Reunion
Jet Black is seated on a chair facing the 24 players. The players are sitting on risers, with 6 people in each of the four rows, with the players voted out early sitting at the top, and the players who survived longer sitting at the bottom. Meilin is at Jet's far right. The fans are still cheering until Jet waves his hand to hush them.
"Survivor: Seireitei Forest had many twists and turns, but in the end, there was no doubt to who deserved to win," Jet states. "Congratulations to Meilin, a student from Tokyo who is our unanimous champion!"
Meilin beams and waves as the crowd cheers very loudly.
"The amount of money given to our players is determined by the currency they use," Jet says. "In your case, Meilin, you will be paid 91 and a half million yen!"
Meilin continues to smile as the crowd gives another cheer.
"Okay, Meilin, you know what's coming first," Jet says. "How does it feel to be the winner?"
"I still can't believe it," Meilin responds. "There were so many times I was on the chopping block early in the game – even from the first immunity challenge, I got hurt, and people were trying to convince me to leave the game at that point. I don't know how I kept making it through all those close votes, but then once I made the merge, it was a whole new game."
"Did you have a hint that you were going to win the jury vote?" Jet asks.
"Well, I knew Kyon was going to vote for me," Meilin replies, looking up at Kyon, who is seated directly above her. "Rei was on my side too. She kind of made my case in her speech, and I hoped the others would listen to her. But never did I think I'd get every single vote."
"The fact is, no one can argue that you don't deserve to win," Jet says. "Seven people who went far into this game all agreed that you were most deserving. I think you really define what it means to be a survivor – you kept on barely surviving early on, and you won two key individual immunity challenges, one halfway through the game, and one at the end."
"Those challenges were about wanting it more," Meilin replies. "I remember standing out there on that tree stump, just thinking that no matter what, I had to stay on that stump if I wanted to remain in the game. Later on, there was that two-part challenge where I won the first part, and it was again all about wanting it more. Same with the last one."
"Most interesting is the fact that you made only one strategic move after the merge when it came to voting," Jet comments. "Most players are involved in the ouster of most, if not all, of the jury members. In your case, the only jury member who you actually voted out was Erika."
"Yes, and as Erika knows, that was only in an attempt to save my own life in this game," Meilin replies. "I had no choice but to vote for her."
"Perhaps because of that, the jury felt as if you had done them no wrong, so they were totally willing to give you their votes," Jet says. "You played this game brilliantly, really, I just can't say enough about how well you played."
"Thank you," Meilin says with a smile, as the crowd cheers loudly again.
"Now I know this jury is very happy with how this game ended up, but there's definitely someone upset about the way it ended," Jet states. "Light, you feel you were deserving of the win, more so than Meilin."
"Absolutely," Light replies. "I thought out everything strategically; every move I made was planned out with the future in mind. I controlled three votes for much of the game, and nearly every vote went the way I wanted it to go. I don't know what else one has to do to win this game."
"Well, maybe, it requires playing honestly," Jet says, and the crowd roars in approval. "Anyone else agree?"
The jury members all raise their hands, as the crowd cheers even louder.
"Light, you left out one part of your strategy, and that was how to win the jury vote," Jet states. "You figured out how to get to the final three, but you didn't know what to do once you got there."
"I thought the jury would appreciate the fact that I outplayed them," Light says. "I didn't just outlast them, I outplayed them and outwitted them. It's because of me that they were sitting there on the jury."
"True, but look at Meilin's style; she managed to survive all those votes without her votes even meaning that much," Jet replies. "Her style was to not just fly under the radar but also to make friends with others in the process. That's something that you and Ryoko failed at badly."
"Is that an insult?" Ryoko asks.
"Well, let's face it, Ryoko," Jet says. "You got no votes. Obviously you didn't do something right."
"But I played the exact opposite game of Light," Ryoko states. "He made all the moves, he was the leader; I was the follower."
"I think your problem was failing to realize that who you align yourself with is just as important as staying under the radar," Jet says. "While you weren't the one who came up with the moves to oust most of the jury members, you still followed through with those plans."
"I think the jury's just bitter," Ryoko says. "And Light would agree with me."
The crowd boos upon Ryoko saying this.
