Authors Note
Well, Big Sleep time! Not much to say but let's get into it. Appreciating the reviews so far and I hope to see many more of them in the future :)
Gucci Mane LaFlare - I'm glad you liked the Ezekiel twist, honestly it was as I was writing the episode I realised how out of place Max felt so I feel I made the right choice. Glad you're also a fan of MK, she was one of my favourites in TDI2023, and honestly even with the powers Dawn has I doubt she can suddenly make sharks help her, it was either she made them cry with honest truths or what actually ended up happening xd
Aegis Luna - Honestly, I think Chase will come across much more likeable in this compared to canon, since he doesn't have to revolve around Emma this whole season.
Guest - Yeah these aren't OCs, the names you don't recognise are from the latest season of Total Drama.
Remaining Campers:
Screaming Gophers: Cody, Scott, Zee, Damien, Sam, Izzy, Beth, Priya, Jasmine, Zoey, Anne-Maria
Killer Bass: Ezekiel, Tyler, Leonard, Chase, Dave, Courtney, Julia, Dawn, Eva, MK
"Last time on Total Drama Island..." Chris started from the dock, as footage from the opening two episodes played. "Twenty two campers arrived and learned they'll be spending the next eight weeks at a crusty old summer camp. The campers we're faced with their first challenge, jumping off a cliff into shark infested water! Whilst most campers took the plunge, a few we're forced to wear the dreaded chicken hat. At the dramatic bonfire ceremony it came down to two campers. Max claims he shall one day rule the world, and also refused to jump. Ezekiel managed to tick off every female contestant in the camp with his sexist comments about women. In the end the first camper voted off Total Drama Island was Max, proving wannabe James Bond villains and reality TV don't really mix. Who will be voted off this week in the most dramatic campfire ceremony yet? Find out tonight on Total...Drama...Island!"
(Theme Song Plays)
The Episode opened with Chris walking to the cabins in what appeared to be early morning, equipped with a megaphone. Chris then lifted up the megaphone, but then used an airhorn right in front of it.
The camera quickly cut to the inside of the girls side of the Gopher cabin as Anne-Maria hit her head on the upside of the top bunk, quickly groaning in pain and grabbing her temple. "What the heck!?" The girl quickly sent a glare, before appearing out the front of the cabin window. "You'll pay for that Chris!" She yelled as she raised her fist in anger.
The camera flashed and showed a few campers standing in a line in front of Chris, as a few more left their cabins and walked into the line as well. It closed in on Eva listening to her mp3 player, as Cody tried to take a glance at her music, before the girl sent a threatening look and a growl to The Geek who flinched, before flashing a cheesy smile.
"Morning!" Chris said, as the camera cut to him. "Hope you slept well." He added keeping his smile, as Izzy and Sam yawned next to him.
"Wow, you're really pulling off those shorts Chris." MK smirked, with visible bags under her eyes.
"Ill assume that was sarcasm, but I'll take it anyway." The host returned. "Okay, I hope you're all ready, because your next challenge begins in exactly one minute!" He walked past the line of contestants as he said this, pointing to his watch emphasising on the 'one minute' part.
"Never thought I'd say this here, but aren't we going to eat first?" Dave said, the camera cutting to him, also visibly tired.
"Oh, you'll get breakfast, Dave." Chris said in a slightly alluring tone, "right after you complete your twenty kilometre run around the lake!"
"Oh so you think you're funny now? Do you know what I think would be funny!?" She began to charge at the host after her rhetorical question, being held back by Chase and Tyler as Courtney appeared in the shot.
"Eva, try to control your temper." The A Type held up her hand in an attempt to whisper it to her.
"You're enjoying this aren't you!?" She yelled back at the host.
"A little." He admitted, maintaining his composed smile. "You have thirty seconds." He added pointing at his watch again, as the camera showed Eva still glaring.
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"Okay that girl Eva," Courtney started in the confessional. "has got to get a handle on her temper. We've only been here one day and she's already thrown her suitcase out the window and broken the lock on the bathroom doors."
