Author's Note
Here we are, the second week of Total Shuffled World Tour - and the second part of its premiere. The series as a whole has been fun to write so far, though admittedly the song for episode three had me stumped for a while before I finally figured out what I wanted to do with it. Still, the fact that it didn't end up delaying progress on the next episode is a good omen for what's to come, since I haven't figured out most of the songs yet.
But that, of course, doesn't quite matter yet. Right now I have a horde of reviews to answer - the first of many, no doubt.
chainedforce: Thank you so much! I was really worried about how I was handling both the two newbies, and especially the songs. It's good to know I've done well so far, and with luck I'll be able to keep up the musical quality when it comes to my more original songs.
Elizabeth Life Stone: Haha, good to hear it. Although you shouldn't get your hopes up about Amy replacing Blaineley.
Guest #1: lol nope. Missed it by two.
lordkalel: I'm happy to feel that way. As for what plans I have in store for Staci and Scarlett...well, you'll just have to wait and see.
Boggie445: Yup, and you'd better get used to it because I'm not about to force myself to churn these episodes out faster.
Glowing Insanity: Thanks! And yeah, the reprise was an obvious addition since I really didn't want anybody quitting in the first episode. And with Lightning around, I honestly couldn't pass up the name of Team Victory.
DSX62415: Oho, first predictions eh? Well, you'll find out in time whether you're right or wrong.
PizzaTheBomb: Uhh, pretty sure I've been hinting at Dawn's feeling for her friends since season one. That aside, thanks for complimenting the first episode's songs!
acosta perez jose ramiro: Thanks as always!
ashDanLand: Haha, I can only hope you feel the same way at the end of this story.
I. M. Poik: Well, I'm definitely gonna do my best to fix some of the mistakes of canon. Although I'm sad to hear that you didn't like my version of 'Come Fly With Us' - with such a different cast, I really saw no reason to keep the song the same as its canon version. Always good to hear your opinions of the characters, though, even if I disagree with some of them.
StarHeart Specials: Thanks! As for the origins of 'Team Universe', I knew I didn't want to reuse 'Team Amazon' and universe just seemed like a word that most of that team could get behind. Though what exactly it means to them varies...
FOWLKON: I'm glad you're so excited. As for what may or may not become of Staci...well, you'll have to wait and see.
Zak Saturday: Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
Nickie Mudkip: Oho, interesting predictions all around. I always enjoy seeing what people think will happen, even when it's a long way off.
Karts of Sugar Rush: I'm glad you liked it! The returning recurring gag out of those three...is still changed quite a bit, so don't expect to identify it right away. And actually, Team Universe's name has nothing to do with that show, though I am quite a fan. Oh, and if anything, shuffled!Team Victory is more the counterpart of canon!Team Chris, which also had only one girl (first Sierra, then Izzy) on a team of boys. Also, I'm glad you liked the first song and its reprise - and I hope that you like this episode's songs, since they're a tad more original.
Anonymous: Good to hear from a long time fan! And interesting predictions, as I always tell my reviewers. Oh, and about the trilogy comment, I just meant that it was the end of the I-A-WT trilogy - I'm still gonna do RotI, AS, and PI.
bruno14: Hello! I'm glad you're enjoying the new season so far, especially the relationships revolving around Ella and Tyler. I'm also happy you like Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Mean. As for who gets eliminated first...well, read on and find out!
insertnamehere21: Thanks! As for how Chris can roll his eyes...well, I'm pretty sure he manages it in canon. Maybe the black spots are really his pupils, and the 'whites' are skin-color for some reason? Oh, and technically Owen's canon stereotype is 'The Party Guy', while Geoff's is 'The Funniest Guy Around'. But Geoff's doesn't really suit him, so I decided to change it way back in season one. I might also change Owen's when he finally debuts.
Ddynamo: Ohoho, thinking about All-Stars already? Well, I'll tell you now that your hero-villain balance is off in your prediction - it has to be balanced, and with most of the canon villains in the first gen cast there's not many left to pick from for the second gen cast. Other than that, interesting predictions for this season - I'm looking forward to seeing how those may or may not change as the season progresses.
Identification: Thanks! I'm glad you like the direction I've decided to take Sierra in, and I hope the new elimination/reward schedule is to your tastes as well.
Joel Connell: Ah, right, that...I kinda forgot about that to be honest. Umm...let's just say they settled out of court for now, and that Alejandro ended up getting some money out of it but not a whole lot.
Knifez: Thanks! For reminding me to add the image as well. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this chapter.
Star Saber21: I'm glad you like the changes that have been made so far! The rivalry between Sugar and Ella...even I don't know exactly how it'll turn out yet. And as for the separated couples...well, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to stir up the drama in the cast.
BuckJohnson: Believe me, I'm nervous too! The first two seasons are gonna be a lot to live up to, and so is the canon version of World Tour. Interesting predictions, of course, and I will say that I'm definitely gonna do my best with respect to Ezekiel's character. I don't have all the details planned yet, but I think it's time he, at least, got his character explored.
wifishark: Thanks! As for what happens next...you're about to find out!
Phew! That's over and done with, at least for this week. All that's left right now is to remind you folks of who's on what team right now.
Team Victory - Ezekiel, Scott, Lightning, Tyler, Geoff, Staci
Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Mean - Bridgette, Shawn, Beardo, Sierra, DJ
Team Universe - Dawn, Sammy, Alejandro, Ella, Sugar, Scarlett
The race through the Egyptian desert is about to begin, folks! So sit back, watch out for scarabs, and enjoy.
- Fangren
Episode Two – Walk Like an Egyptian, Part Two
"Let's take a few moments to review some of the features of our aircraft!" Chris opened from the Total Drama Jumbo Jet's first class seating area as the standard capstone theme for the series began to play. "Safety is our number one priority," he continued as the recap scenes began, starting with a panel falling off the side of the plane and a rat and raccoon chasing away from it. It was followed by the inflatable Chef Hatchet balloon demonstrating the sleeping procedure in loser class as the host added "So please, remain seated with your seatbelt fastened at all times."
"The plane has one exit," Chris continued over the clip of him forcibly throwing Staci out the back of the jet, "located, here. As we explore exotic destinations," Scott slapped Ezekiel's hand away from some mummified animals, then Beardo and Sierra ran screaming out of the pyramid; "take time to familiarize yourself with the local architecture." Scarlett purposely pressed a button that dropped a load of old bandages onto Staci, then Dawn and Sammy pounced on DJ to get him out of the way of several spears shooting out of the wall behind them.
