Replies, built up from the bottom:
Zoryan El Muerto- Thank you! Writing a mute character was a unique challenge I wanted to take on. It's helping me use more unique facial things.
PROJECT - DRAMA That was the whole idea with the challenge. It was intentionally designed poorly because I knew that no one would be going home. That challenge was really just to get the teams set up. Glad you're liking Thea. We'll touch on history of all of the villagers at some point.
lordgemini- There's definitely a lot in the air right now. I'm having a lot of fun writing Persephone right now, so we'll see what she'll get up to today after definitely getting humbled the previous day.
Tech-Star 2.0- I'm glad Monty is still here too! As one of the more level-headed of the group he's definitely still have some stuff going on. Your favorites definitely line up with a lot of the others!
Space Zodiac- Thanks for the big review! Winter is definitely such an interesting character, and she made the first batch for a reason! We'll see what antics she gets into. I'm also enjoying Chander now that I have a much better grip on his character.
The Feline Overlord- Just in time! I definitely wanted to jump-start some of the stuff I have planned for Monty, so that meant I needed him to pretty much get forced into the team dynamic through a fake-out, and we'll see some more of that play out today.
Alright, time to see our teams truly in action today!
Episode 4: The Heart of the Thawed Home
Chris and Chef chilled in the living room of the cabin way above the cliff, where Chef was checking feed for the cameras placed around Crevice. "Look at them all go," Chris mused as Chef fumbled with some wires. "Anyway...last time, on Total Drama Ancient Abodes, we kicked things off with our very first challenge, which some took a liking to a bit more than others!" The opening clips were of the contestants scrounging around for anything to keep them from splatting on the ground, and also a clip of Persephone panicking as Nicolette flew into the air. "Once everyone was safely...er, actually, just on the ground, they started hunting for each other to make a pairing! Hope you like your partner today, because they're your best friend now!" Clips played of Syd rolling her eyes upon realizing Persephone was her partner and Zev being ticked off pretty early by Setsuna.
"Our contestants then raced to the start of our season, Crevice! A small village with a population of four, and little to no recollection of the past two thousand years! Our cast met them too!" Clips played of Chander being the first one to lie to Croshia, Sasha reasoning with Thea, and Persephone demanding help from Rodin. "Despite everything, Winslow and Winter, who encountered none of the danger in the woods or from Crevice, made it to the end of the race first, earning them both a spot on Team Persephone, at it is now known!" Clips played of Winslow instantly being captivated by Crevice and Persephone creating the team named after herself. "Then, at the end, Monty blew up at Shion for getting them last place and putting them on the losing team, aka Team Gorgeous. Thank you, Kaif." The next clips were of Kaif claiming the team's name and Monty blowing up at Shion at the end of the challenge. "Lucky for Monty, things went his way when I sent no one home, and things didn't go my way when the two made up."
As the final clips of the Team Gorgeous elimination and Monty and Shion's talk played, the camera flipped back to Chris, who was sipping hot cocoa under a blanket and in front of a fireplace. "Ah...none of them know what they're missing. How nice." As he took another sip, he smiled for the camera. "We're gonna send our kids to their first real challenge of the season! Who's going to go down fast? Who will take the lead today? Find out what goes down right now, on Total! Drama! Ancient Abodes!"
Opening Sequence
[Various cameras and other director equipment came popping out of various points of Crevice. The first camera appeared as it popped out of the window to the blacksmith's workshop. The next one popped out of the ground in the training arena, where spear promptly severed it from its wires. Finally, a camera emerged from the dock that was connected to a small hut, this camera falling right into the water.]
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine,
[The camera zoomed from the top of the cliff all the way down into Crevice, where Chef was seen lifting a heavy piece of stone into place on a house, putting it into place, only for it to be knocked out by a rogue explosion from one of Chander's pranks. Chef sighed heavily as Chander laughed nervously at the result. Nearby, Klase watched this all unfold apprehensively.]
You guys are on my mind,
[The camera turned to the blacksmith, where Harvey could be seen wielding a giant sword he had crafted. He performed a pretty terrible swing at a target, and turned to look at a confused-looking Alessia, who merely sighed in frustration.]
You asked me what I wanted to be, and I think the answer is plain to see,
[The camera switched to the middle firepit, which Nicolette was assisting with the cleanup of. Nearby, Setsuna was pitching in on a rock move with Monty, the archeologist clearly saying some things that made Nicolette nervous and Monty angry. The bassist lost his temper, punching a hole into the rock which startled all three of them.]
I wanna be famous!
[The camera moved from the firepit to the meeting hall behind it, where Syd was tampering with a machine she had created. Meanwhile, Persephone watched her to the side, grinning excitedly as the machine began whirring and lighting up some of the lights that had been placed in there.]
I wanna live close to the sun,
[At the bridge connecting the village to the forest, Shion stood proudly, and acknowledging the camera, gave a wink. He then stared out into the forest, where a pair of eyes could be seen in the shadows.]
Go pack your bags cause I've already won,
[The eyes startled Shion, causing him to quickly turn around, and he ran into Winter, who had followed Shion out to the bridge. Shion sighed and helped Winter back to the village, the bandwagoner confused as to why they needed help.]
Everything to prove, nothing in my way, I'll get there one day,
[The camera flipped to the abandoned shaman temple, where Winslow was digging around in search of something. They encountered an odd staff that was still glowing, which only intrigued them further on what was going on with it.]
Cause I wanna be famous!
[Back in the meeting hall, Chris was having a discussion with Zenthus inside the leader's quarters. Zenthus was accompanied by the other three villagers. The room itself had a dark shadow inside it.]
Na na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na na na na!
[Out by the dock near the hut, Zev was fishing with a very old rod as Sasha poked her head out of the hut, looking around for something, and then sitting down to relax. As soon as she did, Kaif appeared out of the water with a makeshift heart, which Sasha took. As soon as she did, Kaif went from flirty to confused.]
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous! I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
[The camera transitioned to night, where Faye was gazing up at the stars. At one point, the camera zoomed in on one of the stars, which turned into a ball of fire. As the camera zoomed out, it revealed the firepit at night.]
I wanna be famous *whistling*
[The camera panned out further to show everyone circled around the campfire, where the villagers were present for as well, all very confused at the whole situation. Everyone whistled the theme song as Chris stood on the side, holding up a sign that the villagers could not see, which was entitled: Total Drama Ancient Abodes.]
TEAM PERSEPHONE
"You know, I don't think this would have gone past the producers if it was the winter during this season," Chander remarked as he slowly woke up, shivering slightly. He glanced behind the bed he was in, and ended up seeing a giant hole in the back of their small house. "I mean, I guess we can be thankful there's even a bed in here." He glanced over to see Klase waking up as well. "Sorry, just rambling to myself."
