Days 31-33 (1st)

## Day 31

### Merge Camp

When the players got back to camp the night before, Marcus had started to go off on Blaike and Zillik for trying to vote for him. However, he had been too exhausted to actually worry about it, so he opted to save it for the following morning on Day 31.

That, he did. When Marcus woke up, he went on a small tirade directed at Blaike and Zillik for trying to vote him out again. Zillik, being Zillik, left camp and went to go enjoy some quiet time alone. Blaike, on the other hand, decided to fight back. After being belittled for most of the game just for playing it, Blaike was fed up and decided to take her frustrations out on Marcus. As such, the two got extremely loud and nearly had a physical confrontation. Blaike told Marcus flat-out that he didn't deserve to still be in the game and that he only was because Timothy was dragging him to the end to beat him. Not willing to take that, Marcus called Blaike the biggest liar and flipper in the game and said that nobody liked or respected her gameplay. At least he had been honest in his votes for the entire game. No one ever questioned where Marcus had stood, but Blaike went whichever way the wind blew, and still found herself in the same place at the end anyway. Blaike fought back that her game put her in a position to make it to the end from either side, while Marcus had nearly been voted out twice. This went on for a while, with the two each attacking the other's personality, gameplay, and anything else they could latch onto.

Since camp was especially volatile, Timothy opted to take Zillik's approach and simply excuse himself for the day. He wanted to spend some quiet time reflecting on the game and deciding what to do. If Blaike or Zillik won the challenge, his decision was made for him. The other would go, no questions asked. If, however, he or Marcus won, there would be a decision to be made. Both Blaike and Zillik were threats in their own right. Blaike had probably played a stronger game from the start, but she had also definitely pissed more players off along the way. If he were a Juror, he'd respect Blaike's willingness to flip and make moves more than Zillik's passiveness. Zillik hadn't really started doing much until Jennifer's elimination, then he tried again at Jade's, but he didn't seem to have many genuine connections. That was most likely due to him always leaving camp and not talking to anyone unless he had to. Timothy assumed Marcus would get Lenobia's vote no matter what, but probably no one else. If he were to take Zillik, he could get Daniel, Jennifer, and Kim's votes just as a way of them getting revenge for their original team being mostly decimated. That would give Zillik one vote away from a majority, and Timothy would need all of Dragon, Jade, and Blaike to force a tie. Blaike and Dragon would both be angry with him, which could really hurt his chances at their votes. On the other hand, if he took Blaike, she could get Daniel, maybe, since Timothy had never met Daniel, as well as Dragon and Jennifer. He wasn't really sure how Daniel or Jennifer might vote, but he did spend some time working with and discussing game with Jennifer. Maybe she would respect him enough to vote for him to win. It was a tough call either way, but he did think that Blaike had upset more people than Zillik, and the only moves she could claim to have made were all failures. Nonetheless, it wouldn't matter if one of them won the challenge, so Timothy decided to spend the rest of his evening away from camp just relaxing.

## Day 32

### Challenge

At the Final Immunity Challenge on Day 32, Timothy came away the winner, giving him a guaranteed spot in the Final 3 and a chance to win the game. This, unfortunately, put Blaike and Zillik in the exact spot they'd be hoping to avoid. With Timothy immune, he would feel comfortable forcing a tie to take Marcus to the end. That meant either one of them could be at risk of eliminating themselves by voting for Marcus.

### Merge Camp

Once the players got back to camp, there wasn't much immediately scrambling. Marcus checked in with Timothy, hoping they'd be voting out Blaike, just to spite her for trying to turn on him. Timothy told him he needed a bit more time to think and would get back to him with a final decision later. Marcus agreed to wait, but did warn Timothy that if he voted him out now, there was no way Timothy would get his Jury vote. Timothy doubted he would get any of their votes for voting them out at this point, but he didn't say that. Instead, he just assured Marcus that he would be voting to keep him, so as long as they voted together, their worst outcome was a tie.

Blaike and Zillik, during the time, were also chatting, albeit more briefly. Blaike mentioned wanting to vote out Marcus, but knowing that it was probably pointless to try. Zillik shared her sentiments with a nod and a shrug. It seemed like a foregone conclusion that they would be voting for each other, because they both thought there was a decent chance that Timothy and Marcus would keep them and didn't want to ruin that by forcing a tie.

Timothy spent the afternoon going back and forth on his decision. He counted and recounted Jury votes, trying to decide which route would most likely net him the win, and either one seemed risky. Both Blaike and Zillik had their pros and cons, but he did feel that the Jurors were more likely to reward passive gameplay than to let go of grudges. Taking Zillik also meant taking the player who spent a lot of time with both Daniel and Jennifer, two crucial Jury votes that he was very unsure of getting. Blaike hadn't really had much time to get to know Jennifer after the merge, at least compared to the time Timothy got to spend with her from their swapped team. Overall, it just seemed that Blaike was the less risky option, and he just had to hope that the Jury wouldn't respect her failed flip attempts.

## Day 33

### Merge Camp

Before heading out for the vote on Day 33, Timothy made the rounds. He told both Blaike and Zillik that he was voting for the other, and both hoped he was being honest with them. He told Marcus his real plan.

### Vote

When the votes were read, Timothy's decision was revealed. He and Marcus had voted for Zillik, along with Blaike. Zillik's single vote was put on Blaike, as expected, and he became the seventh and final Juror. He glowered lightly at Timothy and Marcus on his way out, but didn't speak, as usual. The host then congratulated the Final 3 for making it as far as they could on their own, and reminded them that their task tomorrow night was to convince the seven Jury members, including Zillik, to vote for them to win the game. With that, they were sent back to camp to celebrate their achievement.