Episode 1 "Battle Of The Ages"

Episode 1 "Battle Of The Ages" Sept 1, 2015 11:34:14 GMT -5

Post by Jeff Probst on Sept 1, 2015 11:34:14 GMT -5

Episode 1
"Battle Of The Ages"

Alina, Brendan, Colby, Erinn, Ethan, Ken, Morgan, Shirin.
Artis, Bob, Cassandra, Keith, Russell, Tina, Twila, Wendy.

Before we could see anything else, we had an aerial view on the beautiful highlands. Somewhere, a vehicle was driving on a sandy path of the Ethiopian Savanna. That jeep held the sixteen new castaways, who were soon going to be marooned in Africa. Jeff Probst was standing on the edge of that jeep, holding himself on one of the wooden handles. He was introducing the season.

Jeff Probst - We are in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia!

Before we could see a rising of the sun on the Ethiopian Savanna, the wheels of the jeep were bouncing sand.

Jeff Probst - The oldest fossil skeleton of a human was discovered HERE, in Ethiopia!

We could see Ethiopian natives, with body paint and pierced lower lips, wearing a lip plate.

Jeff Probst - We are currently on the ending of a raining season!

We could see the flashback of a raining.

Jeff Probst - But once it's over, they will be living under an unforgiving heat...

We could see a group of baboons - a specie of monkey - hiding under the shadow of an acacia tree.

Jeff Probst - ... Along with a diversity of wild animals!

We could see an Elephant tooting after a mud bath, and right after this, we were back to the jeep.

Jeff Probst - This is where sixteen new castaways will be marooned for this long and scorching journey!

We had a view on some castaways, like an older woman with a hat.

Confessional Wendy -
After applying one thousand times I finally made it. I sent my tape with my daughter. I'm sad she didn't make it but I'm here for her. I wanna take the million home.

Right next to her, was a younger woman with oversized breasts. She was flipping her hair.
Confessional Morgan -
I am the best bitch out here by far. Like I am fantastic. Not to sound conceited or anything, but I am.

A skinny asian guy was also staring at the landscape.
Confessional Ken -
The game's first stage has me in a truck going through the Ethiopian desert. It appears that voice chat has been disabled. I don't even know who we're going to be fighting. Zombies? Aliens? Given the desert setting, probably terrorists.

An older man with glasses was staring at the cast.
Confessional Bob -
I'm hoping that I can do pull my weight being one of the oldest guys here. Hopefully something will turn in my favor.

Just right next to him, was an older black american, who had a strong african accent.
Confessional Artis -
The more that I'm thinking about it... I think that we may be divided by age. You know, young versus old. If that's the case, I'm take these kids down - cause we may have wrinkles, but we also got widsom. Wrinkles and wisdom, baby.

Jeff Probst - They come from different walks of life. Sixteen americans forced to work together and create a new society...

We could see the rest of the castaways that we didn't hear.

Jeff Probst - ...While battling the elements, and each other!

We could see the vehicle continue his way through the sandy road.

Jeff Probst - They'll be forced to adapt, or they'll be voted out!

Everyone were still sitting in the jeep, looking around them.

Jeff Probst - In the end, only one will remain to claim the million dollar prize!

We could see the jeep by a few meters of distance, where Jeff was about to close his introduction.

Jeff Probst - Thirty-Nine days... Sixteen people...

We could see a gazelle run away in the Savanna, before we could see Jeff one more time.

Jeff Probst - ONE... SURVIVOR!

The jeep had finally arrived to its destination, and it dropped. People started getting off the vehicle, about to join Jeff Probst by standing on a mat on the ground. Tina was the last one to get down.

Confessional Tina -
Holy hell this jeep ride is taking forever.. I m sick of smelling these people's body odor. Please let us get to camp soon. I pray to you, Jeff Probst.

Tina was the last one to stand on her mat, and Jeff looked at the group.

Jeff Probst - Welcome to Survivor: Ethiopia!

Everyone were happy and were clapping hands.

Jeff Probst - First thing we're going to do is divide you in two tribes.

Some castaways, like Twila and Keith, were nodding.

Jeff Probst - People who are over 32 years old, take place to the right...

Some people were already gasping and moving to the right.

Jeff Probst - Those who are under, take place to the left...

The group was now divided in two.

Jeff Probst - This season, it will be a battle of the ages!

Russell - Awesome.

Keith looked interested.

Confessional Keith -
I like the idea of young vs. old in this context, because I think the need to play up to the "ideals" of age could be beneficial. I think we could have a more unified tribe than the other one.

Jeff Probst - Younger tribe... you are Chencha, and your tribe color is green!

Jeff tossed a bunch of green buffs to the younger tribe. Colby caught it.

Jeff Probst - Older tribe, you are Gorgora, and you are dark red!

Jeff tossed the buffs to Bob, and we could now see everyone wearing their buffs on different parts of their body.

Jeff Probst - Artis, you think the tribes are fair?

Everyone looked over at him to listen.

Artis - Well, I think some people are gonna be judging us because of our age and we might not be able to move as quickly, but I can guarantee you that will not be a problem.

Jeff Probst - Morgan, you think your opponents stand a chance?

Morgan - No way! Our tribe is full of young, beautiful people and with beauty lies strength.

Tina - Pfft!

Jeff Probst - We will put tribes to the test...

Everyone stared at Jeff.

Jeff Probst - You will compete in your first reward challenge, right now!

Jeff pointed at the ground to highlight the present moment.

Jeff Probst - You'll both be given a tribe flag, and a map to the location of a camp. However, you will both receive a map with the same destination.

Jeff was already giving away the maps.

Jeff Probst - You'll be doing a one mile hike through the Ethiopian Savanna.

