Chris: Previously on Total Drama Action, the challenge was themed after survival movies. The teams had to split into 6 pairs, each having their own island with different resources while Bowie stayed behind and took on a role of the navigator.
Camera shows footage of Axel and Caleb fighting over paddles, Priya trying to knock over a tree, while Julia was sunbathing and the scene of MK making an alliance with Nichelle.
Chris: Their goal was for the entire team to arrive at the beach, but since most of the islands were shared between 2 people from different teams, in an unusual turn of events, both teams ended up temporarily working together.
Next footage is Priya pushing the log with Wayne and Julia on it, followed by the montage of both teams working together on building two rafts.
Chris: In the end, Tired Screenwriters have won once again. Damien had a plan to blindside Scary Girl by using the idol given to him by Priya, but his plan fell apart when he didn't realize that MK managed to steal his idol, which resulted in Zee going home. Will Damien manage to turn his luck around? What will MK do with her newfound power? Find out in today's episode of TOTAL. DRAMA. ACTIOOON!
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Intro begins with the camera flying through the filming lot. It stops at a beach set, where shirtless Caleb is sunbathing. He gets a jealous look from Bowie who's making out with Raj, the hockey bro being too focused on his boyfriend to even pay attention to Caleb. The camera moves again to a set that looks like a very dark and creepy forest. Emma and Chase are sitting on a bench kissing, while a bush behind them starts moving. Suddenly a masked character with a chainsaw jumps out of it scaring the couple and causing Chase to push Emma, while he himself runs away. The masked character starts to giggle and takes off the mask revealing herself to be Lauren. The camera moves a bit to the side as Chase passes by Millie, Priya and Damien. Millie is holding her notebook and looks like she's about to write something there, but stops herself and puts it back. Meanwhile Priya and Damien are talking about something with Priya blushing. The nice conversation between the two stops when they see Millie running from something and they immediately start running after her, as Lauren starts chasing them with a chainsaw. When they disappear out of sight, Axel reveals herself, camouflaged to be almost completely unidentifiable from the trees. The camera moves again to the cafeteria where Nichelle vents about something to Zee and Ripper. While Zee seems to be amused, Ripper is visibly bored, so he farts to entertain himself. Nichelle immediately starts gagging and runs past MK who holds something in her hand, but hides it in her jacket as soon as she notices the actress. At last the camera shows the big theater where Chris and Chef are standing, both wearing matching, fancy suits. Then it pans to the audience, where Wayne and Julia, both wearing formal outfits, are sitting next to each other. The Hockey Bro is smiling at the girl, who's too busy using her phone, but after a few seconds she notices him smiling, she smiles back at him. The camera then shows the whole shot of the audience, showing that all of the contestants are there, wearing fancy suits or gowns. The intro ends with showing the logo of the season that is nearly identical to the original Total Drama Action.
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Lauren(confessional): Today's such a beautiful day! Damien has been avoiding Priya since his idol got "lost", me and Julia are having our girl's night and have you noticed how everyone who voted for me in the last season is now out of the game? The hexes have worked!
Julia(confessional): Do I care about that "girl's night"? No, of course not! But I guess that Lauren deserved something for learning about Damien's possession of the idol. Who would have guessed that her stalker tendencies would be useful?
At the girl's cabin Scary Girl and Julia used their bunk beds, unused blankets, pillows and a few chairs taken from the kitchen to build their pillow fort for the girl's night. As the duo laid next to each other, one of them was significantly more excited about this than the other girl.
Julia: Okay, we built this stupid fort, can I go to sleep now?
Lauren: Don't be silly! This is a girl's night and what do you do on those?
Julia: How am I supposed to know?! I was never invited to one.
Lauren: Don't worry, I was!
Julia looked surprised.
Julia: Really? Someone invited you for a sleepover party?
Lauren: Yeah, when I was 12! But they kicked me out after I let the rats in.
Julia: Of course you would do something like that.
The blonde girl quietly grumbled to herself.
Lauren: You always have to talk about boys on girls night! - Scary Girl chuckled as Julia groaned knowing where the conversation was heading - So you and Wayne…
Julia: There's no me and Wayne! We're strictly game allies and there's nothing more to it.
Lauren: But you like hiiiim…
The purple-haired girl laughed, teasing the influencer who just became even more annoyed.
Julia: No and… Even if I did, he doesn't like me! And why would he? I mean, other than the fact that I'm super pretty, fit and smart… Why would he?
As she spoke, she started to sound less sure of herself. The change in tone was noticed by Lauren who started to kick her legs in excitement, causing Julia to get flustered.
Julia: Oh, whatever! We're done talking about me and Wayne - why are you so obsessed with Damien?
Scary girl giggled as she shrugged.
Lauren: I don't know, I just think he's cute!
The blonde girl looked at her, confused.
Julia: That's really it?
Lauren: Yup! I mean, the heart wants what it wants.
Julia: …Yeah. I guess.
The camera pans out of the fort to show the other girls. While most of them managed to fall asleep without any real troubles, Priya tries covering her ears with a pillow and a blanket, but it's still not enough as she groans while staring at the pillow fort.
Priya(confessional): Ugh, the girls were so annoying! People were trying to sleep! Normally I would just ask them to keep it down, but it was Scary Girl, so… I didn't wanna die.
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The next day, the contestants are sitting at the cafeteria, eating another disgusting dish prepared by Chef, when Priya walks in, looking tired with bags under her eyes. She sends an angry look to Lauren and Julia as she walks past them. Meanwhile Damien, who just got his breakfast from Chef, noticed Priya and quickly walked around the room in order to avoid the girl, causing Priya to get confused. The boy was so focused on avoiding Priya that he didn't notice that he sat down across Wayne. When he finally notices the blonde boy, he sighed, annoyed with just his mere presence.
Wayne: Listen Damien…
Damien: No, no, no! I don't care about your excuses! You betrayed me, Zee and Millie for who? The she-devil? And for what?
Wayne: Well, I-... Um…
Damien rolled his eyes, before cutting in.
Damien: Oh please! It's Julia, not only does she not like you nor respect you, but she will probably backstab you the moment you're no longer useful to her.
Wayne: Julia is not the nicest, but that doesn't mean she really hates everyone. She admitted to at least being neutral towards all of us in the trial challenge.
Damien: Oh come on, she was being vague on purpose, so we would have a better shot at winning that challenge! I don't know why you're so adamant about defending her, but frankly, I also don't care.
Damien took his bowl and moved, leaving the hockey bro to his own thoughts.
Wayne(confessional): Julia likes me… Right? She has been kind of nice lately… And not just to me! She was also nice to Scary Girl… And Axel. Yeah. Yeah! She likes me!
Once again, Damien was so focused on looking with disappointment at Wayne that he didn't notice where he sat down - this time it was across from Priya, who was looking at him concerned.
Priya: Hi Damien?
Damien: Oh Priya! You look so tired, you probably wanna be alone and rest…
Priya: What's been going on with you lately? You've been kind of avoiding me and were you just arguing with Wayne? Also Zee got eliminated, did you misplay the idol?
Priya looked at him, awaiting answers to her questions, while the boy just looked around uncomfortable.
Damien(confessional): I can't tell Priya that I lost the idol! She's gonna get furious with me and rightfully so. She spent 2 hours explaining to me how it works, she found it, gave it to me… And I ruined everything. I was avoiding her, cause I didn't want to lie to her, but it seems like I've got no choice.
Damien: Well… Zee lost the tiebreaker challenge to Scary Girl. They had to eat a bunch of disgusting seafood and Zee took a long time "appreciating" the taste, while she managed to win. Wayne is mad, because he wanted to vote for Axel and believes that she would lose against Zee.
Priya: Oh. - The two sat in awkward silence for a moment before Priya finally spoke out again - So… Why have you been avoiding me?
Damien: I… I felt dumb for chickening out of playing the idol. Scary Girl told me that they weren't voting for me, so I had a 50/50 chance of playing itl correctly and I had a feeling that they would vote for Zee, since he wasn't useful in the challenge, but I preferred to just let it play out, since I knew I was safe.
Priya: That's it?! Damien! You made the good call, it would be dumb to play the idol on someone else, I would never be mad at you for that, especially now since Zee is out and Julia seems to crush on Wayne, the mean girls will probably vote for you.
Damien clutched his head in disbelief.
Damien: Julia has a crush on Wayne? Oh, this makes sense.
Priya: Huh?
Damien: Um, nothing! Don't worry!
Damien(confessional): Julia likes Wayne and Wayne likes Julia! That's why they've been working together. The writing was on the wall, how could I not notice it! But, I gotta adapt, overcome and improvise, so here's the plan - I will gaslight Wayne into believing that Julia uses him for her own benefit and that she dislikes him. I mean, how hard can it be? Her "You're tolerable" is probably the same as mine "You're the love of my life"! But I will still need to get one more vote and I don't think that Scary Girl will be easily convinced to vote for Julia…
While the couple was sorting out their issues, MK and Nichelle were sitting at the edge of the table, away from everyone else. The actress looked very excited in contrast to MK who was clearly annoyed with her ally.
Nichelle: Can I see it?
MK: No, not now! I'm not risking someone accidentally seeing it.
Nichelle: Oh come on! Just one peek!
MK(confessional): I told Nichelle about the idol, so she would trust me more, but God dang it, now she wants to see the idol, which, okay, but not at the cafeteria in front of everyone!
MK: Later. - The blonde girl rolled her eyes - Let's talk about the strategy. If we lose, who should we vote for?
Nichelle: Well, we're probably going to merge soon, so we should probably think about that. Priya and Caleb will be huge challenge threats.
MK: Nichelle, be realistic! The two of us don't have much of a chance to win immunities, we won't benefit from taking challenge threats! - The actress looked upset at the girl who just sighed - How about Bowie? He's a huge strategic threat and Caleb mentioned something about wanting to get revenge for Bowie eliminating him last season.
Nichelle: Well, you said that Julia wanted to be the one to eliminate Bowie. Since she told you about the idol, she probably plans on playing with you after we merge, so maybe it's better not to upset her? How about Raj? He's probably the best social player this season.
MK: Nah, If both Bowie and Wayne got eliminated, he's going to completely crumble. How about Emma? Neither Caleb nor Bowie would ever vote for her.
Nichelle: Is Bayonce afraid of Brittany? - The asian girl shook her head, not really understanding the question - Well, then Nichelle is not afraid of some pumpkin spice, white girl named Emma!
The kleptomaniac rolled her eyes. The two girls would continue to argue, but as the duo heard Chris walking through the entrance, they turned their attention towards him.
MK: Seems like this talk led to nothing…
Chris: Hello actors! I advise you to eat faster, cause we're starting the challenge in 15 minutes! I will be waiting outside for you, so once you're ready, we can go to the set.
As the man finished talking, Damien walked right past him.
Damien: If we have 20 minutes, then I'm going to quickly go to the bathroom.
Hearing this, Chris smiled mischievously and pulled out some cards out of his pockets. He quickly went through some of them, before finally reading one with a big grin on his face.
Chris: When Damien was 12, he watched "Minnesota Chainsaw Massacre", which scared him so bad that he peed his pants!
The other contestants started to laugh while Damien just looked in shock and anger at the host.
Damien: What the heck man?! And how do you even know that?!
Chris: This will make much more sense once we get to the challenge. Now, go piss girl.
Damien just rolled his eyes and walked out of the cafeteria, followed by Chris, while the rest of the contestants exchanged uncertain looks.
Julia: Um, wasn't "Go Piss Girl" that popular 90's that got a reboot a few years ago before getting canceled after one season?
Nichelle: Yeah, I was offered one of the side roles, but the script for the pilot sucked. Not surprised it tanked.
MK: So today's theme will be teen dramas? Great. Who doesn't love shows about stupid, overdramatic teenagers making dumb decisions and being stuck in toxic relationships.
The camera panned to Emma for a few seconds, who was just eating her breakfast. It eventually came back to MK and Nichelle who also were eating, but after a few seconds, a big grin appeared on the actress's face.
Nichelle(confessional): The original TDA had an acting challenge, when the theme was drama movies, so what if we will also have an acting challenge today? This will be my chance to show my teammates that I am useful in challenges and they will be so grateful to me, when I win for them!
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Chris: Today's challenge will be the classic game of truth or dare!
Nichelle groaned. She and the other contestants were sitting on a bench in an indoor set. Behind them was a curtain covering most of it, which meant that the only part of the warehouse available to them at this moment was the dark and cold part, where usually the director and the crew stand.
Chris: As most of you probably figured it out, today's theme is teen dramas and all of them have an episode, where they play a game that reveals some nasty secrets that cause tension in the group. The winners of the truth or dare will gain an advantage in the 2nd part of today's challenge.
The actress slightly smiled hearing that there's one more challenge.
Caleb: So how is the Go Piss Girl connected to this challenge?
Chris: Just wait, God. You youngsters are so inpatient.
Caleb rolled his eyes, while Priya raised her hand and Chris nodded allowing her to speak.
Priya: What is the dare portion of this challenge? I mean, there's not much room in this warehouse for any extreme challenges that this show is known for.
Chris smirked and looked to the side, where Chef alongside two interns brought a wheel of misfortune in this case.
Chris: I will ask each of you a question. If you answer it truthfully your team gains a point, but if you don't want to answer it, we will just spin the wheel for a dare. Obviously, If you do neither, your team will not gain a point. The first team to reach 5 points wins this part. - The contestants nodded along, all of them understanding - Priya, since you asked this question, let's start with you! - The man smirked at the girl who gulped not knowing what to expect - Wanna tell your friends what happened to the money that you won in the last season?
Priya started to look uncomfortable as everyone's attention was on her.
