(Plata Tribe)
Everyone came back from Tribal Council looking happy.
"We just went to our first Tribal Council which is something we really wanted to avoid." Prick said before smirking. "But who know what? The ending outcome was beautiful. We got rid of Nina, our biggest liability and you know what the best part is? She didn't even saw it coming. Pathetic but at least she would now learn about how the world works. Or not. It's all good."
"Guys, I can't thank you enough for believing me." Coco said. "When I heard that Nina doesn't trust me, I was afraid that you would think so too."
Bill shook his head. "I never doubted you for a moment.
"Yeah, especially since the words had come from NINA'S mouth." Prick smirked crossing his arms.
Coco sighed in relief.
"Oh, man! My heart is STILL racing! When I heard Nina calling me out and that she actually found out about my plan, I thought I was sunk." Coco smiled. "Thank goodness she was as likable as a sea urchin. And if you ever touch one of those, you know what I mean."
The little girl then yawned. "Man, that Tribal Council took a lot out of me."
"Indeed, let's turn into bed for the night." Amber agreed.
"Sweet dreams, lads and lassies!" Prick said walking off. "I know I will!"
Everyone then soon made their way back to camp. However, Richard had his head down the entire time.
"Don't misunderstand. Nina was a liability to us even though she claims otherwise. However, she got voted off for proving a point." Richard frowned. "She could be telling the truth and Coco could be playing everyone for fools. I mean she was clearly one of our weakest players so her story would be the perfect way to make merge."
The dark-haired man walked forward. "Mortimer, may I ask for a second opinion?"
The duck stopped before looking back. "What is it, Richard?"
The human sighed before looking down. "I know Nina completely deserved it but I felt that we just kept a potential threat."
"Still think that Coco is a schemer?" Mortimer said.
"I am not saying anything. I am just saying that the possibility is there and if Nina was correct, we may risk looking like imbeciles." Richard said.
Mortimer raised his eyebrow. "I could see where you are coming from but let's be realistic about this. She is just a nine-year-old girl."
"From a franchise about pirates." Richard argued.
"Even still, if Nina was right, she did a horrible job presenting her case." Mortimer said. "Not only was she was too forward but her earlier actions didn't give us any reason to trust her with anything."
Richard actually chuckled at this. "I admit that is true. Nina had no reason for making a complete tool of herself on the first day."
"Also, we may never find out how the tribe will vote but even if we find out that Nina was telling the truth, would it really matter?" Mortimer said.
"True." Richard said.
"I could see why Richard is still sceptical. There is a good chance that Nina could be right but the same could be said for her being wrong." Mortimer said crossing his arms. "Personally, I don't know. However, we just have to see with these next few days."
(Day 4; Aurum Tribe)
Andrew and Queenmon were walking on the outskirts of camp talking to each other or flying in Queenmon's case.
"And that is why that is my strategy on Survivor." Queenmon said.
"Wow…" Andrew said looking to the side. "…That is… deep."
"Thank you. But enough about me." Queenmon said. "What is YOUR favourite strategy?"
Andrew shrank back at this. "Um, well…?"
"Psst!"
Andrew and Queenmon stopped in their tracks before looking to the side to see Ronald standing a good distance away motioning to them. The former two casted each other suspicious looks.
"Can I see you two for a moment?" Ronald said.
"Why? Are you on the lookout for Catherine again?" Andrew asked as he and Queenmon went over.
"No. Well, yes." Ronald said. "But that's not the thing I wanted to talk about."
"Then, what is?" Queenmon asked.
Ronald smirked. "Strategy."
"It been three days already. I think I had gotten an idea of everyone's personalities, intelligence and gullibility." Ronald said rubbing his hands together. "Time to build an alliance. So far, nobody was talking to anyone so that means everyone is free for now."
"I would like an alliance." The rat said.
"An alliance?" Queenmon asked surprised.
Ronald nodded. "Indeed, we are all going to be in one sooner or later so why not start now? Especially with my lack of physical strength. I think we should come together. If we do, we could be a formidable force. I think we are the smartest people on our tribe so our increased brainpower could think up lots of moves. I could really use your help you guys what with Andrew's strength and Queenmon's knowledge of Survivor seasons. I can't do this on my own."
Andrew and Queenmon stood in their places blinking twice.
"So what do you say?" Ronald asked.
Queenmon floated in her place.
"What do I say?" The bee said before narrowing her eyes. "What drugs had you induced into your aging body? THAT is what I say."
Ronald stepped back stunned at this. "What do you mean?"
"I mean I wouldn't align with you if you were the last person on this tribe!" Queenmon said flying up into Ronald's face.
"I… I…" Ronald started before narrowing his eyes. "Hey! I am just trying to ask you for an alliance!"
"Well, the answer is no!" Andrew said stepping forward. "We know that you are up to no-good!"
"What are you talking about?" Ronald asked.
"Oh, come on! A rat with pupil-less eyes from Classic Disney?" Queenmon asked in disbelief. "You are a villain!"
Ronald growled. "Miss Queenmon, that is called prejudice!"
"Don't you dare play that card with me!" The insect scolded. "I could sense the aura of a Virus from miles away."
"The only virus is your annoying mouth!" Ronald snapped.
Queenmon crossed her arms. "So the rat came out of the sheep's wool."
"Any person would react negatively when accused of being evil!" Ronald insisted.
"Yeah, but in this case, you are reacting negatively because you had been caught." Queenmon said feeling proud of herself.
"Well, before coming onto this show, my Survivor handbook said not to align with any schemers who may potentially destroy our tribe." Queenmon said narrowing her eyes. "There is no way I am going to let a villain cause drama on this tribe."
