Episode 9

[Julia Sokolowski]

I'm just gonna start this thread now since the two people already left the game.

Sooooo my plans actually sucked and didn't work out at all. I honestly participated in that challenge for nothing. I guess it made me look like a good team player and all, but ugh.

On the plus side, I now know Dorothy and Ian are endurance beasts and will go to ends just to win. I'm keeping my physical game in check really well I think. I mean I'm not some Ozzy 2.0, but I'm pretty decent if I want to be.

Unfortunately, Cody and Jasmine left the game. I'm not sure who's met Cody, but I know someone on our tribe went to exile with him. Also, I know both Burnie and Tim have met Jasmine so they already have a one-up on the rest of us when it comes to her jury vote. It honestly sucks we never got to talk to them. Guess I'll just have to impress them at Tribal?

Nat was actually the person I wanted to stay the most. Cody seemed too likeable and Jasmine was like worshipped around here. This likely means Nat will not be around for long since she's such a big threat for literally being Stephanie from Palau.

I've been talking to Burnie and Ian about our next steps and they both are 100% content with taking our alliance of 6 and steamrolling everyone. They want Kathy/Jac/Nat all gone right away. Two of those 3 people are in my ideal Final 3. If I went against my alliance this early, I could get shit on real quick. At least within my alliance, I am definitely not the biggest target whereas if I voted with Kathy/Jac/Nat/Carrie, I would be. I don't know how Carrie was somehow left out of all these alliances, but I need her to stay close to me. If Kathy and Jaclyn are going to leave, I need Carrie with me.

My list of who I want in the Final 3 with me in order from least to most:

1. Nat
2. Dorothy
3. Ian
4. Burnie
5. Tim
6. Dustin
7. Carrie
8. Jaclyn
9. Kathy

If any of Nat, Dorothy, or Ian are in the Final 3 with me, I would have a long uphill battle toward being sole survivor. I think I would stand a good chance against the rest. Anyway, say Nat/Kathy/Jac leave next. The next likely target would be Carrie. Tim was already talking to Burnie what would happen after that and he wants to know when he will be voted out cause he's ready to go. I don't know how more transparent he can be, but I'm now 95% sure that Tim has the idol. That's why I need him to be on the in with me. Right now, he trusts Burnie more, but I need to change that.

Anyway at Final 7, Carrie will be on the outs. Tim will likely think he is gonna go then or next on the chopping block. If I convinced him of that, I could gather together us three. Then it would be Dustin, Dorothy, Ian, and Burnie against us 3. If Tim really does have that idol, we could idol out one of Dorothy/Ian and get a big target out of here. That's my new plan of action. I know Burnie and Dorothy want triple helix to the end so they say, but that is not best for my game.

As I've heard multiple times before, this is a waiting game. You have to wait until the right time to strike and I think Final 7 will be the perfect time if things go according to plan up to then. I don't want to jump the gun, so I gotta stay patient.

Also, Burnie gave me the first exile clue.

Vague as f*** as always. All this rhyming hurts my head. I could definitely reach the Benelux States by car if I wanted. Hopefully I can go to exile and get another clue?? It would definitely be beneficial to my game. Maybe there'll be a merge idol at the auction. That would be amazing. Can't wait to see where this merge takes us. Hopefully straight to The Final 3.

[Katia Winter]

Uh...You could not reach the Benelux states by car from th US...There's kind of an ocean in the way.

[Julia Sokolowski]

Aug 29, 2016 4:28:54 GMT Katia Winter said:

Uh...You could not reach the Benelux states by car from th US...There's kind of an ocean in the way.

Don't you know Miss Katia? I have recently discovered an invention that floats on water called a Ferry. It can actually carry my boat across the Atlantic!

[Katia Winter]

But you can't reach these States by literally driving your car.

Semantics. -_-

[Julia Sokolowski]

Aug 29, 2016 4:39:43 GMT Katia Winter said:

But you can't reach these States by literally driving your car.

Semantics. -_-

Well I can't reach this idol without a proper clue!

[Katia Winter]

That is a proper clue.

[Julia Sokolowski]

Also, regarding Ian and I's relationship, we've become super close. I'd go as far as to say he's my new #1. Now, lol, I definitely am working up the DUMB blonde stereotype and I act so ditsy. I dont know if he can see through it or not, but I am doing a darn good job at hopefully making him think I am just a loyal ally of his who doesn't really have strategic chops. Doing this will allow me to subtlety (aka dumbly) give him info about triple helix and let him run with it.

I already told him that Dorothy told me and Burnie she got into the idol thread with the password cryllic, but what do you know? Dorothy didn't tell Ian that. "Accidentally" dropping these hints to him will hopefully put a small wedge in-between the bond he has with Dorothy and Burnie and strengthen the one he has with me.

Right now, he has already said at Final 7 he wants to go on with me, Burnie, and Dorothy. Ugh, do these people have blinders on or something? Dorothy is a major threat. Maybe I'm stupid. Maybe she isn't as big of a threat as I think she is? Maybe Ian wants to keep her around as a meat shield. So many options.

Around Final 7, I plan on breaking the news to Ian about the triple helix alliance. I'll tell him the plan is to vote him out at like Final 5 or something because of him being a bigger threat than Dustin or Tim and hopefully that will put the final nail in the coffin and he will jump on board with myself, Carrie, and hopefully Tim. I am thinking so far ahead, but this is the way I play the game.

[Julia Sokolowski]

Aug 29, 2016 4:52:17 GMT Katia Winter said:

That is a proper clue.

