Season 4 Episode Recaps

Recaps for everything that happened in Trevivor Season 4: Wukong's Wrath!

## **Episode 1:** “Anyways this game’s gonna be super fucking easy” - Brodie

As our 18 brave mortals began the game, they were separated into three tribes. They were as follows:

On Buzhou: Aria, Dan, Jake, Marco, Orange and Zach.

On Jade: Allen, Ben, Brodie, Campbell, Sickle and Travys.

On Kunlun: Andrew, Cece, Dawn, Gumball, James and Jordy.

The slowest tribe in the early going was Buzhou, as both **ZACH** and **JAKE** were inactive in the early going. **DAN**, while around a bit more was not the most active either, though he did immediately ask both **ARIA** and **ORANGE** whether they wanted to be allies within his first two DMs. This weirded out **ORANGE** especially, and a little later on he discussed this with **ARIA**, who appreciated that she shared this with him.

The early duo on the tribe, however, was **ARIA** and **MARCO**, who connected well and bonded over their artistic talents. They agreed to have each others’ backs and enjoyed talking to each other. **ORANGE** was the only person on the tribe to notice that some of the role names on the server had been altered, but seemed unable to find all of the missing letters and didn’t really get anywhere with it.

Over on Jade, **CAMPBELL** immediately began idol-hunting, first with some command spamming before noticing the role name changes, figuring out the unscramble and solving the slide puzzle in the first two hours. However, the last stage (the drop quote) was a massive undertaking, and he struggled to solve it, very unhappy about it the whole way.

Meanwhile, while he was focused more on the idol and **SICKLE** was absent due to his time zone, the other four were very active in camp chat as they looked to get to know each other, discussing among other things what they would be best at in challenges.

**ALLEN** and **BEN** both looked to create an alliance early (though they weren’t necessarily the tightest with each other), with **TRAVYS** and **BRODIE** the two brought up as the first choices to include. While not turning down this prospect, **TRAVYS** was not exactly sure how he felt about that as he did not trust **BRODIE** much at all, and really liked **CAMPBELL**. He did think that **BEN** could be a shield for him, and wanted to make him feel that he could be the one to make decisions. The two of them agreed they needed to keep an eye on **BRODIE** after **BRODIE** was very open about the fact that he just won his last ORG. **BEN** felt that neither **TRAVYS** or **ALLEN** are super strategic players so wanted to try and tone that down with them.

The next morning, **ALLEN** officially formed Jade Majority Alliance Or Something with that group of four. For his part he still didn’t feel super connected to **BEN**, though he liked both **BRODIE** and **TRAVYS**. **BRODIE** was happy to be in an early majority, but stated he would be happy to flip on any of them if he had to.

**CAMPBELL** managed to eventually solve the drop quote and acquire the Jade idol, which he was thankful for as he did not feel like he fit in well in the tribe. He felt good about **BEN** and **TRAVYS** but was unable to connect at all with the other three.

On Kunlun, **CECE** immediately noticed the changes to the role names, though it took her a while before she was able to find all the letters and solve the unscramble. She also received a surprise in the form of **DAWN** immediately asking if she wanted to be allies, as he felt he’d gotten good vibes from her during the initial convos in tribe chat. While taken aback, **CECE** accepted this and did start to connect well with him, while still being worried about him potentially overplaying early.

Soon after that, **DAWN** - playing fast in this, his first ORG - formed another alliance with **GUMBALL**, and the two of them both looked to include **CECE** in a trio. Despite not clicking as fast with **GUMBALL** as with **DAWN** and also **JORDY** (who was a little late to marooning), **CECE** accepted this and that trio formed Cartoon Network (the first alliance chat of the game) around four hours in.

When discussions began on who they should try and bring in as a fourth to form majority, **JORDY** was the top name that came up, which pleased him when he was looped in as he’d clicked well with **CECE** and was happy to be in an early alliance with **DAWN** and **GUMBALL** as well. Both **ANDREW** and **JAMES** were less active in the early going, and looked like they could be in danger should Kunlun go to tribal.

The first challenge was design-focused, where our mortals had to create a being that could help in the fight against Sun Wukong. After this was announced, the first Yin-Yang Shuffle was made, and **GUMBALL** was selected. While he decided to hold off on making his decision for a while, he felt good about his spot on the tribe and so did not seem inclined to want to cause a swap the very next cycle. In the end, he did elect to keep the tribes the same.

Jade was the most active of the tribes during the challenge, with **CAMPBELL** leading the visual portion and **ALLEN** and **TRAVYS** leading the written portion. **SICKLE** was able to be online for a chunk of the planning and integrated himself a bit more. Even though he was still the likely boot should Jade lose, he began to gain a little ground.

Despite him not being in the majority alliance, **BEN** liked **CAMPBELL** - feeling he could talk strategically with him - and wanted to make sure he stayed in. **CAMPBELL** felt better about his position in the tribe after a VC with **BEN** but still did not like his tribe much at all. **BEN** felt quite good about his spot in the tribe, hoping to avoid as many tribals as possible to keep all his potential allies in the game.

Over on Buzhou, **MARCO** and **ARIA** continued to be the most visible, carrying them in the challenge, especially **MARCO** with their great visuals. During this he also formed God Tier Trio with **ARIA** and **ORANGE**, bringing together the active members of the tribe into a proper alliance. **ORANGE**, while still suspicious of **DAN**, felt he could be used as a number if he was serious about just searching for any allies.

**JAKE** did come online near the end of the creation part of the challenge, sharing in his confessional that he’d been busy IRL and so had not had the time to talk to people. However, he decided to not start DMing people then, not wanting to draw attention to himself out of nowhere like that. So, he then faded into the background once again.

Kunlun was by far the least organized tribe in the challenge, as it wasn’t until late that they actually decided on what their idea would be. In the end, **GUMBALL** did the visual and **JORDY** did the writeup, though it did not stand up well compared to the other two tribes.

In the middle of this, a majority was formed with Kueens (**CECE, DAWN, GUMBALL** and **JORDY**), though the four of them were split on who they felt should be voted out first, with **DAWN** and **GUMBALL** preferring **ANDREW** and **CECE** and **JORDY** preferring **JAMES**. This divide was due to **ANDREW** connecting well with both **CECE** and **JORDY**, with the latter suggesting they form an official trio, though that did not happen quite yet.

Also, **CECE** solved the unscramble, and after taking down the slide puzzle and drop quote earned herself the Kunlun idol. She did not tell anyone about this, and this find only solidified herself further as the top player on the tribe in the early going.

Unfortunately, that did not help lead to a Kunlun victory, as their design was not liked by the judges. This set off **DAWN**, who complained loudly in tribe chat about the judges’ remarks. This slightly unnerved his tribemates, though **GUMBALL** did appreciate that **DAWN** wanted to stand up for his drawing.

However, in an ironic twist of fate, they ended up being the only tribe to not lose anyone. First, **ZACH** had to be medevaced after doing literally nothing the whole cycle. Then, **TRAVYS** decided to pull himself from the game. This left Kunlun with a surprising man-advantage after tribal was cancelled, and shook up Jade tribe especially with all of the other five shocked at **TRAVYS’** departure.

## **Episode 2: "**I may be vaccinated but I am sick of this tribe” - Cece

In the wake of **TRAVYS** going out, everyone on Jade had to re-assess their plans. **BEN** did not feel as fully confident in his position as he was before with his early top ally now gone, while **ALLEN** immediately looked to rally the three left in Jade Majority Alliance Or Something to stick together as they still had a majority. **BRODIE** and **BEN** both agreed that they should keep going as a trio.

The Yin-Yang Shuffle fell on **CECE** this cycle, and she elected to keep the tribes the same the next cycle, as while she wasn’t fully confident in her bonds with her tribemates, she did not want to risk swap-screwing herself. She also sat out of the challenge (the 24 Hour Scavenger Hunt) due to her phone being broken, and initially secretly hoped for a Kunlun loss so they would not have the stigma of having the most players left in the game.

The challenge started off with a bit of a bang due to some controversy over the first item and a brief clash between **ALLEN**, **JAMES** and **DAWN**. Early on Kunlun was the most active tribe in terms of its members posting in the arena, though **CECE** (who could not speak in the chat due to sitting out) was not a fan of how a couple of them were acting, and also began to hope that her tribe would win the challenge, as she feared that **ANDREW** would be targeted if they went to tribal. Kunlun started well, but had to dig themselves out of a hole as the other two tribes were given a headstart in points for finishing first and second in the first challenge.

People getting annoyed at tribemates was a theme early on, for all three tribes. **ARIA** was the only one from Buzhou contributing in the early going and quite frustrated with that. While she felt good about **MARCO** and **ORANGE** sticking with her should they lose, she really did not want to end up on a small tribe this early.

Meanwhile, over on Jade, **CAMPBELL** grew annoyed with **ALLEN** over the course of the challenge, thinking he was being bossy. He shared this with **BEN**, who was happy to hear about potential conflict that didn’t involve him on their tribe. He also did not want to appear as too much of a challenge threat so purposefully held back from trying to help Jade dominate the challenge.

This in turn annoyed **ALLEN**, who felt like he was the only one on Jade putting in a full effort. And while **ALLEN** felt that **SICKLE** would still be the obvious boot should they lose, **BEN** had begun to consider potentially creating an alliance with **CAMPBELL** and **SICKLE** and voting out one of the other two, as his loyalty to their current alliance was lessened with **TRAVYS** now gone.

Jade going to tribal did not seem likely, however, as they shot out to an early lead with **ALLEN** and **BEN** as the main point-getters. **GUMBALL** and **JAMES** were the driving forces for Kunlun as they passed Buzhou to grab second place just a couple hours in, though **GUMBALL** was worried that he might be putting a target on himself by grabbing so many points. **DAWN** was fairly vocal in the arena before going to sleep despite not getting much in the way of items, and while he continued to bond well with **GUMBALL** he started to be seen in a less favourable light by some of his other tribemates

While it looked like Buzhou might be doomed to a loss, in an unexpected twist **JAKE** came online during the late night portion of the challenge and started to pick up points. He also began to DM **ARIA**, explaining why he’d been absent. After **ARIA** told him that **DAN** would be the likely boot should they go to tribal due to also being inactive **JAKE** was shocked but also happy, while **ARIA** was happy that at least one other person was actually helping her in the challenge.

