Riya

**Riya** is an actress and one of the contestants in *Total Drama Disventure Camp*.

## Total Drama Disventure Camp

### Pilot

Riya in on the bus heading to the camp when the bus breaks down and Nina tells the campers they should run to the camp by themselves. Riya is running next to James, Aiden and Yul and Yul tells them how he reached a million followers on Instagram with his choreographies. James is surprised and asks how he didn't know Yul, who tells him it is because he is popular in Korea, but not that much on America. James tells the group he hopes he can reach a million followers on tiktok during his time in the camp and Riya tells them she should pay more attention to her social media. In the confessional, Riya introduces herself and reveals she is a Bollywood actress and she came to the United States three years ago to continue her career and get better roles. She reveals she hopes the reality show gives her more exposure so she is finally be hired for something that isn't an extra role. Riya is the twelfth person to arrive at the camp and her team is the Angry Condors.

Later, Riya is with Yul, Kai, Hunter and Tess in front of a cabin, when Riya says she would like to learn more about Yul's successful career. Yul reveals he participared in a dance contest when he was 15 because his parents forced him to. He did exceptionally well, someone from the audience recorded it and the video went viral, which since then, he never stopped receiving calls to be part of important choreographies.

It is time for the first challenge and Ryia has to wait for Ally to arrive with a flag so she can race against Oliver to the finishing line. Oliver is a bit in front of Riya, which worries her. However, Riya manages to pass Oliver and wins for her team, making her stay for another week in the show.

### Open Your Eyes

In the episode's challenge, Krystal reveals that the challenge will be staying at the elimination zone for as many hours possible without falling asleep. The last person awake will win for their team. 12 have passed and Riya is sitting next to Connor when Yul arrives telling them that Kai is making an alliance with the other team, but Connor and Riya don't care about it. Kai also says that what Yul said isn't true, but the latter insists on saying Kai can't be trusted. Connor tries to appease between Kai and Yul, and advices Kai to not talk with the Radioactive Sharks anymore, which Kai accepts. At the confessional, Riya says that Yul behaves like a spoiled child and she doesn't want to get in trouble with anyone because being in the show means a lot to her and she doesn't want anything to ruin it.

With Yul and Connor gone, Riya says to Connor that it was a good thing he managed to stop the argument and that sometimes an adult role model is needed to calm the youngests. Riya then, notices that Connor is a bit upset and she asks if he's okay. Connor reveals to her that he feels out of place in the show, which Riya asks why. Connor answers saying he noticed things he hasn't noticed before and Riya tells him she knows how he feels, as she spent her whole life in India, trying to get her acting career off the ground and now she is on the other side of the world in a new territory. Connor is surprised and asks how she deals with that, which Riya answers she just tries to be herself because pretending to be someone else will only make people never know who she really is. Connor is impressed by what Riya says and decides to go on a walk.

24 hours have passed and Connor is feeling very tired but Riya tells him to resist. 36 hours later, Riya falls asleep, but Ally manages to win the challenge for her team, making Riya stay for another week.

### The Kiss-a-thon

Riya is sitting by a lake, washing her foot, when Connor arrives to talk with her. revealing to her he feels much better now. The reason for that is because he's been thinking about what Riya said to him and he realised he has been acting like a child and not an adult. Riya reveals to Connor that he has always been acting like an adult to her, which surprises Connor, and she advices Connor to show the mature Connor to the game. Their conversation is then, interrupted by Krystal, who announces that the next challenge will soon begin. Riya then, gets up and goes take a bath, but before that, Connor reveals to her he will turn 50 by the next month and he is accepting it.

At the challenge, Krystal reveals that in the episode's challenge, the campers will have to kiss each other in the challenge until someone refuses to kiss. As the challenge goes on, Riya has to kiss Yul, which makes her vomit in the confessional and later Connor. 25 rounds later, Yul has to kiss Maggy, which he rejects, making his team lose the challenge.

At the elimination ceremony, Kai is eliminated, but Krystal reveals another person will also be leaving. Connor however, decides to leave the game voluntarily, which Krystal accepts. Riya is shocked by Connor's choice and asks him why would he give up the million. Connor reveals he has a perfume company and never needed the money. The real reason he chosed to participate was to feel young, but Riya taught him that age is a virtue. He then, gives a perfume to Riya as a present.

### Truth Hurts

At the beginning of the episode, Riya approaches Ally and Tess and asks them if any of them want to go out in a walk with her. They friendly reject it and Ally also asks Riya if she sees Hunter she can tell him that they are looking for him. At the confessional, Riya reveals she is having a hard time connecting with the other campers since Connor left.

