Teams
Superior Snowstorms – Iggy, Ben, Tony, Nicky, Tess, Ji-Soon, Winnie
Sunny Snowflakes – Lucien, Jacque, Tsu, Letty, May
Gleeful Gingerbreads – Char, Marco, Brandon, Bonnie, Aditi, Elodie
"Last time on North Pole Showdown," Embarc began narration. Flashbacks occurred while she talked. "The teams were tasked of breaking an ice pond to catch a fish in water. There were those who froze, those who shivered, and those who got attack by animals. With Iggy out of commission Ben tried to step up as leader of the Superior Snowstorms, but Tony decided to take charge and proved himself to be a valuable member of the team by swimming into the freezing water and grabbing a fish."
"The Gleeful Gingerbreads were set back thanks to Elodie blowing up a hole in the ice pond which left her, Brandon, and Bonnie in a shivering mess. Thankfully Marco decided to step up and get a fish for his team by taking it from a polar bear. While he didn't get a fish from a pond, at least he got a fish. Which can't be said for the Sunny Snowflakes who decided not to participate in the challenge."
"Resulting in the team losing and Sasha going home because of it."
The flashbacks ended. Embarc is shown next to a snowman with a baked pie in her hands.
"They've done the cooking but now they will be eating," Embarc smiled joyfully and excitedly. "Which team can stomach through what will be given today? 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 in the mess hall of Santa's workshop with May beginning to daydream at a table. She had a mug filled with coffee next to her on the table. Her mug had a sun design on it. The snapping of fingers made her stop daydreaming. The one who snapped their fingers is revealed to be Lucien, holding a mug with coffee in it. His mug had a space design with stars.
"Come on May," Lucien said as he sat at the table. "We need to stay awake for the next challenges. At least until merge."
"Easier said than done. I've taken coffee before and that stuff doesn't really work on me for the whole day," May admitted before taking a sip of her coffee.
"Is at least something. We need to keep ourselves awake long enough to make sure we do assist our teammates," Lucien stated, taking a sip of his coffee as well.
"Our teammates are the reason why we're in this position," May replied and put a hand on the table. "I'm not angry at them. I'm just saddened by the fact they went to the conclusion of not doing the last challenge."
"Is obvious they don't like each other and decided to perform a risk like that. While it did give us the chance to vote out of Sasha, those three can team up and eliminate one of us. As the saying goes. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer," Lucien discussed, putting his elbow on the table.
"Who's to say one of them won't come to convince us like last time to vote someone off?" May looked from a different angle.
"I rather not risk the chance of losing you so is better to give it our all," Lucien answered, smiling a bit.
"Thanks," May smiled back. "We're friends, right?"
"We've been star gazing for these past couple days. And frankly I find your company charming," Lucien replied nicely. He drank more of his coffee.
"I feel the same way," May nodded slowly. She started to daydream again.
Lucien allowed her as he continued drinking. Might as well take the opportunity before the challenge for today commences.
Confessional - Lucien - Sunny Snowflakes
"I'm worried for May. She's not… how should I put this politely? She has a bright mind yet she's too relaxed over what is going on in our team. Not that I should complain because her laid-back calmness is quite welcoming, but that can affect her performance in the upcoming challenge. The way I see it anyone on the team can get eliminated upon another loss. Not like the other two times we lost. She may not like it, but I got to keep her on her toes so that we can be together longer on this show. As friends… nothing else, yeah."
End Confessional
Brandon worked on snowmobiles outside Santa's workshop at a large storage shed. He was currently using a wrench to tighten screws under a vehicle. Bonnie sat with her legs crossed near the snowmobile being worked on, wearing Brandon's brown jacket. She had Brandon's toolbox next to her.
"Electrical tape please," Brandon asked kindly, putting his hand out to receive it.
"Coming right up," Bonnie grabbed electrical tape from the toolbox and puts it on Brandon's hand. "Is nice that you're helping repair some snowmobiles for the elves."
"Need to keep myself running when we're not in a challenge," Brandon said before using the electrical tape under the snowmobile he is working on. "I can get bored easily when I find nothing interesting."
"Sounds like that happens to everyone," Bonnie pointed out.
Brandon chuckled. "True," He agreed. "Flashlight please," He put out his hand again.
"I know what you can find interesting," Bonnie tried to flirt as she gave Brandon the flashlight. "Starts with B and ends with E."
"A barbecue will be great," Brandon said, not catching onto what the redhead farmer was going for. "Although it will probably have to be indoors."
"A barbecue can be nice," Bonnie admitted, thinking of asking Elodie for help on that. She put that thought in the back of her head, wanting to focus on Brandon. "But I was thinking of something…. someone else. Someone that can really spice things up for your liking."
"I'm not following," Brandon said sincerely.
