I don't understand that message at all. I assume it's a joke or a reference but I miss it completely. Could someone do me the favor of explaining it?

How do you find your place in this tribe? Is it better or worse than your place was on Scions?

1. This is the first round in any survivor game where I either have immunity or my tribe isn't going to TC. It is amazing.
2: Nah and Nah. I'd imagine a number of people might feel that way about me as I only did a little grammar checking. I think most people feel inferior to Gunta after he basically soloed the challenge himself.
3. I'm not sure how important it is to keep people alive for their challenge prowess. I expect enough tribe swaps for that to be almost irrelevant. Far more likely to cause damage would be any potential chasms or personality conflicts. I haven't had any so far.
4.
I'm trying to stay away from "allies" as a term. I think Gunta is probably my closest ally, but I expect he has made closer allies himself at the moment. Again, in theory there is a big alliance that's been made with Gunta/Gundam and Makoto/Leon. I'm expecting to be considered part of their alliance and therefore not be targeted before the another swap happens. That's the goal. Last game I got fucked by overplaying early, so I'm trying to avoid that this game. Keep a feel on the tribe, avoid pissing anyone off, and stay in the loop. If a time comes to make a play that will guarantee me an ally or save an ally I'll make it, but I'm not convinced there's any need to act or do anything from here.
5:
Mikan (not in tribe so doesn't count)
Gunta
Leon
Gundam
Makoto
I'd consider myself friends with those above this line
Himiko
Koreikyo
Teruteru

Maybe the reason I don't like those below the line is because their names are so much harder to spell...

Also, does anyone actually care about their cliques? Mine seems like the most irrelevant piece of garbage/waste of time.

Maybe it'll be important once I'm actually in a tribe with either of them? If all the cliques are public it'd be certainly interesting to see what happens if a tribe is clique vs clique.

Sigh. Maybe I gotta try to work harder at team bonding.

Ok. Nice night's sleep and I'm back and chipperer than ever!
Leon approached me about us being part of an alliance together, while still being part of the larger alliance Gundam is pushing.
This worries me.

It means either he knows I'm getting targeted as an outsider and is looking to control where I push once I find out, or he thinks he's potentially a target as our alliance isn't actually solid.
Neither of these give me much hope or joy.

I also notice myself becoming a lot less friendly and nice as these negotiations start. I'm not sure if that's a good thing. I need to remember to keep bringing up irl to keep some enjoyment and levity in the conversations. Gotta keep getting then to laugh...

Welcome to the Monak-uma episode!



Puhuhu~

You're in for a bear-y special treat. I think you are going to find these questions un-bear-ably grrrreat! Monak-uma can't wait to down to the bear bones of the issues!

1. Do you feel there is any one person on this tribe that is your polaaaar opposite? Is it enough to vote them out when you get a chance, or is it something you feel you have to deal with for the time being?

2. Monaka likes Kandy so much that she goes full on su-bear-man to anyone who gets in her way. Is there anyone you feel you would go crazy over because you like them?

3. What do you feel you have lied about so far this game? Is it possible those lies could come back full circle to bite you? Om nom nom

4. Have you had to take a moment and paws to think about a decision you are making? What is that decision and have you regretted/are regretting that decision? What would help you move forward from this?

5. Do you feel like you are in danger? If so, what do you plan to do to to fix it or do you just plan to grin and bear it? If not, do you plan to try to take the lead on this vote or bide your time in hibernation?

6. Give me your best bear pun.

Until next time, Monak-uma leaves you with a bear-y big bear hug!

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1. How do you feel about the challenge that just occurred? Do you hate this game forever?
Yes. That challenge was terrible. Only slightly better than the goddamn crossword.

2. Potentially. I know Mikan was targeted twice on her previous tribe, and she said 2 people (Kirumi and Suichi) were super tight and targeted her. She says Sonia betrayed them to help her out.
If all this is true, I feel like I'm in good shape. Kirumi and Suichi will probably be looking to me for help against Mikan and Sonia, who will also do the same. What could happen is Kirumi and Suichi might think Mikan and I are tight because we were together on the first tribe (if they remember that). If I decide I'm going to ally with the two of them, I might fabricate a lie where Mikan and I didn't get along much at all, but we agreed to vote out Angie because Angie didn't post at all. They'd probably be inclined to believe it, but right now I'm leaning towards working with Mikan.
No word yet from Sonia, and I think she's going to be super important as well. If she decides she's going to stab Mikan this time I need to be aware of that.

3. None. I know for a fact people have them. I just have no goddamn idea who. I suspect the person who was brought back from the dead got an idiol...

4. Oh god yes. Being separated from Leon and Gonta and Makoto makes me feel vulnerable. I'm certain they were closer to each other than me, but I expect they would have been closer to me than the other people in this tribe. This is where my social game is super important I think.

5. What's a mole? (I would appreciate an answer to this question)

(there's a show called The Mole where one of the players is a traitor, and the others are trying to guess who they are. So the tagline for the show is "Who is the mole?" We're just stealing that question from that show)

I kinda just realized everyone of them was on their own tribe, leaving me as the complete outsider. I REALLY hope their drama was enough to cause animosity between them. It sounds like Sonia and Mikan are both worried about the revenge shot, and it sounds like I need to stir that up again. They're really mad at Chihiro for stirring it up the first time, so I need to make sure *if* I stir it up to find some way to make sure they don't know I'm doing it.
That seems much harder to accomplish in a 5 man tribe than in a bigger tribe, particularly once they all know each other already.

Guess I'm gonna stick to the plan of complimenting people and hoping they like me enough to keep me around.
God this is not where I want to be...