Episode 6

This is Why I Can't Ever Win

Previously on… Survivor…

Both the Villains and Crazy Tribes started the game as physical powerhouses, dominating the challenges.

"Roxanne has it right! Crazy wins immunity and reward!"

"Haruka… scores! And the Villains win immunity!"

But both tribes began to self-destruct, starting with Giselle and Haruhi wasting their tribe's rice…

"Giselle wasted all our rice!" Asuka shouts.

"I didn't waste it alone!" Giselle shoots back. "We as a tribe all wasted our rice!"

"And now we've got none left!" Haruhi adds.

Then it was Loly micturating in her tribe's rice…

"When you gotta go, you gotta go," Loly says. "Even if it is in the bag of rice."

So Jet gave a "steep" penalty to the Crazy Tribe, but that didn't make them learn, as they ran out of rice yet again…

"Giselle has wasted our rice unwisely, pretty much all on herself," Anise states.

"A little bit on Haruhi too," Roxanne adds.

"Right," Anise says. "And we're running out of rice yet again."

"You guys can't just keep on wasting your rice and hoping for a bailout," Jet says. "This is utterly ridiculous."

So Jet refused to give the Crazy Tribe any more rice, and forced them to make it on their own. As for the Villains Tribe, Jet was infuriated when he found out that Loly had peed in the rice.

"Again?" Jet asks Loly.

"Hey, I had to go!" Loly yells.

"Well, you're about to go again," Jet states. "And I don't mean to the bathroom. For repeatedly breaking rules of the game, Loly Aivirrne, you are officially kicked out of the game. There's no need for a torch ceremony. You can head on out, Loly. You only screwed over yourself."

But Jet was in no mood for giving the Villains a bailout either.

Jet sighs. "Look, I can't keep on giving bailouts. One time was enough. No one else is getting any."

However, Kagome stepped in offered some of the Heroes' rice to the Villains…

"We have a lot of extra rice from rationing it out wisely and having fewer members on our tribe," Kagome states. "Take some of our rice and have it yourself."

"You really mean it?" Haruka wonders.

"Sure," Kagome says, with Toshiro standing behind her.

This helped out the Villains, though Toshiro was none too happy about aiding their opponents…

"Oh, come on," Kagome states. "If we didn't give them that, then they would have starved! They needed something to eat!"

"Let them catch fish," Toshiro says.

"Excuse me?" Kagome replies, getting quite angry.

But eventually Toshiro and Kagome made up. There was no making up at the absolutely chaotic Crazy Tribal Council, however…

"It's her fault!" Haruhi and Anise yell at the same time, with Anise pointing at Giselle and Haruhi pointing at Anise.

"Okay, whose fault?"

Haruhi and Anise start arguing, and Kisuke motions to quiet them down.

"Enough bickering."

Anise then tried bluffing by saying that Giselle had an idol, but Giselle called her bluff and refused to play it. As a result…

"Ninth person voted out of Survivor: Crazy All-Stars…"

Kisuke opens the vote slowly.

"Haruhi Suzumiya."

Thus the old rivals Loly and Haruhi were sent home, back-to-back. 19 are left. Who will be voted out tonight?

Day 16

Crazy Tribe

(Anise, Giselle, Kenpachi, Roxanne)

Roxanne spends the whole morning scolding Giselle.

"Look, Giselle, you just better learn to ration rice better! Mr. Urahara was very disappointed in your behavior! I know that you can do better that that!"

"Like I care!" Giselle responds. "I am, after all, the greatest Pokémon trainer in the world! What does a little rice matter?"

"Guys, we don't have any rice remaining," Kenpachi says. "Not like it matters to me, but for you three, you might want to think about an alternate source of food."

"Like what?" Anise asks.

"Magikarps maybe?" Giselle says.

"Actually, I was thinking of getting some coconuts down from the trees!" Kenpachi exclaims. "It's going to take a lot of work, but I'm going to chop down every palm tree on this island, to get all the coconuts down."

"No, don't!" Roxanne shouts. "That would be so wasteful to the environment!"

"Awww, fine," Kenpachi says. "Only a couple, then. You guys better be happy with what you get!"

Kenpachi pulls out his sword and starts marching toward some trees to cut down.

"Now, as for you, Giselle, you're getting none of the coconuts!" Roxanne scolds. "After all, you ate so much rice that we didn't get to eat. It'll be Anise, Kenpachi and I who get to eat the coconuts."

