Review time!
Lara2244: Strategic reasons. Junior didn't interact with many of the upperclassmen, so they weren't able to gauge his effectiveness as an ally. Some, like Lightning, thought he was weak and should give way to the "stronger" competitors. Alejandro wanted to deprive the Misfits of additional support and convinced Duncan and Ryan to vote for him; he wasn't the only person who voted for Junior for this reason. There are other reasons, too: Sammy was forced to vote for him by Amy, as otherwise she would've voted for Sierra for depriving their team of two potential points. I was always going to have Junior leave early so he could escape the chaos that is to come in the later chapters. Speaking of which, I hope you liked my feature-length adaptation of Niagra Brawls!
Gucci Mane LaFlare: Thanks! I reread my own story, plus the wiki and TVTropes, to keep things nice and consistent.
Frank Uhlbeck: Sorry, but the nature of Total Drama means favorites have to leave. Trust me, I'm not going to enjoy eliminating Cody when the time comes. Kitty's a tough girl though, she can cope.
Joel Conell: Thanks, and here it is! I immediately made a connection between Sierra's phobia causing Cody to mess up, and Sammy got caught in the fray. I characterize the Benevolent Twin as normally docile and sweet, but when push comes to shove she can be just as violent as Amy (it runs in the family). Junior leaving was meant to be symbolic: he's the youngest competitor, and his elimination coincides with Alejandro, Heather, the Ice Dancers, and of course Chris and Blaineley stepping up their nefarious, deceitful plans; in other words, this fic just lost its innocence. Hope you liked Niagra Brawls!
AlienGhostWizard14: Thanks! Unfortunately that's the way things are for most of the contestants. But things will change very soon, yes indeed...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
"Last time on Total Drama – boo! [Jo freaking out because of the winged spider] Today's Halloween, but we needed to see if our favorite ragtag band of chumps could handle it first. [Sylvester throwing the bat at Lindsay] The Floating Salmon [Ryan dumping ice on Geoff] and the Confused Bears [Lauren tied to the pole surrounded by tar] tried to outlast each other as they faced their respective phobias. [Harold hitting himself with his nunchucks] Some went well [Scott taking Fang's tooth], some went horribly wrong [Brody screaming], and some were just plain weird! [Devin fighting Zeke] Ultimately, the Confused Bears cleared their minds and conquered their fears. [Zoey and Mike talking] But the Floating Salmon did not. [Sierra causing the stink bomb to go off] In a surprise twist, Junior, who the others didn't know all that well, was the one who left. [Junior's elimination]
Chris stood at the Dock of Shame. He was dressed as a werewolf, with a fake beard, chest hair, fangs, tail, and a plaid shirt. The fangs made him lisp. "Thixty-theven contethtanth remain. Thoo'll get the threet of fame and fortune and thoo'll be thricked out of their earningth? Find out in today'th episode of
"Thotal.
"Drama!"
He spat out the fangs. "BLEAUGH! I am NOT gonna wear those again."
Theme song
*Instrumental*
A camera appeared from the bushes, scaring off a squirrel. Another came from a tree, startling a blue jay. The third popped out of the ground, hitting a passing Harold in the groin. Harold was carrying a jack-o-lantern, and the force of the hit whacked it into his chin, covering his face in an orange beard of pumpkin pulp. Duncan and Jacques laughed at him.
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine
You guys are on my mind
The camera flew across the island, passing Chris terrorizing the interns, Dawn meditating with Zoey, Brady and Beth on a rope swing together, Ella and Lindsay doting on the bat from the previous challenge, Crimson and Ennui staring blankly into space, and Lorenzo getting bitten by a snake.
You asked me what I wanted to be
And now I think it's plain to see
DJ, Miles, and Laurie were one with the animals. That is, until Sasquatchanakwa showed up. They screamed and ran away. Pan to Scott, Lightning, and Jo, who'd disrupted the session with the ape. They high-fived.
I wanna be famous
Heather, Josee, and Taylor battled it out on a black rubber raft decorated with skulls. The raft fell off a waterfall, taking them with it. Brody watched before shrugging and digging into his candy.
