Last week on Total Drama Fandom Action, our Top Seven roasted the hell out of Chef Hatchet at his funeral. In the end, Squidward won his second challenge and sent Momo Yaoyorozu, our first-ever challenge winner this season, home!
Today, our top six will find that all that glitters just might be gold!
Six campers remained at breakfast. "So fast! Last season, they had just barely Merged by this week!" said Leslie.
Leslie: This is really it, girlies. Three Heathers vs. Three Boogers. This fantasy is really building up, henny, now the only question is if I'm Raja, or Manila? We all know Squid's the Shangela, and sadly, it might be time for my Good Judy to sashay away…
"Alright, guys! We're so close! Don't you just feel like dancing?" Raze said over her headphones, presumably listening to more dance music.
"I do!" said Jessie. "Wonder what the challenge is?"
Chris summoned them to the stage. "Now guys, before our challenge, I've decided to ask you this question: Seeing as now we are down to one-third of our original cast, why do YOU deserve to make it to the Finale and WHO do you think needs to be eliminated next, and why?"
Leslie: Not this shady-ass question…
"Let's start with you, Jessie"
Jessie stepped up. "All season, I have given the Jessalina experience. I've crushed challenges, showcased my talents and really showed you the heart I have hidden behind my villainy. That's why I deserve to win Total Drama Fandom Action!"
"The one I would send home is Neville Longbottom. I just don't see 'The Multiverse's next Reality TV Superstar' when I see that blotched skin and crooked teeth"
"Well, they don't see the slayer of Nagini, either, but here I am," shot back Neville.
Leslie: Neville is playing it good. Now that he's won two challenges and is in the Top Six, I really think he deserves to brag. We need to play it smart, this is Jinkx vs. Rolaskatox 2.0 forming here…
"And you, Neville?"
"I deserve to win because, well, I've really felt like the underdog going into this competition. I've outlasted much stronger guys like Percy and Natsu, who have stronger fanbases than mine, as well. I think I've really managed to defy expectations and I have faith I can continue to deliver this unexpected powerhouse play all the way to the Finale"
"The one I would send home is Leslie. I feel like they're only here to be the narrator of the season, and those blokes usually drop off at this stage. They've won one challenge, and a very niche one at that."
Leslie: Facts are facts, America, er I mean, Canada. I do narrating better than Jujubee, Shangela and Monique Heart combined.
"Not to be a bitch, but to be a bitch," cut in Leslie. "I've served y'all nothing but charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent all season. I do believe I deserve to win because I am a star and the world sees that. Maybe I haven't won that many challenges, but the fact is, I didn't need to do much at all to make the top six, and that is not my fault if the twelve bitches that's gotten the chop at this point flopped"
"You would literally be gone if it wasn't for Alphys"
"Alphys wanted out. That alone already means I outperformed her. Facts are facts, Canada! I said what I said!"
Leslie was on a roll. "You know who should really go home? Raze has been floating since Episode 2, but I don't see ANY of y'all coming for HER gig."
"Maybe it's because I don't throw people under the bus with those shady Heathers!" spat Raze.
"Who do you think deserves to go home, Raze?" asked Chris.
"Clearly, Leslie is not on the same level as the rest of us, Chris-zinho"
"Squidward, who should go home?"
"Almond should go home because he might throw his back out in the next challenge"
"Listen, sonny, one of us is known for going 'Oh, oh, my back!' at the slightest physical exertion, and it ain't me"
Leslie: Oop
"Almond, who should go home?"
"Well, Chris if you ask me, these kids are all pretty tender-footed and I'd honestly love to see them all home, but I do agree that Leslie's the weakest link".
"Thank you, campers. Now, let's get the challenge started!"
Six papers flew by on the wind, landing in the hands of each camper. "What's this?" asked Leslie.
"Maps!" yelled Neville. "This could be the treasure hunting challenge!"
"Correctamundo, Neville!" said Chris, emerging into the tent. "For our Top Six, you're going to be solving the mystery of a treasure buried somewhere within the studios!"
"Those maps contain a special message that will guide you to the treasure's location! Happy hunting, campers! I expect you guys to find it by nightfall"
"What the-" said Squidward. "This is a bunch of kids' drawings!"
The papers all contained a particular series of weird stickmen. Neville's Revelio spell did not reveal anything.
"They're pretty and lined up well, though," said Raze.
"It doesn't help us get any closer to the win!" said Jessie.
"Well, I'm not planning to stand here and be a weak link," spat Leslie. "Come on, Jesslieward! Time to send these Boogers home!"
Neville and Raze stared at their papers. "I don't get it," said Raze.
"I swear I've seen something like this before," said Almond, scratching his chin.
Leslie stared for so long at their paper.
Leslie: Baby, I'm looking at this thing like it's the Da Vinci Code or something…
"It's clearly instructions for choreography!" said Jessie, pumping her fist. "Let's study it and maybe somehow, we'll unlock the next stage of the challenge!"
While Jesslieward danced under the sun, Raze told Almond about the time she and her girlfriend Killjoy raided a Kingdom facility to obtain needed information about classified experiments.
"Man, I could never understand all that stuff. Killjoy just fed all that data to the servers and Cypher decrypted it like it was nothing!"
