Episode 3 - The Red Zone
New chapter is here! School is over for the summer, so yeah! Fun times! :))
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Following Naru's elimination, Team Tigre headed back to their cabins in silence, not really doing much. Team Loro, on the other hand, were having a celebration in the girls' side of the cabins.
Julie opened up bottles of soda and poured them into cups for her team, "Let's party guys! Two wins in a row!" Everyone cheered and started eating.
"Thanks Julie for the party! It's so nice!" Silver wrote out on paper to show to Julie, who smiled.
"Aw Silver, you're so sweet!" Julie responded, "Okay, I'm gonna take some pictures, but you guy enjoy yourself, okay? I want to keep some good memories!" She heads off to her bed to look for her camera.
Meanwhile, Sally was playing video games, chuckling along at Jamie's random talk.
"You know Jamie, you're not so bad if you push away the fact that you're terrible at being bad!"
Jamie rolled his eyes, smiling, "Please! As if you're any worse!"
Sally chuckled, "If you didn't know, I am as nice and sweet as you can get! Right Silver?!" She looks to Silver, who nods, "See? Even Silver agrees!"
"That's because she's a weakling who complies with what everyone says!" Everyone stopped talking for a second as Jamie shakes his head up and down as if he accomplished something.
Jamie: (CONF.) Did you see how they reacted? *crosses arms* I am a boss!
"You know something, Jamie?" Sally asked.
"What?" Jamie responded.
"If I wasn't so intent on finishing this game right now, I would throw you out of this cabin at this very second," she said, keeping her eyes on the small TV screen.
"Oh yeah, I'd like to see you try!" Jamie said, getting up to leave the cabins, "Goodnight!" and he slammed the door shut, leaving everyone in the room quiet.
Drew chuckled, "Well, we're in kind of a rut!" He said, looking over to Falcao, who was painting on a canvas.
Sally: (CONF.) I consider myself a nice person, but Jamie really makes me want to explode! He just acts as if he's some bad guy when he's awful at it! It's just terrible!
Julie sat next to Silver, who was writing on her notepad, "Hey Silver...um...do you know where my camera went? I left it in the cabin during the challenge so it wouldn't get ruined but...it's gone!"
Silver seemed worried, holding up the words, "I have no idea...why don't you ask Fredrick or Drew? They're guys and are probably curious of it."
"Silver!" Julie chuckles, "I'll ask , but no need to stereotype them!" She heads up to Fredrick and Drew, who was with Falcao as well, "Hey guys, um, did you by chance take my camera? You know, the most valuable thing that I brought with me to the island? Just asking because...I wanted to take some pictures of our party..."
"Oh, you mean this one?" Drew asks, holding the camera out for everyone to see.
"Oh, yes! Thank you so much!" Julie tried to get it rom him, "Where did you find it? I swear I put it in my bag and..." but the camera was quickly put behind Drew's back, "Um..."
Drew smiled, "Fredrick found it and showed it to me...it's a really nice camera. Top-notch, huh?" Julie nods at that statement, "Awesome...perhaps I should...sell this camera to make more than it really is worth! And the pictures? I'll sell them too for money! They're great ones!"
Julie's voice got louder out of fear, "No! Don't do that! Please Drew, just give it back!" She looked for Sally, but she was in the bathroom, unable to hear the commotion.
Falcao groaned, "Drew, just stop! You're being so mean!"
"Are you really on her side?" Drew says, getting close to Falcao's ear, "Because if you aren't, that actually sounds really hot..." Falcao blushed, then turned back to her painting. Julie gasped at Falcao's ignoring.
Fredrick smiled, "Drew, you are such a player!" He finally looks to Julie, "Listen little girl, I saw the camera when we got into the cabin for the party and thought Drew might like it! He likes to make his money!"
"Yeah, Fredrick is right!" Drew adds in, "And can't you just get a new camera?"
"Absolutely not! There are precious memories caught on that camera, and I am asking for it back!" She throws her hand out to them, "Now please...can I have my camera back?"
It took a few seconds for Fredrick, Drew, and even Falcao to laugh. Julie seemed upset and Silver was worried.
