A Feathered Story - Part 4: Ro-Vince-o and Nata-liet is Dead

[Vince "Dirt" Sly]

(Yeah, I know I didn't go as in depth in my interactions with Nat as I'd've liked to but, so you all know, we had a secret cross-tribe alliance set up)

This may sound like revisionist history here, but I always got this vibe that she was trying to play some sort of sneaky flirt card, or as much as one can do so in an ORG. That has been proven, along with a lot of other things by this whole blow-up of Ossa. This whole ordeal is actually really beneficial for me, I think - Not only do I know more about the dynamics of Ossa, but with Natalie on RI with a hate-ladyboner against an entire tribe, I have a strong chance of getting the clue if she wins her duel. I now know that Pete is a much bigger threat, mostly socially, than he lets on. I think, provided that a) we go to Tribal again, and b) Parvati isn't too close to Pete, I might be able to get the numbers to get him out. I'd be okay with anyone but me for now, but he's on my radar for sure.

Yay, we rekt that challenge <3 Lomawesome strikes again! I'd rather not have to vote anyone out, so this is nice. I can't wait to find out what happens next with Ossa, but sadly my main informant has left so I should probably try to build more relationships with members of their tribe. Right now I can probably build on my relationships with Woo, Abi or Keith, but from what I hear it could be Abi leaving so that just creates more problems for me.

One more thing - Angie's been missing the last day or two, and it's starting to set Pete and I on edge because, while the alliance may or may not survive much longer, she is a member of an alliance I am in, and losing her to whyever she's missing would suck.

P.S. Dat episode quote doe <3 I'll see if I can come up with anything to top it this time, but for now I got nothing,

[Vince "Dirt" Sly]

I'm so conflicted about what I want to happen in this duel. I mean, Natalie was an ally (albeit a seemingly disloyal one) and if she wins I've got a strong chance of getting an idol clue, but if David wins then Natalie is out and can't be a crazed bitch. Besides, even if she wins, I'd bet that, because she's shown to be the physical embodiment of a bitter bitch, she's going to get ejected for personal attacks anyway. Either way, maybe she can win just this one and give a clue to the one person who proved to be trustworthy to her.

[Vince "Dirt" Sly]

So, the swap. It turned out okay. Old Ossa has a majority right now, but I don't think I'll end up on the bottom of their pecking order. If I had to guess, Pete's probably got relationships with all of them so he'd be the last to leave, but Joe would probably be the first to go leaving me in the middle. I've got relationships with Woo and Keith that I could maybe work on, but I have to assume that Old Ossa would stick together. I desperately hope Angie comes back from the dead because I'd love to cut down one of their numbers if I could, but if we went by my luck she's as good as gone.

[Vince "Dirt" Sly]

Alright, since the swap happened I haven't updated as much as I should have and I'm sorry about that. Shit's been pretty crazy over here, and I have a lot to say about everything that's gone down so far. To start off, I'll just state my thoughts of my tribemates, new and old and kind of shed some light on my opinions of them.

(IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

Joe: I'm so conflicted on him. On one side, he's loyal to a fault to his alliances and means nothing but the best for Pete and I, but he's so stubborn when it comes time for him to go behind someone's back.

Pete: Ugh, where do I start? He's a cool guy whom I enjoy talking with, but he went behind #COOLnuts' back when he gave information to Parv (who, for the record, I have nothing against), he's got numerous side deals with a bunch of people, not least of which Jim who is one of the most well positioned people in this game with numerous alliances.

Keith: I may be a bit biased, PWs who I've played with before (<3), but I love the guy. I've talked to him the most of my new Ossa tribemates, and we've gotten to become pretty good buddies I think. We formed a pact to keep each others' names off the chopping block.

Wooooooo: I really like Woo as well. We chatted a bit pre-game (after check ins started) and we've stayed in some contact since then. He's a pretty likable guy as well.

Liz: I don't know, we've talked a little but not nearly as much as some others. I'm not too close to her.