We could see the landscape behind them.

Jeff Probst - Your goal is to make get first to that camp. That camp has a shelter, it has an extra bag of rice, and it has a fire going.

Jeff was using his fingers to explain like he was counting things.

Jeff Probst - And because that camp already has fire, it will also include a flint.

Everyone were clapping hands, ready to compete.

Confessional Artis -
Jeff tells us that our first reward challenge begins right away, and we need to complete this giant hike through the desert to claim this nice camp. I mean, I just told the other tribe that we're gonna put up a real fight and now we have to do an agility challenge?! Seriously? With all these old people?

Jeff Probst - First tribe to make it to the destination as a group, will live in that camp. That's your reward. The other tribe will be moved to the other camp, and will have to make their own shelter and fire. That's a huge start advantage that's never been done before! You ready?

Everyone - Yesss!

Jeff Probst - It starts. NOW!

As soon as Jeff called the challenge to be starting, everyone started running in slow motion as a group. Chencha was moving to the left, and Gorgora was moving to the right. Both paths were going to lead to the same destination.

GORGORA, DAY 1
The group of older people were moving at a slow pace, but they seemed to know where they were going. Bob was the person holding the map, and also leading the tribe upfront. He would constantly look at the horizon, then at the map, and then at the horizon again, while the rest of his tribe would follow him behind. Artis was carrying the tribe flag.

Tina - Youngsters will be distracted with their smartphones and twitter and whatnot.

The rest of the tribe started laughing.

Bob - We had pens and paper back in my day, haha.

Tina - And an atlas! Instead of this gps navigation nonsense.

Tina was still making fun of the youngers, imitating them.

Tina - #YOLO. Did I do that right?

Artis was laughing harder. Russell was not giggling like the rest of the group, he would look around, and then at Bob who had the map in hands.

Russell - Where we go?

Bob - We need to climb up this hill!

Bob and the rest of his tribe mates started climbing the hill, which wasn't too hard, but still required some physical skills.

Confessional Artis -
The hike was grueling, but I noticed that Bob in particular was really leading the team forward. There he was, at the front of the pack. This guy must be a genius or something, I don't know how he did it. It gave me a little hope, because personally I was struggling a bit with the challenge.

They finally made it, and the tribe could now have a better view on the rest of the Ethiopian landscape.

CHENCHA, DAY 1
The younger tribe were now on top of a hill, where they could see a great part on the rest of their trek to come. Morgan finished reading the map.

Morgan - I think we need to go this way. It will be faster.

Morgan pointed somewhere in the Savanna, and the group started following her, among them, Erinn.

Confessional Erinn -
My hike had some bumps and hills in it, but the journey was an exhilarating experience and the view was great. I think I am doing a pretty good job inserting myself into a friendly position with a lot of the other people in my tribe. I do not want to take a position of power because that is the worst thing any player can do, but I want to have an influence on what happens strategicwise so I think this hike set me up well.

Erinn - Chencha looks to be the hotter tribe as I see it.

We could see most of the handsome and gorgeous members of the younger tribes as they would continue to travel down the hill.

Erinn - Their old bones will be broken by the time they're done.

Some tribe mates started giggling, and they slowed down a lot, talking to each other, while Morgan and Erinn were far ahead on the others, so they could speak without being heard by others.

Morgan - It's full of all the young, beautiful people. Of course, we're the two most beautiful by far.

Erinn chuckles.

Erinn - You know what's up!

Morgan - That pretty much warrants us having to work together.

Erinn - It honestly does though.

Morgan - We can't let the less beautiful people last longer than us. That would be a tragedy.

Erinn - Haha. We're such bitches and I love it.

While they would be talking, we could see Shirin being very late on the rest of the group.

Shirin - I'm super late! Sorry!

Shirin ran a little faster, finally reaching the rest of the group, but still leaving Erinn and Morgan far ahead.

Morgan - We're the HBIC's.

Erinn - YOU know it. The Devilish Duo.

Morgan - Yes! I love it. That should be our secret alliance name.

Erinn - Works for me! Unless you got something else cause I kinda just made that up on the spot.

Morgan - No, I think it's great.

Erinn - Alright, then it's official.

Morgan - Sweet!

Erinn smiled, and both of them turned around, realizing the rest of the tribe were being slower. They waited on them.

Confessional Erinn -
I have my first official alliance! The Devilish Duo consisting of myself and Morgan, the two bitchiest girls in the game. By the way, I know the name sucks, but it was made up on the spot. She likes to play this game and I am ready to let her take the reigns because I don't want to be the frontrunner of this tribe.

GORGORA, DAY 1
The tribe was still travelling and led by Bob, but he eventually just stopped walking. All of a sudden, we could hear a leopard.

Bob - What is that?

Tina - It's Leopard.

The leopard would keep doing noises, frightening the tribe. Bob looked back on his map, unsure of where to go anymore. Tina sighed, trying to get the map from him.
Confessional Tina -
Bob is doing an amazing job... but Bob, don't you think it's probably a good idea to keep everyone aware of where we're going? So that ALL can help when you get lost...

They changed path and got away from the scary leopards. On another camera, we could see the Leopard walking around, watching smaller preys through the tall grass.

CHENCHA, DAY 1
We could see the younger tribe now walking in direction of the Reward Camp. They were actually pretty close, well, from a certain angle, because even though it was visible to their eye, it was still a long way to go.

Morgan - It's right there!

We could have a zoom from the above, where we could see the tribe walking towards the Reward camp. However, on the other side, we could see the older tribe, who were also walking towards that Reward camp, and they were neck to neck.

Morgan - Look!