Confessional - Bonnie - Gleeful Gingerbreads
"Did I seriously got put into a team full of people with the innocence of a child?" She frowned. "Well, I don't think Char or Marco are exactly like that. Still though, my hints aren't that subtitle."
End Confessional
As Bonnie continued trying to get Brandon to pay attention to her Jacque and Tony arrive. Bonnie looked to her right and noticed the two boys.
"Can I help any of you?" Bonnie asked.
"Came here to have guy talk with Brandon," Tony answered. "Won't take long but you should skedaddle."
"I'm not moving from this spot. I got a good view," Bonnie said, pointing at Brandon's body with her hands. "Just look at those muscles."
"Please, if anyone is the best good looking one here is me," Tony boasted. "Check these guns out," He began to flex. While he did had muscles that were visible, Bonnie can tell they were not as big as Brandon's muscles.
"Anyway," Jacque spoke to get back to topic. "You can stay here Bonnie. Brandon will just go on a walk with me and Tony."
"What's this about going on a walk?" Brandon asked, showing himself to be no longer under the snowmobile.
"Just want to talk with ya briefly," Tony answered as Brandon stood up on his feet.
"Sure," Brandon smiled at Tony and Jacque. "Keep an eye on my toolbox Bonnie. Don't want any polar bears or seals to take it," he said to his teammate.
"Oh, I'll keep an eye on it alright," Bonnie assured with a creepy smile.
Jacque gave her a weird look before he, Tony, and Brandon walk a distance away from her to conversate privately.
"So, what can I do for you two?" Brandon asked. "Basketball arcade machine broke again?"
"That," Tony confirmed. "And that Jacque and I want to make an alliance with you."
"Alliance? But we're not in the same team. How does that work?" Brandon questioned.
"If we all make it to the merge we team up," Jacque explained. "Better to make allies with those on different teams now for safety in numbers."
"Alright, sweet," Brandon agreed to the alliance. He shook hands with Jacque and Tony. "Anyone else in on this or going to be?"
"Just us tre moschettieri," Tony said happily. "Wanted Dominic to be a part of this but we all know how he went down."
"We'll leave to your date with Bonnie now," Jacque joked to Brandon.
Brandon chuckled. "Is not a date. She's just helping me with fixing some snowmobiles for the elves."
"Brandon," Bonnie called out. "How do you turn on the engine!" She pretended to not know to get his attention.
"Coming over there now," Brandon went to help her out.
Tony and Jacque snickered before leaving the area. Their plan has already been accomplished.
Confessional - Tony - Superior Snowstorms
"I'm not going to tell Jacque about being an alliance with Tsu yet. Got to keep him on his toes in his own team. Although maybe telling him about Tsu would benefit me more? It will make them want to work together and have better chances staying in the game. Eh, I'll tell Jacque after today's challenge is over."
End Confessional
Inside the festive lounger, Marco played a videogame that is not shown on screen due to the camera shot focusing on him and the back of the TV. There are sounds of laser shots and explosions being made in the videogame.
"Man, snipers in this game are the worst. They camp out the whole round and always have at least one person guarding them," Macro said to himself with sharp focus on the game he is playing.
Tsu entered the festive lounge and immediately put on a sly smile seeing Marco hanging around the room.
"Playing well Marco?" Tsu asked as he went to stand near the couch where the streamer is playing at.
"Kind of, my teammates are doing their best but we're getting out butt kicked," Marco answered, staring straight at the tv as he continues playing.
"How come you're not streaming?" Tsu pretended to care.
"Char doesn't want me to use his phone anymore and mine was destroyed by one of Santa's reindeer," Marco said to the plain cosplayer.
"You can borrow mine if you want," Tsu offered.
"Really?" Marco smiled at him, not paying attention to the game.
"Sure. Anything to help a streamer. Just two things," Tsu put up two fingers. "One, you allow me to be in your streams sometimes so that I can show off cosplaying skills. Two, do not look up my search history on my phone."
"Uh, not that I would invade your privacy, but that the last one worries me a bit," Marco said, making a smile while looking nervous.
"I'm just warning you that's all," Tsu told Marco nicely and then got serious after taking out his phone. "But seriously, don't. You won't be having a happy time here if you do."
"I'll make sure to keep that in mind," Marco said and gave a nervous laugh. He took Tsu's phone and started to regret doing this. However, streaming must continue.
Confessional - Tsu - Sunny Snowflakes
"Now I have someone on each team that is not mine. I'll keep them around until neither are no longer suited for me and bring upon the blessing of despair they'll get. Now is time I figure who should I target next. So many options," He chuckled mischievously at the end.
End Confessional
Iggy jogged through snow and stopped in his tracks once he heard the speakers around the outside of Santa's workshop turn on.
"Attention campers, get ready to head to the mess hall in Santa's Workshop for today's challenge in twenty minutes!" Embarc announced. "Oh, and don't worry about breakfast. That will be provided by yours truly. That is all."
