(Plata Tribe)
Most of the remaining seven Plata tribes came back stunned by the vote. Not a single person spoke a word on the way back.
Prick then decided to make the silence.
"What I want to know is…" Prick started. "WHAT… THE HECK… HAPPENED?"
"Tonight was seriously messed up! Mortimer was supposed to go tonight but then BAM! He and Amber got into a tiebreaker forcing the latter to go home!" Prick said in disbelief. "WHY!? It should be no secret that Mortimer sucks!"
Prick started to rant, Sally tip-toped over to Richard.
"You and me. Alone. NOW." Sally hissed in Richard's ear.
"The reason I voted out Amber tonight is because I thought that I was about to be voted out unanimously." Sally said. "But no… I haven't gotten a single vote. In fact, it was Mortimer who was the target. Aka the friend of the person who told me to vote with him!"
The Street Fighter dragged Richard into a clearing.
"What was that back there?" Sally asked.
Richard merely shrugged. "I wanted Mortimer to stay for personal reasons for him and me but I knew that I would have trouble trying to save him. Then, I overheard your plight."
"So you lied to me." Sally said narrowing her eyes.
"Now stay here you are. Yes, I admit that I led you on a false assumption but I did not lie!" Richard scolded. "I said that you shouldn't be voted off because of what you did. I never said that you were the target!"
"Don't play with me, Richard!" Sally snarled. "You tricked me and Kao and voted off Amber!"
"Technically yes, I DID write down Amber's name but that's YOUR fault." Richard said taking off his glasses.
"WHAT!?" Sally roared.
"If I had MY way, I would have gotten rid of Prick." Richard said cleaning his glasses with a cloth. "But no, you just had to cower and target a weaker harmless player."
Sally was about to retort but she looked down.
"I am not saying that I am partly responsible for what happened for Amber." Richard said. "But your lack of self-esteem is the reason Amber is gone for no reason even despite being a quadruped."
"So it is my fault?" Sally asked.
"Yes, and also…"
"No, it's not."
Richard and Sally jumped to see Bill walking over.
"Bill! How long had you been spying on us?" Richard said.
"Sorry, I was not talking to you!" The cop said sternly.
Richard shook his head. "Not you too! All right, I masterminded this vote but if I wanted it MY way, it would had been Prick gone."
"One innocent player gone by a douche move over another." Bill said narrowing his eyes. "Oh yeah. I feel SO much better."
"Innoc…" Richard said in disbelief. "Say what you want about Mortimer but Prick had no reason to verbally attack him!"
"Just like you had no reason to toy with my feelings!" Sally growled.
"Oh, for the love of…" Richard said storming off.
"Hey! Get back here!" Bill demanded. "We are not done!"
"Well, I am." Richard said. "Come talk to me when you actually get some common sense."
"I knew that I would get a lot of negative feedback for my actions but Sally and Bill was being ridiculous." Richard said rolling his eyes. "I know nobody likes to be around a schemer but I didn't lie to Sally or Kao. I am not avoiding blame but it is more their fault than mine. Especially since I wanted Prick gone."
Sally and Bill glared as the man walked away.
"To think I actually trusted him." Sally said in disgust.
"Don't worry, Sal." Bill said putting his hand on her shoulder. "We will get him."
"Don't blame that card, Richard. Just because you didn't technically lie, you knew what Sally was going through and took advantage of her desperation." Bill said sternly. "And you had to gall to pin most of the blame on Sally who was merely trying to save herself. Uh-uh. No way, creep."
(Day 13; Aurum Tribe)
"So, any luck?" Ronald asked Catherine.
"No…" The pink-haired girl said looking down. "I couldn't find it anywhere."
"Drat." Ronald said. "Looks like we have to settle for just asking somebody to flip."
"I know but who do we ask?" Catherine asked.
"How about Oscar? He seems really attracted to you, Catherine!" Cassie said.
"Aw, heck no!" Catherine said holding her hand in disgust. "I want to keep our alliance safe but I am not THAT desperate! That guy can't catch a hint even if he had a baseball glove as big as he was."
"Catherine came back and she didn't found the Idol which stinks… So it is back to just getting one person to flip." Cassie said. "I sure hope that somebody flips because we need to keep our alliance safe."
Unknown to the two, Andrew and Max were spying on them.
"So what is our first line of attack?" Max asked.
"Come again?" Andrew raised an eyebrow.
"What should we do first?" Max asked.
Andrew sighed. "I don't know. I was just thinking of getting Janet and Oscar to vote off Ronald."
"Then, why didn't we do that from the start?" Max asked.
"Because they didn't do so the first two times." Andrew said shaking his head.
"Well, if you are THAT worried about, is simply telling them that Ronald is evil enough?" Max asked. "You heard Janet herself. He is a not a threat."
"No, I'd seen this show before. Give that rat an inch and he goes a mile." Andrew said.
"Even though this isn't one of my… favourite ideas, aligning with Max is the best thing I could do right now." Andrew said looking to the side. "And by best, I mean only thing I could do. Catherine and Cassie are brainwashed by Ronald's woe-is-me story and Oscar is just riding on Janet's coattails who is doing nothing about Ronald."
"What should we do?" Max asked. "Create a fake Idol and put it in camp?"
Andrew gave the biker a weird look. "What good would THAT do? The Idol is on Exile Island. And what if Catherine has the…"
Suddenly, his eyes bugged out in horror.
"Oh no…" Andrew said. "If Catherine DOES have the Idol, she could use it on Ronald!"
Max raised an eyebrow. "But what if Catherine DOESN'T have the Idol?"
"How could you be so certain? She had been to Exile Island on the third visit and she's not stupid!" Andrew said.
"She thinks Ronald is adorable." Max said. "Even by cutesy anime girl standards, that's…"
Andrew paused. "Point taken. But still, I am weary of her."
Max put his hands behind the back of his head. "And by her, you mean Ronald?"
"Of course!" Andrew said. "His dark aura is so strong, I am practically joking on it!"
"No, I think that's his smell." Max said flatly.
"Same thing!" Andrew scolded.
"Even though Andrew is over-reacting a bit, I could see his reasoning for doing so." Max said. "I don't like the aura that Ronald is giving off. He just… Gives me the heebie-jeebies. I could stand to be on the same tribe as him but not with my back turned that's for sure."
(Plata Tribe)
Everyone but Richard and Mortimer had gathered about what happened at the vote.
"Okay, I had BETTER hear the reason when Mortimer is still here and not Amber!" Prick said.
Kao looked down. "It is our fault, Prick."