Klase shook himself up, the pianist shivering a bit as he curled the blanket around himself. "I guess when this place is in this sort of state, it is easy to just lie to them and say we are helping." He paused. "Although, it will be hard for them to not see through it when they realize we are off doing something else for a large chunk of the time. How much do these villagers know?"
Chander glanced outside to see the blacksmith's workshop, which was already making noise. "Very little, I think," the aerobic mischief mentioned. "Apparently the owl person, Winslow, asked some questions to their leader yesterday. According to him and Chef, they've been frozen for around two thousand years." He chuckled. "Apparently the huntress girl had no clue what contractions were."
The pianist let out a small chuckle as well, which surprised Chander. "I suppose we'll have to adjust to their way of life. It'd be bad to just intrude all over them." Klase looked outside, where Harvey was now gathering things to throw at the blacksmith workshop while Alessia was collecting things for him too. "I just hope the more...outgoing people on our team don't ruin it for us."
"True that," Chander pointed out. "There are definitely from what I've seen, a large amount of flirty people. The one guy, Kaif, he's not even wearing a closed vest! How is he surviving out here?" He shook his head. "I'll have to make sure he doesn't try anything over here with me, but it looks like Sasha's working on him right now anyway. Oh, and Shion too, he could be trouble." Klase took note of the type of people Chander was mentioning.
Meanwhile, outside, Harvey was still collecting various resources to raid the blacksmith with. "Harvey, it's so early," Alessia complained. "Why don't we just go back in our...shack?" She shrugged as that was the best descriptor she could use. "You saw Croshia yesterday, you won't win a fight with her. Stay and hang out with me." She batted her eyelashes a few times when he was looking over.
"Sorry, hot stuff," Harvey replied bluntly, "but if that frozen chick thinks she can wake up that early and just start pounding on metal, then I need to stop it now before it happens every day. What could she possibly be making?" Right at that moment, a sharp spearhead flew right out the window of the blacksmith and past Harvey. The two watched as it went all the way over to the training grounds by the other side of Crevice. There was quite the pile there already.
Alessia blinked a few times as the look from Harvey's eyes did not dissipate at all upon seeing the spearhead nearly hit him in the face. She sighed as she turned around. "Well, I'm cold still, so I'm gonna cuddle under a blanket." As she went back to her shack, she popped in at Chander and Klase's. "Hi, boys," she said with a wink. "How are you doing? Did you sleep okay?"
Klase looked generally nervous as the gamer girl entered their shack, as did Chander, but the performer took the lead between the two. "I mean, as good as we're gonna be able to. How about you? It sounds like you've got quite the interesting bunkmate over there."
Alessia glanced outside briefly to see Harvey now purposefully standing in the path of the spearheads in defiance, yelling something at Croshia. "I suppose that's a way to put it," she said grimly. "Anyway, this place is sort of boring, did either of you want to go exploring around a little bit later. There could be some scary stuff and I want to make sure I have someone to protect me."
"...And you came here?" Klase asked bluntly, glancing at the two boys in the shack. "No offense, we're not exactly in great shape, and we only made it to the finish line yesterday because that woman found us. I know we're not exactly the most physical team ever, but do you really think that we're the people to go to?"
The streamer took a deep breath. "I mean, why not? At least he looks like he takes care of himself enough." She eyed up Chander, who blushed briefly for a second. The gamer girl smirked to herself as she caught that. "Anyway, I thought it could be a fun team bonding thing. That owl person could come too, they look like they like being outside, so maybe we won't get lost with them."
"Oh, Winslow," Chander added, having recognized the wanderer from the blimp. "They're pretty interesting. I talked to them a bit yesterday. I guess since Winter won the challenge with them, they're pretty good at finding places. I think we would be safe, unless it was Winter's doing. Maybe we could bring both, but at that point, we could just invite everyone!" Alessia hesitated at that suggestion.
Alessia: "And...that is what I wanted to avoid," she said bluntly as she leaned on the rock with an annoyed look. "The plan was to gauge out who I can replace Harvey with as my main puppet, because let's be honest, his days are numbered." She put her hand on her chin. "Chander's definitely an option, and maybe Winter too. I'll have to see what she's up to during the challenge." She laughed. "But, Klase is definitely out. He's not going to fall for my tricks."
On the other side of the northern end of housing, Persephone let out a few coughs. "This place is miserable," she said in an agitated tone as she slowly woke up. She turned to Syd, who was already awake and busy messing with something in her backpack, her scarf back on her face already. "You were up early. What could have been so important that you needed to be whirring for the past hour?"
Syd pulled a mechanical arm out of the backpack, and after hitting some buttons, the fingers switched into a needle and thread that she had loaded in. Syd then produced two blankets that she had patched up. She tossed one over to Persephone, giving the princess her best 'I told you so' eyes. "Huh," Persephone said. "Well, thank you. You're proving to be one of the most valuable members to my team." Syd rolled her eyes again.
A knock on the door was soon heard. "Hi, you two," Winter said with a wave as they wandered into the shack. "I wanted to see if you wanted to talk. Winslow got up early and started exploring that old building behind the meeting hall, so it's just been me this morning." She glanced at the patchwork blankets that Syd had made. "Oh, those look super fun! Could I get in on that?" Winter ran out for a second to grab the blanket from her bed.
The mechanic shook her head and rolled her eyes as she swapped the arm back to the needle and thread. Once Winter returned, she got right to work on the third blanket. "Thanks, this could be the first big trend here in Crevice. I want to learn about what all the villagers have been doing. Maybe they all have some neat traditions that we could use to make something here." Persephone and Syd blinked a few times in shock.
Meanwhile, Winslow was busy in the shaman temple, located behind the meeting hall in the western edge of Crevice. "I wonder what type of spirits exist in this area," they mused to themselves. The wanderer was taken aback by the large amount of writing all over the walls, in a language completely foreign to them. "This is nothing like what I have seen before."
It was at that time that someone else entered. "This temple used to be home of one of the most unique shamans in the history of Crevice," Zenthus explained. "He would spend most of his day in here communicating with spirits, speaking in tongues that we could not comprehend. Then, he would try and bring the will of the spirits to us in his remaining hours." Zenthus shook his head. "One of our most eccentric souls, but still one of us at the end of the day."
"I take it the avalanche was not as kind to them as it was to the four of you." Zenthus sighed. "I wonder what they would have thought about our arrival here, or if they would have predicted that something like this could have happened." Winslow glanced at the inside of the temple again. "You have a rather interesting village, Zenthus," Winslow told the leader bluntly. "I look forward to learning about your history as we assist with restoration."
