Survivor: Isle Delfino Chapter 9: Piece of Lint Fascinated Me, a mario fanfic

*sweatdrops*

It's okay, dude. You have plenty of time to update. Plenty...of...time...

*countdown* 3...2...1...KA-BOOM!

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Heh...heh...heh...I was that close to succesfully updating without MindBlower's review exploding. *makes mental note to install screening system to prevent explosives from entering reviews ever again* Anyways, after two months (better than 5 1/2...), I managed to update. This episode is more like one of my 'meh' episodes, so sorry if it isn't that great. Next episode when the merge happens though...hoo boy, THAT will be the icing on the cake. :P

Oh, and the title sequence deal changed so that it looks more like the actual CBS season (woots to Fabio for winning though I was rooting for Holly). Plus I decided due to the challenge to make the game the normal 39 days instead of 42.

Ahem. And now I present to you...Episode 8.

Previously on...Survivor!

Pintaso becomes divided upon their consistent losses.

Rosalina groaned. "Oh, just everyone on our tribe hates each other, and we're gonna be warped away one by one because we're so DIVIDED!"

"KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY WILL YOU PEOPLE?" Birdo butted in with pure rage in her tone.

Bowser Jr.: This game screws up everything, it seems like. Your friendships, confidence, physical ability, mind, all down the drain! Everyone bickers, everyone complains, everyone's tired, and everyone's so overly stressed on what to do!

But Nokatan's morale isn't bubbling with positivity either.

"And what gives you the instinct that we aren't gonna screw up this next mission, huh? Oh, thanks for jinxing it!" Daisy replied sarcastically as Bowser fumed.

"Shut up, okay! Seriously! Golly! Just go away or something, ugg!"

Toadette moaned and rolled her eyes. "As much as I want to keep up this winning streak of ours, I wish Wario could just shut up sometimes!

Luigi makes a bold move.

"I want to be a part of your alliance."

Bowser and Wario both applauded and agreed to let him in. Just like that.

Luigi: I'm pulling it out of the closet, putting it on, and strutting the runway to victory, cuz Mr. L is back baby.

At the reward challenge, Nokatan won yet another reward.

"Congratulations Nokatan. You'll take a scenic hike up to Pianta Village. All afternoon you'll enjoy massages, hot tub, dessert, and special toothbrushes." Everyone started screaming in excitement.

Bowser Jr. laid down on the ground in defeat as Rosalina tried wiping away oncoming tears.

"I'm just so tired of losing," she sobbed as Birdo tried her best to comfort her ally.

Daisy, finding out that she was going to be the next target, tried to smooth talk Luigi back into her alliance.

Luigi raised an eyebrow as Daisy strolled over to his massage bed. "Where are you going with this-"

"Shh. Let ME do the talking here," Daisy ordered as she continued to make his neck want to suicide. Luigi eventually caved in and listened to what Daisy had to say about the alliance deal.

Daisy: Knowing that Luigi could be my last hope at staying in, I did whatever I could, but can I trust that? Not one bit...

But back at camp, Wario can't seem to make anyone happy.

"BOO!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH! What the heck was that for?" Toadette interrogated as she threw the lid back off the pan.

Diddy Kong: I swear Wario's brain is just filled with garlic or something. He's such a freakshow to our tribe. You know, I actually WISH we could go to tribal council for once and vote somebody out!

After a rough night in the rain, Pintaso tries to raise their spirits for a volleyball immunity challenge.

"Well, might as well head out to the challenge. Hopefully we can actually perform well and try our hardest," Jr. declared.

And to their surprise...

"PINTASO WINS IMMUNITY!"

"YES! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES BABY!" Pintaso screamed as they cheered endlessly for the next few minutes. The rain clouds above the challenge area parted to reveal a tropical rainbow.

"Nokatan, I'll see you at tribal council tonight. Head on back to camp."

The cocky Nokatan tribe, now having to face tribal for the first time, planned their move in haste.

Yoshi: I really don't want to waste the immunity idol so early in this game, as come merge it'll be crucial to Daisy's and my survival in this game.

"I'm just scared that I'm gonna be going home since I'm the weakest player in everybody's eyes."

But in the end, the choice became obvious.

"Wario."

"Wario, the tribe has spoken," Jeff responded hastily, putting out Wario's flame.

Now, with only one more tribal council before the merge, which alliances will pull ahead, and who will crash and burn?

Title theme plays.

Pintaso: Birdo, D.K., Rosalina, Mario, Bowser Jr.

Nokatan: Yoshi, Toadette, Diddy, Bowser, Daisy, Luigi

39 Days, 18 People, 1 Survivor

Nokatan-Night 21

Four of the islanders returned to the camp with smiles on their faces, as one was filled with chagrin, and the another a state of mutuality.

Toadette: Last night could become my favorite tribal council ever. Wario, who was by far the most annoying pyschopath I've ever dealt with, paid his dues and kicked the bucket. Right now, Diddy and I are two strong, and with Wario out of the question, it's an evenly matched battle between three alliances.

"Grah!" Diddy exclaimed as he covered his ears. "Please tell me these crickets are not gonna be chirping ALL NIGHT TONIGHT." The crickets ignored his plea and continued annoying the heck out of everyone.

"God, that was close," Daisy sputtered as she collapsed back down inside the shelter. "This is gonna be brutal making it to the merge."

"Just remember, we still have the main control right now," Yoshi informed as Daisy grinned sheepishly in remembrance of the idol.

Yoshi: With the standards as close as they are now, the one thing that can give Daisy and I an edge over the others is that I have the hidden immunity idol, which could prove to be vital later on in this game.

"Dude, what happened last night?" Bowser worried as he and Luigi whispered outside their campsite.