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"Okay runners!" The camera returned to Chris standing behind the campers, getting ready to run. "On your marks, get set, go!" He commanded as they all shot off, with Sam and Tyler visibly lagging behind.
The camera flashed, showing the sun shining brightly, as it panned downwards to show a few of the campers running, with Dave, Leonard, Zee and Beth walking behind them.
"Oh, I could speed this up with an increased endurance spell?" Leonard said, flipping through his spell book whilst also looking at Dave.
"Yeah, somehow I doubt that'll work." He replied with a frown.
The camera then cut to show Anne-Maria walking, as Priya ran past her and the girl tried to move out of the way. "Um, excuse me!" Anne-Maria called out to her.
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"Look at these shoes!" Anne-Maria confessed as she visibly lifted her legs up. "Do they look like they were made for running?" The girl rhetorically asked.
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It returned to show Anne-Maria walking as she reached Sam looking dead by a puddle of water. "Someone give me an extra life..." The Gamer groaned.
"God this is pathetic." Anne-Maria said with her arms on her hips as she looked down at the boy, as Zoey walked by.
"Oh don't be like that, he's trying his best!" She said, attempting to play peacemaker.
"You really think that?" Anne-Maria raised an eyebrow as she made an obvious glance back down at him, still groaning.
"Pick it up people!" Chris said riding by on a scooter, yelling out of the megaphone. "If you're not back by dinner time you don't eat!"
"Hate is not a strong enough word for that man." Anne-Maria added, walking over Sam who yelped in pain as Zoey just watched on, before following.
The camera flashed, to show the outside of the dining hall before cutting back in to show most of the Killer Bass team already back, minus Leonard and MK. Suddenly, Priya came through the door with Sam on her arm, as Anne-Maria walked in after with a bored expression.
"Clear a table!" The Competitor called out, before throwing Sam onto it and beginning to give him CPR.
"What took you guys so long, we just lost the challenge!" Courtney said to Leonard and MK who finally walked in.
"Well, wizard man over kept wanting to stop and work on his spells." She said, pointing at the LARPer, not stopping as she continued walking past Courtney.
"Wait, doesn't that mean we won?" Zoey said, as the reality set in. Priya stopped giving Sam CPR, as Jasmine and Cody who watched on also stopped, before all four broke out into a cheer.
"Woah there, hold your horses guys, that wasn't the challenge!" Chris informed.
"You're kidding right?" Damien said with a frown.
"Whos...hungry!?" Chris said removing a blanket off the large dining table, revealing a banquet of delicious food.
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"After eating all this...'food'." Julia started, putting food in air quotes, "I'll gladly admit I cried when I saw that buffet.
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"So, so beautiful." Damien confessed, wiping away a tear.
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The camera returned showing the now demolished banquet, as the contestants in the shot groaned holding their stomachs. Chris suddenly jumped off screen onto the table, now holding a megaphone again. "Okay campers, time for part two of your challenge!" He announced.
"I thought the eating was the second part." Cody said, groaning as he finished.
"What more do you want man?" Chase added, walking into the shot.
"Can't we call it a day already?" Beth said, looking rather woozy.
"Um, let me think about that. No." The host said after a momentary pause. "It's time for the Awake-A-Thon!"
"The what a what?" Jasmine asked.
"Don't worry!" He said through the megaphone before hopping off the table. "This is an easy one. The team with the last camper standing wins invincibility."
"So all that running and food was just to make us fall asleep faster?" Dawn asked.
"That's right Dawn!"
"Gotta give him credit when it's due." MK said with a shrug, as Dave nodded.
"Move move move!" Chris quickly said, causing a few campers to flinch as they started walking out the door.
"So how long do you see us lasting?" Zoey said to Jasmine, as a few campers walked past.
"Don't worry, we'll ride this out as long as it takes." The Outbacker reassuringly said, causing Zoey to smile before Sam walked past them appearing half asleep already.
"Well, maybe not for everyone..." She added.
The camera faded and returned to show the sun rising, as a clock in the corner of the screen read "11:59:53". The camera then panned down showing all the campers sitting down at the campfire ceremony, Gophers on one side and Bass on the other.
