The Wildest Tribal Council Ever

This is the 7th episode of Survivor: Japan - Civil War

Previously On Survivor...
Landon and Emma conspired to overthrow Donna, recognizing Reyna as the swing vote. Donna told Reyna that Landon would be the next to go, although she did not trust Emma.

At the reward challenge, Ashikaga held of a comeback from Tokugawa to win chocolate croissants and éclairs, coffee, and tea. After enjoying the reward, Phoebe pitched to Dave the idea of getting rid of the volatile John, who conspired with Chuck to throw the upcoming immunity challenge to get rid of one of the women.

At Kamakura, Bryce revealed everything he knew about alliances at the old Ashikaga to Patrick. They decided to vote out Kyle for his ineffectiveness in challenges and promised to never vote each other out, although Patrick stated in a confessional that he had no intention of honoring the second part of the deal.

Lisa revealed to Kyle and Hannah that she had decided to abandon the Kamakura women's alliance, also telling them that Chuck and Dave had already found Kamakura's idol. After a futile search, Kyle and Hannah arrived at the conclusion that she was probably telling them the truth, and opted to vote out Patrick before Lisa to thank her for giving the information.

At Tokugawa, Donna caught Emma with the idol, angrily revoking her membership of the alliance and telling her she would be the next to go. Landon asked Reyna about possibly turning against Donna, tempting her with an offer to make her the new daimyo of the tribe. Reyna, initially intent on staying loyal to Donna, began to flirt with the prospect of gaining power.

Back at Ashikaga, Chuck told Dave about his conversation with John. Dave objected to the prospect of throwing a challenge, but he and Chuck agreed to vote out John next, as his loyalty to the tribe had come into question. John, overhearing this exchange, became furious and threw a rock at Chuck. For his antics, Jeff disqualified John from the game and cancelled the upcoming immunity challenge.

Thirteen are left. Who will be voted out next?

Challenges
Reward/Immunity Challenge: One castaway from each tribe would direct their blindfolded tribemates to a series of puzzle pieces within a roped-in area. Once all the puzzle pieces are collected, the tribe would then have to solve the puzzle.

Reward: First place wins a picnic of sandwiches, potato salad, brownies, and 7 Up at a waterfall. Second place wins a cooler full of more 7 Up than first place, but no food.

Tokugawa
A vicious thunderstorm strikes Tokugawa's camp, prompting Landon, Donna, Emma, and Reyna to all retreat to the shelter for cover. Their attempts to stay dry are unsuccessful, however, due to the fierce wind.

Sure enough, the palm fronds that had been used as the shelter's roof fall on top of everybody, leaving everyone totally vulnerable to the rain.

Donna: Okay, who's got the machete? We need a new roof.

Emma: Why don't we just wait it out? We'll be more susceptible to lightning if we go out to collect palm fronds now, while it's still thundering like crazy.

"Donna: Just get the machete and help me out. Weather shouldn't prevent us from doing anything to improve the shelter."

Reluctantly, Emma goes along with Donna, Landon, and Reyna to collect materials for a new roof. However, every time they cut off a palm frond, the wind blows it away and they have to chase it down.

After an hour of struggling, Emma returns to the shelter, leans against one of the walls; the only one still standing, and cries. Landon consoles her while Reyna and Donna decide to search for a cave in which they can take shelter until the storm ends.

Kamakura
Kamakura has not been spared from Mother Nature's wrath by any means. Everybody is huddled up in the shelter, trying and failing miserably to stay dry.