"A challenge already?" Iggy became surprise. "Guess she doesn't want to waste time today," He jogged to his destination.
The three teams and Embarc now were in the mess hall. Each team was sitting at a different table and each team's symbol appeared on screen. Every contestant had a gingerbread house in front of them. The gingerbread houses for the Superior Snowstorms had more frosting. the Sunny Snowflakes' gingerbread houses had more candies designed as snowflakes and the Gleeful Gingerbreads had more gingerbread man attached to theirs candy houses.
Most of the contestants stared at their gingerbread houses with awe, especially Bonnie and Marco who each had a wide grin on their face. The rest of them looked confuse except for Iggy and Elodie. The former showed discontent and the latter appeared nervous.
"Anyone wants to guess today's challenge?" Embarc asked contently with a bright smile on her face. She stood next to a flat television screen on a small moving table.
"Is there a prize for guessing correctly?" Tony wondered.
"No," Embarc simply answered.
"Then yeah I'm not guessing," Tony stated, getting a few snickers out from other contestants like Jacque, Lucien, and Tsu.
"Very well. Today's challenge is an eating contest with a trivial twist," Embarc revealed.
"Ugh, knew it," Iggy started to be not too thrilled.
"Eating contest?" Elodie's eyes widened in fear.
Lucien and May smiled at each other.
Confessional - May - Sunny Snowflakes
"I'm pretty good at trivial stuff and having a challenge like this is exactly what my team and I needs to not lose. I've watched many questionnaire game shows and studied many, many topics," She expressed happily.
End Confessional
"The challenge is all about sweets and truths," Embarc began to explain a bit more.
"Wait? Truths?" Tsu began to feel unsafe as well as several other contestants.
"Yep," Embarc nodded and then took out an incredibly long list from her short shorts pocket. "The challenge is simple. I'll be asking a question that reveals a secret or any particular information of a contestant. The contestant I am referring to must break a piece of their gingerbread house and eat it. If the contestant I am talking about does not in ten seconds a different contestant can take a bite of their gingerbread house and guess who the person I was talking about is. Guess wrong and you're out of the challenge. Any member from any team that finishes their gingerbread house first wins today's challenge for their team. Any questions?"
"Does the questions range from simple dislikes to embarrassments?" Winnie asked.
"Correct," Embarc congratulated her. "And there are some nice embarrassing ones that I look forward to asking."
All the contestants were now worried about Embarc revealing types of secrets that should not be let out.
"Sasha would have been really helpful in this," Letty pointed out to her teammates with bitterness as she crossed her arms.
"I'm sure we can manage fine without her," Lucien told Letty confidently.
"If you don't sleep in the challenge that is," Jacque snarked.
Confessional - Lucien - Sunny Snowflakes
He gulped down an entire cup of coffee.
Confessional - Letty - Sunny Snowflakes
"I still don't know if you were using me or not, but I'll try my best to win the game for you Sasha," Letty spoke with determination.
Confessional - Iggy - Superior Snowstorms
"Having to eat a gingerbread house for breakfast? Bleh, if this wasn't for the challenge I would rather starve."
End Confessionals
"Time to start," Embarc said as she briefly glanced at her list. "This contestant has been in juvenile detention more than once." The flat tv screen displayed an image of a prison cell.
Jacque nonchalantly ripped of piece of his gingerbread's house roof and bit into it.
Confessional - Jacque - Sunny Snowflakes
"Does it affect my social status in the game that everyone now knows I've been to juvie? Pfft, no. Everyone knew about Duncan being in juvie since day one and he made the merge four times. I doubt anyone on my team besides Letty would give a damn. Besides is also Letty. What's she going to do?"
End Confessional
"Next one," Embarc smiled. "This contestant ran away from home during the sophomore year of high school."
All the competitors glanced around to see who would take a bite of their gingerbread house. Took a few seconds for Tess to decide to do it and broke a part of her gingerbread house's roof.
Various contestants were caught off guard upon this discovery, especially Nicky.
"You ran away from home?" Nicky asked Tess, wanting to hear confirmation from her teammate's mouth.
After Tess finished swallowing her piece she spoke. "My parents had strict expectations on pursuing a career that did not correspond with how I felt so for me doing that was the best option. Is been a wonderful experience traveling around the country. I most likely wouldn't be here sitting next to a beautiful girl like you if I was still with my family," She complimented at the end.
"I…um…" Nicky blushed from the compliment and looked away from Tess.
Confessional - Nicky - Superior Snowstorms
"She's a runaway. A ve-very beau-beautiful runaway," Nicky stuttered. "But is it worth confessing that I maybe have a small attraction towards her?"
End Confessional
"This contestant has a deathly fear of heights to the point of having the probability of peeing on themself when climbing a ladder," Embarc revealed. The tv screen shows the image of a ladder.
