This Is Like The Calm Before The Storm

"This Is Like The Calm Before The Storm"
Season	Survivor: Alaska
Episode Number	2401
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This Is Like The Calm Before The Storm is the first episode of Survivor: Alaska.

• Gameplay
• Confessionals

Challenges

Reward/Immunity Challenge: "Catch The Emoji" in this challenge the tribes need to make a flag for their tribe. The tribe that had the better flag would win immunity and get the chance to guess for an idol.

Winner(s): Iliamna

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Catch The Emoji
Total Score	Competitors
First
Second

Story

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 1: Denali
Voted Against	Voter
Josiah (7 votes)	Adam, Chloe, Elizabeth, Kam, Kamen, Linus, and Malik
Chloe(1 vote)	Josiah
VOTED OFF: Josiah

Voting Confessionals

“	🍕 sorry man, I did enjoy our day one talks but they fizzled out very quickly right afterwards. Hope this makes our tribe stronger 🙁	”
–Kamen

“	it’s his time 🔥	”
–Malik

“	someone has to be first boot and it's nothing personal, everyone just seems to be on the same page for this	”
–Elizabeth

“	Oh shit Me almost sending my vote for main in here 🤡	”
–Chloe

Still in the Running

Denali				Iliamna
Adam	Chloe	Elizabeth	Josiah	Aster	Bartley	Dani	Gavin
Kam	Kamen	Linus	Malik	Hoola	Jameson	Joshua	Nemo

Day 1

“	KAM OH MY GOSH I HATE U ALL LMAO i already know i want an alliance between dani and nemo and aster and jameson 💕 when u all get the chance LMAOOOO okay so i know like half this cast what the hell AND MALIK ELLA U REALLY OUTDID URSELF	”
–Hoola

“	Ok so I know MOSTLY nothing about anyone on the other side, like Chloe and shit but I do know Malik and Kam. Malik and Kam scare the fuckshow out of me. I know a majority from the Iliamna tribe though, so I'm sorry in advance, but I'll be setting up an alliance with Jameson, Hoola, Nemo and Dani.	”
–Aster

“	Lord..they put Adam and Chloe together, knowing they have beef..lol at least that means I won’t get targeted right away 😂😂😂	”
–Malik

“	And then Josiah is ALREADY jumping the gun, asking to make an alliance. Chill and be careful. Also love you Logic 💙 thanks for the hype!	”
–Malik

“	Ok but the fact that i already know 4 of the other 7 tribe members is glorious	”
–Nemo

“	I have felt out nearly everyone again, Kamen is still likely my number one. We need to continue where we left off in Skeleton Key. Adam is an ok runner up to that 💀 I made the first move by messaging Linus so he doesn’t think I’m after him because I always keep my eyes on him when I play with him, but it’s been a minute and I don’t want him to be upset by going at him so I’ll give him a chance. I love him personally just usually nervous of him game wise. No shade but the only person I’m kinda side eyeing getting rid of is Chloe because she seemed so ok with me leaving in skeleton key. Didn’t fight for me, I didn’t think she voted me out but she likely could’ve also and someone gave me a pity vote but I felt she voted with me. And if she could fight for me there or warn me because she knew, then how can I trust you if I was in that situation again? I feel everyone else would be a solid ally here to me but her. Josiah was trying to make a group, I feel Kam would maybe give me a chance. And Elizabeth were hit or miss but I get alliance vibes from her so far, and it could change. Let’s see what happens! I do know it makes me think about how I wished this would’ve worked for me in logic when I vibed with him very well day one 😭😁	”
–Malik

“	Screw Alaska, New England is better! Bartley and I are already bonding over maple syrup and other New Englander things :D. Plus he lives in Virginia now and I've slept in a Walmart parking lot in Virginia once every year of my entire life, so we have that too! 😂 I'm already bonding with him a bit, so that's good. Yay social game :D. But my main group is Hoola/Dani/Aster/Jameson, since we all know each other pre-season. Not a pregame, its just we all happened to know each other, so we're taking advantage of that.	”
–Nemo

“	This twist is dirty. Hi Kamen. Hi Chloe. Hi Malik. Hi Linus. 😅😅😅 This is going to be an interesting starting tribe to navigate. Also, thanks for the salmon. I love a good fish.	”
–Bartley

“	This vaguely explains my relationship with Adam https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/825133509638488104/825158826340515840/image0.png https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/825133509638488104/825158826700832788/image1.png https://storyteller-org.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Loopy15/Adam_addressees_the_Finalists Here’s a fun jury speech from Adam That provides further context Malik being in that game as well There was a lot Me and Adam were YELLING at each other in the tribe chat for hours and it was so intense For the longest time I refused to play with him And Malik KNOWS this And I’m like mhm how u feel about him bc u witnessed all that And Malik I swear to god can he not read the fucking room He was like “maybe this game is different, what if we work together” NO Anyway this will probably be me yelling about Adam a lot	”
–Chloe

“	I have a confession to make I don't actually like cheese It was a lie	”
–Josiah

