Hello! I hope you're having a good day or evening!
So this one if fairly long. I actually finished the whole thing, but I'm breaking it down into parts so it is more digestible. It is long mostly due to a lot of important events happening on both teams.
Enjoy reading 👉📗👈
Total Sole Survivor Ep 5 Part 2 "Good sorries are actions, not words"
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Ambitious Alligators Campgrounds (Day 13)
The Alligators were elated that they finally had won a reward challenge, especially Serenna.
"Finally! It's about time we won a reward challenge!" Serenna cheered as she threw her hands in the air. "And of course I was the one to win it for us."
"And me, but believe what you like," Balaam muttered as he crossed his arms.
"Thank you, I will," Serenna smirked in response as she did a hair flip in praise of herself.
"Seriously though? The one time we win it isn't a movie night or boat equipment? It's an advantage for immunity?" Carter complained as he groaned.
"And?" Ingrid questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"It's boring!" Carter whined. "It's just an advantage!"
"For immunity!" Ingrid pointed out. "I'd rather have an advantage in the challenge than watch a movie or get fishing gear. At least now we can probably win."
"We would probably win regardless," Balaam shrugged. "Frankly, The other team seems to be good at sucking. You think they'd be considering a name change, the Sucky Salamanders."
"Hey be nice," Howie glanced at him sternly.
"You'd also think that you would know by now 'nice' isn't something I do often, boy scout," Balaam remarked, just smiling as usual. "You don't do girlfriends and I don't do nice. We both have our don'ts"
Balaam purposely said that as it drew Howie's attention back to Esme, who wasn't crying anymore, but now silently sniffling as she covered her face.
Howie frowned as he sighed feeling culpable.
"Look, I told her sorry," Howie just reminded Balaam.
"Good for you. Now trying telling her to drop the crying," Balaam remarked.
"I actually agree with Balaam on this one. How long is this crying gonna be for," Ingrid scoffed. "Cause any longer and I might throw myself into the lake."
"It's tear-ible that you guys don't feel bad for Esme," Carter crossed his arms as he mimicked a disappointed look.
"It's terrible that you thought making that pun was anything but shameful," Ingrid retorted, which actually made Balaam snicker.
"Carter is right("Ha!" Carter smirked). Not about the pun part though, Ingrid your right about that("Darn you," Carter frowned). Esme has the right to be sad, you guys have to respect that," Howie explained as he looked from Esme back to them. "She is dealing with her personal feelings and she needs time to deal with that. She is emotionally broken down, she needs time to build herself back up again."
"I wonder whose fault that is?" Balaam just murmured as he did a side-eye look towards Howie.
"Stop being a jerk," Howie then stated with an annoyed look.
"Aren't you the guy who broke someone's heart right after they sang a song about them in front of everyone," Balaam shrugged. "So if I'm a jerk, welcome to the club."
Confessionals
Howie- "Honestly my opinion about Balaam is complicated. He made a deal to never vote for me, so that's good. But everything else he does is to annoy me, so that's bad. And according to Charlotte he still wants me out, so that's worse. So in my opinion, deal aside, he should go next. Also I very, very, very respectfully broke Esme's heart...okay, that still didn't sound any better."
**Static**
😈Balaam- "Howie is so easy to mess with. One comment is all it takes for the boy scout to get his pansies in a knot. I honestly just find it fun messing with my teammates, the smart ones know to not respond, the idiots will react. Hence why everyone on my team is an idiot."
End
Sophisticated Salamanders Campgrounds (Day 13)
The Sophisticated Salamanders all plodded back to camp carrying the feeling of loss with them.
"Womp womp womp," Gabe just said as they had made it back to camp. "And to everyone's surprise and astonishment, the losers are... the Sophisticated Salamanders!"
"More like Sucky Salamanders now.." Ryder sighed as he titled his head down in disappointment. "This losing really is getting to me."
"Hey, don't say that," Daisy retorted as she went to hug Ryder. "It isn't over yet, there's still another challenge."
"Great, another challenge we can lose, that's exciting.." Ryder responded, seeming dispirited.
Daisy released a saddened sigh, as she just pulled Ryder closer in her sympathetic hug.
"How is that great? I believe that to be terrible," Kelvin corrected.
Ryder and Daisy just gave Kelvin the usual look after he makes a clueless statement.
"He's speaking the language of sarcasm, Kel," Gabe just whispered to him.
"Oh I see.." Kelvin nodded in his head. "I too think it is great that we will play in a challenge just to lose."