"Fine, whatever," a disgusted Giselle responds. "Just know that I don't allow you to touch any of my 7 Pokémon League championship trophies."

"Giselle has to pay for what she did," Roxanne says. "Her wastefulness deserves a swift and severe punishment. She will first suffer by not being able to eat, then she will be sent home at her earliest convenience. It's the only way to make her learn."

Villains Tribe

(Haruka, Enobaria, Light, Prussia)

Light and Haruka go off looking for the idol again, and they spend the time strategizing.

"How important is this idol, anyway?" Haruka asks.

Light chuckles. "Very important. Last time I played, Haruhi Suzumiya kept on finding idols and making the game go haywire. We get control of the idol, and there's no chance of any of that funny business to go on."

"Very well then."

They climb over some rocks, getting closer to the location where they think the idol may be hidden.

"Our group of three – us two and Enobaria – are solid," Haruka states. "But I'm not so sure about Prussia. I think he could be a liability."

"How so?"

"He's never been trustworthy. I hear that in his previous season, he flipped on his alliance on fear of a purple rock."

"That's why we should have kept Cynthia."

Haruka rolls her eyes. "Anyway, I've been thinking of throwing the next challenge in order to get Prussia out."

Light looks stern. "No. No throwing challenges. That only comes back to haunt anyone who does it."

"But shouldn't we be gunning for Prussia? The guy looks like he has no clue."

Light gives Haruka a wry smile. "I'm telling you, Haruka, we get to the merge with four, one of us two wins," Light says.

"I like the way you think," Haruka replies. "I just hope I can trust Prussia."

"Hey, he's an easy goat. He'll hang around for a while. In the meantime…"

Light reaches down and pulls something out of the ground.

"…we'll be safe for a while."

"Is that the idol?" Haruka asks excitedly.

Light unwraps the idol to reveal it to Haruka.

"Awesome," Haruka says.

"Here, I'm giving this to you for safekeeping," Light tells Haruka. "You hold onto that until one of us needs it. Though, I don't think either of us is gonna need it."

"Thank you," Haruka says, as she slips the idol into her pocket.

"Now with the idol in our possession, there's nothing that can stop Haruka and I," Light says. "She and I are just going to roll through this game. We just win a couple more team challenges, find our way to the merge four strong, and we're set. I've got it all figured out."

"Light's stupid if he trusts me with this idol," Haruka says. "I'll use it as I see fit. He's never seeing this idol again. It's going to be mine until I choose to use it. I might even burn it, just so he can't get it."

Brains Tribe

(Ami, Meilin, Rukia, Tatsuki, Whitney)

All the tribe members are gathered together under their shelter to have some rice which Tatsuki and Rukia have worked together to cook.

"All of you four have won the game before," Ami says. "I haven't. I want to know how you did it, because I'd love to learn from you guys."

"Sure, I'll tell you," Whitney replies. "It wasn't easy by any means. In fact, I'm like a Pokémon trainer who got by over and over with their final Pokémon only having 1 HP left. I won a couple of challenges when I absolutely had to, and I got lucky when Cynthia decided to turn on her own alliance members rather than vote me out. I was somehow still standing at the end, and I had made friends with everyone else aside from Cynthia's zombies, so I won the jury vote."

"Interesting story," Rukia says. "Tatsuki here was very close to winning the same season I won. We stuck together from our weak Ryoka tribe, which got embarrassed by losing its first five immunity challenges. We were down 7-3 at the merge, but we kept around the right alliance member – Yoruichi, who was friends with Soi Fon. She immediately got Soi Fon on our side, then we took advantage of a split in the other tribe to end up eliminating everyone else in the opposing alliance. In the end, Tatsuki lost a tiebreaker, otherwise she'd have won instead of me."

Tatsuki laughs. "No, no, you still deserved to win," she chuckles. "Seriously, Rukia's a much better player than me. In my season, it can all be boiled down to one stupid decision: Soi Fon choosing to go to the end with me instead of the goat Haruhi. She would have won unanimously in a jury against Haruhi, but instead she chose to go to the end with me, and it cost her. I was a very lucky winner."

"Me?" Meilin says, as the others look at her. "Oh, the way I play is just don't get anybody mad at you. So I try my very best to never vote for the person who is going home. I'll give throwaway votes that don't send anybody home. That's the way I ended up getting an entire jury to vote for me – 6 out of the 7, I didn't vote for. And that's how I plan on doing it again."

