Chris's Recap

"Last time… on Total Drama Nialasach…

Rashi got to making herself useful to her new team by finding and restraining a goat for Hayaji to milk, earning respect from her teammates. Watts and Gabriel went to go fish hunting, but ended up as the hunted when a cave bear emerged to feed. And Mark started to get on even Alison's last nerve as he not only refused to help around camp, but also once again completely refused to take part in the challenge before the team could look at everyone's strengths and weaknesses. Vanessa and Zaheen found themselves in a fairly good position on Ebisu, while Aaron and Monica both did not, however, they both took solace in the fact that they had immunity medals. During the challenge Aaron allegedly gave Alison the keys to winning Gabriel's heart. I'll believe it when I see it. Vanessa lied to Rashi about Raul's vote off and then cried for the loss of one of the wolves in the forest. On Inari, Gran was on the outs of the original team members, and Cherry knew it. She wanted him gone. Meanwhile, Simon was happy to be away from his ultra-scheming original Hayaji teammates, and was making himself comfortable with the Inari majority. During the challenge, and thanks to, of all people, Mirai's advice, Gran was able to use his ineptitude at magic to his advantage and win points for his team, while Zaiyrin, theorizing the new Inari would eliminate a former Ebisu member, made sure Simon did poorly. In the end, this backfired when Gran flipped on the majority alliance and forced a tiebreaker eating challenge between himself and Simon, which he won by a single bread roll, sending the computer whiz to the Tomb of Shame. We're down to our sweet sixteen and someone is about to be exposed as our newest loser! Find out who, right here! On Total! Drama! Niiiiialasach!"


*Total Drama Theme Song Plays*

As the song starts, various cameras come out of the flora and fauna all around the island.

Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine, you guys are on my mind

The camera zooms around all of Crios Cath before finally entering into the Nialasach Ruins.

You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plain to see,

Aaron is on his skateboard, skating through the ruins, and as he moves forward, Claude can be seen following him, cleaning up the dust left by his skateboard tracks so that he can clear a path for Monica, who smiles at him, but ends up rolling her eyes, annoyed, when she's sure he isn't looking, and begins to pay attention to another part of the ruins, which the camera then shifts to.

I wanna be famous

Watts is looking over Erin's shoulder at an experiment she is working on, and she seems to be attempting to hide it from him, when the ruins wall explodes, causing Erin to fall back into Watts's arms before shoving herself out of them, the two then look over to see that the explosion was caused by Ash accidentally triggering a tripwire. She smiles and waves in an attempt to make the situation less embarrassing for her.

I want to live close to the sun

Camera switches to show Alison sitting on a beach chair and relaxing before waves come crashing in and ruin her clothes. She stands up with a huff and takes the beach chair further inland, but the same event happens, and she appears to let out a scream.

Well pack your bags, 'cause I've already won

Camera shifts up to reveal that Simon and Arnold both saw Alison's ordeal, and while Simon starts to snicker at it, Arnold begins to flamboyantly tell Simon off, and Simon plugs his ears and walks away with rolling eyes.

Everything to prove, nothing in my way, I'll get there one day

Camera shifts to Upper Ceol Fields, where Zaiyrin is seen showering Cherry with all manner of gifts and compliments, and Cherry somewhat scoffs at them before blushing with a smile once Zaiyrin leaves and heading over to Ellie to talk excitedly with her about it while Ellie is working on a costume.

'Cause I wanna be famous

Rashi and Phooko both see the events with Zaiyrin, Cherry, and Ellie, and quietly laugh to each other as they both tend to a small garden of growing plants, with Phooko's plants looking quite healthy, and Rashi's plants looking unnaturally perfect.

Na na nananana nanananana na nanananana

Camera shifts to the Glas Woods, where Raul and Vanessa are sketching each other with smiles. Camera first hovers over Raul's shoulder showing a brilliantly done sketch of Vanessa, then switches over to Vanessa's shoulder, where a sketch of Raul can be seen, but Vanessa needs to keep adding wolves to the sketch as they crowd around Raul like he's part of their pack.

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous

Mark is playing music in Cailleach Bog, but immediately rolls out of the way of a falling tree, he looks over to see an almost seething Mirai, who turns to him and begins to smile sweetly as she begs him to play. Mark is a little nervous at first but as he begins to play, Mirai begins to cheer peacefully as the camera shifts to Lower Ceol Fields.

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous

In Lower Ceol Fields, Donny and Gabriel are engaged in a rather heated argument, and Christa and Jenae both walk up to Donny and Gabriel respectively, Christa tries to comfort Donny, but he begins arguing with her instead. Meanwhile, Jenae begins to continue to argue with Gabriel, but he stops her when he notices she's moving her hand down his chest.

As the other contestants whistle the rest of the tune around the Tine Naofa Bonfire, Gran and Zaheen both attempt to make the fire grow larger. Upon Gran's attempt the fire blows up in his face, causing Zaheen to snicker as she pulls off the trick perfectly and the flames begin to form the season title: Total Drama Nialasach


Location: Upper Ceol Fields

Contestant(s): Cherry, Ellie, Gran, Mirai, Phooko

"You two-timing no-good selfish-ass shitstain!" Cherry shoved Gran as the remaining members of Inari made their way back to their camp, now missing its chicken coop.

"What the hell?!" Mirai shoved Cherry right back. "It was you assholes who decided to try and vote for him!"

"Don't start with me, Ebisu whore!" Cherry shoved Mirai right back. "You might be shallow enough to lead the idiot on, but the rest of us don't want to run towards the cliff you seem so eager to leap off of!"

"That's rich coming from Zaiyrin's flirt toy!" Mirai shoved Cherry right back! "Gran's told Phooko and I all about it!"

"It's me and Phooko!" Cherry corrected Mirai as she shoved her right back! "You don't use 'I' as an object pronoun. My first language isn't even English and I'm better at it than you are!"

"Cherry, calm down!" Ellie gasped as she and Phooko finally arrived on the scene.

"Mirai, stop, she's not worth it!" Phooko tried to help break the two women apart.

"She's such a fucking bitch, I can't stand her!" Mirai threw her hands up as Phooko led her away.

"She's going to ruin any fucking chance we'll have of succeeding, Ellie!" Cherry groaned as Ellie led her away.

When he was sure everyone was gone, Gran sighed and finally got up off of the ground.


Confessional: Gran: Team Inari

"Holy shit, did I make the right call in voting for Simon, but now Cherry has it out for me, Mirai has it out for Cherry, and Phooko and Ellie are so busy trying to keep their main allies calm that I don't think we'll be able to heal from that vote. I'm starting to think I'll need another miracle if we don't want to lose again."

