Post by Boo Bernis on Apr 7, 2013 2:21:55 GMT -5
Quick rundown of last round:
So basically we got crushed when it came down to just us and the girls. Laura and Steph were really good at the math problems which totally sucked. I thought I had the last point for sure but couldn't get it.
So anyways, we wind up going to Tribal where obviously it's going to be between myself or Matt. In my mind I knew I would stay loyal to him...I just had to. He's my Colorado buddy and there was hope for us I thought.
Natalie informed me I should try to talk to Rafe as he's probably my best hope. So I took her advice and talked to the guy. I LOVE HIM!! He's awesome, truly. I also spent time talking to Pete and through aim, no less. He's interesting and a good person to talk to, but I always got a sort of shady personality from him. He claimed after talking for like an hour that he would not want to write my name down which was a relief. I took him at his word, but I also wasn't expecting it to be so easy either. I was unsure of my position still and not truly certain if I'd really have the upper hand on Matt in this vote. Obviously the opposition would tell me they're voting Matt and tell Matt they're voting for me, so I really didn't know which to trust.
I decided I would heed more of Natalie's advice and get in with Rafe. I spent 3 hours talking to him at one point but I really tried to get it down to business after a lot of talking about outer game things. I tried to get him to flip once I felt we were comfortable enough with each other to where he wouldn't use it against me and a three hour conversation can really do that for you. I think between myself and Matt, we almost had him on our side, but ultimately it was too risky and it made sense that he wouldn't flip with only a tie at the most on the horizon.
So, it was basically a waiting game for me to see if I was being played the whole time or if I was going home. Luckily, I wound up scraping by with no votes this round and still on a clean sheet. Unfortunately, I had to lose a good ally in Matt...we stayed true to each other to the end just like he said. I half expected him to sell me down the river as that's usually what people do to me in these situations. I also tried to do the same for him, but I had to drop subtle hints that I obviously wanted him to be the vote so it wouldn't come down on me. I am not ready to leave yet.
So now, I'm stuck in a position where it is 4 former Trannies and myself...all alone....with nothing but my vote and a shot at immunity.
Low and behold, I get im's from both Rob and Marcus and we all get into a chat. At this point, I thought nothing of it as Rob usually makes chats for us to have fun in so I thought it was nothing different. Well I was wrong. We all talked about the wind crystal and Rob helped me get into the board and we all took guesses as to what the wind crystal answer might be. To no avail. I was hoping Rose would come through for me this time and I picked Ramona, but I was wrong.
Anyways, Marcus then proceeds to be all witty like usual and was like "Well maybe you can just use my wind crystal and come over here for a while". He threw it in all nonchalantly and sneaky and I had nothing to say. I thought he was kidding! HE HAS A WIND CRYSTAL!!! We discussed it very shortly before basically I had no choice - I was mutineeing to Nyonni to be with my brothas from my original alliance. So I rubbed off my crystal, showed it to everyone, and let that nigga shine! I made it snobbishly clear that I wanted out of there and I'm heading to greener pastures! Although I was sad Matt couldn't be here with us to reunite our core 4, I'm glad I got this opportunity. It's seriously a second wind for me...a new life and I plan to make this one worth everything.
I was a bit disappointed as I think I had Rafe 100% on my side and almost getting Pete there. I also know Rafe wasn't necessarily "in" with those other 3 and so I felt I was leaving him to dry. But hey, he could have tied it with us to see what would have happened and he chose to go safe. Now I get out and he's left there to fend for himself...it's fitting although I do feel bad about it.
I'm now on a tribe with Rob, Marcus, Brenda, Corinne, Zane, and Natalie. Rob, Marcus, and Zane are my strongest alliance I have in this game, but I also have something strong on the side with Natalie and I plan to utilize that. I just hope that if we go to Tribal, I won't have to worry about her being in trouble. I'm hoping to go for Brenda the first time at Tribal followed by Corinne. I'm hoping Rafe can survive and then him, me, and Nat can get together and form another trio. In that case I would like to bring my 2 trios together and bring that to 5 and then pick my side. If I could get that to pull off, it would be perfect!
In the end, I'm very comfortable this round and I'm hoping things don't switch up for a while. I'm pretty good with sliders and I'm working for that water crystal and I'm hoping Marcus can get his hands on the fire crystal, then we'd be in business.
We're still looking for a name...this is sad.
THE END FOR NOW!!
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