"No, it is not." Bill scolded. "Richard lied to you guys."
"Huh?" Coco asked. "Lie about what?"
"Well, technically he didn't lied but he still knew that we were wrong and used it to his advantage." Kao said.
"What? What? What?" Prick asked. "What are you talking about?"
"I thought that I was going to be the target last night so then Richard told me that I shouldn't be the target." Sally said.
"Say what?" Prick asked in disbelief. "Why would you think you are a target?"
"Because I screwed up at some of that Challenges and when you had that blow-up after the last one…" Sally said.
Prick's eyes widened at this. "Lassie, for the love of everything pure and good, please don't tell me that you thought I was…"
Sally sadly nodded.
"So basically, Sally was acting like an emo and Richard took advantage of it to save his ally. He also use his sharp tongue to turn the tables that it was Sally's fault to begin." Coco said. "Wow. What an underhanded trick. Why didn't I think of it? Oh yeah… I am supposed to be this tribe's sweetheart."
"Anyway, he said that it was more my fault because I allowed myself to believe I was the target." Sally said. "He also said it was my fault Amber is gone because HE wanted Prick out."
"Oh really?" Prick said not amused by this.
"So basically Richard is trying to shift the blame on you just because he didn't "lied"?" Bill asked. Sally nodded. "That's it. He is going home."
"Are you over-reacting, Bill?" Kao asked. "I mean all he did was kept a weaker player. Mortimer wasn't that mean like Nina."
"It's not about keeping Mortimer." The cop said. "It's about blindsiding most of the tribe and nearly causing a big drift in it."
"Right. It is still too early for something like that." Sally nodded.
"I was kinda hoping that it wouldn't come to this but on seasons like these, it is inevitable. Richard went against the tribe's wishes and voted out Amber." Bill said crossing his arms. "Well, sorry but blindsiding most of your own tribe doesn't get you points with me."
"Do you think you can get him out?" Kao asked.
"Of course we can!" Bill said. "It is five against two!"
"Right. Let's avenge Amber!" Sally said narrowing her eyes.
"Wait a minute! How about Mortimer?" Prick asked.
"Unfortunately, Mortimer won't vote him out seeing that he saved him from the vote." Bill said. "Which I could understand."
"Yeah, even if I want Richard gone, I won't hate him for trying to keep him." Sally shrugged.
Prick blinked twice before looking around before speaking quietly.
"Um, that's not what I meant."
"Okay, I am ticked at Richard for more or less voting off Amber. I am ticked at him for keeping Mortimer." Prick said. "But for a nerd, he is surprisingly stronger than he looks. Don't get me wrong. He is in a no way an asset but he is a million times better than that wimpy duck."
Meanwhile, Mortimer walked over to Richard.
"Um, Richard, we need to talk?" Mortimer asked.
"Yes, Mortimer." The dark-haired man said.
The duck let out a small sigh. "You need to cool down."
"The thing with strong tension that you don't need words to know why someone is upset with another." Mortimer frowned. "Despite not hearing a single word, I knew that most of the tribe was bad at Richard which is bad because he is the main reason why I am still here."
Richard raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"What do I mean?" Mortimer asked in disbelief. "Most of the tribe is mad at you!"
"I know. I knew that they would be some people against my move." Richard said. "But I had explained my reasoning for doing so."
"That's not it! I heard that you practically said to Sally's face that you said it was HER fault Amber was gone!" Mortimer said.
"Technically, it was. Now I am not saying that I am not without blame here but Sally's lack of self-esteem was the main reason why Amber was gone." Richard said.
"But that is exactly why the tribe is mad at you!" Mortimer said in disbelief.
"So basically they are mad at me not because I kept the main target or voted off an innocent player but rather because I told the truth." Richard said flatly. "These people seriously need to get their priorities straight."
Mortimer was starting to look surprisingly annoyed. "Richard, this is serious!"
"Do I look like I am even joking for the smallest part?" The bespectacled man said narrowing his eyes. "Also, I would have assumed that you would at least be the smallest grateful for saving you."
"It is BECAUSE I am grateful that I am saying this!" Mortimer exclaimed.
"I fail to see what I did wrong." Richard said. "All I said to Sally was I felt she didn't deserve to go that night and that's it."
Mortimer groaned holding his head. "Richard, please…"
"All right, all right." Richard sighed. "If you are THAT paranoid…"
"Oh, you have no idea." Mortimer sighed.
"I think everyone is over-reacting. I was NOT shifting the blame to Sally even though it was mostly her fault." Richard scolded. "I was merely telling her that her emotions allowed her to vote of Amber. I mean why didn't she went and checked with Bill to make sure she was the one going?"
"Besides, we need to focus on why I did the move in the first place." The Russian man said.
"Hm?" Mortimer asked confused.
"We need to get you to stand up to Prick." Richard said.
Mortimer's eyes widened. "Um, what's the point? He is probably be more mad at you for what happened."
"Mortimer, I know these types." Richard said crossing his arms. "Prick will just get more angry as long as you stay on the island."
The duck's face fell. "Do you really think he would hold on for a grudge?"
As if on cue, Prick walked on by. Upon seeing Mortimer, he snarled in disgust at the duck. Mortimer yelped before diving behind Richard. Prick grunted in annoyed.
"Wimp…" He said walking off.
"Almost positive." Richard said flatly.
(Day 14; Aurum Tribe)
Catherine, Cassie and Ronald were talking to each other. Unknown to them, Oscar was watching them with a glare on his face. Janet made her way over to him noticing his stern look.
"Is something the matter, Oscar?" Janet asked concerned.
"It's… Ronald." The orca whale said darkly.
"What? What's wrong…?" Janet asked. "What did he do?"
"Nothing but…" Oscar said. "But…"
Janet looked on. "But?"
Oscar growled.
"What does he have that I don't?"
Janet paused. "What?"
"You heard me! What does Ronald has that I don't?" Oscar asked.
"I had been trying to get on Catherine's good side for a while now and still not much progress…" Oscar lamented. "Ronald on the other hand has no trouble befriending Catherine. And the slap to the face? He was literally HIDING from her earlier! UGH!"
Janet looked at the muscular man before looking back at the others talking. It didn't take long to figure out what Oscar was jealous about.
"Still going after Catherine, eh?" Janet asked rolling her eyes.
"Yeah…" Oscar growled. "What does she sees in him anyone?"
"In any other case, I would ask the same thing." Janet shrugged. "But she loves animals which is why she loves Ronald."
"But I am an animal, too." Oscar whined.
