Aliens, Please Abduct Me/Confessionals

Day 0
"yaknad"

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM

"yaknad"

- WHAT THE EF IS UP DWEEBS

"yaknad"

- Nothing special going on yet, but I got paired with Hickman. We've played before in WoTO, and we barely had contact there, so I'm really intrigued and happy to be playing with him here and tied into a couple. He said he didn't feel good about any of the starting challenges, but we'll see how it goes. Also, the whole season just makes me keep yelling HYPE :3

"yaknad"

- 703: Supernova has kicked off and in typical fashion for an atypical hosting team, we have much fuckery and bullshit afoot. I'm not exactly that keen on big format-changing twists in Survivor - I made that very clear in the last two seasons I played here - so I'm not exactly thrilled about this whole pairs starting twist.

I'm even less thrilled that I got put into a pair with a New Zealander, because other than the timezone advantage of us being awake at similar times, what can a kiwi really bring to the table? Nicole actually seems really nice, but I just don't know that I can ever overlook this cultural divide that will always come between us as neighbouring and oppositional countries. Gotta hate Lorde, gotta hate the all blacks, so by virtue of that I assume that I've gotta hate Nicole.

Since we're stuck together, I'll try my best to play nice, but I want to keep New Zealanders at an arm's length at all times.

"yaknad"

- Catnip and I are vibing! Chilling on Earth! Although I guess it's not Earth because we're in like...space? Interesting stuff.

I hope Catnip likes me and thinks I'm cool, but also it shouldn't really matter when we end up on opposing tribes.

If CJ, Blaine, Asa, Juice, or Mark are on this season I will go sicko mode.

Otherwise, I will go gamer mode.

Stay tuned.

"yaknad"

- I'm back and thank GOD I got put with the new guy.

New guy that also got runner-up...

...

and then there's me, who has only made the merge once in all of my ORGs.

Absolute bottom energy. FUCK.

"yaknad"

- I think this whole challenge twist is really questionable. The last time I played, I kinda half-assed the opening challenge for a similar twist like this, but obviously with how tremendously talented I am I absolutely obliterated all 22 other people and won myself the challenge, and between that, idol antics and the culminating vote, I made myself a massive target right off the bat. I also managed to secure the fact that even 3 days into the game I would have an undeniable win at FTC even if I did literally nothing for the whole rest of the season, but it made it kinda hard to get there in the first place. So, the question is really if I let history repeat itself. Do I really want to be the challenge threat guy this season? Like, is that really worth it? All for an idol too, not individual immunity like last time, so it's not even necessarily guaranteed safety. I'd probably just play it at the first tribal council on some easy and unanimous boot so I could 1-0 out whoever I like the least, but even then is it worth putting that sort of target on my back? Honestly, it totally would be, so I kinda want to win this challenge. The only issue is that it's not just me competing here. I have Nicole to consider, too.

"yaknad"

- Love this twist. I was expecting a 22 person anarchy and tribal like in MV so this is a nice way to ease into it. I've seen Andry around but never played with him, but he seems very nice and I really appreciate how he let me take the 2 challenges that I wanted. I don't even care about getting first, I'm scared of getting punished in some way. Toby said there was no punishment but we will see about that!

"yaknad"

- Despite the fact that I've mostly come to the conclusion that I would be all for taking this Guatemala idol since I could just use it up early if it comes as too much of a burden and I could have a lot of fun with how I do that, Nicole's pretty cagey about the idea of us winning. I wouldn't say that it's outright frustrating, per se, I'd just say that it's a really unusual adjustment for me to have to care about what someone else wants in an ORG, because I played my last season as a complete lone ranger. I literally never had a formal alliance, I just bounced around and made the numbers surround me whenever I wanted to pull off a move. I did that quite successfully, might I add.

That's where the issue arises here though; because in doing that I'd only ever have myself to blame if something went awry. Nothing ever did go awry and every time I went out to make a move, I succeeded, but had things fallen apart the only person that it would have cost is me. Since I'm shackled to Nicole for the near future, I do have to consider what she wants, since I'm not enough of a dick to just completely strongarm her into doing what it is that I want. That's something that I will always do in real life, since I'm very much the 'put everyone else before me, even at my own expense' sort of person, but in Survivor I don't do that because I don't want other people even around me. Allies just sound socially tiring, pretty cringe and kinda gay.

Idk what the point of this rambling actually is tbh because it hasn't help me come to any conclusions as to what to do, I think I just have to try my absolute best to give an average performance in this challenge; but that's normally hard to do since I'm normally the most talented challenge competitor by default. I guess I just need to keep the peace for now and do the less chaotic thing of listening to my partner, because we might have to still rely on each other for a little while longer, and I don't need to make more an enemy out of her than we already are slated to be, since she is - of course - from New Zealand. So yeah, no idol for me, no fun for me, ORG is shit and boring. :(

"yaknad"

- I also have no idea who could be on this cast. Gavin has been very active in the VC so it seems likely he is on, especially as a past winner. Andresca being here proves that anyone could be back. Catnip is likely also but I don't want to play with her lol. Don't get me wrong I adore Catnip, but she is very emotionally driven in these game and I don't want to end up on her bad side. As for Mount Vesuvius, I wouldn't expect more than 4 of us. AJ is likely, I also saw Brian and Tommy in the VL. Joe isn't hosting, and Sam and Zach are here too, so it could be any of them. There is also an array of people in the VL who have played. I am so excited to find out soon, but I am so nervous. Especially for the twists that are to come.

"yaknad"

- HE EATA DA MEATBALL!

"yaknad"

- Honestly I have no idea what I'm doing here. I thought I was done and dusted with ORGs but my brain is weird. I feel sorry for whatever computer they upload my consciousness to in the future because I'm a living blue screen of death.

So we got put in pairs and the only people the cast are aware of are the person in their pair. I could probably go far with my guy, Samb, seeing as he got runner up. I don't really know much of him yet and I'm hoping we can get this challenge out of the way quickly so I can know everything from birthplace to the wacky numbers on the back. 'Cause right now, the Incinerator is extinguished - but Byron ain't dead.

All my last games, my social awareness and social skills SUCKED. Imagine delivering so many sexy confessionals to get put on the dvd covers twice as a premerger only to be the dryest fucker of the century. I need people to be crying out MY name instead of their lover's when they have sex.

Byron out.

"yaknad"

- Coming into this season, I totally own the fact that I am a nobody on this cast. I was fourth boot on some rando season, and sorta just dipped off after that. I'm sure the other castaways are going to be thinking: "How'd this newbie sneak on the cast?" when they see me. Believe me, I am just as surprised as everyone else that I've gotten this second chance, but now that I'm here, I definitely have something to prove about myself. It's time to show everyone that this "newbie" got game. Last time, I came to play; this time, I'm here to win.

"yaknad"

- Genuinely, I've hit the ground walking.

There's no real like...urgency...

If I lose the challenge who gives a shit?

If I win the challenge I'd probably be publicly forced to use the idol immediately.

So let's chill and make friends with the nice person I've been partnered with!

"yaknad"

- Boy oh Boy! I am back! 7 years since playing in 703! how crazy is it? such big gap is considered big even on tv seasons! Known as the worst winner of 703, i am here to have a good time and hopefully take my head from following war news in Ukraine... (Slava Ukraini!)

I don't imagine i will know much of the cast, so it will be a task to give them a positive 1st impression and not "jump on" the close group of friends who will just take the numbers.

I Imagine Catnip to be in the cast too, as to my understanding - she is a big name in this org'ers generation. idk, i both hope we will get a few rounds chance to play, but also - it might be dangerous, as i was supporting her in few VL's she played in last few months, which if anyone saw - might connect us as duo - unnecessary target. but also also - in these games everyone has few pre existing knowledge of people, so not being completely alone might help a little? idk. idk... it's so complex as always! also, whenever she is or she isn't on the cast - i am sure she will be pissed at me whenever she sees me in the cast! few weeks ago i refused to play in her org due to "not in a mood to play" and now playing elsewhere? so douchebaggish move by me!

so far the only cast member i know is playing for sure - Devin! i think it took a little time for us to click, but by now (2 hours in the game) we might be on not bad connection (if he's not playing me). Both overthinkers, winners, in our early 30's, and claiming to not to know too many people in the community - that's what's the common between us so far, but also after a little colder start - it gets easier and easier to talk with him. That's always important. I hope we will get a chance to play together at some point in the game.

the twist of "you get to meet only 1 castmate on day 1" is a little underwhelming, as i got hyped before "cast reveal" but i guess it will be just the same hype tomorrow? we will see.

the head is full of thoughts now, but as it's 4:20am - i probably should go and rest a little (no 420 jokes, please! :) )

damn, it's so good to be back! Cheers!

"yaknad"

- I've been looking ages for an idol and the game hasn't even properly start yet.

What

is

WRONG WITH ME???

"yaknad"

- Well that lasted a long time didn't it LOL. I'm glad Andry is doing alright, it sucks losing someone that was so willing to give me the tasks that I wanted to do haha. I had hosted Pendant in Lithuania, and he was idoled out IIRC. He seemed cool, idk if anything necessarily sticks out to me. I just can't help but wonder how Andry and I would've done together had he stayed, but who knows, at least he pulled himself right away before we got too deep in. I would prefer Jigme as my partner but alas

"yaknad"

- So far Samb hasn't really said much, but then again it has only been 3 hours and we both completed our tasks immediately so maybe he's gone to do something else.

Buuuuuut every second I'm not talking to someone, I'm instead reading up everything I can about you. I'd like to thank the hosts of Lithuania for creating pages for each episode alongside their confessionals. I think I've gotten to know my new friend very well, AHAHAAHAHA.

"yaknad"

- Look who's baaaaaaaaaaack?! Little ole me :) I am excited to be back in the Supernova of Survivor. I am shook to be on this cast. But I think there is something different about me this time around. Last time, I was super passive and didn't really get a chance to make a big move. You might see more of the same, but a lot is gonna change (I hope bahahahaha).

"yaknad"

- The Survivor Universe is already looking out for me! I was supposed to be in the car during the reveal BUT LUCKILY! We have this day 0 twist where we are paired with people. And of all people, Emma is with me! I have just concluded an ORG with her not too long ago. But, we were not on the same side. But this is the opportunity to 1) gain an idol and 2) being able to gain a new ally from the start. We will see where it goes. But this game is already heating up!