Ami looks aghast. "So, you mean, even if you're offered an alliance by a few of us, you'll still go it alone?"

"Yes, I'm really refusing to vote with any of you," Meilin says. "I'm going to vote for the person I think has no chance of going home."

"Are you insane?" Ami says. "This is why I can't ever win this game! Random players like you!"

Ami walks away angrily, and Meilin looks confused.

"Hey, I'm just playing this game the only way I know how," Meilin says. "That means random voting in order to not get anyone upset. It worked last time. I'm confident it'll work again."

"It's Meilin's stupidity that causes me to suffer," Ami says. "I count on players making the best move, not making random moves. I'll never win if my opponents just vote at their own whims. I count on there being a rhyme and reason to everyone's decisions. But it seems as if stupidity trumps common sense!"

Heroes Tribe

(Candice, Kagome, Toshiro)

The Heroes Tribe finds their rice to be running a bit low, and Toshiro bites his tongue about it, but Kagome can tell.

"Oh, I can see you over there, Lil' Shiro!" Kagome says. "You're mad because we're running low on rice!"

"Well, we are!" Toshiro shouts. "And we wouldn't be if you hadn't handed over our rice to the Villains!"

"Oh, would you quit your whining!" Kagome says. "There were be more than enough to get us through the next few days!"

"But what if the merge doesn't come soon?" Toshiro wonders. "You know, they're not gonna feed us."

"Toshiro is being a little jerk because he wants to eat more," Kagome says. "He's whining and whining, and it's not going over too well with me. I'm annoyed that he won't just be happy with what he's got."

"Kagome made a huge mistake by sending over that rice to the Villains," Toshiro says. "You know the worst thing you can do in this game is to help your opponents. Kagome needs to own up to her mistake and realize that she was wrong."

Candice watches their squabbling and rolls her eyes.

"There's nothing I can do right now," Candice says. "I've just got to use this idol at the next vote we go to, and that will finally break up the couple. Probably not for good, though, tee hee."

Candice also rubs her foot, as she had sprained it in the last challenge.

"My foot's hurt, yeah, it's true," Candice says. "It won't take me out of this game, but it's a hindrance, that's for sure."

Day 17

Brawn Tribe

(Sango, Minako, Silver)

Silver seems to have recovered from his earlier angst, as he is resting comfortably along with the two girls on their new comfort items.

"You know, I really think we can win every challenge the rest of the way," Silver says. "I'm not just saying that, I really mean it."

"I believe so too," Sango says. "And then, if we stay strong as an alliance of three, we can keep on winning the individual immunity challenges and keep ourselves in the game even longer."

"Yay for winning!" Minako exclaims. "We can do it!"

"We may be in a tough position, but I think we can finally live up to our name as the Brawn tribe and start winning challenges left and right," Sango says. "This comfort has really helped us get our heads back on straight, in particular Silver's. Some more rewards could help us, too."

"I was ready to quit just a few days ago," Silver says. "But now I've recovered, and I'm ready to win this thing, for Jasmine. I really want to bring home the bacon to her, win enough money so that we can make it as a young couple in Olivine City. This is all for you, Jasmine."

Immunity Challenge

"Come on in, guys!"

The 5 tribes come marching into the immunity challenge.

"Brains, Brawn, Heroes, Villains – all getting your first look at the new Crazy Tribe, Haruhi Suzumiya voted out last Tribal Council."

No one makes much of a response to Haruhi's ouster.

"First things first, I will take them back!"

Enobaria, Minako and Candice hand over the immunity idols, with Candice limping as she does.

"Got an injury there, Candice?"

"Yeah, my foot hurts," Candice replies. "I'll be okay."

"We'll have it checked out by medical to make sure," Jet says. "Stay after the challenge for that."

"Okay."

"All right. Once again, immunity is back up for grabs. For today's challenge, two players from your tribe will go out and get a giant block, and push it and roll it back to the starting line. Once you've got all four blocks back to the start, your third member will help you arrange the blocks to create the logo of this season of Survivor across the top. First three tribes to figure out the puzzle win immunity. The tribe who finishes first also wins reward. Wanna know what you're playing for?"

"Yeah!" Minako yells.

Jet reveals a whole bunch of steaks, sausages and hot dogs.

"Some nice beef, protein that is sure to help you out physically. Worth playing for?"