"Well, she isn't that crazy about sea creatures and insects that much." Janet shrugged.
Oscar growled. "If Ronald told her to rub his arm, she would do it in a heartbeat."
"Let it go, Os." Janet groaned.
"Tell CATHERINE that!" Oscar snapped.
"Oscar thinks Ronald is his "rival-in-love" but in reality, Catherine sees him as a stuffed animal that she is able to communicate with." Janet said rolling his eyes. "If Oscar wants to befriend Catherine, he needs to stop outdoing Ronald because Catherine isn't in love with him. Well, technically she is not in the romance sort of way."
"Hey, we got treemail!" Andrew shouted as he and Max walked into camp.
"All right. Another Challenge!" Oscar grinned. "Time to show Catherine how cool I am!"
"All right, all right…" Janet said rolling her eyes as the two walked over. "So what we got?"
"It just said…" Andrew read. "Have you played tag when you were a kid?"
"Ooh, ooh! I have!" Max grinned.
"Who hasn't?" Oscar asked.
"All right! This should be fun!" Max grinned.
"Speak for yourself." Ronald muttered.
"Tag? Do you think I look athletic and young enough to play tag? There is a reason why I usually use my magic, words and/or both to get the job done!" Ronald said crossing his arms. "The only saving grace is that the other tribe have just as much people who are not athletic!"
(Reward Challenge)
The Aurum tribe made it onto their tribe mat where Tiny said.
"We now bring in the Plata tribe." Tiny said as Plata walked in. "Amber voted out at the last Tribal Council."
"Not surprised considering she was a quadruped." Oscar shrugged.
"We will now go to our next Reward Challenge." Tiny said. "Take a look."
Everyone looked to see two large stick mazes. As some gaped in awe at the size, others noticed Tiny noticed holding two belt with three red ribbons attached to each of them.
"Here is your next Reward Challenge. One of your tribe-mates will be wearing a belt with three ribbons attached to it. That person would have to run away from the rest of the tribe trying to take the ribbons off of them. The catch? Everyone except the person running away have to be hand-cuffed to another tribe-mater." Tiny said before everyone to gape. "That's right. Also, only one pair can fetch one ribbon. The tribe to get all three ribbons wins Reward. Want to know what you are playing for?"
Everyone nodded.
"You all will be playing for this." Tiny said motioning over to a fresh water cooler. "A water cooler. With this, you don't have to heat up seawater for a long while. Now who would be with the belts? Choose wisely."
Both tribes talked to each other for a moment. Then, Sally and Janet stepped up for their respective tribes.
"You two?" Tiny asked as the women nodded. "All right, then. Let's draw spots to see who gets handcuffed to you."
"W-Wait. We don't get to decide who are we handcuffed with?" Catherine asked not liking where this was going.
"Nope! This is why I told you guys to choose wisely." Tiny said with a smirk.
Everyone looked in each other not liking where this was going.
(Later)
Soon, the pairs had been decided. For Aurum, it is Bill & Coco, Richard & Kao and Prick & Mortimer. For Plata, it was Andrew & Cassie, Max & Ronald and Oscar & Catherine. Everyone looked at their respective partners as Janet and Sally stood in the opposite's tribe mazes.
"So looks like we are stuck together by fate, eh?" Oscar said with a smirk.
Catherine blinked twice for a moment.
"Fix! Fix! Fix! Fix!"
Oscar's face fell as Catherine started to chant. Prick and Mortimer (ironically) joined in at the same time.
"Heh. And to think I was going to let them have a choice." Tiny smirked. "For Reward, Survivors ready! Go!"
Despite some people were hesitating about being forced to be hand-cuffed to others, all pairs ran after the girls with the belts and the ribbons. The two women had a head-start making their way through the maze ducking and climbing over fences.
Bill and Andrew had to carry Coco and Cassie respectively.
"Careful, Bill!" Coco said.
"Don't worry, I got ya!" The cop said.
"Hurry up, feathers!" Prick said dragging Mortimer after him. "We are taking a short-cut through that hole!"
"Wait, you mean that hole!" The duck asked in disbelief. "No! That is way too…"
SMASH!
Everyone winced as Prick went through the hole allowing Mortimer to smash into it chest-first.
"Small for me…" Mortimer winced.
"Come on, Ronnie! Let's go after Sally!" Max cheered dragging Ronald with him.
"I am not as athletic as you, you moron!" The rat roared. "Also, what is with everyone calling me Ronnie?"
Bill, still carrying Coco climbed over a fence before looking around to see Janet far away from the others.
"Guys, spread out and pincer her!" Bill yelled.
"Right!" Prick smirked leaping over a fence. However, he did the same to Mortimer crashing into the side of the fence.
Sally yelped before running over from Ronald & Max. She smirked before turning around to make sure the distance was long enough.
That was until Andrew came out of nowhere and snatched a ribbon from her belt surprising her.
"Andrew & Cassie had gotten their first ribbon for Aurum!" Tiny said.
"Good work, Andrew!" Cassie smiled.
"Curses! They have their first ribbon!" Richard growled.
Kao looked around frantically. He then blinked twice. Thinking quickly, he picked Richard in his arms.
"H-Hey! What are you doing?" Richard demanded.
"Don't worry, you will be fine!" Kao said before jumping up in his place.
He then landed hard on the ground making a large tremor that knocked everyone in the Plata maze off of their feet. Seeing this, Kao made a beeline for the downed Janet still carrying Richard.
When he reached, she was just getting up. Richard wasted no time snatching a ribbon.
"And Plata got their first ribbon!" Tiny yelled. "They are tied one all!"
"Hey, can they do that?" Max asked.
"I don't know but we are about to do the same thing!" Oscar said picking up Catherine.
"What? Oscar!?" The pink-haired girl said yelped.
The orca whale jumped up in place. Just like with Kao, everyone in that maze fell down. Oscar smirked before running over to the downed Sally. However, he had tripped over Ronald.
"Whoa… Whoa!" Oscar yelled.
Everyone winced at Oscar fell down pinning Catherine her.
"Get off me, you big oaf!" Catherine wheezed.
Oscar looked down to see where he had landed. When he realized, he immediately.
"Wow… Softer than I thought…" Oscar said.
Catherine's eyes bugged out. "What's soft?"
Janet slapped his forehead and shook her head seeing the whole thing. She was so preoccupied with them that she didn't saw the two figures behind her.
"Yoink!"
"That is the second ribbon for Plata!"
"What?" Janet said turning around to see Bill and Coco running away with a ribbon. "Hey!"
