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Total Sole Survivor Ep 6 Part 1 "Oh boo hoo, You're Just Sorry You Got Caught."
Michigan was seen in her room dancing wildly as she had an upbeat, lively song booming on the radio.
She twirled, leaped, and spun as she just let the music lead her every move.
It wasn't until a while did she see the camera, and she just had a frisky smile.
"Last time on Total Sole Survivor~" Michigan said in a singy tune.
Things were a little awkward for the Salamanders after someone actually got eliminated and someone almost actually got eliminated, but for them almost was close enough
This scene was played on the screen:
"It's just a lot...all the girls are gone. My own friends came close to voting me out," Daisy explained as she placed both hands on her head. "It's hard."
And the boys had to patch things up with Daisy and Ryder
This scene was then played on the screen:
"Oh by way, Daisy. We wanted to say sorry for letting Cece get in our heads," Stefan then told her as he now had a more remorseful smile. "We didn't want to break your trust, but I get it if you kind of are iffy, bruh." Daisy smiled at the apology, "Honesty, it's fine. It's probably better if we move on anyways."
On the Alligators, Esme was prepared to sing her heart out for a guy
This scene was then played on the screen:
"I would like to express my true feelings, and what better way to do that than song!" Esme stated as she then began strumming up a tune.
But when it was revealed her and the guy weren't on the same wavelength, she got to show us how she could also cry her eyes out for a guy
This scene was then played on screen:
Although all the attention was on Esme, who was hysterically crying as Carter was comforting her. Howie was seen to be staring guilty at the ground.
One person that wasn't shedding a tear though was Charlotte, as she spun her web of deceit larger
This confessional was then played:
Charlotte- "If you can't tell, which let's hope Serenna can't, but I lied. I have told everyone lies but Serenna, so now that I told her one, I've covered everyone. Now everyone is gonna be targeting each other, and no one is gonna be targeting me. Just the way I like it."
While Stefan knitted his friendship web a lot smaller, as he subtled pushed for pals before gals
This confessional was then shown:
✌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.
During the immunity challenge, the Alligators hashed out a lot of conflict on their team. Which left them wondering who's spreading the rumors, to which only Balaam seemed to catch on.
This confessional was then shown:
😈Balaam- "It's Charlotte. It's so obviously Charlotte. People are stupid if they don't realize it's Charlotte spreading rumors. But I can't forget my teammates behave like idiots on the daily, so let's not expect them to figure anything out."
But while Balaam caught on, Ryder was caught off by Daisy's feeling of separation from the team
This scene was then shown:
"Look at the trend. Everytime we lose a girl goes home. Yesterday you boys went to have fun without me...I was left all alone. I felt by myself. Like I'm not even a part of the team. Not to mention the fact the other guys almost voted me off if it hadn't been for Cece's plan failing...Ryder, don't you see what's gonna happen," Daisy suggested the idea without saying it.
Ryder shook his head as he knew what she was trying to imply. "Daisy no," Ryder dismissed the thought. "Ryder yes," Daisy nodded vividly.
But Daisy didn't just feel it, she experienced it as she was voted straight off the team. By her boyfriend also. Yikes.
This scene was shown:
"Ryder, you p-promised.." Daisy just whispered to him. She then pulled her hand away as she walked further ahead. She looked back one more time and said in a cold, quiet voice, "You p-promised and you broke it."
Though it wasn't necessarily his fault since Stefan definitely had a way with words in convincing him.
This scene was then shown:
"I'm not forcing you to do anything. I'm just saying, if the vote comes in 3-2, you're next to go. If the vote goes the way we like, 4-1 then you have a better chance at not going next," Stefan answered authoritatively as he put a hand on Ryder's shoulder. "Just something to keep in mind."
"But! We're at 11 contestants! One episode away from the merge! And 2 episodes away from jury! So this is the last episode with teams. My brother was literally fanboying over this stuff, I can't with the second-hand embarrassment," Michigan pinched the bridge of her nose. "But it's whatever I embarrass him for a living, so I can't complain. Now on with the episode!"
**Song: I Wanna be Famous(Total Drama Theme Song)**
As the theme song starts with the instrumental, the camera just begins with showing the view of the exotic and eye-capturing island. It takes it time showing glimpses of the refreshing water, puffy clouds, and flourishing trees.
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine,
The scene then shows Kelvin with a magnifying glass inspecting one of the trees, and then curiously shaking the tree. This causes a ferocious bird that was up in the tree to come swooping down towards him with extended claws. He begins to run as it chases him.
You guys are on my mind.
The next scene shows Esme sitting down on a log playing her guitar, as Carter is hanging upside down by his legs in a nearby tree just listening. Kelvin is shown to run past the two of them, and the bird is shown to soon after follow, knocking Carter out of the tree in the process.
You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plain to see,
Esme is then shown to run towards Carter concerned, as the scene then switches. It then shows Howie, who is up in a tall tree carrying a baby bird. He is supposedly putting a baby bird back in it's nest. Although just as he is about to place the baby bird in the nest, Balaam is shown to come swinging by on a vine and knocks the nest out of the tree.
I wanna be famous.
Luckily Howie quickly catches the nest, but then Ingrid is shown to then come swinging by on a vine also, which she then accidentally hits the baby bird out of Howie's hand to his dismay.
I wanna live close to the sun,
The camera then begins to follow Ingrid and Balaam as they seem to be racing on vines. Afterwards the camera pans downwards to show Daisy and Serenna sitting by the cabins. The two of them are just shown to be laying back in folding chairs with shades, and both holding glasses of champagne. They clink their glasses together for a sign of toast.
Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won,
The camera then transitions to show Gabe by the river playing on his nintendo switch, which he's clearly immersed in whichever game he's playing. Although Ryder is shown to suddenly come flipping out of the water, splashing both Gabe and his nintendo switch.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way I'll get there one day.
Gabe is just shown to have a devastated look, as Ryder has a sheepish grin. The next scene then showed Cece and Ashley playing a card game in the mess hall. It can be seen whenever Ashley takes a moment to jot something down in her notebook, Cece sneakily glances at her cards.
Cause, I wanna be famous!
The next scene shows Erin inside the cabins with Gavin. She's shown trying to tell him some sort of strategy, as he just turns to look at the camera with a look of 'why me'.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!
The next scene shows Stefan on the beach with Charlotte with a stereo in between the two of them. Stefan is shown to be doing some good footwork dancing, which he ends with a twirl before pointing finger guns towards Charlotte as a signal that it's her turn to dance. Charlotte is shown to roll her eyes, before performing a cute little jig.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
The next scene shows all the other contestants making their way over to the beach, all taking posing positions as if getting ready for a picture. Caleb is shown to slide into the front to join the photo.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na! (as can be heard in the background)
The camera then zooms out to reveal Michigan who is holding her phone to take a picture of the group. Although after she presses click, she just ends up just to be taking a selfie of herself the whole time. Caleb is shown to give her an impatient look, which she then just smirks and finally takes the photo.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
The flash of the camera acts as the transition, as the next frame shows the cast photo: Caleb is standing in the front just displaying his pearly white charming smile. On the right of Caleb: Carter is just making a silly face at the camera. Behind Carter is Balaam who is flexing his muscles on one arm, while he's carrying Charlotte on his other shoulder. Charlotte is just shown to have a devious smirk. Daisy is shown to be besides him, with a natural smile as she does an actress pose. Kelvin is shown to be besides her trying to mimic her pose. Cece is just shown to have an unassessable face as she is holding three cards between her fingers. On the ground in front of those people, Esme and Ingrid are shown to be seated back to back, both smiling up at the camera. On Caleb's right side: Gabe is shown to be doing theatrical jazz hands with a wide grin. Stefan is shown to be slightly behind Gabe, just having a casually grin. Howie was shown to be beside them just giving a fresh smile with his hands placed in his pockets. Erin and Ashley are shown to be besides them with their hands around each other's shoulder. Ryder is shown to be near them, just excitedly pumping his fist into the air. Gavin is shown to be towards the side of the photo, with his head titled downwards as he just glances at the camera with only one of his eyes being shown and the other being covered. Serenna is shown to be in front of that group on the ground doing the pose where you lie on your side and placing your hand to your head.
(Whistling in tune)
The final scene shows a shadowy silhouette of whoever the winner of the season was. They were standing on a cliff looking over the lively island as they held a torch and quietly whistled to the tune of the theme song.
Unseen Footage (Night 15)🎬
Caleb was seen chasing after Daisy after the elimination. "Daisy, wait!"
The sullen actress turned her head to look at Caleb as he approached.
Once he reached her, she asked, "What is i-it?"
Caleb held up a finger as he needed to catch his breath from running all the way to catch her.
"A-am I back in the game?" Daisy then guessed, a small bit of hope lingered in her voice.
"Sorry but no.." Caleb then said as he then looked directly at the jewelry around Daisy's neck.
He then grabbed the purple necklace that hung around Daisy's neck to inspect it. "I came to ask about this. Where did you get this?"
"Ryder, f-found it for me in the f-forest.." Daisy answered as she awkwardly took the necklace back from him. Daisy then observed the necklace herself, "What a-about it?"
"Daisy, I know this might sound weird, but I need that necklace," Caleb then told her in an urgent tone. He then held out his hand.
"Oh..y-you think me and Ryder should break up," Daisy concluded as she stared towards the ground. Although she wiped her eyes and pulled the chain over her neck, and still handed him the necklace.
"I didn't say that and I wasn't thinking that, but it's your call," Caleb shrugged as he just took the necklace. He stared at it as a smile came to his face, one that was excited yet surprised.
"I g-guess I should go," Daisy then said as she turned to leave once again.
Caleb just watched as she walked off, considering if he should say something. Although he just stared at the purple shell necklace he now obtained and shrugged as he then headed back to camp.
The Sophisticated Salamanders Campgrounds (Night 15)
Gabe, Kelvin, and Stefan all walked into the campgrounds all still emotionally recovering from depressing elimination that had just occurred. Well actually, Kelvin was the only one that seemed fine.
Gabe's face was still damp from crying, and Stefan's head was downcast at the moment.
"I have noticed that Ryder isn't with us," Kelvin then pointed out, which caused the boys to all look around and aware now that Ryder hadn't been following them back to camp.
"Well we done messed up.." Gabe sighed as he crossed his arms. "He's mad for sure this time."
"He isn't mad. He'll come. He just needs time," Stefan stated as he just walked up the steps of the boys cabin.
"He needs time, well we have all night, so I think we're pretty set on time," Gabe commented as he then entered the cabin. "You don't think it'll take him all night though?"
"Considering the circumstances it would take all night if we are lucky," Kelvin answered as he then entered the cabin.
"And that's if we're lucky? Then what's unlucky?" Gabe then questioned.
"If unlucky,then it will take all night plus some for Ryder to fully recuperate," Kelvin said as he had a seat on his bed.