Damien: Hey Pri, just don't answer it and do the challenge.
Bowie: Quiet there, you're not even on our team.
Priya: Well, I still have… some of it. - The girls sighed as everyone else except for Damien just looked confused - I gave most of it to my parents and the rest was supposed to go for my college funds, so I could go to medical school… Until they told me that I'm still not allowed to go there, unless I become the 1st two time winner of Total Drama. That's when I realized that as hurtful as Millie's book was that she was right about one thing - my family. I took what I didn't give to them and moved in with Millie, but unless I win this season I will need to spend like 3 more years working at lovebucks instead of going to school in order to have enough money for college.
Priya looked down, as most of her teammates tried to comfort her, except for MK.
MK(confessional): Priya at least has a chance of going to college even if she loses, unlike some of us.
Chris: I love a good sob story, it does wonders for the ratings! One point for Tired Screenwriters, now… Axel! Would you mind revealing who was your first celebrity crush?
Everyone took their attention from Priya to the cadet girl, who just rolled her eyes.
Axel: …Dare.
Julia and Lauren exchanged looks confused by Axel's decision. Meanwhile Chris smirked as he rolled the wheel, which after a few seconds stopped with the arrow pointing at a blue part of the wheel. Chris took out a card in the same color and laughed seeing what was on it.
Chris: Axel, your dare is to eat the sea food that remained after yesterday's unused tiebreaker challenge! But since it would be too easy, you only have a minute. If you fail to eat all of it in time or you vomit, your team won't gain the point.
As Chef rolled a platter full of nasty looking mussels and sea snails, Priya looked, suspicious, at her boyfriend.
Priya(confessional): That's weird, Damien said that Zee lost the tiebreaker to Scary Girl? Did he… Lie to me? No, there's no way, I mean why would he? He knows he can tell me everything.
The camera showed Axel quickly eating the sea food, while Chris was holding a watch.
Chris: 30 seconds left!
As he said it, the girl ate the last remaining snail and as it went down her throat, she smiled and raised her hands in victory.
Axel: Done!
Chris stopped the timer and nodded his head, impressed with the girl.
Chris: And with 35 seconds left on the timer! 1 point for Screenwriters, 1 point for the Directors!
Axel(confessional): If there's ever a zombie outbreak, nobody will be picky about food.
As Axel went to sit with her teammates, Chris looked at the yellow team.
Chris: So, who's now? Mhmmm… Caleb!
A quick cut signaled the start of a montage, that began with the contestants laughing at the video of Caleb recording a vlog of him lifting, when he tripped, causing the weights to fall on top of him.
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Chris: Damien, where did you take Priya for your first date?
Damien: A science fair? Is this supposed to be embarrassing? Did Ripper write this question?
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Chris: Emma, other than Chae cutting off the breaks of your car, what was the worst thing that you forgave him?
The blonde girl sighed.
Emma: Ummm, maybe I forgave him for using my cat as shark bait… - All the other contestants stare at her in shock - What? It was at a pond, named "Shark's pond"! There weren't any actual sharks there!
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Next footage played was of Lauren and Chef getting ready arm wrestle. The man tried to intimidate the girl with growling, but she just laughed it off. Soon after, the gong was heard, indicating the start and immediately, Scary Girl won it, while also destroying the table with Chef, causing the man to groan in pain.
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Lastly, Wayne and Raj quickly run through the set, naked, covering themselves with their hands, as most of the contestants just look the other way… With the exception of Bowie and Julia.
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After a quick cut, all the contestants are again together, with the hockey bros being dressed up again.
Chris: Congrats guys, we have a tie, 4 to 4! Nichelle, all is in your hands!
MK: Well, we're doomed.
The blonde actress just huffed at the shorter girl.
Chris: Nichelle… Are you a good challenge player?
MK clutched her head, Priya was shaking hers, Bowie sighed, Raj looked down and Caleb just looked at Nich, hopeful that she would give the correct answer, as the actress looked happily.
Nichelle: Oh that's easy! Of course, I am.
Chris: The name is truth or dare, not lie or dare. Let's spin the wheel to see your dare.
Nichelle looked offended, but before she could start to argue, the man rolled the wheel and the arrow landed on the pink part of it. Chris pulled out a pink card and just looked confused at it.
Chris: Um, your challenge is… to do 20 jumping jacks in a minute? Who came up with this and can we fire them?
The Screenwriters looked hopeful once again hearing this.
Caleb(confessional): Okay, even Nichelle should be able to do this! My 3 year old nephew would do this with no problems!
Nichelle was laying on the floor exhausted as Chris was just laughing at the sight.
Chris: It took you an entire minute to do… 2 jumping jacks! - The camera panned to laughing directors and screenwriters who weren't mad, they were just disappointed. - This was probably the most pathetic thing I've seen since that wizard guy! Caleb, please help her.
The muscular boy sighed as he walked over to his teammate and carried her to the bench.
Chris: Anyway… Julia, it's your chance to win this for your team! Your question is, which of your peers do you like the most?
Wayne looked at the girl, sitting next to her, but she turned away the moment she noticed him looking at her.
Julia: Umm… No one?
Chris: We all know that's wrong! Chef, spin the wheel!
The blonde boy looked down. Meanwhile the arrow landed on a red part of the wheel.
Chris: Julia, your dare is to kiss a contestant next to you.
The influencer looked at her options. On one side she had Wayne, who was blushing, while on the other side of her was Axel.
Wayne: I mean, if this challenge require-
Before he could finish, Julia grabbed Axel and quickly kissed her, catching the cadet completely off-guard. The boy frowned, as the two girls finished with Julia having a completely indifferent expression, while Axel was visibly blushing.
Julia: Done.
Julia(confessional): Ugh, I don't know what happened! I wanted to kiss Wayne, but when I turned towards him, I just…
Suddenly the girl, realizing what she said, got completely red in the face.
Julia(confessional): I- Um-
A quick static effect happened, after which Julia was standing, shaking the camera.
Julia:(confessional): I want the tape! Give me that tape! How do you open this thing?! MK made it look so easy!
Chris: Congratulations Directors! You have won the 1st part of today's challenge!
The host looked at Chef who was standing next to a rope with a grin on his face. Chris nodded his head and the war vet pulled the rope, causing the curtain behind the contestants to fall revealing a set which looked like a living room of some luxurious mansion, with expensive looking furniture inside of it. The contestants also noticed an entrance to the wardrobe and make-up department.
Chris: The 2nd part of today's challenge will test your acting skills as you will perform a crucial scene for the reboots of popular tv shows of my time!
Nichelle, who up until now, was still recovering from her exhaustion, let out a scream of pure happiness and enthusiasm hearing the words "acting skills".
Nichelle(confessional): Yes, yes, YES! Who cares if I lost the first part of this challenge?! I am soooo going to win this for my team! The other team is going down!
