The Castaways Who Get Marooned

This is the first episode of the Survivor: Anambas 16th Castaway Miniseries.

Isolation Island
The Camera pans over the crystal clear ocean from high above as an island quickly approaches from within the distance. As it grows closer and closer, it's white sandy beaches and beautiful tall palm trees are over shadowed by a dreary aura from the abundance of dead brush and rocky terrain. The scene then cuts down to the beach, where Jeff Probst walks out onto from within the jungle.

Two helicopters then appears overhead, circling around and landing. As the blades cease spinning and the debris kicked up from the wind settles, the nine potential castaways; Rianne, Stacy, Nelson, Kristos, Charlotte, Bailey, Fred, Klara, and Juliette all hop out from within and gather onto a purple colored mat that matches the buffs each person already wears. Jeff welcomes them all to Survivor and they begin to cheer and clap.

Jeff explains to them that they are the first people to step foot onto Isolation Island, a place that will play a pivotal roll in Wafflefreak's sixth season. Kristos, a huge 'Survivor' superfan looks over to Stacy, mouthing an excited 'Cool!', and both proceed to geek out. Fred, who's standing behind them, questions, 'Is it?', in a mocking tone as he scoffs.

Probst then explains the rules of the expedited game. The tells the group that each day will involve a challenge and that the winner of the challenge will have to select a predetermined number of people for sacrifice. It'll then be determined by the public who stays and who goes. This process will continue until the final three, which is when the viewers will have the opportunity to choose who they want to compete in the official sixth season based on what they've seen. The camera shows a close up of Juliette, who's nodding her head and listening intently.

Jeff Probst: And yes, ...there's a twist.

Juliette smirks,

Jeff Probst: Somewhere on this island is a hidden immunity idol. This idol, however, is slightly different. It may only be used in the game up until the final five, and it can be used to save yourself, or another castaway, from the sacrifice vote. Thus forcing the immunity challenge winner to choose another candidate.

The group of nine are then left to fend for themselves, as Jeff leaves them by their lonesome for the very first time, warning them that their first immunity challenge will take place in a matter of a few hours.

They waste no time scoping out the island, quickly realizing they're left with only the Survivor classics, such as a machete, a bag of rice, a boiling pot, and a piece of flint. Fred, who's used to leading a group due to his work, takes charge of the group and delegates tasks, something that Charlotte looks annoyed by, but she remains quiet. Nelson and Klara prepare the fire, boil water, and eventually make food. Rianne, Charlotte, Stacy, Juliette, and Bailey are all told to work on the shelter, which Fred appoints Bailey to lead, while Fred selects Kristos to come with him an explore the island. Once the two men have disappeared into the trees, the girls begin trash talking not only Fred, but his decision. Bailey, who's understanding of the situation, still feels uncomfortable sith the situation, but Charlotte assures him that it has nothing to do with him. The girls take it upon themselves to shuffle the roles, exchanging Klara and Nelson, who have more upper body strength for construction, with the admittedly weaker Charlotte and Juliette.

As Fred and Kristos wander through the jungle, Kristos asks Fred where he believes the water well to be, but Fred shrugs it off. He reveals to the curious Kristos that he believes in this game you need to fully rely on one person, and that he wants it to be him. Kristos looks surprised by this sudden news, but plays it off cool. Fred promises to never select Kristos for sacrifice, and plans to divert attention elsewhere if he hears his name come up. Kristos nods along, 'cool, sweet, awesome', we consistently reassures, also agreeing to do the same for him.

Fred tells Kristos that they need to find the idol, so the boys quickly get to work looking for it. Kristos has no luck, but fortunately for Fred he finds it. Fred shoves it into his boot and continues looking, opting to not share with his new ally his find. After awhile the two men reconvene and decide to head back to camp to avoid suspicion.

Fred and Kristos return from their scavenge with two small piles of twigs in their hands, doing their best to trick their tribe mates. They walk over to Juliette and Charlotte, drop their piles near the small fire, and Fred immediately questions why they had changed tasks. Charlotte offers a curt explanation, something Kristos immediately picks up on and worries about.

