I meant to update faster, but I had trouble creating a challenge... I'll brainstorm a few more tonight while I've got some down time. Anyway, enjoy!
Three's a Crowd
"How are you guys not able to do this?" Nessa asked. She was teaching several people a ballroom dance, because they were bored and needed something to do. Of course, Bex and Jamie and paired off after a grueling effort to get them to participate. Brooke and Todd were partnered as well. Gail and Alex, still mad at one another, had each chosen a new partner; Gail had chosen Zak loudly claiming how she thought brains were sexy while Alex had paired off with Phoebe saying how he would rather spend time with a girl with an actual attitude. Walter, well, he refused to participate, as he was trying to see if he could make a tree-sized slingshot, hoping to shoot any plane or helicopter that Chris could possibly be in. So, Nessa's partner was Genevieve. Though Genevieve wasn't a very good dancer, Nessa was a good teacher.
Rufus and Madison were no where to be seen (Madison supposedly feeding Misty and Rufus, still looking for his missing gel bottles, even though Bex had returned them earlier that morning… all emptied out, of course. She never said they would still have gel, after all).
"Seriously, you two," Nessa said to Jamie and Bex. They were more fooling around than paying attention. "Here, Todd, Jamie, switch."
"You know, this isn't really that important," Bex said.
"Just try it once with Todd," Nessa said, knowing full well that Todd would make her look a lot better than Jamie had.
Todd and Jamie switched with one another, and Nessa began the count again. This time, Bex and Todd seemed to have done it perfectly, especially considering they were in sand. "See, the way you two dance together, one would think you were dating," Nessa said. "You two have real chemistry on the dance floor. Dancing is really half about who your partner is."
Jamie's eyes widened a bit. Bex and Todd were laughing and smiling, and had looked fabulous dancing with one another.
Confession Cam:
(Zak) "As of late, I've become a lot less trusting of most of my teammates." He stops for a moment, then takes a deep breath. "Nessa and Walter to be precise. They're tricky… The whole, lets give immunity to Rufus, twice, when he's a good player. Of course, I'm being a bit deceitful myself, acting as if I know of nothing. And today, trying to set members of the other team against one another…"
(Genevieve) "It was so nice of Nessa to agree to teach us all to dance. Granted, I'm not very good, but I think she's warming up to us. At first, I don't think she would have had the patience, and would have just given up and lied down to tan."
(Jamie) "Rufus has taken the time to point out just how much time Bex and Todd spend together. Whenever Todd needs a partner in crime or two for a prank, he always goes to Bex first, then, depending on what he needs, the next person is debatable."
(Bex) "Dancing with a partner that knows what he's doing certainly helps, but Todd just doesn't have that adorable look of painful concentration that Jamie gets."
"Campers, please gather near the Dock of Shame," Chris's voice carried over the whole island.
"Didn't we just have a challenge yesterday or something?" Genevieve asked.
"No, I'm pretty sure it was three days ago," Zak said.
Once everyone was gathered, Chris smiled widely. "Today, we are doing a few activities… partner activities, that is."
"And, of course, you'll be picking our partners for us, won't you?" Zak questioned.
"Is that even a valid question?" Chris asked. "Nope, not really."
"So, can we have specifics for this challenge?" Walter asked.
"There will be five challenges, and for each challenge, you will work with a partner. The first team to win five of the challenges wins. The first challenge will be a high ropes course. One partner will be harnessed up, the other, not. You must cross without the unharnessed partner falling to the hard ground. The second challenge, a simple game of pictionary, best three out of five. Third, a race, more on that later. Fourth, charades, first pair to get through five. And finally, a kissing contest, judged by Chef and myself. The couple that we feels has the prize kiss gets the point. Now, for the first challenge. For the Iguana, Brooke will be harnessed and Walter won't be. And the Toucans, Gail, you're harnessed while Rufus isn't."
Rufus pointed a finger at Gail. "Do not drop me," he said.
"I'll try not to…" Gail said.
Chris led them to the high ropes course and smiled. He pointed to the beginning and his finger led the way as he explained. "First you have to climb the ladder," which was a single rope with wooden spokes sticking out either side, "then cross the bridge," similar to the 'ladder' only vertical and actually secured at both ends, "and finish by going down the zip line."
"How am I supposed to do a zip line without a harness?" Walter asked.
Chris smiled. "Hold really tight. Oh, and don't forget to switch secures at each platform or you may end up with a bit of trouble."
Brooke and Gail pulled on their harnesses while Rufus and Walter stood at opposite courses.
Confession Cam:
(Nessa) "You have to admire Chris's genius sometimes. He takes the weakest player from each team to have to more or less carry the weight of the heaviest player from each team. Anyway, I hope Gail does drop Rufus."
(Rufus) "Yeah, without my gel, my hair is a mess." He keeps picking at it, even though it looks as good as ever."
Once both harnessed and hooked up, Chris blew that air horn. Brooke began climbing, until Walter just lifted her as high as he could so she was about half way up immediately.
"Jump on," Rufus said to Gail.
"Why?"
"So I can take you up on my back," Rufus said. "So, jump on and hold tight."
Gail looked at Alex, then smiled brightly. "You don't have to ask me to hold you," she said. "It'll be my pleasure."
Rufus smirked as Gail wrapped her arms around his shoulders and jumped on his back. Rufus grabbed a single spoke with his hands, having watched Brooke, seeing the trick was to keep the weight on either side of a spoke equal. So, at all times, he kept his weight as balanced on any spoke. Brooke reached the platform first, but Rufus and Gail still reached ahead of Walter.
They switched secures and Gail began across, Rufus holding her shoulders. They quickly discovered that the spokes on his ladder were just for show. Both teams took about ten minutes crossing the rope, and finally Rufus and Gail got to the zip line.
"Who goes first?" Gail asked.
"We go together," Rufus said. He grabbed the zip line roller. "Ready?"
"Yep," Gail said holding him tightly. "Good," Rufus said and pushed off.
Brooke and Walter reached just as they were pushing off, and, in an attempt to possibly reach the platform, jumped for their line. About five feet out, Brooke's unswitched secure snapped her off, and the jolt pulled Walter off, and he fell to the ground below while Brooke dangled helplessly.
"And the Toucans get the first point," Chris said.
The second station had two chairs, backs against one another, and two pads of paper. "Our artists are Phoebe," Chris began, and Phoebe smiled. "And Madison."
Confession Cam:
(Phoebe) "One thing I'm actually good at!"
"And our viewers will be Zak and Jamie." Jamie and Zak sat in the chairs, and Madison and Phoebe went to the pad of paper that their teammate was facing. The looked at the Chris. He held up a sign that said Submarine. "And, go!"
Within a few seconds, Phoebe had drawn a long, hotdog shaped object, added a water line, and a periscope. Madison had more of a sideways egg with portholes.
"A sub," Zak said. Phoebe made a motion that he almost had it. "A submarine!"
"The Iguanas have the first one. Girls, get a new piece of paper," the flipped to the next piece of paper. "And, your new word." Beetles.
Madison began with a circle, and put a line through it. Phoebe was drawing four people, rather detailed.
"Um, a band," Zak began. Surprised by Zak's guess, Madison looked at Phoebe, and watched confused.
"Madison, draw," Todd yelled.
Madison began adding legs.
"A bug?" Jamie began.
"Oh, the Beatles?" Zak asked.
"Um, I guess that counts…" Chris said, and Phoebe laughed a bit.
"It was actually spelled like the bug," Phoebe explained to Zak.
"Okay, next word." Victoria Secret. Both girls blushed, but began drawing. They both had the same idea. They drew panties and bras, making the guys blush. Phoebe had the idea to add a small dog to hers and add the tag, circling that.
"I don't know underwear brands except Hanes," Zak said.
Hearing Zak say that, Jamie began, "La Perla? Um… Victoria Secret."
"Yes!" Madison cheered.
"Do I even want to know why you know that?" Bex asked.
"I have a younger sister," Jamie said. "That's the store I avoid when we do school shopping."
"And our next word…" Abba.
Madison had no idea how to draw that. Phoebe, after a moment, began to draw a dancer, adding a crown, added music notes.
"Um… Dancing Queen?" Zak began.
Phoebe gave him a thumbs up to show he was on the right track. Then she drew a few stick people and added quote bubbles with music notes and had an arrow pointed at the people. Madison was still struggling with what to draw at all.
"Oh, um… Abba… right?"
"And the Iguanas take the second challenge," Chris said.
"And now, we have our special race," Chris said. He led them to a circular track.
"Is this just a medley?" Alex asked.
"Not quite," Chris said. "It's a panty hose race." He tossed an unopened pack of two sets of panty hose to Alex and Nessa. "Lap one, you share one set of hose. Second lap you share both pairs of hose. Alex, Todd, you are the Toucan Team. Nessa, Walter, you're the Iguana team. Now, get ready…"
Both team opened the package and started pulling on the first pair.
"Get set…"
"Pull it all the way up," Nessa said.
"Why?"
"Trust me," Nessa hissed.
Confession Cam:
(Nessa) "This is the one thing where it's better to be a girl, cause I know how to wear tights. Todd and Alex looked like total morons."
(Todd) "I got rope burn around my knee from stupid panty hose."
"Go!" Todd and Alex set off, a little trippy as the hose were only up to their knees. A second later, Nessa and Walter set off at a fine run because the hose were all the way up their legs. They quickly pulled ahead and Todd and Alex tried to amend their problem as they ran, which didn't work too well. As they ran, Nessa prepared the second pair of tights. When they hit the line to add the second pair, Nessa held it out for Walter to slip in first, then pulled on her side.
"Hook arms," Nessa said as they stood back the back. "Carry me on your back."
Walter listened to her and quickly ran. Alex and Todd didn't stand a chance as they had just barely gotten the second pair of tights on when Walter crossed the line.
"Just saved your butt if we have to do an elimination," Nessa said after he set her down.
"We'll win," Walter said as Todd and Alex struggled to get out of the tights at the same time.
