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Day 12
Clank, Daisy, Dark Samus, Drax, Mighty Gazelle, Montgomery, and Sektor
The seven swapped stand around a pile of firewood, with no fire in sight. The camps familiar to two people, but with the five machines that came in? It's new to them.
But the tides may change. There's tension among the five, but it'd be easy to pick off Daisy and Drax. Then again, we know the short history between everyone here.
"So welcome to our camp, we got no food or water, but we have alotta heart!" The princess says.
"Ever the optimist." Clank says with a smile. "If your team has made it this far, the rest of the journey will be nothing.
Daisy smiles back…but Sektor opens his metaphorical mouth. "The optimism is nice to see, especially with this disaster of a tribe. It must be upsetting losing four players in a row."
Daisy doesn't even hide how she feels. "Don't remind me, it's a new slate."
"My mistake."
Sektor: Knowing how Drax is with Monty, appealing to Daisy's emotions seemed like a good strategy..but she doesn't even hide her distaste of me. The other team is ruled out. If you aren't useful to me, then it is time to go. But on a team like this? There is work to be done.
He'll need to get Clank and Gazelle with him, buuut that's another damaged relationship from the O.G tribe. He's got Dark Samus and Monty, but it'll take work to get some traction.
The five machines don't need food or water so getting used to the camp won't be long. However, Daisy and Drax are like veterans with how many Tribals they've seen.
Given they are the only two on their tribe stuck here, they get together and discuss their new situation.
The princess doesn't hold back. "I'll be real with you. Don't do anything you regret because that cocky gator got his claws on our camp."
"The gator is no match in hand to hand combat. I have years of experience over him." Drax says, completely missing the point.
"No, like don't fight him at all."
Drax just has a deadpan look. "As I've said, I'll do my best to resist temptation. No guarantees."
Daisy just facepalms. "Then you better have the strength of God on your side."
"I'm an atheist."
"You get the point."
The two continue their walk, but the galaxy's guardian actually points something out about his ally. "Hold on for a second Princess.."
"Hm?"
"Why do you get onto me for fighting when you lack a filter? If I'm to stop fighting, will you get a filter."
The princess adjusts her gloves. "I'll get a filter, we have new people around. I'm not a girl with restraint buuuut our wise elders are on the other side."
"Hey…Chun and Ulala are still full of youth. Rick…"
"Oh yeah he's old."
It's not the best situation to be in, but they're still looking forward. "It doesn't matter where we are, we will power through. The two youth may be on the other team, but WE have fierceness on our side. With our drives combined, two machines will leave before the merge." Drax really speaking. "We may not be level-headed but we will rise above theirs."
Daisy's eyes widen at this sudden speech. "Where'd you learn to be THIS motivational?"
"My coach gave me some tips."
Daisy elaborates more in this in confession.
Daisy: Y'know, I thought getting stuck with Drax would be a bad thing. But when that man's back is against the wall he can motivate and that's what we need! It's two firecrackers against five robots. I don't know what business they got over there, but if we want to see our friends again, then we can't slack.
There is, in fact, business going on.
Given the conflict on the machine tribe earlier, Clank and Gazelle meet up on the infamous walking path. There wouldn't be a need if some machines were stable.
Clank steps in, in defense of the humans. "I know they've been deemed the 'enemy,' but one conversation tells me they need to stick around."
"Their mist working that well?" Gazelle asks.
"It's not mist my friend, it's their authenticity. They are already easier to be around than our fellow machines." Clank clarifies.
The racer can't even deny it. "Yeeeaaahh…Sektor trying to be nice is cursed, I'm so glad Daisy wasn't having it."
Clank nods in agreement. "Montgomery won't place nice with Drax either. After seeing how bad they're handling themselves, we might as well turn on them first. They'd do the same to us,"
Gazelle shrugs. "That's what they get for screwing themselves. I'll go throw Sektor straight under."
Cut to Clank's confessional, fully explaining their choice.
Clank: The machines cannot co-exist. Montgomery hasn't helped himself with the Kylosian, and Sektor is as cold as they come. He's trying to get on peoples' good sides but he's driven us away. This is what they call karma.