"Do you rethink that politely asking is gonna get you anywhere, Julie?" Fredrick asks. He grabs the camera and hands it to Julie, "There you go!" Julie holds it and hugs it as if it were her child. Fredrick chuckled, "See? I am a nice guy! It was just a joke Julie, no need to get mad at us, okay?" Julie nods, and Fredrick smiles back.
Fredrick: (CONF.) I'm trying my best to stay nice with everyone...you know, test the waters with my team to see what sets them off to where they could ruin the team...and when the time is right...I'll smash 'em!
Silver: (CONF.) *on paper* Something is way too fishy with Fredrick...taking the camera? Not exactly funny...ripping up a sheet in my notepad? Not so funny either...I'm watching him!
The party was soon over and everybody left except for the girls, who were getting ready for bed. Julie, who was making sure that her camera was not broken. She noticed everybody getting into their beds, and whispered loudly to them all, "Hey guys! Can I have a girl chat with you all? Come to my bed!" Sally, who was finishing up her General Mills cereal, went up to her along with Falcao and Silver.
"What do you need?" Falcao asks.
"Are we gonna a talk about the competition? Or are we gonna have a fun girl chat?" Sally asks, "Because honestly, I'm not really in the mood for talking strategy...it's bedtime!"
Silver writes words down, "It's about strategy. I know about it!"
Julie smiles at Silver, "You're right! I have an idea that I think can really help all four of us to the merge and eliminate those seemingly bad guys - Fredrick, Drew, and Jamie!"
"Wait, Drew! You can't eliminate him!" Falcao says, "He actually does stuff for the team!"
Sally tilts her head and looks at Falcao as if she just said the stupidest thing ever, "Are you sure, Falcao? Or are you in your feelings?! Huh?"
Falcao blushes, "What, no! I don't like Drew! I am here to do what I love - art! Okay? This island is an escape from my family whose lives I can't keep up with!"
"What lives did they live? Your life sounds weird yet interesting!" Silver writes down, annoying Falcao.
Falcao gets up and heads back to bed, "I can't talk right now, okay? I just don't wanna talk!" Her voice was pretty loud.
Julie sighs, "Moving on...well, I want to create an alliance of 'outcasts' who seem as if they could get eliminated at any point and stay together until the merge! I asked Silver, and she's down for it! Falcao...not so sure...but Sally!" Julie looks to her, "Please join our alliance! I mean, an all-girls alliance? How powerful could we get?!"
"Very!" Silver writes down.
Sally had to question it or a second.
Sally: (CONF.) The idea of an alliance sounds good in theory...but I'm not rue if Julie and Silver actually are 'outcasts' who have a high chance of getting eliminated or if they're faking it...but at the same time, girl power sounds really awesome right now in these late Total Drama hours!
She nods, "Okay you two..." she extends her hand out, "Alliance it is then!"
The three all shake hands, solidifying their alliance.
Julie: (CONF.) *squeals* I actually made an alliance! And with two, awesome ladies! Can't wait to take down the competition with our awesomeness!
Silver: (CONF.) *on paper* I hope his alliance goes on for long enough!
The girls of Team Loro went to bed, not realizing tat Fredrick and Drew were still outside of their rooms in the cabin, listening in on everything.
Drew chuckled while on his phone, "Dude, I am totally gonna see what's up with Falcao! I'll stalk every social media page of hers! I bet she's got a hot mom and sister too!"
"You're such a creep..." Fredrick mumbles, then looks away from the door, "But honestly, do you realize what's going on?"
"What?" Drew asks.
"The girls on our team are trying to eliminate the guys! With an alliance! We need to destroy them first!"
"And how do you expect to do that?" Drew asks.
Fredrick looks to Drew, "By allying with a guy! We are an alliance now Drew, and together, we'll show Julie how her backstabbing to Team Loro will do for her!" Fredrick laughs, with Drew joining in as well.
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The next day arrived, and everybody was out and about enjoying another nice morning on the island.
Team Tigre were the focus from the camera crew. Christopher was on his own, playing classical and oldies music and practicing martial arts. James, sitting along with Alice, noticed the ,music playing and went up to Christopher.
"Hey Christopher! Didn't know you were into this kind of music...cool!" James said. Alice had come up to them, "Do you wanna hear some music that I'm into?"
