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EPISODE 3

Previously on Survivor….

The seven remaining Bomba members questioned each other after their first Tribal Council. Though Michael denied voting for Greg, several people knew the truth about what he had done, including Greg himself. Susan used the information to pull together an alliance consisting of herself, Elisabeth, Greg, Rodger, and Tina. This put Rodger and Tina in the middle of the tribe, as they were also aligned with Michael and Teresa.

At Otoxha, things were becoming increasingly complicated. Tom and Silas had differing opinions about who they should vote out first. When Ramona brought up Kim's name as the person who should leave, it was a no-brainer for Tom to vote out Ramona first, as Kim was an ally of both Tom and Silas. Meanwhile, Kelly, another outsider, continued to try to get to know her tribe members.

The complications were for naught, as Otoxha won their second immunity challenge in a row. Michael learned he was next on the chopping block but had no way of saving himself, as both Rodger and Tina and even Teresa, his three closest allies, turned on him, making Michael the second person voted out of Belize.

14 are left. Who will be voted out tonight?

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BOMBA

The tribe had just voted out Michael, and Teresa was realizing the affects of her actions in the game.

Teresa (to Greg): I always feel bad for voting out someone that is nice to talk to. I guess this vote was just sort of mob mentality. Everyone wanted to keep themselves safe. Don't sorry yourself sick over it though. It's just a game.

Greg (to Teresa): It just sucks that he had to go without an actual reason. Did he vote for you? I hope it was a good kind of vote for you. Want to swear that we never vote with the mob again? It can be the basis of our relationship.

Teresa (confessional): I feel horribly responsible for Mike's departure in this game. I told him to start spreading the Greg vote around to see if anyone would latch on to it. I don't know how forcefully he was doing that, but I think I spread the Greg vote too and it didn't come back to haunt me in any way. I just feel bad for doing this to someone in the game. At least the tribe will be on better terms now though.

Tina (to Elisabeth): I'm glad we could have some tribal unity on that. Did Teresa fight at all? I'm surprised Michael turned on her too. I guess they weren't meant to be like us, huh?

Elisabeth (to Tina): Teresa seemed to be fine with it; I guess those two weren't overly close after all? Either that or Teresa figured there was nothing she could do to change it and wants to bide her time to flip on all of us at the swap or something. I can't tell with her, since she doesn't seem upset.

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OTOXHA

The Otoxha tribe had won their second challenge, but they were literally on the brink of chaos. The scheming prior to the challenge had spread like wild fire, and people like Ramona knew they were targets for specific people. Ramona decided enough was enough, and she needed to start taking some control for herself.

Gretchen (to Ramona): It's nice to stick it to Bomba, but it's highly unlikely we'll win everytime. So, I'm up for talking game and getting past the chit-chat.

Ramona (to Gretchen): We need to chat now then! I think there's a lot of devious behavior going on behind the scenes in our tribe.

GRETCHEN: Yeah! Seriously! I mean what is up over here? There is such a weird vibe going around. I think there are some very sneaky players over here. Most act like they don't want to chat "game" but then they're doing it all behind the scenes while playing the part of the "Let's win, blah blah blah BS."

Gretchen (confessional): What a bunch of two-sided players. I mean, yeah, open mouth - insert foot - and CHEW on the irony. I know we're all two-sided around here, but this is like the calm before the storm. Some shitso is gonna hit the fanso. It's only a matter of time.

Ramona (to Gretchen): Big Tom seems like a center of information to me. I love him, but I think just about everybody does. He talks a lot about mundane things to me, and I notice that the messages are quite long too - makes me like him, but I also realize that he's giving me nothing.

Jeff also had some information that Ramona wanted. He had been talking to Tom a lot before the previous challenge and knew exactly what Tom was thinking, and he decided to let Ramona know.

Jeff (to Ramona): Tom explained it that you brought up Kim's name first and then suddenly your name came up and was tossed around and that he knew Kelly prevoted for you. My feeling is that there's something going on here but keep that to yourself and just keep talking to people to figure out what happened.

Ramona (to Jeff): The other two online before were Big Tom and Kim. I've always felt that they've been allied - he's told me that he liked her ever since the first day, which I thought was a bit weird since she ends messages so fast. He probably didn't like that I'm not the biggest Kim fan.

JEFF: Tom's a mover over here. So yeah, it's likely Tom was protecting Kim and took advantage of the situation.

