The letters T, D, A, and the number 2 all dropped at the same time against a shimmering silver background, with several music notes surrounding the three letters. Right below the three words, a faint light began illuminating in the background, forming the word 'Aftermath' in black letters.
*Opening theme*
Aftermath I: Mairead-ing All Losses
Night 3, 10:00PM
FRESH ENT. BUILDING - ACHIEVEMENT GALLERY
"Wait, why weren't the highlights played?!" an angry voice was heard while the camera was still black. "I thought the highlight reels for this season are supposed to be playing before the intro!"
"Uh… it got cut off! I'm so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so sooooo sorry!" the cameraman apologized. The cameraman, or in this case, camerawoman, was obviously Rosa Dela Rosa from last season.
The screen was then activated as it shows that the owner of the voice from earlier was no other than Evander Juel Craver, from Act I.
"My god, I didn't even counted how many so's you said-" Evander commented.
"I apologize but, we're rolling." Dela Rosa confirmed.
Evander noticed this and cleared his throat. "Ahem. Uhh, I'm Evander Juel Craver, 6th placer of Act I, currently an actor but now, I'm your aftermath host!"
Another girl joined him. "And I'm Vivianne LeRusso, 8th placer in Act I, guitarist of the band, the Red Roses. And also, your co-host for this aftermath!"
Both of the former contestants have changed their looks from the past two years.
Evander looks noticeably a bit skinnier than last season, but still fit. His moustache was also still present, though.
Vivianne also had her hair dyed red and it was only up to her chin. She also had a nose and ear piercing, emphasizing her rocker girl look.
Both teens formed a huge smile on their faces as they shouted enthusiastically.
"Welcome to Total Drama Aftermath!"
Vivianne chuckled. "This aftermath is slightly different from the last season. Because, we only had one aftermath and it didn't go so good. Well, actually it did, but no offense. It was as boring as heck."
Ba-dum-pssh!
Evander cleared his throat. "Well ViVi, instead of this taking place in Crown Island, we are here in the Fresh Entertainment building, right here in Chicago!"
The two hosts scooted away for a moment, giving the viewers a full view of the elegant achievement gallery. It was a big room with a red carpet rolled all the way to the end of the hall, and several empty trophy cases on the walls along with a bulletin on the back. There were also dimmed lights on the room, with a long, red velvet bench on the left side, a matching armchair on the right, and a coffee table in the middle. There was also a small table next to the armchair, but it was moved to the front of the armchair for reasons you have to wait until later.
"And fun fact, this is THE building confirmed where Act III will be taking place next year! So for once, the series is leaving the Musimental Theater!" Evander added as the two went back to their spots in front of the camera.
Vivianne stomped his foot as soon she went into position, causing the bulky boy to wheeze in pain. "You freaking twat! You weren't supposed to spoil it right now! You could've just waited until the Fresh Entertainment Virtual Tour!"
"Chill, Viv! It's not like they were gonna remember it anyway!" Evander retorted as he crossed his arms.
Sal came onto the scene, holding a tape recorder. It played on repeat: "It's not like they were gonna remember it anyway!" It played for about two times before Sal shooed away from the camera.
Evander smacked his forehead. "Fine. But I promise, I'm not spoiling Act III's concept."
Vivianne just rolled her eyes. "Anyway, let's first welcome some people you might or might not miss, the gang from original, one and only, Act I: Musical Impact!"
Applauses were heard as Samuel, Spear, Amanda, Meredith, and Kim (gonna call May Quetzal as Kim to not get confused with Kimmie or May Gale) emerged from the red curtains on the left entrance. They all waved to the camera as they took their seats in a long bench, with Sal joining them afterwards with his tape recorder.
To describe what everyone looked like in terms of changing their appearances, Samuel's black hair grew a bit longer as he now had bangs on his forehead, thus his hair was now dyed into a darker shade of brown.
Spear had appeared in the recent episodes of Act II, but now his short green hair was dyed to dirty blonde for who knows what reason.
Amanda grew even taller than last season, making her the tallest girl in the room. She was also wearing green eye contacts.
Meredith hadn't changed much, but her long wavy hair was cut up to her mid back.
Sal didn't changed that much as well, as the only noticeable thing was that he was slightly taller and he also had a slight stubble on his chin.
And finally, Kim (or May) had her hair cut just up to her shoulders. She also had baby blue highlights.
"Alright, gang! Introduce yourselves, state your current career here in Fresh Entertainment, and include what place you were last season!" Evander instructed.
The camera panned to Sal.
