Confessionals

[Host Damien]

Welcome to your confessional. This is where you can say anything about anyone and no one will find out until the end of the game. It is REQUIRED that you write in this at least one time per round. If you fail to write in it, you WILL receive a strike! Three strikes and you are OUT OF THE GAME! We are going to better enforce this rule this season due to the inactivity last season.

We do love reading everything you have to say so peak your mind. ALSO, we will be making an episode guide which includes EPISODE TITLES. The episode title come from your confessionals so if you want a title, write confessionals

Have fun and good luck! <3

[Monica Padilla]

Monica's Sexy Pre-Game Thoughts

Alexis - Could be a useful pawn, but if she's on the other tribe she's gonna be hella threatening.

Amanda - Seems intelligent enough, and is never on AIM, which is a sure sign she's coming into this with pregame friendships. Plus she tried to lure John away from me, and for that she must die.

Benry - This guy doesn't even watch Survivor. I don't know why he's here. I don't expect him to last long.

Brad - I hate people who play as Brad, just as a general rule.

Charlie - AKA Aaron from last game. I need to make sure not to tick him off, because, let's face it, he's on the jury and I want to win Greenland. But if I do, he's probably coming after me. I'm too sexy to die!

Christy - Seems pretty cool. I think she and I could definitely hook up.

Eliza - Also seems cool, but is never on AIM. I get kind of a Kelly Shinn vibe from her.

Jaime - Is new, and her replacement is a dude I loved back in the Gladiator Ring when we played together. I will probably take him to the finals.

Jane - Old. Boring. Not here.

John - Despite my flirting with him, he's a snake, he knows he's a snake, knows that I know he's a snake, and will probably vote me off the first chance he gets. I don't intend to let that happen.

Johnny Fairplay - Haven't talked to him much. I don't have high hopes, but maybe he'll be fun to play around with.

JT - Hella dangerous. I screwed him big time in Greenland, so I'm interested to see whether that comes back to haunt me. I hope not.

Marcus - Also seems cool, if a little dense. I could definitely use him as a puppet.

Monica - Easily the best player in this whole cast, and definitely deserves a million bucks. None of these lesser people should even have bothered showing up.

NaOnka - The blackgirrrl acts gets old quick. I hate real-show NaOnka, and if this one gets on my nerves, I'm going to boot her just because I can.

Rob - In all of the internet, there is one player who plays Rob C well. That player is me. This guy is not me, but he might wish he was me. We'll see. Hee hee.

Tyrone - Has potential to be cool, but I haven't seen him around much. We'll see how well he and I get along. I might need some man muscle.

Damien - Kind of a turd, but I love him anyway. Hopefully he's active and doesn't give challenges all the time.

Sarah - Total bitch. I'm gonna vote her ass off the first chance I get.

EDIT: Lines in bold font would make uber-sexy episode titles. Just FYI.

[Host Damien]

Very nice confessional I really enjoyed reading it! Do you have any alliances as of right now?

[Monica Padilla]

Actually... uh... no. Not really.

See, as a general rule I try not to make alliances straight off the bat, because that's just a bad idea all the way around. Especially when you don't know what tribe you're on. For all I know, I'll be split up from everybody cool, and there's really no point in making alliances with people who aren't on my tribe, as we saw so well with Aaron last time around.

I've at least broached the notion of working together with both Jaime and Fairplay, and I know that Charlie would probably work with me. Benry's another potential ally, so is Alexis, and John would probably be another gooder, except that he's pretty untrustworthy.

It all depends on how this first switch goes down. I pretty much guarantee you it ain't gonna be me that gets shafted, since they'd have to choose a carpload of inactives over me, and who the hell wants to shaft an active player this early? They'd have to be an evil ubergenius, and, well, they'd be throwing away a great asset. But if people are gonna play that way, more power to 'em.

[Monica Padilla]

Oh hell.

This tribe is gonna crash and burn.

Now, why do I say this? Because I've been social and actually talked to people, and do you know who I've talked to thus far? Jaime, Alexis, Christy, Eliza, Amanda, and Benry. Why? Because they're the only ones who are ever on AIM. Do you notice a pattern here? Notice how none of those people are on Neishi? None at all? Frick.

Fairplay couldn't have screwed me over any more if he'd tried. (And he probably will try to screw me, too. *covers self*)

But, I guess that's what I get for taking pity on the poor bastard and flirting with him when nobody else would. X-X

We'll see how this turns out, but I'm expecting that unless there's a tribe switch hella soon, I'm gonna be the only useful person aboard this death spiral of a tribe, and get picked off first thing come the merge.

