I've never seen this side of myself before and I like it

**I've never seen this side of myself before and I like it** is the fifth episode of Nipvivor: Kathmandu.

## Challenges

**Reward Challenge:** Evil 2048
**Reward:** 3 randomized puzzle pieces of the Idol system.
**Cultural Theme:** *The university of Kathmandu was established in 1991. In the Nepali calendar, that was the year 2048*
 **Winner:** Barun

**Immunity Challenge:** Scavenger Hunt
**Cultural connection:** *Cats are still a predatory species, so they still are solo hunters*
**Winner:** Trishuli

## Episode Summary

On Day 11, there was a tribe swap. Both of the new tribes were split evenly 3-3 according to original tribal lines. However, rocks seems unlikely on either side.

Gavin, TrophyWife and Wynter remained on Trishuli, while Akira, Colin, and ZZ switched over from original Barun. This was not an ideal situation for TrophyWife, since she was stuck with the two people (Wynter and Gavin) she wanted out. Wynter felt the same way, initially saying ZZ was the only person she could connect to. Indeed, the three Trishulis seem very fractured here. TrophyWife immediately flipped to create an alliance with Akira and ZZ called “hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm”. She later remarked that this alliance did the bulk of the work in the Scavenger Hunt challenge, although ZZ actually praised Colin for his contributions. Notably, ZZ earned more points on his own than the whole Barun tribe.

Meanwhile, Akira and Gavin became a (not so hidden) duo. Gavin was surprised to hear TrophyWife call him inactive. ZZ created an OG Barun alliance with Akira and Colin called “Barunity”. ZZ also bonded with TrophyWife and exchanged puzzle pieces with her, which allowed ZZ to find the Trishuli idol spot, but the idol itself is already gone (found by Nemo). Wynter tried to mend fences with TrophyWife, however ZZ exposed Wynter badmouthing her. Akira, meanwhile, bonded with Wynter, and leaked TrophyWife badmouthing them! As well as the “hmm” alliance. Akira is concerned about TrophyWife trying to control the tribe, and now Wynter is determined to get TrophyWife out too.

On the other side, Logan, Storm and Toaster remained on Barun, while Nemo, Okie and Oxy switched over from the original Trishuli tribe, with them being the only alliance (“noo”) to remain intact after the swap. Storm immediately created an OG Barun alliance with Logan and Toaster, to keep their numbers strong. Logan felt great after possibly flushing Sam's idol, except that was not the case. While Toaster mentioned that Akira was uneasy about Sam's pushiness over the puzzle pieces. Okie was frustrated that he didn't find the Trishuli idol in time, and thinks Nemo might have it. Nemo, meanwhile, seems tight with Okie, but he's also concerned about Okie/Oxy's closeness.

Otherwise, Logan and Nemo became close. They were in a tight race to find the Barun idol, but Nemo beat Logan to it by 2 seconds(!!! - and yes, we probably quadruplechecked before giving Nemo the idol). Which means that Nemo now holds two Idols in his possession. He showed the Barun idol to the “noo” alliance, since Okie helped him find it. But he decided to keep the Trishuli idol secret for now.

Logan hoped Nemo would flip against OG Trishuli, even throwing out Oxy's name originally. But when Nemo wouldn't do that, Logan comprised by creating a cross-tribal alliance, called “FTL”, which included Nemo, Toaster and Okie. This left Storm and Oxy on the outs. However, it's very clear that Nemo and Okie aren't going to vote out Oxy anytime soon. Okie also said he likes Toaster the most of the OG Baruns, although he also wants Nemo to be the leader right now, and he's okay with relying on Nemo's connection to Logan. So Toaster may be toast if the tribe loses again. Toaster, meanwhile, feels connected to Oxy, and he wants to maintain his pre-swap alliances, which includes Logan.

This left Storm as the most viable option, as the rest of the tribe is so interconnected. Oxy wanted to vote out Logan instead, feeling personally less concerned about Storm and Toaster. But Nemo assured he has Logan “wrapped around his finger”. Later on, Storm made a last ditch effort by creating an alliance with Okie, Oxy and Toaster, and named Logan as her target. But it wasn't enough to save himself, as Storm was voted out 5-1 in yet another unanimous vote.

## Tribal Council

### Voting Confessionals

There have been no voting confessionals this round. Sadge.

## Trivia

* This episode title said by Nemo, amazed with his social game with Toaster.