Author's Note - This is the beginning of a long-running series, of 7-12 parts, depending on how long each part ends up being. I don't plan to finish this project in a day, a week, or even a month. I see it as a season, and maybe year long project, that I hope to finish.

What is this project? Earlier in our timeline, on October 3rd, of 2016, a game was played in Innocent Town, a forum that only trusted+ users can access. Recently, on January 16th, 2017, the game finally ended, after nearly four months (something I hope to avoid in future games) of gameplay. Someone stood victorious.

But this isn't about who won, at least not yet. Because I told them from the beginning, the entire story, from what they've told me, would be told. Throughout the game, I used questions called confessionals in private messages to get the answers I wanted, to help build an idea of the kind of game they were playing, in order to more adequately talk about the game itself.

This is the first part, the first episode, where the game begins. In the future, if I do an Author's Note, it will be used to remind you of what happened last time, or to point out points where I don't have as solid a memory of the events. I hope you enjoy this fan-fiction.

Key -
Confessional - A private moment where the player is speaking to the camera, alone, usually filmed at a different time in the day, and edited to be placed at an appropriate moment, that makes sense.

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THE MAROONING

The show's host, legacyme3, from here on out, known as Leggy, addresses the audience, as beautiful shots of a seemingly deserted island, its surrounding ocean, and plant life jump on screen.

"Welcome one and all, to the island of Hungriger. This is a remote island, in the south east Innocent Town sea, removed far from any game of Mafia, any game of Murder Mystery, any game ever. It is an incredibly remote, but tropical island, that is about as dangerous as both the Amazon rainforest, and the Australian Outback. The island may be lush with plant and animal life, but all of it is trying to kill you."

At this stage, the shots turn from the pleasant and beautiful shots to images of animals no one's ever heard of snapping their teeth, being aggressive, and in general, just looking terrifying. First there's a weird chimera of a tiger, frog, and rat. Then there's a humongous kangaroo-like rhinocerous (A rhino standing up like a Kangaroo, hops like one too). Then a tiny, harmless looking nematode that suddenly engulfs the kangaroo-like rhinocerous in a single bite. This place is playing for keeps.

"The water is completely undrinkable, contaminated with some strange toxin that once wiped out the Grund Hundin people of a nearby town. What little food there is, is poached by other, stronger, predators, and your only hope of survival is teamwork and hope."

At the mention of water, we return to pictures of the oceans, in-land rivers, and the central lakes area of the island. Inside the water, especially the lakes region, skulls of former people are clearly visible.

"In this game, 12 people willingly left their homes for the adventure of a lifetime. Those 12 people have been divided into the three tribes:"

There are video of three boats, divided by color, green, purple, and blue, all jetting across the Innocent Town ocean, with each boat containing 4 very scared contestants, 1 scared looking driver, and 1 lion to serve as a tribute to the island itself. Of course, the lion is actually going to die, but it doesn't look scared at all.

"The first of those three is the Narr tribe, which will always wear green. The members of that tribe are mlb789, pacman1755, megamanmaniac, and yoshirulez!. They will be situated on the southern beach of Hungriger where plant life is plentiful, but so are dangerous predators. They will also have little shelter from the elements, constantly being forced to rebuild their shelter, after the torrential rain, and vile wind storms decimate them each night."

While checking out the Narr tribe, they pan to each member individually. Most of the players on this tribe are veterans of the game, and are probably the most relaxed of the tribes. A lack of shelter probably isn't likely to bother them... much.

"The second tribe, is the Harte Arbeit tribe, which will always wear blue. The members of that tribe consist of Surgiac, deggle, Furret, and gamerforlifeforever. While the previous tribe will have plenty of resources, this tribe will have no resources at all. Meanwhile, they will get the benefit of tons of natural shelter on the western beach, where they are shielded from the wind by an island full of trees to their west, and a huge cave to their west. Additionally, they will generally be closest to the challenges, which could end up swaying points back in their favor."

Just like with Narr, Harte Arbeit gets the pan over. These players look noticeably less calm about the experience than Narr, however, and are clearly fidgeting, even in the rough waters, on a boat going 100 MPH. That's how much they are fidgeting, that it is noticeable, even on the boat.

"The final tribe is the Aufrichtigkeit tribe, which will always wear purple. The members of this tribe are Blubcreator, EX Palen, Maguc, and Patrick Star. This tribe will be situated on the northern coast of the island, and be the farthest from the challenges, and be closest to the legendary diseased waters that are native to this island. However, they don't need to worry about the weather or predators, as they themselves are the dominant force in that sector of the island."

