[Serc]

Penisador didn't vote off Fener? This is still Mafia, guys, you always vote off Fener first!!!

[Fener]

errr f*** you too

[Path-Shaper]

The players are assembled in their starting spots. Jeff looks around and says, "There are two necklaces up for grabs. Only one person from each tribe will win it. Four of you are moving on from each tribe. The rest of you get to watch from the bench. Survivors ready?" He raises his arm in the customary style. "Go!" and the signal comes down. Everyone's into the mud!

The Challenge has begun.

[Merrid]

I predict that not voting off Fener will come back to bite them in the ass. His sheep told me that he is a deceiver. Just saying you can't trust a talking pig.

[Alkend]

look like i'm just in time for the big event.... too bad i'm tired as fuck and need to sleep.

[Path-Shaper]

The players begin rifling through the mud as fast as they can. Some players are clearly faster than others. Strategies are different, too. Some players dig one arm after the next, as if they were swimming through the muck. Others are shoveling two-arm fulls to the side.

"This challenge is on! Everyone already a filthy mess! Kalse really looking for that necklace, digging hard... so is Liosan, making short work of that muddy mess. D'riss and Serc are making some progress. Barghast is there. Okaros is right there. Karatallid... what are you doing?"

Karatallid looks frustrated. He's not moving much mud at the moment. "Fener, Alkend... you guys are really lagging right now. You need to pick it up!"

Everyone continues to dig. Grunts and mud fly out of several pits. "Alkend... still really struggling. D'riss looking really tired now. Fener's falling out of it... Eloth's not doing much in his pit. Kalse still hustling... so is Okaros! He's almost waist deep in it! He looks like he may have found something... he's fishing around in there..." Several members of Pensador hold their breath and continue to dig.

"Gamelon really digging hard... nobody wants to go home... Okaros still pulling... pulling... he's got it!" A shovel is thrown out of the pit. "Okaros moving on!" Another shovel flies out of a nearby pit. "Gamelon's got it too! He's moving on! That's two from Pensador and none from Dureza!"

The sounds from the Dureza pits grow audible as several people sound very excited. "I... I think I got it..." someone mutters. Jeff is looking around. "Everyone needs to fight if they want to win! Dureza's got some people about to get it... Serc may have it... Hood's Path looks like he's got something..."

"I got it!" yells Kalse and raises a shovel triumphantly. "Kalse moving on for Dureza!" D'riss pushing really hard now! He has something too... he's got it! D'riss moving on! Serc moving on! One more spot in Dureza!"

Suddenly another shovel comes out, "Merrid's moving on! Dureza's set! And Pensador's remaining people are really struggling. Liosan looks absolutely exhausted. Ruse has given up. Tulas is barely moving. Karatallid was way behind... but he thinks he has something... and he does! Karatallid is in! One spot left!"

A loud amount of shouting comes out and everyone begins to pull out their shovel. "Everyone's got it... who's gonna be first! It's gonna be a photo finish!" Sure enough, every shovel comes out and Jeff is watching closely. Moments later he says, "Tulas Shorn does it!"

"Alright everyone, if you aren't participating, take a seat on the bench." Jeff says, as the challengers prepare for the next leg.

Dureza - D'riss, Kalse, Merrid, Serc
Pensador - Gamelon, Karatallid, Okaros, Tulas Shorn

This post has been edited by Path-Shaper: 15 April 2011 - 10:46 PM

[Path-Shaper]

Jeff raises his hands up. "You're digging in that dirt for a bag of puzzle pieces. First two from each tribe to find 'em move on. The rest of you will join your friends on the bench over there." The benchies look up and smile and wave mockingly.

"Survivors ready... go!" The digging goes off immediately. "We'll see how strong some of you really are. It gets really exhausting to dig here and some of you are still sucking wind from the previous part of the challenge. How much will your health play into this challenge?"

Some time passes. Various people on the bench are cheering on members of their team. "Merrid's really going at it... looking for that bag. He's got a lot of dirt moved out of of his area already. Okaros doing pretty well... he's making some progress. Everyone else is struggling a bit. Tulas Shorn, D'riss, and Kalse look like they're absolutely spent. This challenge isn't over yet!"

"Merrid still digging with a madman's pace. He's a few feet into that dirt now... starting to poke around with the shovel a bit, see if he can find the pieces in a hurry. Serc making some progress too, starting to move some of the earth around. Kalse and D'riss look like they're already done... Pensador also digging away. Karatallid looking pretty good, he's starting to poke around, too. Gamelon and Okaros are looking pretty even. Tulas is barely digging anymore!"

"Merrid's digging some more... he's stopped digging now. He's on his knees. He's pulling at something... Karatallid's doing the same thing... do they have it? Yes! Merrid's moving on! Karatallid's moving on! One person from each tribe can go! Who will it be?! Everyone fighting for that spot but the exhaustion is just starting to really cripple these guys..."

"Okaros starting to pull ahead a bit... Gamelon falling behind. He's looking gassed. Serc looked like he had a comfortable lead... but he's starting to really struggle. This digging is very tiring... if you do not pace yourself, you will find yourself unable to continue! Kalse looks like he's done... but D'riss is taking advantage of Serc's exhaustion. He's got a second wind... he's got almost as much dirt out as Serc has...!"

"Now they're really digging! D'riss really trying to catch up! Serc can feel him breathing down his neck and is really trying to find the bag! Okaros and Gamelon still digging. Tulas is sitting down! Okaros looking... he's got something... it's... it's the bag! Okaros is moving on for Pensador!"

