The Tale of Tanya Ratajkowski

[Tatiana]

Round Three -- Mutual Facades

Things seem to be starting to really pick up in this game lately. After the Orson vote, Noemi got to talking with me and practically straight up accused me of having an alliance with Charley and Kota or something, which was a pretty hilarious considering my ass got left on the block. She then threw Orson UTB saying that he was making deals with the other tribe, which is likely hypocritical considering that Kota alluded to Noemi making a deal with him last round, as the majority of OG Command did. I'm not sure what Noemi is playing at, but I do know she wants me to target Zarine and her Clan, so screw it. I think she's going to become an issue real soon, though.

On the brighter side of things, Steffy offered me an alliance last night, cause apparently the power rankings in the challenge meant we were both close to Orson. She gave this reason while simultaneously throwing shade at him in the Command group chat. I mean, if that's not loyalty, then I don't know what is! 
I'm fairly sure she's just trying to cover her bases in regards to the swap, but hey, if it means she isn't going to be targeting me immediately, I'll give her all the happy faces she needs to see to think I'm being genuine!

The challenge came out, and I was momentarily psyched at Battleship before realizing that I actually need to NOT win. See, Noemi is expecting me to target the Clan that Kota is on. I told Kota I wouldn't nominate him, though, and to go back on that literally the round right after, there's a good chance that it'd kill my game. On the other hand, I can't exactly throw it, either, since I'd need someone's help to do that without being obvious, and I really don't trust anyone nearly enough to attempt it. Statistically, I shouldn't win, though, so I'm just going to chill out and hope for the . . . worst? Heh heh

Oh yeah, and I totally know who Dexter is, by the way! I sure hope he hasn't realized who I am yet, cause I've blindsided him in every game we've played together so far, LOL. 

[Tatiana]

Zarine got kicked out, so now my strategy of minding my own shit this round probably going to come back to bite me in the ass. Crap.

[Tatiana]

Oh shit, well sit back and watch me eat my own words, then! I thought Jordan was going to have to nominate a whole Clan instead of individual players! w00p w00p Tittiana lives to see another round, and it's glorious. 

[Tatiana]

So, after some vigorous detective work, I've come to realize that what's her face nominated one person from each Clan aside from her own. Which means I should be relatively okay for a while, especially with my Clan-Mate Gabrielle nearly winning everything each round. I found it pretty funny to see Dion go up again, just because he's so . . . Diony. He reminds me a lot of Coach in Tocantins, except . . . gay? He's definitely a big character, anyway. I think he might be up pretty much every week at this point, which I'm psyched about. I don't really want him out or anything like that, but I just find him going up to be amusing.

He's PoVing himself this round, though, which leaves my Clan-Mate Charley beside Anawho on the block. I'm only a little worried, since there is a possibility of others voting Charley due to every one of our Clan members placing in the Top 7. If the game continues on as its been going so far, though, he should be fine.

As for myself, I got a punishment in the challenge! It sucked. I tried getting Bev to DQ me for not PMing her my bet after finding out last night that I wasn't winning anything good, but I guess this is what fate/Bev has chosen for me, LOL.The punishment was a penalty vote the next time I'm nominated. I ain't about that lyfe (not to mention being a martyr would raise the Mother Tatresa level up to where I'd be seen as an immediate social threat), so I gave that shit to Apollo. I said some bullshit about it being due to our lack of a relationship, but really, the guy throws every challenge, which means he's either barely active or wanting to coast along to jury. So, out of everyone, I'm least worried about him being upset at me. I mean, what's he going to do . . . float in my general direction? 

[Tatiana]

Going through eviction strategy with Charley right now. Forgot about his secret power thing . . . could potentially be a big issue for him this round. Suggested that he should be up front about it. I really don't want to tell him outright to lie to people since it'd reflect badly onto me, so I'm hoping he's smart enough to figure that part out on his own, lool.

[Tatiana]

Encouraging Cass to give her punishment to Apollo. If this works, I'm going to die of laughter. Poor Apollo.

[Tatiana]

Dion is telling me that he's decided to use the Veto on Charlie instead of himself . . .

[Tatiana]

AND NOW CASS HAS GONE THROUGH WITH GIVING HER PUNISHMENT TO APOLLO -- HAS CHRISTMAS COME EARLY THIS YEAR?!

[Tatiana]

Well, I did make a pretty good post a bit ago, but Proboards decided they didn't want it, so here I am trying to rewrite it. -_-

Basically, chaos has finally erupted in this game! Everyone is so paranoid and sketched out at Dion saving Charley with the Veto instead of himself, and then I'm over here just trying to pretend that I didn't know this was happening 24 hours ago, LOL. They all think Dion and Charley are a power duo now, and that Dion has some sort of secret numbers, just like I expected. It's fantastic, really, because I'm close with them, and I'm also close with the people perpetuating these rumors about them. I get to pretty much be Andy Herren right now, minus to constant shit talking.

