Episode 9
Don't Be a Tough Guy
Previously on… Survivor…
With Ragyo out, the other alliances split off from each other. The Professional Hunters went one way, while the Student-Teacher Alliance went another. Lucian was a free agent, able to go wherever he wanted.
Leafa convinced the Pro Hunters – Bisky and Killua – to split the votes on Giselle and Yukari, figuring one of them had an idol. She also talked the rest of her alliance into the split vote, with Leafa, Bisky, and Killua voting for Giselle, and Leone, Siesta, and Hinako voting for Yukari.
When it came time for the vote, both Siesta and Leone wanted to use the Super-Duper Idol, fearing that Yukari and Giselle both had idols. But Leafa refused to give up her piece to the Super-Duper Idol, saying that there was no reason to use it. As it turned out, Giselle had an extra vote, and she used it after the Super-Duper Idol had been passed on. That gave her, Yukari, and Lucian a 4-3-3 victory in the vote. The player they chose to vote out was Siesta, who tried to play a Master Ball that turned out to be fake. On her way out, she threw her piece of the Super-Duper Idol into the fire, making it forever unusable. She became the second member of the jury. Eight are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Day 25
Yorknew Tribe
(Bisky, Giselle, Hinako, Killua, Leafa, Leone, Lucian, Yukari)
That morning, the Student-Teacher Alliance is thrilled about the previous vote.
"We did it our way, Giselle!" Yukari exclaims. "We did it! We did it! We did it!"
"Yeah, and the look on those Big-Breasted Alliance girls' faces was priceless," Giselle says.
"Now we hold the ultimate power in this game," Yukari continues. "No one can beat us! We'll continue with…"
She then realizes that she is still in the minority alliance.
"Crap! We're still in trouble, Giselle!"
"I know," Giselle says. "That's why we got to find an idol. Let's go looking."
So, Yukari and Giselle go off into the wooded area, looking for an idol.
"Nothing here," Yukari says, reaching into a tree.
"Yeah, nothing here either," Giselle replies, climbing out of a bush.
The two of them continue walking along, before they see a note hanging from a tree. Giselle is the first to find it.
"It says, 'You found me, I'm yours.' But is it too good to be true? Should I take it?"
"Of course you should!" Yukari exclaims. "If the producers are just planting idols anywhere and everywhere, might as well take advantage of it!"
So, Giselle opens up the note and reads it.
"It says, 'Grab your stuff and head out of camp. You are headed to Masadora.'"
Both women look thrilled.
"Yes, Masadora!" Yukari exclaims. "Go get us something good!"
"I will! But which size advantage should I go for?"
"Hmmm… let's see…" Yukari says. "I think you should go for the Small one."
"Okay," Giselle says. "Hopefully I don't lose my vote!"
She then heads on out.
"With this chance to get yet another advantage, I feel like Rick Devens or Ben Driebergen," Giselle says. "Two alpha males the producers loved, especially Probst. They kept giving them advantages as much as they possibly could. I'm just like them! The producers love me! Heck, the note said, 'you found me, I'm yours,' and it was hanging on a tree to be easily found. It isn't too good to be true! It's a big bonus for me, and I hope to take advantage of it!"
"Giselle finding that note is perfect for our game," Yukari says. "We have no idea whether Lucian is still with us. That guy is an enigma. But if my student comes home with an A on her test, we're going to cancel class and have recess all day!"
But it is not all roses for what's left of the Big-Breasted Alliance.
"I can't believe it," Leone says. "We had 'em right where we wanted 'em, and we left 'em off the hook. This is so disappointing."
Hinako is crying hysterically inside the shelter, and Leone has to comfort her, as Leafa is off gathering wood.
"Hina misses Bro-bro so bad," Hinako says. "Hina wants to see him. Not even Mr. Teddy Bear can cheer Hina up now that Sis-sis is gone."
"Hina wants Sis-sis back!" Hinako cries to Leone. "Hina feels so alone!"
"Here's Mr. Teddy Bear," Leone says. "It'll be okay."
"No!" Hinako cries. "Hina wants to go home and see Bro-bro!"
"Hinako, you can't quit," Leone says. "Winners never quit, and quitters never win!"
"Send me back to Bro-bro!" Hinako continues to cry.
Hinako continues having her tantrum, as Leafa comes back to camp. Leone sees her, and immediately walks out of the shelter and confronts her on the edge of camp.
"Well, if it isn't Miss Master Ball," Leone snarks. "Miss Let's-Not-Play-The-Biggest-Advantage-In-Survivor-History. Miss I-Won't-Give-Up-My-Piece-Of-The-Super-Duper-Idol!"
"Excuse me!" Leafa replies. "I have designs on winning this game, not coming in second or third! You just know that Hinako or Siesta beats us in a Final Three."
"That was your reasoning for being so stupid?" Leone says. "No, what you did was totally selfish. You only cared about yourself, not anyone else."
"It wasn't selfish."
"It was!"
"Oh, come on."
"Your selfishness cost Siesta her spot in this game!" Leone yells at Leafa. "Siesta's upset, Hinako's upset, I'm upset! You wanna play with the Pro Hunters so bad, go play with 'em! You don't have me anymore!"
"Fine, I will!" Leafa responds. "I'll get the Pro Hunters and Lucian, and we'll force a 4-4 tie!"
"You can't get Lucian, he's against you!"
"Wrong. He's against you!"
"Fine, whatever," Leone says, sticking her tongue out and walking to the beach in despondence.
