Episode 6 - A Hoop-La Of A Team Switch!
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Team Loro walked back to their cabins in silence, with some of them taking seats on the porch of their cabin. Silver went straight to sleep, but Sally, Drew, and Fredrick were hanging around outside.
Drew was carving images into the side of the cabin with his knife, smiling. It was the image of a falcon.
Fredrick walked up to Drew, who was focused, "This is sweet, surprisingly coming from you. Is it about Falcao?"
"Who else could it be for? You?" Drew said, not looking at Fredrick.
"Hmm," Fredrick smiles, crossing his arms, "I'm offended. I thought we had something...but I guess not."
"I'm on your side for the reasons you probably think," Drew states, "To make it to the end and beat you. Once I win, the money is al mine. And if you get second place, you're getting shit."
"Wow!" Fredrick squealed, "No wonder we're allies, because I would say the same thing to you!"
"Good," Drew says, finishing up his drawing, "At last we're on the same page." Drew noticed Sally reading manga under the light provided by the lights in front of the cabin, "Do you think she voted Julie out?"
"Obviously," Fredrick responded, "We were going to lose anyway, but with Silver and Julie being the last to make it to the cabins, Sally may have decided that her allies weren't worth it...perhaps she could join our side."
Drew turned to Fredrick, "Do you think she's willing to sabotage the others? Like us?"
"Who knows?" Fredrick answers, "She could anything." The two boys went back to their side of the cabins, heading to bed.
The cameras were now focused on Team Tigre, cheering as they headed to the beach to celebrate. Alice and James were singing some songs that they liked, while Aurora and Damien were lighting fires all over the beach with rocks and sticks. Christopher, listening to the music, silently watched the quiet ocean waving in and out of the island's shore.
"Why are they wrecking the beach with their fires?" Christopher asked Alice and James, who stopped singing and watched Aurora and Damien running around the beach, lighting as much fires as they could, "They're destroying the environment."
Alice leaned on James's shoulder, making them both blush, "Give them a break Christopher, they like each other."
"That sounds like the nastiest pairing ever!" James said, making a gagging noise. Alice smiles, looking to James, admiring him.
Alice: (CONF.) Took some time, but it looks like James and I are friends again! Well, maybe more than friends but! *blushes* Let's not get into that, okay?
James: (CONF.) Alice is as great as usual! It's like our past conflict means nothing now! I'm so happy right now!
A few minutes of spending a night on the beach lasted until Courtney appeared in a pink onesie. She pointed to Christopher, "Manny needs you."
Christopher was confused, "What do you mean?"
"Just do it man, I just wanna sleep. A model needs her beauty rest!" She yawns, throwing her hands in the air, "Come to the host's cabin." Christopher looks to Alice and James, looking away to follow Courtney to the side of the island where a small cabin was located. Courtney unlocked the door with a key and allowed for Christopher to enter, and Manny was awaiting for them in a chair made of fur. He sat by a fireplace that burned brightly.
Manny put down his hot coffee on a fancy coffee table and smiled, "Hey Christopher, it's a bit of a privilege to be standing in my cabin, so appreciate it as much as you can." He points to the floor in front of him, "Take a seat. Courtney, babe, sit on the fur chair over there." Courtney takes a seat directly opposite of Manny while Christopher complies with Manny's rules.
"Why am I here?" Christopher asks.
"Wow, Christopher," Manny smiles, "So curious, huh? So quiet, so independent...an interesting contestant. Many Total Drama fans like you, but for some reason...I don't know why. Is it because of your personality?"
"He is mysterious...I like him," Courtney responds, getting a stare from Manny.
Manny continued, "Regardless, I called you here to talk...about what I feel like is best for you."
"You're eliminating me?" Christopher asks, standing up, "No way!" His voice got louder, "I've done nothing, this is so unfair! I will not..."
"Shut up!" Manny responds, "Why are you assuming things? Sit down!" Christopher, feeling embarrassed, sat down, "We're making you switch teams dude, not eliminating you. Welcome to Team Loro!"
"But they suck! They've lost three challenges in a row! Why put me there? Are you trying to sabotage me?!" Christopher asks.
Courtney puts her hands on her face, annoyed, "We're just making you switch teams. Maybe you could end Team Loro's losing streak. No questions, go pack up your stuff and head to their cabins and spend your first night with them now!"
