Episode # 4 - Journal

[Gabriel Nunes]

Journal Entry 18, Day 12

Another wild tribal council concludes and my journey for the million dollars continues. During the voting decision process I was approached from all directions for my vote. I'm still standing in a power position on this tribe. The game changes very quickly but one thing that hasn't changed so far is that everyone trusts me. If they don't trust me they at least need me on their side. I have positioned myself perfectly in order to keep everyone believing that I'm the best thing for their game. I have voted against two of my "alliances" so far and none of the remaining members are upset at me. They can't be upset because they need me. Every single person on my tribe still wants to work with me. My strategy is to control the game without anyone knowing that I'm controlling the game. I just nod and smile at everything anyone tells me. In reality, I am making the moves that will benefit me. I haven't lost sight of the finish line. I pretend to act with my emotions and that it "hurts me to vote people out". While it does in fact suck to vote people that I've been bonding with out of the game, I know that this is exactly that - a game. Therefore, I will not hesitate to make moves that will strengthen my position even if it means breaking alliances that were just formed the previous round. This is iSurv1vor. We all read the rules; we all signed up for the same game. Outwit, outplay, outlast. I will continue to make others believe that I am easily manipulated and act on impulse. By allowing them to believe this I will only bring myself closer and closer to the finish line. 

Even after voting out Sam, Robby Rob will likely have no choice but to work with me. I believe that even in the event of a tribe swap or merge he will side with me. I fully realize that he will be more prone to work with the women but I also know that we still have a line of communication open and he will be able to bring me into any plans they may create. Trevor is likely weary of me now that I stood up to him when I was considering saving Sam two rounds in a row (despite the fact that I initially was the one leading the campaign for his departure). I've noticed that Trevor doesn't like it when his allies have minds of their own. He wants his allies to be complete puppets in his control. I think if I just tone down how much I actually know and pretend to be his lapdog he will allow me to regain his almighty favour. 

Speaking of Trevor, he gave Drew and myself a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. I did some research and noticed that he received the idol clue a day previous to when he showed us it. Therefore, he did not receive the clue from winning the individual immunity challenge. I wonder how he got it... Julie? That's my guess. The clue is tough to decipher. I see a reference to season 19(?) winner Animal, roman numeral 10 + 4 (=14), and the Survivor: Panama logo. I went to the season Animal won, India, and saw a strange post with Egyptian home listings. I go to page 10, then to page 14 of the site like the second part of the clue suggest, and then I am lost. What does this Panama mean?! Sigh.

Bailey swears that he will now owe me because of the fact that I saved him. I'm sure he said anything to keep himself safe but at least I can bring it up if ever needed. I don't really trust Bailey in this game right now. But then again I don't trust anyone fully other than myself. I'm a lone wolf in this Venezuelan jungle. 

Arun told Robby Rob and Sam the vote before tribal council which once again made me look bad. That rat needs to go asap. I keep pretending to him that he is my #1 ally and I know he believes it. However, I am just itching to vote him out of this game for being a completely loose cannon and untrustworthy.

At this point I don't have anyone I can completely trust. Everyone trusts me but I can't trust anyone. How does that work? I'd say the person I trust the most, to an extent, is Drew. He is very honest and straightforward with me and has vowed allegiance to me multiple times. However, I have a bad feeling he is considering Bailey as a more loyal (AKA more gullible) ally than me. For now I will play along but I am always on the watch for strengthening bonds. This is still anybody's game and as long as I play my cards right I can and will dominate.

[Gabriel Nunes]

Journal Entry 19, Day 12

Every once in a while I am going to try to complete one of these cast assessments so that I can gather my thoughts and analyze each player and their chances in the game.

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Episode #4 Cast Assessment

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Arun
Arun is sneaky. He tries to play everyone and is attempting to use a strategy similar to mine. The difference between us, however, is that he executes his moves very poorly and is not very stealthy about the fact that he is playing all sides. I have given him information that he has told to others multiple times and therefore I don't trust this rat. He is only looking out for himself. Right now he thinks I am his #1 ally. I always tell him that we have to stick together and that I want to take him to the end. I think I can use Arun for time being but I will gladly exterminate the rodent when the right times comes. However, at the moment I believe that working with him will be the most beneficial to my game. p.s. I like him as a person but I am not a fan of his game play.

Bailey
Where is Bailey's head at? Nobody really knows. Bailey is an enigma in this game that does not have any solid ties to anyone... at least not until this episode. I think Bailey can be a trustworthy player to have on your side. He is logical and uses his brain. However, I don't think he sees me as a big asset to his game and therefore I don't think he will want to work with me long-term. Right now he says that he owes me since I saved him but I don't believe for a second that he wouldn't get rid of me if the chance presented itself. I feel the same way. I will definitely vote Bailey out of the game when the perfect moment arises.