As the two started to argue, Andrew merely crossed his arms with a chuckle.
"All right, Queenmon. I think he gets the point." Andrew said walking forward.
"I should hope so." The bee said. "I shall never align myself with the scum of the earth!"
"Hey! Watch it before I turn you to stone!" Ronald growled.
"Tsk tsk tsk." Queenmon said wagging her hand. "Such empty threats."
"You KNOW that Tiny had banned you from using magic, right?" Andrew said smugly.
"Why you!" Ronald said.
"RONALD!"
The warlock jumped before looking to the side to see Catherine running over with a big grin on her face.
"There you are!" Catherine said.
Ronald yelped.
"And there is someone who would gladly align with you." Queenmon said with an unseen smirk.
"Oh, shut up!" Ronald said running off with Catherine rushing after him. All Queenmon and Andrew did was laugh.
"Drat! That didn't go as planned! Somehow Queenmon and Andrew saw through my façade! But that's all right." Ronald scowled. "Only two people are onto me. I could still get into an alliance. Surely everyone here can't be that sharp."
(Plata Tribe)
Bill, Prick, Coco and Amber sat at the fire pit.
"Thank goodness Nina is gone. I never did like her and after she accused me of lying, she really scared me." Coco said looking down.
"I could assure you it that the feeling is neutral." Amber smiled.
"Does that Tiny kid have a fetish for bratty girls or something?" Prick added.
"I could see the reasoning for Coco lying about her past but the more I think about it, the more I think it was NINA who was lying." Amber said. "I think Nina made up the whole "Belle 2.0" theory because of all of the attention Coco was getting. Let's face it. Nina was the type of person to get jealous when "outshined"."
"Yeah, don't worry." Bill reassured.
"Thank you, Bill." Coco smiled.
"Listen, don't worry about anything." The cop reassured. "If somebody tries to tell you that you are lying, just talk to me and I will talk to them."
"Thank you, Bill." Coco said sweetly.
"Bill downright admitted that he is willing to do everything he can to prove that not all cops are like Bryan and Bertha." Coco said with a smirk. "Therefore he will be the protective type. Which means play up my moe points and he will sacrifice his life in the game just to save mine."
"You know… Bill…" The young girl said looking down.
"Yes, Coco?" The bearded man asked concerned.
"Can I…" She said. "Can I be with you?"
Bill raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"It's just that… You kinda…" Coco said looking up. "You remind me of my father!"
Bill's eyes widened at this.
"Indeed. You are strong, stern and yet you are always looking out for the well-being of the team." Coco said. "You remind me so much of him."
Bill stayed silent.
"I know that I sound selfish but…" Coco started.
"Say no more!"
Coco looked up to see Bill walking over.
"If that is what you want, sure!" Bill smiled.
Coco's eyes lit up at this when she heard this. "Really?"
"Of course." Bill grinned.
Coco smiled happily before hugging Bill. The cop smiled before returning the hug.
"Aw, isn't that sweet?" Amber said smiling sweetly.
"Um, isn't that careless of Bill to say things like that when Coco could be one of the next ones to go?" Prick said scratching his head.
"Shh!"
"I admit I may have gone over my head when saying that but when I heard Coco say things like that, I just HAD to do it." Bill said. "This girl needs someone to protect and help her get over the death of her father."
While Bill was hugging Coco, the latter let out a dark chuckle.
(Day 5; Aurum Tribe)
"So that is why I want to make an alliance." Ronald said. "I know it would be hard but if we play our cards right, we could take the rest of the tribe by surprise."
Max and Margo blinked twice after listening to Ronald.
"Oh, wow…" Margo said before looking down. "I could see where you are getting from… But…"
Ronald raised an eyebrow. "But…?"
"…We don't really want to align with someone that is evil." Max said flatly.
Ronald's eyes widened at this. "What!?"
"Why do you sound so surprised?" Max shrugged. "I mean it is pretty obvious."
Ronald narrowed his eyes. "You know, it is very easy to judge."
"Especially when there is nothing to judge." Max said.
Ronald was about to counter until he heard a voice.
"Treemail!"
"Oh boy! Challenge time!" Max said walking off holding Margo by the shoulders. "Let's go."
"Um, okay?" Margo said going off leaving Ronald steaming.
"It is kinda obvious that Ronald is up to no good. Every single thing he says sounds sneaky and suspicious." Margo said. "I don't know what he is up to but I am not going to go down with him if it fails."
Everyone had gathered around Andrew who was holding a letter.
"Well, that's everyone." Andrew said. "About time you got here."
"It's not like regrouping ourselves is a race." Queenmon scolded.
"Well, anyway, here is our next Challenge." Andrew said before reading. "Have you ever worked in a warehouse before?"
Everyone blinked twice at this.
"What… The heck… Does THAT mean?" Catherine asked.
"This is merely a guess I assume that the clue has something to do with heavy lifting." Queenmon said. "That kind of labour is common in warehouses."
Half of the tribe looked excited while the other seemed upset.
"Looks like there is another physical Challenge on our hands. And you know what? Bring it!" Oscar said flexing his arms. "I know that I would completely useless in a mental Challenge so I have to do my best in as many physically Challenges as much as I can!"
(Reward Challenge)
The Aurum tribe walked onto their mat wondering who got voted out.
"All right, we now bring in the Plata Tribe." Tiny said. "Nina voted out of the last Tribal Council.
"Oh, thank goodness!" Catherine smiled. "Her chest was giving me vertigo."
"Okay, you all are ready for your next Challenge?" Tiny said. Everyone nodded. "Good. Take a look."
