Scarlett

The Quiet Brainiac

Scarlett (played by TheNextStep72) was a competitor on Total Drama CYOR: Pahkitew Island as a member of team Waneyihtam Maskwak throughout the pre-merge. Going into the season, Scarlett found herself situated with the Villain's Alliance (Max and Amy). She continued to work on her social game throughout the season, finding unlikely allies in Topher, Sugar, and Sky. These bonds found her well insulated despite finding herself in the minority until the post-merge, where the Villain's Alliance took control. After Amy eliminated Max in favor of an all-female finale, Scarlett argued that Amy was floating on the coattails of her sister Samey and actively placed herself in a bad position by siding with the Villain's Alliance, stating that it was Scarlett's social play that convinced Amy to make such a detrimental move. This, alongside Scarlett's subtle control of the pre-merge earned Scarlett the million dollars in a 3-2 vote. In Reunion, Scarlett returned in search of a second million dollars. After a tense start where Scarlett was targeted due to her alliance being leaked, she found herself in a powerful position for most of the game. While she failed to win a consecutive title because of Kitty's betrayal, she did earn the title of playing the best non-winning game and antagonist of the season, placing in third.

## Personality

Scarlett is a highly intelligent individual, with a quiet, yet enigmatic behavior. When she does speak, she tends to transcend into being very talkative. Her extensive and advanced vocabulary has a habit of confusing her teammates, and she usually is required to simplify her suggestions, much to her chagrin. Although she has an initially polite exterior, she has anger management issues, much like Eva which can be seen in CYOR: Reunion. She has been shown to be very crafty, and can easily manipulate other people with her superior brain power. This is best displayed through her relationship with Kitty, whom she believes she is manipulating throughout the entirety of Reunion despite this not being entirely true.

## The Story So Far...

### Total Drama Reunion

Scarlett came into her second season with a massive target on her back due to being the most recent winner of Total Drama and the only previous ex-winner contestant (Apart from DramaDot and The Jet-Black Wings who have won a season but under a different camper). Wanting to prove that her win in the previous season wasn't just because of poor gameplay, she started planning out her road to victory.

In, **A Renewed Feud With Attitude**, Scarlett was greeted by her new housemates and immediately started strategizing. Noticing that Kitty was the only Ridonculous Race Contestant on the island, she immediately approached her making nice and getting close. She also found a friend in previous All-Star Zoey and nerdy geek Harold. Together the four formed an alliance naming themselves the 'Alliance of the generations'. In the challenge, Scarlett gains immunity by exchanging votes with Dawn allowing for another friendship to blossom.

In the next episode, '**On Lamer Tides**' Scarlett and her alliance hit a dilemma when Dakota nominates both Zoey and Scarlett for eviction. Realising that someone leaked their alliance all fingers point towards Harold. He eventually admits that he may have told Dave, upon finding this out all faith in Harold is lost and Scarlett uses her expert manipulating skills to get Harold to open up about his alliance's with Lindsay, Dave, Courtney and Dawn. In the Veto competition Kitty is chosen to compete by Zoey when she draws houseguest's choice. Scarlett immediately starts to grow closer to Kitty to ensure that if she wins that she saves her instead of Zoey. Which is what happens when Scarlett's plan in the challenge allows for Kitty to gain the POV. Now that Scarlett was safe she saw Zoey and Kitty in private and the 3 formed a temporary alliance without Harold to rebuild trust with him naming it the 'Anti-Harold Alliance". Unfortunately when Dawn is nominated in Zoey's place, Zoey is eliminated for being a huge threat leaving Scarlett with one less ally. After the elimination ceremony Scarlett has a conversation with Dave and the two become enemies.

In **Thrills, Chills, Bills!**, Scarlett realises just how big the target on her back is, and forms an alliance with Heather, because she also has a huge target on her back and can be used as a meat shield. However, because of Heather's history and big gameplay she is voted out later that day leaving Scarlett in the lurch again.