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"It'll be alright…" Ellie did her best to calm Cherry down. "We still have the immunity medal, and since neither Phooko nor Mirai used one last night, we can probably assume they don't have theirs. We still can hold power here."

"Y-yeah…" Cherry clearly wasn't entirely calmed down yet. "I guess we can, if we're smart. But I don't know how possible that will be as long as we have that stupid brute of a woman."

"Well, try to see things from Gran's perspective right now." Ellie suggested. "We did just vote against him, and Mirai knows that too. She's just as frustrated as you are."

"Whatever." Cherry sighed. "We need to get some rest. Without our chicken coop to give us eggs, we'll need the energy that sleep conserves for the next challenge."


Confessional: Cherry: Team Inari

"Gran is a no good traitor and we should have gotten the other two on board with voting for him earlier like I was saying. That's all there is to this. I don't know what that whore Mirai sees in him. She probably just misses her boytoy Aaron and is trying to find a suitable substitute."

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Confessional: Ellie: Team Inari

"Cherry and Mirai are just constantly at each other's throats recently, and this is just not making things easy for me. Cherry needs to stop acting out before she blows up both our games, and I know she could but it would require a near complete isolation and we can't quite have that right now when we're in the minority."

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"Phoooooooko!" Mirai whined as he dragged her away from the rest of the camp. "Why can't I just, like, beat her up or something? Knock some sense into her?"

"Because I don't want to give them a reason to target you and not Gran." Phooko looked around nervously to make sure that no one was nearby. "Mirai, we need to stick together as a duo more than ever right now. If Cherry and Ellie vote either one of us off with a medal, we might easily lose our ally we only just got!"

"But she's such a rotten person!" Mirai huffed. "One bad apple poisons the barrel, Phooko!"

"And I want to get rid of her too, if we can!" Phooko agreed. "But until we can be sure of it, we should try to get along as a team and win challenges!"

"Ugggh!" Mirai rolled her eyes. "Okay, but the second we lose, I'm making sure that *BEEP* knows she's toast."


Confessional: Mirai: Team Inari

"Cherry is such a bitch! She's not even giving Gran-gran a chance! He's really into all the competition stuff and has spirit! I don't know why Ellie keeps her around, poor girl. She's probably being blackmailed or something. Maybe being tricked too. No one from original Inari is very smart."

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Confessional: Phooko: Team Inari

"Simon really should have made a big move with us but he didn't, and that's basically the only reason Gran's offer succeeded. Now, even though they're all a little at odds, the Inari members hold a clear majority, and I'm not entirely convinced Gran would stay loyal to us if Cherry or Ellie showed him an immunity medal. I might need to make a big move soon to save my own hide."

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Location: Cloch Mountain Range

Contestant(s): Alison, Erin, Gabriel, Mark, Rashi, Watts

"Gabriel~." Alison put her plan into action as she cornered Gabriel in Team Hayaji's newly won chicken coop.

"You're up earlier than usual." Gabriel noted as he finished feeding the chickens.

"Yeahhhhh…" Alison was sure to let her voice trail off of her heavy initial breath. "I just… I needed to explain something about me…"

"Oh, well go ahead." Gabriel turned to face her with an ignorant smile.

Perfect.

Things were going exactly as he said they would.

"Back home… I'm forced to be perfect at, like, everything to live up to my parents' social status. Sometimes I feel like I have no agency of my own… I didn't even sign myself up for this show."

"It was your parents?" Gabriel asked.

"Mm-hm… " Alison nodded as demurely as possible. "My own mum never spent any time with me and sent me here to keep herself away from me…*sniffle*... it still hurts a little when I think on it… *sniffle*."

"Alison, I…" Gabriel's eyes widened. "I'm sorry, I had no idea. I do know what it's like to have an absent mother though."

"Oh you do?!" Alison looked up with fake tears in her eyes. "T-that just makes you even more incredible!"

She took a step towards him.

"Alison?" Gabriel still hadn't caught onto anything.

Of course he hadn't.

He might have been able to sniff out lies in Alison's words, but as long as what she said was true, he also had no way of seeing through any false emotions.

Alison bubbled up some tears. "You do such a great job meeting the expectations that my own parents set for me, and you smile while doing it! You help keep this team together, Gabriel! I just… I find it so inspiring… especially what you managed to do during the last challenge!"

She took another step forward. "And it doesn't hurt that you're also very nice and good looking to boot! I just…"

"Alison… I had no idea… " Gabriel took his own step forward.

Yes.

He was on the hook.

Now to reel him in.

"And...that's why I told you." Alison took one last step.

Gabriel took a daze step of his own.

They were face to face.

"I just couldn't contain it anymore...Gabriel~..." She parted her lips and moved her face in towards his, stopping just short of his lips.

He had to fill in the rest of the gap.

He held onto her waist, and their faces connected.

Alison side eyed a nearby camera and gave a confident side-smirk.


Confessional: Gabriel: Team Hayaji

"This explains everything about Alison's actions. Here I thought she had something malicious planned, but she's just under a lot of stress to live up to the potential that her parents see in her. I can sort of understand. I don't want to fail my own father while I'm on this show after all. Now that I know her romantic feelings are genuine, I can probably add her into my alliance with Watts and we can be safe in having half the numbers of the team!"

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Confessional: Alison: Team Hayaji

"Okay, Aaron, thanks for the trade last challenge, your advice about playing up the expectations card and satisfying his need for emotional praise worked like a charm~! A wonderful boyfriend to milk for all he's worth~! Literally! All I have to do is survive through Katelyn's, Nublina's, and Liu-Ten's challenges and those should all be pieces of absolute cake!"

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"Mmm~" Alison added some tongue to the kiss, using her hand to keep Gabriel's head steady and his body in place, though he didn't seem intent on leaving just yet.

They likely could have stayed in the coop all morning, but the morning had other plans.

"Oh."

Gabriel and Alison broke the kiss to see Watts about to close the door to the coop. "I'll give you some privacy."

"We appreciate it, Watts~" Alison chimed as she hooked her arms around Gabriel and popped her leg up as she kissed her new partner on the cheek.

Gabriel smiled back at her, and gave her a quick kiss on her lips before turning to Watts.

"We'll gather the eggs for you, man, don't worry about it."

"Sounds...good…" Watts slowly closed the door to the coop and left towards the other team members.


Confessional: Watts: Team Hayaji

"So I just walked in on Alison and Gabriel making out, and hey, I'm happy for him that he can be that intimate with someone he clearly finds attractive, but I don't for one second trust her to have his best interests at heart. The good news is that I might now finally be able to convince Mark to vote her off."

