Ticket here, and welcome to the second episode of "Fight for Fiji"! In this episode we have the fallout from Fatu's Tribal Council, as well as camp life and strategy developing on Roku and Toka.
With that being said, enjoy!
Fatu: Gordon, Toriel, Bandana Waddle Dee, Luigi, and Infinite
Roku: Matt, Sonic, Li Mei, Little Mac, Claptrap, and Monty Mole
Toka: Kano, Kabal, Tremor, Kristine, Red, and Blu
17 people are left, who will be voted out NEXT?
Fatu: Night 3
The five Fatu enter their camp and lean their torches on the Torch Tree. Out of everyone to do it first, Infinite is, and HE gets the first confessional of the episode.
Infinite: Despite everyone who doubted me before i came here, everyone who called me WEAK…I've become the strongest on the tribe and knocked out the weakest. If this strategy is going to work, I have two more people I can shift the blame too.
"Your choice is appreciated." he says. "He was the weakest, had to go." Gordon responds. While he's cordial with Infinite to his face..
..the same couldn't be said behind-the-scenes.
Gordon: He's next. I don't have a problem with anyone else but him. He's a sneak, he's a pompous $$, and mark my words, he's gonna flip the first chance he gets. I'm not the Gordfather but he needs to be executed stat.
Meanwhile, Luigi lies flat on his back in the shelter. He campaigned with Nelson, but in the end folded to what Fatu wanted. It was better for his game he didn't vote Infinite but there's something he just can't shake off.
Luigi: The guy looked CRUSHED. After all those times I reassured him, I still lied to him.
His breathing picks up.
Luigi: I had to ditch him anyways but…outside of here i don't break promises. I'm just not used to it.
He's joined by Bandana Dee, who takes the spot next to him. The waddler sees Luigi just staring at the ceiling. Given they needed him to do a 5–1, it was knowledge around him, Toriel, and Gordon that he originally tried to help the fan.
"It's ok." he whispers, and the plumber slowly turns to him after that. "I felt kinda bad too but we have to keep him here if we want a chance."
Bandana Dee: Infinite is my least favorite person in the history of the world after what he did at Tribal. He kicked Nelson while he was down. I don't know WHY he's so mean!
The last thing we see for the night, is Toriel trying to make a fire. Unfortunately she can't use magic, thats against Survivor rules.
Toriel: Infinite's an interesting case. When he went to vote, I didn't hear much except for "weak." He seems unsteady, but isn't outright malevolent…that only makes me more worried.
Roku: Day 4
Four diamonds are carved on the shore.
Matt has a baseball in hand, Sonic's on the outfield, and the batter up is Little Mac. He's got a bat, ready to swing for the fences…
The Mii sends the ball his way, and Mac takes a swing..
It's a miss.
"Strike one." Matt says, while the hedgehog paces back and forth in the background. The boxer tosses the ball back to the Mii.
Little Mac: We're on a tribe of athletes, and we can't just sit around and do nothing! So, I decided to practice a sport I don't usually do: Baseball.
Mac picks that bat up, Matt sends the ball over, and goes for a second swing…
No luck!
"Strike two." The Mii just had to drive it in. Mac just drops the bat and pulls out green gloves from his tank top.
Little Mac: I wouldn't call myself a sore loser…but I get sore losing.
"Woah! Did the taste of defeat get you this amped?" Sonic taunts, and Mac doesn't even respond to him. He glares at Matt, who actually takes a step back.
"That's the fire I wanna see!" Leave it to Matt to motivate someone. He throws that ball…
..and Mac sends it flying with one punch! Sonic scrambles to the back, keeping his eyes on that ball. It just keeps going and the longer it does, the quicker the hedgehog gets. Then, it starts to sink down. It looks like it's going behind him so he jumps back and reaches one arm out, about to pull a massive catch off!
Sonic: He may have punched a baseball, but that wasn't going to stop me from competing with him. That was cool, but what about an Odell?
The ball slips through his fingers and hits the sand!
"YEAH!" Mac shouts, running through all the bases as Matt can't do anything but watch. When Mac reaches the home base he jumps in the air and punches that oxygen away, like in an 80s movie.
Matt: …Damn.
The hedgehog returns to them with the baseball in hand.
"I've only seen ONE guy punch a baseball before!"
"Was he cool?"
"If you said anything else he'd explode!"
Sonic: Mac's a cool guy! That's all I can say about him right now but if we need alliances he's the second "M" I'd let in!
Little Mac: Sonic's waaay too cocky sometimes. Well, more like all the time, but he's not heartless.
Later after the game, the hedgehog and the Mii have a talk on the walking path about him.
"That guy's worth having around. I'd love the competition and I think he would too." Sonic says. Matt has a different reason in mind. "If we both think he's cool, then you know what we gotta go…"
The hedgehog's eyes light up. "If we're making deals already then I like where this is going. You can count me in!" That didn't take much time, then again it was easy because he likes the two M's.
Matt gets the message. "Cool. Now we just need four…I think Li would be a good fit. She had some time with Mac, it'd be better not to make him made." At least this early.
"What about Monty?"
"If he survives, then…someone has to leave after Claptrap." Matt, friendly to your face but won't hesitate to cut you behind your back.
Matt: We can't win forever, somebody gotta go. Monty trusted me to vote for Claptrap but I don't HAVE to be honorable. I didn't come to play with honor, I came to win.
Toka: Day 4
The Toka are sitting around a campfire, where a piece of chicken is cooking on it.
