A Pretty Chill Woman/Confessionals

Day 11
"pesante"

- I am very nervous about this tribe. I am here prett much alone. I mean sure I know one person being Jordan, but I haven’t even seen him since day 2. I honestly don’t have a good feeling about specifically Elias and Mai. There’s just some type of vibe that I don’t like. It’s time for me to really put my game into high gear!

"none"

- ok so here i am in exile. tribe debbie/izzy. :') it's nice to get a break from the game and basically be guaranteed to move on to the next round, but what i'm obviously most worried about is the social dynamic of whatever tribe i join. now unless the former lontano person gets voted out, any tribe i join will have one ally from my old tribe on it. ideally, i'd like to end up with nat. ant would be second most preferable, and harrison last just because we never got to know each other. there were also a few people from our old old tribes i'd sort of like to see again, but i'm not counting on anything there as the social game with those people has probably changed quite a bit.

NYEH

"lontano"

- YES YES YES!!! This is basically the best case scenario for me. Two people I really liked from Day 1 Pesante, two people from the fanon wiki... I'm so happy with how this worked out. I wish I got Jordan instead of Ant tbh, but beggars can't be choosers. At first I was worried about not being with anyone from the High Priestess tribe but then I realized Jason was there, and he's literally one of my closest friends on here. I guess I should probably evaluate my standing with these people:

Jason - I was one of the biggest fans of his fanon season Bora Bora. I never expected it to pay off, but it did! We're finally on the same tribe! Aaron - I actually probably have the most history with Aaron. We played together on Tonga, although that didn't really last long lol. He's also from the fanon wiki, and that will be a helpful relationship. He's already making an alliance chat for the fanon people, which secures us a majority if I decide to go that way. My only concern about voting with Aaron and Jason is that they have a stronger relationship with each other than they do with me. They've played together at least once before and went far, and they have a collab fanon season on the fanon wiki. So I'm definitely not 100% committed there yet. Juliet - I know her from wikia too, it just happens to be the TD wikis, not the Survivor ones. We haven't talked in a while but we made an alliance on Day 1 back on the original Pesante, before the first swap. I like her, and I could see myself going far with her. Ant - Again, I like and trust him. He was in Basty's weird alliance, and I think I can trust him.

The choice between these 3 groups is gonna be hard. I know Aaron and Jason better and it would be harder to betray them, but I'm DEFINITELY #3 over there. Ant and Juliet have never talked as far as I'm aware, and I could basically be their savior if need be. Aaron and Jason I THINK will be loyal, and I'm considering showing them the idol to seal the deal, but I don't know. Actually, now that I'm thinking of it, what might be a good idea is to show Jason. Then I can build up trust with him that he might now have with Aaron, and if he tells Aaron, then I KNOW that he's more loyal to Aaron than me. It's a risky play, but I think it could work.

"lontano"

- This swap could have been better and worse for me. I feel pretty good about my tribemates from a social perspective. But I wish I could have been on another beach so I could have another opportunity to find an idol. I'm sure about our tribe chances in challenges but hopefully we can avoid tribal for a bit.

"pesante"

- Well this is interesting. But I feel like I'm in a position that could work out good or badly for me. Me and Jordan are the only two people from the same tribe on our tribe. Which means we could get one person on our side and have majority or the other three could just team up and take us out. And if its the latter it is not gonna be me going first. I need to think about previous relationships on the original tribe too. I was close with Eli originally, Mai didn't talk much and now I'm with Harrison. Who seems nice but may just be trying to go with the flow and get in majority which is smart on his end. As long as it is not me, I'll do whatever. I am nervous about Harrison and Jordan having a pre-existing relationship and possibly being close with Izzy. I'm gonna try to figure something out there soon. Eli, I need to talk too to see where his head is at.

"lontano"

- So I told Jason about the idol and it was like I told him I got an A on a chemistry test. It was literally like if I told him, "hey, I got an A on chem!" and he was like "damn, nice! I got a C." He was like "I haven't really had any luck." It was just a weird reaction. He did say he was fine with me not telling Aaron, because he finds Aaron to be too unpredictable, so that's good. There's already a bit of distrust between them. Maybe telling Jason about the idol was a little hasty, but I think it'll pay off in the long run. Someone's bound to go to him at some point with a plan to get rid of me, and I'm gonna be ready to play my idol when they do. Other than that, I'm very happy with my position. I wanna win this next IC, then maybe lose so we can trim the fat, and go into a potential swap or merge with a strong four, in addition to my old alliances back at Pesante. From that point, I think I can control the game until the finish! I am a little worried about Trey and Jordan's positions (Jerry I couldn't care less about), but I think they'll be fine.

