Being in final tribal council was something I fought for from the beginning. I didn't want anything less. I wanted to get here by not only playing strategically and physically, but also socially. Day one, I tried to talk to as many people on my tribe. I spoke to Johnny, Smitty, and Red. Johnny, I was helping you and Red both with our tribe's flags. I wanted to get to know you more, but from the small flag talk I gathered that you are typically a leader. Now I want to talk about something I did early in the game that ended up saving me in the long run. Smitty, we aligned pretty early in the game. I told you we could work with Red but that we needed to get him out before thr finals because he would be a threat for the win. I planted that seed of doubt against him which would keep the target off me if our alliance got too big. The swap came and unfortunately it would end up breaking our alliance. In this new tribe I spoke to Maddie, our captain, and we aligned. Maddie, I know you might not vote, but know we had something going but unfortunately you were inact. In this new tribe I also met Ivy. At first we just talked but soon we were working together. You were swapped to the other side and we now had Jake. I spoke to Jake and also began speaking yo Dcha. I spoke to Jake about keeping him because there were people on my tribe that I wanted out because I hadn't spoken to them. I was also telling Ivy we would get her back and I told her not to give up on the new tribe. As you could see by now. I had talked and aligned with almost everyone who is either in the final three or the jury. Once we hit merge I was worried that the game changed too quickly. I had to step it up. In the premerge I had purposefully voted with Red and told everyone I was voting with Red or that Red wanted so and so gone. In the first merge vote, I wanted Johnny out. This was because he was the one I talked to least out of everyone left. He would have less troubles voting me out later. Red wanted Ivy or Maddie out. That would have been bad for me personally because I was close to both of them. I ended up changing his mind as I convinced I received from Ivy. Ivy told me Klara was unwilling to vote out Johnny. It was confirmation to me that he needed to go. I couldn't have someone people would trust and be unwilling to vote out left in the game. I lead that vote. Smitty, you wanted Red gone right off the bat because of what I planted, but it was too soon for my game. O was hoping you would understand why I did what I did, but you just couldn't get over Red. I spoke to Ivy about the vote her possibly being from Red at tribal. I told Red that Smitty was gunning for him. Lastly, I told Smitty that Red wanted him out. That caused a war between two people that became a war between two sides. Luckily for me, I seemed like one of Red's foot soldiers so I could take a back seat and watch the grenades get thrown. Both sides were telling me everything, different people were revealing info that their allies weren't. At the second merge tribal the sides were revealed. I didn't let that end my game. I wanted to make sure I was good on both sides so I let them keep going for Smitty and Red. I spoke to Klara about flipping and voting for Smitty. She kept telling me she was frustrated by him so I tried using that to my advantage. Red also told me had an idol so I had to extra info. I got told that the other side was voting for Red, unsurprisingly, so I told Red to play his idol if Smitty played his. That happened and Klara didn't flip but instead voted for Dcha. At the revote, I had to keep in mind Klara's willingness to flip and how Ivy was unwilling the night before. And that's why I voted Ivy, not because of her move. At the next tribal, the side I was in had the numbers. At tribal I had remembered I won and still had my advantage from the second challenge. It was to chage anyone's vote. I knew I was staying in the game because four people were not gonna flip on me. Red is a