Sometimes the Underdog Just Bites You/Confessionals

Day 8
"monoceros"

- So by some cosmic chumpfuckery both tribes are forced to attend tribal today, which is kind of a bummer because I was rather hoping to keep this group intact going in to a potential swap next round. That being said, there is a pretty easy vote lined up for just this circumstance, with your friend and mine AT already having dug himself a hole in the mud from which he had previously been hurling names out of.

Now I really did want to keep AT around if at all possible. He had expressed interest in working with me, tapping the Poveglia connection as a reason that we might be able to get something going. I advocated for Emma to go round 1 because I thought I could keep AT around as a piece that would be loyal to me over others.

WELL GUESS WHO WAS WRONG.

(It was me, in case that wasn't obvious)

From said mud hole AT has decided that the next name he will sling forth is mine. I do not like this. I have no use for a side piece that's going to jab me when I try to use it. I get it though, he feels backed into a corner and wants to stir up something to make a move. I might have done the same in his position. I heard this shocking news from some sources around the tribe, but not nearly as many as I would have liked. Loren came to me with the information outright, but no one else really did. Now, to their credit, most people did not bite at AT's attempt, which makes me feel good to a degree, but I would have hoped that people who had told me they would tell me if they heard my name would ... you know, tell me if they heard my name. I am mentally cataloguing this information and filing it into the memory banks under "SHIT I WILL FORGIVE BUT WON'T FORGET" right next to the "TAX DOCUMENTS" folder.

So barring any idol shenanigans/everyone simultaneously lying exceptionally well to me AT will be leaving us shortly. Why do I have such a soft spot for the underdogs? We may never know, but I have learned some kind of lesson today. Sometimes the underdog is a rootable hero who you can mould to your own will - and sometimes the underdog just bites you.

"monoceros"

- Well, last vote was certainly a time. The 311 is that apparently Gevonte and Hickman had a big scary mafia boss discussion about who they wanted to protect, and I was not on that list, RIP. And neither were Nemo or Isaiah. Which would, under normal circumstances put me in a really bad spot, except for whatever reason people just can’t seem to stop targeting Gevonte, or maybe Gevonte is the one playing sloppily, idk, I can’t keep track anymore. But anyway, Gevonte and Hickman immediately throw each other under the bus once they realize their allies don’t want to target me (shoutout to my allies for being great).

So now all of a sudden, Isaiah Nemo and I go from being on the bottom to being the swing votes between these 2 warring factions. And now Gevonte and Hickman have gone from pitching me as the vote to pitching why they should stay to me, and they’re basically saying the same things, that they never wanted me out, it was entirely the other one, blah blah I don’t care. I think I’ve done a good job of branding myself as an emotional player, which isn’t entirely untrue, but at the end of the day, the choice I made wasn’t about who I thought did or didn’t throw my name out because truthfully I think they both probably did and I don’t really trust either. I didn’t care about Gevonte or Hickman really, I cared about their allies, who are also my allies, who I really did not want to alienate. And I think I managed to mostly avoid that.

Voting out Hickman built trust with Martynas and Nathaniel (though Nicole told me I was the only person Nathaniel definitively said he didn’t want out so hopefully I already had his trust anyway.) I was able to get both of them to provide me info, then use that info in a way that didn’t hurt their games, so that they’d feel safer leaking things to me in the future. And then I also communicated openly enough with Nemo, Isaiah, and Matty about feeling like we were all in the middle, and then the next time I look at my phone, I’m in a brand new 4 person alliance with them. This is a social game buffet and I’m just out here eating.

Nicole was the only person I was really worried about alienating with this move since I do see her as my number 1 and I know she was close to Hickman. So I asked her before she went to bed if I should stick my neck out to save Hickman if he becomes the vote, and she told me not to. So then when she woke up totally out of the loop 10 minutes before the vote, I could just be like well you told me not to stop it so I didn’t. I hope she believes me.

So in the end I didn’t end up alienating anyone hopefully, besides maybe Okie who I’d imagine is probably angrier with other people than he is with me. And hopefully now everyone has learned their lessons and won’t use me as a pawn anymore next time they want to throw other people under the bus. And best of all, the vote built so much trust with Nemo and Isaiah and Matty to a lesser extent, just in time for swap. Nemo tells me he considers me his number 1, so we’re up to 3 people who have told me that, all the N names. And now I’m on a tribe in a group of 3 that feels pretty tight. Martynas has even told me he’d go to rocks for us - I’m not sure I’d do the same, because I really don’t want to get robbed premerge again, although I’ve never actually gone to rocks before so maybe I would just to check it off my bucket list. I have a heart of gold, and also of chaos.

