A Land of Kangaroos and Snoring (Part 2)

A Land of Kangaroos and Snoring is the first episode of Survivor: Dueling Desert. The episode title was said by Tanya, commenting on her wish to not have to put up with Rosalind's sleep deprived snoring for much longer. This part was moved to a new page due to issues with Node Count.

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Chief's Choice (Survivor: Samoa) One member of each tribe must swim out to retrieve a key, before swimming back and handing it to the next person. They will then use the key to open up a locked chest, handing sandbags to the final member, who will use the sandbags to knock down four targets. The first tribe to have all four targets knocked down wins immunity. Reward: Flint. Winner: Wangi (Rosalind, Jessica & Jeremy)

Immunity Challenge: Sumo at Sea (Survivor: Palau) One member from each tribe faces off on a platform surrounded by water, and using their padded bags, or any other body part other than their hands, they must try to knock each other off the platform. Doing so would score their tribe a point. The first tribe to reach five points wins immunity. Winner: Wangi

Tolmer Tribe
The camera fades back in to the Tolmer tribe camp, where everyone walks in, setting down their belongings by the tribe shelter.

Charlotte: We'll get them next time.

Grant: That's what we all said last time.

Roger: Maybe if you weren't all morons we could win something.

(Everyone awkwardly looks around at each other.)

Calvin: Excuse me?

Roger: You heard me pretty boy. If everyone else had've won their match ups we wouldn't be needing to have this discussion right now.

Calvin: Alright, well as enlightening as this conversation has been, I managed to actually win my round against someone who doesn't probably weigh under a hundred pounds with the physical build of a thirteen year old, so I think I've earned some time to go cool off in the water. Adieu, Roger.

(As Roger turns around to yell at Calvin, he already has walked far from camp, making his way down to the oasis.)"tolmer"

- I really don't know how to keep putting up with this tribe's crap. Charlotte is incredibly inept socially, Logan is probably a nice guy but he just spends all his time down the creek looking for the idol. And do I need to start on Roger? This is surely not the first time it's been brought up by nearly everyone on the tribe, but Roger... he just sucks. Opal is cool, I get along okay with Jamie, and I'm pretty neutral on Michelle and Grant, but those three are just agonising to deal with...

(As Calvin reaches the water, he sits down in the shallows, before lying down on his back, looking up at the clouds and sighing.)"tolmer"

- ...and the thing is, I'm getting worked up over it. When you do what I do, that being modelling, you have to learn how to deal with a cutthroat industry. I can't have self expression, because I'm told how to look and that look changes all the time. I make on slip up, I'm cut from a shoot. I guess I just always had to be what some snob thought was perfect, and that's just so draining, so dealing with people who just drain on me messes with me a lot more than I should. I need to knuckle down on it and really just focus on the game, because if I get emotional, I'll slip up, so I just had to remove myself from the situation.

(The camera cuts back into the Tolmer tribe camp, where the others are standing around, settling back in after the challenge lost. As Opal unpacks her bag, she peers over her shoulder, before quickly taking the note out, tucking it into her bra.)"tolmer"

- So right before we left for the challenge, I was able to sneak a clue to the idol that Logan dropped into my pocket, but in the process, Jamie definitely saw me do it. It's not the worst thing in the world, because she's in my main alliance alongside Michelle, so I think I can probably use this as a way to solidify us as a three. If we can assert ourselves as a core, then we can keep moving forward, and given how vague the clue was, I'm pretty sure I'll need to enlist their help to find it anyway. It seems like a win-win situation for me.

(As Opal looks around camp, she spots Michelle and Jamie both hanging their socks up to dry by the shelter, and after heading over and whispering to them, the three each walk down the trail leading to the well. Once out of sight from camp, they all stop.)

Opal: Okay, so Jamie knows what's going on since she was there when it happened, but I want to fill you in too Michelle, since we're the core three on this tribe.

Michelle: Okay.

Jamie: Did you get a chance to read it yet?

