Skinnisha Survivor S2 EP 9 - I'm Lighting This Bitch Up

Following cullenistehbest's emotional exit, Skinnisha gathered all of the remaining players along the Hawaiian shore. There had been plenty of speculation about when the merge would arrive. Some castaways believed it could happen now, while others were convinced they still had at least one more round left on their tribes. However, after 16 days and eight eliminations, it was officially time for all tribal lines to disappear. The remaining 13 castaways had reached… THE MERGE! For the first time this season, everybody would live together as members of one tribe: ALOHA AMANDA xcharliex October ghutch Intuition Jane Malibu mattychamps muribolt Nick Lover WowPlatinum starrydash The castaways congratulated one another on reaching the merge and began catching up with players they had spent several rounds separated from. It did not take long before conversations turned towards some of the Tribal Councils they had missed. WowPlatinum immediately questioned how Brxanne had been eliminated, knowing there was absolutely no chance Bryan had left Hawaii without putting up a fight. starrydash filled everybody in on the chaos before Sprite asked the most important question: Had an idol been involved in taking Miss Brxannene out? mattychamps stepped forward and revealed that he had, in fact, played his Hidden Immunity Idol at the vote. And completely wasted it. Bryan already had enough votes to leave regardless. Several former Ahi members were stunned to learn that Matty had been sitting on an idol. Meanwhile, Nick reflected on the most recent Ahi Tribal Council and learned that 16 year old cullenistehbest had attempted to orchestrate a blindside before leaving. Memories of ASBB3 immediately came flooding back, as Nick reflected on the trauma of Tisha’s very own daughter Katie taking him out in an entirely different franchise. Fortunately, there were more important things to celebrate. Skinnisha presented the newly formed Aloha tribe with the traditional Merge Feast! The castaways ate, celebrated reaching the next stage of the game and enjoyed finally being together as one tribe. There was plenty of laughter. Plenty of food. And perhaps, for a few observant castaways… A few clues pointing towards the location of another Hidden Immunity Idol! With full stomachs and potentially some new information, the castaways were immediately introduced to their first Individual Immunity Challenge of the season: HAWAIIAN HAVOC! Over the next 24 hours, Skinnisha would unexpectedly post one of three commands: WAVE! , ERUPTION! or LEI! Each command carried a different consequence. WAVE! The first castaway to correctly respond: “I wave PLAYER” would eliminate that player from the challenge. ERUPTION! The first two castaways to correctly respond: “I erupt PLAYER” would each eliminate somebody. LEI! The first castaway to respond: “I claim the lei” would secretly gift a lei to another player. That lei would protect its recipient from the next elimination, mistake or trap that would otherwise remove them from the challenge. There was one final catch. Skinnisha could post fake commands such as: WAIVE! or LIE! Anybody who responded to one of these traps would instead eliminate themselves. The challenge began. R1: WAVE! - Malibu eliminated muribolt R2: LEI! - Malibu claimed a Lei and gave it to WowPlatinum R3: WAVE! - Malibu eliminated mattychamps R4: ERUPTION! - AMANDA eliminated xcharliex and Malibu eliminated Nick R5: LEI! - Lover claimed a Lei and gave it to Malibu R6: WAVE! - Jane eliminated starrydash R7: WAVE - Jane eliminated herself by responding to a typo. R8: WAVE! - Amanda eliminated herself by not responding with the correct phrase. R9: WAVE! Intuition eliminated October R10: WAVE! Intuition eliminated Lover R11: WAVE! Malibu eliminated ghutch R12: WAVE! Malibu eliminated Intuition R13: WAVE - Malibu responded to a typo'd wave, but she had a lei to protect herself. R14: WAVE! - Malibu tried to eliminate WowPlatinum, however Sprite had a secret lei. With one final round of Malibu vs Sprite... Malibu struck again. This time, Sprite had no protection left. And with that… MALIBU WON INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY! After personally eliminating a large portion of the competition, Malibu was ecstatic to secure her safety at the first merged Tribal Council. Some of the players she had knocked out appeared slightly less enthusiastic. With the challenge over, the castaways returned to camp and gathered together to wish xcharliex a very happy birthday while finishing what remained of the Merge Feast. However, the celebrations were soon interrupted by something suspicious. The shelter suddenly became extremely noisy.... With a Hidden Immunity Idol believed to be somewhere around camp, the players who were not involved in whatever was happening inside began questioning whether they were missing something important. By the time the Aloha tribe arrived at Tribal Council, paranoia was already spreading. All 13 castaways took their seats. AMANDA opened the discussion after Skinnisha asked whether previous tribal lines would influence the first merge