A little more help arrived in the form of **MARCO** coming online shortly thereafter, which meant **ARIA** was able to go offline and sleep for a couple hours while **MARCO** and **JAKE** took second place back from Kunlun, who did not have any members online for a few hours. Jade built on their solid lead in first, with **CAMPBELL** carrying them during the night along with **BRODIE**.

During the final stage of the challenge **ALLEN** was the biggest character in the arena, with people on different tribes pointing out as a potential threat or leader figure on Jade. He and **BRODIE** began to have very active discussions about Survivor in the arena, with **DAWN** joining them after he came online.

After Jade clinched immunity, **ALLEN** said in the arena that Jade would keep trying, though in camp chat in a discussion with **BRODIE** and **SICKLE** he made it clear that he wanted Kunlun to lose and go to tribal to even the numbers. This public statement that they would try followed by them throwing to ensure Buzhou stayed safe majorly annoyed **CAMPBELL**, who had grown to hate his tribe, wanting to throw everyone except **BEN** under the bus as soon as he could. **BEN** also was not a fan of how active **ALLEN** and **BRODIE** were in the arena, and purposefully stayed quiet to try and not draw too much attention to himself.

Even though they were safe, Jade continued to scheme, as **SICKLE** was turned off a bit by **ALLEN’S** demeanor and **ALLEN** felt that **SICKLE** could be plotting against him. **BRODIE** remained tight with **ALLEN**, feeling he could trust him and still seeing **SICKLE** as an obvious boot.

After the challenge **BRODIE** suggested in Jade Majority Alliance Or Something that they make another alliance that includes **CAMPBELL** to try and make him feel safer, which they agreed to ask him about and revisit a little later. **BEN** later told **CAMPBELL** everything that was going on, seeing **ALLEN** and **BRODIE** as a duo. Despite that, he had returned to seeing **SICKLE** as a good next boot, due to wanting to keep some bigger targets around him.

With Jade no longer trying after clinching safety, Buzhou held on to also earn immunity, and actually ended up passing Jade to place first on the final item, ending with a score of 62-61-60 and sending Kunlun to tribal. **ARIA** and **GUMBALL** scored the most points of anyone with 30 each, while **CAMPBELL** was the next closest at 19. **ORANGE** and **DAN** were the only participants to not score any points at all, both of them from Buzhou.

Entering tribal, Kueens was split as **DAWN** and **GUMBALL** wanted to target **ANDREW** due to feeling that he would be more of a threat later than **JAMES**. On the other hand, **CECE** and **JORDY** wanted to keep **ANDREW** in due to him now being an ally for them, while **JAMES** didn’t speak much to anybody.

This was somewhat complicated by **ANDREW** looking to target **DAWN**, as he was turned off by both how he had reacted to the results of the first challenge and also how he had interacted with the other tribes in the arena. **CECE** considered it, now seeing **DAWN** as too unpredictable to be a top ally, but also did not want to piss off **GUMBALL** by doing so. **JORDY** acknowledged that **DAWN** had rubbed some people the wrong way, but saw **JAMES** as a target should be an easy vote for everyone to agree on.

After **GUMBALL** discussed the vote with **ANDREW** and discovered that **ANDREW** did not like **DAWN** too much, he shared this with Kueens, leading to **DAWN** fully wanting **ANDREW** to go and **CECE** annoyed that **ANDREW** would tell **GUMBALL** that.

However, neither of them ended up being the final target, as **JORDY** looked to convince **DAWN** and **GUMBALL** that voting **JAMES** was the way to go. Telling them that **JAMES** was also going to vote for **DAWN** and that **ANDREW** would be open to voting for **JAMES**, **GUMBALL** was happy to go with a unanimous vote if they could get one, and **DAWN** trusted his allies enough that he was not going to try and overrule all three of them.

In the midst of this Andrew formed Trust Cluster Or Alliance with **CECE** and **JORDY**, and again made it clear that he’d like to target **DAWN**. However, **JORDY** continued to prefer **JAMES**, and **CECE** was on board with that move in order to keep her options open with everyone on the tribe. While **ANDREW** wasn’t enthused about it, and tried to encourage **JAMES** to scramble more, he eventually went along with the plan as if everyone else wanted to vote for **JAMES** he wasn’t going to stick his neck all the way out for him.

**JAMES**, for his part, admitted that he hadn’t talked to his tribemates enough to form good bonds, and thus accepted his unanimous elimination without being surprised, voting for **DAWN** on his way out.

Leaving the vote, **CECE** and **JORDY** are right in the middle of Kunlun, with the former worried about the prospect of another tribal, where she would be left with a tough decision. Buzhou remains quiet though there’s now a possibility **JAKE** could become more involved, and things remain somewhat fractured over on Jade. With an official tribal finally complete, the game is now truly underway.

## **Episode 3:** “ORGs making me lie as naturally as I breathe” - Jordy

Remaining as the only two regularly active players on Buzhou, **ARIA** and **MARCO** felt good about each other and about the fact they would not be voted out should they go to tribal, but still were not in a fun situation. **ARIA** in particular was desperate to meet new people who could be allies, and **MARCO** was given the power to try and make that happen by receiving the Yin-Yang Shuffle decision. However, they initially turned the swap down, feeling secure about their standing near the top of the tribe.

Someone else itching for a swap was **CAMPBELL**, who still only held any trust in **BEN**. **BEN** continued to try and lay somewhat low as he held back from jumping in while the rest of his tribe confusingly tried to land on a time to do their challenge, which was a difficult twist on the ostensibly easy task of counting to 100.

Eventually Jade did the challenge with both **BRODIE** and **SICKLE** offline, which meant they incurred a 3 minute penalty. That did not really matter, however, as they messed up before hitting double digits. The same story unfolded over at Buzhou, as an inability for the more inactive members of the tribe to come online at an agreed time meant **ARIA** and **MARCO** ended up doing the challenge themselves, meaning a 4.5 minute penalty. Again, they also messed up in single digits without realizing.

This challenge performance made the Buzhou members even more sick of their tribe, and after a conversation where **ARIA** pined for a swap, **MARCO** decided to reverse his decision, putting a swap in motion for the next cycle. **ORANGE**, after coming online once the challenge was done, was worried that him flopping in challenges would cost him once he had to start going to tribals.

Kunlun was the only tribe to have all its members participate, did it first and were the most organized as well (which wasn’t saying much, as it was still messy). But while they counted from 0-100 with no mistakes, they messed up at the earliest possible moment when **CECE** both inputted the start command and also posted the first number in the sequence, when it was explicitly stated in the rules that the second person in the order had to begin the count.

To compound their misery, **DAWN** did eventually notice their error, but only after they’d finished their run and locked in their time. This left the whole tribe miserable as they had to sit around and pray that another tribe would make the same mistake, though they knew that they would more than likely be facing tribal.

In terms of the likely boots, it seemed like it would be either **ANDREW** or **DAWN** departing, as they had both tried to target each other the previous cycle. **GUMBALL** also remained fully in favour of Kueens sticking together, which gave **CECE** and **JORDY** the choice of either voting out **ANDREW** - who they both trusted - or vote out the bigger wildcard in **DAWN** but totally burn **GUMBALL**.

While Kunlun prepared for the worst, Jade continued its trend of strategic happenings despite not being at tribal. This came in the form of **SICKLE** looking to put himself in the majority, first discussing it with **BRODIE** and then later bringing in **BEN** to form a trio made official with its own chat.

This was not seen by either **BRODIE** or **BEN** as a primary alliance, and they shared its existence with **ALLEN** the next morning, letting him know that **SICKLE** had created it. The fact that his two main allies were now in chat with someone else did not please **ALLEN**, and his paranoia was furthered when **BRODIE** said that **SICKLE** would probably want to vote for him if Jade went to tribal. **BEN** thought that **ALLEN** was freaking out for no reason (not thinking that **SICKLE** idoling would be a serious concern), though he did not confront him about this much.

When the challenge results were revealed, Kunlun were sent to tribal as they expected. What followed was a pretty speedy tribal (right around an hour), as Kueens came together to reaffirm that they had no other target. **GUMBALL**, looking to make to tease out who **ANDREW** wanted to target, told him after the vote that he was close with **JORDY** and that he was the person he’d least like to vote out. This prompted **ANDREW** to propose the two of them voting together with **JORDY** to take out **DAWN**. **GUMBALL** never considered doing that, and **DAWN** was quite happy to vote for **ANDREW** when he knew he was being targeted again.

**CECE** and **JORDY**, as the swing votes, discussed their two options, and decided it would be best to leave themselves with a united group of four rather than a trio with **GUMBALL** sitting on the outside feeling burned. They decided to also go with a blindside, making it seem like they were gonna stick with Trust Cluster Or Alliance and telling **ANDREW** that **GUMBALL** was on board to vote for **DAWN** too. While knowing that there was a chance it was a lie, **ANDREW** did believe that the most likely outcome was **DAWN** going.

**JORDY** felt awful about voting out **ANDREW** in this way, not liking how fake he felt. He also noted that **GUMBALL** was the key to what had happened, as their goal of keeping the tribe united meant that **GUMBALL’S** bond with **DAWN** took precedence. **CECE** worried that **ANDREW** would expose Trust Cluster Or Alliance

However, that did not happen as **ANDREW** went out gracefully after being eliminated 4-1. After the vote the four remaining Kunlun proclaimed loyalty to each other, believing that a swap would be next. Interestingly, **GUMBALL** revealed after tribal that if Kunlun had to go to another vote he would consider flipping on **DAWN** due to having bonded well with **JORDY** over the previous few days.

As a final postscript to this first stage of the game, right before the swap **JAKE** DMed **ARIA** to apologize for letting their tribe down in the challenge, and firmly stated that he wanted to work with her long-term, with her being the only person that he’d really connected with on Buzhou. With different loyalties being proclaimed across the three tribes, the swap will test which ones will hold the strongest.