"The world is our playground," the host said over a clip of Tyler falling face-first down the far slope of the pyramid. "But remember, refusal to sing will lead to immediate disqualification," Scarlett and Lightning's reluctance to sing during the show's first musical number was shown next. "When dividing into teams," Team Victory and Team Universe were shown announcing their names, "be sure to give your crew a catchy handle," while Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Mean had to dodge the goat they'd won.
"Upon arrival at our final destination, one lucky competitor will receive a parting gift to remember." The recap footage was replaced by a series of passports appearing on the screen a few at a time, each belonging to one of the contestants – Dawn and Sammy and Alejandro and Sugar; then Ella and Scarlett and DJ; then Shawn and Bridgette and Beardo; then Sierra and Geoff and Scott; and finally Ezekiel and Lightning and Tyler and Staci. "One! Million! Dol-lars!" the host announced excitedly over a picture of some kind of cart overflowing with cash.
"So stow that carry-on baggage and lock those tray-tables in the upright position," Chris said as the camera cut back to him in first class, "we're taking off for one crazy ride!" The scene flashed to somewhere outside as the host rushed back into view. "Right here, right now, on Total!" a blaring note played as the shot pulled back to show a bit of the desert airstrip. "Drama!" the blaring note repeated as the nose of the plane was shown. "Woooorrrrlllddd~ Tooouuurrrr~!" the final two words were sung, and both jumbo jet and the nearby pyramids were shown in full.
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(Fade to Opening Theme)
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doin' fine;
You guys are on my mind!
Ya asked me what I wanted to be,
And now I think the answer is plain to see!
I wanna be...famous!
I wanna live close to the sun!
Well pack your bags, 'cause I've already won!
Everythin' to prove, nothin' in my way;
I'll get there one day.
'Cause I wanna be...famous!
(Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
(Fade to Episode)
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Some distant bird was whistling as the scene faded in to the harsh desert sun, the camera promptly panning down to the three team standing below a tall checkered starting banner. To the left were the six members of Team Victory – Lightning, Geoff, Tyler, Ezekiel, Scott, and Staci. In the middle, Team Universe – Scarlett, Alejandro, Dawn, Sammy, Ella, and Sugar. And on the right, Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Mean – Bridgette, DJ, Beardo, Shawn, and Sierra. Each group stood before a round mat in their team's main color, upon which the reward they'd won last episode sat – the stick on gold, the camel on blue, the goat on red.
"Why'd we get blue anyways?" Sugar asked with a frown. "Ain't it a boy color?" She shot a pointed look at Alejandro, who shrugged helplessly.
"Well Team Victory's color suits it," Lightning spoke up. "Gold is the sha-color of winners, after all."
"Yup!" Ezekiel nodded in agreement.
"I don't see why it matters, to be honest," Shawn said, glancing down his team's mat. "It's not like the colors actually mean anything."
"True," Sierra said thoughtfully. "I mean, maybe if one of the colors was Chris' favorite it might be different, but his favorite color is black."
"That makes sense," Beardo said with a smirk. "Same color as his cold, cold heart."
"Man, I don't care what color we are," Tyler spoke up enthusiastically, "Team Victory is gonna win this!"
"Sha-got that right, New Guy!" Lightning said. "With Lightning on the team, those others don't got a chance!"
"Yeah, because you're totally good at this game," Scott said snidely.
"He's better than your sorry butt," the uber-jock shot back.
"Chill, dudes," Geoff said, quickly getting between the two. "We're teammates! We're in this together!" He stopped there, and his lips began to quiver. "Too bad Bridge isn't with us..." he cried sadly into his arm, earning odd looks from his teammates.
The camera quick-panned over to the girl in question, who sighed sadly as well. "I can't believe I actually have to compete against Geoff!" she lamented.
"Don't worry," DJ gave her a reassuring smile, "it won't be that bad. Trust me, you'll get through this just fine."
"I hope so," Bridgette said.
"Me too," Sierra added. "Gidgette is like the number two Total Drama couple right now, the fans will be devastated if you break up."
Though the surfer looked mildly disturbed by that, it was Beardo who spoke up next. "So who's the number one couple?" he asked with a curious look.
Sierra opened her mouth to reply, but was cut off by the sudden sound of cymbals clanging together. The shot cut behind the contestants to wear Chris, Chef, and a pair of white male interns were. All four men were dressed in stereotypical ancient Egyptian costumes, with Chris and Chef looking to be of higher class. Chris himself was using one of the interns as a seat to eat grapes on, while the other intern fanned him with a leaf; Chef was the cause of the cymbals clanging, the large instruments still in his hands.
"Mmm, don't know about you guys," Chris said while enjoying his treatment, "but I am loving Egypt." He tossed another grape into his mouth. "And I'm gonna love it even more watching you enjoy your second challenge: The Amazing Camel Race!"
"Uhh, where are the other camels?" Shawn asked hesitantly, the lone beast won by Team Universe shown briefly.
"There are no other camels!" Chris said in annoyance. "It's a Camel Race, not a Camels Race!"
"Excellent!" Alejandro said happily.
"Say what?" DJ added, his team's goat bleating angrily along with him.
"Sha-Lightning's team won last time!" the uber-jock protested. "So how come we get stuck with a stick, while they get a goat," he gestured towards Team Chris, then Team Universe, "and the losers get the camel?!"
"Each reward has its advantages," the host explained. "trust me. You'll be racing towards the world's most infamous waterway," he continued over a shot of Team Victory, "the Nile!" The camera panned over to Team Universe, and then to Team Chris. "Teams must brings their rewards all the way to the finish. You have sixty seconds to strategize!"
The camera cut to a close-up of the camel before quickly pulling out to show the six members of Team Universe approaching it. "Now remember ladies," Alejandro advised before any of them could start climbing, "even though our camel is strong, there's six of us so we'll have to distribute our weight effectively to keep it from getting too stressed."
"Well obviously," Scarlett said as Team Universe's blue spiral galaxy logo appeared in the upper-right corner of the screen. "But on the same note the equations are so simple I've already solved them for the most optimal arrangement."
"Oh really?" Alejandro challenged. "Then what do you suggest?"
