Friday, September 26, 2008
Episode 3 Recap
Previously on Survivor: Micronesia, Snakes won reward and shelter for the night. However, their triumph was short-lived when rachel's muscle cramp caused them to lose the immunity challenge. in a desperate attempt to save herself, siaun and wanjing approached felicia and jack to expand their alliance. at the same time, the guys used the same strategies on felicia and jack. being caught in the middle, felicia and jack decided to help rachel and voted out kelvin, causing him to be the 3rd castaway voted out of Survivor: Micronesia.
day 9
*after the tribal council*
yanzhi: i thought you were helping us!
siangyong: how could you go back on your word!
felicia: i never said i will vote for rachel. i only voted out who i think will threaten my chances in the game.
jack: besides, it's not our fault that kelvin angered them. Nobody asked him to vote siaun that time.
siangyong: it's over. you watch out.
jack: bring it on man.
wanjing: that was really a close one. thank goodness felicia and jack helped us.
rachel: for a moment, i thought i was a goner.
wanjing: still we shouldn't slack. you never know what's coming tomorrow.
rachel: for the time being, let's go for a swim!
siaun: so you were saying that the guys are trying to vote us out?
renhui: yes. and felicia and jack may help them anytime.
siaun: aren't you on their side too? why are you helping us?
renhui: i just want to ensure my own survival and kick those 2 out.
siaun: alright. we shall talk about it later.
renhui: (thinking to herself) if this works, they are going to be voted off one by one.
*at the Ladder's tribe*
timothy: i wonder who was voted out.
baowen: i think it might be rachel. she messed uo their chance in obtaining immunity
timothy: but i thought they might take out a guy to reduce competition.
baowen: i dont know. let's return to camp with these coconuts.
hanwei: xinfang, let's strike a deal. we help you to get into the final 3 and you help us vote out timothy and baowen. they are a powerhouse.
xinfang: i agree that they are strong but we could use them for challenges.
jezabel: if you keep them now, they may get a chance to find the idol and get us out instead.
xinfang: hmm. i will think about it.
pohchoon: let's keep this alliance tight ok?
priscilla: i saw hanwei and jezabel talking to xinfang just now. wonder what's going on.
jianhong: maybe they are trying to rope her over?
seelek: we should be wary of them. at the same time, take caution against timothy and baowen. they have proven themselves to be strong.
day 10
zhenyang: come on in guys. kelvin was voted off Snakes last night. today, you will be playing against each other for the reward. your reward is 3 egg-laying hens and a rooster!
*both tribes cheered*
zhenyang: Your task for today. Four tribe members will swim out to a floating platform and dive down to a 30-foot long steel cage submerged in the water. Retrieve ten tribe-colored coconuts with letters on them from the cage. Pushing the coconuts the length of the cage through an opening at the end, tribes must retrieve the coconuts one-by-one and place them in a wooden bin floating above the cage. After all 10 coconuts are in the bin, swim the loaded bin back to shore where the four remaining tribe members will use the letters on the coconuts to unscramble a ten-letter word. First tribe to unscramble the word wins 3 egg-laying hens and a rooster. In addition, the winning tribe will send a member from both tribes to Exile Island. Ladders, you have one extra member. One of you have to sit out.
seelek: I will.
zhenyang: Alright. Is everyone understood?
both tribes: YES!
zhenyang: GO!
Snakes took a short lead by reaching the platform first. siaun took the lead by diving into the water first. Ladders followed up shortly with timothy swimming first. timothy returns with the first coconut, siaun is taking his time in the water. wonder what he is doing. timothy scores for Ladders, 1-0.
hanwei dived as the second swimmer as siaun is still struggling in the water. it appears that he is moving several coconuts at once. hanwei resufaced with the second coconut for Ladders. 2-0. xinfang diving in to the cage. siaun coming up with Snake's first coconut! jack jumped in and obtained the second coconut from the cage entrance. Snakes closed up the lead, 2-2 now!
xinfang is struggling to get the coconut out while rachel dived for Snake's 3rd coconut and makes sqift work of it! wanjing dived in just as xinfang is returning! wanjing and xinfang scores simultaneously 4-3 with Snakes in a small lead! siaun's turn as he continue to shift the remaining 6 coconuts closer to the gate entrance while jezabel is only moving two coconuts. both of them seems to be struggling there. oh, jezabel returns with a coconut, 4-4!
