[Lucy]

I am going to point out some facts about my previous gaming experience when it comes to the Hidden Immunity Idol.

1. I have never been idoled out of a game before.
2. I have found three Hidden Immunity Idols in my gaming history and every game I found one in ended up being cancelled.
3. I avoid idols like the plague because they are more trouble than they are worth.

Yet it's 11:34 at night and I have been trying hundreds of passwords on the Hidden Immunity Idol forum.

I randomly decided to bond with Drew by comparing notes about the idols. I must say I do like Drew. He is very funny and smart and in my opinion is the person I would expect to find the idol. I threw out some ideas I found legit and even if he's blowing smoke up my ass with his ideas, I hope he feels it's genuine on my part and he can trust me. I may need to work with him down the line so I need him to feel open to discussing game with me.

I have been reading up about the history of Turks and Caicos and frankly there isn't much there. In all of the history and ideas for the idol that I piece together Turks and Caicos are but a foot note in the story.

Two Powers- I'm thinking the Allies and The Central Power.
Treaty- it ties in with World War 1 with the Treaty of Versailles.

I'm not sure what else it could mean. The thing that sucks about the clues is the more you get the more expansive the possibilities can be... You get hung up on a new detail in a new clue and abandon the thoughts you had back at Clue 1.

In short IDOL CLUES ARE A CLUSTER FUCK SENDING YOU DOWN A PATH OF HORRIBLE MISDIRECTION.

Yet I'm still trying.

Since we have switched I feel like I'm in a good position, however, I don't feel like I have one ally that bleeds Lucy. I feel like I'm probably everyones second favorite person if that makes any sense. I would be the back up if numero uno died. I need to find an ally I can trust. Hannah has made it very clear to me how much she has missed Mari and it just seems to me that Hannah and Mari were probably allies before I tried to be there allies.

I need to find a follower that has some clout. SOMEONE WHO IS TEAM LUCY ALL THE WAY.

I'm giving up the Idol Hunt for now. I need to take a fucking mental break.

[Cole]

Hi Lucy!

Your confessionals are amazing. I have a few questions if you don't mind!

Do you have a plan to make other players view you as their number one? Do you suspect that anyone on your tribe might have already found the hidden immunity idol? Do you think that it's worth the time / effort into trying to find the idol, without any guarantee of fruition vs. making connections with other players and do you feel that you've already made some solid foundations that you can rely on?

[Lucy]

Hey Cole. I'm glad they are being read and enjoyed. I can't tell you how many times I have gone balls to the wall in my confessionals in other games only for the hosts to not read them. I'm very happy that's not the case here.

My strategy is to befriend everyone. Adapt my personality so that I fit each persons temperament. Like with Drew and Brooke I'm very over the top and not afraid to be a little more risque and gross. With Will I'm very calm and polite. With Adam we have many similarities so I don't have to try as hard. With Hannah I could sense she was a little insecure at the start so I acted like I was struggling with things myself. I am trying to relate to everyone and by proxy make them trust me. I think I'm doing a good job socializing with people and making them feel like they could come to me to discuss the game.

As far as being viewed as a Number One... Mari definitely knows I want to go to the end with her- but I think shes juggling Hannah and Me both as final two allies and god knows what kind of alliances she will have to make to survive on the other tribe.

I think I have done a great job with winning over Adam.

I would venture to guess that if everyone dropped every alliance they made in the first few days - the majority would want to make a final two agreement with me.

I made a mistake laying back and not approaching people for more intimate deals sooner. I know Zeke/Adam/Will struck a deal on day 1 and I can't help but feel like if that wasn't the case I would have a strong alliance with Adam.

With Mari off the tribe I feel like Hannah trusts me more than anyone.

I think I am doing a good job of building trust with Drew with sharing my idol thoughts with him, but do I think he's going to ask me to be his final two ally any time soon? Doubtful.

The only people that I think would have been able to solve the idol clues are the two vets Drew and Ryan, because they have experience and know what to look for because of that.

If not the vets- Zeke. Zeke is very passionate about the game. He eats shits and breathes the game. I wouldn't be too surprised if he found it. BUT one reason I don't think he has it is because he has diarrhea of the mouth. I don't think he could keep finding an idol secret.

I do think it's worth investing time in looking for the idol EVEN if you are unsuccessful in obtaining it. If I ended up breaking into that forum--- I will know it's found and I will be able to suss out who has it really quickly. Also, I am a great multitasker so my ass is entering passwords and talking to every single person that is online.

