[A/N: I'm writing this before episode 4 even comes out oops
I can't start the episode art until tomorrow and I still have writing motivation so uh
Yeh
Writing stuff
"Previously on Total Alphabet Drama!" 8 exclaimed to the camera. "The challenge was a simple game of bench dodgeball," she said as clips of her explaining was shown.
"D and P both threw their balls to throw the challenge, earning disapprovement from both their teams!" D and P both purposefully missed their shot and their teams were shown respectively glaring at them.
"I somehow earned her team a point," I was shown throwing out S at the end of the first round.
"Y turned out to be a total powerhouse!" Y was shown taking out all 8 of The Screaming Squirrels members on his own.
"Which W wasn't so happy about," W and Y were shown arguing during the challenge.
"In the challenge, it came down to Q for the Dolphins and L for the Squirrels!" Clips of contestants getting out was shown before showing Q and L looking at each other.
"And in a shocking twist, L somehow edged it out and got Q out, winning it for her team!" L was shown hitting out Q before cheering at her win in the confessional.
"R tried to convince N and O to vote off P with her alliance," R talking to N and O in the mess hall was shown.
"But as it came down to P and Q in the bottom 2, Q's loss at the end of the challenge proved to be their downfall and they were the 3rd contestant voted out." P received the final marshmallow as Q let out a sad sigh.
"Will R's alliance hold true with her biggest ally out of the game?" 8 asked the camera as it cut back to her. "Will Y's new shown skills help out his team? Will L be able to help her team win again? And will M ever not hate her? The answer to that last one is obvious, but stay tuned to find out the answer to the others and much more on Total! Alphabet! Drama!" 8 exclaimed, raising her arms as the camera panned out.
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DEAR MOM AND DAD I'M DOING FINE
[The camera pans through the forest, flying past 8, being carried my . , and ' before swinging above the cliff before diving inside it]
YOU GUYS ARE ON MY MIND
[It then pans into the ocean to reveal F swimming past a shark before it eats them]
YOU ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED TO BE
[M, N and O are chilling on a dinghy and chatting, before F's body floats up to the surface, causing the 3 to panic]
AND NOW I THINK THE ANSWER IS PLAIN TO SEE
[An eagle grabs F's corpse and flies over to an area in the woods, where P and D are stood making out]
I WANNA BE FAMOUS
[The eagle drops his corpse next to the couple, who both ignore it, while C starts prodding the body with a stick]
I WANNA LIVE CLOSE TO THE SUN
[A is shown flexing his muscles to Y, who scratches his head, while K rolls his eyes in the background, before kicking Y into the air]
WELL PACK YOUR BAGS CUZ I'VE ALREADY WON
[A and K fall down a waterfall in the background while E and T both laugh while standing on a log balanced above the waterfall, before E laughs so hard she falls off]
EVERYTHING TO PROVE NOTHING IN MY WAY
[T bends down in concern, Y smacks into him from above]
I'LL GET THERE ONE DAY
[Y and T smack into the back of the confessional, causing X to fall out, before R helps them up, a devious grin on her face]
CUZ I WANNA BE FAMOUS
[The camera pans inside the mess hall, where 3 meals are laid out on the counter in front of 3 contestants, G, I and J. G looks at theirs blankly, J gives his a look of disgust, and I kicks her across the mess hall. The camera pans to the left to reveal W and H arm wrestling with determined faces, before W wins, causing him to cheer, as H accepts his defeat]
NANANANANANA NANANANANANA NANANANANANA NANANANA
[The camera pans out of the mess hall to a set of steps leading up to the beach where U is enthusiastically talking to a shy V. The camera pans further to reveal B, L and Z all building sandcastles on the beach. As L puts a seashell on hers, it all falls apart, and Z starts laughing and taunting her, causing her to look away in embarrassment as B raises an eyebrow at Z]
I WANNA BE! I WANNA BE! I WANNA BE FAMOUS!
[Q does a row of cartwheels and front flips down the dock, before reaching the end and finishing with a somersault. S is standing there, and as Q waves to her, she hisses at them and jumps back on all fours, before howling at the sky]
I WANNA BE! I WANNA BE! I WANNA BE FAMOUS!
[The camera pans up to the sky as day turns to night before the camera goes back down to reveal D and P making out at the campfire. 8 tries to separate the 2 to reveal herself, but the lovebirds stay locklipped]
WHISTLING NOTES
[The camera pans out the reveal everyone sitting around the campfire, A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K L and M to D's left and N, O, Q, R, S,T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z on P's right, with all 24 of them whistling along. The camera reveals a shabby, wooden sign with illuminated yellow lights reading 'TOTAL ALPHABET DRAMA']
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The episode opened up to I, J and M sitting together in the mess hall.
"We may have B, E and F on our side, but we can never be certain they won't flip on us." J told the 2.
"It's 8am, I really don't care." I deadpanned, prompting J to roll his eyes before turning to M.
