After driving from Los Angeles International Airport in their bus, Chris and the contestants arrived at a large mansion in Bel Air, Los Angeles, which was where the contestants would be staying for the duration of their stay on Total Drama: City Life. Once the bus parked in front of the mansion and all the contestants got out along with Chris, the contestants looked at the mansion in awe.
"This, contestants, is where you'll be sleeping for the summer! Welcome to Bel Air, Los Angeles!" Chris proudly announced to the contestants.
"Whoa! I did not expect the producers of this show to have the budget to rent out a fucking mansion in Bel Air for us to sleep in after how crappy All-Stars and Pahkitew Island turned out to be, but I ain't one to look a gift horse in the mouth!" Senne exclaimed with a smug grin as he filmed the mansion with his video camera for his next YouTube video.
"This is definitely a lot more luxury compared to what I have to deal with back home, and I'm definitely going to have to get used to living here over the summer." Gabi remarked as she looked at the mansion in awe.
Rhino Ceros squeaked in amazement at seeing the mansion that he and his fellow contestants were going to be staying at over the summer, having widened eyes. Luke nodded in agreement as he rubbed Rhino Ceros' head with his right hand.
"Yeah, it's really amazing that we get to stay here during the summer, isn't it, Rhino?" Luke said to the baby rhinoceros with an optimistic smile, after which Rhino Ceros looked at Luke and nodded at him, squeaking in agreement.
"Excuse me, but where's the bedrooms in this mansion? 'Cause I'd like to sleep in a bedroom with this chick over here." Kevin asked Chris with a grin as he pointed at Tikal, who was standing next to him.
"Do boys get one side of the mansion while girls get the other side as per the rules of previous Total Drama seasons?" Tikal asked Chris as she raised a curious eyebrow at the raven haired host. It wasn't like she didn't appreciate Kevin's presence or anything, but the princess didn't take kindly to the basketball player's seemingly sleazy nature.
"Yes, they do, Tikal. Now before we enter the mansion, we're going to divide you guys into your teams." Chris explained as the contestants all proceeded to look at each other before looking back at him. "Here's the deal; When I call your name, please stand to the right side of me. Gemario, Pink, Luke, Tikal, Senne, Celeste, Hoodie, Amber, Rowan, Winnie, Floris and Pepper...You'll be known as...The Floating Gurus!" The raven haired host told the contestants he just named as they walked up to the right side of him before he proceeded to hand them a green flag with a logo of a meditating person on it.
"The Floating Gurus? That's like, the best team name ever! It really fits the laid back vibe I got going, you know?" Rowan said with a grin, being excited about his new team name.
"I wholeheartedly agree with that, dude! Gotta love a team name that fits our vibe, y'know?" Tikal replied to the disk jockey with a grin as she gave him a high five.
"Wait, what about Lola?" Amber asked with a worried look on her face.
"The rest of you, please stand to the left side of me. Kazuki, Lisa, Jason, Gloria, Dylan, Techni, Kevin, Lola, Samuel, Anaïs, Rhino and Gabi...Move, move, move!" Chris spoke as those contestants began to run over to his left side.
"But Lola is on the other team! I can't handle my sister being on the other team!" Amber said with a dismayed look on her face as the remaining contestants began running up to Chris' left side.
"Serves you right for signing me up for this dumb show as a prank, Amber!" Lola stuck out her tongue at her little sister while folding her arms in front of her chest, which further upset Amber before Winnie proceeded to put a hand on Amber's shoulder to comfort her.
"Hey, don't worry about it, Amber. Look on the bright side of the matter; This'll give you the opportunity to become your own person, something that Katie and Sadie were never able to do during their time on Total Drama." Winnie told Amber with a reassuring smile.
Amber took in what Winnie said and smiled at her. "You're right, Winnie! I'm sure I'll be able to manage with my sister being on the other team!" The acrobatic teen beamed at her new teammate.
"You'll be known as...The Worn-Out Celebrities!" Chris spoke to the other team as he handed them a yellow flag with a logo of an Oscar on it.
"Well, that's a fitting name, given that this city's full of worn out celebs..." Jason muttered under his breath, to which Dylan nodded in agreement with this statement.
"It might not be the best team name out there, but it's not the worst team name out there either." Techni nodded, being satisfied with her team's name.
"Alright, contestants! You and your teammates will be on camera 24/7 during your time in Los Angeles!" Chris then announced to the contestants as the camera filmed a couple of other cameras that were spread around the city of Los Angeles.
-Confessional: Chris-
Chris was now shown sitting in a room with purple walls with a purple love seat stood in the middle. "As per usual, you can also share your thoughts in the show's confessional! Let the viewers back home know how you really feel!" Chris spoke with a wink to the camera. "Or...just get something off your chest."