Zenthus smiled. "To be honest, I was at a loss when I found out Chris McLean sent children to help us out, all of you younger than even Thea. But, seeing people like you helps me find hope that maybe our culture and history will not be lost." The guardian stood up. "Well, I was looking to gather up your group to bring to the meeting hall. We will be starting our tasks for the day shortly." Zenthus exited the temple, leaving Winslow to glance around one more time before heading over to the meeting hall.
Winslow: "Perhaps it was ill-advised to not communicate with my team this morning," they admitted. "I will have to rectify that later. While my roommate is an interesting person to study, they are not typically on my wavelength."
TEAM GORGEOUS
A knock was made on the shack that had Setsuna and Zev in it. Setsuna was busy studying the walls of the shack they had stayed in while Zev was scribbling on a notepad. "Good morning, teammates!" Kaif greeted the two with a flirtatious tone. "I just wanted to see what two of the most gorgeous members of team gorgeous are up to this morning?" Setsuna perked up for a second while Zev kept his head down and kept writing.
Setsuna motioned for Kaif to come in, pointing at some of the bricks in the back corner. "Look at all these burn marks," she said to Kaif. "Obviously there's something up with this place, but this used to be a kitchen, I think." She shuddered. "Isn't that weird? People probably cooked in here a long time ago. We're like, in a dead person's house." She sighed. "But, I appreciate the compliment, Kaif, you're looking just as lovely."
Kaif blushed. "Oh, stop it. Anyway, Sasha and I wanted to see if either of you wanted to go check out some of this place before the challenge starts today. Sasha wants to go because she thinks it will be interesting, and I want to go because Sasha's going." He extended a hand out to the other two. "Well, are you interested in exploring this scary new place with us?"
The archeologist nodded. "I sure am interested," she said giddily. "This whole place has a ton of history behind it and I'd love to learn more about it. You said Sasha's interested too? That sounds like we have a lot in common." She sighed. "Zev, I'm going to head out. If you don't want to go because I'm going...I understand."
Zev sighed. "No, I'll go, that sounds fun." Both Kaif and Setsuna looked surprised by that response. "Me and my buddies always did this kind of thing in the woods near my aunt's house, and it was always a great time." Again, surprised looks from the other two based on Zev's tone. "Setsuna, you can't avoid me forever, we're gonna have to get past our first day bump we had."
Setsuna sighed. "You're right, I'm sorry again about that, I can back off when I need to, something some others should probably learn at some point too." She glanced over to Kaif who giggled innocently. "Alright, it's settled, let's go exploring! What do you think is around here? Maybe we could find some frozen up fossils or some ancient animal bones!" She got up and led the way outside, to which Zev and Kaif followed, the latter sighing as he walked out.
Kaif: "I so know how to back off," Kaif said plainly. "Actually, I'm better at it than most. I just choose not to." He sighed. "Anyway, I think Sasha's onto me, so I'd like a few more days of freedom, and that means putting a few more people in the area to lower her focus on only me."
As everyone else left, Monty sat outside the shack him and Shion were in, watching them go off. "Wait, stop, come back," he said blandly. He let out a sigh. "Well, I guess they're gone. Maybe I'll walk around myself and steer clear of my team a bit longer." He noticed Shion was now outside, and overheard everything. "Oh, you're awake now. How did you sleep?"
Shion rubbed his back. "Well, the beds were not as comfy as I had hoped, but they're better than nothing. If we're actually pretending to restore this village like Chris said, then maybe we can get better beds at some point." He glanced around outside. "Anyway, it couldn't hurt to go ease the tension off of some of the team now, instead of all at once. Why don't we see who didn't go with them?"
"Nicolette and Faye?" Monty asked as he looked all the way to the other side of the Team Gorgeous shacks. "They're far away, and I bet you, not saying they shouldn't have, but they both probably voted for me last night...morning? It's so hard to tell what time it is." He glanced back to Shion with an annoyed expression. "How about you go over there first and I'll just stay here and not go over?"
Shion laughed. "Come on, you can't just be mean to everyone forever! We could lose today and just send you home again!" Monty shot a deadpan expression to Shion who sighed. "Sorry, force of habit." He grabbed Monty's arm. "No more saying no, you're coming to go make up for yesterday." The musician dragged Monty over to the other side of the Team gorgeous shacks.
They knocked on the girls' door, and Faye opened up eventually, wearing a white coat. "Oh, you two," she said with a wave. "Nice to see you two getting along a little better." She gestured to Shion still holding onto Monty's arm, the bassist not really resisting as much. "It sounds like the rest of the team went off just a minute ago. What can we help you with?" The astronomer held a neutral expression the whole time.
Eventually, Nicolette appeared at the edge of the doorway too, wearing a big red jacket. "You two look cold, do you want a coat or at least to come inside?" She shivered a bit. "I'm definitely not used to the cold myself, how about all of you?"
Shion laughed. "Well, honestly, I really hate the heat, so this is going to be nothing for me. I'm like a master of the cold." He winked right at Monty. "But old grumpy-pants is definitely not handling it as well as I am, I had to throw my blanket onto his last night so he wouldn't freeze to death." Monty rolled his eyes at Shion's comments.
"I've got it from here, Shion," Monty told him with a hint of aggression. Shion realized that he may have gone too far on that one and backed off. "But, about that, yeah. I'm from Louisiana in the lower part of the States, so I'm much less used to the cold than a lot of the others from Canada here." He shrugged. "But, anyway, I guess Shion dragged me over so I could formally apologize for my...event yesterday."
"I'm from the States too!" Nicolette said back, completely ignoring the first half. "I'm from Chicago, so that's kind of neat. I think I heard Alessia is from California, so that's at least three of us." She smiled at Monty. "I actually didn't vote for you, Monty," she said to the bassist, shocking everyone. "I didn't feel like you deserved to leave for one mistake. And, I'm sure it was a stressful day and everything, so I really think that you shouldn't beat yourself up over it."
Monty grinned for a second. "Well, I appreciate it," the bassist said. "Faye, I don't take any offense if you voted for me, I definitely deserved it. That whole issue is something I'm working on." Faye nodded quietly, which led Monty to think that she probably did vote for Monty the night before.
Everyone paused as a looming shadow appeared over the four members of Team Gorgeous. "Good afternoon," Rodin said to them bluntly. That prompted everyone but Faye to look up and see the sun right in the middle of the sky. "Is it true you all have multiple dark hours all year?" Faye nodded. "Huh. That rascal was onto something after all..." He shrugged. "Whatever. I am here to fetch you for labor. It is time to start working on helping us." The four all looked at each other and then followed Rodin without much other choice.
