaining Mobian in the game stood up and made his way to the voting urn.
Greninja leaned in and whisper to the rest of his fellow jury members. "Even I can't believe that Shovel Knight still hasn't played his idol..."
"You gotta do what you gotta do. Sorry, buddy."
The anthropomorphic animal himself was staring in his direction the whole time.
Marth and Foxy followed suit, Sheik going not too long after, holding up Foxy's name on his piece of parchment.
"You're strategically leading your alliance, I'm strategically leading mine. One of us had to go. I wish you good luck."
After Luigi was Bonnie Roberts, writing down Shovel Knight in big letters.
"My back is against the wall, anyway. Still, I gotta vote for somebody."
With a hunch of his shoulders, back he went, Shovel Knight and Zelda being the last two to take their turn at the voting urn.
"I'll go tally the votes..."
The votes were final as he left, the jury patiently waiting for the master's return, Foxy glancing at Freddy with a large smirk, yet with the shake of his head as a signal to tell Freddy that there was little to no hope for his game, to which Freddy only blinked.
"If anybody has a hidden immunity idol and you wanna play it, now would be the time to do so..."
Shovel Knight never even thought of digging in his bag.
"Okay. 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..."
Foxy sighed in frustration, not caring what anyone thought.
"First vote... Foxy."
...
"Foxy. Two votes Foxy."
"...Shovel Knight."
Luigi sighed in relief. Even though the vote was on the last person he wanted, he was past done of his name written down in general.
"Bonnie."
"My first vote..."
Foxy playfully punched his arm, yet with no emotion.
"Bonnie. Two votes Bonnie, two votes Foxy, one vote Shovel Knight."
"Wait... when did they get the numbers to split votes?" Shulk wondered. "They are only one person short of doing that..."
"...Maybe Knuckles turned?" Greninja assumed.
Shadow lifted an invisible eyebrow.
"Foxy. Three votes Foxy, two votes Bonnie, one vote Shovel Knight."
...
"Bonnie. Three votes Bonnie, three votes Foxy, one vote Shovel Knight, one vote left."
That forced somewhat of a weird, confounded reaction from players such as Sheik and Marth. Shovel Knight, also confused, actually started to count on his fingers eyeing everyone.
One of the targets in question was just as confused as everyone else.
"Thirteenth person voted out of Survivor, and the sixth member of our jury..."
"...Bonnie. You need to bring me your torch."
Knuckles was shocked, immediately staring all over the place. Luigi frowned in confusion, and everyone else except Foxy was sort of surprised.
"Good luck, guys."
"I thought the plan was supposed to be a tie and vote for Foxy on the re-vote..." Zelda mumbled to no one in particular.
"Seriously?" Shulk spoke, Shadow, certainly just looking as bewildered as ever, with Freddy being no different.
"Bonnie, the tribe has spoken."
"Thanks, master..."
Snuff.
Foxy could not have felt any more guilty.
"Time for you to go."
With no other words spoken, out the tribal and down the stairs he went.
"...Honestly, I don't know how you guys do it. Even when it was certain that it was either gonna be Bonnie or Foxy tonight, you guys are still in shock as something still seemed to not go as planned. I said a couple tribals ago that you guys are talented when it comes to blindsides, and I still keep my word to this day. Grab your torches, head back to camp. Goodnight."
#Blindside
"Marth was forced to work with the Chatan Alliance, we found out Knuckles was flipping, and Foxy thinking that it was him that supposed to go tonight decided to vote because I was his sacrificial lamb. ...Honestly I'm not mad at all. ...I actually thought that it was a good move for Foxy 'cause even I thought that he was going tonight. I just wished I would have saw through it and vote for Foxy myself and Foxy still would have gone home, so I guess that was my own mistake, haha! Don't worry Foxy, you are still my number one ally despite you backstabbing me. I'm good."
Votes:
Zelda - Bonnie
Marth - Bonnie
Luigi - Foxy
Sheik - Foxy
Knuckles - Bonnie
Shovel Knight = Foxy
Bonnie - Shovel Knight
Foxy - Bonnie
8th Place:Bonnie
Well, Foxy is even more of a villain now. After finding out that Knuckles was flipping and knowing that it was him that was supposed to go, he took advantage of the split vote plan and vote for his number one ally, causing Bonnie to accidentally go home lol. It might have been him and Foxy against the world, but now it's Foxy versus literally the entire tribe at this point and he's already fighting for his life, and him voting Bonnie makes him an even bigger threat than before. But of course at least he's still in the game.
Specter Knight from the Shovel Knight series is coming to the Brawn tribe next season! I don't know if I said this already, but I am in fact spreading the Shovel Knight franchise on Survivor.
Questions:
1. What is your perception of Luigi at this point?
2. What do you think of Foxy sacrificing Bonnie causing him to be voted out?
As usual, vote for your top five players of the season (Shadow and Krystal who are in still in first place both gained more votes and Freddy finally got a vote) and watch my YouTube intro of the season and I will see you all next time! (Freddy's Ponderosa chapter is posted, but Bonnie's will come later.)