"Absolutely!" Toshiro shouts.

"That's what I like to hear!" Jet says. "Villains, you got to sit someone out. Same with you, Crazies. Brains, you got to sit two people out. Who's it gonna be?"

The players talk over who they want to sit out.

"We're sitting out Light," Enobaria says.

"We'll sit out Giselle," Roxanne says.

"We're going to sit out Ami and Whitney," Rukia says.

"Very well then. Sit-outs, take a spot on the bench. The rest of you, I'll give you a minute to strategize, and then we'll get started."

The players talk over who they want to be pushing the blocks, then they get ready to begin.

"For immunity and reward! Survivors ready? Go!"

The pushers of the blocks: Haruka and Enobaria for the Villains, Roxanne and Kenpachi for the Crazies, Rukia and Tatsuki for the Brains, Minako and Silver for the Brawn, and Toshiro and Kagome for the Heroes.

"Villains off to an early lead!"

Haruka and Enobaria get their first block out quickly, and they get it to the starting line before anyone else. They rush back to start on their second block, while the Crazy and Brawn Tribes get their first block across not far behind.

"Heroes, off to a slow start!"

Toshiro and Kagome are not nearly as strong as the other players, and they try to find a way to catch up. The Brains are also a little bit behind.

"Let's go!" Whitney calls out to her teammates.

Haruka and Enobaria continue to lead, as they push their second block out. As they pass the benches, Light calls out to them.

"Roll it over Candice's toe!" he jokes.

Even Candice chuckles over Light's joke, as Haruka and Enobaria push their second block across the starting line. The Crazies are right behind them.

"Look at that #*%& run," Ami mumbles on the bench, using a homophobic slur to describe Haruka.

Haruka looks over at Ami but remains silent. For the Heroes, Toshiro and Kagome continue to struggle, and Kagome is a bit annoyed with Toshiro. Meanwhile, the leading tribes push their third block across the line – those being the Villains, Crazies and Brawn.

"One more block to go for the Villains, Crazies and Brawn!"

Haruka and Enobaria keep on rolling as they are in the lead. Minako and Silver start to catch up, and by the time they reach the starting line, they are equal with the Villains.

"Villains and Brawn, get to work on that puzzle!"

Kenpachi and Roxanne push their fourth block across the starting line, and they go to work on their puzzle along with Anise. The Heroes and Brains are still lagging behind.

"You've got to dig deep, Heroes and Brains!"

Kagome's legs are burning as she finally pushes the final block across the line. Candice runs off the bench and comes to help them on the puzzle. The Brains also get their final block across the starting line.

"Villains, getting things going on that puzzle!"

Prussia helps out Haruka and Enobaria on their puzzle, and the Villains are making a lot of progress on getting the blocks in line. The Crazies are really struggling, while the Brawn are doing pretty good.

"You could end up solving this puzzle by accident if you just get the right combination!"

Haruka finds the right combination for the blocks, and she and Enobaria push the blocks correctly to get them into place. They then call over to Jet.

"We got it!" Enobaria calls.

Jet then checks out the puzzle.

"Villains think they have it – and they do! Villains win immunity and reward!"

Haruka and Enobaria give each other high fives, and they celebrate with Prussia, while Light applauds from the bench.

"Still two more immunity spots available!"

Sango helps out Minako and Silver as they try to finish their puzzle. The Crazies, meanwhile, are struggling badly.

"Kenpachi, stinking it up in a challenge again!"

Kenpachi gets frustrated and starts pushing the blocks quickly. Roxanne gets angry as he is not helping.

"Slow down!" she cries.

The Brawn figure out the puzzle, then quickly push the blocks into the correct positions.

"We got it!" Sango shouts.

"Brawn think they have it… and they do! Brawn win immunity!"

The other three tribes continue to push their blocks, trying to solve the puzzle. The Crazies start to get an idea on the solution, but it is too late, as another tribe has solved the puzzle.

"We have it!" Candice shouts.

"Heroes think they have it… and they do! And that's it! Heroes… win immunity!"

The Brawn and Heroes Tribes celebrate, having won immunity. Rukia looks frustrated, while Roxanne is annoyed with Kenpachi.

"Get over here, Villains, Brawn and Heroes," Jet says.

Enobaria, Minako and Toshiro walk over to receive the immunity idols.

"Congratulations, you three tribes are safe from Tribal Council. In addition, Villains, you've won a nice reward, so you can take that back to camp with you. Have a nice night, we'll see you for the next Tribal Council."

