Episode 8
Keeping Him on a Short Leash
(A/N: Please vote in my profile poll for your favorite characters!)
Previously on… Survivor…
Whitney was angry with Meilin over Meilin's throwaway vote for her.
"You voted for me," Whitney says. "My question is… why?"
"Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?" Meilin says, as Whitney looks aghast. "I got to tell you, I have to plead ignorance on this. If anyone had given me the slightest hint that voting for you was wrong, I wouldn't have done that."
But any sort of retribution was averted, when the Brains (and Heroes) won immunity…
"Rukia thinks she has it… and she does! Brains win immunity!"
At the Villains Tribe, it was a rather straightforward vote, as Haruka, Enobaria and Light teamed up to vote out Prussia…
"Eleventh person voted out of Survivor: Crazy All-Stars, Prussia. You need to bring me your torch."
While at the Brawn and Crazy Tribes, there were a couple of surprises, none bigger than Sango flipping on former winner Minako and voting her out.
"Minako, the tribe has spoken. It's time for you to go."
Either a merge or a couple of tribe dissolutions are what loom. 14 are left. Who will be voted out tonight?
Day 22
Brawn Tribe
(Sango, Silver)
Sango and Silver sit around the fire, eating some rice.
"So, it's just the two of us," Sango says.
"Yeah, we weren't much of a Brawn Tribe," Silver comments.
"I liked Minako, but I felt bad for you," Sango says. "I'm just trying to help you out."
"Well, now we got to figure out where to go from here," Silver states.
"I felt bad for Silver, which is why I voted out Minako instead of him," Sango says. "I think he deserved a chance to go further in this game. I guess I'm like the same as the people who targeted the winners, because I chose to vote out Minako. She had won before, and I chose to let Silver have a chance. Now I have to hope the others don't have the same feeling about me."
"I don't think my sob story is going to work much longer in this game," Silver says. "I'm sure there are some cutthroat players who are going to come after me. I've got to find a way to be just as cutthroat as them, even more so."
Crazy Tribe
(Roxanne, Kenpachi)
Kenpachi is busy swinging his sword against Roxanne's Graveler and Nosepass. He goes all-out in fighting the Rock-type Pokémon, who stand firm against his attacks.
"Getting to have all-out battles like this is all I care about!" Kenpachi says. "I really don't care much about winning this game. That would just be a bonus to me. What I really want is to be tested in battle, and getting to go up against these Pokémon is just the ticket for me!"
Roxanne, meanwhile, spends her time meditating and praying to Arceus.
"I trust that Arceus will guide me the whole way through this game, in making every decision," Roxanne says. "If it's Arceus' will that I win, then I will. If not, I won't. At least one day I shall be one with Arceus, and that's all that matters."
Villains Tribe
(Haruka, Enobaria, Light)
The three remaining Villains sit around the shelter, eating some of the rice that Kagome gave to them.
"We're three strong," Haruka says. "We're going to stick together till the end."
"There's a Final Three, and we're going to be those three," Enobaria adds.
"Leave everything to me," Light says. "I've got the whole game planned out strategically from here on out. We're going to take this game by storm, and everyone will feel it."
"I have strategies and sub-strategies for everything that happens the rest of the game," Light says. "If there's a merge, I plan on aligning right away with one other tribe – which one still remains to be seen. If there's no merge, then the strategy shifts a bit, but it still remains pretty simple, of keeping my alliance with Haruka first and foremost. Hopefully, though, we merge – which gives us a higher percentage of winning."
"We're going to completely own the post-merge game," Haruka says. "Hopefully that's right away. Even if it isn't, our little group of three is strong enough to win some more challenges, and stay three strong."
Reward Challenge
"Come on in, guys!"
The five tribes come marching into the reward challenge area.
"Heroes and Brains, getting your first look at the new Villains, Brawn and Crazy Tribes – Prussia, Minako and Anise voted out last Tribal Councils."
"Anise," whispers Kagome.
"You guys ready to get to today's reward challenge?"
"Yeah!"
"First things first, I have an announcement."