Opal: I did, and it's really vague, here.

(Opal hands the idol clue to Michelle and Jamie who both read it in silence.)

Michelle: It definitely sounds like it's by the waterfall. The only issue is that we can't really get much access to around it since it's all vertical cliff faces.

Jamie: Yeah, I reckon our best bet is to keep an eye out for another clue or something for now. I'm just glad we all got a hold of it and not Logan, because he's already got a few screws loose over this whole idol crap.

Opal: Agreed. While we're here, should we discuss what to do for the vote?

Michelle: My immediate thought is to vote for Roger, just because he's such an unwarranted burden to have to live with.

Jamie: Yeah, the guy's gone troppo over nothing on an hourly basis.

Opal: I hear that, and I really do think Roger needs to go soon, but he's at least somewhat strong, and with Dueling Desert or whatever in play, we might have to think about what other options we have.

Michelle: It's definitely too soon to lose Charlotte since she's a number for us, even if an unreliable one. I also think we can't really afford to lose Calvin just from a standpoint of needing to compete in challenges. That leaves us with Grant, Logan and obviously Roger.

Jamie: Logan is paranoid already. It's bloody day three, if he had to go three days alone while he waits to compete for his life, he'll be twice the dill he is now.

(Michelle and Opal look at Jamie, confused.)

Jamie: He'll be twice as crazy.

Opal: Right. And finally, what about Grant?

Michelle: Well, what about him? He seems so perfectly neutral right now. He doesn't seem to be strategising a lot, but he pitches in around camp, he's polite, and he's probably third to Calvin and yourself in challenge strength.

Opal: Okay. I guess I just don't gel with him a lot and have some weird vibes from him, but I'd be fine with keeping our target fixed on the other two for now.

Jamie: Yeah, for now I think we've got a good case for both of 'em.

Michelle: Why don't we keep the options open between the two of them for now? In the meantime we can look around for the idol when we get the chance, and we can also just see where some of the others are looking to put their votes. If everyone wants Logan, or everyone wants Roger, then we can easily go along with that to cover up the fact that we'll be an alliance of three plus Charlotte voting together.

Opal: That's a really good point. We can't make too big of a splash yet.

Michelle: Exactly. Now, I can talk to Charlotte if you'd wish.

Jamie: Bloody oath. The limited contact is doing wonders for me. I'll talk to pink hair.

Opal: So I'm talking to Grant?

Michelle: Sounds like a plan!

(Jamie and Michelle both pick up their bags and start walking back into camp, leaving Opal to stand and think about the discussion.)

Opal: Great..."tolmer"

- I made a little bit of a push to just get the general consensus of what people are thinking about Grant, because quite frankly, I don't know how much I can trust him. He seems to want to work with me, and he hasn't told anyone about me playing in the NBA yet, but the fact he holds that over me as blackmail sucks. I'd rather have him gone, mitigate that risk, and in turn not have to deal with him at all, but he's fairly physical and could come back to haunt me with the duels. I'm now stuck having to talk to him again, which is maybe a good thing, because I can get to the bottom of his plans with me, but I just can't shake the feeling that I can't trust him. Michelle really has me thinking... god damn sweet old ladies being incredibly level headed and persuasive.

(The camera pans across to Michelle and Jamie as they walk, with Michelle having a slightly concerned expression on her face, before smiling.)"tolmer"

- Given that I'm the oldest contestant on this tribe, I really feel like I've struck gold in getting into this alliance. We're three strong women, and even if I may not be in the physical department, I can make up for it in life experience and wisdom, so I think we get along well. I have the brains, Opal has the brawn, and Jamie is just such a fun person to be around that she can talk to anyone and they'll laugh. I'm worried that Opal is maybe going around to talk to people behind our backs, but you can't really blame her for that when it's early days and people want to scope things out. For now, I think I've more than made up for the fact that I could be seen as a physical liability, and from here on out, I think people will look at me as a player.

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