"Aw, come on! Why me first?" He asked.
"Because the camera said so." Dela Rosa answered him from the background.
Sal sighed at the idea. "Fine. Hi. I'm Solomon Hutchinson, 7th placer of Act I. But now, I'm a rapper and songwriter."
Applauses were heard before the camera pans to Kim. She waved awkwardly before beginning her intro. "Uhh, hi! I'm Kimberly May Quetzal, 17th placer in Act I, currently a singer and songwriter." She said, smiling warmly.
Next to her was Spear, who gave a formal chuckle before introducing himself. "Hello, folks! Cedric Merritt here, 12th placer in Act I, currently a musical and movie actor, as well as an actng mentor for this season."
After him was Samuel, who ean a hand through his hair before talking. "Hello everyone. I'm Samuel Shye, 16th placer in Act I, currently a guitarist, actor, and singer."
The camera then panned to Amanda, who flipped her hair. "Amanda here, 10th placer of Act I. As of now, I'm an actress and a model." She said before she begins to examine her nails.
Next was Meredith, who had almost no time to react. "Um… hello! I'm Meredith Whittle, 9th placer in Act I, and right now, um… I'm a songwriter and model as well."
Vivianne counted everyone. "That's… eight. Including me and Evander… where are Faith, Xavier, Olivia and Clayton?"
"Oh, they were in the studio for their photoshoot." Amanda answered.
"What for?" Vivianne asked, scratching her head.
"Come on, their music video's releasing next month! The photoshoot is for their teaser pictures! You don't know that?" Kim told her.
Before Vivianne could say another word, the top four from last season entered the curtains. It was obvious that they had just finished their photoshoot as they were still wearing their makeup and had their hair arranged, but they were out of their costumes as they were in their casual wear like the others.
"Um… hey. What did we miss?" Xavier asked them as he took a seat near the edge of the bench.
Speaking of Xavier, his look didn't change that much. However, his brown puffy hair was now neatly fixed, completing the look with his hair gelled to the side. His usually peachy skin was slightly tanned a bit, particularly because of staying under the sun (aka shooting purposes), but sunburn isn't the case here, so shut up. He's still the same used-to-be-outcast-guy though.
Olivia's brown hair was longer than her hair last season. In fact, her hair stylist had the girl's hair up in a high bun. She also looked as if she wore a bit more makeup than usual. Usually, she would just wear foundation and a light lipstick. But now, her makeup artist had her try out more stuff like eyeliner, eye shadow, blush, heck even her lips are now a deep shade of red, which still complimented her look. You go, girl.
Faith on the other hand, had her long strawberry blonde hair dyed into black. Instead of her signature curls, it was now straight, making her look a bit more elegant. Similar to Olivia, she also wore a lot of makeup. What was also noticeable was that the percussionist seemed to gain some weight, she was no longer skinny, but she wasn't that chubby either.
And Clayton, well, let's just say that he had the most drastic change in appearance. First of all, he's taller, around the same height as Evander. His black hair is also cut short, and unlike last season where he had a fringe that covers one eye, the fringe was no longer there as both of his eyes were now seen for the first time. Oh, and he was also wearing brown eye contacts, his eyes are still purple, but he wears those contacts now. You could probably say that he looks a bit more… healthy?
"Well, looks like you guys are busy." Evander sighed. "Anyway, introduce yourselves."
"How?" Faith asked him.
"Since you're the final four from last season, just state your name and your career because ahem, the final episodes weren't even aired yet." Vivianne told them.
"What!?" Xavier shouted. "But… the season ended two years ago!"
"Yeah, well the lroducers were too lazy to air the finale so… just do what I told you to do." Vivianne scowled at them.
At this point, the camera panned to Clayton.
"Heeey, everyone." He waved awkwardly. "Um… if you guys don't know, me, Xavier, Faith, and Olivia formed a band called the 'Quadrigon' because apparently, Faith's school band, The Five Leaf Clovers, disbanded after the season…" he started, rubbing the back of his head. "But anyway, I'm Clayton Lunar, currently a vocalist and rapper for Quadrigon, so… do support us on our upcoming music video release!" he ended, lowkey advertising their upcoming music video as the camera panned to Olivia.
"Greetings, fellow viewers! My name is Olivia Mims, vocalist for Quadrigon, and also a composer." The girl said it in a matter of factly manner before the camera tirned to Faith.
"So, hello fans of Total Drama!" Faith grinned. "I'm Felicity Anne Laverre, mostly known as Faith, and I'm currently a rapper for our band, Quadrigon! I'm also a dance choreographer in the company and of course, I'm still a percussionist!"