The three winning tribes head out, with the Villains taking their meat with them.

"As for you, Brains and Crazies, it's a long night for you guys as you both have lost. Crazies, you guys are falling apart, with three losses in a row. I got nothing for you, I'll see you for Tribal."

The Brains and Crazy Tribes head out of the immunity challenge area, with Roxanne quite annoyed.

"I hate being in an alliance with Kenpachi, because he keeps on screwing up in challenges," Roxanne says. "I wouldn't think a big guy like him would be such a liability. I'll have to pray over it and see what I should do."

Brains Tribe

(Ami, Meilin, Rukia, Tatsuki, Whitney)

Once the players have arrived back at camp, Ami immediately calls over Rukia and Tatsuki to talk with them, as Whitney and Meilin go to relax.

"Are we going to vote as a group?" Ami asks them.

"Sure," Tatsuki replies. "That's what we agreed on, right?"

"Right," Ami says. "I'm just making sure we're on the same page."

"Whitney, right?" Rukia asks.

"Actually, Whitney may have found the idol by now," Ami states.

"True," Rukia says. "And we don't have the numbers to split the votes."

"Meilin is so random, we better get her out now," Ami says. "Before she votes randomly and ends up ousting one of us by accident."

"Makes sense," Rukia says. "That's the plan, then: Meilin."

"I really hope Rukia and Tatsuki are with me on this," Ami says. "If they try anything stupid, that's going to mess up my plans. I know exactly what I'm doing – getting rid of the most volatile player. They'd be morons not to go with me."

Later that night, however, Whitney pulls aside Rukia and Tatsuki.

"Hey guys," she says. "I'm really sorry for looking for the idol without checking with you first."

"It's no problem," Rukia says.

"Yeah, we probably would have done the same thing," Tatsuki says.

"Well, I want to make it up to you," Whitney states. "And this is how."

She pulls out the idol and shows it to the two of them.

"This is our idol," she tells them. "If you two are ever in trouble, I'll hand this over to you."

Rukia smiles. "We knew we could count on you."

"Agreed," Tatsuki says.

"Thanks, guys," Whitney says. "So, who do we go after?"

"Your choice," Rukia states.

"I'd say Ami," Whitney says. "She's the biggest threat on this tribe. If she makes the merge, she's going to make it a long way."

"Okay," Tatsuki says. "Ami it is."

"I really don't know if we can trust Ami," Tatsuki says. "I don't know if we can trust Whitney either. It's a really tough decision for Rukia and I to make."

"Tatsuki and I have to choose between Ami and Whitney tonight," Rukia says. "It might be easier to just vote Meilin, and not vote off either tonight. That would be the smart thing to do, I guess. But my heart is telling me to vote Ami…"

Tribal Council

(Brains)

The five Brains walk into the Tribal Council with their torches ablaze. They set them down, then take their seats.

"Welcome," a sinister Caesar Flickerman states.

"We're not happy to be here," Meilin says.

"I'm sure," Caesar replies. "You guys made it the longest with having five members, but tonight you will be trimmed to four. Let's talk about your surprising success in challenges. What has caused it?"

"I don't think it's surprising," Rukia says. "I think we bonded well together as a tribe, and that has really shown in challenges."

"We're a lot stronger than you think," Tatsuki adds. "We're not just pushovers. We can do physical challenges. We just struggled in the one today."

"Indeed you did. Ami, what is the key to success going forward?"

"I think it's keeping the right people around," Ami responds. "I know it sounds cliché, but if we have the right members of our tribe stay, then we can continue to have the success that we have had."

"So, Meilin, what goes into your voting decision tonight?"

"Well, for me, I simply vote for whoever I think isn't going home," Meilin says. "I don't want anyone to be angry with me."

"But they're going to be angry with you, one way or another."

"I don't think so," Meilin states. "After all, that's how I won in Seireitei Forest. And I received all 7 jury votes."

"Ami, what do you think of Meilin's voting strategy?"

"It's stupid, plain and simple," Ami says. "But if she wants to be a moron, go ahead and let her. I'm not gonna stop her."

"Any strong alliances form yet?"

"Rukia and Tatsuki are really close, anyone can see that," Whitney says. "The big question will be who they decide to side with. I really think they'll side with me."