This tribe lacks real veteran leadership on it, and it shows, as all four players are piss-your-pants terrified of what's about to happen to all of them. A shot of Patrick Star consoling the lion they are about to kill off is shown. But it appears none of his tribemates notice.

"They don't know how many tribes are in this game, nor do they know who is on their tribe. They don't know that the game has already begun..."

Dramatic music begins to play.

"One island, twelve competitors, one Survivor!"

Vizzed Survivor 2 Intro

Woops, image too big, here's a link

The players all get dropped off at the very center of the island (by way of river), home of the old Grand Hundin people. There are multiple temples and ziggurats, all covered in gold, and all adorned with the skulls and skeletons of the previous inhabitants. Meeting everyone, in the central courtyard, the host, Leggy, greets the players and welcomes them to the game.

"Welcome to Hungriger! This is the home of the ancient Grand Hundin people, and for the next month or so, it will be your home as well. You may notice around you, that there are three tribes, and twelve players. And you probably have an opinion of each of them, to some degree."

As Leggy says this, everyone looks skeptical, as if afraid to break, at the other tribes, but some players are razor focused enough to know their threat lies right in front of them.

gamerforlifeforever confessional - "I'm not sure what to think of Harte Arbeit. I think deggle and surgiac will be able to pull their weight in challenges, but I'm just not sure what Furret can do."

A shot of Furret looking aloof is shown, but his own inner monologue begins.

Furret confessional - "On my left is a scary tribe (Narr). You've got 3 dangerous IT veterans, including the immunity freak from last season, and someone who could honestly be a wildcard. We're going to have to watch out for them, especially during the first portion of the game. They'd paint a nice target on their back as soon as we merge though."

With that, we are given a closer look at the Narr tribe, more specifically, yoshirulez! He looks to be completely disinterested in these routine, day-one trials.

yoshirulez! confessional - "I think that the lot of them are probably not as good as our (Narr) combined efforts. I also think that some members will be stupid enough to vote the good ones off, given the history of this game."

Ignored in all of this, until this point is the third tribe, Aufrichtigkeit. With Narr and Harte Arbeit wary of each other, they seem to slip mostly under the radar.

EX Palen confessional - "I'm concerned about gamerforlifeforever. He was born the same day as me, and I fully know how dangerous people born on that date can be. Also, he's an avid gamer and performs well in competitions, so double the danger."

At this stage, Leggy resumes his duties. "You've each been given a few needs to find your camp. A compass, a flashlight, a single knife, and a map. Obviously, this is not likely to protect you for long, so it behooves you to find your camp as soon as possible. But before you all go to your camp... what say you, we play a game? It's time for your first challenge, Star Fox."

The competitors are absolutely floored right now. The game has already begun, and most of them are only just now realizing it. Getting back into game mode, Leggy explains the rules for this challenge. It boils down to score as much as possible. The top two teams will win immunity. Additionally, the top team wins a clue to the hidden immunity idol.

The challenge starts off with a bang, as everybody sans a handful of users are quick to submit original scores, and of the pack, yoshirulez! has established himself a dominant force, giving Narr an early lead. But this is shortlived, as gamerforlifeforever takes the lead back, with a huge score of his own, for the Harte Arbeit tribe.

Just when you think you know all the answers though, Aufrichtigkeit changes the questions, as they stumble their way into second place, off the backs of a high score by EX Palen AND Blubcreator. Narr is being left behind, as only one member of the team has managed to do anything.

We fast-forward a while into the future, and with only a short time left in the competition.

"So far, megamanmaniac, pacman1755, and Maguc are the only players not do do anything!"

Just then, a miracle happened, for Narr.

"Pacman1755 in with an absolutely MASSIVE SCORE. This puts Narr in 2nd by 3,000 points! And with no time to mount a comeback, Aufrichtigkeit loses and will be going to Tribal Council tomorrow night! Harte Arbeit wins, and gets both immunity and the idol clue!"

As the players leave the competition area, only two players had submitted a score. Megamanmaniac, and Maguc.

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NARR

We start by going to the Narr tribe, to see their happenings, once they finally get back to camp.

megamanmaniac confessional - "I don't really speak much to anyone else, and generally don't respond to anything unless spoken to. I'm not good at initiating conversation, so I don't. If I'm needed, I'll help. As for hunting and gathering (or whatever it's called), there's a lot of stuff around here to eat, but most of it tastes bland. I'm also not the best chef, so a lot of the meat I make ends up a bit burnt."

