Welcome to Your Confessional!

Ugh Harp Seal's message has me turned up side down. I literally have a 70 reply chain with Sand Cat which I feel like is plenty. And me and her were talking about how Paddock has a slower pm pace then Animal Pen earlier today. None of this makes sense. This is insane.

What sucks about this is Sand Cat is the person I trust the most in this tribe.

Ok Capybara, enough talking, cast your damn vote already!

LOL CHANGING MY VOTE - VOTING MEERKAT

Yup, I updated my booth.

I think I figured out the true situation behind tribal. It's time for the vote though so we'll know for sure in a few minutes. I'll update my confessional tomorrow.

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!

So unfortunately, given the recent update to the tribal clarifying that it was a 4-2 vote, my idol was unfortunately wasted. That's a bummer. Guess I'll have to find another one and try again.

Another side effect of my idol purchase is that I am now out of cute points. So I can't contribute anymore to the post-merge idol fund until I start getting some bonus points from challenges. Those would be great. Now of course, I'm not going to let my tribe know that I'm out of cute points. So I'll just have to pretend that I, a humble Capybara who has done no wrong, can definitely contribute to the cuteness raffle fund.

Tribal last night. That mess. I can't believe Seal and Meerkat were right! Quokka and Sand Cat were after me. Dirty backstabbers! I mean I knew we were playing with animals but I didn't realize that included snakes. Haha. Jokes aside, that tribal was a total mess. I had no idea what was going on. I was only saved by Seal and Meerkat's stubborn refusal to not let me dig my hole any further. I learned a valuable lesson. Don't trust anybody. I pretty much refused to entertain the idea that Sand Cat and Quokka were willing to vote me out and it almost cost me big time. I've gotta get a handle on things again. A six person tribe is too small for any good ol' two alliance funny business, but I do need to be a part of some alliance.

Which brings in my newfound friends, Meerkat and Harp Seal. The bringers of truth! It seems pretty straightforward that the plan is for us to carry this momentum and run things from here on out. Leaving Ferret and Sand Cat on the outs. However, I do have some reservations. As far as I can tell, Harp Seal's earlier claim that there was a group plan to vote me out holds no water. When you really think about it, I was basically threatened by Seal to vote Quokka. I'm willing to forgive because it was for my own good, but that was a weird conversation. Harp Seal was so calm and diplomatic until that message. Very unsettling. Meerkat and Seal claim that they're happy that Ferret fell in line with the vote, but they see Ferret as someone who's not a part of our new alliance. Which is great for me if that's true. If not, well then we're back to square one where I'm on the outs. But I think they're telling the truth, because why would they go through all that effort to save me only to feed me to the wolves next tribal? I also have been talking with Sand Cat still, offering her an olive branch that I'm still willing to work with her even after the attempted backstab. Which is pretty much true. I do want to work with Sand Cat, I've enjoyed talking with her and working with her up until this point. It is just unfortunate that she's utterly shattered my trust. So if I don't have to look for a reason to vote her off, I won't. But honestly, if we go to tribal again and someone's gotta go, then someone's gotta go. She took the first shot at me, I am entirely justified in shooting back.

So the plan right now is pretty simple. Lay low, work with Meerkat and Harp Seal. I've attracted plenty of heat these last two tribals, I'm perfectly fine laying low for a bit. If we have to go to tribal again, it will be Ferret or Sand Cat. And in a perfect world, we crush a challenge and I win some cute points that I can then immediately spend on the post-merge idol.

Final note, I've survived the fourth tribal. Which means I have officially done better than my last game (and only other game) of mafia survivor. Great success!

Good morning, evening, afternoon, Earthling.

1. On the spectrum of predator to prey, where do you see yourself?
2. How would you describe your tribe's vibe?
3. What is something game-related that you wish you knew?

So from my point of view tonight's vote is pretty straightforward. Here's the rub:

Seal, Meerkat, and I are moving together strong and voting out either Ferret or Sand Cat, since they are on the outs after the last vote. The reasons to vote out Sandy Cat are she voted for me last tribal, and if we swap again soon (very likely) she may form strong connections and come back to haunt us or me later. If she wrote my name down once, why won't she do it again? Reasons to vote for Ferret are he has been lying about knowing about my idol and stuff in an effort to save face. Which I'm pretty sure nobody buys in my tribe but I don't want him propagating false information that directly involved me should we spare him and swap next round. The other reason to vote for Ferret is to keep the balance between ex Animal Pen and ex Aviary members.

In the end, we've decided to vote Ferret off. It should be a unanimous vote. This actually makes me pretty happy becuase as I mentioned in an earlier confessional, I hope that I can work with Sand Cat again in the future. Obviously if we don't swap soon and go to tribal again, that won't happen becuase we'll have to vote her off next, but I'm hoping that won't be the case and we'll have another swap or even a merge. There's a chance that keeping Sand Cat around may backfire on me. She could target me again in the future.

There's a small chance I'm being played here. It is possible that Meerkat, Ferret, and Seal are still Avairy strong and are just going to systematically the rest of us former Animal Pen off. But I don't see that as very likely, becuase Seal and Meerkat seem very sincere in forming this alliance with me and working with me down the road. And if they are playing me and Sand Cat, there's not much I can do about it. Animal Pen is in the minority thanks to the loss of Quokka last vote. And I don't have another idol to play to save myself. So I've got no choice but to trust my new allies and move forward.