Well fine *informational* clue

[Julia Sokolowski]

Oh and Ian and I officially have a Final 2 deal. If he came to the end with me, it wouldn't be the end of the world.

[Julia Sokolowski]

Okay I swear I'm the most indecisive person ever. Thank goodness it's only in my confessionals. I'm gonna come back and read these and be like damn Julia, calm down.

Anyway, when I think about it, I think Burnie is actually a bigger threat than Dorothy. He's gone to exile so he's met Jasmine. He also went to exile way back when and got into Tim's head making him Tim's #1 ally so far as I know. Dorothy loves Burnie and I'm pretty sure Dustin would go along with whatever Burnie says. In fact, Burnie has all the guys into him. Tim, Dustin, and even Ian all love him. If the triple helix goes to the end, Burnie already probably has Jasmine, Cody (as extension of Jasmine?), Tim, and Dustin locked in. You only need 5 votes to win and with Dorothy and I probably splitting the rest, he won.

I am so glad confessionals are a thing because it allows me to rant and rant my unending supply of ideas and paranoia.

I can look at the end game here without getting too far ahead of myself within the actual game.

Expect more and more confessionals from me as the merge goes on. If I don't get voted out soon, I'll be rambling my ideas here like nobody's business.

If I get voted out for playing too hard or too fast, I have noone to blame but myself.

[Julia Sokolowski]

Okay so right now I feel like my game is going great. I am in a great position on the merge tribe as far as I know. I'll talk about some key things I got going right now that have stood out to me.

For one, Jasmine liked my tribal post and no one else's which could mean nothing, but could also mean she would vote for me in the end over some other people. That's what I'm hoping it means at least.

Another important thing is that Kathy came up to me and said how much she appreciates me. This was before the challenge and everything too. She said I'm the only one who still makes an attempt to talk to her and it definitely means a lot to her. It is likely she is going this round which is great because it means she can help rally Cody and Jasmine and the rest of the incoming jury to vote for me in the end. Social connections go a long way.

Another thing is that I casually talk to Carrie about how we have to stick together and keep a lookout for the threats and what not and now we officially have a Final 2 deal which is exactly what I want. She is perfect to have at the end with me. I also gave her the first exile clue as a relationship builder.

I also chatted with Dustin quite a bit. Dustin and I rekindled our friendship a little bit and now we also officially have a Final 2 deal. Having him and Carrie in the Final 3 is so ideal I can only imagine it. He hastily agreed and I don't know how loyal he is to it, but hopefully he is.

As for Natalie, we have been talking and we get along quite well. She outright asked me if she was leaving and I said not if I can help it. I told her I'm 100% not voting her out because it would be so mean after all her hard work to get here. Basically I acted dumb and talked about how she deserves to be here and that Kathy should be going home. Hopefully this shows her that I did work to keep her here...which I did since Ian and Burnie were thinking of voting her out.

I also have been hardcore working Tim. He asked me if it was his time and if he was getting voted out tonight. He said he was ready to go if need be. That's the nail on the coffin for me; he's gotta have the idol. This is exactly why I want him on my side. Anyways, I went on to tell him that Dorothy and Burnie are convinced he has the idol and want to flush it out/blindside him in the coming future. He ate that crap up and was so heartbroken that they would do such a thing since he was so loyal to them. I think I finally sealed the deal and broke the last strings that Burnie had holding onto Tim unless Tim is playing me bad. Either way, Tim talked up how big of a threat Burnie is and how telling it is that he won the challenge. He was so livid against them I hope he's honest with all this. I had to calm him down and remind him we have to wait until the right time to strike and he agreed Nat and Kathy are bigger targets right now. This was a huge stepping stone for my long-term process and it looks to be working out.

I haven't talked to Jaclyn or Dorothy so nothing to report there.

As for Ian, we still make out every night, but it's all strategy. I'm his 'dumb' girl. I hope I don't break his heart too bad when I blindside his allies. I really do enjoy talking to him, I really do, but he's just such a big threat next to Burnie and Kathy.

Burnie wants to vote Natalie bad and I think he actually is going to. But everyone knows Kathy is going home, unless I am being played by 9 other people and am the target. Kathy showed her true colors in this challenge by beasting it and she is fond of me so she has to go now so the jury doesn't get tainted by someone who doesn't respect/like me.

Overall, I have been with Triple Helix from the start, but that's a pre-merge alliance to be honest. As my tribal question stated, the merge is a whole new ballgame. I used one alliance to get to the merge and I'm gonna do what I gotta do to get to the end now even if it means jumping to a new alliance.

Also, not making the challenge was actually a blessing. I didn't have to show anyone my true colors and show who I was close to in this game. Everyone else got blood on their hands especially in Kathy's eyes and I am sitting pretty. The best part is I literally was unavailable and this was not intentional and it worked out perfectly although I couldn't win immunity.

The plan now is to hopefully convince Dustin to jump on board. Me and Tim have talked and he is on board with Carrie. But at the Final 7, 3 is not enough so we need Dustin or Tim's idol which I hope he will eventually tell me about unless Burnie or Dorothy really does have it. Otherwise, another option would be to reel in Jaclyn at Final 8 and make a tie. That is worst case scenario. Hopefully it doesn't come to that.

[Julia Sokolowski]

Sept 3, 2016 0:02:35 GMT Julia Sokolowski said:

As for Ian, we still make out every night, but it's all strategy. I'm his 'dumb' girl. I hope I don't break his heart too bad when I blindside his allies. I really do enjoy talking to him, I really do, but he's just such a big threat next to Burnie and Kathy.

*Burnie and Dorothy