*Instrumental*
The three girls found Owen underwater. Owen farted, sending the rivals and more than a few dead fish to the surface. Above, Zeke and Mike were fishing in a little boat when the lake became littered with fish and three teenage girls. Zeke grabbed one of the dead fish and triumphantly held it over his head, while Mike became Manitoba and dived in to save the ungrateful girls.
I want to live close to the sun
Well, pack your bags cause I've already won.
At one of the beaches, Katie and Sadie admired each other. Behind them, Justin and Lauren casually chatted over a cauldron of boiling marshmallow fluff. On the other side of the beach, Izzy, wearing a black widow spider costume, was chasing Cameron, Dakota, and Sam for no apparent reason.
Everything to prove nothing in my way
I'll get there one day
Chef was cooking some disgusting orange slop in the cafeteria. Kitty and Emma looked at each other and grimaced. Behind them sat Tyler, Leshawna, Ryan, Jasmine, Noah, Jay, and Shawn. Dave obsessively cleaned the tables, while B looked on.
'Cuz I wanna be famous
Sierra had Cody in a headlock out of love. Amy had Sammy in one out of hate. Cody and Sammy looked at each other and sighed.
Na na nana na na nana nana na na na na na naaaaah
Trent decided to try his hand at the skeletal xylophone. Courtney and Gwen looked at each other with raised eyebrows, then back at him. He stopped and smiled sheepishly at the girls.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
Carrie and Devin sat together on the dock, watching Tom and Jen look over costume designs. Then the dock gave out under them, sending them into the water. It turned out Alejandro had been responsible. He grinned evilly at the camera, his eyes glowing bright red.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous.
Topher cockily smiled at Eva, who decked him in response. Behind them, Scarlett picked up a scythe and began cutting down the lustblossoms with it.
*Whistling*
At the campfire, as the other campers I didn't have time to name looked on excitedly, Geoff and Bridgette looked each other in the eyes...and then Beardo interrupted the moment by appearing between them and whistling the rest of the theme song.
Confused Bears
"I am SO glad Chris forgot to tell everyone my immunity wore off last Saturday," Noah said. He was reading, appropriately for the day, The Shining. He was inside, as it was getting gradually colder out. More indoor challenges would be in order soon, that much was certain.
"Me too," Emma agreed. She was sitting next to him with her own copy of the book. "Can't believe Junior left so soon."
"Well, we didn't get a chance to know him all that well," Noah replied, "so that's probably it. Still though, I'm glad we at least got Alejandro into the danger zone for the first time in a long while. I hope that'll teach him to back off, though I think that's not too likely."
"So who's next?"
"If we get on a team that's mostly us and hardly any of his alliance, we stand a good chance of getting rid of him. Again, though, that should only be used as a fail-safe."
"Meaning that if the rest of our alliance ends up on a team with just him, we can beat his team and send him home."
"Wow, I never even considered that. It's a little underhanded, but it's still perfectly legal."
"Campers! Report to Climate Hall for an important announcement!" Chris' voice came over the speakers.
"Is it really?" Noah asked.
Emma chuckled. "If we want a million dollars, it better be."
Confessional – Noah.
"Wow. I still can't believe it. I have a girlfriend," Noah said in astonishment. "Emma's exactly what Owen said he hoped I'd find: someone who understands me, cares, and makes me truly happy." He smiled at the camera.
"Life is looking good, for once."
"Happy Halloween, everyone!" Chris said at the front door of Climate Hall in his werewolf costume.
"Chris, what did you do this time, man?" Ryan laughed.
"Is that vegan hair?" Everyone stared at Miles. "What?"
"It's not vegan hair, it's my own. Every hair I shed, I save for times like this," Chris replied.
"That's nasty!" Leshawna cringed.
"Hey, my hair's awesome. Of course I save it. Speaking of saving, guess what I've got for you all!?"
"A bunch of candy?" Sugar asked.
"Appropriately for someone with your name, yes, I do!" Chris confirmed. "Hidden around the island are various caches of confectionery. Since today's Halloween, I thought it fitting for today's challenge to revolve around collecting it. But of course, there's gonna be some fun, too."
