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Day 25
"katzole"

- So the 4 people in the minority split their votes 3 different ways... okie dokie. And the two that actually voted together just got split up. This seems way too easy for Nemo and myself to run the table. I expected the leftover Ruta members to try to make a big play to seize the numbers and yet... none of them even approached me.

Anyways. We just gotta make sure that Anubis and/or Matty don't try anything funny. Or Samb for that matter. After thinking it over, I'm a little skeptical about Samb's reasons for voting off Neb. We had that “Isaiah's Draft” alliance with Neb, and yet Samb flipped on it just like that... it's a bit of a red flag if I'm honest. I think Anubis will be pacified so long as they feel in control. Matty I think will try to make a move with me at F7 maybe. Samb is really tight with Nemo, so hopefully that means Samb will stick with me since Nemo is so high on keeping me around. I want Frog or Piper gone next. Neither of them do anything for my game atm.

"katzole"

- Tribal went perfectly last night! Evan went home with 5 votes which is exactly what the alliance was thinking would happen. And after learning Pendant knew about the vote was a little uneasy for me. And after seeing my name come up at tribal. It definitely showed me that I need to make sure I am setting myself up for the future.

"katzole"

- The auction was very interesting. I unfortunately didn't get any sort of advantage or anything. Just a nice Forrest lesson....yay. Makes me feel a little powerless in the game. But, I have had some good conversations with the people who were left on the outside of the vote and I am trying really hard to hint to them that the door is not closed for me. I don't think the time is nye yet. However, I want to make sure I am ready to use them when I need to make my strike.

"katzole"

- Looking forward, I was really looking to take myself, Anubis, Samb, and Frog to the final four. However, I talked with Anubis and he asked me if I would be willing to go for Samb after Pendant goes home. This was not the ideal scenario for me because I trust Samb fully. I know I can't beat him and I can't take him to the finals. However, I would need him to take control. I might have to rework my plan and try to see if I can make any headway with Piper. Might need some help on that end of the world ahahaha.

"katzole"

- Just when I thought I could account for every advantage in the game... it's time for the Auction. I've never seen how the ORGs do the auction, and if anything, I'm a little relieved we're not bidding live. I don't want to get too paranoid or worked up over it since it is a blind and silent auction, so hopefully Carl-bot did wonders and that luck is on my side.

"katzole"

- The truth always comes out in the end 🤠 Yeah, I had to tell Nemo and Ryan about the merged tribe idol. Whoops! I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to use it until at least the final five, but oh well. I think I should be feeling relieved and excited that my alliance has two idols and an Extra Vote, but in the back of my mind, I know that it most likely won’t be smooth sailing. But you know, today’s been a really good day so far, and I’m just going to keep my chin up and my cowboy hat on.

"katzole"

- My luck's about to run out soon, but I got three out of the eleven urns in the Auction. I'm honestly surprised that my strategy to randomize my urns and how much money I'd spend on each worked, and it worked a lot better than I expected. So thank you, Carl-bot. When in doubt, always rely on him. Even if he did send me to New Ruta.