Almond shot up like a bang. "WHAT?"
"Cypher. He's our resident hacker and intelligencer,"
"Raze, that's it! This is encryption!"
"Oh!"
"Neville, can you help us with a little interface?"
"Sure thing, Mr. Almond". With a wave of his wand, the dancing men floated into the air like a magical hologram. Almond cleared his throat.
"This is a substitution cipher," lectured Almond. "Each letter of the alphabet here has been replaced by a figure"
"Ah, yes!" said Neville. "This is the Dancing Men Cipher, broken by the legendary Sherlock Holmes!"
"And thanks to him, I can stand on the shoulders of a giant in deduction and solve this puzzle!" Almond began counting the demographics of the figures.
"Dollars to doughnuts, the most common figure will be 'E' " said Almond.
Sure enough, E emerged, then T, A and O. Soon, the message began to take form.
ThetreasureishiddenAttheBankheistwarehouseLockedinsidethesafeThecodeisHeathersplacements
"Bank Heist?" asked Neville.
"That's the episode Courtney entered. They locked Leshawna inside one of those safes", explained Raze. "Lucky for you, I'm an expert at cracking safes."
"I'll try not to hold that against you,' said Almond after an awkward pause.
Leslie heard it all from the grapevine. Literally. "Girls! It's a code!"
"You mean we've been dancing for nothing all day?!" yelled Squidward.
"Doesn't matter!" said Jessie. "This is a job for… Team Rocket!"
After a long run towards the right studio, Almond's alliance reached the safe and began to ponder the clue: "Heather's placements" was the code", thought Almond. "What where her placements?"
"Right," said Neville. "Third in Island, Ninth in Action, A runner-up in World Tour and tenth in All Stars"
"Let's go, and- What the hell!"
An explosion knocked the three off their feet. The smoke settled and revealed three figures standing triumphantly on the rubble.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"Make it double!"
"Make it triple, coz if it ain't triple then HUH, I ain't interested, okurrrr?"
"Team Jesslieward will take it from here! Leslie, restrain them!"
"Prepare to gag!"
Leslie's vines bound the three to the walls. "You were THAT girl, I knew you were," said Raze at Jessie.
Squidward punched the code 39210 on the safe. It didn't budge.
"Hey, what gives?"
Almond struggled. "Got any tricks up your sleeves, kids?"
Raze shook her head. Leslie had completely disarmed her. But Neville had his eyes staring, and his mouth moved in a silent incantation. Suddenly, his wand flew out of the vine it was tangled in and the vines binding him, Almond and Raze loosened.
Jessie was oblivious to this. "Well, no wonder! It's a six-digit code! Did Heather compete in another season that we're not aware of?"
"One thing you three surely aren't aware of is that I graduated at the top of my Herbology Class!" Neville made a sweeping motion with his wand, and Jessie, Squidward and Leslie found themselves dangling upside down in the air. "Now, lads!"
Almond flung his magic chains and Raze fired her Showstopper. It sent the enemy team flying off into space.
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!"
"ARE WE GONNA FALL FROM HERE?!"
"Nicely done, kids. Now, I think I know why the code was wrong"
"What's the answer, Almondzinho?"
"It's a six-digit code, and the sixth digit is missing because Heather isn't 2nd place in World Tour! She and Alejandro are alternates, meaning their actual ranks are 1.5th each!"
"That means the code is…"
"391510"
Sure enough, the new code was correct, and the safe opened to reveal a loot chest sitting in the middle of the empty room. After Almond ensured there were no booby traps, the three swiftly carried the chest back to Chris.
"Had a good treasure hunt, sport?" asked Chris as he saw the victorious three lugging the chest behind them.
"Now, what's in this lootbox, Chriszinho? Something shiny, I hope"
"Nope, Raze! All that glitters is NOT gold!"
They found a mountain of Chris McLean gold figurines inside. Leslie grabbed one, and unwrapped it, finding a brown interior. They tasted it.
"It's chocolate…" woooomp
"That's right! You guys found Owen's stash of challenge win chocolates from last Action season! They're all yours! But, anyway, Almond you clearly won this challenge!"
Leslie: Almond has NEVER landed below safe and has THREE challenge wins?! The Bianca del Rio fantasy of it all!
"Thank you, Chris. It's all in a day's work."
"You will receive the special power to AUTO-ELIMINATE one of the remaining campers!"
Leslie: (bows head). Well… it's over…
"As you say, kid. It's not personal, it's DRAAAG. Leslie, I'm sending you back to Flower City, where you belong!"
"You tired old showgirl…" Leslie smiled. "Well, time to assume the position…"
"Miss Leslie… Miss LEEEEEESSSSSLIE… Miss… Leslie!"
"And let it be known, I may not have walked away without the crown, but I will be walking away with the fans' hearts! Love you guys!"
"Werk, sister!" cheered Jessie.
"We love you!" cried Squidward.
Well, Canada, I did my best. I didn't know the words to that cipher and that illiteracy cost me the crown. But I did pop the corn, and fed the children only the best of my charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. Canada, that's a fact. And facts are facts…. Leslie, the heart of Season 2, is sashaying away… for now!