"Mmm.." (Red)
"Looks good!" (Blu)
The camera pans over to see Kano with a chefs hat on. "If there were another animals on land i'd be the resident cook." A grill would make his cooking better but he's making with what he has. "I should scavenge the sea and reap the rewards."
"You're not going to cook dolphins are you?" Blu asks.
"No but Sharks are on the table."
Kano: This is the nicest thing I'm gonna do to win the money. Give 'em Grilled Chicken, then give them the boot on the way out.
The tribe consumes the chicken. Tremor is stoic as usual, Kristine is just chewing with little reaction, but Kabal and the Yoshi…seem to be fans.
"Another good serving." Kabal compliments. He's been around Kano's cooking the most. Usually he'd have a grill but the assassin, despite being villainous, had positive cooking.
"It tastes as good as it looks!" Red exclaims, before wolfing down another bite.
Red: I don't know where Kano learned to cook but that chicken was refreshing! He needs to do this more often!
The assassin takes a bite for himself, and smiles at his own creation. "That's some good sh*t."
Blu: Even though i don't really trust him that much, he's a great provider! It's not the best game, but maybe he's not some mean, hairy guy after all!
Kano: They haven't seen the worst of me yet.
He chuckles.
Later on the Toka beach, strategy makes its return. Kristine decides to take a step forward in her strategy of riding the middle. She pulls Red and Blu aside, to theorize.
"I see Kano and Kabal around each other all the time, and…I'm getting a little worried." The Koopa says, trying to hand them the Black Dragon Alliance on a silver platter. "Do you think…?"
"They HAVE to be a team! I don't know if Tremor is because he's kind of quiet," Red says. He turns to his Blue companion. "I know we haven't really talked strategy but now's the time."
Red: I had a feeling some people were close but Kristine confirmed it. I SAW her walk off with Kabal, she HAS to be right! I'm not just going to sit here and let those guys pick us off!
"So the three of us against the three of them…we might have to draw rocks!" The realization hits the blue dinosaur. "We'd need luck. Are you sure we can't get Tremor over here?"
"I can try working on him…and hope he comes to us."
"Thus is gonna be a group effort."
Blu: We aren't doing well…
She sighs.
Blu: It's me and Red against the tribe. Tremor's not like anyone I've ever seen and Kristine..she said she'd "try." And that sketched me out. Why did you have to say "try"?
A Kristine confession slides in.
Kristine: I'm pitting these two sides against each other. I like the Yoshi's, but they could really become a power couple. That's why I'm not committing to anyone right away.
Cut to the two Yoshi's, alone after Kristine talked with them. Remember the Blue Yoshi's concern? That's a role here.
"Do you really think she's with us?" she asks. Red responds by putting his hands on her shoulders. "She has to know how bad it would be splitting us up. We're two, they could be three."
"What if she's just playing us? She said she'd 'try' getting Tremor but..what if she doesn't?"
"Hmm…" the Red Yoshi plots. However the Blue one beats him to the punch. "This is kind of mean but…we could sell her out if she doesn't." While it wasn't confirmed to her, Blu did have an accurate read about her commitment. What matters is whether Kristine actually commits or not.
"I don't like that idea." Red doesn't want to jump so quick. "If we sell her out then she won't flip to us."
"If she joins those guys then there's NO chance she joins us!"
"We need to wait and see Blu. I know it's stressful but we still gotta give her a chance to commit."
Red: I wish there was a world where me and Blu shouldn't have to stress in a few days, but we can't run from the heat forever and oh Yoshi, things are heating up here on Toka!
Fatu: Day 4
Infinite is standing near the edge of a cliff, cross-armed and the wind blowing through his hair. Whether he looked cool or overdramatic was up to debate.
He has a lot to think about. Gloat to himself about how Nelson's gone. Talk about how friendship is pointless and has no meaning.
His silent time would quickly come to an end though, because The goat mom is standing behind him..at a safe distance though.
"Infinite?"
He turns around to see her, smiling with both hands together. "Sorry is this is too sudden but there are matters I need to ask you about." She steps forward and he remains there. "I noticed that you were targeting Nelson because he was 'weak' and 'quiet.' What stands out to me is that you two talked the least around camp.."
What was she getting at?
"..and despite avoiding danger you still don't talk to us." She flashes a final. "We are friendly, I assure you."
He turns away from her and stares into the sky once again.
"Are you feeling well?"
The one question type that can break anyone..but it wasn't going to break him if he had anything to say about it. "There's nothing wrong. I'm an introvert. End of story." His gaze lowers to the ground. There was something wrong. However, Infinite isn't the type to spill out of nowhere.
"..If you need to talk to anyone, I am right here."
"I understand. But you're not my mother."
He turns around, and just walks right past her. She tries to follow him for a little bit though. "I'm trying to break through, not offend you." Infinite doesn't respond and keeps walking. Toriel reads his demeanor and just comes to a stop. "Ok.."
Toriel: The more we talk the more i realize something's under there. I do not know who hurt him, I do not know what happened, but I'm determined to find out.
Alright so Toka's lines are being drawn: Yoshi's vs Dragons, with some mistrust against the middle person in Kristine. The Little Mac fans must be happy he's integrating himself into what could be a powerful majority alliance with Matt, Sonic, and maybe Li Mei. Meanwhile, from what we know Monty and Claptrap still don't get along…more on that NEXT part.
Fatu, despite going to Tribal first, seems to get along the most minus Infinite here. Toriel's at least trying to find out why he's like this. On the flip side Gordon doesn't care he wants him gone. Gordon and Toriel are allies so this may get spicy!
Anyways, see you next part, Ticket out.