Longest. Survivor. Chapter. I've. Ever. Written. *faints*
AAAAAARGH! I suddenly have an intense disliking towards writing...because I'm either always occupied or have a case of Writer's Block. DX (Exhibit A: just look at three of my uncomplated stories) I'm really sorry that I take forever to come up with these chapters. I just hope you understand that I DO care about this and hope you guys like it.
And regarding Survivor: Fans VS Favorites...I got the nine players a long time ago. :O Please don't send in any more applications, okay? I'm sorry, but I already have all nine spots filled. Maybe I'll do something with the ones who didn't make it for a future Survivor, but who knows.
Previously on...Survivor!
The Pintaso tribe thought strategically ahead for the merge.
Birdo: The merge 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.
"Dude, LISTEN to me for a second," Mario explained as Donkey Kong rolled his eyes. "I think you and I need to allign with each other."
But with strategy came cockiness.
D.K. scoffed. "IF we lose immunity? Tch, is 'if' even in the vocabulary?"
Rosalina: I cannot believe how arrogant my entire tribe appears to be getting right now! I feel like the only sane person on my tribe is me.
Meanwhile, Nokatan experienced the worst day of their tribe's history with a sudden fire...
Toadette jumped out of bed at the smell of smoke. Suddenly, she began to smell something thicker than the smoke back at the campfire.
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?
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.
And a tidal wave that swept away their shelter.
Suddenly, a monstrous wave engulfed the beach, swarming it's way over towards the shelter.
"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.
"Please tell me that this is NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW," Diddy fussed as the waves began calming down.
At the challenge, Pintaso pulled off a narrow victory...
"PINTASO WINS REWARD AND IMMUNITY!"
Where they weren't only guaranteed safe until the merge, but got to spend the afternoon aboard an elaborate yacht, while kidnapping a player from the other tribe to join them.
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.
Pintaso enjoyed feasting and fun with their new company.
"Oh my gosh, this pizza is so delicious!" Rosalina screamed as she dug in. Daisy grinned a little bit as Mario proposed a toast to their tribe's victory and special guest.
"NO WAY!" Birdo cheered. 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.
Daisy: I was incredibly greatful that I was chosen, but I just couldn't feel myself there.
Rosalina ended up finding a clue to a hidden immunity idol.
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.
"What do you have there?" Daisy asked obnoxiously as Rosalina instantly stuffed the note in her dress pocket.
Rosalina: Of course, I end up getting caught by Snoopy.
Back at Nokatan, alliances were thrown out of the question as everyone panicked to last to the merge.
(Auto-tone) "You know that Toadette/Yoshi/Bowser/Luigi/Diddy is the best to vote out tonight, right?"
"So many choices...so little time."
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.
Diddy: I'm still shocked at myself, but even if it means voting out my biggest cohort, Toadette, so I'd stay in...I'd do it.
In the end, one unlucky person became the majority's choice. Yoshi, who had the hidden immunity idol, was voted out of the tribe.
"Later guys! Good luck Nokatan at merge!" Yoshi hollered as he disappeared into the night.
With the tribes even at 5 each, it's anyone's game. What will happen with the two idol stories? Will the merge occur? And who will be the final person not to make the jury?
Title theme plays.
Pintaso: Birdo, D.K., Rosalina, Mario, Bowser Jr.
Nokatan: Toadette, Diddy, Bowser, Daisy, Luigi
39 DAYS, 18 PEOPLE, 1 SURVIVOR!
Nokatan-Night 23
The four tribemates who had survived the night's tribal council returned back home to their shelter, drained, tired, hungry, and exhuasted.
"Well THAT was fun," Luigi commented sarcastically, hanging up his canteen and crashing into the shelter.
Diddy: That tribal council...god, I was praying the entire time that I could just make the merge at least. My prayers were answered and Yoshi was the bummer situation sent home instead. This leaves me in a great position right now. Daisy is practically HELPLESS without Yoshi. And the idol he had. What? I'm pretty dang sure he had an idol. Toadette and I don't have it, Bowser just found the CLUE last night, and Luigi was barely even on our tribe. So it had to have been in Daisy or Yoshi's hands. Now, I'm just hoping that I, Bowser, Luigi, and Toadette can stick together to final four even.
"I honestly believe that the four of us need to stick together once the merge comes or else we could end up in some hot water," Bowser reasoned. "Daisy's kind of an outsider now that Yoshi's gone, so she'll probably not want to work with us. So, we four Nokatan need to go into the merge headstrong to make final four."
Toadette: I was actually thinking about finding out what the other tribe was like, but then Bowser's big plan of a 'final four' deal got laid on the table and claimed by the other two guys. I have to admit it's probably the safest thing to do, but I can't be too sure.
"Daisy's probably gonna be ballistic when she returns from the reward," Luigi teased truthfully. Toadette nodded and sunk her head back under her sweatshirt pillow.
Daisy trodded her way back towards camp in the early morning after a crew boat took her back. She crept silently as to not wake any of her asleep tribemates. When she got to the shelter, she peaked inside to see who got eliminated. She almost fainted.
Daisy: Going on the stupid reward in the end ruined just about everything. My main ally was gone, and along with his absence was the idol. I'm absolutely SCREWED at this point! If I want to stay in this game, I'm going to have to step it up big time and take extraordinary measures.
On accident, she snapped a twig, causing her four somber tribemates to wake up.
"Crap...er, uh, hi guys..."
Bowser yawned. "Murrphh. Oh, Daisy. Greetings."
Daisy bit her lip in uneasiness. "So, Yoshi-"
"Kinda obvious isn't it," Diddy commented. Daisy tried her best to show some sort of smile as she plunged herself into the darkness of the shelter.
"That was the latest tribal council ever," Luigi complained.
Toadette sat up like a kangaroo at jaguar speed. "What was that? I heard someth-oh wait, sorry, it's Daisy. My bad..."
Daisy: All I needed was that to prove I was now some kind of an outcast to them. Nobody asked me 'Oh Daisy! How was that reward of yours? What's the other tribe like? What'd you eat?' I mean, not one person. *sighs* I have no expectations of making the jury, for I could easily be the next one going home.
"Ug, it sucks out here in these elements," whined Bowser. He stretched his claws out, nearly smacking Daisy in the face. "If only we could go on a cruise or something."
Lightning nearby caused Daisy's face to light up, showing the blankest expression ever.
Pintaso-Day 24
The climate that morning was mucky. Not miserable, but still not exactly what you'd consider 'happy sunshine'. Mario roused from his slumber freezing cold as he began to try and warm up by starting a fire. Yawning, he controlled his legs to walk over to the palm tree that canopied over their shelter. Grabbing a nearby rock, Mario took it and etched in a tally mark to symbolize 24 days out in Isle Delfino.
Mario: This is really a life-changing experience, being isolated out here with minimal luxuries and a handful of people in the same boat as you. You get to spend SIX WEEKS in a place so exotic many people don't get to see something as bewildering as it in a LIFETIME!
"Day 24...and the weather sucks. Typical," D.K. complained as he used his yellow buff to wipe dewdrops off the pot. "Say, anybody want some bloody fish and chips for breakfast we caught on our tea and crumpets voyage yesterday, eh?"
"OY! NO MEAT...well you already killed it anyways," Birdo sulked as she stirred in her position. D.K. rolled his eyes and began cooking the fish.
"Just as long as it's not more rice we're having," Bowser Jr. groaned, still hating the taste of the popular grain.
Mario licked his lips. "You know what I'd really like?...pancakes. With the honey syrup smothering the flapjacks inside AND out!"
Bowser Jr. almost fainted. "Aw yeah baby! And for lunch: sandwiches. No, a nice, smoky MEATBALL MARINARA SUB!"
