"Last time on Total Drama Action, the cast was incredibly divided following a close vote between Beardo and Courtney, resulting in Beardo's elimination finally after having been a target for a long time. Which made for a perfect time to do some matchmaking! With the help of our cameos in DJ and Cody! We figured out who was the best match, and who was the absolute worst cough cough Emma and Carson cough cough. Ultimately and expectantly Justin and Carmen came out on top, winning their first individual immunities this season. Sky quickly became target number one after Courtney had planted some seeds to take her out. With her immunity streak over, it became clear it was either her or Emma leaving as Raj didn't feel great about voting out his friend. Thanks to a warning from Tem, Sky managed to have a lot of time to look for an idol, but unfortunately for her, all have been found, meaning she became the fourth member of our jury. Who will join her on this dramatic episode of Total Drama Action!?"
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"Have you ever considered a hair modeling contract?" Justin asked the anime nerd, as the two spent some time together in front of the trailer mirror. Carson was brushing his hair out, hair tie on his wrist, while Justin was sprucing himself up in the mirror with some cologne.
"Not particularly no," Carson replied, continuing to brush his hair paying no real mind to Justin's comment.
"The modeling industry loves their women with long flowing hair. But I think there's a niche opportunity for guys with long hair," Justin explained, as Carson gave him a confused look. "Like most of the guys that do modeling, all look the same. Short hair, more muscular, but I think there'd definitely be an opening for more unique looks."
"Thanks I guess?"
"I don't mean it like that, I just mean, not many guys have long hair like yours. And besides, most women love a good man bun," Justin chuckled.
"Uh huh… I appreciate the thought, but I don't think hair modeling is in my future."
"I'm just saying, especially since you've got the Total Drama fame, it'd make getting you into modeling way easier. All I'm saying is don't knock it until you try it."
"I mean if it pays well, who am I to say no, right?" Carson and Justin chuckled.
"Anything for the money," Justin replied.
Confessional, Justin
What? I may want him out, but he does actually have decent hair for an anime nerd
Confessional, Carson
Me? A modeling contract? Please, I have a better chance at being Goku than that happening
"Honestly, I can't wait for this season to be over!" Emma exclaimed, in an almost cheery mood, as she, Carmen, and Courtney made their way to the Craft Services Tent together.
"For someone wanting to get this over with, you sure seem pretty cheerful about it," Carmen remarked, raising her eyebrow at the blonde.
"Well, I know like after each season, anyone with social media gains a much larger following. So I'm kind of eager to raise my massive following even higher!" Emma explained, as Carmen and Courtney both cast a side eye.
"The money is still the most important thing I feel," Courtney pointedly responded.
"The larger the media following, the more money you make. I may dislike Chase, but he's got an annoyingly good formula going for him," Emma shrugged.
"Pájaros de una camada…." Carmen scoffed under her breath, neither girl seemed to notice the comment.
"Either way, I think becoming the most followed Total Drama contestant would be great for my career!" Emma continued. "And it gives me something over Chase."
"I feel like most people gain followers for being interesting, I can't imagine getting followers for being on a T.V. show," Courtney replied.
"No mi amiga, I know you don't have social media, but people will follow whoever they like from the season… it's weird," Carmen added, shuddering at the thought
"My favorite creator is a nature and yoga enthusiast, so I'd love to do a collab with her postseason. Now that I'm away from Chase, it opens me up to so many new opportunities!"
Confessional, Courtney
Courtney was fake vomiting in the confessional.
Confessional, Carmen
Fuera un mujer hipocritica if I didn't think that the social media was also a good motivation, but come on, soy un poco más discreta!
Confessional, Emma
Always gotta appreciate the people that got me here! But I can't wait to welcome the new Emma stans.
"You know after being here for so long, you start running out of things to talk about," Carrie bemoaned to Tem as the pair were eating their breakfast in the Craft Services Tent.
"Yeah, I can't imagine how the people at the end of my original season managed to keep any interesting conversations by the end," Tem remarked.
"Speaking of your first season, I remember you had a massive crush on Dave, did you have a crush this season?" Carrie asked.
"No… well Justin. But it's Justin. But I wanted to make sure this season that I kept my head on straight. Helped a bit that it was mostly girls, and the guys that were here were mostly taken," Tem explained.
"Haha…" Carrie blushed, presumably thinking about her relationship with Devin. "I'm surprised you're not taken tough. You're cute!"
"I fall easy, and I think after Island happened, I was embarrassed about how I acted so love struck over Dave. Not that he's a bad guy, but it was just… embarrassing you know. So I think I kind of walled myself off a bit."
"I guess that makes sense. Would you ever put yourself back out there?"
"Maybe for the right guy. But right now I am just trying to stay career focused. Use whatever money I get from the show and put it towards my college fund you know."
"I hear that. College is way too expensive these days!"
Confessional, Carrie
You would think more guys would be into Tem. She's cute and smart, and a hopeless romantic. What else could a guy want?
Confessional, Tem
I am so glad most of the guys on this season were douches, gay, taken, or Justin, otherwise I may have pulled an Island and gone boy crazy again. Also yes Justin is hot, but when he's the only one you need to resist, it makes things a little easier….
….
Also I hope you're not offended Dave, and for that matter, Sky…
"Sky mentioned you were a pretty big golfer," Raj said, taking a seat next to Hilde who was sitting by herself in the Craft Services Tent.
"Yeah. What of it?" Hilde asked, still staring at her food.
"Well, I was hoping to maybe pick up golf as a backup sport in case hockey doesn't work out. I was thinking the range of motion with the swing would be similar enough to where I could make an easier transition," Raj explained, adjusting his tray to where it was right in front of him and easy to eat from.
"Well, the swings are completely different. So unless you could switch between them easily, I wouldn't recommend it. And you need a lot of touch on the ball, it's not all about power," Hilde explained, her gruff voice turning into more of a teaching tone.
"So you don't think I should try?"
"I didn't say that. I'm just saying, keep that in mind when you're doing it. It could affect your hockey swing if you're not careful."
"Are you sure?"
"Trust me, baseball guys think they can pick it up, but can hardly adjust their swing and it completely messes with them." Hilde almost seemed to smirk at whatever thought had come to her head.
"Well maybe you could teach me?" Raj sheepishly asked.
"Maybe.. Depends on how I'm feeling after the season."
"I'll take it!" Raj cheered.
Confessional, Hilde
I didn't take Raj to be interested in golf, I would've expected him to be more into Rugby or something.
Confessional, Raj
Happy Gilmore is one of my favorites so I hope the price is right.
"Attention campers! Today's challenge will begin in the trailer courtyard! Please make your way to your trailers!" Chris announced through the loudspeakers. "It's going to be a good one!"
The campers ambled their way to the courtyard where the trailers were. Awkwardly they stared at each other, wringing their hands. "Maybe this challenge is gonna be a dungeons and dragons dungeon crawler!" Carson opined excitedly.
"Are there dungeon crawler movies?" asked Hilde skeptically.
"Doesn't sound like it'd make a lot of money," Courtney shrugged.
"But you watch trial movies, and they're not much more exciting," Tem commented.