"We never had the majority for Wario. You and I both knew he'd be the one to go anyways unless whoever found the idol was blatant enough to flush it to him. But we still have control of the deck here. All we need is to either win immunity, or work with Didette or Daishi to get the other ones out, and come merge we can still be on fire." Luigi appeared sincere in what he said as Bowser nodded and took it all in.

"Well, it just depends on who can make the smartest moves. It's you and me here on out," Bowser stated. Sinister music played in the background as a clip of a snake was shown slithering along a branch.

Luigi: I've given up playing this game with other people. Lunatics, they are. What, do they really think they can trust ME in the fullest? Puh. They're just like tissues; you use them and move on. Bowser's panicky about leaving now that he knows I straight up lied to his face. I can just listen to him go on and on and on about it again. I. Make. My. Own. Decisions.

Pintaso-Day 22

Sunshine poured in from the clouds in the distance, blinding the tribe enjoying a peaceful slumber. The ragtag group groggily awakened to start off the rest of their day.

Birdo: This morning, the sun came shining in, which was a really pleasant sight considering all our previous setbacks. With this, we're ready to keep our chin up and continue doing what we just started doing until the merge comes, which is likely coming REAL SOON. So, it's best to figure out your strategy BEFORE it happens so you aren't left a sitting duck waiting to be shot and killed.

"You and I both know that the merge is coming," Birdo explained as she and Mario took a walk to get more water. "Which means, you need to plot out your ideas on paper beforehand so you know which routes are the best to take in order to get farther ahead."

"Question. Unless you want to chop down a tree and waste tons of water to convert it into paper, we don't have any. There's your journal though, but I remember how THAT went down..."

"Really? You HAVE to be so literal?"

"...continue."

"As I was saying," Birdo resumed, "you need to figure out all the various possibilities you can do to get to the finals while still receiving the most jury votes. The merge is a great time to do this; alliances tend to blend together and new ideas are spread. I've had an idea of my own."

Mario: Early today, Birdo pulled me aside and started acting like my mother with all this final pre-merge advice. Well, I suppose that IS her occupation. I just can't comprehend why she chose ME of all people to tell this too.

The plumber lifted the lid to collect the water as Birdo got to the meat of her speech. "What I'm saying is, I think it would be best if you and I joined up. Why? Well, nobody would suspect it. Bowser Jr. is most likely joining his ruthless father, and Donkey Kong will probably talk to Diddy some. From what I think, the two green guys, Luigi and Yoshi, seem like they're in danger from some alliance of four. Merely personal speculation, but still. We join up with them and have a solid four to the end. Thoughts?"

Birdo: I incredibly lied to Mario about everything. Heck, he's so gullible like that. Any smart person would realize that what I said was pure jibberish, but not Mario. I figured hey, get his head cocky and confident, and BAM. Hit him dead on like a dear in headlights.

Donkey Kong: Right now, all anyone can talk about is when we merge after the next tribal. We have GOT to win, or else we'll go in 6-4, and I have a good chance of being the dropped castaway. Conspiricy theories or whatnot are flying through the camp about what's gonna happen. I wish I brought earplugs so I wouldn't go insane from all this.

Rosalina and Bowser Jr. were the only two people in the shelter at that time. Bowser Jr. sprawled out his legs and let loose a big yawn.

"Uuuuuuuuuuaaaaag. I can't believe it's been 3 weeks out here already," Jr. gaped excitedly. Rosalina chuckled once or twice.

Jr.: So far, this 'surviving' game has been a yummy piece o' cake. We've just passed the halfway point, and everything going on right now is great. Pssht, how is this even considered 'difficult'?

"So what are those Oompa Loompas like?" the Koopa prodigy questioned. Rosalina rolled her eyes a little lit.

"They're called 'Lumas'. But they're my family. You know how that feels with five-"

"Seven."

"...siblings. Only these guys are my whole life. It's my responsibility that they're safe and sound."

Jr. smiled. "That's kinda like how my mom was. She always knew what was best for me in everythig. Then dad went bad and my mom left..." Rosalina excused herself for one moment.

Rosalina: Jr. just mentioning his mom...it brought back a lot of memories of my own family. How the comet once cam and I was left alone on the planet as my mom passed away to be reborn at a later time...*teary* I just touched me deep down and made me remember how much I love my Lumas, as they're the only thing I have left now.

Nokatan-Day 22

Toadette jumped out of bed at the smell of smoke. To her surprise, Bowser was already awake, attempting to overcook a large portion of rice.

Toadette: I really could not believe it. I'm always the one who cooks the meals around here because I know how to make them right and make them thriftily. Our rations don't run out when I'm in charge. But Bowser, disappointed that Wario's torch got snuffed, decided to be 'useful' for once by wasting about 2 good cups of rice.

"I was just trying to prove that I'm a valuable member to this tribe," Bowser confessed to Toadette's accusation. "Listen, I just want to prove that I definitely ought to be here because come merge I'm the swing vote person you want to keep around..."

Toadette: In all honesty I struggled not to whap him upside the head with the scalding frying pan.

Daisy stretched into consciousness that morning, satisfied that it was a nice day out. The smell of cooking smoke alerted her as she crept out of the shelter and hung her knapsack against the side of the shelter. She rolled her eyes when she heard Bowser rant about being vital and trotted over to the forest for a place to do a confessional. Suddenly, she began to smell something thicker than the smoke back at the campfire.

Daisy: All of a sudden I can feel the dust blowing into my face, and I begin coughing. Merely 20 yards away from me there's this ginormous palm tree on fire like an Olympic torch. It was just burning so abruptly and violently that I was starting to fear that the entire island was going to burn down.

