Tome 04: Calamity

I think I put values on my first submission in the wrong spots, which in turn made me second-guess everything after that and try countless more times than I needed to. I. Want. To. Die.

Members of Power Tribe sweeping Individual Immunity? Groundbreaking.

Going to walk through a couple scenarios just to see what options I might have.

01 | I can take what Revali, Link, and Robbie tell me at face value. Four votes are placed on Mipha, and no items are played to affect the vote. Mipha leaves 4-1.

02 | I can take what Revali, Link, and Robbie tell me at face value. Four votes are placed on Mipha, but she plays an idol. Mipha nullifies the votes on her, and I reveal my hand. She casts the deciding vote at Tribal Council, and we enter another round (potentially a merge) as enemies.

03 | I can take what Revali, Link, and Robbie tell me at face value. I vote Robbie with Mipha, and no items are played to affect the vote. Mipha leaves 3-2, but I alienate Revali, Robbie, and Link.

04 | I can take what Revali, Link, and Robbie tell me at face value. I vote Robbie with Mipha, but she plays an idol. Robbie is then ousted 2-0, which alienates Revali but potentially endears me to Link (who has been at odds with Robbie).

CALAMITY PROTOCOLS: In which Urbosa becomes a chaos agent.

05 | I come up with some power — a Stasis Rune that nullifies idols; the Classified Envelope that, if played, alerts the user to the presence of advantages or danger (votes?) in the tribe — something specific enough to Breath of the Wild to be convincing that might throw players off their game. I don't think I've given Mipha a reason to doubt me — I could even tie it into that fake idol hunt back on Wisdom that we helped each other with, and I could even say I'm playing it on her. That could easily backfire, convincing her I have too much ammunition before a merge.

06 | I reach out to Mipha in a panic, telling her that Robbie tipped me off by saying if the both of us wanted to make it through the round, then we need to vote Link. I let Revali know that I think something is up (which isn't false — my Gerudo sense is on fire), and that it might be a good idea for us to either split votes or not place our votes on Mipha. The result is:

A: Three votes Mipha, two votes Link (if Mipha can be convinced Robbie has an idol). If she plays an idol, she stays and Link goes. Revali was aware of the move, so he is less put off than in other scenarios. Link is eliminated, which in turn benefits Robbie.

B: Three votes Mipha, two votes Link (if Mipha can be convinced Robbie has an idol). Mipha DOESN'T play an advantage, goes in a 3-2 vote, and now I've put myself on bad terms with Link — assuming I can't convince him Robbie tried casting votes his way.

I'm heading out for the evening, but I promise to respond to your questions in the morning, esteemed Saas Ko'sah.

Would just like to say in case this is my stepping off point in the game that I am pleasantly surprised with how well I did (well, with at least how far I got). The more I try to run numbers for merge scenarios, the more I realize how far removed I am from the centers of influence. I also worry I have more enemies than allies — especially if Mipha does go this round. I have very few places to turn.

Okay, so let me tell you what we AREN'T going to do, Revali. This. Not when I came so close to winning individual immunity and can see the light at the end of this Tribal Council. Not when the other players who won immunity took two to ten hours longer than I did to complete the challenge. I'll be damned if I set all this in motion only to have you tip Mipha off with enough time for her to play something and boot me from the game. No sir. 

This just in: Mipha may not (isn't) getting the boot this round, but I may have just spun Robbie's blunder to unite the rest of Heart Container by giving them a common enemy: the group of Horse/Sidon/Epona/Kass (et al).

I don't think I've seen someone bottom out so dramatically since White Party.