This Is Like The Calm Before The Storm

*This Is Like The Calm Before The Storm* is the first episode of *Survivor: Alaska*.

* Gameplay
* Confessionals

## Challenges

**Reward/Immunity Challenge:** "Catch The Emoji" in this challenge the tribes need to make a flag for their tribe. The tribe that had the better flag would win immunity and get the chance to guess for an idol.

Winner(s): Iliamna

## Tribal Council

### Voting Confessionals

Me almost sending my vote for main in here 🤡

## Day 1

i already know i want an alliance between dani and nemo and aster and jameson 💕 when u all get the chance
LMAOOOO okay so i know like half this cast what the hell AND MALIK
ELLA U REALLY OUTDID URSELF

I know MOSTLY nothing about anyone on the other side, like Chloe and shit but I do know Malik and Kam. Malik and Kam scare the fuckshow out of me.
I know a majority from the Iliamna tribe though, so I'm sorry in advance, but I'll be setting up an alliance with Jameson, Hoola, Nemo and Dani.

No shade but the only person I’m kinda side eyeing getting rid of is Chloe because she seemed so ok with me leaving in skeleton key. Didn’t fight for me, I didn’t think she voted me out but she likely could’ve also and someone gave me a pity vote but I felt she voted with me. And if she could fight for me there or warn me because she knew, then how can I trust you if I was in that situation again? I feel everyone else would be a solid ally here to me but her. Josiah was trying to make a group, I feel Kam would maybe give me a chance. And Elizabeth were hit or miss but I get alliance vibes from her so far, and it could change. Let’s see what happens! I do know it makes me think about how I wished this would’ve worked for me in logic when I vibed with him very well day one 😭😁

Also, thanks for the salmon. I love a good fish.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/825133509638488104/825158826340515840/image0.png https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/825133509638488104/825158826700832788/image1.png https://storyteller-org.fandom.com/wiki/User\_blog:Loopy15/Adam\_addressees\_the\_Finalists Here’s a fun jury speech from Adam That provides further context Malik being in that game as well There was a lot Me and Adam were YELLING at each other in the tribe chat for hours and it was so intense For the longest time I refused to play with him And Malik KNOWS this And I’m like mhm how u feel about him bc u witnessed all that And Malik I swear to god can he not read the fucking room He was like “maybe this game is different, what if we work together” NO Anyway this will probably be me yelling about Adam a lot

I don't actually like cheese It was a lie

There’s a LOT of people I recognize here it really is a small world

Chloe and I have had a terrrible history... I wrote a jury speech about how she’s a disgrace to orgs a while ago so you can’t really blame her but I know it goes beyond that and I’m like hey clean slate and they agreed but idkkk I’m hoping that Linus will be down to work with me cause he’s been cool so far and he’s a beast at challenges so if he wants to work with me I’ll work with him and worry about the rest later. I like Elizabeth as well we’ve had a nice conversation, Nothing major to note really. Haven’t talked to Kam just yet

The average pepperoni pizza has 480 calories If someone were to consume all of those slices, they would have eaten 82080 calories in one sitting Fun Facts with Kamen

## Day 2

Hehe

Kamen then tells me his Malik says thanks then Kamen tells me Maliks so thank you Kamen now I lnow that Malik isnt to be trusted like i had hoped i should say fully cause i do trust him, not sharing an idol guess isnt the end of the world but it tells me that I gotta keep an eye
and as long as Kamen tells me things ill be good with aMalik

It shouldn’t matter too much tho, bc I’m in the majority so our target is likely to go home it’s fine ig

I’d love to give the kid a joint and have him chill out.

Honestly fuck that guy

He’s a selfish prick that’s all I gotta say rn He just always has to make everybody else’s his problems, I know Chloe is talking to him and I’ll I wanna know is if I have to worry about her but rather than simply just saying something anything he snaps and goes off about how he needs time causes he’s uncomfortable like imagine how I feel but poor fucking Malik He will be so cool outside of games then when we play he becomes such a poor me player I hate it It’s just annoying cause it’s like if Chloe is petty and is after me I need to know so I can plan accordingly, I don’t wanna bring past beef in so I won’t go that road unless I have too but fucking Malik has to make it all about him so know if Chloe is after me she will probably get her way so that will be fun Idk why main people here anyway they should be focusing on main like they crazy

I just don’t want to come across that I didn’t care about it. Anyways I should probably not freak out I did wake up not so long ago so that’s definitely why.

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See what I mean I’m way too much of an analytical overthinker? Y’all alumni will have to deal with this for as long as I’m in this game.

