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Previously on Survivor: Micronesia, 16 remaining castaways went through a tribal switch which left both tribes withe 4 Snakes and 4 Ladders members. The new Ladders tribe managed to work well with each other and dominated both the Reward and Immunity Challenge, sending Snakes to their 1st tribal council since the switch. siangyong decided to flip sides and help the old Ladders vote out siaun while hanwei and jezabel flipped to help the old Snakes to vote out pohchoon. in the end, pohchoon falls short of one vote and becomes the fifth castaway voted out of Survivor: Micronesia.
day 14 *after tribal council*
priscilla: i thought we were already decided on voting siaun. what happened? hanwei: we need siaun for future challenges. jezabel: yes. i dont want to go to tribal council ever again. priscilla: and you think pohchoon is the weaker link? hanwei: i don't know. jezabel: and i think siaun has the idol. i saw it popping out of his bag when we are walking to tribal council. priscilla: but siangyong said he doesn't have. hanwei: just be careful with our votes next time.
*at Ladders tribe*
jianhong: i still think we should vote wanjing. felicia: i am just afraid she will win over the jury if she makes it to the finals. jack: i suppose so. seelek: with wanjing out of the way, i think we will have equal chances. felicia: and she is like alone here. yanzhi: her alliance mate are all at the other side. xinfang: it's the best time to strike now. timothy: that would make 7 votes to her. yanzhi: she is like so dead now.
day 15 zhenyang: come on in. Ladders, take a look at the new Snakes tribe. pohchoon voted out last night's tribal council.
*murmurs among the Ladders tribe*
zhenyang: today's reward challenge. Both tribes will swim across a lagoon to a floating platform to collect several bundles of planks, sticks and rope. They will race back to shore and build a blockade in the opposing tribe's tunnel in 10 minutes. When time's up, tribes will race to tear down the blockade the opposing tribe built in their tunnel. First tribe to get all the tribe members through the barricaded tunnel and onto their tribe mat wins. The reward, 2 native Micronesian Fishermen will visit your tribe and teach you how to live off land. And winning tribe choose one person from the opposing tribe and one of your own to Exile Island. Worth playing for?
Snakes: YES! Ladders: YES!
zhenyang: Ladders, you have one extra member. Who will be sitting out for this challenge? Remember, you cannot sit out for back-to-back challenges.
yanzhi: i will.
zhenyang: Ok. Survivors ready? On your marks, GO!
everyone in the water swimming to the materials. siaun leading for Snakes and timothy leading for Ladders. siaun reached the materials first. He is now passing it down the tribe like an conveyor belt. Ladders fumbling as timothy swings the planks and hit seelek. priscilla first up for Snakes with their 1st bundle of sticks! Snakes are doing good progress, determined not to lose another challenge. Ladders having difficulty with jack trailing behind carrying 3 bundles. jianhong went back to help him. timothy getting out of the water first for Ladders with their 1st bundle! Snakes have all their bundles and is starting to build up the barricade. Ladders struggling and jack and jianhong are left in the water with 4 bundles. wanjing going back into the water to help them.
Snakes starting to build the barricade by concentrating their materials in the front. siangyong tying up the loose ends while renhui holds the sticks in place. Ladders catching up as xinfang and felicia building the first part of the barricade.
*both teams build up barricade for the next 10 minutes*
zhenyang: When i say go, you will run to your own tunnel and break down the barricade built by the other tribe. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, GO!
*both teams frantically switched sides*
jack found a blind spot and took down the top part of their tunnel. Snakes are having problem as siaun and hanwei cannot untie the knot. jezabel and renhui working together to try and clear the middle portion. Ladders making quick work of tearing down the barricade with timothy and xinfang pulling apart the planks piece by piece. rachel managed to pull out a bunch of planks opening the entrance. siaun climbing in and dismantling the barricade from inside. jack climbs in for Ladders and opened a path. Ladders having a huge lead with majority of their tunnel clear. jack is clear! timothy hanging in their to help drag out remaining members. siaun fumbling with another knot. seelek is clear! jianhong is clear! siaun unties the knot and made it through the tunnel. siaun is clear! priscilla is clear! rachel is clear! Ladders helping the members to get through. wanjing is clear! xinfang is clear! felicia is clear! timothy is clear! LADDERS WIN REWARD!
