Total Drama X: Winter Warriors
Episode 15: Chris' Carnival Chaos
One challenge done and two more people will leave, that means it's a good time to party in the carnival thanks to the fact that Popeye somehow left last episode despite the extremely dubious accusations of Taskmaster.
Oh well, it's never a good time to party in this season! Don't tell that to Chris because he's going to make them party wherever they like it or not.
Also, the fact that it's the merge doesn't help and Happy New Year!
Goodguygary: Yeah, that excuse isn't gonna fly, especially when a good chunk of the competition basically disproves the desperate accusations. I promise the merge will be chaotic.
StaticShock01: Story of many TD crossovers, this one not included and I do find it kinda funny that you read this one.
"Last time on Total Drama X, the campers went to war with Chef, who was hosting for me in lieu of me getting the award for 'Best Reality Show' and no, it was a big deal! Anywho, both teams basically shot a lot of paint at each other like it was D-Day and there was a lot of good shots, good snipes and good shotgun blasts! MK and Mamizou won for their team against Popeye with a little bit of that secret sauce and thanks to him losing against those ladies and you know, the spinaching, he was booted from the dudes!"
Chris just visibly pouted for an obvious reason.
"I kinda missed the elimination, but I had to give a speech to some of the world's most famous people out there. What did I get inspired by my fellow thespians and acrobats? Find out on TOTAL DRAMA: WINTER WARRIORS!"
21 contestants, almost the same as it was from the season that started all this madness seventeen years ago and these guys were the cream of the crop from this season at least.
Also in an unrelated manner, Puss, Spider-Punk and Sticks were sharing a moment between for one reason.
"I'm going to miss Senor Popeye." Puss said. "He was a man's man."
"I believe it." Spider-Punk stated. "But he did some good in the world, he really exposed that alliance for what it was. A bunch of autocrats thinking that they're the G for messing with votes."
"Ay...what's an autocrat?"
"Somebody who wants all of the power in the country. Like a robot and a alien teaming up to cause trouble!" Sticks shouted. "They're deadly together, I promise."
Puss and Spider-Punk just shook their heads.
"Man, it kinda sucks that we have to do this in secret. And I find it kinda hard to believe that we're not all aliens."
"Okay, but how!" Puss said. "Just because we're all not from here?"
"It counts."
The trio were in deep decision, as Mamizou just jumped right into the situation with a surprise and many weapons that were pointed her way, well only two of them really.
"Actually, she can join the she-bang of anti-government sentiment!" Sticks shouted.
"That is not much of a name for an counter-villainous alliance, but regardless, I am willing to help all of you on your quest to figure out Robotnik, Bowser and Medic-"
"Yeah, we know. Wait, weren't you a cheater last time I checked?" Puss asked. "And in an alliance yourself."
"Yes, but it was only for the advantage. In games like this, you do need an ally to avoid painting a target on yourself!" Mamizou explained. "And MK's too big of one."
"Listen, if you wanna backstab her, do it yourself. No amount of leche or money will convince any of us to do-"
Mamizou put her head on Puss' mouth.
"That is not what I want to do. Helping you eliminate those scoundrels is what I want to do, so I will give you this."
Puss and Sticks were listening.
"You better do it soon, lest the villains try to recruit MK and become unstoppable, considering their game." Mamizou said.
*Spider-Punk's confessional*
The spider-guy was excited.
"Brah, something tells me that MK's gonna boy it and join up with the villains herself, but I don't give much of a scooby about her at the moment."
*Confessional cut*
In the cafeteria, things were very different.
"I did not know that Mr. Hatchet could make food this delectable!" Jasmine shouted. "Even if it's greasy."
"Come on, Jasmine, some food is just like that. We've got the good crap, no need to worry about anything else-"
Ermes could see that 21 was chomping at the food.
"-Jeez, android, I didn't know that you were that hungry."
"Well, it's a part of my biology that I would have liked to have changed, but I really cannot." 21 answered. "Do you really think this makes me look more embarrassing?"
"Listen, I don't give a single damn. I'm not a romance expert."
21 was surprised by Ermes' bluntness, as the rest of the team were munching down on the good extras more carefully than the android and were running on a high.
"Whoa, Popeye was a good man. I'm gonna miss him." Undyne said. "He fought like a real awesome human, as he should have!"
"Maybe the guys are thinking about strategy and uh, are you crying?" Orphan Emma cried.
"No, these tears are from compensation."
"You mean condensation?" Orphan Emma raised an eyebrow.
Undyne was in tears, 21 was chowing down and Sakura wasn't really surprised by the way that these two were acting.
*Sakura's confessional*
She had some speculation.
"I don't even think that Popeye was sexist and from what I heard, the other team doesn't really like Robotnik for that stupid move. Wonder why he did it, though."
*Confessional cut*
The guys were notably more split than usual thanks to Robotnik pulling up a bad excuse and some of the guys having more reasonable motives for the Popeye vote.
"Look, Robotnik, was Popeye really a sexist guy? I'm not accusing you of anything, I just wanna know if he was one or not." Joe questioned, getting a little suspicious.
"That I don't really know, but what I do know is that he wouldn't really go the full mile for this challenge." Robotnik stated.
"But what does punching a woman in the throat have to do with paintball?"
"Uh, it could have worked."
Joe could only stare and squint at his compatriot.
"I don't know if that's a smart move, bucko, it's only a paintball challenge and those ladies would shoot you easily." Joe said. "Also, what does sexism have to do with that?"
"It is a wise move, you just don't understand, you don't get my drift." Robotnik said. "And he was a strong threat, anyways."
"You could've just said that instead of throwing some crap around."
The two of them knew that something was up and Bowser was sweating for obvious reasons.
"Well, that was a reasonable assumption at the time since he is an old-fashioned fellow compared to someone like me with all of my technology! I'm rather serious about respect-"
"Okay, shut up, you're not that serious about sexism!" Spider-Punk stated. "Blud's talking like he's not in an alliance."
Robotnik was stunned, Joe was getting more and more suspicious and the team was starting to stare at him.
"Yo, Medic, him, Taskmaster and Bowser, they were flipping around the votes two times and they straight up had targets like proper villains. That stuff about Monoma being in an alliance, all lies!"
Robotnik tried to take a swipe at Spider-Punk, who just slapped his hand.
"This Robotnik fella, yeah, was trying to get you men in his favour, for his alliance. My guy over here waffled about Popeye and came up with some stupid plan-"
"-COME ON, ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN TO ME OR SOME PUNK!"
"Show's over, Robotnik." Puss landed on the table. "You got a nice game, but it blew up like a firework!"
Tengen and Manolo were both surprised at the randomly-timed reveal, as Joe and Robotnik could only glare at each other for some reason.
"Hey, whoa, whoa, I was helping Ken get his girl! And we might have done stuff."
Bowser realised he gave the game away, as Ken felt betrayed.
"Who's we, big turtle guy?" Puss asked. "The team or your band of cabrons?"
"No way that you swore in Spanish, that's messed up!"
Literally everyone felt the commotion in the cafeteria, as it was quite the opportune time for epic reveals, Sticks looked quite pleased with herself and Mamizou even more so.
MK was flabbergasted at the chaos that was about to ensue in front of her, as a villainous rivalry got lit up like a molotov cocktail finally hitting its target.
"I'll just head to the toilet and accept my defeat." Medic whimpered.
"Yeah, that's a pretty unflashy way to play the game. You didn't even need to sabotage Monoma, he was going out anyway." Tengen scolded him. "So unflashy, man."