"Taking into account each of our approximate weights, as well as the camel's center of mass," Scarlett began to say.
"Hurry up and get on already!" Sugar yelled at the two, the camera shifting to show that she was already perched on top the animal's hump, while Sammy and Dawn were sitting close together on the camel's neck. "It's just a camel, ya don't need math to figure out how to ride it."
"Sorry," Ella apologized as she too climbed aboard, taking her spot behind Sugar on the slope of the camel's back, "but I'm afraid we should probably hurry things along."
Alejandro sighed. "Very well, I see your point. And at any rate," he began to walk towards the camel, "you've all managed to arrange yourselves properly." He quickly hauled himself up, taking a spot between Sugar and Sammy on the animal's shoulders. "You coming?" he asked Scarlett.
"Yes," the evil genius muttered dryly, "although I can already tell I won't enjoy it. And least of all because of the seat I've been relegated to."
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"Oh, Scarlett," Alejandro began in the restroom confessional, shaking his head in mock disappointment. "You make this too easy! Although I won't make the same mistake of underestimating you as I have in the past."
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The footage cut back to the view looking up into Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Mean's huddle, their red logo of the host's devil-horned face appearing in the center. "So, anybody have any ideas?" Bridgette asked. Nobody said anything for a moment, then Beardo made the sound of crickets chirping. "Come on, there's gotta be something!" the surfer told her teammates.
"I guess we could try to just pile on the goat," Shawn suggested, "though it'd take a genius to keep us all balanced."
"Besides, wouldn't that just crush the poor goat?" DJ said.
"Nah, I think goats are pretty strong," Sierra spoke up.
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"On paper," Sierra began her own confessional, "we've got a pretty good team. Shawn and Bridgette were finalists in season one," she ticked off two fingers, "though they didn't do so well in season two...but DJ has gotten far both times. Beardo's got useful a pretty useful talent, and as for me?" She giggled for a moment. "Well, since I know so much about everyone, I guess I'm the brains of Team Chris."
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"So with all the jocks on my team," Scott told the confessional camera, leaning back on the toilet, "it falls to me to be the brains of the operation. Not that I'm complaining," he smirked darkly. "This'll just make my new strategy even better."
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"So, like, what are we even supposed to do with this?" Geoff asked, scratching his head as he held up the forked stick they'd won.
""Doesn't matter," Scott said as the yellow trophy that was Team Victory's logo spun into the upper-left corner of the screen. "Unless it can fly, it's not gonna help us beat the other teams."
"Oh, my great-great-Auntie Helen had a flying stick once," Staci spoke up. "Although she never told anybody its secret. Yah, she didn't want it to fall in to the wrong hands."
"That sounds made-up," Tyler said with a confused sort of bluntness.
"What a surprise," Scott said.
"Well if we can't ride this thing," Lightning said, swiping the stick away from Geoff, "then that just means we're gonna have to run. And that's sha-easy."
"Speak for yourself, eh," Ezekiel said as he fanned his sweaty face with his hand.
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"Yo, these clothes aren't really good for the desert, eh," Ezekiel confessed in the restroom, taking off his toque and wringing out the sweat. "But on the bright side, at least I'm gonna be keepin' in shape."
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"Okay, just hold still a little bit longer," Sierra said over a close-up of her right hand pressing down hard on DJ's head, then Beardo groaning in pain as the girl's left foot stepped off his stomach. "Almost...there...," she said while accidentally kneeing Shawn in the chest and stepping on Bridgette's hand, "done!"
Upon her declaration, the camera zoomed out to show the human pyramid that Team Chris had formed on top of their goat. Sierra was on top standing on the shoulders of Bridgette and Shawn, who in turn were sitting on the shoulders of Beardo and DJ. At the bottom, the goat gave a pained bleat as the five humans swayed and wobbled.
"Are you sure?" Bridgette asked in growing alarm.
"Uh-huh!" Sierra nodded as the stack stopped moving, and even the goat smiled in relief. "Told you I could do it," she said snottily before the group suddenly became unbalanced again, the five humans crying in alarm as they started to sway.
And then, just as quickly, they became still again. "Okay, now I'm sure," Sierra said with a hesitant frown.
"I hope so," Shawn said looking up at her, "because I really don't think we'll have another chance if we fall."
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"I guess I shouldn't judge her since I came up with the idea in the first place," Shawn confessed, taking his turn in front of the cockpit's camera. "But still, I'm not really keen on the idea of traveling by human pyramid. What if we stumble upon a bunch of zombies and I can't escape because I'm trapped between DJ and Sierra?"
"Why would there be a bunch zombies just wanderin' around the desert?" Chef turned his head back to ask.
"Are you kidding, this climate is like perfect for preserving dead bodies! There could be zombies out here that are thousands of years old!" Shawn answered, earning a shrug from Chef as he resumed his pilot work.
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"A'ight," Chris told the cast, "Nile's thataway." He pointed with both hands off into the distance, then used one to shield the sun from his eyes. "Kinda big, blue, and watery," the perspective changed to show the sun over a vast expanse of sand, "can't miss it. Or I guess you can," the host added as the camera panned back across the group – Chef next to a large urn, Chris standing on top his intern seat, and the three teams waiting by the starting line. "But then you'll die. Prob'ly get killed by the local scarab beetles. It's mating season and they get all...killy...when they're in heat."
"What's the big deal?" Lightning scoffed. "It's just a bunch of sha-bugs."
"I'll tell them you said that," Chris said with a smile as he motioned to Chef, who promptly pushed over the large vase. A swarm of small black beetles immediately crawled out of it, and a few dramatic notes played as they quickly made their way across the sands. The intern Chris was standing on gasped and bit his lip as the scarabs started crawling up him, then both Lightning and the rest of Team Victory were shown recoiling and dancing in fear of the beetles that were surrounding them, with Tyler in particular giving off a high-pitched scream. A quick-pan showed all the members of Team Universe except Dawn to be screaming, as was the swaying stack of Team Chris.
The host laughed. He was standing safe on top the skeleton of the former intern, while Chef was standing on the overturned vase; the scarabs seemed to have moved on from them entirely, however.
"The stick!" Geoff said in a panic, picking up his team's reward and brandishing it like a weapon. He tried to wave it around at the scarabs that were surrounding him, but to no effect. "It's not working, dudes, what do we do?!"