Everyone looks on excitedly.
"It's time for everyone to drop your buffs," Jet says. "We are merging."
The entire tribe erupts in a loud cheer, and the players start to hug each other in celebration.
"You are now the All-Star Tribe. Here are your new black buffs."
Jet tosses a bag of buffs to Candice, who starts handing them out to the excited players.
"Today's reward challenge is a special one. I know that you've all been starving this whole time out here, so we're going to let you have a chance to earn some rice and beans for the whole tribe. I've got a whole lot of rice and beans right here."
He reveals tons of small bags of rice and beans.
"You are going to have a chance to win up to all 140 of these bags of rice and beans – 10 for each player out here. You are going to be tossing basketballs into nets out here in the sea. For each basketball you sink into the basket, you earn yourself a bag. Get all 10 in the baskets, you win all 10. Every time you miss, you still have a chance to swim out and retrieve the basketball, then try to sink it as well, as you can even dunk those basketballs that you missed. You'll have 3 minutes – not much time at all. In addition, the player who either scores the most baskets, or sinks all 10 first, gets something extra. We'll draw for spots, then get started."
The players prepare for the challenge, then get to their spots.
"For a big reward! Survivors ready? Go!"
The players start shooting their basketballs. Tatsuki and Haruka make their first shots, while the rest of them miss.
"Don't worry about missing, just keep on shooting!"
Tatsuki makes her second shot as well, while Rukia, Light and Enobaria get one in each.
"Tatsuki off to a hot start!"
Tatsuki makes her third shot in. Kenpachi seems to be giving little care to his shots, which are coming up well short.
"Remember, this is for the whole tribe!"
Meilin misses yet another shot, which ends up coming up way short. Tatsuki finally misses one, but she makes up for it by making her next two in a row. Haruka also is shooting at a high percentage, as well as Toshiro and Enobaria. Candice misses badly on a shot.
"Some of you can't make a single shot!"
The players start running out of basketballs, then swim out to get them. Only a minute remains in the challenge.
"You guys got to pick it up!"
Kenpachi continues his lackadaisical ways, while Meilin continues to struggle. Tatsuki and Haruka seem to be putting in the most effort, as they try to collect all ten.
"Tatsuki very close to getting her tenth in!"
Tatsuki tosses her ninth basketball in, while Haruka is on her eighth basketball. There are now only seconds left in the challenge.
"Five, four, three, two, one!"
Tatsuki tosses her final basketball into her net, completing a perfect 10.
"That's it! Time's up!"
Tatsuki takes a heavy breath, as she swims back to shore, feeling satisfied.
"Okay, let's count them up. From best to worst – Tatsuki with 10! Haruka gets 8, as does Enobaria! With 7, we've got Light, Rukia and Toshiro! 6, it's Sango, while at 5, it's Silver. Roxanne with only 4, and Kagome with 3. Kenpachi, Whitney and Candice with a pathetic 2, and Meilin stinks it up the worst with only 1! That means that you have totaled 72 bags of rice and beans. The rest? My co-hosts will get to eat it. Tatsuki, here's your note that you get for finishing with the most points."
Jet tosses the note to Tatsuki.
"You may open that alone or share it with whomever you please. Finally, here's a map to your new home."
Jet tosses the map over to Candice.
"Your belongings will be delivered to your new camp, as will your bags of food. Have a nice night, I'll see you tomorrow for the next immunity challenge."
The players head on out, ready to go to their new camp.
All-Star Tribe
The All-Star Tribe returns back to camp, surprised to find a whole feast full of food waiting for them. They instantly go over to start eating.
"It's been so long!" Kagome shouts.
The players take their spots around the food, with Light happening to sit next to Rukia and the Brains.
"You were brilliant in your win in Hueco Mundo," Light tells Rukia.
"Thanks," Rukia replies. "It wasn't easy, though."
"How did you pull it off? You managed to be a super-strategist without getting the jury mad at you."
"That's the trick, isn't it?" Rukia responds. "If I knew exactly how I did it, I'd do it again, right?"