"Okay so let's hope our luck is running high tonight, cause the mood is already running low" Gabe then said as he began looking for his pajamas. "You think we should go find him?"
"I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to be found, bro. If I was him I would want to be alone," Stefan replied as he was getting prepared to sleep himself.
"Okay then.." Gabe sighed as he got in bed.
Confessionals
🎮Gabe- "Okay so all the girls on our team are voted out. I promise we're not sexist, cause it wasn't bros before hoes, it was just dudes that were screwed. Cause the team has been screwed 4 times now, and someones had to go and those someones just happened to be packing estrogen with them," Gabe chuckled awkwardly. "And Ryder isn't anywhere to be found cause his girlfriend just went home. Understandable yes, good-for-the-bros-that-are-worried-for him no. Our team also only has 4 members against the other team with 7. So one thing I know for sure is running high tonight is our sadness."
**Static**
✌Stefan- "So the plan worked and Daisy went home. Ryder must be upset, but he did vote Daisy out himself, so what can I say, bruh. Well she would have gone anyway. I think we just need to give Ryder time to cool down. But anyways, our team now only has 4 members, so that is concerning. Numbers are down, the mood is down, and our team is going down. Everything is looking pretty down at the moment. But when you're down you can only go up, right bruh?"
End
The forest 🌲(Night 15)
As the other boys were heading to bed, Ryder was just running through the forest at night. He knew it was more dangerous at night, but at the moment he didn't care.
The only thing he cared about at the moment was Daisy.
Fortunately, he wasn't crying anymore, and he rubbed his eyes so he could see more clearly, or at least as clearly as you can see at night.
He just ran until he came across the tree he had brought Daisy to the day before, which he remembered to be about 5 days back.
As he stared at the tree the moment of the past replayed in his head.
Ryder didn't answer, instead running until he came to a stop at a tree.
"Up!" Ryder finally answered, as he seemed to easily spring into the tree. He climbed like a monkey, naturally crawling up.
"Ryder, the things you do confuse and amaze me sometimes," Daisy commented as she watched him.
Ryder just hung upside-down from a branch, using his legs to hold him, "Aren't you coming?!"
Ryder sighed as he then climbed the tree by himself, just going up to the same branch him and Daisy had sat on.
"I'm sorry Daisy.." He just whispered into the air as he just looked up at the sky.
He just sat there for a moment not saying anything and just watching the sky. He then heard a sound and a squirrel came to look at him.
The squirrel just held a nut in its hand, which it pointed to the nut and then to Ryder.
"What? I'm nuts?" Ryder questioned the squirrel.
The squirrel nodded its head.
"Probably I did just vote off my girlfriend..and broke my promise..and now I'm talking to a squirrel. Okay, yea it's pretty fair to say I'm nuts," Ryder just agreed as he sighed.
The squirrel then just clambered away after that. Ryder then just kept lying on that branch as he kept talking to the nonexistent Daisy, "I hope you can forgive me really Daisy. I didn't mean to break my promise. It's hard, you know, to play this game.."
"You were right also. I'm not necessarily mad at the boys..unless it's Stefan, then ya I'm pretty pissed at him," Ryder then explained as he glared as he thought about what happened.
Ryder then clenched his fist, "I'll win for you! I'll beat them for you! That's my next promise. And I won't break it...I hope."
Confessionals
🏃Ryder- "Well now that Daisy is gone and all the girls are gone it's just me and the guys. I won't say I'm sad, cause I like the guys..well I'm pretty annoyed at what Stefan did though. I'll have to deal with that tomorrow though, for now I want to be alone. I'm not entirely happy, because I liked the girls and especially MY girl, Daisy. I'll win for her! I'll make it up to her!"
End
Ambitious Alligators 🐊 Boys Cabin (Day 16)
As the sun rose so did the boy Ambitious Alligators.
Carter, who hadn't done a prank in a long while, had set up one just for Balaam.
Balaam just woke up stretching his arms.
"Morning Balaam," Carter looked at him with a smirk as he placed a hand over his mouth to cover up his snickers.
"Why are you looking at me with that dopey look? Oh right, that's your normal face," Balaam stated as he rubbed his head tiredly.
"Uh-huh, sure," Carter just replied simply as he still smirked, but this time some snickers escaped his mouth.
"Uh-huh," Balaam said with an additional eye roll as he got out of bed, only to step on a field of balls that caused him to roll and drop to the floor.
Carter's snicker grew into a whole laugh as he couldn't help but guffaw at Balaam's plummet to the floor.
"You know I'd plummel you for free, so don't give me any more reason to do it," Balaam threatened in between his teeth as he gave Carter a menacing look.
"Sorry-" Carter quickly said in between laughs as he clamped his hand over his mouth.
"Oh shut up, you're not sorry," Balaam dismissed as he picked himself off the ground. "But if you screw with me again, you will be."
Howie, who had just been watching the exchange, finally spoke up. "Hey, no threatening people."
"Oh wow, you let the clown prank me, but my words are the scary thing," Balaam gave Howie a look.
"They were scary words," Howie reasoned as he then got out of bed himself.
"Oh well guess what, I can also throw some scary punches too so stay out of it," Balaam enjoined as he pointed a finger at Howie.
"If you're gonna threaten people then I'm staying involved," Howie argued obstinately.
"Okay, guys guys," Carter then interrupted as he had finished his prolonged laughing fit.
"What?!" Howie and Balaam both demanded as they turned to him.
