They Have No Reason To Lie

**They Have No Reason To Lie** is the first episode of Survivor: The Badlands

## Story

Poison rides in on a dirt-bike, carrying on his side a briefcase filled with the million dollars. He rides up to a desolate plain and stops, taking in the fresh-baked air. He turns and faces the camera.

### Cast Reveal

There are three groups of castaways all traveling together. Each has their respective tribe color on their clothes. Wearing yellow is the Musgakee tribe!

In Magenta, we have the Kerochee tribe!

And in blue we have the Sickacha tribe!

## At Camp

On Musgakee tribe, Sasha immediately forms an alliance with Bdog, Nuhhy, and Jacob

Everyone is feeling the good vibes of the tribe, specifically Jacob

On Sickacha there's a similar feeling

But Penguin is a little scared for his future

But here's my opening thoughts
I may be at a disadvantage with my tribe
My pregaming was weak
And I got both Rose and Travis on the tribe
And while I wasn't paying attention to the pregame, their pregame seemed strong

His fears become reality as an early majority forms on his tribe of Travis, Rose, Rosalynd, and Colin

At least our names are somewhat similar
She went for an alliance with Travis and Collin, two people who seem to have hit it off really well
as well as me and her.
the 2 2 setup there could make things difficult after a swap.

However Colin shows heavy reluctance

Which is fair as Rosalynd doesn't like him too much

I can scarcely hold a conversation with Colin

On Kerochee it's also a similar vibe

i would love to work with them more

AJ feels isolated from the group

Jan also prepares for the worst

As Ray attempts to protect himself.

4 minutes and 54 seconds isn't bad at all i think but i assume people got it in 3 minutes or less

## Challenge

"C'mon in!" As the castaways all make it to Poison, Sasha is noticeably missing from his group

Sasha has been caught alting

To the 5 Musgakee, you will continue on with this challenge but you will have Sasha's time subtracted from your total time to compensate for this lack of numbers.

### Results

At the challenge Musgakee does very well, while the other two tribes falter. However in the end Jan's abysmal time sinks Kerochee and sends them to tribal.

## After the Challenge

Sickacha rejoices in a job well done

Even though we started the game it really just brings it like you've been playing the game for a while now
Even though we haven't just yet

After the challenge Travis and Colin immediately start goofing off

and am really uncomfortable by both this random 12 year old talking about random sexual things although jokingly, and this random 17 year old encouraging it

idk what happened last night
surprisingly i wasnt drunk
n e ways
we won so that pretty sexy

Kerochee, however, is up at arms over whether to take out Jan, who tanked their challenge time; or AJ, who didn't even compete.

It’s better to try and do bad than not try.
And I have a feeling that jan will be voting aj

If I have a good read I'm pretty sure they want AJ or Jan out due to not doing the challenge and one doing it in 47 minutes
This is perfect for me I'm safe this tribal, trying to get closer with Caine, and i look like a tribe member who tries
And i don't look like a challenge beast

Patek, however, doesn't want either to be voted out

But it's the first tribal and I'm not trying to make a big move yet

He creates an alliance with Jan and AJ and gives them everything he knows about the situation. They plan on voting someone outside of the alliance out.

That’s at the very least a 3-3 vote split
One other person votes with us, that’s majority, and that’s assuming everyone else will vote either Aj or me and the vote won’t be split there
AJ’s considering it—but I don’t think he’ll take it

But AJ is incredibly reluctant, it seems. He gets into a small argument with his allies over the numbers of the situation.

And why can’t AJ do basic math

But fuck it man, I’m willing to die on that 30% and try to get Caine out
Nothing but B I G M O V E S around here

## Tribal Council

* **Poison:** Welcome to tribal council. I won't bore you with details so let's get on with it. Jan, I won't beat around the bush, you failed the challenge for your team. Do you think it could be you going home tonight?
* **Jan:** I’d be stupid to think otherwise poison. But hey, I tried man. I started the challenge with the intention on finishing—I just couldn’t crack it in time.
* **Poison:** AJ, In Survivor, challenge strength is something always to be considered, especially premerge. Do you think not completing the challenge puts a target on your back?
* **AJ:** Well, challenge strength is something that I should be using, it's extremely important and it also determines whether someone's a threat, or just trash. Honestly, I understand that, the fact that I do know should at least leave me into consideration that I can and will pick up my feet again, I can try harder in the upcoming challenges, one loss can't fully define me and my capabilities.
* **Poison:** Caine, with it only being Day 3, do you feel you can trust the people on your tribe?
* **Caine:** To be honest, I don’t really know poison. On one hand you have someone who spent 3/4 of an hour trying to find one word. But on the other hand you have someone who didn’t even try the challenge and did not know who jan was. I don’t think i can trust either of them in the long haul.
* **Poison:** All good points. Patek, on that note after having the best time of the challenge not just on your tribe, but overall, how do you feel about your status in the game?
* **Patek:** Hopefully people see me as valuable and I get out of this vote, but it’s never a comfortable position to be in tribal.
* **Jan:** Poison, The fact of the matter is, I want to be here, I want to compete, and after this challenge I 100% have something to prove, and if I’m here after the vote, I will prove it without a shadow of a doubt
* **Caine:** To be honest I find trying way better then doing. The fact that jan actually tried the challenge is better than AJ not trying. And with that. That should tell you my vote.
* **Poison:** Alright, and with that it is time to vote. Ray, you're up.

Ray in the starts freaking a bit in the voting booth

He should be at the bottom, if he's telling someone he think he's safe and has to tell me I'm safe too, some things up
My name shouldn't even be a possibility of being unsafe if he was still unsure about the vote

But he calms himself and goes on

At tribal council, Patek's plan works and Caine is blindsided in a chaotic 3-2-1 vote.

## Trivia

* The title comes from the argument between AJ, Patek, and Jan, said by Jan specifically.