Chris: Directors as a reward for winning, you have access to the make-up department of the studio and to the "good" part of the wardrobe department. You can also pick in what series do you want to act - Big, Ugly Liars, a drama where a group of friends is blackmailed by a mysterious "C" a year after the sudden disappearance of their friend or Go Piss Girl, where a group of rich teenagers gets tormented by a blog who posts their secrets and dramas for everyone to see, everytime one of them goes to the toilet.
Julia: Um, guess we will take the second onel?
The host threw the script at the girl, then another one towards Emma. The influencer checked the pages to see that… They were almost completely empty, except the 1st page where there was only 1 sentence written.
Julia: Why are those completely empty?
Chris: Riiiight, I forgot to mention, this is not just an acting challenge - it's also an improv. With one sentence of description for the scene, you guys have to write the script from scratch or improvise as it goes. Whatever works for you! But, you aren't completely free to do anything - In this moment, Chef handed Chris a few more paper cards - Here I'm holding descriptions for the characters. You can take any role you want.
He threw one bunch of papers towards Damien and another one towards Bowie.
Chris: You have an hour for the preparations. Once the time is over, Screenwriters will go first and then the Directors. Chef and I will obviously be the judges. Now, get to work!
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The Tired Screenwriters were sitting at the bench, reading the "script" and descriptions for their characters.
Emma: "Perform the scene of one of the Liars getting falsely accused to be C by her friends". Alright, seems easy enough, now what are the characters?
MK was looking confused while reading her character.
MK: "Mary Jane or MJ. A sneaky girl, who's secret is her habit of stealing things, where others aren't looking."
Bowie: "Bernard or Bernie. A flamboyant, sassy gay, who spends his time either being sassy or making out with his boyfriend. His secret is that he has…" - He stared wide-eyed at the paper in front of him - Wow. They really went there, huh.
Raj: "Rey, Bernie's hot boyfriend." …Wait, that's all?
Caleb: "Chad. An eye candy, who's always shirtless. He doesn't speak much and other characters often forget about his existence."
The boy looked grumpy as the others chuckled to themselves.
Priya: "Priyanka. A Mary Sue character, who's secret is that her parents are absolutely awful." What's a Mary Sue? Is that good or bad?
Emma: It's… Good, yeah! Um, ekhem, "Emily. Nice, athletic girl, who hides from others that she made up with her toxic boyfriend." Yes, of course Chase gets a mention.
The girl rolled her eyes. Meanwhile Nichelle cleared her throat in an attempt to get everyone's attention.
Nichelle: "Michelle LaDone. An action movie superstar, who was the best friend of Christine, the girl disappeared a year ago. She was away for 11 months, but now she came back, which coincidentally started mysterious messages from C." - The girl looked up from her papers and smiled - Alright, I will play Emily.
Her teammates looked at her, confused with the choice.
Emma: Nichelle, you do understand that every character was written specifically for each of us?
Nichelle: Yeah and what? The worst thing that an actor can do is to allow themselves to become type-casted. It would be too easy for everyone to just play the characters based on them!
Emma: Yeah, I don't know how to say this, but…
Bowie: Since you completely bombed the last challenge, we kinda don't care about your opinion.
Bowie(confessional): Nichelle forgot that when you do clownery, the clown comes back to bite you.
The actress just sighed dramatically, offended by Bowie. She stared in shock as others nodded agreeing with the boy. She shook her head in disbelief before taking a deep breath.
Nichelle: Fine! But don't come crawling to me, apologizing when I turn out to be right. - Bowie rolled his eyes as Nichelle stood up - Now, excuse me, but I will prepare myself for the role, in solitude. Don't. Go after me.
Bowie: Don't worry, we won't.
The girl sent him a death glare, before walking away from the group.
Nichelle(confessional): I can not believe that I am treated like that! Me! Nichelle LaDonna! If they don't want to listen to an actual, professional, actress and a movie superstar then FINE, not my problem! I can carry this challenge by myself!
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Nichelle walked past the Angry Directors who had their meeting on the set where the challenge will take place. The set was built to look like the inside of a nice mansion. The walls were white, the floor was made out of light colored wood, in the middle of the room was a long, black couch and a modern glass table. There were also a lot of decorations, like signed Trent's guitar hanging on the wall, Chris' painting from AS that was ruined by Gwen.
Julia: "Act in the scene where the main protagonist gathers all of her friends to reveal who's the Go Piss Girl".
Julia looked at Wayne, waiting for him to read his description. It took a few seconds for the boy to figure out what she wanted.
Wayne: Oh! "Dwayne, a nice and handsome jock, who's too stupid to actually have any secrets, resulting in him rarely being an object of the blog."
Damien: "Damian, a nerd whose secret is that he's secretly in love with Creepy Gal". Wait, what? Hey Chris! - The boy screamed towards the host who was sitting in the director's chair, chatting with Chef - Why is my character's secret that I'm in love with Scary Girl?! You know that's not true!
Chris: Oh, my bad! We can rewrite it to be an actual secret! Like, maybe your character lost something important given to him, by his girlfriend?
The man looked at Priya with a smirk, causing Damien to groan.
Damien: No… It's fine.
He looked at Lauren who just smiled at him.
Lauren: "Laurie, or more commonly known as Creepy Gal. Her secret is that she's wanted in multiple countries."
Damien and Wayne exchanged concerned looks.
Wayne: Are you actually or…?
The purple haired girl just shrugged while giggling to herself.
Lauren(confessional): I'm just playing with them, of course I'm not wanted in multiple countries! Just iceland.
Julia: Well, anyway, "Julie, a hippie influencer and a phone addict, that hides her true personality from her peers and internet followers."
The 4 turned their attention to Axel who was the only one who didn't read her role. The girl just looked uncomfortable.
Axel: Yeah?
Julia: What's your description?
Axel: Bossy, survivalist obsessed with zombie apocalypse.
Damien: No mention of a secret?
Axel: No…
The girl became more and more flustered, causing others to get confused. This was noticed by Chef, who walked over to the teenagers.
Chef: Axel, would you mind, if I got a look at your character?
Axel hesitated for a bit, before giving it to Chef. The man immediately burned with rage and gave it back to Axel, and slowly made his way towards Chris, who was just sipping coffee, before noticing the angry war vet.
Chris: Oh-Oh.
He quickly stood up and tried to make a run for it, but he was swiftly grabbed by his collar by Chef, who took him outside. The contestants just stared, unsure of what was going on, when they could hear screams outside, but nothing tangible enough to understand what was being said. After a moment, the screams went silent and the two men walked towards the Directors.
Chef: Axel, Chris wants to say something to you.
The taller man looked down at Chris, who just sighed.
Chris: Yes Axel, first of all - I want to apologize for putting you in this situation. If you want to, you can sit down this challenge and it won't affect the score for your team.
Axel blinked in surprise before shrugging.
Axel: No, I'm fine. I will do it.
Chef smiled and gave her a nod of approval.
Chris: And also… For today's ceremony I will be wearing the… Sequin dress.