-End Confessional-
-Confessional: Winnie-
"Well, I have to say, so far, I'm not complaining about my stay on Total Drama. We'll be staying in the city of Los Angeles for the duration of the season, in a mansion in Bel Air, no less, and Chris McLean appears to be much more mentally stable compared to how he was in previous seasons of Total Drama. I definitely lucked out with signing up for this season." The marine biologist spoke with a smile.
-End Confessional-
-Confessional: Rhino Ceros-
Rhino Ceros was squeaking at the camera, moving his front legs up and down as he tries to tell the viewers back home how he really feels about being on Total Drama, but due to being a rhinoceros, was incapable of speech and therefore the viewer could not understand what he was saying.
-End Confessional-
-Confessional: Pepper-
"Whoa, I can't believe I'm actually in the Total Drama confessional...If it actually existed, I would have definitely gotten the Use The Total Drama Confessional Badge for it. My scouting group really should make scouting badges based around competing on Total Drama in the future, because I want to be the one member of my scouting group to have gotten every single badge that my scouting group has to offer, so..." The camera feed then cut to the next confessional since Pepper kept talking for a while.
-End Confessional-
-Confessional: Dylan-
"Hello, Total Drama...My name's Dylan, and I'm gonna be one of the contestants on this season of Total Drama...My mom wanted me to go outside and socialize with other people more, so she signed me up for this season of Total Drama, and here I am...You'll be seeing me around, I guess..." Dylan shrugged with a pout-like frown on his face, being indifferent to the whole Total Drama experience.
-End Confessional-
"Alright, contestants! The female contestants are sleeping on the east side of the mansion, and the male contestants are sleeping on the west side of the mansion! You have 30 minutes to head to your rooms and unpack your stuff before you have to meet with me in the mansion's dining room, starting...now!" Chris told the contestants as they all began to run inside the mansion and head up to the bedrooms to start unpacking their stuff.
Hoodie pushed open the door of the men's bedroom, only to find the room to be filled with minimalist furniture. "Minimalist beds, couches, tables et cetera? I thought this was Los Angeles, California, USA? Not Stockholm, Sweden?" The purple haired teen asked in confusion.
"Just because we'll be staying in a luxury mansion doesn't mean we'll be getting luxury furniture to go along with it, dude. Get used to it." Senne bluntly told him as the other male contestants began to enter the room.
"He's right, man. Where I come from, furniture like this is a luxury, so I'm not complaining." Gemario chimed in as he began to pick his bed, with the other male contestants doing the same thing.
Hoodie scoffed at Senne. "How rude of you. If our team loses a challenge, I hope you get voted out first on our team." He pouted at the YouTuber, folding his arms in front of his chest.
"If that happens, I'll be shaving my head bald on camera." Senne flashed a cocky smirk at the roleplayer.
Dylan blinked at the situation before leaning over to Jason. "If that ends up happening, it'd be the first time in years I've actually laughed." He whispered to the red haired teen.
"I agree. It's been years since something or someone has genuinely made me laugh." Jason nodded back. The male contestants then looked at Rhino Ceros who was jumping up and down on his bed while squeaking happily.
"You know, it's not that I'm trying to be rude or anything, but does anyone else feel weirded out that we're gonna be sharing our room with a baby rhino over the summer?" Kazuki asked the other male contestants in the room.
"It's a bit off-kilter for sure, but a baby rhino in the room is somethin' I can endure. As long as he doesn't do his business in our room, I'm sure a healthy relation with 'im will bloom." Floris grinned as he shot Rhino Ceros a pair of finger guns, with the baby rhino attempting to shoot a pair of finger guns back at him using his front legs.
"Well, let's get back to unpacking our stuff. Chris is expecting us down in the dining room soon, so we better not waste his time by keeping him waiting." Luke spoke up as he began unpacking his stuff, with the other male contestants soon doing the same thing.
Sometime later, all the contestants were down in the dining room, where Chris was standing together with his co-host and cook, Chef Hatchet. "As per usual, the catering on Total Drama will be provided by my co-host you've come to know and love, Chef Hatchet. And to put you guys at ease, Chef won't be serving you any of his signature slop for this season. After six seasons of Total Drama, the producers were forced to have Chef serve you guys actual food after the show got sued for health code violations relating to the slop contestants were served three times a day." Chris explained to the contestants, making them light up with glee.
Chef rolled his eyes in disgust at the contestants' reactions to being served actual food. "Yeah, yeah. Don't let it get to your heads that you're gettin' actual food from my kitchen from now on. And remember; If anyone complains about the food bein' served, you're gettin' a kitchen knife to the face!" Chef shouted at the contestants as he held up a kitchen knife, after which Chris proceeded to lower Chef's arm.
"Dude, lower the piece. And don't threaten the contestants. We already got enough trouble with the law on our doorstep for all the child endangerment we put the kids through in previous seasons." Chris quietly told Chef, who proceeded to take a deep breath to calm himself down.
