The Strife S5

**THE STRIFE 5: POWER OF FORTUNE**

Percy Shibuya (6) · Benji Weisskoff (7) · Alistair Rokos (8) · Lane Seibach (9) · Candice Conwyn (10)

The Ultima power this season has the winner choose one of four options:
1) **Ultimate Safety**: Every person who has voted for the Ultima winner will have their votes nullified.
2) **Killer Nominations**: Every person who is voted for is up for elimination.
3) **One Vote Matters**: That person will have one vote, which will, automatically, send the person into the duel. This person will not count as the "Bottom 3" as they will be auto-up for elimination before voting.

•Katie is DETERMINED to not be screwed over by an alliance and is cautious of Andreas (who betrayed her) and Sheila (who was a part of the alliance that took her out).
•Andreas mentions that he is dating somebody new as it didn't work out with one of the people he was with for three years. He says that his ex-boyfriend wanted to be monogamous and it couldn't be helped so they decided to stay friends.
•For the first time in Motoki's three seasons, he goes into detail about his family, talking about his mother, Aya Ide, the most.
•Devyn mentions that her and Eva are now engaged!
•Izzy, Taisho, and Sheila all joke around. Then the talk gets serious. Izzy, openly, talks about wanting to play harder, Taisho wants to play more than just a social game and Sheila feels like she is underappreciated as a player. They all decide on a truce alliance.
•Cal and Sheila talk a bit. Sheila talks about how well her restaurant has been doing since her first appearance. She says that, despite that, she is here to win, not for exposure. Cal says that he is more here for the money.
•Andreas approaches Motoki and offers him a Finals deal, which Motoki agrees to. Andreas mentions that he made a finals deal with him as he respects him a lot and he wants them to go far.
•Silvana annoys David, Cal and Layla, who are not impressed. They laugh it off but Silvana, later, annoys them again, including Aerin. Aerin and Layla sit down with Silvana and tell her to tone it down as this is just the first round. Silvana shrugs it off, which pisses off Aerin especially.
•Flynn starts a truce alliance with Andreas, Sheila, and Katie. He also starts a second one with Cal, David, and Devyn. Alone, though, Katie does not trust Andreas and Sheila at all and feels like the alliance Flynn made won't last.
•Flynn throws around Miranda's name, which gets back to her, starting the one sided rivalry between Miranda and Flynn as Miranda begins to target him after that.
•***Andreas, Cohen, Flynn, Katie and Miranda win IMMUNITY. Allan wins REWARD. Layla wins the ULTIMA.***
•Miranda makes a truce alliance with Motoki.
•***Layla decides to use the Ultima [One Vote Matters] to put up Silvana before the vote.***
•Naturally, some fights happen, especially between Layla and Silvana, as well as Flynn and Miranda as Miranda calls him out.
•***ALLAN, DEVYN, SILVANA AND TAISHO are up for ELIMINATION and must compete in a DUEL!***
 Episodes 4-5
•Aerin and Silvana get into MANY arguments.
•Miranda wants to throw Flynn under the bus but decides to continue laying low, wondering if Flynn will stop targeting her (he viewed Cal and Katie as bigger threats this round).
•Lane and Miranda admit their feelings in private and start a showmance!
•Izzy talks about what began her massive sense of humour being her mother who, despite all the hardships she went through, still found something to joke about and she got her sense of humour from her.
•Cal starts to flirt with Sheila! Sheila decides to flirt back a bit.
•A couple mild arguments between Allan and Cal.
•Silvana mentions that her and Channing are still going strong! Everybody except Aerin and Layla are happy for them. The two of them bond over their dislike of Silvana.
•***Devyn, Layla, Lane and Motoki win IMMUNITY. Sheila wins REWARD. Izzy wins the ULTIMA.***
•Andreas and Cal discuss how Izzy is a huge wildcard and nobody knows where her head is at since she went home so early the last time she played.
•Izzy is in the bedroom with Katie and Layla. She says that she knows exactly what she wants to do with this power. Layla says that she should do One Vote Matters and take Silvana out. Izzy says that what she wants is to avoid her being targeted the next round and is super vague about it.
•Devyn, Katie and Temperance are in the pool alone. Katie says that Izzy is being super vague about what she wants to do and wonders if she has told anybody else. Devyn and Temperance both mention that Izzy barely talks to them. Katie says that she doesn't trust Izzy at all right now.