Monty: "Well, that's at least half the team on my side now," he said with a hopeful look. "I'm not saying the other four are more problematic than me, at least Zev isn't, but I think I might just make it through our next loss."
Faye: "Did...everyone just assume it was morning?" she asked. "Look up, people! I'm going to have to get everyone, Chris included, situated with the time differences here. I spend a lot of time looking up at the sky, so I guess it's up to me."
Nicolette: "I guess my hunch was right," she said with a smile. "Monty actually is super nice, or at least not what he seemed." She put a hand to her chin. "I sort of want to get to know him better. He could be cool to hang out with. I love music and he seems the least...problematic of the music players here."
MEETING HALL
Slowly but surely, everyone began pouring into the meeting hall, Chris subtlety moving each contestant to a table by team, all while the four villagers watched on, Thea with narrowed eyes that were scrutinizing all of Chris's movements. The other two seemed a bit less interested as Zenthus greeted everyone politely as they entered. "Welcome to day one...or maybe two," Chris told them. "Zenthus apparently knows how to tell time here so we can check that out later." Faye rolled her eyes at that.
The host opened the floor as the four villagers watched. "You all have been granted a great opportunity," he told them. "Crevice is a place known for nothing, as it has been off the radar for two thousand years, and until the recent global warming spike, it would have stayed that way. That is why you're all here- to help. These four are the only survivors of a deadly avalanche, and we will spend these next two weeks or so helping them recover."
Zenthus cleared his throat. "Recover is a small word, but it means the utmost that you children are here to help." He paced around the meeting hall, the silence allowing his cane to clack against the floor. "This will be no small feat. And, naturally, we can reward you in some ways. Our main appeal to us, other than the physical help, is adjusting to life in the current century. That is where I feel your youth will be best utilized." Thea and Rodin looked uninterested in that part.
The guardian continued. "However, we are quite aware, and we apologize that it was not prepared well, that you current living quarters are lacking. So, in order to ensure that you all are able to sleep and rest adequately, the task of today will be to remedy that problem. Mr. McLean seems to have clarified details for you specifically, and we will allow him to properly brief you on that. But first, some proper introductions from Crevice. My name is Zenthus, and prior to our avalanche, I served as the leader of Crevice. I will be assisting with any extra problems that arise today."
Croshia went next. "I am Croshia, and prior to the avalanche, I served as the blacksmith of this village. I will be with Zenthus today, ensuring that any additional assistance people need is met. On top of that, I will allow you to bring items to me to properly work with in my smithing quarters. I am grateful for the help you bring."
Thea slammed her spear into the ground as she went after the blacksmith. "My name is Thea, daughter of Ardella and Yoneg, ace huntress of Crevice, protector of Crevice, and not your friend." Her tone was much more formal and much harsher than Croshia's. "If you need me today, I will be securing your next meal, so I suggest you do not come into contact with me." She ripped her spear out of the floor, and promptly exited the building.
Finally, Rodin spoke up. "Rodin. I fish," he said with a dull tone. "I have no care for what any of you do today. I do not fully trust you are able to save us, and I do not care on that matter either. I will be in my hut for the majority of the day. If it is a matter you consider severe enough to alert me, alert Croshia instead." In a less violent manner than Thea, Rodin also took his leave by exiting through the front of the meeting hall.
Chris smiled as Zenthus and Croshia followed the fisherman out. "Aren't they nice?" the host said with a smile. "Now that we have the room to ourselves, thank you for your quick thinking for those of you who found our frozen friends in the woods yesterday. I will handle logistics, just obey my every order, which you had to do anyway, since I have the million bucks one of you is getting." The cast quickly remembered that this was a game show still.
Chef sighed as he pulled out a battery-powered monitor screen from under the table, placing it on top to show everyone a map. "Today's challenge is easy," he said harshly. "Some of you are missing some important house pieces in your shacks. Beds, walls, a lot of vital stuff there." A few murmurs from people like Chander and Persephone indicated Chef was right. "Croshia is here to help, use her to get the nicest looking shack by the end of the sun, which is very easy to tell. Still rises and sets in the same spots." Faye nodded at that.
"Chef's gonna have to be on time checking," Chris said, "but that about sums it up. You have the nicest place, you win it for your team. We'll be judging based on cleanliness, design, and functionality, meaning if you've got a hole in the wall, you need to patch that up." Chander and Klase looked at each other nervously. "Any questions?" About six hands shot up, but Chris ignored them. "Seeing none, find a gameplan with your team and get moving!"
Both teams instantly moved in to try and discuss a plan. "This should be rather simple," Sasha opened, leading the charge for Team Gorgeous. "Each of us have two people in a shack, and all of us seem to be relatively capable. We work on our own things with our own plans, and as people complete their shacks, they lend assistance to whoever needs it the most. Any questions?" Setsuna nodded confidently, liking that idea. No one had any other objections.
Over at Team Persephone, things were not looking as good. "Obviously everyone works on my shack until completion," the princess herself ordered. "We simply need the nicest one to win, and therefore all that needs to be done is to make one shack, also known as the one Syd and I are in, the nicest out all all of them. All hands on deck for the team!"
"Does the sacrifice of the other six truly benefit the one?" Winslow asked Persephone without a hint of fear. "Surely you have considered that the others who tire all day on your abode will not want to sleep in their current condition." Some people like Alessia and Chander slowly nodded in agreement with the wanderer. "I suggest reorienting our approach to one less destructive for the future."
Harvey groaned. "That's about as much strategy as I want to hear." He stood up and looked out the open door. "You all are making this one too hard. How about we just grab the big lady's hammer and smash down whichever one they think is going to be the best?" A large slew of glances flew right to the man-child, who then groaned. "Fine, do whatever you all want, I'm gonna do whatever I want, and that'll be way more fun."
Alessia's eyes wandered around the team as she observed everyone discussing. She had kept quiet for now, until she finally landed her eyes on Winter, who was watching the other team come to a collective agreement instantly. "We should get some other opinions," Alessia said, cutting off the others. "Winter! What do you think we should do?"
The bandwagoner was instantly startled by Alessia's sudden request. She turned her attention back to Team Persephone. "Um...well, maybe we should try what everyone else is doing over there," they said passively. "Seems like the trend in this challenge is independent work, then to help others once you're done. So...that's my answer, I guess."
Winter looked a bit startled to see everyone still staring at her as she finished. "That sounds...perfect!" Alessia chimed back. "Obviously everyone will have their own artistic vision for their shack, right? How about we all do our own thing like Winter said, and then we can help out others who haven't finished yet?" This time, with Harvey already off on his own, there were no objections, even from Persephone, who was still getting a stare-down from Winslow.
