We Here Rumors Through The Grapevine/Confessionals

Day 8
"thotemanu"

- I feel bad because I haven't given a confessional yet. I just keep forgetting about this and I'm gonna start writing them now. So expect a lot to make up for the past couple episodes without any. :D

Hi, I'm Mikey. I played in Mongolia where I got 10th place, and then came back to Bora Bora, where I flopped and got 14th place. I think I was voted out because I was a big threat both with challenges and strategy, with there being an idol in my pocket. Coming into this, I was hoping I wasn't gonna be a big target because I went out so early.

However, to my surprise, our tribe consisted of three pre-mergers and one early juror. It sucks because Bora Bora was such a good season and is still highly regarded as one, but I'm guessing not a lot of people wanted to play. I wish Asa or Torsa were here, that would have really made the tribe amazing.

It also would have made first tribal awful. I had a really bad feeling that we were going to tribal because Vanne, Toby and Rhys were not doing so well with immunity. I wasn't either, but I was determined to do well. I didn't want to go home because of a bad immunity challenge.

Let's talk about the tribe! I still feel bad for Vanne, because she had no chance in hell. Toby, Rhys, and I were like the Three Musketeers in Bora Bora. We had each other's back and I genuinely feel like we all wanted to get to the end together. I hope this continues, because I like them. If we go to tribal again, I might actually break down. The thought of me having to vote one of those two out breaks my heart.

So, we lose the challenge. It seems weird back at camp. I don't wanna tell Vanne to her face that we've pretty much agreed it's her for her lack of social game plus her challenge score. I don't say anything other than "oh well I haven't heard anything yet no one wants to drop names and Toby hasn't been online today". Vanne fucking took that and ran with it. She thought I was throwing Toby under the bus and tried to get this campaign against me. She even aligned with the Chaos tribe for some reason. Luckily, I got Rhys, Toby, AND Aras telling me everything she's doing. I really stopped caring about hurting her feelings after that.

I'm gonna split this up, so next confessional will be about the rest of the time so far on this season.

"thotemanu"

- Let's continue.

Nothing much really happens after Vanne leaves. She calls Toby out for some reason in the main chat and then just goes. I don't think people care that much about it, since it's coming from Vanne, who is now the Francesqua of 703.

All three of us on Thotemanu want to win this next challenge. We get third, which I can handle. We can at least just relax for tonight. We also get third in the next challenge, which doesn't unnerve me yet. I don't want to say we're cursed to just get third in all the challenges until a swap, but I won't doubt it.

Hannah and then Aras goes, which sucks. I was talking to Aras and I thought he would be a good ally. But I still have a couple more.

Now we're here. This challenge is awful. It scares me to death. There's a chance I have to sit out, and my fate is entirely in the hands of Toby and Rhys. One of them could decide to just take immunity and leave us out of it, and then they decide who goes home. I want to trust Rhys and Toby so badly. I really do. But I have to learn to just stick out for myself. I'm gonna go into the challenge, hopefully with Toby. We can just shut up and let someone else crumble.

If I go to tribal with Toby and Rhys, I will actually cry. Because I've teared up just thinking about writing their names down. They are my boys. I wanna be with them for most of the game. Not all the game, lmao.

"thotemanu"

- There's always a Rule of Three, so I might've well give a third confessional.

I'm glad it's One World, because it helps gain so many allies so that you're safe for upcoming swaps or whatever bullshit comes our way.

Nathaniel is one of my closest friends. When I saw that San Marcos was one of the tribes, I knew he was gonna try and come back. I think San Marcos and the FTC especially was really hard on him, and he wants some redemption. It sucks, because I can't trust Nathaniel for anything. He really does whatever benefits him, no matter the prior or current relationship he will damage. He's crafty, and needs to go soon.

Eve is really funny and I hope we do work together. I'm glad she survived last tribal and we can continue in the game together.

Justin is fucking hilarious and we both are probably aligning later on.

I've also been talking to Nadine, Matthias, Nicole, and Fariha. I do wanna get to know them better, and hopefully have some bond.

I...just remembered Brandon sent me a message yesterday and I fucking forgot to answer it. This will be the end of me.

"yaknad"

- Ok so this immunity challenge definitely does spice things up for sure! My worst case scenario would be Nathaniel somehow deciding that he needed immunity, because that puts me in an extremely risky position leaving my position in the game in his hands. Luckily, it didn't take very much convincing to get him to sit out, as I used the logical argument that sitting him out of a non physical challenge is the smartest strategic move if we move forward in this format. This is great because I avoided my worst case scenario altogether. Jenna and I have planned to not do anything, because we here rumors through the grapevine that the Byzantium and Carthage tribes might have some beef brewing. Even if no one follows through with the immunity, our tribe has an 80% chance of making it out alive, and that is a risk that I'm willing to take. If Jenna and I have to go to tribal council against Nathaniel, I would feel 85% confident about surviving the vote because 15% is idol paranoia. I wouldn't put it past Nathaniel to have found one so that does worry me slightly. Of course I don't wanna lose Nathaniel and go to tribal council right now, so hopefully somebody takes the bait because I'm not tempted.