Having lost two allies in the last few weeks Scarlett begins to doubt her capabilities and loses the challenge in **Blindside Waterslide** by only one question. Unfortunately, her formidable foe Dave wins HOH and opts to nominate Kitty and Scarlett. Scarlett does well in the Veto competition but when Harold wins he chooses to save Kitty from elimination instead of her because she helped in him getting to POV. Thinking that Alejandro was her opponent, she began to talk to her housemates attempting to convince them that Al was a bigger threat. But once again Scarlett's game was shaken up when Alejandro revealed he had gained an immunity idol. This puts an emotional Gwen on the chopping block. Scarlett, knowing she now has a better chance of staying in talks to Kitty and the two form a plan to stay in, Kitty will talk to allies Geoff, Dakota and Alejandro and see who is willing to vote for Gwen, while Scarlett talks to Dawn, Courtney, B and Harold and attempts to bring them over to her side. When Scarlett approaches Dave, she suggests that the two should form an alliance consisting of Alejandro, Lindsay, Dave, Geoff and herself because they have all made the finale in the past (Their players have at least). After talking it over, Dave makes a huge mistake by turning down the alliance. She then talks to Dawn, Harold, B and Courtney with all of them agreeing to vote for Gwen even gaining an alliance with B in the end. Her and Kitty then meet up again and confirm that they have gotten Dakota, Alejandro, Courtney, Dawn, Harold and B's votes. Which with Kitty's vote puts 7 votes on Gwen's and only 3 on her back. Despite these number, there were two traitors among them when Scarlett received 5 votes, thus forcing a tie and coming down to Dave's vote. Duncan gives the campers 2 hours to convince Dave to vote for someone so immediately Scarlett goes and talks to Gwen, knowing her only chance to be saved is if Gwen partially quits and the only person to put her in that mental state is Scarlett. Talking over the game, Scarlett and Gwen have a heart to heart conversation where Scarlett discovers that Gwen hasn't been enjoying the game and is considering quitting. Needing the extra push to leave Scarlett plays to Gwen's emotions saying that she should ask Dave to be eliminated because it would be unfair to stay in the game if they don't really want to be there over someone who does. With this, Gwen walks over to Dave and asks to be eliminated. Dave is quite unsure of the circumstances and doesn't completely agree so for the cherry on top Scarlett promises that she will not vote for him or nominate him until post veto. With all of this, Dave is practically forced to vote for Gwen, saving Scarlett from yet another elimination.

In Episode 6: **An Impressive Impression**, Scarlett talks to Kitty about who the two traitors were in the previous vote, which they believe are B and Courtney. Later on in the episode Dakota asks Scarlett to meet with her so they can talk. Which they do, but when they talk Alejandro and Kitty are both there as well. She proposes an alliance between the 4 by the name "Blank - Slate" for something original. While a bit skeptical at first the 4 all agree to a final 4 pact because they all struggled to get allies prior to this. When Dakota wins HOH she tells the alliance about Kitty and her suspicions about there being two sides to the house. Their side which was the four of them plus Dawn and Harold. And the other side of Courtney, Dave, Geoff, Owen, Lindsay and B. This meant that in order to obtain majority one of them had to win HOH which Dakota managed to do. Unfortunately, due to Scarlett's pact with Dave to not vote him, she maintains her dignity by playing a clean game and voting for Courtney, thus saving Dave from elimination and upsetting the rest of the blank slate alliance because they wanted Dave gone.