"yaknad"

- It's great to be back in 703! Unfortunately, I only have one person to talk to and some not very interesting challenges, so there won't be too much to cover in this conf!

My pair for the opening twist is AJ! At first, when I saw his name, I thought he was a complete stranger, but then after doing some searching, I've realized that I'd actually played with him twice. Once on Twisted's Japan and once on Candienne's Krakatoa. I even logged into my old org account and went to see how our interactions were, and... they quite were lacklustre. I think we easily talked for more in the first hour of this game than for the entirety of the other two games combined. He was pre-merge both times, and one of the times I voted him out. As far as I can see, he wasn't the most active in both games. Then, I was planning on watching the Oscars, but the New Zealand stream was very laggy, so I gave up and decided to stalk his past 703 seasons instead. The impression I get from confessionals written about him is that he's a generally sociable guy, which matches my experience with him so far. He seems nice and rather chill, but I don't think we've bonded particularly well as I don't feel a significant social connection.

Anyways, moving on to my analysis on the opening twist. I usually jump at any opportunity to gain an idol, and I don't fair particularly badly when I have public idols. However, getting a publicly announced idol this early in the game seems dreadful; you stand out immediately as somebody with an idol and a physical threat. To me, it sounds like it'd completely destroy any hopes of longevity in this game. Sure, people might be afraid of voting for you for the first few rounds of pre-merge because of the idol, but sooner or later, the idol will either expire or have to be played and then you have no protection and a target on your back. Even if you manage to make a flashy move in the pre-merge, it just decreases your chances of making it farther in the game when the merge comes. I've pledged to myself that I'm going to try and play a more rational and less chaotic game, so I've got to think for the long term, and as such, I won't be trying too hard in these challenges. But, I won't be throwing either as we don't know whether or not the lowest placing pairs will end up with a disadvantage in some form.

Speaking of the challenges, I'm so embarrassed about how bad I did in the maths challenge. I didn't intend to do extra well as I'm uninterested in gaining the idol (in fact, I'd like to avoid it actively), but thirty minutes for four questions is absolutely dreadful. AJ seems to have done very well in the unscrambling, and we have a plan in place for Evil 2048 and the puzzle.

Today's probably the most relaxed I've ever been on an opening night for an ORG, but I am pretty terrified of what tomorrow might hold. I'm going to keep it breezy and go for a walk and see Uncharted now!!

"yaknad"

- I’ll have more words later but this is so that Isaac says I’m (still) a good egg 🤠🧡

"yaknad"

- Samb ain't all that bad, I think we could definitely go far together. Could there be a possibility of me moving away from him? Sure, but right now it would be dumb to push away a free ally.

I'm kinda anxious to see who is on this cast ngl

"yaknad"

- Wow! We've traveled all the way back in time to July of 2015! ...Which means I'm in high school again. Ew. I like this Nathaniel dude that I'm paired up with, he seems nice. He's going to university for bioinformatics, so he's probably a very smart guy. I'm trying to get to know him better before I start telling himself about myself, though. I learned last time that trusting the wrong people early on sets you up for failure.

"yaknad"

- I'm honestly so excited and amped to be here, you have no idea. That said, I am going to go ahead and do a typed confessional just to get down my general initial thoughts, as well as first impressions of my partner. It was an interesting night, to say the very least, but I am confident that it'll only get wilder from here.

We were informed initially that we would be split into partners, which I mean... is fine, I guess? I wasn't too blown away by this piece of information, since I doubt that these pairs will stick long-term. I introduced myself quickly to Okie, who came across to me as a bit eccentric, perhaps nerdy, but someone I could speak with. Not like.. the type of person I mesh with extremely well, but I do think we could form a working partnership down the line if it proves necessary. However... he did mention that he is also playing another ORG simultaneously, and in my long and colorful experience that tends to not bode well for your performance. I guess we will see.

Flash forward to the games and I.. am at a loss. I took a quick scan through the various challenges you'd assembled for us and there was none which I was proficient in at all whatsoever.

Am I good at math? No.

Am I good at puzzles? No.

Am I good at unscrambling words? No.

Do I know what 2048 is? Not a clue.

So as you can likely surmise, I was going into this very blind and very inept. My strategy was simply to play dead and hope that he'd pick his strengths, which he did in fact do. So ultimately I was stuck with completing the puzzle and the word unscramble.

Going into the scramble, I first organized all of the seasons in chronological order as a reference guide in one window, and then I had the scrambled words in the other. I think I performed middle of the road, honestly, but not at all a winning score. As for the puzzle? Well, we won't mention it, you saw how bad I did.

For now I'm going to try and speak with Okie a bit more, as well as prepare myself for the incoming tribe reveal. I do think that anyone who gets an idol via this method will have a massive target painted on their backs, so I'm not too interested in actually performing well in the challenge, contrary to what I might have said preseason.

I'm a high roller, so there's no telling what the cards we are dealt will be moving forward. I'm willing to take the risks and traverse the bomb field, just not in this particular instance. For now I'll merely play it safe and buckle up.

Until next time!

"yaknad"

- I am a good bean, the very best bean. And Okie is a boring bean.. very boring bean. Not showmance (fake) material at all.

"yaknad"

- after some discussion, ended up assigned to the jigsaw puzzle and Evil 2048. fine by me. the prompt said our jigsaw would depend on the pair. our pair was named Washington Pair. the prompt said "from Heroes vs Villains to Carthage". furthermore, it said 'circa 2016'. I checked the Heroes vs Villains season in the Wikia, and it was indeed set in Washington, and the season started in September 2016! so I downloaded their logo, uploaded it to my own Jigsaw Planet account, and practiced the 96 piece puzzle. had only couple runs, got 4:55-5min on each. I feel it's enough to make myself familiarised. I go to do the challenge - and it's bloody weird shapes. you know, those which would be circles if they wouldn't be pointy, and would be rectangles if they wouldn't be circly. got 5:37 on the jigsaw itself, but I think my upload was about 7 minutes, cause of course BOTH my Lightshot and Dropbox were down (due not properly restarting computer after a sleepless night). so I panicked, took a pic with my phone and uploaded that and now I'm gonna be disappointed with myself, cause that's not gonna be a winning score. just gotta hope that me having seen the logo before will have given me enough of an advantage against others who may not have had figured that out.

"yaknad"

- Hey guys I'm back it's been a long time since I've been on. I was super excited to get officially started but then the host sprung this day 0 twist on us and everything changed. I was fully expecting to be social and make an alliance as soon as possible and pull in people like I was pulling men and woman at the bar on Saturday. This twist is kicking my ass I suck at challenges and I flopped hardcore.. I swear I don't go challenges I'm just that bad. My partner is nemo and nemo is really really cool and sweet. He thinks I'm also very sweet and said I'm the sweetest person he's ever met and that his heart is melting talking to me and I was like oh my gosh maybe the old Natalie is back in a way. Honestly I guess so the old Natalie is back Because I took hours to do a simple 4 question challenge. I swear I'm not completely incompetent just partially. This season I wanna be more vulnerable and open with people and make those bonds because that is definitely something I have been struggling with and my everyday life as well I have been more guarded and keeping things closer to my chest because because of traumatic experiences. I also want to be a bit more cut throat. I'm really over people thinking I'm a dormat because I choose to be nice to others I think it's much harder to be nice to people than to be mean to people. I'm definitely gonna bring more of the sazs that I have in my everyday life but people who are usually close to me only get to see. I am quiet and reserved but it's always the quiet ones you need to watch out for because I will go off. Also I'm definitely gonna use my intuition scales to my advantage I am very good at predicting patterns and things that people do I have a gift for it. You aren't going pull wool over my eyes without me not realizing it I am no fool but I will play one.

"yaknad"

- Buckle up motherfuckers, it's time for my redemption arc. Conchdemption, the Conchening Awakens, Return of the Conch. Electric Boogaloo. I was supposed to be on the flops season but I knew in my heart I wasn't a flop, and I guess the hosts must've agreed because here I am! Last time I got voted out with an idol in my pocket, but now I'm wearing skinny jeans with no pockets, so history isn't getting repeated. I'm fresh off a win in Phoenix org, my ego is sky high, and now I'm back at 703, the first org I ever played, like a former nerd returning to my high school reunion to show off my juicy new ass.

It’s day zero and Jigme in his infinite wisdom has paired me up with CJ, an old school Facebook ORGer, and I’m psyched about this pairing so far since CJ and I have a ton in common, and he seems like a great potential ally. And to succeed in my quest of getting better than 12th place, I’m going to need allies. Ideally as many of them as possible. We’ve bonded over both being 5th placers on main, both living in the perplexing wasteland of upstate New York at various points in our lives, and just generally being fun, easygoing people. Yep, that’s me, very chill. Totally normal. Definitely no evil, chaotic bones in my body. The plan for now is to embrace my inner golden retriever, show CJ and whoever I meet after that how sweet and eager and out of my depth I am, and then once I reach that coveted final 11, I can finally unleash all the chaos in my heart. Like I said, buckle the fuck up, because I’m here to make this a season to remember.

"yaknad"

- https://youtu.be/DB6wEuHujy0

"yaknad"

- Alright! Day Zero! Can't say I didn't see this one coming. During the marooning I was pissed because I told my roommates to do their dishes... and none of them wanted to do it... and I was, to say the least, rather upset. But nothing like 703 Survivor to distract you, huh?

One of the biggest things I'm worried about right now is the cast. Because we got split up into eleven pairs, I have no idea who else is playing. I should've done my 703 homework over the past few months to figure out who the big names of 703 are and who could possibly come back... but I didn't. From my season, I feel like I'm almost certain that Nemo is coming back. Don't think we'll be put on the same tribe, but that will be very interesting. I think Pendant would be fun to play with again. I think I ghosted them a few months ago so that won't be ideal. Matty's another one I'd love to reunite with... especially now that I've seen his side and how he played Lithuania. Respect. Evan's also in the server too, but I would NOT want to play with him again after what went down in Lithuania. I'm surprised Kam and Ryan aren't playing this season... just based on the fact that they're not in the server. Cowboy detective skills, let's go.

Other names I think that could be in the season? I have no clue. From Meanjin... Catnip and Gavin feel like locks. It'd be interesting to play with them since Catnip hosted for me (love to the Katzole tribe) and Gavin gave me advice in the Auction. From Gotska Sandon... I think we could see Emma come back? I know she's a big name that I haven't crossed paths with. I don't know or recognize most of the Ethiopia's cast's Discords so I can't say much about them, other than the fact that BT could come back? I think he was a big name? Beats me. And then my knowledge of 703 is pretty much... blank.