The floral princess coughed and sprinted back to the camp to alert the others. Diddy gasped as smoke began to rise up over the jungle timberline. The tribe huddled together in fear as the fire got larger and larger.

Luigi: *jittery* W-w-w-weeeeeeell w-what were w-w-we s-supposed to do in a s-situation l-l-like that, a f-fire j-j-j-just burning out of c-control, I mean s-seriously?

The fire began dying down a little bit after engulfing another nearby tree. What was left was mostly just plain smoke.

Daisy: All I can say was thank GOD it didn't spread any further, or all our entire camp could have been cooked to a toast. The bad news is...the burning tree contained nearly our entire banana supply.

"Well, NOW what are we going to do about food?" Diddy complained, ticked off that he was now bananaless. "We have barely enough rice to suffice these next few days-"

"We have plenty," Toadette corrected. "Well, we HAD plenty until Bowser wasted a good portion earlier today-"

"Gee I am just SO SORRY that I apparently can't do anything right in your precious little KITCHEN."

Yoshi groaned as Bowser and Toadette stomped off in different directions. He, Luigi, Daisy, and Diddy were left alone. They stared at the pot of rice boiling and noticed that the second batch had overcooked as well. Luigi sniffled. Yoshi twitched. Diddy fainted. Daisy facepalmed.

Diddy: Big ordeal with the fire scare this morning, and now we've officially wasted about 1/8 of our total rice amount that we had before because Toadette and Bowser acted like babies about a simple breakfast meal. I think everyone's just down now that our winning streak ended.

"The fire was a signal that things around her are about to get VERY interesting," Luigi exclaimed. An angry seagull was seen flying overhead as rain clouds were shown spanning the sky in super speed. Soon the fire was out for certainty.

Pintaso-Day 22

As Bowser Jr. rummaged through his pocket, he noticed the immunity idol note that he'd had about a week ago.

Bowser Jr.: I used to have an idol a while ago, but as daddy would say, *mimicky* 'I got careless and was stupid and let the precious thing out of my claws gosh darn it'. Fact is, if our tribe wins the reward tomorrow, I'm more than 100% positive there's going to be a clue to a hidden immunity idol. With the merge coming right around the corner, I need to do my best to A., win the reward, B., find the clue, which will probably be in a food bowl or something like that, and C., hurry back to camp and find it before it's too late.

Rosalina walked up to Donkey Kong swiftly. "Listen, what happens if we end up losing the next immunity challenge? Who do we choose to vote out?"

D.K. scoffed. "IF we lose immunity? Tch, is 'if' even in the vocabulary? Dude, we just beat the other tribe, so what says we can't beat them furthermore? I...and the rest of us beasted last challenge."

The ape snorted and ran off into the woods. Rosalina stared at him for a while before rolling her eyes towards the cameraman.

Rosalina: I cannot believe how arrogant my entire tribe appears to be getting right now! All we did was win ONE IMMUNITY CHALLENGE, and it was THAT CLOSE, and I was the one to GET the point, and I'm NOT THE ONE with the big head here! Right now I feel like the only sane person on my tribe is me. Mario's arrogant about himself, D.K.'s lazy and takes credit constantly, Jr.'s a whiny little brat, and I wouldn't be surprised if Birdo was psycho. Goodness!

She sighed as she collapsed on the beach and listened to the sounds of waves crashing against the sand, eroding consistently. Birdo plopped herself down next to Rosalina.

"So, what are you thinking right now?" Birdo asked.

"If you really want to know I'm really getting tired of playing with this tribe, THAT'S what."

"Hey, what's the matter Rosie?-"

"DON'T YOU EVER DARE EVEN THINK ABOUT CALLING ME THAT NICKNAME OF DEATH EVER AGAIN YOU HEAR ME?"

"Yeesh, SOMEBODY woke up on the wrong side of the shelter this morning..."

"The shelter that houses the village idiots," Rosalina concluded as she stood up and walked back to find a lonely spot in the jungle. Birdo blinked twice.

Birdo: Three weeks out here and already everybody's starting to feel the insane bug. Which really isn't good when this is a mental struggle to last these 39 days. Heck, we're only halfway FINISHED! At least I feel safe about the immunity challenge, since now we know we CAN win.

Bowser Jr. got up from a nap to get more firewood when a gust of wind came by. He fussed and straightened his hair as Mario continued jogging.

Mario: Sure, I'm a 'plumber', but saving princesses is my definite forte, okay? This show is like the perfect diet for me, but I have to keep in shape by excersing so I don't actually become WEAK. Of course, I end up having to play alongside Donkey Kong, the monstrous mammal of muscle. Another reason we don't get along.

Mario caught his breath and took a gulp out of his canteen. Somehow, the H2O molecules from the water worked his way through chemical reactions to give oxygen to the brain to cause an idea to occur.

Mario: At that moment, I realized the perfect thing to do. The idea hit me dead on like a deer in the headlights. *gong* Thank you Birdo!

"Dude, LISTEN to me for a second," Mario explained as the person he talked to rolled their eyes. "I think you and I need to allign with each other. Nobody will suspect it so long as you don't act stupid-"

"Stupid? What kind of alliance involves calling the other person STUPID?"

"For crying out loud just give me the floor okay?" Mario groaned as D.K. rolled his eyes a second time. "If we join forces, we can totally OBLITERATE everyone else because they'll be too dumb to think that you and me of all people would ever want to work together. Heck, you don't know how hard this is killing me right now. Just accept it and we can win."

Donkey Kong pondered on this for a second or two or three or four or five or six or seven or nineteen-

"Can you make up your mind already? It's a yes or no question."