Medic then did a sprint to the bathroom, Bowser was sweating bricks and Joe and Robotnik were having a staredown.
"The cat's out of the bag and uh, you probably faked my friendship! YOU BETTER ANSWER FOR YOUR WORDS!" Joe shouted.
"Yes, all of that strategic junk was true and sometimes, it actually helps to have a friend of sorts...turns out that you just had to find out the hard way." Robotnik explained himself. "To be honest, you would have made a good ally."
"You better stand down." Joe threatened. "Do you think I'm dumb."
"Do you wanna know?"
Bowser could see this going one way.
"Yes."
*Bowser's confessional*
"The weird part is that this alliance essentially done if we don't change up our game because Robotnik threw me under the bus. We had it and then he had to insinuate that Popeye was sexist, even though the thing he proposed was a dumb idea." He growled. "WHY DID HE DO THAT!"
*Confessional cut*
Joe and Robotnik were throwing a few blows.
"I think they know now." Jasmine noticed flatly.
Joe somehow managed to pull off a sidewinder.
"Look, I'm gonna try and stop this stupid feud!"
"The feud's for a reasonable reason-"
Robotnik wasn't expecting Jasmine to actually leap in and throw a punch the both of them and landed on the floor, her fist stuck on the floor.
"Well, now look at what you did!" Joe was offended.
"Uh, she did that on her own accord."
Robotnik gained a bruised cheek, as Joe kept on pummeling into him and Jasmine got herself unstuck and actually managed to separate them.
"As the only princess in this terrible snowy camp, you two should stop fighting for your own team!" Jasmine was struggling to push the two guys. "Robotnik, why did you fake the votes against us!"
"DAMN, YOU WERE PROJECTING?!" Joe screamed. "POPEYE'S NO SEXIST!"
"Yeah, he didn't hold back." Sticks admitted. "Robotnik did mess with the votes, though-"
"Sticks, no!"
"What, it's the truth."
Joe and Robotnik were having a brawl and surprisingly, Joe was easily winning.
"FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!" A lot of the contestants were cheering.
Robotnik got in a good swing, as Manolo cringed.
"OHHHH, somebody stop him!" Puss cheered.
"What's wrong with you guys?!" Manolo jumped across the table.
Joe and Robotnik were about to make their final blows, when Manolo slid right in between the two of them to stop their fists from hitting each other, surprisingly that worked very well.
"This fight is wrong. Robotnik, I don't know why you cheated against them and lied about your own teammates, but no matter the reason that was very wrong and Joe, please stop fighting him, we're gonna vote him out!" Manolo had an off-hand speech. "Joe, we'll be behind you no matter what."
Robotnik struggling to get out of Manolo's hand wasn't surprising really, as Joe was let go and stubbornly grunted in frustration of not punching the life out of the mad scientists.
*Undyne's confessional*
She looked surprised.
"Dang, I didn't know it could get that serious on Total Drama." She looked surprised. "Alphys, it really got real like one of those animes. Or the pinball challenge."
*Confessional cut*
Somebody else clapped, drinking in the drama.
"Nicely done, Manolo. You know how to make a team stronger, dude, that's awesome!"
Robotnik looked confused, Joe wasn't surprised and Manolo felt like he was acknowledged.
"Thank you, Senor McLean." Manolo said.
"Yep, glad that there's no fight! I feel like you deserve a reward of sorts for all of your hard work!"
Manolo slowly started to realize that Chris giving compliments always meant something bad was right behind it.
"Arctic Amazonians, Striking Snowmen! Both teams will be no more from this day one and seriously, your flags aren't burnt and you campers don't have to move your luggage."
"Is it because we'll both still be in the same cabins?" Robotnik asked, holding back Joe.
"Absolutely. Campers, follow me to burn your flags and if you wanna be left behind, you're going to taste more of Chef's extra special stuff." Chris announced. "For the record, there's gonna be no fighting!"
"And that is all for the better, because I do have things outside of fighting." 21 specified. "It can't be that bad."
Chef dropped down a good bunch of slop that felt a little familiar to a few people.
"The smell of that has to be worth some Scoville Units!"
"I remember watching that challenge. Let's go, gals!"
Both teams got up at the smell of the reddish slop, packed full of spicy stuff and peppers that have names that only a spice connoisseur would appreciate.
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The campers were sent on their way and were discussing the implications of such an early merge.
"Damn, there's still a lot of people to cut out of the competition! I could really use this!" MK said with some relief.
"Yeah, I know, your cheating butt should be very lucky that we're not teammates. But you're gonna get the full force of me!" Undyne declared.
"Hah, I'd like to see you try!"
As for Emma, she was rather cognizant of one thing.
"Yay, I made it to the merge! Anyone can help me out?"
"Sure, just get some friends together." Ermes spoke up. "You should be fine!"
"Alright, let's go!"
Orphan Emma could only walk towards the two hosts, who were showing a whole beer keg fire pit and their teams' flags, along with something else that was much bigger than the flag-burning apparatus.
"IS THAT A CARNIVAL!" Manolo screamed.
"Actually, it's more of a circus, which is better!" Orphan Emma couldn't hide her excitement.
While half the cast were excited at the prospect of a whole carnival, the other half were a little more apprehensive about the challenge and what other surprises that he was cooking.
"Guys, guys, one at a time! First, the ceremony of burnt flags."
Chef hit a drum, two random interns throwing the team flags towards Undyne and Joe.
"Undyne, Joe, y'all better step up over here." Chef commanded, the two of them waking up with their own flags. "You two know what it's like to be in the heat of the competition and the rest of y'all better be ready for each other!"
Undyne and Joe dumped their flags into the bucket.
"Okay, Chef, that was touching and all, but we better address the elephant in the room or the carnival on the straw! WELCOME TO THE DRAMA CARNIVAL, A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA SEE THINGS THAT NO MAN OR WOMAN USUALLY GETS TO SEE, within reason, AND HAVE FUN!"
The campers were floored by Chris being able to shout this loud naturally, right before the host coughed and pulled out a megaphone.
"But the twist is that all of you guys are gonna be the acts that will make unusual things and impress our panel of judges that will not reveal until it's time to perform! And you have three hours to show off your best circus acts and once it's time, the four judges that includes moi will score ya up to 40 points."
Chris just ignored the boos and complaints that were coming from most of the contestants.
"Like in other places, you can pair up to get a better chance of making the better act and the top ten get immunity and the ticket to THE TOTAL DRAMA CARNIVAL! Anyways, now that the 22 of you are here together, we should be good."
The contestants were chuffed and they went through the very big and very obvious "CONTESTANT ENTRANCE" with someone else that actually noticed the number.
"Wait, 22? You know another android?" Ken asked.
"Not really and Chris wouldn't know to do that kind of nomenclature. Somebody definitely came back and I do have a decent theory as to who it is." Android 21 stated.
"Is he an android, 21?"
"No, I'm the only android in this season."
Ken shrugged, as Android 21 didn't look that impressed.
"Honestly, they would be redundant, too."
"No-one cares about that, you're a smart hot chick." Ermes dismissed the boast.
*Ratigan's confessional*
He was actually offended.
"I cannot believe that I got shoved to the side just because I wanted to get a little help from a fellow strategist and catch her on her special act. Well, more importantly, there is someone that needs to know what happened to their game."
*Confessional cut*
21 players (and another who was yet to be revealed) were readying their own acts, wherever they were practical acts or once-in-a-lifetime type art inside of one of the giant tents.
"I respect him for not pretending that this isn't an artificial island." Emma said.
"What are you talking about, it doesn't look that artificial-"
Jasmine looked at the metal plating under the massive bunch of straw.
