Round 10: Smash your face

[Gervase Peterson]

So it feels like everything is hunky dory. We slayed that hoe Alicia and it was glorious. I still can't help but feel that things are about to get a lot more cut-throat now. The first few rounds of this game leading up to this point, there's always been a clear target. Things just got complicated.

Ethan is in a very good spot because he's a crucial floating voter. Whoever wins his heart and mind over will get his tribal parchment for the round. Unless he does something really astounding he'll struggle to make it to F2, but he is a useful asset. With the loss of the triple we need all the votes we can get.

I'm staying tight to Artis, but I don't know what his own plans are. So I'd like to get a couple of people waiting in the wings in case I need to take him down at the final stretch. For now I'll stick to the script, which dictates that the two of us are vying for power.

No better place to start than plate smash. I'll go mercilessly for Artis first and ensure he loses immunity. Ideally I could do with winning it, and staging an attack on him for which he uses the hidden immunity idol. This will eliminate a member of my fake "side".

The problem is, I don't really know where the sides are. Ramona is meant to be my closest ally for appearances sake, but she won't be a target since she's part of the core alliance. It might end up being Cirie, Osten or Roxy depending on circumstance.

One thing at a time though, Artis is gonna get his face plates smashed.

[Ted Rogers]

So why hit Artis?

[Gervase Peterson]

Because it works for our purposes. I want it to seem like we're at war. The result will be the loser plays their idol this TC and we each pit people against the other side. We get to see where loyalties truly lie, and which players follow which lead. From there it's easier to make a more dedicated strategy.

Ethan has been reached out too. He should be on board for the foreseeable future. He just bought himself a ticket much deeper into the game.

[Gervase Peterson]

PM from Roxy.

Gc giving up immunity to artis doesn't bode well with me. He told me he wants to spot you and Ramona up. I'd also like to see Ciire leave because people just assume we are together

At the start of the game we talked about working together and now that the game is starting I am down to continue.

I'll try to be on tomorrow.

We haven't talked game for rounds. Not suddenly buying this shit. I'm pretty sure this is a gambit to see if I spill to Artis (which I have). If Artis slipped out it would reveal we're tight. So I think it's a test. I've discussed this with him and he agrees.

The best plan is to use his idol this round on...somebody. But it's going to be a messy vote this time. Ideally we need to get Roxy out, but in such a way that it looks like I wasn't involved (nor Ramona). This could get awkward since Ethan is self-voting.

[Gervase Peterson]

Here's the plan in brief.

I'm going around spreading to people that I want to blindside GC based on how things went in the challenge. The lie is that Artis was pissed off at me targetting him and the two of us aren't getting along in the game at all, and I've suddenly become convinced they both have a F2.

In order to prevent GC being saved by idol, I'm proposing the blindside idea to everybody. And by everybody, I mean Roxy and Osten.

The hope is that Roxy, Cirie, me and Ramona will all vote for GC and Artis will use his idol to save GC. GC, Artis and Osten will in turn vote for Roxy and Roxy should get the boot.

Complicated but good if it works.