"I'm hungry." Now Mario took part of the eye-rolling technique.

Donkey Kong: So, apparently the plunger talked to the ape and sucked up an alliance...wait, what?

Mario: *facepalms*

Nokatan-Night 22

About a trillion sand crabs skittered away from the shore as a wave pounded against the shoreline. The cameraman flew back quite a bit with the crabs. Music began playing more and more as the waves increased. Rain began pouring as the Nokatan tribe snoozed away cozily in their shelter.

Suddenly, a monstrous wave engulfed the beach, swarming it's way over towards the shelter. Toadette screamed as the wave captured half the shelter with it's overwhelming power, dragging the side branches and utensils back towards the ocean.

"Oh my god," Yoshi commented as he looked at the destruction. The shelter was in shambles, with the roof dangling delicately off the side while covered in sand. Pots, pans, rice, and supplies were scattered all over the place. The fire was washed out, so everything was in pitch blackness.

Diddy: Can I just announce this as being the world's wosrt day in history out here? First, we get no sleep from stupid crickets, then some fire scares the crap out of us, and now, in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, our entire campsite is a flood zone. Our camp just turned into a hell!

"Please tell me that this is NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW," Diddy fussed as the waves began calming down.

"Well, we gotta move our entire shelter in the woods unless we want a water park splash again," Bowser growled.

"We can't just MOVE the shelter. We have to physically rebuild the shelter, and it's 2 in the morning or whatever!" Toadette cried.

Bowser: Things are really starting to look down. I know my head could be on the chopping block, but things like these don't make you feel any better. It's just rotten luck oppourtunities to help as long as I'm in this game.

Luigi sighed as he squished his way through the sand to find his canteen bottle. "Dude, we lost like half the rations we had, too."

Luigi: My brother's probably chillaxing smugly over at that Pintaso tribe while the six of us are in a screwed situation over here. We have about enough rice to last two or so days now. Our nice fruit tree decided to be suicidal and burn itself yesterday. We lost all of our fishing hooks centuries ago. It's the worst case scenario, bro.

"No use in dilly-dallying," Daisy spat as he began untying some of the palm leaf fronds. Yoshi agreed and went to grab his sack. He felt inside when suddenly he realized something missing:

The hidden immunity idol.

Yoshi: To top off the wedding cake, the doggone wave came in and found a way to snatch the idol away. My entire system went on panic mode.

"Dude, what did you do with it?" Daisy mouthed to her ally as Yoshi shrugged and began searching the entire waste zone. He wanted to scream in frustration when it didn't show up anywhere. Bowser looked back at Yoshi to notice a small slip of paper on the ground.

"Hey, what's that note?" he wondered.

Bowser: The flood somehow brought up the clue to hidden immunity idol. I have no idea HOW LONG it is or who has it or not, but it's huge that if I look for it, I can find the chance. This could be a lifesaver.

Yoshi: It humored me a bit that Bowser wouldn't be able to find the idol once he found the clue unless he found it luckily among the pile. But I don't have to worry about that again, because after an hour once we finished the new shelter, I managed to find it. Now it's about 5 in the morning and I've gotten no sleep. Here's hoping I don't pass out at the challenge.

It was nearly morning time when the tribe collected their belongings and built a temporary shelter farther up the bay.

Pintaso-Day 23

Sun shone warmly through the Pintaso tribe's campsite, totally opposite to the storm patterns circulating over Nokatan.

Rosalina: Things are really looking up right now. We're having perfect weather, we're all in raised spirits, and I really feel confident about this challenge today.

Rosalina was surprised to see that the flag for the challenge was already up at the tree mail.

To win the prize this challenge involves:

Swim, step, smash, solve

With a great reward and immunity at stake

To make the merge, don't be your tribe's flake.

"FLAKES? I eat FLAKES for BREAKFAST. Literally," Donkey Kong boasted as he pounded his chest anxiously.

Donkey Kong: Look man; we have NOTHING to lose at this point. Not like we were going to lose in the first place, of course.

"Well, let's go crush some puny little Nokatan buggies under our HEELS!" Bowser Jr. cheered. The tribe agreed and headed towards the challenge site, hoping for the best.

Nokatan-Day 23

"God, I feel like I want to faint right now," Luigi dozed as Daisy accidentally knocked one of the torches on him.

"Right now, all I care about is the fact that we survived yesterday," Bowser brought up. Nobody could argue with his logic as the packed up and headed out.

Reward/Immunity Challenge

"Come on in guys!"

The fantastic five from Pintaso hiked their way across the beach to the mat. Nokatan was soon to follow, everybody looking completely exhausted. Nobody was surprised to see that Wario was missing from their group.

"I'll take back the immunity idol Birdo," Jeff explained, extending his hand for it. Birdo kissed it farewell and unwillingly gave it back.

"All right, let's get to the basics of today's challenge. You'll each have three swimmers and two puzzles solvers. On my go, one of the swimmers from each tribe must make their way across a balance beam stretching over the water. That person will then dive out and swim over to that high platform. You must climb up the ladder, grab the axe, and jump out in an attempt to smash the tile. Once the tile is smashed, a key will be released and sent flying out towards the water. You must then dive down, retrieve the key, and swim back. Once you're back across the balance beam and over the line, another person will go out. Each swimmer will go twice. Once you have all six keys, the puzzle people will have to use the keys to unlock the chest containing puzzle pieces for a 3D map of Isle Delfino. The team that correctly solves the puzzle first wins immunity and reward. Make sense?" Pintaso nodded eagerly while Nokatan nearly took a snooze right then and there.

"Wanna know what your playing for?" Bowser Jr. shouted 'YES!' at the top of his lungs as everyone else just stared at him. Awkward...