Everyone looked to see two carts full of giant building blocks at the end of the area. They also saw the entire beach covered with poles in the sand. They also saw a giant platform on the other side.
"Here is your next Challenge. You will be navigating this cart of blocks through this obstabcle course all the way to the other side. If you dropped one of them, you have to have a way to put it back in the cart or just carry it. When you reach the end with all of your blocks, you will have to build steps." Tiny said. "First tribe to get all of their members on the platform wins Reward. Want to know what you are playing for?"
Everyone nodded.
"Fishing Gear. A fishing pole, a net, everything you need." Tiny said. "Now…"
"Cassie."
Everyone looked at Queenmon.
"What?" Tiny asked.
"You are about to ask which member we are sitting out due to the uneven numbers, right?" Queenmon said crossing her arms. "We are sitting out Cassie."
"WE?" Catherine asked in disbelief.
"Um, all right. Cassie, take a seat next to me." Tiny said. "As for the rest of you, I'll give you a minute to strategize."
(Later)
Both tribes got themselves ready with their carts. As expected, Oscar and Kao were pulling for their respective tribes with everyone else pushing the back.
"All right, for fishing gear." Tiny said. "Survivors, ready! Go!"
Both tribes started to pull their carts. Suddenly, Queenmon flew on top of Plata's cart and sat down.
"What the heck are you doing?" Catherine shouted angrily.
"I am the navigator." Queenmon said "Now move forward."
Andrew growled. "That is EXACTLY we are doing!"
"Well, I never!"
"Sounds like the other tribe is already having problems." Amber noted.
"Good. That means we will get an early lead." Prick smirked.
"Hang in there, guys!" Cassie shouted.
"Cassie, what do you think your chances are?" Tiny asked.
The French girl shook her head. "I don't really know. It seems pretty even at the moment. They got Kao, we got Oscar. They got Amber, we got Queenmon. They got Bill, we got Janet."
"You think it is even if the advantage against you with Queenmon literally sitting?" Tiny asked raising an eyebrow.
Cassie merely shrugged. "I know I am the last person who has to say this but I don't think it will matter!"
"All right, guys." Janet said. "Keep at it."
"STOP!" Queenmon shouted startling everyone making them stop in their places.
"Now what?" Andrew groaned.
"Oscar, look behind you!" Queenmon said.
The orca whale did what he was told. Suddenly, he saw that the cart was about to hit a pole. He realized how close he was to crashing into it.
"Guys, we are about to hit a pole!" Oscar shouted.
"What? Oh no!" Margo frowned.
"Don't worry." Queenmon said. "Everyone, let's move the cart backwards and try to find a way around it."
"All righty, YourMajestymon!" Max said with a salute.
"Please refrain from obnoxious nicknames like that."
Meanwhile, Plata's cart was reaching the end of the obstacle course.
"Hang in there, guys!" Kao shouted. "We are almost there!"
"Oh, thank goodness!" Amber said pushing with her head.
Unfortunately, unknown to everyone, a corner of the cart rolled into a pole.
CRASH!
Everyone jumped as a couple of blocks fell of the cart and onto the ground.
"What the freaking heck just happened?" Prick asked in disbelief.
"We had crashed into one of the poles!" Kao exclaimed.
"Hurry! Get the blocks back into the cart before it was too late!" Bill said running over.
The others were so worried about getting the blocks back into the cart that they didn't notice Aurum making their way over with their cart to the end.
"All right!" Max cheered.
"Now! Build the steps!" Queenmon said.
Everyone nodded as Oscar, Janet, Max and Andrew used the blocks to fix the steps.
"Hurry!" Amber shouted. "They are at the end of the obstacle course!"
"I know!" Prick growled as Kao placed the block on top. "Done!"
Unfortunately for them, it didn't take Aurum's strong people to fix up the steps.
"All right, done!" Queenmon shouted as everyone made their way up the steps. Cassie watched in joy as the Plata tribe watched in defeat.
"Everyone is up!" Tiny shouted. "AURUM WINS REWARD!"
The Aurum tribe started to cheer as Queenmon looked happy.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Aurum. You had won fishing gear for your tribe." Tiny said handing Janet the kit. "Make it to good use. Also, I have an announcement.
This caught everyone's attention.
Tiny smirked. "Exile Island is back!"
This surprises everyone.
"That's right. There is an Exile Island this season!" Tiny smirked. "On a deserted island, you have a chance to find the sacred Immunity Idol!"
Everyone looked at each other knowing how important the Immunity Idol was to their games.
"Now Aurum, you had won so that means you have a chance to send one member from the OTHER…"
"Kao."
Everyone looked at Queenmon.
"Huh?" Tiny asked.
"You were about to ask us to send someone Plata to Exile Island." Queenmon said. "We choose Kao."
"Okay, what is with the "we"?" Oscar whispered to Max.
"Well, she DOES have queen in the name." The aging man shrugged. "Don't queens always say we?"
"Um, all right?" Tiny said annoyed before turning to Plata. "Kao, the boat for Exile Island is waiting for you at the end. You will get a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. You will be back in the time for the next Challenge."
"All right." The Pianta nodded walking off. "See you later, guys!"
"As for the rest of the Plata tribe, I got nothing for you. You may head back to camp."
(Aurum Tribe)
The Aurum tribe went back to camp happy by their winning streak so far.
"I am so happy about today! Despite our differences, we had managed to win our second Challenge in a row!" Cassie said happily. "It just goes to show if we put away our differences, we could do anything we could put our minds too!"
"Good work, everyone!" Janet congratulated.
"Thanks!" Max grinned. "However, the applause should go to Queenmon."