•***Izzy decides to activate [Killer Nominations] with the Ultima!***
•***AERIN, ALLAN, ANDREAS, CAL, COHEN, DAVID, FLYNN, ILLY, KATIE, SILVANA, AND TEMPERANCE are up for ELIMINATION and must compete in a DUEL!***
 Episodes 6-7
•Cohen admits to Andreas that he gave him 2 votes and the two discuss things such as Cohen's worry for Andreas' impulsive gameplay and Andreas not getting to know Cohen. Throughout the two episodes, the two form a bond.
•Cohen and David bond even more due to the experience they are both experiencing. David even comments that the show has brought them closer together as brothers.
•Flynn and Miranda get into a MEGA argument!
•Lane and Miranda bond more as a showmance. Lane tells her about how he and his two siblings, Devon and Rudi, are super close. Miranda mentions how she is really close with her younger sister, Sonia.
•Allan and Silvana get into a huge argument!
•Allan, Layla, Sheila and Katie get together in the pool. Layla talks about trying to split up the brothers, Cohen and David. Sheila loves the idea as they are good players. Allan and Katie agree to it as well. Alone, Allan tells Katie that a part of him wants to go after Layla due to her being a mega threat and feels like they should do it sooner than later. Katie agrees.
•Temperance and Motoki are in the bedroom. Temperance brings up Silvana being the biggest wildcard of the game and that they need to find a way to take her out. Motoki says that he can talk to some people and see what he can do. When Temperance leaves, Motoki considers nominating Silvana if he gets the Ultima as she IS a wildcard.
•David and Motoki have a slight disagreement but have a talk later respecting each-other's games. They agree to a friendly rivalry.
•Flynn and Miranda get into their 2nd argument of the round!
•***Cal, Katie, Layla, Lane and Temperance win IMMUNITY. Allan wins REWARD. Miranda wins the ULTIMA.***
•Flynn has a mental breakdown in the bedroom! Andreas and Cohen walk in on it and tries to calm him down.
•Andreas and Motoki talk about the finals deal they made early on and how they will be the most dangerous duo in the game.
•In the backyard, Silvana starts an argument with Motoki.
•***Miranda decides to use the Ultima [One Vote Matters] to put up Flynn before the vote.***
•Andreas, Cal, Cohen and David decide that they need to be around Miranda, especially after that. While Flynn tries to start something with Miranda, the four of them shut it down.
•***ALLAN, DAVID, FLYNN AND SILVANA are up for ELIMINATION and must compete in a DUEL!***
•**Flynn is eliminated!**
 Episodes 8-9
•The next morning, Miranda makes everybody a huge breakfast to celebrate Flynn leaving. She is ECSTATIC that he is gone!
•Layla and Temperance grow a *massive* bond over the next couple of episodes
•Cal and Sheila bond more as a showmance. Sheila talks about how well the business has been doing and she is so proud of it. She says that she wants to make it into a restaurant chain. Cal supports the idea.
•Aerin decides that it is time to play harder and makes a finals deal with everybody left in the game. When Andreas and Motoki compare notes, she wonders if she wants them BOTH in the finals with her or if she has made an alliance with everybody. They get her alone into a room and make a finals deal between the three of them. Alone, Andreas and Motoki talk to each-other about using Aerin's plan against her to secure *them* another loyal ally in the process.
•Lane and Miranda bond more as a showmance due to their massive love of cooking.
•Allan, who has been playing a no-nonsense game while trying to keep up his social game, figures out that Lane has been targeting him for the past two rounds and confronts him about it.
•Andreas and Cohen grow closer as friends.
•Layla and Silvana sit down and talk over their differences. They decide that, maybe after the game, they can get to know each-other more. They hug it out.
•Devyn works hard on her social game. Andreas, Miranda, Motoki and Sheila all trust her.
•Katie's social game is super strong thanks to her humour, with Devyn, Andreas, and Cohen all taking notice. The three of them start referring to her as Katie Cheese due to her last name (in an endearing way) and Katie loves it!
•***Allan, Cohen, Devyn and Katie win IMMUNITY. Miranda wins REWARD. Cal wins the ULTIMA.***
•In the bedroom, Devyn and Katie talk about protecting each-other as they have really bonded so far.
 Episodes 10-11
•Katie continues her social game with her humour while Devyn continues her social game with her life stories. People sympathize with both of them.
•Lane decides that it may be better for his game to downplay his physical capabilities and hopes that his target goes down. It works as, while he gets votes, he is not in the duel. He feels like he can't go on an immunity run like his first season and he was eliminated in Season 4 BECAUSE of his first season. he wants to work on changing that reputation so he can go farther in this season and future seasons.