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"And so then we just… there, see?" Erin was showing Rashi how to fashion a pan out of a stone slab.

"And now we can have some over-easy eggs!" Rashi bounced in her seat excitedly. "Eggs for days!"

"We have eggs, we have milk from the goat, " Erin nodded. "We have a pretty good setup here, and I'd prefer we keep it."

"Heck yeah, that's where it's at!" Rashi put a hand up.

Erin looked at it quizzically.

"Don't leave me hanging, Erin!" Rashi urged her. "High five!"

"Oh!" Erin nodded before high-fiving her new teammate.


Confessional: Rashi: Team Hayaji

"Oh man, things are going great up here! This frog just keeps hopping up the mountain! Soon she'll be at the top and will see all the lands out in front of her!"

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"So, you don't think I have to worry too much about being gone the first time we lose, do you?" Rashi asked.

"Well, I'm not voting for you at least." Erin shook her head. "I'd say we need to get Mark out of here before anyone else."

"Yeah." Rashi nodded. "Alison is a pain but she's a pain that seems to at least attempt to try in challenges. Mark… well, I've seen him sit out for you guys more often than any of the rest of you."

"Because he's awful and doesn't deserve to be here." Erin laughed a little.


Confessional: Erin: Team Hayaji

"Seriously, he has like, three settings: Depressed and unwilling to do anything, simping extremely hard for Alison, and acting like he's the one who is trying to rally the team together when we've long since rallied without him. If we lose a challenge and I have to spend another three days with him I… I'll fucking riot."

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"Hrm..." Watts noticed as he passed by Erin and Rashi. "You guys talking about who to eliminate if we lose?"

"Thinking Mark, sorry." Erin shrugged. "I know he's your friend but, well, he needs to step up or step out of our way."

"I'll, uh, go try to talk to him about this." Watts suggested. "The other option is Alison right now, right?"
"For us it is." Erin nodded.

"Then I guess I'll find him." Watts shrugged.

"Don't worry." Erin turned to Rashi. "As you can see, you aren't going anywhere."


Confessional: Erin: Team Hayaji

"And then, if we ever get to only four people left, I'll have Rashi's friendship and vote, so I can be safe in the knowledge that we'll at least tie. I'm surprised more people haven't thought to befriend the person seen as on the bottom before." Because that was me once. We're pretty open to voting strategies.

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"Mark…" Watts finally found the guy resting near a scenic view of a small stream.

"Yo." Mark sighed. "What's up?"

"I have some bad news. I've been hearing your name thrown around camp. People are thinking of voting you off."

"But why? We have Rashi as an easy vote. Let her teach Erin everything she knows, then lose her and keep our team our team."

"Damn, you sound like Alison sometimes." Watts muttered under his breath before speaking up again. "Mark, what you think doesn't matter. Unless you vote for the correct person to go home at the next elimination ceremony, it's going to be you."

"Oh great!" Mark rolled his eyes. "Here we go again!"

"Mark, listen to me, it's literally you or Alison! Those are the people on the chopping block right now!"

"Watts, Watts, Watts…" Mark shook his head nonchalantly. "Don't worry so much, man. Alison has my back, and I have hers. All we need is your vote for Rashi and we're golden."


Confessional: Mark: Team Hayaji

"There's no tomorrow without today after all. Watts needs to be more in the moment, otherwise he'll realize that the game is moving forwards without him."

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"Mark, you don't freaking get it, do you?!" Watts was losing patience. "Alison is playing you! She's only flirting with you for your vote! I just saw-"

"Oh?" Alison put a hand on Watt's shoulder. "Just what did you see, James?" She asked in a low tone, before wrapping her arms around Mark and hugging him, keeping his surprised but delighted face to her chest. "Or should I say Jealous James? Because you know that you don't have this kind of relationship with Erin! Come on Mark, let's go!"

"Right!" Mark nodded.

As she made sure he was leaving, she turned back to Watts.

"If you tell either of those boys about the other one…"

"Oh, you'll what, vote me out?"

"Ha-ha." Alison rolled her eyes. "Don't be stupid. I know I wouldn't have the support to do that without an immunity medal. No. I have something more precious to hold hostage than your place in the game."

She held out some dog tags in her hand.

Watts glared at her as he felt his neck, to find that the ones he wore normally were missing.

"Got them while you were sleeping~." Alison's lips widened into a threatening grin. "And if you want them back, you have to keep quiet about this!"

"You are a *beep*." Watts shook his head, disappointed. "Fine. But give them back. Unlike you, I care about my loved ones. And don't feel so safe yet. I'll find a way to deal with you when the time is right."

"Oh, James…" Alison shook her head. "I already know exactly how you'd plan to deal with me, and I know just how to stop it too~." And with that, Alison skipped off to catch up to Mark.


Confessional: Watts: Team Hayaji

"She's smarter than she initially appears to be, that much is incredibly certain. But I can't let her get to me. She can be defeated, I'll just need help to do it, preferably from someone who could easily figure out a psychological weakness of hers with minimal interaction."

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"Sorry about that..." Alison wrapped herself around Mark's arm and rested her head on his shoulder. "I was just making sure he wouldn't pester you about all of that stuff again. I think he knows where he stands now."

"So, it's still Rashi the next time we lose?" Mark asked.

"Ohhh, Mark…" Alison patted his face as the pair turned to face each other. "Of course it is, I'd never let anything bad happen to you~."


Confessional: Alison: Team Hayaji

"I'd like my backup boyfriend to make it as far as possible after all, because if things don't work out in my favor with Gabriel, I think a music star could get me some great money!"

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"'Preciate it…" Mark grinned as he drew his face closer to Alison's.

Alison quickly looked over her surroundings.

No Erin or Rashi.

No Watts.

Most importantly, no Gabriel.

"I'm sure you do~" She grinned back as she locked lips with her second boy that day.


Confessional: Mark: Team Hayaji

"Wooo! Hot damn she is a good kisser! We were making out for so long, we had to head back to camp separately so that no one would think we were in any sort of romantic alliance. No idea what Watts is talking about, Mark Galaxy is at the top of the universe right now!"

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Location: Cailleach Bog

Contestant(s): Aaron, Monica, Vanessa, Zaheen, Zaiyrin

"Keep the grill going, Aaron!" Zaiyrin announced as he handed him a bunch of wet towels. "And be sure to dry off these towels, but don't burn any of the food we wish to cook!"

"Yes, sir." Aaron sighed, as he took the towels.

"I'd give you some water bottles for a drink, but you helped us lose them." Zaiyrin snickered. "Now keep doing your penance."