siaun obtains Snake's 5th coconut. all the purple coconuts can be seen near the entrance! jack jumped into the water just as timothy is retrieving another coconut. both scores, 6-5 to Snakes! hanwei tries to move the remaining coconuts at the same time but is having difficulty! rachel enters the water and returns quickly with Snake's 7th coconut! wanjing jumps into the water while hanwei is still moving the coconuts! wanjing returns, 8-5 lead by Snakes!
hanwei resurfaced with a coconut while siaun swam again to get another coconut. Snakes is having a drastic lead! 9-6! jack and xinfang swam together to the cage. xinfang overtook jack to score. jezabel's turn to enter the water as jack scored the final coconut for Snakes! siaun, rachel and wanjing are now swimming back with the bin. jezabel got the 8th coconut!
renhui, yanzhi, siangyong and felicia took the coconuts and started to unscramble it.
siangyong: is it trumpet? nono too little words.
renhui: problematic? no there is no U.
yanzhi: triumphant? TRIUMPHANT THAT'S IT!!
zhenyang: SNAKES WIN REWARD!
*snakes members cheered wildly*
zhenyang: choose someone to send to exile island.
wanjing: we are choosing seelek.
siaun: and i will go along.
*at exile island*
seelek: argh it's the 3rd time i am here already!!!
siaun: alright. u start the fire i go get food.
*siaun rushes away from seelek*
siaun: it's crucial to find the idol. it has been either me or rachel being targetted and after the tribe switch, i don't even know if my alliance will hold. i seriously need this idol now.
seelek: does he really think i will believe he is looking for food? hope he find the idol then. i have already given up hope.
siaun: ok the clue says here. *digs into the ground* yes!! it's the idol!! ok now to get some food for seelek.
seelek: so u found the idol?
siaun: i tried but didn't. well, it was tough.
seelek: oh well, let's have a good rest before tomorrow's immunity challenge.
*back at Snakes tribe*
felicia: i think i might have angered the guys just now.
jack: better not step on anyone's toes now. we are a minority.
felicia: i should go apologise to the guys. maybe voting off siaun isn't a bad idea. he is strong.
jack: anything
*felicia and jack approach yanzhi*
felicia: i have thought about it. siaun is way too strong and could jeopardise our chances in future.
jack: ya. you have our word in voting out siaun.
yanzhi: that's good. with renhui, he have 5 votes again him. he will die.
rachel: i overheard felicia and jack making a pact with yanzhi and siangyong. they are going to vote us off one by one and they will move on to the final 4.
wanjing: oh my god. our only hope is with siaun finding the idol.
rachel: and we must win the immunity challenge at all costs. they can easily split their votes and we wont know who they vote for more.
wanjing: please let siaun find the idol.
renhui: siangyong, do you think yanzhi is trying very hard to garner our votes?
siangyong: i think everyone is the same, they just don't want to get eliminated.
renhui: i am just afraid that he might resort to underhand methods to get us out.
siangyong: let's ask the others to enjoy the egg we just prepared.
*at the Ladders tribe*
xinfang: so you guys are set on breaking the powerhouse? we could lose subsequent challenges.
hanwei: we still have other people to sacrifice. just have to withstand till the tribal merge.
jezabel: yes. and with their present in the tribal merge, they could jolly well win immunity after immunity.
xinfang: i suppose so.
timothy: i thought we really screwed up the reward challenge.
baowen: siaun really came up with a good plan now.
priscilla: ya. i thought it was really clever to sacrifice himself to help his teammates to breeze through the task.
timothy: by the way, has anyone seen xinfang?
pohchoon: she's over there with hanwei and jezabel.
jianhong: wonder what's going on?
day 11
zhenyang: welcome back castaways. firstly, let's have siaun and seelek rejoin your tribe.
*seelek and and siaun returns to respective tribe*
zhenyang: today's immunity challenge. Using a chain of 6 keys, tribes will race to open six locks releasing a large six-point sliding hub. Each key opens a lock respectively. Harnessing yourselves into the hub, tribes will maneuver through a large obstacle course by shifting, sliding, and adjusting each other in their hub. Along the way they will collect six tribal bead necklaces. Once all six necklaces are collected, the remaining two tribe members will match up the colored beads on the necklace with the corresponding letters on a decoding wheel to spell a three-word phrase. First tribe to decipher the phrase wins Immunity. Remember, Snakes are purple and Ladders are orange. Winning tribe gains immunity from tribal council while the losing team will face off at the tribal council. Is everyone clear?
