Teams
Superior Snowstorms – Iggy, Ben, Tony, Nicky, Tess, Ji-Soon, Winnie
Sunny Snowflakes – Lucien, Jacque, Tsu, Letty
Gleeful Gingerbreads – Char, Marco, Brandon, Bonnie, Aditi, Elodie
"Last time on North Pole Showdown," Embarc began to narrate. Flashbacks of the previous episode occurred. "Teams competed against each other in a special challenge of truth and sweets. Although for many of the contestants the truths appeared sourer to them, resulting in needing of a different challenge. Which of course I had a backup in case things went south and things definitely went that way in the new challenge," She chuckled at the end.
"Turns out eating gross desert combinations was not better than revealing some secrets as many campers collapsed with vomiting or outright quitting the challenge. In the end Winnie managed to be the only Superior Snowstorm left to withstand the challenge thanks to her tolerance to gross things with her iron stomach. However, it was not enough to fully win thanks to Char and Bonnie being the last two remaining for the Gleeful Gingerbreads. The official losers were once again the Sunny Snowflakes thanks to Letty not being able to keep her mouth shut for Jacque."
"In the end, May was sent packing for having a close bond with Lucien. At least she left the game in a good mood."
The flashbacks ended. Embarc was making a snowman in the snow, placing the head as she looked at a camera. "Seventeen players remain. Who will be the next contestant taking the chimney of shame? Find out now on North Pole Showdown!"
(Intro Plays)
Three cameras pop up from their hiding spots. One from outside the igloo ceremony, another coming out of an evergreen tree with snow on it, and the last one popped up from a toilet. The camera drone showing footage flew into a window to get out of the bathroom.
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine,
The camera drone displayed Embarc in her office with papers pasted all over the walls. The papers had pictures of the contestants on them and red arrows all around for Embarc to figure out what kind of ships the hostess could do with the cast.
You guys are on my mind.
Ketch stood next to Embarc and saw the camera drone inside her office. He poked Embarc's shoulder with a finger to let her know. The hostess tried to grab it to remove the footage, but the drone evaded her and went out a window.
You asked me what I wanted to be
The drone caught Tsu hugging his Clover Warrington body pillow in the cold snowy weather. A polar bear took the body pillow from Tsu to hug it for itself.
And now I think the answer is plain to see,
Tsu demanded the polar bear give back his body pillow, but the creature roared at him. Tsu ran away while the polar bear gave chase on two feet. Iggy laughed at Tsu's predicament from a distance. He was then pelted by a snowball at the back of his head.
I wanna be famous.
The culprit who hit Iggy was revealed to be Winter who leaned on a wall of a wooden house. She turned around with a smile and noticed Jacque observing her with his arms crossed and a suspicious look on his face. The camera drone went inside the wooden house.
I wanna live close to the sun,
Elodie showed taking baked cupcakes out of an oven and placing them onto a table. Paul and Andrea sat at the table with the former wanting to swipe cupcakes for himself despite a 'Do Not Touch' sign being next to the sweets. Andrea slapped his hand away.
Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won,
At the other side of the table, Tess painted some happy little trees on a piece of paper held by an easel while Nicky sat on a wooden chair to play her violin.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
The two girls were startled by Dominic, Tony, and Brandon breaking a hole in the wall with each of them racing each other on a snowmobile. The camera drone followed them after the three made another hole in a different wall to leave the house.
I'll get there one day.
The three boys crashed into a giant pile of snow. Marco recorded them with a camera nearby while Lucien and May were each sleeping peacefully on a snow angel that someone must have made on the ground.
Cause, I wanna be famous!
Aditi observed penguins waddling next to her outside Santa's workshop with a snowman right by her. Bonnie came out of the snowman which prompted Aditi to run away from her. Bonnie frowned and Char came to pat her shoulder to make her feel better. Which got the redhead to grin.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Winnabelle excitedly rode on Rudolph the red nose reindeer in the field of reindeer that was fenced. Ben and Letty watched Winnabelle making noise which caused the two to stop reading a book they each had in their hand. The former looked at the pageant disaster with annoyance while the latter dismally sighed.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
Ji-Soon displayed one of her cosplays for Santa's elves on an outdoor wooden stage. Striking poses for delight. One of the elves took a picture of her with the camera's flash on in his hand.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
Santa Claus dragged Sasha by the arm out of his fridge because she started eating his ice cream with a spoon. The contestant held onto a bowl of ice cream as the jolly man brought her outside in the snow with the rest of the cast sitting. The entire cast whistled as the song finished. The camera drone zoomed out to reveal the show's title on a wooden billboard.
(End Intro)
The episode started with Elodie humming a Christmas song in the kitchen. She grabbed a large spoon and pan with hashbrowns on it. She used the large spoon to place hashbrowns on six plates. Each plate had sausages and scrambled eggs on it. Even though she was busy in the kitchen, she clearly heard the conversation her teammates Bonnie and Aditi were having at a table nearby in the mess hall.
"So that is what Embarc was referring to hooker and special art commissions," Aditi realized since Bonnie explained to her. "I had a suspicious feeling on the hook but not the other."
"Yep," Bonnie nodded and then grinned. "I can tell you many positions that will rock your world," She offered. "And maybe even demonstrate to."
Elodie finished putting the breakfast plates for teammates on two trays, three plates on each one. Then she narrowed her eyes at Bonnie.
"Oh, um…" Aditi was unsure how to respond to that, completely caught off guard. "I don't know how that makes sense. I mean…"
"Aditi," Elodie arrived cheerfully while holding a tray in each hand. "Can you do me a favor and bring breakfast to the rest of our teammates?" She asked kindly.