"yaknad"

- Sooooo holy fucking shit! Out of the blue I guessed wesolini for the idol and holy shit I found an idol!!! But of course that shit wasn't for my tribe... Luckily that idol was for the Bora Bora tribe, and this gave me an extremely good opportunity to solidify by bond with Toby in this game. I've already really grown to like Toby as a person in this game and giving him the idol was a sign that I'm serious about my friendship with him in this game. I hope that later on down the line that this extremely lucky find will be able to benefit me. This idol find was completely miraculous and honestly I need to try my luck out at the casino or something my goodness.

"messana"

- So, I found out some alarming news from Nicole, that Justin might be trying to win immunity and vote her out? Which sucks since I just had a good talk with Justin (KING HASN’T EVEN MADE 1 CONFESSIONAL) so I’m sad those 2 might be against each other :( So me and Nadine have hatched a plan to keep both around. Nadine will try and win the immunity to keep Nicole safe and send us to tribal. I would but its 7am for me so I would probs miss it but its 3am for Nadine and she stays up to freakishly late hours so it’s perfect! Also, I think Carthage is becoming too much of a threat since we have won so much so I think it could be advantageous to lose this and get RobDawg off….

Now after saying that I’m probably going to be swapfucked next round :D

"messana"

- So I'm planning to grab the individual immunity at exactly the time the challenge will start, hopefully before Sam or Justin from Byzantium gets it because I trust Nicole more in their tribe. Robdawg is going next because he hasn't been active and didn't contribute to the challenges. Plus, more idol clues help!

"kesha"

- So we just voted out Aras. Honestly I didn't want him to go, cause we didn't deserve to go to tribal but oh well its done now. Its probably better he is gone, we all know his flipping tendencies in games and I didn't want to be a victim of an Aras flip. This challenge is also doing my head in. Eve wanted to sit out, but then I reminded her that we could be going to tribal with Matthias of all people in power, and i wasn't willing to risk it. Im here to fucking win and Im not letting a malteaser ruin that for me smh.

"messana"

- So! I thought I could let Fariha know, since Benj already knows the plan.

When I suggested to her that we should lose the challenge, she was really against it. Like, we literally discussed our own points for the last 30 minutes. In the end she let me do it, as long as a risk meant reward, and that if anything happens, it will be my mistake. Those were my own words to her.

I am trying to kill birds with one stone from this move, and hope that it will not cause further conflict in my alliance with Fariha.

"messana"

- I do not feel comfortable at all.Just before the challange Nadine came up with this idea of getting immunity  so she can get the clue and we can find the idol.But that means we have to go to tribal.I don't  think its the right move at all!Rob is a number  and however inactive he is he would  for sure vote with us.I tried to make her realize it,what's frustrating is she had already discussed it with Benj.So they must have a tighter alliance  anyway.So whether I agreed with it or not didnt really matter at that point.So I just acted like I was okay with it.Also I don't feel safe at all after this.They may as well vote me off at this point.Me being inactive over Eid  is really going  to cost more than I thought.

Day 9
"messana"

- I found the idol!!!! Well, I asked Nadine who to guess because I was on my phone and couldn’t look at the wiki. I told her to pick someone from season 7, she said Eden and it was right, so I had to tell her, I couldn’t have got it without her individual clue. I won’t tell anyone else!!! Wish I found it 2 rounds earlier though to save Hannah Banana :/ Anyways if I survive this tribal, it will be the first ever 703 survivor tribal I’ve survived LOL. Worse case scenario is RobDawg and Fariha teaming up but *in Velma voice* I doubt that highly.

"messana"

- I feel extremely uneasy.Usually when I feel this I am going home,but I hope this is not the case today.I think what Nadine did is social suicide,sure it gave her one more clue.She will probably find the idol.But is an idol more important than a trusted number?Like Robdawg,who would have probably voted anywhere Nadine told him to.Or me,who for sure would stick to her atleast until merge.She is playing way too hard way too early.And with her huge threat level it wont be very good.Btw she andBenjj keep telling me to talk to byzantium people,I only have talked with Nicole so far.honestly I have talked with everyone at least for a bit except the other byzantium ones.They have not come to me either,so I don't see why I have to too.

"messana"

- I haven’t been on Facebook in like 4 days and turns out we lost immunity because Nadine was rude and took individual immunity. This means ya boy will be an early flopxagain. I bet they threw the challenge to get me out lol. Maddie is my best and closest ally and only friends in this game so I shared the idol clue with her hoping she can take it and fuck shit up. #pawsup