Post by Erik R. on Sept 20, 2015 19:04:25 GMT
It's post-merge time and the poop-show has begun. Though I didn't want to be an over-the-top strategist, I've found myself talking to 9 other players prior to this tribal council in an effort to get out Fairplay and his idol before he suspects that I'm not bought in to our alliance he proposed. First, I went to my core-ish 4, sean and dave and mike and steph. Then i tried to pull Dolly and danielle, who wanted to work together after the tribe swap and have no lost love for FairPlay. Finally, though we don't need their votes necessarily, I went to alexis and malcolm to tell them that, even though they might be in a sort of precarious position, me and their old backstreet tribemates weren't after them and that, instead, we wanted to get the Leno idol out. Alexis actually got a little defensive and thought i was threatenig her and after i sort of convinced her that that wasn't the case, she told me she had heard i was targeting her. I also tried to convince her that wasn't true, either. And so she said that I should be careful because I may have a close ally who is coming after me soon. So that was unexpected, and I'm not sure which of the people she sees as my ally (likely Sean, Dave, or Mike) would even talk to alexis, but that's certainly something to consider. I wasn't planning on working with Alexis and Malcolm or Dolly and Danielle longer than with Steph and Mike and Sean and Dave, might those options might be something I have to pursue. Finally, I spoke to Fairplay and he came to the agreement that we would supposedly vote Malcolm. He could be completely playing me here, but hopefully, he feels comfortable and holds the idol, and at least 7 of the 9 people i talked to will stay on board. Big vote tonight. I just have a nagging feeling something could go wrong and I could be the victim because of all my dealings this week.