Tony, Jacque, and Bonnie snickered. The rest of the Gleeful Gingerbreads and Winnie felt bad for the contestant. The others were surprise except for Iggy, who bit his lower lip. Ten seconds passed.
"Looks like no one confessed. Anyone want to take a guess who's that contestant?" Embarc asked the teams.
"Iggy, he's the only one out of everyone glancing around quickly hoping no one says anything," May answered.
"Correct May, you can eat a piece out of your gingerbread house," Embarc congratulated and allowed.
May smiled and took a piece from her gingerbread house's roof. Several contestants chuckled.
"Dude, that's lame," Tony told Iggy who looked away with embarrassment.
Confessional - Ben - Superior Snowstorms
"Never thought I would say this, but I actually feel bad for Iggy."
End Confessional
"Knock it off," Ben told Tony, standing up for Iggy. "You won't be laughing if Embarc ever reveals something embarrassing about yourself."
Tony rolled his eyes. "Listen string bean don't come defending the guy who thinks he is better than everyone on the whole team. This teaches some humility."
"Ooo, tension, I like it," Embarc grinned. "But let's continue."
Confessional - Iggy - Superior Snowstorms
"Ben? Actually being nice to me for once?" He was genuinely shocked.
End Confessional
"This contestant actually has a fear of ghosts," Embarc said to the teams.
"There's no chocolate in the gingerbread house, right?" Char asked Embarc before taking a piece of his gingerbread house's roof.
"Not that I recall," Embarc said to Char as the big gentleman began to eat his piece.
"Uh dude, you realize ghosts don't exist right?" Brandon told his captain.
"I think they do," Char answered him after finishing his piece.
Brandon decided not to question any further.
"Next up, this constant has a family member that is a hooker," Embarc revealed.
"What's a hooker?" Aditi pondered.
"Can I tell her?" Bonnie asked Embarc.
"Off-screen. Rather avoid needing to censor bits," Embarc answered. "Anyway, yes, one of you has that. But who is willingly able to confess?"
All the contestants remained quiet.
"Anyone would like to guess?" Embarc asked.
May noticed Lucien was pretending to feel drowsy despite drinking so much coffee during the morning. She had a feeling he is the one with the family member who is a hooker but ultimately decided to stay quiet.
"Well then, let's continue," Embarc glanced at her list again. "This contestant accidentally blew up the cafeteria of a high school."
Everyone immediately looked at Elodie who sheepishly chuckled. Elodie's teammates noticed she was not even touching her gingerbread house.
"You can take a bite of the house Elodie everyone knows is you," Char commented.
"I'm deeply sorry Char but I'm not supposed to have sweets," Elodie apologized.
"If that's the case we have less of a chance to win the challenge," Bonnie commented.
"Time's up," Embarc chimed. "Anyone want to guess?"
"Elodie," Jacque smirked at his answer before taking the other roof piece of his gingerbread house and eating it.
"Correct," Embarc confirmed.
Confessional - Elodie - Gleeful Gingerbreads
"To be fair even though I blew up part of the cafeteria my science project still worked. I should have won my high school's competition. I also could have redeemed myself in the following year, but they banned me from participating."
End Confessional
"This contestant likes to purchase 'special art commissions' and 'special pillowcases' for human-sized pillows," Embarc stated after reading from her list.
"I'm not getting any of these meanings," Aditi commented.
"I'm more of an average art commission kind of guy myself," Tsu lied through his nervous sweating. "What kind of pervert would want 'special commissions', am I right?"
Lucien gave him an eye roll.
"Art is art," Bonnie shrugged. "I don't blame anyone wanting those type of specialties. Speaking of art, Tess do you think…"
"No," Tess did not let Bonnie finish, although she had a feeling what the farmer meant.
"Time's up, anyone going to steal?" Embarc asked the teams. When no one gave an answer, she narrowed her eyes and frowned. "Come on everyone let's make this entertaining. If no one is admitting the challenge is going to get boring."
"There's a reason why this type of challenge wasn't finished back in season four you know," Ben pointed out. "Not all of us are willing to share our secrets."
Embarc noticed the mood was dwindling and so she sighed. "Fine, I'll use my backup challenge then since no one is willing to keep going with this one."
"Backup challenge?" Letty raised an eyebrow at that.
Confessional - Embarc
"Chris makes it look too easy dealing with the campers, but I'll make sure to take things up a notch on the next upcoming challenges," She smirked mischievously.
End Confessional
The gingerbread house each competitor had were no longer with them. Instead, an elf assistant came by giving every contestant a plate with milk and a chocolate chip cookie.
"To make up for today's original challenge this new challenge will be an eating one," Embarc announced excitedly. "Every contestant must complete the dish presented by them to advance to the next round. However, the last contestant that finishes their dish or not be able to fully eat will be eliminated from the challenge and so on in each round. Last contestant able to keep up wins it for their team."