"We're now twelve hours in with all twenty one campers still wide awake..." Chris said as the camera panned past a few of the Screaming Gophers.
"Don't worry guys, we got this easily..." Sam said, swaying side to side.
"You alright there, Sam?" Priya asked the Gamer with a look of tired concern, but he didn't reply and instead fell to the ground.
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"Is this painful? Yep." Damien said with a forced chuckle in the confessional. "But hey I'd take this over jumping into shark infested water any day of the week."
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"God, I don't know how much longer I can survive this." Priya said with a sigh, to Damien.
"Hey, definitely beats the last challenge don't you think?" He responded with a tired smile, as the girl giggled in response.
"Yeah, you can definitely say that again." A visible smile, remaining on her face.
The camera panned over to Scott who watched this, and then gave a small grin.
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"So, the master strategy I was talking about last time, my plan is to purposefully make my team lose to make the Bass fall into a false sense of security then pick them off one by one." The Dirt Farmer said with a chuckle. "Things like this just make it all the more easier."
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The camera returned to Jasmine who seemed to be analysing the members of the team. "Alright, I'm going to stretch my legs for a bit, Zoey, Priya why don't you guys come with me?" She said turning to the two, who looked at each other before getting up and following Jasmine.
The camera flashed and returned to Jasmine with her hands on my hips. "Okay, so I'll get to the point. My plan is to form an alliance to get further into the game, and I've chosen you guys as the two I want to be in an alliance with." She simply explained.
"Really? Why us?" Zoey said in slight surprise.
"Well you guys are nice, smart and we're also pretty capable in the last challenge. I think together the three of us can get to the final three." She reasoned. "So what do you say?"
Well, I'm in." Zoey said.
"I guess I am too." Priya said raising her hand.
"Perfect, here's to us." She said placing her hand in, as the two followed. "We should probably head back soon so the others don't get suspicious, she said leading forward.
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"Wow, I can't believe Jasmine invited me of all people to be in her alliance!" Zoey exclaimed in the confessional. "I mean she scares me a little, but she seems like a strong player, plus Priya is also really nice."
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"Well, I hope there's a chance we could invite one more person soon maybe." Priya said to Zoey, as she looked over at Damien.
Jasmine suddenly walked in front of the shot blocking her view, staring down at the girl. "Woah woah, sorry Priya we can't be having that." She informed her.
"Having what?" Priya said, hiding her blush and attempting to regain her composure.
"Hmm, well let's just say thing's like that," She said motioning over to Damien, "will end up being a distraction in the long run. You guys are here to win as well right?" She asked again.
"Well...yeah." Priya said, and Zoey nodded a little after some thought.
"Well we're all on the same page then, we keep our team winning and if the off chance we lose, we vote together to increase our chances of staying in the game." She clapped her hands and returned back to the campfire pit, as Priya looked on at Damien before walking.
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"My parents are huge reality show fanatics, they've basically been training me to win one ever since I was able to walk." The Competitor confessed, "So when they heard I got accepted into this show they were over the moon, so yeah I'm here to win, definitely." The girl said, more as if she was trying to convince herself of that then anything.
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The camera returned to show a distant shot of the island, as the clock in the corner returned reading "23:59:54", before panning in closer, returning to the campfire as the fire was now roaring in the middle. It panned past the Gopher side, to the Bass side as Courtney was jogging in place and Anne-Maria standing up in the centre. It did a close up on Julia who was now fast asleep, as well as Izzy. On the bottom, a counter with the Gopher logo dropped down from eleven to ten, and a counter with the Bass one dropped down from ten to nine.
The camera cut to focus on Tyler, who was resisting the urge to fall asleep, as he watched Dawn and Leonard who were also fast asleep. The camera faded to black, before returning as a bear appeared from the bush behind them and whacked both the teenagers out of the shot causing Tyler to scream, before the two sat up and he realised it was just a dream as he sat back down. The Bass Counter then dropped from nine to seven, as Leonard and Dawn technically counted as having had fallen asleep.