"Sure," Aditi smiled and got up from her seat to take a tray out from Elodie's hand.
"I will warm up your breakfast if it gets cold," Elodie mentioned.
"Thanks," Aditi appreciated and proceeded to leave the mess hall.
Elodie sat down on the other side of the picnic table to face Bonnie. She passed a plate to her teammate while giving a glare.
"Can I help you?" Bonnie became confused on why Elodie was doing that. Is the first time she had seen the pastry gal do that.
"Do not break Aditi's innocence. She is a wonderful girl that should find compassion and love first. Finding her prince charming," Elodie answered bluntly. "Not indulge in that repulsive offer you were giving her."
"Oh?" Bonnie was surprised to hear that coming out of her teammate's mouth. Her surprise went away quickly as she formed an amused smirk. "And here I thought my whole team was innocent in that regard except me. Well, I could guess Char maybe isn't but I'm not really sure."
"Keep yourself under control. When you find the one, establish a sweet loveable relationship, go on romantic dates, and get married then you do it with your partner," Elodie advised.
"Whoa, someone has been reading too many fairy tales," Bonnie replied, enjoying the conversation. "If I ever get the chance to slide in someone's pants that I'm interested in, I am taking the chances if they feel the same way and wants to start a relationship. Or skirt in this case," She tried to flirt with Elodie.
Elodie's eyes widened and then scoffed. "You will never see what it is under my skirt," The pastry gal stated.
"Sounds like a challenge," Bonnie joked.
Elodie got up and grabbed her plate to eat somewhere else.
Confessional - Elodie - Gleeful Gingerbreads
"Bonnie is sadly one of the few types of people I don't get along with. My view on the companionship of romance is far different from hers. She would have her so call fun most likely on the first date. I on the other hand is patient. I once created a frosting bomb that would set off in twenty fours for a birthday party. The results gave mixed feelings, but I had the patience to make it."
Elodie remembered more of the event and giggled. "There was so much frosting covered on everyone."
End Confessional
Inside the Sunny Snowflakes' bedroom, the remaining members were keeping themselves busy while not giving any eye contact. Tsu used his sewing machine on a sewing table, making a cosplay for himself. Lucien drank coffee from a mug while cleaning his telescope. Letty occupied herself by reading a history book, sitting on her bed with her legs crossed. Jacque kept flipping a coin with his thumb and catching the coin when it will fall back into his hand.
"Remember what happened when you drank coffee?" Jacque reminded Lucien.
"I highly doubt we're going to go into another eating challenge today," Lucien stated, still looking at his telescope while looking at it. "Need to keep myself awake like this until the merge so that you guys don't vote me off."
"Awake or sleeping you're at the bottom of the totem pole," Jacque taunted. He stopped flipping his coin. "Even Tsu is doing better than you."
"I'll take that as a compliment," Tsu said as he rolled his eyes. "May I also remind you Jacque that you're part of the reason we lost the challenge. Don't act so smug thinking you have control over the team."
Confessional - Tsu - Sunny Snowflakes
"Look, I could pretend to be all buddy-buddy with Jacque but that's not going to work on him. My queen Clover Warrington has written characters like him in her mangas before so he's the type of person I need to keep a sharp eye on. Even so, I do want to make sure he does not get on my other teammates' nerves to an extent. He's far more reliable than Lucien but Letty could side with him."
End Confessional
"You could blame Letty for that," Jacque told Tsu. "I warned her to not vomit in front of me and she did."
"Honestly we were doomed from the start. Superior Snowstorms had Winnie and the Gleeful Gingerbreads had Char. Even you must have realized that," Lucien said to Jacque.
"Is better to try and get a win instead of giving up in an instant," Jacque replied back.
"Where was that attitude during the fishing challenge?" Tsu snarked at the sheisty dude.
"For the record I wasn't the one who suggested it. I'm not wasting more time dealing with you three. Just make sure you all bring your A game today," Jacque said, hint of annoyance in his voice. He proceeded to open the bedroom's door and heads out.
Confessional - Letty - Sunny Snowflakes
"I'm just… going to do what I normally do," Letty frowned. "Carry out the tasks others tell me. Why am I going to get confrontational when the guys on the team are doing it?"
End Confessional
Inside the Superior Snowstorms' room Ji-Soon held a thick dark pink headband. She put it on Winnie's medium length cyan color wig.
"And done," Ji-Soon said triumphantly. "See? I didn't even need to do your hair. I have wigs with me for occasions like this."
Winnie wore a sleeveless yellow peplum top over a full body black jumpsuit. The peplum top had two black lines over a bit of Winnie's chest and a belt attached to the waistline. Lastly, the outfit consisted of orange boots.
"Ji-Soon I wanted a scientist outfit. Not… this," Winnie examined herself with a handheld mirror in her hand.
"This is the outfit of a scientist. She made trackers for all seven dragon orbs," Ji-Soon tried to convince her teammate. "You're wearing one of the outfits she used during her space expedition."
"But I fondly prefer microbiology, not space traveler," Winnie frowned. "Is what I want to be after all."
"You still rock the look. Just do what Nicky did with the cosplay I gave her. Wear it for the full day and if you really like it keep it," Ji-Soon smiled. "Nicky doesn't put on her cosplay but she still has it."
"I…" Winnie did not want to hurt her teammate's feelings. "I will keep it on for the rest of the day."
Ji-Soon squealed, clapped happily, and then hugged Winnie.