Bonnie, Marco, and Nicky looked the most content for the eating challenge. Lucien, May, Iggy, and Elodie were not too thrilled for this while the rest of the contestants had neutral expressions.
"Well, good luck to everyone," Char said nicely to the teams before putting his whole chocolate chip cookie in his mouth. As he munched on his distaste for the chocolate chips, he felt a heating sensation. "My mouth is on fire!" He exclaimed before drinking the whole cup of milk given to him.
Embarc snickered.
All the Gleeful Gingerbreads minus Elodie and Aditi ate their cookie and quickly drank their milk to get rid of the spiciness as soon as possible.
"A spicy cookie?" Jacque smirked smugly. "Ha, I've eaten worst back in juvie," He put the whole cookie in his mouth and chewed on it.
Jacque's teammates were shock to see him not going for the milk once he finished eating the cookie.
Confessional - Jacque - Sunny Snowflakes
"Need to let my teammates know who they should keep in case we lose this challenge. If I need to have my mouth feel like is catching flames for a bit, then that's not a problem with me. Pain will go away eventually."
End Confessional
Tsu, Lucien, and May were struggling in attempting to put the spicy chocolate chip cookie in their mouth.
"Come on Letty, you don't want to disappoint your teammates, do you?" Jacque had on a coy smile. "Or Sasha for that matter."
Letty narrowed her eyes at Jacque before taking a bite out of her cookie, resisting the spiciness.
Confessional - Letty - Sunny Snowflakes
"Is frustrating that I have this constant fear of disappointing others. I used to not pay much attention to it but thanks to Sasha I actually want to stand up for myself because what Jacque did right there is exactly how Winter used to do to me."
End Confessional
Letty was shown finishing up her glass of milk.
"Guys, if you all want to quickly be done with this dip the cookie into the milk first," Winnie whispered to her teammates.
All her teammates minus Iggy did as instructed. Despite tasting the spiciness, it was not as bad as they thought it would be. Tsu saw this and did the same thing to pass to the next round. Which gave the opportunity for May and Lucien to copy the technique.
"And all of team Sunny Snowflakes makes it to the next round," Embarc announced. "Iggy, Elodie, and Aditi. One of you will be soon out of the challenge. Or all three if I get bored."
"What's the holdup Iggy?" Tony asked his captain.
"Yeah, I'm surprise you're not the first on the team who finished his cookie already," Ji-Soon added sincerely.
"Is junk food. I don't like junk food," Iggy told his teammates. "Do any of you know how hard it is to maintain this incredible body?" He asked rhetorically, pointing his hands at his body. "I eat this, and I have to eat more?"
"So what you're going to make yourself a loser?" Tony wondered. "First fear of heights and now this?"
"I have you know having a fear of heights is natural," Iggy crossed his arms.
"Yeah, for a toddler," Tony snarked.
While Iggy continued to refuse to eat his cookie the Gleeful Gingerbreads tried to convince Aditi and Elodie to eat theirs.
"Come on you two we'll be down by four if neither eats," Marco said to Elodie and Aditi.
"I don't tolerate well with stuff that are spicy," Aditi revealed, hesitant on eating the cookie.
"I can't eat sweets," Elodie told her teammates while tapping the table with her fingers. "They make me… do certain things," She added in an ominous way.
"Can't be worse than Bonnie's sugar rush," Brandon tried to comfort Elodie. "Speaking of sugar, Bonnie how are you feeling?"
"One cookie isn't going to get me hyper," Bonnie answered kindly. "Unless you want me to," She tried to flirt with a grin, although the result is abysmal. "I can be sweet and delicious for you anytime of the day."
"Uh…" Brandon was unsure how to respond to that.
"If none of you three eat the cookie in the next ten seconds all are out of the challenge," Embarc declared, not wanting to wait around anymore.
"Iggy for the sake of not being the first one out of the challenge at least eat the cookie," Ben attempted to persuade rapidly. "One cookie isn't going to destroy your body."
Confessional - Ben - Superior Snowstorms
"I know it looks weird that I'm helping Iggy but him not participating will affect the team's chances of winning this challenge. Besides him and Winnie the rest of us aren't that suited for eating challenges. As much as I kind of want to vote Iggy off I still like winning."
End Confessional
"Come on you two we all believe you can pull through," Char said to Aditi and Elodie. "The Gleeful Gingerbreads are counting on you."
The screen split into three to show Iggy, Aditi, and Elodie staring at their cookie. All three of them took their own cookie and began eating. Aditi's cheeks bulged and she spit out her cookie onto the floor. Elodie and Iggy grabbed their respective glass of milk to drink the spiciness away.
"Too hot, too hot," Aditi exclaimed, having her tongue out.
"And Aditi from the Gleeful Gingerbreads is the first out of the challenge," Embarc announced. "Let's see what will be served next."
