Monday, August 22

Voting Time

Voting Time
(continued at Team Promethiad)


Toby walked to the bonfire with the rest of his team. He was tired, but glad to be

done with this final challenge. The bonfire in the middle of the jungle was all too familiar

to Survivor and he couldn't help but laugh about that one. Ryan gave him a weird look

for it of course, but she didn't have a sense of humor. Both her and Ipod clung to Cory.

He couldn't help but wonder if they were avoiding him because of his

second occurrence of turning into the monster. They were being more weird than usual.

All of those feelings faded however when he saw Moira enter with her team.


It was time for voting. Moira was relieved that the challenges were over-for now.

After this, they would be getting a break. They didn't know for how long. They were all

tired and a light film of soot covered their skin. The volcano was still erupting and the air

was heavy with the soot.


Moira laughed as she entered the clearing where a giant bonfire was blazing. It

reminded her all too much of another show. She looked around for Toby's team and

smiled as she met his eyes across the fire. She wandered over and sat down next to him,

not caring what either of their teams thought. "Looks a little familiar, doesn't it?" she

murmured to him.


"Yeah. I'm kind of hoping I get voted off the island." He sighed and watched as

Chance Cagney came out, looking as chipper and annoying as ever.


"Congratulations! You have survived our first run of challenges. We do in fact

have a winner but we would like to extend the opportunity to change things up a bit. As

you know, the rules originally said only one could win. We are willing to offer all of you

a chance at the thing you desperately desire. The catch? You have to compete for longer,

and we decide how long that will be. Majority rules will be the deciding factor. I will

hand each of you some paper and you may write your decision now as well as who you

think should be declared the ultimate player from your team."


As Chance passed around the paper and pens, Moira wondered what she should

do. If she stayed, that might be more of an opportunity to be with Toby--as long as he

stayed as well. If he left now, he might not get "healed" of his monster power. Making

sure no one was paying attention, she leaned over and whispered in Toby's ear: "What do

you want to do want to do?"


He sighed, unsure of what to do or think. "If it means you being okay, I'm willing

to keep going for as long as it takes." He wrote his vote, putting Ipod as his team's most

valuable player. She'd done so much for him.


Moira quickly wrote down her vote to stay. If Toby was staying, she was staying.

She paused as she tried to think about the most valuable teammate. Definitely not Lily or

Jesse. Neither one had really done anything. It had to be Will. He had saved her when she

was trapped in the funhouse at the fair, and he had come back for her and carried her

through the desert when she had fallen and sprained her ankle. She had to vote him MVP,

despite the growing drama between them. She sighed as she wrote down his name,

hoping it wouldn't come back to haunt her.


He watched as the others put their votes in the box and sighed, reaching for her

hand to hold her close. He needed the extra comfort right now.


"Well teams, it's unanimous! Everyone wants to continue with the competition,"

Chance announced, looking gleeful.


This actually surprised Toby. He'd have thought for sure that at least Ryan would

want to pick a winner and bail. He squeezed Moira's hand, unsure of what this would

mean for them now. What happened next?


"You have three months to prepare. See your families. See the world. Whatever

you do, figure out why you're here." Chance said.

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