Christopher, not questioning them, heads out, slamming the door.
Christopher: (CONF.) I am not okay with this. There is no actual reason that they're doing this.
Back at Team Tigre's cabin, Christopher was walking out with his things as his former team was heading to their cabin.
"Hey!" Alice said, running up to Christopher, "Where are you taking your things? Did they disqualify you?"
"If they did, thank gosh!" Aurora yells, getting a glare from James.
Christopher sighed, "They're making me switch teams...for no reason...I'm sorry."
Alice gave him a hug, making James a bit uncomfortable, "Don't be upset Christopher...thanks for all the advice that you've given me...and I won't act like you don't exist...maybe if we merge, you, me, and James could be allies!"
Christopher scoffs, heading off, "What are the chances of that happening?"
"Very high!" Alice yells back, "Keep up hope! Didn't you tell me that in your speeches?!"
"No! Don't remember!" Christopher says, shaking his ear and grinning. He then walked up to Sally, who had just finished reading outside, "Hey, I'm on your team now. Where do I sleep?"
Sally looked up and was taken aback at seeing Christopher, "Whoa! Dude! You scared me!" She chuckled nervously, getting up, "Uh, why are you with us though?"
He shrugs in response. Sally sighed, "Okay then uh..." she walks up to the cabins and points a door, "This where I sleep, and I'm pretty sure you're sleeping with me so uh..."
"What?" Christopher asks.
Sally turns around, "What do you mean?"
"That's the boys' cabin," He says.
Sally peeks inside the door that she was pointing at, noticing Drew and Fredrick sleeping inside there, "Oops!" She blushed, "I sure don't wanna sleep with them...haha..." She walks towards her door, "See ya tomorrow then!" She enters her side of the cabin, leaving Christopher to go in by himself.
Sally: (CONF.) *scratches back* How awkward was that?
Christopher: (CONF.) That was very awkward.
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The weather was cloudy. Clouds slowly covered the sky of Panganib Island and winds wee picking up more than to previous days, today wan't so good.
Team Tigre were out today while Team Loro stayed indoors. Damien and Aurora were walking around the beach, picking up the burnt up sticks that they lit the previous night.
Damien started throwing the sticks at Aurora, who laughed and screamed, throwing sticks back as well, "Stop it!" She yelled, falling over. Damien held out a stick as if he was going to stab her, but Aurora kicked him in his pelvic region, making him fall over and groan, "Ha! That's what you get!"
"Fuck you..." He groaned, although he was smiling at Aurora's actions.
Aurora: (CONF.) I'm really digging whatever thing it is between Damien and I. I can be myself with him...and he won't judge me for my richness or popular girl status. It's perfect.
James and Alice walked to them, smiling.
"You guys are so cute!" Alice complimented, with the two getting up.
"Don't say that!" Aurora answered, "That's ugly! Say that to you and James since you two aren't bitching twenty four seven.
James smiled, "Jealous?"
"Absolutely not!" Aurora said, "You can kill me before I have a relationship like you two have...creeps."
Damien was grinning, "Anyway, how about we strategize instead of talking about each other. We have only four members because Manny wanted to be a bitch. What are we gonna do?"
"Keep pressing on Don't quit," James responds, "Why should our number shortages have any effect on our challenge performance?"
"Exactly, stay positive!" Alice says, "See, with that kind of attitude, we can win all of the challenges in the world!" Aurora and Damien walked off, annoyed.
Damien: (CONF.) Blech...those two are still annoying as hell.
The cameras now looked to the girls' side of Team Loro's cabin. Sally was slowly waking up as she felt pieces of paper on her face. She immediately woke up, shocked at words such as Liar, Cheater, and Betrayer were written on them. There was only one person who could've done this.
Silver was already standing up, glaring at her. Sally stood up soon, showing off the pieces of paper containing the strong language.
"Wow Silver," Sally started, "You sure put a lot of effort into writing these words down. Do you actually think that I'm scared of you?"
Silver quickly wrote words down on a large sheet of paper under her bed, "No. You don't. But I detest those who betray their alliances for the sake of their individual survival."
Sally groaned, "Damn it! Okay, fine, fine. You got me there. I voted out Julie, so what? Did you expect me to be that loyal?"
"YES!" Silver wrote in all capital letters, "Julie was my best friend here, and you took that away from me! You betrayed the alliance!"