"Besides desired immunity...well, I'm not going to tell you until after the challenge." Bowser Jr. shouted 'NO!' at the top of his lungs as everyone else just stared at him. Awkward...

Jeff grinned. "Nokatan, you have one extra player, who are you gonna sit out?" Daisy, being the tiredest of the group, ran to rest on the bench.

"Well then...choose your roles, and we'll wait on my go."

"FOR PINTASO, THE THREE SWIMMERS ARE MARIO, BOWSER JR., AND BIRDO! FOR NOKATAN, THE THREE SWIMMERS ARE TOADETTE, LUIGI, AND YOSHI! SURVIVOR'S READY...GOOOO!"

Mario and Toadette hit the ground running as the reached the balance beam at the same time. Mario struggled a bit and fell off as Toadette took her time and gained an advantage over Mario. She reached the end first and she jumped off and began her swim towards the platform. Mario finished seconds later and was right on her tail. Toadette pulled herself up on the platform about the same time as Mario, but Mairo got a better lead as he climbed up, grabbed the axe, and successfully made contact with one of the tiles. Toadette had just reached the top when Mario grabbed the key and was swimming back. Soon Toadette had managed to jump from her short legs and release a key. The plumber made it back first as he sprinted towards the mat.

"MARIO IS BACK FIRST! JR. CAN GO OUT!"

Seconds later Toadette arrived and both the original Cataquala members were making their way towards the water. Luigi caught up to Bowser Jr. on the balance beam and managed to surpass him when Jr. fell off. Luigi now had a beatufiul lead as he started his swim towards the ladder. Bowser Jr. was only a little ways into the water when Luigi made it. The green cad clambered his way to the top as he sprung out to smash the tile. Bowser Jr. pulled himself up the ladder as Luigi grabbed the key and sped back. Jr. decided to throw the axe at the tile instead and went 'Geronimo' down. He began to catch up to Luigi as he darted back and allowed Yoshi to go. Bowser Jr. made it about fifteen seconds later and tagged Birdo.

The two lovebirds made it across the beam with ease as Yoshi had the headstart on the swim. Birdo struggled to keep up but didn't fall more behind Yoshi. The green dino hopped up the steps and darted out to smash the tile. He, however, forgot he needed the axe, so he didn't have enough length to smash one. He fell back down as Birdo had the tiniest lead on him. Both ran back up, smashed the tile, snatched the key, swam back, and ran towards the mat. Birdo collapsed on the mat.

Toadette and Mario both started back at the same time like before. Toadette made it across the beam first as she did a cool flip into the water. Jeff applauded. She and Mario stroked towards the platform and repeated the same process as before. Toadette was starting to get farther ahead of Mario as she smashed the next tile. When she fell down in the water, though, she couldn't find the key anywhere and began struggling. This allowed Mario to get back to shore again first as Jr. ran back out.

Jr. tripped on his way to the beam, somersaulting onto the ground.

"Ooh," Jeff commented. Toadette made it and Luigi ran out as Jr. brushed himself off and went across the beam. He fell off once again as Luigi swam back towards the platform. Soon Jr. was back off and he began swimming. Both tribes cheered as Luigi ran back up the ladder and broke a fifth tile. He was gaining a beautiful lead on Jr. as the Koopa Kid made it to the platform. Once he'd smashed the tile, Yoshi was already going.

Yoshi was paddling towards the platform when Bowser Jr. finally made it back. Birdo tried her hardest to catch up to Yoshi's lead, which only began to increase more and more. Yoshi hopped up each step and made a leap towards the tile WITH the axe this time. It shattered on contact, but the key was stuck in one of the pieces. Birdo was swimming by him as Yoshi searched the pieces for the key. Birdo had smashed the tile when Yoshi finally found it and was heading back. The two dinosaurs crossed the mat with the final puzzle pieces about 10 seconds apart from each other.

"BOTH TRIBES HAVE ALL THEIR PIECES! DIDDY, BOWSER, ROSALINA, AND DONKEY KONG CAN START WORKING ON THE PUZZLE!"

Bowser bit into one of the bags in an attempt to untie them. Diddy poured the 3D defunkatated pieces onto the work table and began spreading them out. Rosalina tried her best to picture the dolphin outline of Isle Delfino as Donkey Kong stared at the pieces in confusion.

Bowser placed the corner piece on the table by shoving it in place. Nokatan finished all the multi-layered corners as Pintaso tried working on the Isle Delfino outline from memory.

"This goes here," Rosalina informed her partner.

"Um, put it there," Diddy ordered.

"Things are getting close," Jeff pointed out as more and more pieces began falling in place.

Finally, one tribe shouted done as Jeff walked over to inspect the puzzle. He looked at it for a second before making his decision.

"PINTASO WINS REWARD AND IMMUNITY!"

The red tribe shouted victoriously as they celebrated in a group huddle.

Mario: YEAH BABY! Another challenge won! This just shows we are something to be messed with. Ratio for merge is looking GREAT now!

After everyone began calming down, Jeff resumed speaking.

"Congratulations Pintaso tribe, not only do you win reward, but you are also safe tonight from tribal council," the Koopa explained as Bowser Jr. eagerly ran forward to collect the victory token. Nokatan sulked a bit, knowing they were losing another member, when suddenly Birdo had realization.

"Wait, what IS the reward?" she asked.

Jeff grinned. "Forgot to mention that. Meh, simply feasting, chowing, and a nice break." The Pintaso tribe stood motionless. "Oh, and the task to choose one person from the Nokatan to join you on the reward to be safe from the vote tonight." Sinister music began playing.

Toadette: I KNEW SOMEHOW that there was going to be a twist to winning the challenge. All I could do at that point was pray they chose me.