"Yeah, you had steered the cart out of the pole!" Margo smiled.
"Oh, don't thank me!" Queenmon reassured. "Thank my Survivor handbook! I am just glad that we had managed to win fishing gear!"
"That's right! We seriously needed it!" Max grinned.
"I say! I am glad everyone is happy!" Oscar grinned. He then scowled before speaking in a dark tone.
"You murderers!"
Everyone stopped in their tracks as a cold wind blew through them. They then turned around at Oscar.
"Huh? What?" Max asked.
"What? Huh?" Oscar asked looking back. "Who said that?"
Everyone looked at each other with uneasy faces.
"Okkkkkay…" Janet said. "Queenmon, can I see you for a moment?"
"Um, all right." The Digimon said.
With that, the two went off to a different part of the main island even though it wasn't that far from the shelter.
"So what is it you wish to speak with me?" Queenmon asked.
"First of all, I wanted to thank you for winning the Challenge for us." Janet said.
"Oh, why thank you!" Queenmon said.
"However…"
Queenmon paused in her place.
"Do you think you are acting on your own?" Janet asked.
"Whatever do you mean?" Queenmon asked confused.
"Well, when Tiny wanted to ask us a tribe decision, you promptly spoke out not even letting him finish his question." Janet said.
"Janet, Tiny had said the same things every season, it is not hard to predict what he is going to say." Queenmon said.
"And you're right but THAT'S not my issue." Janet said. "My issue is that you just go out and say it without the consent of the rest of us."
"That is because it is the best move to make without discussion." Queenmon said. "My Survivor handbook states so."
"Even still, you got people a little peeved at you." Janet said. "I know the feedback you had received from the others was positive but if you didn't win them the Challenge, they probably won't be so nice."
"Just like before, I am merely doing what my Survivor handbook says." Queenmon said. "And if it says it is a good idea, I don't see any reason why anyone would reject."
"I must have talked with Queenmon for a good two minutes and I did not hear at least one word that belonged to her." Janet said shaking her head. "It was either the Survivor handbook says this or the Survivor handbook says that. It is as if the book told her to fly into a bug zapper, she'll do it."
"Look, all I am saying is to watch yourself." Janet said.
Queenmon crossed her arms. "Don't misunderstand. I appreciate your concern but I feel that it is misplaced. You are worrying about nothing."
"I don't see what Janet is so worried about. I got my Survivor handbook from one of the best bookstores in the human world of my node." Queenmon said. "It is a best-seller. There is no way that it could steer me wrong."
(Plata Tribe)
"We just lost our second Challenge in a row. Ugh. I don't feel that much confident at all." Sally lamented. "If we don't start winning Challenges again soon, our morale will reach an all-time low."
"Well, that sucked." Prick lamented.
"Yeah, I thought that our tribe would be better after Nina was voted off." Sally agreed.
"I just hope Kao is all right." Coco said.
"He is a big guy, he would take care of himself." Prick reassured.
"Incidentally, I am surprised to hear that there is an Exile Island this season." Richard noted.
"Yeah, they haven't used one since Season ONE." Amber agreed.
"Hearing about Exile Island made me realize something. Whoever wins a Challenge that allows them to send someone to Exile Island has a LOT of responsibility." Amber said. "You have to figure out who to send. Someone strong? Slow in the head? A liablility?"
Amber, Sally and Prick sat on the log.
"Do you think Kao will find the Idol?" Sally asked.
"Nah, almost nobody finds the Immunity Idol on the first time no matter how smart they are." Amber said shaking her head.
"Yeah and no offense to Kao but he isn't exactly the number one person I would put in charge of puzzle-solving." Prick shrugged. "Not that he would need the Idol anyway."
"True…" Amber mused. "Hey, who should we send if WE had to choice to send someone to Exile Island?"
"Back home, we have a saying. An eye for an eye." Prick said. "They sent our strongest player to Exile Island, we'll send their own!"
"Sounds good to me." Sally said walking off.
"So lassie, how about you and me stick to me for a while?" Prick said with a smirk.
"You mean like an alliance?" Amber asked.
"Of course!" Prick smirked. "I need someone I could trust to keep it safe."
"And why did you pick me?" Amber asked.
"Well, I think you are the smartest person on this tribe." Prick said.
Amber shook her head. "Flattener."
"No, really. I think so." Prick said. "I KNOW we can get through this with your brains and my brawn."
Amber raised an eyebrow before smiling. "Very well. If that is what you want."
"Thanks, lassie." Prick said. "I don't think I could find the Idol on my own."
"Exile Island gives a lot of opportunities to change the game. I mean they could send our next target to there giving them the Idol and we would have no control…" Prick frowned. "All I can hope is we could find a loophole around Exile so that it could work for us."
(Exile Island)
Kao sat on the boat watching the waves go by.
"Hey, buddy." The boat driver said. "We are almost there."
The Pianta looked up to see a small island up away. Taking a closer look, he saw that it had a few palm trees and a shelter.
"Is that…?" Kao asked.
"Yep, that is Exile Island." The driver said.
"So I am the first person to reach Exile Island. Personally after seeing it first-hand, I fail to see what is so scary about it." Kao said with a shrug. "I mean it is a big improvement from Season One. Sure, it was bigger but it literally had a PERMANENT rain cloud over it."
Kao brought off the boat.
"Now I will be back tomorrow to take you back to your next Challenge." The driver said.
"I understand. Thank you for the ride!" Kao said waving as the boat rode off.
After watching the boat reached a certain distance, the yellow man turned around to see a sign. Raising a non-existent eyebrow, he walked over to it and read it.