However, the ONE player I'd love see play again... AJ. Call me crazy, but I want to either go to the end with AJ or have like, an all-season rivalry with him. We know each other from the Survivor Fanon Wiki community, and I know he just played in Mount Vesuvius and hosted Meanjin so he's still a part of the 703 sphere, but will he come back? That'd be absolutely bonkers. We'd have a STELLAR season if you get AJ and Samb in the same season. I'm manifesting it.

All in all, very excited and very eager for this season! It sucks because I'll probably be in a meeting when Day One starts, but I can't wait to see who I'm playing with.

"yaknad"

- I got paired with Byron... and I had no idea who that was. He played 703 Mohenjo Daro... which has a cool logo! But he somehow made the DVD cover despite being a premerge boot, so that means he was probably a major character. He also played main ORG's Sinai and Kingdoms Collide... and that's all I know about him. He said it's his first Discord ORG, which should be pretty interesting. We've had some good conversations; pretty typical "getting to know you" stuff. We're both here to rewrite our legacies and reputations - him as a lesser known Facebook ORG player dusting off his boots and me as the rookie surrounded by stars (both literally and metaphorically). I'd like to work with him down the line, but my gut is telling me that we're about to get split up.

The challenges weren't so bad. I did the word scramble (twice) and I think I did alright. I also did the order of operations... which was... a disaster. Very reminiscent of my Lithuania FIC blunders. I was adding numbers and equations to make them true, then I realized that that's not a challenge, and then I had to Google previous ORGs that ran the same challenge (shoutout to the 703 Wiki for giving me ACTUAL instructions!) Took me a good 30 minutes to do that... which means I doubt we win.

Byron did the puzzle (thank GOD because I will do my best to avoid puzzles this season! ESPECIALLY LOOPOVER. NO LOOPOVER.) and the 2048... which is cool, because I couldn't do either of those things. I don't know how he did for the puzzle since there's a wide range of times for puzzles, but I feel very certain that we bombed the 2048. Oh well.

What's interesting is that we're playing for one-use Immunity Idols... Safety Without Power But Still Some Power type of deal. These work through the pre-merge, and while Lithuania Samb would've made it his absolute priority to get them, I don't think it's all that necessary. Like I said, this season is going to be about me playing as *just* me. I'm not going to be hiding behind fancy advantages (though I am still to this day in shock that I amassed such a fortune in Lithuania) and cowboy emojis. I'm just going to be myself, and you know what? That's alright 🤠 You could be the good guy and just use them at the first Tribal Council, but because everybody will know about it, there's just a lot at stake. On the flip side, it does incentivize you to interact with whoever gets the idols just so that you're on their good side.

All in all, a pretty good Day Zero! I have NO clue what's going to happen... a quick Wiki search tells me that Carthage had the "Observer" twist throughout the season, and if we're going through time and space through the 703 lore, then I feel like that could be coming our way. It also said that Carthage had a 16-person cast... if they eliminate the bottom pairs and cut us down from 22 to 16... that would be BRUTAL. But I don't think that we'd just kill a good portion of the cast this early. After all, space is more fun.

"yaknad"

- I'm back, back, back, back, back again!! Coming back to this game is both exciting and nerve-wracking, but for the time being I don't actually feel that nervous... which is suspicious. With this Day Zero twist, the usual stress of beginning the game by talking to many different people for the first time is out the window--it's just me and Conch. There's a lot of uncertainty right now about where this game is going to take us. My gut is telling me that every pair will be split up after this round is over, and that I'm going to be on one tribe with Conch on the opposite tribe, which is okay in one sense because it means people couldn't target us for being a pair at the start. However, they told me they wanted to work with me which is very valuable right now. One thing I've learned from all the years I've been doing these things is that there's more to gain when someone approaches YOU for an alliance and not the other way around. It lets me know that I've build a solid enough foundation with Conch that they would like to continue on my side. That's basically what I'm banking on this season, is for my social game to do most of the work this time. In a lot of seasons I've played, including the last one I did, I was pinned as a big target for being a strategic threat. So, the goal for this season is not to be labelled a "strategic powerhouse" and to instead focus on solidifying bonds with people on all sides of the game so that I am always at a numerical advantage even if I'm not the only directly controlling the flow of the game. I feel fairly confident that this strategy will carry me to the end and win me the title of Sole Survivor--seeing as this is the final 703 season for now, this is the only chance I have left at the title. It truly is now or never.

"yaknad"

- Please don't put me on the same tribe as Okie. I've decided I don't like him.

"yaknad"

- So I get paired with Martynas and he seems like a nice enough dude; a fellow winner which makes me feel good. I wonder how many of us there will be.

Coming back to survivor fees a bit overwhelming. It’s been almost two years since I okayed Poveglia and I feel like I’m v out of practice. There has been years of 703 lore that have happened since then and I have not kept up with ANY of it. Also, like … ORGs are hard. Especially all stars. My season was filled with a bunch of jokers who were relatively easy to clown on, these people are theoretically stars. (I kind of course, I barely scraped out my win under very difficult circumstances)

"yaknad"

- Whew here we go! First in the-- uh, hello? ECHOOOOOO. I am now in the dark recesses of space with only myself and new friend Caeb with me. Ok but seriously this season already looks like its gonna be wild, Day 0 and i get to meet Caeb who is super nice and chill and we have to compete for a public idol???? Like huh?? On the one hand id love to have it but on the other Im bad at managing advantages so its probably a good thing i flop at challenges. But Hey at least I get this cute pre game connection. Im just ready for the wild ride they have in store for us

Day 1
"monoceros"

- IM SO HAPPY AJ IS PLAYING 🤠🧡 BEST DAY EVER

"monoceros"

- Oh my god, this is like… Jerri showing up at the first Immunity Challenge of All-Stars and Colby looking PISSED. Yay! Nemo! Oh my gosh, this is gonna be INSANE.

"vulpecula"

- Cast is being revealed and Nicole is on there who knows how completely insane I am. I'M DOOMED.

"vulpecula"

- Aliens, please abduct me.

"monoceros"

- Early prediction: This purple tribe is going to lose a LOT.

"vulpecula"

- Nicole is my saving grace, these people are TERRIFYING.

"vulpecula"

- I have dm'd 7 people in this tribe so far. I AM CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE.

"vulpecula"

- Well, I’m excited to be on this season! Lowkey feel out of place next to a shitton of amazing players but I guess I’ll make the best of it. This is just an intro confessional, half so I can be called a good egg by Froggy/Isaac. More in depth confessional on day one coming later.

This is time for me to not get a Natalie White edit and maybe become a two time winner? idk I just hope I make jury at least

"vulpecula"

- Finding out that me and Nicole are on the same wavelength is so damn good. Panic mode is over, it's FINALLY time to start playing.

Gonna talk about my other constellation mates soon.

I need a better phrase than constellation mates jfc.

"vulpecula"

- I am absolutely SHOOK at this cast. Like every person coming up I was like H O L Y SHIZ. So many legends in this community are on this season and they chose ME?! Absolutely WILD! This is my first time returning for an ORG so we will see how it goes. I hope that I am set up well, but we will see!

"vulpecula"

- Looking at my tribe, I am super intimidated. I didn't really expect that to happen. But with people like Nemo, Nathaniel, Conch, Isaiah, etc. is insane. I really need to rely on my social game in order to make it through these first few votes if we go to tribal council. I am excited to chat with everyone, but I am also going to really need to build relationships to start this game off.

"monoceros"

- CJ and I spoke quite a bit about the last ORG I played, SurvivORG, and I was able to confide in him my doubts and worries. An endearing moment, I do believe that it brought both of us closer together, vulnerability can be good in forming a relationship. A little excerpt, I do believe he is someone I can trust for now.

https://gyazo.com/b5c06da321f716619e2a9c1c826855be

"monoceros"

- Well, we came second. I guess that's a fair enough compromise in a pair challenge where my teammate expressly told me that she didn't want to win, but I had a burning desire to fuel my ever-hungry ego. I was the second best performer out of all twenty-two people, only being beaten on consistency by Henry, which I'm also fine with because I'd be a little concerned if I stopped *that* low that I was mopping the floor with people by an entire 1000% of their score. Henry is also someone that I actually trust to get given the Guatemala idol, too, so it's overall just a good result in general. I'm still big challenge boi, but I don't make an early enemy out of Nicole for forcing us to win against her will.

"monoceros"

- Well, I have probably texted as much as I have the entire 2022. We are BACK, baby!

Let me start with a cast assessment! AJ is... AJ. I have no words for that man, a legend among peasants. I don't know who Nicole is!

I don't know CJ! I vaguely know who Conch is!

I don't know AT! Nathaniel! Whatta host!

I know of Natalie! And then NEMO! MY FINAL TWO! Of course he's here. I can't believe it. I mean, I figured he'd be here, but it's just insane that we're playing again. Gonna be fun, and I WILL vote him out this time (Shark Bait 2.0?)

AND THEN CATNIP! KATZOLE! UWU QUEEN! Made Lithuania the warmest experience ever. And I think I know of Hickman? Heard of them.

Byron is a legend already.

I... forgot who Caeb was... I forgot he was on Ethiopia and not another ORG I am so sorry that was embarrassing. Gevonte looks oddly familiar but I don't think I've seen him play.

Never heard of Loren. Also forgot Okie was from Ethiopia... I am so sorry again.

PENDANT. OH DAMN. I had a good feeling they were gonna be here! Damn pesky bird. This one's gonna be fun. AND ISAIAH? Isaiah's Draft 3.0? Or IIIsaiah's Draft? Or Isaiiiah's Draft? But this is lowkey a Lithuania reunion and I'm LOVING IT.

Figured Emma was gonna be back. AND THEN MATTY!? FOUR OUT OF THE FINAL FIVE! ICONIC! AND MY SECRET PARTNER! Hype aside, I'm a bit intimidated because I had no idea how much of a game he was playing on the side. Totally underestimated him.

Never heard of Devin. I think Martynas was a Mercenary in Lithuania? Or am I thinking of someone else?