As Bailey, Rianne, Nelson, Stacy, and Klara work hard on the nearly complete shelter, the camera focuses onto Rianne and Klara. Rianne, who's watching the exchange between Fred and Kristos, and Juliette and Charlotte, sucks her teeth and comments on the pathetically small pile of twigs each guy had brought back to camp. Klara points out that it's much smaller than anything either girl had already brought back, noting that it's awfully suspicious. Rianne agrees that it's more than suspicious, vocalizing her hopes to see the two of them face the first sacrifice. Bailey, who continues to work, listens in on the conversation.

The day goes on and most of the work is finished, although it's no thanks to Fred, who mostly wanders around camp, the beach, and the island; watching everyone as they work and barking orders. As time goes by however, the other eight castaways begin to ignore his demands. Even Kristos joins in with construction of the shelter, trying to prove his own worth. He notices the silent frustration already growing, and figures pointing out he's definitely not with him couldn't hurt, and so he vocalizes his.

Rianne looks up from what she's doing, making eye contact with Klara and Stacy. Something Bailey observes.

As the day goes on and initial chores are finished, the group eventually goes about their regular day. Out in the ocean, Rianne, Klara, and Stacy all huddle into a circle, cooling down in the ocean. Feeling more comfortable with the more mature ladies of the tribe, she brings up her feelings about earlier, and is happy to learn that both Stacy and Klara share the same feelings. Excitedly, Stacy is the first to bring up the idea of the three eldest ladies sticking together and making it to the end. She then goes on to throw out multiple ideas to take out their biggest competition, the boys, preferably starting with Kristos. Klara wants to see Fred go first, but Rianne agrees that Fred is already such a target and non-threat, that Kristos would be the smarter option. Stacy ecstatically claps, which causes Rianne to urge her to calm down, as she can barely contain her excitement.

Excitedly, Stacy brings up the idea of naming their alliance, assuring them that nothing's ever official until it has a name to solidify it. The idea entertains Klara, while Rianne goes along with it just for the sake of keeping Stacy happy. They settle on Stacy's idea of the Boob-kateers. Rianne laughs out loud at the suggestion, believing it to be a joke, but Stacy assures her that it's nonthreatening. Klara and Rianne save face, agreeing to the name, but reassure each other after Stacy walks off that they'll never refer to themselves by that name.

Meanwhile in the forest, Bailey gathers Fred, Nelson and Kristos for a chat. Bailey brings up the frustration that Fred caused earlier, pointing out the comments that glances that had been made. This infuriates Fred, who calls it disrespectful, but Kristos has a much more calm and worried reaction. Bailey says that it's clear the girls are clicking well, and that an all-guys alliance is necessary to save themselves for being picked off one by one. Each guy agrees, knowing they'll have to strike before the girls have a chance, as the girls have a 5-4 numbers advantage.

Later in the day Kristos takes it upon himself to approach Rianne, who's name Bailey had directly brought up as 'trouble'. He shares with her the conversation he had with the boys, and what Fred and Bailey had both individually said to him throughout the day, hoping that it'll be enough to convince her of his innocence.

Kristos: (Shaking head) There's no need for the girls to retaliate. In fact, I'd totally help you get rid of Fred. He's not my ride or die, that walk meant nothing.

Rianne: Obviously there was some frustration among the group, why wouldn't there be? Fred slacked off all day and did nothing. However, for Bailey to use this to fuel paranoia about the girls is completely unfair.

Kristos: So, ...are we good?

Rianne: (Smirks) We always were Kris, (shakes head) the mind games have already begun.

After his conversation with Rianne, Kristos heads back into the jungle to search for the idol. Little does he know, so does Rianne. Although both return without safety, Rianne uses her knowledge of the outdoors to bring back some vegetation fom around the island that's safe to eat, adding to their meal of rice. Everyone, except for Fred, looks thrilled by her finds.

Immunity Challenge
Challenge: Bermuda Triangles

The castaways would stand on slanted slats on a podium over the water. At regular intervals, they would move up to a higher set of slats, making it harder to balance. After 30 minutes, the castaways would move to the top of the podium, where the last person left standing wins immunity.


 * As the winner, Bailey is informed that he must select FOUR of his fellow tribe mates to face the public vote. TWO will then be eliminated based on the results.

