The Beginning of My Tricks/Confessionals

Day 31
"zahra"

- Will vs. Aras, it's going down finally. I didn't think Aras would come after me this soon, but it looks like it's time. He probably brought in Tate, and he tried to bring in Anna and Brett. Basically if I don't win immunity, I've got at least two votes on me next round, depending on what Romain does. And if Aras WINS immunity, I don't think I'm gonna be able to convince Romain to vote for Tate, so the best I can hope for is a 3-3 tie. Of course I've got this idol, but I'd love to hold onto it unitl the last moment, at Final 5.

I've been getting ready for Aras to make his move for a while now. Been feeding information to Brett and Romain, and I think I have the numbers, but truly Aras or me is going to be winning this challenge, and whichever one of us doesn't is going to be on the chopping block. Coming into the merge, I think Aras, Zak and I were the three biggest strategic players. Zak had to go because I couldn't trust him, but I really didn't want to come for Aras this soon. I needed a meat shield, and even if I succeed in booting him, I'm gonna be a big threat. Even though pm the whole jury hates me at this point.

"zahra"

- Whitney's out. Damn good.

"zahra"

- My head is on the chopping block. Right now, I need luck with me, and Aras will be gone.

"zahra"

- Right now, the vote will take out either Aras or myself. Right now, the job of the players is to find the shark and the dolphin. And I hope that they'll see as the dolphin.

"zahra"

- I got an advantage, which is the spy vote. I can know somebody's vote before the votes are read. And this is now the beginning of my tricks. And Aras will be my target.

Day 32
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Day 33
"zahra"

- Whew, what a clusterfuck of a challenge. I'm not even mad, because that snakey ass Aras can't hide behind immunity this time. He probably doesn't even see this coming, but he's got at least 4 votes on him. I wanted to keep him until longer but he bitched out and tried to blindside me because I'm more popular than him so it's time to go, Aras.

"zahra"

- She's gone. We did it. And the celebration is beautiful, but with six people left, it's short-lived because now we all have to eat each other. My number one ally is Tate. I tell him everything. My number two ally is Will. I tell him everything except for what Tate tells me. After that, Anna and Romain are kind of enigmatic to me, but I've had good working relationships with both of them. And that leaves Aras--he's been a friend, but not the most reliable person. His challenge prowess is scary and he hasn't been the most loyal person. For me, it's in my best interest to lose him now and enter the lion's den with the original Zibaqs at the final five. If he wins immunity, it could very well be me leaving.

The reward is a flash game and I'm on vacation, so I have to abstain as I lacked computer access in Philadelphia. Aras won (surprise) and he did his bazaar trip that I wasn't a part of--whatever. Aras came to talk to me about his vote for me at the last tribal council that Will forewarned me of. Aras claimed he was coerced by the original Zibaqs to vote for me and that he had to do it. I'm sorry, but what a pussy move. First, I don't think they coerced him. I think Aras was just looking out for Aras. And I don't need that kind of person fighting in my corner. I'd much rather get rid of him if he doesn't win immunity.

Fortunately, Aras is targeting Will and thinks he can use me as a vote. Will is targeting Aras, but acknowledges he'll have to go after Tate or Romain if Aras wins immunity. Anna feels caught in the middle with me and she and will both worry that Romain and Tate are too tight (something that's news to me). Tate refutes that he has any closeness with Romain, so I'm sure it's just one-sided on Romain's part. It's getting SUPER juicy here. I thought I was 100% on bottom, but people are ready to make moves against one another. My goal is, of course, to stay safe and to keep Tate safe.

The immunity challenge is endurance! I tried to give it my all initially, but I kept getting distracted being on vacation in New York that I failed to stack anything. All of us finished with a score of 0 and no one won immunity! There are NO winners. Had I known that people were fucking it up, I could have won with one card! That would have been awesome! Alas…

As more and more people are coming to me about my opinions, especially Anna, Will, and Tate, it's time for me to analyze the carousel of targets for this round. It could be ANYONE.

Anna is not a target this round. Will calls her the best player here and while she's done well at evading being targeted, she hasn't done anything particularly noteworthy either. She's playing the same game that I've played since merge, but I've only played this way out of necessity of being in the minority. What's her excuse?

Aras is a target for his challenge strength and duplicity. He's an obvious threat and despite the attempts of some people to make him a meat shield, a meat shield is only effective if they don't have immunity. Aras doesn't have immunity. The time to strike is now.

I'm a target because I have one of the stronger social games in the six players remaining. It's been my only survival tool. Now that I'm being given more strategic allowance with other, larger targets rising to the surface, I am in a position to regain strategic control with Tate and a third option--potentially Anna or Romain. I'd love for Will to be the third, but he's pretty against Tate right now. And while I wouldn't want to choose between the two, I'd have to choose Tate.

Romain is a target because he's made no strides with the jury at all and he's the potential goat of the season. I disagree to an extent because I feel like his moves have been a lot more subtle and understated, but they do indeed exist. He had his part in removing Zakriah and he'll have his part in this vote too. Had Aras won immunity, I would have attempted to eliminate Romain because I'm the least close with him and a lot of people are tempted to go to the end with him. That's one less person that wants to take me to the end. So Romain is a danger to my game for that reason.

And lastly, Tate. He's a target simply because Will is seeing red that Tate potentially doesn't have a lot of trust in him and Anna is worried about his connection with Romain. I'm doing everything I can to try to calm the flames of this fire, but I don't know if Will can be contained.

If things go the way they should, Aras is leaving 5-1 tonight with one vote for Will. We'll see!