Confessional - Aditi - Gleeful Gingerbreads
She drank some milk from her glass before speaking. "What are the odds of being served something spicy first in an eating challenge?" She wondered. "I hope my team doesn't lose now. Makes it easier for them to vote me off."
End Confessional
"Next meal is jellybeans truffle," Embarc told the teams happily. "A chocolate truffle with delicious color jellybeans inside."
All the contestants looked skeptically at having only one truffle on each plate.
"Can you tell us what the jellybeans taste like?" Tess asked as she grabbed her truffle.
"Nope, only one way to find out," Embarc grinned.
"I think I know where this is going," Marco believed before tossing the truffle into his mouth. He gained watery eyes as he chewed on the treat before swallowing. "Yep, the jellybeans tasted like toilet."
"Toilet, barf, dog poop, all kinds of disgusting flavors to enjoy," Embarc chimed.
"Still better than the other challenge," Lucien stated before putting his truffle in his mouth. He managed to resist the temptation of gagging and swallowed his treat. Then his stomach growled, causing his eyes to widen.
Confessional - Lucien - Sunny Snowflakes
"Either my stomach doesn't sit right with jellybeans, or I might have drank too much coffee." His stomach growled again, making him nervous.
End Confessional
The rest of the competitors still in the challenge chewed on their nasty tasting jellybean truffle except for Tess, who used her paint brush to make her truffle look like it disappeared.
"Wow Tess, your paintbrush is so magical," Winnie was amazed. "That's awesome on how you can make the food blend in with the environment."
Embarc heard this and immediately narrowed her eyes at Tess.
"Uh, whoops," Tess chuckled sheepishly.
"You're out of the challenge Tess," Embarc said bluntly.
"Oh well," Tess did not seem to mind and simply ate her camouflaged truffle jellybean.
Confessional - Tony - Superior Snowstorms
"I don't know who's stupider. The one who tried to cover up not eating the barf flavor sweet or the one who right out said what happened to the barf flavor sweet."
End Confessional
"Round number three, anyone interested in eating a gingerbread?" Embarc asked the contestants as an elf placed a plate with a gingerbread on it for each competitor.
"These things aren't going to come alive, are they?" Tsu asked as he broke his gingerbread into pieces.
"Nope, but it does have fish in them," Embarc revealed, causing several contestants to shiver with disgust.
"I can't do this no more," Iggy told his team, giving up. "Is one thing to eat junk food but with fish?"
"Keep it together captain you can pull through this," Ben encouraged, although the way he spoke sounded plain and uncaring, which was not the intention.
"You're going to have to make things harder Embarc," Jacque taunted after eating his treat. "Cause this is way too easy."
All of Jacque's teammates minus May glared at him.
"You're right Jacque, I have been going easy on all of you," Embarc admitted and then smirked. "Don't worry, the next rounds are going to be far more agonizing."
Confessional - Jacque - Sunny Snowflakes
"Yeah, I know saying that didn't settle well with my teammates, but at this rate we need the heavy artillery. The weaklings are still in the challenge and the faster they eat more gross stuff the quicker they are defeated. I expect Letty and I to carry the team anyway."
End Confessional
Elodie shook as she stared at her gingerbread while Iggy still refused to eat his. Meanwhile Lucien's stomach growled again.
"Everything okay Lucien?" May asked, looking concern at him as well as the rest of the Sunny Snowflakes after hearing the growling.
"I'm fine, trust me," Lucien assured, sounding confident to not worry his team.
"Iggy eat the dang gingerbread now or I will shove it in your mouth," Tony warned his captain.
"No need for that Tony because Elodie finished her gingerbread," Embarc said joyfully.
Elodie raised her plate up to show that it is empty and burped. "Pardon me," She apologized.
Confessional - Iggy - Superior Snowstorms
"Tess was the first one on the team out of the challenge. At least I survived a round longer than her. I do not like looking weak but ugh, I dreaded having to do an eating challenge. How am I supposed to be the strongest on my team when I fail at this?"
Confessional - Elodie - Gleeful Gingerbreads
"The fish wasn't so bad to be honest. Although I think I can last long enough to eat more delicious sweets," She giggled uncontrollably at the thought.
End Confessional
"Up next, sour vanilla ice cream with pasta chunks and tomato sauce as a topping," Embarc said to the teams, enjoying most of everyone's disgusted facial reactions at seeing the ice cream bowls having that.
"I think I'm going to be sick," Ji-Soon admitted, not feeling enthusiastic to eat the ice cream.
Lucien grabbed the spoon next to his bowl and used it to take a bite out of his ice cream. His cheeks bulged before swallowing his piece. He heard his stomach growl louder.
"Oh no," Lucien rapidly got up from his seat and quickly sprinted to the bathroom.
Confessional - Lucien - Sunny Snowflakes
He was shown vomiting into the toilet.