"M, so-" he started before pausing, realising they weren't there. "And he's gone." He deadpanned.
The shot panned to M sitting down next to N and O, slamming his tray down on the table.
"What happened at the ceremony?" She asked. "Give me all the deets," they smirked.
"R tried to lie to us that P lost the challenge instead of Q," N told her.
"So we voted off Q, and turns out the 2 had an alliance," O finished.
"Juicy!" M grinned. "Not like this bacon. How is it so dry?" They complained in disgust, looking at their plate.
"I liked it..."O trailed off, revealing that their plate had been eaten clean.
"Of course you did." N deadpanned.
"Lemme guess, you want mine?" M asked.
"...Maybe..." O trailed off quietly.
"Fatass." M eyerolled as she slid his tray over to O, who instantly started eating it.
"Alright girls!" R said to her alliance. "We may have lost Q but things aren't over yet." She said in a determined tone.
"Only because we need to wait until tonight for an elimination." S deadpanned.
"Yeah, everyone knows about this alliance now, our only hope is someone screws up massively next time we lose," Z shrugged pessimistically.
"Or we get someone else on our side," R smirked.
"Who would join us though?" Z asked. "N and O betrayed us, W hates me, X and Y are both probably so stupid they don't even know what an alliance is, T is annoying and P only cares about making out with D."
"X and Y being stupid could be useful though," R mused. "We could easily trick them into voting with us."
"They're so gullible they could easily be tricked into turning against us," S debated.
"It's still our best option," Z shrugged.
"Well, we might as well try convince them before the challenge starts," R said, standing up, being followed by Z and S.
R, S and Z all looked at U and V, still sitting down. "Did you forget you're in the alliance or something?" R asked, raising her eyebrow.
"Oh, just uh, give me a minute, I'm still finishing my food," U smiled at the 3.
"S-same..." V nodded in agreement.
"Not sure why you'd eat that but okay." R shrugged before walking off alongside S and Z.
"I don't really like being in an alliance..." V trailed off.
"Same..." U agreed. "Voting off my teammates feels so wrong," U sighed.
"And the c-constant meetings are s-so scary..." V added.
"Maybe we shouldn't vote with them next time?" U asked V.
"Oh, uh, maybe, I-I don't know..." V stuttered.
"Are you okay?" U asked.
"W-what do you mean? V puzzled.
"I mean, this entire time you haven't really talked to anyone properly," U awkwardly told her.
"I just- don't really like talking to people..." V sighed.
"Oh..." U trailed off. "I like talking talking people, so maybe I could try help you?" She asked.
"Uh, okay.." V meekly agreed.
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"I mean, U seems nice and all..." V shrugged in the confessional. "But I just don't really wanna try talking to others here... they all just seem so mean," she sighed.
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D and P sat together, on a tree stump by the woods, gently making out.
After a long make out session, the 2 eventually pulled away.
"So, how did the elimination go last night?" D asked P.
"Not great..." P trailed off. "I was in the bottom 2..."
"What!?" D cried.
"Honestly, I think I'm only safe because of some drama between N and R.." P sighed.
"Okay, listen." D said sternly. "You are going to do your best in the challenge, sad you are going to win."
"But- that means you'll be up for elimination-" P frowned.
"I'll be fine, I'll figure out a way to stay safe, I don't want you to get out," D told him.
"Fine, if you try your best too, babe," P nodded.
"Will do. One of us is going to be up for elimination anyways, we might as well make sure we're not the ones eliminated," D smiled.
"Exactly." P smiled back.
And after promising to try and get a good position on their team, they continued to make out.
"Challenge time, contestants!" 8 announced over the speakers. "Meet at the challenge area pronto!"
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"Time for my team to see what I can do!" P exclaimed. "And maybe I can see it, too.."
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"Is it possible to throw a challenge without anyone realising you're throwing a challenge?" D pondered.
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"Greetings, contestants!" 8 exclaimed, as the 23 remaining contestants stood in front of her. "I hope you're all prepared for your next challenge!"
Despite the murmurs of agreement, lots of people didn't agree with this.
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"If Lola's gonna be good at challenges, who know what kinda Freaky Friday crap is next!" N exclaimed.
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"With Q gone, my game is in jeopardy!" R stated. "All I need to do right now is try win a few challenges so I can build back some numbers."
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"I have no idea if I can actually do well at whatever this challenge is..." P muttered.
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"I need to try throw this challenge without throwing it." D explained. "...how the heck do I that?"
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"Winning last challenge was exciting sure, but now..." L trailed off quietly. "It feels like I have to do well again!" She resumed. "What if it really was just a fluke, and I mess things up again!" She exclaimed in panic.
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Despite all these disagreements, they all let out some sound of agreement, as 8 continued on.
"Great! Because today, we'll be putting your creativity skills to the test!" She exclaimed. "In today's art challenge!"