$40 got me a bottle of Holy Water... which is actually a White Pearl! Very nice. So now I've got an Extra Vote, a Hidden Immunity Idol, and a White Pearl. Fingers crossed I don't get voted out with any of these. Pendant outbid my $40 for Urn 3 with $120. I don't know what that could be. And I got outbid again by Frog when he put $500 on the challenge advantage. And as an aside, that pastry looks delicious. I put most of my money on Urn 9. $280 bought me the best prize of them all... https://tenor.com/view/gavin-text-change-colors-explosion-animated-text-gif-17569315. Gavin! I honestly have no idea what sort of Sole Survivor-ly knowledge I will receive, but I'm actually excited for this one. Like, I don't care if I'm just going to receive selfies and messages that are just "Gavin" because wow! A legend! In my midst! And last but not least, I spent $60 to Talk Like A Boomer. I think that's a very creative punishment, and there's a lot you can do with that... especially when you have a grandmother that sends you copypasta levels of motivational messages and low-resolution pictures of Bible verses at 4 AM in her timezone every day. So yeah, that one will be fun, but hopefully I don't get voted out for being too annoying. But I'm gonna own that one. All in all, I had fun in the Auction. Relieved that nobody found the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, though I can't quite imagine what other things were up for grabs. There were five hidden items, and I got three of them. I'll assume that the idol clue was also a hidden item, so out of the six hidden items, I think that there were three prizes and three punishments. I'd say I lucked out since I got one of the two prizes that people bid on, but it does make me wonder what the other prize was. I hope it's not Cowboy Repellant or something like that. Really intrigued with the Mercenaries twist. Someone joked that they'd enter the game as a mercenary the other day to avenge Kam's elimination, and a moment before the twist was revealed I said that Lithuanian Lumber Services was going to play in the Immunity Challenge. I hope that they don't enter the game though. I have no idea who played in the past 46 seasons, so I'm just going to have to put my best foot forward... and wait until 4 am to do the challenge, I guess. Things are a lot luckier at 4 in the morning. I had something else I wanted to add here, but the next time you hear from me, things are going to get a lot more... boomery.

Day 26
"katzole"

- Well. My worst case scenario for this round happened. Pendant winning immunity really puts a dent into my future plans. I really needed Pendant out in order for me to put into motion my plan. However, things are going to change. My alliance reallyyyy wants Frog out now. Mainly because of Piper's inactive streak. But after talking with Piper, I have seen that there is a lot more to her than anyone else knows about. I am hoping keeping this relationship can still help me. But I am also just nervous of how I can move forward.

"katzole"

- I feel very powerless in this game right now, to be honest. I feel like Nemo and Ryan have the biggest power in this present moment. I am not great at challenges, I can't seem to catch a break with advantages, no idea where the idol is at, and now this mercenary twist is going to once again have me out of the loop when it comes to what the advantages are. UGH I am frustrated. But I have to play with the cards I'm dealt. I'm not ready to Fold.

"katzole"

- Holy fuck we have a lot to catch up on. First, Evan voted out.

Evan going home is pretty good for me especially after finding out he was gunning for me. Still, I kinda dont want Pendant to go home yet. I really hope he wins immunity so we go after Frog instead. Speaking of the challenge, I kinda threw it! I mean, not really. I just didnt try as hard as I could, I have sucked at the last few challenges and it wouldn't hurt to play up that role. The clues are really fun though. Mercenaries 👀 Pretty cool twist. I wont be touching that for a long time though unfortunately. Trust Rankings 2. Nemo 3. Matty 4. Ryan 5. Pendant 6. Samb 7. Piper 8. Frog

"katzole"

- Apparently my punishment starts next round 🤠 oh well.

Darn it Gore Girl… I realized I was wrong as soon as I sent the message. And Norwegian Food? Where did that come from??? I don’t know, but I did a lot better than I thought I did! So hooray for AP Lit actually being useful in a real-life scenario. And hooray for an original and exciting challenge idea. Unfortunately, the alliance was all set on taking Pendant out… but he has immunity now. I think the five is set on getting rid of Frog. That sucks. I don’t know why we’re keeping Piper, but I’ll stick to the plan, I guess. Sorry, Frog. But here’s where things get interesting. Matty told me that Anubis is going to try and take me out next. Not surprised there, Anubis is the one person in the five that I trust the least. I think I will have to use the Holy Water in the next round if that’s the case. Matty also said that he’s suspicious of Nemo and Ryan as a duo. And he tells me this as Nemo and I are laughing at typos in our direct messages. I know I can’t play two sides forever, but things are going to change soon, that’s for sure.

Day 27
"katzole"

- So, it seems like the Azu Strong alliance wants Frog out. I really hate that is the way this vote is going. However, I also know Anubis wants to get Samb out after this vote. And I wanted to reach out to both Samb and Nemo. Samb is my number one and I want to keep him safe. And Nemo has been big on Azu strong. So I want to test to see how much traction Anubis has gotten on his plan against Samb for final 7. I am not sure how they will take it. But we shall see.

