ROUND THREE

[Cass]

Round Three. New clans. At least I'm not stuck with Dion.

[Cass]

O.  Jordan won. Lol. Who even is Jordan? 

Needless to say, Jordan winning had everyone on the edge of their seats come nomination time. Jordan is...not the most social person in this cast. She's actually incredibly difficult to talk to, from what I've gathered. Through my own personal experience, she is actually close to impossible to carry on a conversation with, and I don't think I'm alone in thinking this way. I must have done enough, though, because as soon as I messaged her after her win, she told me that I was safe. I don't know if I'm just, like, a non-entity at this point, but I am totally fine with coasting by for now and not being on anyone's radar. With so many people still left, I think it's better for me to lay low. Obviously, I don't plan on getting too comfortable. I am still building on connections that I feel that I've established, and will certainly step up my game if the opportunity presents itself, but I think that having the ability to lay low at the moment is going to be extremely beneficial to me. While I may not be involved in any sort of "massive power alliance", I have also put myself in a position where I don't have allegiance to a large number of people, but rather a strong allegiance to a small number of people (Flint, Ana, Gabrielle, and Steffy, respectively). In my eyes, having these bonds is enough to keep me safe for the moment, and I won't risk upsetting or turning on people too early in the game, which could spiral me into an instant elimination.

ANYWAYS
I am thankful that Jordan spared me from nominations, but I am pretty sad to see Ana up and to see Apollo skate by. Like, if I'm a non-entity to people, then he might as well not exist at all. If I were to win the Golden Cross, it would be in my best interest to use it on Ana to ensure that my closest ally stays in the game. However, I would have to navigate it very carefully, since Charley is in my clan, and have a very defined reason as to why I wanted to save Ana that wouldn't instantly sell out our partnership. The likelihood of me winning isn't GREAT, though, so I probably won't even have to worry about that.

That being said, I would be truly devastated if Ana were to leave. I feel like her and Flint are my lifelines in this game, and I am still DYING to connect those two so that I can march forward with my two best pals by my side, but IT IS NOT WORKING. Flint wants to see Ana safe, but I don't think they've established any sort of lasting connection at this point, and I  just NEED that to happen. They are both aware that I like the other a significant amount, so if they are seeking to stay loyal to me, I don't think they would target each other, but it just ISN'T THE SAME. Flint and I officially declared that we were aligned, which is exciting. So I now am aligned with Flint, Ana, Gabrielle, and Steffy all individually, and Ana, Gabrielle, and I have an alliance of three. I am getting a little concerned about these like, little alliances that are popping up, and that there doesn't seem to be one dominating, power alliance at the moment. I mean, I love the fact that I don't think one exists, but it makes me nervous that I could have just not been included in this massive alliance. tbh it's probably like, Noemi, Jihee, Tatiana, Dion, etc so count me out of that anyways. I'd rather align with Zarine and Bryce. 

I think the next person I want to grow my connection with is JJ. He'll give me bits and pieces of information. He told me that Jordan was conflicted on who to nominate, but that he didn't think I should be worried. So I know he's out there talking game to people, and I know that we get along, so I need to make sure that he trusts me so I can have him in my pocket as well. This approach to the game is a little different for me, just forming these strong connections in smaller groups, rather than working with a decent-sized alliance, so I'm a little nervous about moving forward with it. But, I feel, that if I have enough people who think that I would fall on a sword for them (regardless of if I actually would or not...because honestly I wouldn't), they'd be willing to do the same for me, right? And the more people you have that will fall on a sword for you, the more swords you can avoid. So we'll see if this PANS OUT for me.


Sorry this DR was like, kind of game-botty. I just had to kind of process through my strategy. I hadn't really laid it out there, so it feels good to type it out, I guess. HOPE U WEREN'T BORED.

[Cass]

Really? Y'all couldn't like, rig so Dion didn't get the Golden Cross? 

FUCKING DION and JIHEE are rampantly running around trying to save Charley. I think it is HILARIOUS that Dion believes that he can confide anything in Flint and they're like besties and then Flint turns around and tells me and like, proceeds to talk about our plot to get rid of Dion. Apparently Dion and Jihee have revealed that they are close to Charley, which honestly just makes me want to get rid of him more. Honestly, I feel like my nightmare of Jihee and Dion spearheading a massive alliance that does not include me is probably true. I can't decide if that's a bigger nightmare than them forming a massive alliance that DOES include me or not. 

It's way too early to really stick my neck out for Ana, so I'm gonna have to roll with the punches. I just want Dion gone. That's all I am asking.

[Cass]

Well, as we worked toward getting votes for Ana to stay, Dion and Jihee apparently go IN on Noemi. Ana tells Dion that someone is saying he is gunning for her, which is TRUE but obviously he denies it. Then, Jihee provides Dion with all of these messages from Noemi about how she can't "back Dion" anymore and shit. So Dion comes to ME all upset (why me plz help) saying that he was going to take Noemi to finals (PLZ KEEP IN MIND IT IS ROUND THREE) and that he is feeling very hurt. WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

TO MAKE THIS EVEN CRAZIER...Dion is now saying he's going to save Charley and not himself with the GC because Charley is "such a nice guy". UMMM...let us be HONEST for a moment, Dion. Who the fuck even IS Charley? Like, Charley only talks to me when he wants something and when there's a competition. Sure he is kind but like, he's not worth SAVING at this point.

Dion then goes on to tell me he is "loyal to a fault" but I'm like DION U LITERALLY are probably aligned with everyone.

Anyways, all of this is coming at the perfect time for sweet, sweet Ana. If Dion remains on the block I think Ana stand a better-ish chance of staying. 

[Cass]

Just making a personal note to remind me to come back and discuss my growing distaste for Charley.