Day Fourteen

Suratoni Tribe
Things were pretty hectic after the merge. Everyone was partying getting back in touch with the people they’ve known for years, or even just meeting new people that they only saw from the challenges. For starters, Dirks was very glad to be gone from the Mablevi tribe, because if there had been one more day before the merge, he would have been voted out. He was instantly attached to Clarke, as well as Ryan, Silas and Jones. He thought he had finally found an alliance in this game.
Trotman and Wilson were glad to be with more Pickering guys like Wylie, Cameron and Cowin. Speaking of Cowin, he was beginning to get shaky about his Pickering alliance. He felt that if he was to get in an alliance with Ryan and some other guys, that it could be effective. But that meant that he would have to eventually stab his Pickering friends in the backs. The merge was weird for Clarke because he didn’t know where he stood with the Tyndale guys. They had sort of outcasted him earlier, but they would definitely need him in the early stages after the merge. Damien was having some problems making relationships. He wasn’t really close with any Pickering guys, other than Trotman, and he hadn’t made any lasting bonds with the Runako guys. This could be a problem for him, but he felt that if he didn’t piss anyone off from this point on, he could silently get past the first few votes.

The Immunity Challenge
All twelve members of the newly formed Suratoni Tribe will get onto a 6x6 metre platform. The last castaway on the platform wins immunity. It’s as simple as that. Go!

Right away they all lunged for eachother. Not having very much room for all twelve people, everyone had some action at the beginning. Trotman and Ryan began to grapple right away, with both castaways nearing the edge. Cowin’s strategy was to go for Damien right away, but luckily for Damien, Cowin got into something with Dirks and Clarke together right away. Pitman ran for Trotman and Ryan, knocking both of them into the water. Right after, Wilson ran his hardest right into the back of Pitman, knocking him over the edge as well.
Damien, being very scrappy, was wrestling with Wylie on the floor of the platform. Jones and Cameron began to fight, both nearing an edge as well. Silas and Wilson were hanging out by themselves for the time being, not fighting anyone. Clarke and Dirks began to progress with Cowin, knocking him on the floor, right beside the edge. Cowin threw Clarke right off the edge, but he was too close as Dirks pushed him off, but not before taking Dirks with him. Wilson went to help Wylie with Damien, and they began to move him to edge.
Silas went to help The Jones with Cameron. Silas was able to get leverage on Cameron, and they knocked him down to his knees, and together they pushed him off. The Jones immediately after grabbed Silas and tried to knock him off as well. Silas was able to fight back and he knocked Jones off. Damien was still fighting both Wylie and Wilson, but because he was fighting on the floor, they weren’t able to knock him over the edge. Silas came in and began to grab at Wilson, and pull him towards the edge. As soon as Wilson was gone, Damien got to his feet and grabbed Wylie’s arm, twisting it to gain leverage. Wilson went over the edge by Silas, just before Wylie was knocked off by Damien.
This left only Silas and Damien. Immediately they ran towards eachother, and Damien pulled Silas to the floor and began to twist him in a very unruly manner. Silas, being no slouch began to get out of it, and get on top of Damien. They both were able to stand up, and Damien walked freely right to the edge. Silas walked towards him, and they grapples once more. After taking out Silas’ knees, they both began to fall over the edge. Silas hit the water, as Damien grabbed the edge.
Immunity goes to Damien.

Suratoni Before Tribal Council
Most people may have been planning on voting out Damien on this day, which wrecked all their early plans. Cowin in particular was pissed. Cameron didn’t worry too much however because he knew that they would get their chance soon enough. The two main sides began to wonder who they should vote off. Most of the Pickering guys, like Cameron and Wylie saw Silas and Ryan as the biggest threats, but Cowin, still holding on to his possible alliance with Ryan told the guys that he didn’t want to vote Ryan out. Cowin also liked Silas, but he also knew he could make such a decision for the whole of the Pickering guys. Damien went to the Pickering guys and tried to apologize for whatever he may have said in the past, and that he would gladly vote with them if they would have him. They Pickering guys knew that with Pitman and Damien they had a numbers advantage over the Tyndale guys. Cowin in particular was having a hard time, because he had earlier seen Damien talking to Ryan. But with the numbers advantage, they should be able to vote anyone out, with a 7-5 vote.
The Tyndale guys knew who the biggest threat out of the Pickering guys was: Cowin. They also knew they were outnumbered, and would have a hard time without swaying anyone to their side. Damien had come over to them earlier, and Ryan in particular thought that they could possibly use his vote (seeing as they couldn’t vote him off.) If they could put 6 votes together that would force a tie. They still didn’t know who exactly to vote for, but they didn’t want anyone to unite all the Pickering guys to one alliance, because that would be disaster for all the Tyndale guys. Both tribes would make sure each member of their early alliances would know exactly who to vote for.

Tribal Council
1st vote: Jones
2nd vote: Jones
3rd vote: Cowin
4th vote: Jones
5th vote: Jones
6th vote: Cowin
7th vote: Jones
8th vote: Cowin
9th vote: Jones
10th vote: Cowin
11th vote: Cowin
12 vote: Cowin
Unfortunately there is another tie (however unexpected), and there will have to be a tie-breaker. For each post-merge tie-breaker, there will be a different challenge. For this challenge, each person (Cowin, Jones) will have to answer 5 Africa Trivia Questions. Whoever answers the most correctly will go on to day fifteen. Whoever answers the least correctly will be heading home.
Question One: Cowin: correct. Jones: Incorrect
Question Two: Cowin, Jones: Correct
Question Three: Cowin: Incorrect, Jones: Correct
Question Four: Cowin Incorrect, Jones: Correct
Question Five: Cowin: Correct, Jones: Correct
Final Score: Cowin: 3, Jones: 4
So Andrew Cowin is the thirteenth person voted out of Survivor Hamilton.