"And for dinner: FOUR-CHEESE PIZZA! AND HOT FUDGE SUNDAES!" Birdo screamed as everyone cheered. D.K. began arguing how banana splits were way better as a certain astro princess tried her hardest to block out their food cries.
Bowser Jr.: I don't care if we were making our own skeletons. It was nice to just relax and shout out random things. I think everyone's in good spirits because we're probably merging today, which would be the GREATEST thing to happen to us
Rosalina: Good heavens! Are you TRYING to torture yourselves? Talking about food does no good out here except for making all of our stomachs growl even louder than normal and make all our taste buds want to POP out of our tongues. And guess what? We don't even HAVE those pizzas or sandwiches or whatever. We have rice, and a few canned foods, and guess what? That's it, unless you actually CATCH something on your own. So while they started ranting about perfect midnight snacks, I decided I needed to satisfy my own hunger: by looking for an idol before it's deemed impossible.
"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...okay, tree mail, uprooted tree," Rosalina repeated to herself as she arrived at the mailbox. A producer ran from behind it in order not to be caught giving a message to the yellow Pintaso tribe. Rosalina stood facing tree mail and started calculating her paces left of the tree mail. She spotted a plant with visible roots and began digging frantically.
"Come on come on...BE HERE!" Rosalina gasped, shoveling sand and stone out from the ground. To her despair, her search kept coming up empty. Meanwhile, thirty paces away, a producer quietly slipped a note in mailbox. Rosalina could still see him through her peripherals though.
"Ug! What the heck? Why is the idol not there? I need to find it NOW before we end up merging or something!" she cried in despair. Suddenly, she saw D.K. clambering down the beach, having seen the producer put the note inside the box. (That guy should get fired or something...) Rosalina began scooping sand back in her pile before running to catch up with D.K.
"Merge merge merge please merge," D.K. panted as Rosalina met him at the box. "Oh, there you are." She shrugged as he stuck his arm inside to grab for the note carrying their further instructions. When he pulled it back out, his fingers were covered with yellow paint.
At first, both of them were speechless until D.K. started acting like a monkey. Er...a hyper monkey. "OOOOOOOOH! OOOOOOOOH! BODY PAINT! WE'RE MERGING BABY!"
Rosalina reached in further and pulled out the note. "Don't get your panties in a wad just yet...wait, there's nothing ON this note! It's a blank piece of paper!"
D.K.: I was pumped. I could taste this merge, and it was smokin' hot and delicious. With a merge brings new opportunities to find out about the people you've been playing against and let's you join together as one. But then we get the signifying paint with anonymous note in our mail?
Nokatan
"Ooh! This blue paint is SO COOL!...wait, what do we use it for?" Toadette asked curiously, dabbing her finger in it.
"Um, I wouldn't necessarily put that on yet. It might not wash off your skin," Diddy warned, trying to hold the blank parchment up to the sunlight.
Luigi: It was...really confusing. We have this random paint and a clue with nothing on it. No advice as of what happens next, nothing. Do we hold it up in the sun? Do we hold it above our fire? Do we write stuff on it with paint, put it in a bottle, send it out in the ocean, and pray someone comes save us out here?
Bowser grabbed the paper out of Diddy's hands, giving him a nice paper cut. While Diddy howled in pain, Toadette tripped and spilled a bunch of the paint on the paper.
"Aw, shoot..."
"WAIT! Something's coming out from all of this!" Bowser noted, grabbing some more paint to slother the sheet with. As he spread it out, words started to become more and more visible.
24 days, a week and a half, and an excellent job on your behalf.
For you've lasted the first part of the game, what's left in store is about to be named.
Head towards Serena Beach, and once there you will reach
The host with his buffs, ready to start over the bluffs.
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"WE'RE MERGING BABY!" Diddy, Toadette, Luigi, and Bowser cheered in unison. Daisy grew a little bit happier, realizing she might have a new start at this game.
Bowser: A merge right now would be HUGE. We all just got so pumped up about the fact that we're starting fresh with a new cast of characters. The first part of the game is mainly the competitive part, but the second half is when it gets really strategic.
Toadette: Merge...happiness...paint...opportunity.
"You guys think this stuff is actually face paint?" Daisy wondered, looking into the jar, noting that there was still quite a bit of paint left in it.
Luigi inspected it further. "Well, why not? I mean, think: why would they give us a clue involving large amounts of paint if it weren't supposed to MEAN something."
"Good enough for me!" Diddy cheered as everyone started going crazy wtih designing their faces with the blue paint. Spots, stripes, squigglies, whatever. Team spirit displayed in every way.
As the fivesome prepared to leave for the 'challenge', Daisy looked inside her knapsack and noticed an unusual slip of paper she could have sworn wasn't there earlier. She unfolded it and read something that widened her eyes:
It's where we found it before. Good luck. -Yoshi
Daisy: I was pumped for a merge since I knew things could change, but then all of a sudden I find out that Yoshi didn't bring the idol to tribal council, but instead left it in case he left so that I might stay in the game. Then all of a sudden, we're leaving and I find out but I can't go run and get it because my tribe was already leaving THIS INSTANT. If only I had found that earlier, I might stand a chance, but I don't even know if I'll ever be back at Nokatan.
?
"Come on in Pintaso!" Jeff called out as D.K., Bowser Jr., Birdo, Rosalina, and Mario marched in single file.
"Nokatan! Get over here! Take your first look at the new blue tribe, as Yoshi was voted out last tribal council." Birdo sighed when she heard the news, but Nokatan didn't show up.
"...NOKATAN?"
The fivesome darted in as fast as they could, covered with the 'body' paint.
Jeff grinned. "Well, this is pretty interesting. As you guys know, in treemail today you received a blank note and some paint. Nokatan, I notice that you guys went to town with that stuff!"
"I guess that's just the kind of tribe we are, Jeff," Bowser answered, holding his tribe flag proudly.
"Now, on the opposite side of the spectrum, Pintaso, there a particular reason why you didn't use the paint?"
Birdo shrugged. "Guess we just weren't sure if it was safe or if we needed it for the challenge, but if it's safe I'm all for it!" Everyone laughed as the yellow tribe started decorating.
The Koopa host shook his head. "Ah...seems like you guys are all excited for what's about to happen, then?" A variety of shouts erupted.
"No use in keeping you guys waiting. Drop your buffs."
"YEAH BABY!" "WOOHOO!"
Birdo: A merge...it's overwhelming really. Almost too good to be true.
"Mario, you wanna reach in there and grab a buff?" Mario replied with a smile as he dug his hand inside the jar. When he pulled up a buff, it was...BLUE?
"Mario, the first new member of the Nokatan tribe. What, you guys really thought we were merging?" Jaws dropped through the beach all the way to China.
Luigi: This was NOT happening...I mean, I had everything PLANNED until the finals. God, I shouldn't have gotten so caught up about having a merge, because now I don't have any idea what's going to happen to me.
"Toadette, you're next." Tears almost ran down Toadette's cheeks as Toadette pulled out a yellow buff. "Toadette, first member of Pintaso."
Birdo went next, grabbing a blue buff as well. "Birdo's joining Mario at the new camp."
Bowser found out he had a yellow buff. "Bowser the second member of Pintaso! So far, no change but the buffs!" Bowser growled angrily.
Rosalina crossed her fingers as she grabbed another buff. "Rosalina, third member of Pintaso, returning to her normal home." The astro princess looked at Mario and Birdo as she joined her two new tribemates.
Diddy prayed that he would be joining Toadette. "Diddy becomes the fourth member of Pintaso, only one more yellow buff."