The cyber lin Kuei member's catching heat. Clank and Gazelle look to be striking now, but the other three machines gather up, at Sektor's call. "Are we all in agreeanace that our mechanical duo needs to be split up?"
Dark Samus chimes in. "Clank is the easiest to talk with. Gazelle's more trouble than he's worth."
Sektor turns to her. "He's going to put a target on my back that I can't get rid of..I can already tell. We have more enemies than he does." He looks right at Monty. "You haven't helped yourself."
The gator snickers. "I'm almost done ok?"
All he gets is a dead stare. "If you don't stop, the destroyer will live up to his name…and you'll take us down with you. He may not be forgiving but don't leave with regrets."
"Insightful…" the dark samus mutters.
The cyberized strategist just looks at the mud. Now Monty may be a robot but he can still pick up body language. "Ok bud, you aren't this emotional what's going on?"
Sektor raises his head. "It involves one of our own. CYRAX has been off and it's easy to see why."
"Frustration…" Dark Samus hits it on the head.
"..it's frustrating. He cannot change the past, so he runs from it. Why dwell on this?" Sektor asks. "It will make our place even worse."
"Some people can't let the past go." She explains. "Whatever happened to him must be traumatizing, and he can't just brush it off. He may be a cyborg but he's not going to forget about it.
Sektor goes silent for a couple seconds. "He may leave us for dead, and make his situation worse. He's told me about people in his past and if he leaves us, then there will be consequences. Do you believe I want that for him?" he asks.
Monty can relate. "Hell nah! If my band was in trouble I'd go the extra step to help 'em! You aren't wrong for lookin after your boy."
"And to think, the other alliance will call me crazy. Ever since Gazelle opened his mind, he's been pinning Cyrax against me." Sektor vents. "It's time we end this nonsense."
The Gator's got a front row view and airs his thoughts in confession.
Montgomery: I didn't know it was THAT deep. I thought these models would be closer but they got a lil' rift going on. I don't know what Cyrax is so stressed about but…hope that bot finds peace.
No jokes from it. It's definitely not a joke to Sektor. His best friend basically hates his own body and the realizations smacked him in the face. But it's not an easy situation because Cyrax has been pulling himself away. This rift from the pre-game alliance could have devastating consequences inside and out.
Machine
Day 12
Cyrax, Rick Grimes, Chun-Li, Megatron, Silver Sonic, Ulala, and Rocket Raccoon
The seven arrive at the camp, three unfamiliar with it. They do see other rewards that the machines won previous.
"Man..you guys have EVERYTHING." Rick says, grabbing a fishing rod. "Don't know what we'd do without a swap."
Cyrax hands him a spear to go with it. "Worry no longer. We are a stronger team."
"So you're goin' nine in a row?"
"Ten."
That confidence gets a smile from the sheriff.
Rick: This is a fresh start. We got the pleasant machines…and Megatron. He's as cold as ice, but you know who isn't? The rest of 'em.
Cut to Chun-Li chopping down palm fronds with one harsh slice. Cyrax comes up from behind though. "That is impressive. In my studies, I've seen humans have a struggle with the fronds."
"I've got experience cutting things down. Fronds are easy."
"You are quite skilled." Cyrax admits. "We've come close in many competitions. How about another?" His hand sinks in, and a buzzsaw replace it.
"I like my odds."
Chun-Li: My competitiveness can take over at times, and Cyrax brings it out, but not in a bad way. I call it friendly competition.
B-Roll of them cutting fronds is shown, racing to come in first.
Chun-Li: He's beaten me a few times, and I'm GOING to get mine back.
Cut to Ulala, stick in hand. It's later in the day and she's approaching Rocket and Cyrax who are kicking back by the fire.
"Almost two weeks on the island and all our castaways have been through it! Any regrets?" She asks, raising the stick to his mouth.
"I wish I brought more gin."
Cyrax tilts his head. "Drinking is bad for your health."
"I got a short lifespan anyway."
Ulala turns to the camera. "In other news, Rocket Raccoon is a carefree coon."
After the three newcomers get a little used to their new tribemates, they get together and make a group call.
"I LOVE our new people." Ulala admits. "We finally have that peace we've been asking for."