After discussing amongst themselves, the tribe came to a final decision. Donkey Kong whispered it in Jeff's ear. "Daisy, you'll be joining the Pintaso tribe on the reward."

Daisy: I have no idea WHY the other tribe went with me as their guest for reward, but I really didn't care. Free reward, free immunity, what could make it any better? Then all of a sudden it hit me that Yoshi was alone.

"Nokatan tribe minus Daisy, I have nothing else to say, get back to camp and I'll see you at tribal," Jeff reminded. Once the blue team had left, Jeff's attention returned to the Pintaso tribe plus Daisy.

"Oh, I suppose I forgot to mention one teensy detail about the reward. You'll be spending it aboard that yacht," the host announced, pointing towards the ocean as a 72-foot luxury yacht was seen sailing amongst the horizon, blowing it's foghorn. "Have an awesome afternoon!"

An awesome afternoon they would have indeed.

Pintaso-Day 23

"OH MY GOD!" Birdo cheered as she and the others boarded the grand ship overwhelmingly.

Rosalina: The reward was absolutely unbelievable. The closest I ever got to a luxury cruise and now I was on it. This massive yacht with three decks, a lounge, a patio, and so much more...it was truly spectacular.

"Pinch me, I'm dreaming, right?" Jr. teased as everyone ran over to a wooden table. Hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches, chips, salad, pizza, dessert, and beverages were scattered along the bench buffet, begging the hungry Survivors to eat them. Daisy felt a little bit uncomfortable as everyone began chowing down.

Daisy: I was incredibly greatful that I was chosen, but I just couldn't feel myself there. I'm a Nokatan, not a Pintaso, and here I was like a race car in the Barbie section of the store, hoping to speed my way out of this. Thankfully, their tribe has some really nice, chatty people on it.

"Aw, don't be such a shy guy, have a seat!" D.K. encouraged as Daisy smiled and sat herself down at the table with the other Pintaso members. "I just want to say 'welcome aboard' to our extra special guest today." Everyone toasted their glasses as the Sarasa princess couldn't resist laughing.

"Oh my goodness, this pizza is so delicious!" both she and Rosalina sputtered at the same time. Mario nearly fell out of his seat in laughter.

The group continued talking about various things as Daisy included herself in conversation more and more. Finally Birdo decided to leave for a moment to explore other parts of the ship. She screamed when she saw the main deck.

Indoors contained a pool table, arcade machine, movie screen, and comfy sofa chairs. OUtodoors contained an actual pool, patio recliners, a golfing tee, and a select fishing spot. Value retail price: priceless.

Donkey Kong: It was literally just heaven on Earth. Every single thing you could possibly want to eat was served to you by order. Anything you could possibly want to do was already waiting your arrival. Literally, I didn't want to MOVE when they came to pick us up.

"CANNONBALL!" Jr. screamed as he dived into the water. Birdo shoook her head and hopped back out to get another brownie. Mario drowned a glass of wine within meer seconds.

Rosalina laughed a little as she got up and went inside to check out the set-up. She felt the leather with the palm of her hand, running down the comfy sofas. Suddenly, her glance was turned to the fake fruit display. Inside was a small slit of paper sticking out.

Rosalina: This was our first reward win for a while, so of COURSE there would be a hidden immunity idol clue. I was beyond ecstatic when I found out I soon had it in my possession. If I could go home and find it, it could change my entire game plan.

"What do you have there?" Daisy asked obnoxiously as Rosalina instantly stuffed the note in her dress pocket.

"N-nothing. Piece of lint fascinated me, that's all."

Daisy didn't look amused. "Yeah. Sure. Looks to me like you just found a clue to an idol girl!"

Rosalina: Of course, I end up getting caught by Snoopy. I suppose it might be a good thing, because I can use the idol to get her to work with me come merge time.

Daisy: What topped off my trip with the Pintaso tribe was finding an idol clue with Rosalina. Now Yoshi has an idol, and Rosalina has one. If I can sway her with us towards merge, we'll be literally unstoppable!

"Here, let's look at the clue," Daisy offered. Rosalina shrugged, looked to see if anyone was coming, then opened the note slowly. It read:

30 paces to the left of your mail, where the rock curves out to form a tail. At the bottom of the tree where the roots display, here is where your seeked idol lay.

"Please tell me you know what the heck this is talking about," Daisy asked as Rosalina grinned. She knew where, and soon the idol would be hers.

"This. Is. Paradise." Mario stated as the yacht continued to sail around Isle Delfino serenely.

Nokatan-Day 23

Bowser flung his bag angrily at the ground when he and the others arrived back at camp. Toadette sat down on a log and tried hiding any oncoming tears while Diddy kicked a pot with his foot in fury.

Luigi: Losing really sucks. Gee, understatement of the year right there. But it's the truth. And now I really am starting to worry about what's going to happen tonight at tribal council since Daisy not being here might really shake things up.

Yoshi: I could be in serious danger right now. Serious. Huge. My biggest ally in this game is enjoying some heavenly feast or whatever whereas I'm left here to fend for myself in hopes that I can make the merge. Sure, I have the idol, but why in the world do I want to flush it? It's crucial to have when two tribes become one.

"Well, what's the game plan?" Toadette nagged Diddy. "You and I only have 2 whereas they might end up having three, you know."

"I'm self-aware," Diddy hissed as Toadette backed away from him. "We just need to go for whoever anyone else might be going for. For instance, I think Yoshi might be a good choice tonight since Daisy isn't here to boost his numbers up."

"That's probably a good idea," Toadette considered, "but I honestly wouldn't mind seeing Bowser leave his paranoid Wario gamestyle too."