A lot of big names... and I'm just honored to be among the stars. We did it. This is space: the final frontier. And this is OUR story 🤠

"monoceros"

- We finally got split into tribes, and just as I mostly expected, we were going to be in tribes against the person that we spent the first day with. I sort of figured as much, especially since the Mount Vesuvius structure of the 22 starting cast going down to 21 and then forming tribes of seven wouldn't have worked with the pairs format, and they wouldn't have had pairs for nothing. Still, I'm not too fussed about being split up from Nicole. I don't have any negative feelings towards her or anything, I just also don't have any massively positive feelings towards her, either. She's just alright, and I'd work with her eventually down the line if I saw fit, but I'm under no immediacy to go running over to her at a potential swap or merge that may unite us in the future. I care way more about other people in the game and care about making connections on my tribe that are going to last longer than the twenty-four hours we spent together, so that's where I'm going to be putting most of my energy now.

"monoceros"

- Again, I can't believe I'm texting this much. But hey! Made it through Day One! And I'm on the purple Monoceros tribe. I keep thinking of "Mono Rhinoceros" every time I see our tribe name. And we're eleven! The biggest tribe I was on in Lithuania was nine! So that's a bit of an adjustment.

I haven't been messaging much lately (I know... I should text my friends more) so it's just been so scary seeing double digit notifications on Discord. I'm glad I don't have homework tonight because I've just been doing my introductions... and so far so good.

Can't believe I'm doing a trust ranking... but let's try it out. Memes aside, I trust AJ the most right now. Partially because I don't have to go, "Ohh that's cool! Ahh gotcha. What's up? Lmao that's so true," wash-rinse-repeat. I can just be myself and we can goof off. So that's nice.

Right next would be Catnip? I think? Feel really warm towards her but also very cautious since she knows how I play. But I'd rather have Catnip as a buddy instead of a menace, so that's going to be the plan.

I really like CJ! We made the New York connection early on and we've just been talking. Getting to know each other type of deal. I think he'd be fun to have down the line.

Natalie and I have just been bonding over food. And I think I said this in a confessional in Lithuania? Or I wish I did? But food brings people together. That's a fact.

Loren's chill. Got to talk about socks with him.

It's a bit difficult for me to talk to Devin? But he seems really nice! I'm just not used to the way he texts, but that's okay!

I'll put Pendant here because everyone else after this is represents the "Oh I don't know them but they're good" category. I feel like there could be tension coming from Lithuania... and I didn't return their message in February... and just me not being close to them despite making it to the final five. Love them, but we gotta make things work... especially since I have a sinking feeling there's a "Sink Samb" alliance of Matty and Nemo. Miss those two.

I wanna get to know Caeb more! He seems really cool! Just a shame that he's going out tonight.

Emma was out for most of the night, but I'm a fan. I've seen her play before and she seems like an ally to keep.

At the bottom... is AT! Sorry, AT! I messaged you once and that's all we got! But I believe in you! We can do it!

All in all, just... a pretty solid tribe. Like I LOVED Azuolas and all, but there's just this... sense of fun and laid-backness I get from Monoceros. Love em! We're sharing pet pictures and having a good time! And nobody wants to be the first star to fall, that's for sure.

"monoceros"

- The monochrome tribe or whatever name our name is idk we're just fucken midnight purple whatever our name is is irrelevant I don't give two shits about astronomy. Back to the topic. The monochrome tribe is kinda shit if I'm being honest. It has me on it, and that's the best thing a tribe can have going for it historically, since I literally went to one tribal council all of pre-merge in Vesuvius - a 22 cast season - and almost singlehandedly won immunity every single other round (sometimes I literally did singlehandedly win as our only competitor). I have a great track record, so our tirbe should be in good standing for that. I more so mean that the tribe sucks because there's just not the right people here.

I really didn't like seeing AT be active in the pre-season viewing lounge because he had no business being there if he wasn't on the cast, but I also think he has no business being on the cast. He's actually one of the best friends I've made in the ORG community but I do not want to play in an ORG with him at all, much less on the same tribe as him. We do not remotely have a good track record together in ORGs and I almost always vote him out or at least survive over him and go further, but not without me spending way too much time being concerned over him inevitably blowing up his game for no reason and me being caught in the crossfire. I need to be able to play my own game, I don't want to have to stop every five minutes to make sure AT is keeping up and/or put out any fires that he starts and ensure that he's making correct decisions and not saying dumb shit. Idk, I know that sounds incredibly condescending and there's no two ways about that. I would honestly love nothing more than to be proven wrong, also. It'd be awesome to see that he's learnt from his mistakes and he plays a really solid and sound game. I'd love that for him. If it doesn't though, then I fear for what caring about his game will do for my game. That's ultimately the biggest issue; that I actually do really care about his game because I really care about him as a person. I feel like I almost have to older brother him in a way and have a duty to protect him for some dumb reason, and that's not good for me, because it means my attention is too divided and I'm not concentrating on what I'm doing. Idk, hopefully all of this is unnecessary and he's come into his own as a good player by now, but I'll need to see that first.

Caeb is cool. I really like Caeb. I remember saying something in my confessional chat about really not liking Caeb but I was probably just being immediately reactionary to one little thing he said as a meme. I think he's awesome and he's the person I'm going to get along with the best until we get split at a tribe swap and don't talk again afterwards, just like what happens to me in most ORGs with people like it did in MV with big Aaron and Hesh. Whatever the case, if I had to pick one person on this tribe that's going to be someone I go to and trust, it's going to be Caeb. Plus he called me a bro and I'm so down for him to just tuck in next to me and think I'm no thoughts head empty frat bro sports guy. He's not entirely wrong, but it's still a good thing for someone to think about me in a largely mental game.

Catnip is someone I really, strongly did not want on my tribe, but now that she's here I think I have to just play ball with her and put up with her. I wanted Hickman on my tribe more than anyone else on the cast, so for me to have gotten her out of their pair, I'm kind of annoyed. I also H A T E that she has the idol, because she is the single least responsible person on this tribe to have an idol. I hosted her in Meanjin, I know the exact sort of game she plays, and it's the exact sort of game I want to distance myself very far from. Don't get me wrong, I really like her as a person and we get along fine, but like I said we just have a huge clash in play styles, similar to what I said about AT. To put it simply; she's the exact person I want to be friends with, but the person I least want to be strategic allies with. Still, I'm inevitably going to have to be on her side, at least for the start of the game, because she has an idol, she has trust for me, and she's going to want to stick by. I'll just stick by her until a swap where I can hopefully trade her out for Conch.

CJ and I are actually talking a fair bit and getting along, which is cool because I haven't spoken a word to him since Sumbawa despite us exclusively having mutual friends from the community and running in the exact same social circle. So, if he's willing to build a bridge with me and work together, that's probably a really safe and concrete option for me, because I think he plays a pretty sturdy and reliable game that I'd be more than okay to go along with for now. If I had to rank everyone, he's definitely second for me, right after Caeb.

Devin. Devin, Devin Devin. I have no idea what to feel about the guy. It really all comes down to what his true intentions are, and I just don't have a good read on him at all. I'm a pretty open book as a person, so when we got talking and he was telling me about all the good things in his life and asked about how mine's been going, I was honest and upfront with him about how shit things have been with my uncle passing a month ago and how much that's fucken crushed me. He was actually really cool about it and we got talking about grief and things along those lines, mainly because he's a funeral director and I also work at funerals, which is something kinda weirdly coincidental for us to share. The issue is; this isn't new information to me. I know he's a funeral director already, because I hosted him in Poveglia. That's also where this being an issue comes from and why I don't trust that he's being genuine and real with me. He's said in the past on his application to Poveglia; "During the day, I work as a funeral director, convincing people in various states of emotional collapse to entrust me with large amounts of money." Bro has literally said that his strategy in ORGs is to convince people to do shit and to trust him by manipulating their emotional state of grief. So, yeah, if he truly is well-intentioned then I appreciate the conversation, but given there's a non-zero chance that it's complete cap and he's trying to prey on shit going on in my life, I'm going to keep some hesitance towards him.

Emma doesn't talk much but I have double her follower count on Twitch so I think I shouldn't be seen talking to her since that's kinda below my paygrade and she can't sit at the real influencers table yet.

Loren and I spoke in the literal most surface level way imaginable, and I don't think I have any real desire to work with him right now. I wouldn't be opposed to it, but I also find him kinda boring. Again, I'd love to be proven wrong on that and we end up best buds or whatever, but the first impression I have isn't that strong yet.

Natalie is awesome, we all know this, and it's why I don't know if I should work with Natalie. We all know how great Natalie is to be around, and leading up to the season I've been hopping on voice calls with her a bunch in the VL, but I just worry that Natalie is going to be someone that so many people gravitate towards working with, and I know for a fact that there's going to be people that get along with Natalie way better than I get along with Natalie, and those people are going to usurp me in whatever pecking order Natalie ends up building around her. Still, if it came to it, I would love to work with Natalie, I just don't see a whole lot of longevity in it because I think - like I said - she's always going to be the sort of person to have a plethoric amount of options around her so if I'm not the top priority I'm disposable.

Pendant is a nerd and plays league of legends competitively and so I'm going to push for him to be first boot if we lose because I'm cool and I play sports and touch grass and drink alcohol and fix cars and shit and he's a dumb nerd that I should be pushing into a locker. The locker is like, Ponderosa? I should push him into Ponderosa.

Fuck Samb.

So, yeah, I don't actually have a whole lot of negative things to say about my tribe, just that there's nobody other than Caeb that immediately jumps out as being someone that I really want to work with on a close level. So, I'm going to just bide my time for now and see this tribe stage as a stepping stone that I have to rest on for a short while, and I'll just set my sights instead on waiting out the time until I can get to Conch and actually have someone I care to work with.

"vulpecula"

- Long time no see. Its good to be back baby!!! It felt like I was so close to winning last season and the loss was honestly tough to swallow. I'm coming back with a bit of a chip on my shoulder and I'm hungrier than ever. This seems like a stacked cast and I know everybody is gonna be playing hard and going all out. I don't know a ton of people but I have a few connections. Nemo is my guy he's a ride or die in another org and we work really well together I expect us to be tight here as well. I also know Conch and Catnip from hosting Ethiopia and of course Caeb who I played with last season. I don't think there is any bad blood between us and I think we would work together if we meet up. I spent day zero with Loren who struck me as a little apprehensive to working with me but if we meet up I'd be down to see if we can make something happen. I've spent the last couple hours just putting in the time to show that I am present and start building some social bonds. In a supersized cast full of really talented players I think my ideal strategy is gonna be to let the game come to me in the pre-swap. I can't win the game in these first few days but I can sure as hell lose it. I need to be social make the rounds everyday. I don't really want to initiate too much game talk maybe with one or two people. But the goal is enough people feel decent enough about me to pull me into things or at the very least not vote me right off the bat. Once I slowly get myself entrenched in the social dynamic is when I can really start going to work and doing damage. But for the first couple rounds i'm going to talk less and smile more, not let them know what I'm against or what I am for.