But I’m really hoping it doesn’t come to that because I really love the 3 new people from the unicorn tribe. I’ve been looking forward to playing with Caeb for ages, Samb is hilarious and just seems like a very cool fun guy, and Devin is a funeral home director which feels like the pinnacle of orgs introducing me to people in walks of life I’d normally never encounter. Best case scenario, we dominate the challenges. Second best case scenario, the unicorn 3 is extremely divided and hands us an easy option on a silver platter. And if neither of those, then I’ll have some hard choices to make. I don’t want to be known for flipping this early, when we’re still presumably a long way off from the merge, even if I don’t necessarily plan to play a super loyal game this time around. Plus, every other group of 3 vulfpeck members looks potentially much more fractured than ours (I imagine Okie and Gevonte turn on each other the first chance they get) and I don’t want us to get too far down in numbers.

The other weird development is that my 3 closest allies are all on a tribe together, but I’m not sure how much any of them are actually working together. I’m very scared of them going to tribal and potentially flipping on each other because that could be pretty awkward come merge. But I can’t worry about that now. For now, I just need to make sure I have connections with everyone on this small tribe. I refuse to get robbed premerge again.

"equuleus"

- If Survivor: Supernova was live on television, you would need about 50 flashbacks to understand what was going on. No one was saying anything til like the last 2 hours of voting. Conch and Gev seemed to be on the table. Conch's name was thrown about by Gev supposedly and then Conch tried to figure out who was going against them. They talked to Gev and they apparently sorted things out but no target seem to emerge until it was realized Hickman was the main culprit behind it all. But the thing was that no one was really talking except there definitely seemed to be some sort of alliance controlling things because Okie was so far out of the loop that he voted for Gev and not Hickman.

I told Okie that I thought the vote was turning towards Hickman but it didn't seem to really know where the votes stood like I did. But from the alliance chat that was formed with Nemo, Isaiah, Conch, and myself definitely raised some suspicion for me.

I would like to believe that in that vote, Isaiah, Nemo, and I were all in the middle with Conch acting like they were in the new alliance that was formed. I think Conch had a much bigger hand in all of this than they let on. I personally think that Conch, Nathaniel, Gev, Martynas, and Nicole had some sort of deal in place. Because Nicole like literally seemed to hop on and move forward. Something to think about for sure.

"equuleus"

- A tribe swap!!! Omg I am so so glad that we are swapping in this round. After reflecting, I am really thinking I was on the bottom of the original tribe and I played super poorly. But, I think my social bonds were definitely underestimated in my mind. So I am excited for this new chapter in the game for sure.

"equuleus"

- I am loving this swapped tribe. I have Okie and Gev from Vulpecula 1.0. Okie is for sure my number one at this current moment. And I am sus of Gev so this works out great. I have surface level friendships with Catnip and CJ from other games and such so that's always a plus and I FINALLY MEET THE QUEEN HERSELF NATALIE!! I am excited about this tribe and I think I can be able to put myself in a good position moving forward in this game.

"monoceros"

- Hello Hello, not anymore yellow! still living on the adrenaline from last night's vote. and the fact that tribe swap actually happened, made it even better move! a super sneaky challenge beast, who had only 33.33333333% to be a challenge asset now, and 66.6666666667% to be a challenge problem? can't imagine better move before the tribe swap. ok, enough of being cocky. Tribe swap happened and you know what? it was sooooo gooooood! Conch and Isaiah got to the same tribe as me, and despite them having a busy weekend, we got close on talking about life. such close so that Isaiah became the crucial vote in that TC! Devin is here too, with who we bonded on day 0 and kinda agreed to watch out each pther's backs...

me, Conch and Isaiah are a strong trio, and i am sure we 3 will survive this swap. Samb and Caeb might be in danger. (flash forwards to me being being 5th or 6th or 7th voted out) :)

and what about original Vulpeculas on other tribes? Nemo/Nathaniel/Nicole trio should do great. i believe they will stay together, just like me/Conch/Isaiah. nathaniel probably is 2nd best option to control Nemo (Okie would be 1st) so i believe in that trio wining their side too. But Gevonte/Matty/Okie on Equuleus tribe? boy, oh boy, they are in trouble... Gevonte's last message to me literaalyy was :if we get swapscrewed - let's just push Okie under the bus!