D.K. snatched the urn and grabbed a buff. "D.K., the third member of Nokatan." The ape kicked the sand, realizing he'd be with Birdo and Mario still.
Luigi hoped that he'd be with the members of his original tribe, but got a blue buff. "Luigi is still a member of Nokatan." Luigi bit his lip as he returned to his mat. He highfived his brother.
"Two more buffs, one's yellow and one's blue." Daisy prayed that Bowser Jr. would grab the yellow buff so she could have the opportunity to get the idol back. Let's just say...Jr. didn't.
"Jr. becomes the final member of Nokatan, as Daisy automatically is the last to join Pintaso." Daisy grabbed the ultimate buff as she joined her new tribe.
Pintaso-Toadette, Bowser, Rosalina, Diddy Kong, Daisy
Nokatan-Mario, Birdo, D.K., Luigi, Bowser Jr.
Jeff set down the urn. "Well, this is pretty interesting. It seems like there's been next to no change in tribes except for different camps. Rosalina and Luigi are the only ones to be returning to their regular homes. Luigi, how does this make you feel?"
"Well, I'm definitely pissed if that's what you're talking about, but I guess it's a bit nice that I'm still at my own home and I get to be with my bro though."
"Bowser, you do NOT look happy-"
"I'm not, Jeff. Straight up, I'm just the same as Luigi. I nearly had this game in my claws. I swear I could burn this island down right now.
"Rosalina, is there any worry on your part?"
"Heck yeah. I miss my tribemates. Now I have new ones, so we'll see what happens."
Jeff nodded. "That's all I really have for you. Luigi, Rosalina, you guys are gonna be leading your tribe to their new camps. Nothing else for you, except for good luck these final 15 days." Both tribes walked out.
Daisy: This ruined everything. I have the clue to an idol, but I'm not at my camp to be able to retrieve it. And I KNEW that I could possibly switch over to Pintaso's alliance, but I'm still outnumbered by Bowser, Toadette, and Diddy.
Diddy: I'm really only upset that I'm not at my original camp, but I'm not really crushed by this. I'm still with Toadette and Bowser, so I'm not really worried at this point.
Rosalina: It's actually kind of nice that I'm not with my previous tribemates. They kind of got on my nerves a bit, but still, I liked being with my family. Now I'm vulnerable...
D.K.: Merge was the only thing I'd accept at that point, and now I have to go back to camp with the same annoying people as before. Look, I REALLY wanted this merge. I wanted a new start, not more Mario and Birdo stuff...
Mario: The switch could work both ways for me. I could be safe if I join Jr. and Luigi, or I could be ousted. That's just the way the chips fall, and they fell somewhere I wasn't expecting them to.
Nokatan
"Here we are then!" Luigi explained, pointing to their shelter. Birdo shielded the sun from her eyes, noticing the layout of Noki Bay.
Bowser Jr.: I've now officially been to all three campsites. Cataquala, Pintaso, then Nokatan. I'm actually not too concerned about the merge. I'm tight with Mario, and I had a past alliance with Luigi that I'm pretty sure will stick. The only thing I REALLY have to worry about is if the two brothers allign closer than with me.
"Hm...well, the sand quality is much nicer than at Pintaso camp, however there's too little sand. It's too rocky of a coastline for my standards." Luigi raised an eyebrow or two as Birdo inspected the layout of the camp. "As for the shelter..."
"Hey, I think maybe we ought to get a fire going," Mario suggested, noticing how Luigi was about to snap the flagpole in half.
Bowser Jr. shrugged, plopping himself down in the shelter-
"EHMEHDEHVMM..." Luigi flinched, yanking Bowser Jr. off the plank. "That that that, um, side is...er...well it's, heh, kinda broken..."
D.K.: The Nokatan camp is a disfunctional wreck. Their camp was practically left in shambles, the shelter's about ready to collapse, which I'm guessing won't be the first time, they have just about NO food stored for the future whatsoever...if I'm gonna live here for who knows HOW long, we need to make some SERIOUS changes.
Luigi: It wasn't in any way cool trying to welcome your new guests to the trashiest beach ever, but c'mon. The reason it's in shambles is because just a few days ago, we had to fix it for the umpteenth time, and there's minimal food source in the first place! We did NOT sit around on our butts all day long!
"I hope you don't mind, Luigi, but I think maybe we ought to rebuild what you guys called a 'shelter'," D.K. snorted, grabbing the machete. Mario groaned since he was just about to use it in order to get a fire going.
"Hello? Anybody going to HELP me?" Bowser Jr. sprung to his feet as both he and D.K. marched off to collect supplies, with Jr. mouthing 'help ME' to the other three. Birdo excused herself to check out more of the new camp, leaving the two brothers alone.
"Ah...think, 24 days and now we're on the same tribe, bro!" Luigi beamed, happy to be with his sibling.
Luigi: Sure, my first Cataquala tribe was like a family, and it still felt that way with Nokatan, but Mario's REAL family. He's THE one guy that's always there for me no matter what, which is really awesome to have someone like that. Sure, I often envy the fact that he tends to do things better than I do, but I still like him.
"So, explain to me, how in the WORLD did you manage to convince these people to keep you in past the first minute of the game?" Mario teased. Luigi punched him in the arm.
"But seriously though," Mario continued. "I really want to allign with you. At this point it's Bowser Jr. and myself, and you'd be the perfect guy to work with."
"Really bro? Heck, I figured you would treat me like I was the garbage you never take out. Ever. Even when I stick a Post-It note to your face." Luigi dodged Mario's punch.
"I'm not joking like the one time I put toothpaste in your shampoo-Ow ow OOOOOOOOOOOOW! Cut it out already!" Mario joshed as Luigi's face turned a new, red leaf. "But we NEED you. Here, tell me what the deal in alliances were with your old tribe."
Luigi sighed, stretching his limbs. "Daisy was with Yoshi, Yoshi got the boot, Daisy's on the chopping block, Diddy and Toadette are tight and Bowser's tight with Diddy, and Bowser proposed the four of us to final four, and that's about it." Mario blinked at his brother's haste.
"...well...see, you're better off with us. Bowser, Diddy, and Toadette are all together, Birdo and D.K. 'hate' each other yet constantly work together...if Daisy is really on the outs, we can try pulling her in...gah, this stupid switch ruined everyone's game plan. Heck, we might not even MERGE with them."
Mario: It's an unexpected twist, but so far the cards are working to my advantage right now, so we'll see what happens.
"Listen. You, me, and Birdo need to stick together," D.K. ordered as he and Jr. worked on fixing up the shelter. "That'll make three, and the sooner we get rid of Mario the better."
Bowser Jr. stared at him like he was staring at the Mona Lisa. "You seem really cutthroat about exterminating him..."
"Because he and I do NOT get along! He's MARIO, for crying out loud! 'Everybody' loves him! Do you really want to go up against the legendary hero in the final two? No!"
Bowser Jr.: Donkey Kong, I think, is really going mad. First of all, he KNOWS that I'm alligned with Mario, yet he's practically yelling at me in his buff voice to vote him out and everything. Look, I don't want to play this game with somebody who's going to drive me off a cliff.
"...let's just focus on this right now, m'kay?" Jr. pleaded. D.K. grunted, slamming his beam on top of the work-in-progress. Jr. almost fainted trying to pick up the pace of the new shelter.
Birdo, meanwhile, continued her inspections of the camp. "Hm...a nice springs to relax by. Hm, explains why they're lacking in just about everything pertaining to WORK...wait," she commented, gazing at a clump of dirt next to a purple plant. "Well, perhaps not too lazy. Looks...fresh?" The dinosaur suddenly formulated the idea about how someone might have had an idol and buried it in a hidden location as she scrambled to tear the dirt out.