"Well, at least we have some sort of plan," Chander admitted. "We can adjust on the fly if we need to, but for now we'll work with our partners until we need to adjust." Persephone sighed, giving up the fight. "Okay, let's do this!" Alessia shot a wink over to Winter, who was wide-eyed.
Winter: "Alessia's definitely all about trends," they pointed out, a bit more energetically. "She's a gaming streamer, which is really big right now, and really has no chance of going away. She's someone who always knows what's in, so I definitely will be hanging around her a lot."
Alessia: She sat blankly for a second on the rocks before letting out a laugh. "Did you see that? She folded instantly! That's two under my belt now. I can work with her for a while, then sic her on some of the other girls." She sighed. "Other than the cold, this season is going perfectly!"
TEAM GORGEOUS
Zev returned from the small wooded area behind their shack, rolling a giant rock in front of the team's area. "Well, that's that taken care of," he said, wiping his head. "You should have seen the things I had to fight off to get this rock over here. I think the animals think it's food." Setsuna stared at him with a confused tone. Zev sighed. "Again, joke. Are you seriously still avoiding me?"
Setsuna shook her head as she gazed at the giant rock. "No, it's not that, it's literally your face. You look so serious all the time...I forget you are like you know, a regular person." She took a small nearby rock and tried to smash it into Zev's boulder. The smaller rock instantly shattered, leaving tiny pebbles and not even a dent in the larger boulder. "So...what exactly was your plan to break this thing?"
"Croshia, probably," Zev argued. "I mean, her giant hammer she uses could probably smash that thing no problem. If not...I don't know, we'll topple a tree on top of it." He shrugged. "We can wing this for now, right?"
Setsuna groaned. "Okay, well, let me know when you've got that figured out. We don't have any giant holes in our shack, so we should at least not lose. Zev gave her a thumbs-up and went toward the blacksmith to try and locate Croshia. The archeologist made her way over to the shack to her west, which Sasha and Kaif were working on. "How are things going over here?" she asked.
Sasha sighed. "Mediocre. Despite the two of us being smart, we lack strength, and our shack has a few more holes than the others, so we'll be waiting on whatever Zev does with that boulder." Setsuna rolled her eyes at that revelation. "But, our interior otherwise is looking okay, once we cleared out some of the excess kitchen materials in our shack and donated them to the meeting hall, the space opened up."
Kaif nodded in response. "It's starting to feel like a real home. We could spend our lives here, could you imagine that?" He paused to see that Sasha and Setsuna were both ignoring him and talking to each other instead. "Oh, I guess I'll be in charge of picking fabric then." He shook his head. "This relationship is not going to work out if we can't even agree on fabric, Sasha."
Meanwhile, as Kaif was off in his own world, Setsuna continued speaking to Sasha. "You're...sure?" she asked about something Sasha had just said. Sasha nodded. "That's a big accusation to just put down, and you have to admit...it's not like he's really giving off that vibe either." She shrugged. "I'll take your word for it." Her eyes lit up. "Oh, I saw some big dirt patches a bit into the woods, did you want to see if there's any fossils there?"
Sasha shrugged. "You need to stop flipping into dinosaur mode. These people are only two thousand years old. Although, maybe Chris is looking for some sort of decoration inside." She glanced back at Kaif, who was sewing up a ripped up sheet. "And, yeah, I'm certain. It's just so weird, because he's obviously very smart. I'm going to talk to him about it today, I've had enough fun messing with him."
The archeologist nodded. "Okay, if you say so, I guess that means I'm done messing with him too. If he's out, and Zev's out, that leaves on our team...Monty, who while very attractive, has some other problems, and Shion, who has the same issues as Monty, but different kinds. Tough picks for our boys, huh?" A loud crash was heard outside followed by cheers from Zev. "Oh, that sounds like he got the rock! Keep me posted on how today goes." Sasha nodded as Setsuna walked out of their shack.
Sasha: "Setsuna brings up an excellent point," she said analytically. "My typical strategy I would take in this kind of game may not work out the way I think it will. I suppose Setsuna herself couldn't be the worst ally to have."
TEAM PERSEPHONE
Persephone sat on the bed in the shack, filing her nails as Syd used the mechanical arms in her backpack to crave out holes to put new stones into their cabin. "I suppose it is good you got a head start on those blankets this morning," the princess said haughtily as Syd rolled her eyes, working silently as ever. Persephone glanced around the room and stood up. "This room has no color. Maybe I can find that for us." Syd continued to work, now lifting in a rock with her own hands as she stabilized the rest of the building around herself.
Persephone went out to search for a while, where she found Winslow working by themselves. "You?" she asked with confusion. Winslow was busy carving something out of a tree branch, not even looking up from their work. "Where's your really short partner? Aren't they supposed to be helping you?"
Winslow continued carving what appeared to be an owl out of the wood. "Winter is off mingling with our teammates. I told her that I could manage myself here. What brings you to an actual contribution point? You are the last person I would expect to be participating in intense labor." Though their words stung, Persephone held a brave face to the wanderer.
"I simply value my partner and decided she deserved some assistance, so I am off to find color to make our shack not as ugly." She glanced down at the owl Winslow was finishing up. "You look like you're decorating too. Where do I find color out here that's not green?" Their conversation was halted quickly after a yell was heard on the other side of their team's area.
"That sounds much more troubling than where color could be, don't you think?" Winslow asked the princess as they finished their wood owl, hanging it up on a wooden pole in front. "We are nearly done. Our shack was not in nearly as bad condition." Persephone still looked more confused than anything looking at Winslow. Eventually, the wanderer relented. "Color is in the woods, even non-green color. I will check on the situation."
Down on the other side. Harvey was deep in a tug-of-war match with Croshia, trying to get her hammer out of her hands. "This child does not quit," the blacksmith complained with an angered expression. Everyone else who was nearby, including Winter and Alessia, seemed too shocked to do anything. Alessia sighed and put her hands in her face, as Winter quickly followed suit afterward.
Eventually, Croshia simply let go of the hammer, letting Harvey fall back with it. "Gotcha!" he called out until he crashed to the ground, the hammer falling out of his hands and onto the dirt nearby. Once he was down, Croshia simply walked over and took it back. "Hey! We need that to stop that other group from making a nicer shack than ours! Give it back!"
Croshia raised an eyebrow as she slung the giant hammer back on her side. "What would be the purpose in destroying a perfectly usable living area?" Harvey paused, realizing he couldn't lie about it. His silence was enough for Croshia to retreat. "If any of you need me, do not send him anymore. I will accept help conditionally from your group so long as he is not involved."
Once the blacksmith left, Alessia turned to Harvey with frustration. "What was that for?" the streamer complained. "Now she's helping us less! I told you to do something constructive and you did that instead!" She looked at Winter. "Winter, I might need help with finding some plants to liven up my shack? Why don't we go pick some and you can keep some for yourself too?"