i don't have much hope in their survival. technically Matty should have the best chances, but it's also possible that he could be a collateral damage if Gevonte and Okie gets to war with each other... damn it.

also, a trio of me/Nathaniel/Gevonte had controlled both of the premerge tribals, and now we got completely separated? random tribe picker was so cruel! if one of us doesn't make the merge/next swap - star darlings should still make the 703 history as one of the most legendary preswap alliances ever!

"equuleus"

- 18 minutes of ramblenip! https://www.dropbox.com/s/o15a3pv1lovcpg6/chattynip%20Day%208.mp3?dl=0

"equuleus"

- so, can't say this challenge is what I ideally hoped for, but still kinda seems fun. we agreed (aka I suggested, cause my admin skills are tough to hide) to divide up the pictures among all of us and make a Google doc and prepare notes in advance for our chunk.

a moment of fully geeking out: I'm very happy to have received Only Connect in the assigned clues - I wanted to research what was the actual answer to the clue (which I thought others wouldn't), I found the episode, and then found out that clue wasn't even in the episode, and I still tracked what the answer was ;)

I'm very proud of the way I took notes for my assigned pictures. If people need help or can't find time and will ask for someone to cover making notes for their pictures, I'll step up, but I won't volunteer out of my way myself without a request. I probably would have enough time to prepare things for all the pictures, but a) people should do their own work to start with, b) I don't want to come off as too dominant of a personality. I'm already the one who suggested a Google doc and dividing things in the first place. So while adminnip is of course beneficial for practical purposes, there still is an extent within which it's reasonable and I don't want to cross that. I do have a dominant personality and I know I can't hide it, but I don't want to flaunt it around either, even if I'm set on being safe and using the idol here if we lose.

"vulpecula"

- AT left, not without some fireworks on his way out, and also not without me feeling like shit for having to vote out a good friend of mine. I'm still really pissed off with how this went down in particular, because there really was no reason for AT to leave, and so moving forward I'm going to be very very deliberate in how I approach the next few rounds. I'm already fully convinced that I'm leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else here in terms of how good a player I am, just like I was in Mount Vesuvius, but this time I think I'm not going to make that public knowledge like I did last time round. I'm going to keep it to myself and bide my time, because I have SO MUCH ammunition that I can hurl around when I need to in order to get the target pushed onto the people I want to see go home. People have made a big mistake in telling me as much as they have and being as honest with me as they have, because I think they're going to pay the price for that very, very shortly, and I'll be laughing my ass off the whole time.

"vulpecula"

- Praise the fucking heavens, it's a tribe swap. I was actually incredibly well insulated in my original tribe and wouldn't have ever been in danger of going home, but this swap is going to mean that I can play so much more aggressively and freely and that's a very liberating feeling. I have Pendant with me who I think is cagey enough to just stick to someone, if that makes sense? Like, I think he wavers a lot on what he wants to do so having someone concrete to just stick to helps ground him, and I want to be that grounding person for him. I also have Nicole on this tribe who is my pair from the opening day zero twist, but I also don't think I really care about working with her after how I got frustrated with her a lot during that day zero for being so frustrating to work with in how she just straight up refused to consider my perspective with the opening challenge twist. Nathaniel I know that I know from somewhere but I don't really know him and haven't spoken to him in ages. The best part of this swap by a long shot, though, is that Loren is here. Oh boy, I'm excited. If I want to play this as a good guy, Loren's an easy ally for me. If I want to play this like myself, though, he's absolutely fucked and I'm going to flip on him in a heartbeat if I get the chance. Oh man it would give me so much joy to see him get seventeenth again or even lower than that. My goal is going to be to take him down and I don't care what it does to my own game; within reason, obviously, Loren is so not worth me going home, and I'd much rather win the whole game to spite him than just vote him out now to spite him. Still, if the chance comes up, I'm absolutely jumping on it, and he's absolutely being taken out of this game.

Day 9
"vulpecula"

- Woke up for the challenge, realised I didn't want to win, disabled my alarm and went back to sleep. Suck a dick idiot losers, let's see you win without me.

