Merged Tribe
Night 18
Chun-Li, Cyrax, Daisy, Dark Samus, Drax, Megatron, Monty, Rick, Rocket, Sektor, Silver Sonic, and Ulala
The moon is out in full view. Rare to get a full moon these days. The cast is as snug as they can be in the shelter. All except for two.
Megatron and Sektor.
The Decepticon pulled Sektor aside earlier, off-camera, and the cameraman rushes to their conversation. Megatron is pushy as you'd imagine. "The machines NEED to reunite."
"That's difficult when your own tribe looks at you in disgust." Sektor counters. "You must be missing the 'social' in social-strategy."
"Don't bring that dead horse back."
"The horse will never die. It's on national television, nobody will let it go."
Megatron grits those teeth. "You KNOW why I did it. Where we come from there's no mercy, why should the game be any different? You must have forgotten your motive we discussed. If YOU are going to lecture me about the sack, this conversations done."
Sektor points a finger. "Your stubbornness is going to end you."
The Decepticon turns away from him. "You can't take the high ground on anything."
"I'm giving you advice and you're bailing."
"Don't need it." That Decepticon bails on him, not wanting to hear anymore. After Megatron leaves the conversation, another cameraman follows him. He looks it dead in the lense. "If they won't listen, I know people who may. This is my last resort."
We get a different perspective with Sektor's confessional.
Sektor: He misses a crucial point in this game. Adaptation. I do have my villainous qualities, but if the time comes to work with people I don't like, I'll do it. He won't. The Decepticons don't normally work with Autobots, so any argument he makes won't work on the other side. Too little, too late.
Merged Tribe
Day 19
Last night, Megatron couldn't make it work with his former ally. There are still more alliances to go to, but the only question is: who's going to listen to him?
He decides to pull aside Rick for the first time this season. If the machines won't listen, there's a slim chance he could. "I know I'm the big target, but there's bigger threats on the island."
"..like who?" Rick doesn't look impressed.
"There's two alliances of three that will link together. If you don't have my vote, they are going to get to the end." Megatron explains. "Are you willing to put aside your grudges and use me as a number?"
Rick clicks his tongue. "C'mon man."
"Can't you let it go?"
"I'll never let it go. NEVER. That was our friend and you ruined his experience."
Megatron scoffs. "That's the ONLY knock you people have against me. Can't bring up anything new."
Rick's eyes widen. "Oh you want somethin' new? I got plenty. You want to work with us now, but where we're you at the swap? Where were you yesterday? You don't actually want anything to do with us, you just want to play us. Slide by another day, and maybe you'll flip and get that approval you always wanted from your tribe."
"I don't care about them anymore. We need each other to survive."
Rick just shakes his head. "This is about people man.
"You people are frustrating to strategize with." Megatron just turns back again, bailing on another conversation. Two conversations, bombed.
Officer Friendly just throws his hands up. "Suit yourself."
In confessional, Rick tears his game apart.
Rick: He doesn't have any relationships. If he doesn't have them in a place all about it, that says a lot about how untrustworthy he is. We don't trust him, the machines don't trust him, nobody does. If he doesn't win immunity, those votes are going on him.
After the Megatron talk, Rick tells his alliance off camera about it. They're in the loop, BUT he decides to loop in someone else. Since Megatron talked about how the machines wouldn't listen, he goes to the one he thought he spoke to.
Sektor.
"Did he tell you we're a strong five?" Rick asks.
"He told us we should strike first. It's fear mongering. His desperation is see through." Sektor calls it for what it is. "What did he say to you?"
"Said he'd cause a tie if we trusted him."
"Nobody has any reason to."
Rick just facepalms. "What's this guy doin?"
"Don't stress over his self destruction."
Sektor gets a confessional.
Sektor: Megatron's the author of his fate. The final chapter's coming soon.
Merge Feast
Day 19
The twelve arrive to a shack, for a large feast. There's a long table with six chairs on one side, and six on the other. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
There's a variety of food, tailored to the castaways interests.
Ulala digs into cherry-vanilla ice cream first. On the other end of the spectrum, Chun bites into an apple. The duality of man.
Daisy's stuffing herself with hamburgers like it's a contest. She catches the stare of the Cyber Lin Kuei.
"She was that starved?" Cyrax asks.
"This is her first reward. The light returned to her eyes when we merged." Sektor points out.
The princess swallows a chunk of burger. "You got a problem?"
"None. It's just an observation." Sektor stops a fight with her before it can start. She just gets back to reaping rewards she and Drax have missed out on. Speaking of Drax, he has a pile of Mac and Cheese, topped with weird nuts on his plate.
"I haven't seen those toppings before. What are they?" Cyrax asks.
"Zarg Nuts. It's a delicacy from Xandar." Drax asks back.
"Oh I see. Do you travel often?"
"This is the longest I've gone without it." The Kylosian admits.
Chun-Li watches her allies enjoy themselves.
Chun-Li: They're slobbing out, but it doesn't matter to me. Their first half didn't go well, so long as they enjoy themselves, I'm happy.
While those two relish their feast, Silver Sonic covers a hotdog in warm chili sauce. After taking a bite, Monty decides to give it a try, and makes a chili dog. He throws it into his mouth and swallows that mix of meat and chili. "Mmm mmm mmm. You should get another, Silv."