The idle conversation continued just as the rustle of black boots started on the grass that they were all standing on. The camera angle changed to show them from the back as they sauntered in in a black trench coat, obscuring her features until the camera changed to a side profile, revealing something of a signature midnight blue streak in her black bob haircut. With small black glasses she seamlessly worked her way into the circle of banter.
"Gwen?" Carmen raised her eyebrow, whipping her head towards the first cameo of the episode.
Gwen nodded, holding a black duralumin brief case before she put it down. In another fluid gesture she opened the case. Within the briefcase there was a gold bar with the word immunity engraved on it. "There it is," Gwen said bluntly. "Anyone want it?"
Warily, the contestants stared at each other. "That's it?" Carson skeptically asked.
Gwen nodded.
Hilde made a flinching gesture towards the briefcase.
Carmen jumped back.
Carson dove forward.
Carrie ducked.
Raj slid towards the case.
Justin jumped.
Emma dove.
Tem pushed her way in.
Courtney dove.
Unknown to everyone, Gwen reached into her trench coat and pulled out a black mask. She put it over her face as the device within the case started to spew out some form of gas. The contestants started coughing as Gwen winked at the camera. One by one the contestants collapsed, one hand in particular remaining on the case.
Confessional, Carson
I've been gassed once on this show. It doesn't get any easier when you're awake.
Confessional, Tem
Should have known that was too easy.
Confessional, Carmen
… brava Gwen…
A camera cut showed that the nine remaining contestants were in a soundstage dressed suspiciously like an underground cavern not at all dissimilar to the mines in camp Wawanakwa. Carmen, the first to wake up, noticed that next to her was a duralumin case. She frantically crawled over to it and opened it up before suddenly slamming it shut.
Hearing the slam, Justin and Raj and Carrie, all holding hands for some reason, woke up. They quickly flinched as they saw three different cases in front of them. Like Carmen, they opened the cases.
One by one, the others woke up each finding their closest case, and checking to see if there was something in them. "So now what?" Tem spoke up, casting a suspicious glance at everyone.
"You didn't think it'd be that easy, right?" The campers heard Gwen's voice. "Might as well keep up appearances."
She stepped into a better lit part of the cavern, now dressed in her usual goth outfit complete with fishnet stockings. Her black trench coat lay draped over her shoulder casually and seemed to sink down into the fake dirt. "Right…" Justin hesitated.
"Today's challenge is to take down the international superspy," Gwen explained. She pulled out a small screen for the campers. She turned it on to reveal a small hologram of the episode's other cameo.
He was dressed in a slim fitting and well trimmed suit. For some reason he had an eyepatch that went over his blond hair and down one of his pale eyes. He sat reclined in a chair with his chin resting on the back of one of his hands. "ROMAN?!" Emma's eyes lit up.
"No," Gwen deadpanned. "That's Laine, another Pahkitew contestant, the swimmer from Norway."
Gwen pressed another button on her screen and the hologram changed. "Today you're going to break into his hideout, escape, and then blow up the hideout," Chris' voice explained. "Gwen has everything you need to escape, but she won't be giving it to you easily. And we don't entirely know where Gwen's loyalties lie as she's a double agent."
Gwen nodded as she turned off the screen. "So, do what you must, and you better make it out with the briefcase of immunity. There's only one. Everyone has to be holding onto one of the cases even if it doesn't have immunity and if you drop it you have ten seconds to grab another. Only then you can look in your case."
"Wait, we don't have any hints to who has the immunity right now!" Courtney pointed out.
"I'd say that whoever has the case has more pressing matters. For that matter you all do so she should work with you all, this is a somewhat competitive challenge with all these tasks. LIKE GETTING OUT OF THIS STUPID UNDERGROUND CAVE!" Gwen suddenly hollered, throwing her trench coat on the ground. "SURE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO CONNECT TO LAINE'S BASE BUT HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO ESCAPE?!"
"Aren't you supposed to tell us?" Carrie backed away, her hand tight on the case's handle.
"IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE COAT!" Gwen screamed, running to kick a stalagmite. She grabbed her foot, frustrated, before she stormed off. "AND I BETTER COME WITH YOU!"
"Was she like this on Revenge?" Emma asked a nearby Carson.
"Only underground." Carson exhaled. "She was relatively well adjusted above ground."
"Relatively, that's an insulting word," Carrie spoke up.
"Hey everyone on reality TV is a little crazy," Carson sighed.
"That's insulting," Emma shot a pointed glare at Carson.
"I'm not excluding myself," Carson fired back.
Carmen and Justin, relatively close to each other, stared intensely. "I think that briefcase suits you very well, the very image of a girl boss," Justin said in a relaxed but flirtatious tone.
"Do you?" Carmen asked innocently. "Pero like I could see that briefcase suiting a model like you too."
"So the deal is that we keep our cases?" Justin asked.
"Claro que si," Carmen winked. "But let's look for a way out of here."
Elsewhere, Courtney and Raj stood by each other as they felt up a giant stalagmite. "Anything hidden there?" Raj asked.
"Nope, anything on your side?" asked Courtney.
"Nope," Raj fired back. "Next stalagmite?"
"Wait," Courtney put down her briefcase. "It could be on the stalactites, hoist me up."
Raj let out an involuntary yell as Courtney hopped onto his shoulders. "What? We need to escape," Courtney pointed out.
"Yeah, but the-"
Raj put down his case and the sudden shift in balance caused the two of them to tumble. Raj grabbed the case that Courtney had and vice versa.
Confessional, Courtney
Okay that worked out…. But I need more information! We can escape later, the real thing is that we need to know what's in those cases.
Confessional, Raj
She dug her feet VERY deep into my shoulders. I wish I had my pads. Or immunity for that matter, Courtney didn't have that at all.
Scouring the walls, Carrie called over Justin and the two poured over a bulging center of the cave. "So," Carrie started.
"So…" Justin said.
"How is a guy like you single?" Carrie asked as she placed her hand on a small rock.
"Focus," Justin said. "My agency says that I should be more focused, since that's how my family members got started in modeling."
"Your family were models?" Carrie asked as she threw a rock behind her, hitting a passing Carson in the back.
"Not all of them, my dad, my aunt, and my sister," Justin tried to shake another rock. "But I do have leverage in the industry from them. Met some good and not so good people there."
"So the money will…"
"Hire a better editor for my sister," Justin said. "He used AI for her toes and that's not something she agreed to."
"Specifically her toes?" Carrie raised an eyebrow.
"It was a modeling shoot for injured footwear and apparently 'her foot did not capture the essence without any changes;!" Justin spat, pulling down three rocks at the same time. The other rocks soon followed and Carrie screamed as she and Justin tried to run away but wound up partially buried up to their stomachs. "I imagine my feet are going to be very sore this time around."
"I think everything is going to be sore," Carrie lamented. She looked around for her briefcase and found one above the rocks. "Is that yours?"
Justin;s left hand broke through the rocks. "Fake rocks…. Still kind of heavy, but no," the camera shifted to show his hand was on one of the briefcase handles.
"Fantastic," sighed Carrie as she waded through the rocks and grabbed the briefcase.
Confessional, Carrie
I didn't take Justin to be much of a focused guy, especially since he lost focus his last season.
Confessional, Justin
And nothing from Carrie. Shame… but expected, she loves her some Devin. Me being focused on the game doesn't mean I can't work my charms on them.