"Rukia and Tatsuki have a bit of an unfair advantage, having played together," Ami adds, to the raised eyebrows of Rukia. "They know each other inside and out. They can carry this thing really far, without anyone having any real threat of breaking them up."

"Interesting," Caesar says. "Rukia, Tatsuki, you have any thoughts on that?"

"Yeah," Rukia says. "I think that it worries me a bit that people may see us two as a threat. If we're seen as a threat, then we have to eliminate the others before they eliminate us. The question is, who are the others? Are they part of our alliance, or outside it?"

"You're talking in very vague terms, Rukia," Caesar states.

"Of course I am!" Rukia exclaims, to everyone's laughter. "I don't want to show my hand. I'm trying to play this game as well as I can. The only way to do that is to not let your opponents know what you're thinking."

"Or even your own alliance members," Ami adds.

"Well, that tells me right now that I'm not getting any more out of you," Caesar says. "Might as well vote. It is… time to vote. Ami, you're up first."

The new Tribal Council music plays as the players go to vote.

Ami goes to vote.

"Here's hoping your 'alphabet strategy' goes right down the drain," Ami says, holding up her vote for Meilin.

Meilin goes to vote.

Rukia goes to vote.

Tatsuki goes to vote.

Whitney goes to vote.

"I'll go tally the votes," Caesar says.

Caesar walks over to get the votes. He gathers them, rearranges them, then returns to his usual spot.

"If anyone has an immunity idol, and you would like to play it, now would be the time to do so."

Rukia looks over at Whitney, who refuses to make a move.

"Okay. Once the votes are read, the decision is final, and the person voted out will be asked to leave the Tribal Council area immediately. I'll read the votes."

He pulls out the first vote.

"Whitney."

Whitney looks on, a bit worried.

"Meilin."

Meilin simply crosses her arms and waits.

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"Ami."

Ami looks a bit puzzled.

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"Ami. That's two votes Ami, one vote Whitney, one vote Meilin, one vote left."

Caesar pulls out the final vote and opens it extremely slowly.

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"Tenth person voted out of Survivor: Crazy All-Stars, Ami Mizuno. That's three, that's enough. You need to bring me your torch."

"Stupid! So stupid!" Ami complains. "Why does everyone play so stupid?"

Ami gets up to grab her torch, and she brings it over to Caesar.

"Ami, the tribe has spoken. It's time for you to go."

Caesar snuffs out Ami's torch, and an angry Ami leaves the Tribal Council area.

"Was that the smart decision to make? Or, was it, as Ami said, 'stupid'? We'll find out. Grab your torches, head back to camp, good night."

The players take their torches and head on out.

"I can't believe these players!" Ami says. "Always making the dumb decisions! If I didn't have stupid people like Asuka and Minako in my seasons, I would have won twice already! And I should have won again, but these people are just so stupid, especially that #$%* Haruka. I guess I was never meant to win."

Who voted for whom:

Ami – Meilin

Meilin – Whitney

Rukia – Ami

Tatsuki – Ami

Whitney – Ami

Day 18

Villains Tribe

(Haruka, Enobaria, Light, Prussia)

The Villains Tribe is enjoying their steaks and sausages from winning the previous challenge.

"Sure feels good to be a winner, huh?" Haruka says.

"You better believe it," Enobaria replies.

"We are awesome!" Prussia exclaims.

"This victory puts us in perfect position to do a lot of damage at the merge," Light says. "I've already got 3 different scenarios figured out – one for us winning, the other two if we were to lose a challenge. But I'm not telling Haruka any more than she needs to know. She needs to be kept on a short leash."

"I'm sure Light is calculating every single little scenario there is," Haruka says. "What he doesn't realize is that I'm controlling him like a slave. He's doing all the work, but I'm going to reap all the benefits. I use his mind to get what I want, then I play the game my own way. And that means pushing and shoving my way all the way to the end."

Crazy Tribe

(Anise, Giselle, Kenpachi, Roxanne)

Giselle is lying under the shelter, starving.

"This isn't any fair!" she complains. "I need to eat! We needed to be given more rice! This totally sucks!"

She rolls over, with her stomach rumbling.

"Crap!" Giselle says. "There's no merge! And now I've got to starve! Is this game really worth it?"

She looks over at the empty bag of rice.

"Why did I have to eat so much?" she asks. "Why did I have to waste all our rice and not save any for now? This sucks. I think I might just give up."

Meanwhile, Roxanne and Anise talk over their strategy.