"How did you catch that?"
"I kinda just explore the forest on my own!" Emma shouted. "When there's no crazy animals around and uh, I've seen stuff moving around."
"Nice, did you ever see MK?"
Emma scratched the back of her head.
"Nope."
All of a sudden, a foghorn sounded that came from nowhere, courtesy of the host with the most.
"Alright, we've finally got the returnee and I swear I saw him talk with some bat, but he is back and he was indeed, the first boot of this season!"
Jasmine's eyes flared in surprise to see a familiar face with such a dapper outfit, the top hat, black cape with a red lining and cane.
"Professor Ratigan AKA giant mouse criminal AKA he is the same size as all of you now. Have fun with him!"
Chris then immediately left to organise the finishing up of the carnival tests.
"Well, this was rather awkward for my re-introduction and honestly, for such a man, I would say that the host must have been particularly busy. Besides, I am now at my rightful size to compete amongst all of you fellows!" Ratigan finished the introduction job.
"Well, I'm not gonna let you wreck the competition, you rat guy." Tengen casually remarked. "That being said, you're a pretty flashy guy."
Ratigan tried to grab Tengen's neck, the ninja putting the nunchuck blades on him.
"Hey, save it for the challenge."
"Yes, I actually have much more important matters to attend to and the likelihood that you wouldn't know it is low." Ratigan rebutted angrily. "Besides, my talents only need a refresher instead of you having to find one."
"Good call, man."
Tengen and Ratigan clearly didn't like each other, as the other players that had their own place to practice were watching the interaction with wonder.
"Damn, how do you think Robotnik's gonna survive this challenge?" Sticks hypothesized with a snarl.
"Medic's gonna need to do a double-shift the way that my rat's looking at him." Spider-Punk stated. "Blud's life is up."
"True, but I fear that the aliens are gonna help him."
"What did I just say-okay, okay."
Bowser was just blowing some breath on random standees.
"Uh, is this all you have!"
"Nope, I'm just really freaking MAD!"
The standees went up in flame.
"I like it when I waste this host's money. THAT'S FOR BOWSER JR., YOU JERK!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down. Ze host is not worth it."
*Spider-Punk's confessional*
He shook his head.
"This is what happens when people know the truth and also when an alliance collapses. The villains just shout at each other, the heroes tie themselves in knots and random fellows just watch the drama go down, basically standard reality show bidness."
*Confessional cut*
The whole game seemingly flipped on its head, as Ramona and MK could attest with all of the notable arguments.
"So, you made it to the merge twice?" Ramona asked.
"Yeah, good times for me. Why the heck are you crowding me, though?"
"Because I feel like messing up at the merge definitely hurts my game and...yeah, that's it."
"Respect some honesty. Still doesn't answer my question, though."
Ramona was thinking about it, right before Ratigan swiped at Robotnik and she finally had the chance to speak about her own real reason.
"Do you know how to build skate stuff?" Ramona said.
MK blinked.
"I dunno if swinging hammers around would count as a real circus act and the only other thing I got is just teleporting."
"I'll see what I can do."
As for the rat, the robotist and the third wheel with a shell, it wasn't exactly a fun time.
"Do you know how embarrassing this for someone of your intelligence and strategic caliber?! And you let it slip because you assumed that people would accept that the blasted sailor was any kind of sexist and did not think of ramifications of such a move!" Ratigan ranted, carefully skulking around the now scared Robotnik.
"Yes, yes, I thought they would accept the deed, it's not an implausible motive for elimination and not to mention, Popeye was a prime target for elimination." Robotnik argued calmly. "Honestly, it was more of a temporary setback than anything."
Ratigan then forcefully grasped one of Robotnik's self-made sentries and he didn't manage to crush them, just break the side of them, these two figured something out simultaneously.
"Maybe it truly is a temporary setback." Ratigan accepted, having just offloaded an absurd amount of rage. "But I assure you, being wary of the rest of these competitors is smart."
"Yeah, my strategy is based all around the knowledge the rest of the remaining campers have. Us smart guys gotta fight our way out of the corner." Robotnik surmised. "And through elucidation, we will win."
Bowser and Medic looked a little pissed at how obvious they were making their alliance.
"Guys, guys, keep it down, you can't make it too loud. We're about to be toast to guys that really like toast." Bowser whispered to them.
"Ja, but it's not how I vould put it." Medic complimented the Koopa.
"I miss having toast and an edible breakfast." Bowser grumbled. "And I feel like one of us could get cut."
"Well, zhere is no reason to cut any of us, especially since we do have a strategic advantage." Medic reassured. "Especially not me, an honest man!"
Bowser, Ratigan and Robotnik looked at him with a little bit of revulsion.
"I did my part!"
*Medic's confessional*
He had a gnawing thought.
"I would've voted against ze rat back then...is this all because I voted against ze rat?! Said rat couldn't even sabotage without getting caught, I had a fair reason for my vote."
*Ratigan's confessional*
His smile was as wide as he was calm.
"I wouldn't blame him for his vote. But there is someone that could easily replace him within the game that would balk at the sight of four men, one that does love their cheats!"
*Confessional cut*
As for other acts, it wasn't too good.
"Look, I'm doing this solo, wherever you like it or not." Mamizou proclaimed. "I have many talents, it's not best to underestimate you."
"Okay, that's great and all, but check this out!"
Ashido leaped right into her handstand and spun on her head several times, before she leaped right back into standing.
"That is quite the neat move, but it will not be compared to mine." Mamizou replied, impressed with that breakdance. "For what a tanuki does, may seem like magic to someone like you."
"That's awesome! I wanna see some magic."
"A magician never reveals her secrets and organising it takes time."
Ashido then just saw her left without a proper explanation, as she definitely had an act for the game and Manolo pulled up with the guitar, the two guys being a little bit musical.
"I really liked your dancing, Ashido!" Manolo said. "Maybe we could help each other."
"What's your style, Manolo? What's your deal?" Ashido asked.
"Ay, nothing, just wanted to trust a lady. Just a guy with a heart."
Ashido was a little skeptical, as the guy started playing his music.
*Manolo's confessional*
"I'm starting to think that maybe these ladies don't really hate us. Aside from Robotnik and his friends, hatred's too strong of a word for someone that will definitely lose soon." He spoke honestly.
*Confessional cut*
Joe and Undyne had one reason for teaming up.
Somehow that led to Joe parrying the spear that Undyne and then throwing it back at her.
"He played me like a damn fool!" Joe swore. "He messed with your votes!"
"Yeah, sounds like a really big jerk. Don't worry, we'll kick his ass together." Undyne said.
"Thanks, Undyne, can't believe I got tricked by a bald guy!"
These two just kept on practicing their solid kicks and spear swings.
"No freakin'' way that you're keeping up with me on a wheelchair!" Undyne shouted, sweating a little bit. "I can tell you're kinda like me."
"DAMN RIGHT, I CAN FIGHT!"
These two enjoyed each other's time having a little bit of fun recreating a typical action-movie fight and also, they noticed a surprise that wasn't nearly as welcome, just by giving a side-eye to the only notable couple currently in the game.
They were dancing, actually it was mostly Ken teaching an android to dance, who was back in her pink-skinned crop-top form, Joe staring right at him.
"Hey, get your own privacy!" 21 shouted. "I'm just trying to get my boyfriend to teach me to d-"
"21, calm down, no need to get beached up on this!" Ken beckoned. "We can beat these two easily!"
Undyne and Joe were both gobsmacked by the couples' snipes.