"Congratulations, you are the first person to reach Exile Island." Kao read. "Here, you will receive your first clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol."
"Seeing that I am at Exile Island, I might as well need the Hidden Immunity Idol. I mean I definitely need it when we are reaching the merge." Kao said. "I am not that good with strategy so if I am by myself, I think the Idol is my best and only hope."
The giant then walked around the island. "All right! The clue said something about a grade! Should be easy!"
With that, he looked around trying to look for something. He then noticed something.
"Ah, that palm tree kinda looks like the letter, C!" Kao said happily. "That means the grade I am looking for a C grade!"
With that, he ran over and started to dig next to the tree. However, no matter how hard he dug, he had no success.
"I must have been digging for twenty minutes and I got nothing. Perhaps the clue was referring to another grade, perhaps?" Kao said before sighing. "Well, it looks like it is back to making sure I don't ruffled another feathers. I may be poor at puzzles but I am definitely good at that."
(Day 6; Aurum Tribe)
Andrew yawned and stretched before making his way out of the shelter. He then looked to see the side to see Ronald talking to Janet and Oscar. However, the conversation wasn't going very well. Throwing his arms up in annoyance, Ronald stormed off.
Andrew shook his head in hopelessness before walking over. "Let me guess, he just tried to align with you guys as well."
"Yep." Janet said. "He tried to do the same to you as well?"
"Yes but I flat out refused." Andrew said. "That guy is trying too hard to be Belle."
"Yeah, at least Belle had legs to distract people from her evil." Oscar said. Janet and Andrew cast him strange looks.
"Why can't I get into an alliance!? Every person I asked so far refused without thinking it over! How can people catching on to me!?" Ronald said in exasperation. "I mean back home, I was one of the smoothest dealers in town but here, it is as if I have a sign around me that says "I am a villain!"."
"Ronald couldn't be a more obvious schemer if he had a sign around me that says "I am a villain!"." Andrew said rolling his eyes. "I mean come on! A rat? With pupil-less eyes? Creepy voice? From Classic Disney? And this guy is actually telling to pull the wool our eyes! Sorry, you are not as sneaky as you think."
"You know what the worst thing is?" Janet asked. "I don't think he knows WHY we are onto him."
"Clearly he is not as smart as he thinks." Andrew said rolling his eyes.
Suddenly, they all heard a loud Tarzan yell startling them.
"What the heck was that!?" Oscar exclaimed as the three ran over to the direction of the voice.
Soon, everyone in the tribe had gathered around the maker of the noise.
"How did you like my new call?" Max grinned.
"Ugh… Should have known it was Max." Andrew said slapping his head.
"What is it, Max?" Margo asked.
"We got our next Challenge!" The aging man grinned.
"Really, what does it say?" Oscar said excitedly.
"It says "Are you good at Sudoku?" Max read.
Oscar's grin vanished. "Sudowhatnow?"
"Sudoku. You know those number puzzles they have in the paper." Margo instructed.
"Oh, yeah! I heard of those!" Oscar said before slumping his shoulders. "I hate those things with a passion!"
"Shocker." Catherine said rolling her eyes.
"Oy."
Queenmon on the other raised a non-existent eyebrow.
"My Survivor handbook states to sit out anyone who might be a liability in a Challenge." Queenmon said crossing her arms. "And just as Oscar stated, he is quite poor at Sudoku so we would have to be forced to sit him out at this Challenge."
(Immunity Challenge)
Both tribes made their way over to their respective mats.
"We now bring in Kao from Exile Island." Tiny said.
The Pianta then walked over to his tribe. "Hiya, guys!"
"So ready for your next Challenge?" Tiny asked. Everyone nodded. "Good. Take a look."
Everyone looked to see two playing fields. Both of them had a large platform overlookin grid. Around the grid were giant numbered blocks ranging from 1-9. A few blocks were already in the sequence.
"Here is your next Challenge." Tiny said. "We took the concept of a normal Sudoku puzzle and expand on it. One person will be on a platform overlooking the puzzle. That person has to direct the rest of the tribe to solve a Sudoku puzzle. It may sound simple but it takes strength and cooperation to win. First tribe to solve the puzzle wins Immunity."
The tribe looked at each other with some happy expression.
"N…"
"Oscar." Queenmon piped up.
Everyone looked shocked by this.
"Oh, for the love of… It's Donkey all…" Tiny started before he realized what Queenmon said. "Wait. Who?"
"Oscar. We are sitting out Oscar." Queenmon said.
"What? Why!?" The orca whale exclaimed.
"Why not? You just admitted that you were poor at Sudoku, right?" Queenmon said.
"Yeah if one person volunteers to do the puzzle, all he had to do is move the blocks around!" Andrew snapped.
"You are not thinking straight, Queenmon!" Janet scolded.
"Well, what done is done." Tiny said. "We'll give you a minute to strategize."
(Later)
It didn't take long to choose the callers. Queenmon and Richard both volunteered for their respective tribes.
"All right. For Immunity." Tiny said. "Survivors, ready? Go!"
Queenmon and Richard both started to calculate the problem in their minds. Both tribes waited patiently for their respective callers to give the first order.
"Ah, I see!" Queenmon said before calling out. "Move a number four block over to spot across three and down one!"
"From your perspective?" Janet shouted.
"Yes!" Queenmon nodded.
"All right. Let's go guys." Janet said.
Everyone nodded before rushing over to the number four block and worked together to lift it.
Meanwhile, Richard had started to make his move. "You know the middle spot? Move a block surrounding it and put the number five block in it."
"If you say so." Bill said. "Come on, guys."