Winter nodded excitedly. "I-I'd be okay doing that. We should make sure that all of our team can get something cool that we're all a part of though." With a smirk, Alessia left with Winter, as Harvey was left alone with Winslow approaching.
"She's gotta learn I like to play dirty eventually," Harvey told Winslow unprompted as he finally sat up after his bout with Croshia. "She's always all, 'Harvey, don't just be mean, hang out with me,' and I need her to know I play hard-to-get. This won't work out if she just walks all over me." The man-child was also unnerved by Winslow's stare. "What're you doing over here anyway? You're all the way in the corner."
"Merely here to observe," Winslow commented. "Have you considered that you may not be the only one playing hard-to-get?" Harvey was totally confused by that. "Does the fact that a famous influencer fell for you not clue you in for what type of person she may be?" Harvey, again, got nothing out of what Winslow was saying. The wanderer shrugged. "I suppose I do not have much interest in your well-being regardless, so forget I said anything." Winslow went back to their part of the team area, leaving Harvey alone.
Harvey: "What a team," he said with an eye-roll. "Everyone's all about working together and being friends, and I just want to cause some chaos? How hard is that to see? At least that arrogant princess girl was cool. I liked that she tried to boss everyone around. Maybe I gotta try that one day here."
TEAM GORGEOUS
A knock on the eastern-most door alerted the two people in it, Shion and Monty. Shion skipped over to the side and saw Faye and Nicolette visiting the two of them. "Us again," Faye said with a wave. "We just wanted to check on how things were going over here." She noticed the significant progress that was being made in the shack. "Wow, you two got a lot done."
Monty was busy using a rock to hammer in the last leg on a table that he seemed to have made on his own. "Well, Shion insisted that we get to be the shack that hosts team get-togethers in order to keep me from avoiding them, so I made a card table so we could at least do something I enjoy." He secured the last leg and flipped the table over on his own. "How are the others doing?"
"It looks like things are coming along nicely everywhere," Nicolette pointed out. "Kaif and Sasha made a ton of progress, and us, Setsuna, and Zev are just about all done. We decided it'd be best to help out whoever's looks the best now that the challenge is almost over and all our stuff is livable." The two girls entered the shack with some clay pots and plants that had dirt dripping off of them. "They're from outside."
Shion grinned. "Well, I'm certainly not saying no to extra help with ours." He winked. "But, that means that we get to be the hangout place on the team, no matter what, got that, Monty?" Monty sighed, rolling his eyes as he began sanding the table. Shion pulled a deck of cards out of his pocket and tossed them on the table. "I always keep a pair in case I'm feeling lucky on that day."
Soon enough, Zev and Setsuna entered the area as well. "Looks like things are going pretty well here," Zev pointed out as he carried over a large rocking chair. "I made this with leftover scrap wood I found near Croshia's workshop. She looks like she's busy today dealing with other stuff."
Setsuna nodded. "Team Persephone's dealing with some inner-issues I think, but Persephone's shack somehow looks really good. I think she's actually trying on the challenge, which could be bad for us. We need to stop them somehow."
Zev shook his head. "Not a shot. We can win this one by just making ours really good here. They're way too chaotic over there for things to get done." He pointed to the table. "You guys have cards? We'll definitely have to play after we win this challenge." The six people inside the shack got to work and began making things look the best that they could look.
Monty: "Am I happy that we're going to probably have the most livable shack?" he asked nonchalantly. "Yeah, that'll keep the temper down, as long as it can also be a spot where I can be by myself at some points. Shion's gonna have to learn that quickly."
TEAM PERSEPHONE
With only ten minutes left in the challenge, Winslow appeared at the doorstep to Persephone and Syd's shack. Persephone had managed to find pink berries out in the woods and was currently painting some old trim in the back with a leaf. "It appears I underestimated you," the wanderer said with a blunt tone. "I did not foresee you participating in this at all."
"Maybe that will be the last time this team looks down on me," the princess shot back arrogantly. "I'm more than just perfection. I'm a hard worker too, so I'm pretty much the perfect teammate." Winslow rolled their eyes as the respect for their teammate started to disappear again. "Does everyone else have something that looks even half as good?"
Before Winslow could answer, someone else came by to check on them. Chander and Klase showed up, causing Syd to look up from her quilts she was designing for the area. "This one looks really good," Chander admitted. "I hate to say it, but maybe she was onto something. I mean, if we're all done, we should just focus on making this one look amazing." Persephone smirked as the performer suggested that.
"Glad we're all starting to see reason," Persephone said with a chuckle. "Fetch me the others, boys and Winslow, I have a palace to crown." Winslow opted to not leave, but Chander and Klase relented to Persephone's demands and went off to find Alessia, Winter, and Harvey.
The first two of that bunch was relatively easy for the two. "Hello?" Klase asked nervously as he knocked on the shack that housed the man-child and the streamer. To his surprise, instead of Alessia and Harvey, he found Alessia and Winter, who were sitting on a newly constructed bed, talking. "Um..." Klase tried to say, interrupting them. "We decided we're going to-"
Klase was cut off completely by Alessia hysterically laughing. "That's so fun! You don't sound like you're scared of anything, Winter, as long as there's some sort of trend involved." She let out a giant yawn and leaned up on the bandwagoner's arm. "You're fun, you know that? I hope you and I can become really good friends while we're stuck out in the woods."
Winter blushed slightly as she watched Alessia fall all over her. "Um...I guess that would be good," they said with a nervous laugh. "You're cool too, though. I mean, streamers probably always know what's in, right? Do you think you know what I should look out for?"
Alessia put a finger to her chin, not getting up from the position she was in. "You know, it's hard to tell right now. I feel like these frozen friends of ours might be into totally different trends than what we're used to. We'll have to play it out nice and careful." Winter liked the sound of that. Alessia finally turned over to Klase. "Did you need something?"
The laughing from the shack alerted Chander as well. "Yeah, we did," the prankster said as he entered too. "We're looking for Harvey, but for some reason, we haven't seen him anywhere. We thought he'd be in here with you."
Alessia sighed. "After I sent him off earlier, I haven't seen any of-" the gamer girl's words were cut off quickly by a loud crash that was heard outside. Alessia rolled her eyes. "Well, if I had to guess, that was him." She rolled off of Winter slowly. "We'll have to catch up in a bit. See you later!" As Alessia left to go chase after Harvey, Winter smiled sheepishly at the other two boys, who were watching her.