"Right. My bad." Chef replied to Chris before he proceeded to retreat into the kitchen to start making the contestants lunch.
"I do apologize for that. Chef has been working on getting his temper under control, but he still slips up every now and then." Chris told the contestants.
Gloria then ended up raising her hand. "Excuse me, but mind if I ask a question? How come you've been acting much nicer than you were in previous seasons? Not that I'm complaining about it, but I couldn't help but find it strange." The MMA fighter spoke up.
"That's a very good question, Gloria! And the answer is simple: That evil personality of mine you've seen in previous seasons of the show? It was all just an act that the producers asked me to put on to try and boost ratings for the show! I never actually wanted to be that evil jerk you saw during the previous six seasons of Total Drama, but I unfortunately didn't have a say in it, so all the terrorism, child endangerment and other crimes I've committed on the show were all the idea of the producers! But that has come back to bite the producers in the butt, so no more Evil Chris on Total Drama starting with this season of Total Drama!" Chris explained to the contestants, which made a bunch of contestants happy, though some contestants couldn't help but find Chris' explanation a bit sketchy.
-Confessional: Lisa-
"So the producers were the brains behind all the over the top crap we've seen on the previous seasons of the show? I suppose that makes sense, but I still can't help but wonder if Chris was actually telling the truth when he said that."
-End Confessional-
-Confessional: Hoodie-
"If Chris expects me to buy that shit about the producers forcing him to be an evil bastard, he's more likely to get me to embrace conservatism than to believe the things he says."
-End Confessional-
-Confessional: Amber-
"I'm soooo relieved that Chris is going to be nicer starting with this season of Total Drama! That might just make my stay on this show a lot more bearable compared to what previous contestants had to go through!"
-End Confessional-
-Confessional: Rowan-
"Like, it's really cool that Chris is going to mellow out starting with this season of Total Drama, you know? It might get the show better ratings after how crazy All-Stars and Pahkitew Island were, too. And I can roll with a host who's mellow like a cello, you know? It's fitting for a laid back guy like me."
-End Confessional-
Soon, all contestants were lined up at the kitchen with a plate in their hands as Chef was serving them spaghetti with a zesty tomato sauce, fresh olives and Parmesan cheese. "Whoa, spaghetti? That's awesome, Chef! Thanks!" Luke beamed as he left the line with his plate of spaghetti.
"I must say that your cooking is most impressive when using actual ingredients, sir. Do keep up the good work for the remainder of the season, yes?" Samuel gave Chef a calm smile as the muscular black man proceeded to put a portion of spaghetti down on the elderly gentleman's plate.
"It's not like I have much of a choice, sir. If I don't, I'll be goin' to jail for health code violations." Chef replied to Samuel, who nodded in understanding as he left the line. Chef then proceeded to put down a portion of spaghetti on Pink's plate.
"Are you sure that this spaghetti is gluten free? Did you use vegetarian meat when making this spaghetti? Is the tomato sauce vegan? I want to make sure every meal you serve me lives up to my diet." Pink spoke to Chef who blinked in annoyance at the aspiring lawyer. Pink blinked back at the muscular black man. "...I'll take that as a yes." She muttered under her breath before leaving the line, after which Hoodie walked up to Chef, who proceeded to put down a portion of spaghetti on his plate.
Hoodie looked down at his spaghetti, blinked and then looked back up at Chef. "Okay, I hate to be predictable and complain on the first day, but I think there's a fly in my food." The roleplayer told Chef, who proceeded to stick his hand into Hoodie's spaghetti, grabbed the fly out of it and proceeded to fling the fly into a nearby wall. "Wonderful, thanks!" Hoodie told Chef with condescension before leaving the line.
"Fuckin' kids..." Chef muttered under his breath before Gabi proceeded to walk up to him with her plate in her hands. "You got any complaints 'bout my cookin'?" He asked the military cadet with an annoyed look on his face.
"Sir, no, sir!" Gabi replied as she saluted him, after which Chef proceeded to put down a portion of spaghetti on her plate.
"That's more like it. Now get outta the line, there's more kids that want their food." Chef nodded after which Gabi quickly left the line and Dylan walked up to him, with Chef putting food onto his plate, after which Dylan left the line without saying a word. "Damn, would it kill ya to crack a smile and say thank you?" Chef asked Dylan, who still didn't respond to him.
Sooner or later, all the contestants were served their food, and were currently sitting at their respective team tables, having their lunch. "Man, can you believe that we're getting actual food served to us on Total Drama? We're truly the luckiest cast of contestants that this show has to offer in that sense." Kevin said to his teammates with a grin as he ate his food.
Techni smiled and nodded in agreement. "I definitely agree that we're blessed to get food this good on Total Drama. After watching contestants eat slop three times a day while on the show, I'm definitely going to have to get used to this." She replied to Kevin as she ate her food.