Both tribes then started to work on their respective puzzles. However, Tiny noticed that they were working at it at different ways.
"Oscar, do you think your tribe will win?" Tiny asked.
"I sure hope so." The muscle-man frowned. "I mean they are already at a disadvantage without me. Then again, I just don't get Sudoku."
Tiny nodded before turning back to the match. Soon, both tribes had gotten a good amount of boxes in the grid.
The Aurum tribe groaned before putting in a "1" block in a slot.
"Good, now…" Queenmon said. She then paused before scanning the arena and gasping. "Oh no!"
"What's wrong?" Janet asked looking up.
"I miscalculated!" Queenmon yelled.
"You mean we put a numbered block in the wrong slot?" Catherine asked in disbelief.
"No, the equation is perfect but the way we put it wasn't!" Queenmon yelled. "I was too busy thinking I was doing a Sudoku puzzle in the paper that we covered most of the outs but not the inside!"
Andrew's eyes widened. "You mean?"
"We have to take the thing down and start all over!"
The Aurum looked in horror at this. All their hard work was so nothing.
"Say what?" Catherine asked.
"Are you kidding?" Andrew said in disbelief.
"My back is THIS close to breaking!" Ronald yelled.
"Guys, guys." Max said. "Cool it. We don't have to take out MOST of the blocks. Just the ones in the ways, right?"
Queenmon paused. "I suppose we CAN cut a few corners. Take out that "6" block."
"All right. Andrew, Janet and I will push it out." Max smirked jumping up to climb up. He had managed to get a grip.
Suddenly, he can't find the strength to pull himself up.
"What are you doing?" Queenmon cried in disbelief. "Quit goofing up and get up!"
"I am trying! I am trying!" Max said trying to pull himself up. "My arms feel like they are on fire!"
Oscar watched the entire exchange from afar. Blinking twice, he looked at Plata. Mortimer, Amber and Coco were sitting at the side watching the others move the blocks.
"Are you guys sure you don't need any help?" Amber offered.
"No, we are good." Prick said.
Oscar groaned collapsing his hands in his palms. "This is too painful to watch!"
"Hey, I believe we are done."
The Aurum's tribe eyes widened before looking to the side to see all of Plata's cubes put in place.
Tiny stood on a high tower eyeing the puzzle.
"They got it! PLATA WINS IMMUNITY!"
Plata cheered as Aurum looked exhausted and upset.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Plata! You had won Immunity guaranteeing three days at the most in this game." Tiny said before throwing something to Bill who caught it. "Also, you had won flint."
He then turned to the upset Aurum. "As for Aurum, I got nothing for you but a date with Tribal Council where one of you would be voted out of this game."
(Aurum Tribe)
"Today was absolutely dreadful. By the time I figured out what was wrong with my plan, it was too late to redo it." Queenmon said looking down. "I feel bad but I hold comfort knowing that there had already been a target decided."
Everyone but Ronald was talking around the treemail box.
"So I take it that we are voting off Ronald, right?" Oscar asked.
"Um, duh?" Andrew said.
"Yes. It is pretty obvious that he is up to no-good." Queenmon said narrowing her eyes. "We need to take him down before he does the same to us."
Everyone nodded until for Catherine who looks horrified.
"I am all right with voting off Ronald. He is kinda creepy and is always giving him looks that make me feel uncomfortable." Cassie said. "In fact, everyone is okay with voting him out. Well, almost everyone…"
"Now hold on! We can't be talking about the same Ronald here." Catherine insisted getting an unimpressed glance from everyone. "I mean look at him. He is such a sweetie."
Andrew blinked twice. "You're right. There is no way we are talking about the same Ronald here."
"Come on, Catherine." Janet said. "Don't you think there is something… Off with his appearance?"
"So he doesn't have pupils in his eyes." The pink-haired girl said crossing her arms. "So what? It is not his fault that he got born by that."
"It isn't just his appearance. Have you heard his voice?" Oscar asked.
"Hey, he is a senior citizen!" Catherine scolded. "Your voice gets all funny when you get old!"
Everyone looked at each other with strange faces.
"Catherine, the majority had spoken." Queenmon said sternly. "Ronald is going home tonight if you are smart, you would vote with us."
"Excuse me?" The high-school student said not liking her attitude.
"You heard me!" Queenmon said flying over. "You either act like you are on a team or volunteer to be our next vote-off. Your choice!"
Catherine stood her stance growling in hatred. With a snarl, she stormed off without a word with everyone looking stunned.
"Queenmon, that was cold." Oscar said with a slack jaw.
"Cold, yes. Unnecessary, no." The bee said. "That girl has a serious attitude problem and she needs to learn to control it if she even wants to make merge."
"Amen to that!" Andrew smirked.
Meanwhile, Ronald sat in the shelter crossing his arms with a growl.
"I wonder if I should burn the Flint, Machete and shelter before going to Tribal Council." He grumbled.
Suddenly, he saw Catherine poking her head in shelter.
"Hey…" Catherine said sadly.
Ronald yelped before scooting back against the wall of the shelter.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Catherine said walking over. "Calm down! I only came here to warn you…"
Ronald raised a non-existent eyebrow. "Warn me? About what?"
Catherine sighed before kneeling down. "They want to vote you out."
Slowly calming down, Ronald rolled his eyes (though Catherine couldn't tell.) "Too little, too late, kiddo. I had got the memo without getting a single text."
Catherine sighed before looking down. "I am sorry but everyone but me had got their vote against you."
"Yeah, I kinda figured when everyone kept refusing my ideas to get into an alliance." Ronald muttered. "Especially when the stupid bee called me out like that."