Drew
Oh Drew. I really like Drew as a person and initially wanted to work with him. I realize, however, that he is a huge threat in this game. He is probably the biggest threat in this game. Period. He is a smooth talker. I don't trust anything that comes out of his mouth because I know he probably says the same thing to everyone. He is also very smart. He asks everyone a million questions and doesn't give anyone in return. He thinks he has me in his pocket but the tides will turn soon enough.

Robby Rob
Kween Kristy Kreme! Robby Rob is awesome. I think he's fantastic and super hilarious. He is a very good social player and knows how to play with the emotions of others. At this point in time he is alone and therefore I know that I can use him as a strong ally on my side. In the future, however, Robby Rob could prove detrimental - especially once he is able to align with the women.

Trevor
Trevor is a great guy and a great player. I would love to work with him further in this game so that he can continue to be my shield. With Trevor in the game, attention is focused on him rather than me. However, I know that Trevor likes people who he can control and doesn't like people who use their own brains. Therefore, he will likely want to see me leave this game soon. He no longer trusts me and I no longer trust him. We will continue to be cordial with each other until the right time comes to duke it out.

Alyx 
Our newest addition to the tribe! Alyx is wonderful. She is very funny. I believe that she is playing dumb while on our tribe. She means business but is not letting on. I hope that I will be able to make a good impression on her because how she views me can potentially affect how the rest of Corazon views me.

[Gabriel Nunes]

Journal Entry 20, Day 13
Note: I had this all typed up waaaay better before but the electricity at my work went off so I lost it all. This version is a paraphrase of what was previously written.

Another day, another step closer to the dollar... one million of them to be exact. There is a million dollar prize in this game, right?

Hunt for the Hidden Immunity Idol

Yesterday afternoon Robby Rob approached me to see if we could still work together. I told him that we are definitely still working together. He mentioned to me that he was given a clue to the hidden immunity idol by Julie and that he would share it with Arun and I once he got home from work. Since I already had been given the clue previously by Trevor, I immediately began scrambling to find it's hiding place. I don't really know how long Robby Rob and Arun's loyalty to me will last and thus it would be safest for me to find the idol for myself. I don't want it in their possession.

After careful examination and searching I was able to find the second clue to the idol. Unfortunately I had to go to my pole dance class as soon as it was located so I had to delay the hunt for a while. Once I came back I went right back into search-mode. At this point Robby Rob and Arun were online and so we all decided to work on finding the idol together. Robby Rob and Arun proceeded to analyze the first clue while I made my way to the third clue. Secretly, I was always a step ahead of them during the hunt. I finally was able to decode all the clues and unlock the hidden immunity idol thread. Unfortunately, however, there was no idol to be found.

I told Robby Rob and Arun about the missing idol and we all agree that Trevor had already found it. I know that he found the idol because I had been analyzing the Member lists on various forums for the previous seasons. I noticed that he had accounts made on all of the seasons which the clue were hidden on. Therefore, I have to conclude that he was in possession of the idol. I also know he had the idol earlier than he stated because the creation date of his accounts were much earlier than when he showed Drew and I the clue. Another thing that I noticed is that Alyx has many accounts on these forums as well and had created her accounts a week earlier. She could very well be in possession of a hidden immunity idol too.

Suspicious Activity

I know that Trevor is not being 100% honest with me anymore. I am certain that he has the idol. I feel that Trevor has likely told Julie about his idol and perhaps even told Drew and Bailey. The fact that he hasn't told me anything about an idol makes me completely lose any trust I previously had in him. I can't trust people that aren't honest with me.
 
In addition, I noticed that Trevor, Julie, and Drew were all online yesterday for a long period of time but they did not speak to me the entire day. This makes me suspect that something is going on behind the scenes. They haven't been talking to me as much anymore. I'm sensing that they may have formed an alliance with Bailey that I don't know about and that would mean huge trouble for my game. I don't think I can trust Drew anymore unfortunately.

I'm going to continue to pretend like everything is perfectly fine between all of us. I don't want anyone to know that I am smart. I don't want anyone to know that I am on to them. Therefore I must continue to remain "oblivious" to any alliance formation in the game. I really wish I had someone whom I could trust in this game. Perhaps one of the girls on the other side? I guess we shall see.

Femme Fatale

Alyx is back on our tribe again! It is very obvious that she only came to our tribe to gain information and protection. The women will clearly kidnap her every chance they get. Knowing this, however, won't stop me from trying to build a relationship with her. Alyx could prove useful to me in the future if I am able to create a concrete relationship of trust with her. 