Confessional - Winnie - Superior Snowstorms
"Wearing this costume for Ji-Soon reminds me of my mom always putting different outfits for me in pageants. I truly do not want to keep using this for the full day, but guess I have to now. Or maybe if I talk to her again, she will understand why I don't like it."
End Confessional
Outside in the snow, Nicky sat on a boulder while playing her violin to keep a polar bear sleeping peacefully nearby.
"This feels dangerous Tess," Nicky called out to the traveling artist, who is painting on canvas paper which is placed on an easel.
"That's because it is dangerous," Tess replied happily, fully aware. "Though is worth it because I get to paint two cuties. One being the polar bear and the other you."
Tess's painting on the canvas paper so far was an unfinished drawing of Nicky playing violin to soothe the slumbering polar bear.
"Y-you th-think I'm cute?" Nicky blushed and stuttered.
"I do," Tess commented nicely. "Try not to move too much and keep playing the violin. Don't want to mess up this painting."
"I-I-I think you're cute too," Nicky confessed, her face getting redder.
Tess stayed silent. "Focus Nicky, I'm painting now," She insisted, now being more serious.
"Huh?" Nicky was caught off guard by Tess' sudden seriousness.
"To the extreme!" Marco exclaimed from afar.
Tess looked to the right while Nicky her left to see Brandon driving a motorcycle accompanied by Marco. Both boys were wearing helmets.
"You all enjoying the stream?" Marco asked his chat, having Tsu's phone raised in his hand.
"Dude, is that a polar bear?" Brandon wondered, squinting his eyes as he kept driving forward.
Tess and Nicky immediately ran away after noticing the polar bear waking up due to the noise.
"Abandon ship!" Marco exclaimed in horror as he saw the polar bear get on two feet and roar at the boys.
Marco jumped out of the motorcycle and then groaned in pain after diving into the snow. Brandon then jumped out of the motorcycle and suffered a similar fate. The polar bear noticed the motorcycle coming at him. Instead of trying to avoid being crashed into the vehicle, the polar bear grabbed the motorcycle. It then got onto the motorcycle and drove away with it.
Confessional - Nicky - Superior Snowstorms
"Something does not f-feel right when Tess responded with that. Does she not think herself as cute? Did I mess this up already? Stupid!" She said at the end with frustration.
Confessional - Brandon - Gleeful Gingerbreads
He smiled. "The elves got me working on their motorcycles this time and Marco wanted to do a test drive with one of them for his viewers. Hey, I like motocross, so I didn't mind giving him a ride. It was fun while it lasted. Although now that a polar bear has one of them, I might not be able to work on their vehicles again. Or get in worse trouble. Which will be bad," His eyes widened as he glanced to his sides nervously.
End Confessionals
Tony and Iggy had just finished doing their morning jog together and were heading to the communal showers.
"Since I did more laps than you I get to shower first," Iggy smirked proudly as the two teammates kept walking down hallways to get to the showers.
"Whatever you say second rate," Tony mocked.
"That is no way to speak to your captain like that," Iggy glared at the Brooklyn boss.
"Captain? What kind of captain tires themself to be useless in one challenge and then refuses to not help the team win in the next?" Tony rhetorically asked. "You're lucky Winnie actually had guts to withstand the abominations Embarc served us. You would have gotten voted off if it wasn't for her."
"I doubt it," Iggy lied while putting on a smug face. "This team will collapse without me. I mean look what happened to the Sunny Snowflakes after Winter left."
The two Superior Snowstorms were now in front of the door to the communal showers in Santa's workshop.
Confessional - Tony - Superior Snowstorms
"Sometimes I don't know why I even bother putting up with him," He stated bluntly.
End Confessional
"Really? Because you sure looked nervous that the team could have lost last challenge," Tony said, not buying Iggy's confidence.
"Tony, let me make it clear. We are the Superior Snowstorms. We're never getting last place in a challenge. We are superior. The word is even in our team's name," Iggy calmly replied as he opened the door.
"Just don't be acting all weak again this upcoming challenge," Tony told his captain.
Confessional - Iggy - Superior Snowstorms
He was ticked off from what Tony said to him.
"Weak? Weak!? I am not weak. I'm still the best player in this team and the best player in this cast. Just because I fumbled twice that doesn't make me weak. And I had to quit last challenge early. This teams needs to get carried by me in physical challenges. Which is most of the challenges in Total Drama by the way. I'll prove to Tony that he doesn't know crap."
End Confessional
Ben sat at a table in the festive lounge reading book of his to pass the time.
"Hey Ben," Char greeted as he approached the bookworm while carrying a book. "Interested in reading a romance novel? I can lend you it and we can discuss it in our free time."
"I don't read romance stories," Ben plainly answered, continuing to read his book.
"Well what stories do you like? I'm sure one of my novels has something that can interest you," Char asked and offered.
The speakers throughout Santa's workshop turned on.
"Attention teams, meet me outside near the igloo ceremony for today's exciting challenge," Embarc announced.
Confessional - Char - Gleeful Gingerbreads
"I got a good feeling of my team winning today's challenge. Compared to the others my teammates and I have a stronger bond without any drama whatsoever," He said contently.
End Confessional
All three teams arrived near the igloo ceremony. Each team's symbol appeared on screen.
"Morning contestants," Embarc greeted the teams, holding a cup of hot coco in one hand while a snowball on the other. "Think fast," She threw a snowball to Jacque's face.
Lucien, Tsu, and Tony snickered. Jacque brushed the snow off his face with his hand.
"Are we having a snowball fight?" Marco guessed excitedly.
"Correct Marco," Embarc confirmed. "Today's challenge is a snowball fight with a twist!" She announced joyfully.