"Sorry but you shouldn't had stopped in the first place!" Bill said running off.
Meanwhile, Mortimer's head had hit another part of the fence. "Ow! Slow down!"
"No way! There is only one ribbon left!" Prick shouted. "Victory is so close, I could taste it!"
"The only thing I could taste is…" Mortimer said before he was pulled into a fence. "Oof! My own blood…"
"Aw, quit yer whining, lad!" Prick said holding onto Mortimer. "It's all you ever done since you started!"
Mortimer's eyebrow twitched. Suddenly, something made him launched out his hand grabbing a fence with one hand. With him still running, Prick was taken by surprise and swung around before flying straight into a fence.
BAM!
Mortimer looked in awe as Prick fell onto his back with stars around his head out cold. The former blinked twice. He then smiled.
"I just knocked out Prick. I am awesome!"
He then frowned.
"I just knocked out Prick. I am doomed!"
"All right! That porcupine is stunned." Max said running up. "Down is our chance to catch Sally!"
Ronald was dragged across the ground. "Ow! Ow! Ow! Stop that, you twit!"
"Should have stayed on the treadmill!"
"Hey!"
Meanwhile, Mortimer looked down at the unconscious Prick wondering what to do.
"Hm… He may be muscular but he is still short. He can't be THAT heavy…" Mortimer said crouching down to pick Prick up. However, he had proven he WAS that heavy. "Oh dear…"
Ronald's nose bumped into a fence. "Ow! I just hit my nose!"
"Sorry but we are in a hurry!" Max yelled.
"Any more reckless acts like this and YOU will be in a hurry!" Ronald snarled. "To the emergency room!"
"Please! Fifty-one years and I am STILL kicking!" Max grinned. "Now let's get that ribbon!"
Max then leaped over a fence carrying Ronald with him jumping in front of a stunned Sally. Before the blonde had a chance to react, Max grabbed Sally's ribbon.
"That's another ribbon grabbed for Plata! Next ribbon grabbed wins Reward!" Tiny announced.
"Oh, sugar!" Mortimer said carrying an unconscious Prick on his back.
"Cats! Double time!" Oscar yelled.
"Just as long as you don't trip and land on me again!" The pink-haired girl scolded.
"I said I was sorry!" Oscar whined.
"Oh no!" Sally said running off.
"Hey! Get back here!" Oscar demanded.
Meanwhile, Janet sat as Mortimer made his way over carrying Prick.
"Ugh… Hold on! I am coming…" Mortimer whined.
"Take your time." Janet said.
Meanwhile, Sally darted around a corner hoping to escape Oscar and Catherine.
"BODY SLAM!"
"What? Oscar!"
Sally looked up and her eyes widened in horror when she saw Oscar lunging at her with Catherine practically screaming.
CRASH!
Everyone winced as a large dust cloud surrounded the maze.
When the dust cleared, it revealed a victorious Oscar holding up a ribbon.
"Oscar had got it! AURUM WINS REWARD!" Tiny shouted.
Everyone cheered Oscar on as he held up a dazed Catherine. Mortimer growled as Prick slowly regained his consciousness.
"Oh for the love of…" Mortimer grunted throwing Prick off of him making him hit a fence causing him to be out cold again.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Aurum! You had won a giant water cooler for your tribe. It will be transported to your camp." Tiny said. "Also, you have a choice to send someone from Plata to Exile Island."
"Um, we'll send Richard." Oscar shrugged.
Bill and Sally looked horrified as Richard nodded his head before walking over.
"The boat is waiting for you, Richard." Tiny said. "As for you, Plata, I got nothing for you but some first aid."
Mortimer nervously looked at an unconscious Prick who was being carried piggyback-style by Kao.
"You may head back to camp!"
(Aurum Tribe)
The Aurum tribe gathered around their water cooler.
Max gave a descending whistle. "Look at all that water. Makes me want to swim in it!"
Andrew gave a disgusted look. "That is for DRINKING, you sicko!"
"Good grief! I was just joking!" Max said crossing his arms.
"Hey, hey!" Oscar said. "The point is that we found it! All by ourselves! Right, Cathy!"
The pink-haired girl paused before smiling. "Yes…"
Oscar immediately grinned.
"However…"
"Uh, yes?" Oscar asked.
"I know that we really needed to win." Catherine said.
She then scowled.
"But was it really necessary to drag me along with a rag-doll!?"
"Okay, so we won the Reward Challenge and the giant water cooler that came with it. Sounds great, right?" Catherine asked before growling. "But it would be if it wasn't for Oscar dragging me with that final lunge at the end!"
"Seriously, you could had hurt me with that belly-flop, you moron!" The high-school student scolded.
Oscar shrank back in fear. "But it was the only way to get Sally."
"It doesn't matter why you did it!" Catherine scolded. "If you were going to fly across the air, at least warn me so my arm doesn't fall off!"
"Catherine, please!" Cassie begged.
"Yeah, who cares about being dragged around as long as we won?" Max asked.
"Speak for yourself!" Ronald snapped.
"What's wrong, Ronnie?" Max asked.
"Don't talk me Ronnie!" The rat roared.
"But Catherine calls you Ronnie all the time!" Max insisted.
"Never mind!" Ronald scoffed. "What about you when you were dragging me along with a ragdoll!?"
"Hey, it worked out in the end!" Max shrugged. "We won, didn't we?"
"Yeah but at what cost!" Ronald snapped. "A bunch of bruises all over my body!"
"Those are the scars of war, man!" Max said.
"Scars of…" Ronald said before snapping. "You don't know scars!"
"Again with the empty threats." Andrew said rolling his eyes.
"Shut up!" Ronald snapped. "You haven't been dragged through a maze so you have no say in the matter!"
"Well, aren't WE entitled?" Andrew said crossing his arms.
"Guys, come on!" Janet said stepping forward.
"And don't think I forget that soft comment!" Catherine said to Oscar.
The orca whale stepped back. "But I… That is a compliment."
"My colleague, Ralf once said that there is nothing in life for free. Big or small, there is always a catch." Janet said rolling her eyes. "That applies here. I am purposely trying to keep the drama between Andrew and Ronald going but MAN! We won. There is no reason to argue as if we lost something!"
As everyone continue to argue with Janet trying in vain to break it up. Cassie looked around at them. Shaking her head, she slowly walked off with tears in her eyes
"Why are we fighting? We won! We beat the other tribe and got a lot of fresh water! We should be celebrating! Especially after our poor Challenge status so far!" Cassie said looking down upset. "I swear, I bet the other tribe isn't yelling at each other over their loss."