Following the eliminations of Lindsay, Dawn and Harold (Technically they quit but for roleplay purposes they were voted out) the game has been flipped on it's head and they have made it to the final 8 competitors in **Double the Trouble**. It is now the Blank - Slate alliance vs Geoff/Owen/Dave vs B or at least that is what Scarlett thinks before Kitty calls for a team meeting. When Dakota, Kitty, Alejandro and herself all meet up Kitty reveals that she has been working closely with Owen, Geoff and Dawn for a while now and that although she isn't as loyal to them as she is to the blank - slate alliance, there is a vacant spot in the alliance because of Dawn's exit and they want Alejandro to fill it. This makes Scarlett worried as now the two of them have two alliance but Alejandro agrees and Scarlett understands that trying to break - up the alliance would be a bad idea at this. Now knowing this she is desperate to claim her first win, which with the help of Kitty she does and the two become to first Co-HOH's. Once again sticking to her deal with Dave Scarlett nominates Owen, however because of the joint HOH she doesn't control the other nomination and Kitty decides that her target for elimination is Dave. Kitty also wins the POV becoming the first contestant to gain HOH and POV in the same episode. She choses to take down your choice of Owen for elimination so Scarlett places Geoff instead, hoping that despite this Dave still goes home. Fortunately, Dave finally gets the heave in a 4 - 0 vote giving Scarlett's main alliance majority. In a confessional at the end of the episode Scarlett reveals that her ideal elimination order is Dakota - Owen - Alejandro - Kitty - B and a finale against Geoff.

With Dave eliminated, the Blank - Slate alliance is celebrating as they now have a majority against the other 3 campers and have tricked Owen and Geoff into allowing 2 of their members into their very own alliance spilling all secrets. But with the competition nearing the end with a little under 6 weeks to go, Scarlett realises she has a shot at making it all of the way, and decides to follow up on that alliance with B which she promised to him when she was under pressure but never put it into play. When talking to him, without actually speaking words she realises that B has been under the impression that they have been in a tight knit alliance since they agreed to win, even though they have rarely talked since then. Knowing this, and not wanting to cause drama Scarlett goes along with B agreeing that they have been allied for a while now. B suggests that they bring someone else into the alliance, specifically Geoff. And while Scarlett is very hesitant and tries to talk B out of it, he has made up his mind and invites him into the alliance. Now realising that Geoff is allied with everyone except Dakota, Scarlett realises that her ideal elimination order (Or at least the Dakota vote is an option here, although she isn't willing to betray her alliance to eliminate her). When B wins the challenge, Scarlett immediately congratulates him and asks who he thinks he will nominate. Without hesitation he replies that he wants to nom Dakota and Kitty. Even though Owen wasn't in this, Scarlett doesn't have a problem with Dakota being eliminated and doesn't try and persuade B out of it. Which soon enough B confirms and the two are nominated. Scarlett is chosen by B to compete for the POV when houseguests choice is drawn for him. Scarlett does alright in the challenge but not enough to win. When Kitty takes herself down from the chopping block, and B is forced to make another decision. Scarlett goes to her alliance and tells them that she will try and vouch for Alejandro so that the four of them can make final 4. She then goes over to B and talks to him, but he is set on nominating Alejandro. Not wanting to upset B and getting nominated herself Scarlett leaves it and let's the cards fall as they please. Alejandro is nominated and Scarlett decides that this is a good chance to make a powerful move. Making the choice to eliminate Dakota and telling the rest of the housemates to do so as well. This happens and in a unanimous vote Dakota leaves the house, making Scarlett's ideal elimination order come into play. With this, **Slo Karts** comes to an end.

In **Shell Smash**, Scarlett worries over the blank - slate alliance, as Dakota was the creator of it there was every chance that is would crumble and she would be left with an ally in only B. When the 3 remaining campers in the alliance meet up, they all agree that the plan to make the final 3 together is still a go. In the challenge, Scarlett first searches in Harold's key box, which intern gives her an immunity idol which she successfully hides in her sweater convincing the others that she didn't find anything. In Scarlett's second attempt to find a key she discovers that she can give her key to someone else, Collecting a key which wasn't her colour and was B's colour. She gives it to him with one condition, that if he wins then he will nominate Kitty and Owen, which he reluctantly agrees to. Scarlett then informs Kitty and Alejandro about what she has done, and why which exposes her alliance with B. They are very skeptical on who Scarlett is loyal to now, but don't turn on her yet. In the next round of searching, the alliance asks Duncan if they can all give their current keys to Alejandro, which Duncan allows. Kitty gives her key's to Alejandro allowing him to win. Unfortunately, because of B being outside of both of Kitty and Alejandro's alliances he nominates him and Geoff. In a 2 - 1 vote B is sent packing with Scarlett's vote being the one. He ends him off happily. At the end end of the episode Scarlett meets up with Geoff and asks if they can still go to the final 2 together because of their alliance with each other plus the eliminated B. Geoff replies with of course I would love to. Scarlett then loses it revealing that she knows that he wants her out and weather he really thinks that she is stupid enough to believe that they are actually allied. Geoff apologises and the two go their separate ways.