"Physical challenge, how thrilling," Ben said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes.
"I know right? So exciting," Winnie spoke happily, not understanding his sarcasm.
"Here's how the rules work for this challenge," Embarc began to explain. "Inside Santa's workshop and outside at certain locations are several piles of different color snowballs. Red, blue, and green. Red snowballs are for the Superior Snowstorms. Blue snowballs are for the Sunny Snowflakes and green snowballs are for the Gleeful Gingerbreads. The goal is to find these piles, collect snowballs, and hit the opposing teams with one. Just need one hit on a player to take them out of the challenge. First team to be out of the challenge loses or once sunset arrives the challenge is officially over, and whichever team has less members in the challenge loses. Everybody understand?"
"How is that fair? There's only four of us," Tsu complained.
"Well, maybe if you all stopped losing you wouldn't be in such a disadvantage," Embarc snarked.
"Can't you split this team up?" Lucien asked, almost in a begging way.
"Nope, and I won't do it even if your team goes down to three," Embarc answered, now holding a rolled-up map in each hand. "Since the Gleeful Gingerbreads won last challenge, they get a map with the spots of all the piles from every team. The Superior Snowstorms gets a map that focuses on only their piles while the Sunny Snowflakes receive squat."
"Sweet," Jacque responded sarcastically before Embarc threw a map to Char and Iggy.
"Each team has two minutes to discuss strategy before the challenge starts," Embarc informed. "Once you hear bells ring from the speakers it begins."
The Superior Snowstorms quickly huddle up.
"We only have one map, who's going to take it?" Winnie asked her teammates.
"Did you even have to ask? Obviously I'm taking the map," Iggy answered bluntly. "I'm the most athletic player on the team. I can get the piles as quick as possible and then pass the map to someone else."
"And leave the rest of your teammates as sitting ducks, fantastic," Tony quipped.
"I don't know how to feel about throwing snowballs at the others," Tess admitted. "Don't like hurting people."
"Is a snowball. Worst it can do is just make the person peeved," Ben told her dryly. "I suggest tearing the map into three parts and split into groups. That way everyone has at least on pile they can go to for refilling instead of guessing throughout the challenge."
"That's a neat plan Ben," Winnie complimented. "Let's do that."
Iggy noticed his teammates were smiling as well, believing Ben's plan was also great. "Fine, I'll tore the map into three pieces," The scrappy track star did what he said he would do. "There, now… where the heck is Ben?"
The rest of the Superior Snowstorms noticed Ben was missing from the group.
Confessional - Ben - Superior Snowstorms
"I already helped enough. I'm not going to be partners with anyone on my team for the challenge. I'll stick to the shadows and wait out until sunset."
End Confessional
"Doesn't matter. Tony you're with me for the challenge. Nicky and Tess will be together while Ji-Soon and Winnie will partner up," Iggy ordered.
Iggy's teammates agreed to this by the look on their faces.
With the Gleeful Gingerbreads, Marco used Tsu's phone to take a picture of the map Char has.
"Perfect," Marco smiled contently.
"Should we split into groups of two or three?" Brandon asked Char, his captain.
"It will be best to split into groups of two. I'll take Marco while Brandon goes with Aditi. Bonnie you'll be with Elodie," Char ordered kindly. "Everyone okay with that?"
"Can I switch Bonnie with Aditi?" Elodie asked Char sweetly. "I just think Aditi will assist me better with my explosives."
"I can be pretty explosive myself," Bonnie said, trying to remain partnering up with Elodie for fun. "I already know how I can help in this challenge."
"I'm sure is something beneficial alright," Elodie rolled her eyes.
"Was… was that sarcasm coming from you?" Brandon asked the pastry gal.
"Oh, um," Elodie blushed with embarrassment. "Sorry," She apologized sheepishly. "Look, you take Bonnie and I'll take Aditi."
Char raised an eyebrow at seeing Elodie act this way but decided not to question it for the sake of the challenge. "Alright, switching around it is," He agreed with Elodie's decision.
Confessional - Char - Gleeful Gingerbreads
"What was that? Elodie being sarcastic towards Bonnie? There's something I must have missed. Going to have to talk to both later on."
End Confessional
"If we all stay together our odds off survival are less," Lucien pointed out to his teammates.
"So you're saying we should split up?" Tsu believed to be the case.
"Splitting up into groups of two is the best call. Specifically help aid in our strengths and weaknesses. I'll be with Jacque while Letty and Tsu work together," Lucien stated.
"Just stay awake for the challenge and we'll get along fine," Jacque said to the drowsy astronomer.
"I plan on it," Lucien showed determination.
Confessional - Lucien - Sunny Snowflakes
"Best case scenario," Lucien spoke as he held a mug in his hand with coffee. "I get on Jacque's good side, prove to be the best ally on the team, and he considers voting off Tsu if we ever lose."
End Confessional
Ji-Soon and Winnie entered the Superior Snowstorms' room. Ji-Soon rapidly went to the closet to grab a spare sea elf princess outfit of hers and Winnie's regular outfit.
"Golly Ji-Soon you sure they will fall for it?" Winnie asked her teammate.
"I one hundred percent guarantee it," Ji-Soon smiled at the pageant disaster. "Now, how good are you are building snow people?"
"Terrible to be honest," Winnie admitted sincerely. "One time in a pageant competition I had to make a snowman and it looked like it was melting. And I also tripped on it."
"Ooo, you got to tell me other pageants that you failed hard," Ji-Soon said happily. Her intention was not to be mean but the way she phrased it sounded like that.
"Focus on the objective please," Winnie begged, not wanting to talk about her pageant mess up stories.