The contestants looked in shock, before starting to laugh as the shorter man groaned before walking away.
Julia: Okay, Axel what was on that-
Chef: DON'T ASK ABOUT THE STUPID SCRIPT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!
Chef's sudden outburst startled the girl and other contestants.
Julia: Okay, alright! Gosh… I guess we can start dealing with outfits for the scene.
Julia, Lauren, Wayne and Damien walked over, going towards the wardrobe department, while Axel stayed behind and looked with appreciation at Chef.
Axel: Thanks, Chef.
Chef: Mhm.
He smiled at her, before walking away.
Julia(confessional): Okay, but like, what was that about? What was on that descri-
The girl stopped, feeling the earth shake, when suddenly Chef barged into the confessional, causing her to jump onto the other side of the cabin.
Chef: I TOLD YOU, DON'T ASK ABOUT IT!
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The Angry Directors walked to the wardrobe department. It was a dark room, where most of the space was taken by racks full of clothes, but in the middle of it was a line separating the room in 2 halves. A small note was attached to it.
Julia: "If you're a part of the losing team from the 1st part of this challenge, don't cross the line". Huh, so I guess over there, that's the good part, that Chris talked about.
Damien looked at the clothes around them, all of them looking cheap and in bad quality.
Damien: Yeah, I can see that.
The blue team walked under the line and immediately took a look at the clothes on this part of the department. Beautiful medieval gowns, detailed superhero costumes, it was immediately obvious to them why this is the good part.
Axel: So what do we look for?
Julia: Something that screams obnoxious prep school students, so like, nice school uniforms. I'd say we split up, if everyone looks for it somewhere else, we will find it faster.
Her team nodded and all of them went in their own directions… All of them except for Damien who looked at Axel and smirked.
Damien(confessional): I need 2 more votes if I want to guarantee my survival at the next ceremony. I don't think I have a chance with getting Julia or Scary Girl to vote with me, so that leaves… Axel. Unfortunately.
The science nerd approached the survivalist who immediately grimaced upon noticing him.
Damien: H-
Axel: No. Buzz off.
The boy rolled his eyes.
Damien: Come on, I didn't even say anything!
Axel: Good. I like it that way.
Damien: Fine, but once you go home, don't say I didn't try to help you!
Axel raised her brow and chuckled to herself.
Axel: I will go home? You know that you're in the minority, not me, right?
Damien: You're right, I'm in the minority, BUT I have someone in the majority obsessed with me. You think that Scary Girl will vote me out or that Julia would betray her closest ally, while she still needs her? And it's not like Wayne will be an option for them, since Julia likes him. Who does it leave then, huh?
Axel: …You're just saying it to make me paranoid and flip on the girls.
Damien: I mean Priya told me about their sleepover party. Kinda sad that despite you 3 being in alliance, they didn't invite you, but yeah, you definitely trust them!
With that, Damien shrugged and walked away, leaving the girl to her own thoughts.
Axel(confessional): I'm not dumb, I see the games that Damien is trying to play... Also, even if I did flip and voted with him for Julia or Scary Girl, he still would need one more vote to save himself.
Meanwhile, Nichelle was rummaging through the racks of cheap or/and ugly looking clothes. The girl was holding a bunch of hideous dresses, while looking with jealousy at Julia standing next to beautiful, colorful dresses.
Nichelle(confessional): This is so unfair! Everyone else got such an easy dare, while I was set up to fail and now the Directors have the access to all the nice clothes here!
The actress looked around, when she noticed Wayne checking through the racks, next to the line in the middle, she quickly walked over there and started whispering to him.
Nichelle: Hey! Wayne, pss!
The boy turned around and faced the girl.
Wayne: Oh, hi Nich. Do you need something!
Nichelle: Yes! Can you hand me that nice dress and that jacket?
The blonde girl pointed towards a white faux fur jacket and a short, pink dress, both being right next to the boy, who looked not too sure of himself.
Wayne: I don't know Nich, my team would be pretty mad at-
Before he finished, the girl fell to her knees, completely sobbing, while the boy just looked in shock not knowing what to do.
Nichelle: Wayne, I'm beggin' you! My team is going to get rid of me, if I don't do at least a mediocre job this challenge! Please Wayne, don't let them do this to me! Please! Pleek!
The blonde boy sighed and after looking around to make sure that nobody saw it, he threw the dress and the jacket to the other side of the room, allowing the actress to take it.
Nichelle: Yes! God bless you, Wayne!
Nichelle(confessional): And some people have the nerves to call me a bad actress? Like come on, see how easily I convinced Wayne to help me?
Wayne(confessional): If it was anyone else, I would assume they were just pretending, but it's Nichelle. Yesterday I saw her crying, because she got an uneven number of fries.
The girl quickly wiped away her tears and took the clothes, before walking out of the room. Meanwhile the boy went back to the racks, where he noticed a bunch of nice, school uniforms that were previously covered by the dress that he gave to Nichelle.
Wayne: Hey guys! I found some nice clothes!
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After a quick fade to black, the Angry Directors were all together, already dressed up. The guys' uniforms were made out of royal blue suits and pastel pink shirts. The girls had the same jackets as the boys, but their shirts were white and instead of pants, they were wearing blue skirts with hot pink stripes.
Julia: I gotta admit, good job Wayne. Those look nice.
Wayne: Thanks Jules! Does this mean we're done?
Lauren: You guys maybe are, but I wanted to take Julia and do something nice with our hair!
Axel: Just you 2?
Lauren: I mean, I don't really like to work with short hair, so there's not much I can do with Wayne's and Damien's.
Both of the boys took a step back.
Damien: Nope, we're fine with you not getting anywhere near our heads.
Axel rolled her eyes and looked at the purple haired girl with annoyance.
Axel: What about me?
Lauren looked confused for a second before laughing.
Lauren: I mean, you didn't strike me as someone who cares about the way their hair looks! But yeah, sure!
The girl happily skipped towards the make-up department, with Julia following behind her. Axel sighed, before also going with the girls.
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Meanwhile, the Screenwriters were all sitting on the stage, just doing their own thing. Priya was trying to get some sleep, Caleb was chatting with Emma, Bowie with Raj, while MK just looked bored when Nichelle came out dressed up in her dress and faux fur. Her jaw was practically on the floor as she looked in horror at her team.
Nichelle: I- Why- Why are you guys not dressed up?!
Bowie: Why are you dressed up?
His nonchalant tone and genuine confusion from the rest of her teammates, caused Nichelle to get more and more angry with every second.
Nichelle: Wh- What do you mean why I dressed up?!
Bowie: I mean, for what? We're supposed to play ourselves, there's no point in changing our regular outfits. Do you think that the Directors will change theirs?
Just as he spoke, Damien and Wayne walked in. Their fancy school uniforms, immediately catching attention of the yellow team, causing Nichelle to smirk with the "I told you so" look in her face, while Bowie just sighed.