Daisy, Gabe, and Ryder looked at each other with Daisy having the face of 'he tried', Gabe with a face reading 'Yeah, that wasn't right'', and Ryder with a face that said ''why is he like this'
"Eh, good enough, Kel," Ryder shrugged in response as he then looked at Kelvin.
"Well pumping up or cooling down, didn't seem to help much," Stefan then added as he brought back their attention to the topic. He sat on the stairs to the boys cabin as he put his headphones to his ears.
"..but we can't lose guys, I don't want to see any one of us go.." Daisy pressed as she looked tense. There was then some silence as the same, stressful thought struck everyone. Who would go now that it was down to 5?
"Daisy's right, bruh, we have got to put our all into the next challenge," Stefan then agreed nodding encouragingly.
"But the other team has an advantage," Ryder frowned as he crossed his arms. "That already gives them a lead on whatever this challenge is."
"True, true, but as people say it's not about the power, but how you use the power," Gabe then recalled with a charismatic smile.
"No one says that," Everyone replied, shaking their head in either confusion or dismissal.
"Okay, but as people should say, it's not about the power, but how you use the power," Gabe restated. "My point is no matter the advantage, if the other team doesn't take advantage of the advantage then the advantage won't be that advantageous giving us the advantage. Does that sound more advantageous?"
"Sounded a lot more repetitive but yes advantageous too," Stefan nodded as he chuckled a bit at Gabe's alliteration/repetition.
"And since the other team seems to have their fair share of internal problems I'm sure they won't use the advantage correctly," Gabe then added smirking.
"This is all hypothetical of course, so there is a small chance this happens, but I do like to believe this can occur," Kelvin replied simply nodding his head up and down in approval.
"See Ryder, there's still hope," Daisy turned to him with a radiating smile, giving off positivity.
It was one of those contagious looks, because Ryder couldn't help but smile back , and he was easily getting hyped up again. "If it's our only shot, let's hope it works then!"
Confessionals
✌Stefan- "We're down to five. Down to the alliance, and if we lose...well let's hope we don't lose. Who knows who will go home. All I'm saying though is pals before gals..." Stefan shrugged.
**Static**
👽Kelvin- "I am very happy we lost. I do hope we lose again. I want all of us to go home and to face pain. I hope we die," Kelvin then nodded in satisfaction. "I am very good at sarcasm."
End
The Ambitious Alligators Boys Cabin (Day 14)🐊
Serenna had headed into the boys cabin, looking for Howie and Carter. Luckily she found them inside, the two of them were just playing catch with one of Carter's small bouncy balls.
As Serenna entered, she just looked around the room a little taken back by the cleanliness.
"For boys, you guys sure keep things tidy," Serenna just commented as she had a seat on a bed near the two of them.
"For Howie, we keep things tidy," Carter rephrased as he was tossing the ball back to Howie.
"What, boys can't be clean?" Howie questioned sounding slightly offended as he then returned the ball back to Carter.
"They can. But because they can doesn't mean they will," Serenna responded. "The boys I've met could turn a room into a mess. And still live it like it's a room."
"Well, I turn a mess into a room. I guess I'm different," Howie shrugged.
"You are different, unlike other guys I can actually hire you to be a maid," Serenna then teased which caused Carter to snicker as he threw the ball back to Howie. "I'm kidding, I do have some male maids though. They're as clean as Howie."
Howie just rolled his eyes as he caught the ball. "My standards are too high for that job."
"What will you be?" Carter then asked as he held out his hand, prepared to catch the ball.
"A psychologist," Howie answered positively as he then tossed the ball.
"Sounds boring, I'm gonna be a comedian!" Carter then chirped as he caught the ball.
"Really, I was thinking you're gonna be a hobo, but I guess guys can dream," Serenna murmured. Carter just made an offended look, "Okay, then what about you miss-your-gonna-be-a-hobo-despite-your-comedic-talent."
"Well, Mr-To-be-Hobo, I plan on being a business woman," Serenna stated as she held her head up in a slightly elegant fashion. "I don't know exactly what the business will be about, as long as it's my business."
"Sounds like a plan," Howie smiled supportively. Carter just had a look of surprise that Serenna actually had a response.
Confessionals
😜Carter- "No offense, but I didn't think Serenna would want to be anything. When you're rich you don't have to be anything BUT rich. You already have the money, so why work, it's why most rich kids are spoiled. But ya, Serenna actually has a goal of going somewhere with her life."
**Static**
💅 Serenna- "Being a businesswoman has always been my ideal career. I'm the boss of me in my life, so why not be the boss of me in my job, you know what I'm sayin. I did once want to be a teacher, but some brat, Aka my little cousin, really changed my mind. Lilburn, you know what you did."