"Do you have any hints Gwen?" Hilde stormed up to the panicking goth.
"No, I can't give them even if I was in the right state of mind!" Gwen put her hands to her head. Hilde opened her mouth to ask a question only for Gwen to let out a groan of frustration.
Hilde retreated with her briefcase. "Hilde," Carmen called over. "Por que los piedras son azules?"
"No speako Spanish," Hilde blankly replied. "But blue?"
"Y deciste que no comprendia espanol," Carmen chortled. "You're taller than me, can you see something that I also see?"
Hilde walked up next to Carmen as they circled a strange indentation on the ground. "Why is it a plus?" Hilde asked.
"Canadians and their lack off- That's a nordic cross!" Carmen pointed out. "I know because one of my exes had a country flag informational poster over their bed. I was screaming their name while looking at their poster while-"
"I get it!" Hilde interrupted. "But what do we need for the cross? Four people?"
"Your guess is as good as mine. Do you think Gwen counts as a person?" Carmen wondered.
"Knowing this game, it's other contestants, so let's go," Hilde grabbed Carmen by the wrist she was using to hold her own briefcase.
"AY!" Carmen grabbed her wrist, dropping the briefcase.
"Wow…" Hilde hesitated. "Sorry about that, sometimes I don't even know," HIlde quickly returned a briefcase to Carmen's hands.
"Let's see if anyone else is busy," Carmen said as they glanced over at Carrie and Justin, still trying to wade their way out of the fallen rock.
Confessional, Hilde
Sometimes… It's just too easy.
Carson kneeled on the ground as he stepped over an indent on the ground. "Hmm… Why are these divots arranged in a plus?" he inquired.
He looked up, no one else was in his vicinity, and he again kneeled on the-
"ARGH!" he suddenly yelped.
"Sorry dude," Raj apologized. "This plus seems long. Like the cross. I didn't think this show was religious."
"No, I didn't think so either," Carson mentioned. "Do you think that-"
"I! HATE! THIS! PLACE!" Gwen shouted as she kicked a nearby stalagmite. It crumbled into pieces and within the pieces were small baseball sized spheres, the same size as the divots in the ground. She put her hand to her ear, frustrated, before she kicked a blue sphere towards Carson.
Carson flinched as Raj suddenly shot both his hands out, grabbing the sphere. Carson quickly swapped his briefcase with the one Raj discarded. "Nice reflexes," Carson complimented. "That ought to impress someone."
"Well, I'm not trying to, but if it impressed you-"
"It'll impress someone else," Carson said reassuringly.
"Sure I'll remember that with my stick." Raj cheered.
Confessional, Raj
(He's scribbling with a hockey stick) They say writing with a pen is supposed to help you out but I think using a hockey stick is a lot better.
Confessional, Carson
Oh come on! I get yelled at for saying something about liking the smell of popcorn and Raj can talk about writing with his stick?! Come on!
Carrie tightened her grip on her brief case as she used it to whack against a stalagmite. A portion of it splintered off revealing a small selection of spheres with crosses in them. She used her free hand to pick one of them up and tilted it in the small light to see the plus- or cross- or x.
"Neat," Carrie smiled to herself. She grabbed one of the spheres in search of one of the divots on the ground. "I guess we all have to work together… which is…"
She turned over to see Emma looking over the rest of the stalagmites, her frustration clearly visible even if her face wasn't in her immediate sight. Hilde was nearby with her case closed tightly as she dug away at some bit of the dirt. "Maybe it won't be so bad," Carrie optimistically shrugged.
Carrie strutted off with one of the spheres in her free hand.
Emma rushed to join her with her own sphere. "Do you think we need to work together with this one?" Emma asked.
"Did Gwen say elevator or elevators?" Carrie asked.
"I didn't pay attention to that, but I hope it's elevators. It'll be quite cramped for all of us."
The camera zoomed over to Hilde as she slammed her case shut again. She picked up one of the spheres with a cross on them and rushed over to the center where the divots were still being cleared out. She placed her sphere in one of them as she heard the machinery of the set piece whir about.
"Knew it was fake," she victoriously mumbled. She flashed her gaze towards Gwen's direction to see that Gwen was again calming herself down. "And you can stop faking now," Hilde mumbled.
Confessional, Emma
If there is an elevator… might as well go with someone I don't think I've fought with. At least Carrie would be nice to talk to.
Raj rushed over with a rock in his hand to where Carrie and Emma were poring over the ground looking for divots. "This is a smaller plus than that one over there," Raj commented.
"There's another cross?" Carrie suddenly realized.
"I think there's three," Raj looked over his shoulder, seeing Justin bent over a portion of the ground, on his hands and knees.
"Raj," Emma snapped her fingers in front of his face.
"Yeah," Raj sighed. "Justin's bent over one, and I think Hilde and Carmen are at another."
"Well there's not enough rocks to build three elevator starting portions," Carrie pointed out. She counted the spheres on her fingers while she looked at the empty spaces. "I guess that means we're going to have to either collaborate to get the two elevators or steal them forcefully, unless Gwen wants to throw us another sphere."
"Doesn't seem likely," Raj conceded. "Should we split up or should we try to fight for it?"
"Fighting seems more fun, but then we lose our cases…"
"You seem awfully attached to that case since it's not likely that you have one," Carrie whispered out of earshot.
"Let's just split up then, that should maximize our odds, right?" Raj mentioned.
"Sure," Emma picked up a sphere and walked towards Justin's plus.
Carrie and Raj scrambled to pick up the remaining spheres and their briefcases as soon as they could.
The camera panned over to Carson walking over to Justin with one sphere in his hand. Carson put down his briefcase and placed one of the spheres in one of the divots in the ground. Before he could pick it up, Emma ran into the scene, sliding into Carson, kicking up dirt, and grabbing blindly where Carson's briefcase was.
Raj and Carrie, on the other hand, walked to where Carmen and Hilde were with their spheres. "So, any progress?" Carrie awkwardly asked.
Carmen tightened her grip on her briefcase. 'Por favor, I'll take your sphere and place it here, that should open one of them up." Raj tossed her a sphere and reflexively Carmen dropped her briefcase on top of the other spheres. Hilde swiped one of the spheres from being crushed as she dropped her briefcase. Carrie rushed to help fix things. "Que raro…"
Once the spheres were sorted out Carmen discretely looked in her case as Hilde, Carrie, and Raj did the same.
Confessional, Carrie
Maybe Raj has some sporting tricks up his sleeve. The think fast gimmick is always one you have to look out for… at least according to Shelly the pretentious Sea Shell.
Confessional, Carmen
BRUJA! She got it! How do I let her know that I know that she has it? Digo a los otros?! Pero es mucho información…. ARGH!
The camera feed switched to a close up of a hand. The pale appendage turned a sphere slightly before a small blow got rid of some dust. Then the sphere locked into place and the owner of the hand stood up. "See any movement?" Carson asked his nearby campers.
Justin's eyes flitted as he looked around the cave. "THERE!" Justin suddenly whipped around as Carmen started to dash towards some shifting rocks.
"NO THERE!" Raj countered, pointing in the opposite direction, where other rocks were shaking.
"FIFTY FIFTY!" Emma shouted as he ran with Carmen towards the elevator she was running towards.