"Hey, I thought I had played the perfect game, and I got no votes from the jury," Light says. "Yet you played a similar game and managed to win. I'm impressed, that's all."
"I'm just thrilled I made it this far," Rukia laughs.
"You, Rukia, are who we need to get farther in this game," Light says. "You think just like I do."
"You're too much," Rukia laughs.
Haruka notices Light and Rukia talking and laughing with each other a lot, and she gets concerned.
"Light's getting really close to Rukia, and I'm concerned," Haruka says. "If those two get closer than I have been to Light, then I'm in big trouble. He could move on without me. I want to use him as my personal strat-bot, and if he chooses Rukia over me, then I could potentially be his first target. And that just simply can't happen. I've got to break the two up before that happens."
Meanwhile, Whitney talks with Candice, Roxanne and Silver, who she played with.
"We played together back in Shamouti Island," Whitney tells them. "We should make an alliance again."
"I agree," Candice says. "We could go really far together."
"That'd be awesome," Silver states. "I'm all for it."
"I'm not sure," Roxanne states. "If it's not Arceus' will…"
"Oh, come on!" Whitney exclaims. "We could be the Final Three! We just need to figure out who we want to align with!"
"We'll see…" Roxanne states.
"If Roxanne could get on board with Candice and me, we could do some real damage in this game," Whitney says. "But I can't figure her out. Maybe she's not going to get on board with us. I'm really worried about this."
"I can't do anything without Arceus' approval," Roxanne says. "Even if it means getting into an alliance of three that could take me to the end. Maybe it's Arceus' will that someone else wins, you know?"
Meilin and Kenpachi are too focused on eating the chicken and beef in front of them to talk to anyone. Besides, Meilin is completely focused on playing on her own.
"I'm just going to keep up my strategy of completely voting randomly," Meilin says. "Actually, it's not totally random. I'm trying to vote for whoever is not going home, that way they're not mad at me. And that way, I get their jury vote. It worked like a charm last time, and I think it's going to work again."
Meanwhile, it's Sango who buddies up with Kagome and Toshiro of the Heroes, as the three who were in an alliance back in Feudal Japan are back together again.
"This game comes full circle," Sango says. "Kagome, Toshiro and I were in an alliance in the first season, and nine seasons later, here we are again, in an alliance of three. Last time Kagome and I made it to the Final Three, with Toshiro only missing out because of a hidden immunity plushie. The goal this time is for all three of us to make it to the end together."
"I know that Kagome and Sango are great friends, and that we were a great alliance of three back in Feudal Japan," Toshiro says. "Getting together as an alliance is only the natural thing to do. But we need to join forces with another alliance – because there are still fourteen of us out here."
Day 23
All-Star Tribe
Rukia and Tatsuki have gotten quite close with the Villains, and the group of five starts discussing their plans for the first vote as the merged tribe.
"There are fourteen, which means we need eight for this next vote," Rukia states.
"Not necessarily," Light replies. "There's the Feudal Japan alliance and the Pokémon alliance – they may not vote together. Then there's Kenpachi and Meilin, who are off on their own."
"We obviously have to go after one of the other two alliances, to cut it down to size," Tatsuki says. "But we know that Whitney has an idol – that makes the Pokémon alliance too chancy to go after."
"So, do we align ourselves with the Pokémon alliance in order to take out one of those from Feudal Japan?" Haruka asks. "Or do we go on our own, and hope the vote is split three ways?"
"Here's how I've got it," Light says. "The Feudal Japan alliance has Kagome. She has already shown quite a bit of fondness for us, as she gave us that rice earlier. I'll convince her to get the Feudal Japan people to vote against the Pokémon. Then one of you Brains get the Pokémon to vote against the Feudal Japan. The goal is to pit those two alliances against each other. Then we simply pick the one we feel like going with."
"This is where all my planning pre-merge pays off," Light says. "I had calculated everything out perfectly, as I watched previous seasons coming into this one to know what to do. I remembered who was from Feudal Japan, and who was from Shamouti Island. To not see those alliances falling into place would have been simply blind. Now we simply pit them against one another, and the vote becomes simple."