## **Episode 4:** “YAY NEW PEOPLE TO PROBABLY NOT TALK TO” - Jake

With **MARCO** triggering a swap the previous episode, the fourteen remaining mortals were randomly assigned new tribes. They were as follows:

Black Tortoise: **BEN, DAWN, GUMBALL, JORDY, MARCO, ORANGE** and **SICKLE**

White Tiger: **ALLEN, ARIA, BRODIE, CAMPBELL, CECE, DAN** and **JAKE**

Immediately after the swap **JORDY** created Qings with **DAWN** and **GUMBALL**, with all three of them looking to stay Kunlun strong. Hoping to be able to bring in at least one of the other four to their side, they all point out **MARCO** and **BEN** as the most active of that group. **BEN** was not happy with the swap, though he was given the power to go back to Jade as he was selected by the Yin-Yang Shuffle. He decided to not make his decision right away, wanting to see what kind of position he could establish on the tribe.

Over on White Tiger, **ALLEN** was not overjoyed with his swap due to not trusting **CAMPBELL**. **CECE** was alone on her new tribe and felt that the other three Kunlun over on Black Tortoise would be ganged up on by the other four there. For some reason she thought that doing the exact same idol commands and hunt would give her another idol? So she did that and was sad that she didn’t get anything and felt that this meant **CAMPBELL** could have an idol.

Some salvation for **CECE** came in the form of **ARIA** quickly connecting with her and saying that she wanted to work with her. While not sure how much she could trust **ARIA**, **CECE** felt that she could work with her as the three Jade members seemed threatening in different ways.

The game was then unexpectedly shaken up again as **DAN** announced that he wanted to quit the game, putting White Tiger down a member mere hours into the swap. **ALLEN** was happy about this as it theoretically gave more power to the OG Jade members due to them now making up half the tribe. However, he did not have a good relationship with **CAMPBELL**, feeling like he had to vote him out soon as **CAMPBELL** at the same time wanted to flip on him.

Looking to solidify his position, **ALLEN** went to **JAKE**, telling him that he wanted to make a four-person alliance between the two of them, **BRODIE** and **ARIA** in order to gain majority without needing to trust **CAMPBELL**. Once **ARIA** heard about this she immediately leaked it to **CECE**, leaving them discussion whether it would be better to roll with it or to try and use it to convince **CAMPBELL** to flip on Jade. **CAMPBELL** did eventually find out about this proposed alliance (unclear as to exactly how), but wasn’t sure whether he could believe it right away. **ALLEN** also told **CECE** a little later that they could both work along with **ARIA** and **JAKE**, which went somewhat against what **ARIA** had told her and left her feeling that **ALLEN** was sketchy.

Black Tortoise was a little slower to develop in terms of action, though **BEN** and **MARCO** did both bond over liking **TRAVYS**. **MARCO**, worried that Kunlun would be tight given how fast they had gone through the previous tribal, proposed a Buzhou and Jade alliance on this new tribe. While a hesitant at first to jump right into this, after talking with **ORANGE** he seemed down to go with this plan for the time being - keeping the options of either throwing the Buzhou duo under the bus or triggering a swap if he felt it was needed.

Interestingly, **SICKLE** was not initially on board with this plan, as he felt the Kunlun players were not big threats, but eventually agreed to do it for at least one tribal and he and **BEN** made a pact to go far together. Overnight, **MARCO** formed Mobs Bosses with that group of four, although they admitted he’d gotten weird vibes from **SICKLE**.

It was very early in the morning that things picked up at White Tiger, as **ALLEN** began to really overplay, making three alliance chats in the space of two hours. The first was Ex Jade Alliance Or Something with **BRODIE** and **CAMPBELL**, which made sense on paper, but then he also made White Tiger Majority Alliance with **BRODIE**, **ARIA** and **JAKE** and Jade And Kunlun Majority Alliance Or Something with **BRODIE**, **CAMPBELL** and **CECE**.

**ARIA** and **CECE** immediately shared the existence of these contradictory alliances with each other, seeing **ALLEN** as being a snake trying to play both sides and ally with everyone. **CECE** felt she was in the middle of two duos with **ALLEN/BRODIE** and **ARIA/JAKE**, unsure of where **CAMPBELL** stood and what would be her best move. **BRODIE** did not seem as involved with this deal-making, feeling comfortable about his duo with **ALLEN** and feeling that **CAMPBELL** would want to stick with the Jade trio. He hoped to scoop up **CECE** and target **ARIA** should they go to tribal.

Over on Black Tortoise **JORDY** led the creation of Trio Of Peace with **BEN** and **MARCO**, looking to separate themselves slightly from the other two Kunlun in case one of them were to get targeted. He wanted to target **SICKLE** should they lose the challenge, and at the very least hoped to just be in the know for whatever happened. However, while **MARCO** did like **JORDY** and hoped to work with him they still wanted to target either **DAWN** or **GUMBALL**. Also, **BEN** was a little sus of **JORDY** due to being experienced in ORGs, seeing him as a big potential threat.

The challenge this cycle was Codenames. **DAWN** sat out for Black Tortoise due to not really understanding it at all, and while not everyone on each tribe was able to be there, both sides had four players able to participate. For White Tiger **ARIA** was the Spymaster, with **ALLEN**, **CECE** and **BRODIE** there the guessers. For Black Tortoise it was **SICKLE** as the Spymaster with **BEN**, **JORDY** and **GUMBALL** as the guessers. The game was even for much of it, tied 5-5 after the first couple rounds. After White Tiger took a 7-5 lead (needing 9 to win while the other side needed 8), Black Tortoise looked to tie it up but **JORDY** unfortunately hit the assassin card, meaning an automatic loss and tribal for Black Tortoise.

**CECE** was quite worried for her former tribemates, feeling that they (and **DAWN** in particular) were “completely and utterly fucked”. The Kunlun trio hoped to avoid that fate, with **GUMBALL** like **JORDY** wanting to gun for **SICKLE**. Meanwhile, in Mobs Bosses, **MARCO** suggested they go for **DAWN**. After Sickle floated **DAWN** and **ORANGE** as potential targets to **JORDY**, **JORDY** shared this with **DAWN** in Qings who was not happy with the idea of **SICKLE** targeting him.

But that was not to be the case for long, as out of nowhere **GUMBALL** started to dig his own grave. First, in a conversation with **SICKLE** he said he would be open to work together with him, **BEN** and **MARCO**, which led to **SICKLE** asking him to request that as an alliance chat. While hesitating at first and hoping that **MARCO** would quickly give him a go-ahead, **GUMBALL** went through with it anyway after not that long due to worrying that **SICKLE** would gun for him if he didn’t.

Meanwhile, **MARCO** told **SICKLE** that **GUMBALL** was targeting him, though **SICKLE** did not fully believe this at first and submitted a vote for **DAWN** as was the original plan. He also told **ORANGE** about Gumball-Marco-Sickle-Ben, wanting to keep him in the loop and bring him into this potential group in some way. This solidified **ORANGE** on wanting to go for **DAWN** as he’d rather that over **JORDY** who he had vibed well with.

This was changed though when **GUMBALL** told **ORANGE** that the main name he’d heard was **SICKLE**, and **ORANGE** immediately shared this with **SICKLE**. Adding this on to what **MARCO** had said now convinced **SICKLE** that it was true, and he immediately changed his vote to **GUMBALL** and went to Mobs Bosses to push for them to change the plan.

**JORDY** was confused as to why as he was now hearing that **GUMBALL** was apparently causing some chaos as he had always seen him as very chill, and tried to figure out what was happening in Trio Of Peace, where **MARCO** said that both **GUMBALL** and **SICKLE** were being sketchy. **BEN**, coming online for the first time since the **GUMBALL** drama began, decided that he did not want to push hard one way or the other, and was fine to go with **GUMBALL** as the vote if it was what the rest of Mobs Bosses wanted.

After **MARCO** told **JORDY** that the vote was going to be **GUMBALL** (with **SICKLE** leading it) **JORDY** was not happy, but also didn’t want to push back too hard due to clearly not being in power. His main goal became to just make it to the next cycle without **DAWN** pissed at him, and initially decided that he would vote for **SICKLE** anyway and pretend like he wasn’t as in the know as he was.

**BEN** and **MARCO**, meanwhile, discussed what they could do after this, with **MARCO** throwing out the idea of voting out **SICKLE** due to being sketched out by him. **BEN** wasn’t super happy with this idea and toyed with the idea of triggering a swap back to OG tribes, but didn’t want to risk the other Jade three having bonded a lot over on their swap tribe, and also wanted to try and keep lines more fluid going into merge.

As a final bit of drama **SICKLE** caught wind that the three Kunlun would still be voting for him, and made his displeasure clear in Mobs Bosses. In the end, **DAWN** and **JORDY** both ended up voting for **GUMBALL**, with **DAWN** changing his previous vote, in order to not stand out more in the minority. This meant **GUMBALL** was eliminated 6-1, the third straight Kunlun member to be voted out unanimously.

## **Episode 5:** “Gaslight gatekeep girlboss challenge” - Allen

The next challenge came soon after **GUMBALL’S** elimination, as the mortals were faced with the prospect of Greed. With only a couple hours to prepare, the mortals began to become paranoid and worried.

On Black Tortoise, Jordy felt he would be screwed if **DAWN** wanted to grab Greed, and while **CECE** on the other side knew she could take it to try and protect the two other remaining Kunlun, she didn’t want to piss off people on her tribe. She felt that **JORDY** and **DAWN** would flip quickly at a joint tribal, and both she and **JORDY** wanted to target a Jade member if they could.

**MARCO**, for their part, did not seem enthused with the idea of a joint tribal, and floated the idea in Trio Of Peace of taking it near the end of the time period if no one on the other tribe did. **JAKE** was nervous at the prospect of a White Tiger-only tribal, especially after **ARIA** filled him in on **ALLEN** creating an alliance with the Jade trio + **CECE**. The Buzhou duo continued to grow in trust, as **ARIA** mentioned that she loves talking to **JAKE** when he’s able to be online.

Ahead of the arena opening **ALLEN** was very active in tribe chat, trying to check in with everyone on the tribe to make sure they wouldn’t grab Greed. **ARIA**, **JAKE** and **CECE** were all a bit off-put by how clearly he was looking to be the leader of the tribe, though the four of them did then all go into a quick (and a bit awkward) tribe VC.

Once the arena opened, **ALLEN**, **MARCO** and **CECE** were all very active, with **JORDY** and **ORANGE** as other main participants. This included **ALLEN** pinging **BEN** to tell him he should take Greed (which **BEN** declined), **CECE** saying that whoever was on the bottom of the previous vote should take it, and **MARCO** pushing back by saying that **CECE** should take it if she was so worried about the safety of Kunlun members. There was also confusing arguments over the status of the last vote, with Black Tortoise stating it was a unanimous, united vote and **ALLEN** and **CECE** not truly believing that.

