A New Issue To Deal With Every Day

**A New Issue To Deal With Every Day** is the ninth episode of *Survivor: Battle Royale*.

## Summary

### Drobula

Everybody gets back to camp after tribal council and everyone feels very emotional one way or another. China and Dustin are off to the side together celebrating the idol play, with Dustin hugging China and thanking her for saving him, and she says she couldn’t lose another ally and they laugh. Meanwhile, Dana is standing alone and is pissed about Randy being the one to get idoled out, especially after the bond they’ve been able to form.

Early in the morning, Alex and Jeanette are some of the first people to wake up and they go off together to talk. Jeanette says that she feels really bad about what happened to Randy and they just lost someone who potentially could’ve been a third person in their alliance. Alex agrees, but he hopes that them voting Dustin proves to Henry and Vince that they’re willing to work with them and can be loyal. Jeanette agrees and says they have to keep their heads up and keep proving their loyalty to get in an alliance and slip in the background, and Alex says he thinks it’s possible because of all the other big personalities targeting each other.

In the shelter, Mikayla is relaxing until Zabella joins her in the shelter. Zabella asks if the two could have a chat about what happened in the game because she doesn’t want them to continue as enemies. Mikayla tells Zabella that they turned enemies the minute she decided to be a backstabber and tried to blindside her. Zabella apologizes and states that she only did that because she warned Mikayla countless times for her behavior. Mikayla decides to stand up and tells Zabella that no one’s gonna change her personality. If people can’t deal with her, they better leave. She then walks off while Zabella sighs.

Evan and Logan are taking a walk. Logan tells Evan that he saw Zabella and Mikayla sitting together and finds it weird that they’re spending time together. Evan shrugs and then starts about how much he appreciates China as a person and player and loved her idol play. Logan frowns and asks Evan if he actually listened to him. Evan nods and continues to walk which rubs Logan the wrong way.

China, Henry and Vince all sit down together to talk about how the game has gone after the last vote. Vince apologizes that they ended up voting for Dustin, and China says she understands and she’s glad it wasn’t her. The vibe between the three is extremely awkward because of them being on different sides now, and the strong social bond they had has since diminished. Henry says that they wouldn’t vote for her and even if they’re not always on the same side, they still want to respect their bond. China agrees and says she feels the same, but no one seems too genuine.

Zabella, Evan and Logan come together to talk. Logan tells Zabella that he has seen her spending lots of time with Mikayla. Zabella says that she tried to end her fight with Mikayla but she’s not listening. Dana then arrives and decides to interrupt the trio talking, asking if she could have a moment. She tells them that she’s disappointed by their disloyalty and that they’ll all suffer from this long-term. If they don’t stick together now and start working together instead of keep voting out Survivor players, they’ll end up getting voted out back-to-back. The trio remain quiet which frustrates Dana. Dana then shrugs and wishes them luck with playing for a jury spot placement, leaving the three by themselves. Zabella starts to feel conflicted.

### Challenge

***DROBULA***

Alex, China, Dana, Dustin, Evan, Henry, Jeanette, Logan, Mikayla, Vince and Zabella arrive at the challenge. Jeff welcomes them and says it’s time for … the Gross-Food Eating Challenge! Everyone starts to look either nervous or annoyed.

There will be ten rounds where disgusting or gross food will be served. The last player to finish their dish will be eliminated. This will work until the final two, where the player that eats their disgusting dish wins the challenge.

The players start with a fried cricket. Everyone but Jeanette finishes. The next one is a smoothie made of old cow milk, raw eggs and once again crickets in it. The players drink it but some have trouble finishing it. Henry decides to drop out.

The following dish is a balut. Everyone starts eating, but during chewing and swallowing Mikayla gets very sick out of nowhere. She throws up and can’t continue to eat anymore. She decides to drink some water and takes a seat.

The next dish is two grubs. The players quickly eat it, except for Dana which means she’s eliminated next. Dustin gets eliminated as the next item is a mangrove worm and Zabella is eliminated during the round where they have to eat a dead spider.

Alex, China, Vince, Evan and Logan are left. The next dish is cow blood. Alex, Vince and Logan finish it, with Evan finishing it after them. China is eliminated. The next dish is a gigantic beetle. Logan and Vince quickly eat it while Evan and Alex have trouble finishing it. Once again, Evan is quicker than his opponent which means Alex is eliminated.