"Queenmon? What did she say?" Catherine asked.
Ronald looked at Catherine with a thoughtful look on his face.
"So I was sitting there with Catherine listening in on my every move and I was like "Why not?" I mean most of the others had already turned me down." Ronald shrugged. "If I am going to be the first person voted out of my tribe, I might as well go out with an ally."
"Queenmon…" The rat scowled. "When I ask her and Andrew to form an alliance with them, she said that she would never align with me if I was the last person on earth."
"Oh really?" Catherine said putting her hands on her hips.
"Yes, she also called me a virus and scum of the earth." Ronald explained.
Catherine gasped at this. "Why did she say that?"
Ronald merely shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe because I am evil or so they say."
He then looked down. Catherine looked at him in sympathy. She then narrowed her eyes.
"Ronald?"
"Hm?" The warlock said looking up.
Catherine got up. "Watch yourself at Tribal Council tonight because it WILL get ugly."
With that, she stormed off. Ronald watched her leave with an interested face.
"Maybe I am grasping at straws but let's see how this takes me." Ronald said.
"So Literally Little Miss Queenie thinks she could boss us around, be an idiotic bigot and get away with it?" Catherine asked angrily. "Uh-uh. No way. That bee needs to buzz off but unfortunately even if I told them about the prejudice, I doubt they would do anything so I have to think up of another way to vote her off."
The teenager made her way over to Janet, Oscar and Andrew.
"Hey, can I talk to you?" Catherine asked.
"Sure!" Oscar beamed.
"Good. Let's talk strategy." Catherine said.
Oscar's face fell. "Oh."
"Okay, I know that Ronald is about to get voted off because he is apparently evil." Catherine said. "But can I ask you something? Did he do anything?"
"Well, I think he is going to…" Andrew said.
"It is not about what he is going to do! It is about what he DID." Catherine scolded.
Andrew crossed his arms not liking the response.
"All right. He didn't. Yet." Janet said rolling her eyes.
"But Queenmon did." Catherine said. "She costs us the Challenge!"
"It was a simple mistake, Catherine. She admitted herself that she was at fault but there is nothing we can do." Janet shrugged.
"You're right. It WAS a simple mistake." The young girl said. "And I wouldn't mind it so much if she didn't make a less-simple one."
"And that was?" Oscar asked.
"He sat out our strongest player." Catherine said sternly.
"Ugh! Don't remind me!" Oscar groaned. "What was that woman thinking?"
"I don't know but it was anything but smart." Catherine said. "And you know what the worst part is? She did it without our consent and we all agreed that it was a stupid idea!"
Janet and Oscar nodded their heads but Andrew but less than impressed.
"That may be true but Queenmon had proven to be loyal and care for the sake of the tribe." Andrew said. "I don't care what you think. Cuddly and loyal are NOT the same thing."
Catherine growled. "You're right. They are not the same thing. But I think Ronald would be a team player when it comes to Challenge decisions. He will not go and do stupid decisions on your own. That is all I wanted to share with you."
With that, she walked off.
"What do you think?" Oscar asked.
"What do you mean what do you think?" Andrew asked. "Queenmon may be annoying but at least I could turn my back on her while she is holding a butcher's knife!"
"But the same thing could be said for Ronald when discussing Challenge strategies…" Janet mused.
"Our first Tribal Council and already we are going back and forth trying to figure out who to vote off." Janet lamented. "Queenmon is annoying, bossy and don't listen to other people's opinions that isn't in her handbook but Ronald is clearly up to no good and would backstab us in an instant. Both have huge cons with very little pros."
(Tribal Council)
The nine Aurum walked up to Tribal Council where Tiny was waiting. Just like with Plata, they lit their torches in the fire.
"Welcome, Aurum." Tiny said. "Take a seat."
Everyone obliged.
"Now Catherine, how is your new camp doing?" Tiny asked.
The pink-haired girl blinked twice. "Are you trolling me?"
"Huh?" Tiny asked.
"Did you really choose one of the smallest, suckiest, water-filled campsite you could find just to see their reaction?" Catherine asked in disbelief. "Every day I had to get my shoes wet!"
"I failed to see the problem." Oscar muttered under his breath.
"Okay, okay, sorry. Sheesh." Tiny said. "Margo, is the camp really as bad as Catherine claims?"
"Somewhat. It could be much, much worse but compared to other campsites from previous seasons, this camp leaves MUCH to be desired." The pink-clad woman frowned.
"Well, I am afraid you just have to grin and bear it." Tiny said. "So Queenmon, what happened at the Challenge today? You were doing so well in the first two Challenges?"
The bee sighed. "It is my bad. It was a miscalculation on my part. I kept imagined the Challenge as if I was doing a newspaper."
"But in normal Sudoku puzzles, you don't have to worry about literally overlapping certain blocks." Tiny said.
"That is correct." Queenmon said. "I apologized to my tribe and hopefully that everyone would be all right with me."
"Want me to forgive you?" Catherine piped up. "Apologize for your other miscalculation."
"I beg your pardon?" Queenmon said appalled. "What other miscalculation?"
"The one where you sat out Oscar." Catherine scolded.
"Excuse me?" Queenmon exclaimed. "I sat out Oscar because he admitted himself that he was quite poor in Sudoku. Having him in the Challenge would make him a liability."
"Um, Queenmon?" Catherine asked. "You were the only one doing the puzzle. All the rest of us had to do was move heavy blocks. There was no reason to sit out Oscar."
"I had already confirmed the decision with my knowledge of my Survivor handbook before setting out for the Challenge." The yellow-and-black Digimon said.