"Light is trying to make the Feudal Japan alliance and the Pokémon alliance enemies," Haruka says. "But what if they choose to join together, making an alliance of seven? I think Light's thinking too simply about this, not considering all the possibilities. And it's that short-sightedness which could cost us the game."
Immunity Challenge
"Come on in, guys!"
The fourteen All-Star players come into the immunity challenge area on a boat.
"First things first, I will take it back."
Jet takes the immunity idols off Kagome and Tatsuki.
"Thank you. Tribe immunity is no more."
Jet puts away the idols, then pulls out a necklace.
"Individual immunity is now what you seek. For today's challenge, you will swim over to get a buoy, which you will guide along a rope through a series of obstacles. Once you've gotten it to the platform, you will find four more buoys. You must toss all five buoys into a basket. First person to get all five buoys into their basket, wins immunity, safe from tomorrow night's Tribal Council, guaranteed a 1-in-13 shot at winning this game. I'll give you a minute to strategize, and then we'll get started."
All the players get lined up on their respective platforms.
"For immunity! Survivors ready? Go!"
The players all swim out into the water, with Rukia, Tatsuki, Kagome and Candice reaching their buoys first. They begin to guide their buoys through the first obstacle. Kenpachi again seems to not care at all, and he surprises Jet by being so far behind everyone else.
"Kenpachi, supposed to be strong, but way back there in last place!"
Rukia gets her buoy through the first obstacle, while Sango and Roxanne start to gain on her. Haruka and Enobaria are also making some progress. Tatsuki gets her buoy through the obstacle pretty quickly as well.
"Whitney and Candice, you got to pick it up!"
Rukia starts climbing up the second obstacle, guiding her buoy along the rope. Tatsuki and Sango are right along with her, with Enobaria catching up. Light seems to be really struggling with the buoy.
"Pretty close race so far!"
Rukia is first through the second obstacle, and she swims it to the platform. Enobaria has moved into second place, and she pushes her buoy to the platform as well. Tatsuki, Roxanne and Sango are next to reach the platform.
"Start tossing those buoys into the baskets!"
Tatsuki throws her first ball right into the basket, finding it to be just as easy as she did in the last challenge. Kagome and Toshiro get their buoys to the platform.
"Rukia hits her first basket!"
Sango tosses one into her basket, and Enobaria gets one as well. Kenpachi is in a laughable dead last.
"Kenpachi looks as if he's throwing this challenge, that's how bad he's doing!"
Tatsuki makes her second shot, as does Rukia. Sango scores her second.
"Enobaria misses badly!"
Tatsuki sinks her third shot.
"Tatsuki is on fire right now!"
Rukia misses a shot, and Sango misses as well.
"Tatsuki hits her fourth shot! One more to win immunity!"
Sango makes her third shot, but it is too late, as Tatsuki just cannot miss right now.
"Tatsuki shoots her fifth – and it's in! And that's it! Tatsuki wins first individual immunity!"
Tatsuki throws her arms up in the air in celebration, while Rukia turns to congratulate her.
"Nice job," she says.
"Tatsuki, come over here," Jet says.
Tatsuki goes over to Jet to receive her immunity necklace, which has a large wooden bead in the shape of Jet's face.
"Congratulations, you are safe from tomorrow night's Tribal Council," Jet tells her, putting the necklace around her. "The rest of you, someone's going home, and you've got tomorrow to figure out who that's gonna be."
Tatsuki continues to celebrate, as she heads back to camp along with her tribemates.
All-Star Tribe
That night, when most of her tribemates have gone to sleep, Tatsuki sneaks out, looking at the note that she received.
"This note I got has a clue to a hidden immunity idol," Tatsuki says. "I'm going to go find it while I have the chance."
So Tatsuki goes off to look for the hidden immunity idol. After a brief search over by several suspicious-looking palm trees, she finds the idol at the base of them, hidden under a rock.
"Yes! This is great!" she exclaims. "I've got two immunities now. I feel pretty safe in the alliance I'm in at the moment, but I know that I can give this to anyone I like, if I feel that I'm in trouble."