"You can defintely tell that the food on Total Drama is good when even a baby rhinoceros is enjoying it." Anaïs pointed out as the Worn-Out Celebrities proceeded to look at Rhino Ceros, who was happily eating his spaghetti, humming in delight as he did so.
Techni smiled and nodded once more before turning to Dylan. "So, Dylan. How do you feel about your time on Total Drama so far?" She asked the quiet kid curiously.
Dylan proceeded to swallow some spaghetti and looked at Techni. "...It's the same as back home in Springfield, I suppose. Just a lot more bright, colorful and noisy." He replied to her.
"I'm assuming that's a good thing?" Techni asked him, after which Dylan responded by flashing a thumbs up at her. "Glad to hear that! I'm sure that you'll warm up to the idea of being in Los Angeles for the summer soon enough!" Techni beamed at Dylan with a smile, to which Dylan nodded in agreement.
Soon, once all the contestants had finished their lunch, Chris proceeded to enter the dining room. "Alright, contestants. Have you all been fed well?" The raven haired host asked the contestants with a smile, with the contestants nodding or voicing their agreement. "Well, good, because I have an announcement to make: Your first challenge starts...in one hour!" Chris announced, after which the contestants gasped in shock. "We'll be leaving for the location of the first challenge in about 30 minutes, so you'd best get prepared for departure." He added as he left the dining room again.
"What do you think they're gonna make us do for the first challenge? I hope it's nothing too dangerous like jumping off a cliff into shark-infested waters or something like that..." Amber looked worried.
"If there's one thing I learned from the quick crash course I took on Total Drama over the past few months, it's that the difficulty level of the first challenge is very sporadic, so it can range from being impossible for us to clear, or we might have it so easy that there's no point at all." Gemario replied to her, to which Celeste nodded in agreement, imitating playing a video game while being frustrated before switching to imitating playing a video game while being relaxed.
"Sounds like Celeste agrees with you, Gemario." Tikal remarked with a laid back smile.
"Apparently so." Gemario nodded back. Sometime later, the contestants were seated in the bus once again as they were driving towards the location of the first challenge, which happened to be Santa Monica. Once they arrived there, the contestants proceeded to get out of the bus as they proceeded to look around Santa Monica in awe.
"Whoa...I never thought I'd see Santa Monica in real life with my own two eyes..." Kazuki remarked, the Japanese teen being amazed at what he saw.
"You can say that again..." Lisa agreed as she proceeded to take a picture of the area with her camera.
"Whoa...I never thought I'd see Santa Monica in real life with my own two eyes..." Kazuki repeated, after which his teammates proceeded to look at him funny. "What? I thought it'd be a funny joke to crack." Kazuki shrugged at his teammates, who proceeded to shrug back in response before everyone turned their attention to Chris.
"Welcome to Santa Monica, Los Angeles! This city within a city is well known for its beachfront community and diverse economy, as it houses companies such as Hulu, Activision Blizzard, Universal Music Group, Lionsgate, Illumination and The Recording Company!" Chris spoke to the contestants as he gave them a quick rundown of the area that the first challenge was gonna be taking place in.
"So, what are we gonna have to do for our first challenge here today?" Pink asked Chris with a curious tilt of her head, giving the raven haired host a long look.
"Glad you asked, Pink!" Chris responded, shooting the aspiring lawyer a pair of finger guns. "Your first challenge is very simple: You're going to be acting as lifeguards on the beach of Santa Monica for a total of six hours, rescuing anyone who happens to get in trouble while they're out swimming in the sea today! The team that ends up saving the most bathing guests from the sea by the time the six hours are up will win the challenge and not only receive immunity, but also a reward! The losers...will be sending someone home." The raven haired host explained as the camera panned from the ocean, to people swimming in the sea in front of Los Angeles and finally, to a set of bags standing outside Los Angeles International Airport.
"And one more thing: Because we're in Los Angeles for this season of Total Drama, and Los Angeles is well known for housing a variety of celebrities, each episode of Total Drama will be having a celebrity guest starring for each challenge! And who better to guest star in a lifeguard-themed episode than the man known for starring in Baywatch and Knight Rider? Give it up for David Hasselhoff!" Chris proudly announced as David Hasselhoff walked up to him dressed in his Baywatch lifeguard attire, waving at the contestants with a smile. A bunch of female contestants as well as a few male ones started screaming their heads off in excitement at being in the presence of David Hasselhoff, though Dylan just stared at him with a blank expression.
"What's wrong, Dylan? Why aren't you excited to see David Hasselhoff?" Techni asked Dylan with a confused expression on her face.
"Never heard of him." Dylan simply stated, shocking his teammates.
"You've never heard of David Hasselhoff?! How come?!" Gloria asked the quiet kid in shock.