Riya is walking around the camp when she finds a letter saying that she found an advantage and now she can make one camper from each team to switch to the opposing team. Before the episode challenge begins, Riya uses the advantage and makes Yul and Rosa Maria switch teams. In the episode's challenge, Krystal will tell shameful personal truth that belongs to one of the campers and the person she is talking about needs to push the button and accpts the humiliation in front of the whole team to score a point, if the person does not accept it, the opposing team can try to guess who Krystal is talking about. If they do it correctly, they will take the point. The team that scores 5 points wins. If the person does not reveal themself, the teams will be throw in the ocean for a short time.

After Krystal exposing many secrets, she asks which member of the Radioactive Sharks had sex reassignment surgery, however, the person didn't reveal themself, which makes the Angry Condors win the challenge.

### You Are A Monster!

Krystal reveals an immunity totem has been hidden somewhere in the camp and Riya, along with Rosa Maria, goes after it in the forest. As they are looking for the totem, Riya reveals she is feeling lonely since Connor left. This lead Rosa Maria to make an alliance with her. At the confessional, Riya reveals she believe she is very lucky to have met Rosa because she is smart and trustworthy.

Later, it is time for the challenge, where the campers will need to do everything Krystal orders them to do and the moment someone denies it, they lose. The challenge begins and Krystal orders Riya to give her the perfume that Connor gave her. Riya has a hard time doing it, but Rosa convinces her to do it and promises they will get it back later. The challenge goes on and eventually, Krystal orders Lake to remove her wig, which she refuses to do it, making the Radioactive Sharks lose again.

### Broke & Back Mountain

The episode begins with Krystal waking up the campers, saying that in 30 minutes, the bus will be waiting for them at the entrance of the camp to take them to their next challenge.

In the bus, Riya learns from Lake that Yul left the show for eating poisoned mushrooms. Before the challenge, Krystal congratulates the campers and reveal they have reached the merge. She then, proceeds to explain the challenge; the campers must come back to the camp in teams of two, with Oliver dropping backpacks in the area containing supplies and things that can be useful in the challenge. Riya is selected to go with Rosa Maria for this challenge.

Riya and Rosa find a backpack with only one sleeping bag, a bag of marshmallows and a flashlight. Rosa then, notices Riya is worried and asks what is wrong. Riya tells Rosa that now that the teams are dissolved Rosa will likely abandon her and go back to Lake. But Rosa promises to her that she won't do it and that if she makes an alliance with Lake, Riya will also be a part of it.

It gets dark and starts to rain. Riya and Rosa spend their night together in their only sleepingbag and in the next day, they are the second pair to arrive. Later, as a reward for getting at the camp first, Aiden and James can use Krystal's personal Jacuzzi and invite whoever they want. They decide to invite everybody, including Riya.

### Not As Easy As It Seems

Riya is at the cabin with Lake and Rosa Maria. Rosa says that since Krystal has been busy doing Oliver's job, it is the perfect time to get Riya's perfume back. Riya is a little worried that Krystal will find out, but is conviced to go. As they are looking for the perfume, Riya thanks Lake and Rosa again for doing such a selfless act for her. Rosa Maria eventually finds the perfume and Riya thanks her. Riya reveals that the perfume is special not because it is expensive or because it belonged to a well known brand, but because it was a birthday gift Connor gave to her before he left. Riya also reveals she misses Connor and asks if that is weird. Rosa tells her some people connect so well that when they separate, they feel empty.

Later, it is time for the challenge, The challenge is divided into three stages; first the campers will be divided into two teams and they need to play dogdeball. Riya is in a team with Hunter, Lake and James. Riya's team eventually wins the challenge and they are qualified for the next part of the challenge, where they are divided in pairs and need to use duel sticks to knock down the other participant. The last two campers standing will advance to the final round. Riya has to face James in this challenge. She manages to make James drop his duel stick, which makes him try to take hers. Riya and James then, fall and are disqualified for the next part of the challenge. Riya then, watches Hunter and Lake in the last part of the challenge and Hunter wins.

### Nightmare in Tipiskaw

The episode begins with Riya, Rosa Maria and Lake talking about Lake's new wig. Lake reveals to them that she is thinking about getting a tattoo when the reality show is over, which Riya replies saying that sounds great. Then, Rosa Maria reveals she has found the immunity totem, which surprises Riya and Lake. Rosa tells Riya and Lake that if any of them feels in danger of being voted out, they should warn Rosa so she can use the totem to save them. At the confessional, Riya reveals she didn't like that Rosa only revealed she had the totem now that Lake is part of the alliance and that she should have warned her before.

This time, instead of Krystal, it is Marcus who calls the campers for the challenge. He orders them to meet him at race track in 15 minutes. However, it gets dark and more than three hours pass, and Marcus doesn't come for the challenge. For their surprise, Nina appears in a TV and reveals she will be leading the challenge. Nina reveals they will be stalked and eliminated by her friend, the Night Butcher and will have to defeat him in order to win.

