Monday, October 20, 2008

Episode 6 Recap

Previously on Survivor: Micronesia, Snakes once again lost back to back challenges to Ladders, leaving then with no reward and vulnerability to Tribal Council. Moments before the Tribal Council, siangyong desperately garnered votes against siaun, while siaun does things antagonistically. In the end, siangyong lost out and being voted out 4-3, becoming the seventh person voted off Survivor: Micronesia.

day 17
*after Tribal Council - Snakes' tribe*

siaun: this is horrible. we just keep on losing and losing and losing.
jezabel: we are now down with 2 guys. definitely not very pleasant.
rachel: we have to vote out someone the next time and not compromise our strength.
hanwei: renhui.
siaun: good point.
rachel: i am hoping this alliance of 4 will be strong enough to last us to the finals.

renhui: we are in grave danger. 2 of us will never win the 4 of them
priscilla: we must get them to blindside siaun the next time.

*at the Ladders tribe*

felicia: did you guys see yanzhi's arm?
timothy: yes. it was something we didn't expected.
felicia: what if that happened to me?
jack: don't think too much. you won't be that unlucky.
wanjing: yea. besides, we should be ok if we continue to be more careful.
xinfang: dont worry so much.

day 18
zhenyang: come on in Ladders.

*Ladders walking in*

zhenyang: Come on in Snakes. Ladders take a look at the new Snakes tribe. siangyong voted out last Tribal Council

*murmurs among Ladders tribe*

zhenyang: Let's get to today's reward challenge. For today's challenge, tribes will work with
traditional Micronesian money-stones, large wheel-shaped stones standing almost as tall as the Survivors themselves, once used as currency by the native people. Four blindfolded teammates will use long, wooden handles attached to the stones to steer yourself through a jungle course riddled with rocks and stumps. Two other teammates will act as callers, verbally directing the blindfolded teammates to four ground-level stations. Pushing the stones through each station, the weight of the stone will crush tiles cradled at each post. Here, you'll find a pair of smaller money-stones that will be used to solve a rotating-cog puzzle, a series of flat-laying pegged-wheels that spin and rotate to fit all eight money-stones. The first tribe to complete the puzzle wins Reward. The winning tribe will enjoy a trip to the Herbal Essences Great Escape Spa, and the chance to refresh yourselves with Herbal Essences products and indulge in a tasty snack. The winning tribe will also send a member from both tribes to Exile Island. Understand?

*everyone replies yes*

zhenyang: Ladders, you have one additional member, who will be sitting our this challenge?
felicia: i am.
zhenyang: alright, you have some time to strategize.

*after some time...*

siaun, rachel, hanwei and priscilla blindfolded. renhui and jezabel callers.

timothy, jianhong, jack and xinfang blindfolded. wanjing and seelek callers.

zhenyang: on your marks, GO!

Snakes getting an early lead with jezabel directing them to the exact position. seelek calling for Ladders but they can't crush the 1st tile. Snakes pulled ahead crushing the 1st tile! Ladders following closely behind also breaking their first tile! jezabel continued to command the blindfolded Snakes members effectively crushing their 2nd tile! Ladders missed the second station. They have to try again. jezabel's effective calling giving Snakes a huge lead, crushing their 3rd tile! Ladders just going over their 2nd tile! seelek giving wrong directions. Ladders going into Snakes' 3rd station. Ladders losing alot of time there. Snakes went on ahead to crush their 4th tile! Ladders struggling to get to their 3rd tile.

priscilla, siaun and hanwei went to fix the rotating puzzle for Snakes. wanjing takes over as caller. Ladders crushing the 3rd tile! Snakes losing alot of time fixing the puzzle. priscilla thinks she solved it. Oh but it's wrong! wanjing leading straight into the final tile crushing it! Ladders catching up! hanwei thinks he got it. SNAKES WIN REWARD!

*Snakes members cheering*

zhenyang: finally winning a challenge after so long eh? choose someone to go to exile.
siaun: we are choosing timothy.
*slight discussion*
renhui: and i will go along.

zhenyang: Ladders, nothing for you. Head back to camp. Snakes, off you go to your divine spa.