vote. Amanda made her position clear. Spending a few days wearing a different coloured buff would have absolutely no impact on who she intended to vote for tonight. mattychamps explained that his decision would instead be based around setting himself up for the future and moving forward with people he genuinely trusted. starrydash disagreed. Skinnisha Survivor was a fluid game. For Starry, tonight should be about removing the most immediate threat. Publicly, Tribal Council then became relatively quiet. Privately? Almost everybody was being discussed. Names bounced between conversations as different combinations were proposed, rejected and reconsidered. At one point or another, virtually every castaway appeared to be on the table. Eventually, however, one plan began gaining significant momentum. And only around ten minutes before voting, WowPlatinum finally discovered the truth. A major blindside had been organised against her. There was almost no time left to campaign. Unfortunately, WowPlatinum had spent part of the round sneaking into Production’s tent to play Cyberpunk 2077, which had not exactly helped her keep track of the vote. Her fate appeared sealed. With the votes submitted, Skinnisha asked whether anybody wished to play a Hidden Immunity Idol or advantage. Sprite did not stand. Instead, she announced that this would be an absolutely awful way for her to leave the game. And if she was going out tonight… She was going to light this bitch up on the way out. Nobody would be safe. Sprite immediately pointed towards muribolt and warned the rest of the tribe that anybody trusting Muri going forward would be extremely stupid. As Sprite continued calling people out, the cameras shifted towards Lover. He sat looking around at the other players with an uncomfortable smile. His legs were shaking. His lip was trembling. Seconds remained before the idol window closed. Then… Lover stood up. He apologised to the tribe and admitted that he had to do this. Lover walked towards Skinnisha and handed over a Hidden Immunity Idol. But he was not playing it for himself...... I’M PLAYING THIS FOR WowPlatinum The tribe erupted. As Lover returned to his seat, he looked directly towards Intuition and told him: “Fuck you. Go home.” Several players immediately expected Intu to respond by playing an idol of his own. Intuition remained completely still. No reaction. No panic. Nothing. Meanwhile, Jane and WowPlatinum jumped for joy as they realised the plan against Sprite was about to collapse. Sprite began crying, repeatedly thanking Lover for saving her. But she also reminded everybody: She was still lighting the game up after Tribal Council. Skinnisha began reading the parchments. The first vote: WowPlatinum. Does not count. The second: WowPlatinum. Does not count. Then another. And another. Parchment after parchment revealed the same name. Eight votes for Sprite. Every single one… DID NOT COUNT. Sprite laughed towards the players who had attempted to blindside her. Their plan had completely failed. But now came the part everybody had been waiting for. Only five valid votes remained. Who had received them? The ninth parchment was revealed... xcharliex The tenth: starrydash. Then another vote for Starry. And another. As the remaining parchments were revealed, the horrifying reality became clear. The idol had not only saved Sprite. It had sent somebody else out of the game. STARRYDASH HAD BEEN IDOLED OUT. Starry had become the ninth castaway eliminated from Skinnisha Survivor: Hawaii. WowPlatinum and Lover immediately apologised. The pair admitted that because everything had happened so late, they had not properly coordinated what the backup vote should be. Had Sprite not been busy playing Cyberpunk 2077, she revealed that the target would actually have been... mattychamps. Much to mattychamps laughter. Instead, Starry had become the casualty. Starry stood from her seat with tears in her eyes as several players looked genuinely shocked and upset to see her leaving the Hawaiian shores. She approached Skinnisha with her torch. When asked for her final words, Starry had this to say: starrydash, you were an absolute pleasure to watch and kept Production thoroughly entertained from Day 1. The passion you brought to this season was genuinely a joy to see, and we are so sad that your journey ended here. We would have loved to see you reach the jury, and you absolutely deserved the opportunity. We hope this is not the end of Starry’s Skinnisha legacy. Keep your phone on. We love you, Starry! TWELVE CASTAWAYS REMAIN. The merge has officially begun. Lover has pulled off the first successful idol play of the season. Starry has been idoled out just a couple placements before the jury. Sprite promised she was going to light this game up. Now she has survived the blindside and has an entire tribe to answer to. How will Sprite retaliate? What damage has Lover’s idol play done to the new majority? And with only one elimination standing between the remaining players and the jury… Who will become the final castaway to fall short? Find out next time on Skinnisha Survivor! Follow the season here: https://discord.gg/ugcwkffBS