Did You Put All the Gays in One Tribe... with Mike of All People?

**Did You Put All the Gays in One Tribe... with Mike of All People?** was the first episode of Mythvivor Nile River Valley.

## Story

Our castaways took to their respective camps, enjoying the first night off just getting to know one another, but for some, conversation was not flowing well.

Others, however, quickly clicked, and Crystal set out to create the first alliance of the season, pulling in Tyler and Zap on the Horus Tribe.

> *I love this y'all, we are about to dominate this game.* - Tyler
>
>

Ace soon unveiled the premerge twist, a grid search where castaways would be able to find advantages. The Atum Tribe worked together on this, comparing guesses as they came to avoid overlapping, with Luna getting most of the information.

> *I hit up coffee and Lukas. Coffee asks if I see the idol thing, I'm like let's work together on it. Also asked Lukas and he's down. About to pull a parker and make a whole ass spreadsheet. Gonna go ask frost. I figure this is a good way to build trust, we playing aggressive because I have nothing to lose.* - Luna
>
>

On her first guess, Crystal unveiled the immunity idol, however, while Lukas found an extra vote advantage. While there are still advantages left in the grid, the castaways have been fruitless trying to find them. Before their challenge, the castaways began thinking about what would happen if they were to go to Tribal Council. At Horus, the LGBTQ trio Crystal formed began to fracture when they set their sights on different targets, while Khepri also struggled to come up with a target.

> *Zap wants to keep Mike, Crystal wants to keep Beetnorf and I want to keep Chiruvi. In-fighting of our alliance begins already lol, I'm not gonna vote against Chiruvi tho.* - Tyler
>
>

>  *Going to tribal, I feel like I know Bradley the least, and I at least have topics of conversation with the other tribe members, so I'd say I'd target him.* - Fox
>
>

>  *[I'd target] Skylar or Gabriel, they’re not social gaming enough and I need someone that’ll communicate. I think me and Goober will be the top dogs on this tribe, the silent puppeteers. I think I’m locked for swap unless there’s an idol.* - Jack
>
>

At Atum, however, it became clear that Skittles would be in danger for her inactivity.

> *If we go to tribal now, I’ve heard from a couple people that Skittles would be the target which is A-OK with me. The biggest worry is that she got super lucky and found an idol, but since she’s not even active enough to respond to a DM I’m sure she’s not active enough to pick a square on the grid lmao.* - Lukas
>
>

For their challenge, each tribe was asked to put together a flag representing their tribe featuring an original hieroglyph. On Horus, Chiruvi quickly whipped up a design that his tribemates liked, giving them a chance to relax. Atum and Khepri were struggling, however, with nobody stepping forth to create a design.

> *What I don’t like about this challenge is sometimes people just don’t want to be “the person who does it cause omg their threat level. Like stfu let’s just do it. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people try so hard to be UTR they forget to play the game.* - Coffee
>
>

Fox and Goober threw together two mock designs for Khepri, while Lukas and Coffee did the same on their tribe. Ultimately, Goober and Lukas submitted their designs. In the end, the challenge was a blowout, with Horus and Khepri securing 17 votes each to Atum's 0.
With tribal council on the line, Atum was ready, having a target coming in in Skittles.

> *I would want to vote Skittles, I haven't talked to her at all. I don't think I have much control right now, which isn't a problem. This is a marathon not a sprint.* - Aqua
>
>

> *Aha well my tribe lost so we are going to tribal but I think everyone is voting Skittles cus she hasn’t been online??* - Volo
>
>

>  *Also Skittles still hasn't responded to my message.* - Luna
>
>

This message would ring true at tribal council, with Skittles being voted out 5-1 and being sent to Phoenix Rock for a chance to earn her spot back in the game. With a united Atum, what would another challenge loss spell for them? Horus is on the verge of fracturing already, who's on the bottom when everyone has their own agenda? Khepri is a ghost town, will a challenge loss wake them up?

### Player of the Episode

Tyler for finding himself at the top of a 3-person alliance while also securing the trust of Beetnorf and Chiruvi.

## Challenge

**Tribal Immunity:** Tribe Flag Design

**Winners (tied):** Horus and Khepri

## Tribal Council

 Volo

## Trivia

* The episode title was said by Greek Islands player and Nile River Valley spectator, Yekaterina.