"And now, Charades!" Chris said. "Bex, Madison, you're for the Toucans. Genevieve, Brooke, for the Iguanas."
Bex and Genevieve were each given a card with five things they had to act out. For Bex, her list was Chris, a bride, an Irish man, the wind, and Iguanas. Genevieve's list was Chef, Cinderella, Harry Potter, the moon, and Toucans.
"Go!" Chris shouted.
Bex immediately put on a bright smile mimicking Chris's, then grabbed Chris's air horn, smiled, and blew it. She then 'fixed' her hair and imitated Chris's movements.
Genevieve stood tall and pretended to be slapping food onto trays and glared.
"Chris!"
"Chef Hatchet!"
Both teams moved on.
Bex, pretended to be walking down an aisle, 'holding a bouquet.'
Genevieve began to 'run' but left a shoe behind.
"Cinderella."
Bex faked throwing the bouquet behind her.
"Um a bride!"
Genevieve pretended to be on a broom, pretended she had a wand and was dueling.
Bex pretended she held a pint of beer and began acting drunk.
"A drunk?"
Bex then pulled Todd down and held his hair over her own as best she could.
"Oh, an Irish drunk."
"I'll take that," Chris said with a smile.
Bex then began blowing and making motions like the wind.
"Um, give me something more," Brooke said.
Genevieve then quickly drew a lightning bolt on her head.
"Oh, Harry Potter."
"Blowing? Breeze?"
Bex blew harder and made harder movements.
"More than a breeze… a wind?"
Genevieve began drawing a moon, pointing to the sky.
"The sun?"
Bex pointed at the Iguanas, then began mocking what they were doing.
"The Losers called the Iguanas?" Madison asked.
"Yeah!"
"And the Toucans take their second victory, so it all comes down to the kiss," Chris said. "Okay, for the Iguanas, we will have Phoebe and Zak. And Alex and Gail for the Toucans." Chef walked up beside Chris.
"I like a delicate, romantic kiss," Chef said.
"And I like them sexy and needy," Chris said.
Confession Cam:
(Todd) "I can see this going either way. One, Alex and Gail fail miserably because they don't want to look at one another, not mention touch each other. Two, the moment their lips touch, the fall for one another again, and their real kiss impresses both Chef and Chris more than Zak and Phoebe's kiss."
(Rufus) "We couldn't send up me and Madison? We've had a bit of practice in this area." He smirks and leans back. Leans too far back and suddenly falls off the seat.
"Toucans, you may go first."
Alex and Gail looked at one another, then looked away.
"Don't you two dare quit," Rufus said. "We need this to win!"
"Come on," Todd said. "Make up already."
"Fine," Gail said. She turned back to Alex, spun his around, then kissed him hard on the lips for a few seconds, before pushing him to the ground. "There!"
"I guess that means it's the Iguana's turn," Chris said after a moment.
Phoebe and Zak approached, then they leaned in, starting with a small kiss, that they then increased, Phoebe clearly leading the kiss. After they were finished, they just looked at one another and smiled slightly.
Confession Cam:
(Phoebe) "For such a little smarty, he's got talented lips." She blushes a bit.
Chris and Chef talked for a moment, then Chris said loudly, "And the winners are… Zak and Phoebe, meaning the Iguanas win over all. How about our winning kissers decide who gets to have invincibility for the Toucans."
Zak and Phoebe turned to one another, then said, "Todd!"
Confession Cam:
(Rufus) "Danm!"
He turned to the Toucans. "Not looking too good for you guys overall. Anyway, eat, vote, and then report to the campfire."
Confession Cam:
(Todd) "So relieved! I could have been a complete goner!"
(Alex) "I lost both challenges! I'm so doomed. I should blame Gail, but I can…"
(Madison) "This is gonna be hard."
Nessa and Walter high-fived. "Safe again.
Bex took Jamie's hand. "I kind of wish we had had that last task."
Jamie blushed. "You do?"
"Yeah," she said. She stood on her toes and pulled him down. "It would have forced you to finally do this." She then kissed him for a few seconds on his lips. She smiled at him. "What do you think?"
Jamie smiled, then it dropped. "I didn't complete my task, what if I'm gone tonight?"
"Well, you're not voting for yourself," Bex said. "And I'm not voting for you. Not to mention, you could only do as well as Madison's pictures, which could have had some improving…"
"I guess…"
"I think you're safe," Bex said.
"You're definitely safe," Jamie said. "You almost always do what you need to do." He then smiled. "I'm not feeling into Chef's crap. How about we swipe some supplies and have a small romantic dinner… you know, in case it's my last night."
Bex smiled. "I'd have to change…"
"I think you look beautiful just the way you are right now…"
Bex kissed him again. "I'll do the distracting, you swipe the stuff, okay?"
"Sounds solid."
Toucans, your last vote. Todd has immunity. Now, remember, Alex lost two challenges, Bex and Rufus both one their one, Gail and Madison both won one and lost one, and Jamie lost his one. Vote how your character would vote, or what you think will create a more interesting story.