"So you admitted that you went with the decision anyway because you didn't want to change your mind?" Catherine asked. "You're more a stubborn mule than a bee."
"Well, I never!"
"Every season, man." Tiny said shaking his head. "Oscar, what do you feel about sitting out?"
"I feel like octopus crud, man! I mean if we were ALL having to work together to finish the puzzle, I would be more than okay with sitting out!" The muscular man groaned. "But I sat out of something where I could have helped and it cost us!"
"Um, we lost the Challenge due to my miscalculation of the puzzle." Queenmon said.
"I SAW the other tribe! They were so far ahead even without your mistake!" Oscar snapped. "And some of the tribe members were literally sitting back!"
"Wow, Queenmon. You had apologized for one mistake but now you are getting grilled for another mistake." Tiny said.
"Indeed, I stand by my statement." Queenmon said sternly. "Also I would like to point out that the only reason Catherine is calling me out is because she wants to save Ronald."
"Wait, Ronald was a target?" Tiny asked. "How did this happen?"
"I don't know. I went around camp trying to get into an alliance but everyone except for Catherine kept refusing me." The rat said trying to sound innocent.
"Andrew, why is that?" Tiny asked.
"Because he is a schemer." The father said. "I mean, LOOK at him. Does he look like he would be anything but trouble?"
"And I assumed Stinky won because he asked his buddies at StarWolf to make sure the vote goes his way." Ronald said crossing his arms.
"Catherine, why did YOU align with Ronald?" Tiny asked.
"Because he is sooo cute!" The high-school student said. "How could I NOT align with someone so endearing?"
"Wait… What?" Tiny said.
"Don't ask." Andrew said rubbing his temples.
"So what are you telling me is that Queenmon and Ronald are the targets tonight." Tiny said as everyone nodded. "Janet, how is this going to go?"
The Ikari Warrior looked up at the roof. "It would hopefully go where EVERYONE wants."
"I see. Well, it is time to vote." Tiny said. "Andrew, you are up."
The archaeologist nodded before getting up and walking over to the voting table. However, he seemed unsure. Nonetheless, he started to vote.
Janet made her way over with a serious look on her face. She grabbed the pen. "This may come back to bite me back but for now this is the best choice."
Oscar lumbered down to the voting. Grabbing the pen, he wrote down a name. With a nod, he put it in the urn.
Queenmon angrily flew over still upset what the others said earlier. She tried to shake it off. "I don't know what you are planning but it is going to backfire before it starts." She said holding up "Ronald".
Catherine stomped over with a determined look on her face. She wasted no time taking the pen. "Buzz off, you stupid bigot bee!"
Margo put her hands into her pocket before walking over. Writing a name on the ballot, she put it in the urn before walking back.
Ronald gave a confident smirk making his way over. He took off the lid of the pen. "Thank you so much for making a complete fool of yourself." Ronald said holding up "Queenmon".
Max happily marched over humming the tune that usually goes at Tribal Council. Slamming his fist on the table, he was able to make the pen jump up for him to grab it.
Cassie nervously made her way to the voting table. With a deep breath, she gave her way up the steps so she could reach the table.
She then returned as Tiny got up.
"I'll get the votes."
Everyone waited patiently for Tiny to return.
"I'll read them out."
"First vote, Ronald."
Ronald nodded his head.
"Second vote, Queenmon. One vote, Ronald. One vote, Queenmon."
Queenmon rolled her eyes. Somehow.
"Third vote, Queenmon. Two votes, Queenmon. One vote, Ronald."
"I warned you, Little Miss Rebel." Queenmon said glaring at Catherine who returned the expression.
"Fourth vote, Queenmon. Three votes, Queenmon. One vote, Ronald."
Queenmon looked at Tiny with wide eyes. "What!?"
"Fifth vote, Queenmon. Four votes, Queenmon. One vote, Ronald."
"How many of you voted for me?" Queenmon said in disbelief.
"Second person voted out of Survivor… Is Queenmon."
Everyone content by the vote. Except for Andrew who still looked unsure.
"Queenmon, you need to bring me your torch."
Queenmon flew up and glared at her tribe. "I can't believe you! Voting me off is one thing but over that evil rat and that brat! I thought you were better than that!"
With that, she snatched her torch and flew over to Tiny placing it in front of him.
"Queenmon, the tribe has spoken." Tiny said putting his snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"I shall not shed a single tear for your eventual destruction." Queenmon said snootily flying off.
Tiny watched her leave before turning to the others. "So you decided to keep someone who is accused of a schemer over someone who is accused of being bossy. Let's see how this things out for you. You may head back to camp."
Everyone gathered up their torches and walked off. Ronald brought up the rear with a smirk. Despite most of the tribe was onto him, he still made it past his first Tribal Council. Perhaps he doesn't have to use Belle's strategy to win.
"To say I am insulted is an understatement. I consider myself the smartest person on the tribe thanks to my Survivor handbook but I assumed that the others had above-average intelligence." Queenmon said indignantly. "Well, I assumed wrong. The only way my tribe could redeem themselves in my eyes if they realize how much of a stupid move this was and vote off Ronald next."
RESULTS
Queenmon: Andrew, Cassie, Catherine, Janet, Margo, Max, Oscar, Ronald.
Ronald: Queenmon.
So Queenmon flies out of the competition. I'll be honest. Queenmon was cast for nothing more than a victim of Ronald. But considering Ronald's lack of popularity, I needed to make Queenmon unlikable. Nobody likes Strategybots, right? Queenmon is more or less a parody of one.
NOTE: Queenmon was originally going to be a male praying mantis but that idea got screwed by the gender raito.