Lastly, the camera pans to Xavier, who had a small smile on his face. "Hi! I'm Xavier Hallady, another vocalist of Quadrigon, but I'm also the songwriter of the group…"
"And I take it that you four are done with your photoshoot?" Evander asked, referring to the Quadrigon band.
"Almost." Olivia corrected. "The producers have spoken with us, and insisted us to join this aftermath show."
"What she said." Faith sighed. "Speaking of that, hope you guys stream the music video when it comes out first thing next month! It's called, Rising Stars!"
"Hell yeah, I'm gonna be streaming that until I'm late for my shooting!" Samuel cheered.
Cricket noises were now heard.
"No. Take a break. Your views will be counted as bots on YouTube." Clayton retorted as Xavier giggled next to him.
Vivianne sighed. "So, who else has schedules today? Besides Samuel and his shooting?"
Spear raised his hand. "I just got casted for the remake of Sound of Music and shooting starts tomorrow."
"Ooh, who are you acting as?" Kim asked, getting excited.
"The guy that kissed Liesl." Spear rolled his eyes.
Kim's smile instantly turned into a frown, remembering Spear's performance with Arreis last season. The one when the duo sang Sixteen Going On Seventeen. "Well, as for my schedule, I'm gonna be recording a song later, right after this aftermath show."
"Neat." Vivianne nodded. "Anyone else?"
"Meredith and I have an interview to attend." Amanda responded as she grabbed a lipstick out of who knows where and starts applying it to her lips. "The Ellen show, to be exact."
Meredith on the other hand, nodded slowly, still being nervous about the interview. "Um… yeah."
"And Sal?" Evander asked him.
"I'm in hiatus." He answered.
Everyone widened their eyes.
"What!?"
"Well, I kinda stopped writing music for the time being." He casually answered, resting his feet on the table in front of him. "Being a rapper when you're vocally trained is hard, y'know."
After no one mande any comments for about a minute, Xavier flashed a cheeky grin. "Clayton and Faith really killed those rap verses out there in the music video."
"No way, your vocals with Olivia's were top-tier." Faith complimented.
As everyone kept talking about their careers, Vivianne turned to the camera. "As for me and Evander, we kinda halted our activities because we're doing this aftermath show." The rocker sighed. "So yup, my band's probably going on their world tour without me."
"Hey, don't be so bummed!" Evander told her. "Be proud! We are just 18 years old, yet we all achieved a lot since Act I!"
"Easy for you to say when your shooting already finished." Vivianne huffed.
"That was just a cameo!" Evander whined but cleared his throat. "Well anyway, if you guys were wondering why we all have hectic schedules… well, after Act I happened, the producers gave us this contract. Well, it was kind of a prize for all of us. The contract was that we were gonna be artists under Fresh Entertainment, which is now our record label and our agency. So how could we say no?"
An applause was heard in the background.
"Oli, Mairead, Kimmie, Robert, Gabe, and Arreis signed the contract too, but they were put to hiatus because of them being Act II's veterans. Plus, don't tell anyone," Vivianne whispered to the camera. "Once Act II's done, the whole cast there will be joining us in this entertainment agency as artists too. It's gonna be fun! But speaking of Act II, oh shit, we forgot to welcome them in." she said sheepishly.
Evander decided to ignore that fact. "But anyways, let's welcome our first guest, our former 5th placer of Act I, and Xavier's best friend, Mairead!"
Mairead came in from the curtains on the right side, waving to the camera as cheers and applauses were heard. As she saw her former opponents, she instantly ran to them, a group hug forming with the teens as they shared a mini reunion.
"Hey, let me join in too!" Evander yelled, before inserting himself in the group hug.
As much as Vivianne wanted to join in the hug, she doesn't want to risk dropping her hand held microphone and ruining the sound, so she cleared her throat.
"AHEM!"
Everyone went back to their designated places.
SEGMENT #1: TRUTH OR LIE DETECTOR
"So Mairead," Vivianne began as Mairead as sat down in an armchair just on the opposite side of the bench. A staff member came in and placed a certain device in the table in front of her.
The other contestants gasped.
"Is that a lie detector?" Samuel asked, before laughing out loud. "Since when did Vivianne get so sadistic?"
"Excuse you, this was not my idea! This was Evander's idea!" The rocker girl said accusingly towards the ballerino.