"This is just great," Leone says. "Leafa really does have Lucian, doesn't she? Because Lucian was against our alliance, and if she's no longer part of it, that means he's with her. We're gonna have a 4-4 tie at Tribal Council. I'm gonna get the Student-Teacher Alliance on board with myself and Hinako, and we're gonna pick rocks!"
Leafa goes over to the Professional Hunters by the beach later in the day, talking about her new plans.
"I'm done with Leone and Hinako," she says. "Hinako's being a baby, and Leone is enabling her. She's no longer with me."
"Okay, but that makes only three," Killua says. "How are we going to do anything with only three votes?"
"Simple," Leafa replies. "We get Lucian on board."
She looks over at the shelter and sees Lucian reading a book.
"Hey, Lucian, come over here!" Leafa calls.
Lucian drops his book and heads down to the beach, where Leafa, Killua, and Bisky are waiting.
"Lucian, who are you with?" Leafa asks.
Lucian chuckles. "No one, really."
"Well, that decides it!" Bisky exclaims. "We're together now! You're part of our alliance!"
"Just like that?" Lucian says.
"Yeah, just like that!" Bisky says. "This is going to be the Final Four right here. We're going to take on that other alliance – the Student-Teacher Alliance along with Leone and Hinako."
"I'm not sure…" Lucian begins to say.
"Oh, come on!" Bisky exclaims. "Don't be a tough guy! Don't be a fool!"
Lucian sighs. "Okay, I guess I should join you, shouldn't I?"
"Yes, you should!" Leafa exclaims.
"Well, if we're an alliance now, I might as well show you this."
He pulls out both immunity idols he has. The other players gasp in excitement.
"Awesome!" Killua exclaims. "And look at what I got!"
He pulls out his idol.
"Man, this is so cool!" Leafa says. "We're going to be fine!"
"Fine? We'll be unbeatable!" Bisky exclaims. "All we need is for one of us to win immunity, and we're guaranteed to win the vote! We've got to bank everything on that immunity challenge!"
"We are in a prime position to take over this game," Bisky says. "If one of us four gains that immunity necklace, we win the vote for sure! And then we pick off the Student-Teacher Alliance and the other two girls one by one. Final Four, here we come!"
Badlands
(Jasmine, Loly, Orihime)
Loly is running around the Badlands with the camp's machete. She is swinging it wildly, trying to attack Jasmine and Orihime.
"Loly, please stop," Orihime calls.
"No!"
"Please."
"I'm going to cut that arm right off your body!" Loly screams. "Good luck winning your way back in the game while maimed!"
Orihime and Jasmine are on the run all day and all night, not getting any time to eat or sleep, while Loly tries to stab them.
"I'm not allowed to kill anyone, unfortunately," Loly says. "If I could, then I'd go into my Arrancar form and poison those two to death. Instead, I've got to settle for hurting them, because as long as they're still alive, they can be healed. Man, I wish they didn't have the right to be healed. I'd love to see both of them lying dead in a pool of poison. But I guess this will have to do!"
"Loly is a psycho," Jasmine says. "I can't believe how bad the conditions are here at the Badlands. We are suffering beyond belief. But I'm not giving up! I so badly want to bring home the million to my husband Silver."
Day 26
Masadora
(Giselle)
Jet pounds on Giselle's hotel room door desperately.
"Get out of there!" he yells. "You're twenty minutes late already!"
"Just a moment!" Giselle calls.
"No, you're out of time," Jet says. "Get out, or I get you out of this game!"
"You wouldn't disqualify me!"
"Don't tempt me."
Giselle finally opens the door, giving Jet a big yawn.
"How much do you need to sleep anyway?" Jet asks. "At your age, you should be pulling all-nighters."
"Ha!" Giselle replies. "As the greatest Pokémon trainer in the world, I need all the sleep I can get!"
"Come on," Jet says, motioning toward the elevator, which both of them enter.
"You know, I think it's because of all my championships that you keep giving me all these advantages," Giselle says. "As it should be. I deserve them. I'm the best, after all."
Jet simply rolls his eyes as the two exit the elevator and walk over to the marketplace.
"Well, you know how this works," Jet says, pointing to the Troopa shells. "What size of advantage are you aiming for this time?"
"Hmmm…" Giselle says. "Well, the first time I went Large, and that didn't work out. The second time, I went Small, and that did work out. So, I guess I'll go Small again."
"Very well then," Jet says, shuffling the Troopa shells. "Go ahead and pick one. You've got a three-quarters chance of winning."
Giselle reaches out and grabs the shell on the far right. She then shakes it open, finding a piece of paper.
…
…
…
"Block a vote?" she reads it.
"That's right," Jet says. "This is a new advantage for this season of Survivor. You may block any player from casting a vote. You must use this before we go to vote, and you must use it before the Final Five."
"Awesome!" Giselle exclaims. "This thing's going to be just the ticket!"
"Now, let's get you to the reward challenge."
Jet escorts Giselle out of Masadora, as the two head to the reward challenge.
Reward Challenge
(Yorknew)
"Come on in, guys!"
The seven Yorknew Tribe members walk into the reward challenge area, seeing Giselle standing next to Jet.
"You guys ready to get to today's reward challenge?"
"Of course!" Yukari shouts.
