Abigail Allen

***Abigail*** was a castaway on Essential Survivor: Yemen

## Yemen

Abigail for being on the introvert tribe was never one to bite her tongue. She started the game strong, connecting with people like Josh, Zak, and Neb. She was one of the many Mahjuz who were able to easily make swap because of people like Neil. Already annoyed by Neil day 1, Abby didn’t do much except build social bonds and be thrown into multiple alliances with and without Neil. Zak and Josh both reached out to Abby to solidify going to the end with her. When they lost the second challenge, Abby was aware of the split vote plan, but wanted to vote for Neil. When he played the idol, she was annoyed because she thought Nic deserved to stay over Neil. Come the next tribal, she was one of the people berating Neil for his personality and gameplay, souring her perception from the audience. Abby didn’t really do much after that, as the next boot was obvious and never went to tribal during the swap phase, although she was in a 3-2 minority with her ride or die Zak.

Come merge, Abigail seemed to be in a solid position. She was in a tribal majority, and had two close allies with her. She also reconnected with Neb and Felix, forging close bonds with both of them, but noting that Neb would beat her in a FTC.  Her social bonds were tight, as she knew of many advantages and alliances, so it seemed she could be a dark horse in this game. Come the first vote off,  Neb,Felix and Zak all discussed voting Alison with her, and she agreed, stating that Alison had lied about having an idol, which killed the trust, and that her early ally Josh was inactive, so a split vote on Alison and Josh was fine with her. When Alison stayed, Abigail tried ghosting her in order to avoid explaining what happened, building up the tension between the two A girls that would bud later on. Coming into final 9, she indicated she would want a 4-3-2 vote, but between Joshua and Alison, thinking that they were a duo. Alison grew closer with Felix, but got paranoid about their position in the game. They ended up voting for Matthew because Zak, the person she was paranoid about, told her too. After Matthew left, Abigail seemed to be down in the dumps, stating that they had no chance to win the game and they were a complete goat. During the next vote, she still followed Zak, but stating he’d need to go in the near future, but needed him to get a little farther in the game. Luckily, or unluckily, she was left out of a 5-3 vote against Zak, putting Abby in a clear minority.

At this point, multiple people wanted to keep Abby in the game, thinking that she was a goat. Even though everyone wanted her in ftc, Abby had other plans. She won immunity, and the target was James (again), with the other side targeting Joshua. In a surprise move, Abby gave up her immunity necklace to Felix, asking to be voted out. It was later revealed that Felix and Abby had become a showmance, and she wanted to leave because the lines between personal and game became too close. Neb, Felix and Joshua all complied with her wishes, sending her out, but James, Alison and Cedrick weren’t positive about how real the request was, using a vote steal to send Joshua out 4-2-1. Immediately after tribal, Abby was furious that people wouldn’t fulfill her request. Unlike Abby, Alison had no intentions in ghosting her.  An argument quickly broke out, with Alison saying that Abby just should have walked to save Joshua and if she had truly wanted to leave. And Abby just did that, storming out of the camp to ponderosa just 5 minutes after Joshua's torch was snuffed. At the final tribal council, Abby faulted Alison’s jury management, leaving her to vote for James.