Silver swallows his bite. "Not a fan."
"I am. Mind sliding those dogs over?"
Cut to Monty's confessional.
Montgomery: Why don't they serve these at the Pizza Plex?
Cut to Silver Sonic's confessional.
Silver Sonic: The hype isn't real. Could barely taste the dog. The buns tasted like mush. It is bottom of the barrel.
People aren't just reunited with their old favorites, but try new things. It didn't go well for one hedgehog, but it's going well for mergers like Monty. It's good to see everyone just taking time to relax.
Well, almost everyone.
Silver Sonic looks around the table and only counts eleven people. He's not at all shocked when he realizes who's missing. Given he has problems with Megatron, he calls it out.
"Where's Megatron?"
One by one, it hits everyone. He slipped out of their sights.
"Wow, didn't even know." Ulala comments.
"He must be searching for an idol." The Hedgehog brings up. "He seems like the consensus, should we just vote him out next?"
"Well we've all said we want his ass out, so let's take him out." Daisy points out.
Sektor decides to bring certain information to light. "After what he told me last night, I want him gone. He wanted the six machines to take out the five humans."
Rick dogpiles. "He wanted the rest of us to take out the machine. He was all about forcing another tie."
Chun just sighs. "He's not doing a good job at double agent."
Silver Sonic looks back and forth at those who speak. This has to be gratifying for him, especially since Megatron put a target on his back from the jump.
Silver Sonic: I've been waiting for this moment. Any negativity surrounding Megatron, I'll add to it. You wanted to keep me at the bottom? I'll be the first to welcome you there.
Back to the conversation, Silver Sonic does just that. "He acts as if you are his pawns. You are more than that, and it's time we cut him down for his actions."
"Oh yeah he's gonna get it." Daisy adds.
"It will be difficult. He's a physical threat." The Hedgehog points out. "If the competitions are tailored to him, he will go on a run we may not be able to stop…which is why we should sabotage him any chance we get."
Rick double takes. "Ok. We'll look bad..but he has this coming right?" Literally everyone agrees and backs that question up with the power of 'yes' and 'yeah.'
Silver Sonic gets more screentime with his next confessional.
Silver Sonic: Until he leaves, we must stand as a giant coalition. He's bad for everyone's games, and If he keeps winning immunity, he'll take my game down with him.
The feast has to end eventually, whether people got full or tired out. When more people have full bellies, that damned Decepticon still isn't back. "I'm going to search." The silver, bolted hedgehog says, leaving the other ten behind.
Right when he leaves, Ulala speaks up on this. "I know Megatron's bad, but does anyone think he's being a little…dramatic?"
"Those two can't play nice. If they're badmouthing anyone, it's always the other." Rocket spills. "Must've held back at the swap."
"Yeah..I didn't see much of Mega at all." Ulala admits. "He was either grumbling to himself, or looking for the idol. Like he is right now."
Rocket just shrugs. "That's a him problem."
Ulala gets another confessional with her view on this news.
Ulala: I know Mega sucks, but Silver getting into fights makes me trust him less, like he doesn't have an off switch. If we got the Silver from the last reward more, he'd do a lot better.
Speaking of the metal hedgehog, he's away from the shack and in those woody woods. He's like a bat, watching for his huge metal foe. "How deep did you go?" Silver takes a trip through, and for the first few seconds, can't find anyone. He can go as fast as the show allows, but this is a big area, it's going to take a while.
Eventually though, he spots a familiar metal beast, shaking a tree down. Leaves pour down, but nothings accomplished. Not only can't that beast find the idol, he's harming the environment too.
"There you are…" Silv mutters.
When Megatron leaves that tree, his adversary follows. Everytime the Decepticon turns around, Silver's out of sight. It's like the feeling of being watched, but nothings there.
"You can come out now.."
Nobody comes out.
"SILVER."
There's no getting out of this. He jumps down from the tree he was hiding in. "You can't blame me for this."
"If I don't find the idol it's immunity or snuff. You do realize that once I'm gone you won't have anywhere to hide." Megatron states.
"Too many bridges are burnt."
"It's too late to fix them. It's why I'm here." Mega claps back. "Don't you have somewhere to be?"
"They know I'm here."
"Then go back."
"No." Silver only steps closer. "The boats are coming to pick us up in five minutes. I'm going to keep you here for four of them."
Megatron just bolts off, but Silver follows! It's like a weird race to see if one of them can outlap the other! The Decepticon turns to see Silver running BACKWARDS. "You really are a clone!"
"The more you hate, the longer I stay."
This is the most absurd situation Silver's found himself in. Only the second most from Megatron. Those boats are coming in hot, and it's not likely that that Megatron finds an idol now. He still has two chances to keep himself safe.
With all this opposition, that will be hard to get.
Megatron's plan has blown up in his face. The five don't want him, the six doesn't want him, nobody wants him. His reputation has caused a major stigma around the machine himself. Now everyone's out to get him. His biggest enemy, Silver Sonic also hasn't helped himself either with Ulala giving her less-than-stellar thoughts on him. Between the two, Megatron's in hotter water, but Silver may have to watch what he does next.
The first immunity challenge of the merge is coming up next chapter! Who will be the first one to win individual immunity? Find out in 7C! Ticket out, I'll see you there :)