Sucks bc the trisha paytas pfp gave me hope https://tenor.com/view/trisha-pautas-crying-kitchen-kitchenfloor-you-tube-gif-8989919

so womp womp if it is though and this is how things happen oooooo ill have some thingd to say Its just idk what to do I trust KAmen and I like Josiag 3 votes aint doing shit who lnows hopefully we win so i can play a longer idk fuck paranoia

I believe in the Llama tribe!! 🥰

I feel weird saying “we” bc only 3 of them did it BUT IM SO HAPPY

Maybe not the best to put myself out the gate with a strong performance challenge, but we can work on playing stupid later.

I definitely think it'll build confidence in the team and make us stronger competitors moving forward. Dani and Nemo both expressed some nervousness about playing against "seasoned" players, so the fact that they were part of the victory will definitely boost the entire team's morale moving forward. I'm sure the other team will push even harder next time as well, but despite that, this victory is a net positive for the team's chances overall.

It does feel great to have won immunity, especially knowing that we do now have a slight advantage as we can choose who gets to sit out, which is more of an advantage than one might think. We get to do what we did this challenge, and put our best people forward, and they don’t have that opportunity the next challenge. No going to get confident, though. But you know, if they do decide to boot one of the three that stepped up, that’s good for us, as all three are pretty good in challenges, especially Linus, as I’ve heard. If he goes, man that’s a boost for us fans. I think that this immunity challenge does help my game in the long run. As of now, we still have an easy vote with Joshua, and it seems like he isn’t really making an effort to talk to anyone, so unless he musters a completely turnaround, we still have the easy vote, and it won’t be if we lose one challenge I’m losing an ally, like it would be next challenge if we had lost this one. So hopefully we don’t pull a stereotypical fan tribe win-the-first-immunity-then flop, but overall, a win is a win, and I’ll take it 😄

I don't think that it will be completely veterans vs. newbies because we do have experience too so it's not like IRL survivor where we have to learn how to adapt from scratch XD

Now here’s my thing I think for my personal sanity and clarity, Chloe leaving is best for me is that emotional? Yes probably.. is it meta? Probably..but will it make me feel better honestly yes it will... I hate that it might go down like this but idk if I have a chance to take her out now and now worry about this every again idk if I can say no to that I don’t wanna speak about our history cause I feel one way about it and others feel another, I think the reason why I am worried about it is cause I did apologize and I did try and start a slate but she showed no effort and told Malik she can’t trust me so Idk it’s like I might as well

Anyway i’m sad we lost the challenge but I can’t be mad bc it’s one of those where it’s basically who’s internet is the fastest 😂and for a challenge where it was 3/8 competing they at least tried

That's making this TC so hard! There's no like lepers or anything like that I genuinely don't want to vote anyone I wish I could just vote Dalton like Ella joked about and call it a day 😂 Jk. We love Dalton

## Day 3

hm i am in fact not a fan Im really struggling with this one here because i do not like adam one bit i would not trust him with one of my house plants nvm my life in this game but malik likes him... and i like malik.. but fuck adam adams gonna read this i know he is i feel like adam is trying with me rn like he's trying so much harder than he probably should be because malik is gonna end up sketched to fuck out like he straight up told me to stay away from a place in the idol search because he ran into a moose WHY WOULD HE TELL ME THAT adam honey i dont UNDERSTAND oh great its like day 2 or whatever and i have already lost my shit
mhm the paranoia is in full swing tonight babayyyy

im losin my mind i want like 2 more alliances but i also dont want them because then i could end up being seen as that crazy bitch that makes a million alliances at first tribal but like something i really want is a girls alliance just because they're usually cute as fuck i just feel like maybe its too early and i kinda want an alliance with linus and ?? im not sure who else yet but linus is someone i want to work with so fucking badly i kind of trust malik but i also dont like this man will snake me tf out but hes too nice to yeet
ugh

I do feel as though I am in an interesting situation, along with Hoola and Jameson, that I know several of the players on the fan favorites tribe. I have played with Chloe, Linus, Malik, and Kamen before. I don’t really know what the future looks like in this game. I certainly don’t dislike anyone on my current tribe, but I do feel odd man out in some ways. It’s a very young group in comparison, whereas many of my connections on fan faves are people I am more inclined to relate with. I am open at this time. I’m not sure I have truly established who I see as a ride or die. Part of that will come to when we do have to make difficult decisions like voting a member of the tribe out - but not tonight.