During this **ALLEN** made it clear that he did not want to go to rocks at all should they go to a joint tribal, which made **JAKE** go to Mufflebuns Stans to share that he was worried **ALLEN** would take Greed if no one else seemed like they would. **ARIA** thought it might be a good idea for one of them to take it, but **CECE** said they couldn’t based on Black Tortoise giving off the vibe they were united, and so losing a number here would put them at a big disadvantage should the merge be next. Eventually, they decided to risk a joint tribal. It was really hard for **JAKE** especially to resist grabbing Greed, though he was buoyed by **CAMPBELL** telling him that he would be down to work with him due to not feeling connected to many people in the game.

On the other side, **JORDY** laid out in Trio of Peace that he would not feel that comfortable with voting out **DAWN** right after **GUMBALL**, and that he’d much rather vote out **SICKLE** or **ORANGE**. **MARCO**, hoping to keep **ORANGE** in said he’d like to vote out **SICKLE**, and while **BEN** wasn’t overjoyed with that he said he would do it if it was what needed to be done. Overall **BEN** purposefully remained quiet in the arena, wanting everyone else to keep making themselves noticeable. While he did not want **SICKLE** to go he was also not prepared to go all out to stop it.

In the end, no one took Greed and the mortals were immediately thrown into a joint tribal, with some of them taken aback by the fact that it was totally live and that they weren’t allowed any sort of tribal or individual communication beforehand. The four White Tiger members who had been online during the arena portion challenge claimed to have discussed who they would vote for at a joint beforehand, with **ALLEN** pinging **BRODIE** and **CAMPBELL** (the ones offline) to tell them who they should vote for. Unfortunately, the way he phrased it was “the person who was targeting me at the other camp”, which made it kind of obvious he was referring to.

After this, **MARCO** said that those on Black Tortoise should also vote for “the dry one”, stating that he would have been the one gone if they had gone to another smaller tribal anyway. After some more back and forth they finally began to actually use the name **SICKLE**, though **CECE** thought this was a lie trying to bait the White Tiger group into voting someone that would be idoled. **ALLEN** didn’t think that was the case, and said he didn’t think there were any idols at all.

With both **MARCO** and **JORDY** happy to vote for **SICKLE**, the votes began to come in. **JORDY** was happy that **MARCO** was so up front in tribal, though he was not a fan of how OTT **ALLEN** and **CECE** had been during the challenge and tribal, and hoped they were playing up characters otherwise he felt he might not be able to work with them a ton postmerge. **MARCO** agreed in their confessional that those two were being too extra, and ideally would have wanted to vote **ALLEN** due to feeling that **ALLEN** might not like them much at all. **BEN** stewed relatively silently, not happy that **SICKLE** was going but not seeing another option after **MARCO** had stuck the dagger in him publicly. He wished that his group had been as organized as the other, and now regretted not using the swap power the previous cycle.

As for the aforementioned White Tiger two, **CECE** thought her tribe was being dumb for just believing that Black Tortoise would flip on one of their own members just like that after seeming united in the arena, and felt that no one was listening to her at all. **ALLEN** seemed to worry that they also might be getting baited and that they might end up tying 6-6.

It was only once there were around half the votes in that **SICKLE** came back online, and realized that he was in a very deep hole. Looking to clear the air with **ALLEN** about him supposedly targeting him back on Jade, **SICKLE** said that all he’d said to **BRODIE** was that **ALLEN** was being too assertive in the Scavenger Hunt challenge. **ALLEN** rebuked this by saying he’d been told that **SICKLE** was fully targeting him, which is why he was gunning for him now. This led to an unexpectedly long conversation about both Jade and swap tribe dynamics between the two of them.

It was during this mess that **DAWN** came online searching for an explanation as to what was happening, later asking someone to just tell him who to vote for. After it was confirmed that **SICKLE** was the current target **DAWN** duly submitted his vote for him then soon went offline again. **CAMPBELL** quietly submitted a vote for **ALLEN** before quickly changing it to **SICKLE**, though he wished that he could vote out **ALLEN** at this tribal.

After **SICKLE** submitted his own vote he decided to play it cool in tribal council, which made both **JAKE** and **JORDY** very paranoid that an idol play was indeed coming. **SICKLE**, however, was just waiting and hoping for a potential opportunity to flip things to present itself.

Despite all but two votes being in, the drama was not done as **ARIA**, reading over what she’d missed, came across a message sent by **ALLEN** when asked what would have happened if White Tiger had gone to tribal. In it, he said that he had heard a few different names but it would have been him, **BRODIE** and **CECE** making the decision, with **ARIA** and **CAMPBELL** mentioned as potential targets. When pressed as to who had told him that **ALLEN** said he couldn’t find where it had been said at the moment and **CECE** asked them to keep their tribe’s issues within their own tribe and talk about it later.

Privately, **ARIA** declared that **ALLEN** had made a big mistake by throwing out her name in that way, **JAKE** didn’t think **ALLEN’S** perspective was what was really going on and was confused as to how he was playing this tribal, and **CECE** was furious that he not only publicly pointed out who he felt was on the bottom on their own tribe but also threw her name in with who he said was running the tribe with him.

Interestingly, however, **CECE** did leave whole this situation now believing that she was actually in a strong position on her tribe, given the number of alliances she was in, and after now feeling that she’d lost **JORDY** and **DAWN** as potential top allies she wanted to stick with the White Tiger group going forward.

After stepping back for a minute, **ALLEN** felt bad about some of what he’d said during the tribal, and apologized to everyone publicly before heading off for the night. Soon after that **BRODIE** came online, confused as to what was happening, and after briefly checking in with those who were online went along with the majority and voted for **SICKLE**.

This left **ORANGE**, who had not participated in the tribal since the very beginning, as the last vote. Confused as to what was happening, he decided to postpone his vote until the next morning and randomize it then.

In the morning, **DAWN** was very annoyed with whoever hadn’t voted. **MARCO** started to feel bad at how they’d talked about **SICKLE**, worried that they’d come across as a bit of a jerk, and apologized in tribal council chat. **BRODIE**, meanwhile, became worried about **SICKLE** idoling and decided to switch his vote to **JORDY** as an attempted safety play.

After **ORANGE** woke up he realized that the vote was fully on **SICKLE**, though he decided to still randomize his using Tatsu. Tatsu landed on **JORDY**, which **ORANGE** wasn’t happy with so he randomized again. Tatsu then landed on **BEN**, which **ORANGE** wasn’t happy with so he randomized again. Tatsu then landed on **ARIA** which he seemed to be fine with, but then he ended up voting for **BEN** anyway for reasons unclear.

It did not end up mattering, as **SICKLE** was eliminated 9-1-1-1. With some confused as to who had thrown their votes and why they had chosen their specific targets, the mortals finally left tribal and were able to go back to their camps. With the merge now looming, the biggest question that faces each mortal is simple: what bonds remain the strongest?

## **Episode 6:** “I thrive in other peoples’ misfortune” - Cece

In the brief time between the joint tribal ending and the merge, **ALLEN** looked to do some damage control with **ARIA**, who came away from the previous cycle fine with working with him in the short-term but did not trust him much at all past the next few votes. This simmering tension in the White Tiger camp made **CECE** happy, as she felt like she was in the middle of two duos, though felt closer to **ARIA/JAKE** than **ALLEN/BRODIE**. And at the same time she continued to grow closer with **CAMPBELL**, who told her that she was his closest ally in the game.

**ALLEN**, initially hoping that the merge would not be next, declared in camp chat that if it did, he wanted to stay White Tiger strong with the rest of them. While everyone publicly agreed, there were some murmurs of discontent with **BRODIE** feeling like **ALLEN** could end up dragging the two of them down together due to how big he was playing and Mufflebuns Stans briefly discussed how they were still wary of him.

Over on Black Tortoise, **BEN** and **ORANGE** discussed how ruthless **MARCO** had been in the arena, with both of them agreeing that **MARCO** was a big threat. This pleased **BEN**, who knew he would have to take out **MARCO** eventually, though **ORANGE** still had **MARCO** as his closest ally despite this. **JORDY**, meanwhile, had reconnecting with **CECE** as his first priority when the merge came, and hoped to try and work with **ARIA** and **CAMPBELL** due to their connections with **BEN** and **MARCO** and also because **ALLEN** had thrown them out as being more on the bottom of the tribe at the live tribal.

The merge did indeed come next, and the plotting immediately began. **ALLEN** made White Tiger Majority Alliance Or Something to rally the six together as a majority, while **ARIA** and **CECE** hoped to target **BEN** for being a power player that they’d never been on a tribe with, and also bring in **MARCO** as a number, insulating their core alliance with **CAMPBELL** and **JAKE**.

**CAMPBELL** for his part, started to become much more involved after being more in the background the previous couple cycles. First, he baited **CECE** on a VC into revealing she had an idol while keeping the fact he had one a secret. Despite not being happy she revealed this, **CECE** stated that **CAMPBELL** had become her #1 ally. **CAMPBELL** also continued to grow closer with **ARIA**, sharing his worries that **ALLEN** and **BRODIE** could flip to work with **BEN**. They agree that they do need to work with **ALLEN** for a couple votes.

**CAMPBELL** then also made a fake idol clue in the form of a comment on the intro video. Sharing it with **CECE** and revealing that it was fake, the two of them kept quiet about it while waiting for others to find it. **MARCO** was the first, and they immediately started to try and solve it.

**MARCO** also looked to reunite with **ARIA**, wanting to bring her and **JAKE** to their side in order to form a majority with the rest of Black Tortoise. They also shared the fake idol clue with **ARIA**, who in turn shared it with **CECE**, who felt bad but did not tell her that it was fake. **DAWN**, for his part, wanted to lay low for the time being and really only trusted **JORDY** and **CECE**.

Their challenge was not really a challenge at all, rather it was an auction! With ten items (including immunity) on the table, most people went with similar strategies. All but one person bid $500 on a single item, while it was **ORANGE** who split up his bids evenly on all the non-immunity items. This ended up winning him three that received no other bids, and he won a Vote Steal, an Advantage Revealer and a Challenge Disadvantage he could play on anyone else.

For the other items, **MARCO** won a Safety Without Power (after Tatsu broke a tie between him and **ARIA**), **BRODIE** won a Challenge Advantage, **DAWN** earned the F3/F2 Button, and **CECE** won a Grudge Vote. **ALLEN** and **JORDY** both won duds. **BEN, CAMPBELL** and **JAKE** all put everything on immunity, and Tatsu gave it to **CAMPBELL**.

Both **CECE** and **ALLEN** shared exactly what they got in White Tiger Majority Alliance Or Something, with **CECE** not happy at all with her item. **ALLEN** now wanted to shift the target to **ORANGE** due to being worried about his advantages, and told the alliance that he’d asked around with some of Black Tortoise people to see if they could get enough votes on **ORANGE** to do some sort of split. **CECE** and **ARIA** both said this was a bad idea.

During this, **CECE** decided to cause some chaos by creating an alliance chat with everyone except **ALLEN** in it. Right after doing so she said in White Tiger Majority Alliance Or Something that she’d been pulled into this alliance, which freaked out **ALLEN** and made him super paranoid while **ARIA** tried to calm him down. He asked everyone in tribal council who had made it, and predictably got not response.

**CECE** then continued her villain turn by completely making up a lie that **BEN** had offered her an F2 deal right at the beginning of the merge, sharing this with **ALLEN** and later **ARIA**. She also made an F2 deal with both of those two, though she was not happy with **ALLEN** when she was told by **JORDY** that he and **DAWN** had been approached by **ALLEN** about his idea of targeting **ORANGE**.

Those two former Kunluns looked to reunite with **CECE** in Kueens, but **CECE** did not trust either of them nearly as much as White Tiger. They did all share their auction items with each other, though **JORDY** did not believe **CECE** and began to grow just as suspicious of her as she was of him.

While **CECE** continued to try and paint a target on **BEN**, **JORDY** suggested going after **BRODIE** should the plan to vote **ORANGE** not materialize. **CECE** then leaked this to the White Tigers, which **ALLEN** (still shook from the 10-person alliance) said was good enough reason to vote for **JORDY**. **BRODIE** said he was on board and **CAMPBELL** soon quietly voted for **JORDY** with **ALLEN** doing so a little while later.

Meanwhile, **BEN** thought he would be able to get a majority alliance together made up of the Black Tortoise five + **ARIA** and **CAMPBELL**. He wasn’t happy with **MARCO** as the latter was heavily pushing to vote out **ALLEN**, while **BEN** wanted **ALLEN** to stay in longer as a sort of shield for him. However, he changed his tune once **CAMPBELL** told him that **ALLEN** had told all of White Tiger that **BEN** wanted to go Jade-strong at the merge and that he had had an alliance with him and **BRODIE**. Angry with this, **BEN** felt he now had to target **ALLEN** to show that wasn’t true.

**MARCO** created The Mistake TBH, which was Black Tortoise + **ARIA**. **BEN**, noticing this did not have **CAMPBELL** like he’d wanted, made It Didn't Work Out right after that which was the exact same but with **CAMPBELL** added. **MARCO** claimed it was a mistake, and went immediately to confirming with those in the alliance that they were good to vote for **ALLEN**.

Despite this, **JORDY** worried that this vote was setting up to be clearly divided by swap tribe lines, though he felt he would not be the one targeted from the minority group. The part about the swap lines was very right, as **ARIA** immediately leaked the creation of the two new alliances to **CECE** (set firmly as her #1) and neither she or **CAMPBELL** seriously considered at all the possibility of voting for **ALLEN**. She saw her, **CECE**, **CAMPBELL** and **JAKE** as an ideal F4.

**CAMPBELL** did as well, and was also confused as to why the other side thought they could pull him into a big alliance with them and expect him to vote with them after most of them hadn’t talked any real strategy with him. He wanted to keep **BEN** in since he was the person in the minority he had the best connection with.

**CECE** still wanted to take out **BEN**, though this continued to fail to gain real traction as **ARIA** also wanted to keep **BEN** in (to be a noteworthy target), and others had already submitted votes for **JORDY**. **JAKE**, offline basically the whole tribal, became annoyed with **ALLEN** when he was told to vote for **JORDY** right after coming online. Knowing he didn’t have the social capital to flip, he did end up going with that plan.

**CECE** became upset at what she felt was the others in her alliance not caring about her desire to vote out **BEN**, and was somewhat reluctant to vote out one of the few other Kunluns left. In the end, she did go with it, and **JORDY** was eliminated 6-5 in a blindside.

The minority four left after the vote were all shocked with the result, **DAWN** especially was angry after losing one of his closest allies. **MARCO** felt pretty burnt by **ARIA** turning on them, though she wasn’t too worried about that as she planned on voting them out soon. **ORANGE** was surprised he didn’t get any votes, and was glad he didn’t use any of his advantages. The minority was left to regroup after these clear voting lines had been made.

## **Episode 7:** “You know I was going to handle this situation with respect and maturity. But SCREW THAT” - Dawn

Right before the votes were read the previous cycle **CAMPBELL** created Kings And Queens Of Trevivor with **CECE**, **ARIA** and **JAKE**, officially formed the group of four that had been working together for a while.

In White Tiger Majority Alliance Or Something **ALLEN** thanked the others for sticking with him, then revealed that he’d been told **MARCO** was the person who had made the 10-person alliance, making him now want to go after them right away. **BRODIE** felt it would be good to use **ORANGE** as a decoy, while the other four agreed that things were still a bit of a mess and that they needed to still keep an eye on **ALLEN**.

The person who **ALLEN** had heard this “news” from was **BEN**, who decided to try and throw everyone under the bus to **ALLEN**, blaming **MARCO** for both the 10-person alliance and the reason why **ALLEN** had received votes, and saying that both **ARIA** and **CAMPBELL** had both told him they didn’t trust **ALLEN** much.

With a lot to think about, **ALLEN** now felt that **MARCO** had to go next. He also had begun to see **CECE** as a threat that needed to go before the end, though he did not want to have to vote her out himself, telling **BRODIE** that he’d have to lead a blindside against her eventually. He was frosty with both **MARCO** and **DAWN** in the aftermath of the vote, amusing the former and angering the latter with how he was not willing to speak much with them.

**CAMPBELL**, meanwhile, was not happy at all with **BEN** after hearing how he’d tried to drag his name through the mud a little, especially since he had still been hoping to try and work with **BEN** somehow. This in turn made **BEN** pissed at **ALLEN** for not being able to keep anything to himself, feeling that his game was being dragged down. **JAKE**, for his part, was happy that **ALLEN** had been the target of the other side as he felt it would make him a lot less likely to flip.

**CECE** tried to do some damage control of her own with **DAWN**, making up a lie that **JORDY** had accidentally sent her an incriminating message meant for someone else. **DAWN** seemed to accept this to a point, hoping to still be able to work with her. He was not confident at all about his chances though, and angry with the majority for taking out **JORDY**, he decided to switch the season to an F2 using his auction power, happy that all of their paths to the end had gotten tougher.

For her part, **CECE** now wanted to ride with White Tiger all the way to the end, feeling like she was in a great middle position within that alliance. She had grown wary of **ARIA**, seeing her as a big social threat, and felt that going to F3 with **ALLEN** and **BRODIE** could be her best move. Despite this, she continued to find working with **ALLEN** frustrating.

**MARCO** was worried that their game was crumbling around them, and he and **ORANGE** agreed they could only fully trust each other. **MARCO** shared the fake idol clue with both **ORANGE** and **BEN** and all of them became part of the futile hunt.

**MARCO** also created The Leftovers, an alliance of the four minority members, and they searched their options. **ORANGE** suggested targeting **JAKE** as he’s someone the others might not go to bat for, but while the others agreed they did not know who they could try and flip. Privately, **ORANGE** and **MARCO** discussed using **ORANGE’S** Vote Steal to force a tie, while **BEN** tried to regain some favour with **CAMPBELL** and **ALLEN** to help him survive the next couple votes while on the bottom.

**ARIA** was happy to let **ALLEN** take the lead again on the vote, continuing to build a target on himself. She and **CECE** both agreed they wanted to keep **DAWN** in the game for a while longer, with **ARIA** seeing him as a great person to use whenever they decide to flip. **CECE** did not like this, however, not wanting to ever flip (but keeping that to herself).

White Tiger eventually decided to vote for **ORANGE** despite some nervousness about him being an obvious target, in order to try and get his advantages out of the game. Around the same time The Leftovers decided to vote for **JAKE**, and votes on both sides began to slowly come in.

During this, **BRODIE** out of nowhere managed to crack the OG tribe idol clue, but unable to solve the slide puzzle handed it off to **ALLEN**. While **ALLEN** did solve the puzzle before the votes were read he did not have the time to solve the drop quote, though he did tell **CECE** about it all right before tribal.

Before that though, **ORANGE** shocked the majority by stealing **ARIA’S** vote. This caused an initial panic with **CECE** stating she would play her idol on **ALLEN** and **BRODIE** asking if anyone in their group had anything, before **CAMPBELL** calmed everyone down by pointing out that if they just voted for **ORANGE** they would knock out both his votes on a revote, meaning a 5-5 tie would turn into a 4-3 advantage. Unfortunately for the minority group that thought did not cross their mind at all, and they felt that they were ready for a tied vote and potential to force rocks.

The pre-vote read drama was not done though, as **DAWN** had grown very paranoid about **BEN**, believing that he was playing them and that he had purposefully voted wrong the last cycle to feed the other OG Jade players info. He thus created Dawn-Marco-Orange to try and convince the other two that this was the case, though they were both reluctant to believe it.

**DAWN** also tried to approach **CECE** about switching up the vote, but **CECE** thought the idea of flipping like that to be on the bottom of a new alliance was stupid. Then, right before the votes locked **JAKE** had a conversation with **BEN** about how he could be down to flip sometime soon. **BEN** shared this with The Leftovers, looking to convince them to switch the vote to **CECE**. This did not happen, and **BEN** told **JAKE** that the vote would be on **ARIA**, who **JAKE** did not want to flip on.

Once all the votes were in and read, the 5-5 tie happened as expected. Unfortunately for The Leftovers, they quickly realized that **ORANGE** was now done for on the revote. **BEN** in particular was furious with how badly this plan had been botched, and **MARCO** tried to convince the others to flip on **JAKE** by stating that **JAKE** had been talking to **BEN** about flipping right before the votes were read. The others did not seem to really believe them though.