Morgan looked at the older tribe, she could see them. On the other side, we could see them look back. They started walking a lot faster, to make it to the camp first. They were tired, but they were so close, they weren't going to give up already. We could see flashes of each groups running to their fastest. Jeff Probst was also at the camp, waiting on either tribe to arrive first. He was smiling at Tina and Morgan who were both about to arrive at camp, running.

Morgan arrived first, and Jeff raised his hand.

Jeff Probst - Chencha wins reward!

The rest of both tribes finally arrived, realizing their victory or defeat. Twila was panting.

Confessional Twila -
It was tough because I am not an athletic person, but I survived and that's the important part.

Morgan - Beauty and youth will always prevail!

Chencha were clapping their victory, while Jeff was handing Morgan the flint. She grabbed it, smiling.

Confessional Morgan -
So in case it wasn't already obvious how amazing I am, I just single-handedly won the Reward Challenge for our tribe. You're welcome, Chencha.

Jeff Probst - So Chencha will be living here, will have a shelter and fire, while Gorgora will be relocated to another camp, where you will build your own shelter and fire.

Bob sighed.

Confessional Bob -
Sadly Miss Morgan prissy pants had already caught up and passed us. She wound up winning it for the young'uns tribe. So, we got stuck with the shitty camp. Yay. *sarcastic celebration finger twirl*

GORGORA, DAY 1
The eight older men and women had just arrived to their new camp location, and it was nothing but an empty clearing, with a bucket and machete on the ground.

Artis - Who, tribe work looks cool.

Bob - It probably won't be here in a day or two. We're tough though. We didn't get to be our age without some backbreaking work!

Tina - I'm going to get started.

Tina walks away from the group, on her way to find wooden logs and sticks. Bob just took his glasses off.

Bob - I have glasses we can use!

While the rest of the tribe were gathering wood, Bob and Keith were sitting on the ground above Bob's glasses that he was holding above grass that could be used for the fire.

Keith - I love what you've done with your glasses.

Bob - Thanks.

Twila and Tina were both carrying a wooden log together on their shoulders.

Confessional Twila -
Everyone seems friendly and they are pulling their weight around camp.

Later on, we could tell that the tribe were now at the step of making their shelter. Artis was telling his tribe mates how to place the logs, and they seemed to have a good plan going.

Confessional Artis -
So we go back to our crappy little camp and we need to get to work on making a shelter. This is my time to shine, cause I'm a hard worker at home, and I told myself I would be an even bigger one on Survivor. These people wouldn't vote out a guy who is helping out around camp all the time, would they? Out of the gate, I'm getting good vibes from Bob and Tina. The three of us are out there finding wood. Bob even used his glasses to get a fire going- he's such a great guy.

They testing the logs resistance before adding more wood to the base of the shelter.

Tina - I want us to have a nice place to sleep tonight.

Bob, still placing his glasses above the dry grass, turned around, looking at the progress of the work on the shelter. With time, it was almost finished, as they were adding leaves on top of it.

Tina - I think we're done!

Tina and Artis stepped back, looking at their work, and everyone were clapping, excited about having their shelter already. Wendy walked to the shelter, and replaced one of the leaves that had just fallen on the ground. Artis raised his eye brow, looking at her.

Confessional Artis -
Wendy, who has done basically nothing since we got here, comes along and puts one measly leaf on top... Thanks Wendy... She doesn't seem to be putting up much of an effort around camp. With the rate she's going, she's on track to be first one booted off simply for a lack of effort.

She looked around herself, and everyone were talking to each other, except for her.
Confessional Wendy -
Nobody is trying to talk to me at all. They don't care at all about me and I already can see that I am not in a good spot in my tribe. I can easily be the first person voted out if we go to tribal council and we are definitely going because the younger tribe is stronger than us. I can say that we will never win a challenge!

Bob still had no fire, and was getting impatient. Artis looked over at him.

Artis - I'm going to start the fire if nobody minds.

Russell - Awesome.

We could see a fast forward of Artis getting ready to rub two wooden sticks together, until steam and sparkles start appearing right before a flame. Everyone started celebrating after the dried grass started burning. Tina just put a wooden stick in the fire.

Tina - Yeah! Way to go Artis!

Russell looked around himself.

Russell - Anyone feel free to talk to me. I don't bite.

Twila - I guess people are scared of Russell...

Russell chuckles.

Russell - I'm only a Hantz.

Twila chuckles.

Twila - The Hantzes are kind of crazy.

Tina - I found the water well! Over here!

Twila - Oh!

Twila walked away to join Tina, leaving Russell alone with Artis. He looked directly at him.

Russell - Wanna work together in this game? I am Gucci.

Artis - Gucci Mane? Sure.

Russell - Me and you final two? I really haven't talked to anyone.

Artis - Nobody at all.

Russell chuckles.

Russell - No. I am Russell Hantz. I am notorious.

Artis - Notorious B.I.G.?

Russell - I will have your back in this game.

Artis - Okay. Sounds good.

Confessional Artis -
Russell just approached me saying how he wants to work together and gave me a final two deal. It was the sketchiest, lamest deal ever and I absolutely do not trust him, but if he keeps his word that's no skin off my nose. I have a feeling he's going to make a similar deal to everyone else in the tribe, so there's no point in actually trusting him.

After a baboon was screaming after a little run in the tall grass, we could see Bob finishing to paint a rock. He has drawn a Spongebob on it.

Confessional Bob -
On the way to the shitty camp, I saw this sponge fossil...I picked it up and put it in my pocket. When we got to camp, I took some dark wood and some red berries and blue berries and some white wood and scratched a face on it. I'll call him SpongeBob. *shows sponge bob* (i.imgur.com/LohHQpO.png) I might talk to him or just act like we're dancing or something. I don't know yet. I guess I'll go get wood and help around the camp.