"Fun being a relative term, of course," Scarlett said, adjusting her glasses.
"Amy, Duncan, MacArthur, Lightning, Stephanie, Sierra, Eva, Jacques, Josee, Zeke, Scott, Heather, Courtney, Gwen, Lorenzo, Jo, Leshawna, Dave, Sky, Taylor, Izzy, and Katie. You are the Vicious Vampires!"
"Oh my gosh, yes!" Katie squealed. "Vampires are so cool!"
"No, they really aren't," Heather scoffed.
"They are if done right," Gwen retorted. Both of them glared at each other.
"Next up, Jasmine, Geoff, Bridgette, Brody, Owen, B, Alejandro, Ryan, Brady, Ella, Beardo, Tom, Jen, Justin, Lindsay, Cody, Scarlett, Samey, Mike, Dawn, Sanders, and Trent. You are the Magnificent Monsters!"
"Are you ready for the monster, monster~" Ella sang joyfully.
"Everyone else, you're the Grouchy Ghosts. Since your form's the wimpiest, I gave you an extra member. Now, for the rules.
"November's coming, and it can get pretty windy. So your first task is to enter Climate Hall and brave a gale! On the other side is a sticker with your team's mascot. The first eleven people of your team to reach it gets to do a special job in part two: finding the candy!
"Those first eleven people become the trick-or-treaters for your team. They will dress as your assigned cryptid and scour the island for bags of candy such as these." He produced three small felt bags from his pants pockets. One was red, one was yellow, and one was blue. "These are color-coded for your teams and are worth points. Red bags can only be taken by the Monsters, yellow by the Vampires, and blue by the Ghosts.
"Of course, we also have these." He produced three more bags. One was orange, one was green, and one was purple. "These secondary-colored pouches are rarer than the primary-colored ones. Orange can be collected by both Vampires and Monsters, green by both Vampires and Ghosts, and purple by both Ghosts and Monsters. The other half of your team can take these – but not directly. They have to find you and take your bags from you like a childhood thief!"
"I miss those days," Duncan sighed wistfully.
"But if you get a bag that's the wrong color, you get a point deduction! I'll explain the scoring later. For now, you should know that these are acceptable fare for all of you." He pulled out an additional three bags each in black, gray, and white. "These are even rarer. Rarest of all, though, is the ultimate golden bag, which I don't have with me 'cuz there's only one. This could be a dealbreaker, so you really want to find it because it cannot be stolen or your team is disqualified.
"Now for scoring. These are based on powers of ten because October's the tenth month of the year. Primary colors are worth one point, secondary colors are worth ten points, grayscales are worth a hundred points, and the gold one is worth a thrifty thousand!"
"...I question your choice of adjectives," Harold said finally.
"I question your face," Josee replied. Harold spluttered incoherently as she turned away from him.
"Okay everyone! Get in there and good luck!" Chris opened the doors and ran away.
The air inside blasted them full-throttle.
Vicious Vampires: Amy, Duncan, MacArthur, Lightning, Stephanie, Sierra, Eva, Jacques, Josee, Zeke, Scott, Heather, Courtney, Gwen, Lorenzo, Jo, Leshawna, Dave, Sky, Taylor, Izzy, and Katie.
Magnificent Monsters: Jasmine, Geoff, Bridgette, Brody, Owen, B, Alejandro, Ryan, Brady, Ella, Beardo, Tom, Jen, Justin, Lindsay, Cody, Scarlett, Sammy, Mike, Dawn, Sanders, and Trent.
Grouchy Ghosts: Topher, Kitty, Brick, Crimson, Jay, Cameron, Tyler, DJ, Sadie, Harold, Beth, Sam, Noah, Emma, Ennui, Devin, Carrie, Miles, Laurie, Lauren, Zoey, Sugar, and Shawn.
Zeke was slammed into the wall. "AAAAAAAAH, EH!" He peeled off and collapsed to the ground.
"My tears are going into all of my face!" Brody exclaimed.
"'What? Speak up, I can't hear you!" Bridgette yelled back.