He shakes his head, "I'd rather not," and continues with his martial arts.
James seemed a bit disappointed, but ignored it and connected his electric guitar to play it, "I'm gonna play a song called...Bad Luck by Social Distortion..."
(singing)
"Some people like to gamble,
But you, you always lose.
Some people like to rock 'n' roll,
you're always singin' the blues
You gotta nasty disposition,
No one really knows the reason why,
You gotta bad, bad reputation,
Gonna hang your head down and cry..."
All of a sudden, Christopher snatches the guitar away from James and places it down next to a tree, "That song sucks big time!"
"Wait, what? I thought you'd be into this kind of music?!" James asks, looking to Alice in confusion.
Christopher continued to not answer as he went back to exercising. James quickly snagged back his guitar and headed back for the cabins with Alice.
"Alice, what's his problem? It's not like the song is bad, right?"
"What?" Alice said, "No! I doubt it's the song...well...actually, no offense, but it is kind of a weird song for Christopher..."
"In what way?"
"Well, you're singing to Christopher that he 'always loses' and has a 'nasty disposition' that no one knows why he has it...and to top it off, you say that he's got a 'bad reputation. I'm not really digging that song since I wouldn't sing that song with the Orland Stepsiblings, but still...in Christopher's case...I'd tread lightly with what he says. I'm not sure what he is really capable of."
"Alice, I can't just not be myself and not play songs I like in order for Christopher to not get mad. It's literally not my problem!" James says, topping at the doors of the cabin.
Alice nods, "I agree James; you like that song and you should be able to play it, but what I'm saying is, in order to protect the team so that we don't lose anymore challenges, we simply avoid doing things that piss off each other...like playing songs that imply that someone has a bad reputation..."
James shook his head and entered the cabin, quietly asking Alice, "Whose side are you on here?"
"I'm not on..." Alice quickly says, but she was too late for James had closed the doors, leaving them separated.
Alice: (CONF.) James is the only person on my team who I feel like I can really connect with...everyone else is just so preoccupied with other things, how can I make friends with them?
"What's going on?" asked Damien out of nowhere, scaring Alice for a second.
"Whoa! Damien!" Alice squealed, "You scared me for a second there!"
He shrugs, "That's what I do! So...what's going on with you and James? Did you already break up?"
Alice blushes and was a bit taken aback by the statement, "No! We...we...well first off, we're not a couple, and second off, I'm pretty sure this little squabble with James will go away! I mean, it's not that bad, right?"
Damien shrugs, "Who knows? Something even worse could happen, and you'd all be screwed!"
Alice chuckles as she walked away, "Oh please, what could happen?" leaving Damien on his own to chuckle a little bit.
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Both teams were then called by Manny and Courtney to go to the jungle that was in the interior of Panganib Island. It was a lot more dense than last time and loud noises could be heard from inside.
"Wow...this challenge better be some adventure one!" Sally cheered.
Julie shook her head violently, "I'd rather not!" She chuckles, looking to Silver, who agreed with her.
Fredrick glared at the girls. He tried to talk to Drew, but he was preoccupied with Falcao to really do anything.
Jamie smiled, "Hey Fredrick, you seem pretty lonely! Need someone?" he asks.
He looks away, "I don't need you talking to me Jamie, as if you're gonna help me!" Jamie smiled, looking away.
Manny then hushed the teams, "Alright guys, today's challenge is gonna be a crazy one! Last night, me and Courtney were in the jungle, searching for things to do, and we finally got one! We have placed three red flags all around the jungle that you must all find with absolutely no clues!"
"What?!" Everyone yelled.
"That's the stupidest rule that I've ever heard!" Damien yelled.
"How do you expect us to do anything? Or win?!" Alice asks.
Courtney moans, "It was a joke guys, gosh! Can't take one these days, huh?" She takes out from her pocket a small notecard with words on it, "The first flag is located in a bush above the forest. The second flag is stuck to the side of where you fall. And the third flag can be found in the arms of an angel within a cave. Whichever team is able to bring at least two of the flags back will win!"
Some seemed to be processing the information, but some others were still confused.
"I'm not following..." Jamie muttered.
"Same here..." Drew muttered, "Just follow Fredrick and I. We should work in separate teams...it'll be faster!"