CHENCHA, DAY 1
Most of the younger tribe were laying around in the shelter, while Colby and Brendan were around their campfire and anyone could hear them talking to each other.

Colby - Oh yeah! I love that they have to do all the work.

Brendan - Sweat haha.

On the other hand, Ken was trying to find fire wood.

Confessional Ken -
Right now I'm focusing on side missions, trying to build up some XP so that I can amp up my Usefulness stat. Right now Morgan's the only character with high Usefulness and I need to make sure that I'm doing well enough in the rankings to avoid elimination when the deathmatches start. I'm planning on joining her party. Anybody else who's looking to form a guild will want to join with the player with the highest Usefulness stat, so for right now it makes the most sense to make my username synonymous with hers.

Ken just gathered a fire wood on the ground, and he was followed by Erinn, who just found one too. She looked over at camp, and she would see half the people napping.
Confessional Erinn -
Honestly, I don't know what these people don't understand. The beginning of the game is ALWAYS the most important stage. This is where you create alliances that can potentially go all the way to the end. These girls are sucking this game up and they better step up because this diva don't allow inactivity.

We could see Alina, Morgan, and Shirin doing their nap, one after the other.

Ken just arrived at the campfire, where Colby and Brendan were, and he fed the fire with wood.

Ken - If we run out of wood, can we use clothing? I would gladly sacrifice Erinn and Morgan's shirts for the cause.

Erinn was behind him with another piece of fire wood.

Erinn - Come again.

Ken - Whoops! Didn't mean to say that out loud.

Ethan shook his head.

Confessional Ethan -
Kenny said this : "If we run out of wood, can we use clothing? I would gladly sacrifice Erinn and Morgan's shirts for the cause." I find that casual sexual harassment highly unappealing in an ally.

Ken and Erinn were back to their firewood gathering while the tribe were relaxing, but they would talk at the same time.

Ken - I'm trying to find out what everybody's skills are, so I know what class to assign for the party. I assume this works like an RPG. How are you with magic?

Erinn shakes head.

Erinn - Nope.

Ken - Right. So you won't be the wizard, then. Do you have any weapon proficiency?

Erinn - Ehh not a lot.

Ken - Well, okay, let's say a marauding Russell Hantz is charging out of the woods at you. How do you defend yourself?

Erinn - With my bazuka duh.

Ken - Bazuka proficiency. Excellent. Do you enjoy sandviches?

Erinn - Who doesn't.

Ken - I'm thinking you'll be the team heavy. You can use rocket launchers, miniguns, you name it.

Erinn - Fancy.

Ken - It's an excellent class. You'll have a lower movement stat. But that's okay, we'll mostly be using fast travel once most of the terrain's been revealed anyway.

Erinn - Alrighty. I'm not the best role player so I apologize if I'm not good at it.

Ken - It's okay. This game is only version 3.0 We're essentially beta testing it to see how it works, so it's great if you're totally new. Gives you fresh eyes. No disrespect to the older users, but I'm much more comfortable with younger folks

Erinn - Much agreed though. Old ladies have a tendency to act like they're my mom.

Erinn - Exactly. I think our tribe has potential to be a dominating force. Of course I shouldn't get ahead of myself.

Ken - Hey, I like your spirit! I think we're a really solid team.

Erinn - Definitely.

Ken - If anything, you're rocking the highest Intelligence stat on the tribe.

Erinn - I'm just working. The challenges are where the intelligent people come out.

Ken - Don't sell yourself short!

Erinn - Haha we'll see Kenny boy.

Confessional Erinn -
Ken I have already talked with a lot and I like him... to an extent. Like, he's super weird. I don't even know how to explain it. He is so into this role playing thing which kind of annoys me, but hey, I gotta play along because I gotta have some allies in this game. Basically I'll let him call the shots now, but I ain't letting some weirdo boss me around telling me what role am I supposed to be playing. On top of that, Kenny's already telling me he thinks I'm the intelligent carrier of the tribe and what the f***, I don't want that target on my back. So I'll try to dial it down in challenges and just do well at the camp life so people don't see me as too huge of a threat.

GORGORA, DAY 2
There was a light little rain, and there mosquitos all over the place. We could see everyone getting biten or hitting on mosquitos on their skin. Tina just killed one.

Tina - How irritating.

Bob was trying to cover himself up with as much cloth as possible, while Twila was getting the most bites.

Twila - I thought I'd be free of mosquitoes here in Ethiopia, but those dang buggers seem to love my blood. At this rate, my arms and legs will look like Swiss cheese for however many days I'm out here.

Artis - Just don't get West Nile virus!

Wendy was on a meditative trance.

Wendy - My body is shielded!

She gets bite on the ear lobe. Russell was looking at mosquitos, then at the campfire.

Russell - Can we eat the mosquitos?

Nobody responds, except for a bird tweeting on a branch. Bob and Artis were talking to each other in private, near an acacia tree.

Bob - I think me, you, and Tina should make an alliance so that we can protect each other.

Artis - That sounds awesome! I was thinking the same thing.

Bob - Awesome! Have you gotten to talk to everyone else?

Artis - I've made small talk with pretty much everyone. Keith, Twila and Wendy seem alright, Cass is very nice and Russell is kinda sketchy. He offered me a final two deal.

Bob - Weird...I haven't talked to him since the reward challenge.

Confessional Artis -
It's day two, I'm talking to Bob, and he offers me an alliance with him and Tina! I'm estatic, because those are the people that I really wanted to align myself with. We started talking about the other people in our tribe, and I let it slip that Russell gave me a final two deal. I don't know if that was the right thing to do, but hopefully it made Bob trust me a little bit more. I think at this point Russell is moving closer and closer to the chopping block if we lose this immunity.