"So many choices...so little time."

Bowser: There's been some serious scrambling around camp last minute. Everybody's been doing their best to convince everyone else to work with them to ensure their merge safety. I can't wait until merge; hopefully things won't become THIS chaotic. That is, if I actually MAKE the merge.

"You and I both know that Diddy is a threat, right?" Yoshi persuaded Bowser as they jogged along the beach. "Okay, he's not THAT big. But think of it this way: he and Toadette are likely going to swing over to the Pintaso tribe. That's just the way it is. Not to mention Diddy's probably going to get along really well with D.K., enought to, I dunno, ALLIGN with him. That's why I think we need to vote him out tonight. And that's my piece," he concluded.

"Wait, I don't see it. That's D.K. and that's IT. Why should I vote for him to keep you in?" Bowser pressed. Yoshi gulped.

Diddy ran up to Luigi. "So, who are you planning on voting out tonight?" Diddy asked.

"Um, I honestly haven't made up my mind yet," Luigi grumbled as he resumed collecting driftwood.

"Well, you should vote Yoshi. He's easily a big competitive threat for the challenges, and has so many allies he could work with. Birdo. Mario. Luigi. Rosalina. Do. The. Math."

Bowser tapped Toadette on the shoulder. Naturally, she screamed. "Good golly, all I wanted to ask you about was if you'd consider what I'm about to say!"

"Considering!" she cheered, raising her hands in the air. In an instant, imaginary confetti streamed from everywhere and Toadette finished her routine. Bowser didn't seem too impressed.

"Just listen to me for, oh, five seconds? Three words: Vote Diddy Out. If you haven't been able to see through his mask yet, he's a liar and a strategist. The ankle deal? He never really got HURT by that! The time-"

Toadette groaned. "Look, I know what you're trying to get for here, and even if it gets me out I still won't do it. I made a promise to Diddy. And your logic doesn't even make SENSE dude! Although I can't really blame you considering the odds of the shelter deal..."

Toadette: I've never seen so many people feel so scared at the same time. I haven't! Everyone's head is on the chopping block tonight for going home, so all anyone feels like talking about is how everyone else is good to get rid of. Even my biggest ally, Diddy! I just wish we could focus on bigger things, like continuing to make repairs to our shambled shelter that's in MUCH need of assistance, or how we can plan out our rice accordingly so we have enough for the next few days.

Diddy: I can't believe I'm saying this, but this vote is making it seem like alliances are out of the question. Still shocked at myself, but even if it means voting out my biggest cohort so I'd stay in...I'd do it.

Footage of a snake eating and digesting a bird could be seen by the viewers. Lucky viewers.

Pintaso-Day 23

The sun was slowly making it's way across the sky as Rosalina and Daisy rejoined the party outside. The sea breeze suddenly caught Mario's wift and made him remember fishing.

Mario: Ever since I was a tot of two or so, I've loved to fish. Even in the bathtub as a kid, I'd like to reel in the little suckers. This reward had impressive new fishing pole designed to improve the usage of the poles. It was fun to be back in the ocean fishing again.

"Woo! It's fishing season!" the plumber cheered as he tossed his line in. The yacht continued speeding away as the line was dragged along with it. A harder time to fish for Mario.

Birdo returned to the food bar. "This is just so dang good!" she whistled, biting in to an egg salad sandwich. A few seconds later she clutched her stomach and ran to the railing. You might be able to guess what happened after that...

Birdo: I threw up. I got seasick and I threw up. Although it probably didn't help that earlier I had completely gorged myself with barbecue and chips and wine that tasted so incredible.

"Hey, who's up for some golfing?" Daisy challenged. D.K., Bowser Jr., and Rosalina agreed and stepped up to the tee extending out into the waters.

Daisy went first. She steadied her grip, swang back, and shot the ball skyrocketting into the ocean.

Bowser Jr. went next. He almost tripped over his own feet as the ball lobbed itself at a little shorter distance.

Rosalina went third. She carried mostly her belongings (and the belongings of other people) that she almost collapsed under the intense weight.

D.K. went last, but instead of hitting the ball, he threw the entire bat WAAAAAAAAAY far into the sea. Everyone laughed as D.K. turned a shade of pink.

D.K.: I pulled such a Boston Rob with the golf club...at least it still went the farthest of the bunch?

A tangerine orange sky perched over Corona Mt., which stood proudly at the top of Isle Delfino. The group of six leaned against the railing and looked up. The entire island appeared to glow with a such a surreal color that it almost looked unreal.

Rosalina: It's almost hard imagining such beautfiul places out there in the world that most people hardly ever get to see, as they spend all day hovered around a little computer typing up spreadsheets for your boss and such. Isle Delfino truly is spectacular.

"Oh my gosh! Look at that!" Bowser Jr. squealed, jumping up and down while pointing to a large pod of whales in the distance.

"That is truly amazing," Rosalina sighed.

"Whoa, I got something!" Mario called out as his line actually began sagging for once. D.K. rushed over to help as the two of them reeled in a 20 or so pound tropic fish.

"What a better way than to end Day 23; the reward of a lifetime; the knowledge that we're all safe from tribal council, and a beautfiul sunset over a gorgeous landscaping. AND now a catfish." Donkey Kong concluded.

The entire tribe burst into laughter as the yacht set sail back in course for both tribe camps.

Daisy: I just have this huge knot in my stomach about what's going to happen during tribal council tonight, and whether I'll come back from this reward to see my ally or someone else leave.

Nokatan-Day 23

As Pintaso enjoyed a relaxing trip back home, Nokatan continued it's mad scramble to stay in the game. Nobody had a clue how the tribal council would pan out that evening as almost everyone was working with and against each other.