"Well, excuse you, Chris told me to suggest that during our conference!" Evander huffed before rolling his eyes. "Anyway, Mairead. All you have to do is to say the truth. If you lie, then suffer the extremely low voltage of the lie detector!"
Sal snickered in the background. "That doesn't sound like suffering but who the hell cares."
Vivianne nodded. "Um… yeah. ANYWAY!"
Mairead gulped she placed her hand on the lie detector. "Tell my family I love them." She overreacted.
"Okay, question number one." Vivianne began reading from her card. "How much do you hate Arabelle?"
"Um… not that much." Mairead said, beginning to sweat a little. After a second, she was electrocuted by the lie detector. "AH, FUCKING SHIT!" she swore before running to the wall, rubbing her right hand on it as the others were unable to control their laughter.
Xavier looked really guilty while laughing. "Am I supposed to feel bad?"
"Well it depends but just look how she rubbed her hand against the wall!" Samuel laughed.
Mairead regained her composure as she laughed along with them. "Alright, bring it on!" She added, placing her hand on the device.
"You haven't answered my question correctly yet." Vivianne answered, prompting giggles from the others.
"Oh, um… YES, I HATE HER SO FUCKING MUCH. IF IT WASN'T FOR HER, I'D STILL BE IN THE GAME. I HOPE SHE KISSES HER OVERSIZED ASS GOODBYE IN THE NEXT ELIMINATION!" she shouted, causing eternal silence from the others.
"Question though, how big is her ass anyway~" Samuel asked before Amanda smacled his cheek. "OW! Okay! I deserved that!"
"Next question!" Vivianne yelled. "Question number 2, do you love Xavier?"
Xavier wasn't even blushing at this. "I already got over that."
"Ooooooh!" Everyone said in sync.
As Mairead didn't answer, Vivianne was on the side, dying of laughter. In fact, she was laughing so much that she was now on the floor as the contestants looked at her awkwardly while other giggled with her.
"Is someone gonna stop her?" Meredith asked.
"I'M JUST KIDDING! THAT WASN'T THE QUESTION, I'M SORRY!" Vivianne apologized, standing up, regained her composure and took a deep breath. "So… hahahaHAHAHA!"
Some of the others started laughing with her. Jeez, her laugh is contagious.
"ViVi! We still have three more contestants to go!" Evander reminded. "You know what, give that to me!" He yelled, snatching the cue card from his co-host. "So… who are you rooting for in the competition?"
Mairead didn't hesitate to answer. "Definitely Oli. He deserved to go farther than he did in Act I."
No shock was heard as she was telling the truth.
"Anyway, last question." Evander instructed as Vivianne finally stood up. "Do you regret anything on the show?"
"Yup. I know that they're pretty good friends but, I shouldn't have listened to Gordon and Oli in the first place about telling the girls to get ELV out. He or Arabelle would've been the only one eliminated instead of having a double elimination." Mairead answered. She didn't get shocked.
"Hey!" A voice was heard behind the curtains.
"No offense, ELV!" Mairead yelled.
"Well, you're done." Evander nodded, Mairead took this cue to join her former castmates. "Next, we have a… really weird guy, one of the best and one of the only three rappers in the Act II cast! He's ELV!"
Applause was heard as ELV entered the gallery from the right curtain, taking his spot where Mairead sat.
"What's this?" ELV asked pointing towards the device.
"It's a lie detector." Vivianne casually responded.
"Oh." He said, without much emotion as he strapped his hand into the device.
"So question number one, was it true that you were planning something against your team?" Vivianne asked.
"Yeah." ELV nodded. "I wanted that money so that I could stay away from my father who keeps on consuming-"
"Whoa, ramble later dude." Evander told him. "Speaking of which, question number two. Is it true that your father is a drug lord?"
"Of course he is! I mentioned that in the first episode! You guys didn't watch it?" ELV asked them.
"Well, we have schedules and such." Amanda answered him, making the emotionless boy fall silent.
Vivianne then asked, "And last, who do you blame for your elimination?"
"No one." He lied. The lie detector shocked him, but he didn't moved an inch, astonishing the teens.
"WHOA! He didn't feel that!?" Sal asked, his eyes widening.
"That is insane!" Samuel shouted.
"It literally just feels like someone giving you a high five." ELV shrugged before going out of his seat.
"Let me try! Lemme lemme lemme-" Samuel said as he immediately placed and strapped his hand on the lie detector. "Come on guys, throw me a question!"
"This is definitely not gonna end good, I can feel it." Xavier facepalmed as some of the others begin to laugh.
"Wait, don't even start to-" Evander was gonna say but was cut off by Faith.