"Just Dureza left! Serc really fighting hard... Kalse is done, but D'riss is trying to catch Serc. It's almost neck and neck! Serc going into the ground to pull out his bag... D'riss throws his shovel down and is pulling at the bag too... D'riss pulls something out... it's just a clump of mud! This may be Serc's chance... and he's got it! Serc is moving on!"

"OK, two of you moving on from each tribe. The rest of you, take a seat with your buddies."

Dureza - Merrid, Serc
Pensador - Karatallid, Okaros

[Ruse]

I pity the people who had to dig in the puzzles in first place.
Or did they had machinery for it? *suspicious*

[Kalse]

Damn, it looked like I had a shot there for a minute.

[Path-Shaper]

"On my go, you will empty your bag of puzzle tiles. Each tile is a letter and together they form a phrase. The first person from each tribe to solve the puzzle wins immunity and is safe from the vote tonight. Survivors ready... go!"

"Merrid really working on that puzzle. He's been in the zone all day and continues to do a great job... Serc right behind him, not giving up! Karatallid is having some trouble getting his pieces out. A few of them are on the ground! Okaros taking advantage of the opportunity..."

"Players are really looking this one over... some people trying to pair common letters together... others trying to solve one of the big words first... Merrid's making progress... so is Serc, it's almost neck and neck. Okaros still doing pretty well, Karatallid is really struggling..."

"Merrid starting to put it together... he think he has the letters... so does Serc... it's really close! Okaros is there, too, he's hurrying to move the tiles into place...! He may have it!"

Jeff looks over Okaros's puzzle and reads aloud, "SURVIVE. ANOTHER. DAY." Okaros wins immunity! Karatallid picks up his puzzle pieces and dejectedly toss one away.

"Both Serc and Merrid are there... it's a photo finish... Merrid may have it! And he does! Merrid wins immunity!" Serc mutters under his breath.

---

Not long after, everyone is standing on the mats, as usual. Everyone is muddy and dirty, but two people are smiling huge. "Okaros, come here." Okaros obliges and approaches Jeff, turns around, and Jeff puts the necklace around Okaros's neck. "Merrid, you too." Merrid does the same and Jeff attaches the necklace.

"Well, tonight, you will both attend Tribal Council, separately. You will vote off one member of your tribe. I'll see you all tonight. Head back to camp." And everyone does, with Tribal Council looming.

Merrid has won Individual Immunity (Dureza)! Okaros has won Individual Immunity (Pensador)!

Both tribes will conduct Tribal Council as usual. You may say your final words and then Challenges will close for the weekend.

[Karatallid]

so close....

[Anomandaris]

I didn't even get to take part? on my phone so might have missed something. But yea...

[Path-Shaper]

Everyone took part. Even if you were not mentioned.

[Path-Shaper]

Challenges are now closed.

[Path-Shaper]

"C'mon in guys!" Jeff signals everyone to come into the challenge area. Both tribes march in, their tribe banner at the front of the line. Of course, both tribes are one person smaller.

"Get your new look at the Dureza and Pensador tribes, everyone. Fener (drinksinbars) and Hood's Path (Trull's son) voted out at the last tribal councils."

Jeff looks around at everyone. "You guys ready to get to today's challenge?" Everyone gives the customary excited yell and Jeff Probst continues. "For today, you will choose one member of your tribe to be placed into a ball. This player will be strapped into the ball and then four of you will need to push this player through an obstacle course. At the end of the obstacle course, you'll set the player in the ball upright, still strapped inside, and that player will supervise the two remaining castaways who will be guiding a small ball through a wooden labyrinth. Sound a little too easy?"

Someone snickers.

"Because everyone aside from the player in the ball will be blindfolded." Everyone groans. A few people shake their head in either disbelief or frustration. Jeff continues. "Wanna know what you're playin' for?" Of course, people respond heartily, "Yeah!" to which Probst replies, "Today you are playing for reward. The winner of today's challenge will get into a helicopter and take a scenic trip around the island of São Tomé. When the trip is over, they will land at the top of a volcano and enjoy a nice picnic. Sound like something worth playing for?"

"Yeah!"

"Tribes are even, nobody sitting out. I'll give you a few minutes to strategize and then we'll get started."

You have entered into a Reward Challenge. There are several components.

1) One player must be placed into a ball to guide his team, who will all be blindfolded. This task seems to heavily favor intelligence.
2) Four players will push the player in the ball through the obstacle course. This task seems to heavily favor strength.
3) Two players, at the end of the obstacle course, will have to maneuver a ball through a wooden labyrinth with the instructions of the player in the ball. This task seems to heavily favor endurance.

Please designate the players for each part.

This post has been edited by Path-Shaper: 18 April 2011 - 10:06 PM

[Merrid]

I would just like to give a big shout out to the Pensador tribe for voting off shin then dibs. Well done guys well done.

[Serc]

Merrid, on 18 April 2011 - 11:11 PM, said:

I would just like to give a big shout out to the Pensador tribe for voting off shin then dibs. Well done guys well done.

Just watch, they'll do Silencer next.
(Psssst he's the one from New Zealand )

[Karatallid]

Im sure dibs would agree with a fener vote...

[Merrid]

Karatallid, on 18 April 2011 - 11:40 PM, said:

Im sure dibs would agree with a fener vote...

Always unless he is Fener. How he must have raged when he got that alt.

[Path-Shaper]

Heading to bed. All Challenge resolution will be done in the morning. Hopefully you'll have it in by then.