Nichelle(confessional): Amateurs! I am working with complete amateurs! We won 3 challenges, all, because of some gimmick and what happens? They all got too comfortable and think that we're easily going to win! …Which we will, but only, because of me.
Nichelle: Chris, can't we just start already?
Emma: What? What are you doing? We didn't prepare anything?
Nichelle: So you're telling me, that instead of preparing for your roles or going to get your outfits, you guys were just sitting there doing nothing?
Emma was about to say something, before looking down at the floor.
Emma: I mean Priya was supposed to write it, but… Yeah.
Both girls looked at Priya who, instead of writing, was sleeping, causing Nichelle to just roll her eyes. The camera then panned to Chris who checked his watch.
Chris: Well, there's 30 minutes left, buuut since it seems like you guys won't be getting any work done anytime soon… Yeah, sure. If the girls from your team… - He pointed at Wayne and Damien - ...won't get here before the Screenwriters finish their scene, we will just wait for them until the time for your preparations ends.
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Axel was sitting in a comfortable, saloon chair, while Lauren was standing behind her with a big grin on her face.
Lauren: So what do you want to do? Waves? Curls?
The cadet girl looked at Julia sitting next to her with hair rollers in her hair. She was writing something using the empty pages that Chris gave to them earlier. The brunette shook her head.
Axel: No… I thought that maybe you could cut it a little.
The grin on Lauren's face became even bigger, with the goth girl immediately polling a pair of pink scissors from under her dress.
Lauren: How short?
Axel(confessional): I wanted to cut my hair for some time now. I mean, if the zombie apocalypse happens, it would just be too easy for the zombies to catch me by it and eat me alive.
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The Tired Screenwriters were standing on the set, with Chris and Chef sitting in director's chairs with the smaller man holding a megaphone in his hand.
Chris: Alright kids, start whenever you're ready!
Raj moved closer to his boyfriend and started whispering to him.
Raj: So what do we do?
Nichelle: Catch C, that's what! - The boys turned their attention towards Nichelle who immediately got into her role - I am DONE with him terrorizing us! He's a danger to my career, my family and most importantly - to me.
The girl's teammates just kinda stood there for a few seconds, not knowing what to do with themselves, before the girl groaned in Priya's direction, prompting the girl to say something.
Priya: Oh! Umm… Michelle, it's interesting that you're saying this since this all started when you came back to the town and… More often than not, you're not with us, when C strikes.
Nichelle: What's your point?
The actress said this in such a threatening voice and an angry expression that the Indian girl started to get genuinely nervous, even though all of this was just acting.
Priya: I'm- Um- I think you may be-
Before the girl could finish, she was slapped by Nichelle, who stared daggers at her. Priya screamed in pain as most of the contestants gasped in shock at how much Nichelle committed to her role, except for MK who just covered her mouth trying to hide the fact that she was chuckling to herself.
Priya: Ouch! What the heck Nichelle?!
Nichelle: I can NOT believe the nerves you have, to not only accuse me of THAT, but to also forget my name?! I am MICHELLE LADONE! I have more to lose than any of you… - She pointed at each of her teammates - … yet you still dare to accuse me?
Emma: Priya…nka is right though. It is suspicious how your arrival was the catalyst that started all of this.
Nichelle: OH, I will not be taking this from someone who keeps coming back to the same abusive jerk! Emily, you are ALWAYS the first one to point fingers at everyone else and we all know that it's, because you don't want anyone to be focusing on the mistake that you keep. On. Doing!
Emma was completely gagged, not knowing on how to answer this, causing MK to laugh out loud, catching angry stare from the actress.
MK: Sorry, sorry for that!
Nichelle: You should be sorry for a lot of things, like the stench that's coming out of your mouth.
Beanie girl immediately stopped laughing and looked in confusion before checking her breath, which caused Raj to let out a faint chuckle, grabbing Nichelle's attention.
Nichelle: And what's so funny to you?
Raj: Uh, nothing!
Nichelle: Oh, like your nothing of a personality? Like, how do you manage to outbore mister "I live at the gym"?
She pointed at Caleb, who just stared, wide-eyed. The girl's remark caused Bowie to get annoyed with her.
Bowie: Hey! No one is going to talk like that to my boyfriend!
Nichelle: Or what? - She huffed - Awww, Is the twink annoyed that even his boyfriend's lack of personality is still better than his terrible one? I mean, all that there is to you is basically boiled down to screaming "yaaas girl, this motherquake is measuring 9,9 on the iconicness scale" everytime Emily breathed… Well, until she picked her horrible boyfriend over you.
The boy just blinked, completely dumbfounded by what the movie star had said to him, while Emma looked down in shame. Meanwhile the camera panned to Chris who leaned closer to Chef and whispered to him.
Chris: Is this "camp"?
The war vet just nodded, while watching the scene, being completely in awe of what was happening before him.
Nichelle: You know what? Screw you! - She pointed at Bowie - Screw you! - Then Emma - Screw you! - Then at Caleb - Screw you! - Raj - And screw you! - Lastly, Priya - I don't need this! I'm out of here!
With this being said the actress stormed off the set, leaving just her confused teammates. She walked past Damien and Wayne who were completely laughing their butts off.
Caleb(confessional): I'm not sure if Nichelle was just acting or if she was really this fed up with us, which… Understandable. We should have listened to her suggestions.
Nichelle(confessional): And the award to the best actress is going to… Drum rolls, please… Me!
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9 teenages and the hosts sat, looking bored, while waiting for the 3 Director girls. Chris took a look at his watch and sighed.
Chris: Ugh, they still have 5 more minutes.
Lauren: For what?
The girl's sudden appearance startled the man, who after composing himself just groaned.
Chris: Great, you're finally here! Tired Screenwriters are done, so I would appreciate it if we could start your scene. Thanks.
The blue team got together on the stage, where Wayne and Damien looked impressed with the girls who not only did their hair, but also made some minor changes to their outfits. Julia had her hair tied up in a curly ponytail, with a pink bow that matched her skirt, while also wearing a pair of white stockings. Lauren had her hair in low pigtails and wore the same stockings as usual. She was the only one who didn't have her shirt tucked in her skirt and the sleeves to her jacket were rolled up, giving her a more messy look. Axel had her hair cut, so now it was just a bit shorter than shoulder length. The cadet had her jacket wrapped around her waist and wore leg warmers, covering her combat boots.
Wayne: Hey girls, you're looking fantastic!
Julia: Uh, thanks… But anyway. - She handed some papers to both of the boys - I had a lot of time, so I prepared a screenplay, just to have an outline of how the scene should play out.
The two boys started to quickly scan through the pages.
Wayne: Wait Jules, there's no mention of what Go Piss Girl uses to blackmail me?
Julia: Yeah, I couldn't come up with anything, so I'm leaving it up for you. Just make it something that makes at least some sense.
Chris: Ekhem - The man cleared his throat, gaining attention of the Directors - It'd be very appreciated if you could just start already.
Wayne: Oh, right. On it, coach!