(Plata Tribe)
"COME OUT HERE AND FACE ME LIKE A MAN!"
Bill, Coco, Kao and Sally watched from the fire pit as Prick marched around camp looking furious.
"Where… Is… He?" Prick growled.
"Okay, the first thing I did from waking up is ask what is going on. Apparently, thanks to a certain duck, I got knocked out TWICE which resulted in costing us the Challenge!" Prick growled. "This is EXACTLY why I wanted him gone over Richard!"
The cameraman stood in front of a piece of bamboo over the water. Suddenly, said bamboo slowly floated up from the water to reveal it was Mortimer. "I know Richard wanted me to stick up for myself but now is not the best time considering I had knocked him out. Twice."
"Prick, shut up and come over here!" Bill scolded. "We got better things to worry about."
"Like what?" Kao asked.
Bill narrowed his eyes. "Richard is on Exile Island."
"We had lost the Challenge but that is the LEAST of our troubles. They sent Richard, our TARGET to Exile Island." Sally said rubbing her head. "Dang it! That means there is a chance that guy could find the Idol! We have to think of a way to counter-act it!"
"You sure Richard would find it?" Kao asked.
"As much as I wish otherwise, yes, he will." Bill said hanging his head. "He is a scientist and most scientists are smart."
"Oh no! If he finds that Idol!" Sally started.
"Then, we vote out Mortimer."
Everyone looked to see Prick walking over.
"If Richards finds the Idol, we'll vote off his only ally, Mortimer." The porcupine said.
"Oh, you are just saying that because Mortimer knocked you out." Bill said rolling his eyes.
"Yeah! TWICE!" Prick snapped.
"Well, we are not voting off Mortimer. It is unfair to Mortimer just because he befriended the wrong person!" Bill scolded.
"Oh yeah! Then do you just sit back and let ourselves get idolled?" Prick asked putting his hands on his hips.
"Nobody is going to get idolled because we are going to make it as though he is not the next boot." Bill explained.
"How?" Coco asked.
"Easy. We make it as though Mortimer is the next boot." Bill said.
"So we are NOT going to vote off Mortimer but we are going to PRETEND he is going home?" Prick asked in disbelief.
"Yes, got a problem?" Bill asked.
"But what if Richard uses the idol on Mortimer?" Kao asked.
"Um, Kao? I think that is the point, right?" Coco asked.
"Right. With Richard giving his idol to Mortimer, we will vote him out easy-peasy!" Bill said slamming his fist on into his palm.
"As my role of a cop, I have to make sure that the crook goes down without any innocent bystanders getting hurt in the progress." Bill said. "So I have to find a way to get rid of Richard and his idol without letting anyone be the fall guy."
"Just one question. How do we do it?" Sally asked.
"Hm… We just need to convince Richard that Mortimer is the target next." Bill mused.
Prick paused for a moment before sighing. "I'll talk to him."
"Hm?" Bill asked.
"We need to get Richard to think Mortimer is going next. Just let ME talk to him." Prick said. "We may not have a lot of good blood together but considering the subject, he HAS to believe me."
Kao tilted his head to the side. "Are you sure, Prick? You DID want Mortimer out."
"Which gives me more reason for me to talk to Richard." The construction worker said. "Besides, Richard wanted to Idol me out. Mortimer could suck at Challenges till the cows come home for all I care! This is personal!"
"That's the spirit, Prick!" Bill grinned. "I knew that there was some good in ya!"
"I am quite impressed at Prick. For a while, he had been complaining about wanting Mortimer out instead of Richard but instead he is going with us." Kao said in awe. "It just goes to show that you can't judge a book by its cover."
Prick smirked rubbing his hands together. "If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself."
(Exile Island)
Richard exited the boat and step foot onto Exile Island.
"So THIS is Exile Island…" He mused.
"So I had been sent to Exile Island. I fail to see what is so scary about it." Richard explained. "It is just a small island. At least you have food and shelter to yourself despite having a lack of."
The scientist then made his way over to the sign where the next Idol clue read.
"Here's hoping that the Idol isn't found yet." Richard mused reading the sign. "I really need it."
"Assuming Mortimer's paranoia isn't misplaced, I may need the Immunity Idol because most of my tribe is after me." Richard mused. "Especially Bill and Sally. I need to use that Idol as my queen."
"Hmm…" The dark-haired man said. "I know that I had been the fourth person here but these clues are quite easy when you link them together."
Richard nodded before walking off and starting to dig in a certain spot in hopes of finding the Idol.
Much to his surprise, he pulled an Idol with bright jewels all over it with a note attached it. Richard wasted no time ripping the note from the Idol and hearing it.
"Congratulations, you had one of the Immunity Idols which you can use before the votes are read at Tribal Council." Richard read. "A new Immunity Idol will be planted at the merge. As for you, you may decide what to do with your Immunity Idol and who you wish to share it with."
A smirk came across Richard's face.
"I got it. This is what I needed to survive the next round. Maybe now Mortimer would stop worrying about me and worry about his own problems." Richard smirked. "Now I have to keep this under wraps obviously. Question is… Who do I use it on?"
"Logical, I could get rid of the people who are the most upset with me. Particularly Sally or Bill." The dark-haired man said. "Or should I get rid of Prick? Hmm…"
He then walked over to the shelter.
"Better choose carefully. For all I know, whoever I use this Idol on would affect the game." Richard said.
(Day 15; Aurum Tribe)
"As sad as it sounds, we had spent the whole day yesterday arguing. Even though we had won a great Reward." Andrew said rolling his eyes. "I knew that it would only be a matter of time before one of us snaps but over something so miniscule?"
Despite their huge blow-out, everyone tries to forget the whole fight and was trying to live their normal lives. Janet, Oscar, Andrew and Oscar laid around camp. Suddenly, Catherine stormed into camp looking around.
"Is something the matter, Catherine?" Janet asked.
"Yes, I can't find my bottle of hair-dye." The pink-haired girl said. "Cassie and I split up to look for it."
"Where have you last seen it?" Oscar asked.
"Same place it always was." Catherine said. "In my bag. But when I went to get it, there was only one bottle in the bag."
"So? Just use the other one." Max said with a carefree shrug.
"Those two cans were supposed to last me the entire 39 days!" Catherine snapped.
"Um, nothing personal but what makes you so confident that you would last that long?" Max asked.
"Because I don't think the Losers Lodge have my brand of hair-dye!" Catherine snapped. "Ugh, I knew I should have brought more!"
"Calm down! I am sure it will turn up!" Andrew scolded. "It will…"
"AHHHH!"
