Chapter 3: Music Shall Caress You... and Secretly Possess You

The music is definitely possessing me because it’s been playing in my ears for the past two days and now won’t get out of my head. Currently stuck on “Atlas, Rise”. You guys picked some sick tunes, not gonna lie. Some of my favorites weren’t included, sadly. You also skipped some others that I didn’t care for, though, so it works out.

Man, you had us scrambling on some of them! Some songs sounded so similar. So well done… and how dare you… You know, the usual.  

And now… more waiting. But I’m less stressed out now. We did our best, and I’m proud of us.

And now my brain has switched to Benzai Ten…

Yeah, we’re all sorry to be at tribal again. We tried so fucking hard. This was supposed to be the challenge that broke the cycle, but here we are again, and with no good options for voting. The dwarves assume it’ll be Kitsune, which was my first thought because they’ve been the most quiet out of everyone. And then Eloritu said that they expect it to be them, but they’re such a joy to be around! I don’t want them to go! But with all of us being so quiet, I think… I think morale is really down. We just haven’t been able to cut a break.

On a positive note, I’ve got the vote nullifiers, so I can save Elo if people do try to vote for them. Or I could hoard 5 of them and cancel ALL the votes. Is that a thing, Goderators? Can I save everyone? Please? Just this once, can we let everybody live?

To be clear that'd just be a tie vote and we'd revote with the nullifiers still in place.

So I sent a sad, heartfelt message to Kitsune that I hope they see well before the deadline so they can either defend themselves and come up with a reasonable argument to vote for someone else (I doubt it, but I'd love to see them make the effort), or so they can have a decent amount of time to... prepare.

I remember my first time being voted out (because of a lack of activity... so, same thing) and it sucked. I read my tribe's messages shortly before the deadline and my heart sank. Because there was nothing I could do. I didn't get enough of a heads up. And that's not their fault. I take full responsibility for that. But because of that experience, I wanted to reach out and help Kitsune in any way that I could. Maybe it won't make a difference. Maybe it'll hurt worse. Maybe my empathy will ooze out of their screen and drown them... I don't know. I did what I thought was right.

And Kitsune, if nothing changes in the next four hours and you're voted off, I hope you stick around as a spectator so that you can read this and know how sincerely we all hate to do this to you. Also, I've made a deal with myself that I'll make it to merge to prove that I can, and I have no idea how much further I'll go after that. I mean, it'd be cool to win. Obviously! But who knows? I've spectated before, and it's a lot of fun. So we may see each other before the end of the game. I'd love that. (Same goes for you, Chaos, if you're still around and spectating! I really hope you are! In fact, maybe your chaotic spirit is what has caused all this turmoil. *Gasp* Did you curse us? 😄)

I don't know, throw someone else under the bus?

I'd fight to stay, if I thought I could be more active in the game from here on out. Or I'd use a secret idol to save myself, if I had it.

Honestly, I HAVE been Kitsune, and there wasn't anything I could do, so... a good cry is a valid choice, too.