"The objective being getting to know you better," Ji-Soon replied kindly with a cheerful smile.
"No, about your plan to help us win the challenge," Winnie reminded.
"Oh right, yeah, just keep an eye on everyone getting close by while I work my magic," Ji-Soon instructed.
"You can count on me," Winnie assured.
"Why are we in the toy shoppe?" Letty asked as she followed Tsu through the aisles of the toy shoppe.
"Because I remember something here that will help get an advantage in the challenge," Tsu answered, unable to hide the mischievous smirk on his face.
"I doubt zere are any maps here zat have the locations of our piles," Letty spoke, her accent showing up a bit.
"We're not here for the maps," Tsu stated.
The two Sunny Snowflakes arrived to the beauty aisle of the toy shoppe. Tsu noticed some electronic hair dryers on display and grabbed two boxes.
"Hair dryers?" Letty felt confused on the plan.
"Electronic hair dryers," Tsu clarified. "We'll take a bunch of batteries as well and use these hair dryers to melt the snowball piles from the opposing teams."
"Smart thinking," Letty complimented. "But isn't this… well, not playing fair?"
"There's no rules against it. And doing this will not only get on the good sides of our teammates, but the satisfaction on watching the other teams lose hope due to their melted piles is worth enacting," Tsu grinned maliciously.
"Rrrriiiiggghhttt," Letty was weirded out by Tsu. "I'll make sure not to fail this task."
Confessional - Letty - Sunny Snowflakes
"Tsu is strange. He claims he's an average guy with normal hobbies but then he pulls stuff like this that says the opposite. I mean, I don't think even Jacque thought of this."
End Confessional
Ben walked around in the snow by himself. He was pretty confident he will be able to survive the challenge without issue. While he kept his pace he encountered a cupcake on a land of snow. He approached it carefully and when taking a step closer to the cupcake he felt a lack of solid ground halfway under his left foot.
"Pit trap," Ben figured as he observed, looking at the ground. "Smart, but not smart enough."
Elodie and Aditi come out of their hiding spots in the snow as they watched Ben run away from the trap both made.
Confessional - Elodie and Aditi - Gleeful Gingerbreads
Both sat in the confessional.
"I really thought that would work," Elodie commented to Aditi.
"I'm sure someone will fall for it. Not everyone has a keen eye on noticing things," Aditi assured their plan will not fail.
"Maybe the cupcake gave it away," Elodie thought, thinking she made the trap too obvious.
End Confessional
Char and Marco were near the outside of Santa's workshop, sneaking around. Char carried a pack of green snowballs close to his chest over his arm while holding one green snowball in his hand. Marco had Tsu's phone in one hand to stream himself while wielding a green snowball in the other.
"Chat is super excited to watch us throw snowballs at the opposing team," Marco said happily to his captain.
"Marco, I kindly suggest you pay attention to your surroundings," Char spoke while keeping an eye on anyone that will try to get them. "Log off and put Tsu's phone down."
"I need to at least show off me hitting someone with a snowball before doing that," Marco replied joyfully and eagerly. "Don't worry dude I got your back."
Char had a moment of doubt since Marco was focus on streaming but gave his teammate a chance. Iggy and Tony appeared behind a corner wall from Santa's workshop, ready to fire their red snowballs at the two Gleeful Gingerbreads.
Char managed to spot them, and his eyes widened. "Marco duck!" He exclaimed before getting down on his knees.
"Duck? We're in the arctic Char," Marco said, unaware what his captain truly meant.
Marco was peltered by various red snowballs to his face, chest, and arms before falling to the ground. Char quickly got up and dashed with fast speed.
"I'm out of snowballs," Tony told Iggy, showing his hands empty.
"Pfft, that's because you threw them all at Marco," Iggy said, holding some red snowballs on his arm close to his chest. "Go find more, I'll run after Char."
As Tony watched Iggy follow the Gleeful Gingerbread, he noticed the phone Marco dropped in the snow. As Marco groaned in pain Tony walked to grab the phone and look at it. After searching in the phone to see who it belonged to, he smirked and put the phone back in the ground.
Confessional - Tony - Superior Snowstorms
"Oh Tsu, things just got more even between you and me," He snickered.
Confessional - Char - Gleeful Gingerbreads
Char sighed. "I had a feeling Marco wasn't going to deal well in this challenge. Is why I wanted to be his side in the first place. Dude is a great guy, but he needs to realize there is a time and place for everything. Specifically when it comes to him and his need for streaming."
End Confessionals
Nicky and Tess crept together around the hallways of the workshop while holding some red snowballs.
"T-Tess, I need to talk to you about earlier today," Nicky said kindly and softly.
"Not until we find a hiding spot," Tess told her teammate. "Was thinking of going to the festive lounge. How about it?"
"Why did you stay silent for a bit when I told you that you were cute?" Nicky asked, not wanting to wait.
"Nicky, I…" Tess briefly frowned before smiling again. "I'm glad you think I'm cute. What else do you think of me?"
Nicky stuttered incoherently as she blushed.
Tess giggled. "Well, isn't that adorable," She teased.
"I.. I.. think I see the festive lounge," Nicky pointed to a door.
Tess stood and rushed to the door to open it. Inside the festive lounger Jacque and Lucien were smirking at her while holding blue snowballs in their hands.
"Told you someone was bound to show up here," Jacque said smugly to Lucien.
Lucien did not say a word and simply tried to hit Tess with a snowball.
Tess closed the festive lounge door before the snowball could hit her.
"Tess?" Nicky worried for her teammate.