*at Exile Island*

timothy: seriously we don't have to do anything.
renhui: the idol is still up.
timothy: no way. the place has been dug out. there isn't any idol there.
renhui: but nothing's in siaun's bag.
timothy: don't take things at face value. he may be craftier than he looks.

day 19
*at Ladders tribe*

felicia: i can't take it anymore. i don't want to end up like yanzhi.
jack: please. we are already almost 3 weeks into this.
felicia: that's why we are more prone to disasters. we are all tired and exhausted. i want to quit.
jianhong: not at this point. we are doing fine.
felicia: we won't be. the future is so dark ahead of us. i want to go home now!

*zhenyang arrives*

zhenyang: so felicia, have you decided?

*long silence*

felicia: yes. bring me out of here. good luck guys.
zhenyang: alright. that makes you the eighth survivor to leave the game
felicia: goodbye.

*zhenyang leaves with felicia on a speedboat*

jianhong: so we are even with Snakes again.
seelek: we need our numbers after the merge. this may sound disaster for us.
xinfang: don't worry. we still have hanwei, jezabel and priscilla on the other side. that makes 7 of us, against 5 of them. we still have the advantage.
jianhong: that's true.

*at Snakes tribe*

rachel: the reward was indeed amazing. after long hours of trudging out here.
siaun: yea. we finally won a challenge. now to gain immunity!
rachel: we can't afford to lose. our numbers are diminishing.

priscilla: hanwei, are you going to vote for siaun this time? he has been around too long and is getting threatening.
hanwei: we need him to win challenges.
priscilla: whatever you say.

jezabel: i am really nervous about tomorrow's immunity challenge. if we lose again, i might be the next to go because they are going to keep the stronger players.

day 20
zhenyang: welcome to the Immunity Challenge. firstly, timothy and renhui, please return to your tribe. Snakes, take a look at the new Ladders tribe. felicia quitted yesterday because she was afraid what happened to yanzhi happened to her. so we are even again. Today's immunity challenge. One at a time, tribe members will race across a floating bridge out to a platform in the water, while pulling with you a long rope attached to a giant wench back on the beach. Once you reach the platform, you will clip the rope onto large folded puzzle pieces and hang on to it as the rest of the tribe cranks the giant wench, pulling you and the puzzle piece through the water back to shore. Once the tribe has collected all five puzzle pieces, two tribe members will unfold the giant puzzle pieces and fit them together to gotm a large puzzle in the shape of a perfect square. The first tribe to solve the puzzle wins Immunity and is safe from Tribal Council.
Losers have a date with me at Tribal Council tonight. You have some time to strategize.

*after some time*

zhenyang: on your marks, GO!

siaun doing the first run for Snakes, xinfang doing the first run for Ladders. siaun keeping his balance well. xinfang can't balance well and falls into the water! siaun reaches the pieces first! he is being reeled back in! xinfang trying her best to catch up! hanwei runs out for Snake! xinfang hooks onto the puzzle pieces and gets reeled back! hanwei reaches the puzzle pieces and being reeled back! wanjing is the second runner for Ladders! siaun is the third runner for Snakes. Both reached the puzzle pieces and being reeled back at the same time! hanwei re-running for Snakes as fourth runner! seelek is the third runner for Ladders! seelek can't balance well and falls into the water! hanwei falls into the water too! but hanwei beat seelek to the puzzle pieces! Snakes with a huge lead now! seelek hooked onto the puzzle pieces! siaun running for Snakes as the last runner! wanjing running again for Ladders as 4th runner! siaun reaches the puzzle pieces and gets reeled back! Snakes starting on the puzzle piece!

priscilla and rachel working on the puzzle piece. wanjing gets reeled back with Ladders' 4th stack of puzzle pieces. priscilla and rachel can't make heads and tails of the puzzle pieces. xinfang running for Ladder's last bag of puzzle pieces. priscilla and rachel making no progress at all. xinfang is being reeled back with their last puzzle piece! timothy and jianhong started to work on the puzzle. priscilla and rachel thinks they got it. but it's wrong! jianhong spreading out all the pieces trying to find a pattern. timothy notice something! priscilla and rachel blidly trying all combinations they can think of. jianhong rotating pieces to confirm the pattern. timothy fixing the pieces into place. LADDERS WIN IMMUNITY!

