I'm Gonna Have to Kill Her

I’m Gonna Have to Kill Her is the season premiere of Survivor: Blood in the Water.
== Story ==
=== Day 1 ===
23rd September 2023, UTC
Eighteen new castaways arrive in Fiji on three boats. They have been divided into three tribes, with each boat containing pairs of loved ones. The castaways arrive and board a barge floating in the water where Jeff is waiting for them.
Host Essix then introduces the tribes. The Bati tribe, which will always wear white, consists of Alexander & Riley, Clayton & RileyKate, and Flaming & Soggy.
The Dra tribe, which will always wear red, consists of BB10 & Cryo, Catherine & Mason, and Cornelius & RickPat.
The Wasa tribe, which will always wear blue, consists of Archie & Lacey, Dania & Kouki, and Lea & Squid.
=== Day 2 ===
24th September 2023, UTC
Worry sets in early on Dra, as an unknown technical difficulty cuts off RickPat’s access to Discord for the unforeseen future. His partner, Cornelius, is devastated to hear that RickPat will be removed from the game if this issue is not fixed by Day 3. Dra also suffers a second significant setback, as Catherine fails to understand the rules of the challenge. The tribe must make a chain of Icebreaker Challenge, answering the previous question and asking a question of your own, for someone else to answer. However, Catherine brings the chain to a halt for 14 hours when she fails to ask a question of her own, which makes it impossible for the tribe to continue.
== Challenge ==
Challenge: Icebreaker Challenge
Castaways answer icebreaker questions in a designated channel, maintaining a chain amongst themselves. They must wait for two responses before posting again to avoid a penalty. Only one winning tribe gains immunity; the two lowest scoring tribes face the Tribal Council.
Winner: 
=== Day 3 ===
25th September 2023, UTC
Despite their morale starting off low, Dra miraculously pulls through an immunity win. However, RickPat is eventually evacuated from the game; Cornelius vows to do his best in memory of RickPat.
The idol hunt opens. This season, to find a Hidden Immunity Idol, you must successfully pass the three trials set by Fijian shark god Dakuwaqa. The first trial is to solve a Tents puzzle that mimics castaways setting up the tribe camp.
Bati and Wasa, as the losing tribes of the challenge, both attend a Joint Tribal Council together.
==Tribal Council==
Before the Tribal Council, Lea was on the outs of the Wasa tribe socially. Fearing her safety, she individually messages the opposing Bati tribe members and explains her situation. Soggy (from Bati) was the most cooperative with Lea, and he suggested that they vote for Archie on the Wasa tribe. Although Soggy didn't provide a motive behind this, Lea agreed with the idea. Happy with the plan that he had formed, Soggy made a confessional explaining the steps of executing it. However, he accidentally sent this in the public Tribal Council chat.
Dania sees Soggy's mistake in the Tribal chat, and before he can delete it she alerts her tribe mate Archie, who confronts Soggy privately. Soggy truthfully admits that voting Archie out was simply an idea, not a concrete plan. The pair seem to reconcile, but when discussing who to vote for, Archie mistakenly recommends voting for Lea - despite him knowing that Lea and Soggy worked together closely. Soggy, shocked at this, makes an alliance named The Super Seven, consisting of Lea and all members of the Bati tribe. The Super Seven revive the plan to vote out Archie, furious that he threw away an opportunity to work with them.
Halfway into the events of Tribal Council, it looked like Archie was going home at the hands of The Super Seven. However, members of the Bati tribe changed their minds and thought that Lea's enthusiastic, outgoing personality was simply a facade to protect herself. 
A wholesome moment happens when RileyKate and Archie have discovered they are from the same Swedish hometown!
A strong cross-tribal alliance is made (consisting of Archie, his partner Lacey, RileyKate, and her partner Clayton), called The Hoebag Society. This was also a crucial factor in swaying Clayton and RileyKate - influential members of the Bati tribe - to vote for Lea instead of Archie.
Having completed the first trial of the idol hunt, many castaways unlock the second trial. To pass the second trial, "Siren Song", the castaway must find out the favourite song of every member of the opposing tribe.
Three members of the Bati tribe, each having persuaded all members of Wasa to give up their favourite songs, pass the second trial. These members, in order, were Flaming, Clayton, and Soggy.
Three members of the Wasa tribe have the same success. These, in order, were Lea, Kouki, and Archie.
Ultimately, the majority opinion changed once again, and Lea was voted out 9-2-1.
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===Voting Confessionals===
===Final Words===
===Still in the Running===
								
								
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