Go Jump in Front of a Train

This is the final episode of Survivor: Aruba.

Previously on Survivor..
36 days ago, eighteen castaways embarked on an adventure of a lifetime, a season of Survivor, taking place in Aruba. The game quickly heated up due to the One World twist, making a cross-tribe bond between Austin and Angel, causing the others to target them.

On Tijger, the resident pre-merge schemer, Faith, used Austin's close bond to the other tribe to make him believe that Frank was targeting him, causing two fierce alliances on Tijger (Austin, Faith, Maria, James on one side, Frank, Amelia, Maddie, Kayla on the other, with Ben in the middle). Austin and Faith's alliance quickly became the majority one as Frank was sent out due to an idol, Ben chose to go to their side, and Amelia was voted out not long after. Over on Leeuw, the tribe was divided by gender, beginning a rivalry between Will and Eliza, as the two figureheads of the alliance battled for Drew's vote. Drew ultimately sided with the women, getting Zeke out of the game, and after Chris left due to a medical evacuation, leaving only Seth and Will apart of the Fratboy Alliance.

On Day 12, Tijger lost the challenge and decided to send Faith home for her weakness in challenges and conniving ways. This was where an alliance between Austin, Ben, Kayla, and Maddie was formed. However, the alliance was short-lived. After Faith's ousting, a tribe switch scrambled the tribes, sending Eliza, Angel, and Seth over to Tijger, and Maddie, Ben, and James over to Leeuw. The new Tijger tribe lost the first post tribe switch challenge, and an alliance between Eliza, Angel, Kayla, and Austin was formed. Together, the group of four got Seth out of the game, making Will the only member of the Fratboy Alliance left in the game. They planned to vote Maria out after she terrorized the camp, hiding the machete, Eliza's jacket, and Austin's shoes, and then tried to blame it on someone else. But the Tijger tribe won the challenge, sending Leeuw to Tribal Council. Ben and Maddie thought they were dead in the water due to the fact that James would surely flip over to Joyce, Cassidy, Drew, and Will, therefore ousting them. But the two of them managed to turn the tables on James, convincing the four Leeuws that James would not be loyal to them in an upcoming merge, whilst Ben and Maddie would.

The merge occurred the next day, and Austin used his multiple connections to create an alliance consisting of everyone except Drew, Joyce, Cassidy, and Maria. However, in order to keep the super-alliance on the downlow, Austin tried to sway Drew, Joyce, and Cassidy to vote out Maria, making them think it would to be a unanimous vote. However, Maria came up with a counterplan, as she and Cassidy tried to get the two of them, Will, Joyce, Drew, and Eliza to form a voting bloc to oust Austin. The plan ultimately failed, as only Cassidy and Maria stuck to the plan, and Austin played his idol, getting Maria out of the game.

Cassidy tried to scramble, and she managed to get Eliza, Kayla, Will, and Maddie, who all felt insecure in the large alliance, on her side. The vote ended in a 5-5 tie between Cassidy and Austin. However, after a little speech from Austin, Will got nervous of drawing rocks and flipped back to his original alliance, sending Cassidy home and making Eliza, Kayla, and Maddie now targets. The three women found an unlikely ally in Drew, as he secretly voted with them and tried to get Joyce to as well. He'd blame the extra vote on Ben, claiming that Ben was flipping to get Jury votes. Joyce would always stick to the original alliance, sending Maddie and then Kayla home in votes of 5-4, and 5-3 respectively. After Eliza failed to win immunity on Day 33, it looked like she'd be gone for good. However, she managed to save herself when she pulled out an idol, negating all votes except for her own, and sending Angel, Austin's closest ally, out of the game. Eliza managed to spare herself yet again as she convinced Will, Drew, and Joyce to all vote for Ben, sending him home and saving herself. After winning immunity on Day 36, Eliza, Drew, and Joyce hatched a plan to get rid of Austin and Will, targeting Will first for his challenge prowess. However, wanting to stay in Austin and Will's good graces, Drew convinced Will to play his idol, negating the three votes and sending Joyce home in a vote of 2-0.

Now, only four remain.

Austin- The Puppetmaster. He controlled the game for a large portion, until Eliza started to screw up his plans. Pre-merge, he was very likable, strategic, and had a good social game. However, Austin has lately proved to be temperamental during times of stress and a bit of a control freak. Will he be able to convince the Jury to overlook that flaw and award him the million?

Drew- The Double Agent. Starting out the game as simply a nice guy, Drew quickly proved that he was more than that during the merge, as he bounced back from alliance to alliance, all the while keeping his reputation clean to both sides. But once Drew needs to choose a side, will he choose the right one? And will he be able to persuade the Jury to give him the million dollars?

Eliza- The Underdog. Eliza began her game by forming an alliance with all of the tribe's females and Drew after stumbling upon the men's alliance. She made a bold move jumping ship from the majority to the minority, but had to watch as every single one of her allies got voted out. She's played a strong strategic game and managed to save herself more than once. Can she make it through one more Tribal Council to get to the million dollars?

Will- The Strategic Villain. Will quickly proved that he was a force to be reckoned with, as he played a strong, strategic, no-regrets game, steamrolling over his competition and causing chaos when needed. However, he is not very well-liked by the Jury, considering he screwed most of them over. Will he be able to persuade the Jury to give him the money for his strong strategic game alone?

With three days left, two tribal councils to go, only one will remain standing after all the rest fall. That person will be the Sole Survivor.

Who will win?

Challenges
Final Immunity Challenge: N/A

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Author's Notes
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