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Okay, just so people have some idea how the game is going down, here's the PM I just sent to my best bud Sidon:

My understanding of how the votes are going:

Royal Horse, Kohga, Kass, Revali, and Epona are voting Link
Link and Patricia are voting Royal Horse.

Mipha/Hunnie/Ancient Oven/Urbosa are unclear which of the two they're voting for. But they seem keen to target one of those two. You should idol in case they come after you, because Ancient Oven seems to think that's a good idea and they are four OG wisdoms.

I'm just assuming that Link is idolling, and Horse likely is too. Our two votes on Hunnie would be the only non-negated votes. Kass has mentioned to me that "Hunnie feels overwhelmed but has lots of friends and will become scary if she lasts too long," so I can truthfully say that Kass had been voicing concerns about her.

If Link doesn't idol? We can claim that Kass and Revali were the two Hunnie votes (or claim to not know and suggest it was them), since they're Power players so people will be expecting them to try something weird.

***END PM***

If we can vote out Hunnie in a 2-0-0-0 vote, that is going to be hilarious.

Though in practice? I realise there's a very real chance that Oven drops the idol nullifier on Sidon. I don't want him to know that I know about that though... it complicates things too much, and I have other options if he does go down.

"I'm going to play a calmer game" I say as I proceed to try and do the riskiest thing ever.

If the next nine immunity challenges are all flash games though, I think I can carry this.

.... somebody told Royal Horse that his name has come up.

Don't know who.

But he's playing an idol tonight.

Link's behaviour is everywhere I can't tell if he has one or not. I hope he does. Sidon is playing one.

This Hunnie blindside is HINGING on Link having an idol. I hope his lunacy is coming from a place of idol confidence.

If Revali was the one to warn Horse, that's actually amazing.

Because I like Revali and if we both had the same idea in mind? That's just kind of cool.

Epona:

"Yes Oven would be my least favorite choice for this hypothetical blood sacrifice. I want to know who voted together on Hunnie because that secret pair needs to be broken up like yesterday."

THERE IS NO SECRET PAIR. TWO OF US JUST GOT UNLUCKY.

Also Hunnie heard a rumour that I was planning to split the vote on her.

I didn't tell anyone that I was planning on voting her other than Sidon? So... I'm confused.

Nobody knows anything and we're all chasing a pair that nobody knows doesn't exist.

This is hilarious. This is genuinely the funniest thing I've ever been a part of. Please tell me that $499 bought me immunity for next tribal too.

Okay so I'm going to give you all Oaki's Path to Victory

Now the path to victory is not exactly a very secure path, but with what I've walked into I've figured it all out.

Vote was 7-3-2-1.

We know the 3 on Royal Horse, and the 1 on Oven, but nobody knows the 7 or the 2. Because 9 people claim to be in that 7.

I went to Hunnie to tell her I think it's Revali and Kass, knowing that Revali and Kass are not even remotely tight. But if I can get the Wisdom crowd to think that, that's helpful.

Everybody thinks I'm against Sidon and Kohga, which I'm not. But I can be if I need to be.

I think Mipha is sceptical of me, if I'm completely honest. I just hope that voting Revali for real this time shows them that I'm with them after all.

Basically my plan is to sit between the two alliances and pick the one that wins this vote. We sort of have a "Wisdoms vs Everyone Else" forming. I think.

Of course, there's also a chance that I'm unanimously voted out next tribal instead for trying to play both sides. Though... given that there's no evidence to indicate that I ever have played both sides, I think I'm okay on that front. I can truthfully defend that I haven't done anything to indicate that. I think?