"YOUR GIRLFRIEND MAY BE STRONG, BUT WE'RE BOTH STRONG!" Joe screamed.
"Yeah, you're gonna regret motivating us! We're gonna be a solid team." Undyne said.
"That's cool, I like the competition!" 21 had quite the "normal" smile.
*Undyne's confessional*
"One minute she's like a mom with a degree in science things, next thing she's like an evil mom with a degree in fighting." She complimented. "Damn, she's good."
*Confessional cut*
A couple of hours later and the practicing got into full-swing thanks to everyone either having their acts solidified or the actual stage that got shoved inside the carnival tent got used to further refine their acts.
Mostly.
"Listen, the can-openers were a way for my Eggman to take over the village, this guy had can-openers and truly imagined all of that stuff today! He wouldn't do it because I'd be fighting back against them!"
Sticks just up on stage.
"Sticks, I've had enough, lemme do my business." Bowser growled.
"-And those robots that I thought would take over the world, didn't, how amazing is that?"
"Yeah, that's great and all, but-"
Bowser threw Sticks off-stage and somehow jumped on the piano, nearly instantly.
"But check this out!"
Sticks and Medic were in awe at how fast Bowser got to singing his sorrows about the princess that he practically kidnapped on a yearly basis, going full soprano on it.
I'd insert Peaches, but that wasn't very important.
"I can't believe he vould just throw you off-stage!" Medic exclaimed.
"That doesn't sound too unbelievable, you were just rambling about random technologies being part of a conspiracy." Sakura said. "I have no idea what the consipracy was, by the way."
"IT'S ABOUT THE TRUTH, SAKURA, THE TRUTH!"
Sakura backed away, as Medic couldn't help but stare in awe at the hopelessly evil romantic and the conspiratorial badger hero in their completely contrasting energy.
"You wanna listen to some more of my truth?" Sticks asked.
"Honestly, I really have nozing better, since ve're all stuck on zhis show. Bowser, what can I do?!" Medic shouted.
"I'm singing my heart out, Medic, at least be my emotional support!"
*Sakura's confessional*
She was plainly baffled at how stupid this situation was.
"Ultimate Islands was just a bunch of people fighting about stuff that I really should care about, but really don't have to care about and this season's kinda the same! The challenges are still awesome and I still like most of the people here!"
*Confessional cut*
Ashido and Puss was finally practicing together, doing their own dance steps, as Manolo was playing his guitar softly to keep it romantic for his wife and whoever wanted to be entertained by a mariachi.
"Hey, Manolo, I know you're worried about Robotnik and his fellow bad guys running the game, but I promise that we will stomp them down eventually!" Puss declared.
"Actually, I'm not really that angry. I'm just trying to singe the best song for my talent and I know that those men will lose." Manolo said. "Because they cheated."
"Yeah, it sounds like you're fine."
"Dang, you guys care about each other, huh?" Ashido asked. "That's awesome, I thought it was just shady guys."
Puss and Manolo looked baffled.
"We got cheated out of a few eliminations, I'm sorry for assuming!"
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And when the practicing was over...
...the festivities got started, the lights were moving all around and the crowd was definitely not just a bunch of cheaply-made standees and the judges were surprisingly hidden in shadows that probably make sense.
However, Chris was decked in a ringmaster's outfit.
"Ladies, gentlemen and non-binary fellows, welcome to the very first TOTAL DRAMA CARNIVAL of the ages! You will see some seriously freaky freaks, our lovable weirdos, our goofy dudes and maybe even a creep or two, who knows!"
"But first, we've gotta figure out who those faces under all of those shadows, they will be surprising as they are unexcited to be here for some reason! Aside from our master judge as always, Chef Hatchet!"
Chef waved to the crowd of standees.
"And we've got our first special judge, coming off a relationship that's clearly not working as strong as their pretty good influencer career, Emma the influencer!"
Influencer Emma just kept on waving to the standees.
"Dunno what you see in that boy." Chef asked.
"He's attractive?" Influencer Emma asked, expecting her thoughts to continue.
Nothing else came out.
"And the second special judge, yet another influencer who's lowkey a little bit nicer than she's letting on! And the new queen of mean, Julia!"
Julia kept that smile clean and pristine.
"And that's how you wave, Emma."
"I'm starting to think you do that because MK's here."
Julia got stunned into silence, as the next person bumped their shoulder.
"And the final special judge, who isn't an influencer, but he just fits the vibe of this season! Zee!"
Zee shook Emma's hand and attempted to shake Julia's.
"Dude, this is insane, I played on this crazy show and now, I'm a part of it!"
Julia rolled her eyes, Chef just accepted it and Chris shook his head happily.
"Alright, I know what you guys at home and the judges want to see! You wanna see some acts, some embarrassments, some wins on streaming and cable!"
Chris pulled out one of at least ten cards.
"First up, we got...Sticks doing something!"
Sticks stepped up like she was the president of some republic that wasn't very democratic and got tied up with America.
"So, have you ever heard of how the robots started the robot apocalypse-"
The four judges' interest wasn't exactly piqued by the start involving a whole lot of technologies that had no computer inside them...and then it got worse.
And it kept going and going and going and goin' and goin' and goin'
Chris literally put a stop sign in her face, as she was talking about how can openers could have-
"The truth never stops, okay, never stop looking for the truth!"
And Sticks left in the furore of the stop sign.
"So, how do you guys like it?"
"I feel you're the worst person ever and you do it without trying!" Emma was infuriated. "She deserves two points."
Julia and Chef already brought up zeros.
"Come on, dudes, she said all that truth with her whole heart!" Zee exclaimed, somehow giving a 6. "I have no idea what she said, but it's the truth."
"Right and so, Sticks only gets 8 points and she could be up for elimination! Second up, we've got a less weird pair of people, Ramona and MK!"
MK was just pushing two ramps to their proper distance, as Ramona got skated up.
"Well, uh, I just wanna let you know that Ramona's not a big fan of you, that's it." She introduced Ramona.
"Yeah, that sucked." Ramona said.
Ramona got her goggles on and then allowed herself the space to speed off the ramp, speeding down the straight towards the wooden ramp and she managed to fly off the ramp.
She just did a bunch of flips, so many in fact that it couldn't be counted and then she landed on the other side, trying to swing herself around to not fall down for a dirty landing.
"Haha, Ramona Flowers for you fellas!"
*Ramona's confessional*
She sighed.
"Realistically, that kinda sucked, but you know-"
*Confessional break*
The judges were giving their points.
"Eh, it could have been much worse and it was actually kinda cool."
Julia was the only one to give it a 7, since everyone else gave it a six.
"Ramona and MK, I kinda hate to say it, have got 25 points! A decent act."
*Ramona's continued confessional*
"-getting 25 points means that us two could be a functional pair. Maybe in this challenge only."
*Confessional finish*
As for other acts, there were definitely more than a few that weren't exactly shining stars of talent, one of them being Jasmine.
She introduced herself with a giant stick, basically managed to lift herself off the ground and then tried to land on the other ramp that was still set-up.
She landed inside the ramp, somehow getting back up easily from the massive hole that was formed.
"Ow, was that good?"
"And the judges say..."
Julia just gave two points, as though she wanted to be meaner.
"Wow, there's better ways to give yourself a concussion." She remarked.
The rest gave Jasmine three points each.
"...it's better than Sticks, which isn't saying much because 11 isn't much."
Sakura showcased a little bit of her Ryu-inspired karate, doing a few Hadoukens, throwing a Sho'ouken here and there and most importantly, she actually lifted the broken ramp up.
"Listen up, guys, this is how you destroy a ramp!" Sakura called out.