Falcao smiled at Drew, "Great idea! I'll come with you guys!" Drew nodded, winking at her.
Drew: (CONF.) Me and Falcao are really hitting it! I wonder what else is gonna happen!
Silver was watching the four members of Team Loro discuss their strategy, and Silver talks to Julie and Sally about it.
"Seems reasonable!" Sally says, looking to the small ensemble, "Hey Drew! You four are good?"
Drew, Fredrick, Jamie, and Falcao look to Sally. He gives the thumbs up, "We'll get it to ya!" Drew says.
Manny then blows the horn, "Then let's go!" And the teams scurried off to the jungle to find the flags.
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(Tigre)
Team Tigre were the first to be shown, with their strategy being to stick together. Christopher was in the front, leading the pack.
Aurora mumbled to Damien, "Do we really need Christopher to be leading us? He isn't really talking to us, you know?"
"As long as I'm not," Damien says, "I'll be good!" He then decides to yell over to Christopher, "Dude! Did you find a flag yet?" But Christopher wasn't responding. Damien then called out, "Come on dude! You're gonna have to talk one day! You don't wanna get voted out!"
At this point, Christopher turns to his team, glaring specifically at Damien, who was holding back laughter. Aurora was in on it too, but she couldn't help herself and laughed. Alice seemed pretty shocked.
"Aurora! You're being so immature!" Alice says, "Stop making fun of others!"
"What am I doing? He's literally staring at us like he controls us! He doesn't scare me!" Aurora says, laughing some more. Damien also got into the laughing.
James sighed, moving past everyone, "Come on guys," he says as he searches through the forest, "Focus on that flag!" They all calmed dow and kept going, pushing away the dense leaves and plants around them. It was getting hotter too, and they were getting annoyed.
"Okay, so the first clue is that a flag is in a bush above the forest, which makes no sense whatsoever!" Alice says, "Any ideas from the team?" She looked to them, who were all silent, "Anyone?"
James raised his hand, "Maybe the bush is above the forest...like a tree..." James says, pointing in the distance to a tree that was taller than the rest, "Pretty clear, actually."
Alice smiled happily, "Oh my...thank you so much James, you're so smart!" She tried to go in for a hi-five with James, but didn't seem to be in the mood for it.
Christopher starts walking to the tree, "I can climb it. Let's head over there before the others do.." and they were off to the tree.
(Loro)
Meanwhile, the cameras focused on Falcao, Jamie, Drew, and Fredrick, all talking loudly. Falcao was discussing some ideas for paintings that she wanted to work on, while Drew was barely listening, simply looking at Falcao's body. Fredrick was looking around, and Jamie was in front of everyone.
"So, where are these flags supposed to be at?" Fredrick asked, kicking away a branch on the ground.
Jamie looked to him, "A bush in the sky...honestly, makes no sense to me!" He looks toward the sky, "I see no bush!"
Falcao groaned, "Well, maybe we should have stayed with the other girls! So we wouldn't get lost! I'm usually good with directions in the forest, but it's so hot and dense out here!"
Fredrick growled, pushing Jamie to the side as he looked around, annoyed at the sound of bugs making sounds, "What do we do now then, if we don't know what to do?"
"Can't do much really...we could move on to the next clue!" Falcao mentioned, "So, the second clue is supposed to be stuck to the side of where you fall over, so it's obviously a cliff. I was drawing a cliff yesterday that I saw on the side of the island. It's not that big of a cliff though...but come on..." she starts walking, "I'll lead!"
The four start walking, with Drew chuckling and mumbling, "She's so smart..and hot!"
It didn't take long for them to make it to the cliff. Falcao took a second to look over the edge that dropped down into the water, "There it is!" And the boys looked over as well and confirmed her words, "So, who's gonna get it?"
"Not me!" Drew yelled, holding onto Falcao, "Someone else can!"
Fredrick looked to Jamie, "Well, good luck there man!" Jamie seemed as if he wanted to make a rebuttal, but he sighed and went along with it.
Fredrick: (CONF.) I HATE heights! So obviously, I'm gonna make someone else do it!
Jamie: (CONF.) I would try to say something and piss Fredrick off, but right now...I'm not feeling it.