Everyone jumped onto hearing the scream.
"What was that!?" Andrew yelped.
"Doesn't that sounded like Ronnie!" Max asked.
"Oh no!" Catherine screamed.
"So here everyone was minding our own business when suddenly we heard Ronald yell out a big yell!" Max said before giving a descending whistle. "And man, did you heard the echo of that scream!"
Everyone ran over to the direction of the voice to see what was going on. Soon, they arrived at the site to see Ronald on his hands and knees with the hood of his cloak covering his head. They all also Cassie a good distance away.
"Cassie, what's wrong?" Catherine asked.
"I don't know!" The French girl said. "I just hear someone screaming and ran over!"
Catherine asked concerned. "What is wrong?"
"Stay away from me!" Ronald roared.
Catherine stepped back. "Why? What's wrong?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Ronald asked as if he was about to lose a gasket.
Everyone looked at each other not liking where this was going. Ronald then got up took off the hood off of his cloak making everyone gasp.
"THIS is what's wrong!" Ronald yelled.
The fur on Ronald's face was completely pink. In fact, it was the same colour of Catherine's hair.
"Pink! Somebody turned me PINK! I was in the stream bathing minding my own business when I realized that I was surrounded by some pink liquid!" Ronald snarled. "When I realized what was going on, it was too late! Now I am more pink than Minnie Mouse's house!"
"Oh my goodness, Ronald… You look so… So…" Catherine started. "CUTE!"
Ronald's jaw dropped in disbelief as a few people stifled chuckles.
"Omigosh! With that fur colour, we totally match each other!" Catherine smiled. "When did you decide to change your fur pink?"
"Um, Catherine? I don't think Ronald did that willingly." Cassie said.
"DANG straight!" Ronald snapped. "Someone did this to me!"
"Did this to you?" Janet asked. "Ronald, you are jumping to conclusions."
"Oh really! So the stream that I was bathing in just happens to turn pink!" Ronald said pointing upwards.
Everyone looked to see Ronald was right. Stripes of pink were flowing down the stream leading into the moat around the camp.
"What the?" Oscar asked in disbelief.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Catherine said running up the stream.
Everyone looked at each other wondering what was going on. Suddenly, Catherine ran back holding a bottle of hair-dye.
"So THIS is where my bottle of hair-dye was!" Catherine yelled.
"Oh, what was it was doing up there?" Oscar asked.
"Better question is, who set it there to dye the stream pink when Ronald was there?" Catherine scolded.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Andrew said. "Are you saying that someone dyed the stream just to turn Ronald completely pink?"
Catherine nodded. "I am saying exactly that. This stuff is strong."
"So that means somebody thought it would be cute to turn me pink!" Ronald snarled.
"Well, Catherine sure thinks so." Max said.
"Shut up! Now step forward! Who did it!?" Ronald demanded.
Nobody moved a muscle looking around.
"So basically Catherine's hair-dye just rolled its way up to me and turned into a marshmallow?" Ronald snapped.
"Ronald, calm down!" Janet scolded.
"I had just lost my masculinity in one day!" The warlock growled. "Why should I calm down?"
"Um, because we got another Challenge?" Cassie piped up. Everyone turned to see her holding up a letter. "When looking for Catherine's hair dye, I noticed we got treemail."
Ronald's pupil-less eyes bugged out. "I can't go to the Challenge looking like this!"
"Oh no, you don't! You are not sitting out because of your appearance issues!" Andrew snapped. "Cassie, what does it say?"
The red-head sighed before reading the letter. "It says "How generous are you?"
"Just freaking perfect!" Ronald said rolling his eyes. "Because as of right now, I don't feel anything BUT generous!"
"Way to be a team player, Ronald." Andrew said rolling his eyes.
"Shut up!"
"Um, hello! I'm pink! Who cares about the stupid Challenge!? In fact, a part of me wants to throw it just to vote off whoever did this to me!" Ronald growled. "But nooo… If I do that, I would be the villain! UGH! The things you do for a million dollars!"
(Immunity Challenge)
The two tribes made their way to their respective mats. However, the Plata tribe stopped in their tracks stunned.
Bill, Prick, Sally and Coco did their best not to burst out laughing. Ronald scowled knowing what they were laughing.
"Wow, just wow…" Prick laughed. "Did you actually woke up today and said "you know what would make me manly? The colour pink!"
"SHUT UP!" Ronald roared.
"All right, all right. Settle down." Tiny said trying to stop himself as well. "We now bring in Richard from Exile Island."
The middle-aged man made his way over to the mat. Bill and Sally narrowed their eyes but Richard didn't notice them. Instead, he looked at the other tribe.
"Well, YOU are very secure of your masculinity." Richard said raising an eyebrow.
Ronald snarled. "Let's get to the stupid Challenge already!"
"All right, all right!" Tiny winced. "Sheesh, here is your next Challenge! Take a look."
Everyone looked to see a rather complicated course. It was a giant pool separated in two sides. At the start was some kind of head spitting out a line of red water. There was also a log that had four sections with a rope over it guiding it to a stone statue. On the side-lines were four wheels.
"Here is your next Challenge. Three people will take turns filling a basket full of red water and making their way over on to the statue to fill it up the statue's mouth." Tiny smirked. "Only one problem. The four sections are controlled by the other four tribe-mates. That's right. The four remaining tribe-mates have to make sure that their opponents fell into the water. If they do, they have to go back and the next person goes. First person to fills up their gauge wins Immunity."
Everyone looked at each other.
"Now, I give you a minute to strategize." Tiny said.
(Later)
It didn't take long to decide the order for the tribe. For Aurum, it was Janet, Max and Catherine. For Plata, it was Bill, Sally and Richard.
"All right! For Immunity!" Tiny said. "Survivor, ready! GO!"
Max and Bill ran out to the course grabbing the rope to help them across. Seeing this, Prick and Ronald smirked.
"Time for some fun." Ronald smirked before turning on the wheel.
Acting accordingly to the wheel, the first part of the log started to roll. The two bearded men struggled to catch their balance. Bill then fell in.
"Dang it!" Bill said swimming to the shore as Sally climbed on. Unlike Max, he had managed to keep his balance long enough to fill his basket full of red water.
"Ha! You have to do better than that, Pricky!" Max taunted.
"Ooh, so you want to play hardball, laddie?" The porcupine said narrowing his eyes. "Kao, double time!"
The Pianta nodded before turning his own wheel as Max struggled to make his way across. Sally on the other hand was having a bit of trouble trying to stay on. He soon made his way to the next section of the log.