She pulls Rukia aside as she comes back to camp, showing her the idol.
"Awesome," Rukia says.
"And I'll let you have it anytime you're in need," Tatsuki tells her.
"You don't have to," Rukia replies.
"But we're a team," Tatsuki says. "You help me, I help you. That's the way it works. I'm going to make sure that we advance together to the Final 3."
"Tatsuki found that idol, and now we can advance pretty far into this game together," Rukia says. "Hopefully we'll go all the way to the Final 3 together. This idol makes it a whole lot easier for that to potentially happen."
Day 24
All-Star Tribe
After a morning where Light has continued to talk and joke with Rukia, Haruka pulls him aside.
"So you meet the girl, and five minutes later, the two of you are a closer pair than we were!" Haruka shouts.
"What, are you jealous?" Light asks.
"You bet I'm jealous!" Haruka shouts. "I'm jealous of a million dollars!"
"Relax, Haruka," Light says. "You and I are still together, joined at the hip. Enobaria and us two are the Final Three. I'm just using Rukia as far as I can use her."
"You know I don't trust you."
"I know that. No one trusts me. But that's fine, as long as we end up in the Final Three."
"Haruka doesn't trust me, but I've learned to live with that," Light says. "She and I are just always going to have an up-and-down relationship. We can work it out and keep up our alliance, even if she doesn't put her trust in me."
"I don't want Light getting together with Rukia and leaving me out in the cold," Haruka says. "I'm staying on my toes, and keeping him on a short leash. Don't want him suddenly blindsiding me."
Later that day, it's Rukia and Tatsuki talking with the Pokémon alliance.
"We've been close since the beginning," Rukia tells Whitney. "There's no reason to not continue our alliance."
"Hey, I'm all for it," Whitney says. "You'll have to convince these guys, though."
"Yeah, I'm not all too keen on joining the Villains," Silver says. "Because I know that's who you two – Rukia and Tatsuki - are getting close to."
"Who do you plan on voting out?" Candice asks. "Personally, I'd like to vote out one of the Heroes. They never were close to me."
"That's the catch," Tatsuki says. "We want to go after the Heroes too – we see them as the biggest threat right now. We know that Sango and Kagome made it to the end in a previous season."
"I say it's best to break up both couples at once – the Sango-Kagome couple and the Toshiro-Kagome couple," Candice states. "That means voting off Kagome Higurashi herself."
"I don't know about that…" Roxanne says.
"Yeah, this seems way too devious," Silver adds. "I'm not the villain I used to be. I want to do what's right."
Rukia looks concerned. "We're trying to win here," she says. "That means voting out whoever's the biggest threat. I think Candice hits the nail on the head – it's Kagome."
Silver looks on, not seeming too convinced.
"I don't think it's a good idea to get together with the Villains," Silver says. "That's the quickest ticket to blindsides. You try working together with them, you know what they've done in the past, and they blindside you even though you try doing everything in your power to please them. That's the reason why I'm not too keen on this new alliance."
"Silver gave us the biggest opposition to going after Kagome and the Feudal Japan alliance," Rukia says. "That means, in fact, he might be the biggest problem around here, and we might need to go after him instead. I'm not really sure yet."
At the same time, Light talks with the Feudal Japan alliance of Sango, Kagome and Toshiro.
"I thank you very much for the rice you gave us earlier," he says.
"Don't mention it," Kagome replies.
"Yeah, that was a sore spot for us," Toshiro adds. "We ran out shortly afterward."
"Well, I'm willing to work with you three," Light says, even as Sango looks suspicious. "We want to go after the Pokémon alliance."
"And just who do you plan on voting out first?" Sango asks.
"I don't know for sure," Light says. "It's really up to you guys."
"Well, I'm not sure I should trust you," Sango says. "After all, you are the great Light Yagami."
She chuckles, and Light joins her. "Yeah, I don't know if you should trust me either!"
Kagome then throws in her suggestion.