"For today's challenge, you'll be split into two teams of four. Two of you will sling sandbags at a 20-piece puzzle with the logo of this season. Once you've knocked all 20 pieces completely off the table, the remaining two players will put the pieces back together and remake the puzzle as it originally stood. First team to finish, wins immunity. Wanna know what you're playing for?"
"Sure," Bisky replies.
"Winning team will get to eat piping hot pizza, delivered straight from Amili's Pizzeria in Plum, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Earth. To drink, lots of Orange Crush. Losing team, nothing. Worth playing for?"
"Gimme it!" Leone exclaims, and some of the players laugh.
"We'll have a schoolyard pick, then we'll get started."
The players pick teams, then they line up in position.
"We have our two teams!" Jet shouts. "The team on the left has Leafa and Killua tossing sandbags, and Lucian and Bisky doing the puzzle! The team on the right has Leone and Giselle tossing sandbags, and Yukari and Hinako doing the puzzle! For reward! Survivors ready? Go!"
The four players start hurling the sandbags toward the puzzle. Leafa knocks down three with her first throw, and Killua gets two on his first throw. Leone gets two on her first throw, while Giselle is only able to get one.
"Got to get all 20 pieces completely off that table!"
Leafa knocks down four more, and Killua gets three off. Leone makes a good throw that gets four off, while Giselle only gets one off with her next throw.
"Keep on hurling!"
Killua knocks off three more, and Leafa gets two more. Leone knocks down three, and Giselle only gets one for the third straight time.
"Big lead for Leafa and Killua!"
Killua nails two more pieces, and Leafa knocks off the final piece for her team. Meanwhile, Leone and Giselle are struggling, only getting one piece at a time.
"Lucian and Bisky, get to work on that puzzle!"
Bisky and Lucian quickly start picking up the pieces, trying to figure out in which order to stack them. Leone and Giselle get down to only a few pieces left on their table.
"Leone, Giselle, you two got to pick it up!"
Leone finally knocks down the final piece of the puzzle, and Yukari starts picking up the pieces. Hinako is only able to pick up one at a time.
"Lucian and Bisky making good progress on their puzzle!"
Bisky and Lucian are about halfway through their puzzle by the time Yukari can even get one block into place.
"Where do they go?" Yukari asks Hinako.
"Hina doesn't know!" Hinako cries.
Yukari then looks over at the other team, and she sees them about to finish. She starts putting together the pieces in completely random order, and Leone facepalms as she sees this.
"Lucian and Bisky very close!"
"We got it!" Bisky says, as she puts down one more piece.
"Bisky thinks she has it… and she does! And that's it! Bisky, Lucian, Leafa, Killua win reward!"
Leafa jumps into the air and chest bumps Killua, while Lucian and Bisky give each other high fives. Yukari angrily punches her poorly put-together puzzle, sending all the pieces flying.
"Congratulations," Jet says to the winning team. "We have a designated place for you to enjoy your pizza. Head on out and enjoy your reward."
The winning team happily heads to the place where they'll receive their reward.
"Leone, Hinako, Yukari, Giselle, I got nothing for you. Head back to camp."
The losing players trudge on out of the reward challenge area.
"I think Hinako's quit on this game," Leone says. "But she can't quit now! We need her to have any chance against the other alliance!"
Reward
(Bisky, Killua, Leafa, Lucian)
The players are overjoyed to see twelve extra-large pizzas waiting for them.
"Food! Food! Food!" Bisky shouts, as she begins to rip into some pieces of pizza.
The four of them stuff their faces with pizza, then drink some Orange Crush to wash it down. They then sit in a circle and start talking strategy.
"You know why I picked you?" Leafa says.
"Yeah, once you started picking, I knew what you were doing," Killua says.
"Exactly," Leafa says. "You are the three I want to play for. I want this to be the Final Four."
"Absolutely," Lucian says. "We've got to stick together."
"So, how is this next vote going to go?" Bisky asks.
"It's actually pretty easy," Lucian says. "I have two idols. I use one on myself, and I give one to either Bisky or Leafa. Killua uses one on himself. Then the worst-case scenario is that they vote four on the person who doesn't have immunity. But since it'll be 4-4, they'll have no choice but to turn on whoever got the four votes, or else pick rocks."
"So, basically, we are guaranteed to get out whoever we want tonight," Bisky says. "This is so simple. Just vote out whoever's the biggest threat at winning the game."
"And you know who that is," Leafa says. "It's most obviously Hinako."
Lucian looks confused. "I'm puzzled," he says. "Why would Hinako be the greatest threat to win this game?"
"Because she's a cute six-year-old girl with her entire future ahead of her," Leafa explains. "If she is in the Final Three, every single one of them is voting for her, hands down. There's no question how things go down. She is so dangerous."
"But she's pretty useless at challenges," Lucian says. "She had the one challenge win, but that was a challenge that was rigged for either her or Bisky to win. Why not wait on taking her out and instead go after someone else?"
"Who would you suggest?" Leafa asks.
Lucian gives an evil grin. "Leone."
"Leone?" Leafa says.
"That's right, her."
"I don't know about that."
"Leone and I became great friends in our first 24 days out here at Greed Island," Leafa says. "It would be a horrible betrayal to try to vote her out just like that. It could also be a big move, and this game respects big moves. But I still see Hinako as the bigger threat to win this game."
"Lucian has given us a great option by throwing out Leone's name," Bisky says. "And make no mistake about it, we already did try to get Leone out. She very well may be the biggest threat left in this game, because she's strong and skillful. She could win a ton of immunities down the stretch. I'm not so worried about Hinako; she's barely played the game out here. She's not going to win very many jury votes."