"Jacque and Lucien are inside. We need to run now," Tess informed and quickly dashed away.
"Wait for me," Nicky followed her.
Jacque kicked the festive lounge door to open it.
"Crud, which turn did they take?" Jacque wondered as he glanced to his left and right.
"Split up, I go left you take right," Lucien stated and quickly ran to his left.
Confessional - Jacque - Sunny Snowflakes
"Yeah, probably not the best maneuver to do in a challenge like this."
End Confessional
Jacque took the correct path, finding Tess and Nicky ahead of him. He chased the two girls throughout the halls of Santa's workshop.
"Say your prayers you two," Jacque smirked as he readied himself to throw snowballs.
"Pretty sure that's Andrea's department," Nicky said before ducking to avoid a snowball to her face.
Tess and Nicky noticed Jacque was getting closer to them.
"I have an idea," Tess said brightly and then took out her paintbrush. She slid with her feet to stop her running and then painted a wall that comes to life. "Tess."
"At the p-point he is going wouldn't that hurt?" Nicky asked Tess as she approached her teammate.
"I'm sure he will be fine," Tess was not worried.
Jacque busted through the painted wall, getting himself covered in various colors as the wall turns into paint. He tackled Tess into the ground and then threw a snowball at her face point blank.
"Nicky, run!" Tess exclaimed before biting Jacque's arm.
"Ouch! What is wrong with you?" Jacque gave a disgusted and confused look to Tess.
Nicky took the opportunity to leave.
Confessional - Tess - Superior Snowstorms
"I didn't know what else to do at the moment," She sheepishly admitted.
End Confessional
Jacque noticed Tess's paintbrush on the ground and went to stomp on it, breaking it into two.
"Noooooooooooo!" Tess cried out.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Brandon asked Bonnie who was not in camera shot. "Wouldn't you get cold doing it?"
"Embarc gave us those shots that keep our bodies warm unless we go into freezing water remember?" Bonnie reminded. "Besides this will make our chances of winning better. I am the perfect distraction."
The sound of clothes being taken off was heard and Brandon looked away from his teammate.
"When I told you that you can come up with the plan, I didn't think this will be it," Brandon commented as he still looked away.
"Do you have a better idea?" Bonnie asked.
"Can't think of one at the moment," Brandon answered.
Iggy continued chasing Char through the snowy land.
"You can't run forever big boy," Iggy exclaimed, running on pure adrenaline. "Ugh, I don't know why I said that."
Char dodged more snowballs coming from behind, but he knew Iggy was catching up to him. As he continued running, he noticed ahead a cupcake on the ground. His eyes widened, having a feeling it was Elodie who put that cupcake there. He believed Elodie must be nearby.
"Elodie help!" Char shouted to get the pastry gal's attention.
Elodie popped out from her hiding spot in the snow to look around for Char. She gasped as she saw Char get hit by a snowball at his back.
Char then fell into the pit trap Elodie and Aditi set up.
"Yikes," Iggy stopped in tracks. When he saw Elodie he quickly avoided a snowball being thrown at him. "You're too slow," He taunted the pastry gal.
Elodie was about to go after him until Aditi grabbed her by the arm.
"We need to get Char out of there," Aditi told Elodie, concerned for her captain.
Elodie watched Iggy leave her sight before going to the pit trap with Aditi.
Confessional - Elodie - Gleeful Gingerbreads
"Aditi and I are open to being hit by a snowball now while helping Char get out. I didn't expect to say this so soon or at all, but maybe I should have stayed as partners with Bonnie. Not that Aditi is a bad teammate, she's absolutely not. But maybe there was a reason Char put us together in the way he knew it was best for the team."
End Confessional
Now alone, Lucien walked through the snow land carefully while carrying his blue snowballs.
"Hopefully Jacque caught up to those two," Lucien said to himself.
Lucien encountered two snowwomen. One dressed as Ji-Soon while the other dressed as Winnie.
"This has got to be a joke," Lucien chuckled. "As if anyone would be fooled by that."
Suddenly a lasso came by that tied up Lucien's legs.
"What in the…" Lucien could not finish his sentence as whoever used the lasso pulled to make him trip onto the ground, faceplanting into the snow.
"Congrats, you have been fooled," Ji-Soon said to Lucien joyfully as she and Winnie approached him. "I figured that using those snowwomen as a distraction would work out," She added.
"Sorry for tricking you there," Winnie apologized to Lucien.
Lucien responded with turning around in the snow and threw one of his blue snowballs at Winnie's forehead. Ji-Soon quickly reacted by throwing her red snowball in Lucien's face.
"I said I was sorry," Winnie felt betrayed by Lucien's action.
"I forgive you," Lucien replied before taking the red snow off his face. "But this is still a competition. I wasn't going to waste the opportunity to at least get one of you out."
Winnie sighed with frustration.
"Hey, is okay," Ji-Soon put her hand on Winnie's shoulder. "We got someone out at least. I'll keeping going for us."
Winnie smiled at her teammate.
Confessional - Winnie - Superior Snowstorms
"I guess the bright side to this is that I can maybe take these clothes off me since I'm out of the challenge."
End Confessional
Tony arrived at a melted pile of red snow inside the gymnasium of Santa's workshop.
"Ugh, what gives?" Tony questioned, feeling annoyed. "This is the third pile on this dang map that has all the snow melted. How am I supposed to have fun now?"
Confessional - Tsu and Letty - Sunny Snowflakes
Each held a hair dryer in their hand. Tsu smirked proudly while Letty blanky stared at the camera.
End Confessional
Tony heard the doors opened from the gymnasium. When he turned to his right to see who entered it was Jacque.