End
"Guys if we lose the next challenge-" Howie began.
"-Which we better not," Serenna cut him off with a threatening glare.
"Right, but if we did.." Howie continued, now more cautiously. "Would you guys think Balaam should go home?"
"Didn't you say that last time and then change your mind?" Carter asked as he then threw Howie the ball. "Was it because the idea wasn't well rounded, get it cause the ball-"
"-will be popped if I hear another bad pun," Serenna warned as she was the one to intercept and catch the ball.
"You know what, I kind of forgot what I was gonna say," Carter then said as he grinned awkwardly.
"The reason I changed the plan is because-" This time Howie cut himself as he decided it was best not to tell them about the deal he made with Balaam."-It was because targeting Gavin was better at the time and Balaam said he would be doing better in challenges."
"And he still is doing better in challenges. Why should we take out a strong member of our team, when we can take out someone like Esme. She's already crying, might as well give her something else to cry about," Serenna grumbled as she then threw the ball to Howie.
"Because Balaam is targeting me," Howie explained as he caught the ball.
"So? Who would vote with him?" Carter pointed out.
"Still, why would you keep in person that's actively against you. It doesn't make logical sense," Howie reasoned. "It makes sense to keep in the people who would work with me, so by process of elimination, It leaves Balaam as the only target."
"I don't know about you, but I still say Esme should go," Serenna admitted as she then stood up to leave.
"I guess we'll figure out if we lose," Howie just decided as he waved bye to Serenna as she had begun to exit the room.
Carter also waved bye as well.
Once she was gone, Carter then said to Howie, "Get it, cause the ball is round!"
"I heard that! And that ball isn't gonna be very round once it's popped!" Serenna somehow called from outside of the cabin.
Confessionals
Howie- "I think my plan to get Balaam out is back on. Hopefully the others agree to it."
**Static**
💅 Serenna- "Getting Balaam out isn't what I was hoping. I think we need to get out the weak links, and unfortunately that's Esme. Sorry girl, but your time has come."
**Static**
😜Carter- "So she has motivation and good hearing? What is up with rich girls these days?!"
End
Forest (Day 14)🌲🌲
The Sophisticated Salamanders boys were going for a hike out into the forest, heading towards the mountain that was a fair distance away. It was actually Stefan's idea that they did this.
"So why couldn't Daisy come again?" Ryder queried as he frowned.
"It's meant to just be bro time," Stefan replied matter-of-factly.
"That seems a bit unfair, considering she's the only girl," Ryder then said, crossing his arms as he looked back towards the campgrounds where they had left Daisy behind.
"She'll be fine," Stefan patted Ryder on the head. "Besides, a girl needs time to breathe. She doesn't need to be crowded around boys the whole time."
"Yea, but she probably wants to be around HER boy, the whole time," Ryder said as he sighed, also swatting Stefan's hand away from his head.
"Relax, Ryder! Look, you've spent so much time with her today already, time you spend some time with boys!" Gabe then cheered as he put his arm around him
"You guys sure she'll be okay?" Ryder asked unsure as he tried to glance back again, but Gabe led him forward.
"Dude, Daisy is fine," Stefan assured him, to which Gabe nodded to add conviction.
Meanwhile, Daisy was back at camp just sitting on the stairs of the boy cabin. If loneliness was a facial expression, then it was written all over her face. "I wonder when they'll be back.." Daisy just pondered.
"Okay, then let's do this! Bro time!" Ryder screamed with excitement.
"Bro time!" Gabe and Stefan replied in response.
"Time of bro," Kelvin then just said as his shades gleamed coolly in the sunlight.
The boys just began an assortment of thrilling activities. They first were swinging from vines from a high tree.
"Woo!" Ryder was the first to latch onto a vine and swing to another branch.
The other guys just followed his lead
"Yeh!" Gabe called as he swung across.
"Woo!" Stefan had also hooted as he swung across.
"Woo. Woo. Woo," Kelvin just repeated the word in a monotone type voice as he swung across.
Meanwhile, Daisy had entered the boys cabin as she decided to look around while she waited for the boys to return. "I still don't get why I couldn't come...and why Ryder just left me.." Daisy whispered out loud to herself as she just gazed around the cabin.
Then boys were now cannonballing into a river.
As they all landed, they began laughing and cheering. Although Gabe's laughter went from jovial laughter to an awkward chuckle, "I can't swim."
The others who were stuck in the moment kept laughing.