Yorknew Tribe
(Giselle, Hinako, Leone, Yukari)
The four losing team members eat some rice around the fire while the others are off enjoying their pizza.
"Man, this sucks," Yukari says.
"You better believe it does," Leone says.
"So, what's gone on since I left?" Giselle wonders.
Leone grins. "Well, Leafa and I kinda broke up. So, Hinako and me are free agents."
"Then join us!" Giselle exclaims.
"Of course we will!" Leone says. "But we've only got four against their four, cause Lucian is already gone to their side."
"Hmmm…" Giselle says. "Maybe I can do something about that."
She pulls out her piece of paper that says "block a vote."
"I can block the vote of any player at Tribal Council," she explains. "In that case, that would make it 4-3, and we'd win the vote."
"Oh man, you are so awesome!" Leone exclaims, hugging Giselle.
"But who to vote for?" Hinako asks.
"That's a toughy," Leone replies. "We know Lucian has an idol. We don't know if Killua has one. We'd have to go after one of the two girls. I'd pick Bisky."
"Are you sure?" Yukari asks. "I think Leafa's the more dangerous threat. She's really strong!"
"Hmmm, I dunno," Leone says.
"I don't want to vote out Leafa just like that," Leone says. "That would be so mean of me to do that. It would make me look like a true villain. I'd rather keep her around for a while yet. But if my alliance chooses to vote for her, then I have to go along with them or else."
Yorknew Tribe
(Bisky, Giselle, Hinako, Killua, Leafa, Leone, Lucian, Yukari)
The four players from the reward come back to camp, with Leone greeting Leafa at the beach as they come back.
"How was it?" Leone asks. "You eat up on all that pizza?"
"Oh, it was okay," Leafa says. "We had a little meal."
"Yeah right! I'm sure you stuffed yourself!" Leone says. "Probably made your stomach bigger."
Leafa laughs. "Wherever that pizza place is, it's an awfully good place."
"How many whole pizzas ya eat?" Leone asks. "I can see your stomach sticking out – probably five."
This gives Leafa another good laugh. "Not that much! But quite a bit."
Leone and Leafa continue joking with each other for quite some time, until Leafa talks about something more serious.
"I'm sorry," she says. "I ruined our game together, and I ruined our friendship. I got too overconfident. I like you as a person, and I should have just let Siesta use that idol. Please forgive me."
"Sure thing!" Leone replies. "Ya know, it was stupid of me to get so angry. We're playing a game, aren't we? Everything will be fine."
"You mean it?" Leafa responds.
"Of course!" Leone says, slapping Leafa on the back. "Let's vote together again. Forget all that alliance stuff from before. You and me to the very end!"
Leafa chuckles. "Awesome! I'm so glad I made friends with you, Leone!"
"Leone and I made up after our squabble yesterday," Leafa says. "We put our differences aside and realized that we can still be friends with each other. It was so cathartic to get out our problems and talk things out. Now we're back to being part of the same alliance again."
"Ya know, I never thought Leafa was a bad person," Leone says. "We just got a little frustrated at each other. We're back to being friends again. Now we just have to figure out who to vote for!"
The two of them then start talking strategy.
"There are two clear alliances," Leafa says. "There was the one I was part of, the Pro Hunters alliance. And there was the one you were part of, the Student-Teacher Alliance. Lucian is with the Pro Hunters, while Hinako seems to have quit on the game."
"Yeah, I know!" Leone replies. "Hinako has checked out. She's not with it anymore. I dunno if it's worth keeping her around."
"But she has been with us since the beginning, and she could be a great asset if she sticks with us," Leafa says. "So, there's that. I'm not sure what to do with her. As for everyone else, we have to pick which way we're going to go."
"Right, we gotta figure out which alliance is better to go with," Leone says. "I can tell you this: the Student-Teacher Alliance was trying to get you out."
"That's funny, because the Pro Hunters alliance was trying to get you out."
Leone laughs. "See, this is why we make such a great team. All this time, we're fighting with each other, and we're actually in the same situation!"
"Everyone thinks we're the biggest threats, and that's because we are," Leafa says with a chuckle. "If we had kept squabbling with each other, we would have both found ourselves on the jury in no time."
"That's right!" Leone says. "Now, let me see here. Hinako, she's adorable, but she's not with the game right now. I almost want to help her by voting her out and letting her see Siesta again."
"But if we keep her, we can have her vote with us as long as we go, because she's not playing this game."
"Uh-huh," Leone says. "Oh, I should let ya know: Giselle got the power to block someone's vote. We better hope it's not one of us!"
"You know, I was just about to spill the beans on something else," Leafa says. "Lucian has two idols, and Killua has one."
"No way!"
"Yes. This is going to be tough."
"This is a very dangerous time for us," Leafa says. "With all the idols floating around the game, it could be curtains for Leone and myself if we aren't careful. We need to figure out how to maneuver around all these advantages."
"How can we flush those idols out?" Leone asks. "Cause you just know those two want to use them on us."
Leafa thinks about it for a minute, then she comes up with a plan.
"We have to just pretend we're still voting against each other," Leafa says. "You go with the Student-Teacher Alliance and vote against Lucian. I go with the Pro Hunters Alliance and vote against Hinako. Then I convince Lucian and Killua to play all their idols. And if they don't play them, then one of them goes home."