But eventually, eleven people from each team made it to their respective stickers.
"And we're good!" Chris said, turning off the wind. "Now get into your costumes so we can start things up!"
Underlined are the Trick-or-Treaters.
Vicious Vampires: Amy, Duncan, MacArthur, Lightning, Stephanie, Sierra, Eva, Jacques, Josee, Zeke, Scott, Heather, Courtney, Gwen, Lorenzo, Jo, Leshawna, Dave, Sky, Taylor, Izzy, and Katie.
Magnificent Monsters: Jasmine, Geoff, Bridgette, Brody, Owen, B, Alejandro, Ryan, Brady, Ella, Beardo, Tom, Jen, Justin, Lindsay, Cody, Scarlett, Sammy, Mike, Dawn, Sanders, and Trent.
Grouchy Ghosts: Topher, Kitty, Brick, Crimson, Jay, Cameron, Tyler, DJ, Sadie, Harold, Beth, Sam, Noah, Emma, Ennui, Devin, Carrie, Miles, Laurie, Lauren, Zoey, Sugar, and Shawn.
Communal Washrooms
"Say Chris, is there gonna be any choclit in the bags?" Sugar asked excitedly. Everyone was waiting for the Trick-or-Treaters to finish changing.
"Unfortunately, no."
Sugar's face fell. "Why not?"
"Blame Noah, he's allergic and my lawyers would kill me if he had an attack."
Sugar growled at Noah. "Thanks a lot, nerd!"
"Hey, back off! Allergies can and have killed people," Emma snapped. "Besides, not everyone likes chocolate, case in point myself, and people are perfectly free to have their own opinions if they don't hurt anyone."
"Missy, you're gettin' my vote if we lose today."
"And you're getting ours if we do," Noah replied. Sugar remembered that Noah had a very big alliance more than capable of sending her home. She gulped and ran off like a frightened dog.
The Trick-or-Treaters emerged. The Vicious Vampires' had their hair slicked back, dapper brown suits, and their faces paled with makeup. The Magnificent Monsters' were wearing fuzzy pink costumes with heir heads peeking out of a monster's mouth, the head adorned with two googly eyes, antennae, and visible gills. And the Grouchy Ghosts had short, ethereal blue tunics over their normal clothes. All of them held a black plastic bag, as did everyone else.
"I'm in my underwear under this costume!" Owen said happily. His team's Trick-or-Treaters were in their skivvies inside their costumes to prevent them from overheating.
"I did NOT need to know that," Taylor gagged.
"I did," Izzy purred, licking her lips lewdly.
"Okay everyone, listen up! You have until three to get as many bags as you want. And you'll want to spend as much time as possible, because this is a big island and you have a lot of space to cover. Meet me at the Drama Arena when we're done. Now go!" Chris pulled out his air horn and blew it.
The race was on.
Guy's Alliance
The five of them met in Zata Clearing. "If Chris thought he could hide the blue bags with the blueberries, he was sadly mistaken," Alejandro said on noticing five blue bags poorly hidden in the now-lifeless bushes.
Devin took them. "So who are we all voting for? I'm thinking Sugar."
"Dude, you know Sugar's been dodging elimination for months now," Ryan said. "What makes you think today's gonna be any different?"
"Well, Sugar made Noah and Emma angry, so the Misfits are probably going after her. And they have a deal with the Geeks I'm pretty sure, so they'll help them too. Together that's twelve votes for Sugar, and if I help too, that's thirteen. Which gives us the majority out of a team of twenty-three and makes the vote more likely to succeed."
Alejandro pondered this. "Normally, I do not like dealing with the Misfits. Noah and I have an old score to settle. But Sugar is far more annoying than he is, so your plan is completely valid. I personally would go for Scarlett, as she's still a prime mental threat."
"Yeah, voting for Scarlett's fine by me. She scares me a little to be honest. Remember that time she lost it at Chet?" Brady asked.
"Yeah, it was pretty awesome," Duncan replied. "Me, I think I'd go for Zeke. It's not like he's good for much. And if my team loses, we won't need to make that deal with the Misfits."
"Excellente," Alejandro grinned.