"Huh...nothing here then. Well, that's peculiar..."
"WE FIXED THE SHELTER!" A voice rang out in the distance as Birdo collected herself and scrambled back to the beach. "Now we need to fix the food..."
Birdo: I still haven't found something that I liked about this place. How did we manage to lose so badly to a tribe that sat on their butts all day long deprived of actual food? Dang...
Pintaso
Rosalina smiled as she introduced her new tribemates to the Pintaso campsite. "And this...pretty much is it, all in all." Bowser scoffed as the Daisy, Diddy, and Toadette looked eager to check out the camp.
Bowser: You can't even comprehend what I'm going through right now. Luigi, Diddy, Toadette, and I made a PACT that for the merge we could stick together for the Final 4. I could TASTE that placement SO BADLY but then Jeff has to go rain on my parade. Screw his rain, I'm ready to blow him up now.
Toadette's nostril sirens went off. "Whoa...do I smell...fish?" She peeked inside a bucket and screamed in excitement at the finding of the protein-encased creatures.
"Yeah...smells kind of rotten though," Rosalina added. "Don't you guys normally have fish...?"
Diddy bit his lip. "Well...oh my god is that your shelter?"
Diddy: I don't miss Nokatan AT ALL. We were in a struggling at catching fish, and overall just lasting the elements. Our shelter was a mess, our beach was a mountain range...yeah. Pianta Viallge rocks more than Noki Bay.
Rosalina: It's like they had just gone on a roller coaster for the first time. I don't even WANT to know what happened over at their camp. All I really cared about was finally claiming my idol.
"Hey wait!" Daisy called out as Rosalina prepared to leave on her expedition. "Can I, um, walk with you? For a sec?" Rosalina squinted in angst, deciding to skip the idol for the moment.
"So...did you find that idol?" Rosalina almost tripped and fell on her face.
"Excuse me?"
"You know. That idol clue you found on the cruise ship. I'm not dumb, okay. I was there when you found it. Look, I wanna work with you. I can tell you and I are kind of outcasts anyway." Daisy reasoned.
"What makes you think I'm 'an outcast'?"
"On the boat. You sat away from the other four like they had the swine flu or something."
"...come with me."
Daisy: I feel incredibly angry with myself for blaming Yoshi when he did his best to give me that helping hand. But I ignored it and unless I manage to allign with Rosalina, whom I KNOW has the clue to an idol, I might as well extinguish my torch this very millisecond.
The two girls ran in haste towards the construction site Rosalina had established earlier that morning. Glancing at the clue every now and then, the two continued digging and digging, getting more and more frustrated that somebody had somehow found the idol before, until Daisy discovered a wrapped package.
"Oh my gosh!" Rosalina squealed as she untied the knot and kissed the idol. Daisy beamed as she shook the dirt off her hands.
Daisy: Finding that idol...I knew that I was making the jury. All of a sudden this surge of joy and realization overwhlmed me. It was...awesome.
"Well...at least we have one idol..." Daisy sighed, as both of them headed back to camp.
Diddy and Bowser were inspecting the map for the water hole. "Well, at least we still have the numbers," Diddy considered, knowing he, Bowser, and Toadette were in the 3:2 majority.
"Dude, you and I are together, right?" Bowser asked.
Diddy looked a bit appalled. "Um...well, I think you're nicer in person but I'm not exactly-"
"You and I are together IN A PACT FOR THE FINAL TWO?" Bowser growled disgustedly.
"Oh...yeah, of course. I think you and I could go far together. To be honest, I'm getting tired of feeling like I'm dragging Toadette around. She's dead weight, but we can take her to final three, where I doubt she'll win immunity.
Diddy: Toadette's been my main alliance since Day 1, and I've never shaken on that. Bowser's paranoid to extremities and keeps digging his way to get ahead while throwing dirt on the people who he's trying to work with. I'm not going Final 2 with the guy that terrorizes the Mushroom Kingdom for a living! I told him I'd go with him, though...and gosh darn it that was the biggest mistake of my survivor life.
Diddy looked at the map again. "The water hole should be right around...here..."
In front of him sat Toadette on the lid of the water supply, arms crossed, brows fuming. She sprung to her feet and ran back to camp, making sure to bump into Diddy on the way.
Toadette: Diddy's a **** liar. I cannot believe I was so stupid to agree to allign with Bowser all the way back on Day WHATEVER. And all this time I thought he'd been with me and I was so foolish to find out I was his dead possum he dragged along like Huckleberry Finn or something. I refuse to ever work with him EVER AGAIN.
"Way to go Einstein," Bowser fumed as Diddy was about to stab himself with the machete.
"Toadette, wait-" Diddy called out. Toadette closed her ears with her hands as she galloped away from the two men.
The sun started to sink in the horizon as everyone seemed to isolate themselves from each other. Diddy, Bowser, and Daisy had all fallen asleep. Toadette was in her own little corner moping while Rosalina was the only one to be tending to the fire.
Rosalina: After I found the idol, I suddenly realized that I was the only person on this tribe that did any work. I started the fire, I cooked the dinner, I gathered the water...I mean, all Diddy and Bowser did was go LOOK for the water, as opposed to even collecting some while they were at it! I don't even want to KNOW what their tribe was like. Daisy complained how they were practically starving over there, well DUH you're gonna starve if you don't go out and COLLECT the food!
"I wonder what's gonna happen," Toadette stated, rocking back and forth. Rosalina shrugged as she gave up and went to sleep.
"I just know I'm absolutely screwed," whispered the mushrrom girl as she remained the only one outside in the cold.
Nokatan-Day 25
The moon slowly faded across the sky, while the sun panned upwards until daylight was visible on Isle Delfino. Birdo rubbed her eyes, ready to mark the 25th day on the overhanging palm tree, when suddenly she realized there wasn't an overhanging palm tree.
Birdo: I HATE this camp. I spent three and a half weeks living the good life with my buds over at Pintaso. It was really weird waking up this morning with the feeling that you had NO idea where you were.
"Anybody want banan...rice for breakfast..." Birdo trailed as she wiped the guck off the dirty pot. Bowser Jr. arose from the refurbished shelter, grinning at the work he and D.K. had put into it yesterday.
"I think I slept better in this shelter then the one over at Pintaso. It's amazing to know how much we've, y'know, grown over our time out here. Remember how confused we were how to use a machete when we got off that boat?" Bowser Jr. reflected, hanging on to the side of the shelter. "Though I still hate rice..."
"And remember that one spear deal D.K. made?" Mario laughed, remembering the failure pole. One particular person in the shelter was not happy.
"The Banana 8000 was a brilliant invention. One someone with a brain unlike you could never come up with." D.K. mocked as Luigi rolled his eyes.
"Let's see...you caught how many fish? Oh yeah..." Mario remarked, beaming at his comeback. Luigi was scared to get in the middle of a possible argument, so he headed up to go get treemail and out of the line of fire.
D.K.: I'm this close to taking my tie and hanging either myself or Mario. I just cannot STAND that guy! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! *birds fly out from a nearby tree at rapid speed* ...ook?
"Well, I'm actually GLAD it didn't catch any fish...though it didn't even catch BANANAS," Birdo snorted, struggling to scrape off the dirt. "Ug, did the other tribe even KNOW about housecleaning?"
Luigi checked the mailbox, hoping to find news that this tribal swap was a dream. Instead, he found a scroll. "One could only hope..."
Maybe you've enjoyed this tribal switch,
Except it's probably sent your game plan into the ditch.
Remember this game is for one million coins.
Get through two more weeks with new purloins,
Expect the unexpected. The past is behind you.