"But why not vote for Giselle or Yukari?"
"Because they'll see through my plan right away. They are saying you or Hinako. If I tell them Giselle or Yukari, they'll catch on quick. They view Giselle and Yukari as goats to drag along as long as possible, since neither of them can win the game. Seriously. You think anyone's giving the million dollars to either of them?"
Leone puts a finger on her mouth. "Yeah, you're right! No one's giving 'em the million!"
"So, we should keep them around. Hinako, I love her, but she'll be better off when she's with Siesta again. I get the Pro Hunters to vote her, while you get the Student-Teacher Alliance to vote Lucian. Then if we have a tie, we join together to vote Lucian. But if Lucian uses his idol, then Hinako goes home as a result."
"Makes sense!" Leone says. "See, this is why we make such a great team!"
"Leafa and me had a little squabble, but it didn't last long," Leone says. "We're back to bein' on the same page again. We love little Hinako, and we know that she wants to go home. But if we can turn her into a target, we can flush out all the idols in the meantime. Of course, if they see through it, they could vote out one of us."
"We are trying a huge risk-reward plan, Leone and myself," Leafa says. "We open ourselves up to being blindsided if we're wrong. But our goal is to either vote out Lucian, or force him to play all those idols. We just have to hope they don't realize we're playing them."
That night, the Pro Hunters and Lucian confront Leafa.
"We saw you talking with Leone," Lucian says. "Are you still with her? Because you seem very chummy with her."
Leafa laughs. "The plan remains the same," she says. "Vote for Hinako."
"How can we know that you're not playing us?" Killua asks. "If you're back together with Leone, then you could be trying to pull the wool over our eyes."
"Relax," Leafa replies. "As long as we vote for Hinako, everything will be fine."
"You better not be fooling us," Bisky says.
"I don't trust Leafa one bit," Killua says. "She spent the entire day talking with Leone on the beach, like they're back together again. Should we just knock Leafa out of our alliance? But then, who do we vote for? It's a tough situation for us."
Day 27
Badlands
(Jasmine, Loly, Orihime)
Jasmine sits in a heap, bleeding and in pain. Orihime is trying to heal her, while Loly naps.
"Loly has done everything she can to make my life miserable," Jasmine says. "She's stabbed me, she's chased me, she's taunted me. But it's going to make it all the more worthwhile if I'm somehow able to make it to the end of this game and win the million. This is for Silver. He tried so hard in his last season in Crazy All-Stars, and I'm going to reward him by doing the same for him."
Orihime keeps on using her abilities to make Jasmine's wounds disappear.
"Jasmine is a warrior," Orihime says. "She's gone through a lot, and she keeps on pushing through. I'm trying to make her time worthwhile. But at the same time, I don't want to quit myself, either. I'm going to keep on fighting until they tell me I can't go anymore. This may be tough, but I just refuse to give up!"
Yorknew Tribe
(Bisky, Giselle, Hinako, Killua, Leafa, Leone, Lucian, Yukari)
The Student-Teacher Alliance talks with Leone, wondering if her loyalties remain with them.
"You know, you were talking with Leafa a long time," Giselle says. "Are you with her?"
"Hey, our plan's to take out Lucian!" Leone replies. "We aren't changing nothing! He's got the idol, we've got to flush that idol!"
"But are you sure that you aren't going to turn on us by going with Leafa again?" Yukari asks.
"No need to worry!" Leone says. "We're gonna be just fine. Hinako's with us too."
"I don't trust Leone, especially after she spent the whole day yesterday talking with Leafa," Yukari says. "She may be back with her, and then in that case they hold all the power in this game. A power couple is so dangerous, you gotta split them up, you know?"
"I kinda get the feeling that everyone knows that Leafa and me are back on the same page," Leone says. "But we gotta somehow figure a way to get through this vote without 'em taking us out! This is the key vote. If we get through this one, we can make it a long way."
Hinako, meanwhile, is crying in the shelter like a baby. Leafa tries desperately to calm her down.
"Hina just wants to see Bro-bro!" Hinako cries. "Hina doesn't care about the game anymore!"
"I promise you, we'll let you see Bro-bro," Leafa says. "Just make it a little bit longer. You can do it, Hinako! Just squeeze Mr. Teddy Bear!"
Leafa hands Mr. Teddy Bear to Hinako, who squeezes it tightly.
"I know I screwed up in the last vote," Leafa says. "As a result, Hinako's ready to quit, and Leone and I split for a while. But we're back together, and we're going to control this next vote. We just need Hinako with us a little bit longer. She needs to fight it out!"
But at this point, Lucian and the Pro Hunters have grown very wary of Leafa.
"Look, she's with Leone and Hinako again," Killua says. "We can't trust her anymore. We've got to play our idols."
"But should we play them?" Lucian wonders. "Because if we use them all up in this one vote, we don't have any for afterward."
"That's true," Bisky says. "What good does it do us to survive one vote and then get picked off one by one afterward."
"So, how are we voting?" Lucian asks. "Three votes on Leone? On Hinako? On whom?"
"I don't know what to do," Killua says. "We may be in big trouble."
"I don't want to use my idol," Lucian says. "I have no reason to believe that I'm the target. I think what we should do is convince Leone and Leafa to join our side. If they're free agents, we need to get them as part of our alliance."
So, Lucian goes over to talk with Leafa and Leone, who are back to laughing with each other on the beach.
"I see you two aren't mad at each other anymore," Lucian says.