"If you're going after someone on the Pokémon alliance, I say Silver," Kagome states. "He's not to be trusted by any means – he's a really devious guy."
"Do you know that for sure?" Toshiro asks. "I mean, that's just what we saw from Shamouti Island. He could be a really good guy, actually."
"I can't be sure," Kagome says. "But he's really being reserved and pulling away from everyone else."
"Let me explain," Sango says. "I was on his tribe, so this is what I know: the guy's in it for the money. He says he's trying to support his wife Jasmine. I believe him, for what it's worth. At the same time, that doesn't mean he's not playing me in an attempt to leapfrog further in this game."
"A guy who just wants money, he shouldn't be trusted," Light states. "Let's vote out Silver."
"I told the Feudal Japan alliance to vote out Silver," Light says. "I'm not sure if that's what I'm going to do, however. There's two alliances here – the Feudal Japan alliance and the Pokémon alliance. I'm going to get together with Rukia and figure out what to do."
So Light talks with Rukia, both of them telling each other about their talks with the other alliances.
"I got the Feudal Japan people to be going after Silver," Light tells her. "He's a target they can agree on."
"That's funny," Rukia replies. "Because Silver was the one who gave the most opposition to us."
"He wasn't on board with going after the Feudal Japan alliance?"
"No, he wasn't. Roxanne wasn't either, but she's a kook so who knows what she thinks. I think that the biggest threat to us is one that comes from within."
Haruka then walks over and breaks into their talk.
"Hey, what's the huddle about?"
Light looks a bit annoyed. "We're discussing our plans for our next vote."
"Well, that's obvious," Haruka responds. "The question is – who do you plan on voting out?"
"We're talking Silver right now," Rukia says.
"Silver? I thought we were sticking with the Pokémon alliance."
"We were, but he doesn't seem to be on board with us," Rukia states.
"We can always go after the Feudal Japan alliance, with or without Silver," Light adds. "If that's what you want, Haruka, we can do it."
"Oh, come on, Light, don't get all emotional on me now."
"I'm just trying to do what pleases you."
"Then let's stick with the original plan and vote out one of the Feudal Japan people. I say Kagome."
Rukia looks annoyed, but Light puts up his hand to hush her.
"It makes sense," he says.
"Makes sense? That's an idea that's been thrown out, I hear," Rukia grumbles. "But I'm not sure if it's of any worth. Why vote out one of these Feudal Japan people who are of no threat to us? Why not just go after Silver? He'll be completely blindsided."
"Whatever," Haruka says, walking away annoyed.
"Haruka doesn't like our plans, and that concerns me," Rukia says. "But she's who Light hitched his wagon to, so there's not much I can do about the situation. I've got to try to slowly pull her away from him, and move my way into the power alliance. It should be me, Tatsuki and Light. Haruka might need to go."
"I don't trust Rukia, in fact I trust her even less than I trust Light, which is not at all," Haruka says. "Those two are dreaming and scheming and well on their way to pushing me out. I'm not even sure if I should go with their vote of Silver. If I just got Enobaria to vote with me, I could vote out Kagome instead of Silver, and there would be a lot of unhappy people around here – that's the way I like it."
Tribal Council
(All-Stars)
The fourteen players march into the Tribal Council area with their torches ablaze. After setting them down and taking their seats, they see a once-familiar face back in his old spot – Jet Black.
"Boy, I can't tell you how much I've missed this," Jet says. "I hate the thought of someone else taking my spot here at Tribal Council, but I was gracious enough to allow a couple of others have a turn. But now I'm back in the saddle for the remainder of this season. And I've got some familiar faces. Sango and Kagome, you were at my very first Final Three. What's changed since then?"
"Nothing much," Kagome laughs. "Simply the same old stuff – liars, schemers and the like. We're used to it by now."
"Yeah, it's actually more of the same," Sango says. "It's us three in an alliance once again – us two and Toshiro. It's like old times again!"
"Well," Jet says, "that's a very bold statement to be making, that you're in an alliance, and letting everyone know for sure."
"I'm sure they know already," Sango states.