I think the two most solid foundations I have on this tribe are Adam and Hannah. I think Adam would keep me in the loop and I believe Hannah would go whichever way I would want to go in terms of voting in the future.

I need to improve my relationships with Drew and Ryan. I think they could be key in helping me progress. I have great talks with them and we did discuss tribal council, but I think they are a little guarded because I am a Taino and Taino is in the majority.

I'm thinking of how I can sway them into trusting me. I'm seriously considering voting out one of the ex-Taino's, particularly Will. I think if I could boot Will without alienating Adam and Zeke I would be golden, but I think that's easier said than done. I feel like I could explain my rational to Adam. I don't think Zeke could contain himself. He would freak out and cause hell if he thought I would vote one of his circle jerk pals off. It might be worth it to alienate Adam and Zeke {2 ppl} vs THE REST OF THE CAST who will now get the message that Taino isn't untouchable and planning on pagonging everyone. Timing is key though. But it's so tempting.

[Lucy]

Oh how crazy was tonight?


Lets start with the first Immunity Challenge. Yes, you didn't misread me, I said first. Implying their were more than one. It was basically a color coded version of the children's game Pico Fermi Bagel. We had to correctly solve a combination of five colors in a specific order. The tougher version of this game is called Mastermind and I am a Wiz. I play it on a weekly basis when I am on the train going into Chicago. I quietly took the lead for the beginning of the challenge and suggested to split our guess like so 'Red Red Red Blue Blue'. More often than not you will not guess correctly on the first try so you need to narrow it down. We learned we had 1 right. So for the next guess we used 'Red Red Red Green Green' and discovered none were right. Red/Green are out of the color choices and we now know that Blue is in spot 4 or 5. We continued using the method of narrowing it down and we quickly figured out our color combinations and it just showed that my idea was valid.

The Tiebreaker was speed so I made a point to encourage Hannah to post as quickly as possible and the majority of the time she posted our guess first. When we got down to the last two possible answers... We were wrong the first time... and thankfully the Lucayan were also wrong.. so as soon as the next round started I IMMEDIATELY POSTED, tribe discussion be damned, because I knew I had the right answer... And what do ya know?

Taino wins Immunity.

Call me clairvoyant, but I knew there was going to be problems. I have hosted this challenge in the past and I know from first hand experience how confusing it can be and how meticulous you have to be. I even posted in our group chat that I'm afraid Probst is going to come back and say it was a mistake....

Fast Forward to Jeff announcing he made a mistake....

Now. I did something quite sneaky here. I pretended like I had no idea that any of this was happening. I signed out. While my tribe desperately tried to reach me, I reformatted my new Ipod. Call me a bitch, but I was in no mood to do yet another challenge straight out of waking up, especially after feeling like I had worked so hard to solve the code...

So I stayed hidden. I saw the second immunity challenge and that it was going to be a posting challenge and would be a teamwork oriented challenge. Based on how horrible Taino has been at challenges in the past I naturally assumed we would lose and didn't want to be involved... so I figured I would make the other tribe mates do all the work.

I waited till they were in the middle of the challenge to resurface and acted outraged that I wasn't notified and how upset I was... girl I didn't bat an eye. I played my part well. Point in case, I hate posting challenges, so I smartly made it look like I had left so that I didn't have to do it.

And who knew? The tribe was just fine without me. The Lucayan tribe started and was a total disaster. Everyone was posting out of sequence and numbers were not in order... The Taino's slow and methodical approach worked better and although the Lucayan tribe did get there shit together and bridged the gap, they never caught up and we won THE SECOND immunity challenge of the night.

I noticed that Mari had posted the most fuck ups and pre learning her fate at Tribal Council I thought that she was throwing the challenge in an act of defiance due to being pegged as the next to go...

Whatever the case. My only final two ally was voted off. Mari is gone. This puts me in a great position with Hannah. I would venture to guess I am now her only ally, but I don't think I want to put my eggs in Hannah's basket.

I find myself chatting more with the non Taino's lately. I kind of have my eye on Drew.

[Lucy]

Congrats on winning your first real challenge as tribes and making it one step further to the grand prize of the title of Winner of Stranded in Turks & Caicos and the one million dollars! (Give or take 999,900 dollars.)

Thanks! This is my second immunity victory. I won one individual immunity last week and continued that trend by winning my first tribal immunity with my new tribe. Two challenges if you pretend the first immunity challenge wasn't cancelled. Taino kicked some major ass tonight. No one was more surprised than me. I had pretty much lost faith on the abilities of my tribemates.

Do you think nuTaino will continue to win forcing members of nuLucayan to go or do you think it was just one challenge and who knows?