RAMONA: That is so annoying! I feel like Tom is definitely at the center of things on this tribe, and I'm not particularly fond of that, with him targeting me and all.

Ramona (confessional): I like Jeff. I feel like he's the best player on my team though - what a manipulator, and he always has the inside scoop.

Talk continued about who was allied with whom. The following morning, Kelly returned and she had time to talk with Ramona, and they decided to compare notes. Ramona informed her that Tom had been protecting Kim, as had Richard, and Kelly told her that Tom said to vote for Ramona.

Kelly (to Ramona): Well if Tom's Slim Shady then maybe we could just convince everyone that he needs to be the first target if we lose...why should we let him run the show and run his mouth? How funny would it be for the two "underdogs" in the tribe to flip the game and take over the world?

Ramona (to Kelly): Would love that! If we can pull it off, while keeping the other two loyal to the team, then we definitely need to do it. I've always gotten some really negative vibes from Tom - got the feeling that he was smart but overplaying and turns out I was right. Who does he think he is?

KELLY: I'm so pumped Mona...we're gonna fight through this and come out on top...I'm telling you...regardless of what happens, you're my #1 ally...you're the one who first gave me the time of day and treated me like a valuable member of this tribe and I appreciate that...I won't forget it. Whatever we do, let's do it together. We make a good team.

RAMONA: Agreed! We've pretty much figured our whole tribe out through some detective work - what a great duo!

One player was about to make a big power move though, a move that could have huge ramifications for the Otoxha tribe.

Silas (confessional): I'm done with Tom. He proved to me he isn't a reliable ally because he makes rash decisions that can't be backed up rationally. Of course Ramona was going to find out she was being targeted, are you stupid?? Now he's getting caught in lies so he's telling even worse, more ridiculous lies to cover his lies. Ramona isn't buying them, why would she? So what I did today was decide that my loyalty is going to have to go to Ramona and Jeff... Tom gave me no choice. I have to work with people who are going to play smoother, not force things.

Silas (to Ramona): I don't trust Tom at all, he is slippery... and I want to go into more detail with you but it has to stay between us. I trust you Mona, and you're someone I want to be working with and I feel bad because I haven't been around enough for us to really solidify anything concrete.

Ramona (to Silas): Silas, you can definitely trust me. There's something fishy up with Tom and his cronies and we need to put our finger on it.

SILAS: Ok I do trust you, I have a lot that we need to discuss. Do you think that Jeff/Gretchen/Kelly would all band together?

RAMONA: Kelly mentioned to me that those three and you and me need to work together against the other trio earlier. I know Gretchen's on board and Jeff seems willing as well.

Tom, in the meantime, was reworking his entire game plan. He wanted to change things in a very massive way.

Tom (confessional): Gretchen and I continue to talk openly about everything. We talk about the vote chat. We talk about how it was a clusterfuck discussion. Jeff and I start talking about it, and Jeff is talking to Gretchen about it as well. We all agree, weird things are happening here. Talking to Ramona... agreed on all counts so far. Hours of conversation go down. I feel like I get more sincerity and honesty and good faith than I did in days of conversation with Silas and Richard and Kim. Just like that, I decide fuck my alliance. I'm making a new one.

Tom (to Gretchen): I want to play the game with you. I trust you completely and I want to show that to you. I want to play the game with you, and I want to play the game with Jeff and I want the three of us to be strong and stable and work. And I'm hoping you take this as a very clear sign that I mean it.

Gretchen (to Tom): Thanks for getting all that out there. I mean, I can see now how you ended up in a heated position in this clusterfuck of a tribe. And I almost feel like a school counselor or something the way everyone is finally spilling everything and trying to get stuff off their chest.

Gretchen (confessional): He is putting all kinds of eggs in my basket and he is banking on me big time. Some eggs of his are going in Jeff's basket. And maybe a couple more in mine. Or so he wants me to believe. Writing novels that I have to read 3 times to dissect it all. That's what ya get for playing so hard so fast, dude.

Tom (to Jeff): At this point Jeff, last night seems to be making things more crystallized in a way. Gretchen and I are talking a lot more, and Ramona and I are having some honest dialogue as well. This is extremely refreshing, and it's making me very hopeful that maybe this could all be the birth of something genuinely solid for some of us.