**MARCO**, **CECE** and **ALLEN** all briefly argued with each other about flipping, with those in the majority pointing out it would be dumb to flip on their trusted allies to go to an alliance of people willing to try and go to rocks for each other, and then **DAWN** joined in on another brief argument about **ALLEN’S** jury management.

Despite these flare-ups, everything proceeded exactly as expected with everyone quickly re-submitting their original vote except for **BRODIE**, who had gone to sleep. When he woke up he quickly checked in with his allies before re-submitting, and **ORANGE** was eliminated 4-3 on the revote.

With two Black Tortoise members gone to begin the merge, fears of a pagonging have widely spread. But there are some rumblings within the White Tiger camp of people inclined to try and shake things up a little. Will that happen? Or will they stick to their guns?

## **Episode 8:** “I’m not the one getting used and abused tonight” - Marco

After two votes based strictly on tribal lines, the first real hints at that changing came from **CAMPBELL**, who was worried about **ALLEN** and **BRODIE** flipping and so wanted to get the jump on them first. His plan was for two members of Kings And Queens Of Trevivor to flip while keeping the other two in on it, giving them ears on both sides and the ability to come together again the next cycle to gain majority.

**ALLEN**, for his part, did want to flip, as while he did not want to write **CECE’S** name down himself he wanted her gone, feeling like he could not beat her at the end. So, his plan was to help organize a 5-4 vote where the Black Tortoise trio as well as **BRODIE** and **CAMPBELL** would vote for **CECE** while **ALLEN** would vote in the minority purposefully.

**BRODIE** saw this as an opportunity to break away from **ALLEN** a little and make more of his own move, while The Leftovers were all hoping to just survive the next vote intact. After **MARCO** shared with **BEN** and **DAWN** that someone from the majority told them that there was a plan in motion to vote out **CECE** and that they all had to keep quiet about it, the two of them agreed to go along with it for the time being.

**CECE**, for her part, while she continued to go back and forth on how she felt about **ALLEN** and **BRODIE**, still felt like going to F3 with them might be her best option, and wanted to try and pull a 3-3-3 split on **BEN** and **MARCO**. **JAKE**, meanwhile, told **MARCO** that he was thinking of flipping himself, due to feeling like he’d be taking out first if the White Tigers went to F6 together and that he needed to take more initiative if he was to have any win equity. Knowing that **CECE** would like a split, he felt he might be able to pull off a 4-3-2 to take out either **BRODIE** or **ALLEN**.

That split was not to be, however, as **CAMPBELL** obviously leaked to **CECE** that **ALLEN** and **BRODIE** were targeting her. While initially hesitant, she did come around to believing it due to trusting **CAMPBELL** the most of everyone. **CAMPBELL** also filled **ARIA** in on this. **ARIA** hoped that **CECE** could just win immunity to avoid being targeted, knowing that they were close to Kings And Queens Of Trevivor having majority.

**ALLEN**, believing that the plan to vote out **CECE** was now irreversibly in place, created Final Three Alliance Add Or Something To The End Of This with **BRODIE** and **CECE** to try and play it like he was staying loyal. In it, he suggested they split votes between **MARCO** and **DAWN**, which **CECE** took as confirmation that he was working with **BEN**.

The challenge for this cycle was Family Feud, and **BEN** won immunity for the second time in a row. In the tribal council questions **ALLEN** overcompensated quite a bit, stating that there was zero chance the majority would split up and that a White Tiger going home would be the “biggest blindside in Trevivor history”. **CECE** immediately saw this as him lying.

In White Tiger Majority Alliance Or Something **CECE** asked if they wanted to go for a 3-3 split, but immediately realized that was a terrible idea with the prospect of at least one person flipping and went to Mufflebuns Stans to tell **ARIA** and **JAKE** to disagree with her publicly, which they did. Eventually, the White Tiger chat decided to put all their votes on **MARCO**.

In Ex Jade Majority Alliance Or Something, **CAMPBELL** played along like he was going with **ALLEN** and **BRODIE’S** plan to blindside **CECE** 5-4 with **ALLEN** voting with the minority, while actually planning to flip his vote back to eliminate **MARCO** 5-4, a plan that Kings And Queens Of Trevivor had agreed upon.

In Mufflebuns Stans **JAKE** was annoyed that they had to go with **ALLEN** again to make sure they didn’t lose a number, and privately was annoyed that his planned flip had been ruined. **ARIA** reminded them that they needed **ALLEN’S** vote just a little longer.

**MARCO**, revealing in The Leftovers that they’d been told that there was no longer a split and the majority votes were gonna be fully on them, was nervous and felt it might be better to go with **ALLEN’S** plan of flipping on **CECE** rather than working with **JAKE**, which had gained some more traction within that group. However, **DAWN** stated that **CECE** seemed like she might want to flip now, so they shouldn’t target her.

Also, in conversation with **ALLEN**, **MARCO** had bluffed that they had an idol, and baited **ALLEN** into revealing the initial command, which they shared in The Leftovers. **BEN** was able to beat the slide puzzle portion of the hunt, but struggled a ton on the drop quote.

Meanwhile, Oh was created with The Leftovers trio along with **BRODIE** and **CAMPBELL**, with **BRODIE** looking to solidify the **CECE** blindside, but this chat did not really go anywhere.

While it initially looked like **MARCO** was going to be voted out 5-4, this completely changed when Kings And Queens Of Trevivor had a long VC with all four of them to discuss the vote and their options.

They were all confused with how **ALLEN** was playing and none of them trusted him, and **JAKE** shared that **MARCO** had said they would be down to vote for **ALLEN**. They decided that voting **ALLEN** out would be ideal, but they did not want to set up a total 4-4 split the next cycle.

So, they came up with the following plan: to hide the fact that the four of them were a unit, **CAMPBELL** would vote for **CECE** along with **BRODIE**, pretending to be following along with **ALLEN’S** plan. Meanwhile, the other three would link up with **MARCO** and **DAWN** and all vote for **ALLEN** to blindside him. They decided to tell **MARCO** and **DAWN** to not tell **BEN** the plan, worried that he would leak it to **ALLEN**.

In the aftermath of the VC (building on DM convos held right around the same time), OG Buzhou Bitches became active for the first time as **MARCO**, **ARIA** and **JAKE** came together for the vote, with **MARCO** expressing how they would be very down for this plan. **JAKE** then created 5 Speed with the the three of them, **DAWN** and **CECE**, which wasn’t actually used much besides them all just quickly confirming that they were voting **ALLEN**.

**MARCO** and **DAWN** did tell **BEN** that there was a plan afoot to blindside **ALLEN**, though not sharing the full details. **BEN**, despite not being super confident that this would happen, was happy to roll with it as he was immune anyway. **BEN** decided to vote for **ALLEN** with the 5 Speed group, and hoped to bring together a group of **CAMPBELL**, **BRODIE**, **DAWN** and **CECE** the next cycle to take out **ARIA** and **MARCO**. He also solved the drop quote, and was disappointed to find out the idol had already been claimed.

As for the architects of this plan, they were all happy when they locked in their votes and confirmed with each other that everything was in motion. **CAMPBELL** was the happiest of all, as voting for **CECE** with her permission meant he would not have to do any damage control and leave him with no blood on his hands.

The end result was a 6-2-1 **ALLEN** elimination, with **BRODIE** and **CAMPBELL** voting for **CECE** and **ALLEN** voting for **MARCO**. **ALLEN** was quite shocked to find himself blindsided, and The Leftovers celebrated the fact that they were all still alive while Kings And Queens Of Trevivor celebrated successfully pulling off a great move.

## **Episode 9:** “I love being undercover” - Campbell

As part of a planned fallout acting job, **CECE** asked to know who had voted for her in White Tiger Majority Alliance Or Something, and **CAMPBELL** owned up to it, which also prompted **BRODIE** to do the same.

**CAMPBELL** thrived in this new undercover role, telling **BEN** and **MARCO** that he now had no one and looking to be on everyone’s good side while still having an idol in his pocket. **BRODIE** was left quite frustrated, and now saw **ARIA/JAKE/MARCO** as a power trio that needed to be broken up, setting his sights on **MARCO** specifically.

In The Leftovers, **MARCO** shared that **ALLEN** had told him he thought **CAMPBELL** was the furthest in the idol hunt, and that they should treat him as if he had one. **BEN** shared the drop quote puzzle with them but not the solution, unfortunate for the trio as **MARCO** could have used it to find the still-unclaimed Buzhou idol.

Meanwhile, Kings And Queens Of Trevivor could not bask in their glory for long, as they were soon faced by a clean split in how they wanted to proceed: with **ARIA** and **JAKE** wanting to vote out **BEN** next, while **CAMPBELL** and later **CECE** wanted to vote out **MARCO**.

**CAMPBELL** wanted to keep **BEN** alive due to him being his only link to the remaining Black Tortoise members, seeing him as a potentially crucial piece of his game. He also knew that **MARCO** thought he had an idol, and wanted to get rid of that. **CECE** was worried about **MARCO** holding a Safety Without Power and potentially an idol as well, and wanted to get rid of them. She also noted how it seemed that **JAKE** and **ARIA** were both trying to protect **MARCO**.

**JAKE**, meanwhile, felt the same way about **MARCO**, as **MARCO** had shared the fact he had the SWP with him. **JAKE** trusted **MARCO** a good amount at this point, as **MARCO** had sided with the plan he had come to him with rather than **ALLEN** and **BRODIE’S**. **ARIA** preferred **BEN** for both being a big immunity threat and also knowing that **CAMPBELL** definitely wanted to keep him around.

The challenge for this cycle was Tangrams, and the mortals did not do that well overall. **ARIA** abstained, **DAWN** and **BRODIE** both did not finish, and **MARCO** and **BEN** both accidentally pinged before submitting all their images, costing them a shot at immunity. Of those that finished, **CECE** did terribly which made it a two-horse race. **JAKE** just barely edged out **CAMPBELL** to win immunity, a result that shocked and delighted him.

Kings And Queens Of Trevivor continued to be unable to decide on a name, going back and forth with their 2-2 split, not reaching a consensus before going off for the night. **JAKE** declared that above all else they needed to reach a consensus decision to not fracture their group, and the others agreed, but some cracks had begun to form.