An overhead shot showed the tops of the camper's heads running up to one of two shaking rock walls before a camera more at head level started trailing Gwen as she composed herself. The camera followed her as she walked to one of the walls. Courtney, Carson, Hilde, Tem, and Raj were pawing away at the rocks to reveal a polished steel door.
"Good job, and here's your lucky reward," Gwen said as she casually swerved around Hilde and Carson. She uncovered a small keypad as the cave ceiling seemed to fall, dividing them from Carmen, Carrie, Justin, and Emma. The elevator opened up as Gwen stepped in, followed by Raj, Tem, Hilde, Courtney, and Carson. The elevator shut.
Oh the other side of the fallen cave ceiling, Justin looked around. "Wait, we're missing half of us!" he realized, his eyes growing wide.
"And Gwen!" Carrie pointed out. "Oh she's not gonna like being buried under-"
"She's not going to be buried… EFFECTOS SPECIALES! ESCENARIO SONORO ESTÚPIDO!"
Carmen's rueful echo seemed to travel upward before being muted as the camera feed showed Gwen and the other campers awkwardly waiting in the elevator. "Are you claustrophobic Gwen?" Raj curiously asked.
"Somewhat, but elevators I'm fine with because I know it's temporary," Gwen shrugged.
The awkward silence returned.
Confessional, Gwen
What? I like being dramatic sometimes.
Confessional, Hilde
Going up, with essentially guaranteed safety… doesn't seem too bad!
Confessional, Raj
The only thing worse than a quiet elevator is a stinky elevator… well an elevator where you're the only stinky one and everyone else smells normal….
Confessional, Justin
You know, this is a good thing. I'm either in the group with the immunity or the group without the immunity, a good 50/50 shot of me charming the immunity right out of their hands!
A chime preceded a pair of elevator doors opening. The contestants within, Courtney, Carson, Hilde, Tem, and Raj, stumbled out into a luxurious penthouse studio suite. A giant chandelier framed the ceiling while windows all around seemed to reveal a panoramic view of the studio soundstage. High quality furniture littered the pristine living space. Two doors from a high end open concept kitchen seemed to lead to both a pantry and a sauna.
The brief admiration of the luxury living space ended when the sound of clapping came from a high end leather chair. "Onneksi olkoon," the chair spun around.
Laine Frolik rose from the leather chair dressed in a tightly fit suit. His hair was gelled back and his pale skin appeared flawless under the natural lighting of the studio apartment. "You five made it up, congratulations. We can end this here."
"Here?" Raj inquired. "Why here?"
"Classic spy storytelling techniques, you confront the villain in their lair, have a talk, and maybe a fight. But I will say that it's still not known who has immunity," Laine continued.
"It has to be one of us, right? Because you said we can end it now," Carson hesitated.
"Ah… non non non… I said we can end it now, but that's no guarantee that you will win immunity," Laine clarified.
He walked over to a raised monitor. On screen were the other four contestants. "One of them might have immunity," Laine said before clearing his throat.
"If you end this now, then you will choose to remain with your case," Gwen started, standing next to Laine. "But if you choose to give them a chance, then you could take immunity from them…."
"If they have it," Laine clarified.
"And if we don't make a decision?" Hilde said.
"The game will end in five minutes," Laine tapped the monitor and brought up a timer. "And you could let them in, but you have to route these lasers into the correct area. Your five minutes start now."
From the chandelier two beams of lasers fired out, one green and one red. They bounced off some reflective surfaces into different locations at different angles. "It's not lethal, but I wouldn't recommend breaking the beams," Gwen started.
Confessional, Carson
So I'm not entirely sure my math is right, but at bare minimum we all have a one in nine chance of getting immunity, so there's a greater than fifty percent chance that the immunity is with us… but then there's also about a fifty percent chance of the odds not being in our favor…
Confessional, Hilde
….You know I'd be willing to stick with the slightly better odds of one of us having it. I can always wrestle them down for it.
Courtney wandered into the kitchen following the beam of green. She opened the cabinets to find rather shiny plates. She held one up against the beam just as the part of the floor she was on began to shake. "Guess that's not it…" she winced as the shaking stopped.
Curiously Raj took a step forward to one of the red laser beams. It seemed to emit a hum as he stepped closer towards it. He held up his briefcase into the beam of light as it seemed to deflect. "Okay…" Raj conceded. He dropped the case and hunted for the red target.
Tem, keenly staring at the green light, looked at Raj as he suddenly noticed that above the elevator they came in was the red. "Oh…" Tem noticed. "Raj," she rushed up to him.
"Yeah?" Raj asked.
"Do you want to increase the odds of us not winning immunity?"
Raj glanced around, his eyes shifting. "I don't have it. And I think that it's someone downstairs who has it… and I want to give a fair shot to everyone else."
"That's nice of you but-"
"And if they do have it then we can be guaranteed to get it," Raj smiled. "I haven't been in a hockey brawl in awhile. Wayne gets wicked shiners more than me but I'm tough enough."
"I'm sure you are," Tem conceded. "What are you doing right now?"
"We need at least two reflections to bounce in. If the light is like a hockey puck… then it can bounce off with the same angle and we can use our cases to reflect it," Raj put two and two together. "But we need to make sure the angles are accurate, so we need to make sure at least all of us are on board."
Tem glanced over her shoulder where Hilde was staring out the window. "That might be hard… but maybe we can work on our own?"
"I don't think so," Raj said. "Something about the angles makes me think we need at least two reflections considering angle in equals angle out."
"Right… I'll see what I can do with the green beam." Tem split off, trying to get to Carson
The camera cut to a more dynamic view as Carson and Tem started to whisper to each other. Tem pointed to a spot in the apartment as Carson rushed to it, holding his case high. Raj waved to get Courtney's attention as he pointed Courtney to a spot with her case. Hilde, still looking outside, watched in the slight reflection of the glass as the beams started to cross.
Confessional, Courtney
…It has to be done, and I dont have the good case so I might as well boost my odds.
Confessional, Raj
Everyone should get a chance… I mean I don't like starting at a disadvantage… but this means I can take the advantage!
The camera cut to the campers in the cave as they sat against the elevator doors, rather bored out of their minds. Justin and Carmen leaned against the elevator as they idly curled their fingers. "What do you do with your fingers?" Justin asked.
"Pretty blase question to ask a lady," Carmen chuckled. "I could ask you the same thing."
"The occasional mani-pedi after a steam room. Not a lot of pressure for a guy like me," Justin mentioned. "Though it must come naturally to you."
"Claro que si, pero mi hermana, it comes a lot more naturally to her. She's a good nail tech, come over and I'll show you," Carmen absentmindedly began tracing the back of Justn's hand.
Carrie drew a heart in the dirt with CD dug with her finger. "One of the nice things Chase did was carve our initials into a piece of wood as a stamp," Emma mentioned.
"That's really sweet," Carrie looked up suddenly. "He doesn't seem like the guy to do that normally."
"Maybe that's why it sticks out so much. But at the very least he told me he never did that with any of his exes before. The closest he got to was stitching his and his ex-boyfriend's names on a pair of matching jerseys. And that was only one girlfriend and another boyfriend before me."
"I might have to steal the stitching one for me and Devin," Carrie smiled.
Confessional, Justin
I KNEW IT!