"If it's any consolation…" Monica bit into her kabob that Aaron had recently cooked for everyone besides himself in the camp. "The kabob is great!"

"And our stuff is super well taken care of." Vanessa agreed as she ate her own kabob.


Confessional: Aaron: Team Ebisu

"This position? Zaiyrin's pawn? The Ebisu sheepdog? I hate it. I am a predator in this game, not some beast of burden for Zaiyrin to domesticate. Still, I don't have much of an option right now as long as I want my Fish Medal to remain hidden. I'm pretty sure everyone here thinks Raul had it and was blindsided with it in his pocket. That makes it a valuable weapon, and I think I know precisely how I'll end up using it already."

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Confessional: Monica: Team Ebisu

"Alright, here's the drill. I know I'm on the real bottom right now, I'm not stupid. Zaiyrin will keep Aaron for a vote, he gets along with Zaheen, and Aaron and Vanessa share the same original team. I have zero allies here, so I need to pick someone and make nice with them… For now. Eventually, I'll be running the show again, but I'm not about to rock the boat here that much."

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"So, there you have it…" Monica finished explaining her reasoning to Zaheen and Vanessa. "I think Aaron and Zaiyrin are a dangerous duo and I feel like a girls' alliance on this team is the way to go, thoughts?"

"I'm certainly all for it." Zaheen nodded as she looked over at Vanessa. "But it depends on what Vanessa thinks.

"I think it's a great idea!" Vanessa's eyes widened. "Like, yo, yooo, we could be like, super secret about it too, like meet up now and maybe hand each other information before Tine Naofa and use like, secret signals!"

"Well, I'm glad you're all for the idea!" Monica smiled at the pair.


Confessional: Monica: Team Ebisu

"That felt… too easy. But still, neither of them have an immunity medal, so I don't need to worry too too much yet."

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Confessional: Vanessa: Team Ebisu

"Nope. Nope. A thousand nopes. I know where this is heading. If, island gods forbid, we get down to three people and lose a challenge, this girl is the number three in that alliance containing two former Hayaji members. No, this requires some sneaky… sneaking."

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"Ahh, Vanessa!" Zaiyrin welcomed Vanessa as he met her out in the bog. "What was it you wanted to talk to me about?"

"Well… '' Vanessa bobbed her head back and forth. "We all know that Aaron is a villain."

"True, yes." Zaiyrin nodded quickly. "He was no match for my interrogation, and you and Zaheen happened along just in time. Quite fortuitous."

"Uh… y-yeah." Vanessa quickly looked into a nearby camera, a little confused by Zaiyrin's energy. "Listen… he's not the only villain on this team. Pretty much everyone on this team is a villain except for the- the two of us. And Zaheen and Monica are more dangerous together than Aaron and I are separated."


Confessional: Zaiyrin: Team Ebisu

"I have a phenomenal read on people, what with my Insight being a +20 modifier and all. I understand what the Artist is trying to do, but she isn't necessarily wrong with the scenario she's provided me. Logic dictates that I shouldn't leave both original Hayaji members leash-less. That means one must go soon. Perhaps even the next time we lose."

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"Aaron!" Zaiyrin announced as he returned to camp. "How are the towels!"

"Dry and soft, milord." Aaron rolled his eyes as he handed Zaiyrin back the team towels. "Feel free to pass them around to everyone except me like usual."

"I will gladly do that." Zaiyrin smirked as he passed the towels around with a small chuckle.

"Laugh all you want…" Aaron muttered. "I'm not out of this yet. I have almost secured an ally from Hayaji."


Confessional: Aaron: Team Ebisu

"You may think that ally is Alison, and while yes, she'd make a remarkable asset, she's not loyal enough. No, the player I've been after from the beginning is Watts. If Alison did what I told her to do last challenge, then Watts should be in the market for a skilled detective, and as it so happens… I'm the only one around who fits the bill. Oh, this is going to be fun, tricking him into advancing my own agenda!"

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Confessional: Zaheen: Team Ebisu

"So while everyone else clearly starts scheming against each other, I'll sit back, eat our fruit, eat our vegetables, and let the other players rock the boat instead. Monica, Aaron, Zaiyrin, even Vanessa, they all have these plans that involve betraying each other and throwing each other under the bus, and quite frankly I already did that strategy, I want to find a new one, darling. Something less risky, less immediately backfire-able."

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As Zaheen was lounging, eating some freshly washed carrots from the garden, she heard it.

*BEEEEEEEP*

"Attention all players!" Chris announced. "Meet me at the Ionad Desert! We have a special guest here, and it's CHALLENGE TIME!"


Location: Ionad Desert

Contestant(s): All Remaining

"Ugh, fricking finally!" A blonde woman in a white dress, white fur coat, and white heels lowered her designer sunglasses. "I had to wait in the middle of this icky desert for you losers, so you better be grateful I even came to explain the challenge, like, at all."

"This…" Chris motioned to the young woman beside him. "...Is Katelyn."

"Hey." Katelyn eyed the contestants. "I'll keep this shortsies since you're all dumb and this desert is lametown. You'll all have cameras and take pictures of the people on the opposing teams. If you have a pic snapped of you, by anyone, you're out. The first team to lose all its members in the challenge votes one off laterrr~. The team with more members remaining after that gets to spin the Wheel of Rewarrrrd~. If, like, it's a tie… then like, I guess the last pic wins it? Idk, I'm not playing this season so I don't really care?"

"Well, hang on…" Cherry brought a hand up. "Hayaji has an extra member, that gives them an unfair advantage doesn't it?"

"What are you talking about?" Katelyn squinted her eyes. "Chris, who's the French boy?"

"Well, I'm a girl." Cherry corrected Katelyn. "And Hayaji has more people. That's unfair. Aren't they going to sit someone out?"

"Eww! No! If I had to do icky yucky challenges, then you guys do too! No sleepsies, got it?"

"I… I really don't." Gabriel shook his head before turning to Watts. "What's she even saying?"

Watts shrugged.

"Katelyn speech I guess."

"Look, if the other teams didn't suck and lose the last two challenges, then you would have the avenger, now leave me alone and get ready! I want to leave this place and go back to L.A. Daddy said he'd try to find me a good role to audition for and I plan to own the competition."


Confessional: Phooko: Team Inari

"Nepotism at its finest, folks! … Wait…"

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Challenge: Paparazzi

Rules: Contestants are given cameras and are tasked with running around the island, taking pictures of the contestants of the other teams' members. If you have a picture taken of you, you are out of the challenge and can no longer take pictures of the remaining players. The team to lose all their players first will head to the Tine Naofa Bonfire Elimination Ceremony, while the team with the most members remaining when that happens will get to spin the Wheel of Reward.