"Okay um, so I actually have a question.." Carter then said this time more meekly.
"Is it how hard I'm gonna punch you, cause we can figure that out right now," Balaam stated as he cracked his knuckles.
"No," Howie and Carter both said at once.
Balaam just held up his hands as if to say 'It was worth a shot'
"Carter," Howie then turned back to him as he nodded, encouraging him to speak.
"Okay so..." Carter's eyes drifted to the side. "Howie, you and Esme aren't a thing right?"
"No, why?" Howie scratched his head.
Balaam also raised an eyebrow now.
"Well I've been thinking...Esme is a nice girl and she's really cool, and I really like her...so maybe she would also like me?" Carter suggested nervously with a shrug.
Confessionals
😜Carter- "Okay maybe I like Esme a bit...okay a lot. But can you blame me?! She's a freaking 10/10! Funny! Cool! And pretty! So maybe now that she's over Howie, she may..you know..like me."
End
"Good joke Carter, your humor is getting better," Balaam just remarked.
"Balaam!" Howie stated in protest.
Balaam shrugged.
Carter then sighed as he looked down. "Or maybe she won't..no girl has before."
Balaam was about to make another comment but Howie gave him a look.
Howie then walked over to Carter as he put a hand on his shoulder, "Look Carter, Esme seems to think you're cool already. I'm sure if you tell her how you fe-"
"What? Are you crazy?! You never tell a girl your feelings!" Carter screamed.
"Especially if you're a clown that will get easily rejected," Balaam concluded.
"Or a jerk. I heard jerks easily get rejected too," Howie mentioned, to which Balaam grunted as he was shushed.
"Carter, just be you and tell her how you feel," Howie advised as he patted Carter on the back.
Carter just moved his tongue around in his mouth as he considered Howie's advice.
"Okay, got it," Carter stated as he then stood up. "Well, I'm going to head to the bathroom."
Once Carter left, Balaam looked at Howie.
"Howie, I think we need to set up some ground rules for our deal," Balaam informed him as he came to have a seat in the bed in front of Howie.
"Like what?" Howie inquired.
"Well for one I wasn't targeting you..not necessarily. So if I'm not targeting you, you shouldn't be able to target me," Balaam then decided.
Howie was about to object considering that was who he was targeting, but he realized in all fairness it made sense.
"Fine," Howie agreed. "Also I believe you that you weren't targeting me..but that doesn't explain why Charlotte told me that."
"I mean she told you stuff to make you mad at me. Ingrid said the girls are getting mad at her. From what she told me I was supposedly supposed to go after you. Then with Carter and Ingrid probably after me or each other, who's after Charlotte?" Balaam pointed it out.
From that intel, Howie slowly processed what was going on. He then nodded once he got it. "She's turning everyone against each other so no one targets her. Smart yet so deceptive. I didn't know Charlotte would do something like that.."
"There's a lot of things you don't know about Charlotte," Balaam supplied with a shrug.
Confessionals
Howie- "It all makes sense now, Charlotte was setting everyone against each other. But..why? Is it so no one targets her? Sure that's smart, but at the same time it makes her an untrustworthy person who's spreading rumors and causing chaos. And a person like that might have to go."
**Static**
😈Balaam- "Glad to see Howie is putting that brain of his to actual usage. I was genuinely gonna work with Charlotte, but after this stunt she pulled, I'm ready to throw her to the wolves."
End
Ambitious Alligators 🐊Female Cabin (Day 16)
In the girls cabin, the girls were discussing some of the rumors that had been spreading around the team. Charlotte of course was throwing in points of confusion to throw off their lead that would tie things back to her.
"So you're telling me this meeting never happened?" Serenna asked the girls as she was just brushing her hair as she sat on her bed.
"For the like the 200th time, no," Ingrid stated irritatedly. "It never happened. I can go ahead and say no for the 201th time if your gonna ask again."
Esme nodded in confirmation, supporting Ingrid. "Or it did happen, but not with me there at least. Maybe someone made it up."
"No duh, obviously someone crafted a rumor," Ingrid commented, seeming frustrated by the current situation. "Multiple rumors it seems."
"I remember the meeting.." Charlotte muttered quietly as she looked towards Serenna.
"How come Charlotte remembers this conversation?" Serenna then demanded as she pointed at Charlotte.
"Ask her that," Ingrid shrugged unsure. "I can't explain why someone remembers something that never happened."
"Honestly Charlotte it's not normal to be remembering things that never happened. Maybe you're sick," Esme stated as she then gave Charlotte a worried look, which Charlotte rolled her eyes at.
"Maybe you should shut up.." Charlotte whispered to herself about Esme.
"Hey also, how come you guys were getting mad at me over the past few days?" Ingrid then questioned as she eyed specifically Serenna and Esme.
"Well it's because you were being a hater about my chances with Howie.." Esme inputted as she pouted.
"I was being realistic about your chances with Howie," Ingrid restated as she looked to the side of the room. "And did Balaam tell you that because he said he didn't, but I'm not sure."
"No, It actually was-" Esme though was shoved by Charlotte off her bed before she could finish her sentence.
"Sorry, weird muscle jolt" Charlotte stated as she pretended like it was some random reflex.
Esme just looked at her like she was a weirdo, while Serenna and Ingrid gave her a confused look.
Esme then said, "Charlotte you're acting strange. Are you sure you're not sick?"
"Don't you guys think we should go back to having girl power," Charlotte ignored Esme and just said this to draw attention away from the conversation. "I think all this he-said she-said is getting us nowhere."