"vulpecula"

- I'll start by saying, thank god AJ and I didn't win the idol. I had a feeling AJ did well on his parts of the task, but I really felt as though my maths would've dragged us down. Half an hour on four math questions is still ridiculously long, and the fact that I got 4th out of 11 is still quite astonishing. I placed higher than I would've liked, but my scores themselves were pretty middle of the pack, which is mission accomplished in my eyes.

As predicted, the pairs got separated into two relatively large constellations, which has honestly been exhausting. I'm not sure if it's just that I'm not used to socialising org style anymore, or if discord is just a platform on which people tend to be more spammy, or if this cast is just unusually active, but holy hell, I haven't been able to catch a break at all today. From when I woke up to now, it's been non-stop talking, and the thing is, since my goal is winning this time rather than creating bonds, I'm way less invested in these people than I would typically be. I don't want to care about their personalities or lives; I only need to care about how much I can make them like me, which sounds quite psychotic and cold now that I've written it down, but oh well. It's the cost of putting all my efforts into winning.

Onto the meat of this confessional, my thoughts on the rest of my fellow... constellations? Usually, I'd detail what we talked about and possibly even rank them in order of how much I like them, but this time, I'll purely assess them in terms of the game. Also, I haven't done my background research (or stalking, whatever you want to call it) on anyone just yet because I just haven't found the time with all the socialising. Without further ado, let's get into my first-day impressions! (We'll go alphabetically).

Byron - Based on previous encounters, his physical game isn't that strong, and his opening twist challenge performance was mediocre at best, so he is not a concern on that front. He's always radiated some somewhat unhinged energy, and this season seems like it will not be an exception. We both claimed to want to play less messily, but I don't believe he actually will, as I know from personal experience that it's tough to let go of the chaos and the entertainment. He has already offered me a partnership, and of course, I accepted. Additionally, he's also talked to everyone apart from one person, who I suspect is Nathaniel. I'll be keeping him at arm's length for the foreseeable future, or at least until he proves himself to me somehow, as he can be unpredictable. Our conversations were quite dry (at least for my standards), but I think he likes me enough to at least keep me around for the pre-merge.

Conch - Their challenge performance was also mediocre, and I feel we have the foundations for a strong bond. They went out of their way to mention that they felt very comfortable and free to express themselves around me, which could be good. We haven't had any strategic or game talk yet, which is normal and expected. I can see myself going deep into the game with them as of now, but I'll need to see how they tick in terms of strategy and gauge a more accurate picture of their physical play.

Gevonte - I didn't get to talk to him much at all because his response times were so goddamn slow. We played on Mount Olympus together, and I feel like there's no bad blood. I mean, I'll be honest and say that I thought his Mount Olympus game was terrible and that he was completely Cammy's goat, but that was 3-4 years ago, and that obviously does not automatically indicate that he'll be bad in this game. His physical performance in the opening twist was also mediocre, which is accurate to previous experiences. Overall he's probably my second weakest connection on this tribe.

Hickman - Big threat. He's not an under the radar type of player at all. He got first place in both of his challenges by a long shot, graduated with first-class honours in computer science, and is currently doing a PhD. All of this tells me that he's very bloody smart. But I feel like his choice to not try and hide this was pretty poor. He has the idol and told me he's considering playing it in the first round to lower his threat level. Why he even bothered to do well in the challenge if that was his plan is beyond me. He's painted himself as a highly formidable opponent and brought attention onto himself unnecessarily. His conversational skills aren't the best, as I often felt myself carrying the conversation on my back. Advantages of allying with him would be our similar timezone, making talking more accessible, and the fact that he could serve as a decent shield.

Isaiah - We have effortless conversations. As such, I feel the most connected with him socially. Again, there was no game talk which is fine, and his physical game once again seems mediocre. I definitely feel like he likes me enough to keep me around for a while (at least based on first impressions). He's for sure a potential long term ally.

Martynas - I talked to him a lot as well and found a lot of common ground to work with. He was a challenge beast seven years ago, which is somewhat meaningless since I imagine the challenges are different these days. Performance in the opening was middle of the pack!

Matty - I've talked to him the least, and I wouldn't be surprised if he has barely spoken to the rest of the tribe (as of halfway through day 1). I know essentially nothing about him apart from the information from his intro. Mid-tier challenge performance, and apart from that, I've not got much to say about him.

Nathaniel - He was inactive for the first 8 hours of the game and then quickly went off to class after a brief appearance. However, we were pretty good friends before I left the ORG, so we managed to have a good conversation whilst he was here. Another mid-tier challenge performance. He's not a weak player by any means, but I'll need to observe his gameplay in this specific season more to decide what my game plan with him would be.

Nemo - Honestly not too sure how he will juggle playing, going to school, and maintaining a healthy, consistent sleep schedule given how active this cast has been so far. I reckon a person can only maintain two of the three. Challenge performance was upper tier, second only to Hickman in this constellation. Given he went to sleep quite early, I haven't talked to him as much as I would like to, but there's a solid foundation here.

Okie - I had super long and in-depth conversations with him. Not sure what to say regarding my first impression of his challenge ability, given that he got both dead last and first on his tasks. We didn't talk any game either.

Honestly, writing these descriptions was rather tricky and felt somewhat dry. It's hard not to go off on a tangent about what I talked about with various people, which would be easy to write but not very valuable or insightful for the game. Overall, the people I said the least about are probably the people I see myself working with the most, as that means that I haven't found any glaring problems or things to complain about concerning them just yet. I reckon I did a decent job at being likeable and building bonds, but I won't get complacent or cocky. Multiple people have gone out of their way to mention that they enjoy our conversations a lot (or even the most), which is probably false flattery, given that I've said something similar to every single person apart from Matty.

Trying to be a complete and utter game bot is more difficult than it sounds, but I will try my best regardless.

"vulpecula"

- OKAAAAAAY. Here we go, my constellation assessment.

Conch - me and conch haven't talked all that much but I honestly want to know more about them. Just something about the vibes they give off is just nice, LMAO.

Gevonte - has good choice in tv shows, no choice but to stan

Hickman - Hickman legitimately has me stumped. I'm gonna completely disregard how long they've been in the community, but like I cannot look at them and make any sense. They are an enigma and idek how because absolutely nothing gets past me. They have an idol though so ig I have to keep them close.

Isaiah - has a nice dog :)

Martynas - While our conversations aren't exciting or anything, I can talk to this guy until the cows come home and I'm sure that's valuable to him ig

Matty - I feel like we're kinda opposites, in a way that I kinda struggle on talking to him, but I'm gonna try my hardest to get on this guy's good side seeing as there are 2 other Lithuania players here.

Nathaniel - I feel like Nathaniel is probably the most aware person in this game. If I'm not careful around him, then he could possibly destroy my alliance with Nicole rugoegrthrtyh.

Nemo - ANOOOTHER LITHUANIA PLAYER. Nemo is def gonna do well in challenges I feel like.

Nicole - Sinai legend, what can I say?? At first I was so anxious but oh my god I can talk to Nicole for hours and not get sick of it, we could dominate everyone if we put our minds together. Except we're both smooth brains so watch us blow up.

Okie - He's okie. I really do need to talk to him more though

all in all, what a sexy constellation. If you saw us through a telescope you'd go blind bc of how amazing we are

"monoceros"

- With the initial batch of socializing out of the way, I can now sit down and write down my thoughts properly on what transpired thus far. Once again, I'm amped and excited to be given this opportunity, so I don't intend on messing it up! That said, we were quickly separated into two different tribes, with the pairs being split up. (thankfully no Okie, that means.)

I immediately got to work on my social game, reaching out and getting to know the various, colorful individuals on my tribe. At first look I have this sort of vibe and feeling that our tribe is going to be inferior in challenges, so it's likely that purple will see tribal council quite a bit. It's paramount to get a solid footing in the social game if I'm going to go the distance.

I'm going to give a Day 1 Rankdown on my fellow tribemates, at least those I've met. Initial opinions and whatnot, my favorites, from most favorite to least favorite. Something I intend to do moving forward, but these are all very tentative since it's still so early in the game.

1. CJ: Out of the gate I feel that I've vibed most with CJ. We spoke about our past playing together on the Genius, we spoke about our music tastes and gave one another recommendations (to great success). It was an all around good experience, I feel like he's someone I could trust moving forward, but I'm not sure what his perception is of me.

2. Pendant: I feel that I've gotten along pretty well with Pendant. He's somewhat of a quirky, eccentric guy, but I really adore those traits in people. He told me he likes me the most so far, which ofc is like one of those statements people say a lot in ORGs, but he's given me zero reason to not trust him.

3. Devin: Devin and I had somewhat of an endearing conversation the other night. He told me the emotional story of how he became a funeral director, in return I told him about my own experience with funerals.. my older brother having died not long ago. It was a heart warming conversation and he seems like a good guy, albeit a dangerous one.

4. Samb: An even quirkier sort of fellow. He shared with me his sock collection, our conversations have been a bit off and on, but I do like him. He comes across initially as not very threatening, but maybe that's the angle he's trying to play up.

5. Natalie: I really adore Natalie as a person and think she's really sweet! We spoke about our shared interest in anime, and I even gave her a recommendation of my own. However, I get the vibe that she can be very easily manipulated, not that I intend to do that, but it's something to keep in mind moving forward.

6. Catnip: Catnip and I spoke about her crocheting hobby, she showed me some of my work, and she's really talented! From Lithuania, so it's a weird time zone thing, but thus far she's been really nice.

7. Caeb: Caeb seems like a very wild fellow, but I can vibe with that. We didn't get tons of time to talk since he was busy with a birthday party, but the little we did he seemed enjoyable. I'll have to feel him out a bit more.

8. AT: From what we spoke, we seem to share a lot of interests, it's just another case where he didn't talk all that much. Seemed to be busy with schoolwork, then I passed out when he was around more actively, but he did state we share a lot in common, so I'll try to capitalize on that.