Location: The Whole Island

Contestant(s): All Remaining

Rashi and Zaiyrin were both doing their best to snap shots of each other through the trees of the forest, but both were diving back behind the trunks of trees or into bushes to avoid the flashes of the cameras.

"You won't beat me at this, Rashi!" Zaiyrin warned. "I am a Rank S Photographer!"

"So you're married to it?" Rashi snickered a taunt back.

"Wrong game, Rashi!" Zaiyrin called after her.

He saw a streak of her red hair.

*Flash*.

No good, she wasn't clearly visible in it.

Rashi noticed Zaiyrin's outfit.

*Flash*.

No good, he wasn't clearly visible in it.

Zaiyrin smirked as he hid behind one of the tree trunks.

That was when he noticed her.

"Cherry!" He whispered, gaining the girl's attention. "Care to help me out, my sweet?"

Cherry looked over at Rashi and nodded.

*FLASH*

"And Rashi is totes out." Katelyn's voice echoed through a megaphone from a chopper overhead.

*FLASH*

"Oooh, and so is Zaiyrin!"

"What the?!" Zaiyrin turned back to Cherry.

"Sorry, but we aren't on the same team right now, sweetie." Cherry apologized. "Thanks for helping us stay in longer!"

She took a rose he had plucked with the intent to hand it to her and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Later!"


Shift Camera Focus

"Where are you, Vanessa?" Gran asked as he lost track of the girl he was chasing through the bog and forest. "Come out, come out, wherever you are!"


Confessional: Gran: Team Inari

"I still remember two challenges ago how Vanessa humiliated me. Well, now I'm about to humiliate her right back by getting her picture!"

End Confessional


"Heeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeee!" He heard someone call.

He quickly moved in the direction of the noise.

He stopped.

It was a wolf cub trying to howl.

"Awwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrreeee!" It tried again.

"Aww." Gran knelt down on his knees. "Practicing your howl?"


Confessional: Gran: Team Inari

"Wolves are nice. They're like larger, greyer foxes!"

End Confessional


"Keep it up and you'll have a superpowered howl!" Gran cheered the wolf cub on. "If only I could have a superpowered magic trick to help me out here."

*FLASH*

"And just like that Gran is canned~!" Katelyn's voice rang out.

"You know…" Vanessa approached Gran from behind, "throughout history, humans have always wanted superpowers, but here's the thing, I have a superpower."

Gran turned around to see Vanessa offering a hand to help him up.

"Creativity." She let him know.

"Well, can your creativity help me find a way to escape being voted out next on my team?" Gran asked, dejected by defeat.

Vanessa put a hand to her chin in thought.

"No, I was moping…" Gran began. "I didn't mean-"

"I think so." Vanessa answered.

Gran quirked a brow. "How?"

"Well…" Vanessa reasoned. "You could help me find Hayaji members and take pictures of them, that'll save you for at least one more challenge."

"Holy shit." Gran realized. "When does your next comic book come out, Miss Superhero?"


Shift Camera Focus

"How curious..." Ellie came across a snare trap in the mountains. "What kind of animal are they worried about out here?"

She knelt down and slowly brought a hand out to examine the ropework.

Bad idea.

She was instantly hoisted up towards the tree that the trap was connected to.

"Well, I planned to catch a human, and I did!" Erin popped out from one of the mineshafts and took a picture of Ellie, dangling from the rope.

*FLASH*

"Extra points for the embarrassment! Ellie is out thanks to Erin~!" Katelyn announced.


Confessional: Ellie: Team Inari

"Okay… so maybe I shouldn't have put my hand there, but she could've taken the picture of me before I got caught in the trap too! She totally would've seen me approach from her hiding place!"

End Confessional


Confessional: Erin: Team Hayaji

"I wanted to see if she'd actually fall for the trap first. It's okay to put science ahead of challenges if it's fun like that little test."

End Confessional


Shift Camera Focus

"Hey, British bitch!" Gran called, distracting Alison, who took a picture of him, only to find that he was already out.

"The heck are you still doing, bothering people in the challenge, Inari idiot?" Alison asked.

*FLASH*

"Got it!" Vanessa cheered. "Way to go Gran!"

"The British bitch bites it!" Katelyn's voice cheered.

"Hey!" Alison called up to Vanessa. "Before you head off, come down here!"

Gran and Vanessa shrugged at each other. Vanessa hopped off the plateau she was on and met up with Alison in the middle of the highlands.

"Vanessa, right?" Alison shooed Gran away. "Go on, this is for women only! Go back to your camp!"

Vanessa shrugged at Gran again.

Gran rolled his eyes.

Whatever this was, it wasn't his problem.

"Now then…" Alison turned back towards Vanessa. "Rashi. What do you know about her? I need to be able to get one over on her so I can stay in the game."

"Rashi is my friend!" Vanessa shook her head. "Find someone else to pry information from!"

"Fine, then I guess I'll get information on the both of you from Aaron. He's supposed to be a great detective isn't he?"
"W-wait!" Vanessa grabbed Alison's shoulder. "I… I'll tell you…"


Confessional: Vanessa: Team Ebisu

"I don't really want to…. But if Alison finds out from someone other than me and figures out a way to get rid of me along with that, she'd have a valid reason to since I didn't help her. And then there's the fact that just last challenge I lied to Rashi about my role in voting off Raul… and I don't want to know how she'll react when she finds out. Maybe it's better to get her out of the game sooner rather than later…"

End Confessional


Shift Camera Focus

"Egh… " Watts waded through the bog water, hoping to find Aaron in Ebisu territory.

Aaron hid under a bunch of towels. Towels he had purposefully made dirty with the murky bog water to make them seem like camouflage.

He would not be found.

But he would hear.

He wanted to hear.

"Aaron, you out here man?" Watts asked.

"I don't think he is!" Monica's voice answered.

Strange.

Aaron didn't expect Monica to be back at camp so soon, especially when she was still part of the challenge.

Perhaps she had the same sort of idea he did.

"Oh, nevermind then!" Watts called.

He turned to leave when-

*FLASH*

"And Monica got a nice pic of Watts!" Katelyn announced.

"No leaving. You tell me what you want, and I either help you or tell Aaron not to." Monica stood adamantly in front of Watts.

"I need his advice on how to get under Alison's skin and make her mess up. She's doing really well in seducing a couple friends of mine, and I'm worried they'll both get really emotionally hurt if this keeps up."