"Meilin played this game at a happy medium," Rei tells Ryoko. "Light played it too hot, you played it too cold. He was too aggressive, you were too passive."
"That, I think, is a huge key," Jet states. "You can't play this game all one way if you want to win. Face it, Light, Ryoko – she beat you fair and square."
Light simply grimaces while Ryoko shakes her head.
"I want to ask a certain person why they voted for Meilin," Jet says. "Rangiku, you were dead set on taking Meilin out for at least half of this game. What happened?"
"She beat me," Rangiku replies. "She won over Kyon, and I couldn't. She outsmarted my alliance. The reason I wanted to take her out was because I knew she was so dangerous. Looking back on it, I should have convinced everyone to vote her out instead of Misty in our very first vote."
"Then Meilin would be sitting way up there, and who knows who'd be sitting in her seat," Jet states.
"Right, but so many times when I tried to oust Meilin, she figured out a way to escape," Rangiku says. "So when it came to the final choice, I knew she had game. Light and Ryoko, all they did was broke their promise to me to give me the immunity necklace."
"Speaking of the immunity necklace, we saw it given up a record number of times," Jet states. "Let's take a look."
The three times where the Immunity Beads of Subjugation were given up are replayed. First, Light is shown given them up to Erika. Then, Ryoko is shown also giving them up to Erika. Finally, Erika's giving the necklace up to Light is shown, drawing a large gasp from the fans.
"Okay, I've got to ask about this one, Erika," Jet says. "I've seen dumb moves before, but I'm not sure if any can top this one. This was probably the dumbest move in the history of Survivor."
"I trusted Light, I really did," Erika replies. "I was falling in love with him – I had no reason to believe he'd turn on me like that. I was hurt badly by him."
"So, now an update on you two, what's the relationship now?" Jet asks.
"We haven't spoken since," Erika says.
"Wowwwww," Jet replies. "Cold… whose fault is it, Light?"
"I never came into this game with the purpose of making relationships with others," Light says. "I played this game for the sole purpose of winning. Erika was just a tool I used to get farther into this game."
The crowd boos upon hearing Light say this.
"Well, I can tell you this, that's not the way to win her jury vote," Jet states. "And maybe had you played this game trying to make relationships, you might have won some jury votes."
"What good would have that done?" Light asks.
"Look at Kyon," Jet states. "He and Meilin became good friends out here."
"Absolutely," Kyon replies. "From the very first challenge, I felt a connection with Meilin. She got unlucky getting hurt, so I tried helping her out. From then on, I looked out for her."
"I wouldn't be here without Kyon," Meilin adds.
"Now, Kyon, feel a little upset that she's sitting a row below you?" Jet questions.
"You know, Jet, I was here for the experience," Kyon replies. "Becoming friends with Meilin was a better reward than winning it all."
The crowd cheers upon hearing this.
"That's good to hear," Jet says. "Now let's talk about the only player in this game to find a hidden immunity plushie – and to find not just one, not just two, but all three hidden immunity plushies! Haruhi, you were totally lucky to keep on getting sent back to Exile, and as a result, keep getting immunity plushies."
"That's all thanks to Kyon," Haruhi replies. "He thought he was punishing me, meanwhile I kept finding those plushies. I don't know if that was the right move for his sake, but it sure helped me out."
"You survived two votes by playing plushies, and no doubt influenced the next several votes by having the third one," Jet says. "Now, I have to wonder, if you had gone to the final three instead of Meilin, would you have won? Let's see a show of hands. Who would have voted for Haruhi?"
Kyon is the lone player to raise his hand.
"That's it?!" Jet exclaims. "Who then would the rest of you have voted for?"
The other jury members call out "Ryoko."
"So, Ryoko, you would have won had you been able to keep Haruhi over Meilin," Jet states. "Of course, you had no choice then – Meilin won immunity. Still, that ought to sit in the back of your mind."
"You know what, Jet, I can't go by all these 'what-if's and all that," Ryoko says. "I know what happened, and I've just got to settle with what I've got, which is a second-place finish."
"Now the two people ousted on immunity plushies were Kaji and Misato," Jet states. "Any inkling Haruhi was going to play the plushies and take you out?"
