Holy shit, Shirin is gone.

[imfeelinrusty]

Courtney being voted out is just around the corner. I need to make sure I play this right. She will probably have a lot of influence on the jury, and if everyone else is dead set on her, I can use that as an excuse to get her out of the game if need be. Right now, it's 6 vs 3. We could split the votes if we wanted, but I think that might be too risky. I'd honestly just rather vote out Angie. She was so high and mighty after last round, saying how much influence she has, how I'm fucked if I don't vote Rodney, etc. It'd be poetic justice if she went next. The little revenge troll in me wants that to happen.

Regardless, now Mike has alienated himself and Andrea is still in the middle. I think there's a ton of people who, AS OF NOW, cannot win. There's Angie, Mike, Natalie, and Rodney for sure. Andrea and Ciera are kind of middle ground, along with Colby, idk which way he would swing people. Then there's me and Courtney as the last main contenders for the win as of now. I think I gotta duck my head down this round and let other people make the plans. If I'm seen as a figurehead for this next vote, I'm completely screwed, and anyone with a brain would know to turn the guns to me. I think the only people I have strong loyalties to are Natalie, Ciera, and Rodney, but I could easily see the former two coming after me in a few rounds. I might have to cut them out of the equation just so that I can play with predictable people. If I cut out the other three and maybe Natalie, I think I would have a win on my hands. Idk. A lot on my mind right now, and I think that I'm in an even better position now. But people WILL see me as a threat, so I have to be the guy that goes along with what everyone says.

[imfeelinrusty]

Fucking Andrea man.

Me, Nat, Rod, Andrea, and Ciera were all trying to work together to not get any of our own out. It works for a while, and then it comes down to three people left, and three targets. I have Diane, Andrea has Shannon? And then Court has Dida. At this point, Rod is pushing hard for me or Andrea to shoot Dida. Suddenly, Andrea says, "Proboards isn't loading for me." LOL. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA WE ALL KNOW THAT'S COMPLETE BULLSHIT AND THAT YOU WILL BE SHOOTING ME BASICALLY RIGHT AFTER I SHOOT DIDA, JUST BE FUCKING HONEST ABOUT IT.

Of course, I shoot Dida, because there's no way Andrea is going to shoot before me. If I really wanted to wait it out, I could have. Courtney shoots Shannon and then I shoot Dida, but it would have been pretty obvious that I was working with Courtney then, so I had to save face. It's obvious that Andrea was playing for herself. It's an individual game. I wouldn't be so pissed if she was upfront about it, but a pathetic excuse like that is essentially just fucking yourself over really.

I want to keep Courtney in. Yeah, she's likable, yeah she's a threat towards the end game, but if she can make it to the end, I can only prove how much control I had in the game as well. Here's where things get interesting though.

Natalie apparently approached Courtney saying how badly she wants to vote off Angie, even though Courtney is obviously a threat. If she can get the numbers and be quiet about it and not approach me or Rodney about it, we would be GOLDEN to keep Courtney in longer. We could use that as an excuse to get rid of Natalie next, and then Andrea, or vise versa. Basically, it depends on how shady Natalie is about this. The shadier, the better.

There's a lot of puzzle pieces moving by themselves right now, and awesome watching all of then assemble themselves while I watch, and then connect the remaining big pieces to form the big picture and take all of the credit.

Ugh, I love this! Everything is going so well for me right now haha. I just need to keep my head low and not seem too excited. Then I should be good.

[imfeelinrusty]

To elaborate on what's going on this round, it seems almost unanimous that Angie is being voted out. But things have been awfully quiet today.

I think Andrea is trying to play the middle with Mike, and if she votes Angie, she will have lost the leverage over the middle and can't really flip anymore. If she wants to keep the numbers even, she will probably vote off a brain so she can stay in the middle. And she might be trying to organize a blindside against me.

I think, to most people, I'm the second biggest threat out playing right now, or I'm at least in the top 3 on everyone's list. Andrea and Mike could easily say, "Let's take out another threat and then flip back to take out Courtney next round." That might be going through their heads. And it terrifies me.

But if they do that, they lose pretty much any chance of winning.

I think it boils down to whether or not they are playing to get to the end, or if they are playing to win. If it's the former, then they probably flip to Brawn and vote out one of the brains. If it's the latter, I think they would play it safe and vote Angie.

Let's hope it's the latter.

Also, with Courtney still around, there will always be a bigger threat than me. A bigger target that takes more priority than me. That's partially why I want to keep her around.

I could try to organize a move against Andrea, but I think it's a better idea to play this one safe. If any word of distrust leaks back to Andrea, it's game over for me.