Julia, Wayne, Scary Girl and Damien all sat on the sofa, with the latter "couple" cuddling together. Damien did a good job at hiding his discomfort. Axel was standing in front of them. She looked at Chris who nodded, giving her a signal to start.
Axel: Thanks for coming gu-
Damien: Wait! Before you say anything, I gotta go to the toilet.
The other looked at him with annoyance in their eyes, while the boy realized what he had said. Axel took out her "phone" and started to "read" from it. Read as in, come up with a Go Piss Girl blog on the spot.
Axel: And here it is: "Hey besties, have you heard the new hot gossip that Creepy Gal and Damian finally stopped beating around the bush and instead…" I won't read that part out loud. "... Personally - I'm giving them a week before Creepy Psycho cuts him into little pieces (and if that happens, you bet that I will cover it here!). If you want to always have the latest tea, remember to follow my blog. XoXo, and Damian - Go Piss Girl." - The girl looked up from her device at the group - Okay, nothing that bad this time around, but now, I got something important to tell you.
Julia: Do you want to finally talk about astrology with me?! - The girl gasped in an overtly enthusiastic manner - Let me guess, you're a libra moon, right? I know I'm right.
Axel looked surprised, before rolling her eyes.
Axel: No! I think, I know who is the Go Piss Girl.
Julia: Oh! This is almost as important as astrology. Okay you have my attention!
Lauren: Ohhh, you should have told me in private about this! I would have already dealt with her, I just need her name and address.
Damien chuckled uncomfortably.
Damien: You sure would… Honey.
Axel: Go Piss Girl is not her… It's him.
Axel pointed at Wayne, while everyone else let out an over dramatic, soap opera worthy, gasp of pretended shock. The boy just looked to the side.
Wayne: What? I don't get what you are talking about!
Axel: Everyone. Holds a secret. Everyone! But somehow, she never posts about you, unless you're connected to our dramas. It seems like she has nothing to blackmail or post about you.
Wayne: I'm just very open with my emotions and live a drama free lifestyle!
Axel: I am not buying what you are selling.
The girl got in his face, causing him to get more nervous.
Wayne: I- Okay! I… I work for Go Piss Girl. I gave her some of the internal info for her blog, but I'm not her, I swear!
Another collective gasp comes out of the group, while Wayne looks down.
Axel: Why did you do it?
Wayne: … What do you think? She did what she always does - She blackmailed me.
Axel: With what? - The boy was silent, causing Axel to punch a hole in the sofa, right next to his head, resulting in Wayne genuinely looking terrified. - Don't. Make me ask again.
Wayne: I… I… I like Julie!
Julia looked surprised at the boy, before turning away from him. It seemed like she was about to say something, when Lauren cut in.
Lauren: Prove it.
Julia turned, completely enraged, towards her ally who was giggling to herself, then she turned towards Wayne who was slightly blushing.
Julia(confessional): This was not in the screenplay.
Julia: I mean, there's no nee-
Before she could finish, Wayne grabbed the girl and pressed his lips on hers, causing the girl to become completely red. A loud gasp was heard, this time coming from Chef who had a giant grin on his face. After a few seconds, Wayne let go and went back to where he was sitting, while Julia was still trying to process what happened.
Wayne: …Here. Is it enough proof?
Lauren: Oh, I wanted you to show the messages with Go Piss Girl, but yeah. This works!
Axel: Well, seems like I was wrong this time, but Dwayne, you still have a lot of explaining to do.
The boy looked down.
Wayne: Yeah, I know. Can we do it somewhere private though.
The girl nodded and both of them walked off the set, indicating the end of the scene.
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Both teams were standing on the set, with the judges in front of them. Most of the Directors were already in their regular outfits, except for Julia, who looked as if she didn't move at all during this time.
Chris: Let's start with Tired Screenwriters. Obviously - Nichelle was a complete show stealer. None of you came even close to matching her star power. Almost as if I saw a young version of myself!
Nichelle: Ew! Why would you say that to me?!
Chris just took a very deep breath.
Chris: I will never again compliment any of you.
Chef patted the smaller man on the shoulder.
Chef: I'm not surprised Nichelle did so much better than the rest of you, but I'm disappointed by none of you even bothering with costumes. Not to mention MK breaking the character on multiple occasions.
MK: I mean, I was playing a character based off of me, soooo since I laughed, it was actually in character for MJ to laugh in that situation!
She smiled awkwardly, but Chef just shook his head.
Chris: Let's get to Angry Directors - All of you did a great job! First of all, great outfits, especially the girl. Second of all, unlike with the other team, it felt like all of you got a chance to shine, even if Wayne and Axel obviously had the most screen time.
Chef nodded, agreeing with Chris.
Chef: True, but I'm especially impressed with Julia who's still in character despite the fact that you guys finished the scene 10 minutes ago! - The camera panned to Julia. The girl was too stunned to speak - Also, I'm a sucker for romantic subplots.
The duo looked at each other before nodding, knowing their decision.
Chris: I'm sorry Nichelle, but the winners of today's challenge are… Angry Directors!
The blue team started to celebrate, while the Screenwriters looked down, saddened by their loss. The most upset one was Nichelle.
Nichelle(confessional): Oh, of course! I gave an award deserving performance but 2 white people won, because they kissed! If I knew that would happen, I would just kiss Caleb!
While the rest of his teammates continued their celebration, Wayne approached Julia with an apologetic look on his face.
Wayne: Hey, Jules, I'm sorry that I didn't ask-
Before he could finish, the girl slapped him, before storming off. Wayne looked down, now looking just as sad as the members of the losing team. All of this was noticed by Lauren, who followed Julia, with a perplexed look on her face.
Lauren: Ummm, why did you slap Wayne?
Julia: What? I didn't slap him?
Lauren: …You just did? Like 10 seconds ago?
Julia: No, no I did- - The girl stopped in her tracks as she covered her mouth in shock - Ohhh crud… I did slap him, didn't I?
Lauren: Yes? Why are you so surprised?
Julia: I- I don't know! I didn't want to. I just- Uh- Ugh! Whatever, I think I need to rest or something.
The girl continued on walking, while Lauren just stared confused, not understanding what just happened.
Julia(confessional): I didn't mean to slap Wayne, obviously! It's all like a blank to me! I just remember that… It felt good… UGH! Now I'm feeling something and I don't know what it is! Like… Should I say sorry? …No. No. I will just wait it out, until he forgets and forgives and we're both just going to act like nothing happened. We're just going to do what every adult does - bottle up our feelings instead of talking about them.
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The losing team was sitting in their formal outfits, however this time Nichelle's wig was a high, very long ponytail instead of the curls she had the last time she was here. Another thing that changed was Chris wearing a sparkly, blue dress instead of his usual suit, causing the contestants and Chef to laugh, irritating the host.
Chris: Yes, yes. Very funny. Let's just get to the point.
He looked at Chef who nodded.