"Oh it's getting us somewhere, and that's to the bottom of who caused this," Serenna crossed her arms as she narrowed her eyes. "Whoever did this has a lot of nerve. Hey, Charlotte weren't you the one-"
Charlotte realized at that moment she was about to be exposed and needed to do something fast.
Charlotte then coughed all over Serenna in a quick attempt to stop her.
Serenna just stood up as she looked down at herself like Charlotte had stabbed her with her own hairbrush.
"Girl, at least cover your mouth or wait for me to close mine. You literally coughed in my mouth!" Serenna screamed disgusted as she then rushed to the bathroom. They then heard the sound of the water being turned on as Serenna gargled water.
"Come to think of it, Esme is right..I'm feeling really sick right now," Charlotte feigned a strained voice as she then coughed into her own hands.
"Called it! I'm really good at calling sickness, I do it all the time as a teacher!" Esme explained as she pumped her fist into the air and then tried to high-five Charlotte.
"Wait..ugh." Esme then quickly pulled her hand away. "Probably best I keep that praise to myself."
"Probably best you do," Charlotte added an extra layer of snark in her voice as she once again rolled her eyes.
"Well I'm sick too. Sick of this nonsense! We need to figure out who's causing this," Ingrid grunted as she laid back in her bed with a look of vexation.
Confessionals
💪Ingrid- "We need to get to the bottom of this cause someone is clearly lying. And since it's not Balaam, who would it be other than our residential liar? Lying is his job, so who else is picking up his skill."
**Static**
💅 Serenna- "How are you gonna just cough on someone like it's okay. Girl you must be sick in the head cause my mouth was open too. That's nasty."
**Static**
Charlotte- "My teammates are getting closer and closer to the truth. And the truth hurts, and in this case it will hurt me. That's why I need to make sure they figure nothing out."
End
The Sophisticated Salamanders Campgrounds (Day 16)
As the morning had come and the boys hadn't seen Ryder all night, so they began searching for him almost immediately after they got up.
They were of course worried for his safety.
"Ryder!" Gabe called as he was walking around troubled by his friend's disappearance. "You want to reveal yourself? Yell for yes! Or Yell for no! Or just yell in general, that would also be helpful."
Kelvin was seen just checking behind things in order to spot him. He looked around multiple trees and bushes close to the campgrounds.
"It appears he isn't here," Kelvin noted as he looked up from searching.
Stefan, who was doing the same thing as Kelvin but on the other side of the forest, also looked up with a face that said 'Found nothing.'
"Darn it, where could he go, bruh. You think they'd punish us for losing a teammate?" Stefan then asked as he walked back over to Gabe with his arms crossed.
"It's punishment enough that we lost 4," Gabe pointed out as he sighed. He then walked off as he kept up the search.
"Where would Ryder desire to be located?" Kelvin questioned as he looked at the other two.
Everyone just thought about that for a moment as it was their best lead in finding him.
Gabe's head then shot up as he remembered something.
"There's a chance Ryder went to that dangerous part of the jungle," Gabe remembered. "You know, the one we went on for our jog."
Stefan shivered at the thought of going back there. " Our 'jog', the one where we were chased by wolves. I would hope he wouldn't go there, but if he did...well it's best we go find him."
Confessionals
👽Kelvin- "One thing that made me disappointed was the fact we could not trace Ryder's location. Very unusual and unfortunate. This is why the input of a locator device in ones neck is a crucial practice of THEM."
**Static**
🎮Gabe- "Quest unlocked: Finding Ryder! And let's hope it's before the predators find him, cause I kind of want a whole Ryder, not a half-eaten one if you know what I mean."
End
The boys came to the front of the winding trail that led into the wild part of the forest.
They all had looks of terror and nervousness, and took in a large inhale of air.
"Maybe it isn't as bad as we remembered it?" Gabe suggested with a hopeful smile.
Although the world really wanted to refute that statement because as soon as he said it, a little bird that was perched on a branch singing sweetly was eaten by a wolf that somehow threw itself into the air despite the laws of gravity.
"You're right. It's worse," Stefan noted as he immediately backed away, hauling Gabe and Kelvin with him.
"What happened to gravity?" Gabe just commented as he looked very disturbed.
"What happened to Ryder is the better question, cause I like to assume it was not that," Kelvin then added.
"Any better ideas?" Stefan asked them as he looked unsure.
"I believe our prime option to be-" Kelvin began to describe his plan, but they were interrupted by a-
"Rawr!" Ryder jumped out seemingly thin air causing the 3 other boys to scream.
As they then realized it was Ryder, they all calmed down and smiled.
Ryder just began to laugh at their reactions. "Oh man, you should have seen your faces!"
"Ryder!" Gabe just exclaimed as he pulled him into a hug. "Where were you all night?"
"Doesn't matter, I'm here now," Ryder dismissed as he crossed his arms after the hug. It was clear he had been somewhere in the woods from the leaves and sticks distributed on his clothes.
Kelvin and Stefan both also went to give Ryder a hug, but while Ryder had approached Kelvin with open arms, he closed his arms as Stefan came up to him.
"I'm not hugging you!" Ryder refused as he quickly put down his arms.
Gabe glanced at Ryder and then Stefan with a look of confusion.
Stefan sighed as he realized why. "Look Ryder, if this is about last night's vote I told you the facts of the matter."
"You told me facts? Oh really?"
"They were facts of the matter. Those were the facts."