A few people murmured around at this, a stark contrast to the past few challenges.
"Here's how this'll work; each team will be given a massive sheet of paper, which is split into 12 sections, each member of your team will take a section. You and your team will discuss what you want to draw, before each doing a part of it. Kind of like mixed style. You'll have 1 hour to make it, and whichever full drawing I think I'd the best will be the winner!" She explained. "Squirrels, since there's only 11 of you, one of you will need to double up, who will it be?" She asked.
"Who here's good at art?" K asked, turning to face his team. His question was met with resounding silence.
"I guess I'll do it," M shrugged.
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"I need to prove to my team that I'm more useful that Lola." M explained to the camera.
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"Alright, now that both teams are set, your time starts... now!" 8 declared to the teams.
The Dangerous Dolphins all huddled up, as Z took hold of the conversation. "We want to give the less important parts to whoever's worse at art, and the more important parts to who's good at it."
"Why do you always need to be the team leader?" W snapped at her.
"We win with my plans though, don't we?" she countered with a smirk.
"Not last time," he eyerolled.
"I thought we agreed that was because of Q," Z returned his eyeroll, while R gave her a subtle glare. "If you're so determined that you don't want me to lead, why don't we have everyone vote on it."
"Fine by me," W shrugged.
"Raise your hand if you want me to lead the team this challenge," Z asked her team, and was met by a raised hand from P, R, S, T, U, V, X and Y.
"Anyone who votes Z, I'll beat up." W butted in, as P, T, V, X and Y all lowered their hands, as Z gave them all an offended glare.
"Wow, thanks." Z deadpanned at the 5 who lowered their hands.
W gave R, S and U, the only 3 still with their hands up, a threatening glare, which S responded to with a deadpan. "I could take you."
"If I'm not leading, then who should?" Z asked to no one in particular.
Her question was answered when a hand slowly raised up and everyone turned to face P, hand in the air. "I could do it.." he awkwardly proposed.
W immediately burst out laughing, before saying "Oh wait, you're serious?"
"No, he's definitely joking," N said, giving P a look of disbelief.
"Uh- I'm not-" P clarified.
"You?" S asked in a condescending tone.
"Really?" Y added on.
"I'm pretty good at art, I think I could help," P told the team, starting to regret nominating himself.
"Yknow what?" Z mused to him. "Fine. But, if we lose, then you will be the one going home, got it?" she told him in a slightly menacing tone.
P let out a nervous gulp and nodded in agreement.
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"Oh this was a mistake." P said in a panicked tone.
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"So, we need a plan-" K started before being interrupted.
"I think I'll take this one, thank you." J cut K off, as the 2 gave each other a mild glare. "We need to all try work together on a rough sketch first so we can be sure our shapes match up, then we can all add our own style to our own panel." he explained.
"Good idea," K concured with a nod, as J subtly gave off a cocky smirk. "Now we just need something to draw."
"How about a fox?" C suggested. "They're 1 singular thing, which means we could add in lots of detail through the drawings, and it has a simple anatomy to draw," they explained.
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"I don't really have any allies on my team," C said. "And while that does leave me out of the very obvious alliance drama, it also puts me at risk for the merge..." they trailed off. "If I make good with my team without taking any sides, it means I can stay out of this drama and hopefully have some allies for merge," they explained.
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"That could work," J shrugged, which K also nodded to, before everyone went to work. Minus one...
"Ugh, do we, like, have to draw?" I complained. "The markers could ruin my nails!"
"Do you care about anything other than them?" J asked with an eyeroll.
"If you had nails as perfect as mine, you'd love them too," I spat.
"How do you even get marker on your nails?" M asked. "Is that a genuine risk?"
"You 2 are idiots." J deadpanned.
"Hey guys," D smiled slightly as he walked over to the 3.
"Sorry, who are you?" M asked, scanning him up and down.
"Daniel." D deadpanned, putting his hands on his hips.
"Oh, right, sorry I forgot since all you do is make out with your boyfriend on the other team." M eyerolled in a sassy tone.
"Like you do anything other than hate L." D muttered under his breathe.
"Excuse me?" M raised their eyebrow suspiciously.
"Nothing." D said. "Anyways, I was wondering if I could join your alliance," he cut to the chase, locking eyes with the 3.
"How did you know about that." J's eyes were slightly wider than before as he gave D a suspicious look.
"You aren't exactly secretive about it." He replied simply. "Can I join or not?"
"Why would we want you, exactly?" M asked with a slight glare.
"Because H, K and L all want you out and you need the numbers?" D suggested.
"..fair point, you're in," J nodded, M giving him an unsure glare.
"Sorry, what's happening?" I asked, looking up from her nails for the first time in the whole conversation, as the other 3 all gave her a weird look.
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"Pros: I now have an alliance," D listed in the confessional. "Cons, they all suck." He deadpanned.
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"Hello, you 4, I'm assuming you're working over here?" C walked over, gesturing to 4 empty panels near where D, I, J and M sat.
"Yeah, sure, whatever" I muttered filing her nails.
"I will break that damn nail file." J scowled at her.
"EXCUSE ME!?" I yelled at him.
"Am I interrupting something?" C awkwardly asked.
"No, they're just always like this," M shrugged. "What do you want?"
"I was just hoping to help you with the challenge," C smiled.
"Last time I checked, I was leading this challenge," J glared.
"Oh, I wasn't trying to overstep, I just wanted to assist you in case you needed it-" C tried to explain themselves, but was quickly cut off by D.
"So you think we suck and need help?" D snarked.
"Of course not! I just-" C became more and more panicked as they tried to defend themselves.
"Go away." M bluntly told them, which C obliged to, wincing to themselves as they left the 4 alone.
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"That went as bad as it possibly could've." C winced in the confessional.
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"So, P, what's your plan?" Z asked him in a somewhat menacing tone. Though, that tone did kind of come naturally with her voice.
"Well, uh, I was thinking..." P spoke awkwardly before he trailed off, trying to collect his words.
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"I, uh, probably should've actually thought of a plan before volunteering..." P sighed, looking at the camera. "Great job, me."
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"That... we, uh- should-" he stuttered, as his entire team stared at him, judgementally.
"Big surprise, he doesn't have a plan!" W eyerolled.
"Wh- NO! I have a plan!" P protested.
"Then what is it?" R raised her eyebrow in suspicion.
"It's, uh..." he took a quick pause. "Have the better artists take the main parts and have the worse ones on the edges..!" He exclaimed.
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"Could that plan be any more simple?" R deadpanned.
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"Nice idea!" Z smiled at him.
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"It's the most basic idea ever." Z deadpanned into the confessional camera.
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"Thanks!" P grinned. "So, should we get to work?" He asked his team
"No, let's just stand around here doing nothing." R said sarcastically.
"Raise your hand if you're down for that." N turned to the team, and his question was answered by O, U and V raising their hands alongside him.
"I will bite you again and this time I will break through your skin." S threatened.
"God, it was a joke." N defended, giving her a look.
"And I wasn't." S spat, turning off towards the canvas.
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"She should be in a ****ing mental asylum!" N cried at the camera, slightly annoyed, slightly terrified.
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N grabbed O by the arm and dragged him over to the opposite side of the canvas to where S was.
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"Well, I guess I'm just part of this now." O shrugged.
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"Okay, she needs to go next." N told O, staring down S.
"Shouldn't we get out R first? She lied to us after all." O suggested.
"S just threatened to kill me!" N exclaimed I'm disbelief.
"Okay, yeah, that too..." O trailed off. "But still, if we want her out, we want people to side with us and not her."
"And why wouldn't they? She's insane!" N cried.
"I know, I know, but she's still been doing better in challenges than us," O explained. "Not everyone plays the game emotionally. We need strategy, just like them!"
"I have strategy!" N replied offendedly. "Are you saying I don't?"
"No, of course not!" O defended.
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"I was." He admitted.
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"We just need to make sure we have the numbers to get S out if we're gonna vote her, otherwise we're just wasting our votes," O explained.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever..." N muttered in a slightly agitated tone.
The scene cut to U and V sat together at the middle of their teams canvas, both drawing on their respective panels.
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"I wanna help V open up a bit," U told the confessional. "Maybe if I get to know her a bit more, she might get more comfortable with me"
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"So, what's your favourite animal?" U asked V.
"Uh..." V paused to think, focusing on her drawing. "Cats?" She unsurely responded after about 10 seconds.
"I love cats too!" U smiled. "I even have a pet cat! Do you?" She asked.
"Uh... no..." V responded.
"Oh, okay," U said. She paused for a couple seconds before asking "Do you have any pets?"
"No, I don't..." V stuttered.
"Do you want any?" U continued.
"Not really..." V said.
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"W-why does U care so much a-about what animals I l-like?" V asked the camera nervously.
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As U and V continued to draw in silence, after U realised she wasn't getting any results, R, S and Z all sat down next to the 2 of them.
"Okay, listen up, alliance." R told the other 4 sternly. "We lost Q last time, and we can't risk another of us getting out."
"You don't say." Z eyerolled.
"Shut up." R snarked back. "S, you hate N, right?" She turned to face the cat girl in question.
"Hate is putting it lightly." S spat.
"I don't think you should really be saying you hate anyone you don't know that well..." U interrupted.
"And I'm not saying I hate him," S corrected. "I'm saying I despise him."
"That's- That's even worse-" U interjected, before being cut off by R.
"U," R spoke.
"Yes?" U asked.
"No one cares." R deadpanned which U frowned at. "N clearly does not care about challenges. S, if you keep being useful, others will side with you against him, and he'll get out."
"YES!" S cheered.
"And if N gets out, O is bound to follow," R smirked.