•Cohen begins to make finals deals with multiple people (Allan, Andreas, David, Katie, Lane, Miranda, Motoki, and Sheila) but not everybody to avoid everybody taking notes. He also has no loyalty to anybody but David.
•David decides to do damage control, which works tremendously.
•Miranda and Sheila meet up and discuss how the two of them are the only two to NOT be in a duel at all. They decide to team up to try and keep it that way.
•Cal and Sheila meet up and talk about taking things slower and agree to go on a date after the show. The showmance ends. :(
•It is notable that a lot of people trust Sheila at this point except for Andreas.
•***Andreas, Devyn and Miranda win IMMUNITY. Temperance wins REWARD. Cohen wins the ULTIMA.***
 Episodes 12-13
•Cal and Sheila also continue to bond more.
•Andreas and Motoki feel like Motoki hasn't done anything to be voted for *that much* and felt like Allan was the same way. Motoki says that he voted for Allan at the beginning but felt like he got to know him as the season went on. They also comment on them becoming best friends this season.
•Aerin begins to play a LOT harder, throwing names everywhere and securing alliances to try and get the target off her and to be safe. Alone, Aerin is livid at her getting so many votes throughout the game and feels like she is going insane.
•Cal and Cohen bond more. Cal talks about how he has grown so much over the three seasons with Cohen saying that he has noticed and respects Cal. Cohen mentions that he has loved his experience on the show, although he did not like his Season 4 experience. The two bond more over their experiences on the show In general, Cohen works more on his social game as he loves the game a lot. People take note of Cohen loving the game a loooot but find it endearing as fellow contestants of the show.
•Upon being put in the third duel in a row for him, Motoki is agitated but accepts it.
 Episodes 14-15
•Sheila and Miranda try and strategize and decide the best way to progress is to continue being humble. however, they both admit to wanting to start arguments as others have gotten on their nerves.
•People, in general, still trust Sheila, who has been funny and super supportive. Katie, however, wonders if Sheila is being fake. When she asks her, Sheila says that this is the real her but she also hasn't gotten too pissed off lately in the game.
•Katie tries to expose Sheila's game, which DOES get some people thinking.
•People love Katie's sense of humour but recognize her as a social threat.
•Aerin, Cal, David, Katie, Motoki, and Temperance play really hard this week.
•It is announced that this will be the last round with an Ultima up for grabs.
 Episodes 16-17
•Cohen and David are suuuper happy to have gotten to the Final 9 together. Cohen continues to strengthen his bonds while David's approach to his strategy involves a lot of backstabbing.
•Miranda makes a new truce alliance that involves Aerin, Cal, and Lane. She feels like Andreas and Motoki will always stick together while Cohen and David will always stick together. Alone, Aerin and Cal feel like Miranda and Lane will always stick together. The two of them decide to ally. Miranda then makes a truce alliance between her, Lane, Cohen and David, feeling like the four of them in the finals will be a good thing. Lane likes the idea. Alone, he has a talk with each person one on one to make sure that he is good with them as he hasn't been a part of the drama in awhile. After that, alone, Lane debates trying for an immunity run since he is only a few rounds away from the finals.
•Andreas and Motoki try to push for one of the other duos to split up and try to recruit Katie.
•David and Motoki have a talk where they both agree that the other is a good person but are threats to each-other in the game. David, however, says that he has been targeting somebody else (Aerin) without saying the name. Motoki hopes that they can become friends after the game, which David is completely okay with.
•Before the votes, Andreas and Motoki discuss how far they have gotten, especially since this is the farthest either of them have gone in the game. Andreas says that he loves the game a lot. Andreas also has this sinking feeling that people may target them before Cohen and David.
 Episodes 18-19
•Katie may have had a few arguments this (and last) round but she is hoping for a smooth run the rest of the way. She goes into a story about a controlling ex with a few people.
•Andreas and Motoki feel like the best way to not be targeted is to hardly talk to each-other for the rest of the game. It works for the most part but others see Andreas as a mega threat and no longer view Motoki as a threat.
•Lane and Miranda share many stories with each-other (Miranda's birth name being "Juri" but changing it because of the English word "jury"). She also says that her sister, Sonia, was born "Fuyume". When her (Miranda's) name was changed, her parents decided to rename Fuyume as Sonia with Fuyume as her middle name. Lane is excited for that first date. Miranda feels the same way then tells Lane that her parents are very much in her life, which Lane doesn't mind.
 Episodes 21-22
•**On Day 2 of the finale, Motoki is eliminated!**
•**On Day 3 of the finale, Lane is eliminated!**
•**On Day 4 of the finale, Cal gets 2nd place!**
•**Katie is crowned the winner of the season!**