"No, seriously I can't swim-" Gabe stated again as stopped laughing and suddenly began drowning as he trashed around in the water.
"Oh shoot-" Stefan began swimming towards him quickly, as did the other guys.
Meanwhile, Daisy was then seen looking at Ryder's stuff. "I wonder what the guys keep in here.." She muttered as she curiously searched to see if she could find anything of interest. After a while of searching, she ended up finding a picture of Ryder as a kid. "Awww," Daisy just smiled as she observed the photo. "Ohh, this is so cute, little Ryder."
Back to the boys, after fortunately saving Gabe, the boys were then seen sneaking up behind a monkey. Once close to them they quickly tapped on the monkey, before sprinting away laughing.
The monkey was seen turning as it growled and chased after them.
Meanwhile, Daisy was then seen looking at Stefan's stuff, as she saw his headset. Daisy put it on her head as she turned it on. As the music began to play she began to bop her head up and down.
"Ohh, this station has Ariana Grande," She giggled.
Back to the boys, after narrowly escaping being pummeled by a monkey, the boys had finally reached the small mountain in the distance where the boys began to hike up a trail that led up the mountain.
"Bro time! Bro time! Bro time!" They chanted in order to keep up their spirits as they marched up the mountain.
Meanwhile, Daisy was now checking out Gabe's nintendo switch as she scrolled through the games he had. "Ohhh, Mario Kart!" Daisy exclaimed as she selected the popular racing game.
Back to the boys, they were seen lying together in a grass field relaxing right after their hike up the mountain
"Wasn't this fun?" Stefan asked as he released a relaxed sigh.
"I guess it was..thanks, guys I needed this," Ryder smiled as he rested his hands on his chest.
"Of course, we told you we got you Ryder. So we are entirely cool now," Stefan said as he put out his fist.
"Of course, we've always been," Ryder replied as he fist bumped him.
"That hike was actually very rewarding with some good benefits. Calories were burned from the energy used to walk and we got a good field of vision from on top of the mountain," Kelvin replied as he fixed his glasses in place.
"These were the craziest things I ever did outdoors," Gabe admitted with a smile as he looked at the other.
"Only things you ever done outdoors," Ryder poked fun at him.
"What? I'm an indoor-sy guy, you can't exactly produce quality gaming videos from outside," Gabe replied as he playfully punched Ryder's arm.
"But you sure can produce quality hang out time," Stefan commented.
"Also, I guess Daisy could have come..but then it wouldn't be bro time," Gabe then said.
"And bro time is fun. Although Daisy is fun too," Stefan mentioned as he turned to look at the others.
"Ryder would know," Gabe teased as he smirked, raising his eyebrows up and down.
"Stop it," Ryder laughed as he jokingly punched Gabe. "We should probably get back to her soon though."
"Yea, we probably should..bro time over," Stefan said as he picked himself up, as did the other guys.
Meanwhile, Daisy was finally then seen looking at Kelvin's book
100 Ways to Make Someone Smile
She just skimmed through the book as she rested her head against the wall sighing. She came across a page that particularly caught her eye.
"Always be there for your friends to show support and affection," Daisy read out loud. "And try to include everybody, cause the one left out is usually the one that feels..least liked.."
Confessionals
✌Stefan- "So we had a little bro time so we could reconnect with Ryder. After the incident at the other elimination he was kind of doubting the other guys, and I wanted to fix that. Plus, I'd be lying if I said this wasn't part strategy. Considering our track record of losing immunities, I wanted to be sure if we lose..then it's clear who's the target..the person least connected with everyone," Stefan's smile was a little more sly than usual.
**Static**
😊Daisy- "I'm pretty disappointed in the fact that the guys went out for what seemed like hours without me. I don't know, I just feel like I'm a little on the outside on the team..which is a terrible feeling...I'm starting to feel like maybe Erin was right after all."
End
Ambitious Alligators 🐊 Females Cabin (Day 14)
As expected, in the girls cabin Esme was still crying over what went down with Howie.
Ingrid who sat on her bed was seen having two pillows tied around her head to conceal her ears.
Charlotte also had an annoyed look, but she just tolerated the wailing, sitting with her knees to her chest.
"It's just not fair.." Esme sniffled as she wiped her eyes, taking a momentary pause in between her sobs. "..I t-thought I finally found the o-one."
"And I thought a person could only cry for 3 hours.." Charlotte whispered under her breath. "...but I knew I was wrong when you reached 8."
Ingrid warily removed the pillows as she could see Esme had stopped crying for a moment.
"Look, I told you this would happen," Ingrid pointed out as she stared blankly at Esme.