"Not much of a movie or a TV show guy." Dylan replied, keeping the blank expression. His teammates decided not to pester him about it any further and turned their attention back to David and Chris.
"Hey there, kids. It's The Hoff, and I'm gonna be assisting Chris McLean in keeping the score for today's challenge as well as warn you of any bathing guests that happen to get into trouble from my lifeguard watch tower. I know you've got it in you to get the drowning bathing guests to safety, so I won't be involved in the rescue of any bathing guests unless absolutely necessary. Good luck with your challenge." David Hasselhoff told the contestants with a kind smile, causing the contestants to light up with glee once more.
"I'll give you contestants exactly 15 minutes to get dressed up in your lifeguard attire starting...now!" Chris told the contestants before they immediately began to scramble towards the beach dressing rooms to start putting on their lifeguard attire.
-Confessional: Gemario-
"Playing lifeguard for a day should be an easy enough task for me to fulfill. I at least know how to swim, and with my build, I should be able to carry any drowning bathing guests to safety with relative ease. So I should be of use to my team for this challenge."
-End Confessional-
-Confessional: Lola-
"Great, I'm gonna have to dress up in some stupid revealing bathing suit the whole day while saving dumbasses who got in trouble while swimming. I just hope I won't have any perverts ogling me while I'm running back and forth between the ocean today, or else I'm gonna be suing this show for sexual harassment."
-End Confessional-
Exactly 15 minutes later, all contestants were dressed up in their lifeguard attire, with even Rhino Ceros wearing one. The Floating Gurus stood on the right side of the lifeguard watch tower while the Worn-Out Celebrities stood on the left side of the lifeguard watch tower. Chris was seated in the lifeguard watch tower together with David Hasselhoff.
"Alright, contestants! Are you ready to start your first challenge? Then, ready, set, GO!" Chris called before blowing an airhorn into the air, causing David Hasselhoff to cringe and cover his ears.
"Yeesh, don't blow that thing so close to me. My hearing needs to come along a lot more years, you know." David pointed out to Chris, who shrugged innocently before David recomposed himself and grabbed a pair of binoculars, peering through it as he looked out across the sea for any swimmers that happened to be drowning before taking notice of a young woman drowning. David quickly lowered his binoculars and blew a whistle, causing Chris to cringe and cover his ears this time. "There's a swimmer drowning in the sea! Get out there and rescue them!" David told the contestants, after which Rhino Ceros quickly ran into the sea and started paddling towards the drowning swimmer, grabbing her before attempting to get her to safety, but due to the difference in size, Rhino Ceros was unable to properly carry the woman to safety, after which the two of them quickly capsized and went under the water.
"Oh no! Rhino Ceros drowned along with the woman!" Winnie exclaimed in dismay. Despite the two of them being on differing teams, the marine biologist still cared for the baby rhinoceros all the same.
"I'll handle this!" David exclaimed before leaping from the watch tower and rushing into the sea to save both Rhino Ceros and the woman. Before long, David came back out of the ocean with the woman in his arms and Rhino Ceros resting on his shoulder. Both the woman and Rhino Ceros were gasping and coughing. The contestants applauded David for rescuing them, to which David gave a humble nod.
-Confessional: Hoodie-
"I cannot begin to express how heroic David looked when he rescued that woman and that rhino from the sea! If David was at least 30 years younger and I wasn't already taken by Sweatshirt, I would have loved to be part of his brigade!" Hoodie gushed with a bright red face, fanning it.
-End Confessional-
-Confessional: Rhino Ceros-
Rhino Ceros sighed and whined, knowing that he was useless to his team in this challenge due to his small size.
-End Confessional-
"I think it's for the best that Rhino Ceros sits out for the remainder of this challenge, given the disadvantage he has over the other contestants." Chris wisely decided, causing Rhino Ceros to frown and hang his head in shame, after which Techni patted his head to comfort him. Meanwhile, David went back to looking over the ocean with his binoculars for any troubled swimmers before managing to spot on, blowing his whistle once more.
"There's a man drowning at twelve o'clock! Get out there and save him from a watery grave!" David told the contestants as he pointed towards the ocean, with Gemario quickly running into the ocean as he began swimming towards the drowning man. His teammates cheered him on as he took the drowning man over his shoulder and back to the beach. After putting the man down on the sand, he began to gasp and cough.
"Whew, you saved me...Thanks a bundle..." The man told Gemario with a weak smile, after which the giant teen gave a smile back at him.
"Don't mention it, sir. I was happy to help." Gemario replied to the man before looking back at David and Chris. "I'm guessing that's a point for us, right?" He asked David.
"Correct, kid. Well done out there. That's a point for the Floating Gurus!" David announced as The Floating Gurus cheered and clapped. It soon died down, allowing David to get back to looking out for drowning bathing guests, eventually spotting a female surfer who was riding a large wave before being knocked off her board. The board was washed back to shore, but the surfer was still stuck in the water, frantically waving her arms about.
