(Alright, first Tribal Council of Sparkling Waters. Who will be the first boot of the game? Let's find out.)

Precht Day 3

At the Precht Tribe, there was much cheering and excitement.

"Gihi, we actually won s***!" Gajeel laughed. "But don't any of you get lazy..."

"Chill out, we got first place!" Happy replied.

"Shut up, damn cat!" Gajeel growled.

"Nng..."

"Hm? Is something wrong, Wendy?" Lucy wondered.

"I hope they don't vote out Carla..." Wendy murmured sadly.

"Carla's smart, I'm sure she'll be fine," Lucy soothed Wendy gently, sitting beside her.

"Even though we won, it was only because Cheerleader is good at mental s***. I'm not sure we can pull it off again..." -Gajeel

Yuri Day 3

The Yuri Tribe was... Surprisingly, exactly the same.

Laxus was off on his own, Mira, Erza, and Carla were chatting, Lily was seated nearby, and Gildarts was banished to the edge of the camp. Only one member seemed uneasy...

Mest approached the girls.

"I'm rather glad Wendy is doing so well," Carla remarked. "I was worried about her..."

"I'm sure we'll be back up once a fighting challenge happens," Erza said.

Mira nodded, looking cheerful.

"Why are you all so cheerful about this? One of us is going to be voted off!" Mest said angrily.

"It's just a game," Mira replied.

"A game for a ton of money!" Mest shot back.

"Besides, isn't it quite obvious who's leaving this time? I hardly think it's worth getting worked up about," Carla scoffed. Mest huffed and walked away.

"I can't believe them..." He grumbled.

Then, a loud sound reverberated through the camp as Gildarts accidentally crashed the lumber they collected. Gildarts rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as the whole tribe glared at him.

"I was GOING to try and make this voting off gimmick work to my advantage, but on second thought, I agree with Carla. It's obvious who has to go," -Mest

Once the sun had set, the seven members of Yuri headed off to Tribal Council. The Tribal Council area had an 'under the sea' feeling to it. The floor was mainly comprised of sand, along with various items and furniture of the area looking like it was made of coral and seaweed. But the main attraction of this area was that it was set on a large, wooden raft anchored down on the ocean.

Seven stumps were set up, each with a torch having a contestant's name on it. But the kicker was that each torch had a torch lacrima attacked to the top of it, and each one had been carefully and meticulously crafted to be the shape of the FT guild mark.

Flash and G awaited their arrival. Flash stood behind a podium painted painted white, the word 'Angel of the FlashIcia Ship' written on his in black paint, complete with various tribal designs in the same color.

G sat on his podium, which, frankly, looked like the creation of a five year old. Random bright colors, predominantly yellows, were splotched all over it, and many symbols for fandoms, such as the Fairy Tail guild mark, a pokeball, and a mushroom power up from Mario, were painted on randomly. The Yuri Tribe arrived, looking around in awe. Laxus, however, looked rather unamused. They took their seats.

"Behind each of you is a torch with your name on it. Grab your torch, approach the flame, dip it in...get fire." Flash instructed. "This is the ritual here at Tribal Council, for in this game, fire represents your life in this game. Once your fire goes out, so do you." He turned to G. "At least...I think that's how these lacrimas work."

"You don't even have to actually light them," G grinned. He snapped his fingers, and fire appeared within all of the torches.

"Good to know." Flash responded, and the discussion had begun. "Alright, so I asked at the challenge how camp life was. Aside from the original shelter getting knocked down, Lily, what have these first three days been to you?"

"It's been rather relaxing, but I do miss being back in the guild." Lily replied.

"Hmm. Usually, the first three days are kinda the honeymoon phase of Survivor, and normally when the first vote is said and done, people realize it's serious. But this time, it's a little different. Now with having to vote your own guildmates out, this isn't what you wanted to do at all, right?" Flash continued. "Is there anyone here who isn't going to be comfortable with how they vote tonight?" Everyone looked around.

"It's just a game," Mira finally said. "Besides, it's fun competing. We do it all the time, anyway!" The tribe all nodded, seemingly in agreement.

"So Mira. Tell me about how comfortable you are, sitting here tonight. Do you think it's safe to say it won't be you?" Flash inquired.

"Probably not." Mira replied cheerfully.

"Mest. Has there been any strategy talk about tonight's vote, if at all?" Flash just had to ask.

"None." Mest replied flatly. Flash was a bit shocked at that.

"Wow." He said. "Well, without any strategy going into tonight's vote, I will say that this first Tribal Council may be interesting. With that, it's time to vote." He gestured to a door behind him. "One at a time, you will go past that door and cast your vote on who you want to have eliminated tonight. Let's get to it. It is...time to vote. Laxus, you're up."

Laxus went to vote. He had his head in one hand and was writing his vote with the other. He glared up at the camera.

Laxus: The f*** are you looking at? F*** off. (?)

Mira went to vote.

Erza went to vote.

Carla went to vote.

Mest went to vote.

Gildarts went to vote.

Pantherlily went to vote.

Once Lily casted his vote, G walked out, holding the votes close to his face.

"Hehe. Wanna take a read before we begin, Flash?" He asked.

"Well, I was going to go tally the votes..." Flash chuckled. "Sure."

"That's what I was asking you to do." G handed him the votes. "This one is yours, Kay?"

"Yeah, it is." Flash then reached into a compartment into his podium, and set down a...ring, similar to the one used in Big Brother for nomination ceremonies. In it, there were six keys inserted. "Here's how this is going to work. One at a time, G and I shall remove a key from this ring here. If your name is on that key, you're safe. However...there is a bit of a catch to it. The last key we remove isn't the last person safe. It's the person voted out." Flash explained. "So with that said, once the keys are revealed, the decision is final, person voted out will be asked to leave the Tribal Council area immediately." G grinned.

"Let's get right to it! Let's trade off removing keys, Flash. That okay?"

"Fine by me. I'll let you go first." Flash agreed. G looked at the votes.

"Hm... Let's take all the ones without votes off, then." He removed the first key, which was Mira's.

Flash revealed the second key. "Erza. You're safe."

"And you too, Lily," G said, removing his key. The fourth key was revealed to be Mest's.

"You live to fight another day, Mest." Flash commented.

"And finally, Carla." G removed her key. "And down to the final two! Each of you received votes, but only one of you have enough to be voted off..." Laxus and Gildarts both looked indifferent. Flash pulled the key painted red, which was the one with the person who would be eliminated that night.

"First person voted out of Survivor: Sparkling Waters...Gildarts." He showed the name. "Bring us your torch." Gildarts walked forward, grumbling. However, they didn't even need to snuff it out, as he crashed it in his hand by accident.

"...yeah, just leave before you destroy the place," G said. "Literally everyone voted for you." Gildarts was led off by Hank. Flash looked at the other Yuri members.

"Well then...that was a thing. First vote of many in this game. Will voting out Gildarts prove to be the right choice, or the wrong one? We'll find out as time comes." He reached into his pocket. "For surviving this Tribal Council, fire, in the form of flint." He handed it to Erza. Erza took it with a nod. "Grab your stuff, head back to camp. G'night." Flash sent them off with that, the six members of the Yuri Tribe heading back to camp.

Gildarts's Final Words: I have better things to do than stupid children's games, anyway.

The Votes!

Gildarts- Erza, Carla, Lily, Mira, Mest, Laxus

Laxus- Gildarts

(So I might get some eyebrows raised at me for this, but G and I talked about this, and I was on board for doing this unorthodox this time around. And speaking of unorthodox, we kinda fudged one of the rules to make it more interesting...thank the stars for Mediguns and Aurora's healing powers.)