On the other other other other other hand

**On the other other other other other hand** is the ninth episode of Nipvivor: Kathmandu.

## Challenges

**Reward Challenge:** 21 Questions Wrong
**Cultural connection:** *I still kept getting questions from players on Day 23 about some rules of the challenge or things said in treemail... So how about we ask you for some wrong answers this time instead?*
**Reward**: The top 3 players received 3 jigsaw pieces to the merge Idol system
**Winners:**  Okie, Nemo and Logan (Okie secretly getting 2 additional pieces for being the top scorer)

**Immunity Challenge:** Astro Alpaca
**Cultural connection:** *Back in 1997, a German-Nepali couple Hartmut and Pramila Bauder were thinking of ways in which people in the high-altitude regions could supplement their income. After some research, they decided and imported… alpacas.*
**Lightbringer**: TrophyWife gave a challenge advantage to Logan, which was 20% score boost
**Winner:**  Okie

## Episode Summary

Wynter expressed intent to quit the game. They posted a message in tribe chat asking to be voted out next. Combined with previously shown high reluctance to participate in the game, the hosting team decided to remove them from the game instead, escorting them to the viewing lounge instead of the jury. However, the Immunity challenge happening at the time and Tribal Council went ahead as planned, making 2 people be eliminated in this round in total.

A few castaways discussed their endgame plans. Okie is aiming to target Gavin at the Final 6. And he's confidence he can beat Nemo at the Final Immunity Challenge. Nemo, meanwhile, wants Colin out at the Final 6 so he can play the middle between his two Final 3 alliances - Okie/Oxy and Gavin/Akira. His ideal Final 3 is with Gavin and Oxy. Nemo has also continued to act overconfident, and he's trying hard to uncover the merge Idol. Gavin, on the other hand, wants to eliminate Okie and Oxy at the Final 5/4, and to go to the Final 3 with Nemo and Akira.

Logan believed he was the swing vote for this tribal. He originally wanted to target Okie, but then Okie won Immunity, so the target switched to Oxy. Colin also created a new alliance called the Quartet, consisting of the 4 remaining people not in the “noo” trio - that was himself, Gavin, Akira, and Logan. The intent was to target the dominant trio. Logan then pitched Gavin and Akira's names to the “noo” trio. But this attempt to play both sides blew up in Logan's face as Gavin and Akira found out about it. I'd say Gavin and Akira were the ones actually in the middle for this vote.

In other news, Nemo convinced Okie to give Logan incorrect jigsaw pieces. Okie did do that, and Logan figured out immediately.

Oxy wanted to go for Colin, but Nemo saw Logan as the bigger threat. Nemo also suggested using his Vote Steal and Idols to brute force the “noo” trio through the next couple of tribals. The plan was for Nemo to use the Vote Steal at the Final 7 to ensure the majority. However, Nemo didn't realize the deadline to play it had already passed. So instead, he transferred the advantage to Okie just before tribal - Nemo was paranoid he could be voted out that night.

Nemo subsequently misplayed the Barun Idol out of the same paranoia, showing that he didn't fully trust Gavin and Akira. But he received 0 votes and he still had the majority regardless. Logan was voted out 5-2, with Colin voting in the minority. But before Logan exited Tribal Council, he copy and pasted an image of all the jigsaw pieces he had.