I am expecting the unexpected going forward. I do not expect these tribes to stay this way till the merge. I think us staying together would be a real shock. Now that NuLucayan has voted out the only Taino member on there side I would love love LOOOOOOOVE to make them go to more tribal councils to get a better gage on who is controlling the tribe. I hear the vets are running the show... I have heard it's Brian. I have heard it's Chrissy. I want confirmation with my own eyes and seeing Lucayan sacrifice more people to the Survivor Gods is the only way.

How good of a spot do you think you are in at this stage in the game?

If I had to grade myself in terms of game play and where I stand in this tribe as of now... I would say B+. I think I could survive several tribal council visits with this current line up. I have many options. I have the old Taino alliance. I could put the people outside of Taino together. I could try and target the vets. I feel like I will last the test of time on this tribe. One switch could change that, but right now I'm feeling comfortable. I talk to everyone and I think that is appreciated.

Tell me some of your tribemates that you like or want to work with. And while you're at it, tell me the ones you can't stand or don't want to work with.

I am flirting with the idea of approaching Drew with an alliance. I have talked idol clues with him. He's outside of my comfort zone. I think he is really smart and I think that he would be the person most likely to get his hands on an idol. I think we would also make a good team because he has ties with a lot of players that I don't. I think it would also be really unexpected as well. With Mari out of the picture the sky is the limit. I am a free woman. I will find a new final two ally to team up with.

Who on the other tribe do you want to meet the most?

I really would like to chat with Lydia. She rubbed so many of the original Taino tribe members wrong for looking like a show off for volunteering for the leadership role in the first two challenges. I'm not sure why, but it pissed Zeke and Adam off. Lydia always laughs and likes the things that I say in the group shout box. I just think we would have fun conversations.

I don't want to meet Danni or Dale. I find both annoying in different ways. Danni came to the challenge drunk and it just seemed stupid. If it's not true you look desperate for attention, if it is true it's kinda disrespectful to your tribe. I think she is in the majority alliance and can get away with those antics. If she was on this tribe she would be the next one to go.

Dale bugs me because he's rude and seems to have these remarks that are more mean than humorful. I just don't think I will get along with him. He has a been here done that type of vibe. You played once, good for you, you lost... so your not the second coming of christ. Simmer down.

Feel free to share anything else on your mind. Good luck!

I have nothing else to add at the moment.

17 people left. Potentially 5 more eliminations until the jury starts. I am very anxious for the future.

[Lucy]

I spent yet another night wasting away on this pointless search for the Hidden Immunity Idol.

I have tried every boat that is historically linked to the island. I have tried every ocean, sea, or bay in the area. Every city in Turks and Caicos. I have tried all the names of historical people that have any ties to Turks and Caicos. I have produced nothing. I was convinced that the password was Trouvadore *all lower case* after a ship that crashed there holding a bunch of slaves who were lead to freedom. Nothing works.

Here is how I feel like the Trouvadore fits the clues...

'The Trouvadore was a Spanish slave ship that was shipwrecked in 1841 near East Caicos in the course of a run transporting Africans to be illegally sold to the sugarcane plantations in Cuba. As the United Kingdom had a treaty with Spain prohibiting the international slave trade and had abolished slavery in its colonies in 1833, it freed the 192 slaves who survived the wreck. Individuals and families, a total of 168 Africans, were placed with salt proprietors for apprenticeships in the Turks and Caicos Islands; the remaining 24 Africans were settled in Nassau.'

The clues mention a treaty... foes.. a prize that makes you weak at the knees < i took that to mean like freedom, the slaves that crashed on the Trouvadore escaped to Turks and Caicos to Freedom. The clues also discuss perishing in the waves... which the ship did... The clues mention salvation and justice... I'm sorry but a slave becoming free is probably the most just thing I can thing of and it would be salvation for those poor people.

I am pissed that this is the last clue we are getting. I don't see how any of them come together and it better be some truly genius shit whenever it's revealed to us what the answer was.

I am assuming it's the final clue because someone smarter put the clues together and solved it. Drew, Ryan, and Gary have all been on pretty late and available. I'd imagine they must be working to solve the clues.

I knew I should have just not looked at the clues and get involved. All this has done is pissed me off. It's like having a present and being told hints to what it is and the only way for you to get it is to be right. I have no patience. The history of Turks and Caicos has been boring as fuck to research. I hope all the people vacationing there get eaten a giant octopus or murdered by the ghosts of the dead slaves of the Trouvadore Shipwreck.