Monica clutched her immunity medal to her chest as she heard Watt's story in more detail.

"Oh, you poor thing!" She felt genuine concern. "We need to get Aaron in on this right away then! That's awful!"


Confessional: Monica: Team Ebisu

"I might be a ruthless player, but I am not a ruthless person. That kind of shenaniganry has no place anywhere, least of all here!"

End Confessional


Aaron smiled to himself as Watts and Monica began to look for Aaron, to no avail.

"Oh well." Watts sat down on the couch. "He could be anywhere. Maybe I'll just have to wait until there is a challenge that I'm forced to interact with him for."

"Or you can try to make the trek down here from the mountains tomorrow or something."


Confessional: Aaron: Team Ebisu

"Oh, this is going great! Watts is here, seeking help from someone that he still doesn't know is the devil! He'll be a great ally for me, and there's no way his goody two-shoes self is going to let me be leashed by Zaiyrin like this. Ahh, Watts and Alison, both supporting me. My cavalry is coming."

End Confessional


Shift Camera Focus

Cherry sat down on the rocky northern shore not far from the Upper Ceol Fields. She looked out over the ocean.

She let out a deep breath.

"Mirai la pute, Gran le stupide, Phooko l'inutile, Ellie la têtue…"

*FLASH*

Cherry looked over to see Vanessa running off.

She let out another deep breath.

"Vanessa la sournoise."

"And Cherry is caught on camera!" Katelyn's voice echoed.

"Katelyn l'irritant."


Shift Camera Focus

"Oh-!" Gabriel cupped his mouth as he noticed both Mirai and Zaheen in the Glas Woods.

Zaheen would be easier to snap a picture of right away, since she wasn't a very fast runner and didn't have very much stamina… but Mirai… Mirai was very athletic. If she knew Gabriel was there, he wasn't sure he'd be able to outrun her and avoid the flash from her camera.

Yes.

That was the play.

He moved to get a better angle and…

*FLASH*

Mirai pouted. "Dang it… I needed to make sure Grangran could stay in another round too and I didn't get a single picture."

"And Mirai was murdered with that pic!" Katelyn was losing her edge with the comments.

"Sorry, didn't mean to cause any extra problems for you specifically." Gabriel went to apologize.

*FLASH*

"And Gabriel's been got!" Katelyn announced.

Zaheen waved to Gabriel from a tree she had silently climbed.

"How did you like that illusion, darling?" She winked in victory.


Confessional: Gabriel: Team Hayaji

"I didn't like that illusion."

End Confessional


Shift Camera Focus

"Are you… sure?" Phooko was really hesitant to take the picture.

"Yes." Mark lay on the ground of the Lower Ceol Fields. "We've been running around in circles for a whole two minutes. I haven't gotten a picture of you, so I'm probably not ever going to. Just get me out of the challenge so the rest of my team can win it without me bringing them down."

"Mark, why do you keep giving up before you even really try these things?" Phooko wondered. "You sit out an awful lot, I've noticed."

"What's the point in trying if I'm not going to be able to take pictures of anyone anyways?" Mark asked.

"Well, what was the point of you heading onto Total Drama if you're so adamant about not leaving your comfort zone?" Phooko asked Mark in rebuttal.

Mark had no answer.

Phooko sighed.

*FLASH*

"And Mark has met his maker!" Katelyn announced.


Confessional: Phooko: Team Inari

"I wonder how that man expects to have a music career when he so easily gives up at the first sign of trouble?"

End Confessional


Shift Camera Focus

Zaheen and Vanessa met up by a freshwater spring in the bog.

Monica would be there soon.

"So, who is our target if we lose?" Zaheen asked Vanessa, careful to not suggest anyone herself.

"Preferably Zaiyrin right now." Vanessa lied. "He has a lot of pull with the remaining original Inari members I think, and quite frankly Aaron is probably more useful physically in challenges."

"That's fair." Zaheen nodded. "We'll run the idea by Monica when she gets here."


Confessional: Zaheen: Team Ebisu

"And with Monica in possession of an immunity medal, the two of us would be able to force a tie if anything… suspicious… were to go on with Aaron off of Zaiyrin's leash. He and Vanessa are both original Ebisu after all. Fish can be slippery, darling."

End Confessional


*FLASH*

Zaheen and Vanessa looked up and noticed Erin a short distance away.

"And Zaheen and Vanessa are both uhh… dang it why do your names have to start with such odd letters?" Katelyn huffed. "They're out too!"

"Sorry, Ebisu." Erin bid them farewell. "I'm off to-"

*FLASH*

"Off to elimination, with you, Hayaji." Monica smiled. "Pretty sure you're the last one."

"And Monica exposes Erin!" Katelyn announced. "Since she was the last Hayaji player remaining, they'll be heading to the Tine Naofa Bonfire Ceremony! And in first place… we have Team Ebisu, who will get to spin the Wheel of Reward!"


Shift Camera Focus

"Congratulations, Team Ebisu!" Chris announced as all the contestants and an impatient Katelyn gathered back up in the Ionad Desert. "Vanessa, since you had quite a few photos, come up and spin the Wheel of Reward!"

Vanessa nodded.

She walked up to the wheel.

She grabbed its side, and with a hefty swing, the wheel began to spin.

It went through all of Hayaji's camp luxuries...

Until Finally…

Mattresses.

"Wooo!" Ebisu cheered as they all hugged each other, happy to be able to sleep somewhere other than on tree routes and branches or all huddled up on their couch.

"Well, it could have been worse." Gabriel tried to rally his team.

"Yeah, I guess it could have been." Watts agreed.

"My mattresses though…" Alison held an arm out longingly at the Wheel of Reward.

"We'll just find some mountain sheep and shear some wool!" Rashi suggested.

"What you should do, Hayaji…" Chris announced. "Is find out which one of your own you plan to vote out! I'll see you at Tine Naofa later tonight! Say goodbye to Katelyn everyone."

Everyone gave some variation of a grumbled goodbye.

"Laters~!" Katelyn sang as she happily skipped up to where a small private jet was waiting for her.

"Why the hell did she even sign up for the show if she literally already has her own jet plane?" Gran asked in exasperation.

"Sponsor deal." Chris announced. "Previews for her parents' movies always play during our commercial breaks, and we make bank from it, so we let their daughter onto the show. You'd be surprised by some of her decisions and actions I think. Not necessarily impressed, but surprised. Anyways, I've got nothing else for you, everyone head back to their camps!"


Location: Team Hayaji Campsite

Contestant(s): Alison, Erin, Gabriel, Mark, Rashi, Watts

"I think we can all agree..." Alison stood up on a small hill. "That since Gabriel and Erin actually got photos, we can take them both off our chopping block list tonight, right?"

