17.13-I hate oranges

On the Smole, 8 contestants became 7 when Kiki Springer was executed. Before that, they had to do a mission, similar to the Amazing Race. Bernie and Bernice won the exemption and 40/80, or 685/1120 points, were earned. Who will be the next sacrifice?

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Bernice: “I can’t wait to win.”

Bernie: “You sound so confident.”

Bernice: “The probability of us winning is 87.32%.”

Bernie: “I’m going to take a bath now.”

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Bernie: “Hey Jas…may I call you Jas?”

Jacintha: “Sounds too intimate.”

Bernie: “Alright. Jacintha, aren’t we in a coalition?”

Jacintha: “We are? I almost forgot. Why?”

Bernie: “I feel like you haven’t really spoken to me much.”

Jacintha: “I saw how you reacted to most situations by reiterating your marriage. I don’t want to be the third party. I swore I would never be ever again.”

Bernie: “Can I watch you dance a tribal dance?”

Jacintha: “What? No…not the right place or equipment.”

Bernie: “Can we at least talk about the Mole? So that this coalition won’t seem useless.”

Jacintha: “We can end it.”

Bernie: “Fine! Now that you get a smooth ride through you forget about me! I never thought you were that of an ingrate, Jacintha Neo.”

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“Mission time! Everyone please gather in the rooms outside. You have all been assigned a random number and sworn to secrecy about that number. Enter the corresponding room. Once inside, sit at the desk. The one in the first room will see a book. Pick it up. You will see that there are different items written, along with a number 10 for each. The one in the first room will +1 and -1 to two separate items, then put the book in the chute to be repeated by the subsequent players. Each item is tagged to a contestant, so be careful which you add or subtract from, because the last one standing will earn an exemption. Once any items hit 0, the item is eliminated. If you are able to hit 20 on any item, 20 points are added, making this worth 140 points.”

Jacintha: “Oh! I think I found a clue!”

These are the rooms. The chute is located at the right and left of every room.

Mimi: “Hmm…these are the items:

Note that what is reflected is the points when the players received the book ie BEFORE they did anything.

Pumpkin: 10

Venus flytrap: 10

Alpha symbol: 10

Abs: 10

Orange: 10

Teepee: 10

Greek Statue: 10.

I think I would add one to this and subtract one from this.”

Viola: “Okay, I got the book.

Pumpkin: 10+1

Venus flytrap: 10

Alpha symbol: 10

Abs: 10-1

Orange: 10

Teepee: 10

Greek Statue: 10.

I’ll add one here and minus one here.”

Taylor: “I’ll add here and subtract here."

Pumpkin: 10+1+1

Venus flytrap: 10-1

Alpha symbol: 10

Abs: 10-1

Orange: 10

Teepee: 10

Greek Statue: 10.

 

Jacintha: “Hmmm…which could refer to me?"

Pumpkin: 10+1+1+1

Venus flytrap: 10-1

Alpha symbol: 10

Abs: 10-1

Orange: 10-1

Teepee: 10

Greek Statue: 10.

Bernie: “Time to think…how would the producers match each contestant to each item…"

Pumpkin: 10+1+1+1

Venus flytrap: 10-1

Alpha symbol: 10-1

Abs: 10-1

Orange: 10-1+1

Teepee: 10

Greek Statue: 10.

Tay: “This is what I have.

Pumpkin: 10+1+1+1

Venus flytrap: 10-1

Alpha symbol: 10-1+1

Abs: 10-1

Orange: 10-1+1-1

Teepee: 10

Greek Statue: 10.

Let’s see what I shall do to it.”

Bernice: “Okay…

Pumpkin: 10+1+1+1+1

Venus flytrap: 10-1-1

Alpha symbol: 10-1+1

Abs: 10-1

Orange: 10-1+1-1

Teepee: 10

Greek Statue: 10.

I think I’ll do this to this…yup. In you go!"

Pumpkin: 10+1+1+1+1+1

Venus flytrap: 10-1-1

Alpha symbol: 10-1+1-1

Abs: 10-1

Orange: 10-1+1-1

Teepee: 10

Greek Statue: 10.

After several rounds…

Scores have been added up for simplicity's sake.

Pumpkin: 6

Venus flytrap: 28

Alpha symbol: 4

Abs: 40

Orange: 40

Teepee: 34

Greek Statue: 38.

Bernie: “As each round passed I decided to minus from the original leading item: pumpkin. That was either Taylor or Mimi. Mimi didn’t need it. I’m still quite bitter about Taylor because of the first mission. So I kept minusing…that’s why it ended up with such a low score.”

After several more rounds…

Pumpkin: 17

Venus flytrap: 18

Alpha symbol: 37

Abs: 38

Orange: 6

Teepee: 21

Greek Statue: 34.

Mimi: “It doesn’t matter who it was, I hate oranges and that’s that. I wonder who was in front of me though…he/she hated oranges too.”

After even more rounds…

Pumpkin: 31

Venus flytrap: 21

Alpha symbol: 34

Abs: 1

Orange: 10

Teepee: 15

Greek Statue: 28.

Taylor: “I don’t know what’s up with them but how could they reduce Tay…I mean abs to 1? I added to abs and subtracted from pumpkin.”

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After what seemed like a stalemate, we have our first elimination!

Pumpkin: 0

Venus flytrap: 33

Alpha symbol: 18

Abs: 4

Orange: 25

Teepee: 19

Greek Statue: 13.

Pumpkin has been eliminated! Next to go is…

Venus flytrap: 0

Alpha symbol: 35

Abs: 24

Orange: 11

Teepee: 5

Greek Statue: 39.

Venus flytrap! After that is…

Alpha symbol: 22

Abs: 23

Orange: 20

Teepee: 0

Greek Statue: 9.

Teepee! After that is…

Alpha symbol: 0

Abs:8

Orange: 11

Greek Statue: 14.

Alpha symbol! Next is…

Abs: 0

Orange: 2

Greek Statue: 19.

Abs! Last to go is…

Orange: 0

Greek Statue: 4.

Orange! Which means the Greek statue wins the exemption! The pumpkin is Taylor, Venus flytrap is Viola, alpha symbol is Tay, abs is Mimi, orange is Bernice, teepee is Jacintha and Greek statue is Bernie! Which means Bernie earns an exemption! He gets to share it with someone and he shares it with…Jacintha!”

 

Bernie: “I was not too surprised. There was a high chance the last one referred to me. We earned all 140 points as every item made it above 20 once, making the pot 825/1260 points. I gave the exemption to Jacintha as I hope she would change her mind and see how important men are.”