A shot is shown of pacman1755 walking into nearby ruins, exploring his new home for the next month.

pacman1755 calls out to his tribe, "Hey, I've got something here for shelter, there isn't anything in the way of a roof, really, but it's better than nothing!" The tribe scurries over, as it had already begun to rain, and they heard the roar of some animal they'd prefer not to get acquainted with.

pacman1755 confessional - "Luckily our team seem to have found a good place in the area to find shelter that'll be tolerable for now. At least for my taste in location. As long as the other tribe members don't get eaten, I'm good."

But inside the shelter, post-challenge, the seeds had begun to grow.

yoshirulez! confessional - "While I'm not exactly disappointed in megamanmaniac for being absent, I'm kind of wondering just how useful he'll be in the later challenges. Any score will help a great deal, but no score won't make a different."

mlb789 is shown sitting next to yoshirulez!, a sign of an alliance?

mlb789 confessional, with yoshirulez! in shot - "MMM didn't do squat." A much more blunt take on the challenge.

Meanwhile, the man himself, megamanmaniac had found himself a bit isolated, and was foraging for berries, hoping to curry favor with his tribemates, in between bouts of studying for college.

megamanmaniac confessional - "No one has approached me pretty much at all. I haven't really talked to anyone yet, and considering my inactivity, I don't think that'll change much."

Thunder cracks.

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HARTE ARBEIT

Furret, gamerforlifeforever, Surgiac, and deggle all high five each other simultaneously upon getting back to camp. They had just utterly crushed both of their rivals, sit in their extremely dry shelter, the most well-preserved ruins of the entire island, and celebrate... until they get hungry that is.

Furret confessional - "I think we got dealt a lucky hand here. One can go weeks without food and we've got natural shelter against the weather conditions and temperatures. Our first priority should be fire so we can clear any water we find."

Of course, as soon as he says this...

Surgiac confessional - "My tribe has no resources so I set out in search of the fabled Candy Mountain that is rumored to be on the island."

As she wanders about, completely clueless, and clearly delusional from hunger, her tribemates watch on in amusement. After all, there was no Candy Mountain, nor was it even fabled. It was clearly the acid dream of somebody who had gone mad with hunger.

Furret sweatdrops at this scene, as he has completely misjudged one key variable on day one, other people.

While everyone questions what to do about food, gamerforlifeforever goes to fish in the ocean. He gets a bite, and reels it in. It's not a big catch, but it's a catch, which means they won't go hungry, provided they can start a fire, cook the fish, and thus, clear it of contaminants in the water.

gamerforlifeforever confessional - "I'm the Ozzy Lusth of gaming!"

Having caught a fish, like Ozzy Lusth probably would, considering he's a literal god in the water, his tribemates didn't argue with his loud shout that could be heard all the way on the Narr beach.

At night, deggle begins to explore, much like Furret and gamer did earlier. He finds some less well preserved ruins, and spent a brief period of time inside, before scuttling out, shivering, for some reason.

deggle confessional - "I found some strange objects and symbols in these caves. It's really strange I might check them out again but it was really weird feeling in there."

At the campfire later in the night, the tribe celebrated their victory with gamer's fish, and joked, and had fun, and seemingly built real friendships.

Gamer would sneak off from the celebration, to take a bite out of the fish he kept on the side.

gamerforlifeforever confessional - "It felt amazing to see Harte Arbeit dominate as much as we did this time. We were the only team to not have anyone put up a goose egg in the challenge, which is a major plus. I was very surprised about pacman1755 though. I didn't see him being much of a threat in challenges, but he single-handedly prevented Narr from having to go to tribal council. He's now someone who I would consider to be a serious contender to win Vizzed Survivor, and my biggest competition."

He returns to the circle, to find most of the other members had walked off to do their own thing. Shrugging, he continues to enjoy his fish, the reward for his labors.

Furret found himself knitting, or something, I don't know. Can you knit with rocks?

Furret confessional - "No clue why gamer went crazy so early on. I understand why pacman had to but gamer pretty much put the spotlight on himself, especially after bragging about it when the challenge was over."

The time with Harte Arbeit ends with a shot of Furret returning to the fire, and staring across at gamer, who stares back at him.

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AUFRICHTIGKEIT

Getting to their camp, everyone instinctively makes for the water, but then remembers at the last second that they are poisoned, diseased, and will just lead to a bad time.