"Okay, but why would you say that-" Influencer Emma said.
"SHINKU HADOUKEN!"
Sakura blasted that thing to bits and surprisingly, it just went backwards like the fireball itself released its own wind and just like that, it was splinters and scrap wood.
More importantly, she had the stance down.
"Wait, hold on, there's one more in me!"
Sakura threw the other ramp, sending another-
"SHINKU TENGYO HADOUKEN!"
-up towards it and just like the hole'd up one, it broke into many pieces that seemingly blew away from the judges and then she did a deep bow.
"Not cool blowing up my junk, but it seems like Sakura did okay! The judges do say it's worth twenty-two points!"
Influencer Emma, Julia and Zee gave a six, Chef gave a four.
"Dude, she blew those ramps away!" Zee said.
"I was gonna use that for something!" Chef shouted. "So, she gets a four!"
"Sakura should be fine, but she better hope that stuff doesn't get better for her! And now, we've got the orphan Emma trying to do a little bit of parkour!"
"Aw, she's so cute!" Influencer Emma said. "Julia, if you are mean to her, I'll do something!"
"What are ya gonna do, like, eat me?" Julia mocked her.
"Hey, chill, chill, she's doing her thing right now!"
Orphan Emma was indeed, doing a whole bunch of parkour, hopping over random boxes that were already set-up thanks to interns whose names I don't care about.
She was hopping, leaping, springing across a few bars and even doing a few bar runs to try and end it off with a backflip right after all of that, which...
...could have went better than landing face-first on the ground.
"I'm fine, just hurt a little bit!" Orphan Emma was obviously grimacing. "Was that fine?"
Chef and Zee gave her a 6, Influencer Emma gave her a 5 and Julia gave her a 3.
"I guess not."
"What matters is that you tried your best despite your circumstances and it did look like you had a fun time!" Influencer Emma complimented the orphan. "Anyways, Julia-"
"What can I say? She messed up the backflip, obviously."
Orphan Emma started to feel a little dizzy.
"Alright, Emma's got 20 points, a little worse than Sakura, but could be okay. Next up, finally, we've got pairs again and it's a weird one! Ermes and Tengen, of all people-"
The orphan just upchucked something
"Kinda rude to interrupt my introductions!"
*Tengen's confessional*
The ninja had that game-winning smile.
"Listen, I know that she's in the alliance that does cheat, but she does have a flashy ability and more importantly, we both know that she's got no chance without me getting real flashy. And I doubt MK isn't making moves of some kind, she's just got that look about her."
*Confessional cut*
Ermes and Tengen looked like they were about to settle a gang rivalry.
*Ermes' confessional*
"For the record, he just showed up and said that he needed another guy, but everyone was already busy with their acts and said he needed me to fake fight him. And I said yes, because I could actually use my damn talents."
*Confessional cut*
You ever seen two anime heroes fight with their disjointed fists that could duplicate rocks and ninja techniques that were only made to obsfucate with noise and explosions?
Yes, it was that for at least a minute.
Ermes and Tengen were even tired at the end of it.
"Damn, you improvise good." Ermes said.
"Had it to make it extra flashy! By the way, look down."
"Shut up, dumbass-"
Ermes got blown up by a short assortment of cherry bombs, as she landed on the ground slightly charred and then got right back up just as Tengen did his victory pose and bowed to the crowd.
"Ladies, how's that?!" Tengen shouted.
"Look at that, two talented fighters showing off their talents and I don't know if it's circus legal, but the judges really seem to think so!" Chris announced. "Also, somebody won, that's a bonus!"
Every judge gave the pair 8, leading to a total of 31, except surprisingly Influencer Emma 7 for obvious reasons.
"Dude, they made that up on the spot!" Zee called out.
"Is that the first thing you noticed?" Chef questioned sarcastically.
"Okay, we might not have enough stinkers apparently, so next up, we have a cold one in good ol' Puss and Ashido for some reason! If I could only guess-"
The two of them decided to step up.
"We love to dance, we live in a dancing world, is that so wrong to do?" Puss remarked.
"Like, we joined up to show off our dancing talents, that's it!" Ashido declared.
Chris looked miffed, as Puss and Ashido had cheeky smiles, as they started up their routines, keeping it Spanish for the first half of the thing, doing the salsa steps.
The claps were point, the stomps were precise and the steps were pretty good, slowly building the Spanish-styled music to a point where it was actually transitioning.
It was full on Fandango and there was one more thing that they were hiding.
One big clap later and it turned into a breakdancing style beat right on the spot, leading to Puss doing the spin.
From that moment on, there was a few more flips, a few windmill break spins that transitioned into yet another tricky move and even a solid flip that was done from a windmill spin and that flip somehow transitioned right into the b-boy stance, that transitioned into the six step spin and even a Irish-style kick/flare.
And finally, they both jumped and did the head-spin, spinning on their hands until they landed on the floor and turned into the classic spin, turning to the judges.
"Judges?"
Everybody agreed on an 8.
"Puss and Ashido have gotten 32 points, one more than Ermes and Tengen, who are pissed right now!" Chris announced. "Okay, maybe the flops are over!"
Chris just waited until the stage had cleared, as both duos were getting a little bit aggressive and then there was another one, Ermes gifting Tengen a few bruises along the way.
*Tengen's confessional*
"I know that it's us against each other, but what's with Ermes trying to fight me and also, Puss switching me out. Why was Ermes even trying to fight me, we're both up against the cheating unflashy guys, what the hell did she have against me?" He said.
*Ermes' confessional*
"Look Puss, I don't even really mind you switching with Ashido, you two danced like nobody else, but you can't just leave your friend hanging just to show off his talent." She justified her punches. "Tengen, you're a dumbass, though."
*Confessional cut*
"Okay, now that's over! We've got a better pair of Bowser and Medic, proclaiming their love for...well, I don't mind keeping it a surprise."
The big koopa grasped the microphone, as Medic was standing there pointing at his alliance partner.
"Look, I know that my game kinda blew up, but there's still a spot in my heart for you, miss!" Bowser crooned.
Influencer Emma immediately rolled her eyes.
"Just lettin' you know that you kidnapped my heart."
Anyways, have you heard of Peaches?
This one is for my one and only true love
Princess Peach
Peach, you're so cool
And with my star, we're gonna rule
Peach, understand
I'm gonna love you 'til the very end
Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches
Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches
I love you, oh
Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches
Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches
I love you, oh
Mario, Luigi, and a Donkey Kong too
A thousand troops of Koopas couldn't keep me from you
Princess Peach, at the end of the line
I'll make you mine, oh
Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches
Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches
I love you, oh
Peaches, Peaches, Peach, Peach
Yeah, that was Peaches.
"Listen, if you don't put my rating up, you all are gonna be roasted!" Bowser shouted. "You're gonna tear into a guy putting his heart out there?"
Chef and Zee gave it a 3 and Julia and Influencer Emma gave it a 4.
"Bowser and Medic got 14 points, probably all for very different reasons."
"Maybe, ze fact that you vere zinging about ze princess you kidnapped didn't help." Medic answered.
"Your singing sucks, that's a major part of it!" Bowser refuted and huffed.
"You kidnapped Peach, you hopeless romantic!"
These two got pushed out of the location, by a certain dragon maid wearing a costume that you didn't get to see and then the next guy was ready to be introduced.
"After a guy that was trying to love somebody that he kidnapped, we have a rocker doing his own thing! Spider-Punk has a guitar and he's ready to cause anarchy with it!"
Spider-Punk swung onto the performing stage, as Ol' Nick also waddled up to it for some reason.