Laura: Same as above, but English isn't her first language, and she can be hard to talk to at certain times because if it

[Vince "Dirt" Sly]

So we lose the challenge and I start by talking with Keith and Pete. Keith tells me that he'd be willing to flip with myself, Joe and Pete to take out Laura this round and if we lose again I can flip to them to take out Pete, who we've talked about not trusting due to being in Jim's inner circle I agreed with his plan. On the other hand, Pete tells me that our target is Keith and that Laura and Liz were willing to flip to us and get rid of them. I tell him that Keith said the same about Laura and that I thought it'd be better to save him. Pete talks new out of that, setting red flags in my mind that Keith and Natalie were right about Pete's various alliance. Pete then tells me to keep his plan to myself. I immediately tell Keith about this and ask which side Woo would take with all this, and he assures me that he'd be with us.

This leaves Joe as the swing vote who conveniently comes online at this point. I start talking game with him and say that the vote is in between Laura or Keith, and that I think it's best to keep Keith. He tells me that Pete would prefer to get rid of him and that he doesn't want to go behind our "ally's" back. I start reasoning with him that one, we wouldn't be voting Pete out, at least not yet, and two, if you go and read Natalie's rant, Pete's closer with Jim and his alliance anyway. Joe challenges me to give him reasons why it would be better to go with Keith and Woo, and I tell him that it would both secure us two allies and remove an enemy. Joe asks how it would benefit us in the long term to save them, and I tell him that it's much better to go behind Pete's back, go into the merge with a couple of close allies against a slightly less big big alliance than go into the merge 2-ish against a big alliance that hasn't lost anyone. He could not accept this. He seems to think that we'd be better off going into a merge with an ally that sold out his own alliance to your rival in the game, and didn't seem to understand that Pete is not our ally. Thankfully, once I started bringing Parvati into the conversation, his responses went from "I really don't want to go behind Pete's back" to "I'll think about it". Still not too reassuring, but better than what I got. I'll continue talking to him tomorrow.

In conclusion, I feel fairly safe at this Tribal and it's a good feeling to have. Problem is, there's still a certain outcome is really like to see happen but I don't feel confident about that. I really hope Joey Amazing comes around and throws me a bone but I'll just have to wait and see.

[Vince "Dirt" Sly]

YES! I was talking to Abi and she said she'd join the rebel force against Jim if this vote were to go as planned. I immediately relayed this to Joe so hopefully he sees it tomorrow and joins me in taking out Laura.

[Vince "Dirt" Sly]

I can't stop thinking about whether or not Joe pulls through for me and votes out Laura. Me and him can take control of this game away from Jim and Pete and have some ourselves, and from our conversations I don't know if he gets that. I don't know if he gets that Jim has side alliances all over the game and that cutting down one of his members will be completely and utterly beneficial for us in the long run. I don't know if he gets that Pete is not with us. He betrayed us first by giving Parvati information and it's only right to betray him and take out one of his alliance members (at least that's an argument I've been using, I don't necessarily think about this that way). I'm hoping to talk to him a little bit before we vote because I'm still going to vote with him no matter who he chooses because I don't want to blow up my game.

[Vince "Dirt" Sly]

How is it that literally only Pete is on? We have two hours until Tribal and I reeeeeaally need to talk to Joe and Keith. I need to hear where Joe stands in this whole tribal, and I've heard from Pete himself that Keith is targeting Pete. This is a nightmaaaaare.

[Vince "Dirt" Sly]

Alright, so my understanding is as follows. The vote's switched from between Laura/Keith to between Pete/Keith. Keith and Woo are definitely voting Pete. Pete, Joe and Liz are definitely voting Keith. Laura is still an unknown. I'd really really much prefer to boot Pete here, but I'm not nearly as confident in Laura's vote as I want to be. That said, I've made my decision in booting Pete from what I've heard from everyone about Laura's attitude recently and I believe it'll be 4-3 against Pete.

Despite this recent alias drama stuff, I haven't changed my decision. I really hope this works because I'm a dead man walking otherwise.