"Congratulations campers," Chris said as he walked into the shot. "you've made it to the twenty four hour mark. Time to take things up a notch." He said motioning to a blanket next to him, as Chef walked into the shot wearing a lamb outfit holding a harp. "With fairy tales!" He took off the blanket to reveal a large pile of books.
"Oh you cannot be serious." Scott said with a groan.
Chris ignored him, picking up the book and beginning to read. "Once...upon a time, there was, inside this boring kingdom, a boring village. And inside this boring village..." Chris began to drone on as the contestants began to yawn. The camera closed in on Cody about to fall asleep on an unseen object, before a large farting noise woke him up. Cody looked up to realise he fell asleep on Sam's butt and began to loudly cough.
The camera then cut to show the moon, as Chef appeared in the shot briefly now wearing a tutu, spraying what was supposedly 'sleeping dust' everywhere, as he began to dance around. When the contestants were hit by the dust, they began to yawn more deeply.
The camera cut to show Scott tying himself to a tree, before being hit by the dust and falling asleep, remaining tied up to the tree that eventually tipped over.
"There's a joke here somewhere, but I'm too tired to make it." MK said, yawning.
The camera faded once more, and returned to show the timer at the top now nearing forty hours. The Gopher counter now read six, as Scott, Damien, Sam and Beth had now all fallen asleep. The Bass counter read four as MK, Ezekiel and Tyler had all also now fallen asleep. The camera cut to a close up of Courtney jogging.
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"I figured if I kept moving, I could outlast all the others. I just had to keep my eye on the ball." The A Type reasoned.
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"You know, I see the logic behind it but that's pretty counterproductive." Dave informed the girl. "If anything it'll make you more tired."
"Cant stop now, if I stop I know I'll fall asleep." Courtney replied as she kept going.
"It wouldn't be such a bad thing if you did, you did well enough in the challenge to avoid being voted off you know." Dave responded.
"It's not about just being safe!" Courtney told him as she stopped. "Last challenge, I took leadership and I failed. MK was right, I was a chicken and if it wasn't for Max or Ezekiel I would've just as easily been the one going home. That's why I don't want to just do well enough, I want to win." Courtney said as she returned to it.
"Well, if you just need to stay distracted, I have another idea." Dave suggested, as Courtney stopped, and then sat down next to him.
"Fine, but it better work."
"Wanna play chess?" The Normal Guy suddenly whipped a board out of nowhere from behind him, as Courtney's eyes widened.
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"Yeah Dave, that's what all girls like, a game of chess!" He told himself in the confessional as he smacked his head. "Idiot." He told himself
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"Sure, it's been a while since I played so why not." Courtney said with a smile, as she began to set it up.
"Wait, seriously?" Dave said in surprise.
"Yeah, it'll be fun." Courtney responded, maintaining her smile, as Dave suddenly formed one of his own.
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"You know I didn't think I'd say this but there might me more to Dave than I thought. Can't believe this was the same guy who won't even open the cabin door without spraying disinfectant." She mused to herself.
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The camera then panned past Dave and Courtney playing chess, to Zee and Zoey who were sitting next to each other.
"So, how you holding up Zee?" Zoey asked the Pothead, who yawned.
"I'm cool brah, all those late night gaming sessions are really working out right now, to think my mom told me I should be studying instead." He said to himself, getting in a relaxed position.
Zoey laughed at the end of that, "Yeah, I would kill for some Total Warriors two right now." She said with a smile.
"Woah, you know Total Warriors!? I didn't think girls who liked action games really existed." Zee said in awe.
"Well don't worry, we do. And for the record, I'd totally kick your butt." She added with a cocky smile.
"Loving the confidence dude." Zee said with a smile as he began sipping on a soda.
"Okay seriously, where are you getting those?" Damien chimed in from behind, as Zee just shrugged.
"You alright there, Cody?" Jasmine said, turning to the Geek as she lightly tapped him and he fell to the ground. "Oop, guess not." She said with a look of concern. The Gopher counter reappeared, as it made a 'ding' noise and went down from six to five.