End Confessional
With enough determination Jacque and Letty managed to scuff down their ice cream. Tsu and May on the other hand were having difficulty finishing their ice cream but manage to proceed to the next round. The rest of the contestants managed to eat their scoops of ice cream as well.
Embarc was surprised and disappointed no one decided to quit the challenge. "Alright, looks like Lucien is out at round four of the challenge. Next!"
An elf assistant came by to give the remaining competitors in the challenge a plate with a piece of pie on it.
"This delectable blueberry pie consists of whip cream, five cheeses, red onion slices, broken pieces of mint candy, and fried frog legs," Embarc revealed with a wicked grin on her face.
"You are sick you know that?" Ben told Embarc before pushing his plate away. "I am not taking a bite out of this."
May began to daydream with her eyes open. She brought her head down to her slice of pie and crushed it.
"And two are already out at round five. Who will be the next to drop?" Embarc asked the audience.
Confessional - Marco - Gleeful Gingerbreads
"What's worse? Having your viewers watch you eat a revolting piece of pie or backing out of the challenge?" He wondered while frowning. "Man, I wish I had my phone right now to let chat decide."
Confessional - Tsu - Sunny Snowflakes
"The despair on those who will eat the pie will be incredibly breathtaking. Although the despair I'm about to get for trying it might not be as great," Tsu admitted, a bit worried for health. "Oh well," He shrugged.
End Confessionals
Char, Bonnie, and Elodie watched Brandon and Marco take a spoonful of their pie. Both Brandon and Marco's cheeks bulged. The two threw up and then pushed their own plate forward.
Nicky opened her mouth slowly while trying to put a piece of the slice of pie in her mouth. Her hand shook at the thought of digesting the piece.
"I can't, I can't do it," Nicky exclaimed and dropped the spoon onto the table.
Ji-Soon, Tony, and Winnie watched Char eat his slice of pie with almost no effort.
"Delicious," Char joked. "Could have used some salt," He added for fun.
"I feel bad for who has to clean the confessional's toilet," Winnie said to Ji-Soon and Tony.
Jacque and Letty managed to eat their slice, but both appear to have trouble holding it in. They glance at each other before swallowing what was left.
Tsu grinned happily at seeing those eating the slices suffer but when he goes for second bite of the pie, he spits it out. "Ugh, it gets even worse on the second taste," The plain cosplayer said.
Winnie, Bonnie, and Elodie were able to eat their slice of pie. While Winnie and Bonnie appeared fine Elodie was struggling to continue on. The pastry gal clenched her stomach.
"Sweets, yet no so sweet, so confused," Elodie said to her teammates. "Body… feels weird."
"Try to hang in there Elodie," Char said with a smile. "You can pull through this."
Embarc noticed Ji-Soon has not touched her pie while Tony struggled eating his.
"Looks like the Superior Snowstorms are just down to Winnie in the challenge," Embarc announced.
"Huh? But I'm still eating mine," Tony complained while feeling woozy from eating the pie.
"So is Tsu but neither of you look like it will be finish," Embarc replied honestly.
"Ugh, you got this Winnie," Tony encouraged his teammate before putting his head on the table in defeat.
"You two need to go on without me," Elodie said to Char and Bonnie. "My stomach can't take this anymore."
"We'll win this for the team," Char smiled at Elodie and put a hand on her shoulder. "Go ahead and take the break."
"Yeah, we'll handled this," Bonnie nodded.
"Time for round six," Embarc said to the remaining contestants still in the challenge.
Confessional - Winnie - Superior Snowstorms
"What are the odds of me winning for my wonderful teammates? I say pretty high. Growing up in a farm I have a high tolerance for gross things, including food in that category. Maybe by winning this challenge most of my family will see I'm not a disappointment for not following in my mother's footsteps."
Confessional - Jacque - Sunny Snowflakes
"Will admit Embarc stepped up her game. I got a plan in case my team loses but I rather win the challenge. And I am winning the challenge," He pointed at the camera to get his point across.
Confessional - Char - Gleeful Gingerbreads
"Don't know how Bonnie will keep up by I got plenty in the tank. Eating challenges is what I'm made for. The food Embarc is serving is incredibly gross don't get me wrong, but my stomach can endure anything she throws at. Well, saying everything is a stretch."
Confessional - Elodie - Gleeful Gingerbreads
"Normally when I eat sweets, I get… well, better not say anything about that. The other parts that are not consider sweet must nullify the effects."
End Confessionals
An elf gave a plate with a gingerbread house on it to the remaining five left in the challenge.
"Round six has no additions to make the gingerbread house unbearable to eat. First four to eat at their gingerbread house completely moves onto round seven," Embarc explained. "Jacque and Char, since you two ate some of yours in the previous challenge both have a slight advantage. Dig in!"
The Superior Snowstorms cheered for Winnie except Ben as the pageant disaster broke the gingerbread house pieces down to consume it faster.
Letty attempted her best to eat as fast as could but became unable to when finishing the roof of her gingerbread house. Her face turned green.