Jeff (confessional): This entire clusterfuck is down to one person. Tom. I have never seen anyone cause this much to come out through his own really dumb actions. He's scrambling hardcore. He might last longer, he might not, but at least he's keeping things interesting.

And then Tom went and tried to recruit yet another new ally - Ramona, the person he had been trying to get voted out the night before.

Tom (to Ramona): I want to be with people who aren't playing this game with complete and utter bullshit right now. I feel like last night was just one big giant crapfest of lies and shit, and I'm not interested in playing with people who are just looking to BS their way through the game. Hell, Mona, if you're one of those people, then to hell with this drama, we could just join up and make things clearer at this rate.

Ramona (confessional): I may have put myself in an OK position (and that's good because I was in a shitty one before) by putting a lot of attention on Tom. Now everybody is wary of that snake. If all goes well, he'll probably be blindsided at the next Tribal Council. Everyone knows what a shitty player and scumbag he is.

Things were about to get even more interesting, as it was only Friday afternoon, still more than two days before the next challenge. Otoxha was about to enter a weekend of pure hell.

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BOMBA

After Michael's departure, Teresa was on the outs in her tribe. She had a feeling she could be next, but several others didn't want her feeling like she was actually on the outside, so Elisabeth and Tina came up with a plan.

Tina (to Elisabeth): Should we tell Teresa an actual name to ease her mind? Like Greg? I mean, she would buy it, he hasn't been around too much. Greg would understand, we'd just have to reassure him he's safe!

Elisabeth (to Tina): I think if she asks, we might be best off doing that. Because if we don't, we're alienating her for sure. I'd rather have her pissed off at us because we're trying to ensure nobody flips.... than to have her stay till a swap and screw us. And yeah we'll have to reassure Greg that he's safe but I think it's our best option at the moment.

Tina (to Teresa): I wouldn't be surprised if Greg's name pops up, to be honest. He's awesome but hasn't answered anyone's PMs in a while.

Teresa (to Tina): I think that it would be the same move to get rid of Greg next. I mean if we want to keep this tribe as strong as possible then we need to keep the most active people.

Meanwhile, Susan was still working her new allies. She talked to Tina about making a three-way alliance with the two of them and Rodger, and together they formed a powerful trio.

Susan (confessional): I told Tina I was closest to Rodger, which is true. I do trust him, but the person I trust the MOST is my sweet, Lissybeth. <3 I just can't reveal that shit to Tina, since she feels like she is my number 1. Actually I want them ALL to be my number 1 but not know the other is. How long that can work, or if it can period is yet to be seen, I just hope it doesn't get me into some bad shit.

Greg had also showed up once again in Belize after being absent for some time.

Greg (to Rodger): I.am.ready.to.win. It's in the stars. You best be praying your arse off, Rodger.

Rodger (to Greg): We must win, and I am praying young buck. WE SHALL PERSEVERE!

GREG: I heard that the target could be me if it's not Teresa. Acuz of my absence. I'm glad I have you on my side though, and you know I'm on yours.

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OTOXHA

Tom was in trouble, and he knew it. He had jumped ship from a tight alliance with Silas to try to start something with Ramona. As he started to obtain information during the weekend, however, the picture was starting to become clear, and Tom now had a new mission.

Tom (confessional): That's it. I'm going to war. I will not be voted out tomorrow night if we lose. I refuse. I fucking refuse. WAR.

And indeed, Tom went on his war path. During the weekend leading up to Sunday's challenge and Tribal Council, Tom worked harder than ever to secure certain allies, including Jeff and Gretchen. He also brought Kim and Richard back into the fold, two people he had just declared would not be close allies of his any longer. Tom knew that Silas had joined up with Ramona and Kelly, and that trio needed to be taken down immediately.

Tom (to Gretchen): I really think there is a power core on this tribe right now and it's centered around Ramona. She's got people watching her back with every move going on right now, and I think we're on the outside of it. I don't know if Jeff is with them or if Kim is with them, but I'm absolutely not with them and I think they're gunning for my at this point. They have to be. Because if they really are making this power alliance, we are absolutely on the outside and we are fucked if we lose. They will vote me out so fast and you and possibly Rich are going to follow me right after. Seriously. This is not paranoia. This is me connecting the dots that they gave me themselves. This is big and we need to move on this fast.