The source of the crash came from by the blacksmith again, where Harvey was now laying against the wall, with a spear right next to his head. Thea was standing right there with an angered look on her face. She was holding some sort of meat in her other hand. "I hunt for food and for fun," she told the half of the team that was there. "Next time, I will not miss that insolent brat." She ripped her spear out of the stone with a huff, slung it on her back, and disappeared back into the woods.
Soon after, Croshia stepped out, holding the hammer in her hand. "You should learn to not be on her bad side, young man," Croshia warned Harvey. "She appreciates space and peace, and you have been causing the opposite of that today." She then noticed Chris approaching them out in the distance. "It appears your leader is coming, and day is closing, so I assume you will be meeting with him."
As Croshia left, Harvey stood up with a shrug. "None of these frozen idiots are any fun. Zenthus is too boring, I haven't seen Rodin, and the other two are just violent. This place needs a little chaos in it!"
Chander sighed. "I don't think that's what we want," he reminded him. "Look, Persephone actually pulled through for us today, so we're about to find out if it was enough to beat Team Gorgeous." Harvey realized what Chander was insinuating. "So...I would hope for yourself that things go our way today, because the one person with an awful attitude did a decent job."
Right at that moment, Chef and Chris appeared with Team Gorgeous. "Alright, get the rest of your team, we're meeting to take a look at the shacks now," Chef instructed them. With stern looks, Chander and Klase walked off to gather everyone else while Alessia and Winter went back to chatting while Harvey sat by himself with a smug look.
Chander: "It feels really weird," he said with a shrug. "I feel like no one else on this team really seems like a leader. I mean, I'm definitely not, but the closest things we have are full-of-herself Persephone, Alessia, who's now getting distracted by Winter, and Winslow, who's smart, but they're not exactly a people person. I really don't want to have to step up, but we might need someone."
Everyone first traveled over to Team Gorgeous's shacks. "Welcome to our wonderful living quarters!" Shion called out excitedly, showing off the shack that he and Monty were living in. Despite what it had looked like in the morning, it was full of stable walls, and the floor had some updated pieces of wood in it that did not match the rest of the floor. Both beds had new sheets and Shion's bed had one new leg in the back. The centerpiece of it all was the card table Monty had built.
"There's something to be said about form and function," Shion continued. "We decided the best way to bond as a team would be to have us use this place as a hangout spot, so the card table was essential, and Monty's idea." Monty rolled his eyes at the unnecessary praise. "We believe that this is truly the best place to be in Crevice right now because of the much needed community and the complete structural security it has."
Chef looked very impressed by the flirty boy's pitch. "You all definitely made something rather impressive and brought some of your home here," he told them. "Team Persephone, it will be tough to beat that." The members of Team Persephone, with the exception of Persephone, looked rather nervous. The princess herself held a confident smirk.
The cast walked over to the best looking cabin of Team Persephone, which was Persephone and Syd's. "Thanks to our stellar handiwork," Persephone opened, "our, referring to Syd and myself, we've managed to brighten up the vibe in this dreary place and make it excellent." Syd beamed a bit herself, excited to see people impressed with the work done.
Persephone addressed the inside, which was the stone color it initially was, with pink all over the wood trim. The sheets were now made into larger quilts that appeared warmer, and an owl sculpture sitting on the outside, courtesy of Winslow. "While not the gross antique cabin style of the other team, we take pride in the many hands that contributed to a wild success."
Chris nodded. "I gotta say, you managed to pull off some stuff I didn't think you could do out here. Chef and I have some discussing to do." The two stepped away for a second, leaving everyone with mixed emotions as they discussed. Faye glanced back nervously at Shion and Monty's shack, while Persephone was congratulating Syd on her hard work.
Eventually, the hosts returned. "After some discussion," Chris told them all, "we decided we wanted to select the group that has a product matching the effort of their team, so today's winners are, because of the new furniture they created to fill out the space, Team Gorgeous!" Team Gorgeous cheered, while Monty and Shion looked excited to have won the challenge.
Team Persephone did not look as pleased. Chef looked at the eight losers. "That means Team Persephone's gotta send someone home." The losing team had a mixed bag of looks as he said that. "You'll vote and meet us at the campfire circle in one hour, hopefully you know who you gotta vote for." Some people like Chander looked certain, while others like Syd and Winslow looked a bit more conflicted.
TEAM GORGEOUS
The winning team was happily celebrating their victory for the day in their new team hangout spot. At the table, Shion, Monty, Zev, Faye, and Nicolette were all playing cards. It appeared the poker round they were playing was down to two only, Zev and Shion. "Okay, betting is closed for the round," Faye announced with a bubbly tone. "Zev, Shion, show us what you've got."
Zev eyed up the pot in the middle, which was full of twigs, the only currency that they could manage to collect enough of. He put down his cards. "You all were smart to fold quickly," he bragged, putting down his two cards he had in his hand. "That would be a flush." A few gasps could be heard.
The attention shifted over to Shion, who had a playful smirk on his face. "I knew I was feeling lucky tonight!" he said with a confident grin. He threw down his hand, revealing a straight flush. "That's a win for me!" Zev groaned as Shion grabbed all the twigs in the middle of the table. "Good try though!"
Setsuna and Sasha were watching on the edge of the shack. "It's interesting seeing how they play," Sasha commented. Setsuna looked over at her as she saw Sasha's analyzing eyes. "I mean, see that? Shion perfectly masked his winning hand to make Zev think he had nothing. Watching a card game is so interesting, it really lets you dive deep into their brains."
Kaif finally walked into the shack as the round was finishing up. Setsuna, despite watching Sasha hyper-analyze everyone in the circle, jumped in for the new round. Meanwhile, Kaif sat next to Sasha instead. "Well, I'm sure glad we won tonight," he said with a long sigh. "I don't think my heart could take it if anyone of these lovely ladies, especially you, went home."
"Mhm," Sasha said blindly, still watching the card game. Eventually, she turned to Kaif. "Kaif, I have something I would like to test out," she said bluntly. She waiting for the hand to finish dealing so everyone would be distracted by their cards, and when everyone went to pick up their new hands, she pulled Kaif in for a kiss on the lips. She held it for a few seconds, and let him go as people finished looking at their new hands.
Kaif was in total disbelief. He simply sat there in shock for a bit, hoping that something would happen. He tensed up like crazy for a few seconds, but eventually gave up, letting out a dejected sigh. "Looks like my theory was dead on," Sasha told him. "Kaif...just now, you didn't feel anything there, did you?"
The flirt gasped. "Are you implying you're a bad kisser?" he asked. "I don't think that's the case at all! Your lips are light starlight on the-" he glanced up to see Sasha was not buying any of it. "Okay, you are far too smart. That was a low blow." He groaned and stood up. "We can talk about this tomorrow while the whole team isn't here. Don't even bring your little dinosaur friend." Kaif got up and walked out of the cabin, leaving Sasha intrigued more by the card game again.