"Get out of here and puke. If I see you do it, I'm going to throw up too," Jacque said seriously to Letty, halfway done with his gingerbread house.
Letty covered her mouth with her hands. As she stood up, she could not hold in her food anyway and puked on the table. Some of the fried frog legs were not properly digested and swam around in the vomit.
"You idio-" Jacque was unable to finish as he too puked.
Embarc's cheeks bulged upon seeing this and several other contestants began to vomit. Embarc managed to gulp back what she was about to spit out.
"Well, since Jacque and Letty threw up it makes sense to announce the Sunny Snowflakes as today's team of losers," Embarc decided. "And since the Gleeful Gingerbreads still have two members left competing in the challenge they officially win."
"Hooray," Bonnie cheered a bit despite feeling weak and woozy from all the food she ate. "High five Char!"
Char gave her a high five and then she fell to the ground. Char looked at her with concern.
Winnie stopped eating her gingerbread house and sighed.
"What's wrong Winnie? Aren't you glad we got second?" Ji-Soon asked happily.
"Oh, yeah, I am," Winnie slightly smiled.
Embarc took out a walkie talkie to speak into it. "Yeah, I need the cleanup team in the mess hall stat."
Confessional - Jacque - Sunny Snowflakes
"If it wasn't for Letty being easy to fool, I would vote her off in a heartbeat, but I got to keep her in the game despite my dislike towards her. She's still useful in the team phase, unlike some team members I know," He made an annoyed expression at the end.
Confessional - Tsu - Sunny Snowflakes
"Looks like I'm going to be the tie breaker for this. Exactly what I wanted if my team ever lost again. Although I wish it wasn't so soon."
End Confessionals
Once again at night for the second time in a row at the igloo ceremony, each Sunny Snowflake sat on a stump. In the front row were Jacque and Letty. In the back May, Lucien, and Tsu sat. Their team's symbol appeared on screen. Embarc stood near the campfire holding four candy canes in one hand.
"Congrats on coming back here Sunny Snowflakes," Embarc greeted joyfully. "Ever since Winter was eliminated your team has been collapsing. Guess it was unwise to vote off the captain, wasn't it?" She taunted at the end.
All the Sunny Snowflakes remained quiet.
"Ouch, tough crowd," Embarc said with a blank expression. "Let's get this done then, shall we? First two to receive a candy are Tsu and Letty."
Tsu and Letty catch the candy cane that was tossed to them by Embarc.
"Jacque, despite you provoking me into unleashing grosser meals your athleticism is enough for your teammates to keep you in the game," Embarc spoke before tossing a candy cane to Jacque who caught it.
"Yep, this felt like a predictable outcome," Lucien deadpanned.
"Lucien and May, one of you will be going home tonight," Embarc stated. "As much as the sleepiness and bonding between you two is charming, delightful, loveable, and the fact I was wishing you two stayed longer together to… whoops, went a bit out there," She chuckled sheepishly. "Anyway, you two being close together made you both feel like a threat to your teammates. In the end, only one will receive this final candy cane. And this final candy cane goes to…"
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"Lucien," Embarc finished and then tossed the final candy cane to the drowsy astronomer.
Lucien caught his candy cane. "Here," He gave it to May. "Want me to walk with you to the chimney of shame?"
"Yeah, I'll like that," May smiled.
The two stood up and headed to the chimney of shame.
"That went smoother than I thought it would," Embarc admitted as she watches the two exit out of the igloo. She looked at the other remaining Sunny Snowflakes. "You three are all safe for now. Better think of a way to not come back here again."
May and Lucien conversated with each other as they walked closer to the chimney of shame.
"Is been fun hanging out with you," May told Lucien with a smile. "Embarc had a point though. Wish we could have been longer together. Looking up at the night sky here with the stars and pretty lights was awesome."
"It is," Lucien agreed, smiling as well. "I'll try to win this for us."
"Don't push yourself too hard," May advised as the two stood near the chimney of shame. "Make sure to take it easy when is necessary. I take things easy all the time."
Lucien let out a small chuckle. "That you do."
May glanced at the chimney of shame briefly. "Take care," She pecked a kiss on Lucien's cheek before entering the chimney.
Lucien put a hand on the cheek May kissed, not sure how to feel about what just happened.
From a distance Embarc watched.
"Finally, some actual potential romance happening," Embarc said with satisfaction in her voice. She looked at a camera to end the episode. "The Sunny Snowflakes are down to four. Will they be able to put aside their difference to climb back on top? Can the Superior Snowstorms continue their streak of not sending someone home? And what is the reward for the Gleeful Gingerbreads for winning today's challenge? Find out next time on North Pole Showdown!"
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
Placements
24th - Paul
23rd - Ketch
22nd - Dominic
21st - Winter
20th - Andrea
19th - Sasha
18th - May