Jameson he was my f2 and i was his f2 in his first org and he is the sweetest person ive ever met and the org world hasnt corrupted him yet i dont thin think and its so beautiful to watch im not usually a villain but i surely was the villain to his hero that season and i just wanna be on a tribe with him again he deserves the world i managed to like tape my glasses back together again bc theyre still broke as fuck and thats why im now thought dumping because i can see and it doesnt give me a headache to read things on a screen now mhm sorry yall can absolutely tell me to shut the fuck up whenever because i will talk a lot i have no doubt that every viewer has muted my channel by now

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Like I’m bored I know we’re at tribal but I’m bored Kinda wanna fight someone

When Chloe messaged me I was just blatantly honest about what I knew, Heard Josiah, Don’t go to Aleutian, And scared for storm

Cause you gotta ask yourself what means more
Winning a game...or someone hating you? To me it’s the latter

i thought it was just fans vs returnees im not a favorite chile also i thought i played season 16 until today sksksk

Why am I wanting to be social in the middle of the night 😭 these people go to bed too early smh

At the same time Malik is close with Adam who is down the bottom end of my trust list and this causes me some conflict because Adam has already got mad at Malik and this has already pissed Malik off so I don’t exactly have a massive worry about Malik choosing Adam over me as I think in our current situation he knows that’s dumb, my social ability is probably the strongest on the tribe and I believe he knows if he targets me now this just means he will leave. Love him tho. 2. Kam I am going to place second because despite me having only met her a few weeks ago in main, I think she has seen enough of me to know how I play and that I can be incredibly useful to her at this moment in time and obviously due to us both being in main rn I think it’s only natural that we have at least a bit of basic trust here due to already having to have conversations about votes and stuff like that. She’s not exactly someone I would want to vote out right now and I don’t see her wanting to vote me out. I think we could work well together and I think a girls alliance would end up being very cute and something I would love to see happen. I don’t think her name will come up pre merge but I do believe she will become a bigger threat as the game goes on and we shall cross that situation when we come to it. But for now it’s good vibes only. She’s my gal ❤️ 3. Kamen - oh honey I feel like I could talk about him for literally so fucking long. We played together on Atlasov Island with the student/mentor twist and I was his mentor. So we had that connection but then he went a little bit off the rails and I don’t doubt he will do the exact same shit here. I think he’s a loose cannon that could just go off at any moment, but I think he would have my back and I don’t believe he would target me outright. I do believe that he would vote me out if the numbers were there and he felt backed into a corner but I also like to think he has my back enough to fight for me in this game. I think we have a pretty solid connection and we have had some pretty nice chats so far and I really want to keep that going. I think we’re both aware we can work well together and our personalities kind of mesh well. I don’t have as much of a connection with him as I do with Malik and Kam as it’s been a hot second from we’ve had to work together or really had a conversation so it’s just sort of getting that going again and then I think this could be something good. It’s super lovely to be playing this season side by side with him. 4 Linus - alrighty he’s someone that I don’t think I’ve had the pleasure of playing with before ??? But I have seen him around and we have had some conversations and he’s generally someone I would love to work with and I think that’s something that is definitely in sight. Our conversations are very enjoyable and I think there’s definitely the ability for a strong duo connection to form. I don’t envision him targeting me premerge at all and he’s someone that for now I will be putting a lot of trust in as I think he could be one of the main people that may have a say in what way that votes may fall and I think he’s someone that could end up being in my corner just like Kamen. But because we don’t have as much of a previous connection I do feel I have to put him lower for now but this may change by next round 5. Elizabeth - again someone I’ve played with but it’s been a hot second. I don’t think I’ve ever played a game and been super close with her but I do remember us getting on pretty well and apparently so does she so that’s something ???? As I said with Kam I think a girls thing could be somethin that’s cute but I don’t think she would stick with it as long as me and Kam would. I think the second she felt in any slight danger she could be a bit of a wildcard. I don’t think she would want to vote a woman out early on so for now I trust her but that’s sort of as far as it goes. This is really a connection I think I’m going to need to work on over the next day or so just to bring myself up in her eyes. I don’t think she’s actively against me but she wouldn’t be against voting me. Which I think is less than what I can say about Linus 6. Adam - he can high key get fucked and I don’t trust a single thing he has said and we already have previous beef and he’s kinda already annoying me. But he did share an idol spot with me to watch out for and we are I guess on surface level attempting to patch things up. I don’t believe it and I think it’s just an attempt for him to try and stay safe and I think the second he is give a bit of freedom he’ll run with it and try to get me out so I really hope that Malik can keep his ass on a tight fucking leash. 7. Josiah - I’ve already heard he’s trying to vote me which is not the vibe we are after. He can go to hell. 0 trust and I don’t see it ever rebuilding in this game That’s erm A lot of chloe thoughts to read U don’t gotta read them but there u go

I have made an alliance with 4 people. Me, Adam, Malik, and Kamen. And I have made another alliance with Just me and Kam So I think it's going to be either Elizabeth or Chole that's going to go first

