Episode 10

[Jeff Probst]

With Cecilia blindsided it was the first blindside of the merge, do you feel that the game is different now?

With only 9 people remaining, it's an odd numbered vote, typically the perfect time for an alliance flip. Are you considering flipping on your current alliance, and if not, do you trust that your alliance won't flip on you first?

[Nate]

With Cecilia blindsided it was the first blindside of the merge, do you feel that the game is different now?

Well, certainly my game is different. The strategy of just "do what Cecilia says and cut her head at F7" isn't going to work like it almost did in Sumatra. But what this does do is that it made me practically a free agent who everybody thinks is working with. The main alliances are:
> Jessica/Stacy -> have me as a third
> Candice/Penner -> have me as a third
> Rocky/Lilliana/Rebecca -> i'm talking to all of them

Essentially that puts me and Cass as free agents and king makers for the time being, and thus the last one of us standing gets placed into an absolutely fantastic position. In Cassandra's case, because she "worked hard" and "formed bonds with a lot of them" , while in my case, because I somehow tripped over and fucked myself into that position.

My "goal" today is to try to take Cass out. Mostly because if I was in her position I would want me out, but I don't think she sees me as a threat at all. I'm trying to work Jessica/Stacy and Candice/Penner and play them off each other to form a five that could take me to at least final seven.

With only 9 people remaining, it's an odd numbered vote, typically the perfect time for an alliance flip. Are you considering flipping on your current alliance, and if not, do you trust that your alliance won't flip on you first?

I do think that there's a chance that Cass does vote me out, and I feel like if anybody would betray me at this point it is Candice, but in my opinion if she does that's a pretty piss poor move on her part because she can probably beat me in the end. That was also one of my weird fever dreams, but if that happens I'm literally nostradamus and people should feed me shitty province food and pay me to tell them the dreams. Another problem with the plan is that Jessica is close with Cass, but I don't think Jessica would vote me out and I guess a vote not against me is a vote for me.

On top of that I'm trying to strengthen my bond with the other side, specifically Rocky, so I could keep my ear closer to the ground so I could be able to flip on a dime if I have to.

[Nate]

It seems like Penner/Candice and Jessica/Stacy are way too close to Cass to make shit work.

I feel like the plan now should be to try to split the vote and fuck with it to get Cass out ala JT in HvV, with the assumption that she doesn't try to get me out. I'm kind of sort of praying that I win this immunity because I think I need it more now than ever.

[Nate]

apparently Candice and Jessica were considering getting rid of Cassandra already.

wtf I wanted to make this move.

[Nate]

anyway, assuming that I don't get voted out and everything goes the way I think it goes, i somehow stumbled ass backwards onto an amazing position in the game.

[Nate]

I also realized that Anthony has a higher post count than 44% of the people currently in this game. Considering some of the challenges we've done, are there only like a handful of people doing confessionals?

[Nate]

Rocky also gave me the idol clue; pretty clear that somebody has found it and the "mother tongue" sculpture is the answer.