But, who knows? I am, after all, Greenland's uber-challenge dominator, so I might have a decent shot at turning things around. And, it's early. Never give up!

I had to laugh at Rob getting eliminated right off the bat. Not only did I accurately say that there is only one good Cesternino player in existence (yours truly, who's won as him four times), but his 4 hour puzzle time was probably the best laugh I've had all day. I did once score a whopping 12 hour puzzle time on that site, because I fell asleep with the computer running and didn't notice. But I didn't actually try to submit it!

My plan at this point is to simply coast along on the HMS Sinking Ship Neishi for as long as possible, before I leave this bunch to the sharks and try to plot something with my allies on the other tribe.

Of course, the major obstacle here is that JT is on my tribe. I seriously, seriously hoped he'd get stuck elsewhere, but, le sigh, there's nothing I can do about it. It's going to majorly cramp my game if he tries to come after me, but my plan is to be enough of a force in the challenges that if he does try to take me out nobody will listen to him. (Then again, I'm probably giving the logical sensibilities of this tribe waaaay too much credit. After all, last game I couldn't convince anybody to take out Peih-Gee. I mean... PEIH-GEE, man!)

I do have connections on the other tribe, and I fully intend to continue talking with all of my contacts over there, because, let's face it, I'm gonna need all the help I can get if I'm going to survive this thing. But I'm not overly optimistic. Everybody knows not to let small tribes survive, it's a basic rule of Survivor. We didn't do it in Greenland, and I'm not expecting them to do it here. But I'm still gonna go at it with all guns blazin'.

[Kelly Shinn]

Hey there! So I am here to make sure you keep active in your confessional and pick your mind out!

So I am going to be asking you some questions and would really love to see your answers.

1) What do you think about your tribe?

2) Is there anyone on your tribe you wish to trade for another perosn on the other tribe?

3) How do you feel closest to on your tribe, or even on the other tribe?

LOVE;
KELLY

[Monica Padilla]

Hey Kelly!

Well, I'm sure I'm boned in Greenland, so I guess I'll just have to try even harder to win this sucker. Le sigh.

Okay, let's see about the questions.

I was actually wrong about Neishi, it appears. I thought for sure we'd be in a huge amount of trouble, but we magically pulled out the win over Kansai, which is great. John is, as I predicted, trying to run the tribe. He started an alliance with me and Marcus, and he's trying to get rid of Jane because he doesn't like how she did the challenge. Like... we won because of her. That kimono looked hella awesome. Plus, she was here and actually DID stuff. So... I ain't gonna try and get rid of her. She's more active than Brad or Tyrone or JT, so I don't see any reason why Jane should go. If I have to, I'll make an issue of it.

Weirdly enough, Jon and John are apparently planning split custody for me, alternating who gets to spend nights with me in the shelter. Um... no. No, boys. I don't know what kind of girl you think I am, but I'm not just some toy for you to fight over.

What makes that even weirder is that Fairplay actually shot me down for an alliance! I told him as soon as we got into tribes that I would have his back, and he never responded! I can't even believe that! Not only am I the sexiest member of this tribe, but I'm probably our best challenge player! He wants sex with me, but no alliance? What? Screw him.

Hrm. If we had to trade somebody, eh? I'd say give 'em JT. Brad's way less active on the board, but he's on AIM a fair bit. I'd lay money that Brad has alliances over there, and he's gonna try and swing things around as soon as he has a chance. JT, on the other hand, is only barely active, probably doesn't trust me for crap, and isn't as likely to have pregame connections. That'd make him the ideal choice, in my opinion.

Who am I closest to?

At this point, I'm closest to Marcus, John, and Jaime. Marcus approached me early on for an alliance, and I think he and I could go really far together. Having an ally that's completely loyal is critical in this game, and Marcus could be that ally. John is also hella active, but I don't trust him at all. Bastard sold me out in another game we were in, after I tried to save him from getting voted out. So, if it comes down to it, I know that John will throw me under the bus, so I don't plan on his support at all. Jane is another one that I think I can work well with, but I'm not sure how many alliances I want to get into. That wound up being a HUGE complication in Greenland.

As for Jaime, we have a pregame connection, and she was totally supposed to pick me to be on her tribe. Then for whatever stupid reason she picked Christy first, which was annoying. Either Jaime doesn't understand strategy, or she's being strategic and hiding the fact that we're together. Either way, it's a bit weird.

[Host Sarah]

You think that you and Jaime could team up in a possible swap or merge? Even after analyzing that?

[Monica Padilla]

I think I could probably hook up with Jaime. The problem, of course, is that she might have a lot of connections on the other tribe that she might feel more of a bond with than she does with me.