"Up for a game of basketball?" Jacque joked as he bounced a blue snowball in his hand.
Tony chuckled and approached his alliance partner. "Come on man, you can't hit me. We're in an alliance remember? You get me out of the challenge and it would look bad for you. How about this? You pretend you never saw me here and I won't hit you with a snowball when I find one. Deal?"
Jacque's answer was throwing his blue snowball at Tony's face.
"Stronzo," Tony insulted Jacque in Italian.
"Dude, if you had a snowball on you and I turned around I know you will take the shot. Our alliance is to have numbers in the merge. Not helping each other out in the team phase," Jacque stated. "And don't try to rat on me to my team because I'll do the same to you."
Tony removed the blue snow from his face with his hand and watched Jacque leave.
Char stayed in the pit trap since he needed Elodie and Aditi's help to get him out of there. He heard Aditi call his name and looked up to see her and Elodie.
"We brought you pie," Aditi told Char happily, pointing at the pie in Elodie's hands.
"Pie? How is that going to get me out of here?" Char wondered, genuinely confuse.
"Is not. We made it for you. Is an apology pie," Elodie explained cheerfully.
"Here, use this rope to climb up," Aditi tossed a sturdy rope into the pit trap. "The other end is tied to a rock."
"Thanks you two," Char began to climb the rope.
As Char climbed, Iggy made his way behind Elodie and Aditi to throw a snowball behind their backs. Aditi sensed the snowball coming at her and dodged while Elodie got hit.
Iggy rapidly made a break for it and ran away.
"I'll try to track him. You stay with Char," Aditi instructed to Elodie before chasing after Iggy.
Nicky and Ji-Soon were running by the mess hall. The former came from the left hallway while the latter came the right hallway. Both were too focused on the map they bumped into each other and fell. The sound effect of a bowling ball hitting pins was heard once colliding.
"Sorry Nicky," Ji-Soon apologized as she got up.
"Is f-fine," Nicky assured. "Have you seen any good piles of red snowballs? The ones I checked are melted for some reason."
"No, the piles I checked are melted too," Ji-Soon answered. She helped Nicky stand up. "You still have snowballs left right? I only took one that I used on Lucien."
"I had a bunch but in a panic I dropped them all when Jacque chased Tess and I," Nicky explained. "I m-managed to escape."
"Looks like we're going to have to be hiding from now on then," Ji-Soon believed. "But that's okay because I'm with you," She gave a strong hug to Nicky.
Nicky blushed. "Let's hide in the mess hall then," The violinist suggested.
The two Superior Snowstorms entered the mess hall. It was dark so Ji-Soon turned on the lights.
"Hey there ladies," Bonnie waved, sitting on a table while nude. Her private parts were censored.
"Gah! What? Huh? Why?" Nicky exclaimed as she put her hands on her head. Her face became completely red. "I have so many mix feelings," She pulled on her hair a bit.
"Wow," Ji-Soon simply said as she stared at Bonnie. "Just… wow," She too was just as perplexed as Nicky. However, unlike her teammate the cosplaying queen got a nose bleed from witnessing this.
With the two distracted, Brandon came out from under a different table and threw a green snowball at the face of both Superior Snowstorm girls. Both Nicky and Ji-Soon fell to the floor after being hit.
"At least someone admired me like this," Bonnie told Brandon, still sad Brandon has not given a look to her.
"If you put back your clothes on I will," Brandon said, looking at the doorway of the mess hall.
"We took out two with my plan but for you I'll put them back on," Bonnie gave in, not wanting to disturb her teammate any longer.
"Thanks," Brandon smiled.
Confessional - Brandon - Gleeful Gingerbreads
"I felt weird the whole time she was like that. Hard to express in words the feeling."
End Confessional
Aditi continued chasing Iggy, trying to get a good throw on the scrappy trackstar but he was just too fast for her.
Iggy remained focused on trying to outmanuever her. So much so he did not see a blue snowball directly hitting his cheek. This caused him to stumble and then fall. He rolled around in the snow until coming to a stop.
Aditi witnessed this and quickly stopped her running to see who caused this. She found Letty to be the one who threw the snowball at Iggy. As she prepared to throw her own snowball she got hit in the back of the head by one.
"And you're out," Tsu told Aditi, revealed to be the one who threw the snowball.
Aditi turned around and threw the snowball at Tsu's face.
"Yours doesn't count," Tsu said annoyed.
"I know," Aditi smiled cheerfully. "Just felt like doing it anyway."
"We need to find a hiding spot," Brandon told Bonnie, the two walking around the halls of Santa's workshop. "The pile of snowballs we have seen have all melted."
"Seven minutes in heaven inside a closet doesn't seem so bad," Bonnie grinned, now with her clothes back on.
"Let's just keep finding a pile," Brandon said, not wanting to agree with another one of Bonnie's ideas.
"I promise I will behave," Bonnie assured.
Brandon gave her a suspicious look.
Inside the Superior Snowstorms' room Ben read a book to pass the time. He had two closed books next to him.
Confessional - Ben - Superior Snowstorms
"I rather play the waiting game then go out there and fumble myself," Ben stated as he kept reading his book.
End Confessional
Time passed during the challenge and eventually sunset came. The speakers throughout Santa's workshop turned on.
"Attention teams, sunset has arrived. Which means the challenge is over," Embarc announced.
Ben was still in his team's room reading a book. Bonnie and Brandon came out of a closet. Jacque, Letty, and Tsu were together searching for the other three.