I think there's a pretty good chance that Dion could go this round, though. I'm pretty confident in my ability to save him, but on the other hand, do I really want to be doing the campaigning for him? I don't want to be seen as a third wheel to their partnership. I think I've gotten myself into such a good spot right now, all it would take is one fuckup to sabotage myself. I've already tried pitching saving Dion to Cass, and I think I came off a little strange in doing it, so perhaps the best move for me is to leave Dion's fate into the hands of others. Oh well.

[Tatiana]

I have made the mistake of using rational arguments on irrational players. Whoops! 

Time for some half-assed damage control. 

[Tatiana]

Round Four -- Started On The Bottom . . .

. . . now we on the bottom again, oh no! There are, like, five people down here with me, though, and half of the majority are my pseudo-allies, so . . . I should be okay? Cass and Gabrielle voted Dion, which is annoying. I'm not really sure what their thought process was, but now Cass is being viewed as a slimey liar instead of a non-threat, so congratulations to her on making that distinction . . . in the third round, LOL. 

With this HoH comp, I'm hoping I can help one of the Anawho votes win, so they can get HoHitis and divide the (ware)house even further. I don't really care which side I end up on at this point in time, only that I can ride the chaos for a little while before committing. I don't trust really trust anyone from either side, so it's more-so about which side has better long-term prospects for me.

Or Anawho wins this damn HoH and my ass is put on the block beside Jordan and Apollo. No thanks! I would prefer a Tittiana win before I'd let that shit happen. Which it might now, because irony. If I can, I wouldn't even mind helping Cass or Gabrielle win, since it'd force them to expose their cards even further. And, of course, I'd be immune.

I've told Anawho that I voted for her, because I don't want to be coming off as shadey(read: like Cass) so early on in the game. That either comes back to bite me, or it makes me look like an honest fool who just tried to vote with his Clan. I'm really hoping for the latter, because who doesn't like Donny?

Jihee seemed kind of down in the chat, so I messaged her that I was around if she needed someone to talk to, cause I'm just such a nice person. Like I thought, she claimed to be down due to Dion leaving, and that people had lied to her. I made sure she knew I was an Anawho vote, and then she told me who was on the bottom with us; Steffy, Jihee, Me, Charley, and Flint. Six votes with Steffy's double vote. But Steffy says JJ was the final vote, and not Flint. Sketchy sketchy. I made them both think I bought it, and now I'm writing this thing. I'm hoping to just continue playing both sides this round, but if the wrong person wins HoH, I could be done. But if the right person wins, that's my opportunity to get back in everyone's good graces. Here's to that, sort of!

Side note: Naomi is so god damn sketchy, I hope she ends up on the block at some point real soon. 

[Tatiana]

Time to find out if Anawho is a liar.

[Tatiana]

Tittiana slips by again! I thought I really shot myself in the foot last round by pushing Cass and Gabrielle to vote Anawho out, but I guess they weren't as effected by it as I assumed they'd be. Neat. Oh, or the HoH has to nominate one person from each Clan, which has indeed occurred twice now. In that case, Charley going could be super dangerous for me if these clans stay for another few rounds. Ick.

I really would have preferred if Steffy, Cass, Gabrielle, or Charley could have won this week, but they all sort of burnt out in the HoH comp, aside from Steffy. Charley was cheering me on, saying about how I could "save us" this round . . . which was kind of annoying, since I told Charley that he HAS to win this comp. And then he's out after three and a half hours, lol. I went a little longer than I wanted to myself, cause I didn't want Flint to win. I've barely spoken to him over the course of the game so far, which worried me in regards to who he'd put up if he won. Anyway, I knocked him out and then threw the comp to Anawho, since she told me I wasn't going up, and a week of me being safe is much better than a week of me making myself into a target as HoH. 

Anawho put up Jihee, JJ, and Charley, which actually surprised me. She means business with these nominations, and I love it. I'm hoping Jihee ends up going, but I think that so long as Charley remains on the block, he's getting rekt regardless of who he's against. I want to put effort into this new PoV comp so I can save my shiel--I mean, uh, Charley, but I've got an important final on Saturday night, and I pretty much have to be cramming the majority of the time until then. Oh well, sorry Charles! 

[Tatiana]

CHARLEY GETS SAVED BY KOTA AND IT'S EARLY CHRISTMAS ALL OVER AGAIN. The interesting bit is how fast everything went down, though. I think the Veto was won and used over the course of an hour? Makes me think Kota and Charley had a pre-existing deal or something, but at this stage in the game, that doesn't matter to me at all, since I've got a deal with Kota, and an informal alliance with Charles. 

The best part is Jihee being the one likely going home, which is exactly what I wanted. I've told JJ to not even bother campaigning for my vote, which is kind of bullshitty, since I'd vote him out for the right price. I haven't spoken to Jihee or Charles yet, but as of this moment, my second half of the round seems pretty cut and dry.

[Ms. Malady]

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