Seventh Campfire Ceremony
"So, who you voting for?" Brooke asked Todd as the two sat in the sun.
"Not sure," Todd said.
"Too bad you can't vote for Rufus," Brooke said.
"He's actually not a bad player," Todd said. "It might be a good idea to keep him around for a while."
"I heard from Nessa that Ashlynn wasn't of much use," Brooke said.
Confession Cam:
(Phoebe) "We finally convinced Brooke to use Todd's liking her against the Toucans. Now, we just hope that she can pull it off."
(Todd) "Such a sweet girl. She could use a little more subtly. I'm not voting off Ashlynn. No, I'm saying Autumn. The fact is that from this point on, we need the most athletic players we can get, and she doesn't fall into that category."
(Madison) "So, yeah, Ah'm voting fer Gail. She's a nice girl, but she ain't all that tough. Ah'm not sure there's much use for her any more."
(Rufus) "Well, Nessa thinks she 'saved' me, but my team would seriously never vote me off. Now, which idiot I am voting for…? Well, there is Madison, but she did block that one shot that would have probably cost me the immunity, so I'll give her a chance. Todd, the jerk, stuck me with her, but he's the only other real player our team has. I'm mostly between Autumn and Gail, but apparently Autumn made sure that Walter wasn't able to heal his teammates, and Gail's damn fine to look at. Over all, I'm going to have to vote off Alex, just cause he annoys me and I've actually gotten Jamie to follow me a bit."
(Walter) "Well, that was pure luck. I mean, I'm glad we won after losing so many challenges, but to win by pure chance like that leaves a more bitter taste in my mouth than those Root Beer Floats would have. I'm wishing Christie wasn't voted off right about now; she may have been a psycho, but she was definitely one of our tougher teammates. With her around, I think we would have had a much better chance this last challenge, instead of just lucking out like that." Sighs and shakes head. "I may have made a mistake about Manny too. But I guess it's to late to change any of that though, so we're just gonna have to figure out a way to win some more challenges without them around."
(Jamie) "Well, I finally get some screen time. WOO HOO! Anyway, I think I'll vote for Madison. If I have to hear her arguing with Rufus one more time, I'm gonna pump 'em full of pot so they'll just make out and break all that annoying sexual tension." He then takes out a spoon and flips it in his hand a few times. "Also, bet you dudes didn't know I could cook? Well, I CAN, so there."
(Autumn) "Okay, I'm between Bex and Jamie, because they only got shot today. But, Jamie cooks one hell of an omelet, so I'll say Bex."
(Ashlynn) She takes a deep breath. "Well, no one really messed up today… so I wrote everyone's name, save mine and Rufus," she rolls her hazel eyes, "on a slip of paper and chose out of Madison's hat and came up with Todd." She slips name into the box. "That was probably a really bad move, now that I think about it."
(Gail) "Okay, I'm saying Jamie, mostly because he was really lucky in the beginning not getting knocked off. I mean, he's a great guy and all, but… he hasn't done anything to really spectacularly help yet."
(Alex) "I have to say Ashlynn, mostly because she's really getting close to Erik. I know, she's not as close with him as Todd is with Brooke, but Brooke isn't going to use Todd, and Todd's a bit more valuable. So, sorry Ashlynn, but we need to keep this team loyal."
(Bex) "Well, I've thought long and hard…"
Nessa was lying on the beach in a neon blue and white bikini soaking up rays when a shadow stepped over her. She lifted her shades off her caramel eyes to see who it was, then rolled her eyes and placed her shades back on, turning onto her stomach. "Could you step out of the light, please? It makes it difficult to tan."
Rufus grunted and took a step to the side.
"So, what do you want?"
"Just wondering why you decided to give immunity to me," Rufus said.
"Easy," Nessa said propping herself onto her elbows. "Your team really doesn't like you, you create tension, and that's good for my team. Why do you want to know?"
Rufus smirked. "I have a proposition."
"And that is…?"
"Well, with Manny gone, you are your teams best player," Rufus said. "And I'm my teams. I say we form an alliance."
"How do we do that, being on different teams and all," Nessa said.
"Well, make sure that you get to give immunity every time you win," Rufus said. "And give it to me. I'll do the same and give immunity to you. Then, when it's every man for himself, we continue the alliance, being the two strongest, we'll get immunity the most. We make it to the final two and battle it out from there."
Nessa smirked. "I'll think about it." She lowered herself back to her stomach and closed her eyes. "Now, let me sun in peace." She didn't get a response and when she opened an eye, he was gone.
Once the sun had gone down, the Toucans met by the campfire, surprised to find not Chris, but Felton and Greg and a plate of marshmallows.
"Hey," Felton said. "Ya'll were probably expecting Chris, but due to a blue goo incident…" he turned to look at Madison.
"What are ya'll lookin' at me for like that?" she asked in defense.
"Ah know it was ya'll," Felton said.
"No it wasn't," Bex said. She and Todd high-fived one another.
"Anyway," Greg said. "Marshmallows go to Rufus."
"Todd," Felton said.
"Jamie."
"Mah sister."
"Bex."
"Ashlynn."
"My G-girl."
"And…" Autumn and Alex looked at one another. "Alex," Felton finished.
"Aw, no," Madison said. She gave Autumn a big hug. Gail and Ashlynn joined in. Bex looked down and kicked the sand.
"Oh, and I'm very impressed that, aside from Rufus," Greg said. "Each and every one of you received a vote."
"We all wanted to vote Rufus off," Jamie said. "Stupid Nessa."
"Well, Autumn, time for us to return to civilization," Felton said.
"Bye everyone," she said. "It was a great experience to meet you all."
"You too, Autumn," Gail said. "We'll miss you so much."
(Erik) "Those Toucans did not look happy when they came back."
"So, you guys voted off goth girl?" Walter questioned. "Not a bad choice."
"Shut it," Bex snapped.
The Toucans all glared at Rufus before climbing into their tents again.
(Bex) "I really didn't think she'd get anymore votes. I actually thought it would be Jamie, but I kind of… well, he's cute. I don't want him to go." She sighs. "I guess it turns out that no matter who I voted for, they would have gone home,"
(Nessa) "Yeah, Rufus is killing each and everyone of their spirits. I think it should be easy to convince most of my team to give him immunity. Puts tension on their team."
Sorry, Autumn, but you were the only one that actually got 2 votes. Anyway, keep an eye out for the next chapter. After each team is down to six members, I will decide on how gets booted off. It's too difficult to have to wait it out. And I think, assuming this person doesn't get booted off by you guys in the next three challenges, I know who is going to win it all.