9. Emma: Emma just really wasn't around last night at all whatsoever, which is fine. We can't expect everyone to socialize constantly. I heard mention from another that she was also not around, and she apologized in the chat, probably just a busy night for her.

10. AJ: Unlike Emma, AJ was very visibly around and talking in the main chat, he just did not respond to any of my outreach or message attempts. Thus this puts him at the bottom of my list, because at least Emma has an excuse. I'll have to see how this develops moving forward, but yeah.

All in all, they are a solid bunch. I'll keep my rankings updated throughout the season and episodes, though maybe not quite as detailed or long as this one. I'm nervous for the challenge, but we will see!

"vulpecula"

- Day 1 of my quest to no longer be a flop. The hosts have told us there are no idols, at least for now, which is great news for me as I rewrite my legacy, because I can't be voted out with an idol in my pocket twice if there are no idols to find. The first thing I need to not flop is allies, so I'm talking to everyone. People have called me a social player in the past, but I have nothing on some of these people. They're more talkative than my cat half an hour before dinnertime. I woke up this morning to 56 unread messages from Nicole, who is out here trying to set some kind of DM world record on the first day. That said, I love talking to Nicole - she's probably the person I feel best about so far, and maybe Nemo as well. They're both bubbly, lovable extroverts, maybe more so than I am, and I want to surround myself with people who will shield me from the spotlight, so that once the sneaky little snakes start scheming, I won't be their target this time. My first plan to not be the first boot of Survivor Supernova is to win this next challenge. If that fails, my plan is to hide in the corner while everybody else points at each other. Some of that is already happening. Byron is trying to oh so subtly plant seeds that Hickman and his idol are big threats, except it isn't subtle at all. Keep up the good work, Byron. I love nothing more than a feud that doesn't involve me.

"monoceros"

- initially, I planned to give you a detailed, sequential trust/likeability ranking, but now it kinda feels too much.

so a limited version is that my main loyalties are probably with Samb and CJ, closely followed by Caeb and possibly Pendant. I loved hosting Samb in Lithuania, so he's my lovable grandpa at the moment and I'm gonna mama bear protecc him if needed. CJ is the one I talk to the most and I feel he could relatively soon become my #1 for that kind of active connections. Caeb I have been friendly with before when we played in WoTO, and while hosting him in Ethiopia; and then I'm neutrally positive about Pendant in general, but he seemed to be excited to be playing with him, and that kind of attention/emotion is very easy to bribe me with.

most others I still talk to, but just doesn't click with the true care from my side, at least not yet.

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- oh damn! i had completely forgot how weird and at the same time exciting day 1 can be! hosts were nice enough and got me in a tribe with 2 legendary old schoolers Nathaniel and Gevonte + 8 amazing newer players. Loved my chats with all of them!

Nicole reminds me of my niece and we have amazing chats about life!

Byron is another superfan and we geeked out about old school survivor players!

Okie and Conch are the legends with who i kinda combined both kind of chats (life + survivor).

Conversation with Isaiah wasn't long, but it was super strong, talking about Ukraine and his boyfriend being in the army...

Hickman was.... kinda strange...like:

Hickman about Nicole: oh really? Another New Zealander? I need to talk with people more!

Nicole about Hickman: ya, i know he's from NZ. Strange to see more people from my timezone!

Lol at Hickman for trying to hide such meaningles fact as you talking with other tribemates before! What's the point of lying about THAT?

and of course super nice reuniting with Nathaniel and Gevonte. we never were super tight, but it's nice to see familiar faces, who i always respected.

a little less chat with Nemo and Matty. That's for tomorrow i guess!

day one survived! cheers for 38 more days!

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- Okay so. Nicole and I are NZ Besties

Nemo and Isiah and I are WOTO Besties

Nathanial and I are Old School Besties

Trying to find some way to connect with Conch, Byron, Okie, Matty, Gev, and Martynas.

Day 2
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- Already found 2 potential thingies for the idol within half an hour since the announcement. I can't fully figure them out yet, and will probably start sharing info - ideally with Samb, and possibly CJ maybe - but I'm so stoked and just proud of myself in the first place.

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- Abandoning my constellation to go find an idol like the king that I am.

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- I want to be the flag making bitch so bad but if I fight for the position and we lose then I'm dead meat LMAO

"monoceros"

- Day 2! Woohoo!

Alright, it’s been a WHIRLWIND of a day. Still talking to everyone, still testing the waters. Nothing much has changed, but I still love all of us magical unicorns.

The challenge is here… and I don’t know what to do. I would do flag making, but I know that my dear companion AJ has it in the bag. Trust in your friends! And I don’t want to do any math or any puzzles… seems like I have to do the cups? I took about ten minutes last time, and I think if I can tackle it in the right way, I can figure it out quickly.

But! The hosts have made a mistake! We got our idol grid today, and there was a clue attached to the document with the challenge. Except! On mobile, you could see it in plain sight!

Thankfully, AJ was first to message me, and we started looking together. Like I said, with AJ I don’t have to be polite and cheery and interested and engaged 24/7. Not that it’s a bad thing! But I can just… be a bit more… goofy? Genuine? Something like that.

Then, Pendant messages me. Okay, cool. We agreed earlier in the day to look out for each other, which I think is neat. So I have two people to help figure out this clue.

Then CATNIP messages me about the clues. We’re having a party, like, 30-ish percent of the tribe is out here just searching for the idol. I was gonna make dinner, but the idol was just… what a thrill!

I personally don’t want to hold onto it. But if I know who has it, I think it’s even more powerful. That’s huge information. And because I have three people helping me “find” it, I just need to stick around and hope I’m the one that has to keep it a secret. And I will. A cowboy never reveals his secrets.

On the bright side, I’ve got my first alliance! The Lithuania Squad! Catnip, myself, and Pendant! Love them! They made work of the clue; I think they’re stumped at the same spot as AJ. But I feel good being in a group of three this early in the game.

I don’t know what challenge I’ll do, but I feel good! Tomorrow’s Survivor night too! That should be fun!

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- clearly, Pendant now went really high up my trust list. sending all 4 clues so early and so unprovoked showed he really trusts me a lot. and because he was more positive to me than negative, this instigates loyalty in me as well. so yeah, that's a somewhat new direction. he also offered to work with Samb for Lithuania reasons, and I was stoked about that.

and we are really close to finding that idol, we're on the last stage. speaking of idols, he pretty much told me I needed to play mine the first tribal we go to, so that's an annoying angle. he's now the third person to remind me about having an idol - seriously, others think about it way more than I do. we'll see how that goes when I get closer to it.

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- Heading into this immunity challenge, I really want the win. I like my tribe. I think they are all great. But it still feels like we are walking on egg shells---I mean constellations up in here. I think a win would be good for 1) tribe unity but 2) time for me to navigate new relationships. Also I am really having to put myself in check when it comes to replies because I often times get nervous. But people have lives and I just love to text back IMMEDIATELY. Something to think about...maybe with my counselor but idk.

"monoceros"

- Me and AJ found all the (ridiculously cryptic) idol clues, and we've spent half the day trying to get it. Now, originally the plan was for me to snipe it from him when we got close enough, but I've changed my mind on that. Mostly because I would never figure the final clue out on my own, but also because AJ's a friend outside of the game, and he's been looking out for me so far, even when he really hasn't had to. I'm sure everyone else here knows each other and has pre-established relationships. Even me and Devin never even spoke on own season. AJ is really the only friend I have out here, and I really want to look out for him.

"vulpecula"

- Hello hello! Haven't written one of these since 0 so let's get to it. I actually want to stick to writing confessionals often for once. I'm pretty sure I barely gave any in MV and idk if AoV even had confessionals sadly, even though if it did it would 100% be as bad as bb11. BUT we are finally in tribes, and thank fucking god it's not anarchy or one world. Having 10 people to dm is stressing me out, I literally could not imagine 21. Idk how I actually got through MV doing that. I guess my new to orgs self was riding the high of being on my first all returnee season and ready to have at it. I honestly can't believe I am back again. This won't be my last time saying this, but I thought my run was over after MV. Like I thought my arc crashed and burned after my flippy floppy disaster of a game, but I am so happy to be back again. And it feels different this time. I felt like such a fish out of water my second go around. Literally only a couple months into playing orgs and I right away end up in an all returnee season with people that have been in the community for years. I had no idea what I was doing or what to expect, which lead to my impulsiveness obviously. I was so intimidated and did not know how to play without letting myself get caught up in emotions. But now that I am back, I am so ready to play hard. And I know for a fact that I will not be letting myself be my own worst enemy again.

Also Josephine said AoV birthed multiple legends and the only people that fall into the category are me Sherlip and maybe Sam so I am assuming that is about me <3.

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- I'm not gonna do a trust ranking yet because I feel it is too early, but I'll give an early assessment of my tribe mates.

Byron - Seems nice? I am not familiar with him at all and we have only had quick convos about pets so far. Not much to say here, hopefully we vibe more but if not then go piss girl.

Conch - <3 so happy they got another chance, they were robbed to hell in Meanjin. I've vibed well with them so far, and I hope they get good vibes from me. Would love to work with them.

Gevonte - I think this is our second official time playing together, I think Gev is a very cool person. Easy to get along with, plus we are bonded forever after the Devil's Cauldron disaster. Even though we were on opposing terms in BB11 I hope we can do well together this time.

Hickman - It's so hard to know if he actually likes me or not lmao. He reminds me of Linus. Like a New Zealand Linus. New Zinus. I don't know what it is, but his lack of seriousness makes him so hard to read. Nemo proposed that us 3 stick together as "WOTO friends" and I'm down, but I was surprised to hear Hickman stick to it since we dmded eachother ONCE in WOWO. But if he wants to work with me then I would love that.

Martynas - Martynas has been so nice thus far. Very kind in dms, offered to have my back during my trip this weekend. I think he is a very genuine person and I think he could make for a great ally.

Matty - Haven't dmd Matty too much, but I let him know that he can dm me whenever since he seemed apprehensive to when I'm offline. I like him, just not a strong connection yet.

Nathaniel - I am so happy we FINALLY get to play together, after forever of knowing each other and hosting together at least 3 times. Hopefully I can rope him in easily.

Nemo - I've known Nemo for awhile also, hosting him in one of his first orgs. Him saying he looked up to me as a player shook me because I didn't think anyone thought of me like that. I definitely got his back, and I hope he will be loyal to me.