both tribes: YES! *starts cheering*
zhenyang: before we start, Ladders choose a member to sit out. As seelek sat out the previous challenge, she cannot sit out this one.
pohchoon: i will sit out.
zhenyang: alright. on my count, 3, 2, 1, GO!
yanzhi, siangyong, siaun, jack, rachel and wanjing rushed into the jungle for Snakes while hanwei, timothy, jezabel, xinfang, jianhong and baowen were competing for Ladders. Snakes took a quick lead by entering the hubs first. jack starts to open his lock. Ladders catching up with xinfang opening her lock. xinfang took the lead and she passes the keys to timothy. jack unlocks and passed to rachel. oh timothy is facing some problems. rachel overtakes and it's wanjing's turn to unlock. timothy still struggling. wanjing trying very hard. timothy drops the key! it could prove to be fatal! wanjing unlocks and passes the key to siaun. timothy messed up the order of the keys and retries every key. siaun unlocks and passes the key over to siangyong. timothy unlocks and passes the key to jezabel. Snakes pulling ahead as siangyong passes the key to yanzhi. jezabel unlocks and passes the key to hanwei. yanzhi unlocks and Snakes trying to maneuver out of the complicated jungle.
nice teamwork by Snakes as jack and siaun moves in coordination to allow the other 4 tribe mates to pass that squeezy gap. yanzhi got the first necklace for Snakes! hanwei unlocks at last and passes the key to baowen! baowen fumbles and drops the keys again, losing precious minutes. Snakes moving swiftly through the jungle with coordinated movements, collecting their second necklace by rachel and third necklace by siangyong. baowen is passes the key to jianhong first. Snakes doing very good job with siaun collecting their fourth necklace. jianhong unlocks and passes the key back to baowen. jack reaches out and managed to grab the fifth necklace with his fingers! baowen unlocks! Ladders figuring out hot to get past the narrow gap! wanjing obtained the last necklace for Snakes. now they are figuring how to get back to the mat. Ladders trying to get out with timothy's guidance but failed terribly. Snakes made it to the mat! renhui and felicia are now collecting the necklaces to decode the puzzle. Ladders got through the gap and timothy grabbed the first necklace for Ladders.
renhui and felicia starts to decode the puzzle. jezabel and xinfang each got a necklace. felicia solves the first word - tribe. renhui trying to work on the next part of the code. hanwei got the fourth neckalce for Ladders. renhui solved it getting the word stays. Ladders finished the task with jianhong and baowen getting the last 2 necklaces.
felicia and renhui: TRIBE STAYS INTACT!
zhenyang: SNAKES WIN IMMUNITY!
*Snakes members cheered wildly*
zhenyang: good job Snakes, first winning Reward and now Immunity. Have a good rest and see you for the next challenge. Ladders, see you in Tribal Council tonight.
*back at Ladders tribe*
hanwei: now's it the time to put our plan into play. who do you think? timothy or baowen?
jezabel: i would say baowen. she really messed up just now, dropping they key and the necklace.
hanwei: you have a point there. but i am afraid timothy will be strong in future.
jezabel: he won't, once his alliance collapse.
hanwei: great. i will approach the rest. you reconfirm with xinfang.
jezabel: alright.
jezabel: we are going to vote for baowen. what do you say?
xinfang: alright then. (saying to herself) "i'm sorry baowen."
hanwei: guys, jezabel and i are voting baowen. she is a strong competitor.
pohchoon: why not timothy? he's stronger i assume.
hanwei: timothy is nothing once his alliance crumble.
jianhong: good point there.
priscilla: so baowen it is.
hanwei: yes. we have 3 votes now. with the 4 of you, its 7 votes against her. she's gone.
seelek: and they do not have any immunity.
jianhong: so it's settled then.
xinfang: so who are we voting?
timothy: i am thinking seelek. she seems to be the weakest amongst us.
baowen: yes. we have lost 4 out of the 6 challenges and seelek hasn't proven to be anything useful.
xinfang: ok. you have my vote. (saying to herself again) "baowen i am really very sorry"
timothy: great. now to get pohchoon and priscilla's votes.
baowen: i will try to persuade hanwei and jezabel.
xinfang: i will help you.
timothy: pohchoon, you know about us losing so many challenges and how seelek hasn't really contributed much but wasted our 3 trips to exile island?
pohchoon: yes i can see that.
priscilla: you want us to vote for her?
timothy: yes.
pohchoon: ok, we will think about it.
timothy: thanks.
baowen: um, we are voting seelek. what about you guys?
hanwei: maybe seelek too.
jezabel: she seems very weak to me.
xinfang: that's what we thought too.
hanwei: alright then.
jezabel: seelek then.
hanwei: (whispering to xinfang) so the plan to vote baowen is still on?