The scene cut back to Chris and Chef as a pair of dings accompanied the appearance of a circular music note logo in the top-right corner of the screen. "Ooh, time for a song!" the host announced excitedly. "Think of it as a mini-challenge," he continued as the rest of Team Victory was shown – Scott standing on top of Ezekiel; Staci in Lightning's arms and Tyler on his back. "Music can soothe the savage meat-seeking scarab, so, make up a good song and maybe they won't kill ya. Or don't," the shot cut to Team Universe on their camel, "and get disqualified."
"Wonderful!" Ella said happily while her teammates groaned.
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The pyramid took over the scene as a slow love song started playing, accompanied by Beardo beatboxing at a similarly slow tempo. The hairy boy slid into view in front of the pyramid, then Geoff, DJ, and Alejandro slid in front of him, snapping their fingers to the beat as the scene behind them turned black. The beetles were shown crawling along the ground in columns, the camera panning back up to show the four boys lined up and doing there things.
"Oh dear scarabs, what'cha doin'? Chasin' after us~?" Ella opened the song with an unexpected deepness in her voice as she rose into view in front of the boys.
"Don'cha know that it's that time again," Alejandro and DJ and Geoff sang together as Ella sunk back down out of sight.
"Ain't no need to make such a fuss!" Sugar added next, rising up to take Ella's place. A few scarabs started to crawl up her, but she brushed them away.
Three rows of scarabs took over the screen, the middle one heading right while the other two went left.
"Can't you feel the season calling?" Dawn and Sammy sang, scrolling down from the top left in an inset scene.
"That desire to make lots of eggs," Scarlett added, a close-up of her moving two beetles close together with her hands scrolling in from the right.
"Who needs eating when you could be crawling?" Geoff and Bridgette sang together, the party boy's inset scrolling up on the left while the surfer's scrolled down on the right.
"To a special someone on six sexy legs," Sierra finished the verse with a sly and knowing look on her face, walking in on her inset from the left. The current scene dissolved into a close-up of a single pair of scarabs as every contestant appeared in a ring around the screen.
"So don't mind us, 'cause there's love in the air!" they sang as the two scarabs pictured formed heart-shapes with their antennae and nuzzled one another.
"Ohh~, ohh~!" the trio of Sammy, Dawn, and Scarlett added as they and the rest of the cast moved back out of sight.
"Yeah don't mind us," Sierra sang as the scene quickly zoomed out to show her walking cautiously away from several pairs of beetles.
"We'll just be over there!" Bridgette added, following behind Sierra with the rest of their team.
"Yeah don't mind us, we'll be gone before ya know!" Shawn and Beardo sang at the tail end of their team.
"Ohh~, ohh~!" Sammy, Dawn, and Scarlett repeated, the camera panning over to show the trio moving their arms in sync with each other.
"Oh don't mind us, just take your lovin' nice and slow," Tyler and Scott sang over a shot of even more scarabs pairing up, hearts forming in their eyes.
"Oh don't mind us," Ella sang next as the shot cut back to the cast slowing fleeing.
"Make out until the break of dawn!" Sugar, Lightning, and Ezekiel sang, the pageant queen following her teammates while the two boys walked past closer to the camera.
"Ohh~, ohh~!" Sammy, Dawn, and Scarlett repeated again as they and the rest of Team Universe went off-screen.
"Just don't mind us!" Alejandro sang as the shot rapidly zoomed out to show all seventeen contestants walking cautiously away in their teams.
"'Cause pretty soon we'll all be gone!" the teens sang as one.
"Yah, don't mind us-" Staci began to say, the camera zooming in on her as the music came to a sudden halt and the background became light again. "Wait, no!" The girl stopped herself quickly, but it was too late – with a few dramatic notes, the formerly pacified scarab beetles turned their attention back to the humans.
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The cast promptly ran screaming, with Staci lagging behind just long enough for a few scarabs to start crawling up her.
"Nice one!" Chris said with a wide grin. He held up an air horn, then yelled "Go!" as he blew it. The teams were shown doing just that – Team Chris out first with their swaying stack atop the goat, then Team Universe on their camel, and lastly Team Victory on foot getting chased by the insect swarm.
"Who's gonna die?" the host asked the camera as it cut back to him. "And who's goin' buh-bye? Find out after the break, on Total! Drama! World Tour~chachacha!" He stage-whispered the last two words in tune with the rattling Western-styled music that played.
(Fade to Commercial and Back)
The episode returned to a shot of the scorching sun, the camera quickly pulling back to show Team Universe in the lead with Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Mean right behind.
"Mmm-hmm...oh yes, I see...," Dawn said as the camera zoomed in on her and Sammy sitting on the camel's neck together. The mystic seemed to be conversing with the team's mount, as evidenced by its grunts and occasional looks backward. Sammy watched her friend nod along to whatever the camel was saying, then decided to crane her head around.
"Hey, how's everyone doing back there?" she asked her teammates.
"Ella won't stop hummin'!" Sugar immediately complained as the camera panned back to her and the princess, who was indeed humming the tune they'd all just been singing with her eyes closed. "It's annoyin' me!" the pageant queen added with a sharp look at Ella, finally attracting her attention.
"Oh, sorry Sugar," the girl apologized. "It's just that I like to use music to pass the time."
"I don't mind if Ella chooses to hum," Alejandro spoke up, earning a snort of contempt from Sugar.
"Ohh..well, what about you Scarlett?" Sammy asked uncertainly.
The shot cut to the evil genius who was clinging to the camel's rear end, occasionally getting hit on the head by its tail. "All I care about-ow is getting this accursed ungulate to-ow stop hitting me!" She swatted at the tail, and got another swat from it in return.
A long-distance shot of Team Universe and Team Chris showed the latter starting to trail behind. "Sorry amigos," Alejandro called out to them, "but your poorly-balanced team is never going to win this race!"
"Yeah, so go eat sand!" Sugar added.
"No, you go eat sand!" Sierra shot back from the top of her team's human pyramid. "We're a team of fan-favorites, we can do anything!"
"Your logic is as flawed as your understanding of social boundaries!" Scarlett replied.
Sierra gasped in offense, and angrily shook her fist at the other team. "You take that back!"
"Whoa, can you calm down a little before we fall?" Bridgette said in rising panic as the five began to sway again.
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"I'll admit those taunts were starting to get to me too," the surfer confessed in the jet's restroom, "but somebody has to keep a cool head, even in the desert."
