Welcome to High Atlas

is the premiere episode of Survivor: Atlas Mountains.
==Story==
The Atlas Mountains.
A mountain range spanning 2,500 kilometers across three separate countries. Filled with rich environments and unique wildlife, this land is home to the native Amazigh people, a word that translates into ‘The Free’ in their own language.
It is here, specifically in the High Atlas region, where eighteen castaways gather for the start of a real journey. One that will test their minds, body, and spirits as they are forced to outwit, outplay, and outlast one another in a game like no other.
This is Survivor: Atlas Mountains.
==Day One==
The eighteen castaways arrive and are greeted by Nifty.
* Nifty: Welcome to High Atlas. This is where your journey in this game will begin and end. Surrounding you are your potential future allies and enemies, and in the end only one of you can be the winner of this 39-day journey. These mountains will test you, and you’ll see if you are able to handle the high elevations and unique environment of not only these mountains, but of the competition in front of you that you’ll have to scale.
Nifty then hands out buffs to the tribes.
On the Tribe: Billy, Brady, FatFam, Jermu, JoeyK, and Mitch.
On the Tribe: Blue, Bocetuda, Dark, Dim, Miko, and Ryo.
And finally, on the Tribe: Duke, Gabe, Killer, Levi, Tristian, and Zoe.
* Nifty: With that, I leave you all to go to your tribe camps and get cozy for the long and arduous challenge ahead of you all! Have fun out there, folks.
The three tribes finishing putting on their buffs, pick up their bags, and make their separate ways to their tribe camps.
===Amizmiz===
At the Amizmiz camp, everyone exchanges a few greetings at camp, but things quiet down pretty fast. Billy attempts to keep things moving, but doesn’t find too much reciprocation.
After a bit, Joey splits off from the group and starts gesturing for people to talk with him one on one so he can get a feel for his tribemates.
When JoeyK meets with Billy, the two get along quite well. After a short time, JoeyK suggests that the two of them work together in the game. Billy happily agrees.
As JoeyK and Billy walk and talk back to the campsite, they come across Mitch. Mitch, having appreciated Billy’s efforts to keep tribe talk lively earlier and seeing JoeyK talking to multiple people one-on-one, joins in on the conversation. The three get along amazingly well, and they make themselves a three-person alliance known as ‘The Actives.’ They pool their information together to get a sense of the other three competitors on their tribe.
Billy, however, is hesitant to feel secure with his position on the tribe.
===Toubkal===
At Toubkal’s camp, after a short greeting session, Ryo eyes up his tribemates and quickly pulls aside Dim and Miko. He proposes an alliance between the three of them. They accept, both because they don’t want to turn down an early alliance, and also because the two have a connection.
Not too long after, Ryo approaches Blue and gets him involved with the alliance. The four call themselves ‘The Toubkal Alliance.’ This leaves Bocetuda and Dark on the outskirts of the tribe, although it’s so early in the game that neither of them to notice they’re already in the minority.
===Maghreb===
Maghreb’s camp is very quiet in comparison to the other two tribes. After a few initial greetings, conversations seem few and simplistic. No one here has any strong prior connections to one another, and everyone seems a little afraid of stepping up to create an early alliance.
Regardless, some people are still optimistic and expect great success out of this timid tribe.
==Day Two==
Each tribe checks their treemail to find an announcement for the first immunity challenge.
Every tribe gets time to come up with a strategy and coordinate their tribe members before running the challenge the next day.
===Amizmiz===
At Amizmiz, Billy takes the lead on setting up a plan.
* Billy: Alright, is there an order that we'd like to pass the torch for this challenge. Realistically, we should ensure that the people who don't have a lot of time or can't stay should go first to get them out of the way. Can we all make the challenge time is another good question? I can make the 12PM EST time but we need to figure out a strategy so our Tribe doesn't go to Tribal.
* Mitch: I’ll be able to make it. Can everyone else?
* Jermu: Who will pass to who? And in what order?
* Mitch: We need to come up with one before the challenge starts
* Billy: I don't mind where I'll be since I'll be active regardless.
* Mitch: Well who wants to start
* Jermu: I can
* Mitch: Okay so you start. I can go after if we need since no one else seems to be offering lmao
* Billy: I’ll take third.
* JoeyK: I am awake now lmao. And idk if I’ll have WiFi when the time comes in out of the house from 11-5 but if you see me online that means I have WiFi and I am on so pass it to me then and I’ll pass it right away. I just don’t wanna lose the challenge for us if it comes down to me.
* Mitch: So should you go last?
* JoeyK: I can go last if you want, I'm fine going when ever.