"Which are? I feel really excluded right now, what's going on here? This some kind of inside joke?" Gabe then commented as he glanced between the two of them again.
Kelvin also just stared as he tried to understand what was going on.
"Why don't you tell them what you told me, Stefan," Ryder dared as he still just glared at Stefan.
Stefan though just kept on his usual chill face.
"Look, all I said was if he didn't vote for Daisy to go then he would probably go next," Stefan answered casually. "I just didn't want him to be on the outside."
"So basically you forced me to vote out my girlfriend and made her mad at me!" Ryder yelled as he shoved a finger at Stefan's chest.
"I didn't force you to do anything. It was your choice," Stefan argued as he pushed Ryder's hand away.
"That you influenced! You said I would go home if I didn't, what else would I do!" Ryder countered.
"Ryder, you make your own choices. I didn't tell you that you had to," Stefan reasoned as he shrugged. "I did influence your decisions, but at the end of the day you made that choice."
"Okay, okay slow down!" Gabe screamed as he stood in between them. He then paused to consider the situation in his head. "First, Stefan, you probably should apologize. Second, Ryder I get that Stefan 'influenced' you or whatever, but for what I'm getting it was your choice still. Third, can we go back to being cool bros, cause I'm kind of missing that right now."
Stefan ignored his last statement, but he then sighed as he then said, "Look Ryder, I'm sorry for telling you that. It was game, dude."
"Whatever," Ryder crossed his arms as he grudgingly looked to the side. It was clear he hadn't fully accepted the apology.
Confessionals
🏃Ryder- "I don't know how much I trust Stefan if at all. He definitely knows how to play this game, but guess what I'm not here to get played. Two can play that way, Stefan. It. Is. On."
**Static**
✌Stefan- "At the end of the day it's a game, and I'll do what is needed. I know I look a little villainous. But hey, a little villainy never hurt anybody, bruh."
End
Ryder had then left the scene as he headed to the boys cabin to change out of his mucky clothes.
The other boys felt awkward now from that tense moment.
"Well then.." Gabe muttered as he looked to the floor and clapped his hands together.
"Report: Stefan from what I was getting, what you had done could be deemed as manipulation technically," Kelvin finally voiced his opinion. "And isn't manipulation wrong?"
Stefan paused to consider his question.
"Manipulation isn't wrong. It's a game, bro. You gotta play it," Stefan answered simply. "Plus I didn't manipulate him. I simply influenced his decision, bruh."
"But didn't you cause him to send home his own girlfriend?" Kelvin then pondered as he placed a finger to his mouth.
Stefan shrugged, "I caused him to consider sending home his own girlfriend. Look dudes, I'm gonna go listen to some music. See ya, bros."
Stefan patted the two of them on the back as he then left the scene.
Kelvin was left with Gabe with a face of complexion.
He then turned to Gabe, "Gabriel, is manipulation wrong?"
"It's um..well.." Gabe scratched his head as he tried to think how to answer that. "..let's not think about it too much."
Confessionals
🎮Gabe - "Is manipulation wrong? Yea, but is it also a part of the game? Yea. Although manipulation is more negative because it's using someone...but influencing is more of a positive version because you're not using them, but just affecting their decisions. Well kids, I don't have any answer," Gabe shrugged. "I don't want to take sides between Stefan and Ryder. They're like my best friends minus Kel. Gosh darn this game."
**Static**
👽Kelvin- "In my mind for Stefan to do that to Ryder is a manipulative measure. Even though it furthered the goal of ridding the team of Daisy, the way it was carried out is questionable. Therefore in theory, Stefan is also questionable. Therefore, Stefan should maybe be the one eliminated."
End
Ambitious Alligators 🐊 Campgrounds (Day 16)
All the Ambitious Alligators expect had decided to meet somewhere in the woods near the campgrounds. They were called there by Howie and Balaam.
"So why are we here again?" Ingrid crossed her arms as she leaned against a tree.
"No for real, why are we here? There are lots of bugs in this area," Serenna pointed out as she swatted away a fly that buzzed past her ear.
"Well, we need to get down to business about the rumors," Balaam stated in a serious tone.
"Why is Charlotte not here then?" Esme then questioned.
"That's the thing..." Howie began. "We think Charlotte started the rumors.."
"Charlotte? You must be bugging! Get it cause-" Carter's mouth was covered by Serenna.
"It couldn't have been Charlotte.." Serenna argued. "Although..she was the one that told me that Ingrid and Esme made those comments about me."
"She told me Ingrid was a hater," Esme then added.
"Told me she was working with me and who was against who possibly," Balaam then said.
"Told me, Balaam was after me," Carter then recalled. "So this all means...someone is giving Charlotte rumors and she's spreading them around! Dang, so who's behind it?"
"No idiot, Charlotte is the one creating the rumors herself and she's spreading them around," Balaam facepalmed.
Esme gasped in shock, while Ingrid and Serenna just seemed surprised by this new revelation.
"But why?" Esme then asked, frowning.
"Don't you see. Serenna goes after Esme and Ingrid. Carter goes after Ingrid and Balaam. Ingrid goes after Balaam and Carter. Balaam goes after me, Ingrid, and Carter. Esme goes after Ingrid. I go after Balaam. Who's going after Charlotte?" Howie connected the dots for them.
"Danngg," Serenna stated as she caught up to what Charlotte had been doing. "So no one is going after her. That's smart."
"That's what I said," Howie nodded his head.
"Yet so devious," Esme then stated as she frowned.