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"Anybody see the Nile yet?" Shawn asked as the footage cut back to Team Chris. He and his teammates were looking around them, but as a quick perspective change showed there looked to be nothing but desert nearby.
"We should probably just follow the others," DJ suggested. "Dawn'll know the way, no doubt about it."
"Then we should probably start turning," Bridgette spoke up. "Look!" She pointed ahead, and the camera rotated around to show Team Universe's camel bearing right.
"Hold on," Sierra said as the camera moved up to, "just let me adjust...a little..." She moved her hips and twisted her body, and a triumphant tune welled up as the goat started to turn...then abruptly fell flat as the stack of bodies collapsed in a chorus of surprised gasps and bleats. The sand they kicked up quickly settled, and Beardo made a 'sad trombone' effect from the bottom of the new pile.
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The scene flashed back to Team Universe as Dawn perked up and pointed ahead of them. "Look! We're almost there!" she announced, the viewpoint changing to show a few stand of palm trees along with a hint of blue and a finish line banner in the distance past some sand dunes.
"Good, because we've finally lost those imbeciles that were following us!" Scarlett added with a dark grin that was broken by a fart from the camel. "Oh no," she said quickly, turning wide eyes to the butt she was clinging to, "please don't be-"
The camera cut to the other members of the team cringing in disgust as the telltale sounds of steamy defecation were heard.
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Sammy began her turn in the restroom confessional with a sigh. "I was hoping we could show DJ's team which way to go, but maybe it's better that they didn't have to see that."
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The footage resumed with a human skull laying ominously on the sand in the foreground before the camera panned over to the standing members of Team Chris.
"Well that was a bust," DJ said gloomily.
"Maybe Team Chris ain't cut out for this," Beardo added.
"What are you talking about?" Sierra said angrily, throwing up her arms. "Of course we're cut out for this! We just have to find those other guys again and we're golden!"
"Umm, Sierra?" Bridgette asked, tapping her teammate on the shoulder to get her attention. "I hate to break it to you, but I can't see Team Universe anywhere." The shot zoomed out fairly far, a scorching tune highlighting the fact that there wasn't another living thing around them.
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The scene flashed to a close-up of Ezekiel's legs as he ran through the desert, the camera soon panning up to show the rest of him. "Yo," he panted, "we're so far behind we can't see the others anymore, eh!"
The shot zoomed out even more, showing him at the back of Team Victory's pack with Staci. Tyler, Scott, and Geoff were ahead of them, and Lightning was out in front by a couple feet.
"Lightning," the party boy asked with the stick in his hand, "dude, do you have any idea where you're going?"
"Sha-duh," the uber-jock replied, "Lightning's followin' those footprints he spotted a while ago!" He pointed to the ground in front of him, and the camera cut to show a messy trail of prints in the sand – it was hard to make out how many individuals had made them, but they were all distinctly human.
Scott was shown narrowing his eyes suspiciously, then looking back – a similar trail was being made behind them. "Lightning, you idiot, those are our tracks!" he announced, smacking his face. "You've been leading us in circles!"
The six teens immediately skid to a stop and groaned.
/
The scene flashed back to Team Universe as they rode their camel up to the bank of the Nile.
"Lookie, there's the finish line!" Sugar said excitedly, pointing across the water. The six promptly got off their mount, and Scarlett frantically pushed past the others to run towards the water, her face still covered in what was presumably camel poop.
"Too bad it's on the other side," Sammy said, the camera moving closer to the water to show Chris and Chef lounging on the far bank under the finish banner. Several crocodiles surfaced or jumped out of the water.
"Welcome to the third challenge!" Chris yelled.
"What?" Sammy yelled back. "We can't hear you!" The camera panned to the side, showing the faraway host yelling something that couldn't quite be made out. "Did anybody catch that?" the cheerleader turned back and asked her team.
The shot cut to Chris, who now looked annoyed. He snapped his fingers and was handed an oversized megaphone, which was promptly pointed at the river.
"I said, welcome to the third and final Egyptian challenge!" he repeated at a volume that shook the ground and blew back Team Universe's hair. "'Basket Cases'!" The camel bellowed in fear in the lull between sentences. "Each team must weave a basket of river reeds," Chris continued as the camera panned down to the reedy bank. "Your basket has to be big enough to hold your whole team, including your reward from the last challenge, a.k.a. Camel Breath over there!"
The shot promptly cut to Scarlett as she raised her head out of the water, a few bits of poop still on it. "Was that meant to be a joke?" she yelled at the host.
"He means the camel," Dawn told her calmly, pointing back at their ride which had begun browsing on the nearby plants.
"Hmmph," Scarlett sniffed, "I knew that."
"Then you're gonna use the baskets together with those oars," the host continued as the focus moved to a group of wooden oars leaning against a nearby tree, "to row yourselves across the finish line. First team across flies first class to our next destination."
"So, how are we gonna weave a boat big enough to carry all of us, plus the camel?" Sammy asked.
"Don't worry," Dawn said, "I'm quite practiced in the art of weaving plants together. Never something so big, but I doubt it'll be too hard."
"We should start gathering reeds, then," Alejandro said as he walked down to the bank and plucked a handful of plants. "We're gonna need a lot of them."
/
Another flash took the scene to some sort of animal skull lying on the sand, the camera panning over to show the six members of Team Victory trudging across the desert with despair on their faces.
"Man, I can't believe we're lost in the middle of Egypt," Tyler said.
"Totally, dude," Geoff added. "We could, like, die out here, and...and..." he trailed off as he noticed the stick in his hand start to vibrate. "Aah!" he screamed dropping the stick. "Haunted stick!"
"It's not haunted," Scott said with a sneer as he walked over and picked the forked piece of wood back up, holding the two 'prongs' like handles. "It's a divining rod! They use these back home to find places to dig wells."
"Wait, if that thing can find water," Ezekiel spoke up, "maybe it can find the Nile, eh?"
"Sha-bam!" Lightning said excitedly. "Team Victory's gonna be back in first place in no time!"
"Oh yah!" Staci said as the boys began to cheer. "This is totally awesome!"
/
The changed back to Team Chris, who had gotten their pile sorted out but were now standing around aimlessly.
"Okay, so if the camel was heading that way," Sierra began to say, pointing off in one direction.
