Survivor: Journey Through Time

Survivor: Cryptid Caverns is the seventh season of Survivor Simps. It took place from mid September 2021 to mid October 2021. The theme of the season based on reminiscing on past mistakes, and aesthetically was themed around a fantasy airship.

Narek became the seventh Sole Survivor, defeating Shay and Kyra in a 7-3-0 vote. To date, this season has produced seven returning players (Damon, Caleb, Noa, Pesto, Narek, Christian K., Jackson) for future seasons. This season saw the return of one returnee, Kobe from Survivor: Cryptid Caverns.

It was preceded by Survivor: Cryptid Caverns, and was succeeded with Survivor: Phu Quoc - Second Chance.

## Format

* **Tribe Composition:** The eighteen castaways were divided into two tribes of nine.
* **Merge:** The merged tribe was composed of thirteen members.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:** Three finalists faced a jury of ten. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.

## Twists

* **Catfish Twist:** The returning player, Kobe, catfished as "Lauren".
* **The Captain's Quarters:** The players were given the opportunity to go to the Captain's Quarters to possibly earn an advantage.

## Season Summary

The series premiere began with the eighteen castaways being divided into two tribes of nine. The season started off normally, with the first few votes targeting inactivity. On Day 6, Q mistakenly sent the wrong message to take greed from their tribe, resulting in their elimination later that night after Caleb sent the correct message.

The premerge continued being lackluster with major players like Pesto, Narek and Shay controlling the majority, and characters like Christian K. and Noa bringing entertainment.

The merge started off with Justin being brought back into the game, much to the irritation of the other players, more notably, Michael. The commencing cluster-fuck of arguments and scrambling resulted in a chaotic, exciting, and emotional merge with the following vote counts:

The game continued with insane vote out after insane vote out. Kobe, who was catfishing the entirety of the game was revealed during his elimination, much to the amusement of the other contestants. In one of the most intense moves of the franchise, Narek, who was fighting on the bottom for the latter half of the game, gaslit Christian K. to vote Pesto simply so that he wouldn't "go unan", resulting in a 3-2-1 Pesto elimination. This is considered his winning move.

At Final Tribal Council, Narek received most, if not all, of the positive attention, being praised by the jury. Shay's gameplay was seen as more maniacal and malicious compared to Narek's, resulting in a usually confident Shay being somewhat subdued. Justin attempted to tear down all of the finalists, however Narek's clapblack resulted in him receiving Justin's jury vote. Ultimately, Narek's strong performance overall resulted in a 7-3-0 jury vote in his favor.

## Awards & Trivia

* **Most Popular:** Damon and Pesto (Thirteen votes against)
* **Comp Beasts:** Narek
* **Hero of the Season:** Christian K. and Noa
* **Villain of the Season:** Shay and Justin
* **Best Confessionals:** Narek
* **Best Premerger:** Dane
* **Player of the Season:** Narek
* **Most Robbed:** Pesto
* **Most Underrated:** Christian K.