CHALLENGE FIELD
We could see the settlement of the challenge : There were, for each tribe, a colored barrel on one end, and a sand pit on the other. In-between, there would be a series of 6 mats. Nearby, Jeff was waiting on the tribes to come.

Jeff Probst - Come on in guys!

While we could hear an ethiopian-african theme song, both tribes were walking into the challenge field, and took place on their respective mat.

Jeff Probst - Welcome to your first immunity challenge! For today's challenge, one member will fill a bag with sand.

We could see someone kneeling down and filling a bag with sand in the sand pit.

Jeff Probst - That person will then toss the bag to another tribe mate...

We could see someone toss the sand bag to someone.

Jeff Probst - Who will toss to another tribe mate...

And we could see the same again.

Jeff Probst - If the bag drops...

We could see a bag drop on the ground in slow motion, with sand sent in every direction as it hit the ground.

Jeff Probst - You start over. Your goal is to fill your barrel with sand.

We could see a barrel fill itself with sand until it's full.

Jeff Probst - First tribe to full their barrel... wins! And this is what you are playing for :

Jeff Probst - Immunity! Have this at camp, and no one in your tribe can go home. The other tribe will vote the first person out. I'll give you a few minutes to strategize, and we'll get started!

Time had passed until everyone had taken their spots. We could see Bob and Ethan being the barrel fillers, while Russell and Ken were in the sand pit.

Jeff Probst - Survivors ready? Go!

Ken and Russell started filling their bags with sand. The bags weren't too large, so they were being quickly filled. Russell finished first, and turned around to Twila, about to throw it to her. She got ready to catch it, but Russell threw it too shortly. It fell to the ground, and we could see him start over, before Ken would get ready to toss his filled bag to Shirin.

We could see the younger tribe tossing their bag to one another, going from Shirin to Morgan, from her to Alina, while Russell would keep taking his time to fill his bag. Bob looked over and realized it was going too slow.

Bob - Switch places! Switch!

Russell had just finished his bag, and he switched places with Bob, letting him get the bag. Russell was now at the end of the chain, waiting next to the barrel, while Ethan just filled his tribe barrel with the first bag of sand. They were cheering, while the bag was being brought back to the starting point.

We could see Twila looking like she would be dancing to wait on Bob's bag. The younger tribe looked at her and started mocking her.

Ethan - W H A T is Twila doing?

Ken - Twila is on drugs.

They started chuckling, as they would continue to toss the bag to each other. They were now neck to neck on their second bag, successfully tossing it from one tribe mate to another, Brendan just caught the bag, and was about to toss it to Ethan, the last one in the chain, when Russell, who was last on Gorgora failed to catch the bag from Tina, who was thrown too far.

Jeff Probst - Gorgora still can't get their bag to the end! Gotta start over! Chencha making some ground now!

Ethan just caught the bag from Brendan, and he poured the sand in the barrel, maintaining the lead for his tribe. We could then see a flashback of castaways tossing the sand bags to each other, Ken and Bob would fill their bags... and they were now tossing it to Keith. He caught it, but a lot of sand dropped off the bag when he did. He turned around, and tossed it to the next one, Tina. We could see that both tribe's barrel were near half full, but Chencha visibly had more sand.

Jeff Probst - Gorgora have been in last place this entire challenge, but if they get this bag, they are going to be neck to neck!

Russell just caught the bag from Tina and poured the sand in his barrel.

Jeff Probst - We are really close now!

Artis - We can catch up!

Twila just caught the bag from Bob.

Bob - Woohoo!

Twila - We can do this!

Wendy - GO GO GO!

Colby tossed his bag to Erinn, but the bag dropped on the ground, and plenty of sand bounced in her face. She shook her head, and got herself together so she would return the empty bag to the bag filler.

Artis - THEY JUST DROPPED A BAG.

Cassandra just received the bag from Wendy and turned around to throw it at Keith. Once again, he catches, but lots of sand drops on the ground, leaving the bag full only by the three quarters. But they kept going, as he would throw it at Tina right away.

While Ken was still filling the bag slowly for his tribe, Russell caught the bag from Tina and just dropped the sand within the barrel.

Jeff Probst - Gorgora is now in the lead!

Ken finally finished filling his bag, and tossed it very quickly at Shirin, and it was only a matter of time before Chencha would catch the bag one after the other. Ethan would actually catch the bag before Bob could even finish filling his bag, that he just tossed to Twila. Ethan poured the sand in his tribe barrel, giving the lead back to his tribe.

"Wendy JOOOOO" would scream Artis as he would toss her the bag. The older the tribe were on a run, but their sand bag once again took a hit when Keith lost half the sand in the bag, not catching it correctly. Some of his tribe mates sighed, but at least the bag was still in the course, only that Russell only had half the bag to pour in the barrel.

Ethan, on the other hand, had a full bag to pour in his barrel. We could see a fast forward of Ethan pouring sand in his tribe barrel, Keith losing sand in his catches, and Russell adding it to the barrel.

Both tribe were now going for only a few more sand to fill their barrel. Trying to save some time, Bob decided to only partially fill his bag, thinking it would be enough. He tossed it to Twila. Ken took his time, by actually filling the bag completely. He tossed it to Shirin, when the other tribe were being a lot slower, taking their time to throw a lighter bag that could dangerously get deflected by the wind.

Artis just caught the bag from Twila, and Chencha didn't mess around with their bag, and just went for speed. Morgan, Alina, Colby, and Erinn would all catch their bag before Wendy could even catch it for her tribe. It was only a matter of time before Ethan would pour the last bag of sand in his tribe barrel.