“	Josiah tried to get me to make the 🍕..no no you can get the claim for making it not me! Since he was saying he liked Adam a lot I suggested me him Adam and Kamen. Since they all seem like they’ll have my back and protect me likely. And even if it falls through and/or I get rid of one of them, I’ll get rid of Josiah..or maybe Adam idk, but not Kamen! I just didn’t want the blame for that alliance 🔥	”
–Malik

“	This twist making me uncomfy ngl ANFNAJF all the new players strutting in as we do then the returnees coming in to fight again 😬 but whateava we’re all here to fight anyways There’s a LOT of people I recognize here it really is a small world	”
–Jameson

“	Wowwww it feels great to be backkkk but let’s be honest I’m very very nervous so I’ve been working as hard as I possibly can to build bonds to get me through . I know that Malik and Kamen will be on my side if you couldn’t already tell by the alliance and Josiah has been really cool but it’s apparent he’s talking with everybody cause he’s been mixing up messages so far. Chloe and I have had a terrrible history... I wrote a jury speech about how she’s a disgrace to orgs a while ago so you can’t really blame her but I know it goes beyond that and I’m like hey clean slate and they agreed but idkkk I’m hoping that Linus will be down to work with me cause he’s been cool so far and he’s a beast at challenges so if he wants to work with me I’ll work with him and worry about the rest later. I like Elizabeth as well we’ve had a nice conversation, Nothing major to note really. Haven’t talked to Kam just yet	”
–Adam

“	I'm super excited for this game, and I think I've started out well. I know a few people in this tribe, so obviously that helps. But id say my closest ally so far rn is def Hoola, and we're in three alliances together, one being a majority of me, him, Nemo, Aster, and Jameson. The best part is I didn't make any of the alliances I'm in, so I can't be blamed for "playing too hard, too fast" 😌 Playing with returnees is a little scary tho, but it should be okay. Even if we do go to tribal first, we have a boot order planned out (Joshua > Gavin > Bartley), which honestly works for me bc Bartley and I had a nice talk this morning, and I really like him. The only thing that worries me is Aster wanting to boot Jameson out of our alliance, but even then, I'd say he's at the bottom of our 5 so idrc LMAO. but yeah that's my thoughts so far ✨	”
–Dani

“	In #🍕squad we have posted a total of 171 pizza slices as of writing this The average pepperoni pizza has 480 calories If someone were to consume all of those slices, they would have eaten 82080 calories in one sitting Fun Facts with Kamen	”
–Kamen

Day 2

“	After night one, I’m not feeling my best on this tribe. I am clearly much older than most of this group and I am hopeful they won’t catch on that I have pretty good connections with several of the returning players. I am instantly drawn to Dani and Hoola, marking them as players to work with. Nemo has decided to put together an alliance with myself and Gavin out of the blue. We will ride that wave for now. Gavin seems okay, but reserved. We live an hour from each other, so we were able to connect on some restaurants we both know. Nemo is from New England where I grew up and is into tapping maple trees for sugar - something my family also does. Josh definitely seems like the odd one out in this group. Jameson was quiet on night 1, but I recognize him from just playing Destino and know he can go far. First goal is going to be to get to a swap where my options may open up a bit.	”
–Bartley

“	So Hools and I seem like we’re going to be a strong pair, especially with Dani as a third, but I still don’t trust him, and I think he probably talked to Dani about the same thing. So Ima talk to Dani as well, along with pretty much everyone. I’m already aligned with everyone except Joshua so if we do lose I suspect we’ll have an easy target, especially because the mafia gang 5 seems to already think that of Bart, Gav, and Josh, the latter is the better target.	”
–Nemo

“	I'm currently weaseling myself into the absolute perfect position in my alliance Hehe	”
–Hoola

“	As far as I’m aware I shouldn’t be a target say we lose the challenge. 😎 That’s all I meed to hear LMAOO I’m well known for my challenge skills specifically in Destino 🤩 (hardcore a joke) So I’m hoping maybe like... THAT CHANGES AJFNAJFJ bc if I get last especially rn.. people might want to target me but I should be fine if that happens anyways 🏃	”
–Jameson

“	I told Malik my guess and Kame Kamen then tells me his Malik says thanks then Kamen tells me Maliks so thank you Kamen now I lnow that Malik isnt to be trusted like i had hoped i should say fully cause i do trust him, not sharing an idol guess isnt the end of the world but it tells me that I gotta keep an eye and as long as Kamen tells me things ill be good with aMalik	”
–Adam

“	Again, Josiah is jumping the gun for me. Already asking who to send out. It’s the start of the second day and the only person I’m considering..is you, because you won’t chill out. It’s like you’re rushing for it. Don’t get me wrong, I hate when people take their time until the very last minute to figure out what they want to do, but being so quick when it’s just the first round? You’re going a bit too hard for me.	”
–Malik

“	not me getting a public vote disadvantage 😭 It shouldn’t matter too much tho, bc I’m in the majority so our target is likely to go home it’s fine ig	”
–Dani

“	Usually I’m dead on with predictions and stuff going on, but imma keep it to myself for now because I don’t want to be wrong. Chloe I know she’s not forgiving Adam and not letting it go, meanwhile he has. And I feel if she made a group with people and not included me because I was honest and saying that I was good with him as well as her, and it fucks me over? I’m going to be very annoyed. Sorry that the whole tribe seems to like me 💀	”
–Malik

“	Oh bless Nemo, he’s absolutely sweet (and obnoxious). I’d love to give the kid a joint and have him chill out.	”
–Bartley

“	Screw Malik Honestly fuck that guy	”
–Adam

“	Ok now Adam is pissing me the absolute fuck off. He’s getting mad because I didn’t want to answer him right away about what Chloe could’ve said about him because I wanted to wait? And then decided to fight with me right when the challenge comes out? Because I asked him what the fuck did he want. So now there’s a screaming match in dms and I feel this is very tacky and I’m mad as hell right now.	”
–Malik

“	I don’t wanna talk about it right now He’s a selfish prick that’s all I gotta say rn He just always has to make everybody else’s his problems, I know Chloe is talking to him and I’ll I wanna know is if I have to worry about her but rather than simply just saying something anything he snaps and goes off about how he needs time causes he’s uncomfortable like imagine how I feel but poor fucking Malik He will be so cool outside of games then when we play he becomes such a poor me player I hate it It’s just annoying cause it’s like if Chloe is petty and is after me I need to know so I can plan accordingly, I don’t wanna bring past beef in so I won’t go that road unless I have too but fucking Malik has to make it all about him so know if Chloe is after me she will probably get her way so that will be fun Idk why main people here anyway they should be focusing on main like they crazy	”
–Adam

“	This is the worst time to wake up from a nap. I wake up and discord is going HAM at them practicing this emoji thing and I’m like wth is going on😭 I can’t be crazy speedy like that. Luckily I think they understand but still I’m freaking out for some reason. 🤪 I just don’t want to come across that I didn’t care about it. Anyways I should probably not freak out I did wake up not so long ago so that’s definitely why.	”
–Jameson

“	sigh as much as it’s a blessing to have people I know in my tribe, and have a majority with it... it kinda sucks. As much as I “know” Aster, we don’t really know each other. Jameson, I just completely manipulated the hell out of in a mafia game, and Hools I just don’t trust him as much as I would like to. Nothing bad to say about Dani, though, which is nice, we both agreed that we would make a good duo but as I said, I’m not sure whether or not Hools approached her with the same thing. Honestly I trust Bartley and Gavin more than Hoola and Aster, and I feel I’d rather move forward with people I can trust rather than just people I know. Like when talking about the challenge today, in VC, Aster said something about throwing the challenge to vote Josh out, and it wasn’t just a “oh if we lose” it was a “we can lose”. The sucky thing is, it seems like stuff is set in stone and it’s going to be Josh, Gavin, then Bartley. But I don’t know if I want it to be that way. I have this thing where I always feel on the outs of a friend group, which is why I like hanging out with people one on one more than in a group setting. I just can never shake the feeling IRL or in this game. But I feel less of that with Bartley and Gavin than my other crew. The problem is, I can’t do anything about it, and it sucks. I’m fine with Josh going first, as I haven’t bonded with him at all, but after that... I think I’d want Aster to go tbh. As I said, I don’t trust him, it’s just that gut feeling, and I don’t want to be stuck in a position where he has my fate in his hands, which is where I always feel with groups irl and here. I feel like everyone else has power over what happens to me. And it’s a question of who do I trust to have that power. Sorry for this absolute essay of a confessional.	”
–Nemo

“	I just told Hools and Dani about the whole Aster-possibly-throwing thing, more just as a heads up that he said those things, not a make a move thing. But it’s also kind of a preemptive strike to keep their trust with me. It’s a risk, but I’m thinking. If we do lose, it’s a simple Josh vote. But after that, it’s on paper, 5-2. Perfect opportunity to split the votes, right? If we do split the votes 3-2, and I’m in the 3 votes, I could in theory flip, save Bartley and Gavin, get Aster out, and Dani and Hools would already know the reasoning. Or, if I somehow get my hands on the idol, and we don’t split the votes... hehehe time to really build trust by saving Gavin or Bartley’s ass.	”
–Nemo

“	Oh Adam.... why are u like this https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/825133509638488104/825535722072309830/image0.png	”
–Chloe

“	My one worry is what happens after that, because if Hools and Dani don’t trust me again, and if rather keep Jameson on my side as well, that puts it 3-3. If I end up getting the votes, would Bartley and Gavin go to rocks for me? Maybe, because I saved their asses. Plus I could in theory on the revote or beforehand if it gets to that emphasize the Hoola and Jameson dynamic at the final four of Destino’s most recent season, Bora Bora Mind vs Heart (neb, Shane, Tommy, I see you <3), where Jameson flipped and completely blindsided Hools at the penultimate tribal council. If I play up that, hools might go for Jameson out of revenge, or distrust and possibly making Jameson think Hools wants revenge, and yadda yadda yadda. Also, say Hools and Dani do trust me still, and Jameson, I’m stuck in the same pickle I would be before, in which I’m between the Virginians and the mafia group. Again, it comes down to that trust thing. But I feel I can’t vote Hools Dani or Jameson out without losing the others’ trust, and same thing with Gavin and Bartley. At that point, best case scenario would be I unite all these bitches, we win immunities, and move forward as a solid group come the merge. I may entertain the idea of making a four with me/Hools/Dani/Bartley at that point, or I think I could talk to Bartley and tell him we’re going for Gavin. Then it’s I can still keep trust with all my folks. My biggest worry is that if nobody trusts me and I get pegged as a flipper, boop I’m gone. Not to mention the possibility of swaps, rock draws, idol plays by someone besides me, etc. See what I mean I’m way too much of an analytical overthinker? Y’all alumni will have to deal with this for as long as I’m in this game.	”
–Nemo

“	Ok so Hools and Dani seem receptive to me bringing up Aster’s “susness” (neb please provide the sussy react from the Warriors revenge server), and have actually voiced similar concerns, mainly in dani’s case. I think I did a good job of saying that we need to at least watch him a bit, but not necessarily act, which was my goal. Crossing my fingers that they aren’t talking about “hey Nemo calling out Aster makes me not trust him”, or god forbid, telling aster	”
–Nemo

“	This search is so annoying. I’m looking on the wiki and I can’t find anything. I don’t even know what I’m looking for. And Kamen's the only one I want to share this info with happens to VANISH as I tell him about it like come on...	”
–Malik

“	I actually love thunderstorms I miss them so much	”
–Jameson

“	If Joshua and Gavin stay in this like idle phase then things should be ok Sucks bc the trisha paytas pfp gave me hope https://tenor.com/view/trisha-pautas-crying-kitchen-kitchenfloor-you-tube-gif-8989919	”
–Jameson

“	if we lose its probably gonna be me and i dont think there is anything i can do so womp womp if it is though and this is how things happen oooooo ill have some thingd to say Its just idk what to do I trust KAmen and I like Josiag 3 votes aint doing shit who lnows hopefully we win so i can play a longer idk fuck paranoia	”
–Adam

“	Dani gave me a HEART ATTACK anfnanfjs it was about to me for the challenge as a backup and I was not ready at all.... I believe in the Llama tribe!! 🥰	”
–Jameson

“	THEY WON AHFNAJF LETS GOO I feel weird saying “we” bc only 3 of them did it BUT IM SO HAPPY	”
–Jameson

“	Oh...what's that? Did the newbies just win the first challenge? Don't underestimate us. K thx bye. Maybe not the best to put myself out the gate with a strong performance challenge, but we can work on playing stupid later.	”
–Bartley

“	So begins the curse of me going to nearly every tribal that has plagued me since Devil's Cauldron. I'm the only one that scored on the tribe so hopefully that counts for something... 😬. Jk. Hi VL! I hope y'all are all doing well. I am so happy that I'm back on Canadienne and hope I can do just as well, if not better than, the last time I was here 😄	”
–Kam

“	I love taylor swift	”
–Dani

“	Now, if I felt more confident like if I had competed in the challenge, I’d probably be a bit bold and say a name. But I feel I need to lay a bit low due to not being there. They literally picked times I likely wouldn’t be there vs a time where I would be. So I’m a bit nervous about that.	”
–Malik

“	Yeah being new against people who are getting a second chance. Second chance games can be intense and people can get personal real quick. Then there’s us 🧍 Trying to survive with no prior Candienne experience. Like I know barely anything about the drama or alliances in the previous seasons. That’s not even what you asked me but thought I should talk about it.	”
–Jameson

“	Feels good to start off with a victory, nobody likes to lose! Shame that I wasn't part of the challenge, but I wasn't sure I'd be home in time, so I have no regrets about sitting it out. I definitely think it'll build confidence in the team and make us stronger competitors moving forward. Dani and Nemo both expressed some nervousness about playing against "seasoned" players, so the fact that they were part of the victory will definitely boost the entire team's morale moving forward. I'm sure the other team will push even harder next time as well, but despite that, this victory is a net positive for the team's chances overall.	”
–Gavin

“	It feels absolutely amazing to have first immunity!! Gives our tribe more time to bond and such. Which can help in the future. I’m definitely going to still talk a lot of game with people as if we were going to tribal. To get some info and maybe lock in any safety I can get with others. The newbies sending a returnee home is such a cute little sentence we stan. 🥰 But yeah as I said, my main goal right now is to be on everyone’s good side and potentially talk about any flaws we as tribe mates have. Flaws to potentially look out for. Like activity or trust statuses.	”
–Jameson

“	I mean, I am kind of scared. If you’ve seen Micronesia and Caramoan, the fans win the first immunity challenge, but then get decimated. My one thing is that in those seasons, it was really close, while this one was a bit more of a blowout. Not a complete shutout but we still had 4x as many points as them. It does feel great to have won immunity, especially knowing that we do now have a slight advantage as we can choose who gets to sit out, which is more of an advantage than one might think. We get to do what we did this challenge, and put our best people forward, and they don’t have that opportunity the next challenge. No going to get confident, though. But you know, if they do decide to boot one of the three that stepped up, that’s good for us, as all three are pretty good in challenges, especially Linus, as I’ve heard. If he goes, man that’s a boost for us fans. I think that this immunity challenge does help my game in the long run. As of now, we still have an easy vote with Joshua, and it seems like he isn’t really making an effort to talk to anyone, so unless he musters a completely turnaround, we still have the easy vote, and it won’t be if we lose one challenge I’m losing an ally, like it would be next challenge if we had lost this one. So hopefully we don’t pull a stereotypical fan tribe win-the-first-immunity-then flop, but overall, a win is a win, and I’ll take it 😄	”
–Nemo

“	Honestly, if you think about it, most of us on this newbies tribe have played ORGs before. But those people on the veterans tribe have played even more ORGs with much more experience so it feels fantastic to be sending one of them home ngl I don't think that it will be completely veterans vs. newbies because we do have experience too so it's not like IRL survivor where we have to learn how to adapt from scratch XD	”
–Hoola

“	It feels great! I'm just hoping that the right player gets sent home, however, I feel like they have already set up alliances with people so this bond is going to be tested for sure.	”
–Aster

“	It's atleast going to not break alliances or send good people home.	”
–Aster

“	Okay maybe it won’t be me, maybe my paranoia is just unmanageable right now. Either way this vote so far has been pretty eventful. There has been whispers of a 5 person alliance with myself Malik Linus Kam and Kamen with Josiah saying Elizabeth or Chloe Now here’s my thing I think for my personal sanity and clarity, Chloe leaving is best for me is that emotional? Yes probably.. is it meta? Probably..but will it make me feel better honestly yes it will... I hate that it might go down like this but idk if I have a chance to take her out now and now worry about this every again idk if I can say no to that I don’t wanna speak about our history cause I feel one way about it and others feel another, I think the reason why I am worried about it is cause I did apologize and I did try and start a slate but she showed no effort and told Malik she can’t trust me so Idk it’s like I might as well	”
–Adam

“	Ok so after a few days of getting to know the tribe, the people I’m the closest to and vibe well with are Malik, Kam, Linus and Kamen so hopefully those are the people I can work with this round for tribal and going forward. Ideally I’d like Josiah or Chloe to go first only because I’ve talked to Chloe the least so far and Josiah is kinda hard to talk to and says “oh” A LOT 🙄 Anyway i’m sad we lost the challenge but I can’t be mad bc it’s one of those where it’s basically who’s internet is the fastest 😂and for a challenge where it was 3/8 competing they at least tried	”
–Elizabeth

“	I love this tribe so much! Everyone has been so nice and sweet and just overall, I think we could work really well together That's making this TC so hard! There's no like lepers or anything like that I genuinely don't want to vote anyone I wish I could just vote Dalton like Ella joked about and call it a day 😂 Jk. We love Dalton	”
–Kam

“	So, apparently according to Linus, the whole tribe does like me. So I need to be careful here. And there’s a group that wants to be made that I’m DOWN for. And I hope it gets made.	”
–Malik

Day 3

“	me targeting adam while adam targets josiah hm i am in fact not a fan Im really struggling with this one here because i do not like adam one bit i would not trust him with one of my house plants nvm my life in this game but malik likes him... and i like malik.. but fuck adam adams gonna read this i know he is i feel like adam is trying with me rn like he's trying so much harder than he probably should be because malik is gonna end up sketched to fuck out like he straight up told me to stay away from a place in the idol search because he ran into a moose WHY WOULD HE TELL ME THAT adam honey i dont UNDERSTAND oh great its like day 2 or whatever and i have already lost my shit mhm the paranoia is in full swing tonight babayyyy	”
–Chloe

“	ME IN FOUR ALLIANCES IM SCREAMING	”
–Malik

“	ok so it's like what first tribal of the season im losin my mind i want like 2 more alliances but i also dont want them because then i could end up being seen as that crazy bitch that makes a million alliances at first tribal but like something i really want is a girls alliance just because they're usually cute as fuck i just feel like maybe its too early and i kinda want an alliance with linus and ?? im not sure who else yet but linus is someone i want to work with so fucking badly i kind of trust malik but i also dont like this man will snake me tf out but hes too nice to yeet ugh	”
–Chloe

“	It was definitely exciting that the “newbie” tribe was able to pull out a strong win today. With that said - the challenge was our best foot forward. I definitely feel as though there are a handful of weaker players on this tribe who should feel blessed and highly favored to have immunity tonight. I do feel as though I am in an interesting situation, along with Hoola and Jameson, that I know several of the players on the fan favorites tribe. I have played with Chloe, Linus, Malik, and Kamen before. I don’t really know what the future looks like in this game. I certainly don’t dislike anyone on my current tribe, but I do feel odd man out in some ways. It’s a very young group in comparison, whereas many of my connections on fan faves are people I am more inclined to relate with. I am open at this time. I’m not sure I have truly established who I see as a ride or die. Part of that will come to when we do have to make difficult decisions like voting a member of the tribe out - but not tonight.	”
–Bartley

“	Hoola is here 🤩 surviving in this game and in mafia	”
–Hoola

“	you know who i love? Jameson he was my f2 and i was his f2 in his first org and he is the sweetest person ive ever met and the org world hasnt corrupted him yet i dont thin think and its so beautiful to watch im not usually a villain but i surely was the villain to his hero that season and i just wanna be on a tribe with him again he deserves the world i managed to like tape my glasses back together again bc theyre still broke as fuck and thats why im now thought dumping because i can see and it doesnt give me a headache to read things on a screen now mhm sorry yall can absolutely tell me to shut the fuck up whenever because i will talk a lot i have no doubt that every viewer has muted my channel by now	”
–Chloe

“	Me rn trying to bask in the feeling of not stressed over ORGs 🤩 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/825131982681014342/825865077600813076/video0.mp4	”
–Jameson

“	I kinda feel bad for Elizabeth. She seems to have figured out the thing I did, but I can’t let her know I know. So I gotta play a bit dumb and attempt to help but not let her know I have it because..lol	”
–Malik

“	Kinda wanna stay awake for over 24 hours just so I can send myself insane and bring some entertainment 😳 Like I’m bored I know we’re at tribal but I’m bored Kinda wanna fight someone	”
–Chloe

“	Well hopefully this vote goes as planned, today has been a decent day. I think Kam and I are close? She’s very good socially and has a way of just wrapping you up but I’m not good and figuring out if it’s legit or what so I’m gonna play on the safer side When Chloe messaged me I was just blatantly honest about what I knew, Heard Josiah, Don’t go to Aleutian, And scared for storm	”
–Adam

“	I’m just idk cause like I wanna do well here but at the same time if I can walk away and never have to worry about Chloe hating me again that is something I’d be open too Cause you gotta ask yourself what means more Winning a game...or someone hating you? To me it’s the latter	”
–Adam

“	wait is this fan vs favorites i thought it was just fans vs returnees im not a favorite chile also i thought i played season 16 until today sksksk	”
–Adam

“	Tbh I haven’t been reaching out that much 😭 I think that’s how it is for us because we’re immune but it’s probably not the best idea to just chillax. I’m naturally really nosy so I want info and I want it all 🤑 I don’t see that being a unrealistic goal... I think LMAOO especially from inactive peeps! People who are inactive like realize they are and then just tell you stuff it’s honestly great. Why am I wanting to be social in the middle of the night 😭 these people go to bed too early smh	”
–Jameson

“	1. Malik - he is here at the top because we have played multiple times together and he’s someone I would consider a friend outside of the game. Therefore I think it is natural that I trust him the most out of anyone else on this tribe. However, I also know he can be a massive fucking snake and if it came to it I probably wouldn’t hesitate that much in voting him out. At the same time Malik is close with Adam who is down the bottom end of my trust list and this causes me some conflict because Adam has already got mad at Malik and this has already pissed Malik off so I don’t exactly have a massive worry about Malik choosing Adam over me as I think in our current situation he knows that’s dumb, my social ability is probably the strongest on the tribe and I believe he knows if he targets me now this just means he will leave. Love him tho. 2. Kam I am going to place second because despite me having only met her a few weeks ago in main, I think she has seen enough of me to know how I play and that I can be incredibly useful to her at this moment in time and obviously due to us both being in main rn I think it’s only natural that we have at least a bit of basic trust here due to already having to have conversations about votes and stuff like that. She’s not exactly someone I would want to vote out right now and I don’t see her wanting to vote me out. I think we could work well together and I think a girls alliance would end up being very cute and something I would love to see happen. I don’t think her name will come up pre merge but I do believe she will become a bigger threat as the game goes on and we shall cross that situation when we come to it. But for now it’s good vibes only. She’s my gal ❤️ 3. Kamen - oh honey I feel like I could talk about him for literally so fucking long. We played together on Atlasov Island with the student/mentor twist and I was his mentor. So we had that connection but then he went a little bit off the rails and I don’t doubt he will do the exact same shit here. I think he’s a loose cannon that could just go off at any moment, but I think he would have my back and I don’t believe he would target me outright. I do believe that he would vote me out if the numbers were there and he felt backed into a corner but I also like to think he has my back enough to fight for me in this game. I think we have a pretty solid connection and we have had some pretty nice chats so far and I really want to keep that going. I think we’re both aware we can work well together and our personalities kind of mesh well. I don’t have as much of a connection with him as I do with Malik and Kam as it’s been a hot second from we’ve had to work together or really had a conversation so it’s just sort of getting that going again and then I think this could be something good. It’s super lovely to be playing this season side by side with him. 4 Linus - alrighty he’s someone that I don’t think I’ve had the pleasure of playing with before ??? But I have seen him around and we have had some conversations and he’s generally someone I would love to work with and I think that’s something that is definitely in sight. Our conversations are very enjoyable and I think there’s definitely the ability for a strong duo connection to form. I don’t envision him targeting me premerge at all and he’s someone that for now I will be putting a lot of trust in as I think he could be one of the main people that may have a say in what way that votes may fall and I think he’s someone that could end up being in my corner just like Kamen. But because we don’t have as much of a previous connection I do feel I have to put him lower for now but this may change by next round 5. Elizabeth - again someone I’ve played with but it’s been a hot second. I don’t think I’ve ever played a game and been super close with her but I do remember us getting on pretty well and apparently so does she so that’s something ???? As I said with Kam I think a girls thing could be somethin that’s cute but I don’t think she would stick with it as long as me and Kam would. I think the second she felt in any slight danger she could be a bit of a wildcard. I don’t think she would want to vote a woman out early on so for now I trust her but that’s sort of as far as it goes. This is really a connection I think I’m going to need to work on over the next day or so just to bring myself up in her eyes. I don’t think she’s actively against me but she wouldn’t be against voting me. Which I think is less than what I can say about Linus 6. Adam - he can high key get fucked and I don’t trust a single thing he has said and we already have previous beef and he’s kinda already annoying me. But he did share an idol spot with me to watch out for and we are I guess on surface level attempting to patch things up. I don’t believe it and I think it’s just an attempt for him to try and stay safe and I think the second he is give a bit of freedom he’ll run with it and try to get me out so I really hope that Malik can keep his ass on a tight fucking leash. 7. Josiah - I’ve already heard he’s trying to vote me which is not the vibe we are after. He can go to hell. 0 trust and I don’t see it ever rebuilding in this game That’s erm A lot of chloe thoughts to read U don’t gotta read them but there u go	”
–Chloe

“	I feel pretty good about this first vote I have made an alliance with 4 people. Me, Adam, Malik, and Kamen. And I have made another alliance with Just me and Kam So I think it's going to be either Elizabeth or Chole that's going to go first	”
–Josiah

“	Winning the first immunity is great for our tribe. Not only does it mean that we don't have to vote for anyone, but it also shows the favourites that we should not be underestimated. On this season, our tribe are the underdogs, so to win in a massive blowout like we did earlier shows the favourites that we came to play. For my game personally, I think it's amazing that we won. I have an alliance of 5, but we don't wanna expose it too early. So pushing that back further is great 😌	”
–Dani

“	It feels great that I won’t be first to go home but it does mean I can flip sides and change the game	”
–Joshua

“	Just a quick update on how things are looking Everyone except Josiah is planning on voting Josiah That’s fine with me. I know I said there were no lepers yesterday, but he is admittedly a little hard to talk to and keep and interesting conversation going with Sweetheart, but he gives one word answers for a lot and that’s hard to go off of He thinks we’re voting Chloe No way in this world I’d vote off my girl Chloe right now She’s great in some challenges and that’s what we need right now Also she’s fun af to talk to so that’s that Overall, right now, I’m pretty sure the votes are going josiah’s way unless something crazy happens	”
–Kam

“	hmmmmm well let's see 😌 i honestly feel in a great position rn with my mafia alliance, and I have a couple sub-alliances in that as well. I'm definitely hoping to be the glue that holds that alliance together because it's really important we stick together. The only possible sub-alliance i could see forming without me is Nemo/Dani/Aster, but I doubt that's gonna happen judging from how suspicious Nemo has been of Aster. I kinda feel bad for Aster since he's new to this and all but he signed up and I'm not helping him 😂 a strike sucks but whatever In addition, Aster doesn't trust Nemo and Jameson, which is really alarming if I want this alliance to work. I'm pretty sure he's still in mafia mode where everyone is suspicious until proven innocent- but that's not how Survivor works. also i love Phoebe 🤩	”
–Hoola

“	AHHHHHH everyone gets to know about this now 😳😉 or at least my allies HEHEHE LMAOOOOOOOOO okay thinking back it's really, really dumb to tell anyone me rushing to delete my messages https://tenor.com/view/drinks-im-coming-full-house-cute-me-gif-5350586	”
–Hoola

“	Ofc they'll suspect I have something. The only thing I could do to prove that I'm safe is the message Ella sent but that's probably cheating and boring anyway lmaooooo so like i'll need to find out who has something https://tenor.com/view/detective-creep-search-look-gif-5089668 LaToya 😍	”
–Hoola

“	I JUST FOUND AN IDOL. I am gooped!	”
–Bartley

“	I am definitely keeping this out of sight of the other players! stuffs down pants This idol will now be lovingly referred to as my moose knuckles.	”
–Bartley

“	Okay, so apparently when important items are found, there may be a correlation with changes in the weather - this means that there is likely another advantage or idol that has been found within the game. Very, very interesting! But I am going to keep that discovery to myself for now. I don’t need anybody questioning what I’m packing.	”
–Bartley

“	Aster has given me a vibe that he does not want to be dmed. Like um sir this is part of the game I gotta get to know the people here 😭 At least most of the other people here are good at convos. So that’s a plus. I want to see who the target would be say we go to a tribal. This is like the calm before the storm. Heh get it? I’m funny I swear	”
–Jameson

“	so Linus reached out to me today and trusted me with the fact he also found the same spot as me and thinks it could be where the idol was as well... :)))) rip so I think someone has it already unless this is just some decoy and it could be hidden in the lists somewhere?? he told me he found the spot this morning so it would be after I did and I trust him enough to believe it considering he gave me his idol guesses so far when he didn't have to. anyway I am bummed it took me 8 hours yesterday from when I got the clue to check the wiki to finally find the mountain because someone could have found it during that time. like I didn't think Dalton's comment would just be on the bottom of the season page easily accessible like that... I started checking player pages, season pages, the edit list on the side... I thought it would be some complex spot only to find it there	”
–Elizabeth

“	Josiah seemed hurt about me not feeling survivor. Sorry fam it’s not for me! Maybe this might be different but who knows	”
–Malik