No one seemed to have any objections.

Everyone fanned out in order to talk strategy.

The first person Alison went to was Mark. She made sure to lock the chicken coop this time, just so she could be positive that there would be no interruptions.

"Are you ready to vote out Rashi and stay Fudo strong?" Alison asked Mark.

"I might need a little convincing…" Mark pulled Alison in towards him, careful not to touch her hair.

"You're lucky you're loaded…" Alison snickered. "... In the looks department." She tried to save herself as she realized what she had said, but Mark hadn't picked up on it.

He only wanted one thing.

Alison silently sighed and let Mark back her up into the wall of the chicken coop, where they once again locked their lips together.


Confessional: Mark: Team Hayaji

"Seriously, she's, like, the best reason I could have to still play this game."

End Confessional


Confessional: Alison: Team Hayaji

"So after, well, that, it was time to find Gabriel, but of course Watts had taken him away somewhere first and I had to wait for them to come back because I was not heading up into cave bear territory. There are limits, okay?"

End Confessional


"I know it sounds bad right after you two finally kissed…" Watts did his best. "But a relationship during a game is a not very good idea. It can work, but it's hard to make work. I think it's time to vote for Alison."
"Well, even if Alison is difficult, I don't think she's entirely beyond redemption." Gabriel countered.

"You sound like a contestant from the previous season." Watts noted. "Granted, it's only halfway through airing right now, so I'm not sure how well it's gone for him but… I don't know."

"Well, I can't expect to change your mind, and I don't think you can expect to change mine just yet. Maybe we can both hold off on deciding our votes until we hear what people say at the ceremony."

"I… suppose that works." Watts shrugged. "I just want to make sure that we do end up voting for the same person, and that if we somehow don't, it's the product of miscommunication rather than one of us being stubborn."

"I'd prefer that to be the case too." Gabriel agreed. "Don't worry. I might want Alison to stay, but I'm not averse to reason and logic, and right now, I feel we have bigger problems than someone who is a little spoiled."

"All right." Watts nodded. "You go find Alison then and talk to her. I'll see if I can't find Mark."

"Do we know who Rashi or Erin is thinking of?" Gabriel asked as the boys began heading their separate ways.

"They told me Mark earlier." Watts answered honestly.


Confessional: Watts: Team Hayaji

"Which, honestly, I can't blame them. I'm giving Mark one last chance to realize how deep he's in it here. Hopefully it works, but… this is Mark. Alison's got her nails in him pretty deep."

End Confessional


"Mark!" Watts found Mark and called him over.

"This better not be what I think it is." Mark seemed done with this conversation.

"It is, but it's the last one." Watts assured him. "Mark… if you don't agree to vote Alison, you better hope you have one convincing argument for why anyone other than you should go instead, because almost everyone's public opinion is against you right now."

"Things are darkest before the dawn, man." Mark shrugged. "No tomorrow without today."

"Tomorrow will always come, yes." Watts rolled his eyes. "But I'd prefer if you were around to see tomorrow. Vote her off."

"You're just jealous because she's making out with me. but Erin hasn't tried to get with you at all!"

Watts didn't respond.

He stood up.

He walked away.


Confessional: Watts: Team Hayaji

"I tried. I really really tried. But he's too far gone. I don't think I'll be getting my buddy back this time guys… It's… not gonna lie… it's… it's kind of… a bummer…" Some tears rolled down Watts's cheeks as he clenched his dog tags. "But you know… you gotta keep going forwards… sometimes you fail… but you just keep pulling yourself back up. Don't let bad events knock you down completely…"

End Confessional


"Gabriel? Don't you think it would be best for team chemistry if we took out Rashi?" Alison asked.

"Actually… I'm kind of leaning towards Mark…" Gabriel admitted.

Alison's eyes widened.

Mark, that idiot. If everyone wanted to vote him out, she'd lose her voting control!

"But… why not keep Fudo together? I liked our team the way it was!"

"He just hasn't been performing well or sometimes even at all in challenges." Gabriel sighed. "I'll listen to what he says at Tine Naofa, but he'll need to be very convincing."

Alison could feel her head strain with the mental calculations she was doing.

She soon arrived at an answer.

She had her next move.

"I suppose that's fair, Gabey." She smiled at him. "Now come here, just in case we won't get to see each other for a while after this."

She led Gabriel off into the wilderness, giggling as she continuously gave him quick kisses.


Confessional: Alison: Team Hayaji

"This juggling is hard work you know! Perhaps I'm more suited for the circus than our resident Frenchy."

End Confessional


Rashi and Erin looked at each other as Mark passed them by to soak in the hot tub and nodded.

They smiled.

Neither of them were worried in the slightest.


Location: Tine Naofa Bonfire Elimination Ceremony

Contestant(s): Alison, Erin, Gabriel, Mark, Rashi, Watts

"Welcome, Alison, Erin, Gabriel, Mark, Rashi, and Watts!" Chris announced. "To your first Tine Naofa Bonfire Elimination Ceremony as the new Hayaji team!"

"It's a pleasure to be here." Erin rolled her eyes. "When will the shrimp and cocktails be served?"

"Rashi." Chris moved on without responding to Erin. "I look at this New Hayaji, and I see, Fudo member, Fudo member, Fudo member, Fudo member, Fudo member… and then there's you. The lone original Ebisu member on this team where everyone else has already spent a quarter of the game together! Seems like an easy fix for them to say, 'Hey, she's not part of our team, let's just get rid of her!'"

"Chris, you know, I have heard my name being thrown around a bit ever since I came to this team." Rashi nodded. "But you know what? I came over, and the first thing, the very first thing I did was get us our goat, Billie. We milk her every day, and we're keeping ourselves nice and fed out there in the mountains! I might not have been very useful today, but I bust my ass off in challenges, and I think enough people on this team realize that I'm doing everything I can to cement myself as a permanent member. I can understand if I still get some votes for being, you know, the outsider, but I trust that the powers that be on this tribe know that I'm an asset to this team no matter which way you slice it, and that now is not the time to get rid of me."

"Alison…" Chris moved onto Alison. "'I'm an asset.' There was a similar argument made by you the last time that you were over here!"

"And you know, she's absolutely correct, Chris." Alison crossed her leg. "But now we have our goat. Erin knows how to milk it, and with winning the chicken coop just last challenge, we have plenty of eggs for protein to keep us strong, so Rashi's specific skill sets for camp life do decrease in value each day. However, I will never argue that she isn't an amazingly hard worker, especially in challenges. I know I'm not the easiest to get along with on this team either, but none of us here want to lose, Chris, and my own challenge prowess I think is rather undeniable, even if these last few have been below standard in terms of design."

