Congratulations on surviving the Merge Round

You seem to have been blindsided by that vote - where do you go from here?

How is the 'Competency Alliance' holding up?

What competency alliance?

You & Rob?
Or was it 'the Christy & Rob' show.?

He call us Cpmetency Alliance? That sounds delightful Whatever, I don't care about the name, really.

So, where should I start? Let's start it when Rob decides to jump ships to check out if Helios has an idol. The idol is gone, but somethin else happen there two - Helen and Brian begging him to side with them at the next TC, because apparently Erin has the idol (which is yet to be determined if false or not), and they'd be in danger, come the next TC. Of course, Rob is over the moon, because they work out a plan: The final six would consist of Helen, Brian and Erin/Penny, Rob, me and Jo. Yeah, way to sell out your alliance-members Rob So Rob is committed to Helen and Brian, and back on Asteria he offered me this up. And naturally I was wary, because I don't know them. Rob vowed to be with me in this game again, and told me that he'll do whatever I want to.

The problem is with that, is Rob not that mature. I continously told him, that I have no desire to side with Helen and Brian at the next TC. The only thing I asked in this game was to vote out a Helios-member (before a potential jury, so we won't have 4 Helios ona jury of seven), but he was deadset on booting Penny, because his acting skills were sooo superb that Erin was sure to be play her idol. And it was supposed to be 8-2, with Helen and Brian voting for Penny too. I tried to change it Brian, and even Joanna came up with two brilliant plots to avoid getting idoled, but Rob refused to go for anyone but Penny. He got all defensive, and he became a drama-queen.

So, I changed the target back to Penny. To solidify Rob's trust. And then I was lolpwnt, because Ted and Dan decided to be dickwads, and booted Shawna, so none of what I wrote ended up mattering
I know they both hated here, so I don't feel betrayed. But Ted is already making amends, and he promises to vote however I tell him to (and that Shawna was an emotional, last-minute choice). The interesting thing is that Dan is just as prissy about it as Rob is. When I asked him, he talked down that 'HE HAS A FINAL THREE NOW! NEVER TRUSTED ANYONE!!!1!'. Pathetic.

I still feel pretty safe. I heard that they almost voted Rob out, and that he's still the target. So even if I'm in minority, I should survive. Here's where gets it interesting. I'm angry right now. An angry underdog right now. I work better when I am an underdog.
I started messaging Penny, and in the second message she gave me an opening to boot Helen, while Helen made it perfectly clear that she's not willing to work with me:



Yeah, that's her subtle way of telling me to fuck myself.

So anyway, we know that even if the three of us (Rob, Jo and me) skate by, we need a new life next round. And the key is to pit Helios against one another, because they're all paranoid about the other pair, and Helen and Brian already started the cold war when they promised Rob to vote with us against Penny. So right now the only thing I need is to butter Penny up and get her to vote with us. Idk if she's really stupid or just pretending it, but she knows that Helen and Brian are willing to do whatever they want. If if it's not true, Penny is open to the idea. And with two days ahead of me, I just have to convince her to jump ships. Maybe even with Erin.

Since my confessional has been slacking, just ask anything about the past few days you might need clarification on.

Oh, here's a ranking or whatever:

1. Joanna
Best person ever. She's much smarter than she let's on, but she's so damn adorable. And I trust her 100% on top of that. I don't think she has any intentions of going behind my back.

2. Rob
I trust him 70%. I still like him, but it's obvious that he cannot be controlled.

3. Helen
Shocker!
Helen here writes essays. She's witty, long, and a great player. I really hope she's the next boot, because I need her out though.

4. Penny
Shocker 2!
We just started talking last night, but she's nice and she had given me an opening, soo... :D

5. Ted
Good ol', tight-lipped Ted. I want to trust him, I'm just afraid that I can't.

6. Brian
He's nice I guess, and writes lengthy PMs, but I just don't feel the need to reply to him.

7. Dan
Indifference. And now that he is a declared enemy of Asteria, idc about him.

8. Erin
Simply awful. Awful, awful, awful.

What's the plan if your target is Helen, tonight?

So you're currently in the minority and it's no secret that you've been very behind the scenes... saying little in challenges or councils, are we gonna see Christy go out with a whimper?

Don't laugh, this is all serious.

Tonight is just to keep her from winning, and tell Penny what she wants to hear. I see her as my last glimmer of hope, and I need to work my magic on her. I don't know if this boot is even possible or I'm just being played, but if life gives you lemons... and hell, my lemondade will be filled with some bovine-blood, courtesy of Helen.



And I still have the second highest post count on this board

No secret and behind the scenes in the same sentence does not bode well with me, actually. If I'm transparent, at least someone should tell me. Anyway, to answer the question - if I feel like I'm in danger, I will go out of my way to bring someone down. Preferably Helen, but I don't have much dirt on her. Aside from her obvious holy-than-thou attitude, about who deserves to be here and who sucks. Yeah, maybe that will be enough.
If I need to throw some dirt, I'm not afraid. But if I think I'm in power at TC's, I'd rather shut up not to give my cards away.

Going on with what Probst said, I've always been told, if life gives you lemons, you throw them at people.

Why do you think the boot was Shawna and not you last round?

Apparently Ted went to them that he wants Shawna. The other option would've been Rob, but they feared that he may have the idol.

Right now here's what's going on: Helios + Dan and Ted are planning to split the vote eith the help of Joanna. So Rob gets 4, I get 3, and me and Rob vote together.
But Ted doesn't like this, and he's willing to with me and Rob. And Joanna is loyal to us as well. So it seems like that Ted will flip again, and the votecount will be 4-3-2.