Riya, Rosa and Lake decide to ignore Nina and decide to enjoy the night off. They decide to go see the stars by the lake. There, Nina reveals to them that the Night Butcher has already made two victims, which worries Riya and makes her wonder if what Nina said is real. The trio agrees to look out for the others to see if this is a joke or not. They hear Ally scream in the bathroom and go to see what happened along with Hunter. Riya is horrified when she sees Ally's supposedly dead body and she starts believing that what Nina said was real.

Hunter is angry at Nina and decides to go after her. Riya tries to stop him but fails. Lake, Rosa and Riya agree to go to the cabin and use James's phone to ask for help, but when they arrive there, the phone has no signal. The Night Butcher then appears, making Riya scream in terror. The trio runs to thw window, but when Riya was about to jump out of the window, the Night Butcher caught her leg and drags her inside the cabin.

The next day, Riya gets up and it is revealed that the Night Butcher was actually making people faint with tranquilizers and the red liquid was ketchup. The Night Butcher, is then revealed to be Karol, who is back in the game because no one managed to beat the Night Butcher.

Later, Riya, Rosa and Lake are discussing on who they are gonna vote. They agree to vote for James when Riya leaves Rosa and Lake to go to the bathroom. There, she finds Ally, who asks Riya if she could vote for Lake out because she believes she is one of the strongests competitors. Riya agrees with Ally and says she will think about it. At the confessional, Riya reveals she believes what Ally said is true and that she could tell Rosa to use the immunity totem, but she wonders if that is really what she wants.

At the elimination ceremony, Lake is voted out. Riya and Rosa accompany her to the bus. Rosa is sad and regrets not using the immunity totem, while Riya watches the scene knowing what she has done. The trio then hugs and the bus arrive to take Lake. At the confessional, Riya reveals that since Rosa and Lake had reunited, Lake has been Rosa's best friend and ally, leaving Riya out. She also says she feels guilty for what she has done, but at least her and Rosa are still in the game and they also have the totem.

### Sabotage Below Zero

Riya is out of the cabin, seeing the snow fall with a worried face, when Rosa comes out of the cabin very happy about the snow. Riya asks Rosa if she likes snow, which she replies saying that it never snows in her town, so this is like a dream to her. Rosa then gets sad for Lake not being there, but Riya tries to cheer her up saying they should move on. At the confessional, Riya wonders what Rosa would think if she found out that Riya knew Lake would be voted out and she reveals she is not pround for not telling Rosa about this, but if she wants Rosa to be by her side, it was best for Lake to be voted out.

Krystal then, says good morning to the campers and tells them they should meet her at the storage for the next challenge. Riya was about to go, when Karol stops her to talk with her. Karol reveals to Riya she would like to know more about her. Riya says she will gadly do so and promises Karol she won't let her be left out. Riya then, asks Karol why she was voted out and Karol reveals it was because James and Aiden manipulated everyone to voted her out. Karol then, reveals she wants James and Aiden gone and hopes Riya can be by her side when that happens.

It is time for the challenge, where it is divided in three stages; in the first one, the campers must build a sled. Oliver then, will judge the sleds and the camper who builds his favorite will win an advantage in the next part of the challenge. Riya ends up losing the challenge to Rosa Maria. At the second part of the challenge, the campers must work in pairs and one camper must climb a mountain carrying the sled with their partner sitting on it. Riya's pair is Karol and they agree that Karol should be the one who climbs with Karol sitting on the sled.

As they climb the mountain, Riya is impressed that Karol made a wolf help her carry the sled, which Karol reveals it is because she fed him the other day and now he is returning the favor. Riya then, tells Karol she is very kind, which Karol replies saying she is too. Karol tells Riya they are not very different because they don't fit in the game, that they are not the priority of anyone and will soon be discarted by the other campers. At the confessional, Riya says that Karol is right.

Rosa Maria ends up winning the second part of the challenge again, and she has to choose a partner she can trust. She ends up choosing Riya. In the third part of the challenge, the pairs must race down a mountain, with one of the members blindfolded and the other guiding. The pair that reaches the finishing line first wins immunity. Riya and Rosa agree that Rosa should be the one blindfolded and Riya should guide him. Before the challenge begins, Riya watches Aiden cheat by putting a spider on Oliver's shoulder.

As the challenge goes on, Riya and Rosa were doing well until they hit a rock which breaks the sled and disqualifies Riya and Rosa. When the challenge is over after Hunter winning alone, Riya watches Karol and Aiden discuss. At the confessional, Riya says everyone plays dirty and wonders if that is the only way to get far in the game.