Jeff Probst - Chencha wins immunity!

Wendy - OH SHIIIIIIITTTTTTTT!

Morgan - YESSSSS!

Artis sighed.

Artis - That was a close one.

Jeff Probst - Congratulations Chencha! You are safe from tribal council!

Jeff was handing them the immunity, and he would then look at Gorgora.

Jeff Probst - Older tribe, can't say the same thing... one of you will be going home tomorrow night. Grab stuff, head back to camp!

Tina shooked her head.

Confessional Tina -
These fucks can't understand shit.. we've got inept-ass Russell over here trying to be the tribe hero with a major handicap.. UH CALM YOUR SHIT. We just need to win. So Bob makes the right call and sends Russell to the back of the line. Meanwhile, Twila can't properly throw a bag of sand and we get strung up. Not to mention Keith's stellar performance in costing us pounds of sand every time we threw anything. The only thing Keith is good for in this tribe is making the first boot an easy one.

CHENCHA, DAY 2
After seeing a group of Buffalos moving together in a clearing, the younger tribe arrived at their camp, dropping their bags. Erinn had the immunity idol, which she put on the ground near the shelter.

Erinn - So basically, we won the challenge because of Twila and whatever the heck she was doing.

Shirin - Twila! Angelic Angel.

Shirin laughs.

Morgan - I'mma miss her. She's senile.

Erinn - Well obviously she threw the challenge for us all!

Alina - What a blessing in disguise.

Ken grins, looking at Alina while she speaks.

Confessional Ken -
Alina is alive. I thought she was an NPC put here to balance out the teams, but she talks somewhat like a human. I'm going to administer the Turing test to make she's not an AI, though. Wouldn't put it past development to slip a hyperintelligent CPU player in as a way of field testing the character's capacity to execute code.

We could see the sun as a transition between camp, and somewhere in the Savanna, where Erinn and Brendan could talk.

Brendan - Our tribe seems really cool!

Erinn - Definitely.

Brendan - I like it a lot!

Erinn - So Brendan... *bats eyelashes*... I've been meaning to ask you... This might be a little forward, but I really think you're a good guy, and if you're up for it, I want to make an alliance with you.

Brendan - I think it's a sign because I wanted to work with you, too! You've been the easiest to talk to so far and I really like you! I think we would make a really good team!

Erinn - YES oh my god, I was so scared asking. I didn't want to be rejected haha.

Brendan - We have these days before tribal council as well to bond and talk around.

Erinn - Yes it's good to have someone you trust early on.

Brendan nodded.

Confessional Brendan -
So happy that she came to me first! I knew I had a good feeling about her. Gonna propose we try to make it a core four maybe tomorrow? I don't want to get too gamebotty on the first round hahah.

At camp, only Ethan and Shirin were left neart he campfire.

Ethan - I think we can easily rule this tribe?

Shirin - I don't know, have you talked to people?

Ethan - Yeah everyone. Joke. Um, Alina seems shady, and I like that. Shady as in funny. I don't like Kenny, I think we kill him. Brendan is gross. Nah, I don't know him, but Kenny is making weird boob jokes. If we make a secret final two, it's such an easy way of winning.

Shirin - I've seen it HAPPEN. I believe in the magic.

Ethan - Yahhh. Let's do it! Brendan is gonna fuck this up. I think i want all the men gone except for me. I think we should make Alina our third, Erinn our fourth, not explicitly yet.

Shirin chuckled and smiled.

Confessional Shirin -
It turns out Ethan and I get along super well and a lot of the others aren't as boring as I expected them to be. I can't ask for much more than that.

GORGORA, DAY 2
We could see the tribe flag of Gorgora as the tribe were arriving at their camp by walk under the light rain. They started dropping their things around the shelter, Artis just drank in his canteen of water.

Confessional Artis -
Russell was supposed to be filling the bags full of sand, but he sucked at that, so Bob quickly stepped in and booted him to sand-dumping. Twila messed up and dropped one of the first bags. But the biggest blunder of all was Keith. This hick just screwed us up, over and over. We were so close to having a come-from-behind win, but his incompetency fractured our chances. He will be going home.

The tribe was quiet, which expressed their disappointment in their loss today. Bob interrupted the silence.

Bob - Yeah... I think the vote is going towards Keith.

Keith listened to it, but didn't respond and walked away, we could see in his face that he was uncomfortable with this situation. People were nodding at Bob, until Russell changed subject.

Russell - Tina and Wendy, you know you can talk to me and say hi. I don't bite.

He then pointed at Twila.

Russell - You too, haven't talked to me yet.

Russell chuckles.

Tina - Sorry Russell.

Tina continued drinking in her canteen of water, then realized it was now empty. She had to walk away to get more water. Twila just slapped on one of the mosquitos on her arm, and we could see the sun shining through the light rain. After seeing a group of moskitos flying together, we could see Artis and Cassandra talking near a tree.

Cassandra - I know it's early but out of everyone I have def talked to you the most and I feel like we get along well.

Artis - Same!

Cassandra - And, I obviously need someone to work with during this game, so I hope that we can work together!

Artis - Absolutely!

Cassandra - I'm guessing that Keith can be an easy vote off for this round.

Artis - Yeah that's what everyone is saying.

Cassandra - Okay perfect!

Confessional Artis -
After the challenge, Cass told me that she really liked talking to me and said that she wanted to work with me. So, basically I'm in an alliance with Bob and Tina, in an alliance with Russell, and in a blooming friendship with Cassandra. I'd say that my first couple days in Ethiopia have been going very well.

We could see Artis and Cassandra having an inaudible conversation while Cassandra was confessing.