Pintaso
"...what the crap?"
Bowser: We got this insanely creepy message in tree mail today. Something about 'expect the unexpected' and then purloins? Eh?
"Dude, where do we even GO?" Daisy asked, hoping to get an answer from the silent cameraman. Toadette nearly got a migraine trying to think about the message.
Rosalina gasped. "Oh god...the past is behind you...this sounds like something from Pearl Islands..."
"Lets not jump to conclusions now. We won't know until we get there anyways," Diddy sighed, packing his bags in anxiety. The tribe headed out of camp. Rosalina looked back at her shelter for a while before continuing along behind the others.
? Part 2
"Come on in!" Jeff smooth-talked as ten players strolled their way down the beach to their two new tribe mats.
"So, I just gotta ask...how did last night go as new tribes?" the host questioned, already expecting an answer he already knew.
"It just doesn't feel right," Bowser Jr. explained. "I mean, I missed my Pintaso camp all of yesterday and this morning. No offense, we actually REBUILT the shelter Nokatan left for us." Bowser looked both proud and disappointed at his son while Luigi hoped Jeff wouldn't ask his opinion on the matter.
"I guess that just proves it's still two different tribes," Daisy reasoned. "We do things differently from them, and when the switch almost resulted in the same people but at different camps...well, that's self-explanitory."
Jeff grinned. "Is anybody really happy about this setup?" Nobody raised their hand, though a few shook their hand as to be partially.
"Let me put it out on the drawing board. NOBODY likes this?"
"No, Jeff. We were hoping for a merge, and I think the false hope is killing the mood," Diddy rounded out.
Jeff nodded. "...I'm not gonna keep you 'distressed' any longer. Drop your buffs. We're switching things up again."
Mario: Oh god...I was one of the few who had it perfect but EVERYBODY had to be such whiny babies about it. *rubs temples* Here we go again.
"Mario, why don't you reach in there first again and see what color tribe you'll be on." Mario moaned as he dug his hand inside Jeff's doom jar once more.
"YEAH BABY!"
"Green is the color of the merge tribe! Pintaso, Nokatan, and previously Cataquala are no more! Toadette, you look like you have tears in your eyes!"
Toadette wiped them off swiftly. "I wanted this really badly Jeff!" she exclaimed, eagerly accepting a green buff.
After everyone held their new buffs in the air victoriously, Jeff returned to his post.
"Well, that's all there is to it then. Anyways, I've taken you guys to an area on Isle Delfino perhaps more exotic than Noki Bay or Gelato Beach or Pianta Vilage. We're at the base of Mt. Corona, at a beach near the Serena region. Serena Beach, except you guys aren't vacationing at the 5-star hotel. You guys are starting fresh here in the 'wild'. You guys will find a flag, a machete, flint, rice, and all of your personal items. So, I suggest you guys head up here, get settled in, and good luck for the second half of the game."
Merge Tribe-Day 25
Ten exhausted players cheered victoriously as they saw a plain green banner on a beach in the distance. All that was on it was the logo for Survivor: Isle Delfino.
Luigi: I feel like BABY Luigi right now. Heh...everyone kept whining about how bad this switch was, and it turned out to be the greatest facepalm moment of the entire game. I think the producers made it this way to see if new strategies would form within one day, only to come to what you were previously planning, but with strategies you wish you hadn't made. Sneaky sneaky sneaky...I'm still glad about the merge, though! Don't get me wrong about that!
"Why do I feel like I just arrived to Survivor for the first time again?" Birdo asked, skipping happily towards their new campsite.
Diddy began investigating the beach. "Let's see...we have a tarp, a machete, some flint, rice...this is AWESOME!"
"And a message for all of us!" Daisy pointed out enthusiastically. Bowser Jr. snatched it in his hands while everyone crowded around him. He began to read:
Congratulations! You've made it to the merge! Believe it or not, there are only two more weeks left in the game, so make the most of them if you want to win. You have been provided with paints and decorations to create a new tribe flag. You must come up with a new tribe name. A shelter and fire are things that might want to be taken care of sooner than later, but for now enjoy the feast laid out in front of you. Good luck!
"What feast-YES YES YES!"
Toadette began jumping up and down when she saw a large, woven picnic basket plopped on the ground a couple yards away. Bowser ran up to the box just like he did the very first day, only this time he didn't smash it open. Gently lifting the lid, the contents inside popped out at him. There was a giant chunk of ham, along with various fruits and berries, cheese and crackers, bread, cola, and a container of chocolates and other candy.
D.K.: I literally just DIVED into that buffet. I mean, there was no splitting the food for rations. It was just a fast grab to stuff your bellies. And it was SO GOOD!
"This feels more like heaven than Survivor all of a sudden," Mario exclaimed, licking his fingers from the chocolate.
Rosalina observed the utensils for the flag. "Hey, what should we do for the tribe flag?"
"What I've seen on past Survivors is everyone writes their own name somewhere on it," Diddy remarked, wondering if this new paint they had could go on their bodies once again.
"Yeah...but shouldn't we make ours more unique than that?"
Bowser Jr. grabbed a paintbrush, typically. "Hm...what is we splattered paint all over the Isle Delfino part in some cool design...er..." His father kicked him in the rear irritantingly.
Luigi had a better idea. "How about we plaster paint on our hands and place our print somwhere on the flag?" Everyone unanimously agreed to this suggestion and one at a time left their markings on the banner. In a couple minutes, it was complete, and everyone's signature was drawn under their respective print.
Birdo: It was pretty cool finally seeing everyone bonding and working together when we came up with the flag. It made me think about how far we've actually gone into this game and how we haven't even been with half of these people the entire time. So it was good sign that argument was lacking.
"Now, what about the tribe NAME..." Daisy wondered, trying to think of something. "We could make a collab of all the previous tribes...um...Catanokataso?"
"That sounds like some sort of Hawaiian taco," D.K. analyzed. Daisy raised an eyebrow.
"Hm...Pintaqualatan?"
"Nokipintacata?"
"What about Banana?" Diddy suggested. Everyone stared at him like he had some huge zit on his face.
Something flickered in Mario's brain. "Hm...what about...Delphini? It sounds like some sort of tribal name, and it's based on the actual location we're at."
"Well, if you want location...why not Serena? Nokatan was Noki Bay, Pintaso was Pianta Village..." Toadette rambled, hoping others would like it.
Bowser Jr. took action. "Let's have a vote. All in favor of Serena?" Toadette and Rosalina were the only two to raise their hands. Diddy decided to raise his in hopes that it would make Toadette feel better. "And all in favor of Delphini?" Everyone else raised their hands, outnumbering 7 to 3.
Bowser brushed sand of his legs. "Well, that settles it. Delphini it is."
Toadette: It wasn't much fun being turned down like that, especially since I really liked Serena...I guess I don't care...
Delphini-Day 25
With the daylight hours beginning to shorten, the new tribe decided it best to build a new shelter and start a fire. Everyone began pitching in to help as best as possible, but their new home wasn't really the focus on everyone's mind.
Mario: I swear, as soon as we put those green buffs on, every single person began eyeballing everyone else trying to figure out their personal strategy for winning. Especially since most people have three options now. 1: go with the people you've been working with the whole first part of the game, or your tribe, essentially. 2: go with the people you just formed allies with during the little tribal flip flop deal. 3: pray, and try to work with those you haven't been with.
"Hey Mario! Can I talk to you for a sec?" Toadette asked, sprinting down the beach. "Look...I just faced major rejection from the people I THOUGHT I trusted...can I work with your tribe? Please?"