*Ladders members cheering wildly*

zhenyang: Ladders, immunity for the 3rd time in the row. Snakes, Tribal Council for the 3rd time in the row. Head back to camp.

*at Snakes camp*

renhui: timothy suggested that siaun has the idol. he brought me to see the dug site.
priscilla: we have to vote him now to flush our his idol.

siaun: so carry on voting renhui?
rachel: yes. she is practically doing nothing.
jezabel: (thinking to herself) anyone is fine except me.
hanwei: agreeable. we need to start winning challenges.

priscilla: hanwei, siaun might have the idol.
hanwei: what rubbish. we already went through his bag. there is nothing in there.
priscilla: are you serious?
jezabel: yes. just make sure he stays away from exile and we can vote him off anytime we want.
priscilla: we should vote him now.
renhui: yes. he is getting too strong to be comfortable.
hanwei: you have a point there.

rachel: i have a bad feeling about today's tribal.
siaun: me too. i have to bring along my idol.
rachel: you should, they might just turn around and blindside you since we might be close to the merge.

hanwei: it's the best time to blindside siaun.
jezabel: but what if he really whips out the idol?
hanwei: we can't be sure whether he has it or not.
jezabel: but then, i still think renhui's our best bet.
hanwei: i dunno.
jezabel: i am going with your vote anyways.

*at Tribal Council*

zhenyang: welcome back Snakes. renhui, tell me what do you think about this game after 20 days in it.

renhui: it's alot about interpersonal skills and how well you treat others. if you see someone acting like a bigshot and ordering others around, you would not want him around.

priscilla: i agree. it's just very uncomfortable being ordered around like you have no say or personal rights.

zhenyang: i suppose you guys are referring to siaun? siaun, what do you have to say?

siaun: in this game, everyone just wants everyone else out. i am sure there are people here trying ways and means to get rid of me but if they want to sabotage themselves by losing more strength and losing the next immunity challenge, then go ahead and vote me.

rachel: i think what's important now is to keep the tribe as strong as possible to win challenges.

zhenyang: winning challenges may be important but surviving the game is also equally important. hanwei, do you think siaun staying will sabotage you of your chances to win?

hanwei: not really. i would say if we can work well together, it may even bring the both of us far. but by then, it will be a totally different story altogether.

zhenyang: jezabel, what's your say?

jezabel: i would say that guys are physically stronger when it comes to individual immunity and i want them out. but as a tribe i would prefer to keep the guys so that our strength will still be there during challenges.

zhenyang: oh? so siaun, do you feel threatened by what jezabel said?

siaun: well, that might happen after the tribal merge, but things will take care of itself when it gets there.

zhenyang: alright. it's time to cast your votes. jezabel, you are up.

*jezabel voted*
*siaun voted*
*priscilla voted*
*hanwei voted*
*renhui voted*
*rachel voted*

zhenyang: i will get the votes.

*zhenyang collects the votes*

zhenyang: if anyone has the hidden immunity idol, it will be time to use it.

*siaun thinking hard, others oblivious to what is happening*

zhenyang: alright. once the votes are read out, person with the most votes will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately.

first vote, siaun

second vote, renhui

1 vote siaun, 1 vote renhui

third vote, renhui

2 votes renhui, 1 vote siaun

fourth vote, siaun

2 votes renhui, 2 votes siaun

fifth vote, renhui

3 votes renhui, 2 votes siaun

*opens sixth vote*

ninth person voted off Survivor: Micronesia, renhui

zhenyang: renhui, bring me your torch. your tribe has spoken. you are the ninth person voted out Survivor: Micronesia.

*puts out renhui's torch*

zhenyang: you guys must be sick of me. head back to camp.

renhui: i was really hoping for hanwei and jezabel to vote for siaun. but i guess they also want to keep the tribe strong and vote out the weakest link. i guess that's the end of me for not performing up to standard in challenges.

Tribal Council 7 Results:
hanwei - renhui
jezabel - renhui
priscilla - siaun
rachel - renhui
renhui - siaun
siaun - renhui















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