"That's also what I said," Howie mentioned. "So from this we know we can't trust her guys. Charlotte clearly is only playing for herself."
"Dang! I can't believe her!" Ingrid crossed her arms looking betrayed. "And to think I trusted her!"
"We all did. She seemed like an innocent girl.." Balaam shrugged. "But some people's true colors do show eventually."
Confessionals
💅 Serenna- "So Charlotte has been exposed. And I'm surprised, It was her?! The whole time? I'm honestly more mad that I fell for it than mad that she lied to me. She's good."
**Static**
🎸Esme- "Charlotte is sick in more ways than one. That was so rude that she lied to me like that! I can't believe her! All this time I thought she was on my side, just for her to be doing this behind my back!"
End
Everyone then turned to leave the area. Although Carter had grabbed on to Esme as she was leaving.
"Hey um Esme," Carter said with a smile.
"Hey Carter," Esme replied back simply as she turned to look at him. "Is something up?"
"Yea..so you know how you said I was funny and I said you were funny," Carter just stated as he nervously just looked down at his hands.
"Yea," Esme nodded merely.
"And then remember when I said you would find a guy that likes you," Carter then reminded her.
"Oh yea, about that..Carter I thought about it," Esme admitted as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Oh you did," Carter grinned as he turned to look at her hand on his shoulder.
"Yup, and think maybe the guy for me will be on the other team," Esme explained. "Since I probably won't like any guy on this team."
Carter's smile disappeared.
"Now what did you want to say about that?" Esme then questioned.
"I was gonna say- um- how reteaming!" Carter made up with an awkward chuckle. "You know like how redeeming, but with teaming since at the merge you basically get another team."
Esme laughed at the joke, "That was silly, but I guess it works. Well see ya."
"See ya.." Carter weakly waved.
Confessionals
😜Carter- "Okay, that joke sucked. Why couldn't I go for something better. But what sucks more is Esme thinks no one on this team likes her and she wants to go for someone on the other team. Why couldn't she go for someone better!"
End
Unseen Footage 🎬
"Mich?" Caleb was knocking at her door. He could hear music booming on the other side.
"Michigan," He knocked once again after getting no answer. "Open up."
There were sounds of motion, and after a while Caleb then heard the music had suddenly paused.
The door then opened, and Michigan was seen standing at the door.
"Is there a reason my music is being paused?" Michigan questioned as she looked at Caleb.
"A very good one actually," Caleb was seen to then smile.
Michigan motioned for him to continue.
Caleb then put his hand in his pocket and then pulled out a purple shell necklace. "Look at this?"
Michigan glanced at the necklace. "What exactly am I looking at, cause I'm seeing a questionable fashion choice but I feel like you're seeing something different."
"Mich, can't you tell. This used to belong to mom," Caleb stated with a large smile. "To think all this time, maybe we'll actually find them."
"So all it took was a necklace for me to convince you to help search for them?" Michigan crossed her arms as she then leaned in the door frame.
"Hey to be fair I couldn't convince you for years...and those years of my searching by myself..I lost hope. I didn't want to put hope in something that wasn't real.." Caleb admitted as he then moved the necklace around in his hand. "And this. This is real."
Michigan smiled as she then hugged her brother. "We'll find them, Caleb. This time together."
"We'll find them," Caleb agreed as he hugged his twin.
The Challenge (Day 16)
"Welcome to the challenge!" Michigan called as she motioned for both teams to come in.
Both teams walked in, both seemingly carrying some form of tension.
Charlotte noticed she was now getting weird glances from her teammates.
On the other team, Ryder still seemed pretty mad at Stefan.
"Okay, so time to get to it," Michigan then told them. "Okay, so as a young girl one of my favorite shows was hole in the wall. I mean seeing someone trying to transform their body into the shape of a unicorn to go through a unicorn cut-out? You don't see that everyday, so as expected little me was hooked. So you guys are gonna play a game just like hole in the wall."
"There will be 3 rounds. Each round 1 member from each team will face off and attempt to get through the hole. If you get through you earn a point for your team. Although each round has increasing difficulty by the way. Then lastly there will be a bonus round for extra points where 2 people will go together. Does it make sense?"
Everyone nodded their heads.
"Okay, so Ambitious Alligators get red jumpsuits and the Sophisticated Salamanders get blue jumpsuits. The faster you dress the faster we start," Michigan told them.
Confessionals
✌Stefan- "I like hole in the wall, so this should be interesting. Just gotta go with the flow, bruh."
**Static**
💅 Serenna- "I don't like the jumpsuits, but I'll put up with them. What worries me is bending my body. If the cutout is like a candy cane or a pretzel, I'm done."
End
"First round! We have the cool, the charismatic, the lively! Gabriel!" Michigan yelled dramatically as if she had a microphone.
Gabe played along and ran up with his hands in the air like there was a studio crowd watching. His teams cheered him on and clapped for him. He then bowed as he got into position.
"Challenging him is the stylish, the confident, the brilliant! Serenna!" Michigan then announced.
Serenna also played along, strutting up, stopping to strike some poses and wink. Her teammates also cheered her on and clapped for her. She then took her position.
"Here comes the first cut out," Michigan pointed.
Slowly approaching them was a cut-out of a worm.
As Gabe and Serenna saw it coming, they both began trying to figure out what would be the best form to take.
"Um, good realization at the wrong time. What would guys say if I told you I don't know what I'm doing," Gabe called to his teammates after not being able to figure it out.
"We'd say don't lose for us," Ryder called back.