Confessional Cassandra -
I reached out to Artis and asked him if he wanted to work together. I need that "one person" who I can trust completely and tell everything to, and I think Artis can be that person for me.

The stressing ambiance of a vote continued to be felt when Cassandra was now talking to Twila.

Twila - I'm not even going to beat around the bush here... my vote is fairly obvious.

Cassandra - Keith?

Twila - Yeah... this early in the game, the only thing I can do is vote based on challenge strength and Keith was the obvious weak link.

Cassandra - Yeah absolutely.

Twila - Yeah... I know how it feels to get voted out when you did your best to win, and I don't want you to experience that.

Cassandra - Awwwh thanks I appreciate that. Definitely just seems like the most fair thing to do to vote Keith out.

We could see a heat lightning at the horizon, before Bob was having a conversation with Tina.

Bob - I was wanting to know if you wanted to make an alliance?

Tina - Absolutely. I think me, you and Artis are the strongest and need to stick together.

Bob - I talked to Artis, and he's down.

Bob - I'm thinking we need to make sure people who aren't so helpful with the tribe grab up as a majority and take us out, haha

Tina - Yeah and we def need to drop some of our dead weight early so we don't get too bogged down with tribal work.

Bob - Exactly.

Tina - have you talked to everyone yet?

Bob - I think just about...except Wendy.

Tina - I've only really spoken with you and Artis.

Bob - I think we should be fine.

Tina - Yeah, I feel pretty good.

Confessional Tina -
He wants an alliance. This pleases me as I see myself bob and Artis as the strongest and feel we need to stick together. Some of these other people don't even try to do any work around camp...

When Artis arrived, Bob left them together.

Artis - I'm glad we're working together.

Tina - Yes me too. It's very clear that me, you, Bob, and Cass are probably the strongest of the tribe.

Artis - I've been talking to Cass a bit, she's pretty cool.

Confessional Tina -
Confessional Tina - after witnessing Cassandra in the challenge today I would like to include her as well. She proved herself to be a great asset to us old fucks.

Artis and Tina were now walking back together at camp, and we could feel that the day was almost ending, with the sun almost settled down. Everyone were gathered together under the shelter, to keep themselves from the rain. They were slapping moskitos, one after the other, before they could see someone coming at the horizon.

Artis - Uh ohhhhh.

Everyone turned around, trying to understand what's going on. They could see Dr. Ramona - a doctor from the Medical Team - coming at camp.

Artis - Dr. Ramona is like the grim reaper.

Twila just slapped a moskito.

Twila - Medical better do something fast, because if one of those bugs bites me in the face, my eye will be swollen shut for weeks.

Wendy looked frightened.

Confessional Wendy -
I see Doctor Ramona around camp and I'm like "What the fuck?" Is anyone here dying and I didn't notice?

They realized she was carrying a bunch of nets with her. They were questionning themselves.

Dr. Ramona - Hello guys.

Everyone welcomed her, unsure if they should or not.

Dr. Ramona - After evaluation of the conditions around camp, it was prescribed that you need these mosquito nets to sleep for the night. Have a good night, and make sure these nets are correctly installed before sleeping.

Artis facepalmed.

Artis - Mosquito nests.

GORGORA, DAY 3
We knew that a day had passed, when we could see the sun settle down, then wake again on the Savanna. A lot of the tribe members were still sleeping inside their mosquito nets, but Russell was waken, talking to Artis.

Russell - Keith the vote for screwing?

Artis - Okay.

Russell - Sounds good. He screwed. Not fair.

Artis - Yeah.

Moment of silence.

Russell - Awesome.

We could see Cassandra snapping a piece of wood with her machete, looking around herself, there was no one.

Confessional Cassandra -
It has been a super quiet day. I feel confident that Keith will go home. I know that they say once you feel comfortable, that's when you should actually be worried, but I really don't see how he could not go home tonight after his challenge performance.

We could see the older tribe gathering their torches, one at a time, as the sun was slowly going to sleep, and it was still raining lightly.

TRIBAL COUNCIL
An Ethiopian themed tribal opening music could be heard, as we had an overview of the highlands, followed by the tribal council setting in a hollow valley. It was a constructed african village, with huts. The tribe were walking in one straight line, empty handed, towards tribal council, where Jeff was watching them enter tribal council.

Jeff Probst - Behind each of you is a torch, go ahead and grab one.

We could see everyone, like Artis and Cassandra, doing it.

Jeff Probst - Approach a flame, dip it in, and get fire.

Wendy just dipped her torch in fire, followed by Bob.

Jeff Probst - This is part of the ritual of tribal council because in this game, fire represents your life.

We could see Cassandra and Tina putting their torch on a hold.

Jeff Probst - As long as you have fire, you're still in the game.

Russell just put his torch on a hold too.

Jeff Probst - When your fire's gone, so are you. That will be the case for one of you tonight.

Keith was the last one to sit down.

Jeff Probst - Alright, let's get back to the beginning, when you were divided in tribes based on age.

We could see Artis.

Jeff Probst - You said that age would not be a problem in this game, you still sticking to that after getting your ass kicked twice in a row?

Artis - Jeff, our age had nothing to do with losing that last challenge.

Jeff Probst - But it wasn't just the last challenge, it was both challenges! You had no wins... at all!

Tina - Ass kicked? What game are you watching, Jeff! It was a nail biter in both of them!

Artis - But we came very close both times. I think that after this tribal council, we can beat the other tribe.

Russell nodded and makes an angry face.

Russell - Realy Jeff.

Jeff Probst - Tina, you guys did not win the reward camp, so you had to make your own shelter and fire. How did it go down?