* Billy: Alright - At the moment it's Jermu, Mitch, Billy, ???, ???, Joey from what I can tell. Just need Brady and Fat to confirm their spots and we've got this!
Brady and FatFam, however, never get around to confirming their spots. They instead lazed around camp asleep for most of the day. Mitch brings this up when The Actives talk again later that day.
* Mitch: Why have we been put on the tribe with the most inactive people lmao
* Billy: Sheer horrible luck?
* Mitch: Not in the best position
As time went on and the challenge grew closer, Amizmiz realized that the half-baked plan they had would need to be the plan they went with.
===Toubkal===
At Toubkal, things weren’t organized quite as smoothly.
* Miko: so challenge tomorrow? gg. what happens if people from a tribe won't show up
* Ryo: Ill be back home in about a half hour so I’ll read over the challenge then.
* Miko: k gg xp
* Ryo: Can we all agree to do this challenge right at 12 PM ET tomorrow? We can get it done, come in first, and retain the numbers.
* Miko: i mean we still need to practise xp
* Ryo: Right right. I’m free to practice anytime tonight.
* Miko: im just gonna wait till more poeple say somethign in chat xp
~Many Hours Later~
* Ryo: So what’s our game plan for the challenge?
* Miko: well im legit just waiting for people to type in chat so we can start :I
* Ryo: Me too ;0
* Miko: um so us 2 will start the phrase off for sure xp
* Ryo: yeah, im down for that haha. Dim, how bout I pass it to you after that?
* Dim: kk
* Ryo: Who are you passing the torch to?
* Dim: umm
* Miko: waits. we just need dark or blue gg
* Blue: uh hey
* Miko: uh hai do u know what the challenge is?
* Blue: we pass a torch
* Miko: yep xp i guess we’re gonna have dim pass his torch to blue
* Blue: then u pass it to…
* Miko: wait do you know the order? its me ryo dim you
* Blue: ok then i will pass it to dark
* Miko: yea that would be better
* Ryo: And then Dark passes it to Bocetuda?
* Blue: yeah hopefully
* Miko: i wonder if were more active then the other tribes xp
* Blue: i think we are we have 5 out of 6 online
* Miko: truth yea but i dont think boce will come sooo 5 will be enough hopefully
The Toubkal tribe quickly perform a practice run without Bocetuda before retiring to bed for the night.
===Maghreb===
At Maghreb, well…
* Levi: So guys, we should decide who should go first and last and make sure they know what message to say. Should get things done quickly. Who wants to go first and last?
* Tristian: What is the challenge exactly
And that was literally all that they discussed before they went into the immunity challenge the next day.
==Day Three==
===Immunity Challenge===
All three tribes walk into the immunity challenge area and get into their pre-planned positions...except for the Maghreb tribe, who shuffle themselves into a disorganized order. 
The challenge begins, and Amizmiz gets off to a quick start. However, Billy doesn’t see FatFam at the fourth slot like he’s supposed to be stationed, so he calls out to Brady...who’s asleep. He then calls out to Joey to run back, grab the torch, find FatFam and give it to him. This costs the Amizmiz tribe time as Toubkal, while not as fast at running, manages to get ahead of Amizmiz through their steady pace. 
Meanwhile, the Maghreb tribe struggles to find Levi, the next person in their passing order, who seemingly disappeared in the mountain range. The other members are preoccupied and don’t respond to Gabe and Zoe’s calls to help.
* Mitch: Well we look like we're in a better position then Maghreb. They have two people on.
* Jermu: And one is playing Friday the Thirteenth.
Zoe goes up to Tristian and whispers to him privately while the rest of the tribe searches for Levi.
* Zoe: Tristian, what should we do if we lose because of Levi?
* Tristian: that’s up to the tribe not just me.
Finally, the Amizmiz tribe finds FatFam investigating some odd purple-colored rocks. Joey passes the torch to him, and FatFam goes to Brady for the final pass...only to see Brady is fast asleep on the ground. 
A similar problem occurs with Toubkal when Dark tries to give the final torch pass to Bocetuda, but can’t seem to find where he is. 
After an hour had passed, Nifty sighed and told everyone to stop the challenge. He declared Amizmiz and Toubkal the winners of the challenge, as they had managed to get the farthest on their torch runs. This meant that Maghreb was going to tribal council, and one of them would be the first person voted out.
Challenge 1: Torch Run	Challenge 1: Torch Run
TribePlacement 	Tribe Members
1st: Toubkal 	Blue, Bocetuda, Dark, Dim, Miko, Ryo
2nd: Amizmiz 	Billy, Brady, FatFam, Jermu, JoeyK, Mitch
3rd: Maghreb 	Duke, Gabe, Killer, Levi, Tristian, Zoe
===Amizmiz & Toubkal===
At Amizmiz, relief falls over the camp as Billy holds the tribal immunity statue high above his head. While everyone else celebrates and high-fives for a bit, Brady crawls back into the tribe shelter without saying a word to anyone.