"I didn't think it would," Esme reasoned as she wiped her eyes some more. "I really thought w-we had something.."
"Like what exactly?" Charlotte asked as she looked at her, with slight judgment.
"W-we sang together in the cave challenge and we k-kissed during the play, and he seemed to like m-me," Esme explained as she moved her hands around trying to explain.
"As a friend," Charlotte said, rolling her eyes when Esme took a glance away.
"As a friend.." Esme repeated, her voice sounding like it was gonna break out crying. Although, Ingrid interrupted her.
"Esme, crying isn't gonna help you. And it clearly isn't helping anyone else," Ingrid added the last part in irritation. "You're here to play a game, not for a guy. To be happy, you don't need a guy."
"But I want one!" Esme wailed as she seemed like she would start crying again in any second. "..I don't w-want to be single f-forever.."
"And you probably won't be," Charlotte stated quickly to console her and prevent her from breaking out into tears. "I'm sure you'll find a guy, and if it's not here, then it will be somewhere even better."
"Y-you girls really think I'll f-find someone.." Esme seemed to be calmed by the statement, although she still sniffled a bit.
Ingrid glanced at Charlotte, before looking back at Esme, "You want the truth or what makes you feel better."
Charlotte quickly nudged her and shook her head in fear, and then then said, "We think you definitely will. Esme, you're compassionate and beautiful. And you'll find a guy that will be able to see that too."
"..I guess you're right.." Esme had a sort of smile that was neither happy nor sad.
"You guys think Howie would have been a good boyfriend?" Esme then questioned curiously.
"Sure, it works if you say the words independently. He's good, a boy, and a friend," Ingrid replied in a smart-alec way.
"C'mon! He is a gentleman, I'm sure he would be a good boyfriend. He sure beats Carter and Balaam," Esme pointed out laughing almost like her old-self again.
"Point taken," Ingrid smirked with a shrug. "So you feel better now?"
Esme's smile disappeared as she heard the question.
"Not really.." Esme responded as the melancholy crept back into her tone of voice. "It still hurts.."
"My ears hurt from the crying.." Charlotte murmured quietly. "..and I'm not complaining."
"Just to think, I will go back to my life the same way I came..single and lonely.." Esme's lip trembled, signifying she was about to start bawling at any moment.
"Here we go again," Ingrid groaned as she grabbed the pillows and placed them back around her ears.
Charlotte sighed as she pulled her bed covers over her head.
Esme then just began sobbing again as she covered her face with her hands.
Confessionals
🎸Esme- Esme was seen wiping her eyes. "S-sorry, I'm just devastated t-that my dream never became a reality. Part of me came h-here hoping for a c-change. Not t-the money, money c-can only do so much in life. But f-finding someone who c-cares about you. That w-wakes up everyday to b-be by your side. T-that looks at you like you're the m-most special person i-in the world. That m-makes you f-feel like you're the most special person in the w-world. That's w-what I wanted t-to find, cause that is s-someone that stays with you for a l-lifetime. And I guess it was d-dumb to think H-howie would be that person, but I g-guess a part of me hoped I finally f-found that person...and of c-course Ingrid, the hater, doesn't get it. No one gets it..."
**Static**
💪Ingrid- "I get it, you're sad the guy you liked doesn't like you back, COUGH like some genius person told you but you didn't listen to COUGH. But so what! Did you come here for a guy or to win? If you get yourself worked up over some guy, you're losing focus on the game! Stop crying, and start trying!"
End
The Challenge(Day 15)
Michigan waved the two teams over from where she was standing by the pit, the same one they had used for the team name challenge. She already had a sit out chair set up for her and potentially others.
"Here again?" Daisy asked once they had gotten closer.
"Trust me, this challenge will be different," Michigan reassured her as she then gestured to the pit.
Inside the large hole was now truck-loads of trash and garbage. It was spread out all around, and there were large stacks of some piled up. It looked like a trash field.
"Looks like a dumpster took a dump in there," Carter observed as he laughed at his own statement.
"Ya what exactly happened?" Gabe asked as he looked muddled.
"Don't worry, we're gonna clean it afterwards. It's just for challenge usage only," Michigan answered them.
"What usage is that?" Serenna then frowned as she had a repeled look when she stared down at the trash.
"Glad you asked. I guess it's time for me to reveal my fun idea," Michigan smirked as she motioned for them to follow her.
She showed them a long field that had multiple posts that marked various distances.
"Is this like the Olympic discus? Cause yes please!" Ryder jumped up seeming thrilled.