"Do you think Kim is hot?" Faith blurted out her question, prompting ooh's from the teens, as well as Kim blushing intensely. Faith however, decided to add more than just that. "Because you know, you stare at her chest a lot-"
"Fuck no!" Samuel answered quickly before getting shocked as he recoiled his hand immediately in pain. The others started dying of laughter. "AAAH! YOU SAID IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE GIVING YOU A HIGH FIVE!" He yelled towards ELV, who started laughing as well. The guitarist then began shaking his shocked hand vigorously.
"NO, I DIDN'T!" ELV yelled back.
Literally less than half a minute ago…
"WHOA! He didn't feel that!?" Sal asked, his eyes widening.
"That is insane!" Samuel shouted.
"It literally just feels like someone giving you a high five." ELV shrugged before going out of his seat.
The others kept on laughing as Evander, Xavier, and Clayton literally had to hold on each other from dying of laughter. The camera also panned to Sal, who was rolling on the ground like an animal.
"WELL, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I'M IMMUNE TO IT, UNLIKE YOU!" ELV told him.
"HAHAHAHA!" Vivianne laughed. "Ah, I'm calm now."
"BWAHAHAHAHA!" Evander laughed as the cast continued to laugh with him. At this point, Vivianne was trying so hard not to laugh.
"Anyway, PLEASE WELCOME OUR FORMER 11TH PLACER IN MUSICAL IMPACT, KIMMIE!" Vivianne shouted, trying to overpower all the laughter, Brea-style.
Kimmie came in and sat on the armchair, and quickly noticed everyone laughing as Samuel was wiping his previously shocked hand on ELV's face. "Uhh, am I on the right room?"
Evander wiped a tear from his eye. "Yes! Um, Kimmie."
Everyone stopped laughing and regained their composure as they waved towards the former veteran, with applauses heard in the background. Kimmie then plaed her hand on the lie detector.
"I suppose this is a truth or lie segment."
"Yup. So… question one." Vivianne read. "Are you and Robert a thing now?"
Lots of oooh's came from them as Kimmie wanted to say yes, but at the same time she wanted to lie. But lying is gonna make her face the consequence.
"Um… yeah."
"Whooo!" Amanda cheered, forming a heart with both of her hands. "Congrats, girl! I support you"
"Awww!" Meredith couldn't help but smile. "Looks like our plan from two years ago worked!"
Everyone was happy for the dreamer, so she smiled.
"When's the wedding?" Sal joked, earning him a smack in the back of his head from Spear. "Ow! I'm sorry! Did I even offend you, Spear?"
"No. There's such thing as an engagement first before a wedding." Spear rolled his eyes. "Okay, well… maybe I am a little sad about a certain someone but…"
"It's about Sarah, isn't it?" Sal asked him.
"S-shut up!"
"Okay! Question two!" Evander yelled, getting into everyone's faces. "Who do you blame for your elimination?"
Kimmie sighed. "I'm not blaming it on Misha. She didn't vote for me. I guess it's my fault. I cost us the cooking challenge."
"Hm, fair enough." Vivianne nodded as Kimmie didn't get shocked. "Alright, last question, who are you rooting for?"
"Pretty much everyone in Minor A." Kimmie answered, without much thought. "Excluding Pierre and including Therion."
Everyone nodded at her statement as it made sense.
"Okay, thanks Kimmie!" Evander smiled as Kimmie went out of her seat to join with the others and sat next to Mairead. "Next up, we have someone who would be casted in Act I if he wasn't terribly young, it's Alec!"
Alec came in, striking weird poses towards the camera, prompting laughs from the teens. The joker then sat down on the armchair.
"What's that?"
"What does it look like to you?" Sal asked him. "Nah, I'm just playing with ya."
"So… what is it?"
"A lie detector." Vivianne answered.
"A truth detector?"
"No, a lie detector." Evander told him.
"A lie detective?"
"I swear, if you're like Arreis who drove Major A up on the wall, I'm going to increase that voltage on the lie detector." Vivianne smacked her hand on the table prompting a huge (and overreacting) gasp from Faith.
"What the-"
"Okay, she's now showing this sadistic side of her that we never seen two years ago." Evander sighed as Alec strapped his hand on the lie detector. "So question number one. Who do you blame for your elimination?"
"I honestly have no idea." He was then shocked. "OOF! Okay, fine! I'm putting my blame on myself for sleeping during the lyric making and my team for not waking me up. But mostly myself."
"Ah, harsh." Evander said, feeling his sympathy. "But, I guess it probably makes things fair."