Confessional, Emma
Carrie can take that! I know that when I start dating my new boyfriend we'll come up with our own traditions!
A sudden chime shocked the four out of their idle conversations. "Did you hear that?" Justin looked around.
Carmen turned her head frantically and tilted her head upward just as the elevator door she was leaning on suddenly moved. "AY!"
"I guess that's our ride?" Carrie stood up, holding her briefcase.
"I guess it is," Emma followed.
"So let's go… Would you ladies like to go first or should I go first?" Justin dramatically flourished.
"Gracias por tu pregunta, pero iré primero!" Carmen hopped in.
Carmen, Emma, Carrie, and Justin walked into the elevator. The door closed behind them and the four stood patiently as the elevator rose. "Are you a particular fan of elevators?" Emma asked Carrie.
"I don't hate or love them," Carrie shrugged.
Confessional, Carrie
The soundstage CANNOT be that tall. That must have taken like four minutes!
Laine strode about the apartment proudly before stopping next to Gwen. "Can you believe Chris wanted us to just stand here?" Laine asked. "I can't be still for too long."
"And the sad thing is I probably could have, if I really wanted to," Gwen sighed. The elevator doors dinged "I guess the challenge continues."
The door opened, revealing Carrie, Carmen, Emma, and Justin as they finally stepped out. "That took so long! It was so boring! I wanted to be somewhere else! Why was it so slow?" the four complained.
"Chris told us to say that's the penalty for losing," Gwen shrugged. "Thank the others for letting you up here anyways. I never had to deal with choices like that in my season."
"But moving on…. Now what do we have to do?" Hilde turned to Laine with an accusatory glance.
Laine clapped his hands together and cleared his throat. He angled his face upward and his jaw dropped into a surprisingly decent evil laugh. "Well I've been 'defeated', so to say. You made it up here when I was supposed to keep you down there. So victory to you, but immunity still waits for one of you. So let's end this challenge with a bang."
Gwen looked at Laine as the two exchanged a confident nod. Gwen typed in numbers on a keypad and the island table Laine was in front of revealed a small touchpad. "What?" Courtney interjected.
"It's a spy movie, it has to be a good bit of a climax," Gwen explained. "In five minutes this place will blow up. Medics are on call."
"Viimeinen asia…" Laine said as he adjusted his eyepatch so that it covered his other eye. With his free hand he was able to hit a button on a nearby control panel. "Anyone left here will get a guaranteed vote against them. Better escape! AU REVOIR!"
Gwen rushed to Laine, pulled him out of the tangle of wires he was buried in, and the two took the emergency 'jetpacks' out of the 'tower', revealing that they were atop the soundstage that encompassed the spy set. The two slid down wires and crashed into some mats. "That was actually fun," Gwen smiled. "You have a natural talent."
"And you have a natural eye for set pieces," Laine smiled. "Shall we watch the fireworks?"
"We're allowed to, why not," Gwen and Laine walked to a break area where Chef, Chris, Dakota, and Sam were currently monitoring the technology.
Back inside the hideout set the campers struggled to regain their balance as the hideout seemed to wobble back and forth and the set pieces started to fall. "T minus five minutes until explosion," Gwen's voice echoed through the hideout.
"BLOW US UP?!" Courtney shrieked. "ARE THEY SERIOUS?!"
"Probably!" Carson said as he ran to the window with his briefcase held high. He slammed it against the window only for the window to flex unnaturally. "PLEXIGLASS?!"
"Anything in the bookshelves? That has to be something there.," Justin walked over to the bookshelf similarly alert. Before he could take a third step Emma suddenly plowed into him and the two collided into one of the plexiglass windows. "Ow…."
"Sorry Justin, couldn't stop," Emma wheezed. "I thought your jawbone would be enough to-"
"Just say you wanted to tackle him!" Raj said as he tried shoulder ramming the plexiglass before bouncing off and landing on top of Justin and Emma. The others winced as the trio tried untangling themselves.
Confessional, Tem
Anyone going to point out that Raj saw Carson, Justin, and Emma hit the plexiglass and still… ran into the glass?
Panicked, Tem rushed to the kitchen where there were several neatly engraved messages on the marble countertops. "I have written the code to lower the windows on a piece of paper, but I can't leave it for others to see…. I shall write it in lemon juice and store it somewhere far from the heat. LOIS TUBBA!" Tem read aloud.
"Wouldn't that be Loistava?" Courtney suddenly asked, peering over Tem's shoulder. "But COLD! Where's cold here?"
"In my ear?" Tem whispered as Courtney rushed to the freezer.
Courtney muscled the door to the freezer open and pulled out three blank pieces of paper. She maneuvered all three of the large pieces onto the counter where she tried warming them up by rubbing her hands on top of them. She made a grab to a piece of paper as Carrie and Emma rushed behind her, each grabbing a piece. "GOTCHA!" Carrie said as she looked at the piece of paper. "TO THE BATHROOM!"
Carrie crawled over the table and rushed to the bathroom, the camera tracking her as she slammed the door open and rushed to the medicine cabinet in search of a certain box. Cotton swabs and cotton balls fell on the floor as a razor clinked against the sink. "WHO DOESN'T HAVE BAKING SODA IN THE BATHROOM!?" Carrie shrieked.
"Is it that serious?" Carson asked Justin as they tried looking through the plexiglass for any sign of a hint.
"Baking soda? Helps with the teeth as an infrequent treat," Justin mentioned. "Also a pretty good starching agent."
"...is that why we're using it for this kind of challenge?" Carson hesitated.
"Secret Agent Sodium Bicarbonate?" Justin asked.
"No, Starching Agent," Carson clarified.
"Baking soda is a starch," Justin agreed.
"Oh you mean like bread?" Raj chimed in, holding a bust of Chris' head. "Do you think this is hard enough to throw into the plexiglass?"
"Doubt-" Carson ducked, narrowly letting the Chris head fly over his own. "RAJ!"
Confessional, Carson
Even in this season, some people really do lose the plot.
Confessional, Raj
Carson moved. No foul on the play, so no penalty box for me!
Confessional, Tem
At this point I don't know who has the immunity except that I know that I don't have it. But I know that no one else knows that I don't have the immunity. I think I know that Carson knows that Raj doesn't have the immunity and I know that Carmen knows that she doesn't have the immunity since she got really tense in the cave but at the same time it's very hard to wrap your head around it you know?
The camera transitioned to an overhead shot to show the campers in varying states of frenzy as they flitted about the studio hideout. Hilde tore apart some cushions in the sunken living room. Courtney covered her paper with her suitcase as she tried looking around the kitchen. The bedroom area played host to Carmen and Emma as they riffled through one of the wardrobes, revealing a giant Finnish flag. The two tore it down to show a photo of Laine smiling proudly in a dapper suit.
"HERE!" Courtney shouted as she poured baking soda over her paper. She blew away the excess to reveal the message… or rather messages.
She tore away the bottom message and shredded it to pieces as Tem looked over her shoulder to read the top message. "Low window, zipline = Ca-Finn-da / 1000 times the Countries bordering Finland," Tem read aloud.
"THE ATLAS!" Courtney shouted while she ran towards the bookshelf. When she and Tem and Hilde made their way to the atlas Courtney looked at the underside of her suitcase, then Tem's suitcase, then Hilde's suitcase.