"Yeah, there's no doubt everyone knows that Kagome and I are together," Toshiro adds. "It was only natural for Sango to join us once more."
"Light, hearing that those three are an alliance – does that bother me?"
"Of course not," Light says sarcastically. "This isn't Survivor: Borneo. There are alliances in the game of Survivor. I'm not going to be able to ever stop that."
Jet facepalms. "What I mean by that is, are you concerned that those three are going to gang up with another alliance, and thus pull a power move?"
"They could," Light answers. "I'm not overly concerned, because I feel pretty secure where I'm at."
"Rukia, what do you think of Light feeling secure? Isn't that the perfect opportunity for a blindside?"
"It may be, but from the way I survey the situation, Light should be okay," Rukia says.
"And how do you survey the situation, if I may ask?"
"Well, it's clear that we have the Feudal Japan alliance – those three who readily admitted they were in an alliance. Then there's also the Shamouti Island alliance – the Pokémon people. And you'd have to imagine that those two alliances must go against each other at some point."
"Silver, is this true? That there's a Pokémon alliance?"
"It's only half-true," Silver replies. "There are some people who want a Pokémon alliance, some others who aren't too keen on it."
"And why would that be?"
"Because the Pokémon alliance is being pitted up against the Feudal Japan alliance, and there's no reason for it," Silver states. "I don't want to go up against the Heroes – I'd rather go up against the Villains."
"Roxanne, what about you? Are you in the Pokémon alliance or not?"
Roxanne laughs. "I don't really need the Pokémon alliance," she says. "At the same time, if they want me, I guess I can vote with them if necessary. But I'm really just playing this game out on my own."
"So who's even in this Pokémon alliance? Does it even exist?"
Whitney raises her hand. "Candice and I would like to play the game together," she tells Jet. "We would like Silver and Roxanne too, but we don't know if they're going to join us or not."
"Okay. So this Pokémon alliance is really up in the air. How about the Villains? Are you three staying together in an alliance?"
"We've been trying to fly under the radar," Enobaria states. "We don't want to make it obvious that we're simply sticking with our original alliance of three."
"But you just did."
"I know, because everyone's looking at us like, 'why aren't you guys being singled out?' And it's not like it's much of a surprise. We're just a trio of players who have been together since the start."
"We're not quite as unbreakable as you might think," Haruka adds. "We shouldn't be looked at like an impenetrable fortress, because we're not. All three of us think freely, and act freely. And you're going to see that tonight."
"Interesting. Light, does that concern you, that your fellow Villains may not exactly be on board with you?"
Light smiles evilly. "If they aren't on board, then they're going to drown, and they'll be run over as they do. There's no room for reneging on our alliance."
"Sounds like a Villain-type of thing to do. And these other players out here are thinking – let's not get beat by the Villains."
"I was once a villain of sorts," Silver comments. "I've tried to get away from that. And I know it may sound like a broken record, but I'm not playing this game for myself. I'm playing it for Jasmine. I need to bring home the bacon to her."
"Kenpachi, I notice that you've been sort of quiet, especially for a guy like you. Does all this strategy stuff bore you?"
"Yeah, it's all nonsense," Kenpachi responds. "What I want is to have a good fight! I've gotten some fights in with Roxanne's Pokémon, but I need a new challenge! I want more fighting, more blood spilling!"
"It's only your blood that's being spilled," Roxanne jabs.
"And then there's Meilin," Jet states. "Meilin, you couldn't care less about anyone else out here, am I right?"
"That's totally off base!" Meilin exclaims. "No, I care about others out here, but I'm playing my own game. I want to win, and do it my own way. And that means completely random votes, or at least seemingly completely random ones. I want to vote for anyone but the person who goes home."
"Seems like a foolish strategy to me."
"Hey, it worked once before! And I'm trying it again. Maybe I'll be a double millionaire."
"If you do become one, you'll be the most unlikely one ever. In any case, it is… time to vote. Candice, you're up first."
The classic Tribal Council theme "Tally the Vote" plays as the players go to vote.
Candice goes to vote.