"Oh no, you don't!" Andrew growled turning on the wheel. This took Sally tossing her into the water. Richard shook his head before going next trying not to fall in.
Meanwhile, Max had managed to make it all the way across. Despite Coco's best efforts to get him off, he had managed to get a good enough of water into the statue's mouth.
"Nice one, Max!" Janet said as Catherine moved along. Meanwhile, Richard had managed to pour most of his water into the statue. Oscar snarled before turning sharply on the wheel sending the surprised man into the water.
Bill shook his head before making on the log. However as he did so, Catherine fell into the water. As the pink-haired girl swam back, Janet got up. The two struggled to make their way across against the rolling logs trying to make their way across.
Holding on tight to the rope, Bill had made it the end putting his bucket into the statue's mouth. However, Janet fell off in surprise. Seeing this, Max shook his head.
"Looks like it is time to max out!" The biker said rolling my sleeves.
"Max out? Are you serious? Did you actually think that was clever?" Catherine asked in disbelief.
Much to Max's relief and surprise, Catherine didn't said anything after that. The old man continued on his way. Sally on the other hand was trying to stay calm trying not to fall.
"Come on, you can do it…" Sally said. "Don't choke."
With that, she made her way over to the statue and filled the gauge. Much to everyone's surprise, the statue's head opened up to reveal a crystal.
"They have it!" Tiny grinned. "PLATA WINS IMMUNITY!"
Everyone cheered on Sally as Aurum looked upset. Especially Ronald.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Plata for winning Immunity. You are safe for a few more days." Tiny said before turning to Aurum. "As for you, Aurum, I got nothing for you but a date with Tribal Council where one of you WILL be voted out of this game. You may head back to camp."
(Aurum Tribe)
The seven Aurum members went back to camp looking defeated. Ronald was the most upset.
"This… SUCKS!" Ronald roared.
"Today is just going swimmingly for me tonight. My entire fur is pink because of a stupid prankster AND we lost Immunity!" Ronald snarled. "I BETTER find out who did this to me because I want them GONE!"
"Okay, time to confess!" The rat snapped. "Which one of you yo-yos did this to me?"
He then pointed to Andrew.
"Do you really think I would do such an immature prank?" The archaeologist said crossing his arms.
Ronald then pointed to Max.
"No way, man!" The daredevil said. "I am a manly man! I don't touch pink!"
Ronald then pointed to Oscar.
"Uh-huh! You got the wrong Orca!" The strongman said. "I would never do anything to upset Cathy!"
"Yesterday says otherwise!" Catherine snapped.
"Catherine, please! Not this again!" Cassie begged.
Ronald then pointed to Janet.
"I don't see what to gain by stealing Catherine's hair-dye and painting you pink." The Ikari Warrior said sternly.
"Well, SOMEBODY had found SOME gain!" Ronald snapped. "I want NAMES!"
"Well, sorry but it looks like the culprit isn't going to come forward anytime soon." Janet said.
"Maybe so but…"
Everyone looked towards Catherine to see her smirking.
"…We don't need to." The teenager said. "We just need to drag the person into the spotlight."
"And how do you suppose we do that?" Andrew asked crossing his arms.
"Again, we don't need to." Catherine smirked. "I already know who done it."
"Really? Well, who is it?" Ronald asked.
"It is…" Catherine said pointing to a certain person. "YOU!"
"I know who done it. I know who turned Ronald pink against his will. And I think I know the proof that they did it along with WHY they did it." Catherine smirked. "It all comes down to pointing it out in everyone!"
Max's eyes widened stepping back. "Me?"
"Yeah, you!" Catherine snapped.
"Cathy, I have no idea what you are talking about." Max said. "Why would I do that to Ronnie?"
"Because you can't take that Ronald yelled at you after winning the last Reward!" Catherine snapped.
"Catherine, if that's all you got…" Janet said narrowing his eyes.
The pink-haired girl merely smirked. "Oh, don't worry! I am just warming up! Max, roll up your sleeves."
The biker's pupils shrank. "Why?"
"So we could see your big guns." Catherine said crossing her arms. "What's the matter? Didn't stop you the last time."
"Um, well…" Max said. He then sighed in defeat before rolling up his sleeves.
Everyone gasped to see a pink smudge on his arm.
"Ah-ha! I knew I saw that smudge at the Challenge!" Catherine smirked.
Max paused before looking down. He then looked back up looking annoyed. "All right, you caught me! I was the one who pranked Ronald, all right?"
"You immature idiot!" Ronald snarled.
"All right. I admit it. I was the one who dyed Ronald's fur pink. For the record, I didn't do it because he yelled at me. I am bigger than that." Max said shaking his head. "I did it because he and Catherine ruined our victory by complaining even though we had WON."
"You admit you did it!" Catherine said crossing her arms.
"Yeah, I did." Max said.
"So you volunteered to be the next boot?" Catherine said.
"Wait. What!?" Max said.
"Are you surprised? You stole Catherine's hair-dye and attacked me!" Ronald snapped.
"Attac… You making it seem like I tackled you to the ground and beat you with the can until you turned pink!" Max said in disbelief.
"You damaged my male pride!" Ronald growled. "What is THAT not an attack!?"
"And you stole my hair-dye." Catherine said. "That counts as theft. Well, I know who WE are going to vote for tonight."
"Indeed." Ronald said. "Let's go, I need to go bathe."
With that, Ronald and Catherine walked off with Cassie hesitating and following.
"Guys, you aren't seriously going to vote me out?" Max asked in disbelief. "I was only messing around."
"Still, what you did was kinda rude." Janet said. "You knowing, stealing the hair-dye in the first place.
"Aw, come on! I would have asked politely if Catherine would have said yes!" Max snapped.
"Um, sorry…" Oscar said shaking his head. "That doesn't make things any better."
"Andy…" Max whined.
"Come on, guys." The father said. "Sure what Max done was immature but Ronald and Catherine are making it seem like murder!"
"Yeah, I was just messing around!" Max said.
"I don't know." Janet frowned.
"Look, just think about voting off Ronald." Max said. "His grumpy outburst is the reason I pranked him in the first place!"
"Um, all right." Janet said.
"Thank you." Andrew nodded.
"So basically there is a chance Ronald would split through the cracks again just because of an immature prank." Andrew said rolling his eyes. "Really? Anyway, it is now or never we get rid of Ronald, otherwise all he needs is to win a tiebreaker to get control of the tribe."
As Andrew and Max walked off, Janet looked at Oscar.
