JB | Confessional, Day 10, Tirari
I really hope my fellow castaways are doing a better job tonight of documenting tonight's events, because this round has been the craziest round I've witnessed in this game so far, and maybe a Top 5 in all of the rounds I've played in.
First things first, Tashi goes home in a blindside. I'm shocked. I know who three of the votes were from, but the fourth is a mystery. I have no idea who it was, it could have been any of the three of JP, Nikki, or Julian. A little more on that later on.
Challenge comes and JP and Jake are going head to head. So, naturally, Stoner wins because he wins everything and he's gonna win this game if someone doesn't do something about it. I ask him to send me to Exile, but he sends Julian because he's more against his lover Chris than I am. SMH.
With Julian safe, I need to figure out who that fourth vote was because I can't trust what I'm telling people until I know what happened. Stoner tells me he was in a group chat with him/Chris/Nikki AND a group chat with him/Chris/JP, which means I can rule out Julian altogether.
Nikki sends me a screenshot, all good. Julian sends me his, all good. JP does not, but is still trying to keep this act up.
So I ask him about this group chat, which he denies, but word travels fast. In literally less than a minute, Stoner wants to know why I asked JP about it, which means that JP has Chris & Stoner's backs, which means he was the fourth vote for Tashi. At this point, now I know his intentions, and they are to keep Chris around, which is bad for my game, because i need Chris to go home because he's taking up my spot in Stoner's final 3 that I want.
I know for a fact that Stoner wants JP and Chris in the Final 3 with him. He'd beat both of them. He'd beat anyone in a Final 2, but those two would be the easiest to beat. He's gone after Mud, he's gone after Tashi, and now he's probably wanting my head on the block next. Stoner says he wants me and Julian in the Final 3, but it doesn't feel right. And I don't want Stoner in the Final 3 because he would probably win. The longer Stoner is in the game, the worse it is for me and for everyone.
So, with Nikki and JP's relationship fractured, I took the opportunity to try and salvage ours. And I think it worked. I've spoken with JP, and while we disagree, I think we're on the same page.
With JP on Chris and Stoner's side, Nikki and I have had to scoop Jake up quick. And we think we did and provided a damn good argument for why.
We've pitched that JP, Chris, and Stoner are a Final 3, which is a very believable and likely scenario. Now is when it gets sticky.
If Jake, Nikki and I vote together, it'll likely force a tie, and then rocks. I want to do my best to avoid these rocks.
So I've pitched to Chris, Stoner and JP to vote for me to save me from the rock draw. In return, I save JP and we're both safe from the rock draw. But there is a big risk from volunteering myself to be the vote to save myself from rocks.
I need to ensure that Jake will vote with us on both votes. If I can have that assurance, I'll pull the trigger and try to get the votes on me so I don't have to have my game determined by the fate of a randomizer. If not, I'm letting my game be dictated by a randomizer with a 1/3 chance I go and a 2/3 chance that my side loses the rock draw. Bad odds.
If I can save myself, it puts Nikki and Jake in the rock draw with Chris, and I'm safe, but I could likely lose an ally.
Either way, I'm taking a risk, and I'm not sure which one is the safest. None of them are safe, so I probably just need to ride with one and go for it. Either way, I'm not letting go easily.