"Naw, they went in that direction," Beardo corrected, pointing a different way entirely. Shawn walked into view behind him, his eyes fixated on the sand.
"But the sun was on our left when we started the race!" Sierra countered with a frown.
"Was it?" Bridgette asked in an uncertain tone, Shawn still wandering around behind the group looking at the sand. "I can barely remember, it feels like we've been out here for days."
"Don't worry little guy," DJ told the goat in a soothing voice as he bent down to pet it, "we'll get you outta here soon, I promise."
"Don't forget," Beardo added, "those girls turned. We can't just keep goin' straight."
"I know, but-" Sierra began to say.
"Hey guys!" Shawn finally called out, the shot pulling back to show the full team as the four turned to look at the survivalist. "I found the camel's trail! We should be able to follow it all the way to 'em if the wind doesn't pick up." he announced as triumphant music started to well up and his teammates began to cheer and run over to him.
"Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Mean," Sierra announced with a dramatic point, "we're off! Time to win this challenge!"
"Yeah!" the other four chorused. Shawn started running to lead the way, and the others followed – only DJ and the goat lagged behind.
"See, what'd I tell ya?" the gentle giant told his animal friend. "And you don't even have to carry us!" The goat bleated happily as DJ picked it up, then started running to catch up with his teammates.
/
The scene flashed back to Team Universe, who under Dawn's guidance were already about a third of the way done weaving their large boat. The camera panned to the left as Team Chris ran into the scene, quickly skidding to a stop on the sandy riverbank.
"Wait, we have to basket-weave a boat?" Shawn asked incredulously upon seeing the rival team.
"Oh em gee this is perfect!" Sierra declared excitedly, dashing to the front of the five.
"How's that?" DJ asked her, the goat still in his arms. "We're already pretty far behind!"
"I'm a fourth-generation basket-weaver," Sierra explained excitedly, "I can get this done in no time!" She immediately dashed off and started grabbing reeds.
"And since we don't have as many people to carry," Bridgette added with a growing smile.
"Or a camel," Shawn pointed out.
"Then we don't need as big a boat as they do!" the surfer finished.
Beardo happily mimed pulling down on a rope as he made the sound of a loud clanging ship's bell.
"Okay, time to weave!" Sierra declared as she returned back to the group with an armful of reeds and quickly descended into a frenzy of motion.
"C'mon guys," Bridgette told the others, "lets start helping!" With a cheer, she led Shawn, Beardo, and DJ down to the water's edge to start gathering reeds.
The scene promptly moved back to Team Universe, focusing in particular on Alejandro. "We must hurry!" he implored his teammates. "The other team is going to get ahead of us!"
"What do you think we're doing, sitting on our hands?" Scarlett hissed as she slid a reed into position on the side of the boat. "We have to build this thing correctly or else our combined weight will cause it to sink!"
"Stitching and pinching and weaving the boating," Ella sang while she worked, "all to be sure that we'll stay a-floating!"
Sugar frowned at her in irritation, then said "Man, this sure would be easier if we could just leave the dang camel behind. The we'd just need to carry the five of us!"
"Umm, I think you mean six of us," Sammy corrected.
"Yeah, right," the pageant queen grunted with a quick glare at Ella.
"And anyway," Sammy continued, "we have to bring the camel across, remember? So let's just work quickly so we don't fall too far behind."
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about that," Dawn said offhand as she worked on extending the boat's frame. "The Universe is guiding us, after all."
Sugar gave her an incredulous look.
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"What's she talkin' 'bout with that 'Universe' stuff?" the pageant queen asked in the restroom confessional, adding mocking air quotes around the word in question. "Yeah, we're Team Universe, but I thought that was on account of it bein' the highest title there is, like how 'Miss Universe' is the highest level pageant!"
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The background music became tense as Team Victory finally arrived on the scene, skidding to a stop in front of Team Universe. "Yeah, we're not too late!" Tyler said.
A screech of feedback got their attention, and the shot cut across the river to Chris and Chef lounging on the far bank – the host using the former intern's skeleton as a footrest, while Chef used a living intern. "Weave a basket boat out of reeds, row to the finish, yadda yadda yadda..." Chris said in a bored tone.
"You heard the host," Geoff told his teammates, "let's yadda yadda dudes!" They immediately ran off to the river.
The camera cut to a close-up of Sierra as she laid down a long reed on the conical roof of a cabin, the shot pulling back to show the rest of Team Chris' boat completed – it looked identical to the one used in the seasons' opening sequence. "Ta-da!" she called down to her teammates.
"Sierra, this rocks!" Bridgette said excitedly as her teammate jumped back down onto the sand. "Now let's get it into the water."
"You get on first little guy," DJ said as he set the goat down on the deck of the boat. He and Beardo started pushing it towards the water, the beatboxer accompanying the effort with the beeping of a truck backing up, but the camera zoomed back in on the goat. It looked down at the reeds beneath it, smiled, then took a big bite out of the floor. The two black boys pushing the boat raised their brows as the boat shook a little bit, then started to sink.
Beardo immediately gave off an alarm bell, and the other three rushed to the side of the boat. "Oh crap," Bridgette exclaimed as the camera changed perspective to better show the hole and the water pouring in threw it.
The goat had backed away a little, and had shifted it focus to the side of the boat. Just as it was about to take another bite, DJ picked it up and gave it a stern look.
"Great," Shawn said as he, Sierra, Bridgette, and Beardo hauled the boat back onto the beach. "There goes our lead."
"Not if I have anything to say about it," Sierra said with determination on her face as she grabbed more reeds that were lying around.
"Having trouble?" Alejandro called with a mocking smirk as the camera panned over to Team Universe, their own craft looking nearly finished.
"Not enough to make a difference," Bridgette shot back with an unamused look.
/
The scene flashed ahead a little ways, the focus back on Team Universe as Dawn put the finishing touches on their simple-looking boat. "Done!" she announced.
"Great job, Dawn!" Sammy smiled.
"Let's get the camel," Alejandro said.
"Leave that to Sugar!" the pageant queen volunteered, dashing over to their extra passenger.
The scene quickly cut to Team Chris as Sierra, who was kneeling down in it, wiped the sweat from her brow and stood back up. "All done!" she told her teammates. DJ handed the goat to her, then he and the other members of the team pushed the boat into the water.
"Everybody hop on!" Bridgette said, leading the others in jumping into their creation with oars in their hands.