"There's another bathing guest drowning in the sea at 10 o'clock! Get her out of the water and to the beach as fast as you can!" David told the contestants, after which Gloria proceeded to run into the sea, swimming out towards the drowning surfer while her teammates cheered her on.
"Yeah! Gloria, do it!" Techni cheered loudly. Gloria soon grabbed the surfer before taking her back to the shore, putting her down on the sand after reaching the shore. The surfer took deep breaths before she looked at Gloria.
"Thank you so much. I would've been a goner if it wasn't for you." The surfer gave Gloria a grateful smile.
"You're welcome, ma'am. I'm just doing my job." Gloria smiled back at the surfer before turning her attention to David.
"That's one point for the Worn-Out Celebrities! The score is currently tied up, but anything's still possible!" David announced as the Worn-Out Celebrities began clapping for Gloria.
-Confessional: Dylan-
"This is definitely going to be a long day, alright...I just hope that we'll be able to garner the most point so that we'll be able to escape elimination for the first episode..." The quiet kid admitted with a sigh, having a sense of doubt in the back of his head.
-End Confessional-
Next, David spotted a young kid drowning in the sea. "There's a little kid drowning at 3 o'clock! Any of you, get into the water to get that kid back onto dry land!" He told the contestants.
"I'll take care of this! My camera's waterproof, so I can get footage of me getting that kid to safety for my next YouTube video!" Senne grinned as he ran into the water while still holding his camera as it was recording everything. He then began swimming towards the drowning kid as the camera perspective changed to that of Senne's camera.
"Hello, everyone! As you can see, I'm currently playing the first challenge on Total Drama: City Life, and none other than David Hasselhoff has tasked me with saving a little kid from drowning! Let's save this kid with some Knol Power, shall we?" Senne spoke to his camera with an excited grin as he arrived at the location of the drowning kid before grabbing him and taking him over his shoulder, before swimming back to shore with the kid in tow.
"Ugh...What's happening...?" The kid weakly asked as he looked at Senne's camera. "Hey, are you a YouTuber...?" The kid then asked Senne.
"Yep, that's me, kid! Name's DJ Senne, one of the biggest YouTubers in all of Belgium! Once you end up going home, I'd suggest keeping an eye on my YouTube channel so that you can see yourself being rescued by me!" Senne told the kid, the excited grin not leaving his face.
"You're not speaking Dutch in your videos, are you? My parents don't like me watching Dutch and Belgian YouTubers because they're very cocky..." The kid admitted.
"Unfortunately, I do speak Dutch in my videos, 'cause that's where my biggest audience is, kid." Senne told him.
"Then I'm not allowed to watch you...Sorry..." The kid told Senne with a regretful frown.
"Ah, it's not your fault, kid. It's your parents that are fucking penisholes." Senne replied with a smug smile.
"See, this is why I'm not allowed to watch Dutch and Belgian YouTubers, because they're very cocky and they curse a lot, much like you..." The kid admitted as him and Senne arrived back at the beach, after which Senne dropped the kid into the sand while he was still filming.
"And it sounds like your parents raised you to be a penishole as well." Senne spoke, the smug smile not leaving his face.
"Senne, watch your language in front of that kid!" Chris shouted at Senne off-screen.
"I will do as I fucking please, McLean!" Senne shouted at him.
"Well, Senne got the drowning kid back to the shore, so I will reluctantly award a point to the Floating Gurus." David spoke with a reluctant frown as the Floating Gurus clapped awkwardly at this.
"I'll take it." Senne smugly grinned while Dylan rolled his eyes in disgust at Senne's actions. Meanwhile, David sighed as he went back to peering over the water in search of more swimmrs that were in need of rescue before seeing a dog drowning in the sea.
"Dog drowning at 7 o'clock! Someone get in there to get it to safety!" David told the contestants, with Samuel running into the water to go save the dog from drowning, surprising the Worn-Out Celebrities.
-Confessional: Samuel-
"It was time for this old man to show those whippersnappers that he's still got it, even at the age of 98." Samuel spoke with a determined look on his face.
-End Confessional-
Samuel quickly swam out to sea before taking the drowning dog into his arms and swimming back to the beach with it. Upon arriving at the beach, he handed the dog back to its grateful owner.
"Oh, thank you so much for saving my beloved pet from a watery grave, sir! I owe you big time!" The dog's owner beamed at Samuel, who smiled and gently pat her shoulder.
"Don't mention it, madam. Saving lives is one of my specialties." Samuel told the woman before walking back to his team, who all cheered for him.
"Well done, Mr. Samuel! You really saved that dog's butt back there!" Gabi told Samuel with a smile.
"Thank you, young lass. Glad to know my efforts for the team are being recognized." Samuel nodded towards Gabi with a smile.