"I keep feeling like tonight's my last night," Toadette sighed as she cleaned the camp utensils. "I really just want to make jury at least but I don't know whether or not it's going to happen." Diddy bit his lip, almost causing it to bleed.

Yoshi recalled the handshake Luigi and him had over who to vote for that night. He began wondering if he should stick with it or not.

"We're still in the same alliance, right man?" Bowser asked Luigi. the green fiend smiled weakly before looking away at the beach.

Everybody had discussed alliances and decisions. They all grabbed their torches and headed towards tribal council with their minds still swarming with thoughts.

Toadette: Yoshi needs to be voted out.

Bowser: Toadette is looking like the good choice.

Yoshi: Diddy Kong's stories could caust him tonight.

Diddy: Luigi's time on the island needs to end.

Luigi: Bowser's paranoia is about to do him bad.

Tribal Council

"Grab a torch and approach a flame," Jeff instructed. The five tribemates did exactly as they were told. Here went nothing...

Jeff adjusted his position. "So tell me, Toadette; 23 days. Almost the merge. What's driving you to keep going?"

"Um, I think I'd be considered greedy if I said the money, but that's what it is. Otherwise I might have given up, especially after how fun yesterday was..."

"Wait, Luigi, tell me about yesterday?"

"In a thirty second summary, we woke up to a minor brush fire, which totally devastated our banana stock, then later that day at, oh, MIDNIGHT this huge rogue wave obliterates our ENTIRE camp site. We had to get up and stay wet just to fix it so it's temporary. Yeah, Jeff, it was bad."

"Bowser, tell me what's going on? I mean, you guys used to be unstoppable and now you're going to be tied with the other tribe ratio-wise. What's happening, bro?"

"What's happening is that everyone's starting to get frantic and nervous about the dramatic situations and being the next one to go that everyone's brains are going on standby mode that we become so caught up with it in the challenges we don't concentrate enough to do well."

"Yoshi, do you feel comfortable about tonight's vote?"

"No. No, absolutely not. Anyone who CONSIDERS feeling smug about it is going to be an eliminated dead man. There's been so much talk going on that it's starting to come down to luck in my opinion."

"Diddy, how do you think tonight's vote will play out."

"All I know about tonight's vote is that it's someone getting voted out. And I just hope that someone isn't me.

"Well, with this interesting news being said, it's time to vote. Bowser, you're up."

Voting Order: Bowser/Yoshi/Diddy/Luigi/Toadette

Votes For/Who Voted/Speech

Bowser: Toadette "Look, you might have that great title 'King of Koopas', but with how scared you got and how much you had to ask people for help doesn't make me feel like you're the good show-tmer for the merge?

Yoshi: Diddy Nothing personal my fellow green dude. Just buisness, which I made a lot of terms of.

Tick Tock Tick Tock

"If anyone has the hidden immunity idol and would like to use it, now would be the time to do so." Yoshi reached into his pocket for a few moments before deciding that he'd take the risk on his own.

"Okay then, I'll start with the votes. First vote...Bowser." Bowser shrugged, firguring he'd have at least one vote.

"Toadette. One vote Bowser, one vote Toadette." Toadette adjusted her seat as she began biting her fingernails.

"Yoshi. We are tied, one vote Bowser, Toadette, and Yoshi." All three began growing more and more nervous.

"Fourth vote..."

"..."

"Yoshi. Two votes Yoshi, one vote Bowser and Toadette." Yoshi shook his head and delivered a facepalm to his forehead.

"..."

"...Seventh person voted off Survivor: Isle Delfino...Yoshi. 3 votes is enough. You need to bring me your torch."

Yoshi shrugged as he skipped over to grab his torch from the rack. Toadette stood up and gave him a farewell hug as he brought his torch over to Jeff. He reached his hand inside his pocket and sighed.

"Yoshi, the tribe has spoken," he announced, bringing the snuff right on his flame. "It's time for you to go."

"Later guys! Good luck Nokatan at merge!" Yoshi hollered as he disappeared into the night. The four remaining castaways waved at him as the Koopa stood up.

"Well, after a day of craziness and confusion, Yoshi, the kind at heart, ended up becoming your guys' choice. But was it worth it? We'll see what happens later on. Grab your torches, head back to camp. Good night."

Four lit torches were seen exiting the tribal council area and hiking on the trail back to their camp.

Confession:

Yoshi: Well, puh. I knew that the moment Daisy was selected for safety that I was in a trouble position. I'm proud of the playstyle I competed this game in though. I always worked hard around camp and in challenges, I always strived to do what was best for myself and others, and I never once turned on my main alliance with Daisy. I hope you last long and kick some serious Pintaso butt in future challenges. Peace out!

Votes For Who/Who Voted:

Yoshi: Bowser, Luigi, Diddy

Bowser: Toadette

Toadette: Yoshi

Next time on...Survivor!

With the game arriving at the halfway mark, the tribes finally merge.

"WOO! This is what I've been waiting for ALL GAME!" Bowser Jr. shouted.

"Cheers to the final 10!"

But with the merge comes shocking new updates.

"What the heck? Why is the idol not there?"

"Ow ow OOOOOOOOOOOW!"

"I refuse to ever work with him ever again."

"Please help me through this..."

...dun dun dun? Yeah, not really. Sorry if the end seems a bit rushed; I really, really, really wanted to update this by Christmas. HOPEFULLY (I'm not promising, hence it's just HOPEFULLY) I'll be able to work on Survivor more in my spare time during Christmas Break so I can get up at least one merge episode before the holidays end. Maybe even New Year...

So anyways...MERRY CHRISTMAS FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE! :P PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW! THANKS!