Hey!

Hopefully! Maybe by the time the merge rolls around people just won't care anymore.

Well by the merge there would still be I presume at least 2 partners left in tact. (basing 20 person game on a 12 person merge with no partners both being eliminated pre-merge)

I can't see there being a chance no partners at a merge, just the way a merge works with everyone together and such.

Yeah this partners twist is probably gonna get more complicated while the game goes on, because people won't want to boot their partners when there are few pairs left.

Tribal was quick and painless, Jimmy T is out unanimously :)

An easy first vote. Always good.

One step closer to our goal.

He never logged on to the tribe board, so it was pretty simple....

Really? Wow. You'd think someone who showed up late would be doing everything they could to stay.

I think he just gave up. When he logged out yesterday, we never saw him again.

Nice job at the challenge girl! Sounds like you guys put up a hell of a fight! :)

Good luck at tribal tomorrow, keep me semi updated like I did for you <3

Yep. Will do!

Jane's going off about that result. Its not going to help her at all.

Jimmy J looks to be on the board, too.

From my angle, I would think that John or Brook would be going home from your guys, only because they are probably the least active of you guys.

Brook is probably the least active, he hasn't been on all day I don't think. Going to be interesting anyway. Alliances are sure to be thrown around now.

Yeah, this is probably a tougher vote for you guys because you don't have an inactive buffer to vote off like we did.

Exactly.

Jill's name is being thrown out by Ken and Fabio for not being here. But she said explicitly she wouldnt be here this time and Brook has said nothing. It's going to be tough. Gotta see where everyone's head is at and maybe see what I can pull off.

Also, I have some HUGE developments going on over here, and they involve you. I'm not sure what I can share yet, but be prepared for a very tight alliance with another pair. Who are you close with over there?

I think I'm close to everyone... or at least I want them to think that with me

I guess that rules out Brook as well!

So do you have any real alliances with anybody over there?

I'm going to give you a really quick version before the person lets me know I can say the whole thing:

I found out that a group of people I trusted are actually using me to get out the other people, and will get rid of me when they have the chance. This person is asking me to flip to their side. Their partner has all of this information from the original tribes, and assumes its all the same. So, I'm being played and you and this person telling me all this are the only people I can actually trust.

That sounds familiar. I think jake said he thought you were most likely to go before your tribal council. dont quote me on Jake but it was definitely one of the returnees.

YES IT WAS JAKE!!! Okay I'll tell you everything now, then I need to go to bed.

This is all according to Wendy.

She said that the vets are using me, and Erica, the person who I thought I could trust the most on my tribe, was using me as a vote, then was going to dump me as soon as she didn't need me anymore. Basically the vets put her on "Jolanda control" so I don't get suspicious that I would be getting the boot sooner or later (possibly the next TC we go to). So, I am jumping over the the newbies side to vote with them the next tribal. It will be a blindside.

Wendy and I want to have a cross tribal partered alliance with you and Jake, because we both think that that is the best way to go through this game. I trust you won't tell anybody any of this. Especially the partners of Erica and Russell (Jimmy J and Jane). So that they might not tell their partners, screwing me over. This is going to be a big move, and I don't know if Wendy and I will be able to pull it off, but get close to Jake, and make an alliance with him and tell him all this.

You have no idea how awesome this sounds. Jake's really cool so next time I talk to him I'll see what he's thinking about it all.

Erica and Russell's partners... Jane and Jimmy, were two possibilities for the newbies to vote off first so this works really well.

I hope this works out. How are you getting along with the other newbies over there?