1. How do you feel about the new members on your tribe now and who you are with from your original tribe?
So I ended up with Conner, Pia, Shonee from my previous tribe. Shonee immediately came to me to say she wants to stick together, that she has my back. Pia came to me about being Pee Girls together.
It was wonderful. I don't know how much Shonee is being genuine, but I feel like Pia is being honest. Conner is not someone I feel connected with. He is overly social & way active to the point where it comes across fake to me. I do not know how he is constantly online, but he seems to always be around. I also know he agreed with my lower ranking based on analyzing the conversation I had with him before swap. He did not seem fond of me.
The new people on my team: AK/Abbey/Rohan, AK was amazing last night. Super duper social and fun to talk with. We bonded very fast & it was a fun time to chat with him. I really felt a connection brewing there. Abbey was also very nice but didn't go "as deep" as the kids like to say compared to AK. Rohan was very sexual and came home drunk. I told all of them about my low ranking & how I was shocked by it. I want to plant the seed of potentially working with that tribe if the opportunity presents itself/seems right to me.
If we cut to topics of today. Rohan entered the morning by messaging me, "Hey slut", which was funny. But, I used this to start conversations with both Shonee and Conner about the game.
They want to get a bit deeper? Let's get deeper. I told them that Rohan was my least favorite of these new team mates because of this comment and lack of going past the service with me. Abbey and AK are more approachable and fun to speak with. Conner immediately takes the time today to then defend Rohan. He said he really liked Rohan so far, one of his favorites.
What is this the Conner show? Does Conner's opinion matter more then mine just because he is Conner?
Shonee agreed with me, but immediately told Conner what I was saying about Rohan. Conner then approaches me(when we moved on to another conversation at this point) ABOUT NOT LIKING ROHAN.
So, Shonee showed her true cards: Conner's bitch.
Conner then runs back to Rohan to try and "bond better with Shonee and Phoebe" because then I get messages from Rohan asking, "what are your hobbies?" Out of the blue, in the middle of our cam girl sex conversation.
I am so put off by Conner, it is an understatement.
Shonee keeps reassuring me, she has my back. Conner keeps saying that us original four will stick together. I do not trust either one of them, they showed their true colors today with this Rohan bananas. I will go with Rohan and his big sex talk over them, any day.
Shonee wants to talk to Pia about everything, see if she is also not feeling Rohan.
You do that Shonee. I am going to sit back now and keep chatting. I started the drama, now we will let it fall into the places I want it to.
My goal: Keep bonding with Rohan, AJ, Abbey. I will keep my conversations going with Conner/Shonee/Pia to act with them. I will see how I feel when the time is right. I will see if Rohan opens up enough to allow me in his circle. Or is he just another one of Conner's bitches? Will he fold like Shonee did. Time will tell.
If I have to play Conner's hand for now, I might. However, I would rather see him go ASAP.
2. With three new idols being up for grabs with pre-merge conditions, will that affect your strategy in how vote-outs happen?
Yes, I think every vote off will have to be a blindside. I am sure everyone will agree to this as well. We also do not know where the original two idols have went. Which pockets they are in. I know I was guessing the correct answers towards the end of the last tribe, so someone from my original team has an idol. The question is: Who? (likely conner, he is online 18 hours a day).
3. Going from a large tribe of 12 to a small tribe of 7, how will your strategy change?
My strategy isn't changing because of the tribe numbers, but instead it is changing because of the tribe rankings from my last team. It is causing me to have to implement myself as a social goddess even more then I realized. I have to be online more, I have to keep this website up constantly and/or on my phone constantly. I cannot, and will not, fade to the background of this game. I refuse to go home & that means being here all the time & as often as I physically can be.
If Conner wants to play that way, bring it on. Phoebe is here to stay.
4. How are you feeling about your position in the new tribe and how do you think that will translate long-term?
I am scared about my position on this new team. I think that is exactly where I need to be though. Conner and Shonee are likely sitting comfortable. The people who aren't comfortable are the fighters they don't even know are coming. I am not comfortable, I am not comfortable with following orders or getting an "easy" majority to sustain ourselves. I am here to take control & play hard if that is what everyone else is planning on doing early.
I think I can "act" like I am with Shonee/Pia/Conner enough as a group of 4 from my original team, to then work on my bonds with the other 3 due to my low ranking in the past challenge. This is going to cause me to, hopefully, get some control here if we ever go to tribal council. I am hoping to bond enough with Abbey/AK this weekend. If they start falling in love with Conner though, I am just going to barf everywhere.