"vulpecula"

- Now that we've lost, I really, really want to see Loren leave, but I'm not sure how easy it's going to be since there seems to be a pretty strong anti-Nemo movement going on, especially from Nicole. Pendant is refusing to go into bat for Nemo, which is wild if they're meant to be closest allies to each other. I can't tell if it's because he thinks that I'm doubting him because of the whole Lithuania pre-game thing or not, but I really do want to work with both of them. The worst person of all right now though is fucking Nicole. I cannot put up with how annoying she is to deal with. Every single time I try float anything by her she sends me eleven messages back talking in circles about how she thinks Nemo is dangerous and she's not sure she can stick with him and wants him to go home. I'll then say that I like Nemo and I think that I'd like him to stay, so she'll just repeat the same three sentences that she thinks qualifies as having an opinion and/or personality and say again that Nemo is dangerous and she doesn't want him to link back up with his allies. I get it, you want Nemo gone, shut the fuck up for a second and let me have an opinion too. I'm honestly this close to not taking out Loren anymore and ratting Nicole out to Nemo and trying to turn against her. Like, she's really doing my head in that much. I already got fucked around and had to vote out my closest ally in AT, I'm not voting out another one of my numbers to appease a neurotic nuisance from New Zealand that I frankly cannot stand to be in a conversation with. Like, I know this is harsh, but holy fucking shit stop pinging me 14 times every five minutes just to tell me that you don't give a shit about what I have to say, because the feeling is very much mutual, so let's just save the effort and cut ties. Ffs.

"equuleus"

- My anxiety is getting the best of me. The last time I made a confessional. We were having a double triple council before all that happened I made a couple of alliances I made a 5 person alliance With pendant, CJ, Loren, and Caeb. I made a 2nd alliance with CJ and Caeb. I only made the 2nd alliance with pendant because I don't trust him he decided to give me clues to the idol just out of the blue and I figured I had to put him in the license so he didn't realize that I don't trust him. I had a plan to save AJ but AJ decided to do the same thing he did the 1st round And toss out a random name and nobody wanted to do it and everyone thought that he was erratic so I couldn't save him. AJ didn't take being voted out kindly. He went on a rampage talking about that there was an alliance of 3 and that CJ, Caeb and I haven't been using our brains then he went on about how he was gonna get fourth out again then I hopped into his Dm's and had a conversation with them and I basically used the same line that he did as a joke. It just shows that AJ isn't aware of certain things. We are now at a tribe swamp and I'm with CJ again and Catnip. There's also gervante, matty, and okie. They seem nice enough but I'm bored. I've been I'm trying to improve on my relationship with Kat nephew because she barely spoke to me on our orignal tribe. But I think it's time that I do that's something that I definitely struggle with but that's something I need to overcome. Luckily we won our challenge so I do have some time to get in there.

"vulpecula"

- Welp, here's where rubber meets the road. I finally got to have a conversation with Nathaniel about the game and it was actually a really proactive one, because we both agreed that Nemo going home is not good for either of us and we both want him to stay, and we also both agreed that we wouldn't at all be opposed to the idea of sending Loren home in his place. I found it particularly amusing that Nathaniel cited revenge for AT as a primary reason for him wanting Loren out, because like, go off king that's the correct opinion to have we want justice in this #SaveNemo militia. The only issue is we're a militia of two; three if Nemo is included. That's going to make this vote a little dicey, so we definitely need to be careful and plan accordingly on getting one or both of Pendant and Nicole to flip. Part of me really wants them to try call my bluff of going to rocks, because I'm doing that shit in a heartbeat. I really do not fear rocks at all because I do not fear going home. The only downside I see to rocks is that it would make Loren immune, and also the possibility that Nathaniel potentially doesn't have the same probably-overexaggerated stubbornness and loyal backbone that I have to not fold the cards there and then. I wouldn't blame him at all for that if I'm being honest, but I do hope he's as in this as I am. Nemo needs to stick around for the both of us to be in a better position, because I think there's actually a good chance it's either Nathaniel or I in danger should we happen to lose the next challenge and need to send another person home; especially if I'm going out of my way to save the person that the rest of the tribe is targeting. Idk, it's all still up in the air right now, but the one thing that isn't is that I'm ready to make this happen and I'm ready to fulfill my promise to Loren that I'll make sure he doesn't get seventeenth place again, by hopefully ensuring he gets eighteenth instead.