"That's still 5 of us against 6 of them," Z added.
"Not quite..." R smirked, turning and pointing to P, who was drawing away at his part of the canvas, with a sad and nervous look on his face.
"Oh, I see..." Z smirked as well as she looked at him.
"Uh, I dont..." U interjected with a confused look.
"He's desperate and lonely." R said simply. "We can easily get him to vote with us." This was agreed with by Z and S.
V gave R a subtle eyebrow raise, but let out a murmur or agreement as well.
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"R's plan feels so... manipulative..." U trailed off. "She only wants to work with P because he can vote with her. Why doesn't she actually care about his feelings?" her voice became slightly accusatory.
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"I don't know..." U objected.
"And why not?" R said, her voice very accusatory.
"It feels-" U was cut off as V nudged her on the elbow.
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"I'm almost certain R's manipulating me and U." V told the camera nervously. "U seems nice though, I don't want R going after her..."
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"Don't." V very quietly whispered to U. U was confused but stopped talking.
"...Okay..." R gave her a suspicious look before returning to the challenge.
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"What did V mean 'don't'?" U pondered. "Don't do what? Hmm... At least I got her to talk to me! That's progress, right?" a smile emerged on her face.
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As R, S and Z all got distracted by the challenge, U pulled V aside subtly.
"What did you mean 'don't'?" U asked her.
"I..." V paused as she thought about whether to tell U the truth or not. "I don't know..." she trailed off with a lie.
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"What if I'm wrong?" V asked the camera. "I don't want to accuse R of being manipulative if she isn't... Wait, did I already do that?" she paused. "AM I A BAD PERSON?" she panicked.
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Y and T sat near the corner of the page, both drawing in silence.
"Since when was art part of Total Wipeout?" Y complained.
"...What do you mean?" T asked, raising his eyebrow.
"Total Wipeout has never had anything to do with art, why are we doing art now?" Y asked.
"...Because this isn't Total Wipeout?" T explained.
"It is, I signed up for Total Wipeout!" Y exclaimed.
"Okay, but, this isn't it," T continued.
"Yes it is." Y said, his voice getting slightly hostile now.
"Okay, dude, if you say so..." T gave him a weird look before stopping talking to him.
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"How does that guy function?" T asked the confessional. "Like, genuinely?"
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As B, E and F were all drawing together, C came over to the three to offer their help.
"Do you 3 need any help with this?" C asked the 3.
"Uh, not with the challenge, but I do need help with something." E told them. "You're smart, right?"
"I'd say so." C replied.
"Great, can you spell icup?" She asked.
"I-c-u-p," they answered, causing E to break down laughing, while B gave her an annoyed look, and F chuckled along.
"E." K cried from off-screen.
"Oh eggs..." E muttered, running off, as K stormed over.
"What the flying froggy fudge," F said with a stunned look, while B and C both looked equally confused.
"I think I'll leave now..." C muttered, walking away from the scene.
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"E's humour is progressively getting worse." K growled.
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E walked back over to B and F, now with a bruise around her left eye.
"JEEZ." F gasped. "What happened!?"
"K happened..." she muttered angrily.
B turned around to face K and gave him a subtle glare, before turning back to E and F, pointing at him, then pointing down.
"...What?" F puzzled.
"I'm in for burying him alive," E shrugged, causing F and B to give her disturbed glares. "I'm joking!" she defended. "Yeesh..."
B then pointed at K again, but this time did a throat slit motion.
"Okay I was joking before but B, are you sure you aren't planning to kill him?" E asked.
B gave an exhausted eyeroll. He pointed at K, then used his hands to spell out A, G and Q. But he was only met with clueless looks from E and F.
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B facepalmed and let out an exhausted breathe.
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B stared at the 2 very intently, and once again, spelt out A, G and Q.
"What does agq mean?" F asked, cluelessly.
He grimaced, and then spelt out I, and pointed at her. Then did the same with M, D and H.
"Aqgimdh?" F asked again.
B ignored them, and then mimicked A again, looked around, and shrugged.
"A's eliminated?" E guessed unsurely, but was met with a thumbs up from B.
B then pointed over at K, and made the A motion again.
"You wanna eliminate K?" F guessed, which B then met with 2 thumbs up.
"I dunno, he's pretty good at challenges," E shrugged, with F nodded in agreement to.
B simply put his head into his hands and let out a frustrated sigh after realising this was all for nothing.
"Congrats on winning last challenge," H smiled at L.
"Thanks!" L smiled back. "And thanks for cheering me on, no one else there would even consider doing it," her smile fell down to a slight frown as she spoke.
"No worries," H replied. "They were all way too quick to judge you from 1 mistake. I'm sure you can prove them wrong,"
L smiles came right back as he said that. "I can dream," she said with a slight chuckle.
"You're the only person on the team to win us a challenge so far, you can definitely do this," H assured her.
"Thank you," L said with a massive smile across her face.