**CAMPBELL** was deadset on **MARCO** going, and became sus of **JAKE** for wanting to protect **MARCO**. He went so far as to throw out the idea to **CECE** of recruiting **BRODIE** and leaving **JAKE** and **ARIA** out of the vote entirely. While she did not want to do that, **CECE** agreed that the other two were clearly trying to protect **MARCO** and wanted them gone.

**JAKE**, for his part, saw **CAMPBELL’S** protection of **BEN** as a sign that he either didn’t trust that their group of four would stay together much longer, or that he might not want it to, and was now also sus of him.

Worried at how **CECE** seemed firmly on **CAMPBELL’S** side in the debate, **ARIA** and **JAKE** discussed telling **MARCO** that they needed to use their SWP this round, to both keep them safe and also force **CECE** and **CAMPBELL’S** hand. **MARCO**, who was going camping that day, could play it under the guise of not wanting to deal with tribal while they had to be offline a lot.

However, despite being presented with this information, **MARCO** did not want to use their SWP, as they didn’t want to risk **BEN** going either, fearing that would put them right on the bottom and screwed the next cycle anyway. They also wanted to push a **CAMPBELL** blindside, which did not go over well with **ARIA** and **JAKE**.

Eventually, **CAMPBELL** managed to convince **ARIA** to come around to voting for **MARCO** due to both the advantages and also them targeting him, while **JAKE** felt that if **MARCO** both refused to use their SWP or vote for **BEN**, then it would be too difficult to try and save them. The two former holdouts then became the first to submit votes for **MARCO**.

After voting, **ARIA** went to **BRODIE** to tell him that **MARCO** had thrown out his name in an attempt to ensure they had majority. While **BRODIE** considered just going with it, he wasn’t sure if it was his best move. Meanwhile, **BEN** was trying to take power back in the game by leading a charge against **CECE** (who he felt was the biggest threat), hoping to bring The Leftovers, **BRODIE** and **CAMPBELL** together for this.

While **DAWN** was initially hesitant to vote out **CECE**, as she was the person from the majority he was closest with, he was eventually convinced as long as they could get **BRODIE** and **CAMPBELL** on board. They convinced **BRODIE**, marshalling four votes against **CECE**, but **CAMPBELL** did not plan on flipping, and informed **CECE** that she had three, maybe four votes coming her way.

**CECE** decided to play her idol on herself in case **BRODIE** was actually with them in order to avoid a potential tie, and both she and **CAMPBELL** (the latter especially) were not happy with **JAKE** leaking to **MARCO** that they were the target, and telling them to play their SWP. **CAMPBELL**, in fact, would have liked to try and turn things on **JAKE** if he could, but he was immune.

Since **CECE** was idoling, **CAMPBELL** initially planned on voting for her again to remain undercover, but paranoid of **MARCO** idoling in response once she did, **CECE** and **CAMPBELL** discussed their options and **CAMPBELL** eventually decided to throw his vote on **DAWN** as a safety play.

The end result was a 4-3-1 vote, turned into a 3-1 **MARCO** elimination when **CECE** played her idol. The **CECE** voting bloc was left shocked when the idol was played, and both **BEN** and **BRODIE** initially thought it was **DAWN** who had leaked the plan. **CECE** was pumped to have successfully idoled someone out, but was left annoyed at **BRODIE** for writing her name down once again.

## **Episode 10:** “Looking forward to showing the haters just how much I’m running this game tonight” - Ben

After idoling out **MARCO**, **CECE** looked to do some damage control with **BRODIE**, as despite him voting for her two tribals in a row she still felt that going to F3 with him and **JAKE** gave her the best chance of winning. She was now resigned to the fact that she’d have to turn on **CAMPBELL** before the end due to him also being a noticeable threat, and felt that going to the end with either **BEN** or **DAWN** would be a terrible move due to the Black Tortoise members on the jury, not leaving many options.

**BRODIE**, also looking to regain a little favour, looked to throw **BEN** under the bus to explain why he voted for her again. **CECE** then lied and told him that **MARCO** had wanted to target him, in an attempt to scare him back to being on her side. **CECE** also initially felt like she might want to vote out **DAWN** next, though after he promised to vote with her at the next tribal she decided to give him another chance.

**ARIA** also wanted to work with **DAWN**, seeing him as someone who would be crucial at the upcoming votes. **DAWN**, for his part, told both of them that he was open for anything. After **CECE** shared that she was now also suspicious of **CAMPBELL** due to how much he was trying to protect **BEN**, **ARIA** was frustrated that they hadn’t just voted out **BEN** the last cycle.

**BEN**, for his part, continued to look to try and regain power in the game and wanted to gun for **CECE** again. This desire to assert himself was furthered when he was named the majority answer for “who mistakenly thinks they are running the game” in this cycle’s challenge, Touchy Subjects.

Other noteworthy labels from Touchy Subjects was **CECE** as the person running the game, **CAMPBELL** for most trusted, **BRODIE** for least trusted and a tie between **BEN** and **JAKE** for most likely to be voted out next.

**CECE** was now on board the vote-out-**BEN** train, though she faced resistance in the form of **CAMPBELL** still not wanting to do that, initially preferring to go for **DAWN**. **CECE**, however, saw voting out **BEN** as beneficial for two reasons: it would both bring her back closer with **ARIA** and **JAKE** and also would mean that the only Black Tortoise left **DAWN**, who she was closest with her out of anyone in Kings And Queens Of Trevivor.

Sharing her suspicions of how protective **CAMPBELL** was being in Kings And Queens Of Trevivor, both **ARIA** and **JAKE** agreed that it was suspicious and that the Jade trio might be have some sort of secret pact. **ARIA** and **CECE** both made it clear they wanted to make sure **DAWN** was on their side, and **JAKE** chimed in saying that **BEN** knowing that he had wanted to target him last cycle could only have come from **CAMPBELL** since he’d only said it in their four-person chat.

**JAKE** and **CAMPBELL** continued to be very suspicious of each other, with **JAKE** suggesting to **ARIA** that they leave **CAMPBELL** out of a **BEN** vote (which she quickly shot down) and **CAMPBELL** telling **ARIA** that he still wasn’t happy that **JAKE** had leaked the previous vote to **MARCO** and was worried that he was gonna flip on them now.

One thing **ARIA** and **CAMPBELL** did agree on was that **CECE** was the biggest threat in the game, and **ARIA** quietly began to plot to take out both her and **CAMPBELL** as the next two votes after hopefully taking out **BEN** now. To help with this she looked to recruit **BRODIE** to her side, telling him that **CAMPBELL** had thrown his name out as an option, which worried him. While still seeing **ARIA/JAKE** as a scary duo he was fine with shelving that for this vote and taking out **BEN**.

Kings And Queens Of Trevivor landed on **BEN** as the vote, with **CAMPBELL** acquiescing when it seemed the other three were all against him on this. He was not happy at all with the thought of not getting his way on this vote, and even briefly contemplated giving **BEN** his idol. **JAKE**, meanwhile, became worried that he was gonna get blindsided due to the others now agreeing to vote for **BEN** after fully refusing to do so the previous vote.

However, the drama was not done as before most of the votes were in **CECE** got word from **CAMPBELL** that while **BRODIE** was happy to vote **BEN** this cycle, he wanted to gun for her again the next. Sharing this with Mufflebuns Stans, she and **JAKE** debated the pros and cons of voting **BEN** vs **BRODIE**. **JAKE** did not think that **BRODIE** would have the same pull **BEN** would if he was around next cycle, and reassured her that neither he or **ARIA** would vote for her next cycle, and that **DAWN** likely wouldn’t either.

However, in his confessional **JAKE** noted how much of a threat **CECE** was and that voting her out the next cycle wouldn’t be the worst idea. He also liked the thought of her and **BRODIE** gunning for each other the next tribal, in order to take more heat off himself.

**CECE**, for her part, wasn’t sure what was the best option to take. She began to warm up to the idea of voting out **BRODIE** with **CAMPBELL**, **DAWN** and **BEN**, feeling like that would put her in the middle with **CAMPBELL**. However, she didn’t want to blindside **ARIA** or **JAKE**, and voting out **BRODIE** would mean taking out one of the people she was sure she could beat at FTC.

Upon hearing from **CECE** the following morning that she was now leaning towards voting for **BRODIE**, **ARIA** was annoyed and still voted for **BEN**, as did **JAKE** a little later. Meanwhile, **BEN** woke up to a long message from **CAMPBELL** telling him that he was for sure getting three votes and that he needed to convince **DAWN** to vote for **BRODIE** without telling anyone that he’d heard all this from **CAMPBELL**. Impressed with how detailed this play was strategically, felt he needed to stop underestimating the other players in the game.

He did indeed vote for **BRODIE**, and helped convince **DAWN** to do the same. This left both **CAMPBELL** and **CECE** feeling that they were the swing votes, with **CECE** voting for **BRODIE**, leaving **CAMPBELL** as the last to vote.

However, **CECE** was now having second thoughts about her second thoughts, and had gone back to feeling that **BEN** going would be better for her, and tried to convinced **CAMPBELL** to now go along with that. **ARIA**, meanwhile, told **BRODIE** that she’d heard **BEN** and **DAWN** were gonna vote for him, and he told her that if he survived he would definitely be with her.

Switching her vote two more times, **CECE** told **ARIA** that **CAMPBELL** was voting for **BRODIE** too, which solidified **ARIA** desire to take out **CAMPBELL** soon. **CAMPBELL**, meanwhile, tried to convince **CECE** to keep her vote on **BRODIE**, telling her that **ARIA** and **JAKE** would use him as a number the next vote if they didn’t, giving those two the power to decide who went at F6.

After one more back and forth switch, **CECE** finally decided to keep her vote on **BEN**, and convinced **DAWN** to switch to that too. **CAMPBELL**, pissed and now feeling like he might be on his own, told **BEN** that he was the vote before also submitting a vote for **BEN**, sending him out 6-1 in the first unanimous vote since F13.

## **Episode 11:** “Feeling a little confident here” - Aria

**ARIA** was quite happy with how the **BEN** vote went, and re-affirmed her desire to work with **DAWN** to him, wanting to take out who she saw as the biggest threats in the game (**CECE** and **CAMPBELL**). However, **DAWN** saw **ARIA** as the biggest threat remaining, and as the only Black Tortoise member left he had no set plan and was open to working with whoever.