*Ladders members cheering*
zhenyang: decide who to send to Exile Island.
felicia: we choose priscilla. timothy: and i will go along.
zhenyang: alright. Snakes go back to camp. Ladders, you will have the 2 native fishermen will be waiting for you in camp. Ask them everything you need to know. Before you go, the Survivor Medical Team wants to examine yanzhi's arm.
*after examination*
doctor: you have to accept treatment immediately. there is a major infection and if you refuse, your arm might me amputated. yanzhi: no way. doctor: an infection in the bloodstream can kill. i am offering the best solution.
*a long moment of silence*
yanzhi: alright. i will.
*dramatic scene, people crying and everything*
zhenyang: well yanzhi, that makes you the sixth person to leave Survivor: Micronesia.
yanzhi: well, it just sucks to leave thanks to that rotten branch. why must it fall on me?!?!?! i guess it's the end of the road for me.
zhenyang: Ladders, head back to camp. Make good use of the fishermen.
*on Exile Island*
priscilla: so we are here to find an idol? timothy: yea. priscilla: well you found one. me. timothy: har-har. not funny. priscilla: whatever. i am not going to stick with you, mr not-fun-at-all. timothy: dont disturb me.
*at Ladders camp*
seelek: the fishermen are great. felicia: yea. first they caught fishes for us, then the crabs i wonder what's next. xinfang: we've lost yanzhi, but we got a feast back. jack: it's good. poor Snakes. jianhong: i wonder where did wanjing go to.
*sitting alone by the beach* wanjing: they have been losing challenges. what if they got voted out before the merge? i will be totally vulnerable then.
*at the Snakes camp*
siaun: argh. we are just losing everything. it's the 3rd challenge in a row. rachel: we totally made a mistake by allowing those who know nuts about knots to tie those planks together. renhui: i just think we are in trouble. big trouble.
hanwei: that challenged sucked. jezabel: yea. i got a feeling that the immunity challenge might end up the same way. hanwei: i just checked with siaun. he doesn't have the idol. he emptied his bag for me. jezabel: maybe it was just me.
siangyong: this is quite bad. they may just all gang up against me. i need priscilla's help to get hanwei and jezabel's votes.
*at Exile Island*
timothy: the clue leads me to here. but there is nothing. oh that patch seems to have been dug up. one of them must have found it. must be siaun.
priscilla: this is boring. i can't wait to rejoin the tribe.
day 16 zhenyang: welcome back survivors. firstly, priscilla and timothy from Exile Island. rejoin your tribe. yanzhi left the game due to his arm infection yesterday. the medical team opened the wound and washed it. he is safe now. so now we are even. seven-seven. your immunity challenge is this. Tribes will transport 2 tribemates from one tower to the next, in waist-deep water, using giant stepping poles that the rest of the tribe must support. The tribe member making the crossing will effectively leapfrog from one pole to the other across the lagoon to the second platform. Once both tribemates are transported, the entire tribe must then climb atop a third and final tower and squeeze onto a tiny wooden platform. The first tribe with all seven members on or above the top platform wins immunity. Losers will see me at tribal council tomorrow. Are you clear?
*a unanimous YES*
zhenyang: You have some time to strategize.
Snakes are going to transport jezabel and renhui. Ladders are going to transport wanjing and xinfang.
zhenyang: Survivors ready? GO!
wanjing on the stepping pole. jezabel on the stepping pole. jezabel trying her best to maintain balance as she reached out for the second step. Ladders trying to outwit the challenge by transporting wanjing across with only one pole! Ladders making good progress there. jezabel is stuck. she takes a step forward very slowly. Snakes not stealing Ladders' strategy. wanjing makes it across! now to transport xinfang. jezabel taking very slow and steady steps. Ladders pulling ahead with xinfang halfway across. jezabel losing balance. but she managed to grip on. xinfang trying to reach for the platform. OH she lost balance and fell into the water! Ladders have to go back. jezabel reaching the platform. Ladders transporting xinfang again. jezabel jumps for the platform and reaches safely! Ladders with a huge lead. Snakes going back to transport renhui. xinfang reached the platform! all seven members have to on or above the platform. Snakes using Ladders' strategy to transport renhui. timothy standing in the middle of the platform while the other tribemates held on to him standing on one foot. LADDERS WIN IMMUNITY!
*Ladders member cheering and jumps into water*
zhenyang: Snakes, grab your stuff and head back to camp. we have a date at tribal council tomorrow night.
