I Don't Trust Anyone But Myself/Confessionals

So candid moment, I’ve been a little busy this start of the game. I travelled up north to head to my girlfriends future campus, and i knew this heading into the game. To be honest, the start of each game is easier than the later portions as there are more voices in the echo chamber. Yeah, I gotta be active, but I think I’d rather have my strongest self at the end rather than the beginning. And that’s what I was getting, baby 8)
However that leaves me with just word vomit as “confessionals”, so welcome to your first.
Ever.
JP confesh. Stay strapped in folks cause you’re entering \*\*\*my\*\*\* domain.
So first of all, I’ll tell you about my previous rounds mentality.ya boy’s been a-thinkin’, cause this game’s pretty different.
So this game started off with the classic 3 tribes of 6 treat. I actually love this, because my MO is totally amplified on small tribes. I’m all about making myself loud and proud, and since there’s less people to hide behind anyways on small tribes, I think I at least have an impression made with each castaway. I’m going for the “seem aloof but actually be smart” tactic, and I think I’m ACING it.
I like my tribe a lot, with Charly being the most liked for me and probably Joseph as the one I talked to the least (even pre-Jared leaving). Catt and Joey talk with me intermittently, and I’m hella glad that Catt kinda took the reigns of owning the tribe while I can keep playing Jester. This is my setup, for sure.
I also think I’m totally safe without having a massive 4 person alliance. Why? It’s easy here. Joseph made that very easy when he typed out his player profile for the wiki, labeling himself as a villain. In a team game, brah, NOBODY wants a villain. Shoulda kept that to yourself bud. Shruggin.
However, when I saw this, I was a little stressed. I read the profiles the MINUTE they came out, but remember my MO? I’m not trying to show everyone that imma THINKER. Nasty.
Thankfully, Joey and/or Catt are doing it all for me. One of them found out about it, they both told me, and now I know I don’t have to be the one to show off how much I’m thinking of the game. I’m still party city baby, 24/7. And I’m already guaranteed final 4 of this tribe. EZ Money. Remember: you don’t have to be the one making the best moves at final 18. You gotta be the one making the best moves at the final 5, or 6. So I’m still on cruise control, baby.
So I have a good relationship with everyone, I think Joseph is the outsider, and I think I’ve been carrying my weight in challenges. So I feel like I got my first few days down easy. It sucks that we haven’t had a vote yet, but that’s nobodies fault in particular: just what happens. I think I’m guaranteed swap, and ya boy’s coming for the crown after that, baby 8)

2. Owen (also discussing game)
3. Raini (not that talkative as Kyle and Owen but still an ally)
4. Grace (responds sometimes)
5. Bass (I think his odd sleep schedule might make him a target

I know I also did the 99 bottles with JP... and I do mostly trust him. HOWEVERRRR, the tribe has been working together towards trying to find the hidden immunity idol, and a little situation happened. Most of the time the tribe indicates like "Not on A6" or... "C9 - Nope". However.... JP actually had one instance where he said, and I quote, "Oh I put one in for I6!" So he did not confirm a negative result on that square, which is a liiiiiittle fishy. I asked Joey about it later and he also told me he noticed it too.
So I still really trust JP, but there is a small chance he found the hidden immunity idol (which we are trying to search for - for the tribe to be used post-merge), and is keeping that for himself.
I guess this means Charly is that the bottom, but I still have a lot of trust in her. Our conversations so far have been very surface level. Almost no game talk. She can also be a little tricky to communicate with, maybe because our time zones are so vastly different. But I think she's still all-in with our Porites tribe.
Speaking of Porites, I think that I have more or less become the leader of the tribe at this point. Between organizing the scrapped challenge, 99 bottles, and immunity searching, I've shown that I'm willing to take initiative, and I think it's been noticed. I think that a lot of the members of Porites will say that they have trust in me for stepping up for our tribe. But who knows, I could be completely wrong. :slight\_smile: