Episode 6: Playing With Fire

[elise]

Hello everyone!
Probably gonna end up doing this confessional in parts because of the challenge.

Today I'd like to start off by pointing out the ridiculousness that is my tribe. Transcribed below is the Palermo tribe chat whilst Bryce REPEATEDLY TRIES TO STEAL OUR SHIT.


Stephen: I hope Bryce sticks with us as an honorary pal


Stephen: And btw baby Bryce said he's going for them next
Which is encouraging

Kate: <3 bryce

Stephen: He apologized to me for stealing Bermuda
He also thinks he's going to be the only baby to do this



Eric: i swear if Bryce isnt telling the truth and Dejuan participates I am going to whereever he is from and throwing elbows

Patrick: Mormons don't play that way



Stephen: I think Bryce stole that one

Eric: its chill



Eric: that fucker bryce beat me

Kate: no
he's :03
you're :00

Eric: omg <3 jk i love u bryce



Tommy: ddo you guys own everything o.o
is that why you stole from eric?

Kate: idk I just like bryce

Eric: yeah same

Eric: love Bryce wouldnt mind him having the most points at the end


In summary: 

Palermo has apparently turned into the Bryce fan club. FML. 

[elise]

Hey guys guess what we lost the challenge again


^I know. Yall are probably so shocked.

As per usual, a recap is probably in order.

I decided to name this episode "playing with fire" because somehow I went from having no alliances to like 8. Dunno how that happened.


^Also fire is the best <3

So yesterday after the vote I started talking to a bunch of people as I planned. Mostly just small talk to keep the lines of communication open, but I did have an interesting convo with Albee. He insisted we go on call, which sucked because I know I have tells. Guess I just gotta pray that no one picks up on them lol.

Anyways, Albee told me that I should be scared because everyone was thinking my tribe was together. Which, I mean, we are. But I tried to play it up as if i was the odd one out. Which, I mean, I am. He was definitely pumping me for information, which was totally okay because if it means the rest of my tribe is targeted over me then I am happy to help. Saves me the effort of going around getting votes against them. I was even kind enough to point out the picture of Kate and Eric on Kate's Facebook I found last night (explains why they thought they were im danger last tc). Which, hilariously, Tom was nice enough to share with me today. #FullCircle. But more on that later....

(PS: I tried to find the picture of her and Eric together, but it's since been deleted. Hmmmm. Interesting. Probably should have saved that like I saved the Daniel videos. Oops)

The picture seemed to give Albee enough fuel to a) trust me and b) become suspicious of Kate/Eric. Mission accomplished! We both agreed they were shady (and he mentioned he was messaging Sara about it at the time, so thats another connection for me to be aware of) and agreed to watch each others backs. Yay. You go, Albee. Please do my dirty work for me.



Most of the last 24 hours was spent losing the challenge. Boo. I was able to send a few quick messages out to all of the members of Trapani, but they apparently all went on call soon after. Catania went on call as well, but it only lasted until the Trapani call was over cuz suddenly Kate/Sara and Stephen/Tom had to talk. We did manage to establish that Nav should be the boot tonight. Or rather, Kate messaged me out of the fucking blue to tell me they wanted to boot Nav but "wanted to check if i was okay with it first." Oh yeah, fine with me. I'm sure I definitely had a choice in that matter.

Not wanting to be left out of the strategizing though, I had a great conversations with Josh and (after Stephen was done with him) Tom. Tom and I made an alliance in the last episode, and I definitely think working together for now will benefit the both of us. Tom gives off the vibe of a very savvy player, which will probably make him really hard to get rid of down the road. But for now, I'd much rather have him with me than against me. After tipping him off about the idol play last episode (and helpfully reminding him that Kate was sharing with us everything he told her), Tom shared with me the picture of Kate/Eric together. This of course isn't new to me  (it was kinda awkward to pretend to act shocked) but I was happy that Tom felt comfortable enough to share with me. Tom and I are both very guarded players, so little gestures like that go a long way. Especially with Justin (who is close to both of us) as the extra vote, coming to an agreement with Tom about who to vote off would make this hectic TC a lot easier.


^Just because we're likely secretly planning each other's murders doesnt mean we cant work together. Teamwork <3

As for Josh, after days of just friendly chat I decided to make an official alliance with him. He has been playing up the fact that "everyone thinks hes shady" after the Daniel confessional, which I dont completely buy but I'll take the bait. We had a great call over Skype about how sketchy everyones been, and that (repeat after me here) we should watch each others backs. I told him my suspicions about Kate/Eric/Stephen/Patrick/Bryce which he seemed to appreciate. He is the only person Ive told that Id maybe be open to flipping against my tribe. I dont wanna seem too eager, especially before I figure how the chips are gonna fall, but just enough to make sure I'm seen as a possible swing.

I'm very nervous to possibly become a swing premerge, because it is such a hard position to be in. Not to mention you lose a lot of credibility amongst the other players. The trick is to make sure that even if the other players dont trust you, they need you. "Swing Vote Immunity" is only good for as long as people need your vote. But, in some instances, its better that than straight out letting yourself get booted.

However, I refuse to become a swing if I dont even know what the vote is gonna be. Unfortunately with One World, everyone is allied with everyone so I have no idea who is truly on what side. Fortunately, my tribe is slightly dumb, so I just asked them who they knew on the other tribe so they can "convince them to boot nav". Apparently Kate is very close with Sara. I volunteered to "work" potential swing boot Justin so if I decide to flip I wont have to worry about him flipping the other way, but there isn't a whole lot I can do about Sara. Kate even insisted we create a "girl alliance" call to convince her to turn against Nav. Its probably one of the most ridiculous sells Ive been a part of. "Don't worry, you can just blame your vote on Josh. Your tribe wont even know its you." Seems legit! I was trying to look intent but leave all the actual strategizing to Kate, so naturally not much got accomplished. Sara said her tribe decided they'd probably boot Nav anyways. Considering I know Nav was present for their strategy meeting I consider that highly unlikely, but maybe they just have no problem telling the boot theyre going home to their face.


^aka the Garrett strategy. Cuz that worked so well for him.

While that shitshow was going on, Stephen decided it was a good idea to message me every 2 seconds to ask "HOW IS THE GIRLS ALLIANCE GOING". I'll tell you later Stephen. >.> I mean, obviously I dont really care about the girls alliance thing but it makes me look bad if I'm constantly typing.

Palermo reconvened for a quick strategy meeting afterwards, but nothing was really accomplished there. We narrowed our strategy down to "hope Sara votes with us". Better than the original "Elise you should tell everyone you found the Catania idol! Im sure that wont backfire on you in any way" plan. We got to hear the story about how Kate beat Jacob in wiki race for the 500th time. Granted, I retell my Teto stories about 500 times too so I guess I shouldn't complain. Oh! And the people of Palermo have finally come to the conclusion that maybe Bryce doesn't have their best interest at heart. Normally Id make a joke about how fucking long it took them to realize this, but I'm mostly just happy that I wont have to sit through all the Bryce love in the future. Today is a momentous day indeed <3

xoxo
Elise

[dylan]

^
For your brock theory and pokemon love...



^and a gift (use it wisely)

[jmoney]

Y'all like Garbador??

[elise]

OMG Vulpix <3 <3 <3

That necklace <3 <3 <3

So much love

And LOL Garbodor love also <3 (I mostly just love that someone took the effort to make a Garbodor plushie rofl. Im sure its a best seller.)

[elise]

So while its still technically this round as the votes haven't been read yet, I'll just share my notes for this round I made this morning. So I wont be so nervous for this vote.

Well, also it helps me remember what Ive told who. I kinda have a terrible memory but I don't wanna blow up my game just cuz I made a silly slip up when talking to people.





Obviously I didn't do everything on this list because I dont wanna OTT myself out of the game. I just try to brainstorm everything I could do this round to achieve my desired results (Wow that sounded like an infomercial.), and then  out half of them so I dont go overboard. Actually I think I did all of them except I wasnt able to talk to Albee and Sara wasn't flipping anyways. So yay.


Edit: BEST CASE SCENARIO HAPPENED <3 You better believe it baby, dragon slayer

[dylan]

"Be concerned"

literally LOL'd

Great notes

[elise]

OMG this post tribal has been too funny.

My entire tribe is throwing a temper tantrum. Seriously guys? You can't just be happy it wasnt you?

Kate wants to quit since her bae went (which she grandly revealed in the tribe chat. As if anyone didnt fucking know by now). That would actually save me a lot of hassle so, please go ahead. But she and Patrick also wanna "blow up everyones games". Okay there Andrew. As long as it doesnt affect me.

Stephen's gone fucking ballistic and keeps talking about how he's gonna riot. He keeps talking about how he's gonna destroy the other tribes. Um, were you really that attached to Eric? Granted, considering how attached he was to Bryce 20 min after Bryce voted against him I probably shouldnt be surprised.

Nav and I celebrated Navlise remaining intact. Nav had basically told me to vote against him to make sure my tribe wasnt suspicious, since he was sure he had the numbers. This is why I <3 Nav. So glad he stayed.

Justin (after ignoring me all night) came to me to apologize for voting out my tribemate. I told him I'm not mad, I was just disappointed he didn't talk to me. Lots of guilt tripping. Obviously Im happy Eric went, but I wanna make sure he thinks twice before ignoring me again. Justin's a sweet kid but if he's not helping me then he has to go. Fortunately, he said we should all share info with each other from now on. Let's see if that lasts.

Tom also apologized for voting out my tribemate. I was just like yeah whatever it's cool. Im not gonna push my luck with Tom. Especially since if the Catania idol is in play he's the most likely to have it. Fortunately, he's apparently been doing a really shitty job of damage control considering my tribe blames solely him for the Eric vote. Hopefully he keeps it up because that may be the key to beating him.

Albee and I talked about how sketchy everyone is. I dont trust Albee really, but as long as a) he keeps giving me information (or at least, fake information I can use to stir shit) and b) I can use him to stir shit up for me, then I'm happy for us to talk every few days. Plus it's always entertaining.

Finally Josh was the only person nice enough to let me know that Eric was the vote. <3 <3 <3 Josh. He's honestly the coolest. I have high hopes for our alliance.

And... thats it. The end. I'll come up with a better conclusion when I'm not asleep.

[elise]

Ive decided a great way to end this episode is with one of my favorite quotes from the finest piece of literature ever written:

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU MOTHERFUKERS!” It was…………………………………………………….Dumblydore!

[elise]

PS. Albee just revealed he had a day 1 alliance with Kate. Apparently thats supposed to make me trust him more. I love Albee <3

[elise]

PS: Also my tribe now hates Bryce. Lololololol.