Shrugging their shoulders, they set to work on getting their provisions and shelter, both of which come easier than it does for the other tribes. Unfortunately, this leaves them in a tight spot, as they have no water, and water is of vital importance, especially after a challenge.

Patrick Star is fixated on the water, however, and is watching it... no, he's watching something else, a duck?

Patrick Star confessional - "Well so far camp life is going pretty good. I have been just watching a pond duck the whole day though. It is a very interesting duck. *the duck flies away* Awwww it flew away. *but it comes back* OH IT IS BACK. *it leaves again* IT LEFT. *It comes back again* IT IS BACK. I have now taken the pond duck as my pet. I named him Billy."

Introducing Billy to his tribe, at first they are very indifferent. They don't seem to even notice the duck, or assume it will just fly off if they attempt to eat it. So they let it be.

As Maguc walks by the duck, he looks up to the sky, shakes, and then settles. He finds himself a nice rock in the middle of nowhere, and sits down to break the fourth wall.

Maguc confessional - "Well it all started out a rainy monday afternoon. Actually I think it was a sunny Thursday night. Anyways, on this sunday night, I woke up on this strange camp. Around me were people I've never seen before, so I did the logical thing and went back to sleep. As I awoke, everyone around me was already awake, just staring at each other. It was really weird. Suddenly, we heard a big voice in the sky (Who I recently learned, is not God or Daddy Yankee), who explained about this game."

When questioned about this voice in the sky, not one of the other players could corroborate this story, but Maguc firmly believed in it.

As the day turned to night, and then to day again, the scheming would have to begin in earnest. This tribe was going to go to Tribal Council, and they needed to vote one of their own out.

A coalition of them got together, and made it clear what their plan was going to be.

"You have to vote Maguc."

"Yeah, 100%."

"Do we tell him?"

"No, he didn't tell us he would be inactive."

EX Palen confessional - "For the aforementioned lack of respect towards us and the competition, you have to go with Maguc, it's as simple as that."

We cut to Patrick Star feeding his duck and giving it some water. Because ducks drink water. Kind of.

Patrick Star confessional - "I am really furious at Maguc for doing nothing."

The water gets vomited back up.

Patrick Star confessional continued - "My pet duck is now vomiting everywhere! What else could go wrong!"

As he clears up the duck vomit, the horn sounds. It's time for Tribal Council.

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TRIBAL COUNCIL

The players walk in, dejected that someone is getting voted out.

"Welcome to Tribal Council, grab a torch, and light it, in this game, fire represents life, once your fire is gone, so are you."

The players alight their torches, and Blubcreator's in particular seems to be lit really well, it's almost like the torch itself is saying "just try and snuff me".

With wide eyes, the players retreat to their seats, and Leggy begins the council.

"So, what happened? Yesterday, your team lost to a team that had one member fail to even show up for the challenge. It should have been as easy as competing, but Maguc didn't even try himself, allowing you to lose by 3,000 points, a negligible score."

Maguc chimes up, "Honestly, it was my fault, I should have given some form of notice so that my absence could be accounted for. I kept procrastinating, and by the time I was ready, I just lost my controller, and was unable to submit anything at all."

Blubcreator had this to say, "Quite frankly, I was very confused, since I thought Maguc was going to be one of the active ones. Instead, we got low scores from several players, like myself, and one thing just led to another, and we lost. It's not entirely his fault, we all could have done a little better, I think. 3,000 points really isn't a big amount for any of us to score. I mean, if you saw pacman1755, he was an animal, basically going from nothing to the 2nd highest score with a snap of the fingers. Had any of us done that, we wouldn't be here having this discussion."

Leggy resumes his questions, "Before I get into more of the gameplay, I have to ask, why is there a duck at Tribal Council? In the last game, it was always just the players, no one else was allowed. So why is a duck desecrating the fabled halls of Tribal Council?"

Patrick Star boldly proclaims, "He's my duck, and his name is Billy."

Leggy then asks, "I get that, but in the past, pets and pets that turn into food, have always been left behind at camp."

Patrick Star retaliates, "But he's sick."

The duck coughs and coughs and throws up all over Maguc.

Maguc deadpans, "This just adds insult to injury."

"So, EX Palen..." Leggy blows by this all, to pose a question to Palen, catching his attention instantly, "We haven't heard a whole lot out of you tonight, you've been fairly quiet. Is there any thought as to what you are planning beyond day one?"

