What what! Erin made the merge! I'm super proud of it. Most people seem to hate the merge colour but I don't mind it. Now, to actively up my social game by talking to the Asterians!

Taking the initiative <3

You have all weekend to upadate us on your progress, let us know how you get on.
Congrats again!

I'm hoping for a CP merge episode for obvious reasons lol. You'll hear plenty from me :P

"As individuals, Asteria doesn't seem to have the greatest of mental capacities. Joanna, Shawna and Daniel all seem pretty scatter-brained and I think I can get information from them pretty easily. The thing about scatter-brains however are that they're more easily influenced and will follow the leader who seems to be Rob/Christy"

I think the pink looks good on you icon_shrug

How much can you trust the information they give you though?
How are you finding Ted since you last talked?

I can't really trust the information that they're giving. At all. But if I find holes in their story, I can easily piece together what really happened. Joanna is the one that's most out of the loop on Asteria. Daniel is reluctant to talk strategy with a Helios member. Shawna's the friendly one. I'm trying to build a bond with her that I could possibly exploit later in the game. Rob told me that he mutinied because he felt unsafe of me offering a deal to overthrow Brian/Helen with Penny and he thought that I might be turning them against him. I offered him a F5 deal again and hinted towards a F3 deal though I have absolutely no plans in honoring it. Ted's been giving vague responses about what happened in Asteria. I'm trying to make him included in the Helios tribe dynamic by constantly using words like "we" and "our". He still has the Idol apparently so that could maybe be used in our advantage.

So Penny and I have been talking to Daniel lately and he's really considering flipping. Penny told Daniel to bring another Asterian to make a F4 deal. But I offered him an F3 deal (a deal I have with Brian and Rob as well) with Penny as our third. Hopefully he considers this and can turn the game around.

The same Daniel you said was reluctant to talk strategy? How did you choose him over any other Asteria member?

Also, if you get a chance during the weekend, can you give us a rankdown of each player, with a few lines on each, based on any criteria you'd like. :)

Oooh a rank down sounds exciting. This will be my ideal bootlist.
10) Christy - Fierce competitor and could do great at the challenges.
9) Rob - Leader/Mastermind of Asteria. Need to get him out quick.
8) Ted - Has the other idol. Pretty untrustworthy.
7) Shawna - Nice but the only person who'll be on the outs.
6) Joanna - I promised Daniel he won't be sixth. But that doesn't mean he won't be fifth...
5) Daniel - Helios 4ever!
4) Helen - Non-Argonaut
Now this is where it gets tricky. Brian is a quiet strategist and will probably not make any enemies throughout the game. Penny, on the other hand, is a loud strategist and will certainly make an enemy. I was hoping for Penny to be my goat but she's becoming quite the mastermind. This will probably be the hardest vote.

Oh and in case, it wasn't clear Joanna is the 4th in the cross-tribal Underdog alliance with me, Daniel and Penny.

Helios is cooking a plan to blindside Rob tonight. We only hope he doesn't have the idol. With Daniel and Joanna, Helios can take over this game!