"The winners of today's challenge are the Sunny Snowflakes, having three players without being hit be a snowball. Second place belongs the Gleeful Gingerbreads with two. Finally, for the first time ever the Superior Snowstorms have lost, having only one member not being peltered by a snowball. Meet me at the igloo ceremony tonight Superior Snowstorms. One of you is going home," Embarc continued speaking. "That is all."
Night arrived and the Superior Snowstorms entered the igloo ceremony, each member sitting on a stump. In the front row were Iggy, Tony, Tess and Ji-Soon. In the back were Ben, Nicky, and Winnie. Their team's symbol appeared on screen. Embarc stood near the campfire holding six candy canes in one hand.
"Superior Snowstorms, welcome to your first igloo ceremony," Embrarc greeted. "I'll admit I thought this team would never come here but it made sense regarding the performance of this challenge by practically everyone."
"I think we all did a good job," Winnie believed, smiling happily.
"Well you're thinking is wrong. In your case you forgot you could have thrown your snowball at Lucien and immediately leave instead of staying to get hit by him," Embarc said to her before explaining the fault of the others in the challenge. "Tony, you wasted all your snowballs on one target. Tess you were the first to be out of the challenge. Nicky and Ji-Soon, both of you could have easily thrown a snowball at Bonnie instead of getting distracted."
"She was naked, how could I not be distracted?" Nicky questioned.
"And Ben, you basically did nothing during the challenge except wait until it was over. But you were also the last on the team. Lastly Iggy, despite performing the best in the challenge your ways of leadership isn't always liked by your teammates," Embarc said. "Get to voting everyone."
Confessional - Nicky - Superior Snowstorms
"I've been wanting to vote off Tony for so long. Hopefully he goes home tonight."
Confessional - Iggy - Superior Snowstorms
"Ben gets on my nerves sometimes but I won't vote for him since he defended me not wanting to participate in the cooking challenge and he did manage to outlast me in today's challenge. Is a tough call who to pick but I think Nicky is the least reliable on the team so I'm voting for her."
Confessional - Tony - Superior Snowstorms
"Who I'm voting for? Tch, obviously Ben. No way I'm letting a floater sneak by farther in the game. He's a bigger loser than Nicky."
Confessional - Tess - Superior Snowstorms
"I was dreading the moment when my team will have to vote someone out, but I can't vote for any of them. I'll just vote for myself. I doubt anyone here wants me gone."
Confessional - Ben - Superior Snowstorms
"Ji-Soon is the most annoying on my team so I'm voting for her."
Confessional - Winnie - Superior Snowstorms
"Back when I was captain of the Shining Stars the votes were pretty easy to figure out since usually someone fumbles the hardest. Here though I'm not sure. Honestly thinking of voting for myself. Pretty sure I'm on everyone's good side."
End Confessionals
"Wow, you guys really don't like each other," Embarc said as she read the votes on the papers given to her. She put the papers in her short shorts pocket. "The only one that received no votes was Iggy. Congrats captain," She tossed a candy cane to the scrappy track star.
After Iggy caught his candy can he smirked at Tony, knowing the alliance the Brooklyn boss proposed was not necessary.
Tony rolled his eyes.
"One person here received two votes while the rest only one vote," Embarc informed. "So, since the stakes are dramatic enough, I'm just going to reveal who is officially leaving the game. And that person is…"
Tony was confident he would not be eliminated. Nicky pulled on her hair a bit with worry. Winnie gulped as she looked nervous. Tess smiled all the way while Ben waited with boredom. Ji-Soon tensed up at the thought of going home.
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"Ben," Embarc announced. "The chimeny of shame awaits. Everyone else come get your candy cane."
Ben watched his teammates minus Iggy and Winnie go get their candy cane from Embarc.
"Whatever," Ben stood up from his stump, slightly annoyed for being voted off.
Winnie watched him leave with a frown on her face.
Confessional - Ben
"At least I outlasted seven other competitors. That has to count for something," Ben stated dryly.
Confessional - Ji- Soon - Superior Snowstorms
"Looking at my teammates as characters, for me Ben had the least going. Nicky most certainly has a crush on Tess so I couldn't vote either of them. Winnie needs to go through her acceptance arc. Tony and Iggy are just the bad guys right now and getting rid of either of them would be a waste."
End Confessionals
As Ben was about to enter the chimney of shame, Winnie came by calling for his name. Ben turned around to see the pageant disaster running towards him. Winnie accidentally tripped in front of him falling into the snow. She raised her arm, presenting a book to Ben in her hand.
"This is for me?" Ben asked as he took the book.
Winnie got up and coughed and spitted out snow from her lips. "Yeah, you can keep it," She confirmed. "I know you didn't get along with our teammates but we had moments together and…"
Ben gave Winnie back her book. "Thanks, I appreciate the kindness, but you should keep it," He smiled before entering the chimney of shame.
Embarc sat in a chair lounge in the security footage room. She watched Winnie leave the chimney of shame before looking at a camera to end the episode.
"One third of the cast is completely gone. Will the Superior Snowstorms bounce back from this loss? Will Bonnie ever score with one of her teammates? What other tactics will the Sunny Snowflakes come up with next? Find out next time on North Pole Showdown!"
Teams
Superior Snowstorms – Iggy, Tony, Nicky, Tess, Ji-Soon, Winnie
Sunny Snowflakes – Lucien, Jacque, Tsu, Letty
Gleeful Gingerbreads – Char, Marco, Brandon, Bonnie, Aditi, Elodie
Placements
24th - Paul
23rd - Ketch
22nd - Dominic
21st - Winter
20th - Andrea
19th - Sasha
18th - May
17th - Ben