C, who had been planning on asking the 2 if they needed help, overheard that conversation and just decided to walk off.
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"Well now I just feel sad." C stated awkwardly.
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C then moved over to the last member of the team that they hadn't spoken to yet; K.
"Hey, K. Do you need any help with the challenge?" C asked him.
"Uh, yeah, I'm kind of struggling with this." K shrugged in response.
C looked to the part of the drawing K was working on, the right paw, only to see the most horrific drawing they'd ever seen, worse than anything any 4 year old had ever made.
"Oh- Wow-" C said in disbelief. "That's... fixable..." they said unsurely. "With the world's largest eraser." they muttered under their breath.
"Huh?" K asked, having not heard what they said.
"Er, nothing." they lied. "You just need to eraser this bit" they continued, gesturing to K's entire panel.
"All of it?" he asked.
"Mhm..." they gave him a weak thumbs up
"Helpful..." he muttered angrily, erasing everything he'd drawn for the challenge so far
"I can, uh, help you once you finish getting rid of this though..!" C offered.
"Sure..." K muttered.
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"That went great..." C said through their gritted teeth.
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"Did you 3 hear what L said?" M asked to D, I and J.
"...No? Why did you hear what she said, she's all the way over there," J replied looking confused, pointing at L on the other side of the canvas.
"Doesn't matter. Anyways-" M replied, getting weird looks from all 3, specifically J. "She actually thinks she can be useful!" they exclaimed with a laugh.
"Didn't she win last challenge though?" D objected, receiving a massive scowl from M.
"Oh you're one to talk." M spat back.
"I was just saying, jeez..." D eyerolled.
"We need to make sure she gets out before she messes things up for us again." M told their alliance.
"Sabotage?" J questioned.
"No, of course not, idiot." M snarked, J glaring at her in response. "I meant vote her out after she inevitably makes us lose."
"...You want to vote out L after she makes us lose... so that she gets out before she makes us lose something?" J tried to put together the pieces of M's plan with extreme confusion.
"Don't talk to me like I'm stupid." M spat.
"You are though." J shrugged, which D gave a slight nod of agreement to.
"Shut up, you know what I meant." she eyerolled.
"No, we really don't," D objected.
"You only just joined this alliance and you're already on thin ice." M sneered.
"Boohoo," D mockingly made a fake cry gesture, while staring M directly in the eyes.
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"Who would've guessed that when he isn't making out with P, D's actually sufferable," J mused. "Definitely more sufferable than I and M, that's for certain.
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"You're lucky I'm in a good mood today," M told D threateningly.
"This is you in a good mood?" He replied in shock. "You must be intolerable when you're angry," he teased, which I and J both snickered at.
"Do you really think you can just join this alliance and then start insulting the leader?" M sneered at him.
"Wait wait wait." J interrupted. "What do you mean, leader?"
"I mean he's insulting the leader, me," M explained.
"Oh, you are not the leader." J objected. "I was literally the one in charge in the spelling challenge."
"Well I was the first one to talk to either of you." M defended back. "If it weren't for me, we would've never became an alliance!"
"So speaking to someone equals creating an alliance now!?" J sneered back.
"Uhm, neither of you are the leader." I interjected. "I'm the prettiest one, I'm obviously the leader."
"The prettiest one?" J questioned, looking her up and down. "Yeah, no."
"If we're going on prettiness, then I'm clearly the leader!" M cut in.
"We aren't going based off prettiness!" J cried.
"Yes we are!" I cried back.
"I don't know why you're campaigning for something you'd lose," J sneered.
"EXCUSE ME!?" I cried. "I AM SO MUCH PRETTIER THAN EITHER OF YOU WILL EVER BE."
"Are you kidding?" M spat. "I'm way prettier than you, you troll."
"TROLL!?" I yelled, infuriated. "YOU'RE THE TROLL YOU UGLY LITTLE-"
The scene cut away from I, J and M's argument over to P watching their argument. He noticed that D wasn't part of it, and was instead awkwardly staring at the 3 as they yelled at each other. So he waved at him to get his attention, then pointed at a spot away from the challenge, which D nodded to, and the 2 both snuck away from their teams unnoticed.
"I messed up big time." P confessed.
"What's wrong? What happened?" D asked worriedly.
"I tried to lead my team in the challenge so they would think I'm useful and not vote me out, but then Z said if we lost then the team would vote me out and they all agreed and I'm not doing a good job at leading and I think we're gonna lose and then I'm gonna get eliminated!" P blurted out.
"Babe, relax," D comforted him. "You're an amazing artist, you can definitely win this. Trust yourself,"
"I know, I know, but I just don't know how to lead the team..." P sighed. "I should've just done the challenge normally."
"Hey, you'll be okay. If you do well on the challenge alone, they won't want to vote you out," D reassured.
"But what if they do!" P panicked. "I just... don't know..." he sighed.