Sasha: "Perhaps that wasn't the kindest thing to do," she said, "but honestly, maybe he needed that. I think, ironically, we actually have a lot in common, so hopefully he can be part of an alliance with me in the future." She shrugged. "Anything to buy more safety. Imagine what the other team is up to now."
ELIMINATION II, TEAM PERSEPHONE
The eight members of the losing team made their way to the campfire circle outside the meeting hall. On the log to the left was Klase, Chander, Winslow, and Persephone, while the log on the right had Syd, Winter, Alessia, and Harvey. Chris approached the team with seven marshmallows on his plate. "Welcome to your first elimination ceremony," Chris told them all. "Unlike Team Gorgeous yesterday, you're not gonna be spared. Someone is going home today. Any thoughts to share with the group?"
"I think we just didn't win today," Alessia said with a shrug. "Obviously I'm gonna want to win, but I think they knew how to make a table and we didn't. I don't really think tables are in, so I stand with my team." Winter smiled as she said that last part, while everyone else was confused.
Chander sighed. "This team just doesn't have a strong leader right now," he admitted. "I think we need to pinpoint someone who makes good decisions that we can trust, which is actually pretty hard for this group right here I think." Chander also got a few confused looks.
Chris nodded. "Alright, interesting thoughts. But, it looks like some people agree with you at least." He tossed the first two marshmallows to Chander and Alessia. "You two are safe." The two both looked excited to have a safety symbol. "Also safe tonight, Klase!" Klase looked surprised to get the marshmallow, but still very okay that he got one.
"Syd is safe too!" The mechanic's expression was hard to read as she caught a marshmallow, but she swayed back and forth a bit once she got it. She opted to keep it in her hands and not eat it like the others have. "Suddenly, we're down to half of you." People began to look nervous. "Only three more marshmallows between the four of you, but it won't be Winslow!" The wanderer was tossed a marshmallow.
There were now only three people left. "Winter's safe!" The bandwagoner pumped her fist as she joined the marshmallow-havers. Chris held up the final marshmallow. "Persephone, you tried taking control of your team with really stupid ideas, and it was your shack that cost your team the win today." Persephone scoffed at the accusation. "Harvey, you spent most of your day picking fights instead of helping." Harvey also scoffed. "I have one more marshmallow. Tonight's loser, who is going to be gone right now, is...
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...Harvey!" Despite her composed nature, Persephone let out a giant sigh of relief as she got tossed the final marshmallow. The princess then stuffed it in her face arrogantly as Harvey looked blindsided. He glanced to his left to see Alessia completely ignoring the events of the elimination, talking with Winter instead. "Harvey, you've been eliminated from the game. Maybe Thea won't get to kill you."
Harvey stood up with an arrogant smirk. "You people didn't appreciate what I brought to the team! I could have been the only source of entertainment these frozen losers had!" He turned away from his former team. "I don't need this from you all anyway, especially you!" He turned and pointed his finger to Alessia, who continued to ignore him.
Chef nodded. "Sure thing, bud," Chef said dully. "You gotta come with me now." Everyone followed Chef and Harvey as they went past Rodin's hut, where a raft was waiting in the river for them. The cook threw Harvey on the raft, and took him away. "See you all tomorrow," Chef said, leaving the remaining seven members of Team Persephone.
"That's the raft of losers, everyone!" Chris told them. "The raft takes you to, well, I can't say right now. All you get to know is that it'll be full of surprises once you're there!" Everyone looked more confused than anything. "Well, that's all I've got for you tonight. See you tomorrow, or whatever time it will be in a few hours." Everyone went back to their shacks for the night.
Chris turned to the camera as Chef was sailing away in the distance. "We're down one, fourteen more to go until we have a winner! Who is going to go next? What will be in store for us tomorrow? Find out next time on Total! Drama! Ancient Abodes!"
FURTHER DOWN THE RIVER, ALASKA
The raft arrived at a smaller island further down Crevice's river. Harvey was tossed off of the raft by Chef face first, the cook rowing off quickly, leaving Harvey to wander the new island he was dropped off on alone. The man-child walked around a bit with an angry look. "I can't believe that girl with the curves just abandoned me like that. Now how am I gonna be the agent of chaos for everyone?" He kicked a rock, hitting a fish as he did. "Heh."
Harvey continued a bit further when he encountered a sign. "I wouldn't read this if there was literally anything else to do." He took a look at the sign and read it:
Welcome to Loser Island. This is not your end. There may be another chance to redeem yourself.
Harvey smirked. "So...I'll be here for a bit while some big events happen?" He laughed. "There's not just a chance for chaos...I can run this whole place without dealing with Thea!" His laughing got louder and louder. "I didn't lose...I won!"
Vote Confessionals:
Alessia: "Well, Harvey is great and all, but he's too chaotic," she said playfully. "I need someone who's more grounded and just as dumb. So...see ya."
Chander: "Harvey screwed up today. We need more stability."
Harvey: "Alessia will vote that rancid so-called 'princess' out of here with me." He smirked as he cast his vote.
Klase: "Harvey hasn't been much of a problem to me. I'm going to vote Persephone."
Persephone: "I want that psychotic idiot out of here," she said with a groan. "Bye, Harvey."
Syd: She shook her head disapprovingly as she cast her vote for Harvey.
Winslow: "I elected not to warn Harvey. It looks like he will take the fall."
Winter: "Um...Alessia's voting Harvey, so I will too."
Current Teams:
Team Gorgeous: Faye, Kaif, Monty, Nicolette, Sasha, Setsuna, Shion, Zev
Team Persephone: Alessia, Chander, Klase, Persephone, Syd, Winslow, Winter
Eliminated: Harvey
Our first elimination is here! As we saw at the end, this season will pretty much have me never stop writing everyone. Loser Island will have some scenes at the end of the episodes. Harvey was a great character to get, but he wasn't destined to be with Crevice. So we'll see what type of chaos he'll cause on Loser Island.
Speaking of Loser Island, it might not even be Harvey's final time on Crevice. As we saw, this is an eighteen episode season with not that many characters, so there will be returns! Sometimes we'll spend some more time on Loser Island to see some people working to get back in the game. How that'll happen will be revealed soon!
I had planned to get this episode out sooner, but I ended up getting violently sick and lost a week or two of writing time. So, like I said last time, hopefully this story will update a bit faster than the most recent episode.
Again, please let me know how things went with your character! I think right now they're all set up for some good stuff. We got the start of some new plotlines. What'll happen with Kaif? What's the deal with Alessia and Winter? Anyway, let me know what you thought of everything in the reviews! I'll see you next time!