"And that's another point for the Worn-Out Celebrities! Let's keep this ball rolling!" David spoke with a smile as he went back to looking for drowning bathing guests, eventually spotting one. "Drowning woman at eleven o'clock! Get her to safety, quick!" David ordered the contestants, with Amber rushing into the water for the Floating Gurus and Gabi rushing into the water for the Worn-Out Celebrities. In spite of Gabi being taller and more athletic than Amber, the short teen managed to get over to the drowning bathing guest first and managed to get her back to shore.
The woman let out a sigh of relief after being saved. "You have my gratitude for getting me to safety. You're my heroine." She told Amber with a grateful smile.
"You're welcome, miss! Anyone with a heart would save a drowning woman!" Amber beamed at her as her teammates clapped for her.
"Looks like Amber was quicker on the draw for the Floating Gurus this time! The Floating Gurus are currently leading by three points!" David announced as the Gurus cheered at this.
A montage soon started up of the contestants saving bathing guests at Santa Monica, Los Angeles from drowning, with some contestants doing a better job at this than other ones. Eventually, the montage ended as both teams were looking at David and Chris with a frown.
"Well done, contestants! You really saved a lot of bathing guests from drowning, which is already a victory of itself! But unfortunately, both teams have tied up the score at 12-12, and the sun is starting to set above Los Angeles, so the contestant that manages to save one last swimmer from drowning will score the winning point for their team. So let's take a look if there's one more drowning swimmer out there..." David spoke to the contestants before looking back at the sea before spotting a drowning man out on the water.
"There's one more drowning man at one o'clock! Whoever saves this one scores the winning point for their team, so get to it!" David told the contestants, with Rowan rushing into the water for the Floating Gurus and Dylan rushing into the water for the Worn-Out Celebrities. Both boys fought tooth and nail to reach the drowning man first, but unfortunately for Dylan, Rowan arrived at the location of the drowning man first and took him back to shore.
"And that's the challenge! The Floating Gurus win with a final score of 13-12!" Chris announced as Rowan put the man down in the sand, raising his arms in victory as his teammates cheered for him. The Worn-Out Celebrities hung their heads in defeat as Dylan walked up to the team with his usual emotionless look.
Techni walked up to Dylan, putting an arm around him. "Hey, it's okay, Dylan. You did your best out there. And you can't do any more than your best, remember that, okay?" The sweet girl told the quiet kid with a reassuring smile, after which Dylan nodded in understanding.
It then cut to the teams back in their regular outfits as they were getting a debrief from David and Chris. "Congratulations, Floating Gurus! As a result of winning the first challenge of Total Drama: City Life, you're safe from elimination and don't have to vote someone off! And to make this victory even sweeter, you also get to enjoy a reward of sailing out onto the open water of Santa Monica on a yacht tonight and enjoying a luxury dinner on open sea out underneath the stars! Bonus!" Chris told the Floating Gurus as they proceeded to cheer happily over this.
The Worn-Out Celebrities frowned in defeat, as they knew they had to go to the elimination ceremony tonight and vote off one of their own team members. "Worn-Out Celebrities, what can I say? It really sucks to be you guys right now. I'll be seeing your sorry butts at the elimination ceremony at the Hollywood Bowl tonight." Chris told the Worn-Out Celebrities before turning to David.
"Before we return back to the mansion, I want to give a quick thanks to David Hasselhoff for overseeing this challenge today and keeping the scores for it. Thanks a lot, Dave! This challenge wouldn't have been the same without you!" Chris told David with a smile as the contestants clapped for him.
"Don't mention it, Chris. I was happy to have helped you with this challenge today. I'll be off now, but do keep on rocking the challenges that are to follow on this season of Total Drama, yeah? Bye!" David waved off the contestants as he left Santa Monica.
The scene then switched to the Worn-Out Celebrities in the dining room of the mansion, having their dinner, which consisted of a succulent cheese fondue created by Chef. They watched as the Floating Gurus proceeded to walk through the dining room in their formal wear to get to the front door and into the limousine that was going to take them to the yacht they would be dining at.
The Worn-Out Celebrities then looked back at each other with an uneasy look on their faces. "What do we do now?" Kevin asked his teammates with a frown.
"We're going to have to figure out who we're going to vote off tonight. I think it's needless to say, but our first nominee should be Rhino Ceros, because he just doesn't have it in him to be on a show as this given his shortcomings." Anaïs pointed out to her teammates, which Rhino Ceros was understandably upset by, but the rest of the Worn-Out Celebrities nodded in agreement.
"If I may make a suggestion for the second nominee, I think it should be you." Jason spoke up, pointing at Anaïs, surprising her.
"What? Why me?" Anaïs asked him, surprised at being suggested for elimination.
