Confessionals

[Monica Padilla]

Damn straight.

If nothing else, I think this game should conclusively prove that Greenland was not a fluke. I apparently am capable of dominating ICs even among a cast of active people. Yay me.

Now watch as I lose the final one and get to be the last juror again. It's totally gonna happen. I can feel it.

But, if it's a final three like I think it is, that means there are only two ICs left. If I can somehow pull out a win on both of them, that would probably be like the most epic thing ever. Prior to Greenland, my all-time IC record was something like three, and they weren't consecutive. So, I've never even come close to a perfect Immunity streak, and I've only ever even heard of it happening once. So to actually pull it off would be pretty freakin' legendary. I wouldn't even care about the win, after that. To dominate the ICs like that is enough of an accomplishment that the win seems kind of irrelevant. As sad as that is.

And, the Black Widow Brigade is supposedly taking Marcus out this round. Yayness. I don't really mind, since I had a very long conversation with him where I essentrially tried (and failed) to get him to stop coming after me. I found out that Eliza's essentially been telling him I'm after him all game, which made me laugh. Guess the girl has skill after all.

Now, where this takes a sudden turn for the retarded is when Eliza started panicking at the notion that I don't trust her. So she decided that the remedy to this situation was to send me every conversation she's ever had with Tyrone and Marcus, to prove that she has nothing to hide. Having read these conversations, I actually trust her even less. Given the amount of things she's told me about those two, I was pretty bemused to discover that what Eliza calls "Marcus and Tyrone hating on me" is actually "Eliza talking a pretty ridiculous amount of shit about me, and Marcus and Tyrone occasionally saying 'yeah'."

I actually am looking forward to going to the finals with her. I think I can kick her ass in front of the jury, but, who knows? Maybe she'll punk us all and win it. That would be kinda hilarious.

[Monica Padilla]

And, interesting times going into the final five. I think we've just blindsided Jane, which is pretty tragic. I do love Jane, really, I do. But I know for a fact that she would have schooled any of us against the jury. She was totally loyal to every alliance she made, and she didn't do a single thing wrong in the game. If she were in the finals, she definitely would have my vote, and that's why it's best for all of us if she goes.

It does suck, though. I hope she doesn't take it personally.

Now, going into the final four, there's gonna be some hellishly interesting times. We're all predicting it'll be a final three, and that means that it's very likely that I'm going to lose. Let's face it. The jury are probably universally bitter at yours truly, and there really isn't a good reason for them not to vote for Alexis. Unless of course you count the fact that every single round has been dictated by myself and Eliza. But, really, I know that being in control doesn't really endear you to the jury, since they obviously are the ones who were not in control.

What we might do is take Tyrone to the finals. Admittedly, that'd be a pretty huge bitchslap to everybody, but, hey. I want to win.

That being said, if I get this next Immunity, and it's the final one... I don't even care. Let's face it. If you can pull off a perfect Immunity streak, with an active cast, you're one of the most legendary players in Survivor history. It doesn't matter what the jury thinks.

And, honestly? I don't care if people see my wins as lack of skill. If you paid any attention at all to the challenges, you'd see that winning them means I'm not only the most active player, but the most strategic, the most well-informed, the one who read the other players the best, and the smartest. That's not even me being arrogant. That's the facts. So, you know what? If I lose to a lesser player, that's not my problem. I played like hell all game, and if people don't like my strategy, I don't care. I think this is bar none one of the best games I've played, and I'm going to be proud of myself no matter what the final result is.

[Monica Padilla]

Monica's Final Confessional

Well, here we are the final four. Not gonna lie, I think I'll take a bit of a departure from the arrogance I've displayed in these confessionals up to this point.

To be totally honest, I'm absolutely floored that I'm here. I was so sure that I was gone the round that John left, and I've definitely felt like it was gonna be me every single round since then. For some reason I had a premonition that I would be gone at the final seven, and my jaw literally dropped when I won Immunity.

I know that I seem pretty arrogant, to look back at these confessionals, but the truth is that I generally don't make it past the final six in these things, so I'm incredibly thankful to have made it as far as I have.

This game has been... something else. I can't honestly think of a game that I've played in recent years that could match this experience in terms of being frustrating, and annoying, and gruelling, but still at the end of the day having so many moments of just pure awesome mixed into it.

I've won Immunity five consecutive times, which is definitely my best performance in over six years of gaming. I think if I can pull off this next win and get the perfect score, that would definitely be one of the most satisfying experiences possible in Survivor.

I honestly don't think I can win. Eliza probably pulled more strings, Tyrone's got the underdog vote, and if Alexis gets there she's definitely got a lot of the votes sewn up. I think the only person I could count on to vote for me is Fairplay, and even then I don't actually know. Marcus might. But, to be honest, I was so convinced that I had no real shot at winning that I didn't make a single move with the jury in mind until it came to vote Jane off.

And, to be honest, I think that's okay. I think I probably backstabbed a lot of people in the game, and probably some of the manipulation was totally unnecessary. I feel kind of bad about it, but what's done is done. If the jury want to roast me for my dishonesty then, well, that's what I have coming to me.

At the end of the day, though, I'm proud of how I played. I'd like to think that even if I had lost Immunity every single round, I'd still be standing here. And I look forward to making my case to the jury.

Now... I just gotta win that last challenge.

[Tyrone Davis]

Whatever. Tyrone's an inactive lame tard who's been surgically joined to Jane's hip since the round he nearly got himself voted off for inactivity. And what a freakin' hypocrite. He takes credit for being the only one to win his section, in a challenge we all agreed to throw. Let me tell you something, No-Stones Tyrone: If our objective was to fail, and you won? That makes you the only one who was too stupid to lose. It takes a special brand of retardation to lose at losing, buddy. So, 'grats on that.

had hoped that my plan backdoor Tyrone by giving him like 4 coins would pan out, because that dumbass just needs to get the hell out of here. Jaime sent me a copy of the PM he sent her telling her to get rid of me.

Like... I can't even believe his retardation. Not only does he tell her all about the plan to boot Fairplay, and essentially give her a detailed plan as to how to destroy Neishi, but he also tells her about my Greenland Immunity streak. I gotta say. For a guy whose activity level is only slightly above "rotting kumquat" and only slightly below "retard", he sure did a great job of screwing everything up.

What might happen is that we convince Kansai to vote off Tyrone, effectively ridding ourselves of a useless dumbass who only does what Jane tells him to. Then the five of us who are left can just go ahead and vote off the other four, and voila. Final five, and life is good. I doubt it'll happen. We'll see

Nice...

See ya in AS

[Monica Padilla]

I'm sorry, Tyrone. I think I wrote that after several hours of arguing with people, and before I had ever had a chance to actually talk to you.