"Yeah, I'm not too salty about my loss even if it means that I won't get anything in return." Alec added.
The teens began snickering to each other.
"What?"
"Oh, you newbies will know what will happen once this season's over." Kim assured them. This earned a suspicious look from ELV.
"Newbies, huh? So you're saying Kimmie and Mairead already knew about… whatever this is?" ELV asked them.
"Of course they know. They already signedthecontractwiththewholefreshentertainmentthingyaboutbeinganartistandwhatnot." Meredith told him right when Amanda covered the historian's mouth as she kept on speaking in a muffled voice.
Alec raised an eyebrow at their antics.
"There's that. Uh, question two!" Evander yelled, prompting everyone to go silent. "Do you trust Toxa?"
"Well… no, sadly." Alec answered. "There's something in my head telling me that she is up to no good."
Everyone widened their eyes at this.
"What?"
"I'm impressed that you managed to take wind of it." Vivianne told him.
"Huh? Wait, what do you mean!?" Alec stood up.
Evander stopped him. "We'll get to that later. First, question three! Who are you rooting for?"
Alec rubbed his chin in thought. "Anyone as long as it's not Toxa."
Bzzzzt! went the lie detector as Alec got shocked again. "Curses! I was telling the truth!"
"Well, the lie detector detected that you were lying, so spill the beans." Evander ordered.
"Fine. I'm rooting for Rival." He answered. This time, he didn't get shocked. "And I hope he can mend things with Therion."
"Cool." Evander threw the cue card away vie behind him as it landed perfectly inside a nearby trash can. "Looks like we don't need that anymore! So, we'll be back right after the break!"
SEGMENT #2: GOODBYE MESSAGES
The camera was still filming.
"Eh?"
Vivianne smacked her forehead. "Idiot, we're not doing commercial breaks! We still have the goodbye messages and Theory Hour!"
Evander chuckled sheepishly. "On second thought, I'm gonna need my cue card back." The ballerino declared and began searching in the trash can. Luckily, there wasn't anything inside it besides the cue card, so the bulky boy found it with ease.
Vivianne took the wheel. "So right now, some of our beloved Act II contestants have taped in some goodbye messages! Let's hear 'em!"
From Episode 3: Show Me What You're Made Of
Vanessa (Minor B): "So… I'm sorry you had to go, Mairead and ELV. Being the first boots must be pretty tough, but I'm sure you guys will have a great life moving forward. See you guys outside the game!"
Janice (Minor B): "Even if we don't know much about each other, I'm still gonna miss you two! Honestly, it's better if Arabelle was the one who take the boot instead, but what's done is done. Good luck to you guys!"
Oli (Minor B): "Well Mairead, I guess you know what it feels like being the first boot. It's not pretty." He laughed. "But hey, wish me luck, alright?" He grinned.
Lyle (Minor B): "Don't worry ELV, I'll return your notebook to you in due time. I kinda forgot about giving it to you but… yeah. Anyways, good luck ELV and Mairead outside the show! Like what people say, life is more harder once you take a step into the outside world."
Both ELV and Mairead were pleased with the goodbye message of some of their team. Even if Minor B was currently a mess right now, they were still able to tie the things together despite eliminations.
"Of course, we don't want to forget Minor A's goodbye tapes as well." Evander told them as the next set began to play.
From Episode 5: Health is the Road to Wealth
Misha (Minor A): "Well, Kimmie. I'm gonna miss you in the game. I didn't vote for you though, I hope you know that. I'm glad that you and Robert got together even though you didn't use my suggestion, but still, I'm happy for you. Oh, and Alec, I'll be sure to use that Whole Rest wisely as you said. In fact, it's gonna expire soon if I don't use it next elimination so… yeah, chaos will happen. See ya."
Rival (Minor A): "Well, it sucks for you guys, but what's done is done I guess. You guys were really good friends and I hope we could all meet again someday before the finale. But for now, I wish you guys good luck! Peace out!"
Robert (Minor A): "I'm so sorry you guys had to go. Alec, you were a great friend, no hard feelings. Kimmie, I'm sad that we don't get to spend more time with each other but always remember that I still love you."
Mag (Minor A): "Too bad Pierre wasn't voted off… he's becoming a second Samuel- ahem. Anyway, Kimmie and Alec, I hope you all have a good time out there and don't dwell so much because of the elimination. Instead, enjoy life! Holy shit, did I just made myself sound cheesy? Wait… no one can see this, right? Do I get a take two-"
Some of the contestants were laughing at Mag's final message.