"Well, I'll be honest. Ronald over-reacted a lot these last couple of days." Janet said. "I'll say we vote him out."
Oscar paused.
"Os?" Janet asked.
"No, I don't want to do it." The whale said.
"What? Why not?" Janet asked.
Oscar sighed. "Catherine."
"I may need a bit of… Okay, I need a lot of time for Catherine to forgive me. However to do so, I have to get on her good side." Oscar said. "And on her good side is Ronald, for some reason. So to put her in a good mood, I knew to make her as happy as possible."
Catherine looked in disbelief. "You have got to be kidding? You want to keep Ronald just to get it good with Catherine."
"Well, seeing that there is no better way of saying so, yes." Oscar sighed.
"Oscar, voting out someone just because someone you like want them gone is stupid and shallow." Janet scolded.
"Well, if Max didn't steal Catherine's hair-dye, none of this would had happened." The muscleman shrugged.
"I am not supporting Max's move but I am also not supporting Ronald's attitude towards the whole thing!" Janet snapped.
"Well, I want Max gone." Oscar said crossing his arms.
"And I want Ronald." Janet said returning the gesture. "So I guess we are stuck."
The two people glared at each other.
(Tribal Council)
The seven Aurum members made their way to Tribal Council where Tiny was waiting.
"Welcome, Aurum. Take a seat." Tiny said.
Everybody obliged.
"So Ronald, I have to ask." Tiny said with a smirk. "What is with the pin…"
"IT IS NOT MY FASHION CHOICE!" The rodent growled. "Blame Max!"
"Max, why him?" Tiny asked. "Max, what did you do?"
"Well, I kinda took Catherine's hair dye and turned his fur pink." The aging said poking his fingers together.
"Why did you do that?" Tiny asked.
"Well, Ronald is being an unreasonable Gloomy Gus recently." Max said crossing his arms. "I wanted to make him lighten up."
"Lighten up! By literally doing so to my fur!" Ronald scolded.
"Calm down! Little girls dig pink!" Max said.
"What is THAT supposed to mean!?" Catherine snapped. "Are you saying that my views are childish?"
"No but your attitude is." Andrew said.
"I don't want to hear another word out of you, gramps!" Catherine snapped.
Andrew growled. "If you were my daughter…"
Tiny shook his head in disbelief. He noticed that Cassie had the same expression.
"Cassie, what is going on?" Tiny asked.
"I don't know! I mean we won our last Reward Challenge getting a great prize and yet all we did after we got back was fight!" The redhead said in despair.
"What? Catherine, why is this?" Tiny asked.
"Ask the person who decided it was better for us NOT to choose our partners when hand-cuffed!" The high-school student snapped.
"I said I was sorry." Oscar said looking down.
"Guys, guys!" Tiny said. "Janet, could you at least tell how the vote is going tonight?"
"It is between the two people involved in the prank." The brunette sighed. "Ronald and Max."
"I see. Oscar, how is this thing going to turn out?" Tiny asked.
The whale just sighed. "I just want this thing to be over with."
"Fair enough. It is time to vote." Tiny said. "Max, you are up."
The biker nodded before getting up and marching over to the voting table looking surprisingly determined. "Dude, seriously. Lighten up. It will come off." He said holding up "Ronald".
Oscar walked over to the table grabbing the pen. Taking a deep breath, he wrote down a name and made his way back.
Cassie took her time walking over to the voting table looking upset. Shaking her head, she quickly wrote down a name to get Tribal Council over with.
Ronald stomped over the table with a non-existent flame in his eyes. He snatched the pen. "You are so lucky they banned my magic." He said holding up "Max."
Janet crossed her arms looking seriously. Narrowing her eyes, she wrote down a name and put it in the urn without looking back.
Andrew narrowed his eyes and stomped over to the voting table with a snarl. He grabbed the pen. "If you stay, then we have to count on a tiebreaker to get rid of you." Andrew said holding up "Ronald".
Catherine flipped her hair with a smirk before walking over confident of how things will work out. "And THIS is for stealing my hair-dye." She said holding up "Max."
She then made her way back. Tiny then got up.
"I'll get the votes."
Everyone waited while glaring at each other waiting for the voting to begin.
"I'll read them out."
"First vote, Max."
Max rolled his eyes.
"Second vote, Ronald. One vote, Max. One vote, Ronald."
Ronald crossed his arms.
"Third vote, Max. Two votes, Max. One vote, Ronald."
Max and Andrew cast each other worried glances.
"Fourth vote, Ronald. Two votes, Max. Two votes, Ronald."
Ronald clenched his fists while gritting his teeth.
"Fifth vote, Max. Three votes, Max. Two votes, Ronald."
"Come on." Max said quietly. "Let that be the last vote against ol' Max."
"Fifth person voted out of Survivor… Is Max."
Max hanged his head while Andrew shook his head in disgust. Ronald, Catherine and Oscar smirked while the rest was happy the Tribal Council was over with.
"Max, you need to bring me your torch."
The aging man sighed before getting up and taking his torch.
"Aw, come on, guys! It's not like Ronald being pink would cost us the Challenges!" Max complained before patting Andrew's shoulder. "Hang in there, pal."
With that, he made his way over to Tiny and put his torch in front of him.
"Max, the tribe has spoken." Tiny said putting his snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"Later, dudes!" Max said raising a fist in the air before walking off.
Tiny watched him leave before turning to the others. "Between the pranker and the prankee, you had voted out the pranker, though a few people seemed hesitant about the vote. Let's see if you had made the right choice. You may head back to camp."
Everyone had gathered their torches and got ready to go back to camp. Andrew once again brought up the rear looking obviously furious. This was their big chance to get rid of Ronald and everyone had blown it again. Now all Ronald needs is a tiebreaker to win control of the game.
"Well… That sucks. Okay, I knew a couple of people would be killjoys about my prank but sheesh, if I knew people would jump down my throat AND boot me from the game, I would had never had done it." Max sighed. "Well, can't say this had been a complete bust. I had a blast out here. Just wish the party could have lasted longer."
RESULTS:
Max: Cassie, Catherine, Janet, Oscar, Ronald.
Ronald: Andrew, Max.
And Max was the next person out. I'll be honest. I wanted for him to last longer. But there was no room for him other than being the fifth person out due to other plot-related reasons. That was why I had to boot him out here.
NOTE: I needed a reason for Max, a stronger player to get voted out so I decided to have him pull a prank on Ronald and having the latter and Catherine jump down his throat over it. I bet you didn't expect Catherine's hair dye to become important in a certain plot point, did ya?