Nicole - Icon. Literally sends me 40+ dms at one time and I love it. We have such long conversations and I don't think I've had that so quickly with a stranger in an org. She's a threat, but I would love to align with her.

Okie - I like him a lot. Very cool dude and I am hosting him in Nipvivor. Not too talkative but hopefully I can break that shell because he does seem cool. I do know him and Nemo are playing together in Nipvivor, so I will keep an eye on that.

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- I'm supposed to be writing a paper, but I'm bad at focusing, so instead I'm going to write out my impressions of this tribe. Everybody has been wonderful so far, and it's going to suck if we have to go to tribal. In order of incredible vibes, new BFF to who? why?, we have:

Nicole: I love Nicole so much. As evidenced by the fact that we each send each other 60 DMs in a row, all day, every day. Could easily see her being my ride or die. I'm trying to gauge if she's like this with everybody, or if I'm special? If she's like this with everybody, she must be spending literally all her spare time DMing, so I'm cautiously optimistic.

Nemo: My impression of Nemo from spectating Survivor Lithuania was that if you form a bond with him early, he'll take you far, even if he really shouldn't. He's also been eager to play an org with me for a while, so I think if I can lean into that, he'll be a really good shield and a loyal ally.

Nathaniel: A really lovely, genuine person, someone else I've been looking forward to playing with for a while, and conversations with him already feel easy.

Martynas: Also a total sweetie. I think he's just really happy to be back after all these years, and with his huge target as a legendary oldschooler, I think he could be a terrific shield.

Hickman: Similar to Martynas, old schooler with a heart of gold. His social game could use some work, but I think we're vibing, and having the chance to bond with him over the 7 blooms game was great. He also has seemingly no interest in threat management.

Isaiah: Isaiah is great, and someone I already had some level of familiarity with, since he hosted me on Meanjin! I think he may struggle a bit to connect with everyone, so I could see myself being higher up his trust rankings than he is on mine.

Gevonte: The person it took me the longest to connect to, but now that we're talking I love Gevonte. Very funny, very energetic, and not afraid to speak his mind. Yes icon, please by all means start a flagmaking pissing contest with Byron! Love everything you're doing to keep the attention off me!

Matty: Matty is extremely nice and friendly, and also pretty dry. It's becoming clear that we have very little in common, but I think he could be a good ally, so I'm going to keep trying find new ways to connect with him.

Byron: Byron has probably come closer than anyone else has so far to throwing out names, at least in his DMs with me. He keeps talking about Hickman's idol, like he's subtly trying to plant seeds about Hickman being a huge threat, only it's not subtle at all. He also was not pleased about Gevonte coming for his flagmaking throne. We've bonded about being premergers and needing redemption, but I unfortunately think he'll probably be a premerger again, just because it's only a matter of time before he gives people an excuse to cut him. For now though, I think he's someone who I could use to sow discord around camp if need be.

Okie: I'm a little surprised Okie is so far down on this list, but considering how well he did on Ethiopia, he's not as social as I expected. He also knows I know his game better than anyone, so I'm worried he might be a bit wary of me.

Really though, we better not go to tribal, because I truly have connected with everyone at this point, and voting anyone out would absolutely suck. " "vulpecula"

- ignore this message, just writing random text to test something

"vulpecula"

- I am SO close to this idol I swear to god, let me have this one please.

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- Challenge done, not super confident...15 minutes and I didn't actually double check for anything.

Live by the swag, die by the swag I guess.

Even if I do win, which I'm not super confident I will, I need to rely on 10 other people doing well...not sure...this is not based...

"monoceros"

- So, a little birdy told me that there were little scraps of an idol clue hidden around the server, and so I figured I might as well put some time into finding them. It was at that same point that I decided I couldn't be bothered actually doing that, so I found three of them and just brute forced my way into solving the puzzle. After all, it's about working smarter not harder. Either way, I knew that I was going to be able to figure out a lot of it, but also that I'd get stuck eventually at some stage. That's where I decided to branch out to people as a sign of trust and let them know everything going on. It started as a simple operation, where I recruited Samb, AT and Caeb to help me search (but realistically it was just me solving things and telling them the answers). Unfortunately, I hit a wall. A really long wall. I just wasn't solving shit, so I decided to expand my operation and cast a wider net. Given they were the only two people online that I didn't tell yet, I let CJ and Catnip in on the clues and allowed them to catch up to where I was at with a few hints here and there (though Catnip actually got a lot of the puzzles on her own). Finally, I got them up to the puzzle I was stuck on, and lo and behold; both of them solved it pretty promptly, seeing what I was missing, and the exact purpose of telling them was realised as they proceeded to both inform me as to how to solve the puzzle for myself. Like I said kiddos, work smarter not harder. If you can't do something, find someone that can do it for you. I then swiftly sent the idol clue to everyone else I'd been working with, and now unless something's happened that I'm unaware of, we're all stuck on presumably the final puzzle together. I know what you may think; "why not just find the idol for yourself?" The thing is though, I wasn't going to. I knew how Toby puzzle searches work, and I knew I'd come unstuck somewhere, so I wanted help. If I'm going to get stuck and not be able to find the idol, I absolutely want the idol to be in the hands of A: someone I can trust, and B: someone I know is searching for it. If the idol's not in my pocket, I want to know whose pocket the idol is in, and I want to make sure it's not somebody that I definitely don't want having an idol. Catnip is almost in that latter category, because she already has one idol and is a somewhat frantic strategic player sometimes, so the idea of her having two idols does scare me a little bit, but I know that the two of us have enough of a foundation for trust for each other that we can rely on each other being honest enough to each other. I still don't think she'd actually tell me if she had the idol, but I trust her enough to not use it against me. That's the thing; this whole operation is so high risk, high reward, because I've effectively given five people a lot of information but not told any of them that the others know. All it takes is for them to cross reference and throw me under the bus and I'm in a lot of trouble. Still, there's so much worse things to get in trouble for than building trust and loyalty with people, and I always have that as an easy argument to clear my name (though it would need to be seen if people actually believe it or not). With the last clue not being solved any time soon, I think I can call it quits on my idol operations for the day though, and I'm feeling pretty glad about how I've let the whole thing unfold.

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- Fuck space, all my homies hate space. Constellations? Maybe pretty, but also fucken stupid. This flag is ugly and messy and way too glitzy and sparkly and shit, but what else am I meant to do with constellations? There's no way for it to *not* be tacky. Idk chief, I don't reckon I'm winning this one. The other tribe has to do a yellow flag which is only ever worse than having to do an orange flag, but if they have someone with even halfway decent creativity when it comes to space shit, they'll beat me. Really wishing we just had a fixed location so I could do something culturally based, but I think my record is about to go from like, 20-1 in flag challenges to 20-2.

Day 3
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- I AM BYRON CINDERS, DESTROYER OF WORLDS AND THIS IS MY CORONATION BITCHES!

WE WON THE CHALLENGE AND I CAN FINALLY CHILL.

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- Yeah, I'm a bit of a gamer.

In other news Nicole has told me about three idols clues...based to space!

"monoceros"

- Sooooo we lost the first challenge ... badly. Like, really badly. It's an embarrassing display, but I guess our consolation prize is that we get to vote someone out.

So I feel like I'm in a decent spot for the first tribal. I've been talking a decent amount to most people, and I feel like I can work with Cat, Loren, CJ, Caeb, and to some extent AJ. The rest of them seem to be surface level for now, but I can work on that.

No one seems to be wanting to throw out a name right away, which isn't surprising. The last thing anyone wants is for someone to throw out someone's name and have it get back to them. Seems like a great way to get voted out first. So instead I've decided to take a different tactic.

My main plan is to go to all of the people who I feel good about and ask them who THEY feel good about. From the looks of the preliminary work I've done, it seems like a lot of the people I like like each other, which is good. So once I can get a loose group together, all we need is to have one person throw out a name, then we can jump on board and cruise the group to victory.

Is this playing a bit passively? Maybe. But in the first vote all that really matter is that someone you don't care about leaves. If it's Natalie, or AT, or Emma, I don't really care. We're still going to be garbage at challenges anyway lol.

ALSO, Pendant has decided that he trusts me enough to tell me EVERYTHING he found out about the immunity idol clues that he found. I'm not sure why he thinks he can trust me with this information, but he definitely can't. I took the info and figure out that ... more clues are needed. Womp. Well, someone's going to have to get sacrificed (shoutout to the only named episode of Poveglia - named by yours truly.) and it's sure as hell not going to be me.

"monoceros"

- We lost. I lost the flag challenge, which I did kinda assume would happen. Now the question becomes who's going to get the boot tonight, and I'm actually pretty unsure of it. I would have said Emma was most likely to go home previously, given she's the least active within our tribe, but it definitely wouldn't be right to vote her off after she was one of the only people to score in the challenge and the rest of us got absolutely destroyed. My personal next choices would be either Loren or the furry kid, forgot his name. I've barely spoken to either of them, I don't really vibe with either of them, I don't have common interests with either of them, and I have no qualms with either of them leaving. I don't know if there's actually legitimate grounds for them to be targeted, but I'm going to see what I can do about it anyway. That I know of, there's really no grounds for anyone to be targeting anyone as of yet, so I'm going to just let things play out and unless I'm asked by someone to expliclty state who I'd want gone, I'm not going to go too gung ho on targeting anyone. It's early days, and early days on an all-star season no less, so you have to do the little tip toe tango bullshit of people skirting around the question of who needs to go home, at least until everyone's paranoia settles and they're willing to make a real move.

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- SOOOOOO HAPPY we won immunity yesterday. I truly would have NO CLUE what would've went down. Everyone on the tribe seems to be avoiding the strategy talk and letting the conversations flow. Isaiah was talking to me about it as well, which was comforting to see. I will say I still am sussing out the vibe of the tribe. Feel like I am disconnected in the tribe. But no fault of my own. I have conversations every day and I am trying to connect with people as best as I can.

