Mink Manily

***Mink*** was a castaway on Essential Survivor: Anarchy

## Anarchy

Mink’s story is a long and complicated one…and ultimately, a tragedy.

Immediately, Mink got to work making social bonds in the mega-anarchy tribe. His love of anime won him friends, including an instant ride-or-die alliance with Barney solidified by a shared secret of an idol. Mink’s social game was frankly, great. He caught Dom searching in the camp safari, and when Mink attended the first tribal council of the season, he was more than happy to go with the flow. Initially the flow was Parker, but after Parker started to lie about his advantage, Mink was down to vote off Dom.

Mink was consistently a perceptive player. He noted Joseph’s threat level and Jayla’s worrisome gameplay early on, and despite avoiding tribal due to a challenge win, found himself involved in the tribe power structure. When Mink lost the third challenge, he was a willing participant in Joseph’s elimination, and found himself increasingly threatened by the sly Finley and his own ally in Barney.

Sooner than later, things blem up around the tribe. Jayla called out Mink’s allies, and it looked like that was a good thing for Mink as it took the heat off of him. Mink voiced his desire to want tribes to form so he could create an us vs them mentality within his alliances and soon got his wishes when he was put on the Rapa Tribe. Here, he was with his allies Barney and Raini, and his targets in the Tal-Parker duo.

When Rapa lost the challenge, Mink put a plan into play. He would rope in Kam and Charles as swing votes against Tal and cut him out of the game alongside Raini and Barney, forming a 5-2 majority. However, unbeknownst to Mink, Tal and Parker got to them first. Mink found himself in the minority and became increasingly afraid of his lack of information. Fortunately for Mink, Barney pulled a daring double idol play on himself and Charles, sending Tal out of the game.

Mink’s social game slightly worsened after the next challenge loss, when he got into a public fight with Parker. However, the tribe took his side and sent Parker home. Things got complicated when Rapa lost the next challenge. Mink had a solid alliance with Barney and Raini, and was unwilling to vote against Charles due to their social bonds. That left Kam as a logical target for Mink, but Mink would’ve faced backlash from Nui had he targeted her. Nonetheless, Mink set his sights on Kam. Charles refused to vote for Kam and was adamant on Raini - however, Mink convinced Barney to vote for Kam. Meanwhile, Kam pulled in Raini and the two voted against Charles. The vote tied 2-2-1, and on the revote, Barney, Mink, and Raini sent Kam home 3-0.

Suddenly, Mink hmad made the merge. While he was initially thrilled to reach this milestone, things turned sour when Nui was upset with Kam’s boot. Mink knew he was in trouble and immediately threw Barney under the bus, while also concocting an farfetched idol plan to take out Alison. Unfortunately for Mink, Britt had the idol, shutting down the idea.

Mink exploited the tribe voice chat to pinpoint Zebeem’s loyalties in the game soon after, learning he could not be trusted. He later falsely suspected Charles of flipping. At tribal council, Mink’s plan failed miserably, and Barney went home. Mink knew that he was the next to go.

After losing the next challenge, Mink knew he was done for. No one in the cast save Charles was willing to work with him, and at tribal council, he got into a public fight with Alison, Britt, and Jess out of pure annoyance. It didn’t do him any favors, and Mink was voted out 7-2.