"Not with Megatron here…" Chun points out. "On the flip side, he makes this next vote easier. Can we agree on him and call it a day?"
"No big deal." Rick says.
"I'm game." Ulala adds.
"Then let's head back." Chun says, and the three ditch shore.
Cut to Ulala's confessional.
Ulala: Y'know, Cyrax and Rocket seem cool! But that Silver's pretty cold. He's not stone cold like Megatron, and the target's e-z! Our friend won't get evac'd for nothing. This is for you, you cute little sack.
#JusticeForSackboy
As for what's going on at the machines side, Silver Sonic takes the initiative and pulls Cyrax and Rocket aside to discuss what to do next.
"Megatron." Very subtle, Silver Sonic. "Nobody on this team has a problem getting rid of him."
"Ok cool, now that that's outta the way, are we making a six pack?" The raccoon asks.
Cyrax gives his two cents. "Any human's at a deficit, so we'll have no issues rolling this metaphorical ball."
"K, six pack made. Who's up for some chicken?" The raccoon asks, but he gets no response from the other two. "Oh I forgot, neither of you can eat."
"I wish I could." Cyrax comments.
"The satisfaction of winning will be enough to feed me." Silver Sonic says, no emotion at all.
The raccoon just turns the other way. "Enjoy the taste of victory."
Cut to Rocket's confessional, a piece of chicken in hand.
Rocket: Silver's such a great hater to have on your team. If you get on his bad side, you're a target. He stepped right up and called that shot, no problem. He's more like Megatron..if Megatron wasn't such a d*ck.
Speaking of, the decepticon is walking alone in the forest, looking around the forest for anything out of the ordinary.
"No idols…"
Megatron: They won't let me anywhere near the end, so all I can do is get as far as I can.
He continues down the path, but one Silver Sonic catches his eye. He's casually leaning on a big rock. Who knows how it got there.
"Search all you want but if you don't try to blend in, you'll keep burying yourself." The Silver bot says.
"All I do is stick out. There's an obvious alliance of five, yet I'M the target. All because you and your scraps of Metal want to take me from the picture." Megatron, calling him out. "Your impulse will be your downfall."
Silver gives him a dead stare. "It's what you get for all you've done. If you considered how others want to operate, you wouldn't be here, but you can't stop yourself. All you know is dominance, but when you aren't dominant you find a shortcut…but as long as I'm here you won't go free."
"It's impossible to weasel out when nobody wants to work with me. I'm more useful as a free agent now than I ever was before." Megatron reveals. "If you want to pay the price of this grudge, be my guest."
"I won't pay first."
"How petty…"
"You came for me, so it's fair I do it in return. You better find that idol."
Megatron scoffs. "You may be the most arrogant machine I've ever met. It's a miracle one hedgehog won."
"There's a difference between confidence and arrogance. Seems we BOTH need to learn that."
The Decepticon turns away. "Once this idol is found, your fate will be in my hands."
The silver clone isn't phased. "But when you use it, that target will still be on your back. Taking me out does nothing for you. You could get with the humans to overthrow us, but you blew that up long ago."
Megatron just brushes him off, and walks away from the conversation completely.
As he goes, Silver Sonic turns to the camera. "Denial is a sin."
He has more to say in confessional.
Silver Sonic: Megatron's weak points are too many to count. I'm not a passionate robot, but he has made his nest and now he has to suffer in it.
Cut to Megatron's confessional.
Megatron: The clone is in over his head to give me advice. I've considered working with the humans, but after what I did they're emotions got in the way. They always do. Only one out of a million have contributed anything to our species. Why should I trust three people who not just have it out for me, but would act out of fear like the rest of them.
So with our new tribes we have more players in danger. Clank and Gazelle want to give a couple of Man a break, and target Sektor who is sure to give them headaches somehow. Seems Daisy and Drax are going to work together, but with the likes of Monty there they may not be able to control their tempers. That's not the only case of different tribes gelling, as the Rick/Chun/Ulala trio are getting along with the Rocket/Cyrax/Silv. Sonic trio.
5C will feature a little more camp life, Immunity, and the first tribal council in swap phase! Ticket out, see you next time.