"I calculated about 430…. Maybe 431," Tem said.
"Okay but where do we put it?" Hilde looked around.
Justin opened the door to a room and was suddenly greeted with a warm blast of air. "Have you ever seen a sauna with a code-"
"JUSTIN PUT IN FOUR THIRTY!" Hilde shouted, scaring Tem into dropping her suitcase. Courtney discretely swapped suitcases as they rushed over to the sauna.
He quickly pipped in the value as the sauna seemed to steam loudly. "I think that was wrong…" Justin winced.
"FOUR THIRTY ONE!" Tem and Hilde shouted.
Justin typed the numbers again as the sauna shut off. More mechanisms within the 'secret' base whirred as the windows lowered and a zipline shot out from the chandelier, down one of the window sills, and out to a bunch of stunt mats. A wall in the sauna flipped around to reveal carabiners and zipline safety mechanisms. "GRAB IT!" Justin said. "BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE FIRST!"
The camera again switched to an overhead shot where Justin, Hilde, Tem, and Courtney quickly gave each other the ziplines mechanisms and started handing them out to the others. True to what he had said Justin was the first one on the zipline, followed by Carmen, whose screams reached far below.
"HURRY!" Tem said as the rest of the hideout seemed to shake. Raj gulped before he and Courtney seemed to drop down the zipline at the same time. "LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GO!" She looked behind her as a photo of Gwen fell into the fire.
"You go first," Emma said as she and Tem were the last ones in the hideout.
"Don't take too long," Tem warned as she started to slide down the zipline.
"I don't plan to," Emma said as she wrapped the mechanism around the zipline. She watched as a table collapsed before finally tumbling down the zipline, screaming all the way.
Down at the safe mats, the others caught their breath just as Tem made it to the mats. "You okay?" Hilde asked Tem. The city girl nodded as she propped herself up with her suitcase. "Is Emma-"
Her question was soon answered when Emma slammed face first into one of the safety mats. "Yay…." Emma cheered as she fell onto her back.
The campers watched from a far as Chris came to greet them. "Good job on some good old espionage! That's been the most action packed episode for a while."
"Were you really going to blow us up?" Carrie managed to exhale.
Chris pointed behind him to the hideout that was still shaking. The hideout kept shaking for another three seconds before it stopped. Surprised, Chris turned back to the contestants. "Somehow that was supposed to-"
BOOM!
The contestants instinctively covered their ears as Chris whipped back. "DID WE GET THAT ON CAMERA?!"
"We got that on three," Sam shouted from offscreen. "Also on seven!"
Confessional, Sam
Had anyone failed to escape, the weight censors in the set would have routed the wires to a different set piece
"Nice!" Chris shouted. "That means the challenge is officially over. Besides, if you did get blown up you wouldn't be hurt. Just ask Carmen and Carson over there."
Carmen and Carson shared a glance as if unsure who should make a retort to that. "Whatever, who won?" Carson asked.
"And here's the fun part. Gwen told you that the immunity was in one case…. And that immunity remained in that one case throughout the entire challenge. Now the question is who has the case? Any particular order you want to open it in?"
"Reverse alphabetical," offered Chef, slightly off screen.
"You heard him. Tem?"
Tem stepped forward and opened her case, presenting the lack of contents to everyone as she shook her head. "Lost it somewhere…" she groaned.
"Raj?"
Raj stepped forward to reveal much of the same.
"Justin?"
Justin gingerly opened his suitcase before revealing… nothing. "For a moment I thought I had it," he lamented.
"Hilde?"
Hilde strode to the front and popped open her suitcase. There was nothing there. She kicked her suitcase shut.
"Emma?"
She opened her case- "RATS!" and slunk back to the circle.
"Courtney?"
Courtney swallowed as she walked to the front. She confidently opened the latches and swung open the lid, revealing a single ticket that read 'immuniteetti'.
"Teets?" Raj questioned.
"Technically it says 'immuniteetti'," Carmen curled her lips. "Hija de puta actually got it."
"Yep! This means that Courtney wound up with the original immunity case! For the record, at the time of the knockout and the start of the challenge, the case started with Carmen!" Chris taunted. "And this means that Courtney is ineligible to go home for this elimination ceremony. So whatever bet she won with Duncan has been in her favor."
Confessional, Courtney
Have fun being that dapper butler I know you can be! Your mom and I will be so excited to have that on our next pool day! (She blows a taunting kiss to the camera)
Confessional, Carson
You know that's the frustrating thing, to realize that it was so close so many times…
Confessional, Hilde
I KNOW I had that once! How did it slip through?!
The camera transitioned from the challenge site, and the campers walking away with Courtney as happy as could be, to a small while later to the Craft Services Tent, as the camera focused in on Justin, Carmen, and Raj.
"So you both want Emma out?' Justin asked Carmen and Raj, his voice clearly annoyed with the pair, as they had entered the Craft Services Tent.
"She's getting out of hand. No one likes her, she's rude and incredibly annoying," Carmen explained.
"So? She's loyal to us, that's what matters."
"She's really grating Justin. I don't know how much longer I can tolerate her," Raj voiced, looking down at his feet as he said it.
"Again, she's loyal. She's a vote. If we get through this round, we control half of the votes," Justin argued, clearly frustrated.
"It's addition by subtraction. If the other five all vote Emma here, and we all vote someone else, that just puts us on the bottom," Carmen firmly explained. "If we all vote together, we don't force ourselves into an easy minority, and we can work with Courtney or Hilde instead."
"Those two have just been playing the middle, do we really think we can trust them in the long run?" Justin questioned.
"Beats dealing with someone who isn't a team player all the time," Raj mumbled under this breath.
"Are the numbers really not there to get Carrie or Carson out here?" Justin said, letting out a defeated sigh.
"I doubt it. Hilde and Courtney have both seemed pretty ticked off with Emma lately," Carmen mused. "You can check around, but I think it'll be an easy Emma vote."
Confessional, Carmen
I am all for a villain. But there's a difference between a villain, and a total butt munch. Besides, I have no idea how Courtney or Hilde are feeling, I just want the butt munch to leave.
Confessional, Justin
Emma… you only speak when you're spoken to, not celebrate and brag about a bunch of nonsense no one cares about.
"They're going to flip on her? Just like that?" Carson exclaimed in disbelief, as he, Hilde, and Tem walked side by side together through the film lot.
"Just trust me on this, Carmen and Raj are both fed up with Emma, they can't put up with her nonsense anymore," Hilde explained.
"I don't know. They have a great opportunity to run it to the end, seems kind of dumb just to turn on each other," Tem mused, her hands in her pockets as she eyed Hilde suspiciously.
"I don't know, Justin thinks Courtney is all in on taking out Emma. I don't know if she is, but even if she isn't, it's a great opportunity to weaken them, and for you two to get an actual working relationship going with them," Hilde gruffly replied, annoyed with the tediousness of the conversation.
"She's right, Tem. Even still, if us three, plus Carrie and Courtney all vote together, those four are toast," Carson responded, a hint of excitement in his voice.
"Can we fully trust Courtney though? I mean she's been playing both sides, even though she sides with Justin and Carmen every time," Tem exclaimed.