"Who says there isn't a Pokémon alliance?" Candice says, holding up her vote for Kagome. "This is only our first move."
Enobaria goes to vote.
Haruka goes to vote.
Kagome goes to vote.
Kenpachi goes to vote.
Light goes to vote.
Meilin goes to vote.
"I'm just throwing my vote to the wind," Meilin says, showing her vote for Kenpachi.
Roxanne goes to vote.
Rukia goes to vote.
Sango goes to vote.
Silver goes to vote.
"I don't believe in turning on the good guys," Silver says. "That's why I'm voting out a real villain in Light."
Tatsuki goes to vote.
Toshiro goes to vote.
"We don't trust you, even if you are supposedly reformed," Toshiro says, showing his vote for Silver.
Whitney goes to vote.
"I'll go tally the votes," Jet states.
Jet gathers the votes in the voting urn, rearranges them, then walks back to his usual spot.
"If anyone has a hidden immunity idol, and you would like to play it, now would be the time to do so."
Everyone looks around, but no one makes 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.
"Light."
Light looks a bit confused.
"Kenpachi."
Everyone looks baffled over this vote.
"Silver."
Silver nods his head.
"Kagome. That's one vote Light, one vote Kenpachi, one vote Silver, one vote Kagome."
Jet takes out the next vote.
"Silver. Two votes Silver."
He pulls out the next vote.
"Kagome. Two votes Silver, two votes Kagome."
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"Silver. Three votes Silver, two votes Kagome."
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"Kagome. We're tied, three votes Silver, three votes Kagome."
Silver and Kagome both look on nervously.
"Silver. Four votes Silver, three votes Kagome."
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"Kagome. We're tied, four votes Kagome, four votes Silver."
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"Silver. That's five votes Silver."
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"Silver. Six votes Silver, four votes Kagome, one vote Kenpachi, one vote Light, two votes left."
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"Fourteenth person voted out of Survivor: Crazy All-Stars and the first member of our jury, Silver. That's seven, and it is enough. You need to bring me your torch."
Silver looks devastated, and he tries to keep himself from shedding a tear as he gets up from his seat.
"Why?" he asks, as he picks up his torch. He then brings it over to Jet.
"Silver, the tribe has spoken. It's time for you to go."
Silver walks out of the Tribal Council area, feeling shocked and dismayed.
"Well, from Silver's reaction, that was a –hashtag- blindside. Grab your torches, head back to camp, good night."
The thirteen remaining players head on back to camp.
"I'm not sure what happened here tonight," Silver says. "I voted for Light, thinking that we wanted to turn on the Villains. As it turned out, everyone was going after Kagome – I should have stuck with the Pokémon alliance. But even if I would have, that wouldn't have been enough votes. It looks as if the Villains played the Pokémon alliance, and then I got double-played. Simply embarrassing. Still, it's a good finish, and I really think my winnings will be a big boost to Jasmine and me when I get home."
Who voted for whom:
Candice – Kagome
Enobaria – Silver
Haruka – Silver
Kagome – Silver
Kenpachi – Kagome
Light – Silver
Meilin – Kenpachi
Roxanne – Kagome
Rukia – Silver
Sango – Silver
Silver – Light
Tatsuki – Silver
Toshiro – Silver
Whitney – Kagome
Scenes from our next episode:
The Pokémon alliance sets out to right their wrongs:
"Look, we really screwed up by going after Kagome," Candice says. "What we want is a second chance. Us in the Pokémon alliance along with you in the Feudal Japan alliance – we take out the Villains and the Brains."
"Sounds good to me," Toshiro replies.
But Light hopes to nip any anti-Villain plans in the bud:
"No no no no no," Light tells Roxanne. "No, there's no reason for you to go after us. We aren't really bad guys, we're just playing the game harder."
"I'll have to do as Arceus wills," Roxanne replies.
And the boiling-hot Haruka-Light relationship gets even steamier:
"We're like angry lovers," Light says. "We hate each other, then we get in bed with each other at night."
"Yeah, except that I don't like men," Haruka says. "So your metaphor completely fails."