Vicious Vampires
Eva punched a spruce and a yellow, an orange, and a green bag fell down. "Yes! Twenty-one points!"
"I've got four hundred!" Izzy said, pulling three black bags and one gray bag out of her cleavage.
"...Did Chris actually–"
"No, I found them in the washroom. Didn't wanna show anyone else until the moment was right."
"Your timing is questionable, but thanks anyway. Who should we vote for if we lose?"
"Izzy thinks Heather's up to something."
"Izzy is right," Eva agreed. "C'mon, let's get outta here."
Grouchy Ghosts
Harold gingerly picked up a purple bag from the stage. "Okay, that's the last of them," he said. He, along with Crimson and Laurie, had decided to go to the Drama Theaters, where they found a large number of bags. They'd also brought trash bags to make carrying them all easier.
"Great. Now we're even closer to stopping celebrating the world's second-most overcommercialized holiday," Crimson said monotonously, her trash bags full to bursting.
Suddenly they heard footsteps, and Tom ran in, lunging at the Dweeb. "Give us all your purples and grays!"
"No!" Harold ducked under Tom before planting a fist in his exposed stomach. Tom landed hard. "See? I told you I have mad skillz!"
"And we all thought Harold was lame," Chris said.
"He IS lame," Heather scoffed as she pocketed an orange bag, Sanders pinned under her foot.
"Who else has this in the bag? Find out after these messages."
"Um, a little help here?" Sanders groaned.
"Hm...no." Sanders sighed in defeat.
Do da do da doo. Commercial break!
"And we're back!" Chris said to the audience. "It's high noon and it's time to look at the scores!" A set of numbers and charts appeared behind him.
"The Vicious Vampires have sixteen yellow bags, twelve orange bags, fourteen green bags, three black bags, and one gray bag for 676 points! Fun fact, that's twenty-six squared!
"The Magnificent Monsters have thirty-nine red bags, five orange bags, seventeen purple bags, and two white bags for 359 points!
"And the Grouchy Ghosts have fifty-one blue bags, twenty-six green bags, twenty-five purple bags, and two black bags for 761 points! They're currently in the lead! However, the elusive golden bag has yet to be found, and there are a LOT more bags to find. So let's rejoin them, shall we?"
Vicious Vampires
"Why are all the red ones over here?!" Amy groaned, noticing a sea of red bags on the floor of Cabin Six. "Why not a yellow one, or a white one? Something that's not this!"
"Amy, you KNOW we aren't allowed to directly take the bags even if they ARE our team's," Katie replied. "We have to stay here and keep watch while Courtney finishes. I'll admit, even if I'm not in your clique, I still want my team to win this."
"Won't that mean your precious girlfriend'll be sent away?"
"Not really. Sadie's not at much risk right now. Besides, even if she is, it doesn't mean she's dead or anything. And again, we aren't joined at the hip. We'll cope."
"Guys, I got all the stuff!" Courtney announced. She returned carrying three dozen yellow bags, ten green bags, nine orange bags, seven white bags, and one gray bag.
Amy's jaw dropped. "How are you–"
"I'm a CIT. Now let's get a move on before anyone else comes to take these from us!"
Confessional – Amy.
"Courtney can do a lot of things and she says that's because she was a CIT for two years," Amy said, perplexed. "...What kind of camp did she work at?!"
Confessional – Courtney.
"Master Steve's Survival Camp! We taught the kids how to handle a variety of tricky physical and mental obstacles," Courtney said, puffing up with pride. "Momma didn't raise no sucker."
Grouchy Ghosts
"So, Sugar?" Noah asked while he and Tyler hid in a bush.
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Josee roared. Noah and Tyler had done the unthinkable and stole one of her purple bags from her. As Josee rampaged, they were quick to hush their voices.
"Josee, that's enough!" Gwen bellowed. "We need to be focusing on figuring out where the golden bag is. That'll put us ahead of everyone!"
"It's not that! It's the principle of the thing! I am NOT going to lose to some MISFITS!"
"I'm RIGHT here, y'knoo!" Zeke admonished. "Besides, I goot us a gray bag from under me bed. Thas' gonna be worth moore to us than the poorple one." Josee sighed in defeat and followed them back.