In the next episode, **Totally Not Among Us** Scarlett is exasperated over her new found position in the house with an idol, she is prepared to make the final 4 no matter what. With her ally B taking an exit the episode prior, Scarlett is hoping and praying that the couple of Alejandro and Kitty is still more loyal to her than to Owen and Geoff. However, in the challenge when they opt to side with Geoff and Owen during the challenge to maintain their allegiance, she doubts her chances of making it to the next episode, before realising she is guaranteed it already with the idol. Due to Geoff's dumbfound luck, Scarlett is eliminated almost first every single time during Among Us resulting in her losing her cool, she flips out at Geoff and Owen asking why they hate her so much, getting no answer. When the tie-breaker challenge happens, Scarlett is relying on Kitty's skills to keep her from playing her idol. But when she fails to win, Scarlett is nominated and is forced into playing her idol. Unfortunately, due to Duncan's first time at hosting and not realising the damage of not waiting things out, he revealed Scarlett's idol before Owen made his second nomination. Meaning that Kitty nor Alejandro had a chance to argue that Geoff should go up against Scarlett before Owen knew if Geoff went up then he would be going home. In the end, this mistake cost Alejandro his game, which might've been the case anyway but we will never know. This finishes out the episode with an amazing final 4 of Kitty and Scarlett v Owen and Geoff. With Kitty still maintaining her alliance with all 3.

With the game nearing the end, Scarlett is prepared to fight for like she never has before to maintain Kitty's trust. Not telling her about the idol, has put a strain on their relationship and she no longer has full faith in her ally that she has been with since the start. So Scarlett wakes up early and makes her breakfast so that the two can talk. Kitty asks why she didn't tell her about the idol, Scarlett replied "I trust you 100% and I want to go to the final 2 with you... but you have been refusing to give up your alliance with Geoff and Owen so I freaked out, I promise there isn't any other secrets that I have been keeping from you". This, along with Scarlett excellent manipulation skills mended the small rift in their relationship and her chances at the final 3 no longer solely relied on her winning the next challenge. After the challenge, when Kitty won, she came to Scarlett asking her who she should nominate. It was the final 4 so Scarlet replied Geoff and Owen quickly, confirming Kitty's plans to eliminate Geoff in this vote because Geoff and Owen were too close with each other. With her singular vote, Scarlett apologises to Owen for being enemies despite neither doing anything, and wishes that in the next season they are allied with each other. Owen replied "Oh no, there is no way I am ever returning for another season of this!" ending **Date of Judgement.**

Starting off **Planes, Trains, and... Automobiles?,** Scarlett is seen talking to Kitty about their hopes for a final 2 together. Although it wasn't Scarlett's original plan she states in the confessional, "While I didn't expect to take Kitty to the finale with me, she has been loyal to me and it wouldn't be nice to backstab her here. I have played a fair game thus far and won't ruin that streak now. According to my calculations that gives Kitty a 100% chance of making finale, while Geoff has a 38% chance and myself a 72% chance. I am the most nervous I have EVER been". In the challenge Scarlett worked with Kitty, choosing different options each time to make sure one of them got the right answer and picking the same option when they were sure of the correct answer. After the challenge, Scarlett pleads for Kitty to take her to the final 3, making a speech "Hey Kitty, I am not sure on how to make a decent speech for why you should take me to the finale, but I can’t imagine Geoff’s is going to be anything amazing either, I guess since we have been friends since the very start, and it is no secret that we have been planning to take each other to the final since the moment we started chatting in our OG alliance with Zoey and Harold that you should take me. But it has been a pleasure playing with you and I REALLY hope you can follow through on your promise to take me to finale. You are an awesome player and if you take me, I wish you good luck in the jury vote as I think everyone sitting at this f3 are awesome players." Despite her efforts, Kitty betrays Scarlett and takes Geoff instead. Scarlett is shocked is dragged off by Chef before she can say anything.