"Giselle," Anise says. "Giselle, Giselle, Giselle. We're voting out Giselle."

"Hold on a second," Roxanne replies. "Giselle has that idol, right?"

"I don't know if she has one!" Anise exclaims. "I was just bluffing when I said that she had one!"

"Well, what if she does have one?" Roxanne wonders. "Then we all vote for her and one of us goes home."

"You're right," Anise states. "You get Kenpachi to vote Giselle, then you vote Kenpachi just in case."

"Oh, I get it," Roxanne says. "So in that case, Kenpachi gets one vote, Giselle's vote is one, the other two get cancelled out by the idol. Then we revote, and Kenpachi goes home instead."

"Exactly. That's what we gotta do."

"Okay."

"Anise has a great strategy, and I think it's going to work perfectly," Roxanne says. "We're going to split our votes so that Kenpachi goes home in case of Giselle pulling out the idol. I've already got Kenpachi under my thumb anyway. He's not going to think for himself. And Giselle's going to be shocked."

Tribal Council

(Crazy)

The four Crazies walk into the Tribal Council area with their torches ablaze. They set them down in their place, then take their places across from Kisuke.

"You guys just keep on finding your way here," Kisuke says. "You've managed to lose three straight challenges, and now your tribe is falling apart. What do you plan on doing now?"

"We plan on winning, plain and simple," Kenpachi says. "I'm sick of losing, that's for sure. I don't want to lose one more challenge."

"But, as my colleague Jet Black tells me, you've been much the reason you've lost these challenges."

"I haven't lost the challenges, I've just been warming up for the harder ones!" Kenpachi exclaims. "Once those individual challenges come, I'm going to romp through them!"

"But you won't get to those individual challenges if you get voted off! Anise, you get what I'm saying?"

"Yeah, I know what you mean," Anise says. "Kenpachi has his own way of doing challenges, and we just have to live with it."

"Kenpachi is a joke at challenges, plain and simple," Roxanne adds. "But we just have to overcome his stupidity."

Giselle, meanwhile, is clutching her stomach.

"Giselle, you look like you're in pain there," Kisuke says.

"I quit," Giselle states plainly.

"You're quitting?" Kisuke asks.

"That's right, I give up!" Giselle exclaims. "I don't need this game! I'm a 7-time Pokémon League Champion! I've proven all I ever need to prove. I don't need the million dollars, I already have millions of dollars in winnings from my championships! I don't need to win this stupid game!"

Giselle stands up from her seat.

"Get the buffet ready, I'm ready to eat!" she exclaims. "I want some chicken, a little bit of pork, make sure you got some hamburgers too!"

She then pulls out the immunity idol out of her pocket.

"And by the way, I did have the immunity idol!" she shouts. "But I don't need this piece of garbage! I'm taking it home as a souvenir!"

She walks over to grab her torch, and she brings it over to Kisuke.

"Wow," Kisuke says. "I've never seen someone so willing to snuff their own torch. Per your wishes. Go home."

Kisuke snuffs Giselle's torch, and Giselle hurries out of the Tribal Council area.

"Food!" she yells as she walks down the path.

Kisuke simply shakes his head, then looks a bit serious.

"You know, people work too hard in this game to stay alive, for Giselle to just give up like that. If she wants to lay her torch down, so it shall be!"

Kisuke spikes Giselle's torch to the ground.

"You three survive, not on your own doing, but because of a quitter. It's not going to be that easy the rest of the way. Grab your torches, head back to camp, good night."

Anise, Roxanne and Kenpachi chuckle a bit over Giselle's antics as they take their torches back to camp.

"Yeah, this game sucks," Giselle says. "Everything's come easy to me my whole life, including my studies at Pokémon Tech, and my victories in the Pokémon League tournament. I don't need this game to validate myself. I just need a few chicken wings to satisfy my stomach. Come on, hurry up with that food!"

Scenes from our next episode:

The stakes are raised at the next challenge:

"This next challenge will have only two winners," Jet states. "Three tribes will go to Tribal Council."

Meilin tries to find a way to split up the Brains alliance:

"You guys, I'm not a threat at all," Meilin tells them. "I'm just throwing my votes to the wind. I can't hurt any of you."

And push comes to shove in the Heroes camp:

"We're out of rice now," Toshiro says. "I told you not to give it to the Villains!"

"You know, you're really being a jerk, Toshiro," Kagome says.