"Yeah, Sugar. And Josee next," Tyler said.
After Tyler left with the bag, Noah noticed something in a nearby oak tree. It was the skeleton of the intern that had been eaten by the sleeping tree octopus. Next to it, though, something glimmered.
Noah hated physical labor, but he bravely marched forward and climbed up an arm of the octopus that was hanging down close to the ground and went into the hollow. He carefully removed Tyler's immunity idol from the skeleton's hand and slid down the slimy limb to hide the idol with the others.
Magnificent Monsters
Someone else had already found the golden bag. Owen and Mike looked up at it, which was perched on the top of a Grecian column at the campfire. "This seems really cliche," Owen noted.
"Yeah. How are we gonna get it down?"
"We'd have to knock down the pole, but I don't think you're strong enough."
"No, but you are in Food Mode."
"But...I could hurt someone!"
"Owen, trust me, I know a lot about that. Control is the key. Just keep it up for twenty seconds. I mean...don't you want to find out what candy's inside it?"
"I do!" Owen's eyes turned completely green and he ran up to the column before pushing it down. The column came to the ground with a kssh! and crumbled to pieces. Owen's eyes went back to normal and he picked up the golden bag. "Thanks for your help Mike!"
"Anytime! Now let's get back to our team!"
Confessional – Mike.
"That's MY strength. Sure, Svetlana, Vito, and Manitboa are faster, stronger, and tougher, and Chester's got an inordinate tolerance of boring things, but I have the best social game."
Vicious Vampires
Heather groaned as she wandered through the woods. "It'd take a miracle to get out from under Gwen."
Her words were heeded when a cow-sized ball of fur emerged from the ground. "Is that a giant beaver? No, wait, what am I saying? Beavers don't burrow! That's a mutant gopher!"
The nearly-blind rodent sniffed around and turned his head in her direction. Heather gulped. Luckily, the creature didn't like the smell of her perfume and quickly dug back into the ground.
Then she saw something unearthed by the gopher. "An immunity idol! Please be my own! But if it's Gwen or someone else's, I'll be fine too!" She picked it up and cleaned it off. "YES!" she cheered on seeing her name written on the back.
"Heather?" Scott asked. She quickly hid her idol. "You okay?"
"You'll see soon enough, Scott. Did you find any more bags?"
"Just this black one," he replied. "Tried to steal an orange from Bridgette but she was too fast.'
"It doesn't really matter. We can find more later.
"WHAT?!" Heather cried on seeing Owen bring in the golden bag.
"And with that, this competish is over!" Chris announced into the loudspeakers. "It's three o'clock, and I want everyone to meet me at the beach so we can count up our catches!
"The Vicious Vampires found all 200 yellow bags and have thirty-two orange bags, forty-eight green bags, nine black bags, five gray bags, and three white bags. Their final score is 2700.
"The Magnificent Monsters found all 200 red bags and have sixty-eight orange bags, fifty-five purple bags, twenty black bags, ten gray bags, six white bags, and the golden bag. Their final score is 6030.
"And the Grouchy Ghosts found all 200 blue bags and have fifty-two green bags, forty-five purple bags, four black bags, eighteen gray bags, and twenty-four white bags. Their final score is 5770. The Magnificent Monsters win!" The Monsters cheered and thumped each other on the back.
"Grouchy Ghosts, you did well and got very close to the lead, so you're safe. However, the Vicious Vampires weren't vicious enough and lost today's game," Chris continued. "The Trick-or-Treaters are now allowed to change back into their normal clothes. Meet me at the campfire at eight, Vicious Vampires, someone's future is at stake! HA! But whose? You decide!"
Some time later
Misfit Alliance
"Another month checked off the list and one step closer to the end of season one," Noah said to his fellow Misfits after dinner when everyone was opening their bags. "I propose a toast. To our alliance and to our friendships!" He raised a green Airhead above his head.
"Here here!" everyone concurred, raising their own candies.