"Y'know, if you're so worried about this, I could throw the challenge for you," D told him.
"Daniel... thank you but I don't wanna make you do that, I don't want you to get out just to save me," P smiled sadly.
"Don't worry, I have an idea that'll make sure I'm good. Plus, I'd rather risk getting out myself then let you get out," D smiled.
"And I'd rather risk getting out than having you get out for me," P replied.
"Don't worry, Parker, I've got this," D reassured him. "Love you," he smiled, kissing P on the cheek.
"Love you too," P smiled back, kissing D on the lips.
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"If M hates L so much, if I make her mess things up, she should be gone, and Parker will be okay," D explained to the camera.
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D snuck back to his team, to find I, J and M all still arguing with each other about who was their alliance leader.
"Can you 3 shut up?" D eyerolled. "Why does the alliance need a leader anyways?"
"Because! Because-" J trailed off. "Because..."
"I don't know, I just wanted to prove I was the hottest," I shrugged.
"You still aren't." J told her bluntly.
"Yes I am!" I objected.
"You aren't because I'm right here," M interjected.
"Just stop." D snarked.
"Thanks for recognising my beauty," I smirked.
"I'm not, this is just stupid," D eyerolled.
"Agreed." J concurred. "If we're gonna argue about who's leader, it shouldn't be about hotness,"
"Or we can just not have a leader because it doesn't matter," D suggested.
"Ugh, fine." J eyerolled, which M and I also reluctantly agreed to.
"15 minutes left, contestants!" 8 announced to the teams over the speaker.
M looked down at the first panel he was working on, and noticed he hadn't even started his second panel yet. "...Shi-"
"Well we definitely need to start colouring now." J told his alliance.
D turned around to face L and asked her, "Hey could you get some paint?"
"M-me?" she stuttered.
"Uh, yeah?" he replied.
"Oh, uh, okay sure-!" she exclaimed, getting up to get some paint.
"Why would you ask her to get it?" M sneered.
"Does it matter?" D snarked, causing M to roll his eyes.
"Here's the paint D!" L smiled at him, walking over the canvas, before D slyly stuck out his foot, tripping her over.
She yelped as she tripped, falling on her face, dropping the paint can she was carrying, the paint spilling all over her teams canvas.
"OH CRAP!" she cried in panic after realising what she'd done, all 10 of her teammates now looking at what she'd done; Almost every part of the canvas had red paint covering over it, especially the 4 middle parts of the canvas.
"I'M SO SO SORRY, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, I DIDN'T MEAN TO." L apologised frantically.
"Typical Lola." M stood up and walked over to where L was lying on the floor. "You've always been a failure, and finally everyone else here can see it." she spat.
"I- I didn't mean too!" she stuttered.
"That doesn't matter." M eyerolled. "What matters is that now that everyone here knows just how much of an utter screw-up you are, you're finally done for." they spat. "I'm glad tonight you'll finally be gone and I won't have to put up with you for another second."
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"My god, M's more threatening than I thought," J noted.
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"Oh, that's unfortunate..." Coral commented to the Squirrels, walking over from the side lines. "Would you want to keep trying or do you forfeit?"
"Thanks to Lola, we have no chance of winning." M glared at L, whose face was filled with guilt. "I say we forfeit."
"Seconded." J backed up.
"Thirded," I added, getting a weird look from J.
"Agreed," D continued, ignoring I.
"Alright then," Coral nodded, walking over to between the 2 teams. "Attention!" she cried, trying to get the teams attention, but not being heard.
"Let me." Penelope interrupted. "DOLPHINS. SQUIRRELS." she yelled at the top of her voice, before disappearing behind Coral.
"Hi teams! An unfortunate accident has caused the Squirrels to forfeit the challenge, meaning the Dolphins win immunity!" Coral announced to the teams, causing the Dolphins to all start cheering, minus P, who looked over at the team, locking eyes with D, who winked at him.
"Squirrels, sorry but one of you has to go home tonight..." Coral frowned at the losing team.
"I wonder who that will be." M scowled over at L, who was starting to tear up now.
"I didn't mean to..." L breathed tearily.
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"I should've known last challenge was too good to be true..." L sighed. "Mina's right, I really am just a failure." she said, tears falling down her eyes.
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The scene cut to the Screaming Squirrels eating in the mess hall in painful silence.
"So..." C nervously tried to start a conversation.
"I thought we all already agreed on L, she completely screwed us over." M interjected. "Just like she's screwed up everything else in her life."
"Just because she lost the challenge doesn't mean you have to be such a jerk." H scowled at M.
"If she didn't want me to be a jerk to her, maybe she shouldn't suck so much." M spat.
"M this is really unnecessary." K growled.
"No, she has a point," I objected. "L is just pathetic. She's crying because she tripped over her own feet, she seriously needs to get a life." she sneered.
The welling tears in L's eyes finally burst, and she started crying and darted out of the dining hall, leaving the other 10 Squirrels sitting there, awkwardly.