Gretchen (to Tom): I feel like I'm sitting in this weird holding pattern cause there's all this stuff going on and so many people who aren't caught up to it, so there's not a lot of new info that I could shed any light on. Cause I'm getting confused around here as it is.

Gretchen (confessional): I'm one of the most active people on this tribe as far as participation goes and everything. I chat people up lots. I didn't start all gung-ho "OMG will U be my ALLY??? in the first few days. Just chatting and trying to get people to open up and see where they want to take the conversation. But yeah, Gretch will ditch these mo-fos if the right situation presents itself.

Tom (to Jeff): Jeff, I know people are hardcore wanting me out right now -- Ramona especially, and Silas and Kelly are with her. There's no doubt about this. Which means they're a solid alliance. And it also means that Rich and Gretchen are on the outside of it, at least. Rich especially, as Silas, Ramona and Kelly have been throwing him under a bus almost as much as they've been trying to fuck me over, I know it.

Jeff (confessional): It's brilliant. I've never seen something fall into my lap like this before but I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. I'm pretty sure I would have gotten through at least 5 tribal councils just fine assuming there was no switch but now all I need is to stay on my toes and make sure nothing turns against me. I have a few people I trust. Everyone's going to do what's in their best interest so that's the main thing to count on.

The paranoia had been spread throughout the Otoxha tribe, but one person really enjoyed it.

Kelly (confessional): Things are looking great, on the surface at least...Tom's been caught in many lies lately and has only helped me with all of that. It appears that the alliance Ramona and I wanted with Jeff, Gretch and Silas may pan out and everyone seems on board. I may have come out from under the rock I've been under and be finally seen as a part of this tribe and make things happen...very excited. This could really buy me some time here to change things around for myself!

In the meantime, Richard was trying to figure everything out. He had been away earlier in the weekend and came back to the sudden chaos that was his tribe. Tom had been telling him that Silas was no longer with them, but he was also trying to watch his back in case too many people were against Tom now.

Richard (to Tom): I'm trying to see where Gretchen & Jeff's heads are at. They're agreeing that everything is crazy right now, and they're not sure which way to roll. Not hearing much from Silas right now, but if we can get Jeff & Gretchen, we'll be in good shape.

Richard (confessional): Okay, things went downhill over the weekend at a rapid f#$%ing pace! Apparently there is an alliance that no one really knew about. Apparently sh#t went down yesterday and now I don't know what the F#%k is going on. UGH! Let's see how today goes......

Gretchen and Jeff, as Tom's new potential allies, discussed their options together.

Gretchen (to Jeff): I mean, he's putting a lot of eggs in both our baskets. I'm trying to not get overwhelmed by everything. I don't know where the others heads are at voting-wise, other than most seeming irritated at Tom.

Jeff (to Gretchen): I'm telling him to keep calm and be careful. And that it might not be happening. Because if he steps on any toes he's going to be in trouble and I don't want that. He could mention our names and then we'll have explaining to do. He wants us to be the final 3 and that's nice of him but he needs to calm down and not give people a reason to target him.

GRETCHEN: Yeah, we do have to be careful around Tom cause he is a huge talker. I keep thinking he'll make you and me look bad at some point. But he is all kinds of putting his entire trust in you and me.

Gretchen (confessional): I don't feel like drawing any attention to myself by rocking any major boats, because I think one of the only people who has a grasp that I'm a player so far is Jeff. Which means I will have to cut him loose at some point...because if he's as smart and crafty as I am....he would do the same to me. And he should.

Kim knew the tribe was splintering, though she didn't have as much information as certain others. She knew her two closest allies, Tom and Silas, were now against each other, so she tried to spread the peace while she had the chance.

Kim (to Ramona): My biggest fear right now is a switch and that's why I want us to all be unified because even if we win every Immunity, if we're divided and then we swap, Bomba could just destroy us which would really suck after all of our hard work. I don't want to be the Rotu or Timbira that implodes on itself.

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The tribes gathered for their third immunity challenge after a long weekend of intense strategizing and game playing. The challenge was to search through two different sets of paragraphs while finding missing letters, using those letters to form two phrases related to Survivor.

Bomba took an early lead thanks to Greg, who also posted the final phrase.

Greg: Fire is life.

Jeff Probst: Bomba wins immunity!

Rodger: YAY!!!!!

Tina: Thank you Jebus!

Susan: OMG BOMBA OWNAGE, BITCHES!