"vicino"

- Ok before I get into it I just want to apologize to Joe who keeps asking for confessionals but I haven't been pulling through. Not gonna lie, winning those immunity challenges kinda let my guard down since I haven't had to hustle to save myself from elimination. The issue is, the longer all 5 original Vicino stay in the game, the more likely everyone else will just gang-bang us like the Healers from Survivor HHH. I don't want to be Roark. I don't want to be Jessica. I don't want to be Desi. Who even is Roark? Either way, this tribe swap is gonna be a good change of pace. I get pretty lucky with my swaps, because I'm with Declan, someone from original Vicino who I've kept a pretty solid relationship. He's basically my number 1 still, although we don't talk frequently (we didn't need to because we kept avoiding tribal), but he'll definitely have to talk more to me since we're the only Old Vicino left on New Vicino. Or, he might throw me under the bus if we lose because people might be looking at Vicino being a numbers threat so I gotta be wary of that. I also got swapped with Nat who's a a pretty chill woman, I still vibe with her being a teacher and all. She wanted to reconnect with me, especially since the last time we talked was during the Fool's Card tribes phase. She was like the 2nd or 3rd person I got along with, so overall, pretty good tribe swap. Also, Trey's talking to me and telling me he would've been the next person out of Pesante if they lost. He might be playing me just to get me to trust him, so I'll be careful what to tell him since I have majority anyway with Declan and Nat, but keeeping my door open to Trey wouldn't hurt. If he was next to go on Pesante, and Jerry was against him, that might be something I might want to work with Trey on, taking out Jerry or his crew, because Jerry's the ""sneaky"" type of floater who will always take the easy move and get to the end because of it. It's honestly not that respected, but I'd rather make it farther than Jerry instead of being outlasted by someone who plays like that. Jerry's not a bad dude, I'm just reallllllllllly not a fan of his gameplay.

"vicino"

- The swap has left me in a vulnerable spot. I’m with all brand new people. However, I’ve bonded really well with Nat and Declan. Hopefully, I’m able to use those bonds and survive until the next swap or merge. It seems like we have the strongest tribe for challenges too, so maybe we can just avoid tribal all together.

I can’t remember if I sent one of these after the swap or not.

Day 13
"lontano"

- ok so i am a MESS right now trying to work around all this madness and i just. it's hard work!! i have been making the rounds and trying to stay alive i just don't know whether trust is an allusion or a luxury right now. marty and i have been talking and i made something with jason but i am kind of nervous by letting aaron pass. the possibility of jason choosing aaron is likely so. i just have to watch my back and make sure i stay alive that's all i'm focused on.

"lontano"

- I'm the king of the swing, once again! I decide who goes home. I think there's a 100% chance that Ant goes home tonight, and it's probably gonna be 4-1, but I set up that majority, and I could easily tear it apart if I wanted to switch the vote to Aaron (the second person people have mentioned). It does suck having to vote off Ant, he's a nice guy and he doesn't mean any harm, but he's just the person I have the worst connection with on this tribe. I want to maintain my power position, and I think voting off Ant will put me in a similar position to the one I was in on pre-swap Pesante, being the swing between Juliet and Aaron/Jason. I do think my position is different than on Pesante, however, in that I can be much more open and less cautious with Jason than I could be with Trey. I also almost forgot about Izzy. I want to be the first person to get to Izzy, because she'll obviously be worried about being the person coming to the party late. I think I have an in with her, as we went home back to back in Malawi, and we can discuss what went down there. We'll see how it goes, though. I'm pretty confident in my position, we just need to win a damn challenge.