"To put it bluntly, you hardly did anything during the challenge today. For the most part, you just chose to idly stand by and look on as the rest of us rushed into the water to go rescue the drowning swimmers." Jason explained his reasons for nominating Anaïs.
"Jason does have a point there, Anaïs. You did hardly do anything during the challenge today, so that does make you a prime target for elimination." Lisa agreed with Jason's reasoning.
"Well, if I would be given a chance for the next challenge, then I would certainly try and do more during the next challenge." Anaïs defended herself, after which the rest of the Worn-Out Celebrities looked at each other before looking back at Anaïs, not exactly becoming any the wiser from who they should eliminate.
-Confessional: Dylan-
"While Anaïs is talking up a big game and showing that she's on the untrustworthy side, she did have a point about Rhino Ceros. I will be voting for Rhino Ceros tonight, but not because he's a literal baby animal, but because he doesn't belong on a show like Total Drama. It pains me to say that, but it's just how it is."
-End Confessional-
We then find ourselves at the elimination ceremony at the Hollywood Bowl, where the Worn-Out Celebrities were due to vote someone off. The Worn-Out Celebrities sat in the bleachers of the Hollywood Bowl while the Floating Gurus were watching the ceremony play out from a peanut gallery on stage. Chris was also standing on stage with a podium stood next to him, a plate of Gilded Chris Awards on top of it.
"Worn-Out Celebrities...I'm pretty sure you've all seen this Gilded Chris Award being handed out to lucky contestants that get to stay in the competition for another 3 days back in Total Drama Action...Well, just like in Total Drama Action, these Gilded Chris Awards signify your life force in the competition...I only have 11 Gilded Chris Awards on this plate. When I call your name, I will toss you a Gilded Chris to signify you're safe. The contestant who does not receive a Gilded Chris Award tonight must immediately make their way down the Walk of Shame and into the Lame-o-sine. Which means you're out of the contest. And you can't come back. Ever." Chris spoke to the Worn-Out Celebrities, who all looked at each other before looking back at Chris.
"The first Gilded Chris goes to...Kevin." Chris spoke as Kevin grinned and caught his Gilded Chris. "The next Gilded Chris goes to...Lola." Lola smirked as she caught her Gilded Chris as well. "Gilded Chris Awards also go to...Gabi, Samuel, Techni, Kazuki, Lisa, Jason, Gloria and Dylan." The aforementioned contestants proceeded to catch their Gilded Chris Awards with relief. It was now down to Anaïs and Rhino Ceros in the bottom two. Both contestants were rather nervous.
"Contestants...This...is the final Gilded Chris of the evening..." Chris told the contestants.
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Chris gave it great thought before pointing at the final contestant that was safe for the night. "Anaïs. You're safe too." The raven haired host spoke as the analyst sighed in relief and caught her Gilded Chris. Rhino Ceros looked sad at this.
"I can't say I'm too shocked. Baby animals and reality TV competitions don't exactly go hand in hand, you know. Rhino Ceros, the Walk of Shame awaits." Chris told Rhino Ceros, who started crying as he got up from his seat and began walking down the Walk of Shame, stepping inside the Lame-o-sine while still crying as an intern shut the door behind him before the Lame-o-sine took off into the night.
"The rest of you, enjoy your Gilded Chris Awards. You're all safe...for now." Chris told the remaining 11 members of the Worn-Out Celebrities.
-Confessional: Dylan-
"Well, Total Drama has been a horrifying experience so far. Really, really horrifying, but...Now that I'm here, I might as well try to socialize with people more and maybe even try to win."
-End Confessional-
And we're finally here with Part 2 of the start of Dylan's adventure in Los Angeles! I know it's been a while since I've updated any of my Total Drama fics, but I'm sure most of you already know why I haven't updated any of my Total Drama fics for a while! But for those that don't know, I'll give you a quick little rundown; I was (ironically) getting tired of the infinite amount of drama I was constantly exposed to within the Total Drama community and especially the SYOC branch of the community, so around July last year, I decided to go on a hiatus from the Total Drama community, but as of late, I've found myself wanting to return to the community despite not being fully comfortable with returning yet. That's when some of the people that are in my Total Drama themed Discord server suggested me to start out small by working on one of my OC-centric fics, which is what I did by starting to work on the next chapter for this story!
And at the end of the day, the Worn-Out Celebrities lost the first challenge, and it was Rhino Ceros who was voted off first! With Rhino Ceros being a literal baby animal who doesn't even have hands to hold anything, it was pretty much a no-brainer as to why he was voted out first! And yeah, every challenge on Total Drama: City Life will have a celebrity guest star in said challenge. With this season of Total Drama taking place in Los Angeles, which is known for its fair share of celebrities, it only makes sense for that to be a theme in this story. And what celebrity could be better to guest star in a beach-themed challenge than David Hasselhoff?
Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you again next time! :D