Teresa: Greg you are so awesome.

Tom: Nice going, Bombastards.

Greg: Thank you. Ooh gurls one of you is boutsta get voted out.

Susan: No offense, Rodger, BUT GREG IS MY NEW GOD!

Rodger: BLASPHEMY!!! The Lord is our only God my dear!!!

Jeff Probst: Bomba, for the first time in this game, you are immune. Otoxha, head on over to Tribal Council. We have a lot to talk about.

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OTOXHA

As Otoxha prepared to boot the first person from their tribe, things continued to spiral out of control behind the scenes. Tom, Richard, and Kim were trying their best to convince Jeff and Gretchen to vote for Ramona.

Kim (to Jeff): Okay so we really have to talk now. I'll just cut right to the chase. do you feel comfortable being in an alliance with me, you, Gretchen, Rich, and Tom? I've heard the other three are together and trying to play everyone against each other, this seems like the best way to keep ourselves safe.

Tom (to Jeff): Dude, this can work and this can happen. I know they're gunning for me hard, and that's because they are SOLID with each other. Completely solid. No one's breaking in that. We can't let them just stay in cushy control when it puts the rest of us in their hands.

Jeff was unsure of which way to go, and expressed his feelings with Gretchen, the other person caught in the middle with him.

Jeff (to Gretchen): If we go with Tom, there's three guaranteed people pissed at us. If we go with the "tribe" we have a chance of evening the score with the other side without outwardly being split. This is so screwed up.

And finally, after days of awkward conversation, the two former allies came clean about their betrayals.

Silas (to Tom): So people are telling me Kim, I don't really want to vote for her.

Tom (to Silas): Bullshit. I'm not an idiot. I haven't been for the past three days.

They brought their fight out in public at Tribal Council as well.

Tom: By the way, Ramona and Silas, did you think for a second I didn't know you two were fucking me over from the start as soon as Thursday night was over?

Silas: You've thrown EVERYONE under the bus Tom! You can't try and blame other people for your actions, you're the reason we've had way too much unnecessary drama on this tribe.

Ramona: Sorry, Tom. I'm a terrible liar but at least there's one person who's worse than me!

The Otoxha tribe began to vote.

Silas (for Tom): Time for you to go, you're causing way too many problems on this tribe. This is what you get for overplaying and making retarded moves. Had to be done.

Jeff Probst tallied the votes and revealed the results to the tribe.

RAMONA

TOM

TOM

TOM

TOM

Jeff Probst: First person voted out of the Otoxha tribe…..

TOM

Jeff Probst: Tom, you have five minutes to leave your final words.

Ramona: Bye, Tom. Thanks for the vote - means a lot coming from you!

Tom: My full final words may now be found in the Jungle. Thank you Jeff.

Tom had done the unthinkable. Instead of saying something to Otoxha as he left Tribal Council, he decided to post a very long speech in a public forum which even the Bomba tribe could see.

In it, he revealed the Otoxha's tribe dynamics. He told everyone that Ramona was leading an alliance of three, Silas was a double-crossing snake, and Kelly was their loyal follower. He told every single player in the game to vote out those three immediately, or else they would run the game.

Back at Tribal Council, Tom's torch was snuffed and he left the game. This left seven Otoxha members who were still reeling from their dysfunction. They also had to deal with Tom's public words about their dynamics, things that would surely help Bomba in the future.

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Voting Results

Tom (7 votes): Ramona, Gretchen, Jeff, Kelly, Kim, Richard, Silas

Ramona (1 vote): Tom

Next time on Survivor…..

- Members of both tribes publically weigh in on Tom's outburst as several people try to recover their games

- A tribe swap forces certain alliances to be split while new allegiances are formed

- One player finds himself in a powerful position on a new tribe as two separate alliances are at his mercy

guatemala fanfic wrote:

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Thailandsurvivor wrote:

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As a lurker, I really wanted to see a 4-4 tie at TC. Also, I didn't know Kim wanted Ramona out. Thought Tom only had a chance to get Jeff, Gretchen, and Richard.

Yes, Tom and Kim exchanged a ton of PMs in the day or so before Tribal Council and Kim really wanted Ramona gone because she knew Ramona was targeting her earlier in the game. I think Kim was the last person to actually put in her vote for Tom because she wanted to vote Ramona up until the last second, but knew she had no choice but to vote with everyone else.