"Yes and no," Michigan answered. "But mostly no. Basically you guys goal is to throw these large balls-" Michigan revealed to them two large, heavy balls that were about the size of a basketball. "-as far as you can on the field. Although to do that, you guys will need to go down into the trash field in order to collect materials to build some sort of contraption or invention that will launch the ball for you."
"Ooh, sounds cool," Ingrid smiled as she clapped her hands together.
"It is cool," Michigan nodded. "Ambitious Alligators you need to have 2 people sit out though for this challenge."
To that, Serenna had selected Carter and Esme.
"And what about our advantage?" Serenna then asked curiously, which her teammates echoed her curiosity back with a couple of "yeah" or "I want to see"
"Dang it, I was betting on them forgetting that.." Gabe muttered, to which Stefan patted him on the shoulder.
"Oh don't worry, I didn't forget your little reward. You guys will get a 15 minute head start looking for the materials," Michigan told them smiling. Michigan then said with mock excitement "Surprise?! Pretty, cool huh!"
"That's it? Just some extra time? Not an instruction kit. Or maybe like a smaller ball to throw. Wow, some advantage," Balaam remarked, looking unimpressed.
"Right, some advantage where you have time to find the best materials first and come up with a developed plan before the other team, but you're right, I guess you don't need it if it's so useless," Michigan responded.
All the Ambitious Alligators turned to Balaam with harsh looks. Balaam grumbled for a moment, before saying, "We'll take it."
"I thought so," Michigan smirked knowingly. "Any more questions? Hopefully not, cause I don't have any more answers. Let's begin!"
Confessionals
🏃Ryder- "I guess that advantage isn't too bad. Or in this case good. So we actually have a shot at winning!"
**Static**
😈Balaam- "I stand by what I said, that advantage still sucks."
**Static**
Howie- "I'm ready for another immunity win. Last time we went to elimination it led to chaos. Let's not have that happen again."
**Static**
✌Stefan- "Okay, let's get our second immunity win! We're going all in because if we lose it's gonna have dramatic consequences..for some people more than others."
End
The Ambitious Alligators who were playing in the challenge all slid into the pit as their head start time had started.
"Okay, game plan? What should we make?" Serenna quickly asked as she looked at each person.
"Cannon? Slingshot? Catapult?" Ingrid suggested as she listed the ideas off on her finger.
"Cannon sounds like the way to go," Serenna responded, nodding confidently.
"It also sounds like a bad idea," Balaam added. "How do you expect to make a cannon out of this junk?"
"I don't know," Serenna shrugged. "Look I don't have the answers, just find the stuff and then we can figure it out."
"Figure it out? It isn't like the materials are gonna fall from the sky," Balaam then said as he leaned against one of the trash piles. Then just to contradict him, an assortment of things, including a can of gunpowder rolled down the pile and landed smack on Balaam's head.
"You're right, it'll roll," Ingrid commented as her and Serenna both laughed.
Balaam looked annoyed as he rubbed his head, and he then resentfully grabbed the gunpowder.
"Okay, let's take advantage of our time. We have like 14 or 13 more minutes . We need a barrel, some matches, a base, and a fuse," Howie then stated.
"The girls will get the barrel and match. Boys find the base and fuse," Serenna just directed as she just ran off in a random direction, as she motioned for the girls to follow her.
Howie and Balaam had to take the other direction.
Confessionals
💪Ingrid- "To think we're building a cannon? Pretty sick! This is gonna be epic!"
**Static**
😈Balaam- "The cannon idea is a good idea on paper, but actually physically building a cannon? We're not artillery experts, so let's not pretend like this is gonna work."
End
As Howie and Balaam just wandered around, they stopped at each pile to search through the array of junk.
"You think this is safe for the environment?" Howie asked suddenly.
"You think I care," Balaam remarked bluntly.
"No," Howie responded sighing. "To both questions I guess."
Balaam then pulled out a broken bat from his pile, and tossed it carelessly. He then pulled out a random hat, which he put on his head.
"More searching, less lollygagging," Howie called without looking up as he looked through his pile more carefully.
"Quick question," Balaam then stated as he walked over to Howie. "About our deal."
"What about it?" Howie asked, sounding uninterested as he was focused on searching.
"Is it still on?" Balaam questioned.
"How would I know if you constantly act like you despise me for existing," Howie murmured as he kept focusing on scrummaging through the pile of trash.
"I treat everyone that way," Balaam shrugged. "So is it still on?"
"Well are you targeting me?" Howie asked him.
Balaam furrowed his eyebrows like that was a stupid question and then asked, "Who told you that?"