"equuleus"

- I think our tribe is solid and I'm feeling really good about the castaways on my tribe. The relationships I'm forming are really good thus far and I think I am in a really good spot. Catnip is helping me with the idol, I still have decently strong relationships with Gev and Okie which is great because they rely on me. In addition, CJ and I are finally forming something good and then Natalie is opening up to me which has been really sweet to see. I would much rather win continuously with this tribe than the other tribes for sure. I am excited for this challenge and I think we will kill it.

"equuleus"

- HOLY SHIZZZ how did we get that??? Literally INSANE HOW CLOSE THAT WAS? I truly am so proud of our tribe in the way that we all fell in line and killed that challenge in the best of our ability. I can't believe we had an 80-81-82 score?? That is crazy. Super proud of the tribe and excited to see what happens in this post-swap tribe star council!

"equuleus"

- I FOUND THE FUCKING IDOL. long story short - I was at the last step pre-swap, and now after the challenge when Toby said "we're keeping Google Drive up, so that you can find some stuff", I knew something was in there. then when he mentioned the word QuaRries, I knew I was looking for a QR code. this was last night before going to bed, Okie told me something must be in there (which I had already figured out), and this morning I told him it must be a QR code thing. he went to bed (cause timezones), and then in the afternoon my time, I finally found the bloody QR code and got annoyed with myself for not finding it earlier. so... lo and behold, or whatever the idiom is, that gave me the last hint (and I really don't think I would have solved the hunt without it) and I FOUND A SHINY!

it's probably been an hour or more, and I'm still hyped about it. I have been so bad at finding advantages and idols for so long, and now in Folkvivor (the latest org I did before Supernova) and here in Supernova I'm actually properly finding stuff. I feel even proud of myself a bit.

now I regret asking Matty about it - I started talking to him about it about 12 minutes before I noticed the QR code myself 😄 I asked him cause you know, more eyes - my idea was that I'm fine not having the idol (though still wanted it), as long as I know who has it. and me helping someone else to find it, is part of that + builds loyalty, cause I helped them to find it.

Okie is the one with whom I've talked about idol hunt most properly in the new Horsey tribe, but I don't think I'm gonna tell him. I still feel burned from Folkvivor where someone whom I trusted SO MUCH told 2-3 other people about the items I had. so I feel I kinda have to. I'm likely to spill the beans at some point, but I think I'll stay silent for a while at least. I've told him it must be something with QR code, so I'll have to pretend I didn't see the QR code, which is partially true, so I have a feeling he may not believe me. I know he has been on the receiving end (i.e. being lied to about his close ally not having the idol) in my own org recently, and I kinda hate do that to him again, but I need to and gonna put myself first, so there's that.

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on another note, from yesterday I feel better connected with Natalie. I still would like our convos to not be as abundant, cause there's way more quantity than quality, but quality *starts* being there, so if vote time comes, it most likely is gonna be Gevonte and that's my easiest choice, too. he doesn't put as nearly as much effort into talking to me as others keep up with that, so yeah. also, she asked about teaming up with her and CJ while I was writing this confessional, so yeah.

"monoceros"

- New tribe time!! Having a 3v3 swap is very concerning, but I am happy to have this rather than being swapped into a minority. I was swapped into a minority in Age of Victoria and narrowly made it out, so I am happy this is a little bit more promising.

This tribe composition proves to me that I made the right decision voting Hickman out, and I feel so gratified. Martynas was very happy to know I sided with him last tribal, and if I had voted Gevonte out, I know he would be very sketched out by me. But now, I feel that he trusts me immensely, and I have been working to form a bond with him. Conch and I also worked together to swing the vote last tribal, so I feel that they trust me also.

As for the new tribe members, Caeb has hosted me before and I played with him in WOTO! I feel like we have had some fun conversations so far. I have hosted Samb twice and played with him once, and we actually did well as allies. He wasn't too active, but we were on the same side up until I was idoled out at F5. He seemed very happy to see me and seemed that he was ready to work with me again, and I feel the same way. I am now just meeting Devin for the first time, and while he seemes interesting, we haven't had too many conversations. He takes a long time to reply and doesn't seem to interested in what I have to say, but hopefully that will change soon.