Mario raised an eyebrow. "Well...it's not really 'our tribe'...we've been pretty divided, actually...more like Bowser Jr., myself, and recently Luigi."
Toadette shrugged. "Just as long as you'll work with me, okay?"
"That's fine by me," Mario agreed, shaking the mushroom girl's hand willingly. "I'll go tell the others about it."
As Mario jogged off to transfer the news, Bowser hopped in from behind a bush. "Hey Toadette, it's still you, Luigi, Diddy, and I for the final four, right?"
Toadette's lip quivered. "Um...yeah?"
Bowser exhaled deeply in relief and began picking up some branches. "I would say bring Daisy in, but she can't be trusted. She practically hates us for getting rid of Yoshi. Now, I do not want someone like that on the jury voting for you or me to win, kapeeche? I say she be the next person to go. And I ought to get back to fixing the shelter." With that, the Koopa King darted back to the construction site, leaving Toadette to wonder what she was going to do next.
Bowser: Nothing's really changed. I'm fully refreshed for the future of the game, though. Right now, I have it all planned out perfectly, and absolutely NOTHING can stop me this time! If things go as planned, Daisy will be voted out first. Then we have the jury, and I can probably get my son to trust me. Then it's easily final five, four, three, two, winner.
Toadette decided she didn't want to be an outcast to this new alliance she'd just caught herself into, so she decided to go along with Mario. Bowser Jr. smiled at her.
"So, I take it you're the fourth part of our four-way alliance now, right?" Jr. teased, causing Luigi to smack him on the back of the head. "Hey, is it just Hurt Bowser Jr. Day?"
"Yeah yeah yeah...okay, here's the deal. Bowser just talked to me wanting a final four of Nokatan people. Long story short, he wants Daisy out, and looking at our numbers, it might not be such a bad idea to go along with him and think that he has our trust," Toadette explained. Mario began pacing back and forth a bit as Luigi let out a deep sigh, figuring that this would come up sooner or later.
Luigi: Personally, I'm starting to wonder if Bowser has too much power over us and what we do. I'm not really keen on voting out Daisy since she and I have a...friendship...ish. Point is, I don't think Bowser should make it too far. He's suddenly proven himself to be a pretty big threat.
Bowser Jr.'s jaw dropped. "Hey, why do we HAVE to get rid of my papa? Huh? Besides, if he's that big a meanie, wouldn't you WANT him to stick around to have a better chance of winning?"
"You have a valid point there...and on the opposite side of the spectrum, I'm not terribly fond of the King of the Jungle or his pink dinosaur friend," Mario considered.
"...Simba and Barney? OW! Hey, can no one understand jokes this generation?"
Luigi let loose a minor groan from his lungs. "You know, as much as I HATE saying this...Bowser may still be right. Daisy's smart, competitive, and she could be getting a few votes next tribal council. "Urg...this merge is starting to make everything a new level of stressful."
Meanwhile, Bowser had just finished his lecture rant on getting rid of Daisy to Diddy Kong for the fifth time in a row. Finally, Diddy Kong just excused himself and went off somewhere to think things through.
Diddy Kong: To be honest, I'm not really fond of Bowser. Yesterday, he put me on the spot about us being in the final two, and coincidentally Toadette overheard it. Alligning with him was a mistake. Toadette's the one person I've been with this whole game, and I'm not going to let that stop.
Daisy was alone trying her hardest to get the sparks from the flint to land in the fire pit she created. So far, she had no luck as the wind began to blow harder on her work. Rubbing the sweat off her face, she was startled to see Diddy standing over her shoulder.
"Er...something you need, Didster?" Daisy asked.
"Well, for the first part, never call me 'Didster' again. Secondly...you're the big target choice tonight."
Daisy brushed her hair away from her face. "Tch, tell me something I don't already know-"
"The point I'm trying to make is, I'm not gonna vote for you. Period. See, yesterday, Bowser suddenly developed what most call a brain and began formulating all these plans and forcing a final four agreement between Luigi, Toadette, him, and me. And then he pulled me away from the group and was trying to get me to answer how he and I were totally final two, so to make him happy I said Toadette was just dead weight or something, and she overheard, and now I'm basically screwed."
Daisy: Honestly, I see no reason as to why I should trust Diddy. The performance he put on was like a dramatic Broadway musical or something. Besides, he's been with Toadette ever since the first day of the game. Why would he even think of saying something like that to Bowser? And he wants to go against Bowser, his other ally, now? The pieces just don't match up in my eyes.
"Why should I trust anything that you're saying? I mean, earlier, I was the person sitting on the beach basically alone with you plotting to get me out. Besides, Toadette has been your biggest ally since the very beginning, and you pulled Bowser in shortly after. Why would you suddenly just manage to lose your partner in this game and hate your backup?"
Diddy took a deep breath and clenched his fists. "That's just how the game gets under your skin. But enough of that. What I'm trying to say is, I think we need to have some sort of partnership. For instance, I help you, you help me. I know you need this just as much as I do at this point. If we work together, I'm pretty sure you can persuade Toadette to work with us again, and I can convince people like Luigi and Bowser that we need you if we want a chance at winning this game. Am I making this clear?"
Daisy's cheeks lit up as a mischievous smile grew on her face. "Crystal."
"Good. Now, if we can get into whatever group Toadette's alligned with right now, everything afterwards ought to be a piece of cake. So, do we have a deal?" Daisy nodded slowly as Diddy accepted this and ran off. When he was out of sight, she held her head in her hands. After a few minutes, she got back up and continued trying to produce a flame in her work.
On the other side of the beach, Donkey Kong was delivering a speech to Rosalina and Birdo. "Look. You two are my girls in this game. I would do whatever it takes to help the three of us progress, but we have to work together. Now, if everything goes accordingly, Mario should be eliminated come next tribal..." Birdo facepalmed obviously.
Birdo: D.K. is such a character...I swear his intense disliking of Mario is the comic relief of the game. I don't even get WHY he hates him, but he does. And somehow, it might work to my advantage.
"Well...have you even thought all of this through? I mean, look: we only have three people. If we vote Mario, we still don't have enough numbers," Rosalina explained. D.K. pounded his fist into the palm of his other hand.
"You think I have the brain of a monkey or something? Of COURSE I've thought this out! For quite some time now, too! Look: we just need to get all the girls to feel like they have some sort of 'all-girl-alliance' that I'm supposedly just HELPING in and not a PART of. I figured that Birdo could convince Toadette since you're a mom and everything, and Rosalina could persuade Daisy since you two seemed to talk to each other a lot on our last reward, and maybe I could sway Diddy."
Birdo: I can't believe that I'm a working mother of four children and I can't even stand up to D.K.
"I...guess that makes sense?" Birdo wondered, adjusting her bow.
"Of COURSE it's going to work? Look, we just need to get Mario out NOW! Kapeeche?" D.K. shouted, trying to get his point across. Rosalina nodded nervously and ran to her ally. They ended up bumping into each other.
Daisy was the first to talk. "Look, apparently I'm in some really big trouble voting wise..."
"Problem solved. D.K.'s wanting to get all of the girls to join up and vote out Mario. So if we stick with them, we should be okay."
"That's not gonna work though. Diddy just told me about how he and Toadette had some huge blowout or something like that, and apparently Diddy's 'alone' and Toadette's managed to get herself in an alliance already. Look, I managed to gain Diddy's trust somehow, but that's not gonna help us anywhere!"
Rosalina bit her tongue. "Fact is, I've managed to gain the trust of Birdo and D.K.-"
"The fact is, Rosalina, that no matter which situation we decide to turn to, one way or another I still have the most votes cast against me. Look, I know you're gonna HATE me for asking this...I need you to give me your idol." Rosalina was taken aback by this statement.
