A Rooster-Measuring Contest

**A Rooster-Measuring Contest** was the ninth episode of Mythvivor: Mount Song.

## Story

The Wuyue tribe returned to tribe after what appeared by the vote count to be a unanimous tribal. However, Ori was still furious with Max for throwing his name out there. He made it clear that Max would be his target at this tribal council. While Max eyed Ori as a target, Max also knew he would have to keep his mind open to other options - knowing that because he already had someone targeting him so strongly, he'd have to roll with the punches.

The players were then given the new Three-Legged Race challenge. The players were split up into one set of three groups of 3 (Groups A, B, and C) who would play Wavelength together. They were then set up with a second set of three groups of 3 (Groups 1, 2, and 3), with no overlap between the groups. This second set would play Emoji Charades together. The player who was on the winning team for each part of the challenge would win individual immunity.

Most of the groups played the challenges the best they could. The exception to this was Group B, which contained Ori, Max, and Iris. Ori, not wanting Max to have any chance at winning immunity, refused to participate in the challenge. Max, seeing this, did not want Ori to have any chance at winning immunity, so refused to do the challenge. Iris also refused. The group as a whole chose to abstain from the challenge, making only the players from Groups A and C eligible to win.

Ila, a member of the winning Group A and the winning Group 1, won individual immunity. Ori quickly returned to targeting Max. Max teamed up with the "Zhou 3" (Iris, Ceapi, and Ravr) and Chachi, who at first targeted Ori back. However, Ceapi decided to use Max's reliance on them to their advantage and targeted Blank. Unfortunately, this plan was leaked to Blank, who now had no choice but to stick with Ori and Ila. Meanwhile, Alyssa, who was enjoying a beach vacation, straddled the fence as she debated what to do.

Ori had a Steal A Vote from the Money Management challenge. Ori gave this advantage to Ila. He did this because:

1) They could improve their chances in the case of a tied vote (to ensure the vote would carry over since Ila was immune).

2) Ori trusted Alyssa more at this point in the game, and did not want her to have an additional target on her back. This was while Alyssa, on the beach, remained conflicted.

Ila played the Steal A Vote on Ravr as they felt the most disconnected from him. Ravr, realizing he now would have little power in this difficult tribal, decided to just stay quiet and not cause a target to end up on his own back. He decided to see this as a way to enjoy the day off from the challenging tribal ahead.

As the alliance of Ori-Ila-Blank were confident that Alyssa would be voting with them, they were thrilled to now appear to have numbers on their side. Alyssa, leaned towards voting with them, but was not so sure and wanted to enjoy her beach vacation.

That was when Iris informed Alyssa that the stolen vote would not guarantee that Ori, Ila, and Blank would have the numbers. Iris had an Extra Vote that she was prepared to use that tribal. Alyssa contemplated for a while, before she ran to Ori and Ila with this information. They considered switching the vote off of Max to improve their odds in a tied vote, but Ori was determined to vote Max out once and for all.

Just a couple minutes before tribal council, Alyssa convinced Chachi to flip his vote from Blank to Max. Chachi did not tell Ila, Ori, or Blank that he would be voting with them and they were shocked that he did. While Chachi attempted to tell Iris to save her Extra Vote, it was too late. Max was voted out, and the Zhou 3 alliance of Iris, Ravr, and Ceapi, realized that they were looking at an uphill battle to survive.

## Challenge

**Individual Immunity:** Three-Legged Race

**Winner:** Ila

## Tribal Council

 Blank

1 Ila played a Steal A Vote against Ravr. She voted for Max twice.

2 Iris played an Extra Vote and voted for Blank twice.