Jamie slowly was going down the cliff to the flag, that wasn't actually that hard to get. Falcao held onto Jamie, staying quiet sand focused.
Drew and Fredrick watched, but Drew was getting bored and took out his phone.
Drew: (CONF.) I've found eery social media page of Falcao's and know a lot about her already! And in order to really show Falcao that I'm into what she's into...I'm gonna play some music!
Samba music began playing, and Drew started to dance a little, "Hear that Falcao? How cool is this music! It breathes life into me!"
Falcao was annoyed, "No...not today Falcao...not today...resist the temptation...to dance!" But, it was too late. Falcao let go of Jamie, causing him to fall into the water.
She began dancing to the samba with Drew, stealing the spotlight with her impressive dancing. Fredrick watched over the situation with awe and disbelief.
Fredrick: (CONF.) Falcao dances to samba and can't control that feeling...interesting...I thought that she was an artist...but not like that!
Falcao: (CONF.) *groans* I know that I shouldn't have let Jamie go but...I can't resist the samba!
Jamie, who was down below, was screaming, "HELP!" He yelled, bobbing in and out of the water, "I can't swim! I...can't!...swim! Help!"
Fredrick looked down from the cliff, "We'll get you soon! Just wait and try to swim to shore!"
"But I can't!"
"Well, looks like we have a problem..." Frederick mumbles, looking to Drew and Falcao, who were still dancing, "I'll move on. You guys need to save Jamie before he drowns and dies." He soon left without saying one last word.
(Tigre)
Team Tigre had finally made it to the tree that towered above them. They all paused to be amazed at how large it was.
Christopher then looked at the tree trunk, "I'm ready to go..."
"Don't fall off and die!" Aurora says, making Damien laugh and Alice roll her eyes.
Christopher started to run up the tree, only to slide down, "Grr..." he quietly said.
"You can do it Christopher!" James yelled, "We love you!" Christopher looked to James, who turned away at the uncomfortable words.
Sally, Silver, and Julie arrived, running to the tree.
"I've got this!" Sally yells, running up the tree as fast as she could with ease.
"Woohoo! GO SALLY!" Julie cheered as well as Silver, who was bouncing up and down.
Christopher, mad at the fact that he wasn't making any strides, went even harder with climbing, making the tree shake a little. Sally even got a bit worried about the tree moving a lot and continued running up the tree. The two finally made it to the top as Sally grabbed the flag before Christopher did. All of a sudden, Sally tripped on a branch and fell over, dangling from the tree branch.
Everyone was shocked, especially Christopher, who held onto Sally after coming down, "Calm down Sally," he said, "Just relax and curl yourself onto me...we can go down together..."
"I don't trust you...I bet that you're trying to take the flag from me...and that's not gonna happen!" The tree started to snap, with Sally quickly jumping to Christopher to hold on to as true branch fell of the tree and onto the ground.
Christopher slowly got them down, quickly snagging the flag from Sally, "You're very welcome!"
Sally blushed at Christopher, but was quickly pulled aside by Silver and Julie.
"Sally!" Julie said, "You let him take a flag!"
"It's okay...it's fine, really," Sally says, "The others on the team are getting a flag...we can check the cave...I remember seeing one on our way here..." The three girls then ran back from where they entered, only to be followed by Team Tigre.
Sally: (CONF.) *chuckles* Yeah, awkward moment...um...that won't happen again...I know it.
The scene changed to Fredrick being at the front of the cave, thinking about what could be holding the flag. He then heard noises behind him and groaned when he saw his teammates arrive.
"Okay...so what's in there?" Sally asked.
"You tell me," Fredrick said, "I just got here.."
Sally looked around, "I'll go in but...where's the rest of the team?"
"Um...they're getting the flag at the cliff...but this should be the one that gets us the win..." Fredrick said, noticing Team Tigre arriving, "Oh no..."
"Did you guys follow us here?" Julie asks, a bit scared.
"Yep, and we're about to win once and for all!" Damien yelled, "Christopher..." he says as he pushes the guy, "You got this!"
"What? No...I already went once..." Christopher says, looking to Sally, "Are you going again?"
She nods quickly, seemingly weird, "Yeah...I am...but do you really care? Because if you go...to be honest, I won't care at all if I went up against you...yeah! You'd lose!"