EX Palen clears his throat, and says, very eloquently, "To be honest, Leggy, I am thinking about my partnership with the various players in this game, and who is going to help me get closer to the end. You have to balance multiple things, from how much you like and trust a person, to how useful they are going to be in a challenge. Maguc messed up, that's a fact, but maybe he can be redeemed. No one is 100% safe tonight. They could decide to take me out as a threat, in the early game meta. And it would be 100% fine, because if you get voted out, it's for a reason. I'm just hoping the reasons are in my favor tonight."

"With that, it is now time to vote. One by one, you will go up to the voting urn, leave one vote for one player who is at Tribal tonight, and is not yourself. I will then read the votes, and the person with the most will be asked to leave the game. Palen, you're up."

One by one, the players vote, with one vote shown.

Blubcreator - "I'm voting for maguc. It's kind of crap to be inactive the very first challenge and not give your team any reason as to why. Had he provided a reason he would probably be safe tonight."

He sits down.

Leggy says, "Alrighty, I'll go collect the votes."

He returns.

"Alrighty, person with the most votes will be asked to leave the game immediately. Once the decision is read, it is final. I'll read the votes."

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THE VOTES

"First vote... Maguc."

"Second vote... Patrick Star (It originally had Maguc, but was crossed out and replaced with Patrick)."

The players all seem a little confused by this.

"Third vote... Maguc."

"First person voted out of Survivor: Trolls, Dolls, and Bullet Trains, Maguc."

In the background, whispering can be heard...

"So he voted for himself at first?"

Leggy shushes the chatter.

"Maguc, bring me your torch."

As Maguc brings his torch to the stand, he looks with a sense of longing, of wanting to stay in the game.

"The tribe has spoken. It's time for you to go."

Leggy snuffs the torch, and Maguc walks into the moonlight.

"One thing we have learned tonight, is that you value activity more than anything. You had a concrete voting bloc. Whether that was by accident or strategy, remains to be seen. Grab your things, head back to camp. Goodnight."

The music plays as Maguc leaves.

END

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Unread votes - I've decided I'll use the post-episode section to reveal who voted for who, and I'll even provide their reasons, if they listed a reason. I think this adds a bit of flavor to the adventure.

EX Palen - My vote goes obviously to Maguc.

It wouldn't have been such a clear and fast vote if we all tried our best, but Maguc failed not only to show up but also to give any sign of life. He literally abandoned the ship, and since you said inactive players would be booted out from the game, we'll save you time.

Patrick Star - Obviously Maguc. He did nothing the whole time. He signed up to play and he did not.

Maguc (originally tried to vote for himself) - Or Patrick Star. He's the one I have the least relationship and knowledge of, so it makes sense.

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Unaired confessionals - While I won't list every confessional, I do think it is important to share some of the ones that didn't quite make the air because they didn't make sense in the story I wanted to tell. This time, it will be winner quotes, some of which were really good, some of which were really bad.

yoshirulez! - My skills surpass others, there's really no need for any more words than that. The other tribes better recognize that I'm here to win.

EX Palen - Only those who prove their skills to be masterful prove themselves to be immortal.

Patrick Star - You think I will lose?*I probably will*

Furret - Imma outwit outplay outlast aaand outbalance them

Maguc - And if everything goes well, we'll all get pizza after this.

Blubcreator - "I'm not good at one liners or epic quotes but I am good at....y'know....winning and stuff...How's that?"

The others either didn't really make any sense, or just weren't what I was looking for.

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Now, I'm going to summon the players of the game, since I promised I would do this.

mlb789 :
pacman1755 :
megamanmaniac :
yoshirulez! :
Surgiac :
deggle :
Furret :
gamerforlifeforever :
Blubcreator :
EX Palen :
Maguc :
Patrick Star :

From this point forward, I will only summon you if you were in the game at the time of the "episode". So as to cut down on summons.

Feedback is appreciated. Thank you everyone, for your patience, and for playing my game.

   I love it. My duck has such a huge role in the story it seems. You should really keep this going. 

I laughed so hard when my Ozzy quote came up, the way you used it was perfect. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the series.

Well, no wonder why my winner quote stood out. I love it so much, even more when it's meaning turns out to be true (spoiler?).

It's kind of interesting to get to know the backstage of the game. I knew from the start that my confessionals would stand out, but I'm happy to see that everybody took the time to explain camp life as much as I did. This story promises to be great.

I'm impatient for the following part and see how the events are narrated. Please put this near the top of your priority list because it's the perfect way to spark interest in people to sign up for the upcoming Survivor games.

EX Palen :

I will say don't get your hopes up.

Some people were descriptive in camp life. Most were not. I built a lot of the story off of what I learned about you all as players over the season.