Chef: Nichelle, because of you, your team lost the 1st part of the challenge.
Nichelle: As if that actually affected anything!
Chef: Bowie, you completely ignored all of Nichelle's ideas on what to do in the 2nd part of the challenge, despite her being a famous actress.
The flamboyant just rolled his eyes.
Chef: MK, you broke the character many times during the scene, which resulted in a loss of many points for your team. - The girl just shrugged, not having anything to say - Alright then. It's time for you to vote.
Bowie, Raj, Emma and Priya all voted immediately.
Bowie(confessional): Okay, so maybe we treated Nichelle too harshly in this challenge, but she's still a weakling. However, so is MK, who's also a much bigger threat. Hmmm, what do I do?
Caleb looked at Bowie for a second before finally voting. Nichelle stared with uncertainty at her device, before getting a nod of encouragement from MK.
Nichelle(confessional): MK came up with a plan on how to keep both of us safe, and I'm not completely sure if it's going to work, but it's not like I have a better plan.
Chris looked with a smile at the votes, before looking at the contestants.
Chris: Before we continue, does anyone want to play the hidden immunity idol?
The contestants all looked at each other and at first there was a complete silence, until MK spoke up.
MK: Actually… Yes. I do.
Everyone except for Nichelle gasped in surprise, but by far, the most confused one was Priya, who didn't understand what was going on.
Priya(confessional): What?! But I gave the idol to Damien, how did MK get it?!
The short girl walked over to Chris.
Chris: Who are you playing it for?
The girl looked at the other contestants with a smirk on her face.
MK: …Me. I'm playing it for myself.
She said while still looking at her teammates. Emma and Priya were avoiding eye contact, Nichelle looked stressed, Caleb and Bowie had completely neutral expressions, but Raj had a slight smile on his face. MK chuckled to herself before handing Chris a… piece of wood. Obviously it caused confusion both in the host and other contestants.
Chris: Um… This is not an idol.
MK: Ohhh, right! Silly me! Here. - She pulled out a real idol from her pocket - This one… I'm playing for Nichelle.
She smiled as she handed the safety symbol to the host. The blonde actress immediately lightened up, relieved from the stress, unlike her teammates. Previously stoic and calm, now a slight panic was on all of their faces.
MK(confessional): I didn't know if they voted for me or Nichelle, so I played the fake idol first to bait out their reactions. Most of them managed to keep a poker face, but Raj's smile gave it all away.
Chris: I can confirm, this is a real hidden immunity idol. Any votes casted against Nichelle will NOT count.
MK went back to her seat and as soon as she sat down, Nichelle took her into a tight hug, causing the asian girl some discomfort and annoyance.
Chris: I'd say that we celebrate the idol play, by reading the votes? Sounds more stressful than just saying who's' safe? Good. That's the point. - He laughed to himself, but the screenwriters were definitely not in a mood for his teasing - First vote…
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Nichelle! It does not count.
The unlikely duo looked with smirks at their peers, who all started to be visibly distressed.
Chris: Second vote…
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Nichelle! It does not count. Third vote…
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Nichelle. It does not count
The camera panned to Raj and Bowie who were hugging each other, with the blonde boy, covering the eyes of his lover.
Chris: Fourth vote…
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Nichelle! It does not count!
Next the camera panned to Emma and Priya. The blonde girl had her eyes closed and was covering her ears, not wanting to listen to the voting results, while the previous winner was close to hyperventilating.
Chris: Fifth vote…
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The gay boy gasped in shock, while Caleb behind him was managing to keep a poker face.
Chris: The last 2 votes are for the same person. That person will be the 5th person eliminated from Total Drama Action. Those votes are for…
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The camera once again panned to the not safe contestants, all were in complete panic mod. Raj was crying into his boyfriend's shirt, while Bowie was trying to comfort him, Priya was praying, Emma started to also sing and tap her legs to drown out the man speaking and Caleb was taking very deep breaths in and out. MK seemed to really enjoy the sight, while Nichelle looked a bit more guilty about all of this.
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The 4 safe teenagers gasped in relief, before catching their golden Chris. Priya stood up in shock, looking like she was on the verge of crying, while most of the contestants looked at her in pity.
Bowie: Voting out Priya after she told us about her situation? This is like Julia's level of cold.
Nichelle looked down ashamed, while MK rolled her eyes.
MK(confessional): Why am I supposed to look out for others when no one was looking out for me, when I needed it?
Priya: I just… How did you even get the idol?
MK: Someone gave it to me. Wanna take a guess who it was?
She smiled in a teasing way, while Priya let out another gasp of shock, her eyes being completely wide opened.
Priya: No… No way…
MK: Yes way.
Priya(confessional): I don't understand. Why would Damien do this to me? And why did he give it to MK from all the people! I just… Don't get it!
The girl just looked down defeated, tears starting to come down her cheeks, as Chris approached the group.
Chris: Sorry Priya, but it's time for you to walk the Red Carpet of Shame.
The girl tried wiping away her tears, but only more of them came out. She nodded and started going down the carpet, not even caring about the tomatoes thrown at her.
Chris: Ahhh, what a sad, pathetic sight. I love to see it! The winner of the last season getting idoled out premerge? These kids did not come here to play this season! What will MK and Nichelle do, now that they made such a big move? What's going to happen with Julia's and Wayne's relationship? If you want to know that and more, don't forget to tune into the next episode of Total. Drama. Action!
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16. Ripper
15. Millie
14. Chase
13. Zee
12. Priya
Still in: Julia, Lauren, Axel, Emma, Nichelle, MK, Wayne, Damien, Raj, Bowie, Caleb
And another chapter is done! I wanted to give more focus to Nichelle and Axel, who kinda faded into the background in the last few episodes and fun fact - before this chapter Nichelle had the 2nd lowest number of confessionals. After this, she has the 2nd highest number of them. I will try to give more focus to Caleb and Raj in the next one, since they also need more of it.
Priya's elimination was probably somewhat predictable after her sob story about her parents, but I actually wanted to put it earlier in the season. I just didn't know when, so it just happened to be her boot episode. She was kind of a pain magnet up until this point, but I do really like Priya, but she's the canon winner in this fic, it was obvious she's not gonna win again, so I wanted to get her out pretty early. I also didn't enjoy writing her as much (except for her interactions with Julia in episode 4), but surprisingly as of this episode, she ties with Nichelle for the 2nd highest number of confessionals.
You may wonder, why did I decide to have a parody of Gossip Girl named "Go Piss Girl" and it's easy to explain - It's one of my favorite memes. An image of the blonde protagonist saying "I have to pee" answered by a picture of Blair Waldorf saying "Go Piss Girl" basically inspired this whole challenge.
Shronut - Thank you for reminding me about recapping who got eliminated and who's still in the game. I was doing that for the 1st and 2nd ep, but then I forgot about it. Also I tried to pay more attention to make sure that the correct character is speaking, so I think that everything should be alright in this chapter.
Kai - It might be a bit biased,