*xinfang nodded*
timothy: how's your side?
baowen: they agreed abit too easily.
timothy: my side too. something's fishy.
baowen: i think we should check on them.
*timothy and baowen snuck up on pohchoon, priscilla, jianhong and seelek*
seelek: what? they asked you guys to vote for me?
jianhong: i heard from hanwei too. they approached him
pohchoon: apparently, they are feeling threatened.
priscilla: that's a good start. so we carrying on with the plan to vote baowen?
seelek, jianhong, pohchoon: YES!
baowen: huh? me?
timothy: i knew it. this is really bad.
baowen: oh no. there's not much time left.
timothy: this is turning out to be very bad.
*at the Tribal Council*
zhenyang: welcome to your second Tribal Council Ladders. how did you find the challenge back there? timothy?
timothy: it was really careless of me to drop the key. but i was really nervous back then.
zhenyang: baowen, you messed up alot just now? how come?
baowen: i think i wasn't really prepared when i grabbed the key. and the necklace just slipped out without reason.
zhenyang: do you think that is sufficent to nail you to be voted out?
baowen: i don't know why i am being targetted all of a sudden but i know that it was only a small mistake. i have definitely put in my 100% and i deserve to stay in this.
zhenyang: hanwei. do you have anything to say about the challenge?
hanwei: i think the challenge was very interesting. and by making small mistakes, it is enough to cause us to lose and that gives us every reason to vote someone.
baowen: compare seelek to me then. she have not contributed much also. why not her?
timothy: we can all see seelek going to exile island and returning empty-handed for 3 times in a row.
seelek: it wasn't that easy you know? why don't you try going there for yourself?
zhenyang: alright. priscilla, what do you have to say?
priscilla: i will vote anyone. as long as it doesn't jeopardise my position. if a strong player is allowed to stay till the end, i might go home.
zhenyang: jianhong, you have anything to say about that?
jianhong: after a few tasks, it's pretty obvious who are stronger and who aren't. and i think we should kick some of them out so that they would not dominate in the future challenges.
baowen: i would say that i am seen as stronger simply because others just dont do anything. naturally i would outshine them.
priscilla: and if you are seen as a strong player, then too bad.
timothy: i think it's quite unfair to deprive a deserving player of his or her chance in the game. because i know that at this point, eliminating a strong player will just cause us to lose challenges in the future.
baowen: it is because of these people who dont do anything that we have to cover up what they didn't do. that's how we win.
pohchoon: we can also win without some "professional help" given by self-proclaimed strong players.
zhenyang: alright, this is getting nowhere. it's time to vote. hanwei, you are up.
*hanwei voted*
*jianhong voted*
*priscilla voted*
*timothy voted*
*jezabel voted*
*pohchoon voted*
*baowen voted*
*seelek voted*
*xinfang voted*
zhenyang: i shall now tally the votes. if anyone has the hidden immunity idol, it's time to play it.
*remaining 8 castaways turn to look at seelek*
zhenyang: after i tally the votes, person with the most vote will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately.
first vote, baowen
second vote, baowen
2 votes baowen
third vote, baowen
3 votes baowen
fourth vote, seelek
3 votes baowen, 1 vote seelek
fifth vote, baowen
4 votes baowen, 1 vote seelek
sixth vote, seelek
4 votes baowen, 2 votes seelek
*opens seventh vote*
4th person voted our Survivor: Micronesia, baowen.
zhenyang: baowen, bring you torch here. your tribe has spoken. you are the fourth person voted off Survivor: Micronesia.
*puts out baowen's torch*
baowen: bye guys.
zhenyang: there's going to be an exciting activity tomorrow. head back to camp and rest well.
baowen: i thought being one of the better players will earn me a guranteed spot in the finals. but it just made me look like a threat to others. i am just with a bunch of scaredy-cats who only care about their survival in the game. i can't wait to see how badly they will screw up with all the weaklings remaining.
Tribal Council 4 results:
baowen - seelek
hanwei - baowen
jezabel - baowen
jianhong - baowen
pohchoon - baowen
priscilla - baowen
seelek - baowen
timothy - seelek
xinfang - baowen
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Yixuan
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