The camera flashed and returned to Priya and Damien sitting together.
"So, what do you plan on doing if you win?" Damien asked the girl.
"Well, I don't really have any plans for the money. But I guess if I won I'd finally ask my parents if I could go to med-school." She responded.
"Wait, your parents don't want you to become a doctor? That's like the opposite of what I'd expect from parent's like ours." Damien said cracking a small chuckle.
Priya giggled in response, "well they want me to go down the reality TV circuit, but I've always liked the idea of being a surgeon." She said, looking up whimsically as she did.
"Well makes sense, you were pretty quick to help Sam when we doing the early morning run thing earlier." Damien responded, "For what it's worth I think you'd make a cool surgeon."
"Thanks! And I think you'd make a great...whatever it is you want to do." Priya responded, attempting to save it.
"Thanks to you too," Damien responded with a smile as Priya tried to hide her blush.
The camera faded on her smile, and returned to the night sky, panning downwards to show Damien and Zee now looking at Anne-Maria.
"How is she doing this, she hasn't moved since like the fourteen hour mark." Damien said to Zee.
"No clue, man." The Pothead shrugged, as Damien attempted to get her attention.
"The concentration here is crazy." Damien said, as he finally touched her pouf before flinching as she moved and opened her eyelids, revealing they were painted, causing the two to gasp.
"Her eyelids are painted, I saw that!" Eva screamed out, pointing at the Jersey Shore Reject.
"Shut up!" Chris said in glee. "This I gotta see." He said jogging over to the scene. He properly inspected the girl, who smiled in innocence. "That is so crazy incredible! But you're still out man." He informed. The Gopher counter appeared once more, dropping from five to four, now leaving both the teams tied.
The camera flashed and returned to the water fall, as the sun set and night rose twice, with the counter continuing. It eventually stopped as it reached just past the eighty five hour mark, returning back to the camp pit in the day time.
It cut to show Dave had now fallen asleep, and Cody and MK lying down together, as the latter was kissing on the ear of the former. The pair woke up, screaming and running in opposite directions, as Chase laughed at the scene.
"The things I would do for a coffee right now..." Priya mumbled, visibly trying to remain awake.
Chris walked into the shot, holding a cup of coffee. "What is the matter with you people? Come on, fall asleep alright!" He said, pausing to take a sip.
"Please, just one sip, please!" Priya said, grabbing onto his leg, as the host managed to shake her off.
"Alright, you five stay with me, the rest of you go and get a shower for heaven's sake! You stink!" With that, the campers left, save for Priya, Jasmine, Zee, Eva and Chase.
"I didn't want it to come to this," Chris said after taking one more sip of his coffee. "I told Chef Hatchet last night, I said 'Chef, I don't want it to come to this!', but darn it, these campers are tough! And so, I've come up with the most boring, sleep inducing activity I can find."
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"How can it possibly get worse than fairy tales and seeing Chef in a tutu?" Chase asked the confessional
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"The history of Canada, a pop up book. Chapter one, The Beaver. National symbol, and a real fine hat." The camera returned to Chris opening a large red book, as a pop up of a beaver appeared as he read it, in the most monotone voice possible.
The remaining contestants visibly groaned as Chase said 'it somehow got worse'.
The camera flashed, returning to reveal it was now in the eighty seventh hour, with Chris still reading. Eva had now fallen asleep, as well as Priya leaving just Zee, Jasmine and Chase. The Gopher counter dinged and went from three to one, with the Bass counter going from two to one.
The camera cut to Zee and Jasmine, as the Outbacker hit the ground with a large thud. "Guess it's up to me now." Zee said with an indifferent look.
"May the best man win." Chase said with a tired smile, as the pair exchanged a fist bump.
The camera flashed once more, returning to Chris now dropping the book down to the side. "Time for a bathroom break." He informed, pointing into the direction of the bathroom. "Any takers?" He then asked.
"Nah, it's cool brah." Zee said, waving his hand in front of his face.
"How have you drank so many sodas and haven't gone once!?" Chase asked in shock, as Zee just shrugged. The Prankster sighed, before raising his hand and walking in the direction of the bathroom.