Owen unzipped the golden bag, revealing it was filled with nothing but light pink, red-speckled jellybeans. He picked one up and ate it. "Hey, these are lychee-flavored!"
"Must be why they're in the gold bag, then," Carrie said after biting the head off a large violet gummy bear. "I don't think they're even sold in Canada."
"Here, Mike," Owen said, giving the Split Personality one of the jellybeans. "A thank-you for helping me."
"You're welcome, big guy," Mike replied, touched.
Amy unzipped a black bag and among the various lollipops was an immunity idol. On seeing whose it was, Amy got an evil grin on her face. "Oh, Saaaaamey~"
"What?" her sister asked. She gasped when she realized Amy held her idol.
"I'm not gonna tell you where I'm gonna hide it, but if we lose, I'm gonna vote for you and send you home with this unless you vote exactly the way I tell you to," Amy threatened. She unwrapped a grapefruit-flavored lollipop, stuck it in her mouth so it looked like a cigarette, and stalked off to hide the idol.
"Oh no..." Sammy shivered.
"Don't worry mate," Jasmine said. "Amy can't vote for ya if you're not on the same team."
"But now that Amy has the idol, Chris is gonna keep us on the same team for weeks! I'm sure of it!"
"Oh, right. In that case, I'll help you in any way that I can."
"Thanks Jasmine. You're the best."
Field Alliance (and Gwen)
"So we all know who we're voting for?" Scott asked, his mouth full of gumdrops.
"Scott, swallow before speaking," Courtney scolded. Scott whimpered and did so.
"Yeah, Josee was a real pain during the challenge," Gwen said. "Not to mention she's one of the best competitors. Without her, things would be a lot easier for us."
"Agreed. We'll all vote for her. Depending on how everyone else votes, we'll either eliminate her or stick her in a tiebreaker that she stands a 50% chance of losing."
"You put a lot of thought into this."
"Of course I do! I have to prove I'm better than everyone else," Courtney replied, flipping her hair. "If that's one thing my parents taught me, it's that if you're not ahead, you're behind. Although...working with you's been really fun, Gwen."
Gwen smiled. "You too, Court. I'm just glad the final ten are up to random chance. Final ten, guys?"
"Final ten!" Courtney and Scott said together.
"Yeah..." Heather trailed off, busy with her own plotting.
Guy's Alliance
Alejandro had to do the laundry that day, and noticed something hidden behind one of the dryers. He pulled it out, found it was Duncan's immunity idol, and quickly pocketed it.
Confessional – Heather.
"If I get votes tonight, and I probably will, then I can play the idol and humiliate that pale freak," Heather chuckled darkly. "So long as she thinks she's got power over me, though, I think I'll try to get rid of another one of my enemies." She wrote JOSEE on a piece of paper.
Confessional – Dave.
"I'm not technically a Misfit, just a normal guy with germaphobia, but I heard who they're voting for and I wanna help," Dave said. He wrote HEATHER on a piece of paper, unwittingly helping further Heather's plans.
Confessional – Taylor.
"He's ugly and not cool! Sheesh, get a life," Taylor growled, writing ZEKE on a piece of paper.
Confessional – Lightning.
"Lightning normally doesn't like using his smarts, but he's pretty sha-sure Sky's gonna be hard to beat later in the game." He wrote SKY on a piece of paper.
"Here's how we do eliminations," Chris said. He'd finally taken off the werewolf outfit. "We use the marshmallow system here. When I call your name, come get one." Twenty-two marshmallows sat on the plate, seven of them colored. "The marshmallows are color-coded to show how many votes you got to unwrap the drama. White means no votes against you, and the recipients are MacArthur, Lightning, Stephanie, Sierra, Eva, Jacques, Scott, Courtney, Gwen, Lorenzo, Leshawna, Dave, Taylor, Izzy, and Katie."
Chris pointed to the three blue marshmallows. "Blue means you received only one vote against you. Sky, Amy, and Duncan, these are yours."
Once they were done, Chris pointed to the two green marshmallows. "Green means you got more than one vote, but are still safe. Jo, two votes. Heather, five votes."
"Um, Chris? Is it alright to present this even if I'm not at risk of elimination?" Heather asked. She presented him with her immunity idol.