"Mate, I'm gonna say your haircut isn't good. It's only okay."
He made the host grumpy, but everyone else happier, as he turned on his electric guitar and started going off on his capitalism shredder with a song that was definitely not from the Clash.
[Verse 1]
When I was small, I believed in Santa Claus
Though I knew it was my dad
And I would hang up my stocking at Christmas
Open my presents, and I'd be glad
But the last time I played Father Christmas
I stood outside a department store
A gang of kids came over and mugged me
And knocked my reindeer to the floor
They said
[Chorus]
Father Christmas, give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread, so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
[Verse 2]
Don't give my brother a Steve Austin outfit
Don't give my sister a cuddly toy
We don't want a jigsaw or Monopoly money
We only want the real McCoy
[Chorus]
Father Christmas, give us some money
We'll beat you up if you make us annoyed
Father Christmas, give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys
[Verse 3]
But give my daddy a job 'cause he needs one
He's got lots of mouths to feed
But if you've got one, I'll have a machine gun
So I can scare all the kids on the street
[Chorus]
Father Christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread, so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
[Verse 4]
Have yourself a merry, merry Christmas
Have yourself a good time
But remember the kids who got nothing
While you're drinking down your wine
[Chorus]
Father Christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
Father Christmas, please hand it over
We'll beat you up, so don't make us annoyed
Father Christmas, give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread, so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
The Kinks - Father Christmas
Spider-Punk was covered in snow, Nick was definitely a little surprised that the spider guy wasn't affected by the temperature and the judges were quite pleased by the performance (that wasn't a song from the Clash)
"Judges?"
Their scores were all 8s, except a 7 from Julia.
"I get money on Christmas all the time, I don't know why you're complaining too much."
"Okay, Nick and Spider-Punk, great job, you got 31 points, not exactly a winning endorsement, but you two are probably immune! Uh, next we have Manolo, who's going to be doing another song that more than likely might not be Mexican!"
Manolo waved to the judges and crowd of standees.
"Come on, this is pretty Mexican." Manolo said. "Hello, judges, I hope you like this."
(Insert surprisingly great rendition of Stand by Me by Oasis, which I'm not gonna type out because the song is six minutes long and the chapter's already a little bit too long, which doesn't sound that bad. Listen to Stand by Me by Oasis, it is a song...and he did Mexican-style.)
Manolo then bowed to the judges and everyone else watching, as he stepped off the table to allow his friend to get the win.
"Aside from it actually taking a little bit too long, the judges don't really have anything bad to say about it! Mostly because Manolo got 24 points!"
Joe, Manolo and Undyne looked at each other and then they patted each other's back confidently.
"Joe, I know that Robotnik's got you down, but there is no way that he could out-do your talent. Unless there is something that I don't know." Manolo said.
"We really don't know each other, huh?" Undyne asked. "The name's Undyne, I'm gonna help your friend kick ass!"
"Well, then, you two better kick Robotnik's behind together."
"Okay, that sounds a little bit weird, let's go arrest him for being a shitty crook!"
Manolo then gave the chance for Joe to go off.
*Joe's confessional*
"THIS PERFORMANCE'S FOR YOU ROBOTNIK AND MAYBE, ROBOTNIK'S WIFE! OR HUSBAND, I DON'T REALLY CARE."
*Confessional cut*
"And second-to-last, it's Joe Swanson and Undyne last name for their own showcase of skills for bringing justice-"
"THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO!" Joe yelled.
"YEAH, BABY!" Undyne screamed.
These two backed away to a position to where they could clash for real and uh, they ran in to do some moves that wouldn't be out of place in an action movie, Undyne literally sliding over Joe before doing a serious kick that seemed to strike Joe in the wheelchair.
She managed to push the wheelchair bound guy back, before unloading a few hits on him that allowed him to "take" some damage, but then Joe got her leg and decided to do one hell of a takedown to bounce her up.
And it led right into the wheelchair shoulder charge that knocked Undyne down, Joe doing several punches on top of the fish lady, who grabbed him and rolled him off her persons, leading to Undyne to throw him strongly...
...right back into the wheelchair, as Undyne decided to ran back in with a spear throw, but she did not expect the WHEELCHAIR DROPKICK to certainly hurt her and lead to her on the ground.
She seemed to be coughing up, as Joe rolled over to her slowly.
"For the last time, who's been messing with the election!" Joe shouted.
"I can't tell ya, guy above me won't say and I don't care about you, Wheelchair Cop." Undyne shouted like she was hiding something. "You're just some guy checking stuff above his station."
"Yeah, you shouldn't have told me about this guy. TELL ME OR YOU'RE DEAD!"
"Hah, you're not gonna learn about the boss, he's got ya all figured out."
Joe looked at her quietly.
"Listen, lady, I don't care who they are, they're blowing smoke up your ass. See ya, latter, gottagobangmywife."
Undyne then died in real life.
...
...
Anyways, she got up to bow, as Joe had an announcement.
"If you rate this higher than Robotnik, we'll give you...something that is definitely real, don't worry about it-WHAT?!"
"And for that, Joe and Undyne get 28 points, not enough to be first, but it might be enough to get immunity."
Joe stared right at Chef, as Undyne sighed, giving the surprisingly big jacket back.
"You scuffed one of my old jackets." Chef said. "That's kinda messed up for you to do."
"Chef, man, you can't even fit in 'em no more."
"Yeah, but she shouldn't have taken 'em. That was a damn fine scene otherwise."
Chef and Zee both gave it a 8, Emma and Julia scored it 5, showing the gender divide.
*Spider-Punk's confessional*
"Fuck me, mate, I'm not gonna like this elimination one bit."
*Confessional cut*
Next up, was the deadly duo of Ken and Android 21 and despite all of the attention that they've been given, they were just doing a very good, but very standard salsa dance.
It wasn't even that bad, just enough to get 27 points (8 from Chef, 7 from Julia, 7 from Influencer Emma and 5 from Zee, noting the fact that it was kinda like one of his uncle and auntie's relationship before they kinda blew up)
Then at that comment Android 21 said "We're nothing like them", which scared the bajeepers out of Zee or whatever.
"And finally, we've got the bad fellas, the fart smellas and the main villains that like a little bit of attention, Robotnik and Ratigan!" Chris announced.
Well, they went on stage and they even managed to get the (invisible) spotlight on them and these villains were dancing in sync, like two dudes in a pod taken from a movie that came out ten months after this episode aired.
There were sways, there were crossovers, there was even a friggin' robot dance and of course, there even were steps that corresponded to the move and there was a general air of smoothness about it.
They did the Charleston like real homies would and also did the can can also like real homies would, before realising that it was a dumb idea.
These two were smooth as hell together, which could only go so far when the dual dancing ended with Ratigan carrying Robotnik like a show dancer, even spinning slowly to show the mad scientist doing some quirk expressions.
And then Robotnik backflipped and that was the end of it, mostly because he ended up doing the splits and Ratigan almost caught him.
"AAAAHHHHHHHH!" Robotnik shouted. "THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!"
The judges and Chris were cringing, as was everyone else there.
"You should have informed me on the backflip attempt!" Ratigan screamed.
"I did." Robotnik answered. "You were just a little bit too slow."
These two realised that they might be in some kind of trouble.
"And these two have only gotten a grand total of 30 points for their pain! Wonder how that's going to feel on the replay."
The duo were glaring at each other, as they left the stand.
"Oh yeah, finally, we got Mamizou, doing the magic thing."
Robotnik and Ratigan could only turn when the probably-older-than-them tanuki girl decided to step up confidently with her haughty attitude.