It’s now only Vince, Evan and Logan. The next dish is … a pig eye. Evan throws up as he sees the eye, telling the guys to take it from here because he’s not gonna continue. The two guys eat the eye and proceed to the final dish, which is a goat liver. Logan and Vince do their best to finish the dish but it’s Logan who finishes it first, winning individual immunity!

### Drobula

Coming back from the challenge, some people congratulate Logan on his challenge victory. Mikayla claps over-dramatically and tells Logan to be so proud of winning one challenge. Logan tells Mikayla that she got her five seconds of fame already. Mikayla tells Logan that he’s a sore loser and that he was mad at her for celebrating. Logan says she’s twisting words and the story was different because Mikayla started this by hating on Bessi Bell for being happy to be close to winning immunity. Mikayla tells Logan to talk to her hand because she can’t stand his face anymore. Henry and Vince who have witnessed the entire scene shake their heads and decide to take a walk, talking about Mikayla’s attitude and that they’re not sure about keeping her around much longer.

China, Dustin, Evan, Logan and Zabella all gather together to talk about the vote. Evan says he assumes Logan is gonna want to vote out Mikayla, and he laughs and says that’s an understatement. China asks if they could get the votes against Mikayla, and Zabella says she thinks so since she’s been in so many fights and could be rubbing people the wrong way. Dustin says he can’t imagine anyone genuinely being on Mikayla’s side with all these fights and everyone laughs.

Dana and Henry are walking in the woods as they talk about the vote. Dana says that she has had some conversations and she feels like China could be a possible option for the vote. Henry shares with Dana that he has been thinking about this vote a lot and he feels like the only person who doesn’t deserve to make it to the top ten is Mikayla because of her extremely rude attitude. Dana says she can understand that and decides to stay silent.

Mikayla pulls Alex and Jeanette aside to vent her frustrations about her argument with Logan. She rants for a long time while Alex and Jeanette stay silent the whole time, and during the rant the two glance at each other with an annoyed look on their faces. The two agree with Mikayla throughout her entire speech about hating Logan, and Mikayla finishes by saying that she can’t wait until Logan gets his karma and gets taken out, and the other two hesitantly laugh.

After Alex and Jeanette are done talking to Mikayla, they meet up with Henry and Vince to talk about the vote. All four of them quickly share how tired they’re becoming of Mikayla and her behavior. Vince says he’s started wondering if it’s worth it to keep her around if all she does is get into drama and be dead weight to carry. Alex says he was thinking the same thing, and Jeanette says that they don’t technically have to keep dealing with her. Henry agrees but it would be hard to explain it to Dana since she’s close to Mikayla.

Mikayla is laying in the shelter again as Dana asks her to take a walk with her. Mikayla tells Dana to do her saying here because she’s lazy. Dana goes inside the shelter and tells Mikayla that she’s getting the majority of the votes as of now. Mikayla says she doesn’t care and just goes for China tonight. Dana frowns and isn’t sure what to do now.

### Tribal Council

Alex, China, Dana, Dustin, Evan, Henry, Jeanette, Logan, Mikayla, Vince and Zabella arrive at tribal council.

The jury then arrives, consisting of Bessi Bell and Randy, voted out from the last tribal council.

Jeff welcomes the group and congratulates Logan on winning individual immunity. He asks him if he needs it. Logan answers that for this tribal specifically, he didn’t suspect himself to be voted out because of a bigger target going home tonight. Mikayla immediately sighs and rolls her eyes which makes Jeff asks Mikayla if she knows who he’s referring to. Mikayla says he’s obviously referring to her because he’s a dumbass. Bessi and Randy shake their heads from the jury bench. Finally, Jeff asks Alex if it’s true that the vote is set in stone for tonight. Alex looks around and answers that it looks pretty solid.

The players vote. Jeff reads the votes.

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First vote …

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**MIKAYLA**

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**CHINA**

*(China seems to be surprised to see her name on the parchment.)*

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**MIKAYLA**

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**MIKAYLA**

*(Mikayla looks at her nails.)*

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**MIKAYLA**

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**MIKAYLA**

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*Tenth person voted out of Survivor: Battle Royale and the third member of the jury …*

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MIKAYLA (10-1)

Mikayla flips her hair and claps in her hands, telling Logan to grab her torch for her. Logan laughs and tells Mikayla to get it herself. She then tells him he has no shot at winning the game and that she expects him to go home next. She looks at Evan and Zabella and says that backstabbers never win in Survivor. She grabs her torch and gets it snuffed. She turns herself and flips her hair, leaving tribal council era.