In the final episode of the season Geoff vs Kitty: Battle of the Happy Go Lucky, Scarlett appears for the first time after her elimination the day before. She is seen talking to her friends Alejandro, Dakota, Dawn, B and Heather throughout the episode and even asks some questions to the two finalists. My question for Kitty: **I convinced Scarlett to vote off Owen, because this meant Geoff would have me as his main ally moving forward -** This is what you said, be honest... do you honestly think I was considering voting out Geoff? My Question for Kitty #2: You said you opted to take Geoff to the final 2 because he played a better game than me. Doesn't that mean you made the wrong choice taking him to the finale? My Question for Geoff: Do you think Owen had an influence on most of your decisions?...both questions were answered but because of Geoff's not quite convincing statement she opted to vote for Kitty to win despite being very bitter towards her because she betrayed her. Scarlett's post-exit interview was then shown going like this.

START INTERVIEW//

Duncan: First Question: How did you feel when you were evicted in third? It seems you had a strong reaction

Scarlett: In one word, I was shocked. I had worked with Kitty throughout the entire season and she had been the one ally I could rely on. I didn't have anyone else like that and when she chose not to take me, it was a shock but in another way it was a compliment from her. Because in my opinion it would have only been because she didn't believe that she could beat me in a vote.

Duncan: Speaking of the vote, what happened? For awhile, you made it very clear that Kitty had burned you as a jury vote. Up until you cast your vote, you had everyone believing you'd vote Geoff to win. But you didn't. What changed your mind? Was that a ploy the whole time?

Scarlett: Honestly, I didn't think I would vote for Kitty. But I also didn't want to burn my friendship with her. Speaking out of character, RBW was one of the few people I truly new I could rely on with the others being KKirby and Typical Burrito. And although she betrayed me I respect her move, and honestly I already had my time to shine last season so I couldn't complain. But in character when I asked my questions to both finalists Geoff's was really...how do you describe it, just like SAD. I knew this would be the case for him because that is the main reason that I originally intended to take him to the finale with me if I had it my way. So yeah, I cast my vote for Kitty to win because of that.

Duncan: Makes sense. Do you think Kitty made the right choice looking back? Do you think you played a winning game? And does coming into the season as a previous winner play a part in that?

Scarlett: Looking back, I definitely think Kitty made the right choice. I honestly believe that I had a better shot at beating Kitty than Geoff. I spoke to some of the jury members after my elimination and quite a few were leaning towards myself. All I needed was a good jury speech and it's not like my PI speech was bad (Even though I did get help with it). Speaking of me winning, I think being a previous winner could have increased or decreased my chances at winning it all depended on the bitterness of the jury.

Duncan: Any last thoughts on the season as a whole?

Scarlett: Actually yes. As the last person to do a post elimination interview (Not sure if there will be a post-winning interview). But I would just like to thank you for putting on a successful season Duncan/CBG it has been a pleasure playing in a different format and I think I speak for everyone when I say this has most likely been the best season in terms of hosting duties. I would like to say to Dakota, Alejandro, Kitty, Heather, Zoey, B and Dawn that working with you this season was a blast. This is my last time coming back to the island! Unless stupid Chris gets hosting duties again and I have to because of the stupid contracts. Otherwise, this is Scarlett signing off. Hope to see all of ya'll someday in the future!!

END INTERVIEW//

The awards ceremony finished off the episode, Scarlett was seen sitting with her friends and was awarded the antagonist of the season and best not to win. Scarlett was then seen boarding the boat to leave the island.