"Oh ho ho. You could have called me Miss Futatsuiwa, but that wouldn't be grateful for you, Christopher."
Chris was miffed, as she confidently stood on stage.
"Well, watch and observe these rocks, judges of the human world."
"Dude, no frickin' way, you're the little tanuki girl!" Zee remarked.
"Let me show what this 'little girl' do, you half-awake human."
Mamizou had some rocks and other random junk and she was gonna conjure up some BS with those rocks.
Put it this way, what she was a full-on show that would've required good VFX or $200 million dollars for some studios, but nah, it was all her and it was all about showing a little bit of Japanese history.
Sort of, though the floating ghosts, wisps and even sake jugs added a sort of an traditional Japanese air.
The judges were stunned.
"Yes, yes, there is of course more to this."
Mamizou seemingly slammed something and turned into another wooden bear that she looked up at before turning it back into wooden junk, like it was nothing and she had quite the haughty chuckle.
And there was all of a sudden fog that came from a random bomb that was clearly hiding something and what was hidden?
A MASSIVE STATUE OF CHRIS that then dissipated back into the rocks that they were, which were surprisingly small compared to the statue and today, she got some leaves.
"This is my final technique of the day."
There were a billion leaves, so many in fact that you would not have been able to see her at all and out of those leaves, a gigantic teapot came out of those leaves as Mamizou seemingly disappeared.
And then she walked out of an invisible door out of the teapot, which then dissipated back into a small pile of leaves.
"I hope that all of you humans have a good day, as much as I had a great practicing my skills." Mamizou stated. "Mr. McLean, now would be a good time to reveal yourself."
Chris shook a shroud off himself, which made him invisible to everyone.
"Okay, geez, no need to go overboard and she's got 38 points, what joy."
Chef, Influencer Emma and Zee gave her a 10, while Julia gave her 8 points.
"Uh, like, as much as it reminds me of the new age garbage that I was doing before Total Drama, she's got my vibe down." Julia explained.
"And she did it without even trying." Chef stated. "Are you just jealous, Chris?"
"But I might have to gather all the contestants together for the obvious reason. Seriously, though, great job, judges..."
Chris then saw Emma and Julia try to fight.
"...you guys will definitely get paid and Chef, good job out there! Alright!"
Mamizou was getting a lot of looks.
"HOLY CANNOLI, why did I say that?" Ramona had a look of regret. "How the hell did you do that?"
"That is my power. To shape things into other things, but it does have limits." Mamizou explained herself. "Sometimes it could be illusions if the objects are not different enough."
"Great, so you've got some ridiculous power-"
Chris was still in that stupid get-up.
"Okay, so here's how many points that everyone has!"
Mamizou Futatsuiwa: 38/40
Puss In Boots & Mina Ashido: 32/40
Father ChriNick & Spider-Punk: 31/40
Ermes Costello & Tengen Uzui: 31/40
Ivo Robotnik & Padraic Ratigan: 30/40
Just Ken & Android 21 "Vomi": 27/40
Joe Swanson & Undyne: 27/40
Ramona Flowers & MK: 25/40
Manolo Sanchez: 24/40
Sakura Kusagano: 22/40
Orphan Emma: 20/40
Bowser & Medic: 14/40
Jasmine: 11/40
Sticks The Badger: 8/40
"So, she has the power vote AKA she can send anyone home, alpha, beta, sigma, figma, avoid her wrath! Anyways, this also means that along with her, Puss, Ashido, Nick, Spider-Punk, Robotnik and Ratigan are safe from any vote! Sticks has a penalty vote for being last."
Father Christmas was sweating a little bit due to the name.
"WHAT ABOUT ME!" 21 belted out.
"What about her?" Ken added.
Sticks just grumbled.
"Yeah, here's the thing. If the top act was a pair, then it'd be top ten, but right now it's top nine." Chris saw the angry looks of the cast that had gotten a disserviced. "Campers, Ken's act wasn't that good and I like not dying on TV."
Robotnik and Ratigan looked at each other with careful eyes.
"Alright, you guys won't have to wait too long for tonight's double elimination! Mamizou is booting a camper off and so are the rest of you."
The jaws had dropped, as the guys' alliance knew that they weren't having a particularly great time and the ladies' alliance knew that they got a free pass.
"But since I'm feeling extra generous today, Ken and 21 also get to go to the carnival."
"Urgh, great, more mediocre acts." 21 said.
"Come on, man, maybe those acts are very good and we'll never know!" Ken exclaimed.
*MK's confessional*
The black-haired Asian woman looked happy and chillaxing in the toilet.
"Well, well, if it isn't the action of their consequences. Just leave the cheating to the challenges insteads of the confessional, it never ends well!" She just chuckled. "Plus my alliance is gonna be intact."
*Ratigan's confessional*
The rat had quite the idea, having a notably devious smile.
"Frankly controlling someone that has an absurd amount of power is impossible, but I can definitely do something a little bit different thanks to one person having a little bit of knowledge about moi!2
*Confessional cut*
Nearly everyone was pissed, besides Ratigan, Mamizou, Puss and Spider-Punk, which was exemplified even further than Jasmine had a little bit of a moment, which was signified by the clasped fists.
"Jasmine, don't feel bad because these villains are allowed to escape justice." Ashido said. "They're gonna get voted out by-"
"And then what? A lot of our friends will be gone by then and then one of the villains will be running around with an undeserved victory." Jasmine expressed her feelings. "If that is something."
"I know it's possible, because the government can't be trusted. Everyone that ain't no villain will vote the villains out eventually." Ashido stated. "Don't do something stupid."
"I am not, this was well-reasoned."
Jasmine then turned around to the self-satisfied rat, as Robotnik looked quite irked, Bowser couldn't help but look nervous and the rest of the cast were perturbed.
"Look, Ratigan, whatever scheme you want to pull or whatever tricks you want to throw at us, do it, I will not stand by and let it happen!" Jasmine declared. "You've only changed size, not changed your heart, so quit pretending!"
"Quit pretending to do what?" Ratigan asked, feigning surprise.
"Quit pretending to be an honorable man instead of acting like a bad mouse! Mouse, rat, it makes no difference to what you are! I'm being serious, make your next move, whatever you want to do, I'll stop you!"
Ashido shook her head in regret.
"That's a pretty unflashy move, I just have a feeling about it." Tengen lamented her quietly.
"Ay, he didn't seem like that good of a guy." Puss said. "Sorry for changing acts."
"No problem, cat guy, we stopped the half the alliance from getting the power vote, that's good-"
These two just saw that Ratigan looked pissed, ready to snap her back instantly and then calmed down instantly to reveal his latest facade of solid outrage.
Puss, Tengen and Spider-Punk just kept on walking from the performance that was just behind them.
"How dare you call me such things just because I am a mouse and look like a charming man. Honestly, I really have no scheme to put on, I would just like to see how honest I could put on after Alberto's unfortunate accident coming as a result of Taskmaster's dishonesty." Ratigan put on a speech. "I only had encouraging words for the young chap, shame on you for assuming that sabotage was my intention."
Jasmine just straight up looked confused.
"That doesn't sound right." Jasmine insisted. "You're lying, you're lying!"
"Whoa, whoa, hold on there, maybe you're just so desperate to catch some cheaters out that you didn't realize that all of the cheaters have been caught." Robotnik said. "Ever think of that hypothesis? Huh?"
"Yes, but it doesn't make sense!" Jasmine said. "Why was he talking to you?"
"Condemnation, Your Highness, he didn't like my plays."