"And that's a problem how?" Leone says.
"Well, it's just that…"
"You wanted to vote us out?" Leafa says.
"No, no, not that," Lucian says. "But if you two go with the Student-Teacher Alliance, we're naturally doomed."
"We're free agents!" Leone says. "The two of us are ready to go either way! Give us a name, and we'll think about it."
"Okay, then," Lucian replies. "How about Hinako?"
"Well, she does want to quit the game anyway," Leafa says. "Are the Pro Hunters on board?"
"I'll get them on board for sure," Lucian replies.
"Okay, Hinako it is!" Leone replies. "Don't let the Student-Teacher Alliance know!"
"We're throwing Hinako under the bus in order to get Lucian off our backs," Leafa says. "That doesn't mean we won't vote for her, though. If she really wants to quit, we'll let her have her wish. I'd still like to work with Hinako, but right now it's just very tricky."
"I want to win this game, not finish second," Lucian says. "My Queen Cynthia would not be satisfied with a second-place finish. If I want to keep my head attached to my body, I had better come back to her with a million-dollar check. And that's why I don't want to give my idols to Killua or Bisky."
So, Lucian talks to Bisky and Killua about his conversation with Leone and Leafa.
"They're together again, as I thought," Killua says. "They're so dangerous, we've got to get one of them out."
"Really?" Lucian says. "Wouldn't it make more sense to vote with them?"
"With these idols, that won't be necessary," Killua says. "Let's put three votes on Leone and see what happens."
"I don't want to use the idols!" Lucian exclaims. "Not yet, anyway."
"But it's just too risky to go without using them!" Bisky says. "We all need to play idols."
Lucian looks on nervously, not knowing what to say.
"I'd much rather vote with Leone and Leafa against Hinako, and get her out in a 5-3 vote," Lucian says. "Then I don't even need to use either of these idols. I certainly don't want to give one of them away. I'd rather see Bisky go home than to waste one of my idols on her."
"I can't figure out why Lucian's getting such cold feet about this vote," Bisky says. "Leone and Leafa are way too powerful; we've got to get one of them out. If we don't go after that power couple and break them up, we're going to regret it greatly down the line."
The Student-Teacher Alliance seems more than willing to go along with the newly-reunited Leone and Leafa.
"We've got the numbers now!" Yukari says. "You two, plus Hinako. We vote out Lucian, Bisky, or Killua."
"Which one, though?" Giselle wonders. "I don't know who to pick."
"Well, here's a little secret," Leafa says. "Lucian has two idols, and Killua has one too."
"You're kidding!" Yukari replies.
"It's true. And that makes things very dangerous, as they could all pull idols and then send one of us home."
Leone thinks about it for a moment. "Hey, why don't ya go back to your plan of voting with the Pro Hunters, Leafa?"
"Huh?" Leafa replies.
"We gotta give 'em a false sense of security so they don't vote one of us. Pledge your vote to 'em. You four vote Hinako, we four vote for one of 'em. Then in the revote, we take out whichever one the four of us voted for!"
"That might actually work," Leafa says.
"Just don't put the votes on me!" Yukari says.
"Yeah, me neither!" Giselle says.
"We've got a plan tonight, to force a tie on purpose," Leafa says. "It requires me to split with Leone again, but only in a cosmetic way. I vote with the Pro Hunters, then they hopefully get too overconfident and don't use their idols. And if they do play them, Hinako goes home, and that's okay because she's checked out anyway. This could work well!"
But Lucian cooks up a good scheme.
"Okay, Bisky and Killua, this is how it's going to work," he says. "We three are going to vote for Leafa."
"What if she wins immunity?" Bisky breaks in.
"Then we vote Leone," Lucian replies. "Our three votes on Leafa or Leone. Leone and Leafa's two votes on Hinako. The Student-Teacher Alliance's two votes on one of us. Who knows who Hinako votes for. Worst case scenario, we get a three-three tie, and the Student-Teacher Alliance flips on the Big-Breasted girls."
"You sure they'll flip?" Killua says.
"They will flip," Bisky says. "Those two are so untrustworthy, and so cowardly too. They'd never pick rocks for the Big-Breasted Girls. They'd flip on them in a heartbeat. This could work, Lucian."
"You sure we shouldn't use our idols?" Killua asks.
"No reason to use them," Lucian says. "We want to make it to the end, not just make it to Final Seven. Cause that's all we'd be guaranteed if we use them all tonight."
"Makes sense," Killua says.
"This could go down as one of the craziest votes ever!" Bisky adds.
"We're taking a calculated risk by choosing not to play any of the idols," Bisky says. "But if it pays off, we may be guaranteed more than just Final Six – we're talking Final Three here! This could be the vote that sends the three of us to the Final Tribal Council."
Immunity Challenge
(Yorknew)
"Come on in, guys!"
The eight remaining players waltz into the immunity challenge area.
"You guys ready to get to today's immunity challenge?"
"Yeah!" Yukari yells.
"First things first, I will take it back. Sit!"
Leone goes crashing to the ground. Jet then walks over and snatches the Immunity Beads of Subjugation off her neck.
"Thank you. Once again, immunity is back up for grabs. For today's challenge, you will be handcuffed to a bucket of paint over your head. If at any moment, you lose focus and slip, that bucket of paint will come crashing down on you. You'll be out of the challenge, but worse, you'll be covered in paint and look like a complete mess. Good luck cleaning that out of your hair! Last one standing, wins immunity, safe from Tribal Council tonight. Losers, Tribal Council, where someone will be the tenth person voted out of this game. We'll draw for spots, then get started."
The players all take their spots, with their right hand handcuffed to the overhead buckets.
"This challenge is underway," Jet states.
About five minutes in, with no one budging, Jet gets antsy.
"All right, how about we make this interesting?" he says, pulling out a plate of cookies. "Chocolate chip cookies to the first player to drop out."
"I want them!" Giselle immediately yells, and the bucket of pain comes pouring down on her. She is now covered in black paint.
"Good luck eating those cookies drenched in paint!" Jet says.
Another five minutes go by, with the players starting to really feel it in their wrists and arms.
"Killua struggling! Yukari looking uncomfortable! Bisky, meanwhile, hasn't even moved!"
Just as Jet says that, Bisky drops, and she ends up covered in orange paint.
"And just like that, Bisky is out of this challenge!"
Bisky walks away angrily, trying to shake the paint off her.
"Everyone else hanging in there!"
About ten minutes more go by, so Jet brings out another temptation.
"I've got spaghetti and meatballs to the first person who steps out now."
"Ooh, me!" Yukari says, and she pulls down a bucket of purple paint on herself.
"Yukari is out!" Jet shouts. "And we are down to five!"
Killua continues to struggle, while Leafa and Leone both feel a bit uncomfortable. Lucian stays silent and still.
"Who will be the next one out?"
Just as Jet says this, Hinako pulls down her bucket full of yellow paint on herself.
"And Hinako's out! We're down to four!"
A couple minutes later, Killua can't handle the pain anymore, and he gives up, being splashed by blue paint.
"Killua's out! We are down to three!"
Lucian remains perfectly still, while Leone and Leafa look at each other and try to work something out.
"It would be unfair if one of us has the necklace and the other doesn't," Leafa says.
"Hey, I'll quit if you quit," Leone says.
"Let's do it, then," Leafa says.
The two girls pull their arms down simultaneously, causing a ton of paint to come crashing down on them, green paint on Leafa and brown paint on Leone.
"And just like that, Lucian wins immunity!" Jet shouts.
Lucian lets go and ends up being splashed in pink paint. He doesn't care, though, as he celebrates his challenge victory.
"Congratulations, Lucian, this is for you."
Jet puts the Immunity Beads of Subjugation around his neck.
"You are safe from tonight's vote. The rest of you, after 27 days, one of you's going home. You've got tonight to figure out who that's gonna be. I'll see you tonight for Tribal; you can head on out."
The players start on their way back to camp.
"With immunity now, I have no need to use any idols," Lucian says. "I'm in a perfect position now. This is exactly how I planned it. Queen Cynthia would be so pleased with me!"
Yorknew Tribe
(Bisky, Giselle, Hinako, Killua, Leafa, Leone, Lucian, Yukari)
The Pro Hunters are thrilled with Lucian's victory.
"You just made things so much easier on us!" Bisky exclaims.
"Yeah, now we're in good shape," Killua says.
"Now, at Tribal Council, Killua plays his idol and Lucian gives one to me, and we're perfectly safe!" Bisky says. "We can now vote for whoever we want!"
"I'm not sure I'm going to give Bisky an idol," Lucian says. "I'd much rather guarantee my own safety in the next two votes. I don't care about her enough that I'd do that. But if it looks like Leafa and Leone have joined the Student-Teacher Alliance, then I may just have to give it to her after all."
"This is such an important vote for our alliance," Bisky says. "As long as we get through this vote, I really believe we're going to the Final Three – Lucian, Killua, and myself."
Meanwhile, Leafa and Leone are trying to figure out what to do.
"Hinako is with us," Leone says. "As long as I can keep her from quitting, she's on our side as a third vote."
"What about the Student-Teacher Alliance?" Leafa asks.
"I can't figure them out," Leone says. "I get the feeling they don't trust us. This thing may go down a 3-3-2 vote. Us three vs. the Pro Hunter three vs. the Student-Teacher three."
"This is such a hard vote to figure out," Leafa says. "Leone and myself are stuck in the middle, with Hinako riding our coattails. I don't know who to even vote for. We could vote out a Pro Hunter, we could vote out a Student or Teacher, or we could even vote out Hinako! This vote's going to be crazy."
Tribal Council
(Yorknew)
The eight Yorknew Tribe members enter the Tribal Council area. They set down their torches in their spots, then take their seats.
"We now bring in the members of our jury," Jet states. "Ragyo Kiryuin, and, voted out last Tribal Council, Siesta."
Siesta looks very angry as she marches into the Tribal Council area alongside Ragyo.
"Last Tribal Council was about as volatile as I've ever seen," Jet says. "Leafa, you had the chance to use the Super-Duper Idol, and you chose not to. Do you regret that decision?"
"Absolutely I regret it!" Leafa replies. "The reason Siesta's sitting over there and not over here is all my fault."
"But that vote turned out pretty good for you, Giselle."
"Well, why wouldn't it?" Giselle replies. "Everything always goes my way!"
"Hey, there's one thing not going your way," Jet says. "It looks like Lucian's holding on to the Immunity Beads of Subjugation. He's the only one safe here."
Lucian adjusts his glasses. "I may be safe, but I'm not thinking about this vote on its own. I'm thinking several votes in the future. That's the only way to play this game."
"Yukari, are you thinking several votes in the future?" Jet asks.