"Is that a yes or a no?"
"Who told you that?"
"Yes or no?"
"Who told you that?"
"I'm starting to feel like that's a yes."
"Who told you that," Balaam just demanded once again.
"Charlotte. Now will you give me an answer," Howie finally turned to face him.
"No," Balaam replied as he then kept walking forward.
"No that you aren't targeting me or no you won't give me an answer?" Howie followed after him.
Balaam ignored him, as he just pressed onto his own subject, "And why would Charlotte tell you that?"
"I don't know, you should be asking her that," Howie responded in annoyance, mostly due to Balaam ignoring his question.
"I should," Balaam agreed as he narrowed his eyes. "And to answer your question, Charlotte is lying. I thought you'd be smart enough to guess that, but I guess my expectations can't be too high with you people."
Confessionals
Howie- "Okay so apparently Charlotte lied? Why would she do that then? I don't see the point in her lying. I'm not sure what to believe. I'm sorry, but Balaam isn't very convincing."
**Static**
😈Balaam- "I mean there's slight truth to that, but Howie doesn't need to know that. And Charlotte didn't need to tell him. And I don't need to vote her out, but hey if we're going to do what we don't need to do, then I'll do it. She started it. So apparently Charlotte already turned on me, but she still wants to work with me cause...probably cause no one else will. There's definitely more to this story than meets the eye."
End
"How am I supposed to know that if you act like a jerk 24/7!" Howie argued.
"Look boy scout, this is a game. I didn't come here for friends. I didn't come to pretend to be nice and befriend people then drop them as soon as this thing is over like everyone else is. I'm here to win, I'm just more upfront about it. Everyone else wants to play nice, but in reality they'd do the same thing," Balaam finally then just said.
"No they wouldn't. Not everyone is rude. Not everyone wants or has to be a jerk in order to win," Howie denied as he shook his head. "Also, my name is Howie."
"Great, have any other names I'm not gonna call you by," Balaam just remarked. "And clearly they would. Charlotte's doing it. You're doing it, using everyone like they're your personal servant."
"I-" Howie was about to respond, but he was interrupted by a chant in the distance.
"Go Alligators! Go! Go! Alligators! Go Alligators! Go! Go! Alligators!" It sounded like Carter cheering for his teammates from the sidelines.
Both Howie and Balaam both stopped with a face of 'What is that?'
Howie then turned back to Balaam, "They're not my servants."
"Then don't treat them that way."
"I'm don't! Do you want the deal to be on or not?!" Howie finally demanded.
"It's on. But just cause it's on doesn't mean I have to like you," Balaam replied.
"Great, we can agree on that," Howie just muttered as he just turned away from Balaam. They both then got back to searching, now in silence.
Howie then noticed something that could be useful.
"Look, a stool. We can use that as a base," Howie stated as he pointed towards a stool. Howie waited for Balaam to say something, but he had just continued looking through this random smelly pile of trash.
Since Balaam didn't give Howie any response, Howie just began walking over to get it himself. He noticed the stoll was wedged between two heavy objects, so getting it would be a challenge.
Howie was about to try and grab it, when he then felt something hit him on the head and some disgusting liquid dripped down his forehead.
"Ew, what is this-" Howie wiped it off his face to prevent the liquid from getting to his eyes. He then felt a broken eggshell on his head.
"Balaam," Howie turned to him looking exasperated.
Balaam smirked as he shrugged, "Thought you needed to-"
Before he finished, Balaam was hit in the face with a banana peel. It was clear from Howie wiping off his hands, he had thrown it.
"There, now can we-" Howie began, but Balaam had thrown another eggshell, which splattered on Howie's face.
"Sorry, I just had to empty my hands. Keep talking," Balaam then just said casually.
"Oh, I think we're done talking," Howie said through his teeth, as he just reached for a nearby rotten fruit.
As expected, a food fight had begun. With rotten and spoiled food flying back and forth.
Confessionals
Howie- "Okay, let me break this down. So Balaam still wants to keep the deal where he never votes for me. But even though we have the deal he doesn't think it means he has to like me. He just wants to play the game, and doesn't care about making friends, which is somewhat understandable except for the fact we're people with emotions. And apparently Charlotte lied about him targeting me, but that's hard for me to believe. At this point, I could keep Balaam, he won't vote for me, but he'll be a jerk the whole time and clearly he's only out here for himself. Or I can get rid of Balaam and..well no more problems. So getting rid of Balaam is looking pretty good right now."