We did fantastic on the last challenge, and I am so glad we did not have to go to tribal. I hope we keep it up, because having to go to a 3v3 tribal sounds like an absolute disaster waiting to happen. I would plan on holding the line and sticking with Martynas and Conch, and I hope they feel the same.

Current Trust Rankings: Martynas > Conch > Samb > Caeb > Devin

"vulpecula"

- The last couple of days have been quite hectic, to put it lightly. I was glad that we would be swapping with equal people from either tribe, since at least I wouldn't get fucked over by being put 5-1 or something. I initially wanted to be swapped with at least CJ, but I was fine with AJ and Pendant. Despite my earlier hesitance at Pendant in general, he has really come through for me this round.

I actually was suffering in regards to my social game, which wasn't exactly the case on OG Monoceros. However.. I put on my lying face and explained to the tribe individually that I couldn't talk with them due to working a double 16 hour shift... as a result of the nursing shortage.

Is the nursing shortage real? Yes.

Did I work a double? No way.

Am I a horrible person for lying? Maybe, but it helped garner sympathy towards my fabricated 'plight,' I think. Leading them to believe that I was so swamped with my work that I didn't have the time to talk, which wasn't the case, I just was busy talking to coworkers and doing other menial stuff during swap night. However it afforded me the opportunity to get to know my new tribemates on my own terms.

I really like Nathaniel, he told me that I'm his favorite on the tribe, which of course you always have to be hesitant about, but I think he's solidly on my side. Nicole was pulled into an alliance by Pendant and I, which so far she seems to be loyal to that cause, at least in my opinion.

The plan going into tribal tonight is to place at least four votes (myself, pendant, nicole, and nathaniel) on Nemo. AJ has been very wishy-washy about voting Nemo, and I've heard he's even considered voting for me at this point, which is a lot of red flags. He insisted that he would go with the majority regardless, but at this point I'm considering switching my vote to AJ in case Nemo plays an idol. So at least we can tie it 1-1, after which I'd be confident in my allies voting out AJ over me.

I've done a lot of work on solidifying my position in this new tribe on a social level, as well as my place in the game. I've acted.. pretended. lots of acting.

But I only hope I can be ghost walking in the aftermath.

"monoceros"

- https://youtu.be/XqeAaSvDuJo

There is a *more* important part 2 but it had an error uploading so hopefully I can post that one soooooon

"monoceros"

- https://youtu.be/l9JGuhkUP5M

WOO

"vulpecula"

- Woke up right before the deadline for tribal to hear from Nathaniel that he isn't willing to risk a tie and is going to just vote out Nemo for the sake of keeping the peace and not going to rocks. I can't say that I blame him, because even though I'm willing to go to rocks here, it's not for the faint of heart. Still, it means that it's a forgone conclusion that Nemo's heading out the door, so I'm going to put my vote on him. Firstly because I don't want to stand out as a lone minority vote, but more importantly because I told Nicole, Pendant, Nathaniel and probably even Loren too that I would be hoping to keep Nemo around and I would push for him to stay, but if everyone else agreed on sending him home then I would too for the good of everyone else's interests. Nobody can question my honesty in the vote as a result of that, because I was literally entirely transparent all round long about what my agenda was, and I stuck to it entirely. I think that's going to serve me much better than if I got up on a high horse and whined about nobody making moves like people that've been heading out the door before me mostly did.

"equuleus"

- Aaaaaaaaaaand we're swapped! Personally I feel okay about this group because I've got Catnip and Natalie who I established pretty close bonds with on Monoceros, and from Vulpecula I've got Okie, Gevonte, and Matty. Matty and I have a little bit of history--nothing major, but we did play in an ORG together fairly recently in which I was an integral part of him being blindsided, so I'm optimistic we can start fresh here. Gevonte seems like someone I will click with instantly; he's got personality for days and we seem to have a lot in common. Okie is personally the biggest question mark for me because I haven't met him previously and based on first impressions, his personality is pretty laid back. I've also found out that at Vulpecula's second vote, Okie voted against Gevonte so I imagine we may be able to use that to get the upper hand, and judging from my conversations with Catnip she seems to be on the same page. So overall I feel optimistic that I can navigate this swap okay, as long as I'm able to form solid relationships with the three ex-Vulpeculas which, easy peasy.