Episode 2

[Stephanie Valencia]

Well this week two tribes go to tribal council, so that means the pressure is on to do the best possible on this challenge. With a tribe of six people, one can never feel 100% safe EVER, because anything can happen. Even though I think I have good relationship with majority of people on this tribe, there's still that doubt in my mind that maybe I'm being played. But in this game you just have to trust in the connections you've made and hope they pull through for you.

I had a chat with Lindsey last night, and we kinda compared notes to see what's going on in the tribe. She mentioned having a chat with LJ, and how he was easy to talk to, and all that good stuff that I already knew. However, she did mention feeling sketched out by Jonny Fairplay because he keeps interrogating her about the idol. So this means that JFP(JFP=Jonny Fairplay) has doubts about Lindsey. Maybe he thinks she has it? What I don't understand is why is it so difficult for JFP to accept that Ami has it, if he doesn't interact with Ami as he claims? Which has me thinking that maybe JFP and Ami are closer than we think, and by extension Mike is roped in there. I mean anything is possible in this game right?

Also, JFP hasn't talked to me ever since that idol incidence. Maybe he's questioning me as well? If so I would expect him to approach me about it if that was the case. This idol situation seems to be driving JFP crazy.

Last, Rector reached out to me this morning, and we talked for a bit. I gained a little more perspective on why Eliza got voted out. From what Rector told me, it seems Eliza overplayed her hand. Rector tells me Eliza was telling everyone on the tribe who the first boot will be. However, what I didn't understand in Rector's story is that they all thought Eliza had the idol, but yet they voted her out unanimously? That does make any sense, because if you all thought she had the idol, it would be dumb on your part to all vote her out knowing she could play it. So there's an inconsistency there buddy.

[Stephanie Valencia]

        So we won that challenge, and we get to stay at camp far far away from tribal council. It's been so fun laying out on the beach in my bekini, not having to scramble or anything. The fun didn't last for long though, when JFP pulled me to the side to talk game. He's worried that our tribe would become massively targeted come merge due to our current challenge domination. So he's proposing that we throw a challenge to seem weaker. Wait, what? Come on JFP, we need numbers, even if seems like we don't have one of our numbers totally with us. It does not mean that we should lose on purpose just to seem weak. How are we to know that the other tribes are going to perceive us as weak just from a single loss? If JFP wants to do this so badly i'm not going to lose sleep over it. After talking about throwing the challenge, JFP asks me "who do you want the votes split on in case we go to tribal, and who do you want out?" and i'm like huh? Lmao, it was a very interesting scene to witness. I quickly flipped it so that whoever names that came out would come out of JFP mouth only. I don't want anyone using what I say against me, so I'm smart about revealing my targets. Now JFP is caught on tape saying this and that, and I can use it against him when the time is right.

        Every time I suggest a plan to someone I make it in a way that the person feels they had a major role in it. I told JFP if we did go to tribal, a split vote would be ideal. He wants to get rid of LJ for activity issues, but I feel in my gut that's a bad idea. For one, I strongly feel like a swap is coming up at f14, and Lj would be a sure number for us. I don't know if I can say the same for Ami, who is a wildcard at this point. Let's say we go into a swap with 4 members, and we have a one person advantage, Ami could potentially flip on us. I didn't come all the way here to leave my fate in some girl hands. So that's why i'm shooting down JFP idea about voting LJ, and I'm shooting his ideas down without coming off as an ass.

    The plan has always been the same: do a 3-3 split vote, to make the paranoid people feel safe. Honestly, the only reason this plan is in effect is because JFP and Mike think Ami (or someone ) has the hidden idol. Hey I might not even take part in this split vote nonsense, because that only isolates LJ, feeling like he has no one. Mike and Fairplay can go ahaead and vote LJ, but I might just have LJ, Lindsey and myself vote ami off.

[Stephanie Valencia]

I had a good chat with Erik today. I haven't talked to the kid ever, so it was nice that he reached out to me. Now, I know the four guys are gonna pick off Lil obviously, so i believe Erik is trying to look for allies for when we swap or merge. I'm more than opened to new possibilities in this game, and I want to keep my options open. I waste no time to tell Erik that I'm playing my own game, and I don't want him feeling that I'm going to play the game along tribal lines. I mean, I'm going to work with my tribe members, but if there are opportunities for me to advance my game then of course I'm going to seize that opportunity. So now Erik knows that I'm an individual, and I make my own decisions. Part of me feels Erik was just trying o fish for information, and the other part of me feels like Erik is genuinely looking for allies. He's scared of Fairplay because of how devoted he was to that puzzle lmao. He also, doesn't understand Ami, and apparently Ami is avoiding every conversations possible with everyone. I have no clue how she expects to get by in this game if she does not interact with people.

[Stephanie Valencia]

And that was how I lost the mole game. RIP Burton