1. Hmm, I'm not even sure what plan I had anymore, lol. I was kinda expecting that Shii Ann was still going to be an option to vote off, so initially that was my go-to. Then Tanya fucked up and potentially endangered my position in the tribe, so I was going for her first. I expected Shii Ann to be replaced, not just removed, so my plan for our second future TC would have been voting off one of Shii Ann or Clay, to not make waves against Stephanie too soon.
At this point though, I have no idea. I honestly hope we don't lose tomorrow, because then it's either gonna be another unanimous vote against Clay, after which all hell will break loose with just 4 of us left, or everybody's gonna start thinking ahead and scramble too much. That could be dangerous for me. Ideally, I'd want to get rid of Stephanie next - I want to keep Clay over her 100%, but it's a matter of doing it in a way that doesn't shine a bad light on me. So I hope we have more time before our next tribal council, i.e. we win the upcoming immunity, so that I can get a better grasp on how close each of Ghandia and Jed are to Stephanie - right now, I'm too afraid to propose betraying Stephanie. I need some more time to build trust.
2. Hmmm, what idol?
I had an idea that the clues might be the same for all tribes, so I mainly wanted to reach out to Gabby and Angela to help each other crack down the password. The clues I got seemed reaaaally vague at first, the first one especially was virtually useless by itself. So when Gabby told me her clues were different, I got really excited thinking I'd have 6 clues instead of 2 to look for the Ahmar idol. Turns out the clues are completely different, but at least if I'm ever on a different beach, I have those clues in case their idols are still out there.
I made a questionable decision in telling ALL of my tribemates the clues, word-for-word, so I had to go hard. But to be fair, I only started googling stuff after I was done talking to Gabby & Angela, so it took me 30-ish minutes? Obviously, 'Berber' was the biggest keyword, so I first tried googling "first known Bergers", but later realised that 'conquest' and 'battle' were clearly hinting at wars. What do you know, googling "Berber conquest" actually landed me on the wikipedia page, so after trying variations of the war's name, I ended up on Tariq ibn Ziyad's page, tracing that man's footsteps. ;)
What I have now, is a tribe that knows all about the clues, and they got the information without much delay, but they will never be able to figure it out - there is nothing to figure out anymore. So I'll keep asking them how the search is going, keep adding my ideas to the conversations, and hopefully they won't suspect I've already found it. The only worry would be Clay telling someone that he has the clues - that could paint me as untrustworthy. He's not gonna do it to Ghandia or Steph though, he thinks the girls don't like him and he's connected to me and Jed the most. So if Jed finds out and gets mad about it, I'll just convince him that we need to work with Clay and get Ghandia out. Or tell him that I have the idol anyway - that's the worst case scenario, though.
3. Well, that punishment seemed really useless, lol. I'm not mad that it's here, it was just a bit unexpected considering how impactful the first punishment was. But I'm actually guessing that Stephanie made that comment about Clay, which he didn't like, and so that helps me have Clay on my side - it's part of the reason why I shared my clues with him in the first place, I need him to trust me even more.
4. Naah, merge is far away. I have no idea regarding swaps though - tomorrow seems unlikely, but there could be a swap after the next vote-off, followed by another one later on, or we might just keep going with the same 3 tribes for 3 more challenges. The potential of a swap is what makes me wanna stay on good terms with everybody, so that I have a default alliance in case of a swap.
5. Well, Steph is not an enemy, I think we can work together perfectly fine short-term, but she's not someone I want to depend on at the merge. Hell, she might even turn on me if we swap together as a minority. But besides her, I would love to keep working with everybody for some time. Jed is awesome to talk to, but he's either playing dumb (and doing it really really well), or he's not that good at this game. Like, he sucked at today's challenge, and he admitted that he was bad at puzzles before the first IC. So that is someone I'd wanna take all the way - he's probably not gonna be a challenge threat, and I think I can charm him to stay loyal by just... being loyal to him. Ghandia is amazing, definitely my favorite person on the tribe, but I think she's too charming. I want her as an ally, but I don't know if that's so beneficial anymore. I feel like she's working everybody, playing the social butterfly, and maybe even downplaying her challenge performances. So she will be dangerous later down the road. Clay is lovably clueless, and he seems easy to sway, so I could definitely use him as a long-term ally. That's why I need him to stay over Stephanie, who just seems like a mystery to me - she could either be 100% loyal to me right now, or already planning my demise behind the scenes.
Not a lot of useful info from Gabby/Angela so far, tbh. I connected to both of them a bit (Gabby seems really fun(ny) and like the Ghandia of Fenassa), but I did more of the talking. I hope they reach out to me again, I wanna make ties in case there's a swap (damn, I'm thinking even more that a swap may be coming soon, lol).
! The game is really starting to pick up as we lost 3 players just today! But you still out here though. Let's see what's on your mind tonight...
YOU SWAPPED 