"Courtney may have a loyalty to them, but not to Emma. Besides we all know Emma drives her up a wall with her entitlement," Hilde added, earning nods from both Tem and Carson. "Either way, I know it's been tough sledding for the both of you, but I don't want Justin to run this game forever either, I want to take this vote as a show of good faith."
"We trust you Hilde, I'm sure Carrie would be on board as well," Tem added, reassuring the punk golfer.
Confessional, Hilde
I know Emma and I started out together. But ever since she got closer to Justin and Carmen and voted right two times… she's become insufferable. Like, you've been successful twice, and one of those two times the vote was unanimous! Idiot!
Confessional, Carson
I believe this is what the popular kids would call my, take what I can get era.
"I don't think anyone's figured out how close we are yet," Courtney explained to Justin, who nodded in agreement. Justin had left the Craft Services Tent, and had found Courtney back at the trailers, relaxing on the girls trailer's steps.
"Mhmm, I do think it's important we keep our distance. Some of the more savvy players may catch on soon enough," Justin mused, as Courtney nodded with him.
"Agreed. I know Carmen and Raj surprisingly are pushing an Emma vote here. How do you feel about that?" Courtney bluntly asked the model, who just sighed in response.
"I don't really like it, but everyone has seemed like they've made up their minds," Justin replied, defeat written all over his face.
"Yeah, can't say I want to keep her here either. With all of the nonsense she seems to spout off daily."
"Yeah I know. If she just kept her mouth shut, we probably could have clean sweeped that whole alliance."
"Carson, Carrie, and Tem?"
"Yeah those three. I mean you can't tell me any of them want to sit in the final two with either of us."
"No, I can't say I disagree with that."
"Exactly. Hopefully we keep Hilde on our side next vote and we can just pick up where we left off."
Confessional, Justin
Congrats Emma, you've managed to speed run yourself right out of the game.
Confessional, Courtney
I know I sit towards the top in the pecking order, so taking out a bottom feeder who is incredibly unreliable is good for me. It's elementary quite frankly.
"Do you watch any sports anime at all?" Carson asked the hockey bro.
"Once in a while, but sometimes I just like being away from sports when I'm watching anime. Sometimes merging my two passions can be a bit much," Raj replied.
"I get that, if I was thinking about track all day I'd feel like a bit of a tool," Carson and Raj both chuckled as Emma approached them.
"Hey boys, who's the vote tonight?" Emma snarkily asked the pair.
"Uh…. I heard the vote was Tem," Raj stammered out, as Carson nodded in agreement.
"Yeah. With Sky and Beardo on the jury, some people feel like she has too many people championing her already," Carson added.
"Championing?" Raj asked.
"Campaigning for them to win," Carson quickly explained, as Emma gave the duo an eye roll.
"Right… that tracks with what Carmen and Courtney both told me, so I believe you guys. It'll be nice to get rid of Sky's BFF. I was never that big of a fan of hers," Emma said, strutting off as the two boys looked at each other in both disbelief and confusion.
Confessional, Raj
I don't like to lie, but Carmen says we need to make sure Emma doesn't know so she doesn't have a freak out episode… which I am all for.
Confessional, Emma
Tem is fine. But we don't talk a whole lot, and she has a few too many friends already on the jury.
As the cameras shifted away from one duo, they put their focus on another, as Tem and Carrie were walking together through the film lot.
"I'm worried for Carson," Tem exclaimed, as Carrie gave the city girl a perplexed glance.
"What do you mean? Do you think Emma isn't actually going?" Carrie asked, becoming a bit more frantic.
"No no. I mean more so in the future," Tem quickly explained, reassuring the blonde.
"Oh! But why? I can't think of anyone that would be particularly threatened by him," Carrie mused, thinking to herself.
"Justin seems threatened by him. He keeps kind of pushing his name in every conversation with anyone that will listen," Tem replied, as Carrie nodded along.
"But why? It makes no sense," Carrie said, as Tem seemed to nervously shift her arms into her pants pockets.
"I… don't know. But if Justin gets his way, I think it's best if we separate ourselves from Carson a bit. We don't need to become collateral for Justin's vendetta."
"Yeah. I get your point. It'll suck though. We've become really good friends out here."
"Oh I know, but trust me, luck favors the prepared."
Confessional, Carrie
Well at least he isn't wary of me… but collateral is in the dictionary for a reason, and I don't want to be that.
Confessional, Tem
I know I'll have to let Carson go soon. Justin won't stop targeting him, so I'm going to have to try and make sure Carrie is with me for when that happens.
"Hey Carrie, do you mind if we have a small chat? I know we haven't talked a whole lot recently," Courtney exclaimed to the curly blonde, as Courtney took a seat next to her at one of the many picnic tables in the film lot.
"Oh yeah sure Courtney, I don't mind. I was just collecting my thoughts," Carrie replied, giving the latina a smile.
"I know we haven't talked a whole lot this season, but I do like you. And with so few players left, I was thinking that we could start working together," Courtney explained, as Carrie nodded along.
"Should we not, maybe bring another person or two in so we can form a majority for a round or two?" Carrie suggested.
"No no. I don't think anyone would expect us to work together, but if we start asking people to align with us, they may think something is off. It's best if we keep this as a secret duo."
"Right right. I imagine the vote is still Emma then?"
"Yep!"
"And after that?"
"We should see who wins immunity, but I think Justin is going to go for Carson."
"Good to know it isn't me," Carrie chuckled, as Courtney eye rolled.
Confessional, Courtney
I know I've been miss goody two shoes, but I need to start putting on my lawyer hat, and my lawyer hat says that I need to win at all costs, and I think Carrie could be a great ally to make that happen. She comes with two spare allies in Carson and Tem as well, which makes her a perfect choice.
Confessional, Carrie
When did I get popular? Personally. I don't trust Courtney, I've got my eye on her.
"Emma, look it's you tonight," Justin exclaimed, as he and Emma were slowly making their way to the elimination ceremony.
"WHAT!? What do you expect me to do then!? It's a bit late to do anything!" Emma exclaimed, almost yelling at Justin.
"I have an idol," Justin said, pulling out Chris' wooden head. "I'm going to give it to you now, you play it on yourself, and you vote out who I say." Emma reached for the idol, but Justin pulled it back, eyeing her down making sure she agreed to his terms.
"I'll vote for who you say," Emma desperately said.
"Alright," Justin replied, handing the idol to Emma. "You need to vote out Carson, he's way too sneaky, and he's coming after you. Once you're out, he wants me out next."
"That weasel. But shouldn't we use this to take out a massive threat like Courtney or Hilde."
"No no, they're more open to working with us than Carson. But if you don't want to vote for Carson, what about Carrie or Tem?"
"No, I'm not voting for Carrie. She actually still kind of likes me. But Tem isn't a bad choice."
"I still think Carson is a better one. Remember, I'm saving you here. I'm going to vote for you, just so people don't think I helped you," Justin explained to Emma, who nodded along.
"Whatever, just don't make it obvious," Emma snarked as she skipped away from the model who stood there confused and dumbfounded.