**CECE** and **JAKE** had a short VC where they said that the two of them and **ARIA** would go to F3 together. However, that was not to be and they both privately knew it. **CECE** did not want to sit next to **ARIA** at FTC, and **JAKE** thought **CECE** was a big threat who needed to go. His ideal F3 was himself, **ARIA** (who had had his back the whole game) and **BRODIE** (who he saw as the most beatable).

**BRODIE** was aware that he might be perceived as a goat by the others, and wasn’t sure whether he could beat anyone at the end. He figured his best shot would be against **DAWN**, and while he didn’t trust **CAMPBELL** much and still saw **CECE** as a threat, he felt he might have to work with them to break up the duo of **ARIA** and **JAKE** that he was worried about.

**BRODIE** told **CECE** that **ARIA** and **JAKE** wanted to vote her out should **CAMPBELL** win immunity. **CECE**, though she wasn’t sure whether she could fully trust him (and also believing that **CAMPBELL** and **DAWN** would have her back regardless), lied to **BRODIE** about **ARIA** throwing his name out to her in order to try and get him on her side. **BRODIE** didn’t fully trust **CECE** either and felt she was being kind of fake with him, but felt it was in their best interest to work together this cycle.

**CAMPBELL**, frustrated after not getting his way the last vote, shifted to “anybody but me mode”, still holding his idol and seeing **ARIA** and **CECE** as the big threats that needed to go before FTC. However, he did not want to vote out **CECE** until right before FTC, seeing her threat level combined with her lack of challenge ability as making her the perfect candidate to be the fallen angel, and serve as a shield for him in the endgame.

He was also very happy to let **BRODIE** take the lead on this vote, especially with the fact that **BRODIE** approached him on his own initiative about going after **ARIA/JAKE**, which he had wanted to do anyway. Like with **CECE**, **BRODIE** was wary of **CAMPBELL** but felt that he had to work with him for this one vote.

**ARIA** and **JAKE**, meanwhile, agreed that **CECE** was the person who needed to go next, and restated their desire to go to the end with each other. **ARIA** also talked with **BRODIE**, who said he was down with that plan, and then with **DAWN**, who initially said he was more inclined to vote **BRODIE** than **CECE** due to believing that **BRODIE** had voted for him at F8, which **ARIA** clarified was actually **CAMPBELL**.

The challenge for this cycle was a **Video Study Challenge**, with the winner earning not only immunity but also getting their Loved One (who had arrived that cycle) to stay in their confessional for the rest of the game. **CAMPBELL**, **DAWN** and **JAKE** were the only ones to get every answer correct, and **CAMPBELL** just edged out **DAWN** in time to earn another immunity.

Immune and with his idol guaranteeing his safety at the next tribal too, **CAMPBELL** began to plan much further ahead, already weighing up **DAWN** and **JAKE** as options for the F5 vote. He remained committed to voting out **ARIA** this cycle, as was agreed upon by the other three who were in on the plot.

**CECE** was happy to vote out **ARIA** here, though she did not want to vote out **JAKE** right after like **CAMPBELL** seemed to want to. She also wasn’t fully convinced that **BRODIE** would be on their side, but was convinced that at worst this would be a 3-3 tie. **BRODIE** did vote for **ARIA** though, making it 4-2.

While she didn’t initially let on that she felt in danger, **ARIA** did have a sense the tables had turned due to the others not talking to her nearly as much as usual. Without any sort of advantage that might help her, she stuck with the plan and hoped for the best, but it was not to be. **JAKE** was left quite surprised by the vote, while the other four were happy to see a perceived big jury threat exit the game.

## **Episode 12:** “I’m one cold and calculated son of a bitch” - Campbell

**CAMPBELL** entered F5 feeling quite good about his position, feeling that as long as **JAKE** went next he would be set up perfectly for the endgame, setting up **CECE** to be the fallen angel and going with **BRODIE** to FTC if it was an F2 and **BRODIE** and **DAWN** if it was an F3.

However, his position was slightly more precarious than it initially appeared to be. Before **ARIA** had gone out she had revealed to **DAWN** that **CECE** and **CAMPBELL** were actually a super tight duo that had been working together since before the merge, a revelation that made **DAWN** (previously opposed to both **BRODIE** and **JAKE**) now want to team up with the two of them to take down this duo.

**BRODIE** was very much on board with this, making Brodie-Jake-Dawn and hoping to take out **CAMPBELL** next. Interestingly, he had quite a similar plan to **CAMPBELL** in that he wanted to keep **CECE** in until the final tribal to serve as a shield that would get taken out before him. **JAKE**, left out of the last vote, was happy to go with a plan that would both take out a big threat and also put him back in a majority.

But despite this numbers disadvantage **CAMPBELL** still had power in the form of his idol, which he was happy to use on **CECE** should he win immunity and she get targeted, though he went back and forth on whether it would be better to play it on her himself or transfer it to her for her to play it.

**CECE**, after receiving confirmation from **DAWN** that the season was indeed an F2, was initially unhappy with this and decided that **CAMPBELL** needed to stay in longer in order to help her reach the end. However, she disagreed on who should go next as she wanted to take out **BRODIE**, feeling that **JAKE** would be more likely to be willing to work with her.

The challenge this cycle was an Escape Room, which proved exceedingly difficult for our mortals. In fact, **CAMPBELL** was the only person to complete it, winning his third straight immunity (the first player ever in Trevivor to do so).

**CECE** continued to try and hype up **DAWN** as a jury threat to both **JAKE** and **BRODIE**, though she was unsure herself of whether that was actually the case. She believed that **CAMPBELL** wanted to go to the end with her, which made her feel a little more secure, and though she considered possibly cutting **DAWN** here she felt that going for **BRODIE** was her best option.

However, things changed when **CAMPBELL** told **CECE** about his idol. Not happy that the person she held as her ride or die had kept this from her all game, **CECE** not longer felt guilty about potentially voting out **CAMPBELL**. Not happy either with **CAMPBELL’S** insistence that **JAKE** needed to go, she wanted to try and force through a **BRODIE** vote by only telling **CAMPBELL** that she was voting **BRODIE** after he gave her the idol.

The idol was not given to her though, as tribal stretched on and people weren’t very active in general for various reasons. With no other option, Brodie-Jake-Dawn all voted for **CECE** after briefly consulting with each other, while both **JAKE** and **BRODIE** were very worried that they would actually be the ones taken out.

During this time, **CECE** became convinced that she was again a swing vote with **JAKE** and **DAWN** voting for **BRODIE** and **BRODIE** and **CAMPBELL** voting for **JAKE**, but then went offline and did not come back on until after the vote deadline has passed, while never submitting a vote, thus self-voting

Unable to reach her, **CAMPBELL** wondered what to do, not having been able to talk to the others much during tribal and really unsure of what everyone else was doing. In the end, he played his idol on **CECE**, negating four votes (including her own), and casting a single vote against **JAKE** that knocked him out 1-0 and fully ended the reign of Kings And Queens Of Trevivor.

## **Episode 13:** “THIS GAME IS MINE” - Brodie

**DAWN** left the **JAKE** elimination quite pissed at the feeling that every time he’d tried to pull off a move in the game it had gone sour. **CECE** initially tried to pretend that she didn’t know **CAMPBELL** was going to idol her, which he did not believe for a second.

Unfortunately for **DAWN** it appeared he did not have any true allies left, as both **CECE** and **BRODIE** wanted to take him out next over each other, with **BRODIE** now fearing that **CAMPBELL** would take **DAWN** to FTC over him and **CECE** banking on her own ability to win FIC and take out **CAMPBELL** herself.

Jumping into the challenge right away, the final four players faced off in Season Trivia. This battle went right down to the wire with **CECE** nearly pulling off a comeback, but **CAMPBELL** held on to beat her and win his fourth straight immunity.

**CECE**, while worried that she might have to go to firemaking, wanted to speedrun tribal as her birthday was the next day. And that’s exactly what happened, as **BRODIE** discussed the vote with **CAMPBELL** and left it convinced that **CAMPBELL** wanted to take him to FTC, which he was ecstatic about, happily voting for **DAWN**, which **CECE** and **CAMPBELL** did too.

Without any more options, the final Black Tortoise member finally bowed out in a 3-1 elimination, knowing that his time was up before the votes were read.

## **Episode 14:** “I am facing a *moral dilemma*” - Cece

Not satisfied with two vote-reads in one day, the three remaining mortals decided to do their final immunity challenge that same night. As they took a break before doing so, all three took stock of their situation.

For **CAMPBELL**, everything had gone as he’d wanted it to, with the goal of winning FIC and taking **BRODIE** with him to FTC still in sight.

For **CECE**, she knew that going up against a comp beast in FIC was a tall order, but was determined to pull it out and take **BRODIE** to the end herself. She also continued to hold out hope that **CAMPBELL** would bring her to the end if he won.

For **BRODIE**, he was sitting happy, convinced that no matter what his place at FTC was already booked. In fact, he straight up told **CECE** that if he won FIC he wouldn’t take her, before then typing in tribal council chat about how he felt he had a real shot against **CAMPBELL** at FTC, thinking it was his confessional.

The final challenge was Puzzle Asterisks, and **BRODIE**, unable to do it easily on mobile, purposefully DQed himself after just five minutes, content to let the other two battle it out to see who would take him to FTC. Unfortunately for **CAMPBELL**, his discord crashed part way through the challenge and he was unable to reload it in time, missing an asterisk and earning **CECE** her first immunity win at such a crucial time.

Facing a “moral dilemma”, **CECE** wavered slightly in the face of her big decision, with **CAMPBELL** hoping to guilt her into taking him, but in the end she stuck with her original plan and decided to take **BRODIE** with her to FTC.

However, she was annoyed with how laidback **BRODIE** was being about the whole situation, not bothering to DM her to plead his case. She tried briefly to scare him into thinking she might vote him out, though he called her bluff and didn’t seem to worried by it at all (though privately he did think he might have goaded **CECE** a little too much unnecessarily).

Despite this, **CECE** voted as everyone expected, eliminating **CAMPBELL** 1-0 in what was the first vote he received all game.

Entering FTC the majority of the jury seemed to be leaning **CECE**, though **BRODIE** came out with a speech and opening answers that impressed. Was it enough to sway votes to his side? We’ll see very soon at reunion!