"Oh okay, well good thing I didn't say that," Gabe chuckled as he turned back to face the cut-out.
As the cut out finally came, Serenna had managed to get through it, while Gabe had attempted and failed.
He had fallen into the water.
"Wetter luck next time," Carter joked with a laugh, but everyone just stared at him including Michigan.
"Anyways! Serenna earns a point for her team! 1-0," Michigan then announced to them.
Confessionals
🎮Gabe- "Okay, that was a rough start."
**Static**
💅 Serenna- "I never thought I could do that. That felt good! To win I mean, my body feels terrible."
End
The Ambitious Alligators all cheered, and Serenna looked surprised herself but still jumped up and down victoriously.
"It's okay," The Sophisticated Salamanders just told Gabe as he came back.
"Okay, for round 2! We have the small, the shy, the-" Michigan
"Deceptive," Ingrid interrupted, glaring at Charlotte as she walked up. Charlotte just had a look of confusion, although she started to feel like she knew what was happening.
"I was gonna say crafty, but okay." Michigan gave Ingrid a look for interrupting her. "It's Charlotte! Challenging her is the tall, the smooth, the-"
"Deceptive," Ryder then said again.
"Can you guys stop saying the deceptive? If you're gonna interrupt me at least be creative with the word choice," Michigan said as she sighed as she crossed her arms. "Fine fine, let's just begin guys."
Confessionals
💪Ingrid- "What did I lie? She is deceptive."
End
Stefan and Charlotte both walked up to take their positions.
As the cut-out came at them, they noticed it to be a hook shape.
They both began trying to find the right position in order to get through.
As the cut out came, Charlotte was able to bend into the right shape due to being small.
Stefan had picked the right pose that also got him through.
"Okay! So that's 2 points for the Ambitious Alligators and 1 point for the Sophisticated Salamanders," Michigan then announced the current results.
Both teams cheered, at least happy to earn a point.
"Next round, we have the tough, the powerful, and the mighty! Ingrid!" Michigan then called as Ingrid walked up flexing her muscles.
"She will be going against the fast, the athletic, the strong! Ryder!" Michigan then cheered, as Ryder did backflip onto the platform.
The two of them then waited for the next cut-out. When it came they saw it be a cut-out of a person doing splits in the air.
"Ah shoot," Ingrid groaned as she began to stretch her legs.
Ryder just began doing leg stretches on the ground. "Ah yes!"
They kept stretching as the cut-out was getting closer and closer.
"Okay, less stretching and more jumping would be nice," Michigan warned them once the cut-out was closely approaching.
As it came, they both jumped into the air, both doing complete jump splits to the amazement of their fellow contestants.
Although, while Ryder went through the hole, Ingrid's leg unfortunately ended up getting caught on the side, causing her to spiral in a weird spin into the water.
Her teammates just watched in concern, but fortunately the girl easily resurfaced.
"Darn it!" Ingrid frustratedly hit the water.
Ryder on the other hand, jumped with joy, "Oh yea! Let's go!"
"And it seems we're now tied 2-2!" Michigan then announced smiling with interest, "So this bonus round actually is gonna determine the winner. Pick 2 players to go.
The Ambitious Alligators ended up picking Balaam and Esme.
The Sophisticated Salamanders picked Kelvin and Gabe.
The two pairs went up and took their stances.
Balaam and Esme gave the other pair a determined look.
Gabe just smiled and waved, while Kelvin staree back blankly.
"Okay, so here it is, and I actually hinted at it earlier." Michigan smirked as the cut-out was revealed to be a unicorn with a person on their back.
"This looks cool!" Esme clapped as she stood ready to go.
"I know," Michigan answered casually.
Both duos decided to have one person on the others back.
"Yippie ki-yay!" Gabe exclaimed as he hopped onto Kelvin's back.
Balaam had let Esme on his own back.
As the cut-out approached, Kelvin moved to get on all fours. "Report: Mirroring stance of unicorn," He just stated simply.
"Mirroring stance of weirdo," Balaam just quipped as he then copied Kelvin's change in position.
Finally the cut-out came, which Kelvin and Gabe just barely got through it. Although while Balaam had gotten through the cut-out Esme got knocked off his back and fell into the water.
"Balaam! You went too high!" Esme complained as she shook water from her hair.
Balaam just groaned as he crossed his arms.
"And the winners are the Sophisticated Salamanders!" Michigan yelled as she clapped for them.
The Sophisticated Salamanders screamed with delight as they all had a group hug. Ryder was too happy at the moment to even notice he hugged Stefan.
The Ambitious Alligators for the most part just seemed irritated by their loss.
"Sophisticated Salamanders, you win a chocolate cake and something to do with the next challenge," Michigan then informed them.
"Told you they get better rewards!" Carter complained, to which Ingrid just elbowed him to shush him. "Ow!"
The Sophisticated Salamanders all just high-fived after hearing what the reward was.
"Chocolate cake? Is this a reward or what!" Ryder just yelled as he rubbed his hands together.
"Well you can all head back to camp now," Michigan dismissed them.
The Sophisticated Salamanders headed back doing their traditional conga-line. "Da da da da da duh! Da da da da da duh!"
The Ambitious Alligators just walked back in silence, expect for the occasional jabs at each other's challenge performance per usual.
Michigan turned to look at the nearby camera. "Well with the last team challenge on its way, who will win immunity? And who will be cut just short of making the merge? Will Ryder forgive Stefan? Will Carter be able to get Esme? Find out after this commercial break!"
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