Mitch sits on a steep cliffside by himself as he watches the sunset in deep thought.
Meanwhile at the Toubkal tribe, Bocetuda immediately apologizes as they all return to camp.
* Bocetuda: Hey guys! I´m sorry I wasn´t here when the hallenge was happening :( It´s because my grandmother was here and I had to stay with her
* Miko: it’s all good
* Dark: xD It’s totally fine
* Ryo: You’re good! Welcome aboard!
But unfortunately for Bocetuda, all is not what it seems to be on the surface.
===Maghreb===
At Maghreb, the mood is somber. But Tristian tries his best to look at the best side of things.
Zoe, however, does not look at things so optimistically as she fumes over Levi’s absence in the challenge causing them all to go to tribal council.
Zoe begins going around the whole tribe throwing Levi under the bus, telling people that he deserves to be the first to go for wasting their time. Because everyone and fairly quiet and just wants to survive the first tribal, as well as the fact that Levi still hadn’t returned to camp, everyone agreed with the plan as they picked up their torches and set off to tribal.
==Tribal Council==
At tribal, the Maghreb tribe found Levi sitting there already. He looked saddened, and while others were glad to see him here, Zoe was still visibly upset. Levi stood up with his torch as everyone else entered.
* Nifty: Maghreb Tribe, take your torches and dip them in the fire. In this game, fire represents your life. Once your flame is gone, so are you.
Maghreb all dip their torches in the fire and set them down as they sit.
* Nifty: Gabe, how does it feel to be at the first tribal council of the season?
* Gabe: It doesn’t feel so great, but I hope that after this tribal we can be a better and stronger tribe.
* Nifty: Tristian, you guys have only been around each other for a few days. How do you decide who gets voted out this early on?
* Tristian: I think it comes down to activity, not all people are completely active. So this vote for me, will be determined by the activity of my fellow tribe mates.
* Nifty: Killer, are you nervous about how this vote might turn out?
* Killer: yeah, I know I've been afk for a while, but I tried my best to get on to do the challenge
* Nifty: Zoe, what do you think could’ve been done differently to have prevented this loss?
* Zoe: We could have won if Levi actually passed it.
* Nifty: Is that the only thing you think would’ve prevented the loss? You did seem upset at Levi, getting impatient with him and throwing shade towards him in the tribe chat.
* Zoe: The other tribes won. We lost, Only because Levi refused to do anything! I am extremely mad at him! If I wasn’t on this, I would seriously punch him in the face rn
* Nifty: Levi, how do you react to Zoe being very clearly ticked off at you not carrying on the torch passing?
* Zoe: You’ll be waiting a long time for an answer.
* Levi: Hm? Oh, yes. Well, sadly I was busy today. I was at lunch with a friend who is going through a lot in real life and I’m sorry, but Id rather lose this challenge then let him deal with it on his own.
* Zoe: Oh. I’m sorry for lashing out at you then, I guess I got a bit over dramatic.
* Killer: I feel for you man.
* Levi: It’s fine. If you guys would rather me not be here, I’ll drop out. I might not be in the best situation to be playing this game.
* Nifty: Please, don't quit. If you wish to leave the game, ask others to vote you out instead. I'd rather have a vote-out instead of a quit.
* Levi: I mean, with my circumstances this clearly isn’t the right fit for me. Wouldn’t it be better for me to swap out with someone else?
* Nifty: If you quit, nobody will swap out with you. The first challenge has already finished and someone has to be eliminated from the game as a result. It would be better to just go through the formal voting out rather than you quitting the game.
* Levi: Trust me, I don’t want to quit. I will play my heart out in survivor. I just don’t want to let my tribe down.
* Nifty: Well, then...if you’re sure about this. Levi, per your wishes, you are the first person to leave the game. Bring me your torch.
Levi brings up his torch, and Nifty snuffs it.
* Nifty: It’s time for you to go.
Levi looks back and weakly smiles, waving goodbye to his tribe as he walks away.
* Nifty: Well, Maghreb, you managed to have an easy out this tribal council. However, I feel like it won’t be as easy to come to a decision if I have to see you here again. Head on out of here, g’night.
The Maghreb tribe pick up their torches and heads back to camp.
===Votes===
Tribal Council 1:Maghreb	Tribal Council 1:Maghreb
QUIT:Levi 	QUIT:Levi
===Final Words===
==Trivia==
*This is the first episode in the whole series!
*Billy and Ryo are tied for most confessionals this episode, each having 4.