"It really floats!" DJ said happily as Beardo imitated a ship's bell again.
"Aah! Aah! Dudes, we gotta hurry!" Geoff hollered, clutching his hair in panic.
Lightning promptly slapped him. "Stop cryin' and start weavin'," he commanded as the shot pulling out to show the six's crudely-shaped boat, "we're almost done!"
"C'mon, you lumpy horse," Sugar commanded as the scene cut back to her trying to push the uninterested camel from behind, "git!" The camel grunted, but didn't move.
Alejandro groaned and palmed his face. "This isn't working! We need to try something else."
"Hey there, our sweet camel fella," Ella sang from in front of the camel, immediately captivating it. "If you came over here," she danced down to their boat which was already in the water, "it would be mighty swellaaa~aaa~!" With a happy grunt, the camel finally started moving.
"I coulda done that...," Sugar crossed her arms and pouted.
"Alright," Lightning announced, the music building dramatically as Team Victory pushed their shoddy-looking boat down the sand, "let's sha-sail!"
"Don'cha mean paddle?" Ezekiel asked as the team jumped into their now-floating boat, the homeschooler sitting in the middle with Staci – who now had the stick – while Lightning paddled in the back, Geoff and Scott on the sides, and Tyler in front.
"Whatever!" Lightning said as the team started moving through the water.
An ominous and reverberating note took over the background music as the camera cut to Chris and Chef on the opposite bank. "Well now," the host told his companion, "clearly this part of the challenge isn't hard enough. Sooo..."
The 'music' icon appeared in the corner of the screen with its usual dings.
"Time for a musical reprise!" Chris announced joyfully.
"Aaww!" the majority of the cast groaned, all three teams now on the water. Team Chris had Sierra sitting with the goat in their ship's cabin while DJ, Beardo, Bridgette, and Shawn paddled in front; Team Universe had Ella and Dawn standing in the back with their camel while Scarlett, Sammy, Sugar, and Alejandro rowed in front.
"Hey," Chris told the teams, "if you finished the song the first time you wouldn't be here now, Staci!" The shot cut to Team Victory's boat, where the girl in question was receiving annoyed looks from the boys around her. "Start singin'!" Chris called out with a grin. "And put your backs into it!"
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An up-tempo version of the love song that had been used for the earlier musical number began to play as the contestants looked behind them to a group of crocodiles rising to the surface.
"Crocodiles, please don't chase us! While we're rowin' past!" Ella opened with a worried look on her face, singing to the nearest crocodiles from the back of Team Universe's boat which was already in motion. The camera briefly panned forward to show Scarlett and Sugar pausing to beat a couple crocodiles with oars as the reptiles poked their heads up and snapped their jaws.
"We aren't on the menu, so;" Beardo sang as the camera panned further ahead to Team Chris, a couple more crocodiles jumping over their taller boat and snapping at the camel.
"Don't waste your time tryin' to attack!" Sierra finished.
"We ain't gonna go down that easy!" Lightning said as the shot cut to him slamming his oar down on a crocodile's head.
"So don't bother, just go away!" Scott added, hitting another crocodile.
"Or else we're gonna bust out the mad skills;" Ezekiel added, trying to karate chop one of the predators but hitting the side of the boat instead.
"We're not gonna give up today!" Geoff added while rowing.
"Oh no!" Staci exclaimed, trying to smack a crocodile with the stick she'd been given, only for the reptile to swallow it with a growl.
"So don't eat us!" Alejandro sang as the scene cut back to Team Universe frantically rowing across the river as crocodiles snapped at them from either side.
"We probably taste bad!" the other members of the team chorused as the camera panned to Team Victory on the left.
"Yes don't eat us!" Dawn sang just before her team went off-screen.
"We're paddling like mad!" Team Victory chorused.
"Yeah don't fight us!" Tyler sang as he paddled.
"So go swim back into your den!" his teammates sang as the camera started quickly panning back to the right, where Team Chris was in the lead.
"Please don't bite us!" Bridgette sang next, barely ducking under another crocodile that jumped out of the water.
"Don't wanna have to ask again!" the other members of Team Chris sang while Beardo and Shawn smacked a few more crocodiles away.
"And don't sink us!" DJ sang with panic growing in his voice as the crocodiles that were hit retaliated by chomping off parts of their boat's bow and stern.
"Don't give us those toothy grins!" the majority of the cast sang as the shot zoomed out to include them.
"You won't beat us!" Team Universe sang as they sped up and passed Team Chris.
"'Cause now Team Universe...," Ella and Alejandro sang, holding the note as the music hung and their boat reached the finish line on the other shore, the six teens quickly running out with their camel in tow. Team Chris followed seconds after, and Team Victory seconds after that.
"Wiiiiinnnssss~!" Team Universe sang together, the camera pulling back from them as the music came to its end.
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"Congrats!" Chris said with open arms as he walked up to the three teams. "You're alive. And, as long as you all brought your rewards across the finish line, there will be no elimination tonight." Immediately, nearly all the contestants began to cheer – with one notable exception.
"Umm, I don't wanna say it, but I kinda lost the stick," Staci hesitantly spoke up. A few dramatic notes played as the camera pulled back, showing the rest of Team Victory glaring at their lone female teammate.
Chris laughed. "Wow, sucks to be you!"
/
The scene flashed to the beating sun as the Total Drama Jumbo Jet flew up into view, and the camera cut inside to the elimination room. Chris was standing at a podium behind a short and uneven wooden partition, outside of which stood Chef Hatchet. The six losers were seated in wooden bleachers on the right wall under a straw overhang – Geoff and Tyler and Lightning on the top row; Staci and Ezekiel and Scott on the bottom.
"Team Victory," Chris said, "you came in last and lost your reward on the way...Staci." He gave the girl a quick narrow-eyed look before resuming his usual manner. "So, it's vote time! Up in the loser class bathroom you'll find six passports."
"Unless somebody messed those up too," Scott said with a sneer towards Staci.
"Like, I said I was sorry, jeez," the girl huffed.
"Stamp the passport of the team member you'd like to send home," Chris explained before a deep and dramatic note played. "And make sure the camera can see it so we know nobody cheated."
"Who do you think we are, Scarlett?" Lightning said in minor offense as another deep note played, leading into a familiar low and tense tune used in past seasons.