"lontano"

- I'm the king of the swing, once again! I decide who goes home. I think there's a 100% chance that Ant goes home tonight, and it's probably gonna be 4-1, but I set up that majority, and I could easily tear it apart if I wanted to switch the vote to Aaron (the second person people have mentioned). It does suck having to vote off Ant, he's a nice guy and he doesn't mean any harm, but he's just the person I have the worst connection with on this tribe. I want to maintain my power position, and I think voting off Ant will put me in a similar position to the one I was in on pre-swap Pesante, being the swing between Juliet and Aaron/Jason. I do think my position is different than on Pesante, however, in that I can be much more open and less cautious with Jason than I could be with Trey. I also almost forgot about Izzy. I want to be the first person to get to Izzy, because she'll obviously be worried about being the person coming to the party late. I think I have an in with her, as we went home back to back in Malawi, and we can discuss what went down there. We'll see how it goes, though. I'm pretty confident in my position, we just need to win a damn challenge.

"lontano"

- I'm so pissed we lost that challenge. I have a weird feelings about our tribe and i'm getting Kaoh Rong flashback with the beauty girls being ripped appart. I think paranoia is coming to me and I don't want to waste my idol. They could definitely be thinking about voting out a ex-lontano since Izzy is coming back to our tribe. But right now, it looks like it's an Aaron vs Juliet battle with everyone else in between. Marty seems like a bit washy washy for me but I have no choice but to trust him on that one. I think i'll wait as long as possible to get the best vibes I can from the tribe and then I'll make my decision.

"lontano"

- Pray to god this is 4-1 with no idols

"vicino"

- We won immunity! That’s exactly what I needed. If given enough time, then I’ll be able to engraciate myself within the tribe. I don’t think we’ll avoid tribal every time. Pesante is a strong tribe. Like I don’t think it’s possible for us to beat them, and I assume a double tribal is in the not too distant future.

I’m glad someone did participate in the challenge. I’ll take any reason to target someone. Ashley has mentioned being interested in an alliance with me and Nat. I don’t know how she would feel about that. So, right now if we were the ones at Tribal I think Ashley would be the one going home.

I’m going to give my thoughts on my tribe members.

Nat - LOVE! She’s amazing! I would work with her long term, but not too long term. I’m a pretty realistic guy. She beats me in a F2 no matter what.

Declan - He’s a great kid, but game wise I don’t know where his head is,

Christian - I like him the least. He’s the guy I’d pick to go home if we lost, but I have now power right now. It’s not even that he’s a bad guy or anything. He’s just a little hard to talk to.

Ashley - He is so inactive. I want to play with him. I’d love a Nat, Ashley, Trey 3-person alliance to take me to the merge or the next swap. But he’s gotta get online and participate in conversation and Challenges.

If I can survive this swap, then I’m in a good spot come merge. I’ve played with almost everyone and have good relationships with them all.

"pesante"

- So on the new Pesante tribe we have a much more charismatic and talkative bunch. They don't throw in conversation enders at a moments notice and leave you on read, and actually seem engaged in conversations with you.

Ashley was none of those things, he only talked strategy when really essential. Juliet was the same to a lesser degree, but a bit better. If we all make it to the merge I'd hope to reunite and work with them very long term because they appear to be the same with other people, assuming they're telling me the truth that I'm their number 1.

Jordan Pines sticks out as super nice and charismatic, and a very fierce challenge competitor. I like him alot, but if I'm anywhere near the end he probably won't be there with me.

Jerry is a solid guy, manly, respectful and someone I could see myself working with long term. I aligned with him way back on the fake tribe and we haven't really strategised yet (we haven't had to) but I think it's silently implied that we're good.

Harrison looks 14 in his profile picture but is apparently 18 and we actually have a bit in common. We both want to do journalism, and I think I've connected with him - I'm not sure if we go to tribal that he will be safe and whether I'll be willing to stick my neck out for him, but I like the guy alot actually. Pretty genuine.

Mai I have also connected with and she's 25 years old, interesting to talk to and sweet. I have no bearings on how she has connected with the others though, and if we go to tribal I have a hunch she could be in trouble aswell.

That's all under the assumption that I'M not in trouble though, but I'm cautiously optimistic.

I wouldn't want to lose any of these people though, let alone myself. I could see every single one of them as legitimate allies headed into a merge. Yikes. We'll probably cruise by on challenge strength alone, but I am expecting another swap. Yikin' the yikey

"pesante"

- I am honestly so excited that I still have not gone to tribal, but tbh if we do go to tribal I know that mai might possibly be the reason as I do worry about her activity level. I also am starting to worry about the merge. I am really trying to evaluate how I can make it all the way to the end without any trouble. Tough times are coming but i’m ready! BRING IT ON JEFF!!!