Isolation Island
Returning from the challenge, Fred doesn't hide his happiness over Bailey win, seeming the most joyful he has all day. The Book-kateers alliance however, consisting of Klara, Rianne, and Stacy, look worried.

Wasting their afternoon hours and doing their best to beat the heat, Juliette and Charlotte hang out with one another in the shelter. They notice Klara walk through camp, and Juliette whispers to Charlotte that she looks like a clown with her poorly done makeup. Charlotte giggles and agrees.

Charlotte squeezes the tip of her nose and makes a honking sound, insinuating that Klara looks like a clown.

Both girls stop their antics as Klara comes over to the shelter, asking them if they feel the girls should be worried for tonight. Neither girl thinks gender lines are an issue, but Klara fills them in on the alliance between herself, Rianne, and Stacy, sharing with them their fears, particularly of Kristos. Both Juliette and Charlotte agree that they're okay with seeing Kristos go home. Noticing the conversation taking place, Rianne walks over, and learns that Klara had just blurted about the alliance. Rianne looks pissed, but says nothing.

Instead, Rianne decides to continue forward, telling Charlotte and Juliette about her conversation with Kristos. After learning that he had plead his allegiance, they agree that either Nelson or Fred have to go. The only problem is nobody knows how to make this happen.

Rianne confronts Klara in a friendly tone within the jungle, explaining to her the frustration that she has about the information she so casually blabbed. Klara grows on edge, feeling worried that this may make Rianne distrust her. Rianne assures her that this wont ruin anything between them, but moving forward she needs to know that Klara can keep a secret. Klara promises that she can, and that she just misunderstood the extent to which the girls were aligning. Klara goes on to explain a personal secret to Rianne, showing her the scars she has on one of her legs. Klara explains that throughout High School she was popular, pretty, and a cheerleader. She also reveals that during practice, one of her fellow teammates whom she didn't see eye to eye with, allowed her to fall, breaking her leg and causing years of difficult and physiotherapy. Klara tells Rianne that she knows she can't compete with the boys with her lasting complications, and that she only wished to strengthen their numbers. Rianne believes her truth and sympathizes. Rianne says they can use Charlotte and Juliette as pawns, but ultimately still need girls to turn on once the boys are gone. Klara agrees, and amends are made.

As day turns to dusk, the nine castaways settle around the main area of camp. The fire roars as everyone chats, laughs, and gets to know one another. Stacy, along with her loud talkative mouth and silly antics, steal the attention of most. As she continues on and on with a story, hitting the same points multiple times, an annoyed Juliette looks over to Charlotte.

Juliette (Mouthing): Does she ever stop?

Charlotte picks up a twig from the ground and pretends to jam it into her ear before calmly placing it back to the ground.

Charlotte (Mouthing): Better.

As everyone's talking turns into blabbled white noise, the camera focuses onto Klara as she approaches Bailey asking him to talk. The two walk off and begin talking about the upcoming vote. She asks him if he has any ideas of what he's going to do. He lies and says that he doesn't.

Klara suggests she has information that he may find interesting, telling Bailey all about Kristos' conversation with Rianne. Bailey looks surprised, saying that he doesn't know what boys alliance Kristos is referring to. Klara also plays dumb, assuring Bailey that she didn't think so, and that it's why she has chosen to come forward with this information. The two fist bump, and Bailey vocalizes his hopes to keep the open communication between the two. Klara smiles and agrees.

Sacrifice Vote
The scene opens to the first sacrifice vote of the season, where all nine castaways sit on a tree stump in the sand along their beach, all while the immediate area is lit by fire. Jeff welcomes them and explains that it's now time for Bailey to make his decision. Nervously, Bailey stands and walks a few hundred feet down the beach to a small voting station, where he writes down the four names of the potential castaways he wishes to face the first vote. Probst then fetches the urn and reads the results. The first ballot reveals Kristos' name. He looks shocked, looking to Bailey as if he wants answers, but Bailey gives him a blank expression as he shakes his head. The second ballot has Rianne's name, who doesn't look surprised. The next ballot has Juliette's name, who looks pissed as she rolls her eyes. The final vote revealed has Charlotte's name, who starts to tear up as her name is revealed.

Elimination 1: Who do you want to LEAVE? Charlotte Juliette Kristos Rianne


 * Any ties will be broken by the author.