I Feel Like I Keep Throwing Pepper at my Tribemates but They’re Still Bland

**I Feel Like I Keep Throwing Pepper at my Tribemates but They’re Still Bland** was the third episode of Mythvivor Nile River Valley.

## Story

After Mike's unanimous vote-off, the tribes returned to camp to await their next challenge, while thinking about what to do in the odds of returning to tribal council. On the Atum Tribe, Luna and Lukas were the key figures, having separate alliances with both Coffee and Aqua, leaving Volo on the outs.

> *The consideration for the next vote as far as I am aware of is how close everyone is and Volo just isn’t to everybody else. I really like Volo but the others just aren’t as close to him so I feel like he’s definitely next to go. My fear comes from what happens after that. If Luna and Coffee are closer to each other than either of them are to me then if we vote out Aqua next I’m donezo. But I guess we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.* - Lukas
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On Horus , things were very uncertain, with Tyler having an alliance chat with Crystal and Zap on one hand and another with Beetnorf and Chiruvi, positioning him in the middle after the Mike vote. The thing with a tribe of five though is that anybody could easily take that middle position, which Chiruvi was gunning for. Crystal found herself wanting to stick with Tyler and Zap, taking out the others one by one. The dynamics here are all over the place, and potentially a catalyst for an explosive tribal council if they were to return.

> *Here I am getting pulled in alliances again. Why make alliances when they come to you lol? Watch me have to pick between Zap/Norf and Tyler/Crystal, sheesh. They should take me out as the middle man.* - Chiruvi *Chiruvi another gay who is very funny but barely talk to so you're at the bottom sis. Well I would want the trio to take out Chiruvi and Beet.* - Crystal
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Khepri was about as silent as ever, however, with Bradley going offline and leaving his tribemates in radio silence. Jack/JTS and Goober sat in power positions with each other as their respective #1 allies, opting to avoid small talk and to simply discuss strategy as needed.

> *Goober his been my closest ally since day 1 and I do not see any chance at that wavering until we swap. We communicate well and he doesn’t seem to need the constant personal life talks like some people tend to need. Not to mention he’s the most active on the tribe.* - Jack
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For their challenge, the tribes were tasked with a 24-hour scavenger hunt wherein the bottom two tribes would be sent to tribal council.

> *Sigh... This is a terrible challenge for me cause I'm so busy at work tomorrow and also this tribe is painfully inactive.* - Goober *I don't have much in my apartment lol so I won't be of much help. Also I know damn sure Volo isn't gonna participate in the challenge so as long as I put in a lil effort I should be good.* - Luna *Time to mute the scavenger hunt. I don’t like scavenger hunts.* - Volo
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Atum and Horus duked it out early on, gaining an early lead. Khepri gave up very quickly, scoring only 5 points across the entire event, with Goober scoring all of these points before giving up, frustrated that Skylar sat out while complaining about their tribe's performance.

> *Crying and throwing up, why did I sit out?* - Skylar *Skylar: "Ugh it's so annoying how our whole tribes goes offline right when we're doing a live challenge!" Ace: "Well you can swap in if you want, it's really nbd! Your tribe might need you here." Skylar: "no :^)" At the end of my mf rope with these people I honestly wanna just tap out for the rest of the challenge, then when we lose with only having a score of 3, I can point to that score and say "see those points? I got all of them. I dare you to vote me out". This is just soooooo frustrating.* - Goober
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Horus would eventually begin to pull away, largely due to the joint-effort of Beetnorf and Tyler, with all tribemates scoring points by the end, leading to some tension between the tribes.

> *I can't stand Luna at all. He hated me in Crypt for "not having a personality."* - Beetnorf *Lmao Norf is low key getting an insane target on his back. Everyone’s kinda staring at him.* - Coffee
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Atum and Khepri were sent to Tribal Council, where both had plans in place for easy votes already. Skylar antagonized her tribemates, blaming them for losing a challenge that they didn't participate in, which ruffled a few feathers.

> *“Should we even keep trying?” Did you guys ever start trying tho?" Yeah, I think a lot could have been done differently. I only sat out because I didn’t realize that four of my tribemates weren’t going to try.* - Skylar *Damn Skylar's really after that first boot award, huh?* - Fox
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Bradley was unfortunately inactive, which led to a unanimous vote-off (including a self-vote), while Volo threw together an alliance with Coffee and Luna hoping to save himself. This alliance came a bit too late unfortunately, leading to Volo being voted out 4-1 at tribal council.

### Player of the Episode:

Jack for solidifying himself as the #1 ally of almost all of his tribemates, cementing himself as the ringleader of his tribe premerge.

## Tribal Council

### Atum

 Aqua