"I, you really crossed a line." H spat, getting up from the table to go after L.
"Yeah, that was messed up," K agreed.
"I didn't lie, she needed to hear it." I defended herself.
"Agreed." M nodded.
"Of course you do." K snapped.
The episode cut to H looking for L, before finding her sitting behind one of the cabins, sobbing into her knees.
"Hey..." he greeted, walking over. "Are you okay?"
"No..." she whispered. "I really thought I'd improved last challenge, but Mina's right... I am just a failure." she let out a strangled sob.
"Hey, you aren't a failure," H comforted. "All you did was trip, it was a mistake, we all make them. Don't blame yourself."
"But I make mistakes all the time!" L cried. "It's no longer just a coincidence! I can't do anything without messing it up!"
"You can't keep listening to what M, N and O say to you. You've got talent, don't act like you don't," he smiled.
"But they're right! If I had talent, I would've realised by now. Just vote me out." She muttered.
"No matter what, I'm not voting you out, Lola." H told her.
"...Fine. Do whatever you want." L sighed.
After L ran away from the dining hall, the other members of the Squirrels split off to talk to their alliances.
"So... who do we vote?" F questioned to B and E.
"No idea..." E trailed off, which B nodded his head to. "L cost us the challenge but I was a total jerk."
"Yeah..." F nodded in agreement.
"Well this was a pointless meeting," E remarked.
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B sat in the confessional and gave a confused shrug.
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"This isn't an easy vote, both I and L have reason to go," C mused.
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"L's my friend, I'm not voting her, even if she wants me to," H stated.
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"I can't wait to see L's pathetic little butt finally walk out the game." M smirked.
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"Squirrels, Squirrels, welcome back!" 8 greeted the 11 person team. "I was hoping I wouldn't see you again so soon, but I guess loss is your best friend." she smirked.
"For one of us it is..." M muttered.
"I have 10 marshmallows on this plate," 8 told the group. "If you receive a marshmallow your safe. I can tell stakes are already high enough here, so I'll skip the questions and cut straight to the marshmallows. The first marshmallow goes to..."
The 11 sat in nervous silence as 8 drew out the dramatic silence.
"C," she said, passing the marshmallow to the nerd.
"B," she continued, as B claimed his marshmallow.
"F, H and E," the 3 all claimed their marshmallow.
"J, D, K..." she trailed off as the 3 collected marshmallows.
"...and M." she finished, as they collected the penultimate marshmallow.
"I, L. Both of you messed up today." 8 told the bottom 2.
"What did I even do!?" I objected.
"I was getting to it." 8 grimaced through gritted teeth. "L, you messed up the challenge, and caused your team to lose, right after winning them the last challenge."
L didn't respond to 8, she just looked down at the floor sadly.
"I, you insulted L really personally," 8 said, turning to face her.
"And M hasn't?" I snapped. "I just told her the truth anyways, don't blame me for putting her in her place."
"Only one of you can be safe from elimination tonight," 8 told the two. "The final marshmallow of the night goes to...
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...L." 8 passed the final marshmallow to L.
"WHAT!?" I and L cried in confused unison.
"I, it's your time to go." 8 told her.
"Uh, no it isn't!" I objected. "There's no way I'm out instead of L! She made us lose, all I did was point it out!"
"I voted myself too." L added quietly.
"Well, I's out, 6 votes to 5. Nothing I can do to change it," 8 shrugged.
"Ugh, fine, this show doesn't deserve someone as perfect as me anyways." I scowled, puffing her chest up angrily as she walked off.
M turned to face L and said. "You're going to regret surviving this elimination." he spat.
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"I don't care about this stupid show!" I folded her arms angrily. "If they don't value me and my perfection, then they don't deserve me!" she scowled.
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"And with I gone, L lives another day, taking down one of M's allies alongside her," 8 spoke to the camera. "Will L live another day now that her self confidence is in the gutter? Will D's cheating be caught? And will P manage to stay in good books with his team?" she asked the camera. "Find out next episode on Total! Alphabet! Drama!" she raised her arms as the camera panned out
A/N: wowie kabowie wowie wowie
yes, i know that I's elimination was kinda forced. i didnt know how to take her out, so i took a cheap route of her insulting someone = big bad grrr :(
also, yes im aware that the dolphins didnt get much screentime this episode, they got more focus last time, so now its the squirrels time for some development, specifically for the L and M drama
i also tried to give some more personality to C, D and P, who are probably 3 of the most underdeveloped characters so far, and i hope next episode i can continue to give them more focus, and expand on the last few underdeveloped character
im also hoping to get next episode out a LOT sooner than this one, we're nearing the 1 year anniversary and this is only episode 5, so im hoping to get out at least 2 more episodes before May 15th
hope you guys enjoyed this episode, it was super fun to write despite the writers block, so, see you fucks next time!
-Lily
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