Everyone except Josiah is planning on voting Josiah That’s fine with me. I know I said there were no lepers yesterday, but he is admittedly a little hard to talk to and keep and interesting conversation going with Sweetheart, but he gives one word answers for a lot and that’s hard to go off of He thinks we’re voting Chloe No way in this world I’d vote off my girl Chloe right now She’s great in some challenges and that’s what we need right now Also she’s fun af to talk to so that’s that Overall, right now, I’m pretty sure the votes are going josiah’s way unless something crazy happens

I kinda feel bad for Aster since he's new to this and all but he signed up and I'm not helping him 😂 a strike sucks but whatever In addition, Aster doesn't trust Nemo and Jameson, which is really alarming if I want this alliance to work. I'm pretty sure he's still in mafia mode where everyone is suspicious until proven innocent- but that's not how Survivor works. also i love Phoebe 🤩

everyone gets to know about this now 😳😉 or at least my allies HEHEHE LMAOOOOOOOOO okay thinking back it's really, really dumb to tell anyone me rushing to delete my messages https://tenor.com/view/drinks-im-coming-full-house-cute-me-gif-5350586

so like i'll need to find out who has something https://tenor.com/view/detective-creep-search-look-gif-5089668 LaToya 😍

But I am going to keep that discovery to myself for now. I don’t need anybody questioning what I’m packing.

In contrast, Kam scares me. She’s a mover and a shaker. If the tribe standings are how I believe them to be, she has little reason to make any kind of move against a member of gagatronda right now, but come swap she seems to be the most capable of jumping to save herself, so when the civil war starts I want to make sure that that I have people lined up who would protect me from a complete blindside. I think that there is a potential rupture even as soon as next round though, as I think there won’t be much agreement over whether Elizabeth or Chloe should be the target. Malik is also a little worrying. He is either going to be my closest ally by far, or he is going to be one of the people pushing hardest to cut me when an opportunity arises. We are good friends, but his track record at ftc’s against me is not the great, and I do - Feel that he is the kind of person who could make a rash decision So I want to ensure that he is close. Truthfully, the alter is still incredibly helpful to me as I’m using it to try and solidify the relationships I have with Malik and Elizabeth. I told both of them about my finding of it, which is both risky and potentially rewarding. I think I gained a ton of social capital with Elizabeth from that, but Malik was tougher to read. My next play is to get as close as I can with Kamen. Kam and Adam seem to be tight, so I think having Kamens vote will be utterly crucial to me if Malik does end up siding against me. I also am trying to play up more of a follower angle to Kam. She has been the one throwing out names and alliance ideas. I don’t trust her completely, but as long as I can stay in her top 3 closest people there is essentially no chance that she would make a move directly attacking me, and I’ll be able to focus more on pushing Elizabeth through the preswap phase of the game. Right now I do not know that I am in Kam’s too 3 or not, so I’m going to make sure to talk with her a lot in the upcoming days, because once I’m in that circle, maintaining it will be easier which will allow me to focus all my efforts on being able to ensure that the outsiders to the alliance are more solidly with me than with Kam. One person I didn’t really discuss in my first confessional was Chloe. That’s because at this time I don’t see how putting too much effort into ensuring Chloe is with me will matter. I’m of course going to talk to her every day and stay on good terms, but she’s in main org with Kam at the moment, and my gut feeling is that she will side with Kam here. She seems to be a very passive player who will go with what her allies want to do from everything I’ve seen her in. This means that if I put more effort into staying aligned with Kam, and Kam and I do end up working together long term even once gagatronda breaks up, I will probably have chloes vote with me by proxy. In contrast, if I do end up against Kam at some point in the future, Chloe’s vote will be one of the most difficult to swing in my favour because she isn’t a big move type who would jump on board against Kam. Much of this, as well as my previous confessional, is speculation, but this early speculation is all I can really go off of. I also think my first confessional probably didn’t make it clear enough, but at this point I am not actually intending to mobilize any kind of move against Kam unless I get more reason to suspect she is trying to make a move against me. My ideal is that our tribe can stay as united as possible. Much of what I’m discussing is just my attempts to set up backup plans for later if Denali, or the gagatronda alliance falls into turmoil

I truly think Josiah will be leaving at this tc At this point I think everyone on the tribe has told me that he is targeting me but then they followed it up with "i dont want u to go so im voting him instead" and honestly that's kind of cute for me because then i still have the buffer of having adam here on the tribe and so i think should he target me at least in premerge stages that means he will leave I don't see the need to be very out there for the first couple rounds tbh Like I'm just trying to get a feel for these people and understand their relationships with each other and I think that's going to be something that's important later on possibly at a swap or merge when I get there

### Trivia

* The episode title was said by Jameson.