Yukari, who had been staring off into space, has to be nudged by Leafa. "Oh, me? What was the question again?"
"I'll take that as a no," Jet chuckles. "Leone, I know you weren't happy last Tribal Council. How did you move forward from there?"
"Not very well, I'll be honest," Leone says. "I got mad at Leafa and blamed her, and for that, Leafa, I'm sorry."
"I forgive you," Leafa says, and the two hug.
"Hinako, where is your mind at right now?" Jet asks.
Hinako wipes away a tear from her eye. "I just want to see Bro-bro."
"I'll see what I can do about that," Jet replies. "In the meantime, Bisky, you can see the endgame coming. How can you prepare for it?"
"I think what the last vote proved is that when you have advantages, you've got to use them right away," Bisky replies. "You can't wait on them."
"Killua, who do you think might have advantages?"
"Well, a lot of us have been to Masadora," Killua replies. "And some of us have even had an idol tossed to them in plain sight. So we know there's going to be crazy stuff happening. We just have to hope to use it to our advantage."
Leafa whispers something to Leone, and this sets off a chain reaction. Killua whispers something to Bisky and Lucian, while Giselle and Yukari whisper to each other. Leone then whispers to Hinako. Soon the entire tribe is whispering to each other. Lucian visits Giselle, while Bisky visits Leone and Killua goes to Leafa. Yukari even goes over to whisper to Jet.
"Hey, excuse me, Jet?" Giselle says.
"What's up?"
"I'd like to use this advantage."
She strolls up to Jet and hands him her advantage.
"Very well then, this advantage lets you block a vote. Whose vote would you like to block?"
"I'll block Lucian's."
Lucian looks shocked, while Giselle smiles.
"Very well then, Lucian, you will not vote."
Lucian pounds his fist into the ground.
"One thing's clear," Jet says. "This vote tonight is going to be crazy. Let's get to it. You cannot vote for Lucian. Everyone else is fair game. It is… time to vote. Bisky, you're up first."
The Fiji Tribal Council theme plays as the players go to vote.
Bisky goes to vote.
Giselle goes to vote.
Hinako goes to vote.
"When will Hina see Bro-bro?" Hinako says.
Killua goes to vote.
"You're never going to see this one coming," Killua says.
Leafa goes to vote.
Leone goes to vote.
Yukari goes to vote.
"Yeah, I'm not really even sure why I'm voting for you," Yukari says. "But so be it, Jedi!"
"I'll go tally the votes."
Jet goes over, gathers the votes, rearranges them, then returns to the players.
"If anyone has a hidden immunity idol, and you would like to play it, now would be the time to do so."
Killua immediately gets up. "I'm playing this one on myself," he tells Jet.
"Very well," Jet replies. "This is a good immunity idol. All votes cast against Killua will not count."
Bisky then makes a motion to Lucian, who sits still.
"Lucian!" she exclaims. "It's time!"
Lucian ignores Bisky, pretending he can't hear her. Bisky then realizes that he's not giving her an idol.
"All right," Jet states. "Once the votes are read, the decision is final, and the person voted out will be asked to leave the Tribal Council area immediately. I'll read the votes."
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"First vote… Leafa."
Leafa gives a gasp as she sees her name.
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"Bisky."
Bisky looks angrily over at Lucian, who keeps his poker face.
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"Leafa."
Leafa shakes her head, surprised that she has gotten any votes.
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"Bisky. We're tied, two votes Leafa, two votes Bisky."
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"Bisky. Three votes Bisky, two votes Leafa, two votes left."
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"Tenth person voted out of Survivor: Greed Island, Biscuit Krueger."
Bisky glares at Lucian angrily. "What were you thinking?"
"I was thinking they'd vote Killua," Lucian replies.
"Good job," Bisky replies. "You just cooked your own goose. You'll be out of this game in no time!"
"Bisky, you need to bring me your torch," Jet states.
Bisky angrily grabs her torch and brings it over to Jet.
"Bisky, the tribe has spoken," Jet says, snuffing out her torch. "It's time for you to go."
Bisky gives one last glare to Lucian before leaving.
"If that vote proved anything, it proved that this is a volatile and unpredictable game," Jet says. "You never know what's gonna happen. Grab your torches, head back to camp, good night."
The players get up, take their torches, and begin the long trek back to camp.
"I can't believe that Lucian!" Bisky says. "He is an idol hoarder! He has two idols and individual immunity, yet he won't give anything up to anyone else! Well, if he thinks he's gonna win, he's got another thing coming. He's destroyed his own game, and he's got no chance at winning the million. It just sucks that I'm the one who ended up paying for his stupidity!"
Who voted for whom:
Bisky – Leafa
Giselle – Bisky
Hinako – Bisky
Killua – Leafa
Leafa – Bisky
Leone – Bisky
Lucian - No vote
Yukari – Bisky
Scenes from our next episode:
The players are about to get a little love:
"Little Hinako, it is finally time for you to see your Bro-bro," Jet says.
But the loved ones are going to be busy:
"This is the classic Survivor Auction," Jet says. "Only that at this Auction, only the loved ones will participate. The rest of you will watch and have to stay silent. Your loved ones will do all the bidding, and you'll just have to hope that they make the right decisions."
And that's not all the loved ones will do:
"For the first time in Survivor history, your loved ones will do the immunity challenge, and you will not participate," Jet says. "Your entire game may rely on how well they can navigate through this massive challenge. All you can do is cheer and watch."