Confessional, Justin
If she doesn't do as I say, I will probably lose any and all modeling contracts that involve my face…
Confessional, Emma
A nice idol, and I can choose who I want to go home myself. Carson, like Justin said. Carmen, for lying to me. Courtney, for being stuck up. Justin, just cause. Tem, for being skinny. Carrie, for having a happy relationship. Hilde, for thinking she's better than everyone else, or Raj so I can have Justin all to myself… so many choices!
Elimination Ceremony
"Welcome back to the Elimination Ceremony!" Chris exclaimed, arms out wide as he stood on the stage, his smile as always large and devious, as he watched the nine teens file their way into the bleachers. "As you all know, you'll vote for the person you'll want to send to the jury, Courtney for the first time is immune, so you cannot vote for her!" Courtney beamed with pride as she let a small smile slip, proud of her first immunity win.
As Chef handed out the devices, once again in his sparkly magenta dress, however the cast paid no real mind to him, as most quickly voted, while others stared Emma down as they voted. Emma meanwhile was fairly calm in the face, but she struggled to keep still, however her excitement was going largely unnoticed. After everyone had voted, the cast turned to face Chris.
"If anyone has an immunity idol and they would like to play it, now would be the time to do so!" Chris exclaimed, and almost instantly Emma jumped up from her seat. Many, especially Carmen looked on in utter shock as Emma pulled out the idol from inside her orange vest. Justin let a small smirk escape his lips, as he tried to fake a reaction.
"I like the idea of sticking around here for another few days, so if you don't mind Chris, I'd like to play this for myself!" Emma exclaimed, as she strutted her way towards the host. Handing the idol to Chris and strutting her way back to her seat, smirking at her fellow castmates.
"This IS a Hidden Immunity Idol, any votes for Emma will not count!" Chris announced. "Would anyone else like to play an idol?" Chris asked. Courtney seemed to fidget with her hands a bit but she made no move to get up from her seat, complacent with not using her idol for any of her allies, while everyone else still remained sat in shock as the target had become safe.
"Alright. I'll read the votes!" Chris exclaimed, as he pulled out the first vote.
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SECOND VOTE… Emma. Does not count!"
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"SIXTH VOTE… Emma. Does not count!"
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"EIGHTH VOTE…" Chris seemed to pause for dramatic effect, trying to increase the suspense. "Emma. Does. Not. Count!" Chris exclaimed. The campers were all on the edge of their seats, stressed as they waited to see who Emma solely decided to send home.
"NINTH VOTE… and the sixteenth person voted out and the fifth member of our jury…" Chris gave an extra long pause as he looked at the name sprawled out on the parchment, as he flipped it a handful of gasps escaped some of the camper's mouths. "Carson… it's time for you to go."
"HAHA! You guys thought you could take me out!" Emma cheered. "Well I'm still here! HAHAHAHA!" Emma cackled as she jumped off the bleachers and gave the campers a sassy wave as she made her way back to the trailers to celebrate. Justin rolled his eyes and face palmed as he watched the blonde girl walk and cackle away.
"Well… I'll take going out like this over last time," Carson exclaimed, standing up from his seat. Carrie also stood up and gave the boy a hug, as did Tem, as the trio was now down to a duo.
"You played well," Courtney admitted. "You're probably one of the unluckiest players on the show," She added.
"Tell me about it," Carson chuckled. "I don't have any bombshells to drop, so if and when Emma gets voted out, I expect you guys to give her the same treatment she's given everyone else."
"Oh trust me, she will amigo," Carmen exclaimed, anger twinging her voice, as she shot a glare over to Justin.
"See ya guys! It's been fun!" Carson shouted as he got inside the limousine.
"Well after a bombastic idol play it would seem Emma is still on the outs, but if she finds out that Carmen and Raj really plotted her downfall, will she finally shift gears away from Justin? And with Courntey holding the final idol in the game, will she be forced to play it before her expiration date? And did Justin make a fatal error in saving Emma? All of that and more coming to you next time on Total Drama Action!"
Final Confessional, Carson
Welp… I've been twist screwed and idoled out. My Total Drama career is certainly one I doubt many people want haha! But hey I made the merge and I beat my prior placement… even if that's only because season two featured a returnee. But I can't be mad at my performance here at all, even if none of my moves succeeded, I had a good chance of making it far if I just survived this vote. Who knows what could've happened. I'm obviously rooting for Carrie and Tem, my only true allies left in the game. But Courtney, Justin, Carmen, and even Hilde are all playing really well, so I think this will be a really fun and interesting end game!
Votes
Carmen: You annoy me, and quite frankly you disgust me. Emma
Carrie: This game isn't healthy for you. Emma
Carson: You're a terrible dance partner. Emma
Courtney: Your choice in men perfectly describes your game. A disaster. Emma
Emma: Toodaloo, you thought you could get me anime boy! Carson
Hilde: To think we were allies at one point. Emma
Justin: If you don't idol out Carson… I don't know what I'll do, but when I figure it out, best believe you'll be sorry! Emma
Raj: You've been pretty annoying. Not really sorry about this at all. Emma
Tem: Sorry Sky, I know you wanted to get away from her for a few more days. Emma
24th: Lauren: 5-1
23rd: Anne Maria: 4-2
22nd: Chase: 4-1
21st: Zee: 4-2
20th: Devante: 4-1
19th: Raihan: 4-1
18th: Shawn: 3-2-1
17th: Wayne: 2-2 Lost Tiebreaker
16th: Ella: 5-3
15th: Jaiden: 5-2
14th: Devin: 4-4 Lost Tiebreaker
13th: Angelo: 7-4-2
12th: Sugar: 5-4-3
11th: Beardo: 6-5
10th: Sky: 9-1
9th: Carson 8-1
Reviews
SuperSonicHeros: (Trygve): I'm glad you enjoyed the challenge and the cameos. With Sky we wanted her to play into her strengths and then be a bit of a reset for the game, as we had just had a streak of really close votes, and as you can see here we just had a massive bang.
(Rj): I hope the crackships were fun. I think Sky just flew too close to the sun in this case, since she had a big chip on her shoulder from being the only medevac of the previous seasons. When it comes to dating I do think that Emma's personality would have had her with a handful of relationships even before Chase.
LordGemini: (Trygve) I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter, despite it being unanimous it was a fun one with all of the running around going on. I would argue for Sky, trying to work with Raj was her best bet, since Justin, Courtney, Carmen, and Emma all were not going to, and Hilde was fairly unlikely. I am glad you enjoyed this elimination in comparison to unanimous votes in the past for this series.
(RJ): It's been clear that you don't like Carson so I hope you enjoy his elimination, and I wonder if you were blindsided because of it. There's definitely a lot of balance issues with the smaller cast, I will acknowledge that, but I hope we did good enough. I don't know if I say it enough but I do thank you for the spanish corrections since it's not my native language at the level that Carmen's would be. Hope you enjoyed the episode
Merge Team: Carmen, Carrie, Courtney, Emma, Hilde, Justin, Raj, Tem
Carmen: 3 team immunities, 1 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 3 votes against
Carrie: 4 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 0 votes against
Courtney: 5 team immunities, 1 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 0 votes against
Emma: 5 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 1 idol played, 1 vote against, 8 negated votes
Hilde: 4 team immunities, 1 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 2 votes against
Justin: 3 team immunities, 1 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 8 votes against
Raj: 4 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 2 votes against
Tem: 3 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 2 votes against