**Static**
😈Balaam- "At the end of the day this is a game. Someone wins and a lot of nobodies lose. People want to act like they're here for other things: have an adventure, find friends, find love," Balaam rolled his eyes. "Drop the crap, you know we signed up to compete for money, so either play or get played."
End
Meanwhile, with the girls they had actually already located a pile of stuff they could use for a barrel, but the difficulty was picking which item would be best.
Serenna right now was scrummaging through a small pile searching. Ingrid was on top of a large pile searching, while Charlotte searched the bottom of the same pile.
As they searched they could hear Carter cheering. "Go Alligators! Go! Go! Alligators! Go Alligators! Go! Go! Alligators!"
"They never said our reward had to come with a punishment.." Charlotte covered her ears. "..I wish he'd shut up."
"Carter, shush we're trying to focus!" Ingrid had called from where she stood on top of the large trash pile.
"Someone had to tell him," Serenna muttered in approval.
"Sorry!" Carter then screamed back.
"It's fine!" Ingrid then yelled to him.
"You girls think we should use this?" Ingrid then asked as she lifted up a green bucket.
"That could work, but what about this?" Serenna dug out a medium-sized trash can.
"That would probably be better. Honestly, I'm just wondering where we're gonna find matches in this heap," Ingrid commented as she kicked a random empty can that was beside her feet.
"Give me a moment to look," Serenna muttered. Serenna then closed her eyes and took a deep breath as if she was about to do something crazy. Which she then just shoved her head into the pile of trash.
"Okay..this isn't not too bad, I'm still breathing," Serenna stated more relaxed.
"Anyways, I was actually hoping to clear the air about something."
"What did she say?" Ingrid looked down at Charlotte.
"She wants to clear the air about something," Charlotte just called back up to her.
"About what?" Ingrid looked confused.
"You and Esme apparently don't like my leadership," Serenna responded bluntly.
Although her voice was muffled from her head being in the trash, and the only person who heard was Charlotte.
Charlotte became alert at the mention of the subject as her eyes widened in worry.
"What did she say?" Ingrid asked Charlotte, who was now looking around as she quickly tried to come up with an answer.
"She said, um- she wanted to clear the air about um- voting Gavin out," Charlotte quickly made up a lie. She nodded eagerly as a way to convince both herself and Ingrid of the lie.
"Why does she want to bring that up?" Ingrid stared at her skeptically as she slid down the pile of trash.
Serenna then pulled her head out once she finished searching. "Nothing here. Well we have the barrel, we need a match. Also anyways, what do you have to say for yourself Ingrid?"
Ingrid looked at Charlotte with confusion, to which Charlotte shrugged and nodded.
"I mean, I said everything I needed to say the night Gavin went home?" Ingrid replied still unsure what she meant.
"Oh so that's when you and Esme had that conversation, huh," Serenna crossed her arms.
"That's when we all had a conversation.." Ingrid replied confused.
"You all?" Serenna turned to Charlotte, who smiled innocently.
"Why are you acting like you didn't hear it yourself. Charlotte didn't say anything. Balaam started things like he always does. I said my piece. Esme said some stuff. Howie tried to stop it," Ingrid recalled the scene. "Why did you bring this up again?"
Serenna just shook her head with disappointment as she glared.
"Didn't hear it myself? Well, I guess because it was a secret until someone told me. Better question is why you brought up my name in the first place," Serenna grunted tempestuously. "Here's a message for you, and Balaam and Esme. Keep. My. Name. Out. Of. Your. Mouths."
Serenna then marched off as she went to keep looking for materials.
"What does her name have to do with Gavin getting eliminated?" Ingrid turned to Charlotte. "It had nothing to do with that blowup?"
Charlotte shrugged, "I don't know..maybe she misheard."
Confessionals
💅 Serenna- "Ingrid admitted to it, this conversation that everyone apparently had 6 days ago and was kept a secret from me for almost a full week. Her and everyone else had a meeting about my leadership, where apparently her, Balaam, and Esme thought I'm a terrible leader.." Serenna paused as her look of anger wavered for a bit, and just for a moment she seemed saddened and hurt. Although the look was quickly replaced by a shield of confidence. "I just have to prove them wrong. You don't get what you deserve in life, you get what you work for. And I'm working for it."
**Static**
Charlotte- "That was a close one! To think if they were only more specific in their conversation, they would have unraveled my lie. Phew! Almost caught, but not quite," Charlotte snickered haughtily.
**Static**
💪Ingrid- "This is starting to get suspicious. First, Esme gets mad at me and now Serenna. What's up with the girls? What happened to having my back? Someone is definitely behind this and I think I know who...Balaam!"
End
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