"You've got five minutes, as long as you don't mind a little company." Chris told the boy, as he pointed to the camera man.
"You'll stay out of the stall right?" Chase asked, as the camera nodded, and he continued walking.
The camera returned to Zee, who just sat there bored before panning outwards.
The camera then flashed to show the bathroom stall. "Chase, you in there man?" The cameraman asked, before opening it to reveal the boy fast asleep.
The camera then panned to Chris who tapped his fingers on the drum, before receiving a note from a hand offscreen, he smiled as he read it. "Well, we have some news. It seems Chase took a dive on the can which means the official winner of the Awake-A-Thon is...Zee!" The boy did a double take as the camera cut to him.
"Wait, it's over?" He said. "Finally!" He stretched and fell asleep on the spot as the host said that.
"The Screaming Gophers win!" Chris said holding up his hand, as he still didn't move.
The camera flashed and returned to show MK sitting in the girls cabin, as Julia came in.
"Hey MK." The Influencer said with a smile.
"Can I help you?" She quickly responded, with a raised eyebrow.
"Okay look, I know we're not exactly friends, but right now I need your help."
"And why would I agree to that?"
"Because neither of us exactly did too well in the challenge, so we need to think smart about the voting tonight."
MK was going to say something, but then paused, before reluctantly sighing. "Fine, what exactly do you have in mind."
"Simple, we need someone else to go down, and I have just the plan." Julia said with a smirk as the camera faded.
The camera returned to the elimination ceremony, where the Killer Bass sat, Chris at the helm.
"Campers, you've all cast your votes and made your decision. There are only nine marshmallows on this plate." Chris said as he sat the plate down on the log in front of them. "When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately walk the down the dock of shame, catch the boat of losers, and leave. And you can never return, ever."
"The first marshmallow goes to, Dave. Chase. Dawn, and Eva." The four names called out went up to collect theirs, standing to the side.
"Tyler. Courtney. and Leonard." The next three went up to get theres, just leaving Ezekiel, MK and Julia.
"MK." Chris called out, as the girl smiled leaving the last two.
"Campers, this is the final marshmallow of the evening." He informed pointing to it, as Julia began to gave a panicked face and Ezekiel sat there rather indifferent.
"Julia." He called out. The girl gave a sigh of relief, and went up to get hers, as a few of the Killer Bass gasped in shock.
"Well, I hope this makes up for what I did in the last episode." Ezekiel said with a small smile.
"Wait, you did this?" Chase said in surprise.
"I wanted to show I was really sorry, so I agreed to let some people vote me off. Guess they didn't have enough time to tell everyone, eh." He said with a chuckle.
"Aw, well as touching as it is, It's time to walk down the dock of shame my man." Chris said, as he hurriedly pushed him off camera, as Ezekiel walked down the dock of shame and boarded the boat of losers.
The camera returned to the Killer Bass, as they all had their marshmallows on a stick over the fire. "To the Killer Bass!" Courtney called out, "and not ending up here next week."
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"Yeah, MK and I managed to convince Zeke if he really felt bad about what he did, he had to make it up to us girls. Shame, seems he could've been a decent guy after all." Julia said as she stared at her nails. "After embarrassing myself in the last episode, I needed to show how serious I really am about winning this game." She added with a dark grin.
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The camera cut to show Julia leaving the confessional, as Scott appeared from behind it. "Interesting..." The Dirt Farmer said to himself, as the camera faded to black.
(Ending Credits)
Author Notes
And that is the end of the Big Sleep! I knew Ezekiel wasn't going to last, but I think this is a nicer send off then in canon, gives Julia a point on the villain board and sets up Zeke pretty well for future seasons! This was a good chance for some characters interactions and now we see the Jasmine alliance, some movement on Priya and Damien and a nice friendship between Zee and Zoey, or could it be more? Who knows :). Lemme know what you think, and with that, I'm signing out
- Toodles!
Elimination Order
22nd - Max (The Super Villain)
21st - Ezekiel (The Homeschooled Guy)