"I know I know! That's been established," Sally mutters, sipping some tap water from the small bathroom in the cabin, "Now what do you want me to do?"
"I don't know! I don't know what to do now without Julie!" Silver wrote, "But if you try to pull something off like that again to me, I swear..."
"What? What are you gonna do to me? You can't talk shit because you never speak!" Sally yelled, "Actually, it's best that you never talk because if you did, you'd probably be a total bitch!"
Silver immediately grabbed her notepads and threw them at Sally's face, making her fall to the ground, hitting her head on the side of the bed.
"Why you..." Sally pounces at Silver, making both fall to the ground, "I will eliminate you!" Silver kept up with Sally's quick movements, dodging them.
The fighting continued until Manny opened the door, "Hey guys. We're going on a boat and sailing somewhere for the challenge. End whatever it is you guys are doing and get out or you're both getting kicked out." Sally gets off Silver, and the two follow Manny along to the boat, where everyone else was.
Sally: (CONF.) I would try really hard to take out Silver, but I'm not gonna waste my breath on her!
Silver: (CONF.) *writes, worriedly* What am I going to do?
Manny sailed the boat to a certain area of the ocean near the shore. He then looked towards Courtney, who was on another boat and was setting two buoys next to the boat. On each buoy was a long stick.
"Okay! For today's challenge, each team will be given three hoops. One person from each team must throw a hoop, hopefully to make it onto the stick buoys that Courtney has set up. If you miss, well, the weather is perfect for swimming to get that hoop you lost and returning it to throw it again! The team that gets all three of their hoops into the water wins the challenge!" Everyone looked to the waters that were slowly getting more violent over time, "Despite the weather, I think we can manage! Are we ready?" The teams gathered three hoops to throw, prepared to throw at either a red or green buoy. Manny blew his horn, "And begin!"
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(Tigre)
Team Tigre focused on the red buoy. Damien was the first to grab a hoop to throw, "Whoa.." He exclaimed, "This boat is moving around a lot now."
"Just deal with it," Aurora says, holding another hoop, "At least you get to swim to get the hoop back!"
Damien rolled his eyes at Aurora's sarcasm, throwing the hoop which missed the buoy by a small margin. He groaned in annoyance, jumping into the waters to fetch back his hoop. Aurora prepared to throw her hoop, missing the buoy as well. She jumped in right away to get it.
James chucked, prepared to throw his hoop, "This might be hater than I expected. I thought Aurora and Damien were good at challenges like these."
Alice shrugged, "I guess they're too focused on flirting with each other!" She looks to the two, who had caught their hoops before they sunk, "Looks like they're coming back!"
As Aurora and Damien were climbing up the side of the boat to get up, Alice assisted them as James successfully threw one of their hoops into the stick buoy. He jumped and cheered as Aurora hugged him, "Yes!" He yelled, getting some glares from Aurora and Damien.
"How'd you even do that?!" Aurora complained, "You have to be amazing at life to be able to do that!"
"Maybe I'm just better than you!" James sarcastically responded, leaving Alice to chuckle while Aurora and Damien frowned.
Aurora: (CONF.) I'm not gonna let something like that embarrass me ever again!
Damien: (CONF.) Aurora seems pissed...just how I like her!
(Loro)
Team Loro were now the focus, with no one of them having taken any action to throw a hoop. Sally insisted on the team strategizing before they threw a hoop, but Fredrick and Christopher disagreed.
"The other team has literally thrown all of their hoops already!" Fredrick mumbled.
"So?" Sally asks, "They didn't get them all in the hoop! Okay, I say that only those who are athletic should throw. And with five of us on the team, I think that can happen! Let's say...me, Drew, and Fredrick can throw hoops."
"Whoa whoa whoa...what about me?" Christopher says, "Let me prove to you guys that I'm strong-willed and a fierce competitor."
Sally quickly shakes her head, looking away from Christopher, "No...I don't see it to be honest. You look like a soft guy...kind of like Silver, but without the bitchiness." She turns to Silver, who was giving Sally a glare.
Fredrick: (CONF.) Was Silver giving Sally a face? Wow...their alliance must already be broken! Yes!
Silver wrote on a notepad, "I have good stamina. I can swim for hoops that you all miss...if that's something I can contribute."
