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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 18, 2021 23:23:43 GMT
I've got Eloritu and Hades back!!!!! That makes me really happy.  |
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 19, 2021 3:56:39 GMT
I am so ready to play this board game, it's not even funny. I get it, life and kid stuff came up, and I like Hermes, so I'm not super pissed, but I am getting very impatient. And I feel bad for making the mods stay up later--specifically past the point that they were hoping we'd have this done. And I'm also kind of mad that I didn't get to do the wordsearch. Apparently Phobos/Deimos would probably rock the board game, and I'm pretty dang good at word searches. Basically, this is me:  |
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 19, 2021 5:08:06 GMT
I WAS SO CLOSE TO WINNING. He won twice, then I won twice, and he beat me on the last one, the son of the bitch.
Major props to him, though. And that game was FUN.
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 19, 2021 5:14:30 GMT
Hahahahahahahahaha of course we lost the entire challenge by a hair because of me. I'm a tiny bit disappointed but mostly so freaking amused.
Thanks again, mods, for making the time for us (mostly Hermes. He beat me and made me go to tribal, so I can throw him under the bus, right?)
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 19, 2021 5:29:23 GMT
I could change the chapter title to "What's life without a few tribals?" but that wouldn't even be fully accurate because THIS IS MY EIGHTH TRIBAL, BITCHES!
*quietly asks nobody in the room* Is that... is that right? Did I do good math?
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 19, 2021 5:39:22 GMT
Also, mods, please tell me...
How much fun are you guys having with the continuation of the Hito curse?
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 19, 2021 22:04:18 GMT
 Venting post alert. Phobos and Deimos aren't telling me who they want to vote for. They keep saying things like "It's up to you" and "I'll support whoever you want to vote for" (between Viy and Loki). Ugh, just tell me what you want and let me go along with it in our PMs so I can talk about something else with you and not feel so bad about helping kick yet another person out. Seriously, I've known what the end results would be for pretty much every single tribal, and 6 out of 8 times, we've booted out the person I wanted to. Kitsune and Radiance were really the only exceptions because at one point, I wanted to help them stay if I could, but eventually, I got on board with the majority, and my vote became one of the deciding factors. In other words, I've had a lot of say in all of the eliminations. Technically, tribal is "easier" when a majority agrees on who to vote for, because fighting tooth and nail between different options is awful, but it SUCKS to talk to the targeted person because I KNOW they're going home, and I don't want to deal with the drama of telling them... but I don't like to lie to them, either. Man, I just want the chance to skip one more tribal. Please, gods, be kind enough to give me one more break, I'm begging you. I didn't realize being a "social threat" meant having such a big role in deciding who lives and who dies. I only signed up for feeling power, not feeling bad about using it. |
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 20, 2021 3:07:18 GMT
Okay... so I told Viy that P/D were deciding between Viy and Loki for their vote, and Viy's response was: That's funny, because they came in with a whole thing about how they'd heard great things about me and would love to work with me.
I'm not taking any of your bullshit, Panda! You're going to tell me what you actually want, and I'm going to pretend to go along with it so I can feel better about myself. I have nothing but selfish reasons for this, and I don't give a damn.
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 20, 2021 3:35:37 GMT
There's a sad thing on the horizon... Loki said that he thinks I should be fairly great to work with... as long as I'm cool with voting off P/D this round and then, if we go to tribal next round, voting off Elo, too......
I don't want to do that. He's my friend. He was my first ally. I've missed him terribly. And I just spent an entire PM to Hades venting about how I don't want to face the possibility of either 1) voting off a friend or 2) dragging my heels and becoming a target because of it. I felt like it was okay to be more open with Hades about that because, bottom line, I am now more loyal to Hades and Life & Death than I am to Eloritu. (Even though it hurts my heart to admit it.)
But... I did just remember something: Eloritu's got some travel coming up, and he doesn't want to break his "no phone while traveling" rule... so he doesn't fully plan on making it to the end. If he gets voted off, he'll take it in stride. And it might even be better for him.
So that helps.
AND. I also remembered: I have an extra vote. So next round, if I need to, I could use that to try and vote off Loki or Viy, whoever felt like more of a threat..... And I just double checked. That extra vote can be used until the Final Eight tribal council.
Hehehehe Bilious, did you know how much power you were giving me when you sent that extra vote on a whim?
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 20, 2021 3:37:59 GMT
Well... voting off Loki could be dangerous because there are some people in the other tribe who are probably still loyal to him. It might be better to keep Loki around so he can help connect us to other people.
Viy would probably be the better person to go against. He's already got a potential enemy with Hermes........
Survivor is hard, y'all.
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 20, 2021 4:29:52 GMT
Guys, I fucking love Hades. He's made me feel so much better about all of this "voting for friends and really anyone because it makes me feel bad" stuff. He's an awesome human, and I'm so glad we're on this tribe together.
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 20, 2021 17:54:25 GMT
FINALLY! P/D opened up to me about what they want. They actually *do* want to work with Viy and want to vote off Loki. So, to keep things simple and to hurt my heart less, I lied to them and said, "Alright, you've convinced me; let's vote off Loki." With fancier, less suspicious wording, of course.
I've updated Viy and Loki with this info.
And now... what to do with the arrows and token of devotion?
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 20, 2021 18:44:40 GMT
What's life without a few hard conversations? Eloritu seems 100% okay with being voted off in this or next round. It pulls at my heartstrings, and I also respect him a hell of a lot. So, when it comes down to the wire, I'm not going to fight for him. We had a short run. I don't even know if I can call it a "good run" because we were separated for most of it. But I loved getting to know him and being his ally. And who knows? Maybe he'll be on the jury or come back for Dia de Los Muertos. Which makes me think of this gut-wrenching, beautiful song from Coco. If you haven't seen it, it's a HUGE SPOILER, so don't watch it.  |
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 21, 2021 2:47:06 GMT
Holy crap!!! That was not what I expected for this tribal!
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Post by Papatuanuku on Jul 21, 2021 2:54:47 GMT
Also, Eloritu isn't going down as quietly as I thought he would. He basically booted Loki out of spite. He didn't like being kept out of the decision-making process or being treated like an easy vote. Sorry, man. I totally misread that situation. But then again, he did tell me "if I'm gone, I'm gone" and that if I knew he was getting voted, I should just tell him so that he could log off a few hours later.
He sent me this long message explaining his reasoning for doing what he did and saying that it's okay if I hate him. And I don't hate him. But I do feel cheated because he didn't let me in on what was going on. He said he trusted me completely. Now I'm not so sure.
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Venting post alert.