"Mark, while we're on the subject of challenges…" Chris turned to Mark. "You've sat out so many of them, and in this one, you just gave up after only two minutes of chasing Phooko in a circle! Are you worried it's you tonight?"

"You know, Chris, I'm someone who really isn't a worrier. I don't worry. My biggest saying is that there's no tomorrow without today, and you know, don't worry about what's going to happen, do what speaks to you in the moment."

"And winning challenges doesn't speak to you?" Chris snarked back.

"Nononono, it's more like… look, I have the utmost faith in Fudo to remain unified for this vote. We know each other, we've been together from the very start of this game. Rashi is a wonderful person, and she works very hard, bless her heart, but she isn't Fudo. She's still very much a devil we don't know. And yeah, maybe out in the real world, where I'm living out of a van, I'd prefer to rely on the kindness of strangers, but here?" Mark shook his head. "Better to keep to what you know."

Everyone's eyes widened and turned to Mark.

"Mark, let me get this right…" Chris got his bearings. "You live out of a van?"

"One day it'll be on a tour bus." Mark nodded. "But until I take off, it's out of the van. I figure a scouter will walk by one of my venues one day or another."

"So, your philosophy is… why should I go through any sort of ordeal to secure a fortune, when it might just come to me?"

"Good things come to those who wait, Chris." Mark responded. "Don't chase tomorrow. There's no tomorrow without today. Just wait for it to come. The good news will one day reach you"

Watts stood up and walked over to Gabriel, whispering in his ear.

Gabriel quickly whispered back.

"What the heck is going on?" Erin grinned as Gabriel whispered into Alison's ear.

Watts came over to Erin and whispered in her own ear.

Alison whispered into Mark's ear.

Erin whispered into Rashi's ear.

"I….I do not know… what I just witnessed…" Chris looked over everyone present. "But I can't wait to find out. It is time to vote."

Alison went up first.

When she was finished, Watts went up.

After him, it was Erin's turn.

Then, Mark went up.


Confessional: Mark: Team Hayaji

"Rashi, sorry. Fudo needs to remain united. We're sticking it out to the end."

End Confessional


After Mark, Gabriel went up.

Finally, it was Rashi's time at the voting area.


Confessional: Rashi: Team Hayaji

"You can't spell karma without Mark! If you like today so much, then you can end with it."

End Confessional


"I'll go tally the votes." Chris announced.

He stayed gone for a little, while, and came back holding a platter of five medals.

"I have with me five medals." He announced. "If I call your name, come up and receive a medal, you are safe. If you do not receive a medal, you will be asked to immediately enter the Tomb of Shame, and be forced to give up hope of winning money off of this season of Total Drama. If anyone has a hidden immunity medal and would like to play it, now would be the time to do so."

All of Fudo turned towards Rashi.

"I don't know what you guys are expecting, I've got nothing." Rashi shrugged.

"I'll start handing out medals." Chris smiled.

"Our first medal goes to… Erin."

Erin walked up and received her medal.

"Gabriel, you're safe too."

Gabriel nodded, as he too stood beside Chris, clutching his medal in his hand.

"Watts." Chris tossed Watts his medal as the boy came up to stand with the others.

Chris held up the second last medal.

"This next medal goes to…

… Alison."

"Good." Alison stood up and took her medal.

"This…" Chris held up the final medal to Mark and Rashi. "Is the final medal of the night…

… Rashi." Chris tossed Rashi her medal. "Mark, I'm sorry, but it's time for you to go."

"No tomorrow without today guys!" Mark stood up and waved goodbye to everyone as he walked into the Tomb of Shame.

Alison hid behind Gabriel as she held his hand tightly, and rested her head on his shoulder.


Confessional: Alison: Team Hayaji

"He lived… out of a fucking car? Ew! I can't believe I've been making out with a poor person all day! Blech! The good news now is, since I ditched him, Gabriel won't ever catch on while this all matters, and I look loyal to him for voting Mark off! Time to ride this work horse to the finale!"

End Confessional


"And that's a wrap on Mark Galaxy!" Chris announced into the camera. "How will Team Hayaji's dynamic shift going forwards? Will Team Inari be able to come together? How much longer before Ebisu implodes? Find out maybe only the first one next time!

On Total!

Drama!

Niiiiialasach!"


*Mark's Final Confessional:

"Well, I guess I can't blame my team all that much for their difference of opinion. They made their choice, and they chose to fracture themselves. Hopefully, it doesn't bite them in the butt. I do wish I could've gone farther. There's no tomorrow without today like I always say, but I suppose there is always a night in between them. Anyways, I can't wait to look up Alison after the show, and I really can't wait to hook up with her. Hope she can win it all, but I guess I wouldn't mind any other Fudo member claiming victory."

End Confessional*


The Votes for those who are curious

Alison voted for…Mark

Erin voted for…Mark

Gabriel voted for…Mark

Mark voted for…Rashi

Rashi voted for…Mark

Watts voted for...Mark


AN: Well Mark… here we are.

To be perfectly honest, Mark made farther than I thought he would. He just seemed to radiate this sort of side-kick energy, and being as mellow as he is, that kind of personality lends itself really well to early boots. His personality wasn't helped by the fact that Alison was a thing that existed on his team, along with Jenae. Between the two of them, and even Watts, he never really had a chance to develop independently of someone else's influence.

If Mark ever came back, he'd have to hope he was also on a team that was more full of mellow people so that he can emerge as more of a leader. It would also help for him to not volunteer to sit out or to not give up so many challenges.

For those wondering, Mark's alignment was True Neutral.

Having studied his actions throughout the season, Mark receives the status of: Neutral.

I don't know what to say about this but the fact that I really have nothing to say about it. He stood up to Jenae, but he also simped hard for Alison, and effectively didn't really do anything based off of any sort of moral or immoral nature. He was more emotional than anything else. A pretty easy Neutral in terms of the game. Makes sense given his alignment, heh.

Mark's best moment: I'm going to give it to him standing his ground against Jenae when they were arguing on whether or not to eliminate Alison. He gave some very valid points to her and didn't cower to her intimidation tactics. If only he could have played the rest of the game like that.


AN2: We have a discord where we talk about all these total drama fics and make memes and stuff. Come check it out. The link is on my profile!


EN: Don't feel like it rn (AN3: She be super tired at the time of completion, but bless her heart she stayed up to help me just get this out here), but I was wrong about the Hayaji elimination.


AN4: And as always, thanks for reading!