"monoceros"

- My perogative tonight, really, is just about who stays, rather than who goes. I have people that I don't want to see leave under any circumstances, but as for who the target is out of the remnants left over, I don't actually really care that much. As far as I care, AT, CJ, Samb, Caeb and Natalie are all people I want off limits. I don't actually have much trust built with Natalie or anything, and I also worry about working with her because like I said in another confessional, she seems like the sort of person that's going to be one of those ally magnet types that just has everyone gravitate towards her a bunch, but I also think that's exactly why it's not feasible for me to target her this early. Outside of that, Catnip and Emma both won their challenges, so they should get to stick around based off that. That just leaves Loren, Devin and Pendant, and I think any of the three going is fine in my eyes. Could not care less which of those three goes. If I end up hearing a name other than theirs floating around, I'm not entirely sure what my play will be, but if I get the opportunity to throw out a name or I hear that it's one of those three being discussed, I'm more than happy to let them go. I just don't want to lose anyone that'll be a great prospect for me to work with, and I don't see those three as fitting the bill.

"vulpecula"

- I truly do not know who I want to align with and I am worried that I could be too little too late. But then again, everyone is holding their cards so close. I feel like I am also forced to hold my cards close. But I am glad I can give it a few days to settle into see what's next for me in this game. 36 days to go.

"monoceros"

- I would have loved for us to win today challenge, but we just flat-out got beat. Bad. It is what it is, so now it’s time to go into tribal-mode.

"monoceros"

- AJ said something to me today that really made me think. We were talking about the vote, and I asked him who he wanted out. He replied with “I don’t really want anyone out, I just have a couple of people that I want to stay.” After he said that, I sort of had an epiphany: when you cast a vote, you’re choosing who goes just as much as you’re choosing who *stays*. My biggest mistake last time was only focusing on the former, and I ended up voting out the only people who could have worked with me later. I don’t plan on repeating my mistakes. So, I’ve got a list of names that I am NOT writing down: AJ, CJ, Devin, and Pendant. That list is subject to change as the game goes on, but as it is, if the group consensus falls on one of them, I am going to fight hard to keep them in.

"monoceros"

- well, losing is never fun. also, there were people like CJ, Devin, Loren, Pendant, who really adamantly wanted to go for a certain challenge, and then they lost. some of them by even quite a margin. and yet I won mine when it was essentially a leftover challenge (I had 3 I said I would want to do, and one I didn't, and Pentomino was neither of those). CJ says "oh, at least I lost against Hickman" (who is now deemed to be the math prodigy and challenge beast of the whole game). dude, your score was over an hour, it doesn't matter who's on the other end of the duel, that's embarrassing. if I didn't like him [CJ] as much, I would probably deem him my target. but I do like CJ, I like him a lot, and it's not like it was him who caused our tribe the tribal - only 3 of us (yours truly included, thankfully) won our duels, so that's not really the factor for this vote here, I think.

speaking of the vote, it's about 10 hours in and I have not really heard any names. well, Pendant sort of threw AJ and Emma, but that was only in out Lithuania squad alliance, so that's not officially throwing out a name. before the tribal, I felt accidentally pressured to play my idol otherwise I would be targeted, but I'm not playing it tonight (I still have under couple hours to do so at the time of writing, so in theory who knows, but that's quite unlikely to change, I think). the main reason for that is that I feel safe. there were several people who started talking to me about the vote pretty soon after the announcement, and I think at this early stage this is a sign that people want to work with me, not try and conspire against me. aside from my Lithuania squad alliance with Pendant and Samb, I have intention offers for a majority alliance from Loren (Loren, me, Pendant, Samb, CJ, Devin), and the ground work for a starting group from Devin (Devin, me, CJ, Caeb, with potentially Loren). Natalie messaged me almost immediately, AJ this morning also inquired about the vote.

like I said, people are not really throwing names yet, but we are talking about whom we like to keep them safe, and for the most part the names that come up are the names I'd like to keep as well.

the one I talk to the least is probably AT, but if Pendant wants Emma out, I could very easily give in to that - but only if others are down for it. no matter what I tell her, she has betrayed me too many times and especially the last one - Verona - was nasty. so I'll want to gun for her sooner or later, and if I can make it happen here without being vicious about it - I'm fucking down.

"monoceros"

- Pendant kinda wants to do AJ, and while I wouldn't feel upset about it, I'd rather not. AJ seems to want to work with me, and he said he really liked Samb, which is group-useful.

"monoceros"

- Well, no one is throwing out a name, so I'm throwing out Loren's. AJ doesn't like him, and that's enough of a reason for me. I have class during Tribal, so I really can't wait for an hour beforehand just to have the vote drift onto one of my allies. If anyone asks, I didn't start it 🤷‍♂️. Let's hope this keeps us safe.

"monoceros"

- It's been a bit interesting so far on the purple tribe. I'll try to touch all the bases, but I'll no doubt miss something somewhere. However, in essence, I do think that I'm in a fairly solid position. My social game has been focused upon a few individuals, and I've suffered elsewhere with like AJ and Emma, but I don't think they have much stock currently anyways.

Pendant and I have become really close, sharing the most messages out of anyone in the cast. Devin and I had an endearing moment early on and he said he considers me one of his closest, the same with CJ.

I really do not trust Catnip, there's something about her that I do not like, idk. Samb, however, I'm neutral with. I do know through Pendant that the three of them have an alliance, but he's not revealed whether or not they found the idol. However my suspicion is that Catnip does in fact have it, and I'm also somewhat 'hmm' about her not playing her idol here.

To combat this threesome, I took in CJ and Devin to create my own three person alliance, BUT I didn't clue Pendant in on this, since I'd rather have that as a back-up in case he tries to fuck me over. I also believe in this game that information is power, so collecting it is key in holding sway over the tribe at large.

I heard through the grapevine that AT threw out my name, including from Emma as well, but at this point I am more focused on not causing too many waves. I do believe that I have the influence to switch the vote if I were to push it REALLY hard, but I'd rather conserve that for a more pressing matter. It wouldn't make sense to rock the boat this early, which is funny considering my day 1 tactic on Heroes vs Villains. I've truly matured since then, I guess.

As for those not in the alliance? I am mostly neutral on them. I really like Caeb, and he's told others that he likes me too, so I'm glad he may have my back. Natalie has been quiet, I don't think she has tons of strong bonds. I do think she could be an easy number down the line, however.

I ranted and raved a lot in my thread, but the vote is actually quite simple and straight forward. I really know nothing about Skye Islands, tbh... but it has been a quiet location, at least with our tribe.

But it looks like Emma will be pushed over Skye's edge.

"monoceros"

- Also let me just say that Catnip is a bit childish for being so strongly against Emma over a past ORG. That irks me to no end....... done. CJ had me wary, but it's a lot better to mend those bridges than to not.

"monoceros"

- So far I think I'm doing a solid enough job of working the social game, and just ensuring I'm within the numbers no matter how the vote falls. Normally I would do a one-by-one assessment of each person on my tribe but this time everyone is sort of in a category now. My favorites and closest numbers on the tribe would probably be Caeb, Natalie, AJ, and Loren, and then the people I really like are Catnip, Emma, and Devin, and then Samb, AT, and Pendant are just alright. Either way, I think I've positioned myself well in this tribe because I'm currently in a majority consisting of Catnip, Pendant, Samb, Devin, Loren, and I, and I also have side agreements with Caeb, AJ, and Natalie. My only concern with the dynamics of this tribe is that it seems clear that Catnip, Samb, and Pendant are a trio given that they were both apart of Lithuania in some way. I very much believe that those 3 are a tight unit and while I am not looking to cause a rift right now, it's important that at some point I take care of that before it becomes too much of an issue. For now, I'm just going to sit back and cross my fingers I make it through this first vote because I think once that happens, I'll be set for quite some time.

"monoceros"

- So far this tribe is pretty interesting. It does kind of remind me of Africa as far as I'm aware there arent any alliances you're a license but it seems like everyone wants to work with me and they run back and tell me everything. I'm just being myself being honest keeping it sassy light and fun. But our tribe really flopped at the challenge. Only 3 people out of 11 won their section. Im just praying that we can win next time because I want to avoid going to tribal as much as possible. I mainly vibe with CJ, Caeb, Loren, Catnip, and Pendant. Last night Pendant decided to share with me some clues he found for the idol which I'm grateful for because I wouldn't of noticed. Tonight for tribal one person I think is a little to eager to make a move. AT tossed out Loren I'm thinking what?!?! Where did that come from because the only names mentioned was you and Emma. It's not a good look when people don't really connect with you and then you toss out a random name like that. I could understand if there was a good reason for it but there wasn't.

"monoceros"

- so it looks like it's going Emma. good. great. brilliant.

I am a bit worried Loren might end up a bit upset with us not going for AT, when AT directly threw his name out. but I just can't pass up the opportunity to get Emma out so early. if Loren does feel like retaliating, I feel I'm still safe? like, within our 6, there's the our Lithuanian trio, and I'm fairly certain CJ would have my back over Loren's, if needed. and I think people like Caeb, AJ, and probably Natalie would want to keep me.

"monoceros"

- Losing the challenge... oof. Don't have much words for that. I knew that the only task I could *possibly* excel in was the flag making... but we have AJ for that. And then it turns out AJ didn't score for that too. Oh well. It's just... painful to see us lose 8-3. I don't blame us; there are a LOT of challenge beasts this season, but it just sucks that we lost.

The good news is that I've been able to lock in the majority with Catnip and Pendant! Yay, Lithuania. We've got CJ, Devin, and Loren. I like those three. CJ and I have that New York connection, I've had good conversations with Devin, and I'm really enjoying getting to know Loren. I got to name the alliance... and I went with the Silly Six. Alliteration always absolves all! I still want to downplay my unspoken-but-also-is-it-even-a-thing alliance with AJ and I'm feeling closer to both AT and Natalie, so that *should* cover my bases... for now. Haven't really spoken much with Caeb or Emma! But I like them both too! But that'll be a problem! Because! We have Tribal Council! And I don't want to go from 2nd to 22nd!

"monoceros"

- Right now, the vote's between AT, Devin, or Emma. The problem is AT is trying to target Devin, who is in my alliance. My alliance wants to get rid of AT for gunning for Devin, but I'm doing my best to try sway the vote to Emma. No offense to Emma - I feel like she's a strong player and I don't really have any issues with her, but she's the target for the vote. I'd much rather keep AT around because he could be a good ally as opposed to someone I don't really know that well.

I'm glad I played on a 16-person season where the largest tribe I was on had nine people, because planning for Tribal Council with ELEVEN people has been quite confusing. This is all-stars, so NOBODY wants to be the first person to throw a name out there. The second someone throws bait into the shark tank, everybody's gonna swim in that direction. I'm both terrified and excited to see how it all goes down.