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Static cut the scene to the confessional bathroom, where Lightning held up a passport with Staci's face on it, slammed it down on the countertop, and stamped it with a cry of "Sha-vote!"
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Staci was second, smiling as she held up Lightning's passport and stamped it.
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The next voter was Scott, who smirked darkly as he stamped the chatterbox's passport.
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Fourth was Tyler, who scratched his head in confusion as he looked over the five passports laid out in front of him. With an uncertain grimace, he finally stamped Staci's.
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Ezekiel was fifth, but he paused after holding up Staci's passport to pick his nose. He looked at the booger he pulled out for a second, then wiped it on his pants and stamped the passport.
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Geoff came last, although he was standing with his back to the camera with the stamp and open passports of Staci, Lightning, and Scott on the counter. He zipped up his pants, then turned and began to wash his hands...he finally remembered the passports as he was drying them, and with a slightly frantic expression he stamped Staci's.
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The footage finally cut back to a close-up of several passports in Chris' hand. "I've got the results of your vote right here," he said as the camera zoomed out. "Those staying in the game will get in-flight snacks," he explained as he held up a bag of peanuts that seemed to have something coating its bottom. "Mmm, hmhmm! Barfy!" Chris laughed, taking a quick whiff of the bag.
"The following players are safe," he announced as the shot cut back to the contestants. "Tyler, Geoff, Ezekiel, Scott!" One by one, the boys caught the peanut-filled barf bags as they were thrown to them. "And, the last bag of peanuts goes to..." The background music trilled tensely as the host paused, Staci going wide-eyed with fear while Lightning pursed his lips in annoyance.
"...Lightning!" The uber-jock grinned as he caught his snacks.
"Wait, what?" Staci said in confusion as she stood up.
"You've got five seconds to strap this on," Chris told her with a parachute pack in his hand, "or the Drop of Shame will become the Drop of Pain." He tossed the pack to Staci with a short laugh, and the series' solemn but reverent elimination theme began to play.
"I...I got voted out first again?" Staci said as she walked forward as if in a daze, past Chef Hatchet who motioned towards the side door of the plane. "But how?"
She was answered by a swift kick from Chef Hatchet that sent her flying out the door, screaming at the top of her lungs.
"I knew that would be satisfying!" Chris said with a grin.
The solemn music continued as the camera cut outside, focusing first on the parachute pack that was hooked on Staci's legs before panning up to the girl who was clinging to the tip of the horizontal stabilizer on the tail of the jet. "But...but I can't leave yet!" she exclaimed over the roaring wind. "There's still so much I didn't get to-" she was cut off when she suddenly lost her grip, and despite scrambling to regain it she was still sent flying back from the jet, her final scream of "DOOOOOOOOO!" fading off into the distance.
The camera panned back to the still-open door of the plane where Chris was sticking his head out to watch Staci's departure. "Happy landings!" he called out with a mocking grin. He started to laugh, the viewpoint pulling back and rotating down as the plane ascended into the open sky.
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"Man, voting someone out is hard," Tyler admitted in the restroom confessional. "Sure, Staci's the whole reason we had to do it in the first place, plus she's kind of annoying, but I can't help but feel for her wanting to win so badly after losing. Uhh," he suddenly became nervous and looked around rapidly, "not that I'm the same way or anything."
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Scott opened the next confessional with a shrug. "What can I say, Staci was practically begging to be eliminated. And if I get my way, so will the others, heh heh heh..." After laughing he became serious again. "Of course, my main strategy this season is gonna be different. I've come up with a new plan that'll let me mess with everyone." He grinned darkly and rubbed his hands together in anticipation.
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"Wow, looks like we've got a real competitor now," Chris, now wearing an old-fashioned pilot's uniform, said with a slightly mocking tone from the cockpit as the series' dramatic capstone theme began to play. "Where will our next destination take us, and," a faint springing noise in the background was followed by a muffled scream of 'zombies!', "will Shawn recover from the prank I just pulled? Find out next time, on an all-new episode of Total!" The shot cut outside one of the windows, catching the zombie survivalist struggling with what looked like the inflatable Chef wearing a zombie mask. "Drama!" The shot quickly cut to a side-view of the flying jumbo jet, then pulled back slightly for the final part. "World Tour!"
(Fade to Credits)
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[Bonus Clip]
The clip faded in to Staci frantically trying to readjust her parachute pack as she fell. "Yah, I probably should've seen this coming," she finally admitted to the camera that was falling in pace with her. "I guess I did kinda lose the challenge. Still, like, I'm totally gonna be back. Every season has had people come back in the middle, and since I got voted out first both times I was on the show it's totally gonna be me next!"
She spent a few seconds in thoughtful silence, then said "Maybe I should go visit some of my relatives while I wait? I have so many and they live all over the world, isn't that awesome? I mean yah, it's a long way, but my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-Aunt Francis invented hitchhiking so it's like second nature to me." She pulled the cord on her pack, and her parachute deployed successfully.
Staci looked down and her eyes widened, and the shot quick-panned down to show a river teeming with rather lazy-looking crocodiles below her. She landed on the back of one, and cautiously asked it "Umm, can you take me to the nearest town?" It looked at her and growled menacingly as the parachute drifted down and covered them both.
Author's Note - Post Script
Today's first song in titled 'Don't Mind Us', while the reprise is titled 'Don't Eat Us'. How did everyone like them? They're deliberately quite similar to the canon songs, but (obviously) different enough to be a decent showcase of what you can probably expect for many of the songs to come. I hope they weren't too bad, but don't spare my feelings if you didn't like them.
The elimination, on the other hand, was pretty obvious. Somebody has to get eliminated first, and I decided early on that it would be Staci again - as such, she pretty much filled the role Ezekiel got stuck in in canon. With one main exception, of course - she's not sticking around in the cargo hold as a stowaway. Seeing Zeke in the backgrounds of scenes was funny in canon, but what ended up happening to him because of it was not. What will Staci's fate be in the Shuffledverse? Only I know for sure.
But yeah, other than that most of this episode's challenge ended up being the same as the canon version. Most notably is the mostly-girl team's win at the end of the song, as well as Team Victory being the first real losers. Still, the character dynamics are so different from canon that it makes up for the challenge similarities.
Well, that's my perspective at least. Let me know what you think in a review, and I'll see you all next week!
- Fangren
Appendix: TSWT Eliminated Contestants
Staci - (17th Place)