Ladders, come get your immunity idol and head back to camp.
*at Snakes camp*
siangyong: this is rigged. we cant be losing like 4 challenges in a row. hanwei: we just aren't smart enough. siangyong: it's about time to get rid of our so-called 'leader' hanwei: you mean siaun? siangyong: who else? hanwei: i will decide about it.
siaun: why must we be stuck with this tribe who does everything wrong rachel: you must be careful. siangyong must be getting back at you again. siaun: not if i get back at him first. wait till you see the look on his face when his name gets called out. rachel: let's go get our support.
priscilla: this time we must vote out siaun. renhui: i guess so. sorry about siding with them the last time. siangyong: i just dont get it. why help them? renhui: even if i vote against siaun, it will incur a tie and any of us might go home. siangyong: now even with your vote, we only have 3 people. i just talked to hanwei. dunno if they will vote for siaun. renhui: i will go talk to jezabel.
hanwei: i still think we should keep siaun for 1-2 more tribal councils. without him, we are really just going to lose everything. jezabel: i agree. besides, i think that siangyong guy is getting on my nerves. hanwei: i think i should go talk to siaun about the vote. jezabel: i will just laze around in the water.
renhui: hey jezabel, why are you alone? where's hanwei? jezabel: somewhere. who cares about him. renhui: i have a plan. now siaun and rachel thinks i am helping them but in actualf fact i am switching sides and voting siaun tomorrow. and we just need your one vote and he is gone. jezabel: well, that's a great offer! renhui: you sure know how to enjoy life. lying aimlessly on the water. jezabel: haha. i think i know who to vote already.
siaun: hanwei, you mean they approached you again to vote me? hanwei: yes. rachel: don't they ever give up? hanwei: jezabel is suggesting we vote siangyong out. siaun: that's what's on my mind now. hanwei: great. let's see him go home tomorrow.
rachel: are you going to bring your idol now? siaun: what for? when i have 4 votes against siangyong? it would take a miracle to knock me out. rachel: don't get too comfortable.
day 17 *at Tribal Council*
zhenyang: Snakes, we meet again. tell me siaun, how do you feel losing 4 challenges in a row?
siaun: it just sucks. and most of the time, it's really losing by that margin.
rachel: yeah. we were winning but because of some people not putting in their best at that most important and crucial moment, we lost it.
siangyong: well, sometimes it's just that maybe someone making the others displeased and refuse to work with them.
zhenyang: woah woah. relax. i sense alot of internal conflict within you guys. renhui, what's your take?
renhui: i agree that the tribe is indeed divided with 2 clear sides and there is this floating group who is willing to help either sides kill the other sides.
hanwei: in simple terms, people just act what the think is the best for their own survival.
zhenyang: i see. jezabel, how did you feel when you see Ladders overtaking you back there?
jezabel: i was like thinking why the guys below are not adopting Ladders' strategy and we might zip through the challenge.
zhenyang: guys, what do you have to say?
siaun: it's not very right. after all they came up with it.
hanwei: but we decided to implement the strategy after we realised we were lagging far behind. but it wasn't enough.
zhenyang: i see. priscilla, tell me your view of Exile Island.
priscilla: That place stinks. and boring. and the only person who went with me is only interested in finding the idol.
zhenyang: well isn't that the reason for being there?
priscilla: well yeah, but cant he at least be abit more fun?
zhenyang: alright. it's about time. hanwei, you are up.
zhenyang: if anyone has the hidden immunity idol, it will be the time to play it.
*silence*
zhenyang: Once i read out the votes, person with most votes will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately.
first vote, siaun
second vote, siangyong
1 vote siaun, 1 votes siangyong
third vote, siangyong
2 votes siangyong, 1 vote siaun
fourth vote, siangyong
3 votes siangyong, 1 vote siaun
*opens fifth vote*
seventh person voted out Survivor: Micronesia, siangyong
zhenyang: siangyong, your tribe has spoken. You are the seventh person voted out of Survivor: Micronesia.
*puts out siangyong's torch*
zhenyang: head back to camp Snakes. You must be tired from coming here so often.
siangyong: that was somewhat expected. but i thought some miracle might happen like someone flipping to vote siaun. he is just lucky but his luck might have run dry. hope the people remaining will open their eyes wide enough to take out siaun early.