I'm going to do my best to continue talking to her and strengthening the bond between us, just because intertribal connections are always good to have. And, let's face it. I just got ROBBED of my Greenland win, so I'm definitely gonna be turning on the thrusters for this one. Third place ain't nearly good enough.

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BTdubs, Kelly Shinn, I owe you an apology. I'm sure you're thrilled as hell to see that I got kicked off after you, and, well, that's what I get for not forcing a tie like I said I would. Boo and I had a final two, and since that was the first alliance I made in the game, that's what I had to stick to. Kind of sucks that two of the most useless players made the finals, but that's just my life, I guess. Being a loyal player's never done shit for me.

[Host Sarah]

and the cast this season is a lot better than Greenland Active <3

[Monica Padilla]

Round Three confessional, just briefly.

Alright, looks like we're booting JT this round. That's for the best. He's definitely a guy that I don't trust, and I'm also more than a little concerned about the amount of power that John is seeming to have in this tribe. He's friends with Marcus, and he's friends with JT, and he claims to be friends with Brad, so that's all no good. I think if JT goes and we can boot Tyrone next, then Jane and Fairplay and I can force him into voting Brad off if need be. I hope that it doesn't come to that, but given the way last challenge worked out, it wouldn't surprise me at ALL if we were going to go down in flames. x-x

[Monica Padilla]

Round Four

This episode's title should definitely be my quote from the fight thread: "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee-otch."

Reason being, I think I own this tribe. And I don't mean, oh, I think I'm in a good spot. I think every single TC we go to will be totally orchestrated by me, and that I will never be in any danger at all. Jane's been a really great ally thus far, and I think that if the two of us stick together, we can get Tyrone and Brad to do whatever the hell we want them to do. That means that we can pick off whoever the hell we feel like at the next TC, and go from there.

Both Jon and John are pretty much on the outs of the tribe. John talks a big strategic game, and I know he's got ties to both Brad and Marcus, which is a bit worrisome. But he blows like hell at challenges, so why would anybody actually listen to him? He wanted to blindside Jane in round three, now he has this random obsession with blindsiding Fairplay. It's weird as hell. I lay you ten to one he goes after me before too long, and I guarantee you I ain't gonna take kindly to that.

I should type more, but I gotta go. I'll explain a bit more about the evil ladies alliance soon.

[Host Sarah]

Bahaha! Why ever would John want to blindside Jane and now Fairplay, you think there is a certain reason to his madness?

[Monica Padilla]

I'm gonna have to go with alcohol on that one.

[Monica Padilla]

Holeh crap! A tribe switch!

I actually didn't see that coming, sadly enough. I also didn't get anything cool in my chest, which is sad, because 7 is supposed to be a lucky number, right?

I lucked out and got Jane on my tribe, which is good, because she's badass and we can totally dominate this game together. I seriously think we'd be a bitchin' final two. (Except of course that there's no way in hell I'd take her. She's easily the most strategic player here, with the possible exception of myself, and I don't want to make the same mistakes I made in Greenland.)

I'm also really, really close to Marcus. I think he'd be a great final two partner, especially if I can get him to win the final challenge and take me. He's got loyalties to John, which is kinda a bother, but I think he's more willing to stick with me.

The real problem is Jaime and Christy. See, I like them both. A hell of a lot more than I like Brad or Tyrone, because they're actually online and talk to me. But, of course, they're threats, and there's no way I'm dumb enough to let the obvious Christy / Jaime / Alexis / Amanda foursome slip on by. What's really going to be trouble, though, is that Jane still wants Fairplay out on his ass. If we win the next two ICs, we're going to head into the merge with even numbers, and I guarantee you there's no way that we're gonna be able to convince Charlie to flip on the girls. It just won't happen.

So, what's probably gonna have to happen is that we throw an IC, just to make sure that we have a numbers advantage going into the merge. It's nothing personal, I love both Christy and Jaime to death. If I had my way, it'd be Alexis or Amanda going, because I don't know either of them very well, and they're huge challenge threats. I had a great run in Greenland. I'd like to do it again, thank you very much, and I don't need the Kansai Girls Alliance (or whatever cutesy name they call themselves) mucking things up. I got royally robbed last time around, and I fully intend to make sure that it doesn't happen again. If it turns out that Christy or Jaime has to pay the price for that... well... so be it. I played the friendship game last time around, and all it got me was third place and some paper-thin "I'm sorrys" from the final two.

It hurt to lose that game. It really did. I knew from like the second we merged that I was gonna be in it for the long haul, and I knew I had it in the bag. And getting so close and losing -to Peih-freakin'-Gee of all people- hurt. A lot.

It ain't gonna happen again.