"katzole"

- Wow. Samb took that soooo fast. He was ready to pounce. But I am worried that we will not be able to pull the numbers together. So I will go talk to Nemo and really see if Anubis has made his rounds.

"katzole"

- Low and behold, Nemo also was unaware of Anubis' plan. And almost IMMEDIATELY wants him to go. Like wow I knew this guy was Azu strong but he really does not like betrayal. So glad this happened instead of me trying to flip on Nemo and Ryan. I hate it for Anubis because I was thinking this would be a F7 or F6 vote, but everyone has really turned on Anubis so fast. Nemo wants to pull in the P-Twins (hehe) to help us out. I want to keep Frog in the dark about it though in case he does get wind and try to tell Anubis. But hopefully I can squeeze my way into this. This worked out absolutely flawlessly. Brb while I type up a draft of my resume.

"katzole"

- I do want to be clear that I can see the possibility of Ryan and Nemo flipping on us as well. I am confident that this plan is coming together. However, it came over a little too fast so they could be leading myself or Samb to the slaughter house and I am just clueless to it. But only time and the votes will tell. Crossing my fingers for my outcome to come out on top.

"katzole"

- Honestly, really having doubts about the vote for Anubis. I really do think it is the right move for me anyway, because it definitely leaves my options open for future votes. But part of me also thinks this was wayyyy too easy. I mean one minute, we are Azu strong. Then almost instantly after telling Nemo, Samb, and Ryan, they flip on Anubis. Seems suspicious. But I have made my bed. Now it is time to lie in it. I'll be shaking in my boots at tribal. And if this plan does come through. I think I will have a lot more power in this game for sure.

"katzole"

- Samb revealing his idol in the gc immediately after Nemo asked about it felt very rehearsed. Almost like those two already discussed it in DM, but Nemo decided to not exclude me.

Anyways, I was extremely busy this cycle because of Main FTC so I totally deserve a UTR1 edit for this episode LOL. But yeah Anubis's name was thrown to me by Nemo. And since it was a name that wasn't me I just rolled with it. Anubis was on the verge of making a big move to shake up the Nemo/Samb power structure it seems like, but he told Pendant and Pendant told Nemo and Nemo told me. Matty also leaked it to Samb. So that completely blew up in Anubis's face. Not sure why Pendant did that... like Pendant NEEDS a shake-up to happen soon or he's making 4th place at best. Which sucks because I actually do want to make a move against Samb soon (he is such an obvious winner contender rn), and that opportunity may have just gone out the window. Nemo seems to have secured Pendant's trust. Samb seems to have Matty unaware of that he's close to Nemo and myself. The fake plan that's being told to Anubis is Frog. Who I'd actually prefer to go but again, I'm too distracted to flip it. Also, Anubis never approached me for the Samb plan, despite the fact that I'm totally down to boot Samb. So... yeah that doesn't give me great confidence in Anubis's trustworthiness. I talked with Matty in DM and he's concerned about Anubis rising to power. Which I kinda agree with because I doubt Samb would be his last big move. Also I didn't talk to Piper or Frog about the vote and Pendant is so hard to engage game talk with. So yeah my social game is honestly terrible atm. Trust ranking: Nemo > Matty > Samb > Anubis > Pendant > Piper > Frog

"katzole"

- Not quite a 4 am epiphany (it’s 5 here already), but you can scrap that last panicky confessional out the window.

Decided to take the shot at Anubis since Nemo and Ryan were down too. I’ll admit that I really wanted to vote Anubis but I didn’t want to be the first to break the five up, but Anubis dug himself that grave. I can see how that’d be cowardly since I am going with the flow of my alliance, but I think I just needed that source of reassurance from my alliance. Speaking of my alliance, I feel kinda bad for messing with Matty. He has no idea that I am in a final three with Nemo and Ryan, and nor does he know that I’m closest with Nemo in this game. So Matty telling me to keep quiet and not talk to Nemo and to be wary… I kinda have to laugh. But I’m afraid that at some point I will have to decide which direction to go, and that times gonna come soon.