Gwen choked on her marshmallow. After she was done coughing she screamed "WHAT?! Where'd you get that?"
"Honestly Gwen, under a tree is a terrible place to hide something so valuable," Heather sneered.
"That is true. Heather, you got five votes against you, so the idol's good! However, you used your own, so it's only good for half as long as it would be if you used someone else's." Chris pressed a button on his remote and the idol turned gray.
"Whatever." Heather went back to her seat.
Two colored marshmallows were left. "Orange means you're on the chopping block, but are safe. Red means you're gone. Josee. Zeke."
Josee looked like she was about to explode at any minute.
"Josee, your anger-management skills need work. Like, a lot. But you're also a really good competitor who refuses to give up. Zeke, you have little knowledge of the outside world, and that's a problem. How much, then?...
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"Not enough, because you're both tied!"
"Uh-ooh," Zeke gulped.
"Here's today's tiebreaker: bobbing for apples!" In front of both teens was a wooden barrel filled with water and a few apples. "You need to pick up one of these in fifteen seconds with your teeth. First person to do so wins!"
Josee very quickly snatched one of hers up, but Zeke failed. "And Josee stays in the game!"
"YES! Chris, la guimave orange, s'il vous plait." Chris handed her the orange marshmallow. Zeke simply sighed, got the red one, and left quietly.
But there was something the teens should've noticed about the apples: Josee was bobbing for Fuji apples, which were considerably less dense (and thus easier to reach from the surface) than the Cameos Zeke was going after.
Chris' bias had struck once again.
Confessional – Gwen.
"There goes my last chance of getting rid of Heather until the fifteenth," Gwen groaned. "Although Courtney does have a point, it might be time to put this rivalry behind us once and for all."
"Ah, yes, the thrilling conclusion to the saga of Gwen having power over Heather." Chris stood at the Dock of Shame. "Eighteen down. Sixty-six remain to get their kicks. Will we unmask the victorious contestant or will our losers eat their sadness away first? Find out on
"Total.
"Drama!"
It was then that an actual wolf howled in the night. Chris' eyes shrunk and he shuddered in fear.
Votes:
Amy – Zeke
Duncan – Zeke
MacArthur – Heather
Lightning – Sky
Stephanie – Jo
Sierra – Jo
Eva – Heather
Jacques – Zeke
Josee – Zeke
Zeke – Heather
Scott – Josee
Heather – Josee
Courtney – Josee
Gwen – Josee
Lorenzo – Josee
Jo – Zeke
Leshawna – Josee
Dave – Heather
Sky – Amy
Taylor – Zeke
Izzy – Heather
Katie – Duncan
Results: 6-6-5-2-1-1-1 Zeke-Josee-Heather-Jo-Sky-Amy-Duncan
Eliminated: Staci, Leonard, Tammy, Leshaniqua, Spud, Chet, Dakota (ii), Phil (r), Ellody, Rock, Rodney (t), Anne Maria, Mickey, Jazz (r), Max, Mary, Junior, Zeke (t)
Known active immunity idols: Josee (Crimson), Owen, Carrie, Tyler (Noah), Geoff (Geoff), Justin (Ella), Duncan (Alejandro), Sammy (Amy)
Future eliminations immunized against: Heather (4)
Bonus clip:
Phil and Dakota groaned. They were on the boat with Zeke as they needed to go home for the Aftermaths. "You okay, eh?" Zeke asked.
"Not really. Hiding a bunch of sugar with a lot of wild animals around is hard work," Phil explained.
"I knoo. Had to hide all me food in weird places evry time me dad and I went camping."
"Hey Zeke, you're homeschooled just like I was. Why?" Dakota asked.
"Well, me family's pretty pooer, and it was hard gettin' assepted most places," Zeke explained. "Took me until this year to get into Pahkitew, eh."
"Do you...like it there?"
"I doonoo. Harly spent much time there, eh. But I hoope I can make soome new friends like you guys there."
Dakota and Phil looked at each other and nodded. "We'd like that too," Phil said. The three friends continued to talk for the rest of the night.