Tina - Most everyone has helped with all of the tribal work. Artis is who we have to thank for the fire though. So far, we've been doing pretty good! Got our shelter up quick and haven't had to delve into our supply of rice.

Jeff Probst - Cassandra, has everyone contributed equally to camp chores?

Cassandra - I think we all contribute in our own ways! Keith sometimes sleeps a lot, though...

We could see Keith as she would talk about him, but he keeps quiet.

Jeff Probst - What way do you contribute?

Cassandra - I caught a bunch of fish today!

Jeff Probst - Interesting!

Cassandra nodded.

Jeff Probst - This environment is clearly harder for the contestants than the installments of previous seasons!

Cassandra starts laughing.

Jeff Probst - How bad it really is?

Cassandra - I'm tired and hungry and all this rain is awful!

Tina - We've had two out of three days of rain... We have mosquitos attacking us... and right now, we're all getting by... by licking wet leaves. It sucks.

Artis - Wendy Jo got bit really bad on her ear lobe!

Wendy smiled, and turned around to show the damages of a mosquito bite on her eat lobe.

Jeff Probst - On top of that, you're having a visit at tribal council!

Wendy - I'm very frustrated. I didn't want to come to the first tribal council.

Jeff Probst Something clearly went wrong in challenges. What went wrong?

Wendy - We are here because of Keith.

Wendy pointed at Keith openly in front of everyone, and he gasps, shocked to get called out.

Wendy - I think everyone is voting the same way. We know our weakness. It's an easy vote.

Jeff Probst - Artis, besides Keith, where do you think the tribe could have gained some time?

Artis - Heh, well I think we can all agree that the beginning of that immunity challenge was pretty chaotic. After a little bit we learned how to communicate and if we continue to do that in the future we'll be fine.

Russell nodded, and all of a sudden, he started dancing on his seat with his arms, head, and upper body. The music flipped to a strange ambiance, as everybody looked over at him. He would continue.

Jeff Probst - I noticed that Bob and Russell have been switching places mid-challenge, why's that, Russell?

Russell - Oh it was nothing. We did it to make our team stronger.

Jeff Probst - And why would it make it stronger to swap places?

Russell - Cause I'm a shitty bag filler. That's why.

Jeff Probst - What's more important for you at this point in the game? Challenge performance? Camp work? Social?

Russell - Finding the idol is most important.

Jeff Probst - And how are you doing with that?

Russell - Terrible. I think the clues are up Erinn's ass.

Jeff Probst - Cassandra, what are the dynamics of the tribe? How do you guys spend your time together?

Cassandra - I think that we definitely all get along, but I think the tribe has been kind of quiet for the most part. We are all in agreement for how this vote is going to go, so I think we are all just appreciating that.

Jeff Probst - And how is the tribe going to base this vote on?

Cassandra - On challenge performance.

Jeff Probst - Alright, so we'll find out who's the least performant! It is time to vote!

Jeff Probst - Russell, you're up!

Russell stood up, and walked to his voting podium, where we could see him write down someone's name on a piece of paper. He bent it, and Wendy, the next one to go, just arrived so she could put her vote in the urn. Wendy was now returning to her seat, when all of a sudden, Russell started dancing from his seat again, and the fact he was still sitting, made him look a little disabled. Tina stared at him, then looked away, shaking her head.

Tina - This is the most bizarre tribal I've ever seen.

It was now Tina's turn, and she stood up to go vote, while Russell would continue dancing on his own. We had a fast forward of people voting : Keith, Cassandra, Bob, and Artis all voted. It was finally Twila's turn. She put her vote in the urn, and returned to her seat. Jeff looked at the group.

Jeff Probst - I'll tally the votes...

Jeff was gone tallying the votes, and meanwhile, we could see Wendy fix her hat, Keith getting ready to spit, and Russell dancing. Jeff just came back with the urn.

Jeff Probst - Once the votes are read, decision is final, person voted out will be asked to leave tribal council immediately... I'll read the votes...

1st Vote...

1 Wendy.

Wendy - Wow.

2nd Vote...

1 Wendy, 1 Keith.

No reactions from Keith.

3rd Vote...

2 Keith, 1 Wendy.

Keith continued staring at Jeff.

4th Vote...

3 Keith, 1 Wendy.

Wendy breaths.

5th Vote...

3 Keith, 1 Wendy, 1 Russell.

Tina opens her mouth in shock.

Russell - Who the hell voted me?

Russell looked around.

Jeff Probst - 3 Votes left!

6th Vote...

And the first person voted out of Survivor : Ethiopia...

6 Keith, 1 Wendy, 1 Russell.

Keith stood up, and walked to his torch so he could present it to Jeff, as he snuffed his torch.

Jeff Probst - Keith, tribe has spoken!

His flame went in smoke, and he walked out of tribal council. Jeff looked at the group.

Jeff Probst - Messing up with the first challenge of a game like this, is deadly for your game. You have another challenge coming... grab torches, head back to camp!

Everyone grabbed their bags, and torches, and walked out of tribal council.

FINAL WORDS
Keith was telling his final words after his elimination.

Final Words Keith -
I came into this game wanting the truest Survivor experience I could get. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to compete as strong as I wanted to. I feel for my tribe, but I'm honestly happy that they voted me out first rather than string along someone who couldn't be there for the tribe. I want to thank the host for giving me a chance, and I want to apologise for letting down my tribe. Kick ass out there, guys. I hope one of you old geezers wins it all. See you.

VOTES
While Keith was telling his final words, we could see whom everyone voted for.

Artis voted Keith.
Bob voted Keith.
Cassandra voted Keith.
Keith voted Russell.
Russell voted Keith.
Tina voted Keith.
Twila voted Wendy.
Wendy voted Keith.

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