Furthermore, I have gained some valuable insight of the tribe dynamics of Corazon. I believe that Alyx, Audrey, Ky, Michelle, Penny, and Brittany are all working together. That is the majority. I have heard this multiple times and so therefore I believe it to be true. I also am aware that Alyx and Mary have each other's cell phone numbers and text each other frequently. That leaves Julie, whom just used the Shaman Rattle to come to our side, and Shaily, whom appears to be at the bottom of the totem pole. If I'm ever on a tribe with Shaily and/or Mary I will likely try to make a deal.

[Gabriel Nunes]

Cast assessment updated.

[Gabriel Nunes]

Journal Entry 20, Day 13

My thoughts on the immunity challenge and the game.

[Gabriel Nunes]

Journal Entry 21, Day 14

The competition is continuing to turn out beautifully. We have dominated the immunity challenge for this round and are pretty much guaranteed to win at this point. I am super excited for Orgullo to bring home the victory! It's been a long time coming but it's finally within our grasp.

Since the immunity challenge is now coming to a close we have to start deciding as a tribe who we want to kidnap from Corazon in the event that we win. Many people on my tribe have started approaching me to ask about who I would like to see brought over.

Julie was trying subtly push the idea of bringing over Penny to me (see bold):

Julie Wheeler
Start thinking about who u want to kidnap, they only give us like 3 mins to decide

Gabriel Nunes
Okay

Gabriel Nunes
I'm thinking we should kidnap Shaily. I think so because she seems like she is the worst at challenges. We want to keep their worst challenge competitors in the game so we can win next round too!
What do you think?

Julie Wheeler
Shaily and Penny are at the bottom either one is my pick
Saving someone goes a long way - this tribe could pull them in

Gabriel Nunes
Yeah that's true. Yeah I say Shaily because she voted in minority last round too so she is likely more at the bottom

Julie Wheeler
She's sweet, just never around
I was shocked to learn Steph was working her

Gabriel Nunes
Yeah that's crazy. It's tough to tell sometimes

This immediately put me on the edge. Why is Julie trying to slide in the idea that we should kidnap Penny? There is definitely something going on here...

Then very shortly after Drew tries to see where my head is at in terms of the kidnapping (another hint regarding Penny in bold):

Drew Hilliard
Who do you think we should kidnap

Gabriel Nunes
Doesn't matter to me. I was thinking Shaily since she didn't help in this challenge at all and she was the only one to vote in the minority last round. Meaning she's probably about to get booted

Drew Hilliard
What about Penny. Cause that's who they told shakily and Stephanie to vote for last time

Gabriel Nunes
I don't think she's at the bottom but I'm fine with her coming over. Like I said it doesn't matter to me

Drew Hilliard
Me either. Let's let everyone else decide.
I'm so happy we won!
We get to sleep tonight haha! Finally

Gabriel Nunes
YEAH! So pumpedddd

Sure Drew. It doesn't matter to you at all considering you tried to slide Penny into our conversation randomly. 

I can tell that Julie and Drew are pushing way too hard to have Penny come over this round. I definitely can sense that they have some sort of hidden agenda. Penny is valuable to them for some reason. I think Drew knows that he has Penny in his pocket. He likely told Julie this and convinced her to lead the discussion to try to bring Penny over to our side in case of a kidnapping.

This was all getting way too sketchy for my liking. I decided to make the case for why Shaily was the best to be kidnapped.

1. She was the only one to vote in the minority.
2. She is not tied to anyone so we may potentially be able to pull her in.
3. She performed poorly in the challenge so we should make sure she isn't voted out so that we can weaken their tribe strength.

While I pushed for Shaily to be kidnapped Julie continued to bring up Penny. I do not like the vibes that I am getting from their connection. Drew is a more saavy player than Julie so he knew he had to let up immediately. My prediction was that if I gave strong reasonable logic as to why Shaily should be brought over the rest of the tribe would be forced to agree. I'm sure Julie and Drew don't want people knowing their connection to Penny and they were already being very obvious about it. Therefore it was fairly easy to get everyone to concede into choosing Shaily. 

Will I be able to get Shaily on my side? Will this be a temporary kidnapping or a permanent swap? Find out next confessional.

[Gabriel Nunes]

Journal Entry 22, Day 14

Thoughts on Julie's mutiny:

[Gabriel Nunes]

Journal Entry 23, Day 14

Reaction to the immunity challenge win and descripton of my current position in the game:

[Gabriel Nunes]

Journal Entry 24, Day 14

Thoughts on my relationship with Shaily and Drew:



Edit: When talking about past confessionals I am referring to my last two written ones.