Clutching the idol texture in the pocket of her dress, she took a step away from Daisy. "I'm not sure if I can do that...because what happens after I play it? That's right! It's gone completely! And I'm sorry, but I don't want to waste it this early on!"
Daisy got on her knees and nearly began begging. "Please, Rosalina. Please help me through this. If we go with Diddy, it's 5 votes against me, plus the our three votes, plus the whatever they want to do. If we got with Birdo and D.K., it's still at least 5 votes against me. Face it, I'm SCREWED! Look, I trust you completely! You're practically my lifeline right now! I am your ally! So please!" Rosalina stood still for a minute or two.
Rosalina: Gosh darn it, this merge is making everything twice as hectic. I do NOT want to flush my idol so early on in the merge because I'm pretty sure I'm gonna need it later. If it was towards myself, I'd probably play it, but Daisy's somebody I practically alligned with by default...I don't know what to do right now...
After a tiring, eventful day, a new shelter was erect on their beach, and the moon began rising across the ocean horizon.
Delphini-Day 26
Birdo mumbled after getting hardly any night's sleep. With the anxiety killing her, she decided to go check on the tree mail. When she arrived at this new location, there wasn't a message inside the mailbox, but instead taped on top of it. In large, black letters, it read:
GELATO BEACH - PREPARE FOR A LONG ONE
Immunity Challenge
"Come on in guys!"
Ten determined players marched their way to a single, green tribe mat with all their personal items with them.
"26 days," Jeff announced, grinning from cheek to cheek. Some of the players cheered. "D.K., I'll also take back that immunity idol from you." Donkey Kong kissed the statue before handing it over to the Koopa for the last time.
"Tribal immunity is no more. From here on out, you are playing for yourselves. This is what you covet," he continued, removing a tan rag from a post. A culturistic seashell necklace was met with the player's eager looks, pumped up to continue on with the game.
"So I just have to ask...what's the new tribe name?" Mario explained how Delphini had been the most popular choice among the group.
Jeff took this into aspect as he proceeded on to the challenge explanation. "Interesting indeed...so, for today's challenge, you will stand out on one of those poles out in the water. It's an endurance challenge. Whoever stays on their perch the longest wins individual immunity. And like I warned in treemail...it WILL be a long one. Swim on out."
Bowser was the last one to climb up on his post. Jeff called out that the challenge was starting, and then the battle was on.
ELAPSED TIME: 00:00:01
"Well...this is...fun," Luigi said, trying to look on the optimistic side of things. The others simply just stared in random directions at what was going around on the beach.
Jr. grinned. "It's hard imagining that Luigi and I used to actually LIVE at this place."
"I'm developing an all new appreciation for statues..." Birdo remarked, trying to stretch her arms a bit. Jeff just sat on the beach grinning from cheek to cheek.
"I just wish the sun was out...it's just gloomy right now and I have a feeling it'll get colder later," Daisy moaned.
"Well if it gets too cold for you, you're always free to jump off," Bowser reminded. Daisy blew a raspberry at him as the group continued to stand on their seperate perches.
ELAPSED TIME: 01:15:00
Rosalina groaned. "I think it's been over an hour right now...I just wish there was something to do."
"Just don't pull a Jenna Morasca if Jeff decides to bring out peanut butter," Mario cautioned, remembering this challenge from previous Survivor seasons.
"I wish we'd eaten something for breakfast this morning...my stomach's going like crazy," D.K. complained, clutching his belly.
Suddenly, Toadette spotted something in the distance. "Oh no...don't tell me...is that Jeff?"
The Survivor host arrived on the scene with a tray in his left hand. He uncovered the lid waiter-style to reveal the contents to the players. "Anyone care for some milk and chocolate chip cookies? They're ready for anyone who jumps now."
"Don't give into temptation don't give into temptation don't give into temptation don't give into...aw, I can't resist," Diddy caved, doing a front flip into the water. He was the only one to jump off, which made him have some regrets.
Diddy: 01:18:04
Diddy: I figured a ton more people would jump, but apparently I was the only one, and with that fact confirmed I'm starting to regret my decision.
"All yours for the taking," Jeff announced. Diddy was stunned a the fact he had 10 cookies all to himself. The others tried their hardest to look away and resist the hunger urge.
Jeff began packing things out. "Well, I guess that's all for now. See you guys in a few then."
ELAPSED TIME: 2:30:00
Diddy was taking a small nap on the beach while the other nine players remained on their posts. Daisy was doing her best to keep agile without moving her feet by stretching her limbs from the bottom down. Donkey Kong mistook this as a 'Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes' routine.
"Please, the MACARENA is what it's all about!" The ape began busting out to the macarena as Daisy could only stare at him in confusion. Birdo just shook her head at him.
"I wanna do something...anybody know what the square root of 361?" Luigi asked, wondering if anyone would answer.
"Uuuuuuuug! My brain doesn't function well without food! And they drilled this into us time after time in school..." Toadette ranted.
"Future scholars of the Mushroom Kingdom right here," Bowser joked, pretending to dispalyt the group like a Price is Right model.
Bowser Jr. was staring at Diddy Kong back at the beach. "And look at him! He gets to take a nap, eat cookies..."
"Speaking of cookies," Mario transitioned, "he's BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!"
Jeff came in with a whole new delicacy. "You guys have been out here for about 2 and a half hours now...anyone willing to jump for some sandwiches?" Three people instantly catapulted into the water.
"Bowser Jr., Toadette, and Luigi now out of the challenge!" Jeff calculated as the swimmers arrived at the beach to claim their prize.
Bowser Jr., Toadette, Luigi: 02:45:49
Luigi: That sandwich was SO worth giving up immunity. I don't care what the others on the perches thought, because it was heavenly.
The three jumpers began munching on their prizes while the other six continued standing in hopes for the prize of immunity.
ELAPSED TIME: 04:00:00
"I can't believe they've been standing out there for that long," Jr. noted as he looked up at the sky. It was approximately mid-afternoon at this point, but you couldn't tell as storm clouds began floodinig in the skies above the players.
Rosalina caught sight of this. "Gee...isn't THAT just perfect?"
"If it rains, it's gonna get cold...I'm stepping down," Birdo announced, instantly stepping down her pedestal. She joined the others back on shore who were already putting their raingear on.
Birdo: 04:01:32
"The five out there right now seem like they're all bound and determined to win this challenge," Toadette observed. "Personally, I think it's because they're the most worried that they'll be voted out at tribal council tonight."
"We just get to sit here and watch," Luigi summarized, starting to collect wood and branches in case for later.
ELAPSED TIME: 05:30:00
Raindrops had already started to pour on the contestants, but they all remained standing on their selective stump. Their faces all showed commitment to win the challenge.
"This is TORTURE!" D.K. exclaimed as loudly as possible, shaking his head to get some of the rain off. Mario just chuckled a little and continued standing.
"My body wants me to get off...but my heart wants me to stay on..." Daisy stated, trying to keep her spirits up.
Just as could be expected, Jeff rolled in through the rain with his next bargain. "For the next people to jump off, a full on meal, with hot dogs, chips, and soda-" It didn't take much timing for three of the players to hop off their perch.
"Rosalina, Mario, and Bowser all out of the challenge, but they're still gonna chow down," Jeff stated, sighing as the greedy players all began eating their servings.
Rosalina, Mario, Bowser: 05:38:56
"D.K. and Daisy are still out there fighting," Mario observed, watching as the most determined two of all continued to last on through the rain and temptation.
Mario: I'm pretty sure my jump made D.K. think he was the beastliest person ever for beating me, and you know what? I really don't care what he's thinking out there.