Ratigan tried to hide his joy at Robotnik picking it up quickly.
"I was quite appalled at his own stupidity." Ratigan further fibbed. "How he would lie about Popeye for no reason?"
"Hold on, that doesn't seem right. Popeye is sexist-"
Jasmine then realised that she ended up repeating a lie.
"-Okay, he might not have been sexist, but you know, I just know that anyone associating with the mad scientist and His Highness is a bad dude."
"Geez, what did I even do to ya?! At least, you acknowledged my title." Bowser stated. "Aside from the cheating, what did I do personally to you?"
"DO YOU THINK CHEATING'S OKAY, do you associate with these cheaters?" Jasmine felt uneasy. "Come on, you wouldn't help these scoundrels for real."
Ashido and Sticks grinned, as the rest of the other girls weren't pleased by the accusatory princess.
"Look, princess, we're walking and I don't appreciate throwing accusations at this rat guy, so better get some evidence or we're leaving your ass to dry!" Joe declared. "You got anything."
"No, but it's just how he looks-"
"Spider guy over there showed the goods and the villains confessed, meanwhile you're out here throwing words around like it's nobody's business!" Joe said. "PUT UP OR SHUT UP!"
"But I will put up something, I think."
Undyne shook her head.
"Wow, that's kinda messed up. Just like how old humans treated us monsters." Undyne stated. "I thought you were better."
"But he has done crimes and stuff!"
"How do you know it's not just rumours?"
Undyne then left the princess and so did nearly everyone else besides the guys' alliance and also Ratigan, who was all smiling at her.
"Wow, maybe it was just rumours."
The dudes were rather elated.
"Vhat rumours?" Medic was just confused, surprisingly.
*Sticks' confessional*
She looked grim at the suspects.
"This is like one of those things where you could probably tell where it was ripped from. Anyways, Amy might be pissed at this episode or she might be very happy and I don't really like that."
*Medic's confessional*
"Okay, vhat did I do to deserve to throw ze princess under ze bus?! I'm not talking about morals, but I already have enough people going for ze head." Medic stated, clearly slightly out of his mind.
*Ratigan's confessional*
The rat was frickin' flicking the bell out of sheer delight.
"Ah, I love acting. Maybe I would have run at the theater, but my intelligence would have been wasted there."
*Confessional cut*
The air was just a touch colder for how the atmosphere felt, basically everyone in the area besides the jacketed up Chris felt one degree colder and all of them had at least clothes that could withstand the winter wind.
"Campers, make sure that you haven't pissed off this gal today. Mamizou's got the power vote and you people better not have ticked her off, so she's already chosen her player!"
Mamizou had quite the cheeky look on her face, very much unlike a lot of the campers.
"Okay, since one of you has come back, basically if you get a marshmallow, you're safe and get to stay another day! If you don't, you get sent on the Drone of Shame!"
Everyone else was pissed off.
"Yeesh, it sounds like you guys haven't had a carnival today! Anyways, the carnival's coming in later tonight, so let's make this quick!"
The campers were a little bit confused at how this was actually going relatively fast.
"Chef's gonna do his thing!"
Chef cleared his throat.
"Sticks, you stunk at the challenge! Doesn't bode well for your future."
Sticks just looked quite nervous
*Sticks' confessional*
"Dang you, random circus event, I forgot I could trapeze with the truth! Also, Amy probably won't like this episode."
*Confessional cut*
"Medic, you might have a problem. Dunno if it's that big."
"Ze cheating scandal is not very serious to some, apparently."
"Uhhh, Jasmine, you've accidentally offended people with your mischaracterization of Ratigan! Such a shame."
*Jasmine's confessional*
"At the very least, Emma's going to have a great run in the game." Jasmine looked mad. "The crazy part is that I'm pretty sure that I like a lot of other players here, so this won't help."
*Confessional cut*
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"Obviously, Mamizou, Ratigan, Robotnik, Ashido, Puss, Ermes, Nick and Spider-Punk are safe because they actually did good in the challenge!"
Mamizou actually gave a side-eye to Ratigan and Robotnik respectively, putting a damper in their quite positive mood, but the rest of the immune fellas still were in quite the positive mood.
"Gotta be completely honest, the cheaters are not lookin' good tonight." Puss spoke in an honest tone.
"Okay, shut up." Ermes said.
"Anywho, hilariously enough, Ken and Android 21 have no votes!"
"Thank you for that!" 21 said with relief.
"So, do Orphan Emma and Manolo!"
These two were enjoying their marshmallows, though the red-haired optimist had a odd feeling among her.
"Sakura and Ramona also have no votes!"
These two grabbed it in anticipation for another event.
"Undyne and Joe Swanson somehow also have no votes!"
"Take that, Robotnik!" Joe screamed.
"I'm still over here, ruminating in your mind, you know." Robotnik sniped.
"Sticks only has the penalty vote and a normal vote, but she's safe!"
Sticks gave a thumbs up.
"Well, it's cool to be safe."
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"Bowser somehow has only two votes."
These two looked at each other.
"Imagine me being smarter than you." MK said. "Good for you."
"Yeah, I have too many skills, get on my level, young thief!" Bowser mocked him.
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"It's down to Medic, Jasmine and MK! I still don't know what MK did, but it did get her down here."
"Exactly, that's why I've got the marshmallow." MK remarked.
"Come on, MK, we know that it might not be true."
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"Okay, it's true, MK, even if you also got three normal votes! Medic got hit with the power vote along with two more normal ones and Jasmine got 13 out of the 22 votes! It's over for you both!"
"Why?" Jasmine asked. "He's clearly a shady fellow."
"I just didn't like the way you justified. Sounded kinda racist, sorry." Undyne said.
Most of the ladies nodded along with Puss.
"Actually, you kinda don't have a reason to be here." 21 clarified. "You've got unlimited wealth and this show sucks-"
"OKAY, time for them to go!"
Jasmine and Medic literally got pulled towards their elimination stand and you know, they get carried by drone.
"Zis is ridiculous!"
*Jasmine's confessional*
She felt quite somber.
"Despite not making many mistakes until the merge or rather, surviving the mistakes that my team made, I made my own mistake that cinched my elimination easily. For the record, if Ratigan decides to become a better person, my apologies goes to him, but I have a feeling."
She sighed.
"I have a feeling that I will get proven right."
*Medic's confessional*
"SCHISSE is vhat I could only describe my alliance as. It's not as if it would be impossible to convince zat tanuki to direct her vote away from me, but it is only ze betrayal. It's over."
*Confessional cut*
To be continued in Episode 16, which is just another simple challenge with our 19 remaining contestants and finally, we're starting to get closer to the end.
Which only means the challenges are about to get meaner and leaner and maybe a little bit more Christmas-y since it is either coming up to Christmas time or nearly Christmas alreadyWHAT THE FRIDGE, IT'S JANUARY ALREADY
Don't expect a great celebration, Chris loves a challenge and for some reason, Christmas provides a great opportunity for one, even when it goes totally out of his control thanks to him not double-checking anything.
Basically, typical Chris McLean fare.
Realistically, Medic wasn't going to survive much longer thanks to everyone in the alliance basically making him redundant, Robotnik has the robotics, Ratigan loves his schemes and Bowser has the strength, you'd think that healing would be important. And he's expendable, relatively speaking.
That being said, he's joining the three-strong named intern crew and as for the opposite side, Jasmine's one of those character where I could definitely tell she might be playin' the game in a honest manner, getting around alliances and whatnot even if it kinda means she wasn't the strongest character in retrospect.
She stunk at a challenge and messed up a reveal, what more could I say?