Ok ok ok. So before I go into the events of this round I need to put something out there. Jerri's TC post was perfect to stir up stuff even though from an outsiders perspective it looks kinda sad. She called out the existing alliances in the game which was very observant of her and I honestly have no idea how she associated Jeremiah with us unless she was getting inside info from like Heather who got it from Mike, where even he doesn't have the whole story about our alliance.

Anyway, Jerri exiling Zmanda was probably the least likely way she would get someone to flip. Not saying it won't happen anyway because I talked to Eric and he was filling me in on what he was thinking which honestly scares me a little bit. Anyway, Zmanda and Sierra are the most obvious people against Eric and probably even Mike at this point. Now BOTH of them are safe? And they want to target Kim? Kim, who I am trying very hard to remain safe and Eric also would like to avoid targeting even for solely personal reasons. Choosing to exile Zmanda, if Eric votes with not them, is going to be the start to their downfall. When you are trying to make a move, you generally SHOULD try working a positive angle with someone and making it the most likely case for them to vote with you. Once you get majority, you can vote out whoever you want.

Anyway that's just my say. Kim is worried and frankly I am too. More worried about Jerri saying Kim played a great game though lol, if it means going to the end with her. Problem with a public game is everyone knows about it. Hard to make it to the end like that, but if you do then you deserve a lot of credit. Some MAJOR twist of fate put Eric in the swing vote position this round and it is absolutely hilarious. No idea how he does it, be w/e Eric is doing shows that he is a pretty stellar player. Glad to have him on my side, even if it's not my allies side.

Ok I may get into a more round recappy confessional now. So I was pleasantly surprised to see Monica gave me her challenge advantage as she went out. I knew we were close but it's been a while since we talked and I figured she'd just give it to Kim. I doubt it means much and she probably just randomly picked between the 2 of us, but it was still very nice of her.

This challenge tho, NOT very nice of you lol. Basically you told everyone in the middle to pick a side. Well, being in the middle made me literally choose not to target anyone with a tomato for the first several hours. I didn't want to make it too obvious what side I was on and I just wanted to retaliate if someone were to hit me. I did have the highest health anyway so I knew I would be a target. The alliance chat officially named "Fk Heather 2015" was formed between Zmanda, Sierra, Jeremiah, Kim, and I. Zmanda implicitly mentioned F5 plans which I thought was very interesting. I think the reason we are aligned with them may literally just be because they hate us the least (I am hesitant to say like us most just because well.........yeah). All untied under a common front, the hatred of one certain person in this game.



So honestly I think that is how this group may actually become a real thing. Now I wasn't sure what all the fuss about Heather was initially, just because she always seemed flighty and just kind of there. But she literally goes around lying and spewing the weirdest stuff. She was telling me names were being mentioned, but then didn't tell me what names! Like wth, you can't be that vague. So when she started targeting me in this challenge I knew I had the perfect excuse to start targeting her. I brought her down a bit, I lost, but I also wasn't going to be around a lot of the afternoon so I wasn't exactly crushed. I didn't think I would need immunity anyway so it wasn't a big deal.

But with the challenge done, I know I think Kim and I sketched Mike out a bit by not firing tomatoes until later. He was telling Eric how we will probably be trying to stick with Zmanda and Sierra. It doesn't help that he still has that weird thing going with Heather. She is literally tanking both their games which is sad to watch. She is lying and saying random stuff about F2s Kim has with everyone and is saying Mike is telling her all this random info. It makes NO sense to still be with her, pre-game relationship or not. Yet here we are and here they are still working together, Idgi.



But the round ends and TC goes up. Then JERRI happens. I had a pleasant chat with her on AIM, then she said:



To which I replied saying I'm not sure what she meant. I didn't get a response but I did see her TC tirade calling out our alliance (which she was correct about) and exiling Zmanda. Essentially what this does is SOMEHOW put ERIC in the power position?



Seriously, I'm happy for him because he has a chance in the game again, but there is no way he should have ended up in this position. 2 sides form.

Jeremiah, Sierra, Kim, and I.

Erik, Jerri, Heather.



Erik isn't with Kim/Zmanda/Sierra anymore? Well apparently not. This isn't the first time he randomly decided to flip to an alliance so I can't be all that surprised. I thought he and Kim were close but apparently not. He's just being shady and honestly he may be a good target. If an idol is played it likely won't be on him, but on Jerri/Heather. This would keep whoever the other side is voting for safe.

But here's the thing. Eric has started gaining Erik's trust. Erik is basically alone in the game so anyone coming to work with him I am sure he would welcome. Well the side of Jerri and Heather REALLY want to get Kim out, but Eric and Mike aren't going to let that happen. For them to side with them, THEY would need to pick the target.



And I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH how stupid it was to exile Zmanda here. In a heartbeat Eric and Mike would have considered voting Zmanda. Hell I would have done nothing about it, if it happened it would have involved her leaving without me getting any blood on my hands.

But can't vote her, won't vote Kim, won't vote me, who does that leave?



And by NO means do I want Jeremiah to go. He is one of my closest allies at this point and I trust him 150%. I kept telling Mike and Eric that targeting him wasn't a good idea. He was more trustworthy than Erik, he will work with us down the road, AND we were still supposed to be aligned with him. Well Mike was saying jack in the group chat to avoid getting Kim or I mad but Eric and I argued for just about an hour. He wan't budging and I wasn't voting against Jeremiah. I had to leave an hour before the deadline to watch a movie so I told him I was voting Erik, if they do great if not nothing I could do. I tried leaving Kim to talk to them about it.

BUT THEN Jeremiah messaged me while I still had access to my phone around the time I finished arguing with Eric. I told him that Eric and Mike weren't budging and he told me about SOMETHING ELSE happening. Jeremiah told me about how Sierra started a group chat with Heather, Jerri, and him. In the chat she organized them to take out Mike basically by splitting the vote. Kim and I vote however, Mike, Erik, and Eric vote Jeremiah, and all of them vote Mike. He plays idol Jeremiah goes, but he is super not likely to play his idol PLUS he would tell Heather if he planned on it.

So BASICALLY what this means is Jeremiah told me Mike is going. Now Mike has his idol and I COULD tell him and Eric about this, but I decided not to. I knew what I wanted to happen and what was going to be best for my game. Yes, Mike loses our idol. Yes, Mike won't be happy about it and I would have been a relative cause of his vote off in the 3rd straight game we played together, and yes Eric won't be happy either and he'll be mad. But in the end, Jeremiah has been more loyal to me than Mike. Mike has been sketching me out with his Heather stuff. I am here to keep the allies I have and protect them as much as I can. Mike was an ally, but when it came down to choosing between him and Jeremiah, the choice wasn't hard.

Jeremiah was a little worried about telling Kim but I knew she wasn't going to tell Mike after how much he has been annoying us. I went off to my movie and came back to Mike being eliminated and a message from Kim saying "I hate everyone" and a message from Eric saying "I can't do this man."

Mike, like the class act he is, decided to call Kim a bitch on his way out and deleted the group chat we had. Eric was mad but I tried talking him down and honestly I understand why he is mad. One of the reasons for me letting Mike go was admittedly immature just because I wanted to show them I was right about voting Erik being the best plan. Mike gave Kim the Kmanda treatment saying he'd poison the jury and now we move on. Move on to a very VERY big round.