Spectators, it is time to be an open book

If this was actually just a fight to the death between the characters, who would win? How do you think you would do?

1. Well I surely hope to not die to weird ass mutants in the district 1 equivalent of a sewer so I really hope I don't follow in my district mates footsteps. I personally think it is a nice touch with regards to the theme, and it makes for easier organisation so I'm for it.
2. I got my second choice on my list so I am personally thrilled. Gilly has a lot of experience with LSGs which is great for me being a relative newbie. I am hoping to have a break out performance here and getting Gilly as a partner I feel has really helped with that a lot. I think this is a strong pairing and we have great communication potential.
3. I'm not reading super in to them. I think there is a bit of fate there with me and Gilly being on identical scores. If she had been faster I would have been matched with Ted which would have made everything completely different as Gilly and Ulysses would have been a HUGE powerhouse pairing.
4. I think I was one of the few who messaged everyone at least once before the end of the challenge, which I think put me in a good stead for putting in the effort. It is nice to have that pared back now as I have less time during the week than I did on the weekend. me and Gilly have been mostly on PMs, but we can likely move that in to the public forum. I have an idea for us to make notes on each pairing.
5. We have expressly decided to deliberately aim for a middle of the pack score, much like I did with the first challenge.

1. Heaps. Gilly and I talked a lot before the end of the challenge and I think we are both really happy with this pairing. We had a long and detailed chain, and I heard that we were both spruking each other to others so we were already heavily helping each other.
2. I think I have a strong challenge ability, and I think I can match some of her activity which is good. I think she really needs someone she can rely on to pull their weight of maintaining alliances in the other group.
3. KILLY
4. Oooo, see I generally die to twists in LSGs, which is why I am so bad at them. I can do challenges and I can talk but I do not deal well with sudden changes to the PMing landscape.
5. Good communications, we both scored the same in the challenge so we're probably pretty even there. And we both like Smash. I was chatting Frostbite with both Gilly and Zod, and we are talking about doing discord viewing parties for Smash tourneys after this game is over and we all learn who each other is. I have learnt that we all have different pro players we barrack for. Mine did the worst at Frostbite, but also had one of the hardest strength of schedules out of everyone.

Spectator questions!
Results of the second challenge are in, Birdo and Tracer took the victory
1) How safe are you feeling right now?
2) If you had the only vote here and didn't need to worry about social politics, who would you send to the eliminator?
3) Are you going to focus on threats or on quieter players?
4) If you're sent to the eliminator, do you think you'd make it back out?
5) In theory, half of everyone you vote off will come back from the eliminator, how will you manage their anger with you voting them off?

Ok so I shouldn't answer spectator questions while at work because I give short responses.

Also there was a winner change since I posted.

So interesting things is that Wenya spilled their guts to me and a couple of others about thinking Lele deliberately sabotaged their challenge for an unknown reason. I've bonded with Wenya over support for them so I hope they beat Lele after being send there by Zod and Fenrir. Shadow/Montreal is unanimous vote, so safe for the moment.

Myself and Gilly have been approached for alliances with District 1. There is a larger alliance with 3, 7, and 9. 12 and Susan have their own things going but we are not privy. Gilly doesn't really like 12 so eh.

1. I knew both. I decided not to try and convince District 3 off of District 2. But I would have preferred District 6. Zod was quite Clea with everyone in our alliance that they wanted to leave the easy first vote (District 11) open for the votes so nothing would appear crazy. Wenya and Lele neglected to message District 3 so it is their own fault.
2. I warned District 2, they did nothing about it. Gilly warned Shadow as well at my insistence.
3. Shadow and Wenya. I have gotten in to a decent relationship with Wenya despite really not liking them and Gilly has been trying the same with Shadow. People voted them because of mostly Lele and Montreal, so we are trying to position should craziness happen in the next vote that we are at least decent with a Shadow/Wenya pair. If any other combination happens the pair is going straight back to elimination pretty much regardless.
5. The juicy goss is that Wenya thinks Lele threw the challenge on purpose. No one can even fathom why Lele would do that but it looks deliberate. I don't know if Lele expected to be the vote bc Shadow is at least messaging, but if Lele wins a brilliant partner is not waiting for them.