“	I’m also disappointed this alliance is kind of inactive than I was expecting. Like I get along well with Kam, Linus and Malik all individually and they all said they get along well with each other and then not a word about the vote in it. Sometimes I tend to be passive in games and I don’t want to be the one who throws a name out the very first round/first tribal incase it comes back to bite me in the butt and since I was the one who created it, I didn’t want to come off as controlling since not much has been said in it yet and at this point we’re so far into tribal it doesn’t matter right now since hopefully Josiah is going to go home?? not sure how Josiah’s name came up to begin with but Adam was the one who mentioned it to me last night and then I’ve talked with Malik and Linus about it today and they also heard his name and Linus said he heard it from Kam… so this vote seems easy enough and I’m hoping nothing changes over the next few hours.	”
–Elizabeth

“	This first round is seeming pretty easy so far, I wish I had gone a little harder in figuring out the storm though because I am confident that had I not been as busy I could have found the alter within an hour of the game starting. That’s not a huge deal though, from my experience advantages have seldom been the factors that decide game outcomes in the long run. At this point I’m pretty sure Kam is in charge of the tribe, and for now that is fine by me, Im getting along with everyone well enough that I hopefully have a couple rounds of a firewall hopefully before I’m much of a target. My core alliance is Malik, Kamen, Kam, and Adam, but right now I think my biggest play is to try and make sure that of that group I can stay the closest to Elizabeth. It seems like in the long run, she is going to be the most important tribemate outside of that alliance, and possibly even more than some of the people in the alliance. I think a lot of people early on neglect building close enough relationships with the outsiders, but when the best laid schemes go awry is when the meek inherit all the power, and that is to some extent what Im counting on. In contrast, Kam scares me. She’s a mover and a shaker. If the tribe standings are how I believe them to be, she has little reason to make any kind of move against a member of gagatronda right now, but come swap she seems to be the most capable of jumping to save herself, so when the civil war starts I want to make sure that that I have people lined up who would protect me from a complete blindside. I think that there is a potential rupture even as soon as next round though, as I think there won’t be much agreement over whether Elizabeth or Chloe should be the target. Malik is also a little worrying. He is either going to be my closest ally by far, or he is going to be one of the people pushing hardest to cut me when an opportunity arises. We are good friends, but his track record at ftc’s against me is not the great, and I do - Feel that he is the kind of person who could make a rash decision So I want to ensure that he is close. Truthfully, the alter is still incredibly helpful to me as I’m using it to try and solidify the relationships I have with Malik and Elizabeth. I told both of them about my finding of it, which is both risky and potentially rewarding. I think I gained a ton of social capital with Elizabeth from that, but Malik was tougher to read. My next play is to get as close as I can with Kamen. Kam and Adam seem to be tight, so I think having Kamens vote will be utterly crucial to me if Malik does end up siding against me. I also am trying to play up more of a follower angle to Kam. She has been the one throwing out names and alliance ideas. I don’t trust her completely, but as long as I can stay in her top 3 closest people there is essentially no chance that she would make a move directly attacking me, and I’ll be able to focus more on pushing Elizabeth through the preswap phase of the game. Right now I do not know that I am in Kam’s too 3 or not, so I’m going to make sure to talk with her a lot in the upcoming days, because once I’m in that circle, maintaining it will be easier which will allow me to focus all my efforts on being able to ensure that the outsiders to the alliance are more solidly with me than with Kam. One person I didn’t really discuss in my first confessional was Chloe. That’s because at this time I don’t see how putting too much effort into ensuring Chloe is with me will matter. I’m of course going to talk to her every day and stay on good terms, but she’s in main org with Kam at the moment, and my gut feeling is that she will side with Kam here. She seems to be a very passive player who will go with what her allies want to do from everything I’ve seen her in. This means that if I put more effort into staying aligned with Kam, and Kam and I do end up working together long term even once gagatronda breaks up, I will probably have chloes vote with me by proxy. In contrast, if I do end up against Kam at some point in the future, Chloe’s vote will be one of the most difficult to swing in my favour because she isn’t a big move type who would jump on board against Kam. Much of this, as well as my previous confessional, is speculation, but this early speculation is all I can really go off of. I also think my first confessional probably didn’t make it clear enough, but at this point I am not actually intending to mobilize any kind of move against Kam unless I get more reason to suspect she is trying to make a move against me. My ideal is that our tribe can stay as united as possible. Much of what I’m discussing is just my attempts to set up backup plans for later if Denali, or the gagatronda alliance falls into turmoil	”
–Linus

“	so I truly think Josiah will be leaving at this tc At this point I think everyone on the tribe has told me that he is targeting me but then they followed it up with "i dont want u to go so im voting him instead" and honestly that's kind of cute for me because then i still have the buffer of having adam here on the tribe and so i think should he target me at least in premerge stages that means he will leave I don't see the need to be very out there for the first couple rounds tbh Like I'm just trying to get a feel for these people and understand their relationships with each other and I think that's going to be something that's important later on possibly at a swap or merge when I get there	”
–Chloe

“	(Referring to Kamen posting the pizza emoji in a public chat) WHY WOULD KAMEN DO THAT 💀	”
–Malik

Trivia

• The episode title was said by Jameson.