"Absolutely not. That's an awful idea Silver, why would you think of that?!" Sally looks to Christopher, who didn't agree with her, "Can you believe her? She's probably trying to get your attention with her antics. She's never usually like this!" Silver once again gave Sally a glare, only for Christopher to notice this entire exchange.
"Actually," He starts, "That's a good idea, Silver. Let's start throwing, okay? The other team still hasn't gotten any new hoops in." Christopher focuses on the green buoy in front of them, and he throws his hoop, making it into the buoy. He nods and turns to his team, "Ready to go?"
Sally rolls her eyes and focuses, throwing the hoop which eventually missed as well.
Sally: (CONF.) You're kidding me, right? Urrgh! Why can't I focus?!
Silver jumps into the waters to find the hoop, while Drew is able to throw his hoop into the buoy. He hi-fives Fredrick.
Drew: (CONF.) You know what they say; Drew knows his aim!
Over time, Silver was unable to find the hoop that Sally threw. Silver couldn't communicate because she didn't have her notepad, and was stuck to just searching for something that she couldn't find. Christopher got increasingly worried at Silver being unable to find the hoop.
During this time, Damien got his hoop to make it into the buoy, cheering as Aurora was the last one to have throw her hoop in.
"Uh, where's Silver?" Christopher asked, scanning the ocean, not seeing her.
"The girl who never talks?" Drew asks, "I have no idea."
Sally grunts, "Same here. But does it matter? She said she had good stamina."
Christopher shakes his head, "I need to save her." He jumps in despite Sally telling him not to go.
"Come on come on come on Aurora! Loro is wasting their time! We can make it!" James yelled.
"Don't rush me or I'm throwing you in the water!" Aurora kept her focus, hoping that this last lost would bring home their win.
While Team Tigre cheered on for Aurora, Christopher was going underwater and catching for breaths to look for Silver. Without any other hoops to throw except the one that Sally threw and missed, Team Loro were in a bit of a bind.
Christopher eventually found Silver, who went deeper underwater and was still okay, and grabbed her along with the hoop that she was about to bring up. The two emerged from the water, breathing heavily after holding their breaths for so long, "Silver!" Christopher exclaimed, "Are you okay?!"
Silver nodded quickly.
Christopher was confused, "Yeah...uh...you're okay, right?" She nodded, so Christopher thought that it mean that she was fine as they headed back to the boat.
But, things were too latte as Aurora's hoop made it into their buoy, signaling a win.
Courtney blew a whistle, "And Team Tigre win!" Team Tigre cheer as Team Loro gather up in disappointment at their fourth loss in a row.
"Wow Loro, things are just awful for you!" Manny yelled, "We'll see who gets to head home tonight at our elimination!"
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(Elimination Ceremony)
The winds were howling at the elimination as drizzle began to appear. Still, Manny forced Team Loro to wait by the ocean to await their fates. Votes had been tallied, and it was time to reveal the results.
Manny appeared in a raincoat, groaning, "This water sure is getting bad! Okay, let's see who is safe and won't have to leave the island in this coming storm! They include...
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.BOTH OF YOU! Congrats, Courtney made me ave you both because of how bad the weather is! Yeah so..." He gives a chicken wing to Silver, "You guys can share it if you want."
Silver shook her head and gave it to Sally, who threw it to the floor.
"I don't accept food from others," Sally exclaims, stamping on the chicken wing with her shoes.
"Damn..." Fredrick groans as he eats his chicken wing, "That's a waste of perfectly good chicken!"
"Right?" Manny says, "Anyway, Courtney didn't want an elimination because a storm was coming and just in case Christopher got eliminated. She wanted Christopher to have a chance to 'get to know his team'...which I don't get but hey, with my girlfriend here, what can I say back?"
"Break up with her?" Drew states, getting a laugh from Fredrick.
Manny miles as he walks off, leaving Team Loro to head back to the cabins. The storm began to rage, with Loro making a run for their cabin.
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Thanks for reading! Sorry that this episode was so short, there wasn't an elimination, so I might as well not do a lot except for character development, which I feel like there was quite a bit in terms of Sally and Silver.
Here are this episode's questions!
1) Who was your star character(s) and why?
2) Do you guys like Courtney? Is she a good co-host to you guys? I just wanna see what the people think.
3) What do you think will happen next?
I hope you can answer these questions, but nonetheless, thank you again!