4.
Darkness set in as the districts eyed each other. District 2 had received a care package of jerky, and while using it to flavour water from a nearby stream over a fire, the pair from District 11 happened upon them. Hungry and desperate Shadow drew the single dagger he had salvaged before disappearing earlier on. Montreal all grinned, their partner was taking the lead and that meant an opportunity to directly take a competitor's life. They had the numbers advantage, 11 men all ready to pounce on their opposition attempting to rest. Tapu Lele rose in response to this aggression and the battlefield went weird.

Shadow was the first to make a move, immediately finding themself unable to do so after a couple of steps.
Wenya laughed, "Heh, your speed means nothing when Lele is here, you're useless," moments before exploding in a flash of multicoloured light.

Montreal seized the opportunity, chanting "SQUARE" to each other and trying to find someone to stand in line with them. They sprinted in unison, changing their chant to "THROUGH" while Shadow just stared in horror. The men he thought were his trust teammates were turning on him, allying with this purple fucking fairy thing. Shadow silently lamented on their life.

"I was meant to go fast," he thought, "I can only go fast."

Tapu Lele, realising the others were doing just as e had done settled down, returning the battlefield to normal.

Shadow was paralysed, half due to Lele's influence, half in pure fear. He tried to move again. His foot went forward, and again, and ag-
In a black blur, the Montreal Impact started dropping, they gripped their knees in pure agony. The one wearing a bright yellow jumper and gloves just groaned, "NOW IS NOT THE TIME, THERE ISN'T EVEN A FUCKING REF HERE. GET UP YOU IDIOTS!"
He noticed too late. As he saw an unnatural black blur barrel towards him instincts kicked in, he dived in the way. The blur collided with him. His last thought, "I saved it" as his body was sliced through by Shadow's blade.

Oh em gee.

I really hope these are picked by spectators because if it works like hidden immunity idols I have literally never seen one or have any clue as to how someone might get one. I've never made it far enough in to a game.

Like are hidden idols hidden in hidden links? Are they like you do a thing and it activates. I got no idea. Oh man, I immediately feel less safe from things now. Ooooo Ulysses tone changed recently, does that mean he might be hoarding something.

Hoooooooooooo this is nuts. Poor River and Shuichi. They deserved better. I was just starting to like River. I hope River and Wenya survive. I think I am well placed if that happens.

My voracious hunger for people to eat and powers to gain is never satisfied.

Kirby is coming for you.

Kirby is coming for you ALL!

He can be appeased however. Much like the gods of old, the secrets are hidden in the Necromnomicon^tm. Only there will you find the answers. But beware, Kirby is not all that could be following you.

Hi! I feel like the game is going pretty well. I think the closest thing I have to an enemy at the moment is Donald and I think that isn't too bad of a situation.

I am so so sorry but I need to answer honestly. Bacon is overrated. However Pork is one of my favourite meats in general. I just think that Bacon leaves a not great smell that lingers.

Gilly, Tracer, River - Which is very very different to what my answer would have been 48-36 hours ago. But I am connecting really well with the people I'm not incredibly close to. River and Shuichi especially is a pair we have in the back pocket as an alliance moving forward.

Something that doesn't swap pairs afterwards haha. I think I do well in logic-y perfect imbalance type stuff where you have to just roll the dice based on information given and try to outplay other people.

I haven't watched survivor in over a decade.

Haha, good to hear. Honesty is the best policy.

I think it would have been Gilly, Ulysses, and Zod. My alliance is getting very in everyone's business which makes a lot of sense. I don't think the alliance is going to last and the more I message him the more I think I am the weakest link with Ulysses and the more I think Fenrir and Zod have other stuff going on they think is stronger long term. Like me have an alliance with River and Shuichi that is meant to be private at the moment. And I know not everyone like Birdo while Tracer has catapulted up my favourite people list.

Fair enough. I think I just am not in to the drama of reality tv any more. I mostly watch fiction dramas now. The Bold Type is probably my favourite. But yeah I don't even watch the big Aussie ones either. People get weird when I say I don't watch The Block, My Kitchen Rules, or I'm a Celebrity.

Could you elaborate on each of these points and why you think that?