You Mess With The Corn, You Get Popped

**You Mess With The Corn, You Get Popped** is the fourth episode of MintORGs Season 2: Mushroom Kingdom.

## Story

Both tribes had to compete in individual duels, to win the challenge and to get a possible spot in the 2nd summit. In the end, the Mario tribe finally pulled off a win, ending their losing streak. Jax and Jiv will head to the summit for Luigi, whereas Evan and Lukas will head to the summit for the Mario tribe.

### Luigi

On the Luigi tribe... Alex has been rather quiet as compared with his previous round. He noted that he isn't too fond of Sbeve. He also points out Kelly is likely in the best position, and Tre in the worst.

Corn Corn has been his "corn-god" self, stating his wish to crush his opponents into kernels. At tribal, he heard that his name got tossed out by Tre which he is not happy about. He was afraid of a possible blindside but eventually he got his wish as Tre was unanimously voted out against him.

Jax started off by stating his wishes to target Kelly. He hopes a swap happens which could potentially give him more "justified excuses" than just "she is a threat". He reiterated that Kelly is a social threat and Sully is a physical threat, noting he needs them to feel close to him so he isn't targeted. He wishes to recruit Xander, Alex and Corn Corn to get his numbers so he has ammunitions against Kelly and co.. Jax was then selected for the summit where he protected his vote and returned back to camp with nothing. One more thing, he found the TOAD IDOL !!!

Jiv got Evan to throw his duel so he had a shot to go to the summit. That worked out really fine as both of them ended up in the summit. He noted Sully and Kelly being in the best spots, with Corn Corn and Tre being at the worst spots of the tribe. At the summit, he was made aware that Lukas is at the bottom of the tribe and will go for the advantage so he chose to "protect" his vote. As the alliance of 7 felt quiet, he thinks there might be a "4 in the 7" created. He attempted to create cross tribe bonds and was made known that Shaun got the shy guy idol (info from Evan). He also attempted to build bonds with Lukas knowing that Lukas likely will be "flip-able" in situations like swap and or merge.

Kelly is once again very open to talk about what happens in-game. From conversations with Sully, she noted that Chelsea is in danger in the Mario tribe and could be a key player to flip in situations of swap and merge. Hence, her alliance of 3 came up with a plan to throw the challenge, which was successful. She proceeded to bait names of Corn Corn and Alex out of Tre's mouth which solidified the vote against Tre.

Sanin feels Sully is in the best position of the tribe. He had a gameplay in mind to Pagong the Mario tribe, and get a F3 comprising himself, Sully and Kelly. He noted that Tre threw out Kelly, Sully and Corn Corn to him and happily pushed for Tre to leave. He aims to take "silent control" of the Luigi tribe.

Sully made a risk to throw the challenge to Chelsea, which worked, and he plans to use that to help himself for the swap and or possible merge ahead. He noted that Tre should be an easy vote which was the case as he was voted out 7-1.

Tre couldn't get a great grasp of the tribe dynamics, stating that everything is a mess. His alarms did went off as he noted that people were quieter and didn't talk to him about the vote, so he got more suspicious that the vote is on him. He was scared, and by accounts of other players, did throw a few names out and hoped to get something going. However, things didn't work out for him and he was voted out unanimously, with his vote being for Corn Corn.

Xander pointed out Sully, Kelly and Sanin have the best spots in the tribe whereas Tre is in the worst. Xander won his duel but unfortunately didn't get a chance to reach the summit. He is going with the flow for this vote and hopes to contribute more to the tribe. He also anticipates a swap coming...

### Mario

The Mario tribe finally get a break!

Chelsea had lengthy conversations with Sully in the duel and was made known that Shaun threw her name under the bus in the first summit. She was appreciative of Sully's information and absolutely felt like she was in the worst position. She did manage to win after Sully and his alliance threw the challenge and hence avoided tribal council.

Ellie noted that Lukas confronted him after the Connor vote. He also noted that Evan is growing increasingly suspicious. He then also proceeded to ignore Sbeve's messages. He noted that he delayed the challenge and still lost, before giving one last shout-out to call Lukas a "dumb b\*tch".

Evan noted that Lukas being rude to Ellie and Sbeve = digging his own grave. Him and Jiv had a strategy for the challenge which worked out perfectly as it got both of them into the summit. He said he gives up on working with Chelsea and Lukas. Him and Jax exchanged idol clues which helped Jax find the idol, but he thinks Sbeve already got it. He wants to communicate the info that "Sbeve has the idol" to Shaun when he gets back. He also pondered whether to risk his vote just to block Lukas's chance of getting the advantage or not. Ultimately he decided not to, which handed Lukas a "steal-a-vote" advantage.

Ila has been quiet but made us know that she isn't good with the challenge and she isn't the best with "Mario-related" knowledge.

Lukas got annoyed at Ellie betraying the alliance which made him confront Ellie. He also made sure he talked his way to get the advantage as Jiv and Jax think he will flip in swap and or merge, as they played telephone and told him whatever Evan revealed about the tribe dynamics - mainly himself being in the minority. Lukas got a "steal-a-vote" advantage. Will this be enough for him to turn the tides around?

Sbeve noted that Shaun is in the best position, with Lukas & Chelsea in the worst. He shared that he might have lost Lukas as an ally but gained Ila as an one. He also is suspicious about Evan as Evan kept trying to "test his loyalty" whereas Evan himself didn't prove himself to be. He also noted that Lukas will be throwing the tribe utb and Evan will be getting the brunt of the heat at summit.

Shaun shared that he trusts Ellie the most, with Chelsea not far behind as he noted that she has no one to rely on but him. He also noted Sbeve trying to play very hard in the middle and Ila not showing her cards which makes him distrust them. Shaun also has been calculating all sorts of possibilities and probabilities on swap, mathematically as well...