Alec sighed. "I knew Toxa isn't to be trusted. She didn't even taped a goodbye message."
Vivianne placed a hand on his shoulder. "Well, that's her. Can't blame her. OH! And fun fact: Clayton and Toxa are friends."
Clayton nodded in the background. "Riiiiight. She has that attitude, but I got used to it. She'll apologize eventually." Clayton confirmed, reasting his head on the bench.
SEGMENT #3: THEORY HOUR
"And our last segment for this evening…" Vivianne began. "Theory Hour! Basically everyone will give a prediction or theory that will happen in the game. Evander here will write your predictions on a post-it note, pasting it on the Theory Bulletin and explain what it is, and whichever theories or predictions are deemed true, you guys will earn a prize!" Vivianne explained. "Oh, and Evander and I will play too."
"What's the prize?" Amanda asked.
"Please let it be a house and lot." Sal crossed his fingers.
"Why would anyone as sadistic as Chris give someone a house and lot?" Olivia asked his hopes. "Plus, you're a songwriter. You could earn money and buy those yourself."
"Ooooh…" everyone teased.
"Just… give up." Evander sighed as everyone got a post-it note.
Next thing we know, the screen is split into 16 small screens as they all show everyone writing their predictions on a post it note.
"Alright. So we're going on alphabetical order. Alec, you're up first." Vivianne told the joker as he ran to the Theory Bulletin.
Theory #1
"My prediction is that, more than two people are gonna be eliminated next time." He said.
Everyone nodded at his prediction.
"Didn't Brea mentioned it on her author's note?" Clayton asked him.
"Yeah, well she said that next elimination isn't going to be a double elimination, so there's a chance that only one person could be eliminated." Alec explained. "Plus,my theory is that more than two people are gonna be eliminated. There's a difference."
Clayton sulked back into his seat.
Theory #2
Amanda was next as the model taped her post-it note to the bulletin. All eyes were on her.
"So, my theory is…" Amanda began. "The Eighth Note is a fraud."
Kim widened her eyes. "Wait a minute, that's my theory!"
"Well, I was first!" Amanda flipped her hair.
"But it's not fair! Your name starts with an A while my name starts with a K!" Kim ranted but sighed. "Fine. You keep my theory, but you owe me a milkshake over at the Milkshake Palace after I record my song."
Amanda shook hands with her. "Deal."
Theory #3
Meanwhile, Clayton came up to the bulletin. "Well, I think the Beatrice, May, and Ryder love triangle will be worse than the Therion, Mara, and Ulysses one."
"You serious?" Kim raised an eyebrow. "And I thought you were asexual."
"Well if I'm asexual, that doesn't mean I can't make a theory about someone else's relationships." Clayton retorted. "Dang, I sounded kinda nosy back there."
Kim giggled.
Once Clayton finished, ELV was next as he taped his own note.
Theory #4
"My theory is that… one of the items is actually a Time Signature." ELV explained.
Most of the teens looked at each other at the possibility of this happening.
"That Time Signature is crazy." Kimmie told everyone. "I swear, I'm gonna feel bad for that person if they have it… unless if they are either Antoinette or Arabelle."
Faith sighed in relief. "Thank god, I wasn't a veteran."
"Yeah, well… the Advanced Note and the Noisy Note weren't even used often." Xavier jutted his chin.
"I am going to pity the future contestants for Act III." Olivia added.
Theory #5
Evander was next. "Well, I think someone from the Major team will win the entire competition."
Theory #6
"Mine is that two people will get eliminated by injury." Faith said.
Theory #7
Kim changed her theory. "I think something incredibly dramatic and life-threatening would happen."
"Like the fire?" Olivia asked. Kim nodded. Although this was a scary possibility, something like that could happen.
Theory #8
Kimmie went to the bulletin. "I think one of the challenges from last season will make a reappearance in this season."
"Bets on the hide and seek one." Xavier cheered. "That was insane. No offense to Faith and Olivia, but the part where you guys fell from the ceiling with Brea was kinda epic."
"Yeah, speaking of that," Faith began. "I have a confession to make."
"Hm?" Vivianne turned her attention to her.
"I was the one hiding in that treasure chest." She answered.
The Act I cast all gasped but poor ELV and Alec have no idea what they were talking about as they just stayed silent.
"That was insane! At least you fit in there… unlike me in that air vent." Evander told her.
Theory #9
It was now Mairead's turn. "Weird prediction but… I think Pierre and Sybil will probably hook up."
Everyone stared at her suspiciously.
"I mean, come on! They probably hate each other, but who knows? Hell even Sybil defended Pierre some Carter so there's a small possibility that she could have some feelings for him after what happened with her… other ex."
"Since when did you know all this stuff?" Vivianne asked her, but the girl just shrugged. "I think it's not gonna happen."
Mairead looked at all of them. "If my prediction is correct, you all have to pay me a dollar each."
"Hey, no gambling!" Evander scolded her.
"Evander, this is not called gambling, it's called making a bet." Mairead crossed her arms.
Xavier widened his eyes. "I just remembered the strangest bet some of you guys had last season."
Theory #10
Meredith pasted her note into the bulletin. "I think an intern will get fired this season."
"Like what happened to {censored}?" Faith asked. "Wait, why did it got censored?"
"That episode never aired yet." Vivianne told her best friend.
Theory # 11
Anyway, Olivia strutted to the bulletin. "Well, my prediction or theory is that the grand champion will come from the Minor team, in contrast to Evander's prediction."
"Yeah, interesting." Evander rolled his eyes.
Theory #12
Sal was up next. "I think everything that Colin does, what he says, and him being a drama king a lot is an absolute façade and he's just acting it for the sake of pity."
"Ooh, good one." Mairead nodded. "I didn't think of that one. But sadly, I doubt you."
"Because I'm Sal?"
"Yes, because you're Sal."
Sal sighed.
Theory #13
It was Samuel's turn. "I think Therion and Mara would get together again and Rival will mend his friendship with Therion. Thus, Ulysses and Mara will leave them alone because Dustin will make their lives a living hell."
"...what?" Meredith raised an eyebrow.
"I am... completely lost." Alec commented.
"Never mind." Samuel sighed. "A theory is a theory."
Theory #14
Spear was next. "I think... uhh…" he stared at his post-it note as it was still blank.
Everyone laughed at his antics as the now black haired actor began jotting down his ideas on his post-it note via the wall.
"Okay! Stop laughing!" Spear sighed. "So, I think Mag and Carter are gonna drag Nash into their problem."
"What makes you say that?" Amanda asked him.
"Well… if you guys paid attention to the theme song…" Spear narrowed his eyes.
"Ah, I see."
Theory #15
Vivianne was next. "Okay, Brea's gonna hate me for this, but I think one of the guests will feature her boyfriend."
Faith nearly wheezed of laughter. "For your information, Brea does not have a boyfriend. She is also not even interested in having one."
Vivianne facepalmed at her best friend's statement as some of the others laughed. "Can I change it?"
"No, you already put it in the bulletin." Samuel told her as Meredith nodded in agreement.
"Then why did Kim changed hers?"
"She didn't put her prediction in the bulletin yet." Kimmie answered her.
Vivianne sighed. "Fine."
Theory #16
Xavier was the last one to paste his note. "My theory is that one of the judges, specifically Lee, would hook up with one of the contestants."
"That's an interesting one." ELV nodded. "Who do you think?"
"Either Mag, Janice, or Vanessa." Xavier answered quickly.
Olivia was a bit skeptical at this. "Well, I can absolutely be positive about Mag or Janice, but Vanessa? Aren't she and Gordon a thing?"
Xavier realized what she just said. "Ah, I can't change it anymore now, can I?"
Evander shook his head. "Well, I guess that's it for the first aftermath! So I guess we're done?"
Vivianne nodded. "Yup! We'll see you on in the next aftermath episode of-"
"TOTAL DRAMA ACT II: MUSICAL POWER!"
Suddenly, a chorus of a familiar song began playing in the speakers as everyone grinned towards each other (with poor Alec and ELV not knowing what was going on). They all stood up and began to sing and dance:
"When the sharpest words wanna cut me doooown! I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them ooouuut! I am brave, I am bruised, I am who I'm meant to be, this is me!"
The cast then urged Alec and ELV to join in the fun as well.
"Look out, 'cause here I coooome! And I'm marching on to the beat I druuuuum! I'm not scared to be seen, I make no apologies-"
They all jumped as they shouted, "THIS IS ME!" before all sixteen of them went into a group hug as the song kept playing.
This was definitely their theme song.
AFTERMATH CREW
Hosts: Evander, Vivianne
Act I cast: Kim, Samuel, Spear, Meredith, Amanda, Sal, Faith, Clayton, Olivia, Xavier
Currently Eliminated from Act II: Mairead (30th), ELV (29th), Kimmie (28th), Alec (27th)
Cameramen: Rosa Dela Rosa