Rosalina: My jump for food was such a dumb idea. I was suddenly just relying on someone else to win and hope that they'd keep me in the game if they did.
Diddy woke up from his nap. "This is still going on?" The other seven nodded and continued watching D.K. and Daisy perservere.
ELAPSED TIME: 09:00:00
The sun, though not visible, had already set. The night hours were fast approaching, but D.K. and Daisy continued to stay out in the cold. The rest of the tribe sat on the beach around a small fire, trying to keep as warm as possible.
"They've been out there nearly nine hours now," Bowser Jr. pointed out. "That takes a LOT of gusto to do..."
Birdo: D.K. and Daisy...it was almost painful watching them suffer out there while we had all given up. They both have willing spirits, that's all I'm gonna say.
Bowser: My guess is the only reason they're still out there is because they believe they're gonna be voted out...I'm hoping that Daisy quits so the plan can still continue.
Jeff came out with no food this time, but a megaphone. "You guys realize we have to go to tribal council tonight, right?" Two weak faces nodded back at him as Jeff pulled out the final offer. Hopping into a boat, he paddled out to the two players.
"For the person who gives up immunity, I have some hot, refreshing coffee, and a free boat ride in back to the beach. Any takers?" Daisy and D.K. stared at each other for the longest time, neither wanting to lose precious immunity. Finally, one of them couldn't handle it anymore, and willingly hopped in Jeff's boat.
"DONKEY KONG WINS FIRST INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY!"
Daisy: 9:10:13
D.K.: 9:10:14
Donkey Kong pounded his chest a few dozen times before gathering up all his energy to jump off the pedestal. The players back on the beach all congratulated the both of them.
D.K.: Winning immunity...it was a bittersweet moment. I went through a lot to earn this, and I'm gonna appreciate that I did that.
Daisy: I honestly couldn't take the elements anymore. Had I stayed out there a few more minutes, I might have come down with hypothermia. Right now, all I'm hoping for is a miracle to keep me in.
Jeff attached the necklace around Donkey Kong and pat him on the back. "Well, that's really all there is to it. We have tribal council to go to, so let's head out."
Tribal Council
The merged tribemates arrived at the tribal council hut, only this time all together as one. Jeff caught up to them and SAT on a stool of his own.
"Well...I think you can agree on how THAT was a wild past three days." Mixed nods and and other agreements arroused from the group.
"So let's go back to Day 24, when instead of a merge you guys came face to face with a tribe switch. Luigi, how did that affect what's happening today, Day 26"
"It did a lot of things, Jeff. I mean, while the tribes were almost identical, strategies still changed. None of us knew if this was how it was gonna be for the rest of the game or not."
"Birdo, how did it affect you?"
"Nothing much really came out of it for me, but I know for a fact that's not the case with everyone else. Alliances you had at the beginning of the game suddenly got compromised with alliances you had right then."
"D.K., what gave you that drive to deal with the challenge for so long to win?"
"You can never feel too safe, Jeff. And I just had a goal going into it that I would win, and I stuck to that goal during the whole challenge."
"On the other side of things, Daisy, what caused you to give up at the last second."
"I just knew I couldnt last any longer. I didn't want to give up, but I had to. I know for fact I needed that immunity, but I couldn't do anything else. Now I can just hope for a miracle."
"Diddy, how would you consider the cooperation of two tribes becoming one?"
"While I think we all essentially like each other, there are still divisions. And those divisions aren't just tribe against tribe."
"Bowser, do you think you're safe from the vote tonight?"
"Jeff, I'm about 75% sure I'm staying tonight, but the other 25% is for the fact that anything can happen in the game of Survivor."
"That final comment being said, it is indeed time to vote. D.K., I'm assuming you don't want to get rid of your necklace?"
"WHOO-ee, no siree."
"Okay then. You cannot vote for D.K. Anyone else is still an option. Toadette, you're up first."
Voting Order: Toadette, Birdo, Bowser Jr., Bowser, Rosalina, Diddy, D.K., Daisy, Luigi, Mario
Votes For/Who Voted/Speech
Daisy: Toadette "The past three days brought with it a lot of change. I'm not that little girl anymore. I have a new start at this. You're a threat, and that's all there is to say."
Daisy: Bowser "I'm afraid you're friend Yoshi can't do anything to save you now, princess. Better luck next time."
Bowser: Diddy "Remember way earlier in the game when Toadette and I invited you into our alliance? Biggest mistake of the game."
Mario: D.K. "Guess who's wearing this necklace right now? Oh that's right! ME!"
Bowser: Daisy "Just because I lost the challenge doesn't make me a quitter. I'm not going down without a fight, and I'm not afraid to take the mastermind against me down in the process. Game on."
Tick Tock Tick Tock
"If anyone has a hidden immunity idol and would like to play it, now would be the time to do so-"
"Miracles DO happen, Jeff."
Everyone's jaws hit the floor as Daisy pulled Rosalina's idol out of her pocket. "If I could, please."
After inspecting the design, Jeff nodded. "This is indeed a hidden immunity idol, which means any votes cast against Daisy do not and will not count. I'll read the votes then." Daisy returned to her seat with a sigh of relief as Rosalina hoped she'd made the right choice in giving it to her. Everyone else, on the other hand...panicked.
"First vote...Daisy. Does not count."
"Daisy. Does not count."
"Daisy. Does not count."
"Daisy. Does not count yet again." Bowser was furious as more and more Daisy votes were being read from the urn.
"Daisy. Again, does not count."
"...Mario. One vote for Mario." The red plumber shook his head sorrowfully as he realized how foolish he'd been.
"Mario. Two votes Mario."
"Bowser. One vote Bowser, two votes Mario." Bowser's claws almost singed out of his fingertips.
"Bowser. We're tied, two votes Mario, two votes Bowser. One vote left." It was suddenly a battle between good an evil regarding who would be eliminated.
"Eighth person voted off Survivor: Isle Delfino..."
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"...Bowser. Tonight, three votes is enough. You're gonna need to bring me your torch."
"And this is why I never kidnap you. You're to darn smart," Bowser roared, thrusting his torch into the hole. Daisy could only smile at that moment while most of the others remained bewildered and full of questions.
"Bowser, the tribe has spoken," Jeff declared, snuffing out the torch. "Time for you to say good-bye."
The villainous villain of villainry disappeared over the bridge and around the corner, becoming the final player to not make it to the jury. The other players picked up their bags and headed back to camp.
Confession:
Bowser: It seems like anything and everything I do, Mario succesfully manages to beat me, although this time he wasn't the main one responsible. I just want to congratulate Daisy on a job well done, even though it's hard for me to say. It's just hard going on a show when you're such a bad guy and you're so paranoid that people are gonna get you out. I'm rooting for you Jr.! Keep the Koopa legacy alive!
Votes For/Who Voted
Daisy: Toadette X, Bowser Jr. X, Bowser X, Luigi X, Mario X
Bowser: Rosalina, Diddy, Daisy
Mario: Birdo, D.K.
Next time on...Survivor!
Daisy and Rosalina lose their power as the idol gets played at last tribal council.
Diddy Kong takes drastic measures to regain his control.
And something incredibly game-changing happens to one of the nine players.
It's officially 4 in the morning people. I stayed up just to finish it, and on a school night. (Well, I DO have a huge cold, so I'm not going to school tomorrow anyway :P)
Anyways, hope you like it! Comment on your predictions for the final nine players! What order will the jury be eliminated, and who will be the ultimate winner? Also, new poll on my profile!
(And a HUGE thanks to Champ 15 for catching that I didn't post who voted for who...fixed it!)
Now, let's pray that I feel better and start writing all my stories faster. :P