Episode 05

[Mia Galeotalanza]

A TRIBE SWAP! AHHH!

So, first off all, how do you feel about this swap? Are you happy about who you ended up with? What's the plan moving forward?

Also, what do you think of Kim J's choices to send away? Were you glad, or happy?

And what do you make of Sarah's choice to send over who she did? Are they dead meat, or potential allies?

As always, fill us in on any new developments!

[Frank]

I gotta give it to up to Kim J. I think she involuntarily made some excellent swap decisions. She separated Linda and Lindsey, separated Lindsey and Lex, separated Linda and Kim P. I think all in all its good.

The plan is to lose the challenge, we gotta lose so they don't lose and get rid of a Tamanaco. As for the three little rats thrown in the snake pit on my tribe...they gotta make me some godly deal and make me believe them for them to be safe. Which I don't see happening. I would be looking into getting the one of them that's left at the merge nicely in my pocket.

[Brenda Lowe]

I have to wonder how much you've talked with the new guys so far. What's your impressions of them?

How much stock do you put into sticking by the people you were randomly put in a tribe with on Day 1? What happens if you love one of these people more, or they fit into your plans better than someone from original yellow?

[Frank]

It all comes down to control and predictability. The 6 other original Tamanacos I know what they think, I know what their relationships are and I know what their options are. These new folk, I really don't know much about them yet. At this point it would be massively stupid and risky for me to go against yellow. Even if their the coolest person alive, they would have to go.

At the moment I'm keeping with the "I was on the outs" story. I let them come to me. Even if they don't believe, its a helluva lot of noise and confusion that will keep them from finding any actual cracks. Once we lose an immunity, I might drop the act and try to get information out of them because they will be scared. Say I ask all 3 of them to give me information on their tribe in exchange for being safe and the one who tells me the least information gets the boot. I highly doubt they'll have the composure to be quiet. At least one of them will betray the others out of sheer panic.

[Frank]

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[Frank]

Also, I wouldn't actually vote off the one who gives least info, they could easily use an idol and collaborate stories. I'll vote out the biggest snitch probably, just for the look on their face.

[Frank]

I'm gonna become an expert on Venezuelan history before I find that damn idol.

[Frank]

Days later, millions of password tries later, no idol. It would take me A LOT less time to find an idol on Survivor. Where's the camera man suspiciously moving the camera back and forth between me and the idol location?

I'm sure I'll find out I tried the password but misspelled it and moved on.

[Brenda Lowe]

*focuses camera on mis-spelled word*

[Frank]

It's getting to my favorite time again, tribal time. If we manage to lose, that is.

Kept my "on the outs" story with the Mariches. Although the others may have ruined it a bit (Looking at you, Mama Kim). They may just believe it, even a little. Sean is now setting up a message convo with me and the 3 mariches. We are gonna "vote out Linda".

Now, Vecepia tried to throw me under the bus to Lex. So they might try to push for me being vote out. I just hope if that happens , Linda or Lex don't realize that with just one vote they could get rid of me. But they probably won't try that, the position that would put them in is really bad.

The key part is the idol they might have...I'm pretty sure that if they found the mariche idol and gave it to someone to get here it was on sean. There's also the stupid chance they got this one too, if they knew the password. The clues are the same so if they have one, they have two. Vecepia is annoying, I wish we could vote her out, but I'm thinking General has the least chance of an idol play.

[Frank]

The Mariche tribe really wanted to win this. Which is...odd.

They were either basing on me voting for an original Tamanaco, which is not likely they would put all their money on that, or they just don't care if one of the three they sent here goes home. There's the other option that they sent them here with an idol and possibly a way to find the second idol (i still don't know if the password was the same, probably not but still), knowing that they could blindside one of us. They advertised Sean a lot when they sent him here, so we're gonna pretend like the Tamanaco are gunning for him. He is the most likely to have an idol.

All of the three ex-Tamanaco on the Mariche tribe have secure final 3s with our original Tamanaco and are very unlikely to flip. They would be in a really bad position if they did. Plus not all three of them would flip as a whole. But maybe they got the Mariches to believe they will, somehow. It is very surprising that they wanted to win that challenge, it does not help them one single bit.

Key point however, Lindsey might get a good relationship with Clarence as well now, putting her in a really good spot. She already has the Lex connection and a good spot in the 5-man alliance. She needs to be the first original Tamanaco to go. But probably at 7 or 8 people left.

My objective before the merge is to not vote for someone who is gonna play an idol and get a Mariche in my back pocket. Promising one of them, say Sean, that I can steer the Pagonging away from him and he will be the last Mariche left, is a very tempting offer considering the position he would be in otherwise. Being the last Mariche with 7 Tamanacos almost guarantees he isn't going home 8th. He would be the perfect decoy vote to blindside Lindsey at 8. In exchange for keeping him he would have to give me information about Mariche troups movement. I need that information to avoid some group from Tamanaco blindsiding me at around 9-10 people left by just switching a couple of votes.

Oh yeah, and I need to find that idol. It would open up so many plays.