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**SCAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM** is the tenth episode of MintORGs Season 2: Mushroom Kingdom.

## Story

Chelsea did a hunger game bransteele for the cast and the hosts which ends up w Lijah winning. She voiced out her frustrations of Jiv as Jiv made insensitive remarks such as calling her a sheep. She voiced out her weakness in strategy but is determined to work together and help those she liked, Kelly, Shaun, Xander to go as far as possible. She noted a possible plan to throw Shaun under the bus and get the votes split-up so the "jinx" alliance votes out Sbeve, determined to go to the F4 with Kelly, Shaun & Xander. On the other side, the Corn Corn - Sbeve - Evan - Jiv foursome decided to vote Chelsea as she seemed to be the easiest vote. However, Xander successfully played the idol on Chelsea, negating the 4 votes she received, avoiding a tie and thus sending home Sbeve.

Corn Corn seems a little "out-of scene", as he was trying to push a narrative to keep the "Luigis-strong" without realizing that tribal lines seemingly do not exist that much anymore. His alliance went for Chelsea as suggested by him, but ended up falling short as Xander successfully played the idol on Chelsea, leading to a Sbeve exit.

Evan came into a realization that he shld've stopped believing everything, like what he did with Jax as he believed Jax didn't have the idol, but Jax ended up having the idol. In order to save himself, he attempted to preach to the "jinx" that he is a possible candidate to overthrow Jiv in challenges as Jiv seemingly is the target of most right now. Though it's not known if he was the direct cause, the "jinx" alliance opted to go for Sbeve, believing Sbeve is more likable and has a higher chance of swaying people.

Jiv yet again wins immunity and saves himself from being the tribal council target. He wants the idol to be out of play so he needs Xander to play his idol. To that, he whispered to Xander to play the idol on Chelsea which Xander got confirmation from others as well, leading to a Sbeve exit.

Kelly might've lost a close ally in Sanin, but her works in the previous round (telling Chelsea to side with Xander) inadvertently gained her an alliance of 4 tight-knit members, the "jinx" alliance. She expressed her wish to make it into F7 to use her legacy coin advantage and make the most out of them. She was pretty paranoid about the vote, and noted that their plan is very risky, needing Xander to idol someone that's not him, and idol it correctly. She puts her trust in the "jinx" alliance which worked out perfectly fine as a correct idol play from Xander protected the alliance and sent Sbeve tumbling into a Wonyoung Thud at Ponderosa.

Sbeve was questioning the tribe's sanity as he heard Jiv, Jax and Shaun losing their minds over the last tribal council, he believed Xander and Chelsea played their round insanely well to have gotten rid of the target on their backs and preserving the idol. He noted that he would need to convince Shaun to come along w the plan. He feels that this vote could potentially set him up for the future, and aims to target Chelsea as he thinks she does not want to work with him. With that in mind, he felt safe as he believed Evan was the main target. He feels that Shaun would follow suit and vote Chelsea, but was eventually idoled out by Xander.

Shaun played immensely well this round. To put it short, after last vote, he managed to not completely severe trust which had the former Mario's (Sbeve) still thinking or intending to have him vote with them at this vote. He was noted to have done some insane double-agent playing to which both sides believed they had his vote with them. Ultimately, he followed through with the "jinx" alliance as he intends to stick with it long, plus he trusts the group, so why not? After this vote, he established a strong relationship with Kelly and Xander, and an extremely strong relationship with Chelsea. Things are going better and better every round for Shaun. What will he do next?

Xander escaped last tribal council unscathed and is thrilled to be reunited with Kelly, establishing the "jinx-jinx-jinx" alliance together with Chelsea and Shaun. He was solidly positioned, with the other side not wanting to target him for fear of him playing the idol on himself, and integrated well with the "jinx" alliance as well. He had a choice to make this round, to use the idol on Chelsea or not use the idol. In the end, he followed his intuitions and his desire to stick with this group till the F4 and protected Chelsea with the idol, sending Sbeve into Ponderosa.