"I didn't know she had two plushies," Misato replies. "And in both our cases, it was a matter of Light turning on us to vote us out."
"That's why it was a no-brainer that we weren't voting for Light," Kaji states. "He took advantage of Haruhi's plushies to take us out."
"But isn't that good gameplay?" Light asks.
"You got lucky in each case," Misato responds.
"Not only that, but you did it in an underhanded fashion," Kaji adds. "If you hadn't gone back on your word, perhaps I would have considered voting for you."
"All right, moving on from there," Jet says. "We had the first-ever fire-making tiebreaker challenge, and it was a blowout in favor of the fiery Rei. Spike, you felt cheated after that one."
"I had no idea that she was Sailor Mars," Spike replies. "But I guess if I had spent the time to get to know her better, I might have found that out."
"I revealed my fiery form to those at my original tribe, but none of them were switched to Gotei with me, so it was still a secret to them," Rei says. "That turned out being a great move for me, because they ended up voting for me instead of Kyon, and losing that challenge."
"And, so in a way, you saved both Kyon's spot in this game as well as your own by doing that," Jet states. "Now I want to get to someone special to our winner – that's you, Li. You and Meilin are pretty close, aren't you?"
Meilin turns around and blows Li a kiss, as the crowd cheers.
"I don't know if that's how I'd put it," Li replies. "But I am very happy for her winning."
"Oh, you love me, Li, you know it!" Meilin exclaims.
Li blushes as the crowd cheers.
"Okay, let's check in on the rest of the players here," Jet says. "Kenpachi, InuYasha, you two had a great fight – and since you both agreed to it, we did not take action against either of you for it."
"That was no more than one of my morning exercises," Kenpachi replies. "But I was happy that someone actually was willing to fight me."
"I agree, it was pretty fun," InuYasha states. "Probably the highlight for me out here."
"Shikamaru, you didn't care for it much out here," Jet says. "Still feel that way?"
"It was boring," Shikamaru replies. "I don't have much good to say about it."
"You were part of an absolutely horrible tribe, which showed no signs of life in those first six days," Jet says. "Usagi, Mihoshi, Al, Ed – just wasn't your game, was it?"
"I didn't enjoy it all that much," Usagi states.
"I had fun, but I didn't stay too long," Mihoshi says.
"I just got unlucky, that's all," Al adds.
"Game was not fun," Ed says. "Chess is fun!"
"Misa and Maes, you were part of the Sokyoku tribe, which started out strong in challenges, but was also quite divided," Jet states. "Do you think that proves anything?"
"I think it proves that you need to be more united as a tribe in voting, and not just strong at challenges," Maes states. "We ended up falling apart in challenges at the end, anyway."
"I only got two votes, yet I was voted out," Misa says. "That's not fair."
"That's how it goes," Jet says. "But your two votes were the least of anyone out here. Know who got the most?"
Meilin raises her hand.
"That's right, 15 for Meilin, yet she won," Jet states. "Pretty amazing. Now how about the others of you who were put out early? Kakashi, Koga, Misty?"
"I got in a minority alliance early on, and had little chance," Kakashi says.
"Light turned on me, as he did with so many others," Koga states. "I got lied to and backstabbed."
"Rangiku said earlier that she could have voted out Meilin instead of me," Misty says. "Who knows, maybe I'd be sitting down there if she would have."
"Okay, it's now time for the popularity prize," Jet states. "The winner of this prize gets their winnings doubled. And our finalists are… Erika, Light and Meilin!"
The crowd cheers upon hearing the finalists' names.
"And the winner is, by a landslide vote… Erika!" Jet announces.
The fans cheer loudly as Erika smiles brightly.
"Congratulations, Erika," Jet says. "You win double what you would have won. Perhaps that makes up for Light's turning on you."
"Not quite, but I'll take it," Erika replies.
"Okay, well, that's all here for Survivor: Seireitei Forest," Jet states. "It's been a fun ride, resulting in a sweeping victory for our champion, Meilin. Let's give her one last cheer!"
The crowd erupts in cheers while Meilin beams. Jet then goes over to shake Meilin's hand as the Survivor theme "Ancient Voices" plays for the final time.