Christopher makes a small smile, holding up the flag he took from Sally, "You mean...you would lose?" Team Tigre chuckled at how Christopher just shoved Sally's words back in her mouth.
Her cheeks went red, "Just shut up!" She heads into the cave, "Wait out here guys, I'll be back!"
James then went in, "I think I can take whatever is in here...I know Filipino animals so whatever is in there may not be so bad..."
Alice cheered, "Go James!" But he ignored her, leaving Alice hurt.
Alice: (CONF.) He's still mad at me...oh no...
The scene shifted into the cave, where James and Sally were silently going through the small space, trying their best not to make a sound.
James was whispering, "I see it...it's a sleeping binturong! Also known as a 'bearcat.' Very prominent in South and Southeast Asia and can be aggressive when it's in danger. It's got the flag next to it..."
"Binturong? That sounds awesome...but I gotta get that flag..." Sally lightly shoves James onto the side of the cave, making a loud sound that made the binturong move a little. It was asleep, actually, but could be woken up any second.
Sally made it closer to the sleeping binturong, extremely excited that she was ready to win. Then, she felt something brushing on her foot, "Hey, James, stop touching my foot! It's uncomfortable!"
James was confused, "Um...I'm right behind you...how could I touch your foot?"
Sally was scared, looking down to see another binturong defecating on her shoes. She was silent, turning to James for help.
He whispered, "Did I forget to tell you that they initially poop or pee on a threat before attacking?"
The binturong then jumped out of nowhere and attacked Sally's face, making her fall over as the sleeping binturong woke up and attacked Sally as well. James made a run for it, grabbing the flag left alone and ran out.
"James! James! No! URRGH!" Sally screamed, shoving the binturongs away from here as she ran out as fast as she could.
"I got it! We've got two! Let's make a run for it!" James yelled, leading Team Tigre towards the beach.
Sally got out, revealing the scratches and bruises from getting attacked, "Oh no..." Julie, Silver, and Fredrick overall looked upset, running back too.
Team Tigre all made it to where they sent off for the challenge. Manny and Courtney cheered for Team Tigre's first win, with Team Loro disappointed.
"Wow...I lost for our team..." Sally sadly said, "I shouldn't have gone in there...too reckless..."
Silver patted Sally's back, writing down, "Don't be upset. Mistakes happen."
Fredrick groaned at Silver's words, "But we still lost, right?" Silver ignored him, but Fredrick didn't care as he saw Falcao and Drew carrying Jamie, who was soaking wet and shivering.
"Whoa!" Manny yelled, "What happened with you guys?"
Jamie sighed, "Swam...can't...no...do it...can't swim..." he fell onto his knees, with Falcao looking upset.
Falcao: (CONF.) If it wasn't for that music, I wouldn't have made Jamie suffer what he did...urrgh...Drew...so upsetting!
Fredrick: (CONF.) Kind of surprised that they did that...Falcao seems guilty, but is that gonna be easy to exploit? We'll see...
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(Elimination Ceremony)
It was the forest time that Team Loro were sending someone home, and they had already voted.
Courtney took a seat with the team, "Manny is gonna take a break tonight while I send someone home, alright? It's your team's first loss...how does it feel?"
"Awful!" Falcao groans, "If we stayed together, we could've worked this out!"
Drew shrugs, "It's the way it is baby..."
"And if you hadn't played that music then maybe I wouldn't have..." but Falcao was cut off by Courtney.
"Okay okay okay! Before things get too heated, let's see who stays and goes...and those that are safe for another week are...
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Sally! Sorry Jamie, but it's time for you to go!"
Jamie was walked to the boat, wrapped in a towel to dry himself off, "It was nice knowing you guys...thanks for the memories..."
"What memories?" Drew said, making him and Fredrick laugh.
Jamie scowled at the two, heading onto the Bee Boat Of Shame to leave the island.
Courtney was now speaking to the camera, "That was a weird challenge, right? We have eleven remaining on the show, so who else will suffer having to ride the embarrassing Bee Boat of Shame? Find out next time on Total Drama Panganib Island 2!"
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This episode was about 5,000 words, the most I think I've ever written! It's crazy!
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